Everything is 35% off today through Sunday during the Digichick’s Back to School sale! So if you missed out on snagging any of these goodies before, now is the time to grab them!

In other news, my lovely September Guests have arrived and they are already busy making beautiful layouts. I thought I’d leave you with a lovely layout from Mi, using A Sweet Day:

Enjoy the savings! And happy scrapping!

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Well, how about a little creative inspiration today? That always makes my Mondays brighter!

First up today, I have a beautiful layout from Sya, using the new ABCs & 123s kit:

And here is a classy layout from Maria, using Le Petit Oiseau

And lucky me! I snagged myself a new creative team member this week: the fabulous Laura Wilson! Here’s a beautiful layout from Laura, using A Perfectly Ordinary Day:

And lastly, here’s a beautiful layout from Dana, also using A Perfectly Ordinary Day. (Dana’s not on my creative team, but she used to be on the Digichick’s CT, so I felt totally justified in snagging this beauty for my blog! MWAHAHAHA!)

I hope you enjoyed all the inspiration and you’re feeling ready to scrap! And don’t forget the best news—all these kits and collabs are currently ON SALE for 35% off during TDC’s Back to School (for Mom!) Sale. If you missed picking something up when it was released, now is the best time to grab it!

Have a happy Monday!

(ps. Just a note: There won’t be a $2 Tuesday Special this week, because of the sale. But stay tuned next week for another great $2.00 deal.)

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Would you like a peek at what you’ll find inside? Here you go… (just click to enlarge):

(To see lots of pretty layouts made with pieces from the Grab Bag, be sure to check out my Facebook Fan Page Album here: Grab Bag Layouts)

The Everyday : August Grab Bag is only available until August 31st. Be sure to grab everything in one pack while you still can—you’ll save 75% off! Next month, you’ll have to pay $12.00 to pick up all five items together…

Also—don’t forget! You’ll find ALL my Sugarplum and Girl Friday goodies on sale for 35% off now through Sunday, September 5th during TDC’s Back to School Sale (for Mom!):

Happy shopping and happy scrapping!

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This collection is packed full of pretty papers and elements to help you scrap all those precious firsts for this year.

Inside you’ll find 8 patterned and 6 plain papers as well as 33 elements (including paper pieces, flowers, ribbons, word art and more!), with a collection of stamps (each saved in a coordinating dark brown, light brown and plain black.png files).

Also included is a set of 5 lowercase alphas in red, yellow, cream, green and teal. Each set also includes an ampersand and a set of numbers 0-9.

There are a lot of goodies to be found inside!

This kit has also been split into a separate paper pack and an element pack. Or save when you purchase the entire kit together!

Here are some wonderful layouts from the girls on my creative team. First, here’s one from Lizzy:

Jen, LeeAndra and Jen (just click to enlarge):

Nikki, designer Kelleigh Ratzlaff, and Maria:

Brenda:

You’ll find ABCs & 123s on sale for 35% off now through Friday. Why 35% off? Because it’s Back to School time:

Save big on all new items in the shop today, then come back and save on ALL my designs, both Sugarplum and Girl Friday goodies, August 28th through September 5th!

AND! One more thing…

I made a little freebie add-on for you today! I would love to do this more often. Sometimes I just run out of mojo and I don’t have anything left to give. LOL! But I worked through that mojo-less slump this week and came up with a little something special. I hope you enjoy it:

Download here: ABCs & 123s Freebie

(If you have any trouble downloading this item, I’d highly suggest trying the wonderful 7-zip program, especially if you are an IE user. It always solves all my un-zipping issues. It’s the best!)

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Coming this Thursday—stay tuned this for more details!

Here are some fabulous layouts from the girls on my creative team! First, here’s one from Lizzy:

One from Jen:

And one from Amy:

Enjoy the savings! Happy shopping and happy scrapping!

First up, here are some beautiful layouts made with A Sweet Day. Here is one from Bexy:

Amy, Jen and Maria (just click to enlarge):

Here is a lovely page from Dani using the Happy Hearts collab:

Here is a sweet layout from Amy using a mix of the Studio 365 Girl Friday mini kits:

And here is a pretty layout from Ju, using a mix of Something to Celebrate, Sweet Memories and Girlfriends:

Hope you enjoyed a little break and are feeling inspired now! Happy scrapping!

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Past guests on the show have included Ali Edwards, C.D. Muckosky, Anna Aspnes and Liz Tamanaha… (can you see why I freaked out?!) My first thought was “Oh my gosh! Why do they want me?!” I thought for sure we’d be talking about hybrid scrapping or papercrafting (because of The Hybrid Chick)… that’s all I could think of! LOL! But it turns out, no… they just wanted me for me. Now that make me feel like a superstar!

If you’d like to listen along to the episode, you can find it here: PDS 012 – Not Ready to Go There (you can listen right there on the site or subscribe in iTunes, too).

You’ll get to hear me ramble on about my multiple personalities, lenses for SLR cameras and the topic of the day: How to do hidden journaling on a digital page. Yup! You heard that right! Took me a while to come up with an answer that was more elaborate than “Well… you can’t.” HA!

