Photobook {Olivia's First Year}

Our lovely Livy turned one back in November and I've finally finished her first year photobook! These long, cold winter evenings are good for some things! Enjoy friends!

(I've used a tonne of different things from my stash as well as my own designs so there's no possible way to source everything! If you're interested in something specific, please email me and I'll try my best to let you know what kit I sourced it from!)

Photobook {Leah's Third Year}

My sweet Leah turned three back in October and I've finally finished her third year photobook! Enjoy!

(I've used a tonne of different things from my stash as well as my own designs so there's no possible way to source everything! If you're interested in something specific, please email me and I'll try my best to let you know what kit I sourced it from!)

Fresh Goods {Going Places}

I am beyond, beyond excited to introduce this week's kit, Going Places, a travel collaboration with One Little Bird! Now, let me just say, I've been a fan of One Little Bird for quite some time... So when one of the girls on my CT suggested we team up, I was more than thrilled! And what a joy it was to work with Peppermint! I'm really proud of this kit and hope you'll love it as much as I do!

Grab Going Places this weekend at 30% off and get the Going Places Journaling Cards FREE with purchase (offer ends 02.24)! Enjoy and happy weekend!

Going Places // A Travel Collaboration from The Ardent Sparrow + One Little Bird

Going Places Journaling Cards

Layouts by Emma, Carina, Maribel & Michelle

Layouts by Anja, Marjo, Emilie & Melanie

Layout by Chiara

Layouts by Tracy, Linda, Celeste & Andrea

Fresh Goods {Ruby}

Just in time for Valentine's Day, say hello to Ruby! Grab the Elements and Papers this weekend for 30% off! And happy (day late) Valentine's Day to you all!

The Ruby Elements

The Ruby Papers

Layouts by Andrea, Emma, Carina & Juli

Layouts by Emilie, Kym, Maribel & Melanie

Layouts by Raquel, Barbara & Chiara (two bottom layouts)

Brand New Project Life Collection {Life Unscripted}

I'm so excited to introduce my brand new project life collection, Life Unscripted! Get the whole Life Unscripted Collection and save... Or grab the kits on their own! And be sure to grab it all this weekend, while it's 30% off! I had so much fun creating this kit... And the response has been wonderful so far! And don't forget to grab the FREE Life Unscripted Washi Tapes on my Facebook Page!

The Life Unscripted Collection

The Life Unscripted Journaling Cards

The Life Unscripted Papers

The Life Unscripted Elements

The Life Unscripted Dates & Phrases

And grab the FREE Life Unscripted Washi Tapes on my Facebook Page!

Layouts by Raquel, Juli, Carina & Kym

Layout by Michelle

Layouts by Emma, Melanie & Rachel (bottom two)

Layouts by Melanie & Tracy

Layouts by Christy, Barbara, Andrea & Maribel

Layout by Kym

Fresh Goods + A New Store {Scarlett}

Friends... It's been far too long since I checked in here... Please forgive my long absence... With three little girls, a part-time teaching job, a jewelry business, moving to a new digital store, and spending a bit more time doing the photography thing, this blog has kind of gotten away from me... Throw Christmas in there, and things have been very busy! But I'm back... And excited to announce my new home for digital goodies... Pixels and Company! When I joined Design House Digital back in September, I had no intention of leaving... Sadly, things changed drastically not long after I joined there and I could no longer be a part of what was going on... The wonderful Gennifer Bursett left as well (along with nearly all the DHD designers) and decided to open her own shop... And I couldn't resist joining her! The new shop opened (for our soft launch) on January 1st with month long $1 sales and a full site-wide sale in February for the official launch!

Say hello to Scarlett, my first new products for the new shop: The Scarlett Papers and The Scarlett Elements, both $1 for the entire month of January!

And some inspiration from my creative team... Aren't they fabulous? And to say update on a daily basis, be sure to follow me on Facebook and subscribe to my newsletter (which goes out once or twice monthly) with exclusive coupons + freebies!

Layout by Mirabel

Layouts by Tracy, Jeryn, Juli & Emma

Layout by Carina

Layouts by Michelle, Melanie, Raquel, Chiara

Fresh Goods {The Paper Strip Templates}

New this weekend and 20% off until Sunday... The Paper Strip Templates!

Using "For the Record" and "Me Time" by Val Wibbens

 Using "The Isabella Kit"

Happy InterNational Scrapbooking Day!

I can finally share this week's new releases! And just in time for iNSD! Get them all at 30% until tomorrow... And spend more than $25 and get an additional 15% off with the coupon code: NSD15! 

Special Offers in my Shop:
Purchase The Mabel Kit and get the Mabel Printable Cards for Free! This weekend only! No need to add them to your cart! The cards will be added automatically when you purchase the full kit!

AND Visit my FB Page for a chance to win $25 to spend in my shop...

PLUS... Win a refund on all orders placed this weekend! So many things... So much excitement! And check in on my FB Page all day for more offers and an exciting blog hop! Enjoy!

