GINORMOUS SALE AT DIGITALS & SCROLL DOWN FOR BLOG TRAIN FREEBIE

International Digital Scrapbooking Day is tomorrow and the Digitals designers are having a SALE! They percentages may vary by designer, but you will find FANTASTIC prices this weekend! Nini's Notions entire store is 40% OFF!!!!! So, CLICK HERE to go directly to my Digitals Store and grab all the products you have had your eye on at super-low prices! These designs are *EXCLUSIVELY* available at Digitals. And be sure to attend the crop in the Digitals Chat Room and receive a great freebie!

(Note: The alphabet used in this ad was designed by Kathryn Estry)

LAYOUT SHARE & SCROLL DOWN FOR FREEBIE

This awesome page was done by my friend and CT member Rebecca! She used backgrounds and an element from The Orient blog train download below. So even if you don't have any actual oriental photos, this page shows that the kit can be used for other photos as well.

DST NOVEMBER BLOG TRAIN FREEBIE: THE ORIENT

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the DST Blog Train for November! I have previously participated in
store event blog trains but this is my first with the DST gang. Apparently due to a glitch my blog link is not on the list, so I don't know whose blog you arrived here from. I also don't know whose blog you will visit next.

For those of you who don't know me, I sell my Designs exclusively at Digital Scrapbook Pages
(Digitals). My style would be termed eclectic I guess. I like clean, I like shabby and most of my
kits have some of each included depending on the theme. I am not fond of deep grunge or super
dark colors. I love ribbons, frames and flowers! My kits are very large, usually with a minimum of 30 backgrounds and 100 elements. All my products (except for the FREE ones) are S4O/S4H friendly. You can go HERE to shop my store.

The kit you are about to download was a wonderful challenge for me. The colors were very easy
to work with, but the theme was very broad and something I had little knowledge of except for
attending the Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco as a child or strolling through the
Japanese Tea Gardens in beautiful Golden Gate Park. So, what I ended up with was a mixture of Chinese and Japanese styles. This is a full-sized kit and will be up for sale in my store at Digitals after the blog train.

So without further ado, here are your download links:

The Backgrounds
The Elements 01
The Elements 02
The Elements 03
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And if you get lost along the way, just go here to the master list of participants:

http://blogtrainblog.blogspot.com/

Enjoy the ride!

NEW PRODUCTS IN MY STORE AND A FREEBIE!!!

FREE QUICK PAGE

NEW PRODUCTS

MAKING THE GRADE: HIGH SCHOOL DAYS



Cupcake Couture: It's Your Party! is a compilation of all the freebies given on my blog during the Digitals Birthday Bash Blog Hop, and I added a few extra backgrounds to round out the kit.

The School Alphabets Collection, Making The Grade: High School Days and Sentimental Journey Quick Page Album were the items in my Birthday Bash Grab Bag, so if you were lucky enough to purchase it at the Grab Bag price, you already have these fantastic products. They have been QUALITY CHECKED so there are no jaggies or stray pixels for perfect printing results!

A few words about Making The Grade. This is a series of 3 kits that, in addition to the above displayed kit, includes Making The Grade: Preschool 101 (Pre-K3 & Pre-K4) and Making The Grade: Simply Elementary (K - 8). Although each includes backgrounds and elements that are age group specific, all of the kits coordinate and many of the items are interchangeable.

Today's freebie is a cute quick page made for you by my dear friend and CT member Leslie Favela. She used items from the Simply Elementary kit. Click HERE to download and enjoy!

Be sure to check back next week as there is a big surprise coming!

BIRTHDAY BASH 6: DAY 8 FREEBIE AT LAST!!!

Hey y'all! Again I would like to apologize for getting this freebie up so late, but I promise you it couldn't be avoided.

Today you will receive a collection of 75 party accessory elements. A small sampling is shown in the preview. Also included are some glittery words that fit the banners and the ribbon buttons or you can personalize them with your own words. I have also given you 14 assorted brads to anchor your curly ribbons to your page.

In my opinion, this has been the best Birthday Bash ever and I hope you have enjoyed the sales and the freebies from the Digitals designers.

Remember, today is the last day to pick up those great Grab Bags! Don't miss this opportunity to get some beautiful products at fantastically low prices!

CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO DOWNLOAD. I will be leaving these freebies up until October 15th at which time the links will be deactivated. SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

DAY 8 FREEBIE DELAYED

Hey all! I apologize that the freebie is not up yet. Due to some unforeseen circumstances yesterday I was unable to get it done and uploaded. So come on back later on today and it should be here. Don't forget! I will be leaving all the links active until 11:59 PM on October 15th to give everyone a chance to pick up all the freebies.

BIRTHDAY BASH DAY 7 FREEBIE

Thanks to everyone who has downloaded these freebies and left comments! It is so appreciated and I hope you are enjoying using them!

Today's freebie is six sets of candles (all the colors pictured in the preview), numbers 0 thru 9. Mix 'em or match 'em, the choice is yours! They are about 2" tall.

CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO DOWNLOAD.

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BIRTHDAY BASH DAY 6 GIFT

This will be short and sweet today! A cute little sticker alpha (letters only) to enhance your birthday layouts!

Click on the preview to download.

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DIGITALS BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG GIFTS: DAY 5

PARTY LIKE IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY AND BUY YOURSELF LOTS OF PRESSIES AT DIGITALS DURING THE BIRTHDAY BASH SALE!!!!!

Nini's Notions entire store is 40% OFF during this sale! Click HERE to go shopping!

Today's freebie is a neat set of party balloons created to coordinate with the Digitals October challenge kit CUPCAKE COUTURE. You will get 8 semi-opaque balloons and I even threw in the background paper shown in the preview! These balloons are plain so you can personalize them with names and birthday greetings.

Just click on the preview to download.

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Also, I would like to let you all know that the links to all of these freebies will be active until October 15th in order to give everyone a chance to collect them all! Happy Scrappin' everyone!

NINI'S GRAB BAG REVEALED!!!!!

A lot of you don't like to buy Grab Bags without knowing what is inside and I can certainly see where you are coming from there. So........ look to your left and you will see the products that are included in my bag this year.

Sentimental Journey 12x12 Quick Page Album. You will receive 10 photo ready pages made with items from my Sentimental Journey Page Kit and Add-On Kit plus 2 pages with lines for journaling. These pages were created by my good friend and CT member Leslie Favela and there is room for additional elements and journaling and are easily resized to 10x10, 8x8 or 6x6 and will print out beautifully. The freebie from Day 1 coordinates with this album.

Making The Grade: High School Days Page Kit. This is the last kit in the Making The Grade series. This one focuses on the teen years, although many of the pieces can be interchanged with the other two kits in the series: Preschool 101 and Simply Elementary.

School Alphabet Collection. There are six alphabets in this kit. Each alphabet includes upper case letters A-Z, Numbers 0-9 and selected symbols. They are large (a minimum of 3" tall) but are very easily resized according to your needs. Although the alphabets are called the School Collection, they are truly multi-use.... suitable for many types of layouts.

You can get all 3 of these products right now for just $3.00! After the Birthday Bash sale (which ends October 8th), they will be put into my store at their regular prices... a total value of $17.50!

THE BASH CONTINUES!!!!! NEW FREEBIE DAY 4

WOW! Hard to believe this is Day 4 already! Time certainly flies when you are havin' fun!

Today's freebie is a set of 3 journaling mats that coordinate with the Digitals October challenge kit: Cupcake Couture. This was such a fun color palette to work with thanks to Katey Green (Handmaid Designs). The mats are a generous size to allow for readable journaling.

JUST CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO DOWNLOAD.

Enjoy!

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BIRTHDAY BASH 6 DAY 3 FREEBIE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! Are you having fun yet? Well, I surely am! There is nothing more fun than freebies and I have been downloading the fabulous ones being offered by the Digitals designers this week! And talk about shop 'til ya drop? I have picked up some great bargains at our storewide sale!

Today's freebie from me is a set of 7 bright patterned backgrounds with a cardstock texture that coordinate with the Digitals October challenge kit CUPCAKE COUTURE. Have you seen the preview of this kit? FANTASTIC! All you need to do is complete a challenge, post your layout and you will receive a posting bonus containing pieces of the kit. Want to receive Nini's posting bonus? It is a huge pack of ribbons and bows! It is the bonus for the Swap Challenge moderated by my good friend Gail. Go on by the Digitals forum and sign up right now so Gail can pair you up with a partner!

CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO DOWNLOAD TODAY'S FREEBIE!

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See y'all tomorrow!

DIGITALS BIRTHDAY BASH DAY 2 FREEBIE

GREETINGS Y'ALL! Just a reminder about the huge Birthday Bash sale going on this week at Digitals! The Grab Bags are simply scrumptious! Our designers have gone over the top this time!

