OS - Opal Scraps

My new hobby... FITNESS!!

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:28:00 +0000

Update on me...

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:09:00 +0000

Hey all
I just logged in to give you a quick update on me. I have taken sometime off from designing. Since Hiba's school started i hardly had time to design. And i dont want to mess any shop's rules/requirements. So i resigned myself from all my shoppes. I might come in from time to time to give away freebies and share my LOs, but nothing more than that for some time. Its certainly something that i will miss like anything coz it was the only thing i was kind of good at... if not perfect. And i will definitely miss your encouragements :-(. But life has to go on right?

So... see ya around ^_^.
Ciao

Freebie time!!

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Freebie time freebie time!!
I scheduled this blog post along with scheduling the email to be sent out to the freebie hosting groups. So just in case you didnt find it earlier, my sincere apologies.

Grab it here.
Happy Scrapping!! ^_^

El Naturelles

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:14:00 +0000

Hi, it's Bianca again! Today I wanted to showcase the El Naturelles kit. Of course you already saw the great pages made by the CT of 2LP. You didn't?? Well, scroll down!! They are amazing, aren't they?

I have created a freebie for you, because I wanted to show you how gorgeous the papers in this kit are. They are so full of texture and pattern, makes you want to watch it for hours LOL!

First, let me show you what's inside this kit:

10 papers
4 flowers
1 diamond
2 doodled swirls
journaling lines
3 glittered dotted swirls
1 glittered half sun
3 leafs
1 doodled flower
1 ribbon bow wrap
2 beads
2 frames
1 owl
2 plaid ribbon flowers
1 piece of torn paper
1 alpha set

This kit is available at TwoLittlePixels and Scrapladies

And this is your freebie, hope you like it!

click preview to download, enjoy!!

Sneak Peak and some inspiration..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:21:00 +0000

Hey all.
I am finally up with a new kit. But before i show you a sneak peak at its preview, I'd like to share some LOs that the 2LP CT made out of myEl Naturelles kit. I am so happy with the CT of 2LP. They really are a bunch of super genius, REALLY creative peeps. I love allll their LOs weather its from my stuffs, or the other designers's.

This last LO only has my Artistic Edge 1 on the photo.
I am up with a new kit called Candy Daze. Its actually a combination of my 2 old mini kits, with a lot of new add ons. Actually those 2 mini kits were toooo mini to get sold i guess (yeh i didnt sell even one of it LOL), so i thought why not mix them to make one? Here is a sneak peak at. It will be released next Friday, the 12th Dec. And for the fist day, my Black Bead 3 will be for free! Take a look at it..

For now, its available only at 2LP. This kit contains:
9 highly textured 12x12 papers (including one torn edged paper)
3 doodled emements
1 torn edge
1 Artistic photo edge
4 Frames (not all shown in the preview)
2 Cute buttons
2 Posies
2 Stitches (not shown in preview)
1 Stitched overlay
1 Stitched heart element
1 Ribbon
2 Staplers
4 Journaling tags (2 with recolored ribbons)
1 Glittered embellishment (flower)
1 Tape
1 Wordart

And theres always a lil inspiration ^_^..

(I played a lil with the levels on the bg paper... moved the Grey slider slightly to the right :-))

Hope ya'll like it.
Happy Scrapping ^_^

Urban Garden freebie

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:10:00 +0000

Hi everybody, this is Bianca bringing you a freebie! That's right, I created a LO with OpalScraps' kit Urban Garden, and now she allowed me to make it into a freebie QP for you guys! Isn't that great?

This is the kit, available at ScrapLadies. The kit contains:

1 set of lowercase case Alpha
10 papers
1 sand overlay
1 doodled bee
1 stapler
6 different kinds of flowers
3 buttons
1 birdie
1 birdie house frame
2 worn-crumpled frame
1 wish washed frame
1 regular black frame (can be used to have some other pattern overlayed)
1 cardboard-glittered Heart emblishment
2 posies
1 journaling paper
1 sprinkled glitter
1 tiny torn edge
2 tags
1 word art
1 doodled swirl
1 sparkling swirl
5 word art tabs
3 sprouts (one with stitched stem)

This is my darling daughter, Leonie.

And this is your freebie, click preview to download!

Well, enjoy, you will hear more from me in the next few days ;) So check back soon!

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:59:00 +0000

Phew!
Finally the time has come...Only one day left. Saturday morning me new tablet PC will be in my hands.. Actually in hubby's hands :-S. I dunno when will i get a chance to admire it :((. But still.. at least finally i am getting one! My first ever laptop, and that too a tablet!
I am looking for its pic. And then i thought why not click its pic and scrap it??
So wait till i get a chance to share it with you.
Till then..
Ciao
Happy Scrapping!
^_^

2 BIG news!!

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:13:00 +0000

Hey all!!
This time I am up with one fabulously-good and one sad news!! Sharon of twolittlepixels has accepted me as a guest designer at her shoppe. And I am absolutely thrilled to start there ASAP!! My “Artistic Edges” has been released at 2LP already. It’s the most recent and a new thing that I have done lately, hence I opted it amongst the long list of products that I have created, to be uploaded first. Check out the new blinkie Sharon created for me ;-).

