New Facebook Freebie

The lovely designers at Zig Zag Scraps have posted a new freebie on their Facebook fan page.

  Go check it out!

What I’ve been up to lately….

First it seems I’ve been on a beachy kit buying spree lately!  Which makes no sense living in Minnesota, and have really only been to the beach once in my life, that I really remember, so I guess I’m just wishful thinking, hee-hee.  But I bet these will be great for all the aquarium visiting pix and Hub’s SCUBA diving days. 

(In this group of beachy stuff I don’t CT for any of these designers I just have to show you this awesomeness!  Cause it’s not so much about who we CT for as it is about the memories we are keeping, right?)

It kinda started on iNSD (Inter National Scrapbook Day) in May when I found “Paradise Found” by One Little Bird. I love her shadows tutorial, which if you haven’t checked out is pretty fantastic and worth a peek.  I was so inspired I made my own styles in CS!  Here’s a pretty straight forward link if you’re interested in making your own too.

(I know it’s not a great preview of the kit, but I can’t get it from her store,  this is the preview I got with the kit.)z
Isn’t that way the greatest?  That’s the single biggest reason I bought the kit, I couldn’t get that fantastic wave out of my head, it’s sooo gonna be a siggie soon!

And as you can tell from my blog decorations, I am a HUGE Kristin Aagard fan (huge I tell ya!) and she has the stinkin’ cutest little “shots”…

That of course coordinates with the After Five Designer’s Collab “Paradise Found”.

Which is similar is theme with last’s month’s A5D collab “Little Traveler” which isn’t available anymore but you can buy it in shots from the designers. See, like Kristin Aagard’s,

And Kay Miller:

And this one is on a super sale today only at The Studio, “Beach Wave” by Julie C Designs.
Only $1.49 today!!

Or even better (and you’ll like this) the Bundle only $3.29 today!!  {Swoon!} I had to pick it up, love the alpha!!!

And last but not least  one of my top 5 favorite designers, Lliella, “Aloha”.

A-doooorr-able!!!! (insert Joanne Whorley voice here)

How can I forget this one?  Kay Miller and Flergs collab “By the Sea”.

Who are my top five designers?  Well first off let me say I love my CT Designers and they are fantastic ladies and do fantastic work, but outside of my CT duties, who are my favorites? Who’s kits will I buy pretty much regardless of what they are?….

In no particular order:

Kristin Aagard

Lliella

Mary Fran/Nitwit Collections

Lorie Davison

Suzy Q Designs

:)

I found a new designer who had me hooked from her first preview, from that preview I begged to be on her CT, I mean come on, Pink and Dragons?!?! Oh my Pinkness, here is A Little Love Designs and her “Pink Dragon” kit.

And fantastic accompanying alpha:

I used both in this layout:

Oh and guess what, she has a new freebie!!!  And it’s CU ok!!

So run over to her blog, sign up for the newsletter, grab a freebie, then run over to the store and get the kits.  Come on, you know you want to!  And wait till you see what she’s got coming, oh my, fantastic stuff, she’s a designer you’re going to want to keep an eye on.

And WendyBird Designs has a fantastic “Small Popcorn Box” this month for the hybrid challenge at Brownie Scraps.

I’ll have mine up soon, school gets out (finally!) this week so hopefully I can get caught up. :)

And finally I wanted to show you the hybrid template I came up with for Zig Zag Scraps hybrid challenge this, ya really I made the template!

Come on over to Zig Zag Scraps and join us in the challenge, we’ve got some fantastic entries so far, but I’d love to see yours!

Ok, I’m gonna stop for now, I have ton more things to tell you, but I’m pace myself and not overwhelm you with the goodies.  ;)  Oh and I have Sweet Shoppe portfolio layouts to show you!!

See you again soon!!  Psst… Amy Stoffel has an super (as always) kit coming out tomorrow you’re gonna want to see!

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Making decisions sucks!

Had to make a decision yesterday (Sunday) that will probably cost me in regards to my Digi-Scrapland friendships and future opportunities.  If you're one of those people and are unfriending me on Facebook or unfollowing me on Twitter because of it, don't worry (not that you were) I understand and thank you for the time I had you as a friend. 

