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A Big Thank You and Easter Basket Goodie Kit 2007-03-31 14:27:00 Don't forget to scroll down for previous freebies!Thank
s so much for all your wonderful comments on the zippers. I appreciated your comments a great deal. A big thanks too to IkeaGoddess for posting my freebie link on her blog. I love being able to share my freebies with a larger group of scrappers. I can hardly wait to see Awaiting's layout she did with the zippers as soon as Digishoptalk comes back up from system upgrade. If anyone else would like to share their layouts I'd love to see them. Just post your link in the comment box.Today's freebie I think is a lot of fun. At least it was a lot of fun to make! I hope you get a kick out of it too. It's an Easter
basket template. The mini-kit includes the template, the papers I used in my example basket, my example basket empty and already spherized, 4 glitter frames, and some Easter basket grass. I did use the Filter>Distort>Spherize to make my final basket rounded. I think this would look great with Agnieszka's felty egg freebie. Read more:Basket
Bunny, Eggs, Pattern, and More Freebie 2007-04-05 00:55:00 Well, Easter is almost here. I can hardly believe it. The first quarter of the year has flown by hasn't it? Today I'm posting several freebies all in one zip file.You are getting a felty bunny and some eggs, a pattern to sew your own primitive bunny inspired by German Chocolate Molds, and two Spring/Easter themed books perfect for your beginning reader. I hope you enjoy them.Click here to download.Here's a preview of the some of what you're getting!andand Read more:Bunny
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Good Friday Activities 2007-04-06 16:37:00 Well, we've been up since 6:15. John is working first shift hours today, because it is technically a holiday at the plant. He gets paid triple time for going in today. I wish I could get that when I'm working! So far, and it's only 10:30, Gianni and I have attempted to take Easter pictures, make a bunny handprint picture, and colored Easter Eggs. The photo shoot was an absolute disaster. I should know better than to try and take pictures without John. He is the kid wrangler when we do "professional" photo shoots. He gets Gianni to smile and I try to get the picture with a camera with a slow reaction time. I so want I better high end camera...sigh. So needless to say, I didn't get any good pics to make Easter cards. Here's what I ended up with for card possibilities...andI so wanted pics of him in is Easter suit, but I may have to go with the pics of him coloring eggs. Let me know what you think. I'd be interested in some objective opinions. The card is made with rec Read more:Friday
Layouts and Frames Freebie 2007-04-12 00:24:00 Well, this week seems to be going slow. It's no surprise since next week is Spring Break. Of course this week is going to drag! And that's with me taking a sick day yesterday. I swear our elementary school is just a germ factory these days. That's what happens when the kids go so long without a break.We had a great Easter despite my nasty cold. We visited the IL's on Saturday night and went to church and dinner at my parent's house on Sunday. Sometimes I wonder how my husband and BIL made it to adulthood. I swear my MIL is just clueless. She knows that Gianni has food allergies (dairy and eggs) but she still gets him chocoloates and get this jellybeans. I would never give my toddler jellybeans. Then she tops the whole thing off with a ceramic egg! Needless to say Gianni's Easter basket from my parents went over better. I guess you can say they get him a lot better since they see him every week where MIL sees him less than once a month. I know she tries, but come on! Read more:Layouts
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Boy Ribbon Freebie 2007-04-14 14:54:00 Happy weekend all! I'm officially on spring break for the week. We're not heading anywhere warm but it's good to be on break just the same. DH hasn't been working at the company long enough to qualify for paid vacation. Personally, it's nice just to be home. Besides as I look around I know there's more than enough to keep me busy.Today I have a twisted ribbon freebie for you with boy sayings. I hope you like them. They're made with Monica Larsen's amazing Photoshop action. These were really fun to make. Hopefully I'll have time to use some of them this week.Click here to download. Read more:Ribbon