The sad news is sad only for myself I guess… Well my PC crashed!! Some motherboard mal functioning. It’s so terrible, that hubby has given up on fixing it. Fortunately the hard disks are working and I haven’t lost any work I suppose. This will be confirmed only when I get my new tablet by the end of this month and hubby connects it with the hard disks. Till then I think I shouldn’t guarantee anything. Awww… that hurts so much!! No Photoshop till the new laptop/tablet. I haven been using my nephew’s laptop all this time to keep up with the new mails. Fortunately i had uploaded my part of the Sunday Frebie at Scrapladies server long back, so i wont let them down for my first ever turn to put up a freebie on their site. Heres what it looks like :-)

But you gotta wait till sunday to snatch it ;-)!
Happy Scrapping!!
^_^

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:23:00 +0000

Hey all

This time i have a freebie desktop for you. This is the first tie i've tried my hand at making a desktop, so pls bear with me in case something isn't right. Comments/suggestions are always welcome. I have it in only 2 resolutions coz apparantly they are the only ones i knew.
The desktop is in png format.

1024x768
1280x800

Hope you like it.. :-)

New stuffs and a freebie..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:32:00 +0000

Hey All
I am up with 1 mini kit and one "almost" mini-kit. And of course a freebie :-).

The "almost" mini kit, "El Naturelles". i know.. thats a hybrid lingo of French and Spanish hehe. I like it how in Spanish they use "El" before many words (which apparantly i dont know when they use it. I guess its like "the" in english.)
Some inspiration:

"Candy Daze" is the old mini kit that i had in my previous shop as well. Was too sluggish to make a new preview, hence uploading it so late now. hehe. Also i've been working on new preview for lil stuffs like alpha/freebie. I've been feeling not-that-simple lately. I think my preview in the past has been way too simple. And i actually kinda like it that ways. Even my LOs are simple and crisp with not too many elements. Heres an e.g. for the same...

BG paper, kit "urban garden" by me at ScrapLadies. Alpha, "Bead Mania" by me at ScrapLadies, worn-torn overlay by me, yet to come to the shoppe, coz i have to try giving it some finishing touches and get it quality checked. Stiched flower from my "Pristine" kit, soon to come in shoppe too. Photo: Artistic Edge by me at ScrapLadies too... and my daughter at 7 months :-).

Now, coming to what you actually came for here, i have a freebie QP this time... agian. Elements are from my new kit el Naturelles. And the new look of my "lil-things" preview :D.

Grab the freebie here.
Leave some....rather encouragement :-)

Yet another list of stuffs..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:52:00 +0000

Yep!
Last night i go some time to upload 3 new stuffs to my shoppe. Here are the previews...

One of my favorite swatches :-). Costs only € 1,10/$1.47.

CU Overlays. €3/$4.2 only ($5.03).

Yet another artistic edge, and like the previous one, this one costs 1.25 € ($1.68)too.

Soon there will be a discount on my shoppe. 30% off on a purchase of a total of $10 products. so keep checking my blog and my shoppe for the same.

Some LOs to share..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:43:00 +0000

99% stuffs from my "Urban Garden" kit, only at ScrapLadies :-).

New in store and a freebie..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:39:00 +0000

Phew! So finally i am up with these new stuffs. My internet was troubling sooo sooo sooo much lately. I wasnt able to upload anything. Glad its working today so i upload a bunch of products :D.
And now... freebie time..

So this time its a QP. Elements used from my "Urban Garden" kit. Check out my shoppe at ScrapLadies for other new products. Grab the freebie here..
SORRY! This freebie has expired :(.

Happy Scrapping ^_^.

Uploaded some stuffs..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0000

Hey all
i have the above stuffs in my shoppe now. And there are lots of new stuffs that will soon be there too. Like:
click on the thumbnail for a better view.

Quick update..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:14:00 +0000

Hi all
I am now an official designer at ScrapLadies!!! And i am not selling at ScrappyThoughts anymore. I got through there just yesterday and i am on my way to upload my first product. And i chose this cute lil stuff to go there first..

This is soooo exciting. The rules there are really really simple and no pressure at all. I think i am going to love it there!

Freebie Time!

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:35:00 +0000

First, a lil news about me..
i am no more selling at SW. Its only ScrappyThoughts i am selling now. I just couldnt find time to update that shoppe and felt bad for not meeting the terms and conditions there. Although Marta, the owner of the shop was really sweet and patient. But i dint like being mean to her. awww i am so good!! :D.
Here are a couple of LOs by my CT Bianca and myself.

