New today at ScrapMatters! and a Friday Freebie, too.

How about these fabulously dirty fabric textured papers:

Dirty Laundry




Or this super versatile, bare naked, HUGE, Chipboard Alpha:

BIG! Chip Alpha




Some Inspiration from my CT:




And some wonderfully Shabby CU paper textures:


Shabby Textures




AND......


It's all 35% off until August 31!  In fact my entire shop is :)





I've got this little template to share today, too:





Have a happy, scrappy weekend y'all!

<3

Val

Sneak Peeks and Sales

I can't believe that August has passed so quickly and my time as a "guest designer" at ScrapMatters is coming to an end.  I thought I'd finish off the month with some fun basicpieces for your layouts.  Here are a few peeks of what's coming tomorrow:












For the rest of the month I've got my ScrapMatters guest shop on sale.




Don't forget that my Elemental Scraps shoppe is still 45% off now through the 31st also.


I'll be back here tomorrow with my Friday Freebie and the reveal of the new goodies!

Sign up to receive my newsletter for special announcements and exclusive coupons and freebies.  

I'll be sending it out tomorrow afternoon.
<3

Val

Store Closing Sale!

I've reached a major goal and milestone in my designing career and with the changes that are happening at Elemental Scrap I have been faced with a difficult choice.  I would be unable to continue on my path toward my goal and as an exclusive designer at ES so it is with much sadness I am closing up my Elemental Scraps shoppe.



(credits for ad - Boho Chic, BIG! Chip Alpha, Dirty Laundry Papers (alpha and papers coming soon!)

I'll be announcing the location of my new shop soon.

<3
Val

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday y'all!  We're getting ready for Kindergarten to start next week and we are very excited about it :)  We got to meet DS's teacher today and she was very nice and I think he's going to do great.  However, I do get a little teary when I think about him starting school :)  

He's getting a new belt in Kung Fu in the morning, too, so I'll have some good photo ops to scrap (and maybe get me started on a theme kit to scrap them with.)

Today at ScrapMatters I am VERY excited to release this collab I did with Captivated Visions.  Rachel was so awesome to work with and I just love how the kit turned out.

My CT have some bright, cheerful layouts using the kit:

Also today, I have these ADORABLE CU OK buttons available exclusively at ScrapMatters. 

In case you missed my speed scrap at ScrapMatters last week, I've also got this fun, basic alpha in my shop today.

This one isn't new, but it's new to ScrapMatters.  He's the Man is perfect for scrapping pages of your men both young and old.

And today's Friday Freebie is not a template.  I figured it was time to put out a little sample of my CU product.  I know I've bought CU that I have not been happy with and am hesitant to buy from an unknown designer.  So here is a little something to try and use for free.

You have to grab it through my shop at ScrapMatters.  Just click the image to go get it.

and I think I'll be back sometime this weekend with a little something else to share. Have a great day.

<3

Val

Sneak Peeks, CU Sale, and a FREEBIE, too!

Happy Wednesday! I'm in the last weeks of my guest shop at ScrapMatters and I'm having a wonderful time there. I'm getting layouts scrapped and chatting and speed scrapping (more chatting lol) and working on challenges. Whenever I find myself spending more time at ScrapMatters my layout gallery grows. I'm in love with my layouts I created so far this month. My favorite is from this week's afternoon speed scrap:

The background paper is from a pack I've just created and will release at ScrapMatters next week. I LOVE them! I used Sahlin Studios's Innovation kit for the elements. The were perfect for the colors in the layout and Sahlin's stuff is just gorgeous.

I've got a wonderfully happy little collab releasing this week. I really enjoyed working on this one and I hope we can do another one sometime soon! Here is a quick peek:

If you'd like a chance to win click the image and head on over to the ScrapMatter's forums and leave me a comment. I'll be picking a winner tomorrow.

At Elemental Scraps I've got some YUMMY Chipboard layer styles that are new and exclusive in my shop this week. These are CU OK and great for personal use, too!

I use them on fonts when working on titles for layouts.

I've also got these wonderful commercial use products on sale for 30% off this week:

8 Color Palettes:

Canvas layer styles:

Shabby overlays

and many more....

AND If you spend $5 in either my ScrapMatter's Shop or Elemental Scraps Shop you can get $2 of your order for the rest of the month.

And since you put up with this HUGE post I've got a versatile little freebie alpha for you:

Have a great Wendesday and I'll be back Friday with the reveal of that collab and my Friday Freebie Template!

New today at ScrapMatters, Speed Scrapping, and a Freebie, too!

New today in my shop i have one last taste of Summer:

Some EXCLUSIVE yummy CU ribbons:

and a Gigglerific kit, too:

New products are 20-30% off

Tonight at 9:30 DST I'm hosting a speed scrap at ScrapMatters.



You'll get this alpha for playing:

And here is this week's Friday Freebie template:

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have a scrappy weekend!

<3

Val

Sneak Peek Time:

Releasing tomorrow in my ScrapMatters shop

ScrapMatters Birthday Blog Train!

Toot Toot!  It's ScrapMatter's 3rd Birthday Celebration! The SM Design team has created this AWESOME Birthday Collab.  You can get it free with any $20 purchase in the shop.

expired.

The CT and Designers have used this fantastic birthday kit to create a TON of sweet freebies for the blog train. I have a set of 3 5x7 Brag Book Pages that are perfect for showing off those cute birthday photos.
 

grab it here

You arrived at this stop from Heidi's Blog and the next stop along the tracks is at Annisa's Blog 
if you hit a bump and need to find you way back just head to the ScrapMatters Blog.

Don't forget to check in the forums for lots of fun and games all weekend long!

I'm a Guest at ScrapMatters this Month!

Best of all, this month is ScrapMatter's 3rd Birthday!

Every Friday in August I'll have a new template to give away here on my blog. And I'll be handing out coupons and other freebies on Facebook and Twitter so be sure to watch for updates there, too.

I'm also going to start sending out a newsletter with new releases and exclusive coupons and freebies.  You can subscribe to it here:

Sign up for our free newsletter!

Today's exclusive goodies:

Boho chic:

AND a FWP set of YUMMY cardstock papers:

Basically Worn Alpha:

and there are a few more goodies waiting in my shop :)

Here is the first of my Happy Templates:

It's time for August Color Play at ES!

It's the first Monday in August and that means it's time for Color Play at Elemental Scraps. I've got some cute stuff this month:






all together:



A little Shabby Cardstock that is perfect for any page with ANY August Color Play product at ES:



Some commercial use goodies using the August CP colors:








And here is a coupon for additional savings:
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Have a great week
<3
Val