Pretty Scrappy: November 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

"Laugh" ABC Brag Book: J and a RAK!

I hope you all had a super Thanksgiving! I am about ready to make up some leftovers as soon as I finish this post! I posted the J page for "Live" last and it was titled as "I," so make sure to grab it if you thought it was one you already had. Thanks Julie for pointing that out!

I got nominated for another blog award, yay!!! Thanks Candi! Candi is my newest dear friend and is such an amazingly strong woman. She has been through so much and since I have been going through so much in my own life due to Hurricane Ike, we really clicked and became instant friends. She is an independent demonstrator for Stampin' Up which is awesome because I am not only into digital but paper and hybrid scrapping as well. As soon as I get back on my feet I will be glued to her store. :) Thanks for the award, Candi! Click here for her blog.

I am nominating the following 7 people for their amazing blogs

My husband (Pretty Scrappy tech-support and amazing photographer)- Photographic Memories

My store manager Rachael who keeps me sane. lol Pretty Scrappy wouldn't be what it is without her. (She's an AWESOME designer too!)- Creations by Rachael

The Pretty Scrappy Quality Expert, Shannon. If you are looking for Commercial Use products, hers rock! Check out- ScrappyShannon

Julie, Design Team Leader at Pretty Scrappy and Forum Admin. She is such a big help to me and all 30 of the designers - Share Your Moments Designs

Angel, who is our CT Leader and the nicest person you could ever talk to. She is a somewhat new designer yet does amazing work! Check out Designs by Angel

My fave paper scrap store, Scrapbook Junkie, which is my an awesome store with amazing staff and if you live in the southeast Houston area you need to check it out! - Beth at the Scrapbook Junkie

Teri, oh how we all love Teri! As a member of the CT, then the Quick Page Team, and now a designer, she has just done an awesome job at it all! Check out Teri's Thing-O-My-Jigs

How would you like to score a free kit? Click here for a chance to snag my new kit "All I Want for Christmas" and Click the image below for more previews and kit details.

And last but not least, here is the "Laugh" J Brag Book page freebie :)

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Live: ABC Bragbook "J"

Happy Thanksgiving! I am stuffed. We celebrated Thanksgiving at my mom's today and tomorrow (I guess now today) we will stuff ourselves all over again at my mother in law's. Yummmm! Can you really believe it's almost Christmas time? I cannot wait to decorate the house, play holiday music, and spend time with my family. I have so many layouts sitting here on my computer and I am going to have them all printed in a book to give as Christmas gifts! I came across an awesome deal that was too good to pass up. I signed up as a consultant for Heritage Makers. Have you heard of it? I am running an introductory "at cost" special for my opening and would love to share with you all the books and other great products available. Let me know if you are interested in having your layouts printed in a hard-bound book for yourself or to give as a gift. If you contact me and I get your book order in today I can guarantee it by Christmas. :)

Here is the next installment of the Live, Laugh & Love ABC brag books.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Love: ABC Bragbook "I"

In case you missed the last one, I just posted the "I" page from "Laugh" so make sure to catch it as well! For those that are just finding my blog I will explain what we are doing. :)

I was inspired to create these huge megakits after following Digitreats' ABC kits and thought it would be a great idea to have huge mega-kits in coordinating colors for my girls and also a boys theme for those that have boys.

"Love" is a pretty pallet of pink, brown and cream and the colors were inspired by my 2 year old Chloe who is the absolute light of my life. She is such a girly girl and these colors seemed fit for a princess!

"Laugh" is a funky modern color scheme of reds, oranges, and gray. This is such a boys kit and although I do not have any boys I am infatuated with boys colors!

"Live" was inspired by my adorable little Zoe. She is 14 months old and definitely not a girly girl! She is so fun and she breaks the mold when it comes to the definition of "girl." She is so independent despite her young age, LOL This is my favorite color pallet of the three and the teal, lime, brown and cream colors are perfect for both girls and boys alike!

With each blog post I give away a different part of the kits on alternating days. In addition I have been creating 4x6 brag book pages that start with A and will go all the way to Z. By the time we get to Z we will have 3 full 26 page brag books and 3 GINORMOUS mega kits in coordinating colors!

I have an awesome surprise in store for those of you that are looking for holiday gifts and could use some free digital products! Details to come!

Click the preview to download

Laugh: ABC Bragbook "I"

SO cool! I realized when I went to start making the brag book page for today that I had already done Laugh and Love "I" pages from a while back before the hurricane chaos and I had forgotten about them! Woo-hoo! I will be following this post with the download for "Love" because I was so excited I found these I just had to share! The other one is uploading now so while you wait here is "Laugh" ABC Brag Book page "I"

Love: Patterned Papers Part 3

Wow did I lose track of time tonight or what? It's 2:30 am and I am just getting to my blog post. I am really excited about tomorrow because we are going to my grandmother's house to get some furniture since we have been living without much furniture since hurricane Ike flooded and we lost most of the furniture we had. The hospital UTMB, the largest hospital in Texas was flooded as well and is actually closed down for the most part with no talk of reopening. It is so sad! There is no more emergency room although labor and delivery is still there. I just hope and pray those of us that live on the island don't need an ER anytime soon! *shudder* So needless to say my now 14 month old never got her 12 month vaccines so we are going tomorrow to a nearby town to get her shots. I really hope it doesn't mess anything up as far as her shot records and next shots date. Does anyone know?

