NEW Commercial Use Poppies

Introducing Poppies for Commercial Use now in my shop!

It's that time of year when everything at my house is in full bloom, so I have decided to start creating more CU items for you folks :)

I will continue to do these CU kits if they take off at the shop as long as I have items to photograph and extract, I find this will keep fresh items in my shop over the summer months when I am more occupied with the outdoors and my veggie gardens than inside creating personal use kits, not only that, I get so many requests for CU items, I decided it's about time I get with the program and give you gals what you have been wanting, so since I am outside anyway, why not photograph some items to actually use, right? So with that being said, I have started with the Poppies!!

I have a sample for you to download HERE

I hope you like them! It you do stop over to my shop and check them out.

Keep watch, I have been photographing my peonies as well as clematis :)

As always, the free for server use kits can be found HERE

Forget me not digital scrapbook kit

Introducing FORGET ME NOT a new kit in my Etsy shop, I just love the colors of this kit! Wanted to show you some of the things that you will find in the kit today.

some wonderful clusters :)

and a beautiful scrapbook quick page, these are included in the kit with purchase.

I will have goodies coming up from this kit, it's in the shop already, and as usual it can be gotten free for server use HERE as I always have for my new kits, I will be back later after an appointment to upload some freebies, so stop back!!!

Remember Memorial Scrapbook kit

Hello everyone! Today I have a trio of goodies for you, these were all created by Susan :)

First is the cluster, then we have some faded words and she also used a paper from the kit and added texture to it just for you all, it coordinates with the last freebie she put together for you folks, this is from REMEMBER kit.

This kit does include some word/poem/quotes.

Font used * KG Ten Thousand Reasons Alt*

As always, these kits are always free for server use HERE when I release something new into my Etsy shop.

You can snag up the goodies from today's post HERE, HERE and HERE.

Thank you all for stopping by, hope to see you back here soon.

Poppies for Remembrance - Remember digital scrapbook kit

Good morning everyone, how was your long weekend, I know it's a time everyone gets together for family gatherings and maybe like me, some of you still call it "decoration day" it was the weekend our family would run to various cemeteries to decorate before the Memorial Day parades and remember those that have gone before us ~ so I present you with Remember a new kit in my Etsy shop

Remember Poppies for Remembrance

I tried to vary from my original color scheme for a memorial kit this time, let me know if you like it

The freebie corner cluster above was created for you by Susan, isn't it precious! You can pick that up HERE

as always, my kits when newly released into my Etsy shop and introduced here on the blog come with lots of freebies as well as available free for server use for a limited time HERE just by adding to your kits, enjoy!

Stop back soon for more goodies!!

New digital kits in Etsy shop Recipe Book

 New in Etsy shop, Make your own Recipe Book kit

this kit includes everything you see to make your own personal cookbook/recipe books OR there are premade pages so you just insert your titles and recipes and off you go! This kit was created because I had a special request from Italy for it, the title of the request was "Seasons on the Plate" so this kit is loaded with things for the four seasons as well as recipe cards, papers, utensils, etc. and who says it has to be just for cookbooks or recipe books?

visit cheyOkota at Etsy

sample of what can be done with things in the kit, title page, section page, recipe divider page and blank pages

You can also get the kit free for server use HERE for a limited time

How about a beautiful page layout freebie? This one was created by Arlene just for you!! You can get it HERE

If you liked this kit, I have 2 more I have just released into my Etsy shop as well as free for server use for a limited time, I will be back soon with the other 2 with some freebies for you :)

Mother's Day Freebie

WOW another lovely cluster, this one created for you by Arlene from Mother digital scrapbook kit

Mother kit in Etsy shop

You can grab today's freebie made by Arlene HERE

and of course we have another cluster created for you by Susan

You can grab today's freebie made by Susan  HERE

You can also get the kit free for server use HERE for a limited time

I have a Facebook freebie up for all you folks :)

It's for Mother's Day!! Mini Mom

Just like my Facebook Page and grab the Exclusive Freebie kit today!

Don't forget I still have the free kits HERE for server use, they change out every 2 weeks :)

You can grab today's freebie made by me HERE

I also have three upcoming kits and one is for Remembrance Day or Memorial Day, or as my old farmer neighbor calls it "Decoration Day" - Poppies for Remembrance - REMEMBER look for it to be released also this weekend with the other two kits.

See you back here soon!

