Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Year's Party

New Year's Day is a great day to start a party. The drinking parties are mostly over and it's a holiday from work. It's time for the best kind of party to begin -- the kind you can enjoy while staying cozy in your own home with your hot cocoa and any pets you may have on your lap... Anyway, let's get to why you stopped here in the first place. What kind of New Year's Party doesn't let you pick up some party favors? Here is what I have for you this time:


Download here

This beautiful kit, Old Homestyle by Stellarific Creations, is perfect for keeping cozy on cold January days here up in the north, or relaxing with the windows open if it's summer where you are. Check out these layouts using this beautiful kit.




I am keeping cozy here in Illinois with Old Homestyle, but these photos were actually taken last summer. It was with this kit I first experimented with a blending technique I learned in Paint Shop Pro magazine. I made several layers using the same picture, each time adding a mask to the layer. I used different blending modes and added noise to the layers, and used different brushes to reveal the photo from under the mask.
Check out more beautiful kits from Cottage Scrapbooks at my fellow partiers' blogs:

Stellarific Creations: http://stellarificcreations.blogspot.com/
Scrapbooking In Australia:
http://scrapbookinginaustralia.blogspot.com/
Cottage Scrapbooks blog:
http://cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.com/
The Cottage Creatives:
http://creatives4cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Stella's other blog:
http://creativebystella.blogspot.com/
Stella's Cottage Blog ~ Meeting Place:
http://cottagescrapbooks.com/forum/blog.php?u=4
ozsue:
http://sue-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/
Jessicasma:
http://jessicassweetnothings.blogspot.com/
KayC:
http://grandmaspixels.blogspot.com/
Demiurgia Designs:
http://demiurgia.blogspot.com/
ScrapTiferet:
http://scraptiferet.blogspot.com/
JobaScraps:
http://joba2hut.blogspot.com/
Cadacee:
http://cadaceescorner.blogspot.com/
Wildcat Designs:
http://wildcatdesigns.blogspot.com/
Moonisgone:
http://moonisgone.com/
ScrapBear Designs:
http://scrapbeardesigns.blogspot.com/
Happy Scrappy New Year!

7 comments:

Sue said...

Thanks for your beautiful gift.

Anonymous said...

Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 31 Dec [LA 09:04pm] - 01 Jan [NY 12:04am, UK 05:04am, OZ 04:04pm] ).

Sharon aka Scrapcat4914 said...

TY so very much!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for this Freebie. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Scrapbook Freebies Search List, under the Quick Page(s) post on Jan. 01, 2009. Please, notice that I've changed my url. Thanks again and Happy New Year.

cjpeterson38 said...

Thanks so much!

Amberpony Creates said...

Beautiful Job on the Blending!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for this Freebie. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Scrapbook Freebies Search List, under the Do Not Show post on Apr. 16, 2009. Thanks again.