OScrap Blog Train (July)

Here is my contribution, Click each image to download:

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Digital Scrapbook Blog Train (July)

This kit is my contribution to the Digital Scrapbook July Blog Train.  You can find the rest of the train HERE. 

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"My Summer Story" Digital Art Kit
by Stacy Stephens / Shabby Soda Pop

Please Note: Not all the elements and backgrounds are showcased in the kit cover.

Capture the magic of childhood summers with this enchanting digital scrapbook collection! "My Summer Story" is a whimsical journey through sun-drenched days filled with wonder, adventure, and the sweet innocence of youth.

What's Included:

• 52 Adorable Elements - A treasure trove of summer delights including cute critters, charming art dolls, playful butterflies, blooming flowers, vintage bicycles, ice cream treats, and so much more
• 12 Beautiful Background Papers - Soft, dreamy designs perfect for showcasing your precious summer memories, including a variety of fun summer outdoor scenes

Design Style:

This collection features a gorgeous pastel color pencil aesthetic that feels like pages from a child's favorite storybook. Every element is lovingly crafted with soft, hand-drawn details that evoke the carefree spirit of childhood summers. The whimsical art dolls and adorable critters are designed to make you smile and transport you back to those magical days of endless possibility.

Perfect for documenting lazy afternoons, backyard adventures, family picnics, beach days, and all those precious moments that make summer memories so special. Whether you're scrapping childhood photos or creating layouts about summer fun with your own little ones, "My Summer Story" will add that perfect touch of nostalgic charm and playful wonder to your pages.

Let your creativity bloom with this delightfully sweet collection that celebrates the timeless joy of summer through a child's eyes!

Colors: soft pink, deep blue, brown, hunter green
Season: Spring and Summer
Theme: Childhood, Summer, Outdoors

Visit My Shabby Soda Pop Gallery to see fine digital artworks, scrapbook pages, and other creative works of art made exclusively with my designs!

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT:
This is a digital art product. 
All files are created at 300 dpi for quality printing purposes
Elements are provided in PNG format in various sizes but suitable for up to 12 inches by 12 inches layout
Papers are provided in PNG format and sized at 12X12 inches

This product was designed for use in photo books, storybooks, memory books, scrapbook page layouts, art journal layouts, paper crafting and is optimized for printing and paper craft projects.  It also works wonderfully for anything on screen.
This product is licensed for Personal Use [PU] Only

I have also added this freebie to my FTU Art & Scrap Kits archive, you can find HERE.

Shabby Little Places #1: My Secret Garden

 

My Secret Garden

she sits, this creature of copper hair and gossamer dress, perched like a secret the garden keeps close to its chest, where mushrooms grow wide enough to hold the weight of dreaming, where butterflies spiral upward carrying wishes too delicate for words—

there's something about the way she cradles herself in that posture of pure becoming, knees drawn up like parentheses around her heart, surrounded by the wild orchestra of petals and wings, the way light catches in her hair like spun honey, like the exact moment before transformation, before the chrysalis splits open and reveals what was always waiting inside—

this is the magic hour, golden and gossamer-thin, where the ordinary world tilts sideways into wonder, where a girl becomes a fairy without ever needing wings, where sitting still becomes the most radical act of all—the quiet rebellion of taking up space in your own secret garden, of blooming exactly where you are planted, of learning that home is sometimes just a mushroom and a sky full of butterflies who know your name—

I created this artwork with original graphics from one of my digital art & scrap kits.  This one is free to download.  You can find it HERE.

Open Art Collection #1: Mixed Theme Artwork 1

 Welcome to Open Art Tuesdays!

Every Tuesday, I'm dropping a fresh collection of gorgeous artwork into the world — completely free for your creative adventures! Think of it as Christmas morning for your craft supplies, a weekly gift that keeps on giving.

Why am I doing this? Simple. Beautiful art shouldn't live behind paywalls or be reserved for the "art elite." Whether you're a seasoned scrapbooker, a curious beginner with big dreams, or someone who just wants to make something pretty — this is for you. Art belongs to everyone, and I'm here to prove it.

What can you do with these beauties? Everything personal and wonderful! Transform them into scrapbook masterpieces, jazz up your art journal pages, create stunning social media graphics, craft heartfelt greeting cards, or print and frame them for your walls. Share them as gifts, use them in paper projects, let your imagination run wild — just keep it personal, not commercial.

The fine print (but make it fun): These images come with lots of love and even more hours of work. While AI helps with the magic, there's still plenty of human touch involved — resizing, perfecting, packaging, and presenting them just right. So please honor the personal-use-only rule and spread the creative joy responsibly.

Mark your calendars! Every Tuesday brings a new Open Art collection. Consider it your weekly dose of creative vitamins, served with a side of possibility.

These images are 12 inches by 12 inches each.  And they come in 300 DPI for optimal printing and crafting.

Ready to create something amazing? Let's make beautiful things together!

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Bubble and Bloom #1: Of Daisies and Dreams

 

In meadows thick with daisies, I remember who I was before the world taught me to forget—and know that girl still lives, wild and unbroken, in every bloom that dares to face the sun.

I was seventeen when I learned to shrink myself small enough to fit into other people's ideas of who I should be—shoulders curved inward like question marks, voice pitched low so as not to take up too much space in rooms that suddenly felt too bright, too demanding. The girl who once cartwhheeled through dandelion fields and declared herself queen of every backyard kingdom got buried beneath layers of should-be and must-not, until even my own reflection felt like a stranger wearing my face. But today, walking through this meadow where daisies grow wild and unashamed, their faces turned boldly toward the sun without apology or explanation, I remember her—that fierce little thing who believed the world was hers to claim, who spoke her truth like gospel and loved with the reckless abandon of someone who had never learned that hearts could break. She's still here, I realize, in the way my pulse quickens at the sight of white petals catching light, in the sudden urge to spin with arms outstretched until the sky blurs into endless blue possibility. The world tried to teach me to forget her, to trade wonder for wisdom, wildness for acceptance—but some things refuse to be tamed, and today I choose to remember that being soft doesn't mean being small, that there's power in the parts of us that never learned to dim their light.