Let the Festivities Begin......

That's right.....(Inter) National Scrapbook Day festivities have finally arrived! There's so much going on and so much I have to tell you so let's begin with one of my favorites. As I'm sure you're all aware, I am a huge fan of Ettes & Company. I was so excited when I found out that they were going to allow me to create a quick page to give away for FREE during the NSD festivities. Here it is! It was created using one of the 3 (yes that's right! 3) new kits that were just added to the Ettes store this week! This kit is called Magical Memories. It really is magical what you can do with it! I hope you like it! Just click here to download the FREE file! If you want the kit it can be found here.

Note: link to download has been disable.

Need a little inspiration on how to use the quick page? Here's a layout I created with it called Fun Times.

A couple of my fellow CT members also have some freebies for you. Go check out these blogs:

AnnaMarie - http://pagesofourstory.blogspot.com/
MaryRuth - http://www.thefrancks.typepad.com/scrapbooking (not available until Saturday)

Also, I just have to show you a couple of other really cute layouts I was able to do with the Magical Memories kit.


Isn't he just so darn cute in this Mousey dance outfit! LOL! Ssssshhh! don't tell him I put this one on my blog!

And if you think that kit was really cute.....check out the Pirates Collection. Got any Mateys in your family? This kit was so much fun to work with! Here's another one from that awesome kit!

No pirates in your family? Well don't be dismayed......here's another new kit, the Princess Collection. It's just perfect for that girly girl Princess in your life! Or use it to show off your own inner Princess! LOL!

So if you like one of these kits (or all of them like I do!), head on over to Ettes & Company. Starting at midnight tonight until midnight tomorrow there will be all sorts of fun. They're having a scavenger hunt that sounds absolutely fun with some great giveaways as well. And there's a layout contest going on too!

But that's not the only fun going on this weekend. Check out the sweet deals at Scrapable this weekend! Their May collab kit is absolutely beautiful!

Here are a couple of layouts I created using the May collab, One Kit For All Families! Check it out here.

So head on over to http://www.scrapable.net/ and join in the festivities there!

Oh boy, my fingers are getting sore from typing and I still have more news! Check out this Sweet LO I did with a template from B&B Designs, called My Simple Life 3 and the oh so beautiful kit called Playful by Kari Hentzelt. They can both be found at http://www.mylifeandscrap.com/

MLAS has some sweet sales going on for NSD! Make sure you add them to your list of stops to make this weekend when your out surfing in digiland!

Colie's Corner Creations has this great kit called Beautiful Day that you can find at http://www.beentherescrappedthat.com/. Look at the the LO I created with it. Aren't they just too cute!!!

Stop in at BTST and check out the new May challenges they have going on. Participating could get you up to 50% off! Now that's a deal!!!!

And last but definitely not least, is the wonderful kit Happy Go Lucky by Calalily Designs. I created this adorable LO of my oldest daughter when she was little and celebrating her 4th birthday. I can't believe that this picture was taken over 20 years ago! Boy how time flies when you get older! You can snatch up this beautiful kit at http://www.digitalcandy.us/. Click here to see the rest of Calalily's wonderful kits. And if you go there during all the NSD festivities, you'll find it on sale! Who doesn't like a sale!!!!

Digital Candy has a bunch of fun NSD activities going on as well so be sure to stop and check them out this weekend.

Whew....I think that's all for now. I'm off to take a nap so I can get back up at midnight and start checking out all the fun activities and spend some of that money that's been burning a hole in my pocket! I've definitely had to restrain myself from buying any of the awesome kits that have come out. I've been waiting for this day for a long time! See you around digiland this weekend!

Thanks for checking out my blog and hope you like the QP!

Dorene

NSD is drawing near.....

Just a really quick post to tell you that you really should check back tomorrow night! This weekend is (Inter)National Scrapbook Day and I'm going to have something very special to share with you for FREE! WoooHooo!!! In this economy, free is a very good thing! Anyway, check back tomorrow night. I'll have other NSD info to share with you as well!

