CT Spotlight Week 5 - Nessie

Hi everyone!

So I'm typing this up Tuesday night and since 1) I'm just getting over the flu and 2) we had an extremely busy day with a picnic and play at the park, Easter shopping, and dying eggs, I'm very tired, so I'm going to keep this short.

This week for the CT spotlight we have Ness. Ness has been on my team since the beginning. In fact I think she may have been the first that I welcomed into my CT forum. Get to know a little bit more about her.

Tell me a little bit about yourself.

So how long have you been digital scrapbooking? May or June of ‘09

Did you ever do any traditional paper scrapbooking? What made you switch? Do you still do any paper scrapbooking? Yes, books of traditional scrapbooking. Little fingers helping w/ traditional scrapbooking really isn’t very helpful. I would do traditional still if my scrap room wasn’t such a giant mess.

Do you have any other hobbies? Camping, Photography

What do you find yourself scrapbooking the most - your kids, pets, significant other, family, etc? It’s gone more and more to my kids but I scrap everything.

What couldn't you live without when you make a layout? For example, undo, a certain element, a program, etc? Photoshop. The versatility and creativity is fantastic.

Do you gravitate towards any certain color or style when you make a layout? Earth Tones or muted colors. I’m not really one for the really bright colors generally

Do you do anything on the side, such as designing, designer services, scrap-4-hire? Don't forget to include a link or something so we can pay you a visit! Sadly I do a bunch of designing but nothing to do w/ scrapbooking. I design CD/DVD face art , covers etc.

Where's your blog? http://nesspark.blogspot.com

Who's your favorite designer (other than Pixiemama)? Give them a plug - include a link to their shop! Michelle from Craftyscraps http://shopcraftyscraps.com/

Tell us one thing about yourself that very few people know. Both my parents have been married 3 times so I have 1 brother, 2 half sisters, 8 step-sisters and 2 step-brothers

Tell us one thing about yourself that is unique or weird. I married my high school sweetheart and we’ll have been together 15 years on April 1^st, no joke.

What's your favorite layout that you've made? http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/showphoto.php?photo=10052

Give us a link to a layout of yours that has very few comments so we can leave you a little love. http://scrappity-doo-dah.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19179

I apologize for no picture or anything, like I said I'm really tired. I'll just leave you guys to your freebie and be on my way. I'll be sending out a newsletter at some point tomorrow, hopefully I'll be a little more awake for that lol.

The freebie I have for you today is a cluster frame made by Ness with elements from both Girl's Day Out and Hop Into Spring. I think it's gorgeous, take a look for yourself:

You can download by clicking on the image.

I'm gonna get out of here before I go delirious with exhaustion. I do have to stay up to finish watching my Law and Order: SVU though. DVR is so wonderful!

Have a great day everyone!

Guest CT Call! *Edited!*

Wow, blogging three days in a row! I think it's a new record for me!

Sadly, I've lost a couple of my CT girls. One had to leave because of other commitments and one has decided to take on the role of my designer assistant. She's the one who's going to keep my head glued on my shoulders lol. Unfortunately with all that she will be doing for me she will not have time to do as many layouts as she used to. Sooo....

I'm having a guest CT call!

EDIT: Please disregard on the image where it says enabling is required once a week. It has been changed to only twice a month. That was my error and I truly apologize for that!



For those who can't see the image:

Sadly, I've lost a few of my best CT girls. But I'm in the
market for a few fresh faces!

Benefits:
- Access to any two PU products per month to work with
- Expand your digiscrapping horizons
- A team of wonderful established CT girls to work with
- 1-3 month spots available
- Possibility of permanent spot after guesting

Requirements:

- 2 (two) layouts (or projects) per product
- 2 (two) products per month
- Post layouts at Scrappity-Doo-Dah, DST, and a gallery of your
choice
- Enable your two chosen products (so twice a month)
- Be active in the Scrappity-Doo-Dah community
- Promote my designs whenever possible

If you're interested please email me or my CT leader @
pixiemamadesigns@hotmail.com or missy.dombrowsky@gmail.com
with your name, other CT duties, blog (if applicable), why you
want to guest for me, and a link to your most full gallery.

