Hollywood Blvd Released

One of our favorite parks is Hollywood Studios. On our recent trip to Disney World in August 2012 we stayed for the very first time at the Boardwalk Resort and never realized just how easy a walk it was to the park, so when I say this amazing new kit from Natalie's Place Designs I was thrilled. Just check out...Hollywood Blvd!

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With is wonderful new kit are some terrific add-ons to make your designs that much easier to create!  Wonderful Word Art, Page Starters, and Paper Stacks!

I had so much fun playing with this kit.  My first layou I wanted to really highlight John Wesley with Shelby Mayer on of the Citizens of Hollywood.  John Wesley normally doesn't interact but has always stepped forward when he came to Shelby.  I think it stems from their first meeting in 2008 when Shelby gave John Wesley a gold plastic "$" key chain and told him when he was 16 to trade it in for a new caaaaar!  Oddly enough I have that key chain sitting in front of my computer monitor.  I used one of her terrific page starters and word arts and a few touches of my own and tahdah!

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My next layout is Adrianna and Mrs. Dorma Nesmond one of our favorite of many of the Citizens of Hollywood.  Do you know she speaks several languages!!  She is such a sweet lady and definitely someone we must visit while at Hollywood Studios.

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My final layout is from one of our favorite rides... Rock N Roller Coaster!  Who doesn't love this ride!! I used this wonderful template from MJ AJ Designs for this weeks MouseScrappers template challenge.  I simply rotated it and tahdah!!

I just love all the terrific colors and elements in this kit!  Don't forget to stop by Lisa Campbell Designs as well as MJ AJ Designs for some more wonderful inspiration and surprises.  Head over to Natalie's Place Designs to grab this wonderful kit as well as her terrific add-ons!
Here is a freebie from me...

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I can't wait to see what everyone creates with this wonderful kit!  Wishing you a magical day!

Off to Never Never Land...

Natalie's Place Designs has another amazing release today.... Never Never Land! I was so excited when I saw the preview and then working with the kit was so much fun. I felt like a little kid again. Just check out what this kit contains 16 papers, 6 ribbons, 1 ricrac, 2 bows, 7 flowers, a leaf cluster, 3 frames, 2 baker's twines, a string, 2 stitches, a clock tower, a clock face, 4 star elements, 3 fireworks elements, 2 crocodiles, a cloud a parchment scroll, a pirate's ship, a ship cloud, a ship's wheel, 3 flairs, a chipboard fern, 3 sparkle elements, a glitter trail, 2 feathers, a chipboard feather, a pixie cage, a pan hat, a chipboard skull & crossbones, a play sword, a tomahawk, a staple, a skyline, a star scatter, two word stamps, 3 word tags, a word art, a wooden flourish, a beaded circle, a grid overlay and two alphas.     

She also has these amazing Page Starters, and Word Arts!  

Natalie sure knows how to make creating layouts easy.  

If that is not enough Natalie is offering all three as a bundle!  I love bundles!!

My first page I really wanted to showcase Adrianna's interaction with Peter Pan on the Disney Fantasy.  It was the most amazing adventure between the two of them.  

It's a lot of journaling and it's small so the journaling reads:

While wondering around on Deck 5 during Pirate Night Adrianna stumbled upon Peter Pan.    There was no one around and Peter Pan really knew how to get Adrianna going.  He told her she could not catch him which started them literally running around the balcony on Deck 5.  Mind you Neil is down on deck 3 with lots of people watching the two of them running around the deck!  She was laughing so hard and Peter Pan had the biggest smile as he was definitely outwitting her.  One time around he hid behind the elevator so she would not see him and she went running right past him.  They did this over and over again as other guest passed by.  Then Peter Pan did handstands against the wall and Adrianna would warn him when a cast member was approaching.  As she warned him Peter Pan would drop down and look all around like he was not doing anything.  Adrianna was just beside herself.  Then finally about 5-6 other girls joined in with them and that is when Hook and Smee arrived just below on Deck 4 for a meet and greet.  Peter Pan and all the kids would duck down behind the rail while Peter Pan made a paper airplane.  The kids and Peter Pan, for at least 10 minutes, played in this manner while Hook could not figure out what was going on above him.  Then finally Peter Pan found the perfect moment to throw the airplane at Capt Hook.   Capt Hook looked up and saw Peter Pan and shook his first while they all chanted “Hook is a Cod Fish!” over and over again.  Alas Peter Pan hopping and skipping had to go but not before he gave each of them a big hug for helping him get Capt Hook!   Definitely one of my most magical memories!

