Special Lady Template Freebie

Several days ago I posted a layout from one of my blog followers that really touched me. Jean was using my Iris Collection from the Flowers Collection Series to pay a specail tribute to her Mother-in-Law.

That got me to thinking and I thought I would design a template dedicated to the very special women in our lives...no matter whose mother they were. My own mother passed away unexpectedly when I was in college and I miss her more and more every year!

Here is my Special Lady Template which I dedicate to my mother by making a layout for her.

In this template you can use the following instructions to help you fill in the fan element. Simply use hint #2.

If you want to display your tribute then please send me your layout and I will make a very special post of it!

Don't wait until it is too late to let someone know how special they are!

Your Layouts!

Here is a layout from Catmanor using the Nurnberg Template from my Major Cities of the World Template Series.

You can view it in the gallery where she posted it by following this link.

Your Layouts!

Here are some more layouts that Deborah over at Misfit Princess has designed using some of my templates. This time she is working with my Major Cities of the World Template Series.

Your layouts!

Here a a couple of layouts from Ladypatsfan that are very cute. Go to her blog and read about the cats!

She used my London Template from the Major Cities of the World Template Series.

The France Template is from my Countries of the World Template Series.

Thanks, Ladypatsfan for sharing another few layouts! I love to see how people use my designs!

Raleigh Template is Last Freebie in the Major Cities of the World Template Series

Today is the last day for the Major Cities of the World Template Series. I saved the best for last...but it has become bittersweet.

Raleigh is where I met my fiance' and we have great memories of our time there together. But things are not well with us and at this moment I am no longer engaged. Lines of communication are open and we are still friends. But I don't know if we will get back together again.

So here is the Raleigh Template in hopes that it has some kind of magic mojo to help me because I don't want to lose him.

The figure on the template is Sir Walter Raleigh, for which the city was named. This is actually a photo from the cover of the 1952 program of the outdoor drama, The Lost Colony. The actor is a very young Andy Griffith.

Ft. Myers Beach Template Freebie

A very quick Ft. Myers Beach Template post today.

I am dealing with some personal issues that are overwhelming me right now.

Freebie: Niagara Falls Templates Times Two

When the Niagara Falls was requested I decided to offer both the US and the Canadian side at the same time. So here is the Niagara Falls Templates download.

I hope you can use either one or both of these templates! Only 2 more templates in the Major Cities of the World Template Series after today! It is hard to believe that this series is coming to an end and I don't have another template series like these lined up.

But don't worry, I have plenty of other things to offer right now. It's time for a little change!

Houston Template is Freebie For Monday

For all of you Texans (or wanna be Texans) here is the Houston Template. The Texas Template was by far the most popular of my State Template Series templates so I am sure this template will be popular too.

I used an old wild west "wanted poster" as the background for this template. To get the faded paper look you can go to effects>texture effects>sculpture>and pick a parchment style pattern to make the paper look authenic. If you don't have a pattern like that, here is a parchment paper clipart that you can save to your patterns folder either in Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop.

It's really easy to use this particular effect and if the paper is right it will show the different shades of the wanted poster. If your paper is too "busy" (has too many crinkles in it) then it might not let the darker area of the background show against the lighter area. If this happens, choose another pattern and try again.

New Orleans Template Freebie

Here is the New Orleans Template as today's digital scrapbooking freebie. This template contains an overlay that can be adjusted as you like or you can leave it as it is.

There isn't a journaling space on this template because the overlay was so "busy" I thought it might get lost on the background. You can add journaling if you would like or just let the picture speak for itself. You don't always have to have writing on your designs.

Maybe you don't remember when or exactly where your New Orleans pictures was taken (too much Mardi Gras perhaps?!) LOL

Don't forget the Louisiana Template from my State template Series!

Template Freebie on Saturday: Hong Kong

This morning I go back to China to offer the Hong Kong Template. This template is #41 in the Major Cities of the World Template Series.

This template will go great around the Chinese New Year because of the dragon "float" motif.
Take a look at the Countries of the World Template Series offering China Template. Both of these templates go well with each other.

Winnipeg Template Freebie and a Bear Tale

Good morning! Wow, Friday again! You gotta love it! Where did this week go??!!

Today I am offering the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba in my Major Cities of the World Template Series. The teddy bear on the template represents the origin of the much-loved Winnie The Pooh.

The Winnipeg Bear, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh, was not
actually born in Winnipeg. Instead, Winnipeg Bear was purchased in White River, Ontario, by an officer (Lieutenant Harry Colebourn) of the Fort Garry Horse
cavalry regiment en route to his embarkation point for the front lines of World War I. He named the bear after the regiment's home town of Winnipeg. In 1924, on an excursion to the London Zoo with neighbour children, Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A. A. Milne, was introduced to Winnie for the first time. An E.H. Shepard painting of "Winnie the Pooh" is the only known oil painting of Winnipeg’s famous bear cub. It was purchased at an auction for $285,000 in London, England, late in 2000. The painting is displayed in the Pavilion Gallery in Assiniboine Park. ~Wikipedia

I thought this story would appeal to everyone who loves all the A.A. Milne characters. What a SUPER way to have your town go down in "history."