New Boy Patch Freebie 2007-04-17 02:43:00 Thanks everyone for you wonderful feedback on the boy ribbon freebie from this weekend. They were so much fun to make. Since I had such a blast doing those, I decide I'd start to make a boy kit. Today's freebie is a result of today's designing. I made several patches and got a great start on some papers for the kit. I couldn't wait to share part of it with you, so I'm giving away three of the patches. They're denim patches with embroidered boy sayings. A big thanks goes out to Atomic Cupcake for her amazing actions.I also wanted to share with you a layout I received from BeagleSnoopy. She used my zippers in a layout. I just love how she layered so many great elements together. Click here to see credits for this layout. Thanks to BeagleSnoopy for sharing her layout!Okay, time for the freebie. Please let me know what you think!Click here to download. Read more:Patch
On a roll...and new frame freebie 2007-04-19 02:11:00 I am having such a blast making my new kit. It's tentatively called Denim and Dirt. What do you think? I like it, but I'd love to hear what others think. So far I've finished the papers, completed the patches, made frames, and started some filmstip negatives and tags. I wish I had time off more often I might me able to design more kits! I'm now offering all the patches for $.99. There are 22 patches in all (14 different versions). I'm still waiting on my computer guru (a.k.a hubbie) to help me set up my zencart. I'll have to keep nagging him. You can buy the patches through a buy it now button on my design page. Click the link on the left or here to go to the purchase page.Today's freebie is part of the frame set I'm making to go in the kit. I will probably be offering the frames separately and as part of the total kit. I should have them up later in the week, so keep your eyes out for them too. You are getting the All smiles frame as a freebie. Thanks to Atomi
New Girl Frame Freebie! 2007-04-21 14:12:00 Looks like 4shared is down for some reason, so at the end of this post I'm going to give you direct links to the four latest freebies. Hopefully 4shared will be up and running again soon...I had such wonderful response to my boy word art frames I decided to do a girl version. I'm not a girly girl by any stretch of the imagination and I'm a mom of a nearly 2 year old little boy, so it's good to stretch my creative bounds a little bit and do some girl items now and then. I hope you like them. The freebie is the Beautiful frame shown below. The entire set is available for purchase on my design page. Click here to download the freebie!I've gotten two entries so far for my grab bag challenge. Thanks so much! I'm looking forward to many more. I know it's going to be a tough decision. Keep up the great work!Here are links to the latest freebies...Pretty Pewter FreebieGrab Bag ChallengeBoy Frame
Freebie Boy Patch FreebieIf you download them, please leave some love in the comme
Denim and Dirt Grab Bag Mini-kit and Challenge! 2007-04-20 14:49:00 John got Zencart installed last night (this morning really..about 3 AM) after work. Now he just has to show me how to use it. I'm a pretty quick study, but I looked at it this morning and realized I need help! But we're making progress. It will be nice to have the designs in one place where folks can purchase them in one step.Today's freebie is a mini-kit of items from Denim
and Dirt. I'm also launching my first layout challenge. Use part or all of the items in the mini-kit to create a layout. I will pick my three favorites, and the winners will receive the entire Denim and Dirt kit.Here's a preview of how the kit is shaping up. I still have some things to tweek, but it should be done soon. Probably about the same time we have the new shopping cart up and running.I am so looking forward to seeing layouts done with items in this kit. Please don't hesitate to send me links to your layouts! I'd love to see some things you've done with recent freebies. It really is a joy Read more:Challenge
Rusty Frames Available for Purchase 2007-04-20 00:49:00 Well, we made a server change today. Things seem to be working fine. Hubbie should have our new shopping cart up and running by next week. Here's a preview of the rusty frame pack available for $.99 on my design page. You get 10 frames and one embellished zipper frame. Scroll down for the freebie. The freebie is the All Smiles frame for the pack. Read more:Frames
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Zipper Frame Freebie and more Challenge Layouts 2007-04-22 14:38:00 It looks like 4shared is back up and running now. I bet that had a lot of very unhappy folks out there yesterday. That's what nice about having a hubbie with his own web design business, we have our own server. It gives me options of where to post things.I can't tell you how thrilled I am to be getting such great entries for the grab bag challenge. I have enjoyed them all. I definitely have my work cut out for me come the 30th. I'm thinking I may have to do something special for everyone that enters.Here's the latest round of submissions. Aren't they great?It puts me in a giving mood! Here's another freebie from the Denim and Dirt Kit. It's a zipper frame. I have to say this was inspired by BeagleSnoopy's layout she sent me using my zipper freebies. Thanks again for that inspiration!Here's a preview of the freebie. You can download it here. Read more:Frame
