It's April Fools Day!!!

First I want to apologize for my neglect! It has been a very rough few weeks for me & I am just starting to feel like my old self. I was home visiting my mom for a week. Her cancer is really beating her up & it was a particularly rough winter for her so I went up to spend some time with her. Anyway, it was draining & I took some time off before & after wards just till I start feeling more like myself. And now I do!!!

I closed my shop at MScraps because my very dear friend Michelle bought FPD!!!
As a grand re-opening we are having a sale this weekend you dont want to miss. Stop by & see who else is selling there & browse the new designs....its uber fashionable! *l*


(click on the image to see it bigger.)

For being such good friend here's a coupon for an addition 10% any order at my FPD shop, good till April 5th. Just use code: 4SBD-NewShop!

Thank You!!

Grab Bag

It is grab bag time!
I love grab bags, but only if I can see what I am getting first!
I have been burned far to many times by the pretty packaging only to
be disappointed afterward! So I wont do that to you guys.
Here are the previews:

A little spunk patterned paper
Picture Frames-vintage
Taped Dates
Flower Melody

A little Spunk- solid papers
Plus a coupon for a future purchase!!


Michelle Batton has an awesome birthday kit out today also!
Be sure to check it out!
Quirky Twerp ( whom I LOVE) has a great grab bag
out today. Its got a great tropical feel.


And last but not least, Pam Donnis is the felt queen!
Her grab bag is seriously filled with felty goodness.
This layout I made used her grab bag.

Sneak Peak

Just wanted to give a sneak peak of my grab bag coming out tomorrow!


Also, just wanted to let you know Michelle Batton is having a
birthday sale this week!!

Have you heard of the new store??

MScraps (memory scraps) is the hot new place to get all your digital goodies!! It has an amazing line up of designers & you guessed it...I am one of them. *yay*

Here is my new product in MS.
Spring Memories is 30% off

Blog Train Freebie!!
download it here

Keep Following the links to get ALL the wonderful goodies!
Your next stop is:
Jenny

( and if at any point you get lost, please go to the MScraps blog to pick up where you left off)


Leave me a comment and I will pick someone to win my new kit free!!
( and if you win and already bought it, a coupon for a future purchase)
Thanks and happy travels!

It has been forever since I blogged. I have been swamped and if you come back Saturday you'll see why *hint hint* :)
Today I have a new mini kit in my store.
Its called She's so Krafty & I just love the papers!!
You can buy those separately if you dont want the elements.

Be sure to pop in Saturday for my exciting news & maybe a surprise or two. :)

ps.....tell me what you think of my new logo & maybe you'll get a surprise in your mail box from me ;0)

Recipe Card Freebie & New Release(s)

I cant seem to get it together enough to consistently get a post made but I'm
sure now is missing me when I miss a week or two.
This week I finally closed my store @ NDISB so I am officially exclusive to thedigichick.com
Its a great place to be & so much fun to!

Your planet or mine is one kit I am releasing into my store @ TDC

Check out
Your Planet or Mine

Last week I had these releases

Taped & Framed

Christmas Punk'd

Last but not least a little something Michelle thought would be fun for her CT members to do. She says that the idea behind this blog train is those old fashioned cookie exchanges you do at the holidays. You know, the one where everyone picks a kind of cookie and then bakes a dozen of them for each person in the cookie exchange and everyone goes home with these huge platters of tasty cookies? Well, that's what we did, except we're doing it digi and sharing it with our readers!

Just follow this blog train to collect lots of tasty cookie and treat recipes - HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the DESIGNS BY MICHELLE BATTON CREATIVE TEAM!

Please be sure to say thank you to all the woman that worked hard to bring you these recipe cards....thank you can go so long. ;)

Download here

And here are the rest of the stops on the blog train. Please remember we are all in different time zones, so if someone's recipes aren't up yet, please try back again later!

1. Michelle http://www.mellowbutterfly.com
2. Cindy http://scribler.blogspot.com/
3. Jane http://4shadesofbluedesigns.blogspot.com/ <--YOU ARE HERE 4. Jamie http://www.jamie-cupcake.blogspot.com
5. Sherly http://nyempluk.blogspot.com/
6. Tara http://geekchicscraps.blogspot.com/
7. Beth http://sweetmesquite.blogspot.com/

I forgot to post last week. I was busy avoiding doing things & posting to my blog was one of them :) All is not lost though because thedigichick is having a 20% off sale this weekend.

I have SEVERAL items in the shop today. I am very excited about them.

Holiday Grunge
I love these wonderful papers. They are great for any winter layout you might
want to create, not just for Christmas!

Worn rough alpha

I like this alpha because it is so pretty!
It is still very versatile for any holiday related layouts or cards you might want
to create, yet still usable for all other projects.

Worn Rough papers

These papers are so full of texture & colour you will want to use them again & again.

Colour My Life

How many times have you seen lightroom presets & are disappointed because you dont own
lightroom?? I have created a colour overlay that is so simple to use. Just place the photo you want to use over the mask provided, place the overlay on the photo & change the layer mode to find the desired looked. You can even have 2 or 3 different ones layered to give you a even different look- plus I included 4 worn overlays that are a little larger then the colour overlays so you control how much edge wear you want!!!

The colour overlays in action

The worn overlays with colour overlays.

On the Edge

Last but not least, I have another set of 4 clustered frames available. These are on the edge!

Layouts to admire :)

By Michelle


By Jen ( chookie)


By Cindy (scribler)


Another By Michelle


Another by Jen ( chookie)



This is a layout I made with last weeks release.



A layout I created with Michelles new kit
called Merry & Bright

Christmas 06



And this layout I made with the free gift with
$15 purchase at thedigichick, called Fashion Plate .
But it's only available Thurs-Sun after that, it will be gone for good!!!

Girlfriend