By Bianca

By me..
From my "Pristine" Kit

I have new item in shoppe. I wonder why i hadnt put it up on ScrappyThoughts while i had it on ScrappingWhispers a while ago. Funny! Anyway... Its a commercial use okay, Shabby/Grungy overlays set. Take a look. Its available for only $4.85.

Because i am uploading almost nothing in the shoppe these days, i had this lil freebie made before Ramadan. I was looking for an occasion to give it to you guys.. I still dont have a reason or occasion, but i feel generous today :-). Aww i am again so good :-D.

Its a paper pack of 8 papers. i loooovveee paisley and dots. So made a combination of both. Grab it here. (Sorry! this freebie has expired :( )
Dont forget to leav some love! Its only encouraging.. nothing else :-).

SALE SALE SALE

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:38:00 +0000

Hey all
we are having 50% off on the whole ScrappyThoughts shoppe!! YES! the whole shoppe! 7 designers and everything by them is at 50% off but only for this weekend. i.e. till 8th Sept. So HURRY!! If you are my fan, visit my shoppe Today. Link on the right.. on the blinkie.. But there are other really awesome designers at ST. Visit them too to make sure you dont miss anything great!

See ya around!

Join the ScrappyThoughts Blog Hunt!!

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0000

We are having a Blog Hunt and you could be in for winning our ScrappyThoughts Fall Collab Kit.
Yes you read that right, you could win this amazing kit right here!!

This fantastic kit comes with a total of 58 papers and 92 elements, as a bonus we have thrown in some qp’s as well.

Now what do you have to do to get your hands on this kit you will ask.........

Our ScrappyThoughts Designer and CT have each hidden one item on their blogs. So there is a total of 9 items which you can download for free!!
It is up to you to find them all and make a layout with them.
Post your layout in our gallery Scrappy Thoughts - Home and post a link to your layout in our forum ScrappyThoughts forum - Index.
Please make sure that we have a way of contacting you just in case you are the lucky winner of this amazing kit.t.

This winner of this Blog Hunt will be announced on September 16th, so make sure your layouts are posted by then.

Hint: My part is hidden in one of my posts of May. check em ;-)
Happy hunting!!!

ScrappyThoughts Team Blogs:

Farheen (thats me)

New mini kit, a LIL contest and a freebie..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:04:00 +0000

I am back!!
This is a mini kit, which, for the very first time in my life, i finished in one single day!! Only a couple of elements were made before hand... whenever i get inspiration, i make elements :-). All these days when i havent been photoshopping, i was getting loaded with ideas, which i wrote down on a piece of paper so i wont forget. And today when i had ample time (after what looks like an eternity), i finally put it all together in this mini kit :-). Hope you like it. Its called Candy Daze for most of the colors i used are pastel. Click on the preview for a better look.

Heres a lil inspiration...
Yep! thats my daughter Hiba. Pic was taken when she was 7 months old. Wasnt she cute??!!
Alpha is my Black And White beads.

And... how can i forget my freebie hunters :-). Heres a lil add on from the new kit.

It has:

3 high resolution papers
1 beaded word art
1 frame
1 tag
1 text word art
2 flowers
1 messy stitch

Grab it here.
Send me your work made out of this freebie and the best LO will get a surprise gift from me :-). Send it to me anytime before 30th Sept. Winner will be announced on 1st or 2nd of Oct. Keep checking my blog and you never know i might get impatient and post preview of the surprise gift ;-).
Happy Scrapping.

New stuffs in store, SALE and a freebie...

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:32:00 +0000

Hey everyone!
I have been saving every second of mine to blog these days, I am damn damn occupied! So i am gonna make it real quick...
All my paper packs are on sale. 30% off !! here is the preview of all the items that have 30% off on em...grab em here. Its on sale only for a week though... starting from today to 3rd sept. So hurry!!

Like most of the times, i am still surrounded with guests, but my obsession for PS has some times won over my requirements. And hence i was able to come up with a couple of stuffs for the shoppe. so this time we have, this set of QPs and 2 alpha packs. I am simply obsessed with beads. All kinds of Beads. When it comes to alpha making/using, i prefer beads!

Both of beads alpha are available only at ST for the time being. But i'll be uploading them to SW as well. Its really glossy. click on the preview for a better look.

This set of 5 QPs are available at both, ScrappyThoughts and ScrappingWhispers.

For freebie hunters, here is your gift. you can grab it here. Its really glossy like i said earlier. Click on the preview for a better look.
Enjoy! :-)

New kit and a freebie..

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:56:00 +0000

Some Random LOs by me and my CT Stevie and Bianca and a ST team mate, Amanda

By Stevie
Paper pack used: The Lost Ball
Yummy Black beads by me
Stitched: Dots galore mini kit

By me:
Kits used: Pristine, Seize the minute, Doodlee Doo, Bubblegum Story Paper pack, Yummy Black Beads.

