AussieGirl

Choo choo! (freebie time)

2011-09-09T02:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning! Welcome to stop 3 on the Blog Hop! This weekend marks some exciting time around the digiscrapping world, geniaBeana Scraps is celebrating her ScrapMatters anniversary! There will be sales, giveaways etc! And as a special treat, you get to take advantage of a wonderful blog hop, where you can collect 12 fabulous calendar Brag Book pages! I plan on using mine for Christmas gifts for the grandparents and my husband to display at work!

Here is what I created for you:

You can download them both in one link here: http://www.4shared.com/file/WYq_VoFG/Aussiegirl_gb_calendar_BB.html

You should have arrived from stop 2. Neverland Scraps http://www.neverlandscraps.blogspot.com/
and your next stop is stop 4. Dreamin' Big Scraps: http://azkdreaminbig.blogspot.com/
If you get lost along the way, make sure you check back at geniaBeana Scraps blog for a complete list of the stops: http://geniabeanascraps.blogspot.com/
Please remember not everyone is on the same timezone, so if someone's blog is not ready, please check back later in the day.

Also, don't forget to stop by geniaBeana Scraps store to check out her amazing products used in creating these fun pages. You can find her at ScrapMatters: http://shop.scrapmatters.com/geniabeana/

It's a Date!

2011-06-09T19:31:00.000-07:00

***For some reason, this one never posted either....so weird! This one was supposed to post
mid May. Well, the sale is no longer going on, but the items are still in the store!***

Seven days in a week, 12 months in a year. They're all just a bunch of numbers. Except when something important happens on that day that you want to capture with photos and document with your journaling. Adding a date to a layout is sometimes overlooked or just quickly scribbled in the bottom corner. Dating a layout is a critical piece to telling your scrapping story. When you have a fun way to date your page, then adding a date becomes much easier to do!

Today Kelly is releasing 3 more date kits that give you some unique ways to add a time stamp to your layouts.

SIMPLE DATES - VOLUME 4

SIMPLE DATES - VOLUME 5

SIMPLE DATES - VOLUME 6

Kelly's Creative Team has been having fun mixing and matching from several of Kelly's kits and then adding our dates with these awesome kits. Here's what we've come up with.

Make sure you head over to Kellybell's Store to grab these new date elements while they are on sale this weekend only. While you're at the store browsing around, you can take a look at the existing date kits that Kelly has for sale.

Looking at the kits, you might be wondering where Simple Dates - Volume 1 is?? Well, that kit got retired into the vault. Hopefully you picked it up when it was on sale a while back. Don't miss out on these kits or any other of Kelly's goodies.... you never know what may go in the vault next time she cleans house!! Head over to Kellybell's Store and do some shopping. OK? Then it's a date!!

Sail Away With Me

2011-06-09T19:22:00.000-07:00

***For some reason, my blog post never scheduled.....so....you can

still have the freebie, just a little late! So sorry!****

What is it that makes you love the beach? Is it the warm sun through your toes, the lull of the crashing waves, the peacefulness of watching boats sail by? Summer time is almost here and it's time to get your scrapping stash ready to scrap all the fun at the beach or pool, along with tropical vacations and cruises. Today, I'm so excited to share with you a new kit from Kellybell that's just the perfect fit...

SAIL AWAY WITH ME

Isn't is just amazing??!! 'Sail Away With Me' has 15 papers in some great nautical colors and patterns along with over 50 beachy fun elements like swimsuits, sea shells, beach balls, deck chairs, port hole and cruise ship. This kit also includes a blue alpha with both upper and lower case letters. Kelly also made you a coordinating word art pack with 9 titles. Add just one or double them up to make some great titles for your layouts.

You can find 'Sail Away With Me' and the matching word art pack at Kellybell's Store. Make sure you stop by today to purchase them while they are on sale this weekend only for 25% off.

This kit has so many uses and you'll find yourself scrapping many, many layouts with it. For inspiration, here is what I scrapped.

(Thank you to my friend Heather for her wonderful cruise photos! I'm hoping in another 3 years to have my very own Disney Cruise photos to scrap!) :)

Now for some fabulous freebies made by Kellybell's Creative Team. If you follow the links, you'll find an awesome paper stack from Jenn, a gorgeous cluster frame from Lisa, a spectacular border cluster from Roxana, and a fantastic word art from Dawn.

Jenn - Scrappin With Jenn

Lisa - Lisa Campbell Designs

Roxana - Scraps & More

And one from me!

