Thursday, January 27, 2011

Rainbow of Friendship NEW LINKS

Due to the Overwhelming amount of people who want to d/l my Rainbow of Friendship kit and couldn't due to "no bandwidth" error, I've re-uploaded the zip files to box.net and also mediafire in case the box.net links don't work. I'm sorry about the error and not being able to d/l but I wasn't expecting my kit to be d/l'd so many times in such a short period of time that I didn't upgrade my account, nor do I have the funds to do so currently so hopefully these links will work and if not, check back in a week or so for that's when my account will be upgraded and I should have an unlimited amount of space/bandwidth to use.
Good Luck, Happy Scrapping and Thank You So Much!
-Kristi
P.S. I'm holding off on my newest kit just in case I open my shoppe in the next week or so (keeping my fingers crossed!!!) If not it'll definitely be a freebie on here. Who knows I may even offer it up on here for a bit before putting it in the shoppe. I haven't completely made up my mind on that one yet...

Links to Rainbow of Friendship on Box.net
alpha: http://www.box.net/shared/5333u0f5o2
ellies 1: http://www.box.net/shared/ropexejtz6
ellies 2: http://www.box.net/shared/jfk6f9zsqv
Solids: http://www.box.net/shared/iq9sc2e1hk
Patts: http://www.box.net/shared/15r5usbtqa

Links to Rainbow of Friendship on Mediafire
alpha: http://www.mediafire.com/?5f1osgc4dgikes2
ellies 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?32a3jree4h95o83
ellies 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?x61sivsct2q1g7j
Solids: http://www.mediafire.com/?irakw77wakh571r
Patts: http://www.mediafire.com/?avbncgzc226uno7

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Back Again with a Grab Bag Release by Nanie's Designs

Hello again friends, I'm so excited to be sharing with you today the release of Stephanie's very first Grab Bag, YAY!!! It's chock full of yummyliciousness!! She's got a new template pack to add to her Sassy Starters line but she's also started two new lines to her designs...Cute Clusters and Sassy Starters Singles!

This fantastic Grab Bag has 4 sets: Sassy Starters Vol.9, Sassy Starters Singles Vol.1 and Cute Clusters Vol. 1 & 2. All for One low price and it's only available at the Scrap Orchard Market! I had the pleasure of playing with 3 of the sets this week so far.
Here's one using Cute Clusters Vol.1 and I also used Coastal Holiday by Tracie Stroud (also available at Scrap Orchard). The photos in the layout are originals that were taken by my father, whom I created this page for.

Here is one using Cute Clusters Vol.2 and Goodnight Moon kit and Stacked Papers add on by Captivated Visions also available @ Scrap Orchard.

And finally here is my page using Sassy Starters Singles Vol.1 with the January Mega collab kit Picture Perfect by the Scrap Orchard Design Team.

Well that's it from me for today folks. Stop back by tomorrow when I start my weekly Casual Friday posts. If you want to know more about Casual Friday just click on the "Casual Friday" link in the side bar on the right. ----->
Have a great day. Happy Scrapping and TTYL.
-Kristi

Beautiful Disaster and other News

Hello friends I'm back again, this time to share with you the new V-Day release by Sunflowers Studio, YAY!!! It's a kit full of bright happy colors like a brilliant blue, passionate purple and pretty awesome pink. With lots of greys and black too. It's also perfect for scrappin' those photos of your lil heartbreakers or that special someone in your life. Without the use of the traditional reds and light pinks usually associated with Valentine's Day. So without further ado here is Beautiful Disaster.

and I used it (and a 'Just my Style template' by NeeNee designs) to scrap a photo of my dh and myself on his birthday a couple years ago (though it doesn't seem that long ago already).

It's available at their Polka Dot Plum shoppe (Link in sidebar) and if you hurry you can snag this lil sweetie for 20% off!

Ok, now on to the "other" news. I'm sure by now you've all seen the added blinkie in my creative teams spot over there ------- >
That's right folks; I'm a Sugar Plum over at Polka Dot Plum. My friend Angela convinced me that I needed to apply and I got it!! I'm So Excited!!! I can't wait to start creating with the different designers at PDP and start chatting it up in the forum and even participate in more challenges (I even get to host one a month)! How cool is that?!
Well that's the goings on for me in digi land for today, but I'll be back Friday with a new release by Nanie's Designs of Scrap Orchard. Lots of gorgeous eye candy coming your way with that release!! Til then...
Happy Scrappin' and TTYL
-Kristi

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Boyish Charm {FWP: Charming Templates}

Good afternoon friends, I'm back today to share with you a sweat deal that's going on over at Sunflowers Studio's shop at Polka Dot Plum. Their new kit Boyish Charm was released today!!!

