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Saturday, November 29, 2008

$1 Door Buster Sale continues & a New Freebie for You!

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Be sure to check out all of the fantastic $1 Door Buster items and of course dont forget that everything else is 25% off!
(Excluding: Gift Certificates, CD Burning, DOTM, In The Spotlight, Designer Resourses, Closeout Specials, Grab Bags & Doorbusters)



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A beautiful quick page created by one of our very own Royal Muses, Debbie, is your freebie for today! I hope you enjoy it! She sure did a fantastic job putting it all together using my Christmas Angels Blue Kit, for you.

Be sure to leave her some love. We all really enjoy reading your comments and feed back!


Christmas Angels Blue QP by Debbie

Download here
Enjoy!!!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

SBE Black Friday Sale, $1 Door Busters and a freebie!!!

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Let the SALE begin!!!
starts Wednesday, November 26th and runs through Monday, December 1st!
25% off everything
(Excludes: Gift Certificates, CD Burning, DOTM, In the Spotlight, Designer Resources, Close Out Specials, Grab Bags and Boor Busters)

Here are four of the $1 Door Busters that will be available starting Wednesday!
This would be a fabulous time to stock up on some wonderful items!
Keep in mined that all of my products, freebies included, are
SCRAP4OTHER FRIENDLY!

Christmas Angels - Pink Mini Kit
Christmas Angels Pink Mini page kit

Jolly Good Friends Embellishment Set
Jolly Good Friends Embellishment Set

Snow Friends Mini Kit
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SnowFriendsMiniKit

A Moose is a Moose Mini Kit
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AMooseIsAMoose_MiniKit

Here is a beautiful layout created by one of our Royal Muses, Denise, using A Moose is a Moose Mini Kit. She says "This is a tree from my backyard that I took a photo of recently with snow on it. It really is a Christmas Tree. Additional Credit goes to TADA for her Frippery Stars."

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And now a freebie for you! This was created by another one of our Royal Muses, Bonnie.
She used both the the Red and Blue Christmas Angels kits.

Chrstmas Angels freebie
Download here
Please be sure to leave Bon some love! We apprecaite your comments and feedback!
Enjoy!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Angels are among us with a freebie for you!

New Release


Christmas Angels Red


There are angels among us and they have fluttered their way to my Scrapbook-Elements store! Yes, angels in a traditional red and green kit and nontraditional hues of blues and purples! These kits will mix and match perfectly! You can find these 2 brand new releases and the following items also at my store and best of all; they are on sale through Monday!!


Christmas Angels – Red Kit

Christmas Angels - Red Elements


Christmas Angels - Red Paper Pack


Christmas Angels Red Kit is filled with the traditional colors of Christmas and sweet angels! With candy canes, trees, stockings and of course the darling angles this kit is perfect for your Christmas layouts and or craft projects.


Included in this download you will receive the following items: 18 – 12x12 inch background papers, 4 Angels, 2 quilted bracket journal mats, 1 Gold glitter brad, 4 Candy canes, 1 Candy cane border, 1 Candy cane line, a clip, 1 Gold glitter eyelet, 4 Flair buttons, 2 gifts, 2 Gold glitter swirls, 1 holly head wreath, 1 holly leaves and berries, 2 journal tags, 2 labels, 3 Tree ornaments, 1 gold glitter paper clip, 1 large red ornament, 2 mini red stars, 7 Ribbons; straight and folded, 4 bows, 1 gold glitter staple, 2 lengths of stitching, 2 stockings, 2 tags, 3 trees, 1 length of tulle and 2 wreaths


Be sure to check out my Christmas Angels Blue Kit. Both of these kits were created to mix and match.


All elements are created at 300 ppi for superior quality printing. Drop shadows are only included where needed for added realism. Sized 12x12 inches the papers can easily be resized or cropped to suit your needs.


*This product is SCRAP4OTHERS friendly! *


*Also available separately for your convenience as individual sets: Christmas Angels Red Paper Pack and the Christmas Angels Red Elements Set.



Christmas Angels – Blue Kit


Christmas Angels - Blue Elements


Christmas Angels - Blue Paper Pack


Christmas Angels Blue Kit is filled with fun, vibrant, nontraditional colors of Christmas and sweet angels! With ornaments, trees, wreaths and of course the darling angles this kit is perfect for your Christmas layouts and or craft projects.


Included in this download you will receive the following items: 14 – 12x12 inch background papers, 4 Angels, 1 bracket frame, 2 – 12x12 decorative borders, 1 Holly border, 1 Holly line, 1 Holly circle, 2 clips, 1 Silver eyelet, 1 Circle frame, 1 Silver rimmed circle tag, 5 small flowers, 7 mini flower centers, 1 Folded paper and ribbon border, 4 Stitched journal strips, 6 Tree ornaments, 1 Silver paper clip, 2 mini purple stars, 2 Poinsettia flowers, 1 flower center, 3 Leaves, 7 Ribbons; straight, tied and folded, 4 bows, 1 ribbon circle, 2 Silver swirls, 2 lengths of stitching, 3 tags, 1 tag hanging string, 1 tree, 1 length of lace and 1 lace circle.


