New store opening Oct 1st

My friends, Lynne (BabyCakes Scraps) & Patty (Honored Scraps) are opening a new store, Bella Gypsy! They already have a couple stores so are experienced owners/operators. Check out this designer call and see if you might be interested.

Don't Miss This Sale!

Super sale at Digital Junque Emporium, one of my favorite places:

So many goodies and more added every day it seems! For those of you who love Posers, you shouldn't miss this. And for those who will be doing the ATC contest, you might just find something there that will help with your theme.

100 years of fashion in 100 seconds!

This is so cool, I have to share it! http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/100-years-of-fashion-in-100-seconds/

Creative Souls Alice ATC swap

I'm a member of the Creative ATC Swap group at Creative Souls http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=CLinks and last month participated in the Alice In Wonderland swap. My partner was the talented Patti Koosed. This is the ATC she created for me:

I couldn't decide if I wanted to go traditional or play with an idea I had for an Emo Alice so I did both. I'm on my laptop at the moment so only have access to the traditional one. I created this using the Wonderland digital scrapbook kit by Scrappers Delight.

I call it Alice In Thought.

ATC Contest!

After meeting Patti Koosed during a Creative Souls swap, we discussed starting up some ATC swaps of our own. Patti is hosting this month's swap which is a contest! Yep, Patti is supplying a great prize - an ATC kit.

See details on the blog. Here are the basic details: 1) Go to Patti's blog for specifics http://www.treasurebarnblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/atc-swap-and-contest.html 2) Sign up for this Swap Contest by September 1st (on Patti's blog) 3) The theme will be inspired by YOUR FAVORITE SONG 4) Create your ATC either with mixed media or digital 5) Send your ATC to Patti by September 15th via USPS If you are interested, check it all out on Patti's blog. Next month check with me for next contest. If you have any questions, just ask me or Patti. While you are on Patti's blog, be sure to look around and view her beautiful artwork. Also chek out her etsy store,Altered State Of Tin: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlteredStateofTin?ref=em

Adding New Overlays to Shops

And remember these are 50% off all month at Digi Style Designs. Medallions Overlays Set & Examples Set of 4 CU4CU overlays plus paper examples.

Squared Up Overlays Set plus examples Set of 4 CU4CU overlays and paper examples.

I'm Designer Of The Week at DigiStyleDesigns!

Yep, my Sher Scraps 4 CU line is Designer Of The Week at Digi Style Designs. Please see their newsletter here: http://ymlp.com/zjnila I've got a sale going at DSD - 50% off all my overlay sets until the end of August.

I will be adding more overlays all this week so keep checking back. Might be something you can use.

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Friendship Award

Got this nice award from my friend, Country Liv! Here are the rules/questions and my answers. I would like to pass this on to you. Now, as a nominee - here are the simple rules: First, you should thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them. Thank you Liv! Please visit Liv and see her beautiful designs. http://countrylivs.blogspot.com/ Next, answer the following questions about yourself. Then, choose 10 of your favourite bloggers and link their blogs to your post. Be sure to let them know that you are nominating them for the award. Last, be sure to copy and paste the award to your blog! OK, here we go! 1. Favorite colour - Teal - any blue/green shade 2. Favorite animal - swan - they mate for life 3. Favorite number - 11 4. Favorite drink - Coke - the real thing! can't do artificial sweetners (migraines) 5. Facebook or Twitter - Facebook - only to keep up with grandson 6. Good book or good movie - Book first, movie second lol 7. My passion - writing (which I haven't been doing lately) 8. Giving or getting gifts - Both! 9. Favorite day - Friday 10. Favorite flower – blush rose Now you are supposed to pass this on to 10 other people and list them in your post. Let's see . . . how about these lovely ladies: 1) Dot Ryan - friend and author http://dotryanbooks.com/ 2) Lynne Akers - friend, designer, co-owner of 2 digiscrapshops http://babycakesscraps.blogspot.com/ 2) Joni V aka Moo _ friend, designer, & fun! http://mooscrapworld.blogspot.com/ 3) Jodiann Cates - designer who gives generously to scrappers http://www.jodianncates.com/ 4) Cari Lopez - designer who always inspires me http://www.studiocarilopez.com/ 5) Sylvia Romeo - another who inspires! I was privileged to work with her & Cari's designs as CT when I first started digiscrapping http://silviaromeo.blogspot.com/ 6) Susan MacGregor aka Whimzy Treasures and owner of Digi Style Designs http://whimzytreasuresdesigns.wordpress.com/ 7) Kim Broedelet - cause I love her style and her sense of humor http://kimbsdesigns.blogspot.com/ 8) Hummie - who does a wonderful job of teaching scrappers & toughing their hearts too http://blog.hummiesworld.com/ 9) Kesha Devita - a sweetie who creates darling character templates. Get well soon Kesha! http://kncscrapz.blogspot.com/ 10) Laurie aka Junkin Punkin - great Posers at affordable prices & a sweetie to boot! http://junkinpunkinposers.blogspot.com/ I've met so many wonderful people in the scrap world - these are just a few & in no particular order.