SomethingBlue

catching up

Well, it's been 3 months since my last blog entry but things really have been THAT busy!  Really this is just a good place to give away freebies, so that is my reason for posting today!  I've got a zillion (well, six) new things in the store (which is a record for me. by a mile) and I wanted to give away a freebie.  This one is only good for the first 25 people - then, it's going into my shop at ACOT (it may already be there by the time you read this!)  Wanna see?  I am so excited about this page - it was made for SomethingBlue by the brilliantly talented Christine Smith from the papers and elements in my new Provence{Revisited} kit.  This is a Quickpage in png format with an opening for three photos and/or journaling blocks:

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

There have been so many other things I've wanted to blog about lately - just haven't had the time.  But I did want to say how happy I am to be selling my designs now at CatScrap!!!  The designers there are so amazingly talented so i am feeling pretty lucky!  Right now I've got some older lines there but this new stuff will be there soon.  Until then you can find it at ACOT and at SomethingBlue. (I've gotta update that home page - you won't see the new stuff on there yet - just click on Shop to see it) Here are two more of the 6 things in the store:

You know, I really should have put drop shadows behind those previews.  Oh well!

I think that's going to be all for now.  If you download the freebie, I'd love to know if you liked it - I plan on having Christine do a lot more of these for me - she really is awesome.  And there's a coupon inside for some cash off my new Provence kit - you can use the coupon only at ACOT.

I better blog more soon.  have a great day!

Come chat with me tonight!

Just a reminder - I am hosting a chat tonight at ACOT from 10pm-11pm EST.  Everyone who attends will get a link to a freebie!  I'll also be giving away lots of prizes.  It's my first chat so I'm so excited!  Hope you can join me!  To get there,  CLICK HERE and then click on CHAT. :)

I'm Miss October!

LOL so when else in my life will I ever be able to say that?!  I'm just glad i don't have to wear a swimsuit.  I am celebrating my spot as ACOT's featured designer this month with some fun freebies!  The first one is pretty darn awesome if I do say so myself.  It's only available as a freebie for a week and then it's going right into the shop with the alpha. I'll also be sending the link to anyone who bought the alpha, so you'll have the complete set.  You didn't buy the alpha??  What are you waiting for?

Anyway - I figured I will do a freebie each Wednesday - most likely uploaded after LOST is over.  NEXT Wednesday the 10th, the freebie will be given away at my ACOT chat instead of here. The chat's at 10pm EST - after LOST for me and just before for you west coasters.

Sooo, onto the freebie - this is what it looks like:

Download them HERE.

And, as always, I would love it if you left a comment if you download them.

Hope you like 'em!

New stuff at SomethingBlue and a freebie

It's so crazy here now that I am back teaching but I've been meaning to get these alphas up.  They were supposed to go in my Back To Reality kit but the kit was aready so big.  So, the kraft paper stencils are going up as a freebie, and the Messy Stenciled Alpha is going into the store.  The freebie contains a coupon for 25% off the Back to Reality kit, too.  Woohoo!

Here's some pics.  First, the new Back To Reality Kit:

You can take a closer look at some of the stuff that's in the kit HERE.

Then, this messy stenciled alpha just went into the store at ACOT, and it'll be up at SBS tomorrow I hope:

And finally here is the freebie!  Just a cute plain stencil pack - lots of uses - hope you like it!  If you do, leave a comment!  Thanks! (Oh and there's that coupon in here for the Back To Reality Kit.)

(and i don't know why the text isn't going where i put it.)

You can download this from Sendspace, HERE.

Well, that's it for now.  I have nothing interesting going on to blog about!  Oh well.  Enjoy the stuff. :)

hooray!!!

Just popping onto my poor neglected blog here to say how psyched I am to be part of the new Simple Scrapbooks digi team!!!  I am still just in shock to see the list of girls I will be lucky enough to work with - some who are friends and some who I am excited to get to know.  All of them amazing.  Man, this is going to be fun.  So I'm sitting here feeling very very very lucky.  And totally psyched.

have a great week!

We're off to a little cabin on the lake.  I left notice at SomethingBlue but I thought I'd better write here too.  I won't have any access to the internet! So if you've emailed me, I'm not ignoring you.  I'm just off chasing a 2 year old all over Storyland.  I'll get back to you on the 14th or so.  Enjoy the week!

good thing they bounce

Zoe fell off the back of the toilet.  Why was she up there?  Well, she was reading, of course, while I was in the shower.  The usual routine.  But this time she took a faceplant directly onto the hard tile floor, and in the split second after, befor she started wailing, my heart came to a complete stop.  So far, we've had three of those moments - complete terror before you can react and race over to her.  Once, an entire dresser fell on her.  I am an excellent mother.  Luckily, all three times she was fine but man I hate that moment.  Just thought I'd jot that down.  My real reason for posting today is this:

A bunch of us designers got together to help out a friend and her mom.  MandaBean's mom has just been diagnosed with cancer.  This is for her.  The kit is gorgeous, plus it includes coupons to some of your favorite shops. You can check it out at the Sweet Shoppe and also be sure to stop by the chat tonight - I don't remember what time but you can see the details at DigiShopTalk (link in the sidebar).

