Dress Up Time with Gettin' Scrapy with Britt and B2N2 Scraps

Wow, this collab is so dang cute, I only wish I had more current pictures of my daughter dressing up, because she does, all the time, I just haven't taken pictures of her recently, but now I'm going too, lol.

I did have some other pictures that I thought worked well with this fun kit though. The first is of my kids getting their face painted, during and after shots. How fun huh. And the 2nd layout is of my son wearing these fun shades he picked up while at Boondocks. Check them out...

I love the colors of this collab. Even though I didn't have dress up pictures, it's really versatile for other pictures and you could tell from my layouts above.

Be sure to pick it up this week, both the kit and the quick pages are 35% off this week only. Preview is linked to Brittney's store.

Family Picnic, Freebies, and a Coupon!

I don't know about you, but my family LOVES to get together and BBQ and have picnics together, and so, this kit was made, Family Picnic. Take a look at these awesome layouts by my creative team for some inpsiration.

Here are all the previews, all linked to the store for your shopping convience. Don't forget they are 30% off the first week they are released. AND if you use coupon code DDBN_FP_Cardstocks you can get the coordinating cardstocks for FREE with purchase of the kit. How sweet is that? (this week only)

I didn't do a freebie this time, although a few of my CT did (see below), so instead I'm offering this fun family add-on. Simply add the add-on in your cart and use coupon code DDBNFamily to get it for free. (free this week only.)

And here are some freebies from my CT. Click to hop over to their blogs to download, and leave them your love and appreciation.

Bracket Templates

Sorry that this is posted late, but between getting back from our vacation, laundry, laundry and more laundry, school shopping and kids fall sports practices, I've just been busy. But in other news, did you notice the blog re-design? Don't you just love it? I sure do.

Anyway, I have some new templates in the store today, and they are called Bracket Templates. They are just that too. I love how they turned out, and I think you will too. Check out these layouts by my fabulous CT for some inspiration.

Layout by Guest CT Isabella.

Hre are the templates themself. This week only they are on sale 30% off, that makes them less than $2.00 - and that's a great deal! Click on the preview to buy them from the store today!

Because I don't have any freebies to give you along with these Bracket Templates, I'm going to give the FIRST 5 fans who purchase the Bracket Templates a coupon code to grab any $1.00 item (or less) from the retiring soon bin of mine. Will that be you?

Try coupon code DDBN_AddOne and see if you are lucky enough to get a FREE Retiring kit of mine to use when you scrap with these fun templates. (coupon expires Saturday night.)

$2 Tuesday

It's time for $2 Tuesday at STS. As always there are alot of great products in the bin. Be sure to check them out and load your cart up. Images are linked.

Guest CT for August

Nicole's CT Administrator, Dannethia, here. I would like to introduce everyone to the guest ct for this month. Please help us to welcome Isabella. We asked her some questions in order for everyone to get to know her better. Be sure to read the post in it's entirity to fond out what her answers are.


1. Did you paper scrap first or go straight to digital? How long have you been scrapping?
I came across paper scrapping during a trip to South Africa. When I was back home in Austria I wanted to order supplies on the internet to try it out. Instead I discovered digiscrapping. I fell in love immediately (lots and lots of freebies, yippee) and joined my first online scrapbooking community in 2007.

2. What is your strongest scrapping skill on your layouts? Your weakest?
Difficult to say. I think my layouts look nicer when I try to make clean, more graphic style layouts. When I try to be arty, I end up with a huge mess. I wish I could do art journaling pages, but so far I’m really not good at it. I also often struggle with picking fonts for journaling and titles.

3. What advice would you give someone just starting out digi-scrapping?
Don’t worry about anything! Go ahead and enjoy yourselves. For a start, forget about rules, about shadowing or composition or anything else. Just have fun. And if there’s something new you would like to learn to improve, there are loads of tutorials and lots and lots of helpful people out there.
4. Describe how you scrap. What program do you use? Where do you start first? Do you always have something in mind when you start, or do you let your creativity guide you? How long does it take you to complete a layout?
This really depends on what I’m scrapping. I’m currently CT member for Meagan’s Creations, and in that position I start with the kit. Usually when I see a kit’s style and colors, I get an idea which photo(s) would go with it.
On other occasions I start with the photos: I made a wedding album for a friend a while back. I started by sorting which/how many photos should be on a page and then picked/bought several kits that went with the photos.
Most of the time I don’t really have a plan when I start a layout. Sometimes the pages come together easily, those are usually the ones that look best at the end of the day. When I start fiddling too much, a layout often gets worse and worse to the point where I don’t like it anymore and dump it.
I can't tell how long it takes me. When I'm really INTO it, I don't notice how much time passes.

