New Release: A Time for Thanks and a FREEBIE

Scraps by Andrea has a Thanksgiving kit in her stores! It's called A Time for Thanks and comes with 21 papers and 48 elements, plus you can buy matching cardstock.




Here are my LOs with this great kit:




And of course, a freebie for you!

Retail Therapy Blog Train

Hi all! Happy Thanksgiving! Tomorrow may very well be my favorite day of the year - Black Friday! I absolutely love it! I love the sales. I love the madness. I love plotting out which stores to hit and in what order to get all the things I want. Mostly I love all the people out shopping for presents for the people they love.

And in honor of Black Friday, some of the girls at Digi Scraps Drive-In have gotten together to make quick pages of November's collab kit: Retail Therapy.

Here's my page. Just click on the preview to download at 4shared. And make sure to check in the zip file for a coupon to get Retail Therapy for 75% off. The coupon is good till the end of the year, so head over to the store and grab the kit before then.



Here's the rest of the blog train:

Digi Scraps Drive-In
Giggly Polkadots
Lukasmummy
Kerry's Scraps
Gail's Moment in Time
The Cute Gets Cuter <---YOU ARE HERE
Jen C Designs
Daphadilly Art
Mad Genius Designs
Amy!Scraps

Enjoy!

Win a kit from Colie's Corner

Hi all! I'm hosting a giveaway over at DSA today. If you want to win Colie's newest kit, Cool Like Me, just head on over to this thread and leave a comment. I'm picking the winner tonight, so be sure to jump over quick!

Charity Brag Book Blog Train

Hi all! As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to help raise money for this cause, Digi Scraps Drive-In has a great new charity collab out. It's called Courage and contains 20 papers and 45 elements, plus word art, glitters and a full alpha. The kit costs $6 and all the proceeds from the sale will be donated to breast cancer research. Click on the preview to grab it in the store:


That's not all Digi Scraps Drive-In is doing to help raise awareness. They're also having a scrapathon this weekend. There will be different challenges posted, twelve in total, and some great prizes for playing along. Of course, anyone can play, but to be eligible for the prizes you need to purchase the kit, Courage. (You don't have to use the kit for the challenges though.) Check out all the rules here and don't forget to snag the kit!

And finally, on to the goods! Because a party's not really a party until there's a blog train involved, several of the designers and CT members have created brag book pages just for you! Just click on my preview to download my page at 4shared.


Here's the rest of the participants:

Digi Scraps Drive-in
Nibbles Skribbles
C.W. Picket and Company
Kerry’s Scraps
Amy Scraps
Gail’s Moments In Time
Mad Genius Designs
The Cute Gets Cuter <--- You are here
Daphadilly Art
Luksamummy
Bonnie Blue Designs
A Damsel With A Dulcimer
Tricia's Treasures
AnitaW
Giggly Polkadots
Jen C Designs
Melly Scraps
Drive-By Freebie Forum

Everyone should be posting tonight, so if someone doesn't have their part up, be sure to check back later! Enjoy your brag book and hopefully we'll see you around DSDI this weekend!

Battle of the CT FREEBIE

Hi all! Over at Digiscrap Addicts they are having a battle of the CTs. I'm on the team for one of my designers, Colie's Corner. For our first week challenge, we had to choose one of three recipes to follow and the whole team had to scrap a page with that recipe. Then each team also had to decide on an equation and all use the same one.

Here's my page based on the recipe and equation our team chose:



I used several of Colie's kits to make my LO. The main ones I used were Love Rocks, Life's a Stage, and Side Note.

I loved the way the equation turned out. I used the alphas from Life's a Stage and Tis the Season to make it. And because I love it so much, I'm giving it to you as a freebie!

Click here to download it at 4shared. Then head over to DSA to vote for your favorite designer. I'd love you to vote for Colie's Corner, but really, you can vote for anyone you want. Oh, and you don't have to be registered at DSA to vote, so be sure to click on over and vote!