I've probably burned at least one bridge because of my decision, if not more.  I'm not proud of that.  I feel really bad but I think that  bridge has been smoldering for sometime, should have read the smoke signals earlier.  Ripping it off like a bandaid and separating myself was the only way it could think to do it.  I've got to put my family first and I've only been putting off the decision for some time now.  I finally hit the tipping point I guess.

I took some time to step back and reassess and then reassessed again and my boys and Hubs keep coming up with the short end of the stick, not to mention the lovely lady I was working with.  So I had to make a choice, and I think it's for the best, my hybrids were crap and always have been.  Confidence can only get you so far, you actually have to make something somebody wants.  So I'll get some sleep (I hope) and start again tomorrow and see where the path I'm on now takes me.

I know I took the coward's way out but it was time for me to leave, I'd worn out my welcome and didn't feel the trust I know I deserved was there.  The aftermath of this could be brutal, I may lose a spot on some CTs as a result, but at this point I guess I have to take like a big girl and life will go on.

Never let anyone tell you hybrid is cheap, especially the number of projects I do in a month!  I had a designer (a different one) that recognized this and would paypal me a nominal amount to take the bite out of the cost of supplies, that’s the way to do it IMO.   Add the time to create a project, plus printing (ink and paper) plus time to assemble (cost of adhesives) then photographing the projects, (oh don’t forget the props) time spent processing those photos and then uploading to a zillion galleries (there’s got to be a better way to do the gallery thing I tell ya!)  I see now why there are so few hybrid CT gals out there.  Did I have to do all those projects?  No not really, but I chose to, because I hate to say no to anyone or any challenge that comes my way.  And I was honestly just whoring myself out to get attention hoping they’d buy my designs, for better or worse, and in turn burning myself out.  So no one bought the designs and I got burnt out any way, yah me?

So I will pack up my sucky projects and concentrate on quality over quantity and hope this new direction doesn’t lead me to junctions where I have to traverse crossing those burnt bridges.  What else can I do?

Thank you for listening to my ramblings, and my whining.  Time to catch some z’s, get rid of this horrible migraine, process the bad news my Hubs finally dumped on me after holding in in for literally months and hopefully just rest. 

Thank you again, and I’ll see ya’ll real soon, I hope!

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New Release: Heart Felt

Hello Everyone!  I’ve got to show off Melly’s latest adorable creation: Heart Felt!!

I can’t put into words how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kit!!!  But I’m gonna try!! ;)

A sweet, lovey kit, full of pinks browns and creams. Perfect for Valentine's Day.

This gorgeous kit has everything I love, pink, pink, pink, flowers, hearts, candy hearts, greenery, ribbons, a killer alpha and of course Melly’s designs.

Kit contains 14 textured papers
(a mix of patterns & solids)

1 full alpha
(a-z, upper & lower case plus 0-9 and common symbols)   
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And as with all new releases, this one is one sale for a limited time,

get it now for only $3.50.

Are you still there, or did you run to Melly’s store already? 

Before you do let me show you what I made with this beauty. 

 

Isn’t that the cutest little purse (even with out Melly’s super cute kit).

This little purse hybrid template is by WendyBird Designs over at Brownie Scraps.

That’s all I have for now, see you again soon!

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Happy New Year! And Amy Stoffel news!!

Hey ya’ll!!  Happy New Year!

What a crazy year so far, I’m working working working on resetting up my computer.  I had a horrible crash the weekend before Christmas.  It’s just been heart wrenching, and sooooo much worse than anyone can every describe it.  We all think that we can get around it.  That we’ll never have that problem, well, sorry to tell you but wishing does not make it not happen. 

My dear Hubs got the laptop back to work with my original hard drive but that won’t get me back some fantastic sledding pics and my littlest’s holiday program…. {{sigh}} HUGE thanks to my dear sweet wonderful mother-in-law, with her generosity I’m set back up again with a brand new desktop.  (I sooo don’t deserve such a wonderful lady in my life!!)  And bonus on top of bonus we are now the proud owner of a Clickfree backup system!!  I love this thing, no brainer on the backing up, super easy set up.  This is a good thing!

And there is a  TON of memory on this desktop that I can’t wait to fire up on something.  But I was under the impression that my older versions PSE didn’t work with Windows 7, so I got myself a copy of PSE 9 when it was on sale, turns out that the older might just work, problem is I don’t have the serial number and so I’m stuck with my 9 and I don’t like it.  I heart PSE 5 so much and miss it sorely, so maybe some sifting through crap in the basement I’ll find it, but till I guess I’ll just shut up and learn the darn thing if I wanna scrap at all, which I want to do so desperately I can’t stand it.