Well speaking of Hook and Smee Adrianna and John Wesley actually meet with them a little earlier in the evening.  I loved the colors in this kit and the word art is perfect!!  Do you notice the blue and red of Smee and those amazing feathers!!  I had so much doing the clusters on this layout.  Finally for our quick trip in August I thought our meet and great with Tinkerbell and Terrance the kit would be perfect...

I just love all the bling this kit has to offer as well along with another amazing word art!  Natalie totally rocked this kit!!  Don't forget to stop by Natalie's Place Designs to grab this wonderful or versatile kit.  She just might have a little surprise for you too!  Be sure to stop by Lisa Campbell Designs and MJ AJ Designs for more inspiration as well as some terrific freebies.  Here is a small freebie just for stopping by....

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I can't wait to see what wonderful and amazing designs you create with this stunning kit!! Wishing you all a magical day!

The First day of School...

Today is a very hard day for MOM!! My son starts middle school (6th grade) and my daughter begins 4th grade. Where has the time gone!! It was just yesterday that I was changing their diapers and pushing them in a stroller. They grow so fast! In honor of the first day of school I wanted to share a little facebook header with all of you.  In Disney style of course...

I thought I would also share it as a freebie so you to could share your first day of school as well.

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Wishing everyone a magical and memorable school year!

Sneak Peek

Stay tuned Natalie's Place Designs has another amazing kit coming your way!  You just may never want to grow up....

Gridlock Brushes Released

Hello everybody. I'm late I'm late for a very important...Release. I'm so sorry but this weekend just got away from me. I was working out of town with no Internet, My BFF had a motorcycle accident(she broke her ankle but she's doing alright THANKFULLY!!), and it was a Minnie Speed Scrap Marathon this weekend at MouseScrappers. I guess that is about a normal weekend for everyone...BUSY!! Well Natalie's Place Designs has a great release this past weekend. Gridlock Brushes is a must have for any of you that like grunge in a layout or just want to add texture and depth.  Introducing Gridlock Brushes Vol 1 and she is providing them as brushes and as individual pngs.... You can blend them, recolor them, shadow them, stylize them.... let your creative side run wild.

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Here is my first layout I created using this great brushes.  I created a double page layout for our Pirate Night on our Disney Cruise.  The brushes worked perfectly to give me the texture and Arh!!  I was looking for.

Right Side

Left Side

I also used them during the recently Minnie MouseScrappers Speed Scrap Marathon to create my layout from our very first stay at The Boardwalk Villas just two weeks ago.  Yes, just two weeks ago!  My husband surprised me with a weekend, last minute, no planning trip!!

Be sure to stop by Natalie's Place Designs to pick up these easy and versatile brushes.  I thought I would share a little word art freebie from my Pirate Night Dinner just for stopping by.

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Wishing you all a magical week.  Don't forget to see full credits for my layouts to stop by my MouseScrappers Gallery.. HERE.

Blend This!

I love templates and honestly can't design without them. Well Natalie's Place Designs has just released the MOST amazing templates!!! I'm just in love with them and the blending mask is fabulous!! Check out Blend This!

I will say I went a little overboard on these templates as I feel in love with the versitity of them.  I like to take a template and modify to give me just the right design.  That's what I love about templates they give you the idea and then you either use it as is or make a few adjustments and it's just wanted you needed. My first layout I wanted to highlight our meet and greet with Tinkerbell on the Disney Fantasy and I just love Natalie's Place Designs "Believe" kit.

