Happy Scrap Girl Designs

The Mega Collab Grab Bag with Kim B!

2011-09-23T11:16:00.002-04:00

Hello!!

It's been a bit since I've sent out a newsletter! Grab a cuppa and let's check out what's new!

Guesting at SHC has been so much fun! This week I had a chance to work with an amazingly talented designer and my friend Kim Broedelet (aka Kim B). She's also a fellow SM designer and we both happen to be at SHC this month.

We put together this HUGE (and I mean HUGE) Mega Collab Grab Bag!

Filled with 8 brand new Quality checked products.

Contains.
8 Full sized products in
PNG,Layered PSD, TIFF and JPG.

All @ 300ppi

It's packed with 8 CU products and it's just $7 (for a limited time only...). A HUGE bargain at less than $1 per product. You can buy it here, exclusively at Sugar Hill Co!

I've been seeing tons of button projects on Pinterest lately (see my pin obsessions... ) and dug through my button jars to find some pretty vintage buttons that would be an amazing addition to those beautiful kits you are creating! (btw - they are 20% off till Sunday...) They are available exclusively at SHC! Grab them here...

And last week, I was completely lazy (did I just admit that? ;P ) and forgot to send out my newsletter telling you about some new Krafty Papers I put in my SHC guest shop. So I'm adding them to this weeks 20% off new release sale too.

Don't you just love kraft paper? The texture just makes me swoon! And you know you don't have to keep them as "kraft style" brown papers - they look great in other colors or layered as the texture for your cardstocks or patterns too! Get 'em here...

Speaking of new releases being 20% off at SHC this weekend.... I loaded up some of my other favorite products and they are on sale too. Like ribbons and an action . You can check them all out here...

New Overlays, Fabric Flowers & Somewhere {Rainbow} Alpha

2011-08-19T08:17:00.002-04:00

This week my girls put on some little "shows" for me - it was great fun and one of the songs they did was Somewhere Over the Rainbow. I whipped this little alpha up for a speed scrap prize at ScrapMatters & now it's available in my store. I'm certain this is my favorite alpha - ever!!

I'm also unpacking my GB to go on sale individually as well. These Fabric Flowers are FUN! They would make a great addition to that kit you are working with!

Also coming out of the grab bag are these Crackled transparent PNG overlays. The background colors are just for preview purposes. These make amazing papers or the perfect finishing touch on frames or elements!

FREEBIE ALERT!!! I know there were a few technical difficulties with the FB freebie at SM, so if you missed it, it IS still available AND you can get it HERE on SM's FB Fan Page. Sorry for the confusion!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Are you ready to PARTY??

2011-08-05T05:00:00.000-04:00

Are you ready to party???? ScrapMatters turns 4 this weekend and we are celebrating in a BIG way!!

AND I get to be one of the LUCKY featured designers this month too! Day and I teamed up to create a CU freebie for you. SM is changing up our featured designer and insted of being in our monthly newsletter, it's now on SM's FB FAN page all month long!!!! So make sure you "LIKE" SM (oh and Happy Scrap Girl Designs too!!!) so you don't miss ANYTHING!!!

Here is the CU freebie we put together for you!!! After all, what's a birthday celebration without some presents, right???

And, we put together this GOT-TO-HAVE-IT CU Grab Bag for you too!! Now you can get a pretty good idea of what's in this bag from the preview, lol. But if you still need some convincing, check out the full previews and detailed images ---> HERE....

Now grab that bag quick and go celebrate!! It's only available until August 18th so don't miss it!!

My WHOLE shop at SM is on sale for the celebration!! AND if you are a FB fan - you can get a coupon for an extra 10% off (GB's excluded!!!).

Happy Birthday ScrapMatters!!

Learn how to flip a text path - a quick tutorial & sample to play along!!

2011-08-04T09:42:00.002-04:00

Incase you can't tell, I love a good text path! They make your pages more interesting and you can fit text into odd shaped spaces. If you purchase a pre-made text path like my Text Path Blenders, you may find you have the perfect text path shape - but it's flipped the wrong direction... You flip the layer only to find that your text is now backwards or upside down. Well, that's no good, lol!

