The Cherry is Selling Wonderfully Creative Scrapbooking Designs in GingerScraps, Again

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

Have you heard the great news? I'm selling my templates in GingerScraps, again. The shop was always left open so that those thousands of links I had out wouldn't take viewers to a dead link. Ginger is such a sweetheart for letting me do that and for letting me sell my templates in her shop, again. If you know me, you know she has to put up with all of my antics, too. What a star!? Hehehe...

You know me, crafters! I wanted to open the shop with a celebration of new, incredibly creative templates and other design goodies. I've got 11 items in the GingerScraps shop that are new to GingerScraps. Some are NEW NEW and some just new to GingerScraps. So, check your stash before you buy.

Let's get into these new goodies in GS, peruse gorgeous page inspiration from the team and get a few tips and tricks along the way. 

My team seemed to love these new, new templates. If you do, too then you should also check out my Awesome Edges templates. I went with that artistic vibe and used the elements from them for these templates.

 

A fantastic kit or collection will make any scrapbook layout, gorgeous.

Pairing up a template with a kit isn't always easy. Kim's page is a great example how to do it well. She used a super fun and quirky digital scrapbooking kit with a modern, edgy template.

Kate mixes her goodies so well with my templates. She did a bit of old meets new. The colors are modern. The temple has a modern vibe and she coupled that with a vintage photo. There's a touch of vintage in her elements, too. All of these qualities lend to the cohesiveness of her page.

Hilary went all modern. The colors are super fresh and fun, too.

Michal usually does wonderfully modern pages and she's a pro with colors. Matching photo colors with your digital goodies always make a more visually appealing scrapbook layout.

Cherry Products from the Yearbook Collection

Take that tip I just gave you and check out Evelyn's page. Perfection! If it's tough getting those colors just right, pull out just a few colors from your digital goodies.  Here's yellow, black, white and a splash of green for pop.  Brilliant!

Craft Fair Collection from The Cherry

Black is an awesome way to give your pages a modern look. Pair up black with bright colors for a fresh vibe.

I saw an image on Pinterest where someone took old paintbrushes and turned them into a stunning wreath. What a super idea! I saw a lot of beautiful sewing wreaths, too.

How brilliant is Kate's page?! I love the way she used that fabulous thread texture for the sewing spools. This is exactly the kind of page I pictured with this template.

Craft Fair Collection from The Cherry On Top

Evelyn is knocking her pages out of the park! She even used all Cherry kits for her pages. I've linked them all up. Pretty great if you want to lift her pages. Cool how she did the wood paper over the spools, too. Are you getting all kinds of ideas, now?

Craft Fair Collection from The Cherry On Top

The title is really fun and the colors totally grab your attention because of the black background. If you look carefully, you'll see she didn't use that many elements, but blew them up nicely and changed the colors of some of the elements from the template to finish off her page. All great digital scrapbooking skills.

Craft Fair Collection from The Cherry On Top

I've provided so many elements on the template that you don't even have to add your own. Easy, right? We don't all have hours and hours to scrapbook a page layout, right? Look closely again, at Eve's page. See the same hues in the pictures? See how she color picked the green from the green on the painting and sprinkled it all around her page? A matching green blob, a green brush...this evens out the color balance making her page look awesome. Yours will too when you use these tips.

I am sadly abysmal at knowing what my fans love.  Isn't that so sad?! Hehehe...After all of these years, I should know better, but alas...I really love these desktop style templates and I was so uber pleased to see that they top my "Popular" category at GingerScraps. Finally! I often design something thinking my fans are going to love this only to have the opposite occur and vise versa. I think I'm cheating by designing such a super simple template, quickly and it's a big hit! Hehehe...

If you want a more realistic look for the notebooks and planner, use a puffy style or action. In PS and PSE it's called a Bevel. Adjust it to perfection for just the right look.

Spring Stickers from My Design Bundles Shop

What do ya think of my Spring Stickers? I actually sold a few of these. If you were part of that, thanks! I really appreciate your support.

My Pumpkin Spice kit and Scissors from Craft Fair.

Fabulous vintage goodies found in Revel in Retro from yours truly.

I left the template with a realistic metal binder. I love this idea!!! I don't know about you, but I am not great at playing and tweaking metal styles. I think Eve's notebook looks so realistic thanks to the texture paper she used and the shadows.

