Archives for May 2009

Our first LOTW comes from JaneAgain.
She used the Misty O’Brien kit, It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere for her layout.

Next we have a layout from one of our Gingersnaps (and Gingerbread lady), Rachel.

She used the Wyld Web Designs kit, A Scrap A Day and a paper from the Graham Like the Cracker kit, Everyday Adventures.

Even our designers want to scrap every once in a while. We have this layout from Jen.

She used the Graham Like the Cracker and Wyld Web Designs collab, The Seaweed is Always Greener. (The word art is by Elegant WordArt by Bethany.)

If you click on the ladies’ names, it will take you to their gallery so you can leave them some love.

JaneAgain, check your PM inbox. You should have a $5.00 gift certificate to the Gingerscraps store!

Everyone else, keep submitting your LOs! You might be chosen as LOTW!

We have had to juggle a couple of the last few Speed Scraps for the month. Misty, one of our designers has a very sick child. Her son Ian was admitted to the hospital recently, so please keep them in your prayers.

The remaining Speed Scraps for the month are as follows:

TONIGHT: at 10 PM Pacific with Jen
Thursday Night, Night Owl Speed Scrap with Charmaine 9 PM Pacific
Friday’s Afternoon Delight Speed Scrap with Jen 1 PM Pacific
Saturday’s Hopefully the Kids are Napping Speed Scrap with Stephanie 2 PM Pacific
Sunday’s Afternoon Delight Speed Scrap with Jen 1 PM Pacific

Happy Speedily Scrapping Everyone!

We have 4 great kits for you this week. And a wonderful set of CU Bird Templates:
Let me show you these fabulous Bird Templates first-

$5.00

Now on to the kits-
First up from Jen (Graham Like the Cracker) we have Dragonfly Summer.
Looking for something fresh and light to scrap your summer pictures? This is the kit for you! Inspired by nature, this kit is perfect for boys or girls, and has a few of splashes of glitter to accent your layouts.
This kit is $5.00, but it is on sale 25% off through Sunday.

Next from Charmaine of Wyld Web Designs we have Shadows of Me.

As digital scrappers, we often find ourselves behind the camera lens and not on our pages! This kit is a great starting point for scrapping about yourself, with or without photos! Designed to help you bring YOU into your memory albums so the next generation will remember who you were as a person and how you felt.
This kit is $5.00 and it is 25% for one week only!

Be sure to stop by her blog to grab the matching flair freebie!

Remember our fantastic Blog Train – Blast Off? Here it is! Blast OFF!!!
5…4…3…2..1…Blast Off! Blast Off is finally here! If you missed our blog train you can now purchase this out of this world kit! This kit is HUGE!!

• 30 Papers
• 47 Elements
• 7 Alphas
• 9 Word Arts
• Glitter Styles
• 8- 5 by 7 Brag Book Album pages- png- just add you photo and print 🙂
• 7- 12 by 12 Quick pages- png- just add your photo and print!
• Book Mark Printables, hybrid project. All done for you 🙂 just print and use

This mega kit is out of this world. It is $7.00

Our last kit is our fabulous May collab kit, Modern Mommy

Modern Mommy is finally here! If you missed our blog train you can now purchase this Funky and modern kit! Another wonderful Collab MEGA!! This kit is huge!!!

• 46- Papers
• 94- Elements
• 6- Alphas
• Word art
• 6- Seamless Glitter Tiles
• 6- 12 by 12 Quick Pages. Saved as PNG. Ready for you to just add your photo and print!!
• Hybrid Diaper Bag Tags- Add your name or your child’s name, print and hang them on your diaper bag or stroller!
• Hybrid Set of Tumbler Inserts- These great tumbler inserts are ready for you to just add you photos and insert into any tumbler made to display photos!

Her entire store is sale for one day only, Memorial Day! Get 50% off everything in her store on Monday, May 25th, including her newest kit, It’s 5 o’clock Somewhere!

One of our BootCamp privates, Pankerbelle made this beautifully blended layout using the Gingerscraps kit, The Soldier.

Go and leave Pankerbelle some love here.

Becka, one of our Gingersnaps, made this GORGEOUS layout with the new Scrappy Cocoa kit, Homegrown.

Click here to leave her some love!

Pankerbelle, keep an eye on your PM inbox. You will be receiving a $5.00 Gingerscraps gift certificate soon!

Tomorrow we have another Afternoon Delight Speed Scrap with me! And every Friday at 1 PM!

and your participation prize for joining me is two more papers for my Everyday Adventures kit.

See you there!

We have kits! We have glitter styles! We have new templates!

