Happy Halloween!!

Today my baby turns 3. I can hardly stand it. THREE? Three is so OLD! :) We had a fabulous Halloween/birthday costume party planed yesterday with family and friends, but we had to cancel it (reschedule it) because we are all still sick!! Oh, it has been three weeks now of some serious yuck.

I am starting to feel better, but Lorynn is full fledge sick.. What a bummer to be sick on your birthday and on Halloween. She is handling it like a champ though. Unlike her older sister, she doesn't get whiney when she is sick, she still likes to play and cuddle and she takes her sickness in stride. So I am at least thankful for that :)

So tonight we will do minimum trick-or-treating with all of us together. Paul as Sponge Bob Square pants (Yes! Pictures to follow!! ) myself as little red riding hood and both my girls as cute little witches.. Then Paul and Brenna will go out and do some more treating.. We do have to stop by our favorite house in the neighborhood, the scary house..



Fun, fun, fun! This layout was made with our collab kit with Kristie David. Today is the last day to pick up the kit, and it's even on sale!! So don't miss this fabulous creation!!

In other news ;)

I thought I would share my newest creations with you, and if you are really on the ball you can pick them up today at 30% off. Our sale ends tomorrow!

First, I've got some fun decorative edges:



These are really easy to use and include instructions in your download. I used them here in my Think Pink Layout:



Paper here is from my Think Pink Paper set, and I also used my new Boho Flourishes



I also have two holiday collections in the shoppe with another more traditional/winter one on the way, I should the new one out next week and it is my favorite collection of all time, so I am very excited about it!! :)

So lots of fun goodies to play with! :)

Our fundraising efforts for the Susan G. Komen foundation have been phenomenal!! Wow, we are almost at our goal! We are at $915!! Woohoo!! And we have had some fabulous layouts added to our Think Pink Gallery, it has been a lot of fun and a great big success, so thank you to everyone who has participated and contributed!!

Freebie, Coupon and SA News :)

So we still haven't gotten all the kinks worked out with the server move, DANGIT!! It is so FRUSTRATING when things do not work like they are supposed to! I sent through an email last night and I think half of our subscribers didn't get it!! So, if you didn't get it; and you want it ;) Check this thread here.

There is a nice little freebie in it for you; as well as a coupon code ;)

So let's talk about our Day of Pink Celebration! It is this Sunday, October 29th.
We have decided to have a layout contest, everyone who enters will win a little somethin' somethin'. And three random winners will be selected to recieve a $10 GC to the SA Shoppe. (SWEET!) The Think Pink Gallery will be available on Sunday, and the winners will be selected on November 1st. This is all to bring more awareness to our efforts to raise $1000 for the Susan G. Komen foundation. We are already half way there!! It has been so exciting watching that number grow higher and higher. You can veiw our team efforts here. So far we have raised $510! Woohoo!! That is just terrific!! :)

I have created everyone a digital Think Pink Ribbon :) You can download the high res version for layouts and cards here:


You can also pick up the this little blinkie I made :)



If your site allows you to link your blinkies,(ScrapArtist Does!) you can link it to the Susan G. Komen foundation or our team's fundraising website here.

You can read more about our Think Pink Layout Contest here!
Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

I am recovering nicely from ScrapArtist's downward spiral last week ;) Of course all the problems came when we had left for Memory Trends and we didn't have reliable internet access to fix the problems. So after more than a week of various areas of our site being down; we are back up and running better than new.

Our bandwidth on the new server is MUCH better. No more corrupt downloads (that was a nightmare!) So, things should be running much smoother.. AAAHHH. What a relief :)

I finished up a new Halloween Mini Kit. I strategically used the colors in Lorynn's little witchie-poo costume; and I am vying for some adorable photos to match the kit!
(of course!) I may have to get her all dressed up in her digs before the big day to ensure some quality photos. We always do a big Halloween party with family because Lorynn's birthday is on Halloween. (Our little spook!)I can't believe she is going to be three!! MY BABY! Man, how the time does fly..



Hocus Pocus

So Memory Trends was a blast! I got to visit with some great peeps! And I think our papers did pretty well :) Which I guess is the point! Nancie and I have been feverishly working on our Winter releases with Fancy Pants for the January show. So I have been super busy!

I am working on putting together all my homeless goodies though. These are papers and elements that were either in a previous collection that are no longer being sold; or homeless papers that didn't quite work with a kit because of color or theme.
I can't believe how much I have just sitting dormant on my computer! I could fill an entire CD. Seriously.. So that should be up to the shoppe here in a bit too; Plus I am pulling together a few things for a freebie :) I will post that later as well..

Thank you for all your donations to the Susan G. Komen foundation! I love watching that number grow!! Keep it up ladies; you ROCK!!

Passionately Pink for a Cure..

