Made In Maine Templates

I have another new template pack! This one is close to my heart. I am a Maine girl, born and raised, and I made these this summer while I was at home visiting!

The Made in Maine Template Pack, along with all other CU items in my shop, is on sale for 35% off in September!

New CU product!

Check out my latest CU product! The Backyard Barbecue template pack is just what you need to jump start that end of the summer kit you've been thinking about!

Its 30% off through the end of August!

New Release: Beachy Keen Templates

I am excited to announce the release of my first template pack! Beachy Keen includes four greyscale templates in layered .PSD and .PNG format. Use them for kit creation or page creation - you can turn them into something amazing in just a few minutes!

Get them now! They are 25% off through the end of May.

Love Bites: An Anti-Valentine's Day Kit!

Are you looking at all the happy cheerful couples today and rolling your eyes? Heart broken? Scraptherapy to the rescue!!!

Valentine's Day is all well in good... if you're happily in love! But love isn't all chocolate and roses. Sometimes its a pile of soggy tissues and holding a photo over the candle flame! STOP: Don't burn that photo! Scrap it instead! This is the first in a planned series of kits I am calling Scraptherapy. Why not use scrapping as a way to work through those difficult emotions? Love Bites will help you do that!

Love Bites includes 20 papers, 6 layer styles, 2 alphas, and 52 elements!

BONUS: Since it was requested, I am including the torn photo template shown in the preview as a free gift!! Please note, it is a .psd file that was created in Photoshop CS6 and I am not sure it will work with older versions.

And guess what else?? My entire store is 50% off during the month of February! Head on over to my store to grab it!

Here are some layouts made with Love Bites: These first two I made myself:

And these adorable layouts were made by my new CT member, Lórien! Aren't they fun?? Welcome Lórien, I am excited to have you aboard! I am still seeking creative team members if anyone is interested in getting my kits for free! Email me at callalunacreations@mail.com for more info!

Template Maker (and a freebie!)

When Raquel from Build a Memory emailed me to tell me her newest product was a Template Maker, I thought, "Uh oh." I have never used a template for a scrap page, and I have certainly never made one (unless my Facebook timeline template counts, which it shouldn't since it simply provides the correct dimensions to make your own timeline photo). How on earth was I going to be useful as a CT for this one? But once I had a look at it, I got kind of excited and thought, "I can do this!"

The kit comes with a bunch of vector shapes AND a Custom Shape file (.csh) for Photoshop! And its only $2.99!! Have a look:

This kit makes it SO EASY to make your own template! I just thought about layouts I have made in the past and what I liked about them, and then started playing with the kit. I've already found the custom shapes handy for other uses, too! Basic vector shapes are endlessly useful as a designer AND as a scrapper, whether you're interested in creating templates or not. With a couple of quick steps in Photoshop or your program of choice, you can use these vectors or custom shapes to create your own custom journalling cards and simple elements for your pages!

This is what I came up with for my first ever template:

I am quite pleased with it, for a first attempt! I'm planning to challenge myself further and actually USE this template to make a scrap page, so you can expect this post to be updated in the near future! But don't worry, I'm going to share! If you're a template lover, I'd be thrilled if you would DOWNLOAD IT HERE and try it out for me! I would love to see any layouts you come up with (email them to callalunacreations@mail.com), and I'd love some feedback. Do you like the template? Should I make more? It was easy to do and kind of fun, so if there is an interest I will make more in the future. If you have any tips to make future templates better, I am open to suggestions!

Enjoy the free template and be sure to hop over to the Build a Memory store at Stuff to Scrap to pick up the Template Maker and her other fabulous products!

Idiocy and Templates

Last night I made this adorable time line photo of my little monkey for Facebook...

Who sees the problem?? Yes,that's right, silly me forgot to leave room for the profile picture!!!

So, in the hopes that none of you will experience this same frustration, I created a quick little "template" to help with timeline photos. "Template" is a bit of a stretch, actually, as I didn't bother to tell you where to put your photos or elements - I trust you can handle the creative parts yourselves! This is simply to show you the dimensions of a Facebook timeline photo and to remind you which parts are going to be covered.

Here is what I altered the first photo into:

I hope this little template can help someone!

Click here to download the template!

I'd love to see those beautiful timeline photos! Email me! callalunacreations@mail.com.

P.S. Credits for all the wonderful Jungle Adventure elements I used in my timeline photo can be found in the comments section!