Schools In

Yes my children went back to school today after a two week break, love having them home and I love seeing them start back at school again, lol.

I thought I might show you something I made over the holidays, my girls and I love to get crafty, especially now that it is a bit cooler here. Over the years we have all made so many craft projects and they have done school projects and I've photographed them so I made this little album just to house these photos, it's not completely finished, that will take quite some time but it was so much fun making it and I'm really pleased with the result. The cover has some old jewels, a broken chain, some random scrapbooking embellishments and a broken beaded bracelet put together to form a piece of jewelry, there are ribbons on the spine and various papers along with a bit of fussy cutting (I can't remember the product names as it's been way over a year since I've paper scrapbooked).

PUZZLE PIECE NO. 19

While I was making this album it also gave me the opportunity to see my 'stash' of craft goodies again and to see what I need and don't need, must be that 'spring cleaning' thing I guess but we gave the cupboard a good tidy up that's for sure.

Maybe next holidays we can finish it off as there's only a couple of 'title pages' done so far, yes this could take quite some time but it's time well spent with my girls :)

New Mini Kit and Part 2 Quickpage Album

I have this little Mini Kit that I've made up from some PB's that were never used at Cottage Scrapbooks for the month of April. It has six papers and 19 elements and would be great for many kinds of layouts.Along with this I have the second part to my 'Mother's Day Quickpage Album' which has 8 different Quickpages in both 12x12 and 8x8 inch sizes, a great way to get an early start on your Mother's Day gifts.

So all in all this album has 16 pages with both Part 1 and Part 2.

Both these new items are on Sale in my SAS-y Store for one week only at 30% off.

A word on my Stores, you may have seen them diminishing lately, well this is no fault of my own, lol, as you know Cottage Scrapbooks closed a couple of weeks ago now due to unfortunate circumstances and now I've been informed that Scrapladies is also shutting up shop which leaves me with my wonderful SAS-y Store, the only place you can purchase my kits.

Freebie Doodles and SAS Extreme Makeover Competition

I'm so excited along with the rest of the Team over at SAS, next month there is going to be an 'Extreme SAS Makeover' competition, how cool is that. Everyone will have a chance to design the new look of SAS. They'll be some fabulous prizes for the winners and some great downloads for everyone so mark it on your Calendar now so as not to miss the fun.

Now I have a little freebie here for you, I've been doodling around and thought you may like them :) As always comments are always appreciated.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Oh and if you hadn't already heard, SAS loves it's members both old and new and she has a brand new 'Welcome Kit' called 'Lilypond' which is available for download free from the SAS-y Store, it's gorgeous with 37 papers and 57 elements you don't want to be missing out on this one.

Making some Changes and Great Layouts by my Creative Team

Have you noticed that I've been making a few changes on by Blog today, I've finally managed to put up a three column template, yeah me .... lol

Well I thought it was about time I showcased some of the beautiful layouts that my Creative Team pump out all the time, they work tirelessly and I have the most Beautiful Gallery to prove it, spend a moment now and have a look at a sampling of their work with a variety of my kits, I certainly appreciate all their wonderful creations.

Littlespooky

Tammara
Berny

Jessicasma

Tammara

Goo3Goo3

Jean Ann

Amberpony

Littlespooky

You can check out much more of their work in my SAS-y Gallery.

Thank you so much Ladies

Freebie ... but The Cottage has Gone

It's with a sad heart that I tell you that due to unavoidable circumstances Cottage Scrapbooks has gone, unfortunately the owners were having trouble with the site upgrade and things happened during this time and the whole site had to be 'disconnected' ..... I met some lovely ladies at the Cottage and I hope to see them around the Digiworld still, if you were one of my customers at the Cottage please be aware that I am still selling at SAS and Scrapladies and you are most welcome to join my challenges at SAS and make yourself comfortable there.

I will really miss the Cottage because it was somewhere I could chat and relax, have a bit of fun and just know that I was welcome no matter what. It's a shame that sites like this close because these are the sites that really make being a Designer or Scrapper enjoyable, the friendships we share.

Well I have this small freebie which has two papers and four elements for you which was to be in the Cottage Mid-Month Newsletter but rather than it going to waste I'm giving it away to you here, enjoy.

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SAS-y 40% Off Sale - Easter Weekend

Yes that's right, I missed out on have an April Fools Sale at SAS so this is great, 40% Off my entire SAS-y Store, not just my stuff, everyones .... but be quick it's only this Easter weekend.

And talking about Easter, may you all have a wonderful happy and safe Easter Weekend and rememeber what it's all about :)

Just to let you know, my Cottage Store is offline at the moment, the whole site is having problems and will be fixed as soon as possible, thank you for your patience.

HAVE A HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!

Free Quickpage - Easter of Old

Well this is a nice Quckpage for you just in time for Easter, although I'm sure you'll agree it is not limited to Easter layouts.

I've put this together using my new little kit 'Easter of Old' which is a lovely little kit with a nostalgic theme containing 9 papers and 27 elements and it is on Sale for one week only at my SAS-y Store :)

The SAS Newsletter is out again, the first with our new Owner Toiny (and help from Karin Allright) so it's a little smaller than normal while she is still learning the ropes. I'm sure each Newsletter from now on will be bigger and better than the one before.

DOWNLOAD QUICKPAGE HERE

Freebie QP and a New Kit

Here's my newest kit called 'Wishful Thinking' which is available in my SAS-y and Cottage Scrapbooks Stores. This is a really fun kit with 8 papers and 40 elements for many different occasions such as children, parties and any sort of whimsical page you may like. 'Whishful Thinking' is currently on SALE for 30% off for one week only. I've made a nice fun Quickpage using this kit and I hope you enjoy it :)