OK - we are off to Vermont for the weekend - have a good one!

smashed

So, last night I get the phone call I always dread - "ummm, some guy just hit me with his car".   Miraculously Chris was fine, but the bike, unfortunately, was not.  I feel so bad - he just got the thing - was so excited, all custom built and ready for his race tomorrow.  The guy who hit him said NOTHING - no "are you OK?"  No "I'm sorry!" (and it was cleary the driver's fault - he ran a stop sign).  He said nothing until I got there and proceeded to scream at him (was a little stressed), something like "aren't you even going to apologize?  You could have killed him!  You totally wrecked his bike!" His answer?  "His bike?  Look at my car!" (smallish scuffed up dent - oh please).  So, now we're dealing with insurance companies and whatnot.  Still thankful that he's OK.  Thank you thank you thank you.

Anyway.  That's over and back to the fun stuff.  Here's a new freebie for you, along with some previews of some new stuff.  First up, here's what's new and what's coming.  I took the image straight from the coupon (sans code) that is included with the freebie, so don't mind all the writing:

Click on it to see it bigger I guess!  I love love this alpha.  I only made it in blue  - maybe someday I'll make it in more colors but man it takes forever.  You can recolor it yourself but you can't really go too drastically different without it looking wonky.  You can buy it HERE., and at my store when i get it up within the next few hours.

The flower and stitched-down sequins are from an upcoming kit called Daydream Believer.  I hope the Monkees don't mind.  It's coming next week.  I hope.

Here's a pic of the freebie - some cute stitched sequin ric rac.  If you like it, leave a comment eh?

You can DOWNLOAD IT HERE.

And, just sharing a LO I did using the alpha.  The notebook paper is from an upcoming kit called "Back to Reality".  It's a back-to-school and in my case (teacher), a back-to-work kit.  School/Office supplies and such.  Here's my sweetie:

OK that's probably enough for today.  have a great week as I'll probably ignore this blog for that long.  Bad blogger.

A retirement freebie...

Well, I am finally cleaning up my store, getting all the old CD stuff into downloadable files and/or out of the store, and getting ready to add all the new stuff I've been working on.  So, the plan is to take the older kits and revamp them - they'll then be sold in a retirement sale, and some of them will just be freebies.  This is the first freebie.  I've taken the Pressed Garden kit down.  The 2 alphas that were in it are going into the store.  These papers are coming at you free.  I love them - I use the flowers and leaves all the time to make cards because they print beautifully.  Hope you can find some use for them.  There's a coupon in the download, too.  Woohoo! I am liking sendspace for these downloads - hope it is working out well for you.  This is 10MB.  If you like it, leave a comment, will ya?  I know I said no comments but now I'm curious as to how many people are actually downloading!  I am so fickle.  OK - thanks for reading and enjoy!

Why is this so small?  I think click on it.

DOWNLOAD HERE

New kit, and a wee freebie

I've started (finally!) to update my blog with all the typelists and stuff.  More coming.  I love summer.  I can actually get stuff done.  Like this kit. I love this kit! It makes me happy. It's called Xtreme Boy and it's available exclusively at ACOT. This one has the stamps that some people have been asking for - the bicycle one and whatnot.  Here's a preview, and you can read much more about it HERE:                                                                                                                                           Now in my screen this text is wrapping, but in my preview it's all wonky!  Who knows what you'll see! Hmm. I still haven't figured out how to set things up the way I want them. Anyway, this kit includes a quickpage, which you can get for free at ACOT for a limited time. I'll stick a picture of that below.  The blog freebie is the word art I used on my quickpage, which is by now I hope up in my two peas gallery or my VAST dst gallery!  getting there. Anyway, I thought it was cute.  I stuck it in the kit too, so it would still be available when the freebie's gone.  The kit is on sale until Saturday.

I  love this paper !!!!

Here is a pic of the free quickpage, which you can find at ACOT.

And finally, here's the pic of the freebie, and a link.  Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD HERE

OK that's all for today - this post looks like a jumbled mess to me.  I am pretty sure I have the comments turned off so don't worry about that!