I wanted to pop in today to let everyone know that the  Collab Kit I worked on with DarleneH Designs, Apple Picking, is Deal of the Day at theStudio for the entire weekend!!  That means you can grab the kit+BONUS, the bundle or any of the individual products for 70% off!! Woohoo!  I love a bargain!!!

Apple Picking Kit + BONUS!

ON SALE for only $2.10 through 9/18

*Note: Scenic Papers, Alpha & Cardstock ARE included in this Bonus deal!*

Apple Picking Bundle

ON SALE for only $3.60 through 9/18!!

Apple Picking Coordinates

All ON SALE for 70% off!

Now, if you made it all the way down here, you get a treat!  One Quickpage freebie made with the Apple Picking Kit! Oh, but wait! If you received theStudio’s Newsletter today, then you got another treat made with this kit!

Enjoy & Happy Saturday!

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First, I want to introduce a brand new collab kit at theStudio called Baked With Love that I worked on with three fabulous designers: Deli Scraps by Min, MoonDesigns & SKrapper Digitals.  I absolutely LOVED helping create this kit, it’s quickly become my favorite so far!  I’ve already started planning my recipe album I’m making for Great-Gram for Christmas, this kit is just perfect for all of those one-of-a-kind-to-her baking recipes she has!  She is the BEST baker I’ve yet to come across!  She’s been baking for so long now, she never, ever, uses measurements!  I am awed every time I watch her cook or bake, it’s like watching an artist creating a master piece!   Here I am, awkwardly stumbling through my recipe’s and kitchen, while she dances through her’s with the greatest of ease!  I hope to be as graceful a baker as she is when I get to be her age…. which is why I’m taking notes!!  LOL!

Introducing:  Baked With Love – theKit

ON SALE: 25% off through 8/8

There’s also lots of coordinates, including a Small Bundle and a Big Bundle, Kraft & Checked Papers, two sets of Photoshop Styles, Quickpages, Clusters & Pre-made Recipe Cards!

BAKED WITH LOVE -  COORDINATES

ON SALE: 25% off through 8/8

Now, on to those treats I was telling you about!   First, you can grab a cluster frame freebie made with this kit over on theStudio blog:

Next, you can get a FREE recipe card, with and without the recipe, over on Min’s Blog:

And, last but certainly not least, you can grab TWO FREEBIES just by signing up for theStudio’s Christmas in July Christmas Cookie Recipe Exchange, hosted by yours truly!!  The Exchange is in full swing and will run straight through July 31st, so there’s still time to participate!  Min generously offered up her Gingerbread Christmas Kit FREE to everyone who signs up to help create your recipe cards!  More details about the exchange are in the forum.  Take a look at this adorable kit:

So, not only do you get this kit FREE to work with, BUT!  You will also receive this mini addon I made which coordinates with the Baked With Love Collab just for participating!  I made this exclusively for the exchange, you can’t get it anywhere else!  So come on over and scrap some recipes with us and get a freebie or two!! 

I’m really here to tell you all about some absolutely FABULOUS kits I’ve had the pleasure of working with recently, kits you guys really NEED to check out, seriously!!  If you guys don’t know, I’m on Kathy Winters Designs CT and I love it!   Kathy’s designs are beautiful and so much fun to scrap with!  She has a real eye for color and knowing exactly what you need to make that layout shine!  Her kits are very versatile, crammed full of goodies, and the pieces just seem to fall in place so effortlessly!  The first kit I want to tell you about is actually a collab that Kathy did with another very talented designer, Ellie Lash.  Memories Made is one of those classic kits, you know?  That kit that you seem to just go to over and over again just because it’s so beautiful and perfect and you can’t quite seem to get enough of it!  Add in the Memories Made Word Bits & Stacked Papers and, well, I’ll be scrapping for years with this!!  All Kathy’s products are exclusive to GingerScraps.  Take a look:

Here are a couple of layouts I did using this kit – and keep reading for that FREEBIE! 

Okay, next up is Kathy’s newest kit, My Lemonade Stand!  This kit is A-DOR-A-BLE!!!  It seriously made me want to stage a lemonade stand with my kids just to have that perfect picture to scrap! lol  To be honest, I may just do that still!    The patterned papers in this kit are to die for!!  I absolutely love stacking & layering different patterns together and Kathy’s kits are perfect for that!  Add in the completely adorable elements she’s included and this is a must have summer kit!!   This kit was just released yesterday, so you can snag it up while it’s still on it’s introductory 25% off!  Take a look:

And here’s a layout I whipped up with this kit, also using Kathy’s Template provided for the June Cookie Cutter Challenge over at GingerScraps

And now, I bet your wanting those freebies I was telling you all about!   There’s a bunch of them, so get ready! First up is the exclusive Facebook Fan Freebie on Kathy Winters Designs Fanpage!  It’s a beautiful addon mini to the Memories Made Collab!  Just head on over to Kathy’s Page, “Like” her and snag this beautiful freebie!  And don’t forget to say thank you, it’s the polite thing to do!

