NSD Day 1 - WLS "Awesome Women" Blog Train!

It's NSD Weekend and that means a LOT of fun for YOU!  The designers at WithLoveStudio have created a fantastic Blog Train on a powerful theme:

AWESOME WOMEN!

I have TWO Freebies for you.  One is here on my Blog and the other can be found on my Facebook Page.  I also created a full Collection - and it's 50% OFF in the store!

Here is the complete Awesome Women Collection:

For this train, you get the JOURNAL CARDS for FREE!

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 This download has expired - but you can find all of the kit pieces in any of my stores.

And if you go to my Facebook Page, you can also get the WORD ART for FREE!

This download has expired - but you can find all of the kit pieces in any of my stores.

Here is the NEXT STOP on the train:  Starry Eyed Designs Blog

If you get lost, HERE is complete list!

1. With Love Studio Blog
2. Sugar Moon Designs Blog
3. Callaluna Creations Blog
4. Chunlin Designs Blog
5. FranB Designs Blog
6. Lisa Rosa Blog
7. MagsGraphics Blog (You are here)
8. Starry Eyed Designs Blog
9. DigiDeborah Facebook
10. Kelsey {Inspired} Studios Facebook
11. Midnight Owl Designs Facebook
12. Callaluna Creations Facebook
13. Chunlin Designs Facebook
14. Lisa Rosa Facebook
15. MagsGraphics Facebook
16. KapiScrap Blog

NOTE-- These freebies are only up for FIVE DAYS so snag them fast!

Happy NSD!

:) Mags

Get Ready for NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY (WEEKEND!)

I hope you all are getting your WISH LISTS together...!  Because it's almost time for FIVE DAYS of FUN to begin!  I have 5 Days of FREEBIES coming on this blog, BIG SALES at all of my stores, and more FREEBIES & GIVEAWAYS on my Facebook Page.  It all starts TOMORROW...

PLUS, I have two kits that can be yours FREE with purchase at MagsGraphics.com:

Share your layouts made with my kits in my Gallery Showcase Group, and you can win even MORE free stuff!

Be sure to stop by my Blog, Stores, and Facebook pages starting TOMORROW.  

Let the Scrappy Fun Begin!!

:) Mags

Chillaxin CLUSTER FREEBIE

Each week, MyMemories has a Share The Memories set of FREEBIES in their newsletter.  This week, I was one of the designers who contributed!  

Remember last year's CHILLAXIN' Series...?

I have a set of FRAME CLUSTERS that match!

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These require store checkout.  Once you've snagged them, I hope you'll also pick up the rest of the Chillaxin' collection - it's 30% OFF for the rest of this month!  This kit is perfect for those vacation photos, Girls' Night Out memories, or layouts featuring your favorite ways to relax! 

Need some inspiration?  Here are some layouts that Cori has created with Chillaxin'!

  

Want to show off YOUR layouts?  Join the MagsGraphics Gallery Showcase Group on Facebook!

I'd LOVE to see them!

:) Mags

CLUSTERS for IN THE BACKYARD

Did you see my latest collection that released yesterday as part of the MyMemories Blog Train?  There was a fun sampler offered as well as links to many freebies on the same color palette!  Be sure to snag them while you can - they are free for a limited time!

This is my latest collection:  IN THE BACKYARD.  It's on sale at all of my stores!

Cori, from my Creative Team, is a wiz at making clusters, and she has made you a set of three gorgeous ones that coordinate with my new collection.  They are yours, free, for a limited time!

DIRECT DOWNLOAD HERE

Please leave her some love in the comments - maybe she'll make you some more wonderful stuff!

:) Mags

Scrapbooking Bible Study - Session 11

There were a lot of things I could pull out from last week's lesson - I decided on two of them:  "Find The Funny" and "Celebrated Daily."  Here are the layouts I made.  I wanted a reminder to my kids that life IS funny and to take a moment to celebrate the little things daily.  It's those "little" things that add up to one, BIG, AWESOME life.

The kit used is "Click!" - available at any of my stores.

For our class time today, our focus was this...

THE TIME IS NOW! 

NOW is the time to choose joy... in THIS moment, in THIS circumstance, in THIS heartbreak, despite THIS pain.  THIS is the day that the Lord has made.  We will REJOICE and be glad in it!

DOWNLOAD SESSION 11 HERE

We saw a few short videos today - ALL are worth viewing!! 

#1 -  "God Doesn't Make Junk"

Need a reminder of how to let God shine through?

#2 - "WHO YOU ARE"

YOU are a masterpiece - Believe it!!

#3 - "A Life That's Good"

A reminder to live with a grateful heart

#4 - "Christ Is Risen"

THIS is the whole reason we can choose JOY - God's Love and Victory over Death!!

