33% OFF all my products for ONE day only! BE QUICK!
Psst, for those who are wondering, my birthday was actually yesterday, but who wants a party on a Friday!
Saturday gives you MUCH more time to shop! He he.
How cool is that! I would love to win a 5D my dream camera!
Epiphanie bags are a company that make some really funky camera bags, I have my eye on them too!
Anyway, for your chance to win, check out their blog on how to enter.
I love their bags, particularly the Ginger one, just gorgeous! To find out more about the backs, click here.
Do you love Overlays as much as I do? I love to experiment with blend modes, and effects when using them. Well if you love overlays you will love this Dilapidated Overlay Stack, perfect for blending, mixing and matching and creating fun distressed effects with on your layouts. Each overlay is 12×12″ in size so perfect for any use.
Would you like to get the Overlays absolutely free?? Join in on my What A Bonus Challenge, and recieve these overlays as a posting bonus.
It’s tell a fairytale day today, so don’t miss out on the Fantasty Sale at DSP. These are my kits that are currently on sale.
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Foto Action Pack Vol 1 |
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Starry Skies Page Kit |
$3.99 $3.27 Save: 18% off |
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Watercolor Wonderland Page Kit |
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Have you scrapped your valentines layouts, or do you have some heritage photos that need a romantic touch? Check out my latest kits available in the store at Digital Scrapbook Place!
Want them both? These kits are also available as a value collection.
Have you organised something special for your Valentine? Here is a little something special to help you get organised for Valentines day. A free 6×4 plopper to show your Valentine how much you care!
Here is a little something special to thank you all for supporting my blog, and my designs and challenges at DSP! Just click on the preview below to download the plopper. This plopper was created with My Cupids Bow Page Kit Available in the DSP Store.
Enjoy!
Do you Love Masks? What about Arty ones? Check out my Arty Love Masks now available in the DSP store! Perfect for arty effects on your favourite photos and papers.
Check out my latest set in the DSP Store, Ornate Overlays! Pop them over a large photo and blend or turn an old background into a new one. Extremely versatile these overlays are perfect for heritage layouts or any page that requires a little extra style!
Thank you to EVERYONE who voted on my designs in the Dell Make It Yours Competition. I am sooo excited to announce that thanks to your votes, all three of my designs made it to the top 25 most voted designs in the competition which meant all three were eligible for judging.
Not only did ‘Not Your Ordinary Coaster’ have the most votes, but it was judged as the most creative entry in the top 25. This means that I won the main prize and the person with the second most votes would have won the voting prize. There was also a runner up prize. I have not heard who won the other two prizes as yet, but I will be sure to post it once I find out.
What did I win? I am so totally excited that I have won such a cool prize!!!
I won a Dell Studio Laptop with my winning Design on it! How cool does it look, especially in the arms of this hunk! I also won a cash prize, some of which I will be using to upgrade my desktop to a new DELL!
There have been some comments as to why some designs were removed from the competition gallery, several of which were on the first couple of pages. It is my understanding that there were voting restrictions and some entries were disqualified due to vote rigging. I was assured by Dell over the phone that not only was my design legitimately the one with the most votes, but voted the most creative independantly of the votes by judging panel who did not know how many votes each entry had.
The judging panel chose my design because it ‘was a great reflection of today’s offices environments’. (I am paraphrasing because I forgot the exact words) The design is VERY me, because I am ALWAYS spilling my coffee and have ruined a number of keyboards doing so! LOL Never on my Dell laptop tho!
For those of you who have wondered or were speculating… I created the design using my own hand created brushes. Those coffee stains were hand created by me. The texture of the background was created by me in photoshop with the help of my own collection of hand made photoshop brushes, blend modes and the creative process. It is a shame some people saw fit to insult my design and Dell’s handling of the competition. From my perspective they have been entirely professional throughout even disqualifying entries that received votes in an unfair manner.
All of my votes were made by friends and family and members of the digital scrapbooking community. I did a lot of promoting of the competition and all of my votes were genuine.
Thanks again to everyone who voted to me. Despite the negative comments I have managed to receive, I have also had a lot of support and that and such a fantastic prize has made this a fantastic experience!
Most of all, I need to thank Dell, for holding the competition and for your generous prizes!
My laptop designs (well two of them) have made it to the first page of the Dell competition sorted by votes. I did have three on it for a while but I am slipping a little. I have two more days to get those votes up before they do the judging on the top 25 voted entries.
It would be so exciting to win a laptop with my own design on it.. I want it so bad….
SO… I still really need all the votes I can get to keep my designs in that top 25.. It would be awesome if I could get all three of my designs in there for judging to maximise my chances, which means I need votes on all three of my designs.
I hope you like them and can spare a minute to vote!
I entered the Dell Make It Yours Competition and had three designs accepted into the competition. I am a tad excited!
To get anywhere however, I need your vote! Here are my three designs, just click on them to go to them on the dell website to vote.
Please vote, not sure if you can vote more than once, but if you can, feel free to!!
That means you can pick it up at the bargain price of only 99c for one week only!
Grab it now so you don’t miss out!
Also available is the Hard at Play add on pack which coordinates beautifully with the Page Kit, and don’t miss also the Scrap Comix Page Kit and element set which work great with the Hard at Play kits as well. Both are on sale at 20% off until midnight on the 17th, US EST.
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Scrap Comix Page Kit |
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That means you can pick it up at the bargain price of only 99c for one week only!
Grab it now so you don’t miss out!