I LOVE the colors in this kit!! The ellies are awesome too, perfect for scrapping this layout of my 3 sons...

...and from today until whenever ;) there's a Free With Purchase offer. That's right if you buy the full kit you'll receive the Charming template pack for FREE!! Who doesn't love templates?!

Here are a couple pages I created using two of the Charming templates.

I used the kit April by Lauraskathi to create my layout.

and for this one I used the kit Butterfly Kisses by Pixel Perfect Designs and a freebie word art from Elegant Word Art by Bethany.
Well I hope you head on over to Polka Dot Plum and pick up this awesome kit and set of templates and I can't wait to see what you all create!
Happy Scrapping and TTYL
-Kristi

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Over 100 d/l's Thank You!! and a Sneak Peek

Just a quick short post to let you all know that I've already had over 100 downloads on my Rainbow of Friendship kit!! That makes me feel REALLY good. So to show you just how much I appreciate all the downloads and all the wonderful comments I've received I've made a new kit that will be posted in a couple days but til then how about a lil sneaky peek??

Stop by tomorrow for a look at the new release from Sunflowers Studio with a Free With Purchase offer!!! Don't want to miss it!
Happy Scrapping and TTYL
-Kristi

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Rainbow of Friendship and MORE!

Hello all you digital scrapbookers out there. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, I know I did!! I got caught up on some laundry and other chores that needed to be finished and I spent some "movie" time with the kids we watched 3 new movies this weekend: Despicable Me, Alpha and Omega and Megamind and let me tell you each one is great and funny and I love 'em all! The kids enjoyed them too...the lil ones are going around the house howling like wolves,lol. I recommend any of these movies or all of them for a great family movie night!!
Ok in my digi life ;) a LOT has been going on. I've been 'promoted' to a promo gal on one of my CT's (not mentioning names..yet) but what does that mean exactly?? Well I get to do the advertising for the new products (including create the ads and post them online) and some other fun stuff...FB enabling and Twitter posts etc. I'll also be posting a new monthly challenge so be sure to stay tuned to that, there could be coupons and/or freebies involved-hey just sayin'!!!
Speaking of freebies....lol....I just finished a new FULL kit and it's available for download right here on the blog! It's a fun lil kit-(well not really lil-it's got 14 papers and like 40+ elements PLUS a full lowercase alpha including numbers 0-9)! But it's very colorful and it's a very versatile kit I think; perfect for scrapping photos of children, adults and non people layouts too. Without further ado here is Rainbow of Friendship (like the name?? my 10 yr. old daughter picked it) :)

and here's the page I created using my new kit and a Fuss Free template freebie by Fiddle-Dee-Dee designs.

Here are the download links! (Sorry for asking you to copy & paste into the address bar but Blogger isn't cooperating with the clickable links in the body).
::ETA:: I HAVE NEW LINKS FOR THIS KIT WHICH YOU CAN GET AT THIS POST HERE: http://kristibigelow.blogspot.com/2011/01/rainbow-of-friendship-new-links.html
alpha: http://www.box.net/shared/d7b9sh65st
papers 1: http://www.box.net/shared/km4q8rn0fn
papers 2: http://www.box.net/shared/ycz2xx22v5
elements 1: http://www.box.net/shared/i3058idmnl
elements 2: http://www.box.net/shared/ni5shxspu0
If you download please leave a comment It'd really make my day! And if you created a page please link me to it so I can leave some love!!
Now do you want to see some of the other cool kits that I've purchased/won lately and then scrapped with?? I love sharing these kinds of posts with you.
Here is a kit I won while at a chat over at the Scrap Orchard forum hosted by the one and only SuzyQ Scraps! S.O. always has like 4 chats a month I think all hosted by different designers and honeybees and you can always have yourself a good laugh, and fun times including trivia where you can win prizes. Just like this kit I won...

