The Scrappy Times

I’m so excited.  I was up until 3 in the morning, working on this.  The bows were the hard part.  I had some commercial use bows I could recolor, but I couldn’t get the look I wanted with those. Finally I found a tutorial and made mine from scratch.  I’m pretty proud of how it turned out. Actually, this was my second attempt at an element. Before I made the wreath, I made this ghost.  I’m not sure what I think of it.  I didn’t include it in the zip file because I might play around with it more and maybe add a friend or two and have it later in the week.  Please let me know what you think.

Now, I wouldn’t presume to call this an add-on, because I don’t possess Elizabeth’s skill, but the colors in this ghost, and the wreath, are inspired by Pillowgirl’s Halloween Papers, available at SAS for just $2.  If you click on the image you can go right to this product in the store.

I also have two LOs I want to show off.  I made this first one with Pamela’s Halloween Kit, also available at SAS.  You can get it for just $3.99  The template is by Michaele Burkhart and the font is Matejo.

And this second one was Layout of the Day yesterday at Moo Two.  It’s made with Lisa West’s Frightful Fun kit, available at SAS for $3.99.  The template is by Silvya Markwardt.

If you use any of these products in a LO, we’d love to see them in the SAS gallery.  Halloween LOs are going to be featured in our next newsletter.  And here’s your freebie.  Please remember this is my first try, so I really would appreciate your feedback, both on this and it you want to receive the ghost I showed you above.  Don’t just grab the freebie and run, either, because if you scroll past the preview, I’ve links to some other great freebies you can snag.  By the way, for those of you used to my offering two sizes in templates, there’s only one size here. The wreath is a healthy size for a 12×12 LO, but can easily be sized down for smaller pages. I’ve also included all the pumpkins you see and the ghost as separate .png files in case you only want to use a few of them.  Click HERE to get the wreath. 

Elizabeth has her last paper foundations freebie pack on her blog. I hope you’ve been snagging them all along.  If you have, you have a huge paper pack now.	Lisa West has a template for you. Make sure you check out the adorable LO she made with it, using her Touch of Pizzazz kit.
JulieO is taking a break from Delicious Berry Blue to give you a sampler from her new kit Vintage Rose.  The full kit is HUGE, and it’s on sale only until Tuesday night.  You can get the full mega kit, which contains both the regular kit and the add-on, for the same price as the regular kit, so it’s like getting the add-on free!	Sherah also has a CT call. You know, I have to tell you, I’ve been working with Sherah for about three months now, and she was always good, but lately her designs are getting better and better.  You really don’t want to miss this opportunity to get her great designs for free.
Terrell has the first of a multipart freebie for you, Da Blues.	Sherah has this lovely Daydream Overlay which coordinates with her new kit in the SAS store.
Pamela really is the queen of unusual templates.  This Pumpkin one is so sweet!	She also has some word art that coordinates with the Retro kit she gave away earlier this week

Give me something SAS-y:

Pamela has a new Retro kit for you	and you can get part 2 too.
Lisa has a QP from her Touch of Pizzazz kit, now available at SAS.	Elizabeth has her Yellow papers for you.  Are you starting to see a theme yet?  If you’ve been collecting her freebies, you’re going to end up with a great color foundations starter kit in the end.
Boo has the next huge download for her collection on her blog.  Don’t miss Morning Glory. While you’re there, don’t forget to congratulate her for making onto the wonderful Lisa West’s design team.  Hooray, Boo!	Sherah has a Neon Halloween paper pack that happens to match a freebie she had in this week’s SAS-y newsletter. The newsletter went out today. If you didn’t get yours, email or PM me and, if you’re registered in the forum, I’ll send you the links.
	JulieO. has the next part to her Delicious Berry Blue kit.

Other Good Stuff:

Kim B. has a Bug-ing Sampler.	She’s Full of Scrap with this great Halloween kit.

I meant to blog this weekend, but the kids and I cleaned up the downstairs and then brought out our Halloween decorations. We actually get into Halloween even more than Christmas. Brandon set up our big inflatable cat in the front of the house.   Tonight, since I’m pretty much finished with this week’s SAS newsletter, I thought I’d take a look around and see what I’ve been missing in the digi scrap world.  First off, I’ve got to show you this:

Our SAS-y Designers have cooked up a bunch of Halloween treats for you, and I’d love to show off your LOs in our next newsletter.  Simply post your LOs using one or more of these kits in the forum, and post a link in this thread.  Just as soon as Wednesday’s newsletter is totally finished, I’m going to be digging into our Halloween photos (or taking some new ones), so I can scrap with these awesome products.

