Sweet Scrapbooking Page Inspiration, Amazing Freebies and a Free Printable Mini Album For You To Make Before Valentine's Day

Welcome To The Cherry On Top, Hybrid Hipsters!

I've got new release information from JoCee Designs and the Sweet Shoppe.  I've also got a new big project on tap that you might be interested in.  Something that will make scrapbooking really fast and CHEAP!  You can see a set of our templates that are our best sellers to date.  I've got some incredible freebies you won't want to miss and that free printable for you.

Let's dive in to the scrappy abyss!

Only You templates and ShutterBug from JoCee Designs

I used our best selling templates to date on my page, here.  Last week, I showed you the star template in action.  I couldn't wait to play with today's.  A fun artistic touch, some bright vivid colors, great pictures and a really, really fun kit with all kinds of great goodies to build your page.

This year, I'm designing an enormous Year Book Collection with every intension of printing out all of my pages that I make for it.  It was the point, after all.  I wanted to be able to print out my pages, from home and bind them simply in single page sleeves. The kind that our boys have to put their thousands upon thousands of worksheets in.  Meaning CHEAP!  Just a big metal binder that I'll spiff up with the sleeves and my 8x11 pages with a Project Life kind of format.

The beauty of Project Life is its simplicity.  You can save a lot of time and money if you go this route.  If you love to scrap or love scrapbooking pages and just don't have the time, money or in my case, the materials needed, then this is certainly the way to go.

I've designed 10 basic templates 8x11 inches that can very easily be altered in a variety of ways over and over again.  I also experimented and saw that is was nearly as easy to turn them into a 12x12 inch page, which you'll see a bit further down.

Clip your photos in the spots, add a stroke for contrast if you like and a couple of embellishments and you're finished!  You could just use all pictures or you could also use some journal cards.  There are free journals cards in this blog and around the internet so you can see how inexpensive your album can be.  You might even have everything you need already.

This page uses the same kit from Jo, Shutter Bug and it took me 9 minutes to scrap.  Don't forget that there are APPS for Project Life, too!

Here's a peek at my templates.  One will be free in an upcoming newsletter.  I'll be giving a few free ones throughout the year with the project and the rest will go in the shop.

Here's an example of one at 12x12 with just a few short steps.

In the Group

I'll be having this free portion ready any day now.  It's most of the Winter portion for the Year Book Collection.  The other portion will be exclusively for newsletter recipients.  Make sure you are in the group.  It's the only way to get the large portion and to participate in the Progressive Scrap.

You'll receive this portion to download.  You will be required to design 3 pages.  They could be Project Life style, 8x11 (ish) or 12x12 inches.  Once you have completed 3 NICE pages  (Do not just throw something together!  You're getting a lot of fantastic free stuff, here!  It's the least you can do!  Hehehe...) and put them in the Winter album, you'll be eligible to receive the next (spring) pack for free.  When you do the three pages, post them in the correct album...you'll get the next season...I'm warning you!  You'll have to wait until that season.  I don't have them all finished yet.  So be patient, scrap beautiful pages and build yourself a lovely Year Book along with The Cherry!

Newsletter Exclusive

How about 52 free, coordinating journal cards?!  Shoo wee!  We had a huge endeavor last year.  I failed miserably as expected.  Hehehe...I gave away 52 cards.  You were supposed to customize them if you wanted with pictures and or your own journaling and turn them into a mini album.  I gave explicit directions and several tutorials along the way to help as much as possible.  I did not finish my album.  I did print and cut all of my cards out, but I didn't finish adding all of the photos.  Boo!  I hope you did?

The images are linked up for you!  There's even a video somewhere in the mix.

Thanks for checking out The Cherry!  We'll be back next Friday and Saturday with more hybrids, freebies and scrapbooking delightfulness!

Happy scrapping!

52 Reasons Why I Love You, Printable Freebie

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

Today, I'd like to give you ALL of the 52 Reasons Why I Love You cards.  I want to make sure you have them all so you can put the nose to grind and finish this before the due date, which really isn't that far away.  I'm shaking a bit myself because I've not done nearly enough for how late it is.  Ahhh!!!!

Without further adieu, you can find ALL of the blank cards and reason 1-52 below.  I'm so, so glad so many of you played along with the challenge.  Please, feel free and show off what you've done with them either here in the comments with a link or in our scrap-a-liscious group on FB. 

Reasons 46-52 can be found here.

Reasons 37-45 are right here.

Reasons 28-36 are here.

19-27 can be found here.

1-18 you can find here.


Here you can find the BLANK cards.

I've got a video to assist you!

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you check around and see all of the other awesome cuttables, freebies, templates, scrapbooking kits, etc that have been filling this blog for years and years!

Happy scrapping!

52 Reasons #3 Free Printable For Your Mini Album

Welcome to The Cherry on Top.

We are on Reason #3 this week.  Click on the preview below to download reason #3 card AND another card for a photo or more journaling if you prefer.

I'm hoping to get back here with a few pictures to show you how mine is going so far.  I'm still consider binding ideas, too.  I want to furnish you with as many options as possible.  So far, I'm digging the very large metal rings, but want to investigate further.  

If you like Project Life, it would be pretty nifty in that style, too. 

Definitely make sure you print in best quality and if you have the option, gloss or semi gloss paper for the best results.  

I plan on adhering my pages back to back and will have to round the corners of the cover card.  Bit of a brain fart, there.  Hehehe...You could use a square format if you choose by either cutting into the cards and making them into a square shape OR modifying the cards in a software program like Photoshop Elements by adding another layer, behind the card, in a coordinating colour and forming that layer into your desired shape.

We've combined all of these downloads into 2 easy links.  Click here to get them.

If you missed reason #1 and #2, no worries.  I'll be sure to give all of the links or images so you can join us at any time and not miss out.

If you ever have questions about our projects, you can easily have them addressed in our Cherry Group on Facebook.

Thanks for popping over to The Cherry and as always, happy scrapping.

52 Reasons Why I Love You Free Printables, Scrapbook Along With Us

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

I'm on yet another fantastic endeavour.  Let's see if I can keep up with this one, too.  I hope I'm not over doing it.  All of these ideas!

Years ago, I found an awesome project someone did with playing cards.  They used metal rings to bind the cards together and added all of these reasons they loved their loved ones.  I really wanted to do this ever since I saw the project.  So here it is and we can do it together!

Each week or so, I'll post a free printable.  You download, cut and mash together and add photos in the spots where directed or however you like.  By next year, our nifty mini album will be all finished and ready to give to whomever you choose.

I'm going for a book for all three of my guys.  You can make one for your friends, mom and dad...anyone you love with all of your heart.

Update!  Click here to download the free journaling and blank cards.  We've made it a lot easier for you.

I've already designed several pages in the series.  I'll keep the colours the same and keep the overall look similar to what you see here for cohesion and one awesome book once we've finished it up.  Try to keep up so you don't get too far behind.

If you think of something lovely to say, pop over to our scrappy group on FB and share it with me by tagging me and we'll see if it makes the cut.  52 things is a lot!  Hehehe...

I really hope you'll scrap along with us!

Here is your first download.  It is the title page and another page, that you're meant to glue back to back.  On the next download, you'll get another 2 cards.  One with something nifty and the other side for you to glue back to back and add a photo that might go with the saying?  It's up to you.

I'll be back with photos of the project as it progresses.

Thanks for hanging out with The Cherries!