Also available is the Hard at Play add on pack which coordinates beautifully with the Page Kit, and don’t miss also the Scrap Comix Page Kit and element set which work great with the Hard at Play kits as well. Both are on sale at 20% off until midnight on the 17th, US EST.
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It has been a while since I have done an update so I thought it was time to post a blog post on how things are going with us. So much has changed since last time I wrote.
We are nicely settled into our new home. That is we are moved in and comfortable! I still have lots of boxes in the garage that need unpacking that I will do as time permits. Our old house sold fairly quickly after our third contract on it! It sold quick but the first two contracts fell through, but we were third time lucky. Unfortunately the bank wanted more of our equity than we expected so we don't have as much left over as we were hoping.
We were planning on using some of it to buy a new car, since our old one has died.. the engine is kaput and it is still sitting in the back yard. We need to get it to the wreckers but we haven't got to that yet. We got lucky because my brother bought a new one, and didn't need his old one any more and it wasn't worth selling so he let us have it. It will do just fine for the time being especially since….I am no longer working outside the home!!
That's right, if you haven't already heard, I am no longer working as an Admin Manager. After 3yrs in an accounting firm as the admin manager where I did payroll, in house accounts amongst other things, it was time for me to start putting my health first. My health was making it very difficult for me to maintain my work standards and I was finding it harder and harder to manage working full time with set hours.
So what now?? Well since I already have the best job in the world designing for DSP, which I was already doing on the side, I am now doing it full time, well full time with the added benefit of working when I am well and taking it easy when I am not. My hours are as flexible as they can get, I can work at 2am in my jammies, or 9.30am when the kids are at school or 8pm when the kids are in bed, or pretty much any time I feel like it. I love designing and am so lucky to be able to do it as a job now even tho I am unwell. I couldn't have a more suitable job for my illness which at this stage still looks to be Mixed Connective Tissue disease according to my Rheumatologist.
I have symptoms of several Auto-Immune diseases which may later develop into a specific one or may remain overlapping. Auto-immune diseases are notoriously difficult to diagnose even when the symptoms are clear but in the meantime at least I am being treated and now that I am no longer working outside the home, I can put my health first instead of my job but still earn money while doing so! YEAH!
The kids are doing great. Jasmine is about to turn 8 and is such a lovely young lady! She just got her ear's pierced today as an early birthday present. She is starting year 3 this year… boy it goes fast!! Kyan (my baby!!!) is starting prep this year! It will be good to have them in the one place instead of one at school and one at daycare. Although for the first time they have both been enjoying the entire Christmas break at home, and getting to know the kids in our new neighbourhood. I love that I can work even while they are home from school! Although maybe not as efficiently!!!
I think that is pretty much all of it. We had a lovely Christmas and new year and the kids are looking forward to going to school. I am loving spending more time designing although I think it will be easier when the kids are at school! I get so many interruptions at the moment while they are home, which is fine of course, I am enjoying spending so much time with them at the moment.
Oh nearly forgot! Dean has moved the workshop to home now and is now working at home which works well because if he wants to work extra hours, he can do so without feeling like he can't see the kids while he is gone. And now we don't have to waste rent on a shed and can put that money towards our house instead! We still in the process of organising curtains. We have some roman blinds on layby for the family room and have ordered some fabric for the kids rooms and will have them made very soon. Ours will be next after those I think. Yes, we just have sheets on the windows at the moment! It will take time to get it all done but it will happen bit by bit.
We need to get a ride on mower too because we don't have a mower and our block is an acre, so it is a bit expensive to have someone else mow each time! So that is on the priority list as well at the moment.
Anyway, so lots of changes for us, but hopefully all for the better! I think life will be a lot less stressful and much simpler now, and hopefully Dean won't have to work too many extra hours!! How else will he fit all that triathlon training in???
Didn’t get what you REALLY wanted for Christmas? Then treat yourself to some DSP!
January is Hobby Month and we are celebrating with a sale.
Save 20% off select Downloadables and supercharge your digital scrapbooking hobby!
Click Here for 20% Savings off Select Downloads until 11:59PM EST, Sunday, January 17th!!
Enjoy a cup with friends or scrap a memory of your favorite Tea Party, Little Girl, or Friendship
Check out my products on sale at DSP and grab a bargain!!
I don’t do blog freebies very often so snap it up while it lasts! Ever need a card and the shops are closed? I know it happens often to me!
Well here is a FREE 6×4 Plopper that you can personalise and make special for someone perfect for ANY occasion. Just click on the preview to download the card plopper.
This plopper was created with my Monodrama Value Collection available in the DSP store. Not sure about the collection, download the plopper below for a close up of some of the graphics. I know you will LOVE it! There is a link in the TOU to the kits in the store but the site is currently down for maintenance, so in the meantime, enjoy this freebie and grab the collection when DSP is back up.
Check out these fabulous Masks now available at DSP, designed to co-ordinate with the Monodrama page kits but also to work with ANY kit, these masks are a must have to add some drama to your layouts.
Oh wow, I have quite a few new kits for your to grab at DSP. The Christmas time frenzy has slowed me down a little with my posts! Oops!
My newest kits with a monochromatic theme, Monodrama are now available in the DSP store.
Available as a value collection or individual kits!
Still need to get your Christmas photos scrapped? Check out my Yuletide Cheer Collection, again available as separate kits.
Don’t forget to check out this cute backpack, great for heritage and baby layouts!
Missed ‘Em Mondays
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Monday, December 28th *Ends Midnight EST
Missed ‘Em First time around?
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These items will no longer be available after December 31, 2009!!
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Great prices on great gifts for next year!
Wishing you and yours a fantastic Christmas and an amazing new year!
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