It was cool because I won this kit before it was even released to the S.O. market!! I already scrapped a page using it (you can find it a couple posts down).
Here's another kit that I picked up (for a discounted 25% off because I helped create it-er sorta,lol ;) ok well I voted on the colors and the theme over at Captivated Visions blog every month on Saturdays you can vote on the Build a Kit where you the fans help Rachel build a new kit by choosing the colors and theme and all that vote receive a discount coupon for the completed link and one lucky fan wins the kit for free!! How fun is that?? So be sure to head on over to Rachels blog here: http://blog.captivatedvisions.co.uk/ to find out when you can vote next!!
Here's a preview of the kit Goodnight Moon (sorry I can't show you the layout til later in the week I used this kit to scrap a page using one of Nanie's new Sassy Starters templates that are releasing Friday at Scrap Orchard!!)

There's also a couple of freebies that match this kit which can be found on her blog too!
There are so many awesome kits that I've picked up lately that I could post all day long but I can't because that would just take too long,lol so you'll just have to keep coming back to see more pages!!
Well that's about it for me...gotta finish cleaning and then later some games with the kids (no school today) so I'll be back soon with some more pages and previews.
Happy Scrapping and TTYL
-Kristi

Thursday, January 13, 2011

PLM winner and some New Releases too!!

Hello again blog friends I'm back with some new releases to share with you all today. I also have some exciting news to share!
My layout for week 2 of Project: Love, Me was the winning pick on the PLM blog!!! I won a $7 coupon to SuzyQ's Scrap Orchard shop!!! YAY I'm so excited.
The prompt for week 2 was "Flashback". We had to scrap about a childhood dream that may or may not have come true. I scrapped about my childhood dream of having a "fairy tale" wedding and how it never happened, BUT I also added how I did find my Mr. Right and how we DID get married and that we are a happy family so that's a dream come true in and of itself! Here check out my layout to read the whole story:

I don't think I'll ever tire of reading that story!!
Come back [hopefully] soon to see my family project 52 photo and lo for week 2 that prompt was "snacks".
Ok, now on to the new releases first up is a template pack from t for me designs that is releasing at SugarHillCo. It's called Less is More and it's a great set of templates for scrapping those crisp clean layouts focusing mainly on the photo and subject(s) there in.

I created 2 layouts using these templates using other t for me designs products which are also available at SugarHillCo.
I created this one using Hello There (mini kit) with a word art from the kit (Take Time).

I created this one using the kit Every Day Magic.

Now I also have some other new templates to share and show you. Nanie's designs from Scrap Orchard is releasing 3 new full template packs, 1 half pack and also you can purchase a bundle to save even more money on the already low prices (as with all new releases at Scrap Orchard for one week only they are 20% off)!!!
Stephanie's templates are great for showing off photos of your loved ones, but you can share a lot of the kits you use to scrap those memories as well. Without making you wait any longer here are Sassy Starters Vols. 4, 5 and 6 and Sassy Starters Half Pack 2!
Sassy Starters Vol.4

...and my page using the kit Finding Balance by SuzyQ Scraps.

Sassy Starters Vol. 5

...and my page using the kit My Little Girl by Designs by Kat (lace is from the kit Spring Fresh by Julie Bullock and it was recolored to match my lo).

Sassy Starters Vol. 6

...and my page using the kit Joyous Skies by Faith True Originals.

Sassy Starters Half Pack 2

...and my page using the collab. kit Random Moments by Decrow and Vera Lim.

I a totally in LOVE with all Stephanie's templates!!! I'll definitely be watching the galleries to see all the pages that you digi scrappers create using them!!

In other news Saturday is the beginning of PolkaDot Plums Saturday Singles a store wide sale where you'll find many products for only $1 each!!! Be sure to check that out!!!
ALSO speaking of PolkaDot Plum they are having a site CT call. Want to be a Sugar Plum?? Visit the PDP website and see what all you need to do to apply! Good Luck to all who do!
(clickable link in side bar------>)
Well that's about it for me today, so until next time Happy Scrapping and talk to you soon!
-Kristi

Friday, January 7, 2011

T.G.I.F. and Newbies!!!

