Throwback to Yesterday

Mary's Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow kit is one that I just keep going back to.  Hope you get some inspiration from these layouts 

If you don't have this in your collection yet, snatch it quick.  It is one you will use over and over again!

Spring Cleaning!

Happy Wednesday all you blog readers! This is Dawn bringing you Inspiration Wednesday!

I don't know what it's like at your house, but around here, it means Spring Cleaning! Usually this is started by my husband, and usually it means the start of something BIG! His idea of Spring Cleaning usually involves us rearranging a room or 2! That was the case last year about this time! All 4 of our girls shared one big room upstairs. He decided we would move our room and the computer room upstairs, and split the girls into 2 bedrooms. That was a huge deal! We had to decide which girls would room together, what stuff would go in which room. It was a big mess, but once it was done, we were proud of what we'd accomplished! And our house looked great! Almost good enough to put it back on the market to try to sell. But alas, someone invited the messies to move in (I think it was my oldest), and that was the end of that!

Regardless of what Spring Cleaning means around your house, for digiscrappers, it affects you too! This is a great time to clean up your computer. Scan for viruses, remove cookies and unwanted/ unused files, unsubscribe from e-mails that are cluttering your inbox (but definately NOT ScrapMatters), burn disks and back up your digiscrapping supplies. I know I would be very upset if I lost my digiscrapping kits and goodies....but I would be devistated if I lost my photos. Photos of trips, 1sts, mementous occasions, weddings, births, graduations and more.

This year, make Spring Clenaing mean more than just clenaing out that junk drawer in the kitchen, make it applly to your absolute favorite hobby too! And once that computer is all cleaned up......make sure you go shopping at Mary's store at ScrapMatters.com to stock up on more essentials to build up your stash again!

Monday Giveaway - 4.11.11

Hello everyone,

Kayla aka keepscrappin here. I'm a newbie on the Dumpling Gang, so I've been scrappin' like crazy with all of the Plum Dumpling Designs kits. One of my favorite kits so far is the Serendipity kit and it's coordinating CT Call Freebie, so I decided to make up a Quick Page freebie for ya'll with them today.

Download from 4shared here.

I hope you enjoy the quick page, and remember to please share any layouts that you've made with Plum Dumpling Design products in the Plum Dumpling Designs gallery here at ScrapMatters. We love to see what you've done and want to leave you lots of love.

Well, that's all for today folks. Take care and as always keepscrappin'!

Hello everyone! Here's a little sneak peek of what's coming tomorrow. Have a wonderful day, :)

Inspiration: The Thorn in My Scrappin' Side

Megg here with this week's...

What is your favorite thing to scrap? For me, it's usually the obscure. Crazy, I know. But I would much rather sit down and scrap a day when we played together in the leaves, rather than say a normal holiday that should be scrapped as well. It's like pulling teeth to get me to do anything with Christmas Day. So bad in fact, that my children will probably wonder if we even celebrated it, seeing as they have a huge black hole every end of December in their books. In my defense, those pictures usually have bed head and very bad lighting, so not very flattering um, at all.

So, here's my challenge. Every month, do a page that you really don't want to. I have a list of pages that need to be done, and it's not til I cross one of those off that I allow myself to do the fun pages that I actually want to do...Here's an example. For my little guy, I made sure to do a Valentine's Day page (let's face it, I am not tackling Christmas, but it's still a holiday...)


And because I was good and did that page, then I got to do play with this cute little guy again here and scrap something that I don't want to ever forget...


And I even used the same combo of kits for both pages. Awesome, right? You can click both pictures above to get to Mary's store. Have a great week scrappin!

Give Away Monday April 4, 2011

It is time for another Give Away Monday.  It is a wonderful time of the year here in Oklahoma.  The flowers are blooming, the weather is warming up, and baby animals are everywhere.  I just love Spring.  It makes it hard to scrap because I want to be outside playing.  So as I started to make something for you guys today I wanted it to have a spring feel.  So here is what you get, a nice little frame from Rabbit Tales.

You can download it here

New CT & New Releases: Rabbit Tales, Basket Case Alpha and Blooming Spring!

Another week where there is just so much to show you! Sit back and enjoy!

First I'd like to present my new CT


Next up we have another new kit release! Easter is seriously such a turning point for me. I am really assured that spring is on its way...no unexpected snow storms, no below freezing temps. Just sun, grass, and spring. Ahhhh. I've created Rabbit Tales and Basket Case alpha to celebrate. The Alpha is free with purchase this week only (thru 4/7). It will automatically be included in your downloads. Or you can just pick it up separately too! 

Remember: New Releases are 20% through Sunday!

Rabbit Tales by Plum Dumpling Designs


or if you'd just like the alpha separately...
Basket Case Alpha by Plum Dumpling Designs


And one more thing before we get to the awesome inspiration from the CT! ScrapMatters is starting a fun, new promo called Mix a Kit! It's a Choose Your Own Adventure sort of kit building experience. I'm very excited and this is my first submission! These will be released the first Friday of each month, so stay tuned for more Mix a Kits!! Be sure to check out the other designers' goodness in the Mix a Kit category. All of the products coordinate with the same color palette!

Blooming Spring by Plum Dumpling Designs


And last but certainly not least...a little inspiration from the CT! Bask in th spring goodness here!



Happy Weekend!!