Say Hello to Mabel

And the Mabel Printable Cards

And finally, say Hello to the Kate Vintage Fabric Bits

And a bit of inspiration from my ladies! Happy Weekend!

Top left layout by Me (with 'Bless Your Heart' by Domesticated Lady)

Top right layout by me (with 'Bless Your Heart' by Domesticated Lady + 'Instamatik Templates' by Peeps & Milo)

Bottom left layout by Anna

Bottom right layout by Anna

Top left layout by by Erika

Top right layout by Andrea

Bottom left layout by Tania

Bottom right layout by Chantal

InterNational Scrapbooking Day!

It's INSD this weekend! Tomorrow exactly! So I can't show you my full kits that will be releasing tomorrow... But I can give you a few sneak peeks! And send over to my FB page for a new Freebie!

It promises to be an exciting weekend with 30% off the shop all weekend (plus an extra 15% off when you spend over $25), a blog train freebie, a chance to win your purchases from this weekend + more!

Get the Freebie HERE! And tune in tomorrow for the full view of this week's releases!

Fresh Goods {Pocketful of Posies}

My new collaboration with Tracy Martin Designs is out today... I've been a huge fan of Tracy's work for quite some time now... So when she asked me to join her in creating this kit, I was more than honoured! You can get the kit HERE and for the next week, buy the kit and get the tapes for FREE! And of course, as usual, the kit will be 20% off until Sunday! So without further ado, the "Pocketful of Posies" kit!

Top Left: My layout

Top Right: My layout

Bottom Left: Layout by Cynthia

Bottom Right: Layout by Anna

Top Left: Layout by Tracy

Top Right: Layout by Jenny

Bottom Left: Layout by Tracy

Bottom Right: Layout by Tania

{The Ardent Sparrow} at 'One Story Down'

My new shop launched yesterday at 'One Story Down'... And to celebrate the grand opening of the entire store, there's a week of festivities!

Please visit the OSD Forum for a chance to enter the 'Jo Tote' Giveaway!
(Comments posted here will not be published as this is not the site of the giveaway)

And to celebrate, I'm offering this lovely Hanna Journaling card freebie on my Facebook Page... Just click 'Like' to access the free download! I'm pretty new to the digital design world... So please, help me spread the word!

Weekend Project {Photobooks}

Over the last few years, I've posted several of the photobooks I've created for our family here on the blog... I've had a few of you contact me, asking how I created these photobooks... I've been scrapbooking for years now... And I've always really enjoyed it... About three years ago, I began to wonder about using Photoshop to create digital scrapbooks... At the time, I had one little girl and another on the way, so the thought of creating on my computer and not taking up the amount of physical space that regular scrapbooking required was very appealing... I'm also a bit of a perfectionist and I love the flexibility of creating in Photoshop... 

After a wee bit of searching, I found a lot of free resources out there to get me started... I learned how to use layers in Photoshop (this is a great tutorial on layered templates) and my first photobook of our trip to Paris was born! Of course, the free resources only got me so far so I began shopping at some of my favourite digital shops... 

My top three favourite Digital Scrapbooking Shops:

1. Design House Digital

2. Digital Design Essentials

3. The Lilypad

I create all my pages in Photoshop as psd files... When I'm completely happy with them, I flatten and save them as jpeg files... I've used both Blurb and Shutterfly to publish my photobooks... I upload each page as a jpeg and then fill the entire page with the single image... 

If you don't have Photoshop (which is totally, totally worth the investment... It's used more than any other program on my computer!) Shutterfly offers some great options to create lovely photobooks with a scrapbooked look... Simply upload your photos and then drag and drop them!

I recently started designing my own line of digital scrapbooking papers and elements... My newest kit, Hanna is my favourite so far!

 New to Digital Scrapbooking? Design House Digital has a great tutorial to get you started! Why not give digital scrapbooking a try this weekend?

And don't forget, today is the final day to enter the giveaway for a print of your choice from 'Yellow Button Studio'... I'll be choosing a winner tonight!

Life on Film {Olivia's First Month}

Our little Olivia is nearly four months old now... And I've been meaning to post this for several weeks now... I've done a first month album for all three girls... This is the first one I've done digitally... And it was a lot of fun! It's such a joy to look back... At what was only a few months ago and yet it feels like Livy has been with us forever... It's amazing how quickly life changes... I can't remember what it was like when she wasn't here... Enjoy!

And don't forget to enter the giveaway for a print from 'Yellow Button Studio' yet?

Inspired by {Digital Scrapbooking}

I've always enjoyed scrapbooking... About two years ago, I discovered the wonderful world of digital scrapbooking... I've been avidly creating photo books for my girls ever since! A few weeks ago, I began to wonder if I could create some of the types of kits I've been purchasing over the last few years... And so, my new venture was born... My first three digital kits are now complete and by the end of today, I hope to have all three kits listed in my Etsy shop! I'd LOVE to hear what you think!

*Update: All the kits are now listed in my Etsy Shop
For a limited time, purchase the Full Kit and get the matching quick pages for FREE!
And for my blog readers, get 20% of all digital scrapbooking with the code: NEWDIGITAL