Next is another beautiful coordinating Addon to Memories Made, this time on Ellie’s blog.  Remember, mind your manners and say thank you!

Next is a gorgeous Quickpage on Kathy’s Blog:

and last but not least is my freebie, made with the Memories Made Collab!  Enjoy everyone & have a great weekend!! 

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I have some SUPER fantastic FREEBIES for everyone today!!    But first, I wanted to tell you all about our Deal of the Day!  With Father’s Day quickly approaching here in the States, we thought it was the perfect time to introduce our newest collab kit, Superhero!!  I had the pleasure of working with two fabulous designers, SKrapper Digitals & Deli Scraps by Min, on this awesome kit!  Today, through Sunday, you can save 70% on the Superhero! Kit or the Superhero! Bundle with Bonus!!  Check it out:

And now, for the FIRST freebie!  Oh yes, I said first!!  Keep reading!   Sherah, Min and I decided to give out some pages we made with this kit on our blogs!  So make sure you head on over to their blogs to  complete your Superhero! Collection!    But, keep reading for the rest of the Freebies!

Deli Scraps by Min:  http://deliscraps.blogspot.com/

SKrapper Digitals:  http://www.skrapperdigitals.blogspot.com/

Here’s my freebie – two 6X4 PNG, 300dpi Brag Book pages:

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Now, for the other freebies!!   We thought it would be cute to make a matching addon for all those Super Mom’s out there!!  You can get this download on theStudio blog.  If you get theStudio’s Newsletter, then you will be doubly excited about this one! {wink, wink}  If you don’t get the Newsletter yet, head on over to the blog, fill out the form on the right side and get yourself signed up NOW!  You should have a few hours to beat the clock before it gets sent out!   There may just be one SUPER coordinating gift for the “other half”

But, enough of this sappy Mom stuff, let’s get to why I’m REALLY here!! 

We have a SUPER Give-a-way for you guys!! Actually, a double Give-a-way!!   I had the pleasure of teaming up with Sherah, SKrapper Digitals & Min, Deli Scraps on a completely AWESOME collab kit, if I do say so myself!!  It’s not set to release until this Friday, June 17th, so we wanted to give all of you a chance to WIN the FULL BUNDLE!!  There are TWO chances to WIN this collab!  First, anyone who makes a comment on this post on theStudio blog will be automatically entered into a Random Drawing!  Second, anyone who makes a comment on this post over at DST in the Happy Place, will be entered into another Random Drawing!   The winners will be chosen sometime on Friday and announced on theStudio Blog and also at DST!!   The full bundle is crammed with goodies, a total of 7 full-size PU/S4H/S4O products + a BONUS CU Photoshop style set!   Remember, TWO separate Give-A-Way’s means TWO chances to WIN!!   Here’s a Sneak Peek at this yet-to-be released Collab kit and best of luck to everyone!! 

GOOD LUCK!! 

Here is my Quickpage made with the fabulous kit — >  you can DOWNLOAD HERE

And, all the FREE quickpages you can get in the gallery or in the forum:

Page made by JobaScraps

Page made by sweethussie

Page made by Anita_d

Page made by jimmyrose

Page made by Des

Page made by countryscrap

Page made by dew20053

Page made by Gloria

Page made by Bethlizard

First, Carmen of LightningBug Creations is hosting a QuickPage Contest over at IvyScraps! Sign ups are happening now and will run through midnight June 7th! Everyone who signs up will be given Carmen’s gorgeous Secret Meadow kit to create Quickpage FREEBIES with! The winner of the contest will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to IvyScraps store! Woohooo! Take a peek at this beautiful kit we get to play with: You can find more info/details in the forum

Next up is the Capture the Moment Layout Contest over at theStudio!!

5 weeks of fun, fun, fun!  And the fun started TODAY!!  Week 1′s assignment is already posted, so head on over to the forum for all the details!  Each week there will be eliminations, everyone going on to the following week will be given a FREE Studio kit to scrap with!!  No official sign-ups, everyone who gets a layout submitted on time for week 1 will be eligible!  There will be One Grand Prize Winner of a super-secret, super-awesome Prize!!  The deadline for Week 1 is this Thursday,  June 2 at midnight!  Let the Scrapping begin!!

I also want to give a little reminder that TOMORROW is the last day to get your layouts submitted for the FEATURED DESIGNER CHALLENGE w/ SKRAPPER DIGITALS!  Come grab the FREE mini kit, scrap a layout and be automatically entered to WIN the entire Baby’s First Year Bundle!!  Get those layouts in for you chance! 

