Scrap an Event Chat Tonight at SBB

Tonight's event "Water Fun" Hope to see you all there - 11 PM EST SBB chatroom.

New items and 25% off!

my store

Winning Name and a SALE!

Thanks so much to everyone that came out to offer names. That was a tough choice!! I was so worried that no one would stop by my blog to try and name it!!! You all are so awesome! All the names were so fantastic.

I came down to two names....Juicy Fruit and Tropical Smoothie (reminded me of those smoothie mix skittles mmmmm) LOL....

and the winning name is:


Congratulations, Jo! I loved the yummy name "Juicy Fruit" If you will email me at sarah@sarahs-scraps.com I will email you a download link for the kit. :-)

And, because I loved the Tropical Smoothie name too, I'll be email you, Shayna, with a coupon code for $2.50 good for anything in my store at Digiscrapshak.com.

Everything in my store will be 25% off starting tomorrow (Thursday) through Sunday!

Juicy Fruit and 3 other new items will all be in the store and are ALL included in the sale!!







Also don't forget the Flavors of Summer Collection is on sale through the 1st as well at Scrapbook-bytes.com! Stop by and get the entire collection (6 full kits) for $22 this week!!!! You can also pick up individual kits for only $4.40 each. After the 1st, they go up to $25 for the collection and $5 for each kit.



Lastly, don't forget to pick up your raffle tickets for the Canon Digital Rebel while you're shopping at DSS this week...only a few more days till the drawing.

Name me and WIN me...

Well I have this new kit ready to put in the store at DSS, but I don't really know what to name it...I guess I could really think and think and probably come up with SOMETHING...but I thought, HEY wouldn't it be fun to put it up on my blog and see what others can come up with?? YEP...I do think that would be fun.

SO...please post your name ideas in the comments section by Wednesday, Sept 27 (11 AM Central), and I will give the kit free to the person that comes up with the name I choose! :-) I'll post the winning name sometime Wed or Thurs depending on how hard it is to decide. LOL THANKS in ADVANCE for everyone's help!

Please be sure to leave your name or something in the comment for me to identify you!!!

Do you want to win an AWESOME digital camera????

Have you heard??? YOU CAN WIN A DIGITAL REBEL!!! There are three ways to win (but you have to get your ticket before the 30th - you a WEEK LEFT!). You can buy the ticket, get one with a purchase over $20, or get one with your paid membership at DSS. I will be putting up several new kits this week at DSS and having a mini sale, so take advantage of it, get some great goodies and a chance to WIN AN AWESOME CAMERA!!! :-) (click on the camera picture and it should take you to the store where you can buy a ticket).

ALSO...while you are shopping at DSS, don't forget about this HUGE Metal Pack that all of us designers there contributed to. It has 309 pieces and SIX alphas in it and is only $5.99 till Oct. 1 . Pick it up here.


Ok with that...I'm heading off to bed. I promise...a REAL post this week..not just ads and previews. :-)

Night.

Flavors of Summer Blog Winner

The Flavors of Summer Blog contest winner was Deb06! Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone that came to the chat tonight too and all the awesome layouts you all did!!

The collection, and individual kits are all in the store at SBB now and on sale until Oct 1. Be sure to pick up while the price is low!!!

:-) Sarah

Flavors of Chat tonight!!!

Tonight's the big night!!! Don't forget to stop in for the chat. Freebie for all who attend, and several prizes. Be prepared to scrap with the freebie to be eligible for the biggest prizes - the full collection free and the 50% off coupon! SBB, chat room 10 PM Est!!

I recently scrapped a page of Kyleigh at the parade last weekend using the Watermelon kit from the Flavors of Summuer Collection. :-)

Ky Parade

Thought I'd also share some of the fabulous LOs my CT has been working on the past week with this collection:

Watermelon: Sonya


Mint Chocolate Chip: Sondie


Chocolate Sundae: Gina


Lemonade Stand: Lisa B


Iced Tea: Geri


Popsicle: Geri


Full credits, and MANY more LOs all found in this special FOS gallery:

Flavors of Summer Collection - Blog Contest

Don't forget... the launch chat is tomorrow!!! We'll be giving a sample from the collection FREE for attending...will be scrapping (so pick out some pictures), and several prizes to give away (one will be the entire collection FREE!)