Be sure to check out my Christmas Angels Red Kit. Both of these kits were created to mix and match.


All elements are created at 300 ppi for superior quality printing. Drop shadows are only included where needed for added realism. Sized 12x12 inches the papers can easily be resized or cropped to suit your needs.


*This product is SCRAP4OTHERS friendly! *


*Also available separately for your convenience as individual sets: Christmas Angels Blue Paper Pack and the Christmas Angels Blue Elements Set.



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And now for a fabulously angelic freebie! This was lovingly put together by one of our Royal Muses, Kabra. She does just fantastic work, doesn’t she?!
Be sure to leave her some love when you download!


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Download here
Be sure to leave some love for Ms Kabra!
Enjoy!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Snowflakes & a FREEBIE for YOU!

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Stop by my Scrapbook-Elements Store and be sure to pick up my Snowflakes Collection!

The Snowflakes Collection is jam packed full of beautiful pearly white crystal snowflakes to adorn and add sparkle to all of your wintry layouts and/or crafts. Created in delicate lavender and frosty blue hues, this kit is perfect for capturing the chill in the air and smiles (or frowns) on the faces of your loved ones during the frigid months of the year.

Included in this download you will receive the following items: 16 Wintery papers (12x12 inch), 1 Full Alphabet set with upper and lowercase letters, numbers 0 through 9 with several symbols and punctuation, 4 Strands of beads (wavy & straight), 25 Crystal Snowflakes, 1 Snowflake brad, 2 Binder clips, 1 Envelope in separate pieces, 1 Snowflake envelope note card, 2 Postage stamps, 2 Cancelled postage marks, 1 Bookplate, 2 Eyelets, 1 Simple crystal frame, 2 Snowflake embellished crystal frames, 2 Snowflake embellished crystal photo corners, 1 Frayed edge mat, 4 Ribbons, 4 Bows, 3 Ribbon tied loops, 1 Ribbon wrap, 6 Tags in a variety of sizes and shapes, 1 Staple and 1 Torn piece of note paper. All elements are created at 300 ppi for superior quality printing.

Drop shadows are only included where needed for added realism. Sized 12x12 inches the papers can easily be resized or cropped to suit your needs.

*This product is SCRAP4OTHERS friendly! *

*Also available separately for your convenience as individual sets: Snowflakes the Element set, the Lavender Paper Pack, the Blue Paper Pack and the Alphabet Set.

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One of our wonderfully talented Royal Muses, Denise,
put together this fantastic 4x6 inch photo card using my Snowflakes Collection.

Snowflakes Blog Freebie created by Denise


Download here
Please take a minute to leave Denise some love! :)
Enjoy!!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Drive by posting with a FREEBIE for YOU!

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Just a quick update to say hello and that I haven’t forgotten about my blog! LOL I have just been super, super busy!


All is going smashingly well with the CT team combining with Rina’s CT team. We are now the Royal Muses. Let me tell you this team rocks! I have seen some pretty layouts, paper and digital, but this team creates some of the most beautifully crafted memory pages that I have ever seen. I am going to have to start posting some of them on my blog because really, they are simply fabulous works of art! Now I say “some of them” because these ladies generate an astonishing amount of stunning layouts! So keep checking back to see some of these master pieces!


There has been a lot of work behind the scenes, I have quite a products added to the shelves at my Scrapbook-Elements store. There will be more added this coming Sunday along with 2 brand new Christmas kits that will mix and match! Here is a bit of a hint…. I specifically received several requests for more Angels after I released my Autumn Blessings kit with the Autumn Angels in it. Well, here come your Christmas Angels! They are super cute too!!!! In fact, be sure that you check back this weekend for a freebie or two created with the NEW kits!!!


Until then, I have a couple of Halloween Quick Pages with a cute word art overlay created by our very own Royal Court Muse, Bonnie using my Trick or Treat – Ghosts & Goblins kit. Hopefully they will help you get more of those haunting photos scrapped.


TorTGhosts&Goblins BlogFreebie by Bonnie

Download here
Be sure to leave Bonnie some love when you download.
Thank you & Enjoy!!!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Have YOU met my FRIENDS at SBE & a couple of FREEBIES!!!

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Have you met my friends... at SBE?!?


Have you met my friends at Scrapbook Elements? Well, if not, then mosey on over and check them out!
I have been super busy stocking the shelves at my new store at SBE! You can now find the following products in my store with more to come next Sunday!


