2008 June | That Bald Chick

Blowout Sale, New S4H/S4O friendly products, and a Freebie

June 26, 2008 By Virginia

The designers at Pretty Scrappy are celebrating our nation’s independence with a storewide sale!

Just in time for the sale, I have finished my latest kit in the gemology series.
Ruby has 15 gorgeous papers and 30 coordinating elements, all for only $4.99.

To whet your appetite for the Ruby kit, I’m giving away this
journal tag freebie. This tag is not in the kit.

You can snag it at Pretty Scrappy or via 4shared (sorry, links expired)

I’m also releasing my first set of Brag Book Templates.

The templates have a limited time (one week only) introductory price of just $6.99, and then will be regularly priced at $8.50.

As always, my products are S4H/S4O friendly and the templates can even be used by CT members to create bragbook pages for designer kits (final image must be in a merged format).

Hope you have a great day, and don’t forget to stop by Pretty Scrappy to check out the great deals from all of our designers!

Lady V

Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: digital scrapbooking

Challenges, freebies, and teaser.

June 25, 2008 By Virginia

Gloria Val Verde has the cutest template share of a snail at the
Moo Two Designs Forum

I couldn’t resist scrapping this picture of Mister with the template.

Credits:
Template by Gloria Val Verde of Moo Two Designs
Papers from my Saphire kit at Pretty Scrappy
Font- Curlz MT

Note the diaper behind him as he tries to get away! One day he will thank me for not showing the entire picture on blogger!

This little guy had surgery last week. He had his tear ducts probed/flushed, tubes put in his ears, and a right inguinal hernia repair. Whew! It was an ordeal! The day after surgery, he ran fevers up to 103.1 rectally! So, we went back to the doctor. His ear infection got worse with the instrumentation of putting the tubes in. Poor little guy! So, needless to say, he was cranky and clingy for several days. He is finally getting back to himself and is also getting pretty mobile. He hasn’t quite got the crawling thing down pat yet, but he sure can pull himself along in the army crawl! No more leaving things within reach, that is for sure. And those tall wrought iron candle stands next to the fire place… well, they have been reassigned to the basement!

The designers at Pretty Scrappy have big plans for the holiday week. Keep an eye out on this blog for more news…

The brag book/quick page challenge on the Pretty Scrappy Forum is off to a good start. Here are the previews of the quickpages and bragbook pages created by several members of the Pretty Scrappy Design Team and Creative Team for the July Quick Page exchange using the Kit Independence from Kathy’s Scraps.

You will receive these pages as a gift when you participate in the challenge.

To participate please purchase the kit and create at least
A: one 4″ (tall) x 6″ (wide) Brag Book Page (BBP)
B: and/or one 12″ x 12″ Quick Page (QP)

Up to three (3) of each size will be accepted, per person, for this challenge. If you submit more than three of one size they will not be included, only the first three will be included.

If you create a 4×6 Brag Book Page you will get all the Brag Book pages created.

If you create a 12×12 Quick Page, you will get all the 12×12 Quick Pages created.

If you do both, you will get them ALL!!

For more details, visit the Quick Page Exhange Page on the forum.

Speaking of receiving gifts… I completely forgot to turn off Amethyst Freebie #2 in the store, so somebody got lucky if they downloaded it after Sunday!! LOL.

And, just to say thanks for being such fabulous blog readers, I am posting a limited time sampler from my brag book template set that will be in the store soon.

This template is in PSP format. If you prefer PNG or PSD, let me know and I will get to work on it for you!

My challenge, Scrap Your Faith, will be posted by the fifth. I already have in mind the verse for this month, but if you have suggestions for next months verse, please let me know! I can’t wait to get started on it and see what everyone comes up with!

Have a great day, and be blessed!

Virginia

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: digital scrapbooking

New Challenge at Pretty Scrappy

June 20, 2008 By Virginia

Quick Page Exchange at PrettyScrappy.com using Independence by Kathy’s Scraps, shown below…

This kit will be on sale through Sunday, July 6, for $2.99 (normally $5.99)

To participate please purchase the kit and create at least
A: one 4″ (tall) x 6″ (wide) Brag Book Page (BBP)
B: and/or one 12″ x 12″ Quick Page (QP)

Up to three (3) of each size will be accepted, per person, for this challenge. If you submit more than three of one size they will not be included, only the first three will be included.

If you create a 4×6 Brag Book Page you will get all the Brag Book pages created.

If you create a 12×12 Quick Page, you will get all the 12×12 Quick Pages created.

If you do both, you will get them ALL!!