In addition.... we are having a BLOG trivia contest.

1. You will need to visit each of our blogs (links below) to get each trivia question.
   
2. Then you need to go find the answers to all three questions.
3. Be the first to email ALL THREE CORRECT answers to: sarah@sarahs-scraps.com
   
4. Be SURE you put "FOS Blog Contest" in the subject line. If you don't, your email may not sort into the right folder and may get missed.
5. In your email, be sure to put your first and last name, username at SBB, and your email address.
   
6. The winner will be announced in the Chat Sunday night and posted on our blogs.
   
7. Winner will win: (1) One free kit from the Flavors of Summer Collection of your choice!
   

**Sarah's Question below**

QUESTION:

Who opened the first commercial ice cream factory, what year and what city was it in?

Remember to check out Raechel's Blog and Lisa's Blog to see what questions they post some time today.

Tonight's Scrap an Event Chat at SBB

Tonights Chat/Crop - Carnival or theme park (or carnival themed costumes...whatever works for you!). See you tonight at SBB. Post by 11:59 Saturday night.

We have blinds!

Yep..we finally bought blinds over the weekend and have most of them up..we now have some privacy! whoo hoo. AND we've got most of the upstairs unpacked. We're getting closer, but still have LOT to do. Today I worked on unpacking boxes of stuff that goes in my scrapping cabinet. Man I really have a ton of crap! LOL

I really think I've totally over extended myself again these days, but I'm hoping it will be better when we've finished all this unpacking. I've committed to volunteering in Alyssa's classroom and as a Girl Scout Leader again this year. This all on top of my OPA responsibilities and trying to start this digi scrap designer stuff. I still want to try and start my own photography biz too, but for right now I'm trying to save up some money to buy some extra equipement, and I'll need to put together my portfolio, get some more practice and make some contacts...so I assume that is still a little ways off at least.

Anyway...I've been so consumed with trying to finish up the Summer of Flavors Collection with Raechel and Lisa that will be released this Sunday (preview in previous post) and moving, an a trip to San Antonio....etc.... that I haven't posted anything new in the store at DSS in almost 2 weeks :-( . I put together another Snappy Scraps (templates) collection today and submitted it that, so finally there will be something new probably tomorrow. I have a few other goodies up my sleeve to be coming soon and in the coming months. :-)

OH..and I reduced the price of all my snappy scraps collections, they are now $2.50 for each collection of 3. :-)


Snappy Scraps Collection 6

Flavors of Summer!!

Here it is...the collaboration collection I've been working on some time now with Raechel Knight and Lisa Weisenberger.

Join us in the SBB chat room on Sunday night for the launch.
We'll have a freebie and prizes and have lots of fun!
The collection will go up for sale at SBB on Sunday at a discounted rate for the first week.

OH and be sure to stop by here again later this week to watch for the blog contest to go with the release!

Scrap an Event Chat Tonight

Quick post to remind any of my blog readers...my Scrap an Event Chat at SBB is tonight at 11 PM Est.

Tonight's Freebie - We're scrapping Fall


and the posting bonus!

back from San Antonio

and yet, sooooo unproductive today. I've done a few things, but not one of them was one of the seven things on my todo list for today. Last week I started a new to do list (yes, I know...if you know me you know I have many lists lol)... usually my list is broken down by categories of things I need to do: house things, school (when I was in school), OPA, design, scrapping, photography, etc.... Anyway, I changed it last week to be by day and tried to balance things from each category that I need to accomplish. I have so many different things with deadlines all hitting at the same time and it can be hard to be sure I work on all of them. So today's list included:
1. finish elements for collab kits
2. unpack kitchen
3. work on new OPA Web content
4. finish last kit papers for collab kits
5.order active pins for OPA
6. post monthly OPA report
7. send photos and classified ads for Chevron to Shelley

As I said...I did NONE of those today. I did sort and put away two loads of laundry, unpacked 1/2 of one box in the Kitchen, unloaded and loaded the dishwasher, moved the rest of my clothes in the garage to my dresser, unpacked one tub in the living room, made and cleaned up dinner, did homework with Alyssa, bathed both girls, took a shower, and edited a picture! lol So, it's not like I did NOTHING, just not any of what I needed to do. THOUGH, I never put things like laundry, dinner, baths, etc... on my to do list. It never includes housework or things like that..that's just always the given.