Here is a tutorial on how to flip your text path in Photoshop.

You will need your opened text path (you can use regular text paths - step 1 only - or my Text Path Blenders). If you are going to use your Text Path Blender on a page layout, you will want to flip it in the original document. If the size of the document is changed (like when you move it to your 12x12 page) the mask will not line up with the path correctly.

If you need a Text Path Blender to test this out with, you can grab a free sample here.

1.) Click on the text layer and go to Edit -> transform path -> flip horizontal (this flips the path, but not the mask).

2.) Create a new layer above your text layer.

3.) Click and hold on the mask (black & white box to the right of the text layer) and drag it to the new layer.

4.) On the new masked layer click the little "linked" icon to the left of the mask to turn it off.

5.) Click on the new masked layer and go to edit -> transform -> flip horizontal (now your mask is flipped)

6.) Click and hold on the mask again and then drag it back to the text layer.

7.) Click the little linked icon between the mask and the text path again to re-link them.

Hope you find this tutorial useful! I'd love to see how you use it - link me up in the comments or let me know if you have any questions!

Try my new Text Path Blenders with a freebie - plus don't miss the Christmas in July Sale!!

2011-07-15T08:29:00.002-04:00

Happy Friday!!

Have you missed me? I've certainly missed you!!! It's been over a month since I've done any design work. My family is keeping me very busy at the moment and I'm enjoying spending so much time with my girls this summer. I've been playing taxi driver to swim and soccer, play dates and parties. We've spent a lot of time in our pool (YAY!!) and have had a few picnics at the beach & parks. DH's job is a little crazy right now so I'm sorta playing the part of a single parent most of the time. Can I just tell you how much this makes me appreciate what a good husband and father he is? I know that we'll get the work thing straightened out and life will be back to normal (whatever that is, right????) AND I might get a little more time on my computer too ;)

I'm still working on taking better care of me (ie - I need to lose some weight, lol!!) and have an appointment in a few weeks to figure out what on earth I did to my poor foot. I fell down my stairs (remember, I'm the worlds biggest klutz - haha!!) in April and my foot hasn't been the same since. I did get some X-rays done and it's not broken (thank goodness!!!) but it's keeping me from walking very far. Not very helpful in trying to lose weight, lol. Hopefully a new doc can fix it up so I can stop walking around with a goofy limp!

I had a little bit of time this week to create something new. I had such a great response to my Text Path Blenders, I decided to make another set for you.

The second set is a little grungier and includes a messy heart shape, an arrow and a half circle. There are 8 Text Path Blenders in this set.

Text Path Blenders are just like a photo mask, but for your journaling instead of a picture. You type in the path and the mask part automatically distresses the text. I've included full instructions for you, including how to make parts of the mask more or less distressed - to fit your page.

Would you like to see some CT inspiration?

I'm also offering the first and second set as a bundle for a Sweet Deal!!

I do have a little sample for you at the end of this post, but first, I want to tell you about SM's Christmas in July sale.

Here are a few of the Christmas/Winter products I have on sale..

Mmmm.... this alpha makes me want to bake!! It's included in the full kit, but you can purchase it on it's own as well.

another alpha...

And since I love you guys, I'm giving you a freebie so you can have some fun playing with them yourself!! They will only work in PS/PSE and I've included full instructions on how to use them!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Berry-licious Sale!!

2011-06-27T08:48:00.002-04:00

It's finally berry picking time in my part of the country. My girls and I are headed out this morning to pick strawberries and we'll be making some home made jam this afternoon.

Since I can't take you all along with me, I thought I would put one of my favorite kits in this week's Manic Monday sale instead!! You can save 50% off Berry-licious today only, so grab it fast and get scrapping those berry pics!!

Here is some CT inspiration...

Why let your photos have all the fun? New Text Blenders!!‏

2011-06-10T15:38:00.002-04:00

Everyone knows what photo blenders or masks can do for your layouts. But have you tried using them on your journaling? What? It doesn't work so great? You're right, because with photo masks/blenders, you clip your image to the mask - covering up the solid colored mask shape. Try that with text and you'll still see the mask behind your journaling. You could use the mask and select the area outside of it and then delete part of your text to get that same look. Oh wait... that's not a good option either. If you want to change your text after you delete part of it, you'll have to start over.