My second layout was a meet and greet with Pinocchio as we saw him a few times on the Disney Magic.  I just love the blend and all those terrific layer ideas.  The Pinocchio word art is one of my previous word art freebies from Natalie's Place Designs...No Strings Attached kit that you can find HERE.

My third layout is from meeting Remy for the very first time! I can't tell you how excited we were to meet a new character!  Bonus points!  We love characters.  I just love the ability to blend, have lots of photos, journal, and add those nice element touches!

Alright now for my slight modifications.  Our second new character was Emile and since they are both from Ratatouille I thought it would be prefect to do a mirror image so I simply flipped the entire template and carried over the same theme.  

For my next modification I wanted to save room in my book so I doubled up on Donald and Daisy as they are perfect together.  I grabbed the blend and photo elements duplicated it and then flipped it.  It allowed me to achieve my goal and created yet another wonderful layout from our Disney cruise.

My last layout I wanted a few more photos but really liked the fact that I could highlight just one.  I love the large photo with Adrianna and Chip and Dale but I also wanted to include the great photos of their interaction so I simply copied just the photos and flipped it up and used the align tool to ensure that it was all square.  

All credits for my layouts can be found in the gallery at MouseScrappers HERE.  Don't forget to check out Lisa Campbell Designs and MJ AJ Designs for more terrific inspiration!  These templates are a must have for any collection so head over to Natalie's Place Designs to get your set!  Wishing you all a magical weekend!

Who loves a Disney Cruise?

Who loves a Disney cruise? We Do!! I'm so excited with Natalie's Place Designs new release "Cruisin!" It has so many wonderful possibilities and I know I will be using this kit over and over again to create many magical memories from our recent Disney cruise.  Just check it out!  This is her largest kit ever!! 

Over 100 elements including

30 papers, 3 alphas, 10 flowers, 12 ribbons, 3 ricrac, 7 buttons, 2 clips, 2 bows, 2 string elements, a baker's twine, a cord wrap, a bunting, a kraft paper border, 3 fireworks elements, 2 leaves, a cruise ship, a palm tree, 3 beach umbrellas, 2 anchors, 2 beach chairs, 3 frames, a life preserver, a porthole (clear and with glass),a porthole element, a tag, 4 flairs, a pair of sunglasses, a seagull, a stingray, a dolphin, a sea turtle, a compass sticker, 3 paper wave elements, a wave border, a stitch line and a stitch circle, a sparkle trail, a mask, a snorkle, 2 shuffleboard discs, a shuffleboard cue, a shuffleboard court stamp, 2 seashells, a starfish, a fishnet, a ship's bell, a ship's wheel, a captain's hat, two cocktails, a passport (open and closed), a shopping bag, and a line of bubbles.

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To make your layouts easy to do she's also created this wonderful assortment of paper stacks, quick pages, page starters, brushes, and word art!

Postmark Stamps/Brushes

These include stamps for the years 1998-2020, 2 postmark circles,
1 postmark wavy lines and 13 word art circles. Each is created in black and in white. 
The set includes 70 png files and an abr file.

There are so many different possibilities!  Here is a some inspiration from me...

Here I used one of her paper stacks.  

I used one of her page starters for this layout.

I used one of her terrific word art and brushes for this layout

Be sure to check out Lisa Campbell Designs and MJ AJ Designs for more inspiration as these ladies totally rocked this kit.  Natalie has a great add-on to the kit as well so be sure to stop by Natalie's Place Designs to grab it.  I thought I would provide a little freebie of my own from my sailing away party layout.

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So be sure to pick up Natalie's Place Designs...Cruisin!  It's one of those kits you just have to have for beach, resort, and cruising layouts.  I can't wait to see what you create with my freebie.  I'd love to hear from your if you like my designs and freebies.  Wishing you a magical day!