Anniversary Freebie!
There is 2 weeks left in my month long anniversary celebration. If you are confused here’s a quick recap. My blog anniversary was in August and my Etsy Shop Anniversary is in September. I decided to combine the 2 and for half of August and half of September we are celebrating. We kicked the month off with a huge giveaway, the next week I gave away my shop and this week I have a little Freebie for you - what will happen next week? Stay Tuned. . . . .
Are you ready for some football? If your house is anything like mine then that is all that plays on TV all weekend long. Even my 2 year old stands in front of the TV on Sunday screaming “FOOTBALL” - I blame her daddy. For us it is more college football and Bears football and by “us” I mean my husband - hahahaha!!
I have created a 4×6 preview of a full football sheet I will be releasing in the shop next week. This freebie will only be available for download until Sunday night. Grab it now. I have it for you in circles, squares and scrabble I also created some epoxy buttons to be used on your digital layouts. I hope you enjoy!!
Download 1 inch circles here (jpg)
Download 1 inch circles here (PDF)
Download 1 inch squares here (jpg)
Download 1 inch squares here (PDF)
Download scrabble here (jpg)
Download scrabble here (PDF)
The epoxy buttons will look like this. Download here.
If you use them come back and link me to photos or post in my flickr!
Artist Feature | Simply Kelly Designs
Today I am introducing you to Kelly the Artistic Genius behind Simply Kelly Designs.
Hi. My name is Kelly Hedgespeth and I live in sunny Florida with my husband Steve and our two young children. I started traditional scrap booking with paper in 2003 to capture the memories from my husband‘s Boston Marathon. I knew I was hooked after completing that first album.
Seven years, thousands of photos and hundreds of scrapbook pages later I needed a new creative challenge. My creative spirit was rejuvenated after I started scrapbooking digitally. I could not stop creating! Creating digital layouts turned into designing digital papers and elements.
My scrapbooking style is clean and simple - clean lines and simple layouts. This style is also seen in my designs. The wonderful feeling I have when I know someone is using my designs to preserve their precious memories cannot be expressed in words. I hope you enjoy using my designs for Simply Kelly Designs as much as I enjoy creating them!
Being a new digi designer myself I have a soft spot for other new designers. When Kelly contacted me about participating in the giveaway I was excited but when I checked out her work I was jumping with joy. I love being able to introduce new and very talented artists to all of you.
I love that her designs are not the typical digi designs you see everywhere else! She is truly an artist that thinks outside of the box. I mean seriously look at those baby onesies. . . . are they not the cutest things ever and how awesome are they going to look on a layout. . . how about this awesome:
Not only is she a super talented designer but she creates really great templates. Every now and then we all need a little help sparking our creativity. That’s when templates come in handy and my theory is the better template you start with the more amazing your layout will be. When you find yourself stuck in a rut head over to Kelly’s shop and pick up one of her templates. I personally love this year in review one:
It will help you organize all your MUST SHOW OFF photos into one simple layout just like this one:
Head over and visit Kelly and check out all her amazing products. I am sure you will find something perfect for your memories!
Digital Sheet Uses | T-Shirts
As far back as I can remember I have always liked having that one of a kid item. It could be shoes, purses or tshirts, but I just love having one thing that no one has ever seen and when they do they come up and say “WOW that’s an awesome *insert item here*”
Now that Aubrey has come along I have transferred all this energy into her clothes. Seriously this is the best part of having a little girl (ok well not the best part but one of the good parts hahaha) Here lately we have been running into a huge problem. Everywhere we go we see some other kid wearing something she already has. Outside I say “how cute we have the same shirt” inside I am screaming “OMG what if she had worn that same shirt” I am being honest folks I have a problem.
Anyway the other night I was showing my husband some of my new designs and he started laughing and said “wow that would make an awesome tshirt” - sometimes the man earns his keep. That light bulb moment of his led to this post.
Aubrey is wearing a design from
my MUSIC DIGITAL COLLAGE SHEET
Why have I never thought of this before? I love this idea and it is so easy to do. All you will need is a pack of transfer paper from your local craft shop or you can take the design and load them to sites like Zazzle and they will print it for you.
Here I used an image from my HALLOWEEN DIGITAL SHEET
I am so excited about this idea. No more awkward moments of Aubrey and other kids in the same outfit. HAHAHA is that terrible of me :)
Happy Birthday To My Husband
Today is my husband’s birthday! I just wanted to take a moment and tell you all about him. I talk about him a lot in passing but a lot of you have no idea how amazing he is.
Joseph is an amazing athlete. After he graduated college he played arena football. He was picked up by the NFL and the night he was suppose to leave his arena team played a game that would determine if they went to the championship. He felt like not playing that game and not helping that team would be letting them down. The first play of the game he hit a wall and broke his neck. He was paralyzed.
He headed home to New Orleans and spent the next 6 months with his family. They nursed him and took care of him while he went through rehab. The doctors told him that the chance he would walk again was slim but football was completely out of the question. He kept his faith in God and continued to work hard. The next year he headed to Grand Rapids, Michigan to play for the Rampage’s Arena Football team. That year he led the team to the AFL Championship (their superbowl).
He was even featured in Men’s Health Magazine. The issue was about Amazing Athlete’s who beat the odds:
He may have lost his NFL career and his childhood dream (since then he has been picked up 2 other times and each time let go due to his medical history) but he has kept the most amazing attitude. He has taken this opportunity and started speaking to at risk kids. He uses his story as a testimony and he will always tell you that it’s ok he didn’t make it to the NFL because God had another plan for him. He says that had he gone to the NFL then our paths may never have crossed and we would have never met and never been married and never had Aubrey.
He is amazing!
From the moment we brought Aubrey home he has gotten up with her every night. When he comes home from work he sends me upstairs to work or scrapbook and he takes over Aubrey Duties. He puts her to bed every night, he gives her a bath every night, they have dance parties every night.
He is amazing!
Everyone who comes in contact with him loves him. He is that sensitive guy that notices your new haircut, picks up on your mood and if you are having a bad day will stop everything to let you vent and then tell you it will be ok.
He is amazing and I hope he has a great day!