It's your last chance to pick up my new "All I want for Christmas" kit for $3.00 off, so grab it while you can because it's only 3.99 for today only! Warning, preview overload! lol This kit was so much fun to design and I am a glitter freak so this kit is absolutely glitter-fab!

Here is a quick layout I did for my little girl's 1st birthday...

So here is part 3 of the "Love" plaid papers. I have to thank Megadoodle Inspired again for these awesome patterns I used to make this set. I could probably make 50 more papers with all the combinations and possibilities of her mega-patterns. Click here to take a look at her sets. I will be doing a brag book page for "Live" collection tomorrow for those of you that have been waiting for the ABC brag books to come back :)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Love: Patterned Papers Part 2

Oops! Running behind, so much to catch up on! Here is part 2 of the paper Plaid and Argyle paper pack for the Love collection. Make sure to catch part 1 if you missed it. I will post part 3 tomorrow :)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Love: Patterned Papers Part 1

Ok, so I am getting a late start but I want to share with you some papers for the first time ever :) But first I want to share with you my new kit "All I want for Christmas." This kit is S4H ok and ok for web graphic as is all of my designs :) You can pick it up for 2 days only for only $3.99! Click the preview below for more previews.

This is part 1 of my 3 part plaid papers from the Love Collection. Downloads will only be available for 3 days for my loyal faithful blog readers that are sticking by me after all I have been through. You all have been super patient waiting for Live, Laugh and Love to come back. Ah, feels like home again. lol

These papers were made using Megadoodle Inspired's Mega-Pattern sets. I just love everything that she designs and couldn't wait to share with you all!!! Take a look at her CU sets on her blog here. (She also has some great freebie alerts posted)

Thanks for downloading and look for part 2 tomorrow! ABC brag book pages are being designed now :)

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Contest, Free Kit and more!

For those of you biting your nails waiting for Live, Laugh and Love sets to come back... you will wait no longer! I will be posting the next freebie tomorrow in the series so check back here soon! I am so excited :)

We don't mean to brag, but we have some talented designers at Pretty Scrappy! Check out these Great Brag Book Pages!!!!

Doggy Daze - Want a great way to show off your beloved dogs. I've got the perfect way with these Brag Book Pages made from the Doggy Daze kit.

Fallin for Fall - A great set of brag book pages from the Fallin for Fall kit... perfect for your Autumn pictures!

Zoe - A beautiful set of brag book pages from the Zoe kit.

Laugh 123 Brag Book - 12 brag book pages size 4x6. Perfect for baby age 1-12 months, Jan-Dec, 12 favorite things, etc. There are so many possibilities.

New Beginnings - Just can't get enough of the New Beginnings Kit? Here is a whole Brag Book Album.

Summer Vacation - Love the Summer Vacation kit, but want the ease of quick pages? Here's a great album using this fun kit.

SPECIALS:

Send the Hubby Hunting Sale!!!! Receive 25% off any Share Your Moments Designs at checkout from Nov 11, 2008 thru Nov 30, 2008!

SandraK Designs' Economic Relief Sale 25% off all my products excluding commercial use! Discount will be taken at checkout!

Lady V dZine has a coupon that is good for $2 off her store, good through 11/30/08. code is: celebrate

Freebie!!

Footprints on the Heart by Lady V dZine! Get this kit free in honor of National Adoption Day! Coupon code to get it free is adoptme

(Coupon Expires at Midnight 11/17/08)

A NEW CONTEST... Good Enough to Eat!

We are having yet another AWESOME contest over at Pretty Scrappy!

We are all hard at work on this great collaboration... and we're looking for YOUR recipes!

Send them in to Recipes@PrettyScrappy.com and you'll be registered for a chance to win this great new kit!

HEAD TO THE STORE

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Live, Laugh & Love are coming back!!!

Hi gals! I am SO happy to announce that I will be continuing the Live, Laugh, and Love freebie series VERY soon! I am getting busy designing new items now and I had no idea how much I missed it! I am super excited to bring it back after all the chaos and it feels like I am 1 step closer to having my normal life back! Look for the series to continue starting next week!

While you wait, I thought it would be great to mention that there is just one more day until we choose the winners of the $150 prize giveaway! Here are the details:

What to do: Place an order of any amount at Pretty Scrappy between now and Friday November 7th at 10pm CST and post your order number at this link.

How it works: Depending on how many replies we get we will award prizes as follows...

For every 10 posts: One person wins a "Scrappy Cash" gift certificate for the amount of their total purchase! For example, if we have 10 replies we will have 1 winner and if there are 20 replies we will have 2 winners, etc.

Grand Prize: One lucky poster will receive a $25 gift card to Chili's Restaurant, one free product of winners choice from each of the following designers: Pretty Scrappy, Creations by Rachael, Late Night Scraps, and BB's Blue Button. PLUS ScrappyShannon's entire shop!!! (including CU!) Approximate retail value of this prize is over $150.

We will be picking all winners live at this link on Friday November 7th at 10pm CST. We will be using a random number generator to select the winners and we will post there with the results at 10pm on the dot! Be there or be square!

CLICK HERE FOR THE STORE