Enter Text Path Blenders! Just highlight the text on the path and start typing right over it. Your journaling will take these mask shapes and parts of it will magically fade away or become slightly distressed. Make a mistake? That's ok. With this non-destructive method, you can go back and edit your text as many times as you need to to get it just right. Change the font, color - whatever you'd like - it's really easy!
I've even included some basic instructions on how to make your edges more or less faded without changing the rest of the path.

Please note that these will work perfectly with PSE 5+ and PSCS2+ but will not work in earlier versions.

Here is some amazing CT inspiration using these new Text Path Blenders!!

by Fran...

By Kayla...

By Heidi...
{also using Cloud Nine by Elise's Pieces Designer}

By Melanie...

Text Path Blendersare 20% off this weekend only!

Botanical Grunge Brushes & pngs

2011-06-03T15:17:00.002-04:00

Hello!

Happy Friday to you!

I'm sorry I'm so late in posting this today. We have finally listed our house, so I am determined to do all of my "chores" before I sit down to work each day. This mornings cleaning led to switching out my youngest daughters clothes. All of her winter things are now packed away and her summer dresses and shorts are ready for her to use. I ended up with a garbage bag full of clothes that she will have outgrown by the fall, so those are headed to my sisters house for her little girl.

I promised my daughter some time with me after torturing her to try on all of her clothes, so we spent some time reading in the hammock in the yard.

Now that we are back inside, I figured I'd better get a move on this before I find something else that needs my attention, lol!

My youngest and I have been going for walks every morning after my oldest daughter gets on the school bus. This week as we were on our walk, we traveled past my neighbors house. She is a good, good friend of mine and just adores my children. Last year, she injured her back. She had dr's orders to not do anything that would be strenuous on her back. So she wasn't able to mow her lawn. She did get some help from friends (including my DH now and then) but the weeds would regularly get taller than my kids! At the end of last summer she got a handle on it and it was under control. Fast forward to this year, and she has re-injured her back - and those weeds are once again growing! So I figured that before I go over to help her pull them out, I'd find some great ones to make some fun brushes out of!! Bet you didn't see that coming, lol!

This week I have a new brush set - Botanical Grunge - courtesy of my neighbors yard, lol! There are 10 brushes in the set. They come in abr & png format.

They are on sale for 20% off this weekend only!

Here are some close up details of these brushes. The would be beautiful on papers & LO's!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Fit for a Princess and Grab Bag Reveal!!

2011-05-13T13:12:00.002-04:00

The past two weeks have been a blur. Seriously, how DID it get to be Friday already? I hope everyone had a FUN iNSD weekend, fit in lots of scrapping or designing - and scored tons of great shopping deals!!!

I have a few things to show you today, including the reveal of both of my Grab Bags and if you are a Newsletter subscriber - be sure to check your email for a subscriber only coupon!!.

Some of you may remember this collab - it's actually a re-release. It was in my partners' (Leslie - aka: Golden Girls Digital Designs) shop when she sold with us at SM. I recently realized that I never put it in my SM store! So I gave it to my CT & the SM CT to get some brand new LO's with it.

The CT had some serious fun with this kit - just look at all of these BEAUTIFUL pages!!

This one is by Fran...

And here is one by Jan....

by Kayla...

by Heidi...

by Fonnetta....

By Kat... (PS... I'd want this to be my castle too!)

And now here are the products that were in my CU grab bag collabs. I am completely in love with chevron patterns right now. So I had to whip up a set of Happy Patterns dedicated to all things chevron, lol! These (like all of my Happy Pattern Sets) are layered files - making your design time more productive. Each color is on it's own layer.

Ribbon Obsession. I love me a great ribbon and love to pack my kits with them. So I put my obsession with them to good use and made up this set. There are long ribbons, bows and even a couple that would be great to hang things with!

Knotty Ribbons - oh my. I had a blast making these for you. I used up about 10 glue sticks putting them together, but I love the way they came out. They make great page embellishments on their own, and I can totally see them being used as flower centers or in layered up circles.