So wish me luck!

Before I go I want to let you know about some fantastic things I’m so behind I don’t have anything to show you I’ve done with it, but I’ll be playing soon!

Amy Stoffel has a series of kits based on some super song titles, and I love these songs so BONUS!!

(and of course each is available separately.)

Also in Amy news:

CT Leader Jen, is hostessing a chat on Tuesday with our dear Miss Amy!!  I’m so excited!

Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon!!

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Best of 2010 Sale with Trixie Scraps

Now through December 30th you can snag a couple of Trixie Scraps’ best selling kits at 40% off!!

Kits on sale include:

Love My Guy

Every Day with You

Carving Up Fun


Santa's Workshop

I’m having some computer troubles (hard drive crashed and burned) or I’d show you some of the projects/layouts I’ve made with these beauties.  But for now I wanted to let you know about the sale and hope you get a chance to get in on these great deals!

Till next time!  Have a great week and all my wishes for a great Christmas weekend!  And a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Trixie Scraps latest sales happenings

All kinds of good stuff going on at Trixie Scraps this last weekend!!

And here’s Trixie with all the happenings:

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Trixie Scraps * Scrap Matters * Gotta Pixel * Scrapbook Bytes * Funky Playground
There are crazy sales everywhere this weekend, and digiland is no exception.  Here are the sale breakdowns for all of my stores:
My shop at Scrap Matters: 40% off Friday & Saturday, 35% off Sunday, and 25% off Monday
My guest shop at Funky Playground: 45% off Friday
My personal Trixie Scraps store as well as my shops at Gotta Pixel and Scrapbook Bytes will all be 50% off Friday-Monday!
If you like to buy direct from me, just click the image below to head straight to my personal shop and start saving:

As if that's not fun enough, my four main shops (not my guest shop) will have two grab bags available.  I wanted to try a new twist on the grab bag, so I'm letting you create your own!  The "Make Your Own" Grab Bag is available in two sizes so you can choose the bag that best fits your budget!  The $3 MYOGB ($13 value) includes a coupon for your choice of 1 kit, 1 template pack and 1 element or alpha pack.  The $5 MYOGB ($25 value!) includes a coupon for your choice of 2 kits, 2 template packs and 2 element or alpha packs!  I hope you find this a fun twist on the normal grab bag sales offered this time of year.  This is the perfect time to nab all those things on your wishlist!  Hurry though, this deal only lasts through Monday!  **Please note, collab kits and collab products are excluded from the grab bag offer**

Now, of course I couldn't stop there, right??  My Happiness in a Cup Grab-a-Byte packs from earlier this month have been turned into a full collection.  You can now purchase the GAB packs as a full kit, or purchase the bundle to also pick up the coordinating element clusters and double-page template pack, too!
Happiness in a Cup bundle * Happiness in a Cup kit * Happiness in a Cup clusters * Seeing Double templates volume 3

Carrin whipped up two new sets of blogwear from some recent releases this week, too!  Being the coffee lover that I am, I just love the Happiness in a Cup blogwear - how fun would it be to decorate a blog with it, then sit sipping your coffee every morning while you compose your blog message for the day?  She also created a beautiful blogwear set from Courage, Hope and Strength - perfect for all of you currently battling or surviving breast cancer and documenting your journey on your blog.


Last, but certainly not least this week, I have a new set of element clusters for you made from one of last week's new releases, The Sneezin Season.  This cute set includes six border and/or frame clusters.  I just love how quick and easy my pages come together with these pre-made clusters, don't you?

Speaking of last week's releases, in case you missed them, here is a brief recap.  As I mentioned, this month's Gotta Grab It packs were released as a full kit, The Sneezin' Season.  And, I also released a beautiful, chic, sophisticated collab with Mye de Leon named City Girl.

If you like, I have a freebie on my blog today that coordinates with Happiness in a Cup... make sure to hop on over and snag this one!
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So that’s it!!  And one last thing from me,

Happy Anniversary Tracy & Erick!!

Hope ya’ll are having a great Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping weekend!!

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