Weathered? Worn? Grunge? How about some Rustic Charm!

My newest kit is full of beat up papers and distressed elements.  The alpha is kind of a messy stamped alpha in TWO colors.  This kit was so fun to make and even more fun to scrap with.

Beauty isn't always polished and perfect; sometimes it is worn and weathered and involves things that stand the test of time. This new kit will highlight your memories with a touch of rustic charm! The men in your life will appreciate this kit also since the content of this kit is more on the masculine side. With 30 elements, 17 papers, and two full alphas this kit is PACKED with rustic goodness! Regularly priced at $5.00, but through this weekend you can get Rustic Charm for $4.00.

Rustic Charm The Full Kit

For your convenience The Paper, The Elements, and the Alpha are also all sold separately (and are each on sale for $1.50 until Sunday). There is also a Rustic Charm quick page set available as well! The beautifully scrapped quick page set is now on sale for $2.00.

Here are some Rustic Charm pages...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ginger is having a birthday... and you get a sale!

Almost everyone is celebrating Ginger (of GingerScraps) by having a 34% off sale!  You can head to my shop right now and pick up some great deals!  It is for a limited time.

Happy Birthday Ginger!!

Sneak Peek...

Yay it is time for something sneaky :)

Friday I have a brand new kit coming out, and believe me it is not for the faint of heart!  It is weathered, and worn, and full of grungy goodness.  It is a little rough around the edges, but all in all pretty sweet.

Here is a little peek for you!

Everyone loves a little recognition

I made a page with the beautiful collab called Changes by Valarie Ostrom and Inspired by Dominic Designs, and it made Layout Of The Day at Scrapity Doo Dah!  How wonderful!  Thanks SDD for the LOTD recognition.

Here is the page I made...

...and check out how amazing the Changes collab by Valarie Ostrom and Inspired By Dominic is...

I did notice that this cute kit is now 25% off!  It is only $3.75 in IBD's shop at SDD!

I Love You in 100 Languages

Happy Valentine's Day!
If you're looking for a new way to say I love you to your Valentine below is an amazing list I found on the internet on how to say I love you in 100 languages.  First let me show you some quick little Valentines Cards I made for my three year old's preschool class party and Valentine Card exchange:

Using my "Space Hero" kit

Using my "Love Bug" kit and some "Engraved On My Heart"Alpha and hearts 

Using my "Playdate At The Park" kit and an alpha from a kit I haven't released yet!

 NOTE: Playdate At The Park is on sale for the GS Valentines Day Sale!  You can practically steal this for $1 until the 15th.

I uploaded these at full resolution (they are 4x6 but they are re-sized on the blog) if you want to save them to your computer and print them.  I'm sure you already have your Valentines, but if waited until the last minute and want a little free printable right click and select "Save image as" and it will save to your computer and will be ready for you to print.  Please don't save them unless you leave me a comment- and my TOU applies to these too.  :)

How to say I Love You in 100 Languages

English - I love you
Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
Albanian - Te dua
Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian - Yes kez sirumem
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee)
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
Catalan - T'estimo
Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Chinese
Cantonese - Ngo oiy ney a
Mandarin - Wo ai ni
Comanche - U kamakutu nu
(pronounced oo----ka-ma-koo-too-----nu) -- Thx Tony Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Cree - Kisakihitin
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te
Czech - Miluji te
Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
Elvish - Amin mela lle (from The Lord of The Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Doset daram
Filipino - Mahal kita
Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Frisian - Ik hald fan dy
Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
Georgian - Mikvarhar
German - Ich liebe dich
Greek - S'agapo
Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe
Hebrew
To female - "ani ohev otach" (said by male) "ohevet Otach" (said by female)
To male - "ani ohev otcha" (said by male) "Ohevet ot'cha" (said by female)
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek
Icelandic - Eg elska tig
Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Inuit - Negligevapse
Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo
Japanese - Aishiteru or Anata ga daisuki desu
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - Sarang Heyo or Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es tevi miilu
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lithuanian - Tave myliu
Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gaer
Macedonian - Te Sakam
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Maltese - Inhobbok
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele - Niyakutanda
Norwegian
Bokmaal - Jeg elsker deg
Nyonrsk - Eg elskar deg
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te iubesc
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing 'I Love You')
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu`bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Surinam - Mi lobi joe
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai
To female - Phom rak khun
To male - Chan rak khun
Informal - Rak te
Tunisian - Ha eh bak
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese
To female - Anh ye^u em
To male - Em ye^u anh
Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di   
Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba - Mo ni fe
Zazi - Ezhele hezdege
Zuni - Tom ho' ichema   

Fun news from Valarie Ostrom

My friend Valarie is a guest designer at Scrapity-Doo-Dah this month!  I thought you should see her cute kit and template pack she has available at SDD

Let me show you some awesome pages that come from these must have products...

by SugarNSpice

by rdjrneace

by jab

by brenian4ever

by melissavt

by agraf

Awesome pages from that kit and templates huh?!!  Just think of the cute things you can do with these goodies?

and check this out!  Her SDD shop will be on sale!!! 