These fabric flowers are made from ribbons. Some are 2 ribbons stitched together. I can't decide which of these is my favorite!! Quick tip - to recolor elements that are multiple colors, use your Color Range selection tool (PS users) to pick out just one of the colors. Then fill it on a new layer and use your blend modes to make it look perfect!

New Texture Files too - this one is packed with fun textures like leather, mulberry paper, and parchment paper. I've also added cardstock and kraft!

Phew, I think that's everything that I wanted to show you this week! Thanks for sticking with me, lol.

Let's get this {iNSD} party started!

2011-05-06T07:46:00.002-04:00

Let's get this {iNSD} party started!

Happy iNSD everyone! I have so much to tell you about today! First, SM is celebrating iNSD in a BIG way!

Stop over to join a chat, challenge, SS or just to do some shopping.

I've been busy working on lots of new goods to fill up my store for this weekend. I've worked with 2 AMAZING CU designers to bring you 2 CU Grab Bags this weekend. I also have a couple of personal use products in the store as well! My newsletter subscribers will also be getting a subscriber only coupon today - so if you get my newsletter, be sure to look for it before you make your purchases!

Are you ready?

First up, I have a CU Grab Bag collab with a fellow SM designer, Chelle's Creations! Chelle is crafty and clever and very pick on quality! You'll love her products just as I do. We've packed 6 fun, full size products into this bag for just $6! Check out what we've made...

Want to see some closer details?

Oh isn't that pretty!

I did mention another GB, right? Well I had so much fun teaming up with Amanda Rockwell for our last grab bag, that we decided that we had to do another! Amanda is a top-notch CU designer and we've filled this GB with 4 full-size, high quality resources to help you build or refresh your designer toolbox - all for just $4!!

Here is a closer look....

WOW!! If you are still curious as to what exactly is in each bag, don't worry. Full size previews of each product are available in the store!

I had a ton of fun making those bags, I got my craft on, broke out my trusty glue gun & sewing machine. 12 glue sticks, lots of ribbon, and a few HOT fingers later, well let's just say these are some of my FAVORITE ever CU products!! And, my girls have some pretty new hair clips now that I'm done with all the scanning and extracting, lol!

A few more things to show you. I've had lots of requests for new text paths. These ones are care-free and fun. Some wind an loop and others are designed to work around the edge of your photo or page. They will work on PSE 5.0+ and PSCS2+. If you've not used text paths before, give them a try! You simply type over the text on the path and keep the same text shape. You can change the size, font and color!

And last, but not least, I made some new Blend it Masks...

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful iNSD weekend!!

Save 50% on multi-photo/ P365 templates

2011-04-11T07:39:00.002-04:00

Just popping in to tell you about today's Manic Monday sale! Save 50% off this template set!! It's perfect for multi-photo layouts or for P365 projects. P365=Everyday Life Template Sets 1 & 2 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs Thanks for stopping by!

A HUGE Grab Bag Collab with Amanda Rockwell!!!

2011-03-18T02:05:00.000-04:00

Happy Friday everyone,
I have been waiting to tell you about this for weeks!

If you follow me on Facebook , you may have seen this post a couple of weeks ago.

"oh my gosh. I'm on cloud nine right now!!"

I had just gotten a pm from one of my absolute favorite CU designers ever - asking little old me if I would do a "March Madness" Grab Bag with her. I was in shock & super honored & excited!

The fabulous Amanda Rockwell and I teamed up to bring you one HUGE, AMAZING grab bag! . For just $8 you will get 8 beautiful products! All of the preview are squished into this grab bag preview so you can get a really good idea of exactly what is in it!

Of course everything has been quality checked so you can feel confident that you are buying only the best CU products! The grab bag contains only png, jpg, psd & tiff files. There are no software specific products included. Full previews of each product available in the store.

Grab it quick, as this deal will only be around through the end of March. Then everything goes in the shop at full price.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Trim and Save Layers Action

2011-03-11T17:21:00.002-05:00

My girls and I have been fighting some nasty colds and I'm ready to climb back into my bed. BUT, I wanted to share this with all of you today - because all of SM's new releases are always 20% off from Friday until Sunday. If you are a newsletter subscriber, check your inbox for a subscriber only coupon to save an extra 10% this weekend!