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Complete Denim and Dirt Kit now available 2007-04-21 21:11:00 I've decided not to wait until we get zencart figured out to release Denim
and Dirt. John ended up working today, so I know he won't get to learning zencart this weekend. You can purchase Denim and Dirt on my design page. I'm selling it for 3.99. You get the following: Kit includes 33 papers, Twisted Boy Saying Ribbons, 10 Rusty Frames, 4 Zipper Frames, 4 Filmstrip Frames, 22 Denim Patches, 9 Ribbons, 4 Fibers, Two Overlays, Star Stitching, 11 Elements, and 10 Tags.Here's a peek at the first four submissions for the grab bag challenge. Great work ladies!Keep them coming! Read more:available
Girl Patch Freebie....Grab Bag Challenge Update 2007-04-23 18:27:00 I'm really enjoying the last day of my vacation. I'm glad they added on an extra day because of surplus snow days. The weather is beautiful. Gianni and I just came inside from blowing bubbles. He was really cute. I'll try to post a pic later. He chased the bubbles all over the yard. I'm not sure yet if I caught any bubbles in the pictures or not. That's a hard one to capture, especially when you're the bubble blower and the photographer!The idea for my next kit came to me yesterday when I was trying to get Gianni to sleep. I'm not sure why but inspiration hit me. I've decided my next kit is going to be Denim and Diamonds. Today's freebie is a result of this mornings design time. I'm working on a set of girl patches similar to the boy version for last week.Here's a preview of the freebie.Click here to download.Since I'm getting such great entries for the grab bag challenge, I'm working an exclusive Denim and Dirt add-on that will be given to each person who submit Read more:Update
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Denim and Dirt: Denim Frames Released...Last Chance to submit Grab Bag Entries 2007-04-30 00:01:00 Well, I was able to finish my denim frames today. Gianni and I also went to my mom's for my grandmother's 89th birthday! I can't believe she's 89. I kind of have us all frozen at a certain age. Here's a preview of the frame set.It includes 11 frames. It has filmstrips, polaroids, and cluster frames. Not all of them are embellished. They coordinate with the Denim
and Dirt Kit, but can be used in any layout. They're available now on my design page for $.99. Click here to visit my design page for all my element sets and kits.One last reminder for anyone planning on submitting a grab bag entry. The challenge ends tomorrow. I will be picking my winners tomorrow evening. Check back here for the winners! Read more:Frames
, Last Chance
Denim and Dirt Add-on Freebie 2007-04-28 22:21:00 I was going to work on a 40th anniversary album this weekend, but I haven't had much luck finding a great kit to work with yet. If anyone knows of one, please leave me the link in the comment section. I could use all the help I can get. Thankfully the anniversary is in June, so I'm not pressed for time yet!Since I couldn't find a kit to use, I decided to work on another Denim
and Dirt add-on. I'm working on a set of denim frames and slides. It will include filmstrip slides, polaroid frames, and cluster frames. Today's freebie is one of the cluster frames. I hope to have the set done soon.Here's a preview. Click here to download.
New Denim and Diamond- Pink Denim Polaroid Freebie 2007-04-26 21:18:00 Okay, here's the latest freebie. It's going to be part of the Denim
and Diamond kit. It's an embellished polaroid type frame. Here's the preview.A special thanks to Atomic Cupcake for her actions used in making the flowers and thanks to Monica Larsen for her ribbon action. Remember this freebie is for personal use only. Click here to download. Read more:Polaroid
More submission layouts 2007-04-26 12:42:00 The week back from break is going quickly. I had planned on staying up and working last night, but instead I went to bed at 8. Hopefully tonight I'll be awake enough to get some things done. I have a freebie I want to post, so check back tonight or tomorrow morning. I'll have something new for you.Here's the latest submissions for the Grab Bag Challenge. Remember it runs until the 30th, so you still have time to enter. My favorite three layouts win the complete Denim and Dirt kit and everyone that participates gets a special Denim and Dirt add-on.
