While We Were Away... (Freebie!)

The Scrappity-Doo-Dah designers and team members were cooking up something special for you!

The whole team at SDD appreciates all our customers, and our whole team want to thank you for your continued patience - both in the time that we were down and our migration over to a new, more (ahem) reliable host. We hope that this blog hop will make up for it!

More than 15 of the designers and some of the CT, Love Birds, and Moderators of SDD have come together to bring you this huge kit - While We Were Away. We know you missed us while we were away and we missed you too!

If you take all of the stops of the blog hop you will end up with a huge, beautiful kit that you will be able to scrap almost anything with. You'll also receive a ton of quickpages, courtesy of our Creative Team, Love Birds, and Moderators!

First I want to take a moment to tell you that a ton of designers have sales and specials going on this weekend to make up for the downtime. Be sure to check all of them out this weekend!



Please understand - SDD will be going through a host move throughout the weekend and possibly into the week still. If the store does happen to be down, be patient and try again later. We may experience some downtime during the move, but rest assured if there is, we will try to fix it ASAP!

And now on to the blog hop!

Here's what you'll be receiving from me today!



Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?z4imgmzcmlr

I also have a lovely quickpage to give away from SDD CT member 2girlsandadog!



Download: http://www.4shared.com/photo/GoOCcmq8/WWWA_QP_1.html

And don't forget to stop at the next blog to grab your next piece. You should have come from Twin Mom Scraps blog and your next stop will be JayaPrem's Hangout blog. If you get lost, you can find all the blogs right here:

http://digioverdose.com/blog/ - Tam & Yvonne
http://lisetescrap.blogspot.com/ - LiseteScrap
http://www.scraplantis.com/gabs-blog/ - Gabs-Art
http://digilicious.typepad.com/digi_licious_designs/ - Digilicious Designs
http://danospookie.blogspot.com/ - Danospookie Designs
http://www.lilleyscrapdesigns.com/blog - LilleyScrap
http://scrapsillysara.blogspot.com/ = Sara E Designs
http://bekahs-escape2scrapland.blogspot.com/ - Bekah E Designs
http://wordartfun.blogspot.com - Kathy Winters Designs
http://twinmomscraps.blogspot.com - Twin Mom Scraps
http://pixiemamadesigns.blogspot.com - Pixiemama Designs
http://scraps-by-jayaprem.blogspot.com/ - JayaPrem's Hangout
http://ginnytallent.blogspot.com/ - GET Designs
http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/blog/ - Inspired by Dominic Designs
http://crystalcreationsbydesign.blogspot.com/ - Crystal's Creations
http://www.2minutes2myself.com/ - Andrea (CT)
http://www.storiesremembered.blogspot.com/ - Crystal (CT)
http://faithhopeandluv.blogspot.com/ - Lisa (CT)
http://jennmurphyscraps.blogspot.com/ - Jenn Murphy
http://www.cvfragata.blogspot.com - Corinne (CT)
http://pinky-designs.blogspot.com/ - Pinky (CT)
http://threedogsandababydesigns.blogspot.com/ - Christina
http://elainetherese.blogspot.com/ - Elaine
http://creativetripletmom.blogspot.com/ - Laura
http://victorialanedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Vicky
http://vonniesscrappin.blogspot.com/ - Yvonne

If someone does not have their piece up yet, please bookmark and try back later - we are all in different time zones so some may not have their pieces up quite yet.

Thank you for all your understanding during the last couple of weeks and through the move this weekend! Enjoy!

May Blog Train! Choo Choo!

Okay well I finally got it all up lol. After I started to get the ball rolling on this post I discovered that I hadn't even uploaded mine yet! I'm so scatterbrained with iNSD going around!

Here's what you'll get once you make it around to all stops of the train:



And here's my portion that you're getting today:



Click on the image or here to download!

You should have come from Kathy Winter's Designs and your next stop will be Maitri's Scraps. If you get lost along the way, you can always go back to the Blog Train Blog to find your way back.