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month and the Susan G. Komen's newest campaign, Passionately Pink for a Cure, I have put together this paper set where 100% of the profits will be donated to support the fight against breast cancer.

This is a cause that is very near and dear to my heart as my Grandmother lost her battle with breast cancer several years ago. And I have a few friends whom are survivors. I really hope that everyone will join us in raising funds for this wonderful cause.

If you would like to participate you can either purchase the paperset in the shoppe, or you can join our team directly by clicking here and just donating as little as $5 to help us reach our goal. My little contribution is looking very much alone on this page! Please help me get that number higher!!

It will be fun to track our efforts by viewing the team page and watching our contributions grow.

Then, to sweeten the deal!:) join us at ScrapArtist, Sunday, October 29th as we celebrate our day of pink! I will post more info about this a little later, but we are going to have some fun festivities, and I hope that you can all join us!
(more info to come!)

I've got to get off this computer for a bit; I've yet to pack for Vegas (still doing piles of laundry!) But I just wanted to officially announce the names of the apprentice round 2 finalists. (since our gallery and forums are still down!) I have be SOOO impressed with all the talent that has submitted entrees for our little challenge. And getting to this list of names has been AGONIZING!

**Now just a side note before I announce the names!**

I honestly don't want anyone to think that they were not good enough to make it onto the next round; Every entry was just wonderful, I know that we will be seeing MUCH MORE from them in the future!

Nancie and I have tried to keep this contest more of a learning experience for everyone involved, with one of our main goals being to instill confidence and empower designers to enrich their talents.. So that said :) Here are the names of those designers moving onto the 3rd round.

Andrews, Poppy
Carvalho, Joana
Clegg, Amber
Comelab, Nancy
Dozier, Lisa
Ekanayake, Buddhini
England, Robyn
Gil Billdal, Linda
Haskell, Christine
Honsinger, Christine
Howell, Lisa
James, Chandra
Lahur, Agnes
Long, Susan
Miller, Donna
Miner, Angela
Murphy, Traci
Ogren, Stephanie
Rafferty, Donna
Reid, Lauren
Rivera, Tracy
Springman, Penny
Whitney, Lisa
Wiley, Lori
Wolff, Amy

Big Huge Congrats Ladies!! Good luck on the 3rd Round!!

Memory Trends.. & ScrapArtist Gallery : )

So I am getting ready for Memory Trends this week. It's in VEGAS! Woohoo! :)
Nancie, Lori and I are going; And we are going to have a BLAST! I am excited because we are not tied down to the Fancy Pants booth. We can walk around the show; maybe take some classes; Just have fun! It' will be GREAT!

Nancie and I are each releasing a new line with FP. 6 Double sided papers, rub-ons, Tags, and ribbon. I was going to work up a preview, and I just haven't had the time. Paper lines require MUCH more advanced planning then the digital counter part. I am in the process now of working on my Winter releases for FP. And I just have to say that we are tripling our product lines! OH MY! So I have been super busy with that and pretty much all other things have had to take a back seat..

With the exception, of course, of ScrapArtist! : )

We are working to get the gallery and forums moved over to our new server. That is why they are currently turned off. It's such a bummer because we just moved. But the server that we are on now has terrible bandwidth issues. And so many people are having trouble with downloads, it a royal mess! So we have decided to keep the gallery and forums off until we open on our new (newest) server. It is taking FOREVER!! Our site is so stinkin huge that each time we think we are FINALLY all moved over, we realize that in fact we are not.. SO. I don't really have a date to give you yet. Hopefully sometime next week!

We were able to visit the pumpkin patch last week. Oh how I love AUTUMN!! The girls picked some ginormous pumpkins! We are going to paint some faces on them when I get back from Vegas. I HATE carving! Brenna always wants to carve them, and she is very enthusiastic at the beginning our of project, but then I ALWAYS end up finishing them on my own. So, we are just going to paint faces this year.. Well, Maybe I will cave in, and carve just one..

I am working on a Halloween Mini kit. I've had a ton of requests for it! I will try to get it out ASAP. But if not, then maybe it will be a yummy freebie for you on Halloween. (it's about time for another yummy freebie!)

So, did you see that Scrapbook Answers Magazine is GONE! I was so sad to hear about this! They are a wonderful publication, and they were so digi-friendly! There aren't many scrappin' mags out there that really cater to digital. And SBA's included goody disk was always such a pleasure to receive! I have had the opportunity to work with the gals at SBA, and they are all so sweet and talented, Scrapbook Answers; You will be missed..

Have you seen the latest issue of Digital Artist Magazine? Beautiful! Can you tell that I am a magazine junkie?? Oh, I have issues with my issues ;) DAM is a wonderful digital publication, the layouts are beautiful and the articles are inspiring. If you haven't seen it yet, Check it out! :) You will LOVE it!