5. What is your perfect scrapping enviroment?
I really like my big desk in our guest/computer/future children’s room. I enjoy all the space I have for the printer, my little Bamboo tablet and the usual mess all around me. I like it when it rains outside so I don’t have to feel guilty for spending ANOTHER hour in front of the computer. I wouldn’t mind though if there was a tropical beach outside my window... J

6. What's your favorite thing to do BESIDES scrapping?
Spending time with my husband, my family and friends. And taking photos of everything so I can scrapbook them later. J I read a lot. I just started growing a few plants indoors and on our balcony. I should go cycling and rock climbing again and spend more time outdoors in general. (And then take photos and make scrapbooking pages about it.) Hmmm, maybe I am a bit obsessed with scrapbooking …

7. What is one thing you would love to do and haven't - just so you could scrap it?
I would love to have more time for travelling, there are so many places in the world that I would love to visit. Endless opportunities for photos!

8. Is there anyone in the scrapping community who inspires you?
There are so many talented designers and scrappers out there. I always find layouts or kits that inspire me, that make me want to try something new. That’s why I never get bored of scrapbooking.

9. If you could have Nicole create a kit just for you, what colors, theme, etc would it be and why?
I love kits with calmer/softer colors. I often use kits with green and beige and brown in it because they are perfect for scrapping outdoor photos.
Since I started doing project 365 in April 2009 it would be great to have an “Everyday Kit” (and some double page layered templates, lazy me …). I would be great if dates, month, days etc. were also available in German, since I do my 365 pages in German.

Be sure to check back for some great layouts Isabella has done.

$2 Tuesday

Check out what Digi-Designs by Nicole has put in the bin this week for $2 Tuesday. Images are linked.

A Day At The Beach & Freebies

I am so excited to finally have this kit released. We are heading to the beautiful Oregon coast tomorrow and I can't wait to take tons of pictures and scrap them using this kit. This kit is called A Day At The Beach. We've actually rented a beach house that is 300 feet away from the sandy beach. We can't wait, I think this kit will be perfect for the pictures. Take a look at what my CT has done with this great kit, great inspiration and great layouts to scraplift.

And here are the kit and quick pages. Both linked to the store and both are 30% off this week only.

And of course we have lots of coordinating freebies for you. Click on my freebie's preview to download, and then click on the rest to blog hop over to their blogs to download. Make sure you leave them love too.

$2 Tuesday at STS

Be sure to check out the $2 bin today to see what the different designers added this week.

Digi-Designs by Nicole has contributed to the great deals too. She has hit the Book and coordinating qps as well as Let's Go Again and coordinating qps.

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NEW STS Mega Collab, CU Grab Bag, and BAKs

Wow, you have to check out this month's Mega Collab by the Stuff to Scrap designers. I absolutly love the colors in this kit, and the elements and papers, wow, they are just to fun. Check this out.

Of course with any $10.00 purchase you get the coordinating quick pages for FREE. I love these quick pages too.

...and this month's CU Grab Bag, you will not be disappointed. The papers, oh my!

oh, oh, oh, and this months Build a Kit. WOW! These colors are by far yummy! Click to see all August BAKs.

Huge Retirement Sale at Stuff to Scrap

Many of the Stuff to Scrap designers are retiring some fabulous goodies at some really, REALLY great prices. Even I have put in 11 different products in the retiring soon bin. You can check out what all that I've included in the retirement sale HERE.

Here's some great news... You can either purchase them indivudally or you can buy my Retirement Bundle and get all my products in the Retiring Soon bin at one low price. Click on the preview to buy the bundle.

To see what is all in the Retiring Soon bin, click on the below flier. Happy Shopping. And don't forget, after August, these great goodies will no longer be available.