We're Turtle Scrapping at Scraps N Pieces today!  North Star poki, has some great instructions for you. All LOs must contain at least 50% TNS products and must be posted in the TNS gallery by 6 am CST August 21.  You have lots of time!  And what are you playing for?   You can collect one part of my new kit Sunday Afternoon.  If you play all the Turtle Scraps, you will have a full kit by the end!

Don't worry, if you missed out on the prizes, I'm making them available for sale in September so you can buy any parts you are missing.  But the individual parts will only be available for one week and then they will disappear forever and the full kit will take their place.

I am also hosting a chat in the SNP chatroom at 3 pm CST (4 pm EST, 2 pm MST, 1 pm PST)  We had a lot of fun at the last one, and the RAK Fairy showed up.  She might come by again....

While I've got you here, I wanted to tell you about the SNP Designer Collab.

Summer is winding down and soon the kids will be heading back to school.  The designers at Scraps N Pieces have been busy putting together a new collab called "Road Trip"  This kit is full of fun elements to scraps all your precious road trip memories. The kit is 7.99, Quick pages are 5.99 or the whole thing for 10.99

Our Bits N Pieces this month is all about your classic summer activities and more.  Remember each piece is only $1.00 for the first week of the month.  

Our CU Grab bag this month is FULL of  leafs.  This is one you will not want to miss out on.

Scraps N Pieces is having a Facebook Hop this month also.  The theme is "Glamour" and the kits are very pretty.  The Hop will start on Sunday August 11th  

ASLO, the designer collab and CU grab bag from September 2012 are on sale for 50% off until the end of the month.  Then they will disappear forever!  Don't miss out on these great bargains!

Big savings, coupons and prizes, and lots of fun activities!

I'm so excited to announce that True North Scraps is the Featured Designer at Scraps N Pieces from August 16 - 31!

This is going to be so much fun!

Turtle Scraps:  Every couple of days, early in the morning, a set of 7 instructions will be posted.  You will have until 6 am CST the following day to post your LO in the True North Scraps gallery at Scraps N Pieces.  The reason I'm holding a Turtle Scrap is so that my friends from  Europe, Asia and Down Under can play along too.  Chats may be held any time during the day though, so watch for the schedule that will be posted at Scraps N Pieces and on my Facebook Page.  Chats are optional events, but you never know when the RAK Fairy might show up...  Every Turtle Scrap you complete within the time limit will earn you a piece of my kit called Sunday Afternoon!  

If you can't collect the whole thing, "Sunday Afternoon" will go in all of the TNS stores on September 1st.

Bingos:  We'll be holding a few bingo games during the 2 weeks I'm featured designer.  I will give you a list of words to choose and you make your own bingo card.  Bingo cards must be completed and submitted one full day prior to the scheduled bingo game.  Bingo will be played during a chat.  The RAK Fairy may be attending those games!

Treasure Hunt:  On August 16th I'll be posting an image with some easily identifiable pieces of various kits in my SNP store.  PM your answers to me before the end of the month and if you are correct, you will earn a 25% coupon to my store!

Group Hug:  Another super-easy way to earn valuable savings!  For every 5 comments you post in the True North Scraps gallery, I will give you 5% off a purchase in my SNP store.  You can collect up to a maximum 50% off!

If you participate in the Treasure Hunt and Group Hug, you can potentially earn a coupon worth 75% off one purchase of TNS products at Scraps N Pieces!  Coupons will accumulate throughout the featured designer time and one coupon for the full prize amount that you earned will be awarded by September 5, 2013.

Midnight Madness:  Every Friday night at midnight in August (Aug 16, 23, and 30th), I will put my Scraps N Pieces store on sale for 24 hours for 60% off all regular priced products.

Now that I've explained all that, are you excited for August 16th to come?!!  I sure am!

Plenty of news!

Don't forget to join me this afternoon for my Speed Scrap at SNP.  

The prize is a fantastic little mini kit called Small World Add-On.  

This add on was made as a prize for the speed scrap, but I couldn't turn off the kit designing machine and ended up splitting it into a full-sized kit and a mini.

And that leads me to News Item #2.  I am releasing this kit off my usual release cycle.  Small World and Small World Add On will be available on March 28th in both my stores.  

Next and most exciting news to break to you is this:

I have over 1000 Likes on Facebook now.  I decided to celebrate this milestone with a big sale.  To be exact, it's a Buy My Store sale!

The small print:  Sale ends March 31, not valid on collabs and not valid with other coupons.

Winner announcement

It's time to announce the winner of this last week's blog contest. And the lucky person who will be guesting on my CT for a month is..... 

 

Robinsismai

Congratulations!  Shoot me an email at truenorthscraps at gmail dot com and we'll get things arranged for you to get started.  

Template Pack Release from TNS and a chance to be a Guest North Star!

Are you a template fan?   There are so many ways to use a template and make it your own, and that's what I had in mind with this set.  You can follow them exactly or dress them up or down, flip, flop, rotate, whatever you fancy.  That has a little to do with the name of this template pack

Whichever Way the Wind Blows

I used them when I made a double page LO for ScaryTales 2: Laissez les bon temps rouler

My North Stars were busy trying out the templates

Don't all these LOs look great?  You can visit their blogs for a closer look at their work.

