CryztalRain's newest kit Definitely Denim will have you swimming in blue jean heaven! Loaded with tons of worn blue jean goodness balanced with hues of brown with the brightness of sunflowers makes for a kit that is just a delight to scrap with. Tons of brushes and masks help make it perfect for artsy journal pages or regular scrapping. On sale for a limited time at Deviant Scrap. Click Here to snag this wonderful kit to add to your digital stash of goodness.

I am super excited to tell you about CryztalRain's newest kit, Inspiration, available at Deviant Scrap! It's been the perfect kit to get me back into the groove of creating pages for my own albums again. It's soft and serene color palette is so very easy to work with and it's diverse and artsy enough to create traditional and art journal pages. Go grab it for your stash of wonderful "go-to" kits here in her shop at Deviant Scrap.

I am super excited to show you CryztalRain's newest set of brushes. They are grungy and oh so wonderful to use for blending. 

You can pick them up here at Deviant Scrap. Included with the brushes are png files if you prefer to work with them instead.


Here's what I created with them. It's one of my favorite pages ever. *I do think I will be going back and turning it into a wallpaper.*

The inspiration for this page comes from the skull brushes that I used from CryztalRain's Slighly Sinsister Brush and Image Pack @ Deviant Scrap. Society has made it too easy to call it quits after a commitment of marriage has been made. The vows get forgotten. This page is as much as a reminder to me as well. To many times I get so angry at my husband over some of the silliest things that should not even be a big deal. It's been easy for us to get busy in life and forget that our relationship with each other is just as and more  important than all the things the world is throwing at us.  

Clicking on the image will take you to the gallery so you can view the full list of supplies I used.

Operation Take Charge of my Life is going good this week. I made it a point to get some time in on the treadmill. I thought it was going to kill me. But I did do it. I am going to start a food journal tomorrow. I am contemplating going on a weekend juice fast to cleanse some of the toxins out of my system from all the crappy food I have eaten all summer. I still need to do some research on it before totally making my mind up.  

I have found some pages on my laptop that I created awhile back. The first one is one I made using CryztalRain's Reduce Reuse Recycle kit @ Deviant Scrap. It's just a fun reminder that we need to take care of our environment better. Clicking the image will take you to the gallery for full credits.

CrackeD Brush and Image Pack and What a Mess Paper Packs are the newest goodies at CryztalRain's Deviant Scrap shop.  My Mom was in the hospital when she released her ClockWorx Brush and Image Pack and Banners Brush and Image Pack so I was glad I could use them for the following pages for my journal. I am beyond pleased with how they turned out. 


If you create anything using these products feel free to link me up to them. I love to be inspired by other artsy folks. Click on the images to be taken to the gallery to see the full credits.

New wonderful goodness from CryztalRain this week is in the form of some Old Folders and A Bitta Glitz Brushes available at Deviant Scrap. I had such a fun time creating this new page for my journal. It just makes me happy and reminds me to keep my wings open to/and to experience life with all it's hopes and dreams ~ My hopes and dreams.  Clicking on the image will take you to the gallery to view the full list of credits.


If you create some yummy goodness with these wonderful products, please link me up...I love to be inspired by others!!!!

It's no secret that I just adore brushes and I especially adore CryztalRain's brushes. My photoshop does flips every time I load one in. ;-}  She has these fabulous distressed Grunged Butterflies and Image Pack available in PU and CU versions and some wicked cool and versatile Old Journal Papers out in her shop at Deviant Scrap. Here are the pages I made with them. Clicking on the images will take you to the gallery to view the full credits.



Thanks for taking the time to come in and take a peek. If you grab these goodies be sure to link us up to your gallery so we can see your pretty!

I cannot express how much I just adore brushes and in particular
Heather's brushes of CryztalRain's Designs over at Deviant Scrap. 
Brushes are one of the most versatile elements you can use on a 
page/layout. Just grab a pack and play!!!!!
Her newest ones are a wonderful set of grunged up flowers called of course
Flower Grunge Brush - Image Pack at Deviant Scrap. They are available in PU and CU versions. Along with the brushes there's wickedly fabulous set of textured papers and grungey edge brushes. They all just pump your pages up 
a notch. There's no wrong way to use them~~~I promise!!!!
Textured Paper Pack at Deviant Scrap and Grunged Edges Brush and Image Pack also available at Deviant Scrap in PU and CU versions.
So whatcha' waiting on? Go grab a pack and play!!!!!


Clicking on the images will pop you right over to the gallery so you can peek at the full list of credits. 

Today I was supposed to be leaving for my brother's house to spend the night so my SIL could take me to the DFW airport tomorrow. Not happening. Tornado watches and warnings are making it too yucky along with flash flooding and heavy rain fall. So I will be heading out early in the am. Something I did not want to do at all. But what must be will be, right?  I will definitely be in Vegas Wednesday night though with my Scrap Orchard girlies...Woot! woot!!


But before I head out I wanted to share the page I made with CryztalRain's newest collection DragonLore available at Deviant Scrap. It's just a delicious kit with loads of dragons, medieval ephemera, softened by touches of greenery and as always the most beautiful papers that range from scenic to great scenes for a fantasy LO.  I paid homage to my ♥ for reading. I don't get to travel often so I find that if I just immerse myself into a great book, it's like I am really there. The world stops turning and I really get to visit other places. The imagination and the mind are such powerful thing.
Just click on the image to see the full credits.

I was excited to play with CryztalRain's new kit, 
Kindred Spirits. It has sooo many wonderful elements
and the softest of color palettes for the papers. 
Quite versatile! In fact, I liked my art journal page I
created with it so much I adapted to a scrapbook 
page for me and the hubby. You can find this beauty
at Deviant Scrap.


Art Journal Page




Scrapbook Page



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CryztalRain has released some fabulous new butterfly brushes this week~ Butterfly Clusterz #2 at Deviant Scrap. The png's are included if you don't want to use the brush format. I had such
a wonderful time playing around with these. The background on my piece is nothing
but brushwork and blending modes. I did find through playing a bit and giving my layers
a very slight shadow such as one you would give acrylic elements really helped
pop things up a bit and give it some "texture". As soon as I am able I will try to get this
one printed on a canvas for my art room in addition to a copy of it going into my art journal.
Other elements used in the piece are from CryztalRain's Art Therapy and Word Art pack.
I ♥ those kits. They are also available at Deviant Scrap. =D






Thanks for peeking!!!

I applied a bit ago to be on CrystalRain's  (formerly Totally Wild Dezines)creative team at her Deviant Scrap Store and by some stroke of fantastic luck she let me come on board (insert big cheesy happy grin). She has the most awesome of brushes and elements and an already talented group of ladies on her CT. I have not done brush work in awhile...well not since my days of making signature tags and in paint shop pro. And most definitely not too much in photoshop so I am more than a wee bit nervous but most definitely up to the challenge to show off her great products and push my creative limits all at the same time.

And if you are up to the challenge and want to get some pointers from her, she has a great interview in this month's Deviant Muse. It's the Deviant Scrap's store free ezine. It's packed jam full of tuts, challenges and eye candy to get those creative juices flowing like there's no tomorrow.  And the best part of all is that it's FREE!!!! So run over and pick up your copy right HERE. January through May are also available at the rock bottom price of free also. The doors are always open and the light's even on so you don't stub a toe pushing that cart full of goodies to the check out.

Thanks for popping by!!!
Balinda