Happy New, New, New, New Year!

Wahoo! I'm starting this year off with exciting news and changes.

First, and most exciting for me is my new store opening at Scrappity-Doo-Dah!!! I love the fun, friendly atmosphere and the design team rocks! I hope to see you there.

Next, and most exciting for you, is I have lowered the prices on all my kits. My full kits are now available for only $4 each and my mini kits for only $2.50 each. I hope this will allow you more freedom to pick up a few of my kits.

Scrapity-Doo-Dah - NDISB - PrettyScrappy

I'm working out the details for a fab New Years Sale and will post it here for you very soon.

White Winter Sale

Whew!! We finally have power again. Fortunately, we only where without power for a little over a day. But, it sure did seem like an eternity.

NDISB and PrettyScrappy

Heartfelt Words

Yippee-skippee!! I finally learned how to make digital "felt"!!! I absolutely love the look. Here are some of my favorite words in felt. Thus, cleverly called "Heartfelt" I hope you enjoy using them as much as I have enjoyed both creating them and using them myself.

Currently, available at NDISB or Pretty Scrappy.

And here are a few cards I created using my "Heartfelt Words" and my Warm Winter Wishes Kit and Add-On Pack.

Special Bundles at Pretty Scrappy

Wahoo!! Pretty Scrappy is back and running better than ever. I've had such wonderful response from these two kits that I've decided to sweeten the deal and add a bonus to your purchase. I hope that you will be pleasantly pleased with the combos I have put together for you.

Fallin' --- The Series: These great mini kits are great tools to highlight all those wonderful fall memories. The colors and textures are warm and inviting. And who can resist such a smart, handsome looking crow.

Warm Winter Wishes: This delightful mega collab kit is filled with a huge collection of papers and elements to warm your winter memories. I love the color palette with warm cozy colors and heart-warming elements. Don't miss the yummy alpha!! I designed the letters to look like pink iced sugar cookies. And the bonus is a delightful add-on pack of icy-cool pinks and blues with a generous selection of elements.

PrettyScrappy Grand Re-Opening

We're starting our Grand Re-Opening Sale today! The first part of the sale is a Dollar Day Sale... check it out! Keep watching because Monday and Tuesday another special sale will be in store for you! I have several items included in this great sale, HERE.

PS Landscape Challenge

Follow the Landscape Challenge

Here is my page for this month's challenge:

I created it using my newest kit, Backyard Explorer, available soon.

PS Labor Day SALE

Buzz on over to the Pretty Scrappy Garden
and fill your cart with loads of goodies,
on sale this weekend for 30% off.

My Pretty Scrappy Store

Loads of Learning Blog Train

Pretty Scrappy and Scrapable have teamed up to create this amazing blog train. Here is my part. It is available for FREE when you visit my store. Find the Fall Friends Designer Duo kit, after the kit description you will see a link to download this wonderful mini kit FREE.

Wahoo!!! Released today is, my collab with Flutter Expressions over at Scrapable. Scrapable and Pretty Scrappy have teamed up and are pairing up designers from each store and collabing. Flutter Expressions (Katherine) and I have made this kit "Fall Friends". It is a fabulous kit, filled with all things friendly and comforting. (I had such a great time doing this collab. Watch for more of them to come soon.) You can find it HERE, and it is 25% off until the 7th. Being that it's a Pretty Scrappy/Scrapable Collab, it's exclusive to those stores.

Check out these AWESOME layouts created by the Pretty Scrappy Creative Team. Images are clickable, so pop over and leave them some gallery love. They certainly deserve it!!

Layout Artist: Wendy

Layout Artist: Anne

Layout Artist: Tanya

Layout Artist: Mara

Be sure to head back over to the Loads of Learning blog train to follow the train through all of it's destinations!!

Pretty Scrappy $$ August Dollar Day $$

Sorry for the late announcement. It's time for Pretty Scrappy's monthly dollar day sale. On the 16th of each month, Pretty Scrappy's designers choose a collection of designs for you to pick up for just a buck. It's a great deal. Here are previews of my products you can find today only for $1.

Wow!!! And that is just a few of the products. Fly on over to Pretty Scrappy and pick up a few bargins. And don't forget to mark your calendar for the 16th of each month. More goodies are sure to come your way.

Pretty Scrappy End of Summer Sale

And all the parents said, "Amen!" Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my boys for a billion dollars, but I am so ready for school to start.

Swing by my Pretty Scrappy store and check out the sale, join in a challenge, or just drink in the creativity of the gallery.

(Information on a personal sale from me to celebrate my twins' turning 5 is coming your way soon. Watch for it!)