So...what's on the list for tomorrow?
1. finish address changes
2. work on new OPA Web content
3. send Chevron to printer
4. order new OPA membership certificates
5. call about OPA nonprofit mail number
6. place photo order
7. finish previews for collab kits

So...that leaves me with 13 things to do now tomorrow (since 3 from today is the same as 2 for tomorrow). I doubt I really can finish all that tomorrow, so I'm probably going to need to REadjust the todo lists. Problem is..remember I said I have a bunch of deadlines all due at the same time? Yeah, well the Chevron HAS to go to the printer by the15th (still needs a few things added plus proofing before it can go), web content is due by the 15th, collab kits need to be done by the 15th, and my monthly report was actually due ont he 10th (but I was out of town).

So anyway...this posting is quickly becoming BORING! LOL

{San Antonio}

We left on Friday morning to head home to San Antonio to see my family and my brother. My brother will be leaving for Iraq Oct. 5, and he was allowed to come home on leave for 2 weeks this month before he goes. My mom planned a really nice brunch and invited all of our family and his friends so we could have a great send off for him. The brunch was really nice and many of us were brought to tears as his good friend and my parents spoke about Bill's upcoming departure. We're so proud of him, but man is it hard to send your loved ones away to a war! I managed to keep myself together most of the brunch and took lots of pictures of everyone there, but after the speeches, Alyssa came to me and and in tears said "mom, I'm really going to miss Uncle Bill." I told her to go tell Bill and give him a hug, which she then ran to do. Bill picked her up and the two of them hugged and hugged and hugged and just cried together for several minutes. That's the point at which I lost it. :-( Alyssa understands Bill is going far away for a long time and to fight the bad guys, but she doesn't really understand the danger. She just knows she's sad he will be gone for so long.

We were fortunate to get several opportunities to spend a little time with my brother over the weekend. There's a lot for him to do to prepare to leave for a year, so we were happy he was able to take out some time to just hang out with us. Today was his last day of leave and then he heads/headed back to Ft. Hood where he will be until they leave next month. I can only imagine how hard it had to be for his wife and my parents to say good bye today. It was hard enough for me to say goodbye to him on Sunday evening.

On a lighter note, a good friend of mine from HS and College happened to also be in SA this weekend while we were there. I hadn't seen him since his wedding 3 1/2 years ago, and the wedding was the first time I'd seen him in about 2 years. He had never met either of my girls and I had not met his little boy yet, so we all met up for appetizers for a couple hours to just chat, chatch up and meet the kids. Hopefully it won't be several years again till the next time.

We also met up with one of my best friends (again from HS and College) that still lives in the San Antonio area. I hadn't seen her in quite a while either (even though I was often in San Antonio to see my parents when I lived in Corpus Christi). We took the kids to Chick Fil A, ate lunch and let the kids play while we chatted.

We flew home Monday night (though our flight was delayed leaving San Antonio, and it took us about 45 to get our luggage) and got home about 2 AM Tuesday morning. It was a short trip really, but we are thankful we were able to go home to see Bill one last time. I now pray that he remains safe while he's gone and we see him again back home completely unharmed. We will be planning some fun care packages to send him monthly to help him pass the time quickly.

While at the brunch, I took the girls outside to take a few pictures of them. I bought these dresses last month with plans to get a picture of the girls next month for their fall 1/2 year pictures, but since they were all dressed already for the brunch and the setting was so pretty, I figured I'd give it a try now. I got several cute pictures, so I don't think I'll have to try again next month. I will still need to try and get a shot of Ky by herself for her 18 month picture, but this one is already done, and I did get a few of Alyssa by herself.