We don't have to wait until we "get those ducks in a row" 
 (because they'll NEVER be all tidy and in a row!), we can CHOOSE JOY NOW. 

I also shared my testimony - when I hit that crisis of faith that was insurmountable without God.

You can read it here:  FINDING GOD IN HOSPITAL SHOES.

Finally, a cyberfriend of mine & member of my Creative Team, Kathy M., who is doing this study as well, made a wonderful layout of "Things We Need To LET GO OF To Move Forward."   I'm totally snagging it for my album!  Her layout is on the left - I paired it with the layout on the right.  Kit used for both is "My World" - available at all of my stores.

Next week, our class will share our finished album and layouts.
I'll be back with my last layouts then!
Have a blessed week!
:) Mags

My Memories "Playing In The Dirt" Blog Train!

My Memories is an AMAZING software for your digital scrapbooking, craft and printable projects!   Find out how easy it is by DOWNLOADING A TRIAL VERSION HERE.   Want some tutorials?  Click here.

Why choose MyMemories Suite...?

• Easy to Use -Drag and drop photos and elements to your page(s) or use our Fast Fill feature. Create your own page(s) from scratch or from pre-made designer templates.
• Editing Features -Recolor, Resized, Rip, Red-Eye, Filters, Crop, Shapes
• Sharing -Print at home or professionally. Create custom blog or facebook graphics. Export as jpg, svg or png.
• MyMemories can use ANY external content that is in .png or .jpg format!  You can easily pull-in kits and collections that you've already purchased from other places!
• Ready to buy?  Use this CODE to SAVE $10 OFF your MMSv5:  STMMMS90118

Blog Train Time!

Several of the Designers at MyMemories have come together to create a DOWN & DIRTY blog train!  Get your mind out of the gutter... these freebies are all about PLAYING in the DIRT! :)  Remember that we live across many time zones, if you don't see a freebie up, try back the next day.

I was so excited by the color palette for this train that I ended up creating a full collection called "In The Backyard."  It's ON SALE at MyMemories right now!   For this Blog Train, I have provided you a small sampler of my larger collection.

Here is the complete collection I created... 

Here is my FREEBIE for you 

that goes along with the "PLAYING IN THE DIRT" Blog Train:

 This train has expired, but you can find this collection at all of my stores!

NOTE!  It is ILLEGAL to take this freebie and re-upload to another store, site, or file-sharing place!  That is stealing.  Don't.

The complete list of Blog Participants can be found here:

Cutie Pie Scraps 

Crazy-4-Monograms 

LizzyQXdesign 

Grace Blossoms 4 U  

Syrena's Scrap Art  

PattyB Scraps 
ADB Designs

Touched by A Butterfly

Snackpackgu's Designs

Happy Scrap Arts

Digi Deborah Designs

Jen Wright Designs 

Dees-Deelights

Cari Lopez 

KJDdesigns 

Papierstudio 

FranB Designs

Dora's Digitals

Lisa Rosa Designs

 (YOU ARE HERE) MagsGraphics (YOU ARE HERE)
Sassy Designz 
Digi Cyber Scraps 
Jusme Digital 
Carena's Extravagance
Bekah E Designs

  Enjoy all of your free goodies, and I hope you'll pick up the rest of the collection I created in my store!  Also, the very talented CORI from my CT has another FREEBIE for you that matches this set.  I'll have it on my blog tomorrow! :)

(Yup that's me... that's as close to dirt as I get!)

:) Mags

Faith365: RISEN - Bonus Clusters!

Have you seen my April Faith365 Collection called RISEN?  

Isn't it beautiful?!  All of the packs in this new collection are 30% OFF at all of my stores...

Cori, from my Creative Team, has been working on some new clusters for you.   They are FREE on this blog for a limited time:

DIRECT DOWNLOAD HERE

If you scroll back a few posts, you can snag another set of clusters.  

And if you visit my Facebook Page, you can snag some more!

Hopefully all of these FREEBIES have enticed you to purchase the kit!

I'd love to see and share YOUR marvelous layouts.  Please join the Gallery Showcase Group and show off your great work!

:) Mags

Scrapbooking Bible Study - Session 10

Hey Bible Study Friends!
So, I really liked the "masterpiece" idea from last week's lesson.  For my layouts, I wanted to remind my kids that each of them are MASTERPIECES too!  This is what I came up with - I used a kit I had created last year called "AWESOME SAUCE."

The photos on the right side all show things that really got my kids excited.  For Jack, it's sports, music, and animals.  For Luke, it's his creativity, building things, and our dog. :)


This week, our class got to focus on JOYOUS THINGS... Sights and smells, sounds and tastes that fill us with JOY.   Here is a short list of MY personal favorites.  What are yours?