So here is the Winnipeg template for downloading.

Template Freebie: Logan (UT)

This is the last of the "lesser known" cities in the Major Cities of the World Template Series. Here is the Logan (UT) Template.

Still left in this series are the following templates:

• Winnipeg


• Hong Kong


• New Orleans


• Houston


• Niagara Falls (NY and Ont)


• Ft. Myers Beach


• Raleigh

So we are nearing the end of a great run of templates. I have enjoyed designing your requests for a total of 145 templates (not counting "extras" like holidays or NASCAR.)

Please keep coming back as I start to offer other elements, papers, templates, styles, etc. as I design them. You never know what I'll be making next! It will be well worth it just to come and take a look every now and then!

And remember, it is ALWAYS FREE here.

Look What Else I Found!

Here are some papers from the Scrapbook-Bytes store. The 30 paper pack is called World Tour Sketchbook and you can use the papers with my Countries of the World Template Series and/or my Major Cities of the World Template Series.

There are also 2 smaller packs if you don't need all the places in the larger one. There is an Italian Sketchbook and a Parisian Sketchbook.

**Note that these are not freebies. But the price is very reasonable!**

Look What I Found!

Here is a small kit of papers and an overlay from Zin From the Alps at Everything Grows Better With Love. It is called Moscow and of course I am telling you about it so that you can use it with my Moscow Template from my Major Cities of the World Template Series.

Today: Cedar City (UT) Template Freebie

I had quite a few very nice comments on my Concord (NH) Template yesterday. I'm glad so many people can use it. Some of these city templates aren't getting many downloads. But that's ok because the people who ARE downloading them are very appreciative!

Today's digital scrapbooking freebie is a little place called Cedar City in Utah. This is the template I had a little trouble finding a theme for. I decided on the city sign (because lots of people take their photos beside city and state signs.)

Here is the Cedar City (UT) Template. Also download my Utah Template which was offered awhile ago in my State Template Series.

Thanks for all your requests and comments. Only a handful more of these city templates and then I have another series to offer. But, this time it isn't templates. Keep your eyes open for it in about 2 weeks! I have some other stuff to offer first.

Palma de Mallorca Template Freebie

Here is another Major Cities of the World Template Series installment that I had never heard of. This Spanish city dates all the way back to the Romans. Here is the Palma de Mallorca Template.

The next 3 templates will also be from slightly "lesser known" cities that people requested. This doesn't make them any less desirable as cities, but it might not be somewhere you have ever been or thought to go. Maybe you'll get some new travel ideas.

You can always download these templates and take what elements you like from them and not use the entire template if it doesn't pertain to you. In my dealings with digital scrapbooking I have learned to download when I first see something and if I decide later that I can't use it then I delete it.

Freebie: Acapulco Template

Well it is back to work today for me. I enjoyed my 3 days off in a row. I actually did finish my Major Cites of the World Template Series designs. Wow. Another series finished.

Now I have to start on something else. I have an idea, but I need to get busy on it before I run out of templates in this series!

Today's digtial scrapbooking freebie is the Acapulco Template. Pair it with my Mexico Template from my Countries of the World Template Series.

Freebie Template: Mexico City

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We didn't do much of anything but hang around the house. We grilled hamburgers and watched Dale Jr. come in 3rd in the Nationwide Race. Not too bad.

Here is the next installment in the Major Cities of the World Template Series. The Mexico City Template features El Angel, a beautiful statue in the center of Mexico City.

Check out the Mexico Template from my Countries of the World Template Series. That template will go great with the one for Mexico City.

4th of July Template Freebie

I'm taking a break today from offering my Major Cites of the World Template Series templates because of the holiday. Instead of a specific city template today, I am offering a 4th of July Template.

I am including a link to my USA Template from my Countries of the World Template Series in case you missed it before.

And here is my Memorial Day Template that can be modified to use for the 4th of July.

I hope everyone has a Happy 4th of July and a safe one as well. Enjoy what has made this country special to all of us who call it "home!"

Moscow Template is the Freebie of the Day

The holiday is almost here!!! Actually my weekend started at 7:45 pm last night. I don't have to go back in to work until Sunday! YEAH!!!!

I am going to try and knock out the rest of the Major Cities of the World Template Series templates between now and Sunday. I have 9.5 left to design. I am stuck on one right now I just can not get anything going for.

I also have a wedding to go to this weekend. One of my Pilates instructors (and a good friend) is getting married Saturday evening. Obviously she isn't a NASCAR fan...what with the race being in Daytona Saturday night.

Anyway, that catches you up on everything about me. So here is today's digital scrapbooking freebie: the Moscow Template. I love the onion domed architecture in Russia. It looks so cool.

I also can say I have read War and Peace cover to cover. I took a Russian lit class in college and that was one of the books we had to read. It was suprisingly good. But I don't think I would ever have tried reading it on my own without having been made to because of school. It is certainly intimidating!