Archive for December, 2009

Holiday Recap

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Happy hump day to everyone!!! Can you believe that 2009 is almost over and a new year is about to start?!? I can’t! I hope everyones Christmas or other holiday was great, but I am sure glad that its over! I just wanted to show you a few of my favorite Holiday Themed kits by the awesome designers over at Scrap Orchard.
first up is Jingle Baby by Wild Dandilion Designs

Holly Jolly by Jady Day Studio

Rustic Christmas by Tracie Stroud

Sweet Sugar Holiday by Lindsay Riches and Wild Dandilion Designs

Cozy Christmas by Megan Turnidge

Snowman Soup by Tracie Howard

Winters Kiss by LCC by Amy Stouffel

And some Holiday Wordart by DeCrow Designs

Well, I hope that you’ve enjoyed looking at these awesome kits. I don’t know about you but I need to head over to the SO Market and pick me up some awesome kits!!  I hope that you have a great New Years! And may 2010 bring only the best to you!  I can’t wait to see what Amanda and the other deisgners bring this year! Have a good one

~Melissa~

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Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 25th, 2009

We hope your holiday is filled with family, fun and lots of love.

From Amanda:

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From Sara:

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2 More Sleeps!

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

H i everyone! Are you all as excited as I am to have only 2 more sleeps until Christmas! I just hate that very soon it will be all done and over. But the good thing is I will have a whole bunch more pics to scrap!

So today I was looking through the gallery and came across some of these wonderful layouts and projects!

This first one just blew me away. Look at these hybrid tags that Sylvia B made with Snow Peeps!

Amy made this gorgeous page with Santa and Friends.

And this one by Linz really caught my eye.  She used For the Boys for this spot on layout of her son.

Now you might wonder what these three kits have in common other than being amazing kits to work with. Well the thing about these kits is that they are Collab Kits that Amanda did with another designer, Snow Peeps is with Suzy Q Scraps,  Santa and Friends is with Ziggle Designs and For the Boys is with Wild Dandelion Designs.

Now why would I be tempting you with these kits, I wonder? Hmmmmm, I don’t know but you might want to keep checking over at Scrap Orchard in the next day or so. You never know what you might find in the Orchard!

And from my family to yours, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and please have a wonderful New Year! Happy Scrapping in the New Year!

~Lori~

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Year of Memories Brag Book FREEBIE!!!

Friday, December 18th, 2009

The AHD team got together and created this fabulous Year of Memories brag book for you.  There’s a page for every month, plus journaling pages and a front and back cover.    The pages are not titled, so those of you down under can rearrange the pages to your needs.  :)

We hope you have a joyous holiday season, however you celebrate!!!

Click here to download, and enjoy!!!

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Wonderful Wednesday!

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Hi everyone, It is Lori here again! It feels like I have been missing in action the last few weeks with all of the activity going on. I don’t know about you but lately I have had trouble getting out of my own way! So I thought that it might be nice to be able to sit down and relax and scrap a bit. But what happens when you sit in front of your screen and can’t come up with any ideas? One thing that I like to do is lift someone else’s layout. I get great inspiration from other people’s work, especially if I am feeling blah with the ideas myself.

So I took a look at Amanda’s gallery and I found this gorgeous layout by bre11414. She used Amanda’s kit, Snow Peeps, that she made with Suzy Q Scraps. Didn’t this turn out beautifuly!

I love whitespace layouts and this one definately got me wanting to scrap. And if the kids cooperate that is definately what is going to happen tonight and the first thing that I am going to do is lift this gorgeous layout. And my challenge to you is to do the same thing. Take this layout and lift it. Pick something about it that inspires you and go with it.  Show us here – leave us a comment and one lucky winner will win a wonderful prize.

And what might that be you ask… well that brings me to the second thing that inspires me when I have lost all my mojo. A really good template and no one makes them better than Amanda. Take a look at this gorgeous new template pack that will be available on Friday! You are all getting a  bit of a sneak peek today!

So how can you pass up the opportunity to win this!  You can’t!

Scrap, Post and take a chance! I can’t wait to see what you come up with to inspire the rest of us!

Until next time!

~Lori~

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Get Inspired… for Hybrid!

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Hi Amanda fans!!

Have you taken a browse through the gallery in awhile?  I admit, I haven’t had much time the last few weeks to browse through, and I know that you are all busily preparing for the upcoming holiday!  So I looked through the gallery today to see what was new (LOTS of x-mas layouts!!), and found a few hybrid projects that were just TOO CUTE not to show off!!

First up is this popcorn box by Samara Gugler – isn’t it just adorable???  Imagine all the things you could tuck into it!  Nobody says a popcorn box HAS to hold popcorn right?

Then I ran across these little gems by CT member Vickilyn (aka hybrid goddess, lol).  I just loved these projects so much, and can imagine all kinds of gifts being tucked into these.  Maybe a years worth of photos, favorite photos, a slideshow of layouts to send to grandparents can be tucked into the CD holder.  Gift cards, small albums, or maybe jewelry could be tucked into the cute little box!  Or you could make them with any other kit and make them year round!!

And then I ran across this exploding box created by team member Trina (slurpeegirl13).  Can you believe this is her FIRST hybrid project?  She looks like a pro to me!

I don’t know about you, but seeing these really makes me want to print and assemble something!!  We are staying with friends for the weekend – maybe I should make a little thank you box and tuck a GC inside??  Sounds good to me!

~ Jaedyn ~

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ONE DAY SALE

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

You can get 50% off my store TODAY only! *does not apply to Perfect Pears*

You don’t want to miss this ONCE a year sale! Did I mention I am S4H friendly?

Also, check out the post below fpr a coupon code to my new kit with SuzyQ Scraps!

Have a great day!

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New Release

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Goodevening to everyone! Amanda has been busy working away. Amanda and SuzyQ Scraps teamed up for this amazing winter kit Snow Peeps. Isn’t it just way too cute?!?

And some amazing inspiration from the CT

Amanda (Manderin Oranges)

Trina (slurpeegirl13)

Laura (*laura*)

So now that you are inspired and have to have this kit, you are in luck with a Sale!

Be sure to stop by the Market on Sunday December 6th for a one day only sale that Amanda is having on all of her solo items.

So, are you as excited as I am? I can’t wait to go scrap with this great kit and get some more amazing designs from Amanda on Sunday. Everyone have a great weekend!

~Melissa

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