Sugarplum Paperie

Hello all! I have lots of little fun things to tell you about today. The first is that my sweet hubby made me a Sugarplum Paperie page on Facebook! So, if you are on Facebook, come on over to check it out and play around! There are things to see and things to chat about. Also some news about upcoming Sugarplum Events—fun, fun! Hope to see you there!

Did you know that designers love to CT? Yup! We do! Some of us were talking about it at DST and someone I happened to have I snagged myself a CT spot in Krystal Hartley’s “Creative Ensemble!” Krystal was so kind as to invite me to come and play with her pretty designs–what an honor! I’ve been a fan of hers for quite some time now. Here’s a little page I made with her new kit, The Moody Hues: Zen:

And speaking of creative team news, at the Shanty this month we have the fabulous Amy Hutchinson of ah! Designs as our sponsor for July! We’ve been busy scrapping away with her delicious Berry Me in the Sand kit. You’ll have to stop by The Shanty to see all the beautiful layouts everyone is making! Here’s one of mine:

Well, tomorrow is “Newsletter Day”—the day were I spend all day grinding my teeth, praying that PHPlist cooperates with my hosting plan to send out my newsletter in just the right way. I’m starting to dread Thursdays… (plllbt!) Hopefully things will go through nicely. If not, then you can always check back here on the blog for the latest news! There will be a new kit in the shop, too. Yay! So, see you back here tomorrow!

Until then, happy scrapping!

Run to The Daily Scrapper right now and you’ll find this sweet little freebie kit featured there today! Not sure how long it will be available, so go now! Here’s a preview:

Happy scrapping!

I have two templates to share with you today! The first is for this month’s Shanty’s Ad Challenge:

And the second is for my weekly Scraplift Conversion Challenge:

The inspiration for this week’s layout came from a paper layout made by Jessy of my Creative Team! Be sure to check it out. She rocks at both paper and digi? Now that’s not fair! Ha!

I love that so many of you are joining us at the Shanty to play! Makes me smile to see you there! I think that it’s one of the most welcoming communities there is… and it just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to see my digi friends there. Thanks for coming over to play!

Have a great weekend! And, of course, happy scrapping!

Would you like to win a free kit from me? Quick! Run over to Andrea’s blog and leave a comment letting her know what your favorite Sugarplum kit is. One lucky winner will receive the kit her heart desires! Best of luck!

Have you heard the news? The Daily Scrapper now has it’s first edition on-line!

What is The Daily Scrapper? Well, think of it as an on-line newspaper for all things digital! This month’s Featured Designer is none other then my friend, THEFlergs! And I was also delightfully surprised to see that one of my real life friends, Erika Martin, has written an article on making your own (hybrid) embellishments for this first edition. Small world, huh?

Be sure to stop by The Daily Scrapper and check out all the fun. You just might find a little present or two hiding over there…

Happy scrapping!

I forgot to post about this last week, so you’re in for a double treat this week!

Here is last week’s template. I just LOVE this one. Lots of possibilities…

And here is this week’s template. Love the scalloped mat!

Just stop by the Shanty blog to pick them up! And I hope you’ll play along with us, too. I always love to see your creations!

Happy scrapping!

Hello to the Future! I’m writing to you from the past! What am I talking about?! Let me explain…

This is one of the reasons that I just love using WordPress! You see, I wrote this post for you yesterday morning because I wanted to let you know about lots of fun stuff, even though right now I’m currently relaxing at home without my laptop. I need some time away from the computer to reorganize my life and rethink my priorities, you know what I mean? Having my husband literally take the computer away from the house is the only way for me to get that done—Ha!

So, I’m taking a break from the computer, at least for the weekend. If you have any customer service issues with the shop, I will help you with them as soon as I am able to! I didn’t want to walk away from things without giving you a heads up.

In other news, I have some fun things to share with you today! First of all, my weekly freebie template is now available at the Shanty blog! Here’s the template:

This week I plan to give away a $5 gift card if we have more than six people play along with us. For all the details, see the thread here: Scraplift Conversion - May 23rd.

And I also wanted to let you know about a free mini kit I designed for my Squidoo lens on Digital Scrapbook Freebies! I figured, if the lens is about freebies, why not put a freebie on the lens? Brilliant! Don’t know why I didn’t think of that sooner… Ha! Here’s a preview of the kit, Vintage Garden:

Feel free to stop by the lens to download the kit–no registration required; no strings attached! It’s just a link. So, enjoy the kit! And feel free to upload any of your layouts to my Sugarplum Sunshine Gallery! I’d love to see what you create.

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Wanted to let you know that this week’s Scraplift Conversion challenge is up on the Shanty blog: Scraplift Conversion & Template #6.

Just stop by the blog to pick it up! And happy scrapping!

I wanted to let you know about a special kit at Scrap Orchard! Have you heard about it?

I have to tell you a little of the back story first… The Sunshine Girls have this tradition of celebrating one another’s birthdays by collecting up some cash and buying something nice for the birthday girl (you may have seen what they got me on my other blog). Well, it was Shauna’s birthday and we were thinking up ideas for her when something tragic happened to a friend of hers. I’ll let her tell you more about it in her own words:

Sincerely touched… the only two words that can describe how I felt when I received this gift from some of my dearest friends in this designing community, The Sunshine Girls. The gift came in response to a request that I had for my birthday. Instead of a gift card for some digi goodies, I asked my dear friends to contribute to a small fund that I had started for a friend of mine. A friend who had recently lost her dh to the war in Iraq. it wasn’t the first first friend that my husband and I have lost to this war, unfortunately it will in all likelihood not be the last. But each time we lose a friend we try and support the family as best we can, and I thought it the least that I could do to send her a small something from me and my dear friends.

In response to my request, not only did these wonderful designers send me my gift to forward on to my friend, they also surprised me with this GORGEOUS kit to sell and to raise even more money for her and her children. Sincerely touched…and why I named the kit what I did… a gift FROM friends, to support and give a gift to another friend, isn’t that what it’s all about?

I wanted to give you a little peak at this kit and encourage you to head over to Scrap Orchard to pick it up. Here are the pretty papers:

And the elements:

And these Flergalious Quick Pages:

Here is a lovely layout, created by Livia who’s one of the Sunshine Sweeties, using of one my papers and flowers from Gift for a Friend:

I hope that this kit will bring much joy to many lives…

Happy scrapping!

Just wanted to let you know about a few freebie templates that you might like to grab. The first one I made for last week’s Scraplift Challenge… since no one played–you little stinkers! Just stop by the Shanty Blog to pick it up:

And also, one of my wonderful CT members, Susanna, created this wonderful template to share with us! Be sure to stop by the Sunshine Blog to pick it up:

And speaking of the Sunshine Studio… guess what’s coming soon? Another freebie collab! Get ready for all the fun:

Be sure to keep an eye on the Sunshine Blog for more details as the big day approaches!

And, as always, happy scrapping!