COUNTDOWN TO 2010 - DAY 4 FREEBIE

Are ya havin' fun yet? Well, I sure am! It really is so much fun creating things for you and reading your comments here and at 4Shared! Be sure to leave me a note so I know you were here! Without further ado, here is the link to today's DOWNLOAD. SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

I've been having so much fun that I forgot to add the list if other participants, so if you came here first, here it is:

Alessandra Designs - http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda Thorderson- http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth Rimmer - http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cyndi Wetmiller/Wetfish Designs - http://wetfishdesigns.com/blog

DeDe Smith - http://designzbydede.blogspot.com/

Dreamer Paula - http://designsbydreamerpaula.blogspot.com/

Joyce de Jonge - http://joycedejongescrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Juliana Gordon - http://www.julianablogs.com/

Kathryn Estry - http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Lifesong Kreations - http://lifesongkreations.com/

Michelle Pieters - http://michellepieters.blogspot.com/

Nini's Notions - http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE

Scrap4Brains - http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Silvia Romeo - http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

COUNTDOWN TO 2010 - DAY 3 FREEBIE

Well, you have seen the preview. I won't tell you what you will be receiving each day.... it's a SURPRISE! LOL! However if you miss a day or two the album will be for sale in my store at Digitals after January 1st. Speaking of my store.... my ENTIRE STORE is ON SALE for the duration of the blog train at 35% OFF! So, if you don't have The Heritage Collection: Marjorie page kit or The Heritage Collection: Marjorie Add-On now is the time to pick them up! There is enough room on these pages to add more embellishments if you so desire. The Add-On kit was originally a free kit for the January 2008 All In The Family Challenge at Digitals, so if you participated you probably already have it.

HERE is the link to today's download

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COUNTDOWN TO 2010 - DAY 2 FREEBIE

TA-DA! Here it is... the promised preview of the week's freebies. The album includes 10 quick pages, 2 premade covers, 2 matching blank covers to use as the back or make your own front cover and 2 journaling pages with lines. The quick pages were designed by my fabulous CT member and dear friend, Leslie Favela. Many of you may know her from Digitals. She is on the store Creative Team and also a First Responder. In addition she does CT work for my fellow designers Joyce deJonge and Maddy Fernandez. She did a beautiful job on the pages for this album. Room for lots of family photos/journaling. Yours truly designed the covers and journaling pages. I hope you enjoy using it.

Download today's freebie HERE

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AFTER CHRISTMAS BLOG TRAIN FREEBIE #1

Hey Y'all! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are getting ready to ring in 2010 with a bang! The designers at Digitals decided to give you a bunch of post-Christmas presents in the form of a blog train! Starting today through January 1st we will be giving freebies on our blogs! Snap these up folks! They won't last long! Each link will be good for 24 hours only! Nini's Notions will be giving a Quick Page Album made from the pieces of my Heritage Collection: Marjorie page kit. Unfortunately, with the holidays, I ran out of time and don't have a preview ready yet, but there will be one I assure you.

HERE is the link to today's download.

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Enjoy!

NEW FREEBIE LINKS

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. I am sorry I didn't get these links up sooner, but I have been fighting a bad cold and it finally looks like I have beat it after about 3 weeks! So here are the links to the rest of the frames in the preview:

SET 2

SET 3

I am working hard to try and get some Christmas freebies ready for you for December.

This is Black Friday Weekend and my entire store is ON SALE at 50% OFF! So click on over to Digitals and SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP:

MY STORE AT DIGITALS

Lots of do it yourself hybrid album kits to choose from! It is not too early to start on those Christmas gifts!

See you next week!

NEW FREEBIE & GIVING THANKS

Hello everyone! Well, it is almost Thanksgiving and I know we all have a lot to be thankful for this year! I am most thankful for my good health (although I am fighting a cold at the moment) and for all the wonderful friends I have made through digi-scrapping! I am thankful for the great group of designers I work with at Digitals who never hesitate to help a fellow designer in need no matter what that need is. I am especially thankful to all of the lovely ladies who participate in my All In The Family challenge each month who do such a beautiful job with my designs! And I am thankful for you, my faithful blog followers. I am hoping to do a better job of keeping up my blog next year and offering you more freebies.

The frames in the above preview have been divided into 3 files. I am giving you one link today and the next in a few days and the last one a few days after that. All the links will remain active until December 1st. So be sure to check back so you can get all 6 of them. Also, these will be a Blog Exclusive and will not be offered for sale in my store. Enjoy!

Download the first 2 frames HERE

ALL IN THE FAMILY CHALLENGE & FREEBIE

Hi Y'all! Well, I can't swear it will last, but Fall seems to have come to the deep South! It may not last very long, but we have been having some really nice days! And the best news is that so far our NFL team, the New Orleans Saints are so undefeated! A first! I hope they continue this winning streak. They are a 40 year old franchise and have never been to a Super Bowl! They play on Monday Night Football tonight! Geaux Saints! Unfortunately, my two hometown teams, the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders have not done so well the past few seasons. I guess there is only one Dynasty allowed per team and those two have already had theirs!If you haven't participated in the challenges at Digitals, there is no time like the present to start! We have lots of fun and the more challenges you complete, the more monthly kit pieces you receive! I am offering a free kit to complete my All In The Family challenge with. It happens to coordinate with the above paper pack. Imagine that!

Before I give the link to the freebie pictured above, I would like to say a few words about JOURNALING. I love journaling and I think that it, other than the photo itself, is the heart of any layout! I see so many layouts in the gallery without so much as a name, date or place on a tag! How can future generations know who is in the photos or when they were taken? Surely if you take the time to make a beautiful layout to enhance your photo you can take the time to say a few words for posterity! The other thing is font color. Many of the backgrounds we work with are dark colors or blends. I have seen a lot of layouts using BLACK for the journaling and it just doesn't show up well! I find myself squinting to try and read the journaling. I usually give up. There is nothing wrong with using white, cream or any other color if it makes your journaling readable! Most of my kits include journaling boxes and you should use them! They enhance your journaling and your layout! If a kit doesn't include a journaling box element then cut one out of a coordinating background. Also, if you must add a drop shadow to your text, make it a very small one! Most programs will allow you to adjust the size/depth. The words should not look like they are floating above the page.

OK, now HERE is the link to the above paper pack. This link will expire Friday, November 6th.

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Next week I will begin giving some really pretty clustered frames that also coordinate with the above papers. They will be a blog exclusive and not be put up for sale in my store, so keep checking back so you don't miss any of them!