Day Of The Dead Freebie, Templates, Grand Opening and Lovely Scrapbooking Inspiration

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

I'm so glad you came back for a special edition.  Yesterday's blog was kicking with gorgeous page inspiration, freebies, videos and tips and ticks.  Today's is very similar.  So sit right back and enjoy another visual parade of scrappy goodness.

Today, is Day of the Dead and I made some templates that I thought would be good for that and thought they could also be used for Halloween or anything really.  You never have to use the theme of a template.  Just use it as a kick start.  These templates are so pretty (tooting my own horn) you could use them as quick pages.

Last week, someone bought half of my shop and told me she was using my templates as quick pages. I was very flattered and thought I'd mention how they are normally used and to her delight (thanks goodness) she was introduced to something completely new and different.

These templates could definitely be used as quick pages.  I might add some better backgrounds and scatter and lot of paint and grunge edges, but not too much more.  Take a look at the incredible pages from me and my fabulous team.

Does my page look a little familiar?  Maybe the kit?  I wanted a bright, fun kit to use with this template.  I went for our Trolla Bolla collection.  I forgot just how brilliant it is and there were so many goodies in there, too.  There are FIVE packs! I added a puffy effect on my kitty.  Look at silly Tabby!  She was the photo bombing kitty of the house.

Above, I just changed up the template a bit.  I added some papers, at least 3 different edges, scat and then I desaturated my huge cluster to "go" with Aimee Harrison's Tres Noir collection.  Talk about scraping quick?!  Take a look at my pictures, too.  Nothing scary really.  No halloween or dead stuff either.

Theresa kept the template as is and just added some pics and a background.  She told me to make a kit!  Hehehe...I used awesome antique effects from Mommyish.  You can get them at The Lily Pad.

Awesomeness from Danica and Flergs found at the Sweet Shoppe. Ooh!  She made her borders puffy!  Cool!

Jenni totally knocked it out, again.  The team went nuts over her page.  I think you can see why.  This is another kit from Flergs.  Seems she's an excellent match for my templates. Hehehe...Of course, you can totally ditch the way I "decorated" the skull and use your own goodies.

I love that Jarmila kept the skulls as is and matched up her beautiful cluster perfectly.  Great idea! Kastagnette provided her with a great looking kit.  Today's freebie coordinates with this pack of templates.  Keep scrolling to get it.

I'm not necessarily a fan of Day of the Dead, though I do think it's a great opportunity to think of loved ones we miss and remind myself what characteristic of them were worth trying to implement myself.  Here's a page I did using the Day of the Dead templates and my newest One Word Wonders kit, Woebegone.

I'm far from sad when I'm sitting on this mountain side with this fantastic view.  These super beautiful flowers, foliage and extras embrace my passion for these German mountains.  They inspire me greatly.

Don't forget that there is a free template when you purchase the elements.  Here are a few pages using the template and goodies from Woebegone.

ellies and papers

How about a coupon to sweeten the deal?  Use code: WOEBEGONE30 and save.

If you'd like to take this kit for a test spin.  Use the free sample given in our newsletter.  If you're not on our list, then change that, right now!  Hehehe...We spoil our fans and I don't deluge your inbox either.  I'll put the link for this free sample for one extra week.

Now, we'll take a look at some of the new templates I just put in the shop, yesterday.  The previews for them are in the first image at the top of this page.  

This is a beautiful page from Ngoc.  She used a kit from JoCee that is most fitting.  You find JoCee at GingerScraps, too.  This template is called Whimsical.

Cindy used our Fashionista templates and goodies from Allison Pennington.  Cindy is just great at getting a realistic crafty effect to her pages.

Ngoc is killing it, again.  What fantastic colors and a fun picture, too.  She used beautiful goodies from Blagovesta.

One of my favorite pack of templates from the new ones is this set, Re Planned.  Cindy's giving it her good ole touch of texture and frivolity.  Pink Reptile Designs is what she used for her page.

Now, how about some oldies but goodies?  I have a lot of templates that I made for the Scrappy Sisters shop and with their closing, these templates have been out of circulation.  With our opening at GingerScraps, I'm bringing them back.  Starting with our most popular.  That's why it is essential you breeze through the entire shop.  If there is something I'm missing, let me know!

Above, Cindy played with our Cut It Out templates.  These are super crafty and will be great for cuttable fans.

Tia played with our Creative Beast templates.  They are a top seller and I've missed them SO much!

I did bring over a few templates from our Kreative Design Studio so be sure you do not buy the same thing twice.  The nature of these downloads do not permit me to give refunds.  I have records of all purchases at Etsy so I can check if ya need.

Above is our Love Always templates.  Danica scrapped it up stunningly!

If you haven't scrapped your Halloween pictures yet, then check out our Hallo-What and Spook-Tacular templates.  You can find them at either shop.

Hallo-What template and our buddy Marcus.

Total gorgeousness with Cherry and our Spook-Tacular templates.

The sale is still going on at GingerScraps.  Enjoy the 40% off and fill your cart with your favorite new, old or popular templates.

Here's today's exclusive blog freebie.  Make sure you got all of the freebies from yesterday and join our group on FB if you've not done so.  We share all kinds of free stuff everyday and we also share our pages and a laugh.  We'd love to have you join us.

Thanks again for checking out The Cherry!  I hope to see you at GingerScraps' forum and gallery.

Happy scrapping!

New Digital Scrapbooking Shop Opening, Jaw Dropping Page Inspiration and 12 New Template Packs

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

Such exciting news to share with our awesome fans.  I'm guesting for one month and hopefully longer, at GingerScraps.  To celebrate I've got a dozen new packs of templates.  Yes!  Nearly 50 new templates in total and an awesome sale to boot.