~*~ Classic Elegance Kit ~*~ Classic Elegance Alpha Sets ~*~ Autumn Blessings Kit ~*~ Autumn Blessings Alpha Set ~*~ Cerulean Calm Kit ~*~ Cerulean Calm Alpha Set ~*~ Cerulean Calm Flower Album ~*~ Is It Fall Yet Kit ~*~ Is It Fall Yet Alpha Set ~*~ Little Sock Monkey Kit ~*~ Little Sock Monkey Alpha Set ~*~ Mama's Little Man Kit ~*~ Pinkadilly Kit ~*~ Pinkadilly Alpha Set ~*~ Trick or Treat – Ghosts & Goblins Kit ~*~ Trick or Treat – Ghosts & Goblins Alpha Sets ~*~ Trick or Treat – Heroes & Fairytales Kit ~*~ Trick or Treat – Heroes & Fairytales Alpha Sets ~*~ Shimmery Kit ~*~ Shimmery Teal Alpha Set ~*~ Shimmery Purple Alpha Set ~*~


My very dear friend and partner in crime, Rina Kroes and I have combined our fabulously talented creative teams into one. Our CT team will now be known as the Royal Muses! Now to celebrate this and my new store opening, I have two freebies for you! Kabra and Bonnie have created come wonderful goodies for you using a couple of kits created by me.
They are both in the same zip file, so you only have to download one file!
Download link is at the bottom of this post.


Little Sick Monkey Frame Freebie by Bonnie


Classic Elegance 4x6 Brag Book Freebie by Kabra


Download here
Please leave the ladies some love for their gifts for you and enjoy!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Why women should vote & Today in History

This post is not meant to start a political discussion because I won’t go there. If you live in the United States of America then you know that this election on Tuesday, November 4th is very important (as are all elections). I received this in an email today and thought that it is a great reminder of why we should all get out there and vote!

I love history! See what you get when I am unable to walk around much.... I planted myself in front of the pc! LOL


Why woman should vote! How quickly we forget!

This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.

Women Picketing - circa 1920s

Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote.

Women Picketing - circa 1920s


And by the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and with their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of 'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'


* Lucy Burns *

Lucy Burns

They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air.

* Dora Lewis *

Dora Lewis


They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.

Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right to vote. For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.

* Alice Paul *

Alice Paul

When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf

So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work? Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?

Have you seen HBO's new movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth and have my say. One thought kept coming back to me as I watched that movie, 'What would those women think of the way I use, or don't use, my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.'

HBO released the movie on video and DVD. All history, social studies and government teachers should include the movie in their curriculum. We are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order.

It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.

The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'

Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know. Encourage them to vote!We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote!

History is being made.

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Speaking of History... How about a tid bit of Today in History?

November 01, 1765
Britain’s Stamp Act Is the Colonies’ Riot Act


The Stamp Act goes into effect in the American Colonies November 1, 1765. Passed in March by Britain to tax documents, almanacs, newspapers, cards and dice in order to pay debts from the French and Indian War, the act incenses Colonists, who protest the "taxation without representation" by petitioning, boycotting and even stringing up the odd tax agent. Parliament rescinds the act in 1766, but can’t retract the spirit of revolution it unleashes.

New Blog Wear Freebie for YOU!

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As a special request for new monthly Blog Wear for your blogs, November's is here!
I used my Sunshine on My Shoulders Kit to create this Blog Wear set.
I am not linking you up to the kit because I am not sure how much longer my 3Scrapateers store will be open.

I hopefully will have my new store open at Scrapbook Elements next Sunday!
Well, there is my announcement as to where I will be going to land out here in Scrapland; at SBE!!!
I am sad to be leaving 3S but super excited to be a part of the SBE team and
to be joining my Partner in Crime, Ms Rina Kroes! Check out her blog and her SBE store.
I am always inspired and in awe of her designs! She is just one of the nicest people you could ever meet!
I love her accent when she talks too! :)

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Leave me a link to your blog! I’d love to see how you decorate!
If more of you play, then we just might do another contest
for a free kit or something like that!
Enjoy!

Winners of the Trick or Treat Blog Contest!!

First, let me apologize for not posting the winners on Halloween. I had a flair up of Morton's Neuroma in my foot yesterday. I was a hurting unit last night so I had to take something for the pain and go to bed. I'm not much better today but I can plant myself at the pc and try not to do very little walking around on it.

On October 15th I posted the contest info and a Blog Wear freebie for you to use to decorate your blogs. Only 2 people posted a link back to their decorated blogs so instead of just giving each of them one Trick or Treat kit, they will BOTH get both of my Trick or Treat Kits AND the coordinating Alphabet sets that go with the kits!

The winners are:

Zanne’s Adorning Masterpieces

SuperMom Scrappin

Be sure to stop by their blogs and see how they have decorated!!
Ladies, check your emails’ because I have sent you the download links! Enjoy!