Pretty Scrappy Template Challenge

Wow, what great LOs everyone created last month. It was both inspiring and encouraging. Thank you to everyone who participated last month. I hope to see you again this month and would love to meet some "newbies".

August is an exciting month of celebrations for me. So I choose to use a layout celebrating my precious miracle twins. Watch my blog for information about sales, and perhaps another freebie or two coming your way.

Are you stuck in a rut?
Do you need a kick start?

Buzz over to Pretty Scrappy for this month’s template challenge. It is certain to give you just the boost you are looking for. And while you are there, be sure to check out the over 20 other monthly challenges.

You will never run out of inspiration again!

www.prettyscrappy.com

Pick up the template FREE in the August Landscape Challenge Forum ---- http://www.prettyscrappy.com/vforum/showthread.php?p=19956
or grab it direct HERE. But if you do, remember to come back to the Pretty Scrappy forum and post your LO for us all to oooh and aaah over, PLEASE.

Pretty Scrappy August Blog Train

Where has July gone?!?! I am so far behind on so much, and this has been a wet, drab summer. The boys have been inside through most of it, which is probably why I am playing catch up on my design work.

This month's Pretty Scrappy Collab kit is gorgeous. I LOVE the colors. And the girls have really pulled together an awesome kit. It is a great way to give the designers at Pretty Scrappy a try without a huge investment. The kit is only $7 and includes 47 papers with 118 elements!

And for the blog train this month, we are giving you some wonderful luggage tag brag book quick pages. Here is the quick page from me.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Pretty Scrappy BLOG-ROLL:
Make sure you pick up all the pieces. Each download includes a portion of the code you need to get an extra $2 OFF the Drama Queen collab kit.

Crystal: http://inspiredmommiedesigns.blogspot.com
Ginny: http://ginnytallent.blogspot.com/ <--------You are HERE
Mel: http://designsbymel.blogspot.com
Nikki: http://justpassinthru.wordpress.com/
Gail: http://gailsmomentsintime.blogspot.com/
Jewel: http://bothmadandgenius.blogspot.com/
Kathy: http://kathy70.blogspot.com/
Lauramarie: http://lauramariescraps.blogspot.com/
Suzan: http://suzankurtz.blogspot.com/
Tanya: http://crossbonecuts.blogspot.com/
Tara: http://thewildmountainthyme.blogspot.com/
Wendy: http://www.inkinandthinkin.typepad.com/

And to sum it all up for you. When you spend $15 at the store you will receive this awesome 20 page QP album. --- Now, get shopping!

It's the 16th, again!! PrettyScrappy $ Day

Sorry for the late announcement. It's time for Pretty Scrappy's monthly dollar day sale. On the 16th of each month, Pretty Scrappy's designers choose a collection of designs for you to pick up for just a buck. It's a great deal. Here are previews of my products you can find today only for $1.

My newest venture, doodling! It is so relaxing! I have always avoided doodling, but recently decided I need to just get over it. My doodles may never be Mary Englebreit, but they will always be mine and part of who I am. I am so looking forward to watching these doodles grow and develop as my skill and confidence grows. I so enjoy these first few sets, because they are simple, fun, whimsical and innocent.



And here is an awesome sample I designed to complement my Denim Dreamer kit. It has been a huge favorite. So, I thought I would offer it in this special one day/one dollar sale.



And finally, I love this alpha. It is rugged and worn, reminding me of my favorite pair of jeans. It is one of my very first alphas, but certainly not lacking in quality or character.



Wow!!! And that is just a few of the products. Fly on over to Pretty Scrappy and pick up a few bargins. And don't forget to mark your calendar for the 16th of each month. More goodies are sure to come your way.

I'm the Pretty Scrappy Gardener's Spotlight

I am honored to be in the Gardener's Spotlight today over at Pretty Scrappy. Check out the fabulous write up Kelly (aka LateNightScraps) did for me. She is such a sweetie.

My spotlight kit is, My Sweet Love. A soft, tender, loving, romantic kit I designed with my brother's wedding in mind. It is the perfect kit for young romantic love and also perfect for those tender, loving memories of your precious little ones.

Click HERE to go to PS blog and pick up the freebie

Link to my Pretty Scrappy store

Pretty Scrappy Template Challenge

Are you stuck in a rut?
Do you need a kick start?

Buzz over to Pretty Scrappy for this month’s template challenge. It is certain to give you just the boost you are looking for. And while you are there, be sure to check out the over 20 other monthly challenges.

