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Small World

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I know this isn’t a normal TNS release day, but Dawna just HAD to get this in the store as soon as she could.  It’s just too cute to hold onto any longer!

This adorable little kit is all about teensy tiny outdoors things.  There are little mice, a gnome, ladybug, a mini picnic tea party, itsy bitsy flowers and much much more!

The best news of all is that this isn’t all there is to it!  It started out as a mini kit to offer as the prize for True North Scraps’ speed scrap.  But Dawna couldn’t stop.  So she ended up breaking the kit into a full-size and a mini kit!

These will be sold individually, and both will be 30% off until April 4th.  They are available in the True North Scraps stores at Heritage Scrap and Scraps N Pieces.

Here’s two layouts I made using this great kit! They’re both about the day my newest nephew was born.

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Digikit: True North Scraps – Small World and Small World Add-on
Template: Amy Dane Designs – Arrows & Stars Templates
Font: Mountains of Christmas

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Digikit: True North Scraps – Small World and Small World Add-on
Template: AK Designs – Clover Green Templates
Font: Patrick (journal)

I have a couple of things I’d like to remind you about.  First of all…  have you bought the True North Scraps store yet?  The True North Scraps Facebook page has over 1000 likes now and Dawna is celebrating this milestone until the end of March with my a Buy My Store sale.  This is SUCH a good deal!  Her Scraps N Pieces store is only $25 for well over $200 worth of product.
In addition, Dawna has her new, smaller store at Heritage Scrap on sale also.  This one is only $10 for over $75 worth of products!  There’s one bundle in there that is worth $10 all by itself, and anything else you get over and above that would be free!
On top of that… did you see this fantastic collaboration between Keystone Scraps and True North Scraps that we released a few days ago?
This one is available in so many places!  You can pick it up from either of the TNS stores, Heritage Scrap or Scraps N Pieces; OR you can  grab it from one of Keystone Scraps’ stores, Go Digital Scrapbooking or Scraps N Pieces.  Hurry though!  This kit is on sale for 30% off, but that sale ends tonight!

And last but not least…  Help Wanted!!

Evil Genius (AKA True North Scraps) is seeking minions to assist in digiworld domination.

Requirements:

  1. Must make 4 LOs per month.  Freebies may occasionally be required.
  2. LOs must be posted in a minimum of 4 galleries.  It is mandatory to post in galleries and social media of stores I sell at.
  3. Participation in forums of stores I sell at and five gallery comments per store per month.
  4. A blog is required to brag about the Evil Genius’ projects.  Blog code will be provided.  Bragging must also be done in other prominent social media sites.
  5. Only self-motivated minions with a good sense of humour and happy with next to nothing in payment need apply.  Minions will be compensated with awesome digiscrap kits.
  6. Minion comfort is important to me.  You may come to work in your jammies.  Drinking wine on the job is optional.

To Apply:

Email truenorthscraps at gmail dot com with a short bio, any other minion jobs you have, other responsibilities, a link to your best gallery and a link to your blog and Facebook page.

There are 3 CT positions available.

Evil Genius (AKA True North Scraps) is seeking PTMs (Promotionally Talented Minions) to assist in digiworld domination

Requirements:

  1. Must brag about the Evil Genius’ latest accomplishments at a range of social media outlets, including but not limited to your blog, Facebook and Pinterest.
  2. Create ads for sales and promotions as requested.  Layouts are not required, but are appreciated.  Interest in temporarily writing the TNS newsletter would be an asset because the Editor Minion is on leave of absence and the Evil Genius doesn’t want to do it anymore.
  3. Participation in forums of stores I sell at and five gallery comments per store per month.
  4. Announce new releases, sales and other promotional schemes.
  5. Only self-motivated minions with a good sense of humour and happy with next to nothing in payment need apply.  Minions will be compensated with awesome digiscrap kits.
  6. Minion comfort is important to me.  You may come to work in your jammies.  Drinking wine on the job is optional.
To Apply
Email truenorthscraps at gmail dot com with a short bio, any other minion jobs you have, other responsibilities, a list of social media you have accounts at, and a link to your blog and Facebook page.

There is a maximum of 2 PTM positions available.

I know this was a long post, but there’s a treat for you if you made it this far.  The North Stars (AKA minions) have been hard at work and have made some really nice freebies for you.
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Be sure to stop by Kandi & Debbie‘s blogs to grab theirs!

And that reminds me… Dawna would like to introduce the newest North Stars:  Jennifer, Robin and Shelly.  Welcome girls!

Sugar Cookies

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Karen Diamond Designs is releasing an awesome new kit today. Sugar Cookies is a fun Christmasy kit, perfect for all the photos of you and your kids baking cookies together. You can pick it up on sale right now.

The kit comes with some fun word bits.

And a very verstile alpha.

I made two layouts to document an annual cookie baking event my friend Kristy hosts at her house.

Digikit: Karen Diamond Designs – Sugar Cookies
Template: AK Designs – Template Pack 16

Digikit: Karen Diamond Designs – Sugar Cookies
Template: Connie Prince – Backyard BBQ
Font: Apple Cider Daydreams

 

Have a merry Christmas!

