LAYOUTS!

I know, I haven't posted any of my LO's recently. I've been sooo busy!!! (And I haven't been posting my Project 365 pictures, but I promise that I'm still taking them--I haven't missed a day yet!)

So, to start with, here's a LO using Just Beecause by Amanda Heimann:


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It's 30% off this week at Scrap Orchard during the store-wide (minus CU) sale!

And here's a LO with some super fun papers by SaraAmarie (Stitched Up Papers). This is week 3 of Project 365:

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Here's a LO with my very own Capture Life: The Collection. It's week 4 of Project 365:

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Remember, this collection is 70% OFF until Feb. 12th (that's Thursday)! (And if you want a freebie quickpage, scroll down to the next post. And if you want a freebie pack of wordart, scroll down 2 posts!)

And here's a LO using Amanda's Alpha Love, Sara's (and Eva Kipler's) Saturday in San Diego, and my Capture Life: The collection:

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Not too bad for one day--I haven't scrapped in a whole week! Hopefully I'll have more news to post soon.

Extended sale, LO pics, a small CT call, and a CHALLENGE

Hi everyone! I decided to extend my sale through tomorrow (probably ending sometime around noon Eastern). So hurry on over to Enchanted Studio Scraps to pick up on some great deals! (Like my Crumple-bets alpha packs--they're less than $2!)

Okay, so I think I forgot to mention, in all the prep and excitement of opening my store, that I made my dream CT! Yep, that's right--I'm on AMANDA HEIMANN's CT!!! Holy cow, her designs are amazing and I feel EXTREMELY humbled that she chose me to be on her team. I totally :heart: her stuff!

So let me show off some of the LO's I've done this week with her awesome stuff. :)

The next 2 LO's are with Come Out and Play (oh my gosh, this is such a fun kit...it's only available through Scrapper's Guide, but it's such a steal of a deal...you can read about it on Amanda's blog here):


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And these 2 LO's are with Smooches, a collab kit Amanda did with Ziggle Designs, which you can pick up at Scrap Orchard here:


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Last LO with Amanda's stuff. This was done using a TON of stuff from almost every Amanda kit I have (and I have quite a few, lol--I was a guest for her last August too). I entered it in the current Hodge Podge Art challenge:


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All right, I think that updates me on Amanda's stuff...but there will be more to come, I can promise you that!

On to my little CT call. I'm only running it about a week, but I totally need a couple of dedicated scrappers to be on my team!



You can read more details about it here.

Last thing. My first Mystical Mottos challenge is up at ESS. You can check it out here. And here's my LO (using my kit Puddle Jumpers):


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Whew! Long post. Thanks for sticking with me. I'm really excited about next week's new release (if I get finished in time, lol). Come back and visit soon!

Time to post some LOs! These were all done with products on sale in my store.

With Sweethearts:



With Puddle Jumpers:





With Straw for Brains:



With Polar Bears and Penguins:



Remember, my products are 30% thru sometime on Sunday, so stop on by my store.

Catch Up Time

Lots to catch up on!

First up, here's a LO I did with the January collab by the designers at Enchanted Studio Scraps (where I'll soon be selling, yay!):


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Love the colors in this kit!

SaraAmarie (yes, I'm still on her CT) has had a couple of new products. Here are 2 LOs using Fusion (a really pretty Valentine-ish kit that yes, you can use for boy LOs too, as you can see below!):


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And then Sara, Heather Roselli, and Libby Weifenbach collaborated on a Vegas kit called Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. I don't have any Vegas pics, but the colors worked great for this LO:


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And now my Project 365 pics:

Day 22


Day 23


Day 24


Day 25


And finally, my sale is still going on at Digital Scrap Cafe ($US) and Color Line Design ($AUD)--30% off thru the end of the month. Check it out.

New Products in My Stores

First off, to catch up on the pictures I haven't posted yet for Project 365.

Day 9


Day 10


Day 11


Day 12


Here are my 2 LOs for week 1:


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I've started a line of heart element packs, called Heart Attack. I added 3 volumes to my stores today (click on links in sidebar to visit one of my stores):







Keep an eye out for more packs in this series!

And finally, a little quiz to complete a challenge at SSD:

Your Snow Test Says You're Independent

You feel like something good will happen to you eventually, but not soon. You don't really like to work, unless work feels like play. You only are successful when you are doing what you love. You are an independent, individualistic person. You thrive when you're doing your own thing. Your biggest worry in your life is your health. You tend to be a bit of a hypochondriac. When it comes time to relax, you have no problem letting go. You are already pretty relaxed as is!

The Snow Test

Hmm...close...and then way off too. But fun. Give it a try!

That's it for tonight. Maybe more tomorrow!

IT'S OFFICIAL

I am a digi scrap designer! I am so excited to be selling at Digital Scrap Cafe. You can check out my store here.

Here's what's new in my shop.

Need a kit to finish scrapping those fall photos? Or do you live in the southern hemisphere, where autumn will soon be falling? Or are you like me, and just can't resist some adorable scarecrows? Then "If I Only Had a Brain" is the kit for you!

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This kit is huge. It contains: 2 alphas (uppercase only), 10 patterned papers, 6 coordinating solids, 5 chipboard scarecrows, 2 felt turkeys, 5 chipboard dates, 4 buttons, 4 felt leaves, 1 felt acorn, 4 frames, 2 stitched leaves, 1 stitched pumpkin, 2 ribbons, 1 ribbon stitching, 2 ricrac, 4 stitching, 2 tags, 3 trim, and 12 wordart (not all items shown in preview).

