Don't forget!

Coming tomorrow -- new release from TNS!

Today is "National Stay Home Because You're Well Day".  Now I could get into celebrating that, except for I work at home.  So, does that mean I should go shopping instead?  

Want to see what I've been working on?

Here's a sneak peek of my new kit releasing on December 1

This is part of the Bits N Pieces collection for December at Scraps N Pieces.  From December 1 through 7 you can pick up the elements, papers or alpha for only $1 each.  On December 8 I will combine the individual packs into a beautiful soft winter kit.

Cyber Monday Sale!

Today is National Shopping Reminder Day so, I'll do my part and remind you...

My entire store is 50% off until the end of the day!

Don't miss out on these great deals!

$3.00

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$2.50

$4.50

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And so many more fantastic items!

Happy Shopping!

Black Friday is over but it's still Sale Time!

Yep, that's right -- True North Scraps wants you to save some money this weekend.  I know this is such an expensive time of year, so I want to make things easy on you.

I hope everybody in America had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Did you get your fill of turkey and pumpkin pie?  And how many days are you going to be eating leftovers?  ;)

And how about Black Friday?  Are you one of the "crazy" people who are up at 2 am to be at the store when it opens?  Do you wait a little to go later in the afternoon after the door crasher specials are done? Or do you shop online, like I did?  I don't know about you, but I cleaned up!  My husband was pretty disappointed because he went to a store 30 minutes after it opened and all the door crasher specials were gone already.  He had gone there to get a Blackberry Playbook for only $44!  But I got a great deal because I sat at my computer and shopped.  Not only did I get quite a few digi scrap items at bargain prices, but I also got my husband's Christmas gift for a price so good, I almost expect police at my door saying I stole it!  LOL

If you missed out yesterday, you can still pick up some bargains.  Everything is 50% off in my store all the way through until Cyber Monday ends!  This includes my new releases, Holly Days, Li'l Black Dress Alpha and Five Shades of Grey!

I wanted to mention too, today is "Tie One On Day".  Nope, not the kind where you go on a bender and drink Saturday away.  This is all about aprons!  Such a crazy thing to have an entire day to recognize, but I love it when they trick you like that!

Have a great weekend, and happy shopping!

Two New Releases from TNS and a Blog Hop

It's Thanksgiving in the USA and that means it's the beginning of the

Holly Days

This beautiful kit of rich colours is very festive and perfect for your holiday pages.  The 16 patterned papers evoke thoughts of steamy windows from Christmas baking, beautiful gift wrap, and the outdoors.  The 8 card stocks are so detailed that you would swear they were real paper.  I've included a full sparkly alpha that will add a touch of elegance to your scrapbook pages.  And of course, the 56 elements have been meticulously designed to attractively accent your holiday memories.

Holly Days is on sale November 22 for 30% off,  on Black Friday it will be  a whopping 50% off, and then goes back to 30% off from November 24 until November 30.

The North Stars have really stepped up and hit this out of the park with their layouts they made to inspire you.

  Blog Hop
And on top of that, we made gift tags for you to collect and print out to use this season. The team will be posting their blogs all day, so if the tag isn't there, check back in a couple hours.

Here is my tag:

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And here are the links to the North Stars blogs

http://truenorthscraps.blogspot.ca
http://pokisproject2.blogspot.ca
http://www.littlestscrapheap.blogspot.ca
http://m2digitaldesign.blogspot.ca
http://scrappinmemories78.blogspot.ca
http://www.addictedtodigiscrap.blogspot.ca
http://homewith3blueeyedbabies.blogspot.ca

But WAIT!  There's more!

Have you been looking for an elegant black and white kit?  TNS has a beautiful one being released on Black Friday.



5 Shades of Grey
is destined to be a best seller, just like the book with a similar title.  However, this gorgeous monochromatic kit is much more suitable for scrapbook layouts!

There are 41 glittery, shiny and classic elements inside this kit.  The 14 patterned papers, 5 glitter papers and 5 solid papers are a perfect complement to the elements and they will make your LOs exude class.