More SAS-y Goodness:

Elizabeth has some Color Foundations-Green papers for you.	Terrell has a Halloween freebie on her blog.
	Candee has these papers called At the Cape.  She’s going to have additional pieces to this collection in the next SAS newsletter, and more over the next few weeks, until you have a complete kit.  Are you signed up for the SAS newsletter?  It’s the only way you’ll be able to collect the rest of this kit, so register at the SAS forum, and make you have “Accept email from administrators” checked.
Digitreats has a QP for you.	And here’s a little kit she made it from.
	JulieO. has part 2 of Delicious Berry Blue on her blog.

And other good stuff:

You can still snag Dogwood 9.	Amy W. has a Softness add-on.	Lilipruneau has part 3 of Sweet Wasabi.
Jenny Cereal wants you to Let this Little Light Shine.	Lindsay Jane has an Autumn Hues paper pack	and the matching elements.
Marcee, aka Rose Made Designs, has this Timeless Love freebie.	Aaron, my family tree rescuer, has another great template for you.

Two nights ago, at bedtime, my youngest informed me that she needed to bring in a family picture to school the next day.  That’s a problem. The last time we sat for a family portrait my oldest (now 13), was 1 1/2 years old and we were a family of 3, not 6.  I mentioned that to her and she kind of looked at me like I was an idiot and said, “well scrap one.”  Did I mention I think she might be a genius?  I got busy putting the finishing touches on the SAS newsletter and it wasn’t until around 1:30 in the morning that it hit me, I forgot the family picture.  I started working on a family tree LO, but it was slow going. I couldn’t get the trunk right. But wait!  Hadn’t I seen a family tree template somewhere?  I started wracking my brain, trying to remember where, and finally, I had it narrowed down to two. It was one of the “guy scrappers”, Derek or Aaron (Sir Scrapalot).  Derek’s been pretty busy with his awesome Halloween papers, ergo, it had to be Aaron, and sure enough, when I visited his blog, there it was!  So I have Aaron to thank for the fact that I managed to get at least a little sleep on Tuesday night.  Thank you, Aaron!

Want to see my final LO?  I used the highly versatile September Mega Kit at SAS.  It was a toss-up whether to use this one or the amazing fall mini-kit JulieO. gave away in our latest newsletter, but in the end the mega kit had more color variety and that wonderful wood grained paper by Candee, and so that’s what I chose. The template, as I said is by Sir Scrapalot and the font is Bix Antique Script.

Freebies with SAS:

Pamela at Digitreats has an overlay and a template for you.
Heather made a brag book page for you using Pamela’s Darling kit.	Look at Lisa’s adorable Glitter Doodles!!
Candee has a sample from her Brand New Day kit.	You can get these purple papers from Elizabeth.
Terrell’s mistake works in your favor.  She made too many posting bonuses last month	and you can get both of them on her blog.

I’m starting to realize that Mondays and Tuesdays will have to be pretty much devoted to getting the SAS newsletter out.  It’s all finished, except for two little links I’m waiting for and will be going out tomorrow.  We’ve got four great freebies within the pages of the newsletter. They’re not hidden, but they’re not obvious either.  You’ll have to go page by page to find them.

Last time I blogged, I told you I had two more layouts to my first day of school series for you, so here they are:

Both LOs use A Kid’s World by Divine Digital.  In the first one, the background paper is by Royanna Fritschmann, the word art by  Wolf Randolph, the border by DeDe Smith. The frames are by Rose Made Designs and the font is Harrison.  In the one below, the background papers are by Royanna Fritschmann, the papers used for photo frame are by Wolf Randolph, and the font is Pozo.

Supreme SAS-iness:

Pamela has the start of a new free kit, Secrets.  These colors match her Tina kit, which you can get at SAS.	Kara has these really sweet Fall Leaves for you.
Heather has a Super Stars Freebie.	Elizabeth also has Grungy Autumn papers for you.
Elizabeth and Sherah worked together on this completely amazing kit, Feelin’ Thankful and they each have a sample freebie for you. Here’s Elizabeth’s piece of the freebie, and here’s Sherah’s portion.	JulieO. has the first part of her October blog freebie kit Delicious Berry Blue.  Just look at the amazing detail on that frame.

Other Good Stuff:

Danielle Corbitt has this cute October blog freebie.	Acorn Designs has part 8 of Dogwood.	You can get this kit to celebrate Digitals’ third birthday bash.
Lilipruneae has part 2 of Sweet Wasabi.	Teriann has this lovely Autumn Jewels paper pack.	Sugar Snap Scraps has a Halloween kit.