"Hey, Mr. Groundhog" STS Forum Blog Train Freebie

Hi all, welcome to my portion of the STS monthly forum blog train. This month's theme, "Hey, Mr. Groundhog" was nominated by myself and I feel so honored that it was chosen as the winning theme.

I must tell you that there is a little story behind one of my elements, if you haven't already guessed that. LOL. Some of the forum members were wanting to know what exactly a groundhog looked like, so I searched the web and found a couple of photos of groundhogs, but I ran across this photo of a "militant" looking groundhog too and found it so funny that I just had to post it in the forum as well.



Well, one thing led to another and I was dared to provide my version of what I call "Groundbo" (a cross between a groundhog and Rambo). So here you go, a groundhog that is ready for Spring and won't take no for an answer, enjoy!


Here are all the stops on the train:

Becky aka SAHM Scrapper
Night Light Scrapper
Digi-Scrapz by Christi
Scraps N Pieces
¡nyi + a digit·lis scrapbooking
Nibbles Skribbles
Little Red Scraps
jensenmotleycrewdesigns
JIC Creations
Scrapalicious Cereal
Just For Fun
Saphira's Scrapdesign
Lots of PrettyThings
Let Me Scrapbook!
Rainamoon Scraps
Adriana's Cafe
Quiltifications
Always Be Neighbors Designs
Scrappin' Serenity
The Scrappy Kat (You Are Here)
Craft With Me
Shel Belle Scraps
Tonisha's Playground
Where The Heart Is
Altered Sea
Kerry's Scraps
GB DESIGNS
This Little Missy
Seal Scraps
Samantha Scraps
Milly Dee Designs

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"Steampunk" Freebie Collab with Seal Scraps

The kit I have for you this week is one of the most fun collab kits that I have ever done. Steampunk was inspired by a forum member at STS. Her son had recently introduced her to the steampunk genre and she thought that it would make a wonderful kit. Ashley of Seal Scraps & myself, both being married to engineers, jumped at the opportunity to create this super fun eclectic kit. Today we will have the papers for you, tomorrow the elements, Wednesday the alphas, & on Thursday we will have some great quick pages for you.

Here are 2 layouts that I created using both kits.

Here are some great layouts by my creative team members, I will be posting more tomorrow.

Layout by Samantha

Layout by Beth

Layout by Tammy

Click on Ashley's preview to head to her blog and get her papers.

THIS FREEBIE HAS EXPIRED, YOU CAN FIND THE KIT IN MY STS STORE HERE.
Make sure to come back and visit my blog all month long. I am celebrating my birthday with all kind of freebies, new kits, contests, & games. Not only will we have a great time, but I have also put my store on sale for 35% off ALL MONTH!!! The discount is one of my little birthday gifts to you, but just don't ask me while I chose your discount to be 35%. ;-)

To find more great scrap freebies, visit CraftCrave.

STS Speed Scrap on Friday

You don't want to miss the speed scrap on Friday at STS. This one is being hosted by Scraps by Andrea, and look at the neat participation prize below! Hope to see you there!

Stuff To Scrap featured at Give Away Today

Make sure to tie a little piece of string around your finger, as tomorrow Stuff To Scrap is being featured at Give Away Today.


The best part about STS being featured is that you can win free products from Stuff To Scrap. So don't forget to head over tomorrow to Give Away Today and enter yourself to win one of the great prizes.

Speed Scrap Tonight

You don't want to miss the speed scrap tonight over at Stuff To Scrap. It is being hosted by Mad Genius Designs and is sure to be a fun time!

Here's tonight's participation prize.

New "Floral Grunge" CU Overlay Set

I am super excited about this new set of CU overlays that I just added to my store. They are called "Floral Grunge" and are full of all kinds of vines, flowers, butterflies, & even a few birds. They would make some awesome springtime papers! Click on the preview to go check them out.


A little bit grungy & a little bit girly, these floral overlays are all you will need to make everything from a Valentine's Day kit to papers for a Spring wedding. This set of 6 commercial use overlays are made at 300 ppi and are free of blurries when zoomed up to 100%, guaranteed!

Here are some example papers made with some of the included overlays:

Speed Scrap Wednesday Night at STS

JW-Digiscraps is hosting a speed scrap tomorrow night at STS, you don't want to miss it...check out the cool participation prize!

"Be Loveable" Kit by GSWB & DDBN and a FREEBIE!

I want to tell you about this great collab kit by two of my fellow STS designers, Gettin' Scrappy with Britt & Digi-designs by Nicole. Be Lovable is soooo cute and perfect for scrapping tons of layouts. It is a must have for all your Valentine pages. Click the preview to head over to the STS store and check it out.