Trim and Save Layers Action

Are you a designer who likes to create all in one layered files? Maybe you like to make several elements on one document or all of your word art together.

This action will take EACH LAYER of a layered psd or tiff file and run a trim action on it. It will then save each of those trimmed layers as an individual png file. Each png will be named numerically starting at "_01".

There are 4 actions included in this set. Included actions allow you to choose from 5, 10, 20 or 30 layers to save. Don't worry if your file doesn't have exactly that number of layers. Just choose the action with the closest number of layers (without going under). The action will simply continue to run the number of layers assigned to it - you can easily delete the extra layers from the saved folder.

This action has been tested in Photoshop 7, PSCS1.0+ and PSE 5.0+.

This action is compatible for Mac users - but please note... You will need to designate a folder for the action to save the png files to. You will also need to manually name each file as the action runs. While this will involve more interaction on your part, you will not need to rename your files after the action is completed.

I've included a step by step instruction sheet on how to use this action.

Now if all of your elements are on one layer, this action won't work for you. But I'll be working on an Element Cutter Action in the future that will help you out. If you are a template designer, skip this action and take a look at my PNG Layer Saver Action instead.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Manic Monday Sale - 50% off Vintage Frames!

2011-02-21T08:48:00.002-05:00

It's Manic Monday and you know what that means! Here are some beautiful CU Vintage Frames to use your LO's or in your designs. You can grab them right now for 50% off - but only until the end of Monday- so get them quick!

Vintage Frames by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Textures that you will LOVE!

2011-02-18T14:51:00.002-05:00

Painted Textures

This week I had a lot of fun painting some new textures for you. There are many different paint techniques used on these overlays. Use them for papers or unique painted elements (I'm LOVING these for frames!) . Get out of a design rut by mixing these in with your "go-to" texture papers. They are provided in full color so that you can easily change the colors for your own use.

Texture Files: Baggin' It Vol 4

Every designer knows that you need great textures to make great papers! These textures are amazing. They easily add the perfect amount of texture to your designs. Convert them to black & white and use the overlay or soft blend mode for perfectly textured designs. Keep them in full color and add a pattern over top for an easy craft style paper.

FREEBIE TIME!!

Texture Files Baggin' It Vol 4 Freebie

CU on sale for 50% off!

2011-01-23T20:15:00.002-05:00

Manic Monday Sale! Save 50% off Bead Happy Vol 2 - personal or CU - super easy to recolor to match your kits. Use your lasso tool to re-arrange the beads for unique scatters!

Bead Happy Vol. 2 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs 0 Just $2.00 for TODAY only!

New Page Edgers, a Freebie and a SUPRISE!

2011-01-21T01:48:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday everyone!

Today I have some new products, a freebie and a little surprise so be sure you read all the way to the end...

First up, I made a new set of my popular Page Edgers. They are great for adding a grungy edge, getting an "inked" edge look or even blending two papers together.

Page Edgers Vol 3 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

I bundled up all three sets of my Page edgers...

Page Edgers Bundle by Happy Scrap Girl Designs - Included Vol. 1, 2 & 3 for a SWEET DEAL!!

And I have a little freebie for you today :)

Page Edgers Vol 3 Freebie by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Now I mentioned a little surprise right? Well some of you may remember WAY back when I used to be a freebie hunter. I would spend hours each day searching and searching for freebies to share with you. When I started designing, I didn't have time to do both (well and still see my family, lol) so I had to pick one or the other. As you can tell, design won out.

But I've always missed the old freebies days....

Curvaceous Templates and Text Paths - just $2

2011-01-17T08:24:00.002-05:00

Curvaceous Templates and Text Paths - just $2

It's Manic Monday and today only you can grab these for just $2 !!!!

Curvaceous Templates and Text Paths by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

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Happy Patterns Vol 6 and a Freebie!

2011-01-14T03:34:00.000-05:00

Good morning!

