Designiversary Celebration Winners!

Hello everyone!

I was very pleasantly surprised by the Designiversary turnout! Every single one of you made my design anniversary very special to me. I thank all of you for all the congratulations you sent. This first year has been absolutely spectacular and I hope that this next year will be just as fantastic!

Okay now on to what you really all care about...the winners!

I did three drawings - we only had entries for the custom styles on my Facebook fan page and the giveaway on Tiffany's blog, so I put all names into the bowl (seperately) and chose a winner that way!



Here are all the entries for the Facebook giveaway, which went first...



I gave my dirty, naughty little boy the job of picking the names. I swear this child can't stay clean for five minutes to save his life. Anyway...



He had to ham it up. (As usual.)



Okay now on to the part you care about...



First drawing (for the Facebook winner)...



Congrats to Christina Smith! She won a set of custom Photoshop styles, up to 10 each of glitter, gradient acrylic, and regular acrylic, for a total of up to 30 styles in her choice of colors. I'll be sure to show you once I finish those for her!



Now on to the second drawing...



Congrats to Mary K, who won off Tiffany's blog! She won a $10 gift certificate to my shop at Scrappity-Doo-Dah!

Because of the fact that I was giving away a lot of stuff and we didn't have quite enough entries to give it all away, I put all the other names back into the bowl for a third drawing. Finally after drawing the same names about a million times (for multiple entries and because they'd won already), I finally drew three names and they all won $5 GC's to my shop! Those winners were...

Toni Johnson, Tolive Forhim, and Christie!

I had so much fun doing the blog hop and I hope you all enjoyed it too! We will definitely have to do this again soon! ;)

To top it all off, because I wish I could have given GC's out to everybody who participated and I just can't, I have a coupon for the rest of you.

Use code Thank_U_Fans at my shop at SDD and receive 40% off your entire order. It's only good until May 1st, but it's good on anything in my shop (except my Girl's Day Out collab with JayaPrem's Hangout), CU included!

I'm out for the day, I got important stuff I have on my to-do list, but Missy and I will be popping in and out this week for blog revamping and I'll be back on Friday with a new release!

Wipe Out Wednesday!

Hello everyone! It's Wipe Out Wednesday at the Island!

You know what that means! Here's what you can find for only $1 each in my shop!

The other designers at Scrapable also have some awesome goodies for you - $1 each until midnight tonight only! Be sure to check them out!

Scrapable still has their 12 Days of Christmas event going on - with cool challenges, speed scraps, and giveaways to get you in the Christmas spirit! Go to the Scrapable forum to check it out! (You must be registered in the forum to participate!)

Also I have a giveaway going on on my Facebook fan page - become a fan, suggest my page to all your digi-scrap friends, and you could win a $5 GC to my shop. All you have to do is suggest and post about it! Check out my fan page to learn more!

Chance to win Holiday Sugar Cookies bundle!

Hey everyone, I know it's been about two weeks since I blogged last. Time really catches up on me way too fast!

Christmas is coming up on us really fast. I can't believe it's only about 12 days until Christmas! Are you starting to gather Christmas pictures of putting up the tree and the stockings, or doing holiday baking? Do you need a holiday kit to scrap those photos with? Or are you behind on your holiday cards (tsk tsk!)? Want a chance to win my Holiday Sugar Cookies bundle (a $10 value) absolutely free?

You NEED to check out DigiScrapGiveaways. It's a brand new site that is having a 12 Days of Christmas special...you could enter to win some great gifts from some fantastic designers. And for the next couple days it's my turn to give away some stuff!



You have four chances to win my entire Holiday Sugar Cookies bundle (preview above)...go to the website and leave 4 comments (remember to leave these comments at the DigiScrapGiveaways blog, that's where the contest is running!):

For your first entry, leave a comment with your name.
Example: Mary Green

For your second entry, visit The Pixie Mama Designs Shop and check out all of her gorgeous products. Then, come back to DSG and leave a comment with your name, your favorite Pixie Mama product, and what you love about it.
Example: Mary Green: I absolutely love her homespun holidays! It went straight to the shopping cart. :)

For your third entry, post in your Facebook status that you entered to win free digital scrapbooking supplies from Pixie Mama Designs at http://digiscrapgiveaways.blogspot.com and leave us a comment telling us you did so.
Example: Mary Green: Facebook

For your fourth entry, become a follower of Digital Scrapbooking Giveaways and leave us a comment telling us about it!
Example: Mary Green: Follower

That's all you have to do, isn't that easy? Winners will be announced on Wednesday, December 16th so be sure to check back to see if you were a winner. If you weren't lucky enough to win, don't fret...there will be a special coupon given on the blog after the winner is announced so you can still get the bundle at an incredibly cheap price.

I also have a beautiful new release for you. In 2010 I will be bringing you monthly PU grab bags...my first released this weekend at Scrapable and even I have to say...it's gorgeous!



The best part is that these grab bags will be completely revealed! I don't buy a grab bag unless there are no surprises...I'm a picky designer and scrapper and sometimes there are just too many surprises in what you're getting. I don't believe in wasting my hard-earned money! Therefore here are all the items you will be getting this fantastic bag:



The close-ups are resized down slightly to save space but you can see the full-sized version of all the previews under the detailed images in the shop. This grab bag will only be $4 until January 12th and will be seperated and put into the shop on the 15th, when the February PU grab bag will be revealed. (And it will be beautiful, too!)

Go here to grab it, and check out all the other Scrapable designers' new releases while you're there! They have some gorgeous items all for 25% off until midnight tonight!

Speaking of Scrapable...they kicked off their 12 Days of Christmas special event on Friday...today is Day 3, check out the forums to see what all fun is going on today...it may be challenges, a speed scrap, a giveaway...you just don't know until you visit! (You must register for the forum to participate!)

Also if you like to see inspiration from any of my CT members, you should check out either my CT Blog or the Scrapable Galleries. My CT members and the Scrapable Hula Girls have created some BEAUTIFUL pages with some of my products...they make me so proud!

Here's a layout I made with some of the products from my Jan. PU grab bag:



(Please note that the stitches are NOT included in my grab bag, those are from Mira Designs.)

The grab bag colors were the exact colors of my wedding so I ran with that and loved the result! The photo action ran on the photos is one that will be released by InspiredbyDominic Designs very soon, keep checking back at Scrapable, Scrappity-Doo-Dah, or Inspiration-Lane to find out when!

Speaking of Tiffany, I have to leave you with a little bit of a plug. She has come out with this brilliant new action for designers - but it would also be invaluable to scrappers! Ever bought a kit or CU item and weren't sure about the quality? Or question something of your own that you've made? Wanted to check it BEFORE it went through the embarrassment of a failed quality check at your store? Now you can and I highly recommend it!

Her CU Quality Check action is only $5 and is an amazing investment in both your scrapping and designing. It checks for size on a 12x12 canvas, gamut (color when printed) issues, strays and jagged edges, trims your element to save space, blurriness at 100% and checks your element at print size. It will also check papers for these same things. I can tell you that I've had it for about a week and a half, and I've used it hundreds of times now, on different elements, and it's helped me improve so much on quality, especially with gamut. I didn't know how to check this before, and this action has made it 100 times easier to put out quality product. It takes about a minute to run the all-in-one action, and it allows you to stop in between to make any corrections and pick up where you left off. Trust me, it's amazing! You can find that here, here, or here! Also, Tiffany has a freebie up at her shop at Scrappity-Doo-Dah, find that here!

Sorry for the long blog entry...things seem to build up if you don't blog for a while lol! I think that's all for today...have a great weekend!