Here are a couple of layouts that I did using Be Lovable.

Britt & Nicole were nice enough to let me turn my brag book page into a freebie for you. Click on the image to go download and head over to Britt's blog and find out where to get a few more freebies.

Visit Digifree for more great freebies!

Last Day of $1.00 Sale!!!

Hurry over to save big at the STS Store. Today is the last day of the big January Build A Kit sale where you can snag nearly every part for $1 each!!! What are you waiting for? Go fill up your bag now!

Speed Scrap Saturday at STS

You don't want to miss the speed scrap tomorrow at STS. It is being host by Shel Belle Scraps and look at the awesome worn papers being offered as a participation prize. Hope to see you there!

$1 Dollar Sale at Stuff To Scrap

Make sure to head over to Stuff To Scrap this Friday-Sunday and fill up your shopping bag with $1 goodies from the January Build A Kit collection.

Here are the items of mine that you can snag for $1 each.

"Whimsical Winter" Freebie Quick Pages

It's the last day of my "Whimsical Winter" Collab with Mommy Me Time Scrapper. Today we both have some quick page freebies for you and so do some of my other CT members. Click on the previews, or their names if you don't see a preview yet. Some of them are in the Designer Darling Contest over at Stuff To Scrap and are concentrating on getting their Week 1 kits done, but they promise that they will have QP's for you too.

Here is a layout that I did with the kit and it happens to be the QP I am giving you today as well.

Ashley's QP Here

Jennifer's QP Here

As always, check out Digifree for more great freebies!

Speed Scrap Tonight!

There is a speed scrap tonight over in the STS Forum being hosted by C.W. Picket & Co. The last SS that Laura hosted was a blast, so I hope that I can make this one too.

Here is the neat participation prize being offered by Laura. It is an alpha created to go along with her new kit Princess Wishes. Isn't it adorable?

Also, while in the forum, make sure to check out the Designer Darling competition. Over the next 6 week, several new and seasoned designers will be competing for a designer spot at STS and there will be tons of FREE KITS to download, so go check it out!

"Whimsical Winter" Freebie Day 3 ~ The Alpha

It's day 3 of my Whimsical Winter collab with Mommy Me Time Scrapper. Hope you are enjoying it. Today you get the alphas and tomorrow some neat quick pages. Thanks for the wonderful comments and see you tomorrow!

SORRY THIS FREEBIE HAS EXPIRED.

And as always, visit Digifree for more great scrap freebies!

It's $2 Tuesday at Stuff To Scrap!

It's $2 Tuesday at Stuff To Scrap and you don't want to miss it! Hurry over now and see what at the STS designers have put into the bin this week.

Here are two items from The Scrappy Kat store that you will find in the $2 bin today.

Big enough to be called a "Mega Kit," Preschool Days is dedicated to our littlest students. Preschool Days is perfect for capturing all those preschool moments; from the first day of school to art time to story time. Included in this kit are 23 papers, 97 elements, & 2 full alpha (including sheets & individual pngs).

Short on time, but have tons of your little one's photos to scrap? Preschool Days Quick Pages are perfect for scrapping all those preschool moments & beyond. Just add a title, date, & journaling if you want and you are done! Included are 9 12x12 inch, 300 dpi quick pages made using my Preschool Days kit.

"Whimsical Winter" Freebie Collab Day 2

It's day 2 of my Whimsical Winter collab with Mommy Me Time Scrapper. Hope you are enjoying it. Today you get the elements, tomorrow the alpha, and on Thursday some neat quick pages. Thanks for the wonderful comments and see you tomorrow!

Layout by my CT member Ashley.

Layout by my CT member Beth.

SORRY THIS FREEBIE HAS EXPIRED.

And as always, visit Digifree for more great scrap freebies!

"Whimsical Winter" a Freebie Collab Kit

Wow, you all probably thought I dropped off the face of the earth! LOL. Well, the good news is that I didn't, I was just visiting family and traveling for the holidays. The better news is that now I am home and have plenty of goodies for you. This week I have teamed up with one of my CT members, Tammy, a.k.a. Mommy Me Time Scrapper. We have designed this freebie kit for you called Whimsical Winter and it is full of all kinds of wintertime fun! You know the drill, every day this week you will get a new part and on Thursday we will have some cute QP's for you too. Hope you like it and please leave us some love if you do.

Here are some great layouts by Tammy and other fabulous members of my creative team!

Layouts by Tammy

Layout by Jennifer

Layouts by Jana

SORRY THIS FREEBIE HAS EXPIRED.

SORRY THIS FREEBIE HAS EXPIRED.

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