It's the weekend!  Nancy filling in here as Susan, Teresa and Connie are all on holidays. I hope you have some wonderful things planned and have also scheduled some "me" time so that you can sit and scrap!  Have the time and pictures, but not the inspiration?  Then look no further than the super deal you can get with Connie's February Template Bundle!  Containing 16 templates for only $4.99, you really can't go wrong!  Remember you can always change the templates up too...delete a photo spot, turn the template on it's size or upside down, add an extra journal area...delete that journal area!  So many options...just start playing and have fun with them! ... and don't worry your FREEBIE is at the bottom of the post!  Keep scrolling (but ooh and ahhh along the way!)  :)
Today I'll highlight some of the Full Circle and White Space Template Inspirational Pages.

 

Available at Gingerscraps and the Digichick.

There are some amazing layouts made with this template bundle by Connie's Creative Team and guest CT'ers. I wish to share some of them with you and inspire! Remember it is okay to scraplift (copy) a page exactly the way it's made! In digital scrapbooking it usually is considered an honor to have someone make a page the same. If posting your page,a small consideration is to mention it is a scraplift of xyz's page.

Let's start with White Space Vol 16:

By Chris

By Kelly using Rawr Dinosaur and White Space Temp Vol 16

by Lynn using White Space Vol. 16 Temp, #2016 Feb Kit, #2016 Feb WA, #2016 Feb WA, #2016 Feb XPP

by Jen - White Space Vol 16 Temp - #2017 February bundle

By Alane - White Space Vol 16 and Bibliophile by Connie

By Judy - White Space Vol 16 and 100 Days of Happy

Full Circle Vol. 8:

By Lyn - Full Circle Vol 8 and Floating Along Kit by Connie.

By Deanna - Full Circle Vol 8 and 3 Little Words

by AnnMarie - Full Circle Vol 8 and Grown with Love

by Lori - Full Circle Vol 8 and Cat's Meow by Connie

by Theresa - Full Circle Vol 8 and Travelogue Arizona by Connie

by Lori - Full Circle Vol 8 and Winter Wishes by Connie

AND  here is your Freebie for today!  Check out the full PS I Love You Collection HERE!

Download this FREEBIE HERE!

Sunday - December 29th - Connie's Slow Scrap and Chat

Nancy aka physioscrapper here in place of Laramie (scrappycoyote) as she was suddenly called away on a family emergency. She offers her apologies for not having her post here for you to read, and promises to announce the winner of the contest. The blog has been updated with October's Outstanding Layouts.

I want to highlight Connie's weekly "Slow Scrap and Chat"!!  Almost every Friday evening at Gotta Pixel - 8pm ET. Connie is there in the Gotta Pixel Chat Room waiting with instructions on what to include on your scrap page.  She does all the thinking, you just get to scrap.  A "Slow Scrap" has the same components as a "Speed Scrap" with steps provided for you to complete your page every 10 minutes...BUT, (and it's a very BIG BUT) you get until the next afternoon to complete your page!  No hurry required!  Everyone who completes a page and posts it in the Gotta Pixel gallery gets a little bonus from Connie too! As there is plenty of time to complete your page, if you feel like just chatting or "listening" to others chat during the hour that is perfectly okay.

To log into the Chat Room, you just click on the link "Chat Room" that is on the brown banner at the top of any Gotta Pixel forum page.  It will ask you to log in with your username....but any name will do; and I highly recommend you log in with Flash and not Java (just check the box beside Flash) as less problems appear to be had by those using Flash.  A box will appear where the conversations are written, all the people who are in the Chat Room is off to the right side, and you can type in any remarks or "hi!" in the box at the bottom of the screen.
That's all there is to it!!

If you miss the chat at 8 pm ET; Connie always writes out the "instructions" in the forum under "CHAT and CROPS",  so you can still make a page, post it, and get the bonus even if you don't formally attend the chat.
December 20th was the last "Slow Scrap" that occurred and these were the instructions that Connie gave.  Remember there is no right or wrong way of doing things.... you just have to follow these steps!