Please remember that not all of us are in the same time zone (or had their husbands wake them up to post this morning! lol) so if you come to a blog that isn't posted yet, please bookmark it and come back later!

I'll come back later to show you all my grab bags for iNSD weekend and tell you about my sale!

For now I have to go to the bank so I have funds for iNSD! Have fun shopping this weekend everyone!

Designiversary Begins and a Freebie!

Oooh I'm so excited!!!!

Today marks the day that exactly one year ago, I posted my very first freebie on this very blog that I created myself. It was then that I became a "designer" - well, a designer who had a LOT of stuff to learn lol. I didn't start selling until the very end of May, but I really felt like a designer when I posted that first freebie.

I've had soooooo much fun this past year and I am looking forward to another fabulous year with all of you - my designer friends, my customers, my CT, and all my fans.

I have a LOT of stuff to share with you this blog post, so I'll get started. Keep scrolling down for your freebie!

First of all, to celebrate another first - SDD's first birthday - I'm having a one-day sale in my shop! Everything is 50% off for today only so make sure you stop by and pick up your favorite stuff! I have a few brand new items in my shop, you can check them out and pick them up while you're there!

Make sure to head over to SDD tonight, I'm hosting a speed scrap in celebration of their first birthday!



There will be several RAKs, some fun games, and of course a beautiful participation prize - just for scrapping with us, you'll receive my new kit shown above, Season of Love, for free!

Join me at 9PM EST (8PM CST) at the SDD forum to join in the fun!

Alright, now onto the blog hop!

You're at the very beginning of the line, and I have a wonderful freebie mini kit for you. This will only be available this weekend, then it will be taken down and made into a full kit sometime this summer!



Link Expired! Look for the full kit this summer!

I think it will become one of my favorite kits when it's finally made into a whole one!

You can click on the image to download, or download here (Link Expired! Look for the full kit this summer!). If you have any problems let me know in the comments so I can fix it!

Now don't forget, there are a ton of other blogs to "hop" on to! My wonderful friends and CT have helped me organize a fabulous blog hop so make sure to leave them some love on their blogs!

Pixiemama Designs (you're here!)
InspiredbyDominic Designs (Tiffany)
Fishbowl Designs (Anne)
New York’s Creations (Brooklyn)
JayaPrem’s Hangout (Jaya)
Crafty Insomniac (Jennifer)
Missy’s Moments (Missy)
Pixiemama Designs FB Fan Page
Pixiemama Designs CT Blog

If you get lost, just come back here and head on to the next one. Remember that not all of us are in the same time zones so our blog posts may all go live at different times. If you come across one that isn't up, just bookmark and come back later!

Hope you all have a fantastic time with the blog hop and hope to see you at the speed scrap tonight!

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"!

With Love - Scrapable Blog Train

With everything that has happened at Scrapable recently the designers of the store wanted to thank all of you for your loyalty and well wishes. We thank you for your support during a very rough few days. Thankfully Scrapable is now in extremely capable hands and looks better than ever! Make sure you stop by to see the brand new look.

http://www.scrapable.net

Here is my portion of the blog train kit that some of the designers have put together to thank all of our wonderful customers for their beautiful dedication. Here is my portion of "With Love":



Click on preview to download!

Unfortunately, I will not be at Scrapable any longer. Currently I am without a store, but I do have one opening very soon. I've been a busy girl repreviewing and actually working on a couple of products that will hopefully be ready in time for my grand opening. You can now see all my products in the preview packaging above! Stay tuned to find out where I'm going to be - I may hold a contest or something! ;)

Valarie Ostrom Designs
http://valarieostromdesigns.blogspot.com

AliSarah Designs
http://scrappincuteness.blogspot.com

Jacabean Designs
http://jacabean.blogspot.com

JayaPrem's Hangout
http://scraps-by-jayaprem.blogspot.com/

Down This Road Designs
http://downthisroaddesigns.blogspot.com/

Moonchylde Designs
http://moonchylde906.blogspot.com

Doohikey Designs
http://doohikeydesigns.com/

InspiredbyDominic
http://inspiredbydominic.com/blog/

BTA Designs
http://www.btaphotography.blogspot.com

Please remember that all of us are in different time zones, so not all pieces may be up yet. If a piece isn't up please move on to the next and check back later.