You will never run out of inspiration again!

www.prettyscrappy.com

Pick up the template FREE in the July Landscape Challenge Forum ---- http://prettyscrappy.com/vforum/showthread.php?t=2620

Wooo-Wooooo! Pretty Scrappy Blog Train

It's July and time for the Pretty Scrappy blog train!! This is my first official blog train with the girls at Pretty Scrappy. I am so excited and this month, the kit is rockin'. The designers really pumped out some awesome work for this "Drama King" teenage boy kit. It is crammed full with 50+ papers and 100 elements!!! Be sure to pick up the kit HERE.


And it is my honor/privilege to kick off the blog train this month. We are including a coupon code in the downloads from each stop. To get the completed code you have to visit all the blogs on the train. Before you get overwhelmed, we limited the train to 13 stops, well 14 when you include your stop at the store to pick up this kickin' kit!!

So without further ado, here is my part for the train.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Here is the blog list for the rest of the train. Have a great trip!

Ginny http://ginnytallent.blogspot.com/ <------- YOU ARE HERE

Stacey http://www.staceycrossley.blogspot.com/

Lynn http://themathematiciansassistant.com/

Mara http://mmarti2564.blogspot.com/

Kathy http://kathy70.blogspot.com/

Wendy http://www.inkinandthinkin.typepad.com/

Tanya http://crossbonecuts.blogspot.com/

Helen http://helenparker.blogspot.com/

Jewel http://bothmadandgenius.blogspot.com/

Manda http://nibblesskribbles.blogspot.com/

Anne http://limescrapped.blogspot.com/

Suzan http://suzankurtz.blogspot.com/

Gail http://gailsmomentsintime.blogspot.com/

June Fun in the Sun Collab

Well, I know that June is almost gone, but I couldn't forget to show you this great kit from the designers at Pretty Scrappy. It is bright, cheery and full of fun elements and papers. It is sure to make you smile.

Pretty Scrappy June Team Collab Kit

With purchase of the team collab, you will receive 16 quickpages for free.
Use coupon code SunnyFun good until the June 30, 2009 for $2.00 off.

Here is the page I made using it. One of many sure to come from our fun family vacation. We all had a great time. But the boys especially loved the rainy day we spent at Downtown Disney. LEGO World was certainly their favorite spot.

full credits available in gallery

And last but not least here is a sneak peek of the July Pretty Scrappy Collab kit. This will be the first collab kit I worked on with the girls at Pretty Scrappy. I can't wait to show you the whole thing, especially the part I designed. Check back on July 1st for the reveal and blog train; whoo-whooooooo!

Wahoo!! Pretty Scrappy News!

Pretty Scrappy's Dollar Day has been extended until tonight June 17th at Midnight CST!

Don't miss out!

Pretty Scrappy $$ Dollar Day $$-

Sorry for the late announcement. It's time for Pretty Scrappy's monthly dollar day sale. On the 16th of each month, Pretty Scrappy's designers choose a collection of designs for you to pick up for just a buck. It's a great deal. And just to whet your palate, here are a few samples from today's selection.


Check out this bright, cheery kit from Jaya, one of my Brownie Scraps buddies and a real sweetie. I love these papers and the elements are just plain fun.



Casey Krause, a seasoned designer and one of my new buddies at Pretty Scrappy, has this great hybrid template. I haven't had time to do any hybrid projects lately, but when I do, this is on my short list for sure.



Here is a super cool selection from Rachael. I love my facebook flair, and with this I could make my own and "wear" it everywhere.



And finally from me, Fresh and Clean. It has been one of my most popular kits. I just love bathtime photos and this kit was created with them in mind. (HINT: I'm working on an add-on pack. Any suggestions on what you would like to see included.)


Wow!!! And that is just a few of the products. Fly on over to Pretty Scrappy and pick up a few bargins. And don't forget to mark your calendar for the 16th of each month. More goodies are sure to come your way.

Hosting my first challenge at Pretty Scrappy

Wahoo!! I'm hosting my first challenge over at Pretty Scrappy, and it is a doozy. I am a comment addict both when it comes to my own layouts and when I see great layouts in the galleries. I love it when people like my work enough to leave me some love, and I know that I can't be the only one, so I leave love whenever I find the time to browse the galleries.


Let's go on a Scavenger Hunt through the Pretty Scrappy Gallery! Leave some love and earn some points!

Here is a selection of just a few of the great arrangements you can find, but are they part of the Scavenger Hunt. To find out you will have to check out the list in the Pretty Scrappy Forum.

Love Always

Friends

Jump

Join me for a stroll through the garden, you may be amazed by the beauty you find. ---- Pretty Scrappy: Admire the Arrangements