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Step #1 - Choose an odd number of photos, frame or mat if you wish.
Step #2 - Choose at least three papers to layer for your background.
Step #3 - Use a journal card someplace on your page.
Step #4 - Add at least one ribbon & one string.
Step #5 - Add a cluster of elements in at least two different places.
Step #6 - Use a wordart or label for your title.
Step #7 - Add any additional elements, journaling, etc that you would like.
Save & you are done!
All layouts posted by 5 pm ET on Saturday will earn a coupon to spend in my store.

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Check out these beautiful pages all made with the same instructions!  Isn't this fun?!
Hope to see you next week at the Slow Scrap and Chat!!
(all these pages are linked so if you wish to check out which kit they used or leave some love you can!)

By Zanthia

by snowowl551

 

By mnjenlittle

by jang

Scrapping the Magic Kingdom: The Mad Tea Party

I am NOT a morning person.  Since Linky is set to accept links through 7:55 AM, I will post the winner of  the coupon probably between 11 AM and Noon.  But I will come and announce it today!

There we have it!!  The winner is Michi!  The layouts were all FANTASTIC!   I just have to share the full size version of Michi's.   The $5 coupon has been sent off to Michi...  and Connie was in a good mood today! She  sent me $3 coupons for the other two participants!  You all just have to start playing my games more. Seems we never know when Connie will give me extra things!! (added to post 8-25-13, 3:22 PM Eastern)

It's that time of week again!!  We're off to Magic Kingdom and The Mad Tea Party ride!!  It just dawned on me that for those who have never been to Disney and will be going, I should add a few things about the rides.

The Mad Tea Party is located in Fantasyland.  There is NO height requirement but children under age  7 must be accompanied by a person over 14 years old.  Wheelchair and ECV users  must transfer into the Cups. This is a spinning ride, but the wheel in the center lets you control your direction and speed. Want a wild ride? Turn the wheel fast and hold on.   Don't turn the wheel at all for gentler rides.  Even though you control the spinning, the teacup will toss and turn on the deck.  You may find yourself in a cup with Alice or the Mad Hatter. I really am not sure if the White Rabbit ever hops into a cup or not!

There is a color palette for The Mad Tea Party!  So let's start with that.  I have a photo of the sign.. and you'll see that the colors are great choices!  Isn't it just amazing how well Disney Imagineers carry through with a theme???


You guessed it! There is also a free font that is nearly perfect for The Mad Tea Party!!  It's called akaPotsley and is available free at http://www.dafont.com/akapotsley.font or http://www.fontspace.com/akatype/akapotsley.  You may also click on the sample below.

Sample akaPotsley.ttf font

Here's a second free font for this week!! It's called Alicia In Wonderland.  Also a very good font for The Mad Tea Party or those character photos with Alice!  This font is available free at  http://www.fontspace.com/fz/aliciawonderland or click on the sample below.

Sample AliciaWonderland 

Of course I have a layout!  Scrapping is what I do!  But this is a very special layout.  I was looking through Connie's kits trying to match the color palette and failing miserably.  So, I dropped her a quick note to see if she could easily direct me to a kit.  You know what she came back with????

Connie had made this mini-kit back in 2010 for a MouseScrapper prize!  I have to tell you... Connie is awesome! And...  this sweet little mini-kit will be a prize again!! We'll get to that in a few minutes.  First.. my layout!

You caught me! I cheated just a little and took a piece of paper from Connie's Project 2013 May kit. I wanted something solid for those blends. 

Now for this week's contest...  I placed two different elements from the mini-kit somewhere onto my photos.  If you can tell me one or both of those elements and where I placed it/them...  I will send you the link to this adorable mini kit!!   But please.. DO NOT POST your answer in a comment!  Drop me a quick email at coyotelady(at)gmail.com.  Correct answers will be accepted through Sept. 1, 2013 at 7:00 AM.   (Think of this is a "hidden" element quiz.  It's the two elements I hid in/on my photos I am looking for. Not a list of elements I used. Thought I should clarify since I have had several answers telling me what all I used.  Added to post to clarify 8-25-13  3:24 PM Eastern)

Here is another hint for those who are Disney bound!  You cannot buy gum in DisneyWorld!  If you need it.. take your own.