New Release: Nothin' But Treats and a FREEBIE

Scraps by Andrea has a new Halloween kit out called Nothin' But Treats. It comes with 28 papers, 79 elements, and an upper alpha. Just click on the preview to go to her store.


She also has an extra add-on that's definitely worth grabbing if you're getting the kit or on it's own as a mini. It has 8 papers and 21 elements.


Here are two layouts I made with this kit of my family last Halloween:



For your freebie, I turned my layout into a quick page. Download it at 4shared by clicking on the preview.

Birthday Sale

Scraps by Andrea is having a sale. Be sure to check it out!

New Release: Feelin' Shabby and a FREEBIE

Scraps by Andrea has a new kit out today called Feelin' Shabby. There are 26 papers, 46 elements, and a full alpha included in this kit. And I just love the colors. Click on the preview to grab it from her store:


Here are a couple LOs I made with this kit and photos of my niece.



And for your freebie, the cluster frame from my layout. Click on the preview to download at 4shared.

DSDI Is Turning One!

Get started on the blog hop by clicking here, then be sure to stop by the forum and the store to see all the great things going on!

And here's the sale going on this week:

Scraps by Andrea new kit and sale

Scraps by Andrea is having a sale! Click on the flier to check out her store.


She's also got a new kit out, so be sure to check it out while you're there.


In My Backyard is a bright and playful kit that's perfect for scrapping your playground pictures and so much more! There are 26 papers, 87 elements, and 1 uppercase alpha. Here's some LOs I made with the kit:



And I made a QP for you too! Just click on it to download at 4shared.

A Trip to the Doctor

I've had these pictures of my super cute niece sitting in my inbox for over three months, but knew they couldn't be scrapped with just any kit. Well I finally found the perfect kit for them. It's called Not the Doctor by C.W. Picket and Co.


The kit was inspired by a trip to the ER with her daughter. Sad day for her daughter, but happy day for us scrappers. Not the Doctor comes with 14 papers and 28 elements and is perfect for scrapping scrapes and bruises and doctor visits too!

I know the preview has lots of bright colors. That's probably what first caught my eye. That and I love the color orange, so anything with orange in it always stands out to me. But I love that it also has enough soft colors in there that it's perfect for a LO of a baby's first trip to the doctor.


See, what did I tell you? It was the perfect kit for these photos!

My Rock Star

I just finished scrapping these pics of my cute little rock star playing Rock Band with some friends of ours. Check it out:


I used the kit, Rocked Candy, by Daphadilly Art, which is available at Digi Scraps Drive-in. The kit comes with 12 papers, 43 elements, and an alpha. It's perfect for scrapping pics of both boys and girls.


Just click on the image to grab it at the store. And while you're at DSDI, make sure to grab August's daily download. Here's a preview of the kit you can collect if you come each day:

Wizarding Magic Blog Train

Hi all! Are you loving the blog train? If you started at the beginning, you would have gotten here from Katie's blog. If you're just starting, never fear, you can jump on here or head to Haynay's blog to start from the beginning.

In case you haven't seen it already, I want to show you the awesome new collab that inspired the blog train:


Here's a LO that I created with this kit:


And last but not least, your freebie! It's the cluster frame from my LO. Just click on the image to download at 4shared.


Now on to the next stop: Kendall's blog. Enjoy the ride!

Scrapping School Tomorrow

Hi all! Just wanted to let you know about a great event starting at Digi Scraps Drive-In tomorrow. It's Scrapbook School!


There will be lots of great tutorials on scrapbooking, and after each tutorial will come a challenge where you get to try out what you learned. If you complete the challenges with DSDI's new Scrap to School kit, you'll be entered into a drawing to win prizes. But you don't have to use the kit to play along.

So make sure to stop by DSDI tomorrow and learn how to scrap (or scrap better) with us!