You can download it here: http://www.4shared.com/file/QSPocIVx/Aussiegirl_Kellybell_SAWM_WA_f.html

Take a couple minutes to browse around Kelly's Store and see what else you need to add to your scrapping stash. Enjoy the goodies and happy scrapping!

Frugal Freebies

2011-06-02T09:13:00.000-07:00

Sometime in the Fall, a friend of mine told me about Frugal Freebies and I became a fan of their's on Facebook! They give free offers, swagbuck codes, and other "freebie" information. Well now....check this out! "Frugal-Freebies.com is having a 20,000 Facebook Fan Celebration! Prizes include a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate, sponsored by BorntoLove.com! Stop by before midnight June 15th ET to enter to win!"

so, if you're not a fan....become a fan and enter for your chance to win some amazing prizes!

Summer Kick Off Giveaways!!!!

2011-05-25T08:04:00.000-07:00

We have a fantastic week of freebies planned for you!

Find Heather's blog here: http://www.haynay.blogspot.com/

If you can't read the ad here's all the info:

Join the
Haynay Hunnies'
Summer Kick- off!
A Week of freebies
on
Haynay Designs' Blog
Daily Freebies
from
May 27- June 3, 2011

http://www.haynay.blogspot.com/

Boom Pow!

2011-05-06T05:07:00.000-07:00

Oooh! Aaah! Isn't that what we always say when we're watching fireworks? They're just so mesmorizing and colorful. Whether it's Fourth of July, New Year's Eve, the Super Bowl or Disney, fireworks are just plain cool!! And Disney certainly knows how to throw a great fireworks party. Wishes at Magic Kingdom has been delighting millions since it debuted to the public on October 9, 2003. With over 1,200 fireworks shooting off each night, that's a lotta Oohs and Aahs! Today, Kelly has a new kit that captures all those magical sparkles called...

Boom Pow!

'Boom Pow!' was inspired by the elaborate Disney firework shows. This kit has all the essentials for scrapping the perfect fireworks layout. First, there's 3 large fireworks bursts, lots of stars and swirls, and several coordinating flowers and ribbons. Next, Kelly's added 4 adorable square flairs, some cool sparkles and splats, and much more. There's 15 papers in a mix of turquoise, pink and black along with a few glittery papers for that extra sparkle. And lastly, a silver metallic full alpha.

To compliment this kit, Kelly has a matching set of 6 word art sayings. Great titles, don't you think?

As you know, Kelly puts her new release kits on sale for the weekend. So make sure you stop by Kelly's Store to grab the 'Boom Pow!' kit and word art pack for 25% off.

This kit is fabulous for scrapping lots of great pages. Here's my layout for some inspiration.

Now the fun part! Hop around to Kelly and her team's blogs to grab some wonderful goodies! Leave some love and have fun scrapping!
Kelly - Kellybell Designs

Roxana - Scraps Cards & More

Linda - MJAJ Designs

Julie - The Long Way Home

Exciting News (and a freebie)!

2011-05-01T04:25:00.000-07:00

My good friend MHK Scrap Bytes is opening her very first digital Scrapbooking store at Scrapping Fairytales. Check out the new site here: http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=10

Wait till you see all of MHK Scrap Bytes goodies! And read to the end, because I have a freebie for you!

http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=44

http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=45

http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=46

http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=47

or you can buy the bundle and save 29%

http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=48

http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=49

http://scrappingfairytales.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=50

On Monday May 2nd only, MHK Scrap Bytes will be 25% off (excluding bundle).

Here are the layouts I made using these kits:

And for reading this far, here is your wonderful freebie, made using Zoo Crew by MHK Scrap Bytes:

http://www.4shared.com/file/m1SvQ1hs/Aussiegirl_mhksb_zoo_freebie.html
Also, don't forget to check out MHK Scrap Bytes blog for another freebie: http://mhkscraps.blogspot.com/

Land Of Adventure

2011-04-29T05:50:00.000-07:00

Kellybell Designs is getting totally tribal today with a trip deep into the jungle. A place full of adventure, mystery and fun. Announcing....

LAND OF ADVENTURE

This is such a fun kit to scrap your layouts for Jungle Cruise, Tiki Room, Indiana Jones, AdventureLand and all sorts of other tropical jungle themes. There's 15 papers with a blend of browns, greens and yellows. Her collection of elements includes tiki statues, safari hat, spears, ferns, torch and some adorable animals and butterflies. It rocks the jungle!!