By Amanda:
Kit used: Seize the minute (everything)

By Bianca. Kit used:Seize the minute.

And then I have this new HUGE kit in shoppe called "Pristine"..

It has 10 high resolution papers and 58 elements (excluding the shadowed versions of the same element) YES! you hear it right... 58 elements! I ran out of space to show all the elements hehe.
Its now in shoppe and costs only $4.99. If you buy it within the next one week, you'll get the grungy graph alpha for free!!

Click on the preview for a better look...
Coming soon to the shoppe are these QPs..
Click on the preview for a better look.

OK.. so the thing you actually came for, is here!! :-) Its an add on from my new kit "Pristine".

It has:

3 papers
1 doodled frame
1 ripped cardboard frame
2 crayon scratches
1 doodled brad
1 doodled bee
1 scattered glitter overlay
1 stitched overlay

Quick grab it here!! Hope you like it. Do leave some love... :-)

New Alpha and a freebie

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:52:00 +0000

Okie..
First, a quick post of LOs made from my "Seize the minute" kit. dont forget to visit my shoppe to grab it till the sale it on... ie till 14th Aug..

Here is another one. Heart doodles are from my doodley Doo pack. and rest from my "Seize the minute" kit.

I have a new alpha pack in shoppe called "Yummy Black beads". Well if you take a look at it, you'll know why i call it yummy!

Isnt it really yummy? Its just $2.50, but as usual, for the first week, it has 20% off. So head straight to my shoppe to get it before the offer ends.

For the freebie hunters, i have 3 wordarts for you, shadowed and without shadows, so that makes it 6 ;-). Quick grab it here before it expires.

Try leaving some love if you dload :-). Your comments are very encouraging and inspiring. Thanks for leaving me so much love in the past. I really cant thank you enough.
Hugs
:-)

New kit and a freebie

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:24:00 +0000

Yay!
After a long time i am up with a new kit. This ones called "Seize the Minute" available at ScrappyThoughts. Its actual price is $4.50, but for a week, its at 30% off. So hurry! Offer ends on 14th Aug.
The colors i have used aren't from any particular swatch. I have used colors (for papers especially) that are suitable for everyone, weather its a baby gal/boy or a loved one. Click on the previews for a closer look.

Heres a LO i did with one of the papers from the kit. I was having so much fun using the elements i made this time, but dint have ample time to play with em for long. Hopefully my CT will come up with some new LOs asap. Comments and feedbacks are most welcome!

Freebie hunters, dont you worry. I have a freebie add-on from and NOT from the kit. Hehe. I mean i was really confused what items to include in this freebie, so i mixed up some from this kit and some from my upcoming kit and some exclusively for this add on freebie. Take a look..

It has:
3 papers
1 screw
1 doodled overlay
1 doodled flower
1 wishwash glitter splatter
1 clustered frame
1 candy rubon
1 png of scattered cardboard pieces (circular)

Click on the preview for a better look ang grab it here. The grey grungy notepaper was my fav one from the WHOLE kit which i have given away in this freebie.

"Blue Moon" Blog Freebie

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:07:00 +0000

Ok
I know its been a very very long time i posted a freebie. Have been really really occupied with some family matters and designing for the two shops where i am a designer. Just not getting enough time to design much with a toddler running around and cooking meals 3 times a day! The only time i get to design is when shes asleep. Moreover, have been getting loads of guests lately. Tomorrow again will have my sis-in-law for like 1-2 weeks. Will be cooking all the time i guess. I hardly cook for myself when alone really. I can survive without food, but not without my PC LOL... And i am sure so is the case with most of the scrappers and designers out there.

So here is a mini kit freebie called Blue Moon for the freebie hunters. Its has:

3 papers
1 laced ribbon
1 doodled arrow
1 doodled swirl
1 film strip frame
1 date tab

Grab it here. Hope you like it! The preview in the zip file doesnt show the doodled arrow coz i forgot to add it while making the preview. Saw it missing only after the pic uploaded here. And i had already uploaded the folder to 4shared, hence didnt update it there. The zip includes its png for sure so dont you worry ^_^.
Dont forget to leave some love :-D.

Sorry! This freebie has expired.

LOs from my "Exclusive" CT

noreply@blogger.com (Opal Scraps) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:25:00 +0000

Here are some LOs that my exclusive CT member at Scrappythoughts, Bianca did.

Bg is from my Dots Galore kit. Doodles from my Doodlee-Doo doodles pack.

Everything from my Firewithin Paper pack.

Mmm.. in this LO, except for the bg, everything else is by me. The glitterd overlay is from my All that Glitters.
Doodles from my Doodlee-Doo pack.

Papers from my FireWithin paper pack and elements from Dots Galore.