And, while I’m here and pointing you all to some super duper FREEBIES – there is still two more days to jump in on the May11 Template Challenge over at theStudio – come grab my FREE template!!  Happy Memorial Day all!!

I wanted to show off one of my New favorite Collab Kits! It’s called On My Knees and was created with Faithbooking in mind by the creative talents of Darlene Haughin Designs & Susan Godfrey Designs available exclusively at theStudio. I love the idea of Faithbooking, the idea to capture your Faith in a book to share with others. Of course, I immediately thought of my children and how this could benefit them. So, I decided to start making some Scripture Cards in 4X6 size, easy to print out and slip inside a photo album for the perfect reminder of our Faith! And this kit was that perfect finishing touch to these pages, it’s just so beautiful!

You can get this kit for 25% off right now, which brings it to only $4.50 for 20 blended/patterned papers, 12 cardstock papers, 2 full alphas, and 64 elements!  And, if Faithbooking isn’t your style, this kit can be used for so many other occasions and especially for those everyday moments!  Here’s a peek at two of the Scripture Cards I created using this kit, which will lead me to your goodie for today! 

I used bits and pieces of the kit to do the Wordart for these cards and I love the way they turned out!  So, I asked if I could share with all of you and was given the go ahead! YAY!  Enjoy your wordart freebie for today!  Thank you Darlene & Susan!! 

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First, I wanted to tell you guys a little about the new FRIENDSHIP Collab available at theStudio.  Darlene of DarleneH Designs, Sherah of SKrapper Digitals & I share a common friendship with a very sweet online friend, Debbie Abbe of Debbie Abbe Designs.  Debbie was just recently diagnosed w/ thyroid cancer, a very scary & heartbreaking thing to find out!  When the three of us heard the news, we immediately decided we wanted to do something to help our friend!  Thus, FRIENDSHIP was born!  We three and Debbie all banded together to create this very soft, very soothing & beautiful collab kit!  What is so special about this kit is 100% of the sales will go to Debbie to help with the cost of treatments!  Right now, you can get the Friendship Collab, the Friendship Bundle, or any of the coordinating packs for 25% off!

I have a freebie for you guys, two 7X5″ Brag Book pages made with this kit to showcase those Friendships!

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But, wait! That’s not all!  Sherah has another beautiful cluster freebie on her blog and a fabulous Brag Book Album freebie in the store by Jean Ann!

Next up is the fantastic Spring Fling Design Contest over at theStudio!  We’ve already gotten through Weeks 1 & 2, the papers & elements, and we’re headed into Week 3: the Alphas!!  Each entry is available for FREE DOWNLOAD, so head on over to the Spring Fling Design Gallery to snag up all those gorgeous kits!!  Here’s a little peek at my Week 1 & 2 entries… I’m just playing along, can’t win any prizes, booo hoooo!!!  But you guys can surely get in on that!  Each week there are THREE WINNERS of some fabulous prizes!!  If you want more info, you can head to the Spring Fling Design Contest Forum to get all the details!

You can dowload both Week1: thePapers and Week2: theElements HERE, there are 3 zip files total, so make sure you get all 3!

4shared links in case the other download doesn’t work for you:

Papers1

Papers2

Elements

And, here’s a little slideshow preview of some of the entries in Week2: theElements – there are many more over there, so make sure you head to the gallery to take a peek!

And, another of theStudio Designer’s Play-Along entries… all available for FREE DOWNLOAD!!  told you to clean out your hard drive!

Until next time all!!  Have a great weekend!! 

Alrighty, enough blibber-blabber, let’s get to those goodies!  For those who don’t know what ADSD is…. it’s Aspiring Digi Scrap Designers, a group that gets together every month or so and hosts a blog train full of wonderful goodies to collect!!   Anyone can participate and it’s really a lot of fun to get together and brainstorm!   It’s main goal is to potentially introduce you to some “new” designers out there, get a feel for their style & designs.  I hope you enjoy my contribution and look forward to seeing you all for the next one!  Don’t forget to stop by all the blogs listed below for a nice assortment of coordinated kits!

DOWNLOAD PART 1

DOWNLOAD PART 2

DOWNLOAD PART 3

And here is the list of participating designers:

Dee’s Delightful Designs – http://deesbibbmusings.blogspot.com
Digi Cyber Scraps — http://www.digicyberscraps.com
Mardesia @ Crafter’s Boutique — http://craftersboutique.blogspot.com
cardiologycreations http://cardiologycreations.blogspot.com/
Kimberkatt Scraps: http://kimberkattscraps.wordpress.com/
Pheonix Flower Creations – http://thecelticbutterfly.blogspot.com
Digieyescraps: http://digieyescraps.blogspot.com/