AnnaBelle's Porch

Okay, so maybe I have been spending a little bit too much time in my imaginary South. Between helping with a graphic for a Southern Fiction Writers' Blog, Listening to Lisa Wingate's Lone Star Cafe (a Texas based book) on tape, and watching a few too many episodes of Designing Woman on You Tube, I've been hiding out in the south which is good because it's cold here in Michigan and it just keeps snowing. Sure....this is pretty but after a while, trust me, it gets old.

I was asked by my fabulous author girlfriend, Lisa Wingate, to come up with a graphic for her new Southern Belle View. She hosts this blog with four other delightful authors of Southern Fiction. Anyway, she said she wanted to have an image to showcase their current books but "could it be wrapped in a bit of lace." Keep it southern, ya know. So I made this for them.

Well, as luck would have it...that inspired a kit. That and all of the other southern escapes that I have found.

AnnaBelle's Porch page kit


is band new in the shop at Digital Scrapbook Place.

I also made up this add on pack.


It will be in the store soon but for now it is a posting bonus...That means you can get it for FREE! Find out how to get it free HERE.

I have to say, that lattice is way cool. I made that up while I was keeping my son on task studying his Algebra. It took a full afternoon to digitally weave those laths.

So here's a page I made up with the Anna Belle's Porch digital scrapbook products.


That's my mom in the back and her sister in the foreground. I emailed my aunt this morning with the question of "where was this taken and was the soda pop a treat?" Here is her answer, "It was at a picnic and soda was always a big treat, not just at picnics. We never had it in the house. In fact, one of the first things I remember buying with my own money, from baby sitting, was a 6 pack of coke. And, boy, did I ever watch it closely because it was mine. But I also remember that it didn't taste that good because I was being so selfish, so I shared that last couple of bottle and I never bought it again. LOL!!" My aunt is such a DOLL!

By the way, the brown and the peach paper in the layout come from the AnneBelle's Porch background paper set that will be in the DSP store by next week.

Aren't those great vintage papers??

I love that blue flannel. It reminds me of a chamois shirt that my husband had way back in college before we got married. I was still in high school and stole the shirt from him for several years. He snagged it back and then it disappeared. Imagine my utter surprise when, after we were married and we took a trip to visit his brother in Alaska, the shirt emerged...on his brother! His brother had "borrowed" it when he was home to Michigan for a visit well before we were married. Too funny.

The temperature out side is a balmy 19 degrees Fahrenheit and guess what??? We should see some more of the white stuff. Oh joy.

I think I'll snuggle back into my comfy couch and find more episodes of Designing Women to watch. Too bad I finished that audio book already.

November Life Journal

This week's new digital scrapbook kit is November Life Journal. It has some wonderful fall colors still but has a bit of a festive flair to it as well. I think pictures of the upcoming holidays would be perfect paired with these.

November Life Journal digital scrapbook kit can be purchased in the store at Digital Scrapbook Place.

You can get this add on pack for free as a posting bonus. Find out more here.


Here is a page I created using just the page kit. The girl in the photo is my grandmother.

About a Dream

This week's kit was About a Dream. There is a rack at JoAnn Fabrics in their decorating fabric department that I tend to gravitate toward. I would LOVE to do up a guest bedroom in the colors but have run out of guest rooms. So I just made a kit instead.
The add on pack is a posting bonus that can be had for FREE. Find out more information in my About a Dream Posting Bonus Forum over at Digital Scrapbook Place.
Here's a layout that I made using these digital scrapbooking products.

Yes, that's me in the photo. This "extraction" is super easy. Here's the cool thing...it's not really and extraction at all. I took the black&white/sepia colored photo of me and laid it over the cream background paper that I have in the add on back. The background of the photo was white. I set the photo layer to darker color and that is what I got. I did go back in and add the cream paper from the kit with the red design over the cream paper but it didn't take but a couple of swooshes of the eraser to the cream with red design paper to get rid of the little bit of red design from showing through the photo. Really, it was super easy. Try out your layer blend options before going through the hassle of extracting an image.

Famous for a Day

So...a couple of weeks ago I submitted a layout to Memory Makers. I discovered yesterday, quite by chance, that Memory Makers has it displayed on their home page and their featured idea gallery page. Too cool! I'm really not sure how this all works so I'm really not sure how big of a deal it is. Since it's my first time and all...I'm going to have to say, "It's a big deal."


I may have to try this out again. It's kind of fun to be famous for a day.

Along Came You

Brand new to the DSP store today is Along Came You. This is a great kit to use for those special guys in your life. It would look cute for a little girl page as well.


Along Came You is available at the store at Digital Scrapbook Place.

This add on pack is currently a posting bonus. Purchase the kit, make a layout, and get the add on pack for FREE. What a deal! Find out more in the Along Came You posting bonus forum at DSP.

Here's a page I put together using these new products. These two pictures of my son skipping stones are so CUTE!!

Come by the DSP chat room tonight and join me in a lively chat about...well...anything really. These papers will be the chat freebie. Attend the chat, get the papers. How cool is that?

October Life Journal

Autumn in Michigan is gorgeous. I tried to capture some of nature's beauty in the October Life Journal Products. The October Life Journal page kit is brand new to the DSP store this morning.


This add on pack is free as a posting bonus. Find out more here.


Tonight at 9 PM in the DSP chat room I will give out this lovely set of leaves as a chat freebie.



Here are a couple of pages that I made up using these new products. This first one showcases a single photo from Kensington Metro Park. It is a wonderful park nearby. I really do need to try to visit this park more often.
This next one includes pictures from a hayride that my grand-nephew and I went on two years ago. I used just part of the word art from the kit to make the title for this page. He had such a fun time that night!

Two More Days

Just two days left to get this great add on pack as a posting bonus.



Just purchase Rooted Autumn page kit and create a layout with it. Post a link to that layout in the Rooted Autumn Posting Bonus Forum before the end of the day on Saturday to get the add on pack for FREE as a posting bonus.



I love the rich autumn colors in this kit. I made up a few pages.