Grab Bag Challenge Winners! 2007-04-30 23:29:00 I feel like I should send out some big thanks to so many people today! First of all, thanks to everyone who entered the Grab Bag Challenge
. I loved seeing the layouts you all did with my mini-kit. Congratulations to you all! You did an amazing job. Secondly, I'd like to thank all the ladies who have posted my freebies on their blogs. It has brought so much traffic to my blog lately. It's almost mind boggling! Next, I'd like to thank everyone who has taken the time to leave comments for me. I love hearing your feedback. It keeps me going and truly inspires me to create even more designs. Finally, thanks to everyone who has made purchases from my design page. I'm a bit overwhelmed! Thanks so much. It means the world to me. I've only been at this a few months and the response has been terrific. I'm so pleased. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Hugs to you all!Now here are the winners of the Grab Bag Challenge. I feel like I need a drum roll or something! These th Read more:Winners
Teacher Treat Topper Template Freebie 2007-05-03 12:38:00 Yes, today's freebie is a teacher treat topper template. Say that five times fast! May 8th is National Teacher
Day. I love this day, not because I'm a teacher myself, but because it recognizes people like my mom. She was a teacher for over 25 years before she retired 2 years ago. She gave her heart and soul to both her family and her job. She was able to balance them both beautifully. She has always been my inspiration, my role model, and my mentor. I'm truly blessed to have such a great lady as my mom.Here's a preview of the templates. You get two. Click here to download.www.craftsayings.com has a great archive board that lists M&M poems. They have some for teachers. They would go great on the inside on a tag or on the back of the topper. Go take a look! I'm sure you'll find M&M poems for any occasion!
Storyboard Freebie and Storyboard Set Released 2007-05-05 15:30:00 Well, I managed to change the template on my blog. I needed a little change. Eventually, I'll get around to making my own, but this is nice for now. I also changed my sidebar and put my design pics into a slide show format. I also made my first blinkie! That was fun. Just click below my blinkie to go to my store page to purchase any of my designs.I am working on a Denim and Dirt Album, but it's just not coming together in my head yet. It's been one of those weeks. Work has been stressful- They're going to hire another reading teacher to work with me at my grade levels (K-1). After being the sole K-1 reading teacher for 10 years, this scares me. I shouldn't feel threaten, because I've always had the total support of our administration. However, our principal is retiring, and I'm so nervous about what will happen next year. Now I have the prospect of learning how to share a program that I've developed. It's terrifying and exciting at the same time. We are doing inte
New freebie page 2007-05-08 02:22:00 I decided it was time I made a page just for my freebies. I'm sure this will make it much easier for first time vistors to pick up my latest freebies without going back through old blogger pages. Here's the link to the new page. I still have a few more to add, but it has the last 13 freebies I shared. I will leave them up for a while longer, and I'll try to add the rest soon.I hope everyone had a great National Scrapbook Day on Saturday. I only bought a couple of things. One great embellishment set to use for the anniversary scrapbook I'm doing for friends of the family. I also got some ezines. I'm a sucker for those. As far as scrapping, I didn't get any done. I spent my scrapping time this weekend trying to do a little organizing of my files and unzipping all the freebies I had accumulated in the last few weeks. I'm a self-professed freebie addict. I visit IkeaGoddess' blog daily, as I'm sure most of you do. I know that a lot of my traffic comes from there.Here'
Denim and Diamonds Embellished Slide Freebie 2007-05-10 12:57:00 Just a quick post to get this freebie online. I hope to be back later with an update. I got a little designing done last night as a stress reliever. I'm posting a Denim
and Diamonds
embellished negative slide. Leave some love if you download it. I hope you like it! There are more to come soon!Click here to download the freebie! Thanks to Atomic Cupcake and Terry Maruca for actions used in the creation of this freebie. Read more:Slide