Have a great night! See you tomorrow!

Tall, Dark, and Handsome is in the house!!!!

Okay, so....maybe not in the house but...the Tall, Dark, and Handsome Collection was just released by Ettes & Company today! It's such a fabulous kit! I'm sure you could create some fabulous pages about those tall, dark, and handsome men in your life! Here's some inspiration. I created these layouts using the kit. Every LO I created made me like the kit more and more.

This first LO is a picture of my husband and son at our son's wedding last summer. Aren't they handsome all spiffed up!

This next LO shows just how versatile their collection is. Although the theme of my LO has nothing to do with being tall, dark or handsome, it worked perfectly for this picture of the memory flowers on the alter at our son's wedding. The flowers were put there in rememberance of all our dear family members who are no longer here to spend these special moments with us.

I was even able to create this heritage LO with the collection. It's a picture of my dad on his confirmation day! Wasn't he a handsome one!

So go check out Tall, Dark, and Handsome at www.ettesandcompany.com. You won't be disappointed. Pick up the collection here.

I also want to give you a preview of a really cute new kit coming out soon by Colie's Corner Creations called Beautiful Day. You can find it soon at BTST.

Check out some of Colie's other kits...they are fabulous! Here's a LO I created with her new kit.

That's all for now......hope to see you in digi land soon!

Keep on a scrappin'!

Tall, Dark, and......a Good Deal!

Hope you're all enjoying some really nice Spring weather! At least here in my neck of the woods the weather has been gorgeous the last few days! They are talking about it being 70 tomorrow! And no bugs! Can't beat days like that!

Anyway, just wanted to do a quick post to let you know about a good deal going on at Scrapable and give you a hint about a great new kit the Ettes&Company are about to release.

Check this ad out! Yes....it's true $1.00Wednesdays! How cool is that. Mark your calendars and come on over to the island on Wednesdays and pick up some really great deals! I know instead of going to the vending machine for that afternoon candy bar that I really don't need....I''m going to save my dollar and check out the sweet deals they'll have going on at Scrapable!

And now for some more great news! Do you have pictures sitting in your to be scrapped stash of that special someone in your life but just can't find a kit that's not pink or geared toward the youngins? I know I do and I just haven't found anything that's just perfect for my pictures. Well....let me tell you the Ettes have a great kit coming out in a few days that's just perfect! Can you dream of ...a little bit TALL, a little DARK, and a whole lot of HANDSOME? Get the drift? Keep checking back and I'll let you be the first to know when this great new kit is revealed! Your going to love it!

Well....gotta get back to scrappin'! Hope to see see you in the digi scrap world soon!

I'm Back.........

Wow....sorry it's been a while since I've had a chance to give you an update. But so much excitement has happened in the last few weeks I don't know where to begin! As I told you in the last post, I've joined a couple other creative teams. Since that post I've been invited to be on two more creative teams! http://www.beentherescrappedthat.com and Calalily Designs . How amazing is that....who would have known 9 months ago when I decide to give digital scrapbooking a try that I would have the honor of being on 5 great teams! I'm so excited but very busy getting myself organized and a system in place to get it all done! So much for procrastination....that's now out the door. Organize, organize, organize....that's my new mantra! (Some day I'll be brave enough to actually post some photos of my not so organized craft room and you'll understand!)

Oh...there was one other exciting thing that happened too... My First Egg Hunt layout (created with the Blue Skies Collection from Ettes & Company), was featured in the current issue (Issue 6) of The Daily Scrapper! You can check it out here. It will be featured until April 10th.

Anyway....on to the fun stuff. Here's some inspiration from all the wonderful kits I've had the opportunity to work with the last couple of weeks.

I made this wedding planner for my future daughter in law using the Be My Guest Collection from Ettes and Company. What a great wedding collection they've created!

