Cyber Monday Blog Train!

I’ve got a little post Black Friday gift for this Cyber Monday! We sure like our holidays/shopping days, don’t we? hehe

Be sure to visit the other SSD designers’ blogs for more Cyber Monday gifts!

Darcy Baldwin {fontography}
http://darcybaldwin.blogspot.com/

Libby Pritchett Designs
http://blog.libbyweifenbach.com/

lleilla designs
http://scrapgoo.lliella.com/

Penny Springmann Designs
http://pennyspringmann.com/

Melissa Bennett Designs
http://melissabennettdesigns.blogspot.com/

Meghan Mullens
http://www.confessionsofadigijunkie.com/blog

Happy Black Friday! I’ve got some great new stuff for you!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Black Friday, whether shopping online or in the
stores. I’ve got 3 new products for you today…

And remember that everything at the Sweet Shoppe is 40% off today! Enjoy! :)

Sneak Peek Thursday

Hello Scrappers,  It’s Kim here a day early to bring you this week’s peek!  I know today is Thanksgiving in the States but it’s never too early to think about Christmas, especially since the biggest shopping day is tomorrow!  Heather has done it again this week with an ADORABLE, solo kit that features that man in the red suit and his faithful sidekicks!  Be sure to stop by Heather’s store at Sweet Shoppe Designs tomorrow! 

Happy Scrapping!

Kim

Snow Cute :)

Good morning readers! Heather has a SUPER CUTE kit with Meghan Mullens this week!

The Freezing Season is quickly approaching and Snow Cute is the perfect kit to document it! Packed to the brim with snowflakes, candy pieces, an adorable penguin and snowman, and adorable elements galore, Snow Cute will have you reaching for this fabulous mix of bright colors with just a dash of black, time and time again.

20% off Saturday only, so have fun shopping and I’ll see you next time!

Sneak Peek 11/11

Heather has done it again! She teamed up with Meghan Mullens and created an adorable kit that I am sure you are going to fall in love with! Ready for your peek????

Remember to stop by SSD on Saturday to pick it up while it is on sale! :) Until next time …

Hybrid How-to: Apple for the Teacher

Hi!  SaraL here with a new photo hybrid how-to for you!

Now, you may have gathered I enjoy finding alternative, stretch-your-stash uses for Heather’s fabulous collection of templates, and I have a wonderful one for you today.  How about the perfect teacher appreciation gift presentation… using Heather’s recently released DIY Printable Templates: Jack-o-Lantern Bags!

Not quite what you expected as a starting template perhaps?  Well, this may change your mind:

How sweet is this gift presentation idea for your child’s teacher?  I’ve used Heather’s aptly themed Best in the Bushel to decorate my bag  …and ever such a simple bag to construct, I promise!

Let me walk you through what I did – and as always, in practice it really, really is much quicker & simpler than is sounds when broken down into steps!!

Step1:  Open the template. Merge the three layers which form the front & then the three that form the bag’s back. Clip on apple-coloured papers, and any digital decoration you choose.

  • Adding leaves: Make it easy & cheat! I used the oval tag elements from Best in the Bushel, clipped green papers to them & then popped them into position. The stalk is also from one of the kit’s embellishments, simply enlarged. At this time, I added one of the recipe cards from Heather’s autumnal kit to the page so I could get it sized perfectly, to act as a tag on my finished bag!

Step 2: Print out.  I decided to reverse & pop my printout back  through my printer to add a background paper from the kit, so that my finished bag would have a colourful inside :)

Step 3: Cut out.  Please do remember to cut along the curve between the apple & tab – just as per Heather’s instructions!

Step 4: Score & crease/ fold – again as per the instructions, but you can also see where in the photo above!

  • I used a ‘scoring board’ and bone folder (that curvy white tool in the photos), but I have very successfully used a bone folder (which is inexpensive & readily available from craft stores) plus a ruler, and I do know people who use a simple butter knife & ruler to achieve the same end! …just remember not to press too hard and to protect your work surface again if you choose to use a knife.

Step 4: Ink all the edges of the apple bag & recipe card tag.

Step 5: Fold your bag into shape. As you do, adhere each tab to the inside/ back of the apple shape (I used double sided craft tape). You can choose the angle you do this at to create a wider or narrower box space – I went for the vertical option in my example.

Step 6: This is an optional step – add a handle or don’t add a handle?

  • Well, I added one (the template was just sitting there after all!) – but I kind of cheated a little!  Instead of printing the decorated handle strip out then popping in back through the printer etc, I simply printed two identical strips, and sandwiched them together with adhesive.  Ta-da!

With a nice big glue dot or similar on either end, simply stick the handle ends to the inside of your completed basket.

Step 7:  Have fun adding your own unique finishing touches – a tag, ribbon, charms, buttons, you name it!

I hope you enjoyed this alternative, stretch-your-stash use for Heather’s Jack ‘O Lantern templates!!  If you have a go at making your own, please do pop a photo of them into Heather’s gallery at the Sweet Shoppe so we can admire your work too!

‘til next time

SaraL

Best In The Bushel, Fall Traditions, Sticky Learnings and a SALE!

Well, it’s Digital Scrapbooking Day and Heather’s been super busy, so let’s get right to it. This post is fairly image heavy as it is, so I’m only going to show you a couple CT layouts but make sure you swing by Heather’s gallery at SSD to see more layouts :) There’s a DSD sale, so everything is 30% off and there’s a beautiful FWP. Also don’t forget to go one post down to check out our DSD gift to you!!

Best in the Bushel is a fun kit celebrating the fall harvest of apples. With original apples, apple tree, bushel of apples and other matching elements, Best in the Bushel is perfect for layouts about the apple of your eye or your own best in the bushel.


Fall Traditions is a fun kit celebrating the autumn colors and Thanksgiving traditions. With original hand-sketched leaves, acorn, pumpkin, turkey, scarecrow, cozy felt accents and other matching elements, Fall Traditions is perfect for layouts documenting your family’s fall traditions.

Sticky Learnings: Dress It Jack Frost contains 4 large snowmen blanks, 45 accessories, a game dice, plus a backpack to store all the pieces except for the snowmen. Finished snowmen cards measure approximately 5×3.6 inches, dice measures approximately 1.25 inches square and backpack measures approximately 4.125 inches by 3.35 inches.

DSD Freebies from us to you

The team got together and made a bunch of DSD Freebies for all of you! Yay!!

5 templates, 3 clusters, 2 titles, 1 card template and 1 ready to print card. All for you :)

We hope you enjoy, and have a wonderful DSD!! I’ll be back later this morning with Heather’s new release :)

Download links:

Card Template
Titles/Clusters
Templates

Sneak Peek Friday

Hello! Heather has an awesome new kit for you coming out on 11/5 and here is a sneak peek!
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