At the North Pole

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It’s Friday and here is latest release from Queen Wild Scraps.

Isn’t it adorable? I love the shades of blue in addition to the traditional reds and greens. I know you are probably inundated with Christmas kits right now, but you can never have too many. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year after all, and you may take more photos during this fun season of giving than throughout the rest of the year. At the North Pole has gift boxes with bows and tags to scrap the mayhem that is wrapping presents. It has Santa, his sleigh and red-nosed reindeer. It has elves and I know that many of you may participate in the tradition that is Elf on the Shelf. We started it this year and my three-year-old Jessica named the elf, Big Girl. You can scrap pretty much anything Christmasy with this kit. It comes with 20 – 12×12 papers, 44 elements, and a full alpha (one uppercase and 2 lowercase).

You can also pick up coordinating kraft papers

and some wordart.

Get everything in a bundle and save. And don’t forget, you can pick up the pieces for 30% off through Sunday.

I made a layout and this years’s Christmas card with this kit. The layout documents hanging the outside Christmas lights this year. I have intentions to scrap a coordinating second page.

Digikit: Queen Wild Scraps – At the North Pole, At the North Pole Word Art
Template: AK Designs – At the Lodge

The card uses some photos from our recent photo shoot with Kristie Woodworth Photography.

Digikit: Queen Wild Scraps – At the North Pole
Font: Harlow Solid Italic

Here’s some inspiration from the rest of the Wild Princesses.

Henriett used a template from All About the Photos

and one from Through the Year.

Kandice scrapped about her always adorable children.

Kendra did a layout all about family.

Lahni, the Queen herself, has a family photo layout

and a desktop.

Lauren scrapped a visit to Santa.

Loni has a layout with an adorable baby.

Meleah also did a visit to Santa layout.

Sue has two layouts of her grandsons.

A Bunch of Layouts

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I have quite a few layouts to share today.

First up is a coordinating second layout to the Sweet Berry Farm layout I shared on Friday. Journaling reads: “I tried to coordinate a pumpkin patch visit with Jessica’s playgroup friends: Millie, William and Alex. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a day for all of us to go together. Instead, Jessica and I picked Michelle and Millie up and I drove us to Marble Falls to visit Sweet Berry Farm’s pumpkin patch. Millie and Jessica had a blast running around the pumpkins.”

 

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Plethora of Pumpkins
Template: AK Designs – Our Life in a Year: July Templates
Font: Pea Beth R (date)

The next two layouts are for my All About Me album. In Color My Life with the Colors of Music, I journaled about about my evolving music tastes. I made the layout back back in May for a challenge or two.

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – She Wore Blue Jeans
Font: Pea Little-Ducky (journaling); Shark Random Funnyness, Stamped DSG

This layout was made during a speed scrap in September and talks about different emotions the photo from our trip to Moorea evokes now.

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – An Extraordinary Life; pearl scatter from Karen Diamond Designs – Ann’s Grace; metal scatter from Connie Prince – Just Imagine
Font: Caribbean (subtitle and emotion headers); 2Dumb (journaling and dates)

This fourth layout is a heritage layout made during a speed scrap back in May. It is of James’ grandparents when they were newlyweds. They’ve been married for 72 years now.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs  – Beautiful Life
Font: Weathered SF

This last layout was a another speed scrap layout. I may put it in my All About Me album too. Journaling reads: “8/7/12 Cloth diapering really makes me feel good. Not only is it good for the environment, it is good for Jessica and Janette since they don’t have the chemical laden disposables touching their skin.”

Digikits: Katybug Scraps – New Arrival Girl; flower from Wendy Tunison Designs – An Extraordinary Life; frame and leaf from Queen Wild Scraps – Family Ties; flowers from Amy’s Designs – Happy Go Lucky and For the Birds; flower from Queen Wild Scraps – It’s My Party for the Boys; flowers from SNP Collab – Will You Be Mine; flower from Robyn Gough Designs – Floral Fancy; flower from Amy Dane Designs – Twitterpated
Template: Wendy Tunison Designs – FB Speed Scrap twirl
Font: Pacifico (title); Betty’s Hand (journal)

I received my new card reader, so you should see a post about Janette turning 1 soon.

Plethora of Pumpkins

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Today is the release day for a brand new kit by Amy’s Designs called Plethora of Pumpkins. It is super cute and perfect for pumpkin patch photos or other fall harvest photos.

I had thought about using photos from this year’s trip to the pumpkin patch, but alas I currently have no way to get the photos off my camera, so I decided to use photos from last year’s trip. Now, that we’ve gone three years in a row, I will call it a tradition and I’m sure you’ll see more pumpkin photos from me in the future.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Plethora of Pumpkins
Template: AK Designs – Template Pack 1
Font: Lobster (title), Pea Beth R (date)

Hopefully, I will be able to finish my “Janette is 1” post next week once my new card reader arrives and I can acquire photos from camera’s memory card.