Space Cowboy

So the point of scrapping is to do something with those millions of photos sitting on my hard drive, right? Right. Except sometimes I take pictures just so I can use a cute new scrap kit. Such is the case with Melly's Scraps new kit Space Cowboy:


Just love this kit! (Click on the preview to grab it at Digi Scraps Drive-In.) And my kiddo loves Toy Story. He has a Buzz doll and recently got a Woody doll that he plays with all the time. I just hadn't gotten around to taking any pictures of him playing with his toys since he'd gotten Woody.

But once I saw this kit, I knew it was time to remedy that situation. And of course, my son is always willing to pose for a few shots for me. I'm glad to have this moment of his life now captured.


It's funny to me that I started scrapping to do something with all the pictures I have of my son, but now that I scrapbook, I take more pictures just to scrap with!

New Release: Happily Ever After and a FREEBIE

Andrea (of Scraps by Andrea) is back in full swing! After having a new baby girl, I was eagerly anticipating her first kit back to be super girly and she has definitely exceeded my expectations with the cutest kit, inspired by her daughter's sleeper. It's called Happily Ever After:



The clip art is included in the kit, along with 22 papers and 90+ elements. Click on either preview to grab it in her store at Stuff to Scrap. She also has matching cardstock and glitter styles, which you can buy in a bundle with the kit or get it separately.

My favorite thing about this kit is that, as girly as it is, it's also perfect for scrapping boy pages. Here are two pages I made with it: one of my niece and one of my son.



And of course, last but not least, I have a freebie for you that I made with this new kit. Two different frame clusters, one pink and one blue. Just click on the preview to download from 4shared.

Christmas in July

So I'm just now getting around to scrapping Christmas pictures. Check out this awesome kit by AnDi Designs called Holiday Sparkle:


It has 24 papers and 36 elements all waiting for you to add your holiday photos. You can grab this awesome kit at Digi Scraps Drive-In.

Here's a LO I did with this kit from when we went to the Jubilee (I think that's what it's called) in St. George.

Speed Scrap Fun

Just thought I'd drop in with a reminder that I'm hosting a speed scrap at DSDI tomorrow (or possibly today depending on when you read this -- either way it's Thursday) at noon pacific, 3 EDT.

Check out the pages I've done at the speed scraps this week:

Kit: I'm Hot by Jen C Designs

Kit: In the Purple Spotlight by Misty O'Brien Designs

So come out and join me for some fun!

DSDI Happenings

There's lots of fun going on at Digi Scraps Drive-in right now. First up, they have a daily download where you can download bits of a kit each day until you get the full kit. I'm a little late in telling you, as today is day 6 of the download, but it goes to the end of the week so you can still grab a lot of great pieces.

Here's a LO I made with the kit:


I scrapped that at last night's speed scrap at DSDI. This month they are hosting an entire month of speed scraps. That's right, a speed scrap every single day. I'm even hosting one of them this Thursday at 3 EDT (noon pacific). Instead of getting participation prizes for every speed scrap, they are awarding points and after ten points, you get a $5 gift card to spend in a special speed scrap section of the store. You can check out all the rules here. Hope to see you there!

Smooth Sailing Freebies

Did you read that title? Yes, I said freebies. As in, more than one. Because this kit is too awesome to just have one freebie for it. :)

Smooth Sailing is a new kit by Snickerdoodle Designs by Karen. It has 24 papers, 81 elements and a full alpha. She even has matching styles which you can buy separately or in a huge bundle (with the kit, add-on, QPs and brag book). Just click on the preview to grab this awesome kit at Digi Scraps Drive-In:



I just loved creating with this kit! It has so much to work with. I used the styles to create the rectangular frame in my LO:


Now on to your freebies! For those of you that love quickpages, I turned my LO into a QP for you.


And for those that don't use QPs, such as myself, I have a cluster freebie for you!


Actually, whether you use QPs or not, you'll get both freebies for the price of one click (and however many seconds 4shared makes you wait) since they are zipped up together. Just click on either preview to download.