• SIGHTS - home
• SMELLS - my (clean) dog, warm chocolate chip cookies, coffee
• SOUNDS - the sound of QUIET. ;)
• TASTES - salt, sugar, carbs, grease, chocolate, and more coffee. :)
• TOUCHES - my dog, clean sheets

DOWNLOAD SESSION 10 INFO HERE

Session 10 has four key lessons:

1. Love Extravagantly
2. Find the Funny
3. Lighten Someone's Load
4. Celebrate Daily

We had the best time with the "Finding the Funny" aspect of this lesson in class.  Life IS absurd - and you can find examples all the time.  Below are some links that you'll want to see - prepare for some BIG BELLY LAUGHS!

Tim Hawkins:  Favorite Bible Verse

Tim Hawkins on Raising Hands In Church & Hand Sanitizer

I have to say that I'm REALLY excited to be seeing Tim Hawkins IN CONCERT later this month!  Getting to meet him would make for a wonderful layout for this album. :)

Another important lesson in this session was the reminder to lighten someone else's load.  Consider this story:

What can YOU do to make a difference to just one other person this week?

I have one last video for you - it's by one of my favorite video people - Igniter Media.  They make videos for churches and Bibles studies, and each one is AMAZING.  This video is just a reminder about our Awesome and Amazing God and all that he has created.  Knowing that the God who did all of this, hopefully, will fill you up with joy. ♥

We're just have a few layouts left... I'm so proud of you all for doing this study with me!

See you next week!

:) Mags

April FAITH365 Collection - RISEN

I'm taking a moment away from the Easter bunnies and marshmallow Peeps to bring you a faith-based Easter Collection this month.  RISEN is my attempt to honor Jesus in His victory over death.  I hope you can use it for some of your Easter layouts...

It is ON SALE at MagsGraphics.com and WithLoveStudio.net.  It is in processing at MyMemories and should be live there in a day or two!

My Scrappy Friends worked with kit - take a look at their beautiful layouts!

 by Tammy at WLS

by Kathy M.

  

by Kathy B. - She used this kit to scrap her family's visit to the Creation Museum. 

  

  

  

by Cori - She make a slideshow of layouts with famous paintings to depict the real meaning of Easter for her family.  Credits listed on each layout.

  

  

Isn't it amazing how many different layouts can be made with the same collection?!

I have TWO FREEBIES for you!  The first one is here on this blog.  Cori made some BEAUTIFUL clusters for you.  You can download them below:

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The 2nd FREEBIE is on my Facebook Page - a set of frame clusters by me:

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I hope you'll "like" and stay a while!  Be sure to check "get notifications" so you see the latest updates, sales, and giveaways.  My Facebook page is where things are updated first!

I truly hope you enjoy this kit - I'm looking forward to your comments and feedback.  I would LOVE to see the layouts you create!  Please join our Gallery Showcase Group so you can show off your great work!

Happy Easter, my friends!

♥Mags

Scrapbooking Bible Study - Session 9

Last week, we focused on building Joy in OTHERS.  Did you practice looking at the world with a new set of "glasses?" -- because you never know what baggage another person is carrying.  Even though WE each carry our own set of baggage, if we can step outside of ourselves just a little bit, we may be able to lighten the load of someone else.

Here is the layout I made for last week's lesson:

I can't tell you how excited I was to be able to include the screenshots from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!!  I was also thrilled to find another blog post on this very same topic who ALSO referenced this particular episode from Buffy.  

Click on the image below to read it.

This blogger, Chicagolina, makes a great point that "sometimes we take comfort in self-pity because it is more comfortable that awareness."   Self-pity gets in the way from reaching out and being empathetic towards others.  And many people NEED your encouragement!

However... for this week, we are turning our focus INWARD... 

because YOU matter too!

DOWNLOAD SESSION 9 INFO HERE

Did you hear that?  YOU MATTER.  YOU MATTER!  God made a MASTERPIECE when He created you...

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. -Ephesians 2:10 NIV

He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
    and all his ways are just. -Deuteronomy 2:4 pt 1 NIV

Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; 
      you formed me in my mother's womb. 
   I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking! 
      Body and soul, I am marvelously made! 
      I worship in adoration—what a creation! 
   You know me inside and out, 
      you know every bone in my body; 
   You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, 
      how I was sculpted from nothing into something. 
   Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; 
      all the stages of my life were spread out before you, 
   The days of my life all prepared 
      before I'd even lived one day.

Psalm 139:13-16, The Msg

Have you ever taken a moment to notice just how AWESOME you are?  Let this kid remind you:

Looking forward to seeing your next layouts!

:) Mags