Included in this kit is a brown twig alpha to make your own titles. If you'd like some titles already made, Kelly has designed a set of 6 word art sayings that will make an awesome addition to your jungle pages.

Kelly's kit and word art pack are on sale this weekend only for 25% off.

Stop by Kelly's Store to purchase these and to browse all her wonderful designs.

This kit is so versatile. Here's what I created with 'Land Of Adventure'.

For your goodies today, Kelly's Creative Team has some jungle adventure freebies for you. Stop by Jenn's Blog for an amazing paper stack, to Donna's Blog for a wonderful Quick Page, and I have a fabulous frame for you too:

You can download it here: http://www.4shared.com/file/Yzot965M/Aussiegirl_Kellybell_LOA_frame.html

If you haven't already.... make sure you sign up for Kelly's new newsletter! You will get to see the new releases a day before everyone else AND snag special subscriber only free goodies!! Sign up on the front page of

Kellys Store today so you don't miss one!

Have a totally tribal day!!

ALSO, check back on Sunday for exciting news AND A FREEBIE from one of my good online friends.

Spring Cleaning

2011-04-22T05:00:00.000-07:00

Kellybell Designs is doing some Spring Cleaning!! 5 amazing kits are going to be locked up in the vault as of April 28th, to make room for the amazing new releases that are coming up!!

kits that are going to be on sale at 50% off are:

All Stars (sports music and movies with their coordinating alphas), Kiss the Girl kit and word art, Expedition Safari kit and word art, Well Seasoned kit and word art, Polynesian Paradise kit and word art

Here are the layouts I made using 3 of these kits:

Lo with Expedition Safari

LO using Kiss the Girl

LO using Well Seasoned

Be sure to head on over to Kellybell Designs and add these fabulous kits to your collection before they're gone forever!!! The sale ends April 28th ... so don't delay!

In other news....Kelly is honoring Julie as this months CT Member of the Month!

Be sure to check out Kelly and Julie's blogs and see her interview.... and snag the special freebie that Julie made using one of her very favorite Kellybell Kits!!

Kelly's blog- http://kellybelldesigns.blogspot.com/

Julie's blog- http://www.designsbyjul.blogspot.com/

City Of Tomorrow

2011-04-15T05:20:00.000-07:00

Epcot first opened on October 1, 1982. Epcot, which stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, was Walt Disney's dream to create a utopian city of the future complete with housing, schools and businesses plus a monorail to move the people around. How cool would that be to live in a Disney city like that? Sadly, Walt Disney died before getting to see his dreams come true in Orlando. But each day, millions of people celebrate their own magic at Disney throughout the world. Today, Kellybell Designs has a new kit dedicated to Epcot and all the futuristic thrills it brings. It's called....

CITY OF TOMORROW

This kit has 15 cool papers with metallic tones and geometric patterns. There's 45 elements with lots of shiny stars, globes, spirals, gears and wires -- everything you need for that futuristic layout. Plus Kelly has a fabulous metallic alpha that's just perfect to create your own Epcot titles. The matching word art pack includes 7 awesome titles that mix the silver metallic alpha with a hint of blues and reds.

Rush on over to buy 'City Of Tomorrow' and the matching word art pack

It's on sale this weekend only for 25% off.

Make sure you grab them before Sunday!!

While this kit is a perfect match for Epcot layouts, it's very versatile for scrapping your adventures in home project, robots, transportation and much more. Here's what I created with 'City Of Tomorrow'...

Kellybell's Creative Team is always hard at work creating great layouts and fun freebies for you with each kit. Make sure you stop by Lisa's Blog for her gorgeous paper stack freebie, then hop to Roxanna's Blog to grab her beautiful cluster frame. Enjoy your goodies and leave some love for the girls!!

Friday Freebie!

2011-04-01T05:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday! I'm sorry for my poorly neglected blog! I post more on one of my Designer's blogs, than I do on my own!

I have a QP Freebie for you today! For the next few months, I have the priveledge of being a Guest CT for Kellybell Designs! Kelly does digital scrapbooking kits inspired by her love of Disney! It's a great way for me to build up my Disney stash of fun kits before our next trip (hopefully in Nov. 2012).

If you've never been to Kelly's blog or store, go check them out! http://kellybelldesigns.blogspot.com/ and here store here: http://www.kellybelldesigns.com/

Today's release is Frontierland! It's full of fun elements for pages of Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, meeting Buzz, or even your favorite little buckaroo!