Upcoming kit . . . Forget Me Not

Coming soon . . . May 24th in my Etsy shop

Forget Me Not

stop over and check it out this weekend

Coming Soon . . . Make your own Recipe Book

Introducing Make your own Recipe Book ~ a recipe/cookbook kit that I was inspired to create when a lovely gal from Italy asked me for help in creating a cookbook kit for her and her students, yes she is a teacher and this was a class project for her and students ~ Make your own Recipe Book

this kit includes 22 pre-made pages (including 2 covers to choose from) as well as divider pages, recipe sections, recipe pages and blank pages

This was such a fun kit to put together for her that I decided why not share with everyone, perhaps this is the inspiration you need to create your own family recipe book. Chiara's cookbook is called "Seasons on the plate" in which we translated for her the font I chose was KG Ten Thousand Reasons Alt because it looked like "chalk" on a chalkboard

I created a couple of versions for her to choose from

If this recipe/cookbook kit interests you, stop on over this weekend to my Etsy Shop and pick it up ~ it's loaded with 22 pre-made pages as well as all the elements needed to create your own (91 elements & clusters, 13 papers)

(sample of Spring/Primavera main section page, divider page with page numbers, recipe page and blank page)

This will be something I will put together for my family for Christmas presents this year!!!

Mother freebies

MOTHER - a new kit in my Etsy shop

Today I have a freebie for you from Susan as well as a QP

aren't they gorgeous?

New kit in Etsy shop

You can grab today's freebies made by Susan HERE and HERE

Don't forget I still have the free kits HERE for server use, they change out every 2 weeks ~ These available until the 24th.

I also have some cluster sets in the shop created from this kit

Pre-made clusters in the shop sell for $1.99/set
Stop in and check them out

Mini Mother Freebie

I had made this Mini Mother my exclusive Facebook freebie, only to realize that some folks do not use Facebook, so I will also post it HERE for you

will also re-post the free QP HERE ~ Enjoy!!

Don't forget I still have the free kits HERE for server use, they change out every 2 weeks :)

Freebies from Mother kit - digiscrap

Today's freebie cluster frame was created by Arlene for you :)

This is from the MOTHER kit, all kinds of fun pretty things in here

You can see all the goodies HERE as well as add to your kits free for server use for a limited time.

I will also add the blue paper freebie for you, you can pick up the freebies HERE and HERE today

Free Prints & Gifts by registering, Senior Portrait samples

I don't know about you, but I order a LOT of prints, I have had 4 seniors this year, my sister and I take the photographs and then of course we love to play with them, tweak them a little bit, for printing ~ I use Artscow, I have for years and am very pleased with them, if you are like me and have a lot of graduates this year, these could really come in handy for you as well, some pretty neat free items as well as some nicely discounted products

Stop over and register and check out all the fun free stuff they put into your account! As soon as you register you have goodies in your account. Registration is totally free!

CHECK IT OUT HERE

Some of the great offers they have right now:

$0.99 Mouse pads with free international shipping, additional $3.99/each 
http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/mousepad 

$0.99 Ornaments with free international shipping, additional $3.99/each 
http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/single-ornament

$1.99 Cosmetic bags with free international shipping, additional $4.99/each
http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/cosmetic-bags

$1.99 Photo Books with free international shipping, additional $4.99/each
http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/specialbook

$3.99 Watches with free international shipping, additional $6.99/each
http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/photo-watch

$6.99 Phone covers with free international shipping, additional $9.99/each 
http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/hardshell-phone

I make my senior picture prints as well as scrapbook pages here

how cool is that! I make photo books as well as playing cards, coasters, you name it, I even made a puzzle from a senior portrait as a gift. So many creative things you can make!!

lay 4 up on a 5x7 print to make perfect wallet sizes

B&W is very "in" with the seniors this year here

my youngest son

We had a blast this year taking photos of all the seniors in the family!

We took a LOT down at the family pond, the boys all had a blast!

shake it up a bit, if there is something interesting, get them in a good shot or ON IT!

best friends for eons! (I put a fake spider on the one fella's mother during this shoot, this was the reaction when she realized it)

my nephews :), the above photo we turned into his graduation party announcement and had it printed as 5x7 prints, purchase envelopes at your local Best Buy, Staples, Office Max or even Walmart store

BE CREATIVE!! Make them something they will enjoy passing out, let them help in the design process :)

you can use edge overlays to create awesome effects on photos

We even add their photographs to masks, one guy loves paintball, so we used a nice "splat" for one of his photos

Shake things up a bit, make their portraits original to them :)

and if you have to, personalize it!

now don't do this unless you are on your own property or have the owners permission LOL or you may land in some hot water!!

Into scrapbooking? Make cool layouts that cater to their interests

You may remember these guys from a previous post, 

I hope I have inspired your creativity today, go out and take some gorgeous photos and do some amazing things with them today!!

and remember, if you are interested in some free goodies

CHECK IT OUT HERE