Check out my new products! The MAKING THE GRADE series is my newest and I absolutely loved working with this color palette! Great for scrapping all of your own or your kids' school photos! All of the kits coordinate so you will have a ton of backgrounds and elements to work with!

Today's freebie coordinates with the Digitals October challenge kit: CUPCAKE COUTURE. You will receive 4 semi-transparent tissue paper backgrounds (.png) format. You can't see from the preview that they are semi-transparent. If you would like them to be more opaque, open the file and save it as a flattened .jpg! Enjoy!
CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO DOWNLOAD

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HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY DIGITALS & FREEBIE!!!!!

We are celebrating the 6th birthday of Digital Scrapbook Pages (Digitals) this week! Many of the designers will be giving free items on their blogs in addition to a huge STOREWIDE SALE!!!!! Nini's Notions entire store is on sale at 40% OFF, and there are several new items. Download your Freebie HERE SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

And here is the list of other designers who will be offering "birthday" gifts on their blogs this week:

Amanda Thorderson http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/
Barb Speck http://www.barbspeck.blogspot.com
Beth Rimmer http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/
Christine Smith http://christinesmithdigital.blogspot.com
Color With Caryn http://blog.colorwithcaryn.com/
DeDe Smith http://www.designzbydede.com
Diana Burton http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/
doinDigital http://doindigital.blogspot.com/
Elka Romero http://elkaromero.com/
Georgia Oliver http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Maceyunas http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/
Joyce de Jonge http://joycedejongescrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/
Kathryn Estry http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/
K Joi Studio http://kjoistudios.blogspot.com
Kalo Designs http://kalodesigns.com/wordpress/
Katie Mann http://katiemann.blogspot.com
LBCreations http://lbcreations.blogspot.com/
Lifesong Kreations http://lifesongkreations.com/
Nini's Notions http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/
Paula Yagisawa http://designsbydreamerpaula.blogspot.com/
Sarah Meyer http://blog.sarahbdesigns.net
Scrap4Brains http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/
Silvia Romeo http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com

Be sure to check out my Grab Bag! Three brand new products for only $3.00 (a $17.50 Value)!!!


CLICK ON THE ABOVE PREVIEW TO GO SHOPPING!

I would like to announce that all my products are now being Quality Checked prior to being offered for sale ensuring high quality items at reasonable prices. And remember... Nini's Notions products are EXCLUSIVELY available at Digitals!

Keep your eye on my blog. More freebies to come!

Happy Scrappin'!

LAYOUT SHARE

I wanted to share these layouts that my dear friend and CT member Leslie created using the new TREASURED FRIENDS: SYDNEY kit. Leslie's creativity was really unleashed with these pages! She used so many elements yet managed to achieve an uncluttered look! Kudos to you, Leslie!

And here's a heads-up for you: I am working on a coordinating brag book and album which will be in the store next week as soon as it is approved by my Quality Checker. All of my products are being Quality Checked before being added to my store so you never have to worry about resolution or stray pixels.

Until next time....... Happy Scrappin' Y'all!

NEW KIT ON SALE & BLOG FREEBIE

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Y'ALL! In celebration of the holiday I have a new kit in my store at Digitals and it will be ON SALE for one week starting today and ending June 4th! This kit is the first in my new TREASURED FRIENDS series and is named for the daughter of a very dear friend, Sydney. Gorgeous backgrounds and lots of unique elements make this kit perfect for your girly layouts from toddler to teen!

My Memorial Day gift to you is this coordinating add-on paper pack containing 16 beautiful assorted card stock and textured blended backgrounds. This freebie will only be available for one week and then it goes into my store.

You can download this freebie from 4Shared HERE and HERE. ENJOY!

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HYBRID ALBUM SHARE & NEW KITS

Hi All! I just had to share this with you! These are the pages my dear friend & CT member Leslie made using the Mis Amigos/My Friends hybrid album she designed using my Cinco de Mayo, Segunda Parte kit. The album was given as a freebie during the Digitals NSD Blog Train and is now for sale in my store at Digitals. This one was done for her daughter using pics taken at her recent birthday party. She is printing it out and making a physical album her daughter can carry with her. The kit in the store also includes 11 blank coordinating backgrounds for you to make your own photo or journaling pages.