Continue reading to see the new templates, lovely page inspiration, tips and tricks with the new templates, videos and of course, freebies.

Feast your eyes on all of these NEW templates!!!

These are found only at GingerScraps.  They are not available in our Etsy shop, Kreative Design Studio.

SAVE 40% TO CELEBRATE OUR OPENING

Y'all, my team has been working so hard.  They have produced more pages than I can put on one blog or newsletter so I'm spreading it all out.  I've got a blog tomorrow as well and yes, there will be more pages and more exclusive blog freebies, too.  So come on back tomorrow for another look.

Take a gander at the totally awesome pages from my amazing team.

If you loved our Planned and Planned Again templates, then Re Planned is writing for you.  They are my favorite pack out of the 12.  The team really did a great job with them.  Here's just a few.

Jenni knocked me out with her fabulous page using Kristin Cronin Barrows goodies.  These colors are just amazing and Jenni's compositions always impress me.

Tammy is also a super star scrapper.  More terrific colors that inspire and tickle the creative bone.  She also used more goodies from the Sweet Shoppe.

Wendy's notebook looks SO real.  That's one of the things I love about these templates.  More goodies from Sweet Shoppe.

Cindy made a super fun page with a travel theme.  I love scrapping travel pictures.  Guess where these goodies are from?  Yip!  The Sweet Shoppe strikes, again.  Hehehe...

Cindy's knocking out the templates, too.  She used vibrant awesomeness from The LilyPad.  Love all of the black and white and the chick with the glasses is a striking resemblance of yours truly.  That bright just makes this page ZING.

Did your jaw just drop?  I know mine did when I first saw Cherry's page.  Delicious!!!  Sweet Shoppe inspired, again.

You might see a trend...Wendy also used fabulous goodies from the Sweet Shoppe in the most fitting of pages for said shop.  Hehehe...A see page overall, I'd say.

I love the way Jenni turned my template for her frolic page using new goodies from LouCee Creations.  These you can find at the one and only GingerScraps.  I played with this A-Moosing kit, too and used my, Tag!  You're It! templates.

Just look at my silly boys.  A-Mossing, indeed!  As you can see, the nut does not fall far from the tree.  Hehehe...

Here are a few more pages with, Tag!  You're It!  I really love the crafty feel and it's been on my craft endeavors list to do one of these cool, mason jar time capsule, scrapbooking thing-a-ma-jings.

Robin's page is so great and the natural feeling is pretty awesome, too.  See how the picture hangs from the lid in the biggest jar?  Robin also used products from the Sweet Shoppe. That's how I intended to do mine.  Let me show you a few examples I found on Pinterest.

See how cool?!  It's where I got my idea for the templates from.  I was looking for ideas with tags.  I love tags.  I love making them digitally, hybrid and traditionally.  This blog is full of ideas and free tags.

Tammy scrapped her lovelies in such a tactile, natural feel.  I wanna just touch it.  If you guessed she used goodies from the Sweet Shoppe, you'd be correct.

Though, I've barely scratched the surface of the new templates and pages with them, I'm going to show off a few more sets because there is something important you need to know about them.

This template is from the Piece By Piece pack.  On the preview, I used some really cool folded styles from Mommyish to show you how awesome your pages can look when you use this style.  The thing is...when you clip your paper into the piece, the folded shadow disappears.  There are several things you can do if you want to keep that style.  I made a video demonstrating how to use the style and move your piece.  What I found was when I moved my piece or element, without simplifying the shadow to the piece, the shadow would stay perpendicular and only my piece would move.  Meaning the folded shadow does not move with it.  On the template you will get the background or drop shadows as always, but you won't be able to customize the folded style unless you buy it and use it like I did.  They are about $5 which is a great price for a style that you'll use over and over.  You can find them at The Lily Pad.

Tammy didn't use the folded style and her page looks totally awesome.  The contrasting colors are huge help to make this page pop.  No folded shadows needed.  Let me show you one with the folded shadows.

This is Wendy's page.  Can you see the difference?  It's really quite slight and subtle.  This is what instructions I got to attain the shadow effect.  Jodi swears it only take a couple of seconds for each piece.  Hehehe...  "You need to desaturate the leaf before you pull your paper in. Desaturate until it's grey.  Clip your paper to it and use the overlay blend mode. If you want to brighten the leaf, brighten the leaf layer after you clip your paper to it."

Then there's this book.  I put an outline on the pages in the preview for more contrast.  You can either add and or change the stroke or clip in your paper and remove or adjust the stroke as usual on my templates.  Delete it if you prefer.  Play around until you get the look you like.

I designed more hand painted templates and there is no better way to see what I mean than Susie's page.  She removed the black outline to revel the hand painting underneath.  I SO love the crafty feel it gives my pages.  If you don't dig it, keep the outline and customize the outline just how you like it.

Can you guess which Scrappy Sister did this page?  If you guessed Cindy, you would be correct.  This template was such a challenge and SO much fun.  I got totally addicted to coloring digitally.  When I find something new, I go at it.  Hehehe...

The hand draw look gives your pages a nifty artistic or even mixed feel. 

Take a look through our shop and find brand new templates, templates you haven't seen for months and some oldies, but goodies ALL at 40% off.

Have you been collecting the year's worth of freebies in our group?  Most of the links will be live until the end of the year.

This freebie just went up, today!  Find them all in the albums, monthly challenges.

I just gave away a sample of our newest One Word Wonder to newsletter subscribers.  If you want a taste, sign up and I'll put the link in again, next week.

This will be our exclusive blog freebie for tomorrow.  So come on back for more page inspiration with the new templates and freebies.

Thanks so much for popping over to our blog.  I hope to see you at GingerScraps and in our group.  We just love seeing your pretty pages.  Check out the side bar, at the top for all of our social hot spots.

Happy scrapping!!!