Blog Train Blog–August 2011

Just stopping in to give you a little gift as you travel along the blog train!  I’ve been so busy with my photography, bur can’t quite let go of designing. I’m going to do what I can when I can. And I have some CT gigs too, so that’ll keep me busy
You should have arrived here from Cabana Girl Designs and when you’re done downloading your gift, you can head on to Lilly Lane Market.
Hope you enjoy it!

Direct Download here.

Digiridoo Birthday Blog Train - it's Two-Riffic!

Welcome to my stop on the Digiridoo Blog Train! You should have arrived here from LouCee Creations. It's a fabulous birthday celebration and my gift to you are some stacked papers made with the Digiridoo Collab "Two-Riffic!"

Direct download here.

Once you've downloaded you can head to your next stop at Scrappy Smile. If you get lost on the way you can always head back to the first stop at  Anne-Marie's Blog.

I hope you enjoy the Digiridoo birthday blog train, and join in with all the other celebrations on the forum!

December Template Challenge

Oh. My. Gosh. Please tell me I haven’t neglected my blog for a whole month o_O  I guess it’s true. There’s no denying it!  All for good reason, though… a serious car accident (family member) , three birthdays, Thaksgiving etc etc etc.

But I did get the December Template Challenge up at Digiridoo, so mosey on over and take a look!

I made a layout using Bree's beautiful "Heart & Soul"

Come join us in the challenge <3

Grab Bags, Freebies, Challenges…and celebrations!

Grab your coffee ‘cos we’re going to be here for a while! There is a LOT happening in October… bookmark this post so you can come back and get the links to all this fun :)
Where to start, where to start!?
Digitals is 6 and is throwing a BIG Birthday Bash from October 1-8 Click on the image below to go to the birthday celebrations forum…

There is SOOOO much planned for the first week of October with some amazing gifts from the designers, and prizes from sponsors, too!

I have TWO bargain Grab Bags for you! One is PU and one is CU. They are only available from October 1 to 8, when they will be unpacked and put into my store at full price.

Digitals BB6 PU Grab Bag

  Digitals BB6 CU Grab Bag

Next, we have the Scavenger Hunt! And I am first on the list with my little clue (don’t laugh when you read it )  You can see a preview of your gift, and get the hint on the forum here (look for the Scavenger Hunt thread.)
Aaannnddddd…drumroll puhleeeease!!! There’s more!  Every day there will be gifts given away on our FaceBook Pages. And there’s a long list! So make sure you stop by my FaceBook Fan Page every day to find out where the next gift will be ;)
And of course, what would a birthday celebration be without a gift!? And I have one for you :) As you gather all the posting bonuses from the challenges at Digitals, you will gather a huge kit called “Cupcake Couture” which is the BB6 theme kit. My gift to you is 2 alphas which coordinate with the kit :)

Download 1
Download 2
Download 3
Download 4

Stop by these other blogs for more gifts!

Stop by these other awesome blogs for more gifts!!

Barb Speck http://www.barbspeck.blogspot.com
Beth Rimmer http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/
Christine Smith http://christinesmithdigital.blogspot.com
Color With Caryn http://blog.colorwithcaryn.com/
DeDe Smith http://www.designzbydede.com
Diana Burton http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/
doinDigital http://doindigital.blogspot.com/
Elka Romero http://elkaromero.com/
Georgia Oliver http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Maceyunas http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/
Joyce de Jonge http://joycedejongescrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/
Kathryn Estry http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/
K Joi Studio http://kjoistudios.blogspot.com
Kalo Designs http://kalodesigns.com/wordpress/
Katie Mann http://katiemann.blogspot.com
LBCreations http://lbcreations.blogspot.com/
Lifesong Kreations http://lifesongkreations.com/
Nini's Notions http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/
Paula Yagisawa http://designsbydreamerpaula.blogspot.com/
Sarah Meyer http://blog.sarahbdesigns.net
Scrap4Brains http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/
Silvia Romeo http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com

Blog Train: Fall Carnival

The most fabulous Blog Train Blog train is here again :)  LOVE the swatch and the theme for this month!

This is my part:

You can download my part here.

You just arrived here from Inspirations by Day.
If you get lost, you can go back to the Blog Train Blog to get the master list of designers and find your way again!
Your next stop is Designs by Colleen

Hope you enjoy this month’s train!

New goodies in my store, and a free sampler!

So, many of you know that there is much discussion in the digital scrapbooking world about quality issues in both PU and CU products. While I can’t speak for anyone else, I can promise you that the quality of my stuff is of the utmost importance to me! I GUARANTEE all of my products to be:

• Perfectly printable (created at 300 ppi)
• No strays or jaggies
• No missing pixels
• No outside dropshadows
• No blurriness or pixellation
• Sized well on a 12 x 12 page

I have a sampler for you so you can try it out and see for yourself… details at the end of this post!

Now…on to the new stuff!

 
These have been in my DSW store, but they’re new  to
DigiridooScraps and DigiscrapObsession

Just love the depth and texture wrinkly, folded overlays give to papers!
DigiridooScraps
DigiScrapObsession
DigiScrapWarehouse

 
DigiridooScraps
DigiScrapObsession
DigiScrapWarehouse

 
DigiridooScraps
DigiScrapObsession
DigiScrapWarehouse (not new to DSW ;)

 
DigiridooScraps
DigiScrapObsession
DigiScrapWarehouse

And now for my sampler :)  I’ve tried to include a little bit of everything…overlay, edge overlay, element and styles. It’s available in my DigiridooScraps store for free!

DigiridooScraps

Thank you for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of your week!

Blog Train: Picnic in the Park freebie!

This month’s blog train blog has a bright, bold and fun palette, and your kit is going to be huge and gorgeous after you’re done collecting it all!

If you get lost, you can always go back to the Blog Train Blog to find your way again!

Here is my contribution :

Download here

Your next stop is at Lilleyscrap Designs.

Have fun on the Blog Train Blog express!

Blog Train Blog: Summer Surprises!

This month's blog train is full of "Summer Surprises!" And on top of all the fantastic (i)NSD goings on as well... woohoo!

Previous stop: Today's Scraps
You are here: Color With Caryn <---------
Next stop: Pebbles Designs

If you ever get lost, head on back to the Blog Train Blog and the list of designers and stops is there.

Hope you enjoy it!

Download here

Daisy Dreams Desktop Freebie

I can't keep up with all the fabulous freebies my CT is cranking out! Beth has been hard at work, and she's made such a pretty desktop for you! This is it in action on my laptop:

Download here

Please remember to comment and let me know if you like it :) It's lurve that makes the world go round! LOL!

Some goodies for you!

My CT has been hard at work making you some wonderful freebies!

First, Becky made a date wheel for you, using my Cardboard Styles, Colored Kraft Paper Style Mega Pack, and Glitter Styles Mega Pack.

You can download it on her blog.

Jenni made a gorgeous mini for the ESS Color Challenge, using Element Essentials: Dried Garden and Overlay Essentials: Oopsadaisy

You can download it on her blog.

And Susan made another gorgeous freebie for the STS Color Challenge, using:
Texture Essentials Art Paper
Style Essentials Cardboard
Daisy Dreams Colored Kraft Styles
Daisy Dreams Glitter Styles

You can download it on her blog.

Wowsers! Lots of gorgeousness :) Hope you enjoy! And thank you to you lovely ladies for doing such a fab job :)

New CT's, New Goodies, and New Freebies! Lotsa NEW!

I have got lots of exciting new things to tell you about :)

First, my new CT girls! I'm very excited to have Jenni (Chaos Lounge) and Susan (Ivory Keys) on board! They're two talented ladies who are going to play with my CU goodies and give you wonderful freebies :)

Next, I have new goodies in my store! Click on the previews to go check them out!

And these are the fun freebies that my talented CT have created using these products:

Becky

Jenni (Chaos Lounge)

Susan (Ivory Keys)

I'm so excited about these new products and the wonderful goodies my CT is creating - I hope you like 'em too!

All Boy {Take Two} - Get it FREE!

I've spent the past little while revamping ALL BOY which has been one of my favorite, and most popular kits! I will be sending a coupon to everyone who bought the first version so they can have the updated one too ;)

I will be giving a copy (or two) of this kit to someone who leaves a comment here about it, with the help of Mr random.org ;) Also to someone who tweets about it (just RT my tweet to make it easy!) So if you're not following me on Twitter, quick quick quick, click here, follow me, and RT my "All Boy" tweet. I will be choosing winners on Sunday evening.




It's another late night for me, with a busy weekend, so I need to get some shut eye. in the meantime, enjoy this freebie from me and my awesome CT, Maz! She made this for you!

Download here

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

The Blog Train Blog "Christmas Sugar Cookie"

This is the first opportunity I have to participate in the Blog Train Blog and I'm thrilled it was this month because I just LOVE the swatch. I really think if you manage to collect all the parts you're going to have one fantastic MEGA mega kit!

Even though I'm in South Africa for 3 months, this has been one of the small projects I've been able to participate in... I'm missing you all and can't wait to get back to the US to get stuck back in to the thick of it all :)

Download here

Your next stop on the blog train blog is at Mikki Livanos Designs

If you get lost, the complete list of participating designers is here.

Freebie and 50% off my store for DSD - Sat & Sun only!

I am thoroughly enjoying our 3-month stay in South Africa, but just had to pop on for one of the biggest digiscrapping celebrations of the year, to let you know that my store at ESS is 50% off for Saturday and Sunday (7th & 8th) only!

Enter to win this amazing prize from Enchanted Studio Scraps, Scrappers Guide and Adobe!

Want to Win:
TWO Training CD/DVD from Scrapper's Guide one DVD for PSE8 & one CD for PSE7.


The retail value of each training program is:
(1) Photoshop Elements 7 CD: $36.95 (more than 3 hours of training)
(1) Photoshop Elements 8 DVD-ROM: $49.95 (more than 6 hours of training)

To Read more on these programs visit: http://www.scrappersguide.com/beginner-training-cds/


HERE'S HOW TO ENTER:

Make A $2.00 purchase in the Enchanted Studio Shop
Send a PM to TrishH on the ESS forums with the following info:
* Full Name * Email Address For Contact * Purchase Invoice #'s
-Every $2.00 is eligible for 1 entry
(Example: you will get 5 entries for a $10 purchase so that means your invoice # will be entered 5 times!)

*Invoice numbers will thrown into a HAT and the winner will be drawn by random by one of Trish's daughters! (pictures will be taken).*

*Contest ENDS: Sunday, November 8th @ 12 Midnight EST*

*Winner will be contacted via the provided email address, request for full shipping address, phone number and contact name will be made

For Questions or comments please post on the ESS Forum or email: trish@enchantedstudioscraps.com

Designers AND Team Members are allowed to Enter!! (designers just cant purchase from their own shops).

And now for today's special DSD freebie! I made this template from one of my LO's... hope you enjoy!

Download here