The web is full of Happy Scrappers....

..maybe the proximity of Xmas, maybe the wonderful feeling of sharing is still there, always, one just need to go in the right direction.

Well, though I haven't been all that well to write too much (and time is short with my humongous Brazil album in the making!), I felt I needed to share these with you, maybe one troubled soul (as much as mine was) will get the same energy, faith and general mood cheer with the amazing stuff I have been (all night) downloading.

First of all, I would like to introduce you (if you have not come across her before, which, if you are an avid scrapper, you may have) to a wonderful, caring,giving, extremely beautiful inside and out and full of talent mum, hard worker, scrapper, designer....

Her name is Michelle and she is the driving force of CraftyScraps

This girl has a gift and she shares it... in her forums you will find at this very moment over 120 Quick Pages for free and, if you, like me, are not big fan of having it done for you, still she has many, many amazing kits, all free, apart from a few kits she sells atthe ScrapbookMax Store .

She even explains us why she gives all these wonderful stuff for free...so you can get to know her a bit more.

So, go pop into the forum, have a chat, no even registration is needed, you will come out feeling invigorated and with a *box* full of scrapping goods...some amazing felt stickers on the Xmas theme are particularly beautiful, there is a full Piano Keys Alpha (so clever, I had though about making something like that but did not occur to me how to) One of the kits that fit the most my scrapping style is the Misty Wire, with which I made the last layout in this page.

There is so much in her site, I'm thinking maybe I should give you time to enjoy it all to the fullest before I go on to the rest of my finds.....but, as I'm here and not sure when the writing fairy will come back with some energy dust....

We all know Digifree, right?

One would have thought it a matter of go and grab, but it isn't always so.

I am not very keen on the blog trains, though I know the kits, alphas, general collaboration stuff is awesome...I hardly have time lately to finish my albums (or I am not in good health, which would mean not in good mood, which will mean no scrapping...oh well, you know me LOL) so I tend to ignore the complicated process and go for the straight forward downloads.

I always, always comment, thank them, and mention Digifree.

If you have a minute or 10, GrowingPainsScrapped has a full kit, papers, elements and 2 (two!) complete (and beautiful!) alphas. 

You only need to get to their site by clicking here and make sure you scroll to the very beginning of her giving out the kit...which is called My GirlFriends.

Beautiful. You wont regret having spent the time.

With Xmas & New Year (and Thanks Giving for the other side of the pond, I almost forgot!) I was a bit worried about getting carried away with the sales and no money...

No need to worry.

There is so much stuff for free around, I doubt I would have the time to download it all!

For those of you with less time to sort through and specific needs or just fancying giving yourselves a present... my favorite site for buying has unbelievable sales:

Full kits for 1 Euro each, 30% and 40% discount on Commercial Use stuff and some freebies too.

I got to Digital Creations France through Digifree at first, but as I registered to download a freebie kit (or 10!!!) they started sending me emails with sales, I discovered designer paradise, only in an affordable level.

Every month they have at least 30 kits for a Euro (this would translate onto something like U$1.49) and they also have created another sister site, The French Frog, with most designers in both, but some variations... great stuff, affordable and lots of freebies too.

I have also made my cards @ Scrapblog, but to talk about this we need a lot more time (and energy which is almost running out here...) , so I will leave it for the next time.

Here are some layouts I made with my friend/neighbor's daughters photos last night, all kits come from the sites mentioned above, just ask me if you would like to know which one is which in the main (as I mix a bit sometimes)

Promise to come in the near future and make justice to each designer with a post each, layouts and all explained...today is just not the day...

Film Strips by SBMax (I made the circular one) top film strip (pinkyish)and stars from Petitsouris FunkyWinter, elements & word art by SummerDriggs (and SBM text editor)
Chriscraps Amazing Birthday + an old background
very old elements from some kits gotten over a year ago, various designers

GrowingPainsScrapped MyGirlFriends Kit, alpha from S Robinsons Halloween and, bellow, Misty Wire kit from Crafty Scraps, word art by Summer Driggs....the kit has a LOT more...

..maybe the proximity of Xmas, maybe the wonderful feeling of sharing is still there, always, one just need to go in the right direction.

Well, though I haven't been all that well to write too much (and time is short with my humongous Brazil album in the making!), I felt I needed to share these with you, maybe one troubled soul (as much as mine was) will get the same energy, faith and general mood cheer with the amazing stuff I have been (all night) downloading.

First of all, I would like to introduce you (if you have not come across her before, which, if you are an avid scrapper, you may have) to a wonderful, caring,giving, extremely beautiful inside and out and full of talent mum, hard worker, scrapper, designer....

Her name is Michelle and she is the driving force of CraftyScraps

This girl has a gift and she shares it... in her forums you will find at this very moment over 120 Quick Pages for free and, if you, like me, are not big fan of having it done for you, still she has many, many amazing kits, all free, apart from a few kits she sells at the ScrapbookMax Store .

She even explains us why she gives all these wonderful stuff for free...so you can get to know her a bit more.

So, go pop into the forum, have a chat, no even registration is needed, you will come out feeling envigorated and with a *box* full of scrapping goods...some amaizng felt stickers on the Xmas theme are particularly beautiful, there is a full Piano Keys Alpha (so clever, I had though about making something like that but did not occurr to me how to) One of the kits that fit the most my scrapping style is the Misty Wire, with which I made the layout above.

There is so much in her site, I'm thinking maybe I should give you time to enjoy it all to the fullest before I go on to the rest of my finds.....but, as I'm here and not sure when the writing fairy will come back with some energy dust....

We all know Digifree, right?

One would have thought it a matter of go and grab, but it isn't always so.

I am not very keen on the blog trains, though I know the kits, alphas, general colaboration stuff is awesome...I hardly have time lately to finish my albums (or I am not in good health, which would mean not in good mood, which will mean no scrapping...oh well, you know me LOL) so I tend to ignore the compliacted process and go for the straight forward downloads.

I always, always comment, thank them, and mention Digifree.

If you have a minute or 10, GrowingPainsScrapped has a full kit, papers, elements and 2 (two!) complete (and beautiful!) alphas. 

You only need to get to their site by clicking here and make sure you scroll to the very beginning of her giving out the kit...which is called My GirlFriends.

Beautiful. You wont regret having spent the time.

With Xmas & New Year (and Thanks Giving for the other side of the pond, I almost forgot!) I was a biot worried about getting carried away with the aales and no money...

No need to worry.

There is so much stuff for free around, I doubt I would have the time to download it all!

For those of you with less time to sort through and especific needs or just fancying giving yourselves a present... my favorite site for buying has unbelievable sales:

Full kits for 1 Euro each, 30% and 40% discount on Comercial Use stuff and some freebies too.

I got to Digital Creations France through Digifree at first, but as I registered to download a freebie kit (or 10!!!) they started sending me emails with sales, I discovered designer paradise, only in an affordable level.

Every month they have at least 30 kits for a Euro (this would translate onto something like U$1.49) and they also have created another sister site, The French Frog, with most designers in both, but some variations... great stuff, affordable and lots of freebies too.

I have also made my cards @ Scrapblog, but to talk about this we need a lot more time (and energy which is almost running out here...) , so I will leave it for the next time.

Here are some layouts I made with my friend/neighbor's daughters photos last night, all kits come from the sites mentioned above, just ask me if you would like to know which one is which in the main (as I mix a bit sometimes)

Promise to come in the near future and make justice to each designer with a post each, layouts and all explained...today is just not the day...