Good luck with the guest spot Valarie!  I know SDD is going to love you :)

Daily Download at GingerScraps

It is daily download time

You'll have to go to the GingerScraps blog for the daily download (the above image is linked to the blog) Don't miss a day :)
(Each download link will be up for about five days, so the link from day one will expire somewhere around the fifth, and the 2nd download will disappear somewhere around the 6th etc. If you forget to log on for a day you won't be out of luck.  However you'll want to check in to get your download to ensure you get the whole fabulous kit).
 
Here is a page by Roxana to entice you to download this kit...     :)

Isn't is beautiful! I've had the awesome  privilege of seeing all kinds of gorgeous pages coming from this kit.  I want to see the great pages you will make with this kit too!

You will want to collect all the pieces to this kit during February's daily download.  You can always wait until March and buy it from the GS shop, but if you'd like it for free you can get it one day at a time FREE.

Happy downloading!!

New Products on Sale! $1!

My new mini kit called "With All My Heart" is on sale for $1 and so is the really awesome coordinating alpha.

With All My Heart Mini Kit

With All My Heart Alpha

I like that alpha because the letters are separate from the stitching, and you can get really creative with your title work!

Here are some pages uses With All My Heart to inspire you!

Layout by Kim

Layout by Roxana

Layout by Katie

The "With All My Heart" mini kit and alpha are a part of the Chocolate Kisses GingerScraps Buffet.  The GingerScraps Buffet is a new GS feature.  Each month the GS designers will be given a color palette and theme, And they will create fun goodies.  Think of it like a way to totally customize a Mega Collab, and like a buffet, you can take as little or as much as you would like.

If you like the pinks and browns of my kit you might want to take a look at the other GS designers stuff too.  During February all the buffet items are $1, and after that they will all be $2.

I have three other  products that are marked down for $1 today too!

What a Wonderful Day

  More Than Just Dating Date Pack

Mattables V.1 Fun and Funky

After February 1st all products will be regular price (until the next sale).

I hope you enjoy your first day of February, and the rest of this second month of 2011 brings lots of blessings your way!

What is your "Heart's Dream?" (Feb Blog Train Post- 2 Freebies for you)

Have you fulfilled your heart's dream?  Are you still longing for something deep in your heart?  Are you currently working toward the dream of your heart?  These are the questions I imagined layout artists asking themselves as they scrapped with the February blog train items.  Rosey Toes Designs is the stop right before me, and when you leave here you'll be heading to Torta Gialla's Back To Paper Blog.  If you need to head back to the "station" The Blog Train Blog is the place to go.

Here is my contribution.  I decided to participate in the blog train again this month because I got so many sweet comments last month on my January Freebie.  If you download these freebies please leave a comment!  I hope you can use this to scrap something that is near and dear to your heart.   :)  Here is the freebie mini kit I made for your scrapbooking pleasure...

Guess what?!!  There is a special little coupon tucked in there for you too!
This mini kit contains:
6 papers
1 border with over lapped stitches
1 frame
1 paint dabs element
3 acrylic flowers
1 fabric flower with button and bow
2 ric racs
1 heart ribbon
1 metal heart
Word Art:
Follow Your Dreams
YOU are my heart
Sweet (in metal)
HEART (bling)
LOVE (bling)

Download (MediaFire) Blog Train Mini Kit Freebie EXPIRED

(The link has been tested and works.  If you experience issues downloading this freebie please try again.  Often times when downloads are interrupted it is becuase of a "hiccup" in the internet connection during the download process)

If you'd like a free Quick Page I have one for you that was made using my freebie mini kit contribution to the "My Heart's Dream" Blog Train 

The title on the QP layout "Sweet" is exclusive to the QP, it doesn't appear like that in the mini I made.

Download Quick Page Freebie HERE

(This link has been tested and works very well please try again if you experience "The Download Blues")

Anyway, I hope you are enjoying the blog train, and I hope you continue to find your heart's dream!

I also wanted to add...

If you like freebies you will love this!  A fellow GingerScraps designer, Statements By Jodi, and I teamed up and made a beautiful "family-love" themed kit.  It will be the GS blog daily download, so during the month of February you can get the kit bit by bit FREE. 

This kit isn't a regular blog freebie because after February the kit will be put in the GingerScraps store.  I also happen to be hosting the color challenge during the month of February- YAY!!.  It is called the "Food Coloring" challenge at GS.  The challenge will be to scrap a layout in the colors of the daily download kit.  Everyone who participates in the challenges will receive a participation prize AND be entered into a drawing for one of three $5 gift certificates to the GingerScraps store.    If participants use at least 75% GS products in their layout their name will be entered into the drawing twice!  Since the daily download kit is GS it counts as GS products for the second chance to win the $5 gift certificate.  If you've never hung around GingerScraps before you need to register for the site and look around.  The admin are always handing out RAK's if they happen to see new user names.

GingerScraps is such a nice to place to be, and they are also keeping up with the times!

I hope you take advantage of all the cool things GingerScraps has to offer, and while you are there come say hi to me on the February color challenge thread.  Enjoy your freebies, take care, and keep following your dreams!!
Hugs!!