First off, from Misty O’Brien Designs, we have It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere.
Misty designed this kit one night after listening to the famous Jimmy Buffet and Alan Jackson song on Pandora radio. Being on the edges of summer, she can’t wait to snap some new pics of the kids and family. This kit is perfect for those moments and for scrapping tropical vacations, beach days, or summer BBQs in the backyard!
This kit is $4.00, but it is on sale 20% through Friday!

And she has the matching glitter styles for you as well!
These are $2.00

And she also has the matching glitter styles for her kit Romantical.
and Misty has some great template kits for you!
Ever lose your scrapping mojo? Need to restore the layout artist within? These templates help you find your inner scrapper again. Use them with your favorite kit! Leave them as they are or embellish them to your heart’s desire.
These are $3.00

There are times when you just feel like mixing it up a bit. This is a great way to scrap in a new style. Keep it fresh!
These are $3.00

Scrappy Cocoa has a great new kit, Homegrown.

Here is a kit perfect for all your gardening or spring and summer pictures! Kit includes 13 highly textured papers, 38 elements and a full alpha!

And finally from Wyld Web Designs, Glamtastic!

Need to add some pizazz to your scrapping? Have some glitzy photos you need to showcase? “Glamtastic” is the kit for you! Full of bright colors and funky textures it will make for an eye-catching layout!

This kit is $5.00.

Don’t forget to pick up the matching Glamtastic glitter styles! Both the kit and the glitter are 25% off this week only!

The glitter styles are $2.00.

Happy scrapping everyone!

What is your name and your Digi-scrap blog address? ScrappyCocoa scrappycocoa.blogspot.com
Tell us a little bit about your family. I have been married to my hubs Tim for almost 5 years. We have a little boy who will be 2 on July 4th!
What other hobbies do you have besides designing and scrapping? I like to read, cook and knit.
How did you get started designing and scrapping? I got sick of the mess of paper crafting. It felt like it would take a week to make a page and then a week to fully clean up. I love that I can take my hobby any where with absolutely no clean up!
How long have you been designing? about 8 months
Which programs do you use to design? PS CS4 and Illustrator (kinda, still learning the ropes)
Do you draw most of your items with a mouse, hand draw and scan, or do you use your camera? My Camera sucks! Saving for a dslr, but I scan a lot of things.
Where does your inspiration usually come from? Fashion Magazines, Ikea, Pottery Barn and the Land Of Nod (le sigh I heart the Land of Nod)
How did you pick your design name? Not really sure, hubs helped me out though!
Who are your favorite three designers? Gingerscraps(really I adored the organic feel of her kits before I made the CT), Piggyscraps (she is very unique and I love it), Vicki A Work in Progress
What is your favorite part of a kit to design? It is different every kit. I like to do papers, but lately I have been loving alphas!
What is the weirdest thing you have used as a texture? does my Yoga mat count? (Totally!)
What is your favorite kit that you have designed? Probably Garage Band King, although it’s a tough choice!

What is your least favorite? Probably my first
How do you get started on a kit? Palette first? Rough idea on what you want your papers or elements to look like? Rough Idea first. I have the HARDEST time picking colors!
How long does it typically take you to make a kit? A week or two. Mainly because I don’t work non stop. And I usually do more than one at a time.
If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? I wish I was taller. I am a mere 5’2. I’d love to be about 5’6. Or be buff 🙂
What is the one word that best describes you? well, it depends on my mood. Nice or Sassy
Who is the most important person in your life? My hubby Tim
What is something that not many people know about you? I am a long distance runner. Training for a marathon right now. I love my Sat morning 10 mile runs!
If you could travel anywhere where would you go? Some place tropical with lots of sand, water, and SUN!
When you were little what did you dream of being when you grew up? A nurse, and I was a CNA for a little while, but couldn’t go to school at the same time as hubby.
What do you like doing with your family? We love being out side. We go hiking on the weekends.Where is your favorite place to be? Snuggled up on the couch in PJ’s with either my hubby, baby or lap top!
Edward or Jacob? Please. Edward! Would Jen have let me write other wise!!! (I totally would have, but I also would have mocked your decision. 😉 )
CU or do it your self? 75% ish is me. I try not to use too much CU freebies because everyone has them, but some CU stuff is just too cute!

and here is another one of Steph’s awesome kits, Favorite Things.

keeps the bad mojo away!

We are in the middle of our Speed Scrap a day in May extravaganza! Come join us in the forum!

Here are some ideas for your next layouts! (If you click on the layout, it will take you to the gallery posting.)

Mary

Marie

Steph
Modern June