Here's a LO I did with it:

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I also have a winter kit in the store called "Polar Bears and Penguins." Aren't they cute? Who can resist that little polar bear with the pink nose? And that penguin with the bow tie? So adorable (if I do say so myself, LOL).

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This kit contains: 1 alpha (uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and most punctuation), 6 patterned papers, 6 coordinating solids, 2 felt penguins, 3 felt polar bears, 2 bows, 2 knots, 6 buttons, 3 flowers, 4 ribbons, 1 ricrac, 2 snow glitter scatters, 8 snowflakes, 4 stitching, 3 swirls, 2 tags, and 3 wordart

And here's a LO I did with it:

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Remember this one? I gave it away as a freebie on my blog in December. It's still free, but now you can pick it up at Digital Scrap Cafe (not all items show in preview).

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This kit contains: 1 alpha (uppercase only with numbers and most punctuation), 5 patterned papers, 5 coordinating solids with snowflake embellishing, 5 buttons, 1 snowman, 2 elves, 1 acrylic flag, 3 acrylic stars with swirls, 3 foil swirls (each in red and green), 2 frames, 3 wrapped gift embellishments, 2 acrylic snowflakes, 4 embellished tags (2 acrylic and 2 paper), 1 trip, 3 ribbon wraps, and 8 wordart

And here's another LO I did with it:

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For all you Aussies out there (or for those who prefer to shop at Color Line Design), stay tuned. I'll also be selling there, and I'll update with my store link once my store is up and running.

Resolute

Day 4 of the new year. And I'm still on target for my goals. One of those goals is to do something physically active every day. I haven't made it any more specific than that right now, because some days just taking the trash out to the dumpster is pushing myself to the limit. So, right now, I'll just try to do one physical activity every day. And when that's a habit, I'll push myself a little bit more. Moderation in all things, right? :)

Project 365, day 3



Project 365, day 4 (so much for my animal theme, right? maybe all things ranch instead? not that I need a theme)



I scrapped today. YEA! I did 2 LOs, both for scraplift challenges at SSD. This was for the Spin-A-Lift challenge posted today:


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And this was for the Treat of the Month challenge:


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And I think (cross my fingers) I'm finished with LOs for 2006. YEA!

My First FREEBIE!!!

Yep, you read that right. I designed my first kit, and now I'm giving it away for FREE, along with a coordinating word art pack (which is also FREE).

A couple of weeks ago Scrap Orchard announced a designer call. Since I'd love to design for them, I whipped together a couple of kits so I could apply. I was actually extremely grateful my application wasn't picked...because I wasn't entirely happy with how the two kits turned out. They were okay...but not exactly what I had hoped for. So I decided to give it another try. Here's my first kit, just the way I like it (lol), with a separate coordinating word art pack:



Apparently the file was too large as it was, so I had to separate the alpha from the kit, lol.

Now available (still free) at my store at Digital Scrap Cafe: ***DOWNLOAD EXPIRED***

Here's a detailed list of what the kit contains:
1 uppercase acrylic-and-swirls alpha with numbers and most punctuation
10 papers (5 patterned and 5 solid with snowflake embellishing)
5 stitched buttons
1 acrylic flag
1 snowman
3 acrylic stars (with different colored swirls)
3 foil swirls (each in red and green, so 6 total)
2 elves
2 frames
3 wrapped gifts
2 acrylic snowflakes
4 embellished tags (2 acrylic and 2 paper)
1 heart-and-snowflake trim/border
3 ribbon wraps

And the word art pack contains 8 pieces of word art.

What d'ya think? Of course, I absolutely love it, but I'd really like to know what you think. So if you get a chance, drop me an email (suzyqscraps AT gmail DOT com) and let me know--the good, the bad, and the ugly, lol.

Like those swirls and grunge snowflakes? They were made from brushes by the awesome Silvia. Check them out at graphics-illustrations.

Since I plan on only designing kits I can use personally, I decided to scrap a page or two...and ended up with THREE!

Here's a LO of the man who inspired the kit, my awesome dad:

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I'm so grateful for what he's taught me about patriotism and love of country and supporting our leaders in the positions that they've been voted to fulfill (even if we don't particularly love the person--we can still respect the position they hold and be true to our beliefs).

And here's a LO of my adorable little boy when he was almost 11 months old (before his haircut, lol):

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And finally a LO of my sweet husband (yes, from Christmas LAST YEAR--I'm so behind, lol):

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Anyway, hope you like the kit and word art. I'd love your comments and feedback (on the kit, the word art pack, my drawings, my logo, etc., etc.). Thanks!

Layout of the Day!

A LO I scrapped today was featured on the Layout of the Day Blog. WOOT!!! Here it is, using Sara's new collab with MandaBean, Warm Noses and Toesies (released last week at Sweet Shoppe Designs):

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I just love the colors in this kit. I'm sure I'll be using this one over and over...

Sara also released a kit a few weeks ago called Here Kitty Kitty. Here's my LO with it, showing my 2 kittens in September:

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And last week she also released a collab with Traci Reed and Heather Roselli called Flower Child. Such a fun kit to play with!

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I haven't scrapped in a whole month, but today I managed to squeak out 3 LOs. It felt GREAT! Hopefully I'll have more LOs to post soon...