And from the Ettes Sweet Baby Girl Collection I was able to create these two layouts. It's such a beautiful kit and as you can see, not just for baby photos!

This month at Scrapable, I've been given the pleasure to work with a kit by Cherie Shields Designs called Pure Innocence. It's such a pretty kit!

At Been There Scrapped That I've been lucky enough to work with kits from several of their great designers. This layout for an album I'm doing for my friend's son, I used the awesome kit by Liz (Sweet Digi Scraps) called Boys Aloud.
This page was created using the awesome kit by a new designer at BTST, Sweet Tomato Designs. The kit is called Rocket Boy. It really is out of this world!

Another new designer at BTST is Heckenzwerge Designs. She has some fabulous templates to create wordalbums. Here's the Girl one that I did. I used Liz (Sweet Digi Scrap)'s Fruit Punch kit along with the template. It turned out so cute.

Using Liz's Fruit Punch kit again I created another layout for my friend's son's book. Doesn't he look so cute! This kit is so versatile! I love it!

The March Collab - Early Spring at My Life and Scrap is a great buy as well as a great kit. I created this layout from the kit as swell as my Night Scapes layout in the previous post. How adorable he is in that great hat!

MLAS has a new designer as well, My Creative Pixels. Jaimie is fabulous and I was able to create this layout with her kit called Shabby Boy. What a great kit for those men and boys in your life.

And last...but definitely not least are the great kits from Calalily designs that I had the opportunity to work with. The first one is her new kit Out with Dad.

Boys Rule is another great kit from Calalily Designs that I used for this layout. I loved working with both of Sheena's kits. She is an awesome designer!

So....now you know what I've been up to! Stay tuned for more fun new kits from all the great designers that I get to work with! I'm so excited about all of them my head is still spinning......

Keep on scrappin........

Dorene

Whew.....I think I have writer's cramp! This was a long one!

Exciting News!

Did you happen to notice a few more blinkies on the right side of my blog? Yup that's right! I just got invited to participate on the site creative team for not one but two more online digital scrapbook stores! My Life and Scrap and Scrapable.I'm so excited. I'll officially start as of April 1st but I was so excited that I had to get started a little early! Here's a layout I did with the March Collab kit from the great designers at My Life and Scrap called Early Spring.

Click here to go check out the kit. It's awesome. And make sure you check back starting April 1st! I'll have many more layouts to share. Oh....I'm working on a hybrid project that I should have posted in the next couple of days. I can't wait to get it finished. Come back soon and check it out!

Later....

Hybrid is a blast!

Wow....is this winter ever going to end! I'm seriously getting really tired of the snow. Thought we were almost to spring and then Mother Nature decided to blast us with a little more snow and some colder temperatures once again. Oh well as least the Ettes gave us a challege that helped keep the winter blues away.
They asked us to see what we could come up with for hybrid projects using their digital kits. It was so much fun and I finally got the chance to use the Kaiser Craft board book that I'd had sitting around for a couple of months. My camera is starting to slowly die so the pictures aren't as good as I had hoped they would be but hopefully you'll get a good feel for what it looks like. It turned out so cute!

This project got me motivated. Now maybe I can finally get to working on the other 20+ albums I have laying around! I'm a little OCD when it comes to buying craft supplies. Just ask my family.....they've banned me from going to Archivers and Michaels! LOL

But seriously....you should go check out the Ettes & Company gallery. (click here) There is some really cute hybrid project created by other members of the creative team. You've got to check out the cute little boy onesies created by Mary Ruth. They are absolutely adorable. Fayette created a little mint tin mini album that is so cute. Check them all out! And while your there.....check in the shop. They've added some really cute card templates and invitation collections. I personally can't wait to give them a try. Who doesn't like getting a home made card! Hallmark can't beat that! Click here if you want to take a peak. I just know you won't be disappointed!

Well....off to create another hybrid project. They gave my creative mojo a boost so I'd better take advantage of it before it alludes me again!

Until next time.......see ya!