So…you will receive:

6 – 4×6 Brag Book Pages
and/or
6 – 12×12 Quick Pages created by the team at PrettyScrappy

PLUS…all the other BBPs and QPs submitted by the due date.

**You MUST send us your original files by the due date!**

GUIDELINES:

1. PLEASE only use items in the kit we feature and give credit to the designer and her kit when posting to websites/galleries.

Kit used: Independence by Kathy’s Scraps at PrettyScrappy.com
Store link: http://prettyscrappy.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=84_88&products_id=339

2. All pages MUST be 300 dpi and no larger than 5-6 megs.

3. Please create the QuickPages in .png format if your image includes a transparent spot to slide a photo under.
If you do not have a transparent spot you may save your image as a jpg (flattened) file.

4. Naming your QuickPages – It’s much easier keeping track of the files if they all follow a uniform naming procedure. Please use at least your first name and last initial where it says “yourname”.

So…name your Brag Book Pages (4×6) as follows:

yourname_kitname_bb01,

yourname_kitname_bb02,

yourname_kitname_bb03

Name your 12×12 Quick Pages as follows:

yourname_kitname_12x12_01,

yourname_kitname_12x12_02,

yourname_kitname_12x12_03

5. The deadline for creating and getting your original pages is NO LATER than Sunday, July 6, at midnight EST.
Email them to: kathysscraps@prettyscrappy.com
Please put “Quick Page Exchange” in the subject line of your email.
Please use 4Shared, MediFile or any other file sending program.
Do NOT include your preview in the zip file, it is not needed.

6. Upload a preview of your page(s) to the “Quick Page Exchange” gallery located here: http://prettyscrappy.com/phpBB2/album_cat.php?cat_id=16
All gallery images must be 72 dpi and no larger than 125 kbs.

7. Everyone that participates in this challenge will receive all or some of the Quick Pages shown in the gallery. If you turn them in by the deadline (Sunday, July 6) you will receive all the pages due to you within one week of the due date.

So…for the price of ONE kit you will have the kit and a 4×6 brag book album and a 12×12 brag book album (depending on if you participate in the BBP and/or QP sets).

Here are the pages that I sent in…

I can’t wait to see what you do!

Lady V

Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: digital scrapbooking

Scrappin with Jersey Girl

June 14, 2008 By Virginia

The first member of my new CT is Jersey Girl. She has already posted two gorgeous layouts using my Amethyst kit.

Here are her layouts…

Aren’t they just gorgeous?

Just a reminder, today is the last day for the Surprise Freebie that coordinates with the Au Naturale kit and the first Amethyst freebie in the store.

They can also be snagged here and here. (sorry, links expired)

These will both be removed sometime tomorrow.

And now, a freebie to coordinate with my new Saphire kit.

This one will go bye-bye on the 22nd!

My CT call is still open! I am looking for dedicated scrappers to join my team. I am looking for CT’s, a QP artist, and a Brag Book Artist.

Requirements:

CT- You will need to create at least 2 layouts/kit (minimum 4 layouts/month) posted with credits to DST, Pretty Scrappy, 2 galleries of your choice, and 1 yahoo layout group. CT’s will need to participate in the forum at Pretty Scrappy and promote my sales/designs.

QP Artist- NO GALLERY POSTING REQUIRED!!! You will need to create 2-3 quickpages/kit (minimum 2 kits/month) that will be used to promote kits and may later be sold. Quickpages need to be 12×12 at 300 dpi. Because you will not be required to post layouts in galleries, you will need to write a review for each kit used at Pretty Scrappy.

BB Artist- NO GALLERY POSTING REQUIRED!!! You will need to create 4-6 bragbook pages/kit (minimum 2 kits/month) that will be used to promote kits and may later be sold. Bragbook pages need to be 4×6 or 6×4 at 300 dpi. Again, since there is no gallery posting, written review of kit is required.

As part of my team, you will have access to my kits at no charge and will periodically receive other perks.

Please e-mail me at ladyvdzine@gmail.com with CT Call as the subject line if you are interested. Please indicate which position you are interested in, include a brief bio, a link to your favorite gallery, and a link to your blog (if you have one).

I look forward to hearing from you.

Lady V

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Amethyst Freebie #2

June 13, 2008 By Virginia

My oops is your gain. I made a typo on the first Amethyst freebie upload via the ftp and several of you had difficulty downloading it. My humblest apologies, I am new to ftp. This cute little flower coordinates with the Amethyst kit and is my attempt to make up for the error. Snag it now, because it will go away on the 22nd.