my second template.

Can you believe it? I was so excited by the response to my last template that I whipped up another one. Well actually I just reworked an existing layout. I hope it is easy to use. I can tell you that the original layout took me hours and hours. But it is all numbered so hopefully it makes sense now. So.. here is the preview
Here is the link. I have put the file up in rar. format this time as it is way smaller. And this is a seriously big template. If you have never used rar formats before then i suggest you download something simple like winRAR which is so easy to use and will do zip and rar files. Hope you like this one... once again, lots of opportunities to use lots and lots of photos.
Now the next item of important business is Sara's sooooo cute new kit. Freebie kit better yet. You have probably all stopped by her blog already and picked up the first installment of Bee Happy. But here is a little glimpse if you don't have it yet.
It is just so darned cute! The little cute teddy bears, and the little bee hives! Here is my layout featuring as always Lucus.

little note

I just had a look at my 4 shared account and realised that 711 people had downloaded my template. i am just blown away. 711 people called by my blog in the last couple of days! wow! Isnt that amazing? Lots of them left me some love too and it was so amazing. .... not only amazing but encouraging. So i have just sat up here till nearly midnight doing most of the work on my second template. Once again it will be a multi photo job. So stay posted coz it should be out and about in the next day or so.

Easter Monday

I have had so many people download my template. And so many positive comments! It really is exciting. Spurred me on to do some more work on the kit that i have been creating... its only been underway for a couple of months, so it could be a bit longer in the production stage. this is only my first ever kit so it is taking me a while to work out how to do stuff. But today, before I head off to work, i wanted to stop in and share this coupon with you.
I keep telling people about scrapthatidea mostly because I think they have such great value kits. I mean we are all on a budget really and scrapbooking can be a really expensive hobby. Lot of us are out there cruising the freebie stuff, and I love the free downloads more than anyone. But the next best thing is a bargain! And scrapthatidea is full of them. It has only been around about a month so you might not have been there yet. But there it is www.scrapthatidea.com. It is full of good value, gorgeous kits. They even have a one dollar bin. Sara, who I CT for sells there, and her designs are definitely awesome. Tomorrow I will post you some pics to show what is available.. but why don't you go look for yourselves?

check this out!

Click here to download
I am so excited. Well for two reasons really. The first is that I have just finished hiding the eggs for the kids easter egg hunt. I mean the kids are 18, 17, and 14, but it is still fun! I made up really bad poetry and hid them in silly places. Cant wait to see them trying to figure it out tomorrow.

Of course the other big thing is the unveiling of my much promised template. So here it is. My very first template. Hopefully not my last.

Now please let me know if it doesnt work coz i am kind of excited about this and I would hate to be posting unusable templates! And if you make something with it, then send me the link. I would love to see it. Now it is almost tomorrow here so i think it is time for some sleeping.

Back from NZ

Well we had an amazing holiday in New Zealand. The weather was picture postcard perfect. We barely needed a jumper. It was so great to catch up with friends and family and I know we could have stayed Much longer. But we could only find time for a whistle stop tour so that was what it had to be. After Australia, New Zealand is amazingly green. And it felt so much like home, which of course it is! I took lots of photos, and still havent downloaded them all. But what I have seen so far looks pretty good.
Of course we came back from holiday and straight back into work. Mike had Uni and I had work the following day, so there really has been no let up. However I decided today that I was finally going to make my April desktop as I am pretty behind on that one. I have made a freebie to download as well. Here is our version featuring Mike's daughter Sarah at her graduation.
Naturally I have included a png file for you to download so you can make your own version. I used an older kit of Sarah's for this desktop, because it seemed to go so well with the more formal layout. And the really good news is that it is still available Free on her blog. So it might be worth checking out!
Here is the link to download the desktops. Have fun with them. Love to hear back if you like them! And as i said before head on over to Sara's blog because at the moment this kit is still in the freebies section and it might not be there much longer.
Now I told you last week that I was making a template as a freebie. Being me it is one that uses lots of photos so i am just tidying up the numbering etc before putting it up on the blog. But.. here is the big news. The collab kit Bollywood was released while i was away so you can see my layout... and maybe decide if you want to come back for the template.
The bollywood kit is another sizzling bright combination with a totally cool bollywood theme (yeah i know the name says that) so it is worth checking out over at scrapthatidea.com. Here is a little look.. and of course if you have a look round the designers blogs I know there are a few freebies that are worth picking up!
Pretty fun looking huh? And like everything at scrapthatidea it is good value for money! enjoy!