Yearbook Goodies for Spring

I did it, again! I kept a realistic looking planner on the template. This will make your page layouts look incredibly real. Use the color picker and adjust that color to perfection. Don't forget to "clip" those layers onto your planner only. Maybe this video will help. 

Spring Goodies from the Yearbook Collection

I loved Evelyn's idea of using my Yearbook Collection for her two pages. They look fantastic! My little design papers are so darn cute! It took me a few minutes to figure out it was my kit. Hehehe...

These are templates from Kreative Design Studio. Check your stash!

The ladies made stunning pages!!!

Are you applying some of the tips I gave with these other fab pages? Notice the patterns? Repetition is another excellent tip for you. Repeating colors and elements around a page will give you a great result.

You can go simple or go nuts with your ellies!

Here's another lot from Kreative Design Studio. There's nothing new in the Very Vintage Collection. It is HUGE though. So, if ya want. bang for your buck this is the way to go. EIGHT templates, printable sheets, papers, ellies, an alpha...

The Very Vintage Kit

Very Vintage Kit and Template

These two pages, above and below, are using both the templates and kit. There are EIGHT templates.

Very Vintage Kit and Template

Flowers N' Butterflies Templates & Very Vintage Kit

Very Vintage Kit & Love for Literature Template

The above page is insanely creative. The Love for Literature template coupled with Very Vintage was a great combination. I love how Evelyn made her book a scrapbook. Genius! Why don't you give it a try?

Kate's pages show off more excellent color usage and balance.

Isn't her butterfly effect so cool? Wink, wink... The shadows on her photos are pretty epic, too.

I love how Michal shows off my templates in a manner that is so approachable. Some of my ladies make pages that make me shake my head. They look SO hard to scrap! Michal has a totally functional, simplistic style that is very appealing. They are super, super clean and encourages people to give scrapbooking a try. I love that!

Ashley joined in for just a bit of our Scrap-A-Thon with her super pretty page. You can still go through our blog, grab all of the crazy freebies and peruse the album from our group and add your pages there.

You don't always have to have realistic aspects on your pages. That's the beauty of art. Mix and mingle styles, elements and concepts to stir the mind.

This pack of templates is also from Kreative Design Studio.

Mixing realistic with whimsical is always fun! Jenn sure knows how to make a gorgeous page.

My super fun mailbox paper template.

I'm finally growing a bit...bored with scrapbooking after more than 20 years. Hehehe...lately when I scrap, I keep it simple to just show off my templates or to show different, easy ways to use them. Above and below, I've simply added styles and photos to my pages and it lended a quick result.

See how these vintage designs will make great printables?

Above, the white sticker aspect of the elements has been removed. Did ya know you can do that? Watch a couple videos with the lasso tool or even the magic wand. You can ditch the outline with a simple click or two. I do this a lot. Above the sticker outline is gone and below she left it.

is Kim's page not THE best page idea?! I LOVE it!

You can scrap your pets in a really fun and unique way...

or just use the adorable animals for any subject.

Have you noticed how my ladies use their shadows? I like a rather intense shadow. Other scrappers go for a more subdued shadow. It's all a matter of preference and effect. Above, Theresa use a smaller, subtle shadow for her elements.

The shadow behind hedgy is my shadow. Dark, intense...it gives my little guy lift.

Did you make it all the way through?! You rock!!! This was one heck of a blog. I need a break! A long walk through the mountains should do. I'm sure I'll find all kinds of wonderful to inspire me for my next set of templates and designs.

Thanks so much for your visit. Enjoy all of the new products from this blog at a 30% discount for one week. See you at GingerScraps!

Happy scrapping!

Birthday Card Design and Some Free Printable Cards for Kids and More

Awesome designs and fonts from Plus.

Welcome, artists and crafters to The Cherry On Top.

Did you know birthday cards are the most popular cards on the market?  They outsell all other cards and yet it’s still so hard to find just the right one.  Today, we’re going to fill your head with all kinds of birthday card ideas and we've got a free kid's card for ya, too.

Creating Birthday Cards for Kids

In the first image, you can see how I used a pack of digital elements and a cute background that was also included, to make a few different cards for kids.  The designer used a great array of gender friendly colors.  So they can be used for boys or girls.  Of course, with a little software savvy, you can alter colors, add textures and customize them to perfection.