Here is the page I created, followed by a QP made from that same page:

You can download here: http://www.4shared.com/file/fnk-YuGe/Aussiegirl_Kellybell_OFT_QP.html

Make sure you check out Kelly's blog for more freebie add ons to this fun kit! http://kellybelldesigns.blogspot.com/

Fun Fall Kit

2010-09-10T11:29:00.000-07:00

I am such an awful blogger! But better late than never, right?!

Today, I have a super fun fall kit to "show" you! It's just a sneak peek...but you won't want to miss it!

You can purchase this kit for $3.75, but only until Sept. 16, so HURRY! Run to ScrapMatters to add this great fall kit to your cart. After the 16th, it will be availabe at the full price.

New Goodies!

2010-03-13T07:27:00.000-08:00

I have 2 new items that I recently added to my Digital Scrapbooking wishlist.
The first one is by Andilynn Designs! It's perfect for those outdoor pages, and for overcoming those winter blues! You can find it here at ScrapMatters

The 2nd one is the ScrapMatters March Monthly collab kit!

This is only a sneek peak of what's inside! This kit is available for a very limited time as a mystery product at a 50% discount. We will reveal the kit and bring it back up to full price on March 19th, so grab it at a bargain while you can! You can get it here at ScrapMatters

I am so looking forward to scrapping some spring type photos, instead of all these winter ones!

Enjoy your weekend!

Beautiful kit!

2010-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:00

Check out this beautiful collab kit from some of the fantastic designers at ScrapMatters!

And right now, there is a special on this kit:

***SPECIAL OFFERS!***

Spend $20 in the Scrap Matters shop, and automatically get 20% off your purchase of the Captured Romance Kit! 02/19 - 03/05

Buy the Captured Romance kit and get the Quick Pages for FREE! 02/19 - 02/25{automatically included in your downloads, no need to add them to your cart}

So RUN, don't walk to ScrapMatters to add this fabulous kit to your collection!

Autism Awareness Day

2009-04-02T11:28:00.000-07:00

Today is Autism Awareness Day. Although I don't have anyone in my immediate family who has been affected by this, I have a friend with 2 young boys who has been. She is a wonderful mother, who homeschools her sons so that they get the style and attention they need with their schooling. Homeschooling allows her to focus on their learning styles, and not have them get lost in the educational system of a Public school! Her boys are so lucky to have her, and to be in their family.
We have a lady at our Church who minored in Autism Education in College. She's helped a young boy who used to attend our Church, by giving helpful advice to the other Nursery workers assigned to him, so that we could understand better what worked and didn't work in regards to dealing with him.
The more educated people are in regards to things that are "different" to them, the better off they'll be. I have taught my girls, that Jesus just made people who are "different", extra Special. People seem to be afraid of what they don't understand, so hopefully, many people today will learn something new, and get rid of their fear.

Watch for the Red Flags of Autism(The following red flags may indicate a child is at risk for atypical development, and is in need of an immediate evaluation.) In clinical terms, there are a few “absolute indicators,” often referred to as “red flags,” that indicate that a child should be evaluated. For a parent, these are the “red flags” that your child should be screened to ensure that he/she is on the right developmental path.

If your baby shows any of these signs, please ask your pediatrician or family practitioner for an immediate evaluation:
No big smiles or other warm, joyful expressions by six months or thereafter
No back-and-forth sharing of sounds, smiles, or other facial expressions by nine months or thereafter
No babbling by 12 months
No back-and-forth gestures, such as pointing, showing, reaching, or waving by 12 months
No words by 16 months
No two-word meaningful phrases (without imitating or repeating) by 24 months
Any loss of speech or babbling or social skills at any age

*This information has been provided by First Signs, Inc. ©2001-2005. Reprinted with permission. For more information about recognizing the early signs of developmental and behavioral disorders, please visit http://www.firstsigns.org or the Centers for Disease Control at www.cdc.gov/actearly.

This information was copied from Melanie's blog: http://travandmel.blogspot.com/

If you'd like to see a Video about Autism by Alicia Keys, make sure you check there. If you have any questions or need help, I'm sure she'd be able to help you also.

Prov. 3:5 & 6

Enjoy your day!

Dawn

Tutorials and Challenges!

