Sneak a Peek at the latest release!

Wanna get a glimpse at what will hit the stores on Friday, April 23, 2010?!  Well here you go….

 

This kit is so versatile that it is ideal for all the everyday moments as well as those special occasions. The full kit includes 14 papers, over 30 elements and TWO separates alphas.  This is your go-to kit for the memories!

Here’s some early inspiration from Pixiemama’s Outstanding CT:

By: Jennifer

By: Crystal

By: Jaya
 

By: Jill

Now that you’ve gotten a good idea of how amazing this kit is, I look forward to seeing you stop by Scrappity Doo Dah to pick it up!  Also, don’t forget to grab coordinating styles to continue the designing!

Until then….Happy Scrappin’!

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!

Designiversary Winners - Coming Soon!

Hey all! Nothing to report here today, I just wanted to let you all know a couple of things.

First of all, thank you to all of you who participated in my Designiversary celebration! All the contests have ended and the winners have been sent their prizes. All of you who were kind enough to send me congratulations and good wishes, I appreciate all of you! The winners will be announced sometime between tonight and Monday night - I'm working on my laptop today and it's hard to type out blog posts because some keys on my keyboard don't work. Also I have pictures of my son drawing names from the bowls so I wanted to share those. I will also post a coupon for all of my wonderful blog readers to thank you for all the congratulations and good thoughts you sent to me!

Also, the design blog will be seeing some changes that will probably take a while to implement. My CT and I have decided to get rid of the CT blog and I'm moving all the CT over here to my design blog. We hope to do ocassional challenges and more giveaways with this! It will probably come with a new blog design (yes, another new one! lol) and might take a while to fully finish, because I have a LOT of commitments to finish this month first! So we'll keep you updated on that.

I better get back to work since I have the house all to myself for the afternoon, I just wanted to let you all know that I haven't updated the blog with winners or anything yet because I'm busy working behind the scenes. Thanks everyone!

CT Spotlight: Jennifer

Hey all!  This is Missy posting for Tish this week!  She is under the weather, so keep her in your thoughts and send well wishes & prayers her way!

We also still have the design-aversary celebration going strong until Thursday evening!  We can’t wait to announce all the challenge and drawing winners! So, stop by any remaining stops along the Blog Hop!

Now onto to our wonderful CT spotlight:  Jennifer!  Jennifer is a great scrapper with a great deal of awesome pages.  Let’s get to know Jennifer a little better…

Tell me a little bit about yourself.
My name is Jennifer, and I live in Colorado with my husband and two sons.

So how long have you been digital scrapbooking?
I have been digital scrapping for almost a year now, and I will never go back to paper!

Did you ever do any traditional paper scrapbooking? What made you switch? Do you still do any paper scrapbooking?
I did scrapbooking and a lot of card making, which I still enjoy. My friend talked to me about digiscrapping, and once I found out that it was done with a program I had already used for years, I decided to check it out.

Do you have any other hobbies?
I like movies, t.v., reading, cross-stitching, photography

What do you find yourself scrapbooking the most - your kids, pets, significant other, family, etc?
My family is featured in most of my layouts. I am usually the one behind the camera!

What couldn't you live without when you make a layout? For example, undo, a certain element, a program, etc? I like to have frames, stitching, scatters. I love Photoshop, also!

Do you gravitate towards any certain color or style when you make a layout?
I generally like earth or jewel tones. I can't use a lot of girly colors since no one in my family has girls (yet!)

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!
No, not at this time!

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

Who's your favorite designer (other than Pixiemama)? Give them a plug - include a link to their shop!
I was excited to find a local (to me) designer that I really like. Her name is Julie. It is. and her stuff is exclusively at Plain Digital Wrapper. http://www.plaindigitalwrapper.com/s...ufacturerid=71

Tell us one thing about yourself that very few people know.
I like to play drums. I have a djembe and a dumbek.

Tell us one thing about yourself that is unique or weird.
I am in a recorder orchestra!

What's your favorite layout that you've made?
This is a recent one that I like. It's too hard to pick a favorite! http://scrappity-doo-dah.com/gallery...17&ppuser=2583

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...72&ppuser=2583

 

WOW!  Jennifer is a amazing person!  And we are so happy she is a member of Pixiemama CT!

Now, for a freebie from Jennifer…

DOWNLOAD Here!

Don’t forget to stop by and browse through Jennifer’s gallery as well as finish up any last minute challenges on our Design Anniversary Blog Hop! 

Until the next time….

Happy Scrappin’

Celebration Update!

Just wanted to share that all challenges have been extended throughout the rest of the week.  Please submit all entries at each stop along the Blog Hop by Thursday, April 15th!  Winners will be announced on Friday, April 16th!

Until then….happy scrappin’!

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!

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!