New Freebies and My MB20 pics and more. 2008-02-22 15:57:00 Well, I finally got around to scrapping my MB20 concert from last week. The layout was so much fun to do, but quite a departure from what I normally do. It even made the gallery standouts today at DST. My first one ever, so that was pretty cool.Here's the layout...You can see the credits here.Someone asked for more pics of the concert so here's a little slideshow for you. Sorry they aren't better. It's hard to get good concert pics especially from the side. How Far We've Come is my 2.5 year old's favorite song, so we took a little video on the digital camera for him. I have also moved three new products to the freebie section of Karla's Kaleidoscope Designs including these fun foil swirls. You can grab them all here. Read more:Freebies
Mini Sampler Freebie 2008-02-21 17:36:00 I wanted to drop in and give you a little freebie for today. It's a mini sampler from Wintry Wonders. You can grab the sampler here.Don't forget the entire page kit is 50% off during the anniversary sale. You can get it here for just $2.50! Read more:Sampler
First Anniversary Sale and a Freebie! 2008-02-20 07:36:00 Wow, I can't believe it, but I've been designing for a year. I'm glad to say despite how hard it is to break into such an extensive marketplace, I love it just as much now as I did when I started. I'm the kind of person that needs to have a creative outlet and digiscrapping has become mine. I used to do craft shows before my son was born. I loved making crafts, but the selling at shows was so hard. Have my own vitual store...so much better!I'm having a big sale to celebrate. The entire store is on sale now until the end of the month. Stop by and see my new releases and old favorites at Karla's Kaleidoscope Designs.I have a little freebie for you today. It's a cute little celebrate frame that you can grab here. Read more:First
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Mini Kit Freebie, Divine Rawks Sale!!! 2008-02-15 16:31:00 If you haven't heard yet, Divine
Digital is having a Mega Sale this weekend. The store is on sale 20-90% off. My boutique is 50% off with many more items even less than that. I have a bunch of $2.00 or less items. So stop on by! You can visit my boutique here.Today's freebie is a friendship mini kit. You can grab it here.
Happy Valentine's Day + Freebie!!! 2008-02-14 05:52:00 I hope you're enjoying your Valentine
's Day. I'm going to enjoy mine resting...I hope. Right after this blog post. I think I caught what's been going around at work. I ache all over and my head is pounding. I was going to try and go in, but I knew I'd get there and just come back home anyway. They'll survive another day without me. I still have sub plans from yesterday that will work for today, since school was closed due to the storm.So I would have enjoyed my second toddler free night more if I didn't hurt everytime I moved and wasn't feeling like I was freezing all night long. At least I'll be here when the kiddo comes home today. That's a plus.I released my Travelin' Track 29 brag book at Divine. Take a look. You can get it for 50% off to celebrate Divine being back on track Read more:Happy
V-Day FREEBIE + Rob Thomas is H-O-T HOT! 2008-02-13 15:15:00 Okay, I have to say the Matchbox 20 concert was amazing. They are great performers and Rob Thomas
sounds as good if not better than his studio records when performing live. It also doesn't hurt that he has smoldering good looks. Now I'm not one to get all mushy over celebs, but he is definitely h-o-t HOT!!!! We were kind of on the side and had to zoon the camera in, but here's one of the best shots my hubbie got. He also got G's favorite song on video...How Far We Come. It was a great early Valentine's Day gift and we managed to get to the concert before the storm hit. Most of the ride home was fine too, but the closer we got to home the worse the roads got. It was pretty hit and miss. You'd go for a while with no snow at all and then you'd hit bad stretches. We saw a six car acci Read more:Rob Thomas
Have you heard? Don't forget to scroll for the freebie :) 2008-02-11 22:48:00 I'm so excited! I received this email from the partners at Divine this evening. I hope you'll stop by and visit all the great designers. It's been a tough road but Divine is finally back on track! Woo! Hoo!DEAR VALUED DIVINE DIGITAL CUSTOMERS!!!!After months of working on fixing major issues with our boutique software, we are FINALLY back online!!!!As of today, we have finally installed a fixfor our technical woes that have ravaged our XCART Boutique Software!Our software and download process are now workingand you are now able to download all product purchases from your boutique accounts!NO MORE WAITING FOR DOWNLOADS!!!YIPPEEEE!To CELEBRATE, we will be throwing a HUGE"DIVINE RAWKS" SALE 20 - 90% OFF BOUTIQUE PRODUCTSfrom all of our AMAZING Divine Digital Designersthis FRIDAY, SATURDAY
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