Well, though I've not crossed off anything on my to do list today, and I need to go re-do it now, I still think I'm turning in early. I got a few days of FULL nights of sleep while in San Antonio, and I have to say, I really need to do that more often! lol

Before I go..since I didn't post again last week before I left, I did add a new set of my Snappy Scraps templates to my store at the Digi Scrap Shak last week.

I have several new things I need to work on and add to the store, but first I'm trying to get the collab collection done this week that I've been working on with two other designers. We're hoping to launch it next weekend (sept 22-24), give or take a few days (will post the exact day when it's official). We'll have a launch chat and some freebies, maybe even a contest... so be on the lookout for the official announcement coming soon!!

and with that...I'm off to bed...

Still unpacking...

Yes, even a week after we closed on our house, and a week tomorrow since our stuff from storage was delivered, we're STILL unpacking and it's going soooo slowly. There is not yet ONE room totally complete. We do have pretty much all rooms except our bedroom "set up" furniture wise and so we're working our way through unpackign the boxes now. Monday I took Alyssa to buy all her new bedding while itwas on sale for 30% off! We still spent more than we should have, but what a deal! lol We still have to hang her curtains and finish unpacking and decorating, plus she needs a new bed (she's moved from a twin size in TX to a full size here), but she loves the bedding.

(picture of Aly's new bedding finally)

We actually moved out of the apartment and here to the house over the weekend. We slept our first night in the house on Saturday night, and can I say..I have sooo missed MY BED! Eric and I bought Alyssa's full size mattresses here and have been using them for us while we waited for our things. It's such a firm bed, and I'm so used to my bed with the pillow top. I've finally awoken in the morning the last couple of nights without a sore back again and able to move! lol

I really like this house a lot and love the size of it, but there are some little things I wish could be different. We have little storage in this house and we were so spolied with all the built in storage in the previous house. The master bath here is a little dissapointing too...we only have on sink, and there's no DOOR on the shower. We have to either use a shower curtain or buy our own shower door for $300! YIKES! The builder didn't include towel racks and toilet paper holders either. WEIRD, so we had to go spend another couple hundred $ getting all that crap. Eric attempted to put the mailbox up today and broke his posthole digger! So we still have no mailbox and he's rethinking his putting up the fence. OH and he aslo went to buy our blinds today, and Lowes won't cut but one of the brands and that's the one that will cost us almost $1,000 to do the whole house!!! Ugh!

In other news...
I've been so busy lately... I can't believe how many deadlines for different things came due all at the same time and in the middle of this move to the house! I made myself a list last night of what to work on each day this week, hoping to balance out all these things and still finish everything on time. I worked hard all day at my list (even getting thrown off for about an hour having to clean the van cuz Alyssa threw up all over the back when we went to turn in the apartment keys this afternoon.). I still haven't crossed off everything on this list, and I'm so tired now a few things are just going to have to push to another day, which doesn't quite keep my balance. :-(

Oh speaking of Alyssa, she rode the school bus for the first time today. She was sooo excited and I didn't get any pictures! I'll have to try to get some one morning when I'm not passed out from staying up all night! lol Thankfully Eric gets Alyssa ready for school in the morning - it's his only time with her on days he works (which seems to be 6 days a week these days).

Ok...i'm sure there is plenty more I could update on, but I'm so tired and can barely stay awake. I just had to make a real posting though since all I've done is put up ads and such lately.

here's a few shots of the house in progress yesterday...
(blogger and hello still not cooperating..will have to post pictures later)

Happy Labor Day

OK...the Labor Day weekend freebie is here...Back to School paper pack - a pack of 9 papers, fun bright primary colors. This will only be available for FREE for a few hours today, so get it while you can. Afterwards it will go into my store at digiscrapshak.com.

Download time is OVER..but you can purchase this paper pack soon at digiscrapshak.com
PLEASE leave me a comment if you take..I need to feel some love again after no one wanted to participate in my contest, and who knows...maybe just maybe I'll pick a random commenter to give that $6.00 coupon I still have.
My dd#1 selected commenter #5 and so the $6.00 coupon for anything in my store at DSS goes to....

