Jesse's Girl Makes

 November means a new Blog Train over at Pixel Scrapper plus Thrifty Scraps has a new bundle releasing today called, "Fallish".   So let's take a closer look... Fallish You will find 22 items in this mini kit with red, blue and beige being the color theme.  I have to say the little bird is my favorite element, (he is so darn cute)! Here are previews from the Fallish Bundle... Look at these beautiful designer papers and you get 16 of them. Fallish Designer Papers You also get 16 Fallish solid papers . 17 Fallish Rubber Elements 12 Fallish Eyelets 7 Fallish paperclips 12 Fallish Snipits 9 Fallish Tags Here is a page I created with the bundle... Be sure to checkout the Fallish Bundle by Thrifty Scraps I also used a Layout Template by Thrifty Scraps Now for the Pixel Scrapper Blog Train Here are the colors and themes you can check it out all of November. The Forum opens up today.  Yay! Have a great start to your November!

 Good Sunday Morning from snowy South Dakota;) Today I want to talk Pixel Scrapper with you. Pixel Scrapper is an awesome site where can can download a few items per day for free and meet up with a friendly community of artists.    With a subscription you are able to download all day long free kits and bundles for your scrapbooking stash. Pixel Scrapper has monthly layout challenges and A  Blog Train I am a Scrapbook Page Designer for " Thrifty Scraps " by Gina Jones You can find my  Pixel Scrapper  Gallery with this  link . So let us get moving and look at one of Gina's kits called, "Blue Jeans and Sneakers" this kit is packed, stacked and so fun to look at... Alpha Cluster Frames Plaid Papers Solid Papers Inches Stacked Tags Printable Calendars Now for a few of my creations using "BlueJeans and Sneakers" I have to say I worked really hard on the page above even if it was a "scraplift challenge" and I thought is was going to be easy peasy

Happy Wednesday all! So far the week has been good to us with cool mornings and warm afternoons.  School starts for our  Daughter next week so I guess fall is not far behind. I have created a page for Pixel Scrapper Challenge Stacked Paper Background . It is of my beautiful Granddaughter playing at daycare. I just can not get enough of her smile.   I used the "Pretty Bird" bundle by Thrifty Scraps over on Pixel Scrapper. Have a wonderful day;)

Today was definitely fun playing around with the kits in this month's Pixel Scrapper Blog Train .  You can go over to the forum and pick up the blog train kits for free until the end of August. If you do not have an account you can sign up for free and receive 10 download credits per day OR you can become a patron and for a small fee every month you can download as much as you wish and you can keep the downloads forever. Membership really is a great deal! Here is my page I made use of 7 pieces of the train: Jan Clark Marissa Lerin Rachel M Robin Sampson Pauline Thompson AM Designs DI Hiller (this has to be a record for me as it is not my regular style to mix kits) The page is of my beautiful Granddaughter having fun at daycare. I just love the smile on her face and the winking eye.  Too darn cute! I did use a page template on this layout it is from GingerScraps "Life is Sweet" template 2 Pixel Scrapper is a whole lot of fun and

August is almost half over, UGH!  Where has the time gone?   Today I am sharing with you the August Blog Train from Pixel Scrapper .   I have created a page using a part of the train by Gina Jones "Thrifty Scraps".   The kit is called, " Baby Love ".   It is packed full of cute elements and colors... Here is the scrapbook page that I created using this cute kit... I just have to show off the newest addition to the family Raevyn Brown.  She is due to arrive in mid September. I did also use a page template by  Gina Jones from, " Sorbet Summer "  template 4". You can find more awesome kits in this month's blog train HERE . What an awesome color palate for the month! Enjoy;)

Over on Pixel Scrapper a new  collab kit and ad-on's are being released today.  Woo Hoo! This one is called, "The Good Life". Living up to the name because this one sure is good may I present your preview... My creation making use of the kit and ad-on's This is a memorial scrapbook page for my brother Michael Lee Tieszen. Mike passed away in June of last year. This has to be the hardest and most time consuming page I have ever created.  Lot's of love and tears went into this design making sure it was perfect. I am asking you today make sure your loved ones know they are loved and forgiven everyday. I miss you big brother! ------------------------------------------------- As you go about today remember: A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.

Over on Pixel Scrapper this month the March Blog Train is called "My Tribe".   It makes use of this beautiful color combo...  Gina Jones "Thrifty Scraps" has come up with an adorable kit and extras for this months blog train. Here is her, "My Tribe"  kit download preview. I can not get enough of those birds so cute! I love these softly beautifully styled papers that can used in so many different ways.  I have created a page and will show you how it was transformed below. Here it is can you believe it???  Yup.  I am not pulling your leg.   Keep reading.  I chose the soft rose color.  Here is a little *preview so you can see the subtle styling of this digital paper. * preview is not a printable size or resolution.  I changed the layer to hard light in Ps. Voila, a totally different version  of this beautiful paper. The My Tribe papers  are such a lovely tool  for your tool box. Seriously you nee

Gina Jones (Thrifty Scraps)   has released a new bundle this month called. Selfie Time I so enjoyed working with the pieces in this bundle and the pattern papers were my ultimate fave product on this page layout by Marisa Lerin. Selfie Time Pattern Papers by Gina Jones.  link for the page in my  Pixel Scrapper gallery. The papers totally make this  page layout sing!  So fun! Can you guess who is behind the emoji? Have an amazing day and remember, A Grateful  heart is a magnet for miracles.

 There is still some time left on the clock for this month's blog train over at Pixel Scrapper .  The theme for the month is "Delish" and you can see the beautiful colors above.   pixel scrapper is in reboot mode and are looking for support to keep things running as normal.  Become a patron and receive unlimited downloads. Donate. Either way sign up for an account while you are there it come with free downloads each day. Pixel Scrapper is my go to for commercial use kits and templates and I highly suggest you check them out if you have not already. Chug, Chug, Chug and away we go leaving the blog train station and headed to Gina Jones aka Thrifty Scraps .  Gina has a very delicious kit on the train.   Preview below...  I am crushing on the flowers and banner so adorbs. Below is a preview of the " Delish Solid Papers " Lovely colors! Check out the " Delish Pattern Papers ".  These dots are my most fave digi pape