Stay tuned!

Time for a yummy blog train!

Woot woot! It's time for another blog train! (I know, I'm cheesy lol...)

The theme for this month's "Blog Train Blog" train (say that ten times fast!) is "Holiday Sugar Cookies. The color swatch was just so yummy I couldn't resist making my portion and furthering it into a full kit!

This is what you'll be getting once you've visited all the blogs:




And here's a better look at my portion:



I also have a full kit, 2 alphas, a flair pack, and glitter styles to match but first let's get to the freebie!

You can grab this freebie right here.

You should have come from RebeccaPSP's blog...your next stop will be By Becca's blog.

If you get lost, you can always head back to the Blog Train Blog to get back on track.

You can check out my full kit below. It is also available in a bundle with the alphas, the flair, and the glitter styles for more savings!



Also, it's time for Scrapable's Surf's Up again! I have one pack available for Surf's Up. You can check out the Surf's Up category in the store here. Everything is $1 for just a few days so make sure to check it out!

DSD IS HERE! Sales, New Releases and a Freebie!

Hello everyone! Well DSD is upon us, FINALLY! I've been looking forward to this day since last NSD, I totally didn't want it to end! But this weekend is an excuse to let my hair down and get caught up on a bit of scrapping that I so desperately need. I know that that's probably what you're looking forward to too. And what perfect excuse to do some scrapping and go shopping than a 50% off sale?

You can find links to K-Joi Studios and Scraps With A Mouse in my sidebar under "Stores I Design For" and the image is linked to my store at Scrapable!

Here's a little peek at the new products I'm unveiling this weekend! (Kit will be available tomorrow for Scrapable's DSD celebration and Tidal Wave Weekend!)


And I have a fabulous freebie for you tonight...a couple of designer friends and I got together and decided to do a blog train for Breast Cancer Awareness...it's a little bit late, but we put a lot of hard work into it, and it's a large kit so you can scrap tons of things with it! Here's previews of my parts (not all items are shown - there is also an alpha!)


Here's the link to download! Be sure to pick up all the parts! Download here!

And here are the links to the rest of the stops. Remember, we are all in different time zones so if some portions are not up yet, please check back in a few hours!

Tiffany (Inspiredbydominic Designs) - http://inspiredbydominicdesigns.blogspot.com
Jaya (JayaPrem's Hangout) - http://scraps-by-jayaprem.blogspot.com
Jana (Janarae) - http://mjhdesigns.blogspot.com/
Kate (Kateinoz) - http://kate-palmer.blogspot.com/
Leticia (Pixiemama Designs) - http://pixiemamadesigns.blogspot.com <--You're Here!

Saturday I will come back to update you all on all the fun things happening at Scrapable and K-Joi Studios! Have fun scrapping!!!!

Thankful - October Blog Train!

Hi all! October already? Geez. I can't believe it's October already. Seems like hubby and I were just celebrating New Year's at home, all by ourselves. We were going to go over to a friend's house but I fell sick so preferred to stay at home, rather than go out. It was nice though. :) And soon it will be Halloween, and we still have to decide what we adults are going to do for Halloween. Luckily Isaac is already outfitted for Halloween - he's going to be a little pirate. He's so cute in it! And then Thanksgiving (I can almost taste the food lol) and then Christmas. YIKES! I wish I could go back to August, without having a ton of holidays looming at me lol.

It's that time again! The theme this month for the Blog Train is Thankful - and let me tell you, it's a gorgeous kit! And huge again! Almost (if not over) 100 designers participated in this - I lost count!