When you send your email, please let either Missy or I know what month you prefer to guest and whether you would like to guest for 1, 2, or 3 months. We will try our best to fill your needs!

I really look forward to hearing from you all!

Brand New - CU Plaid Overlays!

Hey everyone! Wow, I think it's been a long time since I've actually made a post about a new release on the actual day that it released! lol Life gets kinda crazy around here, I'm telling you. My husband has been working like crazy trying to get this new job, he really wants this, and I've been working to prepare for if he does get the job, because if he does we'll be taking an extended vacation. It's not too far away, only two and a half hours, but it will take us away for three weeks at the least. It's kind of hard when you work at home and have 1 dog, 2 cats, and 5 kittens (take them, somebody, anybody, please?!) to take care of. Luckily I have lots of family around town that are willing to help take care of them for those three weeks when they can, and my hubby and dad are trying to find any means necessary to allow me to bring work with me. My laptop kicked the bucket, the power cord is shot and we just don't think we have time to get a new one ordered. My aunt gave me an old laptop of hers that is pretty new and nice, but we can't find the power cord and the LCD screen is busted. We may have to rush order a new power cord and just hook up the flat-screen desktop monitor to that one in order to make this work. It's better than the alternative - hubby suggested taking the whole desktop with us, tower and all. lol No freaking way, not unless that's my last resort.

Anyway...guess I'm in a blabbing mood today lol. On to the new release!

Are you looking for just the right kind of plaid pattern for your next kit? So was I, and I just could never find exactly what I wanted. So I created some! lol I just love these overlays. They blend extremely well with almost any color.

Plaid is back "in" and very fashionable these days. A lot of the cutest fashions you will find are made out of plaid. It is such a versatile pattern - men and women alike love wearing it, it looks good with almost anything, and it's comfortable, casual, and laid-back. The same goes for using plaid papers and patterns in your digital kits or layouts. These plaid overlays will help you achieve the look of plaid in your projects, and can be used for nearly any kind of kit or layout - masculine, feminine, whatever!

Included are 6 overlays in flattened .png format, greyscaled only. The example papers shown are to show you how these overlays look only, and they are not included. There are 3 patterns which are diagonal in nature, and 3 which are horizontal/vertical. Each one is unique, and 12x12, 300ppi.

They are (obviously) good for Commercial Use, but also good for PU/S4H/S4O. These would be good if you have a solid paper in a kit that you really love, but you just want a light pattern to it. I've used these overlays myself (in a couple of new things, actually - look for them in about 2 weeks!) and they pick up texture and color really well.

The image above is linked to where you can find them in my shop. Also, for my blog readers, I've set up a special coupon, good for this weekend only!

Using the coupon code PNB_1Off you can get $1 off the purchase of the Plaid's Not Bad Vol. 1 overlays. This coupon is not good with any other product and will only be valid until Sunday night, so hurry and grab them while you can!

Also while you're shopping, keep in mind that today is the last day for all the $1 Tweets at Scrappity-Doo-Dah. There are some fabulous deals in there! Some designers have put some of their kits in the $1 Tweets section, and they are fantastic! You can go here to visit the $1 Tweets section in the store. (Scroll down to yesterday's post to see all my $1 Tweet deals!)

Soon I'll have some great things in store for you. I'm serious, April will be an awesome month with lots of events going on. You may want to subscribe to my blog or my newsletter to keep up with it all!

That's all from me today - remember to sign up for that newsletter, you won't want to miss all that's going on in April!

$1 Tweets Today at SDD!

Hello all and good morning to you! I'm just stopping by to let you in on a couple of cool events going on.