I used an easy to read font that included its own, unique path!  I’ve never worked with a font that did that before and I love a big, chunky font, too.  It’s in Plus and waiting for you to play with it.

For one dino card, I used shadows and for the other, I did not.  When you design your own cards, you have so many options.  It might even save you time and money because you won’t have to run out to a store.

Designing a card is a whole lot like scrapbooking!

Unicorn design from Plus, The Machine Font, glitter splatter and a great mockup.

Man, did I have a blast designing this glitter glammy unicorn card!  Again, I used a design from Plus which was just an outline.  I added several layers to the back or underneath it and filled them in with a brush.  Then, added rainbow glitter paper, a bevel and intense shadows. 

Engaging cards are ideal for children.  It’s also a great reason to keep it simple.  This strategy will also save you time.  When you design your own birthday card, you can size it just how you like as well.  Don’t forget the envelope!

Take a look at the next two birthday ideas for Baby’s 1st Birthday.

Absolutely beautiful illustrations.

Here's a design I created with a first birthday in mind. It's available in Plus.

We’ve got some insanely talented designers in Design Bundles and Plus.  You could use both designs for an invitation or a card to give.

Cards that are ready to go!

If you know the child well, you can search for designs or cards that will really please them.  Some kids just love cars, trucks, dinos, princesses, unicorns...and Design Bundles has them all!  Consider the kind of toys the child likes and see if you can find a design with it.

Age and Gender Neutral Birthday Card Designs

I’ve got a huge stash of birthday cards for all ages and genders.  Ya never know when that pop up invitation comes or you just remember at the last minute.  That sure happens a lot with me.

It’s ideal to have some birthday scrapbook papers, birthday stickers and celebratory elements in your stash whether digital or printed. If you find yourself short on envelopes, you can use templates and make your own or you can design the card using very rigid paper, without a fold and simply put the writing on the back.

Sending it digitally will require no envelope!

Let’s take a look at some age and gender neutral digital scrapbooking papers and patterns.

Super birthday papers for cards and more!

The best digital paper for birthdays will look something like this. These patterns are bright and would be great for absolutely anyone.

Versatile, bright and jovial designs for birthdays and celebrations.

A pack like this would be perfect to design birthday cards, invitations, stickers...If you can get a pack with papers and elements, you can really design a wonderful card.

Fresh and modern, digital papers and cut files for birthdays and more.

Some of my designs in Plus.

Another option that’s super easy and fast is pairing up a paper pack with a cut file for birthdays.

See how I cropped the birthday papers, layered them up and added a Happy Birthday Wishes cut file to the top.  I added two outlines and an intense shadow for contrast.  I just used the paint bucket to fill or color the cut file and added some texture with digital styles.

Seriously, a card like this takes mere minutes to design and print.

Designs from Karen Schultz

It certainly is challenging to find mature, beautiful birthday designs for a card.  Just use any design you like and include a birthday wish or sentiment on it and BOOM! I loved the texture on the ribbon and the paper.  I thought it’d be nice to include a photo on my mom’s card. This card below is an old freebie. Click here or the image to download.

Designs from Karen Schultz

You can design generic cards with sentiments like these.  If you do go digital, save the layered file and make changes as you need per recipient.

Designs from The Cherry On Top.

If you can’t find anything that tickles your fancy under a birthday search, try searching under party or even New Year or wedding and you’ll get some great elements and papers that are perfect for a mature birthday card.

A birthday is definitely a reason to celebrate, right? Oh! Hey! I've got an entire collection that I designed for my niece's wedding called, A Reason to Celebrate, which will also be in an upcoming blog.

If you're a Plus fan, type in Wedding Scrapbooking in the search and a bunch of my packs will come up. You could pop over to GingerScraps where you can still purchase my Personal Use goodies. You can get all of the goodies in one huge bundle or buy them by the pack.

Cool papers and designs from Plus.

Just look at all of the wonderful birthday cards I could design using items from Plus.  Perusing all of the fantastically creative designs will feed your creativity, too!

Here's your free child's birthday card.

I sure do hope we helped you decide on making your own cards.  It’s such a fun hobby.  You get to hold something in your hands if you do print it out.  It’s also something to give to someone which feels really great for you and the recipient.

Thanks so much for checking us out.  Please, do join us in our craft-tastic community and sharpen your crafting skills with videos from Design Bundles and The Cherry.

Happy card making!