So it’s officially July.  I can’t believe it’s already July! Can you believe it’s July?  Yeah, it’s July.  I hope that wherever this first day of July finds you, you are happy and healthy and having fun!

It’s a holiday weekend for many of us as our Canadian scrapper friends celebrate Canada Day today, and as we in the US celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July!  The fourth has always been one of my most favorite holidays and since falling in love with my husband (who is coming home just in time to celebrate with us — yay!!), it’s struck an even deeper chord upon the patriotic gong in my heart.

And so in honor of this festive and fun holiday I have created this fun little freebie for you!  I so hope you like it!!

Fresh Cut: Fourth is a fun set of templates designed with the 4th of July in mind and in the spirit of my “fresh cut” series of templates: with restraint and cleaner page design as a compass, but which can be modified to suit whatever your scrapping style or needs.  You can use them for your own Independence Day centered pages, or for any general purpose.

Here’s a peek a some inspiration from my girls.  I really love how they showed of the versatility of these simple templates…they can be used for a fantastic 4th of July page or they can so beautifully be used for any story you’re inspired to capture.

You can download Fresh Cut: Fourth for free {HERE}.

I hope you do enjoy it!  And to those who celebrate, I wish you a very Happy (and safe!) 4th of July!!

It’s an exciting day for us scrapbookers…everywhere you look there are sales and games and giveaways and challenges and chats and fun galore!  And in honor of my debut, I wanted to get in on the fun and share with you a little freebie and a fun little scrapping challenge/contest (with a “she might have gone out of her gourd” kind of prize). This freebie complements an inspired-by-summer template series I am growing now (and the Summer Garden add-on which is available in the grab bag collab).

I so hope you like it!!

You can download by clicking the image or by following the link below.

And now for the fun challenge/contest part:

I would love to see how you make this template blossom for you (yes I *am* that cheesy)! I hope you have fun playing with it!  Let your creativity guide you and make it your own to suit your scrapping style and the story you want to tell.  Upload your page to your favorite gallery(ies).  Then come back here to share a link to your page made with this freebie and you will be eligible to win BIG.

Everyone who scraps and shares will get an extra little something from me for playing along and ** two lucky scrappers will receive a summer guest spot on my creative team where you will be able to play with my products and have fun with us in The Garden for the entire months of June and July!! **

You have you have until 15 May to play along.  Lots of luck and Happy Scrapping!!

Download Summer Garden Freebie HERE ♥

Also be sure to visit check out the happenings on the other After Five mixologists blogs (you can find them in the sidebar) for more fun and freebies!