Here is my portion of the blog train -

Click on image to reach download link. There is a coupon included in my portion, for 50% off your entire order, good at both of my stores, just for downloading my portion. :) Also remember that everyone is in different time zones, so if one portion isn't up just yet keep checking back.

Here is the preview of all the pieces you will be getting when you visit each blog in the train -



You should have come from ScrapperGirl Designs, and the next stop on your travels will be Simply Scraps. If you get lost somewhere along the way, you can always visit the Blog Train Blog to get back on track.

Hope you enjoy it!

I know it's been a while since I've put anything out but I will be having some new products coming out before Halloween. Some will probably be CU - I still have to quality check them, but I will have a new kit coming out soon - so be sure to look for that!

I think that will be all for right now...I've got some great things for you this October, including another blog train around the 15th, and hopefully another kit in edition to the one I told you about above, so keep checking back!

SWAM - Blog Train, Grand Opening, and more! *CORRECTION*

Hello all! Good news, I'm feeling much better today - well right now anyway. This morning at work I got sick twice - too much nasty mucus - but I was feeling a little better by lunchtime. Wish I'd eaten something though - I'm starving, don't feel like getting up to cook, and Heath won't be home to bring me a sandwich for another two hours. :( Oh well...I'll have to get up and cook something for Isaac after I post this anyway. :)

Today I bring you a little information about all the good things going on over at Scraps With A Mouse this week. Lots of fun things!

If you haven't been following yet, you should hop on over to the SWAM Blog and check out the blog train going on right now! Today was my day to post, and I posted some beautiful (free!) glitter styles to match the colors of the scheme. And the best part is they are both PU and CU ok! For FREE! You can also pick up all the other designer's portions of the blog train - and be sure to stop back by tomorrow as it's the last day and tomorrow's freebie will be great to kick off the beginning of the Grand Opening!

Speaking of, the GO starts tomorrow! Since I've been sick, I've been pretty out of the loop, so I don't have a lot of info for you. But I do know that you will probably be able to go to the forum tomorrow and find out information. There also may be some things posted on the home page as well. Be sure to check out the store too. I may have a sale in store for you ;)

Oh and definitely be sure to check out the store and look for our first collab kit!

And pst...remember I mentioned something about a speed scrap? ;)

I'm hosting my first ever speed scrap at SWAM on Friday, Sept. 25th at 9PM CST. I got a little confused looking for equivalent times, but I think that would make it 8PM EST. I'm not sure about the others - like I said, I got really confused when searching for times lol.

*CORRECTION* Sorry all, I was informed that 9PM CST is actually 10PM EST! So sorry about that!

Sorry the information is so sporadic - since I've been sick I haven't gotten to check in much, or ask Selena about any info. I'll try to come back tomorrow with more info! :)

SWAM Grand Opening and Freebie Coming Soon!

Hey all!

I don't have much time, I just figured I should really stop by and let you all know that I haven't abandoned my blog lol!

Okay so the short story is this - I've been very sick this weekend. I originally started out thinking I might have the swine flu. I'd talked to a couple of friends of mine and it seemed like they'd had it, and read up on the symptoms on the Internet. So yesterday I went ahead and went to the doctor - I already had antibiotics that I was taking, but Thursday night my TMJ really hit me hard - probably because I had so much pressure in my head going on and I was stressed out thinking I had the swine flu. Anyway so I had to go to get something that would work on my TMJ, and found out at the doctor that I had a sinus infection - thank goodness! So I was given a different antibiotic to take care of that, plus heavy pain meds for the TMJ. I mean heavy. SO...I'm pretty out of it this weekend. Last night I was so dizzy that - well you know that feeling after you ride a ride at the carnival that goes around really fast? That you're still going around and around and it's making you sick? That's how I felt. Only my ride was going REALLY fast lol. I'm better today, I cut the dosage and it's still working for the pain but not with as bad of effects. I should be much better tomorrow, I have to work so I won't be drugged up on pain medications. I'm really going to try to get some stuff done tonight.