The templates are CT friendly, and come in PSD, TIF, and PNG formats.  From February 21 - 24, they will be on sale for 30% off, then they will go to their normal price of $3.50.  Grab 'em this weekend while they are really cheap!

I have a question to ask and one of the people who answers it will be chosen randomly to win a one month guest CT term (March 1 - 31) as a North Star!

My question is:  What do you think is my really HUGE news is?   I can't wait to spill the beans, and it's not long before I will, but in the meantime I thought it'd be fun to see what people think.  I can't really give you a clue without completely giving it away, and since it doesn't matter if your answer is right or not for you to win, I thought I'd just leave it wide open and see what people come up with!  Just leave a comment and a way for me to contact you (remember Anonymous can not win) and I'll randomly select a winner Tuesday February 26 at 7 am Central time.  I have a little sneak peek of one of the kits being released in March to encourage you to enter this contest:

Congratulations to my contest winner!

I just picked the winner of my new release! 

Congratulations to:

Helene Bahnman

Coupon!

The Mayan calendar begins over again on December 21.  Some people say it's the end of the world; some say that this is just like us flipping the calendar to a new year.  All I know for sure is that on December 20th, I'm going to party like there's no to-Maya!

Use this code to get the end of the world discount of 70% off until we are all safe and sound in the next b'ak'tun.

TNS_NOTOMAYA

Code expires at 11:59 pm Dec 22

Click here to go to True North Scraps Store

While I've got you here, I have some news about a speed scrap at SNP:

Scraps N Pieces the designer is hosting the speed scrap this week on Thursday.

Be sure to stop by the forum to check out the participation prize - a little mini kit called A Little Christmas - it is super cute!

Also, we will be using a template piece, so be sure to stop by and grab it as well so you are all set and ready to go.

Announcing my 12/12/12 Sale!

 

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. 

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!

Click image to download

So Much News!!

First of all, today is the last day that my MouseScrappers store is open. This is your last chance to pick up several of my kits that are MouseScrappers exclusives!

Some of these kits will be retired after my MS store closes, others will be revamped at a much later date and won't be available for quite some time. Right now my entire MouseScrappers store is on sale for 50% off until it closes. Don't miss your chance to get these exclusive kits at a great price before they are gone forever.

Next news is my new release! I've made a paper pack and an adorable alphabet that is perfect for LOs about your young children. Look for it exclusively at my Scraps N Pieces store in the Bits N Pieces promotion for only $1 each for the first week of September!

I put together a short slideshow of some of the LOs my North Stars made using the papers and the alphabet blocks, and a couple are using the FB exclusive elements mini pack:

 

Tomorrow is the first of September which means it is Super Saturday at Scraps N Pieces! Don't miss the big savings! I've put 3 products in the sale: Pick up one of my clever Dated and Stapled packs. Both are only $1 on September 1st!

Also available for a ridiculously low price tomorrow is my very popular Move It Move It, only $2 for Super Saturday.

Scrap It to Win It is just around the corner! Have you signed up yet? You must be signed up by Sept 1 or you can't play, and let me tell you, the prizes are amazing so you definitely want to play! True North Scraps is one of several SNP designers donating prizes to this contest.

And finally, my two weeks as the featured designer at Scraps and Pieces has drawn to a close. Today is your last day to get all your tasks wrapped up. Tomorrow I will be adding up all the points and choosing the winner of the lottery. I'll get those prizes out as soon as humanly possible. A recap of the tasks/games:

 Lottery: Buy anything in my store between midnight CST Aug 16 and midnight CST Sept 1, and you will get one entry into the draw for a $10 coupon to my store. The draw will take place from all the entries on Sept 1.

 Earn Freebies:
1) Template challenge (free template available here) = 1 point, plus 1 more point if your LO is at least 75% TNS
2) Wear my blinkie = 2 points
3) Follow me: Pinterest = 1 point, Facebook = 1 point, Blog = 1 point
4) Sign up for my newsletter = 2 points
5) Purchase something from my store = 3 points (plus the above-mentioned entry into the lottery)
6) Tell me your top 3 favourite kits in my store = 3 points

1 - 4 points earns a coupon to my store for $2.49
5 - 10 points earns your choice of one kit in my store
11 - 15 points earns a $10 coupon to my store PLUS a bonus entry into the Lottery


Surprises: You just never know.... well, wait! I'll let the cat out of the bag! Several people have opened their private message inboxes at Scraps N Pieces to find a surprise -- I had one of my wonderful North Stars send a coupon to some people that have posted LOs in my TNS gallery. I still plan to RAK a couple more lucky people who have uploaded LOs to my gallery, so make sure you have uploaded yours!

One last surprise - if you have been playing along with the Featured Designer games, hopefully one of the tasks you completed was to sign up for the True North Scraps Newsletter. If you were signed up before 4 pm Eastern yesterday, you will find a newsletter exclusive freebie in yesterday's newsletter! I hope you didn't miss out!

 Whew. My fingers are tired from typing all that out! However, I want to mention a couple more things. "Like" True North Scraps on Facebook and then keep your eyes open for a new exclusive FB freebie, available soon! And finally, I have a big announcement to make soon so make sure you are subscribed to my blog or newsletter so you don't miss it!