First, today and Friday are $1 Tweet Days at Scrappity-Doo-Dah. For these 2 days only you can get some of my products for only $1 each. Check out what your dollar can buy in my store:

All images are linked! There are a ton of fun, fabulous springy items in there for your buying pleasure. I know we're all looking forward to spring coming!

Also stay tuned - I heard from a little birdie that there's a birthday celebration going to happen. And I'm going to be celebrating because I'm getting ready to turn 1! That's right, my 1-year designing anniversary is coming up, and me and my CT are busy planning and scheming to make it absolutely fabulous! I've got a gorgeous freebie planned, which you'll want to keep an eye out for because it will only be available for ONE DAY! Then it will be locked into the vault and made into a full kit! You can sign up for my newsletter to keep updated, fan me on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter to make sure you won't miss it!

I'll be back tomorrow or Saturday with a new release for you all! I think you're going to LOVE it!

CT Spotlight Week 4

Hello everyone! Sorry I'm a bit late with the CT Spotlight this week. I'm a bit late with everything this week lol. We had to take a very unexpected trip out of town this last weekend. Heath had to go for a job interview a couple of hours away and we decided that instead of just heading down there for the interview and coming back, that it would be worth the extra gas money to go visit my in-laws, since they live so close. So we made it a weekend trip to stay with my in-laws and we had a great time. Heath had a very good interview and it looks like he'll be getting a new job. The new job might take me out of town for an extended period of time (3 weeks) and I'm not sure what I'll do with my designing in that time, but I'm going to try to take my work with me. I'll keep you all posted on that as I get more information.

This week I am spotlighting Brooklyn. Brooklyn is a very sweet girl, she's my youngest CT member at only 12 years old and she's amazing! Learn more about her:

Tell me a little bit about yourself.
My name Is Brooklyn I am 12 years old and I am on 5 teams including Pixiemama designs. I love to dance and dance 4-5 days a week!! I love cats and we have 2 in the house!

So how long have you been digital scrapbooking?
I have been digi scrapping for about 7 months.

Did you ever do any traditional paper scrapbooking? What made you switch? Do you still do any paper scrapbooking?
Yes. My mom showed it to me and I love it! Not really.

Do you have any other hobbies?
I dance 4-5 days a week.

What do you find yourself scrapbooking the most - your kids, pets, significant other, family, etc?
Well... I scrap my pets, my brother, and myself. : D

What couldn't you live without when you make a layout? For example, undo, a certain element, a program, etc?
I could not live without flowers or CTRL Z.

Do you gravitate towards any certain color or style when you make a layout?
Well, I do love bright colors and pastels.

Do you do anything on the side, such as designing, designer services, scrap-4-hire? Don't forget to include a link or something so we can pay you a visit!
I would love to design a kit but never really have.
I make some templates and QP's but nothing in stores.

Where's your blog?
http://newyorkscreations.blogspot.com/

Who's your favorite designer (other than Pixiemama)? Give them a plug - include a link to their shop!
I love JennCK designs. Here:http://www.inspiration-lane.com/bout...ufacturerid=93

Tell us one thing about yourself that very few people know.
I raise butterflies.

Tell us one thing about yourself that is unique or weird.
I am left handed.

What's your favorite layout that you've made?
well I like this one: http://www.browniescraps.com/gallery...51&ppuser=2065

Give us a link to a layout of yours that has very few comments so we can leave you a little love.
Lets see... this one: http://www.browniescraps.com/gallery...97&ppuser=2065

Anything else you'd like to add?
Nope nothing I can think of.

Today's CT Spotlight is a very short spotlight. I didn't include a photo because frankly - I'm lazy lol. The freebie is also going to be located at Brooklyn's blog this time so go ahead and head on over to download it here!

My first newsletter is going to be sent out shortly with an exclusive freebie inside. You'll miss my first freebie, but I have plans for more exclusive freebies so if you're interested in staying up-to-date on all my sales, freebies, newest releases, and special events going on, head on over here to sign up!