This week I have been crafting, designing, cleaning and cooking. My friend Denise has been sharing some recipe sites and she has inspired me to cook something that takes more than 10 minutes, lol. Ok so I do usually cook a little better than that, but with 2 little girls in the house, I gave up on cooking "grown up" meals for a while and opted for quick and easy. Well now that the girls are a little bit older they can help a little instead of simply being attached to one of my legs. This week I tried this recipe:

Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon Pasta

It was amazing! It felt good to cook something so good. My DH was so happy that it had bacon and cheese that he even cleaned up the zillion dishes that I used. My girls... well, let's just say we made good use of their no thank you helpings for this one, lol. Neither of them likes any kind of squash.

I have tons of cook books that I am planning to pull out again. But I'd love to get some great recipe sites - where do you find amazing recipes?

I mentioned I designed something this week right? I had a lot of fun playing in Illustrator this week and made some really FUN patterns for you. I am publicly apologizing to Shari - our QC person who had to check these over for me! They make great patterns, but checking them over for QC must have been so fun, lol! Sorry Shari- you are the BEST!!!

Ok so here are the new patterns!

Happy Patterns Vol 6 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

I thought it would be a good idea to give you another preview so that you can really see what each of the full overlays look at - so here is another preview of the same product...

Oh imagine the beautiful papers you could make with those! EACH color on each overlay is on it's own layer. It will make it so EASY for you to customize it to match your kits! AND you can totally mix and match the layers - to make completely unique papers!

I had SO much fun making these this week that I actually couldn't stop. So I thought you might like to play with this one. You can grab it free with the link.

Happy Patterns Overlay Vol 6 Freebie by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful weekend!

Seeing Spots!

2011-01-07T13:58:00.002-05:00

Just a quick post today to let you know that have a new product in my shop today....

Happy Pattern Overlays Vol 5 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Today it will be 20% off (till Sunday)...

There are 6 fun paper patterns in this set to help you make pretty papers & elements a breeze!

Each overlay is available in 3 forms. Choose from layered psd files, layered tiff files, or individual png files. Each color on the overlay is on it's own layer to make your design process easier. I have used white & light grey as backgrounds for preview purposes - but they are transparent, layered files.

Have a great week!

Brand New - The Ultimate Date Material, Keys {CU} & Everyday Life Templates!

2010-12-31T11:49:00.003-05:00

Happy New Year!!!

I have some great new products for you today!! Everything in my shop is on sale for 40% off until tonight. My new products will remain on sale for 20% off until Sunday.

The Ultimate Date Material by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Keys {CU} by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Everyday Life Templates by Happy Scrap Girl Designs - Perfect for P365!

Cyber Monday Blog Train and Sale!!!

2010-11-29T03:01:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the ScrapMatters Cyber Monday Blog Coupon train!!! For those of you not familiar with Cyber Monday, it is a day that retailers offer super low prices all over the web! The best part is that you get to shop from home in the comfort of your jammies, if you'd like, lol!

If you've made it this far on the blog train, congratulations, you've made it to the last stop! If you missed any along the way, you can find the start of the blog train here at ScrapMatters Team Blog.

Here is a coupon to take an extra 20% off any purchase!!!

And yes, this is in ADDITION to this sale at SM....

AND to top it all off, anyone who spends $5 or more in my shop today will be entered to WIN their WISH LIST! How does that work? Add products you love to your wish list using the Wish List Button. On Tuesday, I'll draw one name from everyone who purchased $5 or more on Monday. The winner will receive a coupon for their Wish List! Good luck!!

HUGE Black Friday Sale & Christmas Cookies, Fabric Flowers, Paper Pretties 2 and MORE!!!

2010-11-26T16:58:00.001-05:00

I am a little late posting today. I have been out shopping for some Black Friday specials. For those of you who may not know, Black Friday is a huge shopping day in the US. It is the day after Thanksgiving where stores open crazy early and have great sale prices. It is called Black Friday because it is the day that retailers claim their sales move from red (a loss) to black (a profit). I actually left my house at 3 am today (after exactly 1 hour of sleep o_0 ) , shopped until 10:30 and came home and slept until 3:00, lol - I did mention it's crazy, right?

Well, ScrapMatters is joining in the Black Friday fun, and we will be having a sale all weekend long....

