Some new goodies in store!

I just added some new stuff to my store...hurry and get it while it's all still 50% off!

Use your favorite kit to bling your blog with these simple layered templates (layered .psd AND .png files included!)

Or, if you'd rather use some premade bling, I will be adding one for each of my kits!

Here's "Once Upon A Time":

I also just added a freebie to my store:

Till next time!

Freebie blog bling - Vicki's Doodle Grunge kit!

OK, so Vicki is one of my favorite designers. She was the first blog I came across when I started digiscrapping, and I couldn't believe how much quality stuff she just gave away! I was a downloading maniac that first weekend ;) Now I am privileged to be on a CT with her, and still regularly (like, every day ;) check her blog. You're wonderful, girl! Mwah!

On Friday, she gave away SUCH a cute kit - "Doodle Grunge". It's fun, with great colors and something different. She has so graciously let me put up some blog bling as a freebie for you all (I used the word Template in the title 'cos I couldn't get "bling" straight, but it is not a full template - just some pretty bling ;):

Background

http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn445/_SouthAfrican_/Blog%20Templates/AWPDoodleGrungeBkg.jpg

Header
a href="http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn445/_SouthAfrican_/Blog%20Templates/AWPDoodleGrungeHeader.png

I certainly had fun with this one, and if you use it I'd love to see it on your blog (and I'm sure Vicki would too!) so please stop back here and leave a comment so I can come and visit your blog :)

How funny is this - my very own CHICKEN kit, Mel's other stunners and FREEBIES!

My oh-so-wonderful designer, Mel, is doing PERSONALIZED kits for each of her CT members. Talk about spoiled. All we had to do was give her a color scheme, and she came up with kits for us. She also does freebie samplers for all her kits and they're available in her shoppe. What a gal!

There are TWO freebies for you in this post - see if you can find them...LOL! You'll have to scroooolllll down ;)

I got my very own pet kit - for my chickens! LOL. Not only do my family think I'm nuts for having chickens, but now my fellow CTM's do too ;) Seriously, it's such a cute kit, and great for those chicken/farmyard photies. It's called Caryn's Backyard Playground.





And here's introducing Tinkerbell, Clarabell and Liberty Bell!


She also did a lovely kit for her mom called "Hannah Sings the Moody Blues"



This is a classy, deep, serious kit and I really enjoyed working with it. I especially love the metal swirls. I used it to scrap a wedding picture of two of my wonderful friends:

Credits here

I also made a blog layout with it:

You can get the background here and the header here.

Last, but not least, Mel did a kit for the lovely Nicola who spreads so much encouragement and brings lots of smiles around the digiscrapping world - she really deserved this beautiful kit!



For this one I made up a blog template:



You can get the blank header (to customize with your own blog title) here and you can get the background here.

Well done if you made it all the way to the end! There are some real gems to be had, and don't forget to pick up the freebie samplers in Mel's Shoppe.

New freebie blog bling for you!

I have added a link to instructions on how to install the blog bling, and I have TWO new blog looks for you!

The first is to celebrate Charlie's first kit which goes on sale in her shoppe at Snap and Scrap tomorrow!

You can get the background here and the header here.

Mel also has some lovely new kits, and I'll be back with some more LO's and blog bling for you tomorrow!

How to install a new blog layout to your blog

Here are the instructions for installing the blog layouts (otherwise known as blog bling, web wear etc!) that you'll find on my blog.

1) Click on the blog background you like, and save it to your computer. Upload it to photobucket and then do the same with the header. [IF you have a larger/widescreen screen, upload the background file to photobucket using the "1 mb" setting, and use your own link... The blog bling should fit your screen :)

2) Set your template to the white Minima (to do this, click on "Customize" on the bar at the top, then click on "Layout" and then "Pick New Template"

3) Once you have done that, click on "Edit HTML"

4) You'll see a whole bunch of text in a box. Scroll to where you see:
body {background:$bgcolor;margin:0; color:$textcolor; font:x-small Georgia Serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center;}

5) Replace this part with:
body {background:$bgcolor;background-image:url(direct link);background-position: center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed;margin:0; color:$textcolor; font:x-small Georgia Serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center;}

6) Go to your photobucket account and copy the link where it says "Direct Link" underneath the background you saved. PASTE IT INTO THE TEXT ABOVE, replacing the words direct link, but leaving the parenthesis ( ) in place.

7) Preview the template, and if you like what you see, save it.

8) To install the header, click on "Page Elements" and then click on edit" in the header box. Make sure "instead of title and description" is selected, and check the checkbox for "shrink to fit." Browse to the header file on your computer, and save.

9) To change the colors on your blog to match, click on "Fonts and Colors" and you can customize your background color etc there.

You should be all set!

Blog bling freebies, LO's tons of kits, a CT call - WOW!

This is going to be one HUGE post! Where to start!? Well, first of all, I'll mention that those of you who read all the way to the end will be rewarded with some blog bling freebies ;) (And I swear, one day you're going to read "blog bloing" and that's because I type that soooo often that I'm going to get tired of fixing it!)

Firstly, Mel has been scrapping like a crazy woman. Does she ever sleep? Does she scrap in her sleep? Don't know, but she somehow gets it done and it's a mission to keep up with her! She has been so wonderful, and created a kit for each of her CTM's. Is that cool or what?

Click on any of the previews to go to her shop to get them!

Three new kits, with some freebie samplers, all in her store:
First, we have the rich, elegant but fun "Erin's Pinwheels and Polka Dots"

I created blog bling with this, which you can snag as a freebie if you scroll (or rather, read ;) all the way to the bottom...

Next we have "Louanne Goes Ooh La La!"

Here's my LO (and there's blog bling for this too!)

And lastly we have "good night! Sleep tight!" which is perfect for all those cute sleeping baby photos:

Here's my LO:

As you know, my CTM buddy, Charlie has also been a disigning machine. She has some FAB kits, and the SUPERBULOUS news is that she has a CT CALL out!

Click the image to go to her blog and see what a privilege it would be to be on her CT!

Congrats to all who made it this far! LOL! And now for the blog bling freebies!

You can see "Erin's Pinwheels and Polka Dots" live on her blog!

The link for the background is:
http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn445/_SouthAfrican_/Blog%20Templates/ErinBkgWrapper.jpg

The link for the header is:
http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn445/_SouthAfrican_/Blog%20Templates/ErinHeader_Blank.png

And now for "Louann Goes Ooh La La!"

*Note* The header does not come with the text - that is for preview purposes only ;)

The link for the background is:
http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn445/_SouthAfrican_/Blog%20Templates/LouanneBkg.jpg

And the link for the header is:
http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn445/_SouthAfrican_/Blog%20Templates/LouanneHeader.png

Enjoy!