2009-01-01T20:07:00.000-08:00

I'm a CT member for Dreamer Paula. And I'm very excited about her newest adventure! She has started a blog dedicated to tutorials and challenges! Every month you'll have your choice of different things to try. If you use one of her items (It can even be a freebie), complete the challenge or tutorial, and post a link to your layout back in the comments...you'll be entered for...DRUMROLL Please! A chance to win one of her newest kits! How fun is that!?

Go check it out here: http://dreamerpaulatutorials.blogspot.com/ I am actually hosting a couple of the challenges this month. One on Photography and one on steps to complete to make your layout a success!

I am still trying to figure out how to upload the photos here to show you all what we did with our Cousin's Senior Photos. I'll work on it sometime next week with the help of my best friend! So make sure you check back then!

Enjoy the rest of your week, and Happy New Year!!!

The Daily Download is BACK!

2008-11-24T14:06:00.000-08:00

For those of you who have missed the daily download at Scrap Matters, it is back! Starting the end of this week! Here is the link to Scrap Matters to check out all the fun that we are having over there! :)

http://www.scrapmatters.com/

I will be heading to my parents home for the Thanksgiving Holiday. I hope all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving willl have a wonderful holiday season! I am very thankful for my family and my friends (both old and new). I'm thankful for the freedom to worship God and to be a Christian. I'm thankful for a house to live in, warm clothes, and a dependable car to get us where we need to go. But most importantly, I am thankful to the Lord, for dieing on the cross for my sins. So that someday, I can live with Him forever, in Heaven! If you don't know the Lord as your own personal Savior, I pray that you will come to know him on a personal level in some way. God can do mighty and powerful things. There are times where we don't understand things, but God's way is always best! I learned that this past week. We are planning a trip to Disney. Even with all their great specials right now (buy 4 nights, get 3 free), we don't qualify for a great rate because of our somewhat large family (6 people isn't huge!) However, I now know that God knew we couldn't stay there. The reservations for the stay have to be paid for by the end of Jan. All of our Disney money is coming from our tax refund, which we won't get until sometime in Feb. So even though I didn't understand why we couldn't stay at Disney property, it was totally clear in God's mind!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday, and if you don't celebrate, enjoy your weekend!

Budding Photographer

2008-10-13T12:38:00.000-07:00

For the past few years, my husband and I have been doing some photography. It started with helping friends of ours shoot weddings. Since then, we have done weddings on our own, taken family portraits of friends and our own families. We do all of our daughters portraits too (it works better than taking them somewhere, since it's not a scheduled time). We've even taken Senior portraits.

We took some senior portraits of my husband's cousin last month! They turned out really great (at least I think so). She's a very natural and outdoorsy type person. She found a great location alongside a river and we got some fun shots (we don't live in her town, so she scouted out some locations for us).

I would love to expand and grow our little home run/ hobby type business. I'll be posting some photos from her photo shoot here in the next couple days. Let me know what you think? Do you see potential in our style to make us go farther, or is it the same old style as other people?

Disney Finds

2008-08-16T14:10:00.000-07:00

This is my 2nd official blog entry! My vision for this blog is to make it about my digital scrapbooking, but also include anything Disney I may find in the digital world, and display our porfolio for our photography! Last weekend, we took my husband's cousin's senior portraits! They turned out wonderfully, and I hope she's just as happy with them. I hope to display at least a couple here one of these days.

Disney wise, I would love to have any of you join in at the challenge at NDISB. It is a Disney challenge, hosted by Brandie. Every month she gives us about 4 or 5 topics to chose from to help us complete those albums! It's been wonderful for me! I am getting so many layouts done because I have direction in doing them. I am not looking at our 7 disks from a one week vacation (that's a disk a day) and wondering where to start. It's decided for me.

Also, check out Scrap Matters. Britt of Britt-ish designs sells there and she has some beautiful "Disney" themed kits. There are many other talented designers there too. You can get lost in their store among all the wonderful designs!

Enjoy your weekend. I had a great time with 2 of my girls today. We made Banana Bread and walked to McDonald's to eat lunch. I'm off to work on a layout or 2!

Ooh-la-la

2008-08-04T17:12:00.000-07:00

I just discovered Amy Sumrall's newest collaboration kit with Krystal Hartley. The kit is Ooh-la-la It is a really posh and princess kit filled with many things that can be used for a daydream to Paris or maybe even one of those latest shopping sprees. I can see so many possibilities for this kit that is has been added to my list of designs to call my own!

So make sure you run over to Sunshine Studio and pick yourself up a copy of this kit. You wont be sorry as this kit is filled with lots of goodies to make that next layout a masterpiece!