Therefore...tomorrow I will be making the big blog post. I will have information on Scraps With A Mouse's big grand opening (yay!), I will have a link to a freebie for all of you, and I will also be putting up information on the speed scrap I'll be hosting later next week! (Mark your calendar - it will be my first speed scrap so it will be great!) Also I will reveal a little information on the next two blog trains I will be participating in - both coming in October! So be sure to check back tomorrow!!!

Choo Choo!

The August Blog Train is coming to the station!

The theme for August is Back 2 School and you will be so thrilled. The blog train is huge (again) and filled with tons of stuff for your kids going back to school.

Here is the entire kit you will be getting when all the stops are made:



And here is my contribution, hope you enjoy! (Image is clickable, to get to ADrive.com where the file is hosted.)

Elements included are: 1 photomask, 2 paint strokes with glitter, 2 word arts, and 5 different papers.

Your previous stop should have been DIGI_licious Designs, and your next stop should be Gabby Palmer Digitals. Please keep in mind, we are all in different time zones. The train is not scheduled to go live until noon on 8/1 but I'm posting early, out of pure excitement. :) So if you visit the blogs, most pieces probably won't be there. You can always go to the Blog Train Blog and bookmark their website, that way you can keep up with this train, and also any future trains!

Also, I'm holding my first CT call!

Pixiemama Designs is having a
CT CALL!

I'm looking for a few great scrappers to
start my Creative Team.
REQUIREMENTS ARE:

*Check out at least 1 kit per month (if circumstance prevent this
I am very flexible, I know real life happens)
*At least 1 layout with each kit checked out (more are ALWAYS welcome!)
*Basic advertising - post on blogs, in forums, tell your friends, etc.
*Wear my blinkie in your signature at forums that allow it
*Posting layouts at K-Joi, SWAM, and DST are required, more welcome!
*I would love to have some team members make freebies for my blog on
occasion and host some challenges on my blog. Please mention
in your email if you are interested in this.

For more information or to apply please email me at
pixiemamadesigns@hotmail.com with the subject "CT Call". Please
include links to your best gallery, samples of any other works, some info
about yourself, list of other CTs, and anything else you think I should know.

I'm looking forward to some awesome entries and choosing some great CT members! I'm also looking for a CT Leader. Unfortunately I can only choose one since this will be a short team to start out. But if you are interested in the position let me know in your email, so I know who's interested and who's not. And good luck everyone!

Hop aboard the Blog Train!

Okay all...I completely forgot about the blog train until a few minutes ago. I had the post scheduled so Blogger put it up, but I forgot to put the links in and stuff. I do apologize for that. I'm SOOO sorry. This is my first blog train, so I'm not used to it.

This is the ADSD July blog train, and it's called Summer Garden. It's filled with beautiful pinks and greens and themed off lazy days in the summer, with kids playing, gardening, bugs, flowers, etc. (My favorite parts of summer - except the bugs - and well, add in the pool and I'm good! lol!)

Here is my portion:

It includes 5 papers, 2 ribbons, 2 different flowers (one with center, one without), 2 frames, and 2 flair buttons. I also have an add-on, but I will tell you more about that later.

The link to get the kit is right here.

And to get the other parts of the kit, you can go here, to the ADSD Blog Hub.They have fixed the ad issue so there will be no more ads. This is a huge train so go and pick it up!

Now, onto my add-on. I've created some glitters to go with the Summer Garden blog train. I'm offering them in my store. These glitters are for commercial use! But, for the month of July, since they go so well with the Summer Garden blog train, I'm offering them for the bargain price of $1.00!!!! CU Glitters, for a $1? That's a pretty good deal.


After July, these will go up to full price, so snag them while you can! I just got them put up in the shop, so go check them out.

Once again, I'm so sorry for forgetting about this. Next time I do a blog train I'll try much harder!

Also, I made it to the finals of The Next Best Thing, and I'm finishing up my mini kit tonight and tomorrow, so I'll post when I get that done.