If you haven't been to my store lately, there have been several new additions: Cinco de Mayo Primera Parte & Segunda Parte, September Song and several quick page albums made from various retired kits. Sample pages that coordinate with these albums were given during the blog train. So hop on over to my store HERE and see what's new. Then bookmark my page because I am working on several new things.

And if you haven't been doing the challenges at Digitals, it is never too late to start! We have 23 challenges to choose from and you receive a lovely posting bonus for each layout you complete. The more challenges you complete the more pieces of our Monthly Mega Kit you receive! You have the entire month to work on them! We have the best designers at Digitals who are committed to high quality products, so I guarantee you won't be disappointed with your bonuses!

The Story of Our Lives Blog Train - THE FINAL DAY!

Wow! I can't believe it is over already! I hope we have inspired you to scrap and journal your heritage, your family and friends, special events, vacations and holiday activities. And don't forget to scrap YOURSELF! Digital scrapbooking is the best! If you don't print your layouts and put them in albums, try making a slide show, add music and burn it to a CD or DVD. With today's technology some of you even have the ability to view these on your TV! How great is that?

Today's free download is a quick page that Leslie made using my BUDDING ARTIST collection. There is a main kit, Add-on Backgrounds and Add-on Elements to choose from or buy all 3! LOL! These products will also be retiring at the end of NSD, so grab them TODAY at 40% OFF!

Download today's freebie HERE SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

Thanks so much for participating in our Blog Train and Happy Scrappin'!

The Story of Our Lives Blog Train - Day 5

Today's download is another quick page that Leslie made from the items in my Heritage Collection: Dear Old Dad page kit. This kit will also be retired at the end of NSD week. It is a huge kit with many unique elements suitable for pages dedicated to the men in your life.

I know many digi-scrappers don't like to use quick pages, but they do come in handy at times if you need a page in a hurry. Nini's Notions tries to leave plenty of room on each pre-made page for journaling and any additional elements you might like to add.

You can download today's free quick page HERE SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

The Story of Our Lives Blog Train - Day 4

Greetings, friends! I hope you are enjoying this blog train! This is a short one, but the Digitals designers are going all out with their beautiful free downloads! Without further adieu, you may download today's freebie (the last 6 pages of the MyFriends-Mis Amigos hybrid album) HERE

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ENJOY!

TODAY'S FREE DOWNLOAD

Actually, this adorable hybrid album is divided in two parts. You will receive 6 pages in today's download and you will have to come back tomorrow for the remaining 6 pages. These pages fit Basic Grey's Circle Albums (ALB-1481 or ALB-1486). Leslie really outdid herself on this one using the backgrounds and elements from my Featured Designer daily download kit: Cinco de Mayo Add-On. If you have missed any of the days, the kit will be in the store available for purchase under the name CINCO DE MAYO, SEGUNDA PARTE after May 4th! Also look for the main kit: CINCO DE MAYO, PRIMERA PARTE which will be uploaded later today.

A word about hybrid albums: Want a unique gift? Need a gift in a hurry? These little albums (no matter their shape) make wonderful keepsake presents! Don't like premade albums? Then Nini's Notions has the solution for you! I have several Do-It-Yourself hybrid shaped album kits in my store. The backgrounds are pre-shaped and all of the elements have been resized to fit. The layout is entirely up to you! The best thing is that they are all ON SALE NOW at 40% OFF!

You can download todays freebie HERE and don't forget to come back tomorrow for the rest of the album! SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

The Story of Our Lives Blog Train - Day 2

Well, I guess you all had a big day yesterday what with all the sales, blog trains and chats! I forgot to tell you that yesterdays freebie was made by my friend and CT member, the incomparable Leslie Favela! She used the Last Rose of Summer page kit. I will be retiring it after NSD week, so pick it up now in my store at 40% OFF!

Today's download is another quick page made by Leslie. The pieces for this one come from my Heritage Collection: Siblings page kit. You can download it HERE SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

See you tomorrow!