WOw, where did this week go?? I can't believe we've already made it into 2011. I rang in the new year with the flu so I had to stay in bed, but hey I got some scrappin' done, YAY!!
I woke up the other morning feeling great though, then I checked my email and I felt even better!! Why you ask? Here's why...I was invited to join another CT!!! Scrap Orchard has a new template designer (Nanie's Designs) and she sent me an email telling me she liked what she saw in my gallery and asked if I'd join her creative team. I am super excited because she makes some AWESOME templates. Here, I'll show you...
BTW, Nanie's Designs is EXCLUSIVE to Scrap Orchard so that's where you'll find all her products!
This is Sassy Starters Half Pack 1

and here is the layout I created using one of these templates and the collab. kit Special Day by AnnaBV Designs and Designs by Kat (also available @ Scrap Orchard).


Here is Sassy Starters Vol.1

and here's my page using one of the templates and the following SuzyQ Scraps products (also available @ Scrap Orchard): Giggle Monsters kit, Free to be Mini (freebie from DSA's October 'Fix') Laugh the Rainbow alphas, Lifelines 1, and Stitch Hiccups Vol. 1,3,4 and 5.


Here's Sassy Starters Vol.2

and my page using one of the temps, plus the collab kit Posey Pinwheels by Decrow and Tracie Stroud (also available @ Scrap Orchard)


and the last one I have to share is Sassy starters Vol.3

and here's my page using one of these temps. and the collab. kit Second Spring by Captivated Visions & Stolen Moments (also available @ Scrap Orchard).


AND FOR ONE WEEK ONLY WHEN YOU PURCHASE ANY OF THE SASSY STARTERS TEMPLATE PACKS OR THE SASSY STARTERS BUNDLE 1, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SASSY STARTERS HALF PACK 1 FOR FREE!!!

WOW, that's a LOT of templates, but they sure were fun to play with, I can't wait to use the rest of them, and there's more to come next week.
How would you like to snag a free Sassy Starters template to play with?? Well if you head on over to Stephanie's FaceBook fan page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nanies-Designs/184048691607319 (remember you can't click the link you gotta copy & paste to your address bar up top-still trying to figure out what's going on with the linking issue on my blog) anyways-back to business :) you can snag this one here:

(sort of like a try it before you buy it kind of deal) ;)
I unfortunately haven't had the pleasure of playing with this template yet (too busy with the other ones, and the new ones coming next week,LOL)


I bet you thought I was finished sharing the NEW releases for today weren't you?? LOL, well I'm not!
Terese of t for me designs has a NEW kit out today. It's perfect for all your moments of "self reflection" or just "listening to your heart". Those moments where you see your lil ones just staring off into nothingness while quietly thinking to themselves and "taking in" the world around them. Just so you can see what I'm talking about, here's the layout I created using Take Time:

Do you get what I'm talking about?? This kit sets of sense of calm and relaxation, I just love it! Here's the full kit preview:

Remember this kit is ONLY AVAILABLE for sale at SugarHillCo. (all store links in Sidebar!)

Well that's it for me, thanks for sitting through all the previews. Have fun creating and I'll be waiting to see what you create with these goodies. ;)

Happy Scrapping and TTYL!
-Kristi

Sunday, January 2, 2011

What's new?

Hello again. I know I am a day late with this post but so much was going on yesterday that I had NO time to get anything done around the house let alone on the computer,lol.

So here's the happenings around digi land...

First is the new kit that Victoria released yesterday, it's called Afternoon Delight and it's made using a gorgeous color palette. It's available at Gotta Pixel.

Love those colors!! Such a soft feeling to this kit and I just like it so much!! Here's my page using this kit.


The next kit is a mini kit add on to Victoria's Renewed kit. Same color palette but a little bit different-themed for the New Years celebrations that were celebrated the other night. Hence the name 'New Years'. Here check out the preview...

and here's my layout...

**FYI-those photos are NOT mine. I found them online.**
You can pick up this mini kit for FREE over at SugarHillCo if you participate in the January color challenge!

I also want to share with you a recently released kit by t for me. It's another gorgeous kit to scrap those New Years party pics and it's great for non New Years pics too, I used it to scrap a couple of my older sisters wedding photos. Here is Celebrating by t for me designs and it is now available exclusively at SugarHillCo.

...and my lovely layout if I dare say so myself.


Ok, do you remember that silly photo of me I posted the other day for my 2011 Project 52?? I scrapped it using the new 365 collection by eNKay designs and I'm sharing it with you...I get a kick out of this photo and layout every time I see it,LOL.


Well that's about it for now folks but stay tuned because I have more yummylicious goodies to come ;)