FLAUNTYOURFONT!
(send me an email at sarah@sarahs-scraps.com, so I can send your coupon code)

Want a $5 COUPON for ANYTHING** in the Digi Scrap Shak Store
*WINNER WAS KCATONIO!!
CONRATULATIONS!
answer was $0.02 (2 cents)*

Want a chance for another freebie today? Be the first person to answer the question below correctly first by PMing me at digiscrapshak.com (DO NOT POST here in comments). If you're not a member of DSS, you'll need to register first to send me a PM.

** coupon good for one-time use only, worth $5 on anything EXCEPT custom created fonts, Rebel raffel tickets, and photoshop actions. Site membership is eligible!

OK...question is:
How much per element does the Digi Scrap Shak Metal Pack break down to be? Round to the nearest penny! :-)
(gotta expect a former math teacher to give you a math related question hehehe)

Ok remember to PM me at DSS with the answer...first correct answer wins $5 coupon code.

Wow, I'm so sad...I have a $6 coupon to give away for ANYTHING in my store at DSS, and all I asked to give it away was for someone to make a scrapbook page using something of mine from the store. I know some people actually bought stuff the other night during my sale, but NO ONE has submitted a page for the contest. REALLY, no one wants $6 of FREE STUFF??? :-( Oh well...

see below for a freebie and chance to win a $5 coupon for anything in the DSS store...maybe this will peak your interest more...

check out this awesome HUGE metal pack at Digi Scrap Shak (digiscrapshak.com)...it's normally $5.99, but today EVERYTHING AT THE DSS IS 30% OFF AND YOU CAN GET THIS FOR ONLY $4.19!!!

Template Instructions

Ohhh my mind has been so full of air recently! I think I totally goofed and forgot to include my template instructions file in my zip files that I loaded to the store. If you've purchased my templates and need the instructions (and I'm right and they weren't inlcuded in your zip download), you can get them here.

Snappy Scraps template instructions

The link is also posted in the rightside column under "My Stuff" for future referene! :-)

Sorry!!

Labor Day Weekend, 50% off Sale and CONTEST!!

**Blog Contest**

Do you want $6.00 of free scrapbooking stuff????

Here's how you can win:

1. Pick up some goodies of mine at the digiscrapshak.com tonight for a GREAT deal at 50% off.

2. Scrap a page about your favorite picture using anything of mine from the store.

3. Post your page to the inspiration/Sarah gallery at Digi Scrap Shak, and post a link here with your name in the comments section on my blog.

4. Links need to be posted by Noon (eastern) on the 4th.

My fab new CT and I will select the best LO and post the winner by the end of the day Monday!

Winner will receive a coupon for $6.00 off anything of mine at digiscrapshak.com good through the 5th of Sept!

Sarah's Scrappers

and so, here they are...the best CT a girl could ask for! I was thrilled to review all the applications, but man was it hard to choose. I hated that I couldn't take everyone that applied - there is such amazing talent out there in the digi scrapping community. I appreciate all the support and interest in my designs and thank everyone again for applying.

And with that...... Meet my AWESOME team!



Lisa W
Lisa B
Gina
Sonya
Geri
Sondie

Check out their fabulous galleries by clicking on their name!
I'll be overhauling the blog here in the near future, and will include their gallery links there more permanently.

Snappy Scraps are here!

They're finally packaged up and in the store at digiscrapshak.com today! Things have been so insanley hectic the last week or so trying to get new stuff ready for the store (which I still haven't finished everything I wanted to), trying to meet several OPA deadlines, and now moving! UGH...I hope things settle down and slow abit EVENTUALLY! I feel like they've yet to slow down this entire year now. sigh... Anway..just wanted to quick post the previews of the sketch templates. Got a ton more stuff to get done...I'll be back later with the info on my chat for tonight (we'll be scrapping back to school or first day of school pictures), and the announcement of my wonderful Creative TEAM!!! :-) Also...stay tuned for a contest this weekend with a $6.00 coupon to my store at digiscrapshak.com!

Oh yeah..I'll also get some updates on the move and pictures and stuff maybe this weekend or early next weekend?? gotta give me a chance to get moved over to the house and set up. hehe Happy Friday!