As a bonus with purchase, the LBD (Li'l Black Dress) Alpha is included for free; a $2.99 value.

It is also available for sale separately.  It's sparkly and just like a li'l black dress, it is a must-have staple for every scrapper!

You can pick up 5 Shades of Grey on Black Friday for 50% off, then it goes to 30% off on November 24 until November 30th.

Once again the North Stars were very busy and they made some fantastic pages to show off:

 Happy Thanksgiving!

And the winner is....

I'm sorry, I feel like I've been running all day, so this is getting posted a little later than I wanted. One of my CT girls used Mr Random to select Ka77hy from all the entries. The winner of the draw for their choice of one of my two new releases from this weekend is.... 

  Ka77hy 

Congratulations!

Since you left your email address in your comment Ka77hy, I will contact you to find out which kit you would prefer.

I've been working hard on a new kit to release before Christmas.  I wish that was all I was doing today though because the creative side of designing is what I love to do, but I had some administrative details to take care of.  What I don't love is the administrative side, but that's part of a business so I guess you take the fun with the ... not so fun.  ;)

Speaking of fun, today is National Absurdity Day.  Now that's a day I can get into celebrating!  I'm all about absurdity.  After all, when I advertised for a creative team, I advertised that I was looking for minions!

Keep your eyes open -- the official release date of my new kits is a few days away, but you just never know.  They may show up in my store a little earlier. 

Less than 24 hours left to enter!

The contest is coming to a close tomorrow.  I will be drawing the winner at noon Central time tomorrow.   The lucky person picked by Mr Random wins their choice of one of my two new kits that will be releasing this week!  Here is where you have to go to enter:  Sneak a Peek at my Next Two Releases... and Contest Time and you can grab poki's cluster freebie while you are there!

Are you wondering what special day it is today?  Well I don't really like any of the choices.  First one is National Blow Bagpipes Day.  I'd rather listen to nails on a blackboard.  (My apologies to any bagpipe players that may be reading this).  An alternative to Bagpipe Day is even worse.  It's Have a Bad Day Day.  No thanks!  And finally, I guess this one is the winner -- it's World Toilet Day.  So everybody go celebrate having a toilet!

Reminders

I wanted to remind you to make sure you don't miss out on poki's freebie and to enter the contest for your choice of one of my two new kits releasing this week.  If you haven't done it yet, here's where you can do it:  Sneak a Peek at my next 2 Releases and... Contest Time!  I will hold the draw November 20 at noon (Central Time), so time is running out to enter.

Also, if you haven't signed up for my newsletter yet, it's not to late to do it before my next one comes out.  You don't want to miss it - there's going to be an exclusive gift in it only for newsletter subscribers!  If you wait, you will have to pick it up in the store later.  The link to sign up is on the sidebar of my blog.


I looked at my little app today and found out that today is Use Less Stuff Day.  At first when I read it I thought it said Useless Stuff, which of course changes the meaning drastically!  But nope - today is a reminder that sometimes we get a little excessive in the things we need vs the things we want department.  And it's also a reminder to keep it green - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover.

That's all for today folks!

40 Days Until Christmas!

It's National Button Day today.  I love using buttons in my LOs so I like to add 3 or more to my kits.  I bought a lot of buttons at Jo Anne's for my hybrid projects.  When I was paying for them all, I was sure wishing my mother had been like so many others and started a button jar.  But she didn't, so it cost me an arm and a leg!  Are you a button-lover?

Keystone Scraps has a brand new 'outside the box' holiday kit that focuses on the craziness of the season!

  MERRY MAYHEM

 Merry Mayhem, is a light-hearted kit themed on the chaos and endless preparation leading up to the holidays. This kit has 20 patterned papers in bright, zany colors, along with 9 coordinating cardstocks. Merry Mayhem is perfect for scrapping all your Christmas and Holiday photos, gift wrapping adventures and the general chaos we seem to be surrounded in when all the gifts are opened and the papers are strewn across the floor! This fun kit is jam-packed with 67 fun unique elements including a tree, snowflakes, stamps, star, flairs, flowers, frames, decorations and "to do lists" as well as 4 fabulous "Mayhem Monsters" to create a little mischief on your layouts! It is available at Scraps-N-Pieces for 30% off thru November 22nd... plus you will get this fun 'Cookie Chaos' Add On FREE with purchase! (You can also pick it up separately!)

 

 I was thinking that the days before Christmas are hectic for us, but what about dogs? So I checked a public domain site I like and found these photos of dogs dressed festively. I thought they looked pretty humiliated -- kind of like how my dog looks when she has to wear the Cone of Shame. And that's how I came up with this LO:

SNP Blog Train

According to my new app, today is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.  Um.  ***crickets chirp***  Let's not all run to the kitchen at once, people!

Don't forget to download poki's freebie and enter my contest in the post below this one!

Anyway, it's that time again -- blog train time!

Here is a slideshow of what you will be collecting

And this is my contribution

Click here to download

Arts & Ains Designs
Shuckclod's Stuff
GraceBlossoms4U
Honeybee's Creative Hive
Karen Diamond Designs
Tricia's Treasures
True North Scraps (You are here)
Keystone Scraps
Stampgram's Studio
DoubleTrouble Scraps
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
Addicted to Digi-Scrap
Scraps by Missy
Adriana's Cafe
Mommy Made This
Wendy Tunison Designs

Sneak a Peek at my next 2 Releases and... Contest Time!

After returning from my vacation and having some time to do some thinking, I've decided that it's time to amp up my blog a little.

First of all, I downloaded an app that I'm not sure how useful it will be, but it is entertaining.  The Ultimate Holiday.  For example, did you know that today is National Pickle Day?  I'll bet you didn't!  But now,  aren't you glad you know?!  I would like to celebrate by going out for fried pickles.  (Don't say ew until AFTER you've tried them and then I bet you won't want to say ew).  I hadn't tried them until a few years ago because I thought they sounded disgusting, but now that I have, I actually get cravings for them!  lol

And now I'll get to the contest.  While I was away, my minions took over the lab.  Now for those who have just found me recently, I'll back up a bit and explain quickly.  I held a CT call in July but because I'm off-the-wall, I put my own little twist on it.  I called myself the Evil Genius trying to take over digiworld and I advertised for minions.  It was a very successful call and I got myself a great team of ladies, who I actually don't think of as minions.  They are stars -- The North Stars to be exact.  However every once in a while we jump back to the gag and become the Evil Genius and her minions. So back to now....

The minions took over the lab while I was away.  I hope you get my newsletter because Melissa did a fantastic job on it and she made some graphics that are phenomenal to go along with the whole minion thing.  If you didn't, well, you better sign up for it now so you never miss anything cool like that again! Sign up link is on the side of my blog somewhere.

Now my minions are feeling remorseful for being naughty while I was away.  In fact, poki made a lovely freebie for you using my kit Antiquities and Curiosities.  And this is (finally) where the contest comes in.  It's always common courtesy to leave a comment when you download a freebie, but this time it could pay off for you to use your manners!  If you download this freebie, leave a thank you to poki and on November 20 at noon Central time I will have Mr Random choose one lucky person to get a coupon for 50% off their choice of one of these new releases coming near the end of November.

 

So now, without further ado.....  here is the lovely freebie poki made for you.  Remember, if you leave a thank you, you are in the draw for the coupon!

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I'm ba-ack! And I have a KS preview

Boy, it's been a long time since you've heard from me!  I've been away on vacation and I'm just starting to get back into the swing of things.  You know how you get that vacation hangover where you are still in lazy mode, but you are in reality-world again and you are struggling to catch up?  That's where I've been for the last week!  I'm still not adjusted to the time -- I've been on Eastern time ever since we got home which makes for early bedtimes.

Anyway.  I have a preview to show you from Keystone Scraps!  Paula is releasing this kit on the 16th -- isn't it the cutest?

Ok, I better head back to reality-world.  I have 2 new kits coming out next week and I want to make sure they are perfect for you before I release them!