I have a bunch of new products to show you...

Christmas Cookies Collab by Happy Scrap Girl Designs and Mye De Leon

Christmas Cookies Bonus Alphas
Paper Pretties 2 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs
Happy Patterns Vol 4 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Fabric Flowers by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Being thankful and giving back - 2 charity collabs to tell you about...

Just a few other things to tell you about. ScrapMatters designers are so blessed to be able to do what we love and to have your support doing it. We wanted to be able to pay our blessings forward and use our creativity to help others. So some of the SM designers put together these great mini kits into one giant collection. Kits 4 Kids will be on sale until Dec 10th and 100% of the profits will be donated to Toys for Tots.
A special thanks to Amber for organizing this effort!

Kits 4 Kids {A collab from the Heart}

About a month ago one of my CT members, Katie came to me and told me a story of a 2 year old little girl. This little girl is a friend of her family and her name is Kami. Kami has been diagnosed with a rare type of liver cancer. At 2 years old. This just breaks my heart.
Katie has worked hard to get some designers together to make a kit to help raise funds for Kami's family. If you would like to help, you can purchase this kit from Katie's store.
You can read more about Kami here.

I also have a little blog freebie for you today. It coordinates with my new collab.
Link

if there is a pw, it is happy

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check my FB Fan page this weekend for RAKs and coupon codes!!

Grab Bag Revealed!

2010-11-12T10:11:00.002-05:00

TGIF!!! It has been a very long week here in my house. My family has all had a nasty cold/flu virus that just wiped us out for the first half of the week. We are off the couches, now,lol but still coughing and sneezing. So maybe I can remove the big, red quarintine X from my front door this weekend, lol!

I hope that you are all having a good week! DSD was a blast! I did some shopping, cruised the forums and attended a chat at SM. I want to thank all of my customers for your purchases - your support means more than you know. I really appreciate all of you!

I'm a little behind on things this week (the laundry is stacked up to my light switches - YIKES!!), so I'm going to keep this short. My {CU} Grab Bag Collab has been released in my shop today and all 3 products will be 20% off until Sunday (no coupon needed..). Here's the goods from the bag!!

Worn Out Tags by Happy Scrap Girl Designs - my newsletter subscribers received an EXCLUSIVE coordinating freebie & tutorial this week. Sign up at the newsletter link above so you don't miss your freebies!!

Paper Pretties By Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Buttons {CU} by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Have a wonderful week!

DSD Blog Train and Celebration!

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Happy DSD everyone!!! I LOVE DSD - all the designers put out their best products at GREAT prices - everyone is busy chatting in the forums and playing games. It's so much fun!

I have been hard at work the last few weeks and have LOTS of new products to show you this week. Are you ready? This might be a REALLY, REALLY long post!

Many Thanks by the ScrapMatters Design Team

- FREE with a $20 purchase!

First up, I have a BRAND new CU Grab bag with Tracy of Trixie Scraps.

2010 DSD CU Collab Grab Bag by Trixie Scraps and Happy Scrap Girl

And I have this SUPER fun alpha. I can see it being used for all sorts of magical moments!

Happy Place Alphas by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

I am putting the products from my CU grab bag with Mariella of Laitha's Designs in the shop as individual products today as well.

Worn Out Overlays Vol. 6 by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Texture Files - Mixed Pack by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

Vintage Frames by Happy Scrap Girl Designs

I did mention this would be a LONG post, right?

I am SO very EXCITED to tell you that I am starting a brand new newsletter!

Stay up to date with my weekly newsletter. Never miss out my newest products and sales. I'll also be sure to include lots of extras like exclusive coupons, freebies, tutorials and plenty of CT inspiration!

Just for signing up, you will receive this free sample product. Isn't it pretty? These Paper Pretties can be used for personal use or commercial use (no credit required). AND if you sign up for my newsletter by NOV 18, 2010 - you will be entered in a drawing to win a $20 coupon to my ScrapMatters shop!

And now the blog train freebie that you have all been waiting for....

Now if you have been following the blog train than you came from Jay Day Studio and your next stop would be Jennifer Labre Designs...

Happy DSD!!