Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween is my very favorite holiday, and I've been hard at work on a mini for you all. It was exciting for me, because it seems like I am always working on stuff for blog trains or challenges using someone else's theme and someone else's palette. This time I made what I felt like and I made my own palette. I also used this opportunity to explore the use of custom shapes and brushes (you NEED to check out the amazing freebies at Obsidian Dawn!), Photoshop actions (thank you to Sugarbutt Designs and Delicious Scraps!), and templates (check out Scrap and Tubes). In general, I just used this mini as an opportunity to explore and discover new techniques and to PLAY! I had a great time making it, and I hope you all enjoy it!

Download This Is Halloween here!

Have a happy and safe Halloween! Please take a minute to leave a comment and if you like this, why not check out the other freebies on my blog? Better yet, why not become a follower so you'll always be the first to know when I put up something new?

Looking for Helpers!

I am in desperate need of someone (or a few someones, actually) to quality check my work. I have one friend who does it all, and its too much to ask of her! I don't have much to offer in the way of recompense, since everything I make is already free. But you could see it before anyone else! And I'd be happy to have a go at making something specific you might want as a thank you!

I'd also really REALLY like to see some layouts people have made with my stuff! Its inspiring to me, and I absolutely understand why the "real" designers have CT! Its Quality Checking and Inspiration rolled into one.

So if anyone is interested in either of these positions, please email me at callalunacreations@mail.com and we can hammer out the details! Thanks!

Summer Fun!

Here is a LO I made with the mini I created for the Triune Blog Train.

And here is a LO by Dani/NotAVampireLvr, who kindly acted as QC for me with this kit!

I'd really love to see any LO's you make with my stuff! Please email me at callalunacreations@mail.com!

Scroll down to find the link to the free mini!

First Trip With the Triune Blog Train!

This month marks the first trip for the Triune Blog Train hosted by my friend Sarah of Sairi Designs. I hope you will check out all the stops, leave plenty of love, and share the links with your friends! She's looking for more participants for next month! You do not have to be religious to participate (I am not), just respectful. She's organized it to leave in the middle of the month so its easier for designers to participate while still contributing to all the trains that start at the beginning of the month. So please, please, consider coming aboard! Anyone who is interested should contact Sarah via the Sairi Designs Facebook Page.

The theme this month was "Children Are a Gift From God." I focused on children! Those are my daughter's footprints I snuck in there! Here's what I came up with:

I had to break it into two parts, because its nearly a full kit. Be sure to grab both Part 1 and Part 2!

As always, I really really appreciate comments or emails (callalunacreations@mail.com), and make an effort to respond to every one! I would really love to see some pages people have made with my things, and I'd love to share them here!

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is the fabulous Karen Diamond Designs. Here's the whole list, to help you find your way around:

Sairi Designs
Touched By a Butterfly
Scrappin' Sisters
GraceBlossoms4U
Callaluna Creations
Karen Diamond Designs
Digiscraps n More

If you lose your way, head back to the train station at Sairi's blog!

My First Mini! Crocodile Tears

I created my first mini kit for the STS September Color Challenge. It was so intimidating submitting my efforts alongside all the seasoned designers! Please check out the amazing minis that were offered here. I realize "Crocodile Tears" is a bit rough around the edges, but its my first ever kit and I created it in 2 days (I put myself on a deadline because I am trying to speed up!). I hope someone likes it!

You can download this mini here!

Here are a couple of layouts I made using the kit. I discovered that its easier for me to create a kit if I am building a layout as I go along. The cutie is my Luna, and don't worry, she's usually pretty happy!

Enjoy! And please, please, comments and emails make me unbelievably happy! Take a minute to leave some love!

October 2012 STS Road Trip

Road Trip!!!! The theme this month was "The Big City."

I've created two alphas this month. "City Skyline" lines up to create a really neat skyline effect along your border. I'm working on a scrap page of pictures I took recently in Bruges and it looks really cool with this alpha! I included blank buildings if you want to use them as elements, as well. The "Rush Hour" alpha was so much fun to make! I spent ages working on the cars, which I built by tracing basic shapes from pictures of cars and stacking them up until I had a complete vehicle. Then I added textures to make them look more "scrapbooky" (new word there) and colored them to match up with the Road Trip palette. I think I'll be offering a recolor of this alpha soon, as I would like it more with a wider color range. This alpha is really 5 alphas in one, as I included the complete alpha on each vehicle so you can mix and match as you like. Again, I included the blank vehicles for use as elements if you so desire. And I also included a handy road for you to line them all up on! It seems like these two alphas took ages to complete, they were both complicated in one way or the other. I'm really happy with how they turned out, though! I hope you all enjoy them! The papers I included are notable only because I used pictures I took as textures, so that was kind of fun to work with. I've been snapping "texture" pictures everywhere I go lately!

Snag my contribution here!

Now... on to the next stop!

Here's your road map!

3.. 2.. 1.. Scrap!
Nerdy Scrappers Studio
Joyful Expressions
Shuckclod's Stuff
DreamyNest Designs
WinksArt Graphics
Shel Belle Scraps
Sweet Maple Scraps
DinkeeDooScraps
Saphira's Scraps
Studio Linda Renee
This Little Missy
Desert Digi Scrap
Adriana's Cafe
Craft With Me
Scrappin Serenity
Callaluna Creations<---You are here!
Queen Bee Scraps
The Scrappy Kat
DoubleTrouble Scraps
Sairi Designs
Digital Scrapbooking Resource Center
Note-able Scraps
Growing Pains Scrapped
Scraps by Missy

Please take a minute to leave a comment, or if you'd rather, you can email me at callalunacreations@mail.com.

Purpled Papers Pack freebie

I've been hard at work designing for the next STS Road Trip and working on my very first kit, which is for the STS September Color Challenge! I'm really excited about the stuff I've been working on and can't wait to share. But, since its still a couple weeks until Road Trip time, I wanted to post SOMETHING for you all! I've been building up my stash of CU overlays (have you SEEN the free ones at Delicious Scraps???), so I thought it was about time I shared some of the results. All of these papers started with the same base color, but using various overlays and filters, they all look really different! I thought I'd do a set in each color I work with. First up for you today is the Purpled Papers Pack!

Grab it HERE! Enjoy, and have a great day! As always, I'd love to see what you create with my stuff! Email me at callalunacreations@mail.com.