Hope you like the episode and it gives you some new ideas! I had a great time being a part of it.

Happy scrapping!

(ps. if you’re curious and you’d like to also see a video of me, head on over to my personal blog, where I posted one today: notes of note.)

Here’s a beautiful layout from Kate, using the kit:

And here’s a sweet layout from Jess, also using some pieces from the new A Sweet Day collab:

Enjoy the savings today! Happy scrapping!

First up today: here is a great layout from Dani using the Everyday : August Grab Bag and some Girl Friday goodies:

Here are four wonderful layouts using the Just a Girl collab from Jen:

Amy:

Ebony:

…and Sya:

And here is a wonderful card by Jess using the Girlfriends collab:

Gorgeous stuff. I hope you enjoyed the inspiration today. I know that itching to get some scrapping time myself!

Also, you may have heard about this fabulous new collab at A5D that was released this weekend. It’s called Hands Across the Gulf:

I wanted to share a few layouts made with the collab with you today. I couldn’t find a layout using one of my patterned papers to show you, but I did find one from Krista, who’s on my creative team, using a few of my elements (a stamp and some word art):

And I love this gorgeous one from the talented Crystal (who used to be on my creative team, so I figured she wouldn’t mind showing up on the blog for Creative Monday). She also used some of my elements on her page (stamp, bow, button and flower):

I was so honored to be invited to be a part of this collaboration… and be able to do something to help the waters I love so much! I’m a Gulf Coast Resident, so this project was very close to my heart. Siesta Key, which is just a few minutes from my house, has some of the whitest sand in the world. So far, we have been spared, but I shudder to think what will happen to our beaches if the currents shift or a hurricane comes to stir things up in the Gulf.

I hope you will consider purchasing this fabulous collab. It is simply packed with gorgeous designs from so many talented designers. You will NOT be disappointed. Such a small price for so many digital goodies… and for such a good cause.

Well, that’s all for today! Stay tuned for some $2 Tuesday news tomorrow.

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My mom came over on Friday to take my oldest two kiddos for the night. When my husband came home Friday night, we joyfully skipped out the door to go on a date night (because we thought just having one little one with us was about as good as having none—LOL!). After that, we ran to a few shops to take advantage of the tax holiday here in Florida. I was excited because I found some cute maternity shirts on sale—the first new maternity clothes I’ve bought in 8 years! Wow…

Then Saturday was filled with swimming lessons, grocery shopping and a nap (for Mommy!). I thought “Hmm… I could get on the computer, but I feel more like doing XYZ with the family right now.” And Sunday was the same. We went to church, ran to Wal-Mart and then went swimming later in the afternoon. Last night, as I was getting ready for bed I said to my hubby “I haven’t been on-line all weekend! Wow.” And he said “Well, that’s bound to catch up with you tomorrow, huh?”

So, then this morning, I was walking around the house, thinking about this week when I remembered something—something that had totally slipped my mind: I had a new release at SUN this weekend. Oh. my. goodness. How could I have forgotten that? o_O I guess I was enjoying all the shopping, napping, knitting and mellow pace of being off-line, huh? Whoops!

Well… better late than never! Ha! Without further ado, I proudly present to you, A Sweet Day.

I was very excited to get a chance to pair up with my good friend, Ellie Lash again! Our last collab was… well, it was a loooooong time ago. Well over two years now!

We teamed up this time to bring you a precious collection of soft papers and sweet elements. Included in this collab, you will find 18 beautiful patterned and plain papers, 58 elements (including bows, flowers, word art, handmade paper pieces and more), and an upper and lowercase doodle alphabet with numbers and symbols.

Since the weekend is now over… the Sunny Weekend sale at SUN is also over. So, I’ve made a coupon code for you to use so that you can still save 30% off on A Sweet Day (valid now through Wednesday at midnight). Just enter this code at checkout: sweetsavings

Now for some lovely layouts from the girls on my creative team! First, here’s a sweet layout from Kate:

Brenda, Krista and Maria (just click to enlarge):

And one more beauty from Lizzy:

We hope you enjoy this sweet new collab!

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This collab is rockin’ with funky colors and a little bit of attitude. It’s just perfect for scrapping a page all about yourself or your favorite teenage princess!

It’s also great for Back to School layouts, with all the great doodles and pretty patterns in this kit. It makes me think of high school!

Included in this collection, you will find 14 fabulous plain and patterned papers, 44 elements (including lots of word art, doodles, stickers, flowers and more!) and a lowercase alpha with numbers 0-9.

You’ll find Just a Girl on sale now through Friday for 20% off at the Digichick.

Now, hold on to your hats! I have a ton of beauties from my team, the Digichick’s team and Laura’s team. Is it possible to have too many beautiful layouts to share? Maybe…

Let’s start with this beautiful layout from Laura!

Olivia, Ebony and Laura W. (just click to enlarge):

Lita, LeeAndra and Brenda:

Holly, Lizzy and Caits:

Three more from Maria, Kate and Jana:

And here’s a great layout from Bexy, showing that this collab is for more than just a girl… LOL!

We hope you like our collab! We certainly had fun creating it for you!

Happy scrapping!

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