Also, my good friend Tiffany is the featured designer over at SDD - go ahead and go over to her thread at SDD and welcome her, she'll have a daily download coming up soon. Just by welcoming her you can earn challenge points good towards a gift certificate to the Scrappity-Doo-Dah store!

That's all from me today. I feel like I'm trying to play 52 Pickup just to get caught up - who knew that three days away could set you back so far?! I don't have any new releases that haven't been out for a while, but you can still head on over to my store to check out my items. Also, if you haven't seen it yet, SDD has a freebie with every $10 purchase, "Oops" by Scraps by Jenn. It's adorable so go over and check it out!

I'm trying to continuously put out new releases so keep coming back to keep up-to-date!

CT Spotlight Week 3 - Freebie Time!

Hello everyone! Hope your Wednesday is finding you well! Anyone starting to notice the signs of spring lurking? I am. Saturday we had absolutely gorgeous weather here. Hope it stays like that lol.

Today I'm back with CT Spotlight number 3 - and I'm spotlighting Missy! Missy is a fantastic team member. Any designer would be lucky to have her. She CT's for me, Jaya and Tiffany and she always does such fantastic work.

Get to know Missy a little better!

I am the mother to young, wild men (Jake, 6, and Zach, 4) and wife to my best friend, Joe of 7.5 years. Born and raised in Georgia, I am a true Southern Belle! I love my family, my church, and my friends. When I am not busy with my family, working the children & youth at church, or teaching 6th graders all about Math & Science, I am steadily scrappin'!

So how long have you been digital scrapbooking?
Last July (2009) while trying to find some ideas for my DS birthday paper invites, I stumbled on digital scrapbooking and have been hooked ever since.

Did you ever do any traditional paper scrapbooking? What made you switch? Do you still do any paper scrapbooking?
I started paper scrapbooking in 2003 and was able to complete one entire scrapbook, which is a major kudos to me! However, Jake started getting more mobile and into everything, so I was not able to pull out my "stuff" as much. So when we moved in 2007, I ended up throwing what I had left away.

Do you have any other hobbies?
Other than scrapping, I can be found reading!

What do you find yourself scrapbooking the most - your kids, pets, significant other, family, etc?
DUH!!!! A no brainer for me...my kids! I am out of my comfort zone scrapping myself. I am always taking pictures of the boys and their friends. I have started stealing pictures from my family members and scrapping for them on the sly....to surprise them with goodies!

What couldn't you live without when you make a layout? For example, undo, a certain element, a program, etc?
Right now...Something shimmery! I love glitter! However, my shimmer may be metal or diamonds!

Do you gravitate towards any certain color or style when you make a layout?
I am definitely a traditional girl! I love experimenting with shadows and trying to make my pages have that traditional paper appearance.

Do you do anything on the side, such as designing, designer services, scrap-4-hire? Don't forget to include a link or something so we can pay you a visit!
Not yet...would love to start S4H but haven't been able to drum up any business! I have designed a few kits but nothing ready for the stores!

Where's your blog?
http://jrmminga.blogspot.com

Who's your favorite designer (other than Pixiemama)? Give them a plug - include a link to their shop!
I would have to say....Jen Yurko! I wish I had her imagination! She is full of fun, whimsy, and creativity! Here's where she hangs her hat: Inspiration Lane

Tell us one thing about yourself that very few people know.
I was adopted! I have never known my biological father. However, my mom married the only daddy I've ever known when I was four and he has been a blessing to me! He formally made me his own when I was 13!

Tell us one thing about yourself that is unique or weird.
According to my DH, there is not just one thing....Ha, Ha! I guess that anytime I am concentrating on something...manually or intellectually....I have my tongue sticking out! Apparently my grandfather was known for the same habit and now my youngest child has too developed it!

