MellowButterfly Team Blog

There is still time left for you to participate in the Petal Pieces Challenge being hosted by LauraM over at Purple Paper Flowers through July 13. The free sampler for the challenge was provided by me and is from my Glitter and Grunge Kit (download available in the challenge forum here.

There is also a great 25% off coupon to my PPF shoppe included in the .zip for the challenge - but I’ve decided to share it here on my blog as well. ***Remember, the coupon is only valid on my products for sale at Purple Paper Flowers, not here in the MellowButterfly Shoppe.***

Like the graphics in the ad? They are for sale: Origami Butterflies, Balloons & Strings, Once in a BlueMoon Alpha, and the stitches will be available in the For the Boys Embellishment Kit coming July 18!

By the way, the gallery update is complete with the exception of an issue with the thumbnails for some albums randomly not appearing. I’ll keep working on that for you

UPDATE JUN 19 Winner will be announced this weekend - see you then!! Michelle

Yes, that’s right! I had the Creative Team’s blinkie done a couple of weeks ago, but was waiting to give it to them because I wanted to have a general one for everyone else to sport (including me!) After many threats patient reminders from Ren, I finally finished it up today!

So, do you like the graphics in the blinkies? Want a sneak peek at the kit they came from? Want a chance to win the kit for FREE?

So, to get this fabulous kit (which is not yet available in the shoppe!), all you have to do is help me come up with an awesome name for my Creative Team! Something fun and catchy…doesn’t necessarily have to be related to butterflies, although that would be a plus! Whoever comes up with the best name will get the kit A Touch of Japan for FREE!

I’m going to allow the CT girls to play too - but if I happen to choose one of their suggestions, I’ll RAK the free kit to whomever posted before them. That’s fair right?

And yes! In the very near future there will be a CT call and we’ll also be doing RAKs for fans wearing the blinkie!

So, did everyone survive National Scrapbooking Day? I had lots of fun shopping and managed to get in a couple chats and get some great freebies too. I’ve even managed to scrap with some of my new goodies - I’ll share them with you at the end of the post!

The theme I chose for my May challenge is Motherhood. All of us have a mother, and many of us are mothers, so this should be easy right? And to make it even easier I’ve made two freebies to help you along!

You can use this cute little quick page - just plop your photo in the blank frame and add a title and/or journaling and some extra embellishments to make it your own. OR, if you don’t care for the colors, or want to move things around you can use the layered .psd file. Just drag your digital papers into the .psd and clip them to the template layers. And if you don’t have a program that can open .psd files, I’ve also included a .png of each layer. You can download the FREEBIES in the shoppe - just add to your cart and check out. They’ll be available until the end of the month.

Once you’ve finished your layout, simply upload it to the Motherhood Challenge album in our gallery. For those of you who are new to our gallery: you’ll need to register (its a separate registration from the shoppe), then once you are in the album you’ll see an “Add Items” link in the left sidebar. Just upload the file and enter a description and click the Add Item button on the bottom of the screen. Super easy!

And here is a sample layout I made with the quick page to get your inspiration going:

And last but not least, here are those layouts I promised to show you: