Scraps N Pieces August Blog Train

Howdy!  It's been a long time since I've participated in a blog train.  It's pretty exciting to be involved this month.

I'm having a very bad week, health-wise, so I'm going to keep this short and sweet and directly to the point.

My contribution to the blog train is this mini kit of 5 elements and 3 papers:

click here to download

Here's the list of our scenic stops:

Liza
GraceBlossoms4U
Love it Scrap it Blog
Lavender Mint Graphics>
Darcie's Blog
Shuckclod's Stuff
Ann's Scrapbook Heaven
Triple J Designs
Curly Whisker Designs
Time Out Scraps
Heather Z. Scraps
Kandi Pixel Designs
JMC Designs
--> True North Scraps <-- you are here
Day Dreams 'n Designs

Thanks for visiting, I hope to see you again soon!

iNSD Weekend!

It's started everybody!  Even though it's Thursday, a lot of stores and designers decided to start the weekend early and so…

Happy {inter}National Scrapbook Day Extra-Long Weekend!!

I was really strapped for time prior to this weekend thanks to my recovery from my winter ailments and a visit from my daughter who lives in Vancouver and we haven't seen for nearly a year, so I had to be realistic and choose which activities I will be taking part in, which quite frankly is pretty limited.  However, health and family come first, so here's where you will find True North Scraps over the weekend:

GoDigital Scrapbooking's "Love You Mum" Blog/Facebook Hop

http://capturekeep.blogspot.com.br/

http://danasfootprintdigitaldesign.wordpress.com

http://shmooangeldesigns.blogspot.ca/

http://www.facebook.com/Seoul2SoulScraps

https://www.gingersscrapsnpixels.blogspot.com

http://www.lissykay.com/

http://afishdesign.blogspot.com

http://bluebutterflydesigns.blogspot.com/

http://www.alittlegiggledesigns.com/blog/2014/05/nsd2014freebie/

http://www.crescent-moon-designs.net/

http://www.scrapawhileatstudio4.blogspot.ca/

http://createdbyjillscraps.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TrueNorthScraps

http://queenbeescraps.blogspot.com/

This is my part

Flash Sales at GoDigital Scrapbooking and Scraps N Pieces, starting May 2nd until May 4th

Hosting the Friday Night {i}NSD Kickoff Chat at GoDigital Scrapbooking at 8 pm Central time (9 pm Eastern; 7 pm Mountain; 6 pm Pacific; 2 am London, England; Saturday at 11 am Melbourne, Australia).  We'll be meeting in the Neat Chat room on Facebook.  You can get there either by going to the Facebook page and clicking the tab or from the tab at the GDS forum.

Pin and Win!  Pin your favourite TNS products to my Pinterest page here between now and May 4th.  Each pin you make will give you one entry into a draw for a $10 coupon to the TNS store of your choice!  Ready, set….?  Pin!

Sorry Pin and Win contest is cancelled because I can't get the settings on my Pinterest board right to allow others to pin to the page.  I'm going to be thinking of some other way for me to give away $10 to somebody this weekend though!

50% Off Sales at Scraps N Pieces, GoDigital Scrapbooking and Heritage Scrap

New Releases

I've also added a lot of new kits to my stores in the last month or so.  Check them out -- they're all on sale too!

Scraps N Pieces Store

GoDigital Scrapbooking

Heritage Scrap

SNP April Blog Train and 3 New Releases!

I have been MIA a lot lately.  2014 has been a very hard winter for me, not only from the weather perspective.  Long story short, my health has been giving me fits and I haven't been able to work as much as I want to.  I still have all these ideas inside me, but I just don't have the stamina to get them out.

Anyway here is my bit of the SNP Blog Train:

***Click here to download***

Here is the list of blogs participating:
GraceBlossoms4U
A Venture into Digital Scrapbooking
Love it Scrap it
Shuckclod's Stuff
Janece Suarez Designs
Delightful Blessings Design
Luiza Pires Designs
Growing Pains Scrapped
Jiovanna's Creations
EmJay Scraps
Triple J Designs
Manda Lane Scraps
Nana's Digi-Blog
MG Scrapbooking
True North Scraps
Cajun Diva Scraps
Mandy's Lovable Designs
Arizona Girl
Wendy Tunison Designs
Ann's Scrap Heaven
Janet's Digital Joys
Sheri's Scrappin' Spot
Dreamn4ever Designs
Day Dreams 'n Designs
Joyful Expressions
Scrapping Lu
Karen Diamond Designs

New Releases

I do have a couple of things to tell you about my stores.  Don't get confused, but I have a couple of kits available.  See, I have been designing, I just haven't been able to get as much done as I want to and I always seem to be playing catch-up.  But…  I have a new release at SNP

It Looks Familiar

This kit should look familiar!  Not because you've seen the kit before -- it's brand new.  No, this kit was made to coordinate with my part from the blog train and it was made using old familiar items you don't see used a lot anymore.  Things like a handheld folding fan, an old key, and a clothespin.  

I have a little bonus for you.   Buy the kit for $5.99 and you get the bonus for free.  It is available exclusively at Scraps N Pieces until May 1st.  On May 1st I will be adding it to all my stores.

Simple Pleasures

Now, here's another kit I made a while ago.  If you shop at GoDigital Scrapbooking, you will already have seen it as part of the April Mixology.  Well, I've packed it up in a bundle and it's now available at all of my stores.  As a little gift for Easter I have put the bundle on sale from April 17th until April 22nd  for only $4.99!

Je suis content

Finally, a small kit that is available exclusively in my GoDigital Scrapbooking store, and soon will be available in all of my stores:

This was the kit used at GDS for Week 1 of the Supreme Team contest that is running right now.  I have the kit on sale for only $2.49 right now.  Some of the contestants were a bit nervous about the colours at first, others absolutely loved the colours immediately; but once the layouts were made they all agreed that this kit was amazing to work with.  The colours actually work for so many different pages -- we had a beautiful vintage page turned in, a lovely Mexican vacation page, several baby photo LOs, boy pages, girl pages, graduation, pets, and on and on and on.

It's Back to School Time and we're Blog Hopping today!

I can't believe the summer has gone so quickly!  Now the kids are back in school or heading back shortly.  Next thing I know there will be leaves all over the ground.

But back to school time is an exciting time for parents and children alike.  We all take those photos of our kids before they leave for their first day.  Then we have to scrap those photos of course!  I have the perfect kit for that called

Welcome Back

How cute is this?  There are 48 elements and 24 papers as well as a full alpha that includes many punctuation symbols.  The children come with school uniforms in case you need them.  There is more to Welcome Back than just this kit.

I also have available separately a pack of more clothes for the children!  You can personalize your children elements and make your LOs unique.

Isn't this fun?!!

Also available is a pack of solid card stocks

And finally, I made a pack of 4 quick pages in case you are finding this time of year hectic but still need those photos scrapped.

These are all very reasonably priced, and on top of that they are 30% off until Sept 6th.  And for even more savings, pick up the bundle of all 4 packs, also on sale for 30% off until Sept 6th.

The North Stars have made some fantastic LOs using this kit!

And now.... the blog hop!  The North Stars have made some wonderful brag book pages for you to collect!  You can start here with mine:

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Now you can hop to collect the rest!

Kandi

Debbie

poki

Karrie

Robin

Tina

Melissa

Jennifer

SNP May Blog Train

What a fantastic blog train we have this month!  I think it's beautiful!

Here is my part:

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Jiovanna's Creations

Yez Designs

Magical Scraps Galore

Triple J Designs

Prairie Song Scraps

GraceBlossoms4U

True North Scraps <<<---- You are here

Janece Scraps

Cajun Diva Scraps

Luiza Pires Designs

Arizona Girl

Busy Crafting Mommy Designs

Memories by Digital Design

Joyful Expressions

Shuckclod's Stuff

Scrappin' With Terri

Keystone Scraps

Lorien´s Workshop

Little Big Designs

Stampgram Studio

Scraps N Pieces

Robin's Ramblings

Kristal Kreations

Kaylene's Skraps

Ladybug Pics n Scraps

Scrappin' Is My Thing

Janet's Digital Joys

Ann's Scrapbook Heaven at SNP Blog

Blog Train Time at Scraps N Pieces

Before I get to the blog train, I want to tell you about my new store!  I have recently joined My Memories.  I'm still building up my inventory there, but my store is open now and I'm having an introductory sale of 30% off everything in my My Memories store until the end of the month.  Take advantage of that for some great savings on some of my most popular kits and keep checking back frequently because I'm adding more kits every few days.

Now, on to your regularly scheduled blog train....

This month's blog train theme and colours are fabulous!  Here is my part:

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If you collect all the parts, this is what you will end up with

And just to make sure you stay on track, I've got the list for you to follow

Scraps N Pieces 

CakiePotPie Designs 

PrairieSongScraps 

Marie H designs 

Cajun Diva Scraps 

GraceBlossoms4U 

Luiza Pires Designs 

Shuckclod's Stuff 

----->  True North Scraps  <-----

Studio Linda Renee 

Lorien´s Workshop 

Created by Jill Scraps 

Scraps Along The Way 

Yez Designs 

Karen Diamond Designs 

Triple J Designs 

Gray Dragonfly 

Magical Scraps Galore 

Leaving a Legacy Designs 

Sheri's Scraps 

Janet's Digital Joys 

Robin's Ramblings 

Busy Crafting Mommy Designs 

Joyful Expressions 

Stampgram's Studio 

Ponytail Designs

Blog Train

It's time to take a trip on the SNP blog train again.  This month's colour choice and theme are very vibrant.   I decided to make this for you

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Here's the map so you don't get lost:

True North Scraps  <-- you are here
Prairie Song Scraps
Magical Scraps Galore
graceblossoms4u
Karen Diamond Designs
AK Designs
Scraps N Pieces
Shuckclod's Stuff
Yez Designs
Triple J Designs
Gray Dragonfly
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
Lorien´s Workshop
Scrappin' Is My Thing
Ponytails Designs
...too busy to blog today
Stampgram's Studio
Janet's Digital Joys
Luiza Pires Designs

If you make every stop, this is what you will end up with:

Blog Train Time

I LOVE the colour palette of this month's blog train! When I first saw it, I instantly envisioned the happy chirpy birds early in the morning when the sun is just rising and the sky has that orange tinge to it.

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Here's the code to follow the train:

Designed by sltppr (Janet)
THEOCDCRAFTER
Lady Sherwood Designs
Karen Diamond Designs
Amy's Designs
GraceBlossoms4U
Shuckclod's Stuff
Ponytails Designs
Arts & Ains Designs
Scrap Happens Embellish It
Adriana's Cafe
Scraps N Pieces
Joyful Expressions
Just For Fun Designs
Prairie Song Scraps
True North Scraps
Lisa's Scraps
Scraps by Missy
Wendy Tunison Designs
Keystone Scraps
Lorien´s Workshop
Yez Designs
Leaving a Legacy Designs
KATKREATIONS
Ladybug Pics n Scraps
Scrappin' Is My Thing
Stampgram's Studio

 Once you finish this blog hop you should end up with a mega kit that looks like this:

News and Blog Train

Where has the time gone?!!!  I've not been feeling well since Christmas time and can't believe it's already the middle of January!!  Time flies when you nap all day and/or have med-head!

Well I really have to tell you about a few things before I get to the blog train.  I've been wanting to do a Project Life type scrapbook for a while.  But I've never had the time to.  That's when I got this idea:  I'm probably not the only one who doesn't have the time to make a Project Life book from scratch.  Normally I don't really care for quick pages, but I thought this would be a time when a quick page would be perfect.

We always start these big projects with the best of intentions, but after a few weeks something happens that takes priority and then you fall behind. Falling behind leads to discouragement. Well, don't be discouraged! I've done most of the hard work for you. All you have to do is add your photos and your journalling. 

If you are anything like me, you want to personalize your quick page so that it looks like you put a little effort into it.  So I have also made a coordinating kit of embellishments. 

 You could even turn this into a hybrid project if you would like. The sky's the limit now that you will have all this extra time on your hands thanks to Project: Life's Busy!

You can find these products in my store at Scraps N Pieces, as well as in the P365/P52 category there.  They are reasonably priced under $2.50 each.  Look for my next edition coming in February!

I'm very busy now working on my next three kits for February!  Due to feeling poorly, I've decided to forego my planned release on January 21 and it will release in February instead.  I just haven't had the energy to work on it.  I can give you a sneak peek though:

One last thing -- I promised you a blog train.  Well, here it is!

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Here's the map in case you get lost on your journey:

Prairie Song Scraps
Honeybees Creative Hive
Karen Diamond Designs
GraceBlossoms4U
Queen Wild Scraps
Shuckclod's Stuff
Mommy Made This
Studio Linda Renee
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
Ladybug 
Pics n Scraps
Scraps N Pieces
Just For Fun Designs
Scrappin' Is My Thing!
Fit 2 Be Scrapped
Stampgram's Studio
A Fish Design
Wendy Tunison Designs
True North Scraps  <--- you are here
Joyful Expressions

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!

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

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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

SNP Anniversary Blog Hop

SNPs anniversary celebration is almost over but we have one last challenge for you. There are two steps to this challenge. The first step is to hop around to each of the participating designers' blogs and collect the pieces of the mini we've created for you. Here's a preview of the mini:




After you've collected all of the pieces (there are 16 so make sure you have 16 pieces) we'd like you to create a layout using ALL of the pieces. You may add pieces that you collected from the facebook hop at the beginning of the month but you must use ALL 16 of the pieces from the blog hop. When you've created your layout you'll need to post it in the correct forum thread and area of the gallery. You have until Oct 31/12 at midnight MST to post a layout so you'd better get cracking because there are some awesome prizes! Here are all of the blogs you'll need to visit to collect the entire mini:

• Adriana's Cafe
• AmyDane Designs
• Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
• Digital Designs by Noelle
• A Fish Design
• Fit 2 Be Scrapped
• Just For Fun Designs
• Karen Diamond Designs
• Keystone Scraps
• Memories by Digital Design
• Queen Wild Scraps
• Reminiscence Design
• Scraps N Pieces
• True North Scraps
• Wendy Tunison Designs

And here's my part of the mini:

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Blog Train

It's blog train time at SNP! This month I have a cute little mini as my piece of the blog train:

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Here's the rest of the itinerary in case you get lost on your journey:
  Flower Pot Designs
AmyDane Designs
Desert Digi Scrap
Stampgram's Studio
Tricia's Treasures
Shuckclod's Stuff
Arts & Ains Designs
Honeybee's Creative Hive
Adriana's Cafe
Memories by Digital Design
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
GraceBlossoms4U
Net's Nick Nacks
Fit 2 Be Scrapped
                        --->True North Scraps<---- You are here
DoubleTrouble Scraps
Karen Diamond Designs
Ladybug Pics n Scraps
Scraps by Missy
Joyful Expressions

Would you like a free mega kit?

The designers at Scraps N Pieces are celebrating SNP's first anniversary for the entire month of October, but YOU get the gifts!  The festivities start off with a Facebook hop.  "Like" us and follow the trail to collect a mega kit for free!  Please visit the following SNP designer Facebook pages to find all the great alphas, templates, word art, and mini kits in the Scraps N Pieces Anniversary Facebook hop:

Scrap Happens to Me
Memories by Digital Design
AK Designs
AmyDane Designs
Karen Diamond Designs
Mommy Made This
Scraps N Pieces
Fit 2 Be Scrapped
Keystone Scraps
Just For Fun Designs
Queen Wild Scraps
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
A-Manda Creation
Digital Designs by Noelle
True North Scraps
Wendy Tunison Designs
Adriana's Cafe
A Fish Design
Reminiscence Design
This is what you will get at my stop on the hop:

And don't forget about the rest of the celebration:

Image is linked to the party!