What's your favorite layout that you've made?
This was one of the hardest questions...I even asked for help in deciding. But I finally chose this layout...more so because of its style, layering, etc.

Give us a link to a layout of yours that has very few comments so we can leave you a little love.
Here's one of my favorites that hasn't been viewed very much and needs some love...It is somewhat a tribute page to a dear friend that was killed in a car accident in Oct. 2009. This pic is one of the last of him holding his sweet little girl!

Fragile

Anything else you'd like to add?
Being on your CT has been the best experience! Having your beautiful designs and working closely with the gals on your team has challenged me to become a better scrap-artist. I have learned new techniques and been encouraged to step "out of the box"!

Awww! Missy's so sweet! Thanks Missy! Your layouts are gorgeous and you share the same <3 for Jen Yurko that I do! lol! On to the freebie!



It's a beautiful QP made with Jaya and I's collab, Girl's Day Out, available now at Scrappity-Doo-Dah. (Pssst...if you're wanting to pick it up...check out the March Nesting Challenge, where you can snag a free mini and a 30% off coupon for the kit!) Thanks for the awesome freebie Missy!

Before I let you go for the day, I'd like to show you a little sneaky peeky of a new release on Friday, and tell you about a couple of things going on.

First, don't forget that the March DigiScrapSave coupon book just came out, and I'm in there - in fact, I'm the first coupon in the book! How awesome is that! So if you've got something on your wish list now is the time to get it!

Also, please don't forget to sign up for my newsletter - my first issue is coming out VERY SOON and anyone who subscribes before the first issue is sent will receive a newsletter-exclusive freebie from me! Go here to sign up!

Oh, and before I forget...your sneak peek!



And...that's all you get! lol I just love keeping everyone in suspense!

I'll be back this weekend to reveal the new release! Oh and if you're looking for the March Blog Train, it's still available in the post below!

Happy Scrapping!

Choo Choo!

Can you believe it's March already? Feels like it was just January. While January crawled by for me, February went by in a flash!

First I want to share with you the new collaboration kit by me and JayaPrem's Hangout called Girl's Day Out!



My entire blog design is made from this kit - isn't it gorgeous? It's jam-packed too, and matches perfectly with InspiredbyDominic Designs new kit "Girl's Night Out" - just like the ad says, for scrapping day, night, and everything in between!

You can find Girl's Day Out right here, and Girl's Night Out right here. If you check out Tiff's special offers section on her blog, you can get $2 off Girl's Night Out...also if you stop by Scrappity-Doo-Dah tomorrow and check out the March Nesting Challenge, you can get an add-on for both kits, a template, and coupons for 30% off both kits!

Also before I get to the blog train - I've been working recently on setting up my brand new newsletter! About another week or two and it will be ready for launch! Would you like to stay up-to-date on all my new releases, freebies, challenges, fun and games, coupons, and store and blog news? Sign up for my newsletter! There will be an exclusive freebie in the first newsletter coming very soon, so make sure to go sign up! (Oh, and I promise not to spam your email inbox with obnoxious ads all the time - 2 or 3 times per month, MAX! lol)

Now onto your freebie!

The Blog Train Blog is back after a little hiatus with another fabulous blog train! This blog train is really huge this time. There was over 100 designers contributing to this blog train.

This is what you'll receive when you stop by all the fabulous designer's blogs (some previews may not be included in the slideshow, due to unforeseen delays!):



And here's what you're receiving from my download (image is linked to download!):



Aren't the colors just gorgeous?

Your last stop should have been my good friend Jaya of JayaPrem's Hangout. Your next stop on the train will be WyldWeb Designs. If you get lost at any time, you can always stop by the Blog Train Blog to get back on track.

Please remember that we're all in different time zones so if a designer doesn't have their portion up, bookmark their blog and come back later!

I'll be back on Wednesday with another freebie and another installment of my CT Spotlight! Have a beautiful day, enjoy your freebie, and "Shine On"!