2010 NSD BLOG TRAIN - The Story of Our Lives - DAY 1

Good Morning and welcome to the 2010 Digitals NSD Blog Train! Our theme this year is "The Story of Our Lives." We want to encourage everyone to scrap their heritage and family events (both special and everyday) to leave a legacy for generations to come. Each day our blog train participants will be offering a freebie to help you accomplish this goal. Here is a preview of what you will receive from Nini's Notions:
Here is the complete list of participants:

Alessandra Designs - http://www.alessand radesigns. blogspot. com/
Amanda Thorderson - http://flamingo- amanda.blogspot. com/
Beth Rimmer - http://www.bethscre ativechaos. blogspot. com/
DeDe Smith - http://designzbyded e.blogspot. com
Dreamer Paula - http://designsbydre amerpaula. blogspot. com/
Georgia Oliver - http://dreamsinkdes igns.blogspot. com
Juliana Gordon - http://www.julianag ordon.com/
Kathryn Estry - http://kathrynsdigi taldesigns. blogspot. com
Kristmess - http://kristmessdes igns.blogspot. com
Lifesong Kreations - http://lifesongkrea tions.blogspot. com/
Nini's Notions - http://ninisnews. blogspot. com YOU ARE HERE
Sarah Meyer - http://blog. sarahbdesigns. net/
Scrap4Brains - http://scrap4brains .blogspot. com
Silvia Romeo - http://www.silviaro meo.blogspot. com
Tallula Moon- http://www.tallulam oon.com/blog

You can DOWNLOAD today's freebie HERE SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

Please be aware that this links are valid for 24 hours only.

Have fun!

FEATURED DESIGNER CHAT TONIGHT!!!!!

That's right gang! Come to the chat tonight and get the free quick page set shown above that was made using items from my new Cinco de Mayo kits! The preview for the main kit is not finished yet, but the add-on pictured is the daily download at Digitals through May 5th! After that it will be available in the store!

Hi all! I trust you all had a fabulous New Year's! I am not going to bore you will all the usual stuff except to tell you that I have selected several of my older kits to be retired and they are all ON SALE now at an unheard of 60% OFF! Two of my fabulous creative team members have created some goodies for you that coordinate with these retiring kits! The first is a quick page designed by my dear friend & CT member, Leslie Favela, using items from the BUDDING ARTIST series. In the colors of the rainbow there are plenty of backgrounds and elements to create a huge number of layouts. Perfect to showcase your little ones' artwork and photos! An entire album will be available in my store soon.

You can download this quick page here

And another of my CTs, Judith Blanchard aka the51mom has designed a few cute little extras that she will be giving on her blog HERE. So stop by and pick those up too! PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE EXCLUSIVE BLOG FREEBIES! THEY WILL NOT BE OFFERED ANYWHERE ELSE OR INCLUDED IN ANY KITS!

See y'all next week!

ONE MORE FREEBIE!

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's celebration! New Year/New Decade! How exciting! Wonder what is in store for all of us? It will be fun to find out!

So, have any of you made any resolutions? I always do but usually end up not keeping them. There are a couple that I have made with regard to digi-scrapping and designing:

1. I will try to be more diligent about posting to my blog and offering you freebies.

2. I will try to offer more quick pages, brag books and hybrid products in my store.

Please take note: the keyword there is "try." LOL!

Just wanted to let you all know that I will be retiring several kits this year, so keep your eye out for the ads. I won't tell you which ones, but you can rest assured that there will be new products to take their places. My designs are exclusive to Digitals, so don't look for me anywhere else! I would like to thank each and every one of you for participating in our blog trains and store events this past year. And if you haven't tried our challenges yet, sign up today! We have a couple of new challenges and new hostesses! No telling what they will come up with! And we give the BEST posting bonuses around!

Today's download is an additional quick page for your "Marjorie" album. Oh, and I forgot to include my freebie TOU with the other downloads, so that is in there too. Please take the time to read it. This quick page is a "Blog Exclusive" and will NOT be included with the kit when it goes into my store.

Here is the link to your DOWNLOAD

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COUNTDOWN TO 2010 - DAY 7 FREEBIE

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!

I really went on and on yesterday, didn't I? I hope I didn't offend anyone, because that was not my intention. That is the great thing about this country: Freedom of Speech! If you don't believe that then try living somewhere where they don't guarantee it! LOL! I think I will stay right here!

A word about genealogy and then on to the freebie. For those of you who aren't aware of it, your local public library more than likely has a lot of resources if you want to research your family tree. They have access to Passenger Lists and Immigration Lists and may even have access to local census records for the area you are researching. All of these resources are free. And, if they don't have it there physically they can probably get it for you through Interlibrary Loan.

OK! Let's start the New Year out right with a freebie! Click HERE for your download. Also this is the last day for my STOREWIDE SALE @ 35% OFF!

And for those of you who are interested, come back tomorrow for a bonus quick page that will only be available on my blog. It will not be included when the album kit goes into my store.

Have a wonderful 2010!!!!!

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