SNP August Blog Train and Featured Designer

Can you believe it's the middle of August already? That means it's blog train time! But first I want to tell you about something I am very excited about! I am Scraps N Pieces Featured Designer from August 16 to the 31st! You don't want to miss this - there is going to be a template challenge, everybody who buys something from TNS between Aug 16 and Aug 31 is entered for a chance to win $10, you can earn freebies just for doing very simple tasks, and there may be some surprises too!

And now for the blog train!

Scraps N' Pieces Store Blog
True North Scraps <--You are here
Stampgram's Studio
Amy's Scrappin' Memories
AmyDane Designs
Scraps N Pieces
J.D.zYnes
GraceBlossoms4U
Net's Nick Nacks
Joyful Expressions
KB Custom Creations
Karen Diamond Designs
Tricia's Treasures
Honeybee's Creative Hive
Memories by Digital Design
Lady Sherwood Designs
Ladybug Pics n Scraps
Just For Fun Designs
Flower Pot Designs
Keystone Scraps
Fit 2 Be Scrapped
Mommy Made This

Here is my part:

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SNP July Blog Train

This month we are traveling to the kitchen. We have berries, baking, kitchen utensils and much more in rich berry tones. I'm sure you will find a good use for what you collect while you are on your journey.

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Karen Diamond Designs
Amy's Designs
GraceBlossoms4U
KB Custom Creations
True North Scraps <-- You are here
Scraps by Missy
Flower Pot Designs
Shuckclod's Stuff
DoubleTrouble Scraps
Tricia's Treasures
Stampgram's Studio
Build a Memory
Memories by Digital Design
Scraps N Pieces
Ladybug Pics n Scraps
Amy's Scrappin' Memories
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
Lady Sherwood Designs
Keystone Scraps
AmyDane Designs
Net's Nick Nacks
I have included a preview slideshow below.

Scraps N Pieces Blog Train

It's blog train time! This month's theme was so inspiring to me! Here's what I made for you

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Just so you don't get lost, here's the rest of the train:
Karen Diamond Designs
True North Scraps
AndreasCreativePhotographyandDesigns
Magic Moments Scrapped
Shuckclods Stuff
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
...too busy to blog today
J.D.zYnes
KB Custom Creations
DigitalDesignsbyNoelle
Kristal Kreations
Monkey's Musings
Keystone Scraps
Lady Sherwood
Grace Blossoms 4 U
Queen Wild Scraps
Ponytails Designs
Stampgram's Studio
Wendy Tunison Designs
DoubleTrouble Scraps
Ladybug Pics n Scraps
Flower Pot Designs
Edina Designs Digitally
Scrap with Me! CMG
Mommy Made This
Memories by Digital Design

Who's on the blog train?

It's blog train time at Scraps N Pieces!  I have a small mini for you.




click here to download

I hope you like it. It coordinates with my kit I have in the MouseScrappers store so don't forget to head over there and pick up the value bundle or one of the individual parts.

I have the list of links for you in case you just stumbled upon the train here, as well as a slide show of what you can collect if you stop at every blog..  Have fun on your journey!

Amy's Designs

Andrea's Creative Photography and Designs

AK Designs

KB Custom Creations

Edina Designs Digitally

shuckclods stuff

Scraps N Pieces

Flower Pot Designs

Donna's Scraps Of Life

Wendy Tunison Designs

Sheri's Scrappin' Spot

Busy Crafting Mommy Designs

Ladybug Pics n Scraps

DigitalDesignsbyNoelle

MagicMomentsScrapped

...too busy to blog today

Stampgram's Studio

Heni scrappel

Keystone Scraps

Penny H Designs

True North Scraps <--You are here
Memories by Digital Design

Karen Diamond Designs