Sad and Good news all in One!

Sad news first - DigitalArts Cafe was hacked one too many times and Melo the owner has made the hard decision to close the store. As of today the forum and gallery are closed, you can still view the layouts but no more can be posted.

Melo was great and gave me a great opportunity to try my hand at designing which I have really really enjoyed. But I have decided that from now on I will be mainly scrapping as I missed it when designing and occasionally I will have a freebie or two here on my blog.

But the good news.... Well, I can't leave without some noise being made can I ...
so from today til the 15th August my complete store is on sale for 50% off! So click on the image to go shopping, and whilst there, check out the other designers stores for more amazing deals!



Here are some of the kits you can get now for a GREAT price...

Thanks for being with me on this adventure and keep checking back, I am sure I will still be designing on for free in future! ;)

B-day, Sale and a Freebie

Can you believe it? I can't - I don't feel a day over 21 and yet today I turned 40!! And I am loving it, great presents, great songs, yep, the boys sung to me this morning, without any help from me! So cute! All in all, a great way to turn 40. We had a joint party last Sunday when Florian turned 40, so no real celebrating today, but boy the party was great on Sunday!

Anyhow since then I have been working hard to get a new kit in the store to kick off my birthday celebrations with my Digi-Scrapping-Friends.
What do you think? This is "Garden Romance" Thanks to my lovely CT it actually has a name, up until last night the poor kit was sat on my harddrive under the name "nonameyet" poor thing!And I even managed to put together some clusterframes:


And as it is my birthday and 40 is such a great number, everything in my store is 40% off for the week! Click on the ad to go shopping!

BUT that isn't all, I put together this great freebie for you all, it coordinates with "Garden Romance" and you can pick it up free at DigitalArts-Cafe, you will have to register, but if you look around, this isn't the only freebie you will find over there! ;o)Download here

I'll be back tomorrow, with a couple of layouts to show you, and maybe I might find the time to make a quickpage for you all, so keep checking back!
CU soon (ooh and I love Birthday Wishes, so if you like my freebie, drop me a line here as there is nowhere at the store to do so! Thanks!)

A Sale, News and a Freebie

It's been a while again on this blog, but I do keep you all up to date on my life on my project 365 blog, so I hope I am forgiven!
Anyway, I was quite busy these past weeks (my CT will be surprised to hear, as they haven't had the links yet, sorry ladies)
Anyhow let me start of the post with the News that I have put all of my stuff at both stores at

30% off

to celebrate Inter-National Scrapbooking Day!
So click here (BTST) or here (DAC) to go shopping!

So and whilst you are at DigitalArts Cafe you might want to pick this up - my freebie!
When I first got the colour swatch and name of the kit I was a bit stumped, but I really, really like what I made of it! It is part of the MEGA (and I mean really MEGA) freebie that all of the DAC designers have put together for you. Melo will be releasing them one at a time, but they will all be available for the whole month of May.

Click the image to go to the store to pick up the freebie (and maybe go shopping)
I have made anything with the word Mum on in my kit in various international versions, and for my blog readers, if you would like it with even another spelling, drop me a line and I will see what I can do for you!

Now if you go shopping at BTST (any designer) and spend more than $5.00 there this weekend, you get the May Mega Collab free, and this is what I put in it for you! Inspired by the BBC programme "Mr. Maker" which the kids love watching. On there are these shape characters, which I based my little guys here on!so with all these things I am giving away, I think it is probably time that I made a kit to sell, so it might be quiet here again, but I'll be busy working away!
No, tell a lie, I'll be back soon, with some layouts - Dinphy has a new kit out that I'll want to show you too!
Bye 4 now

Challenge layouts galore!!

I have been having great fun joining in all sorts of challenges! So in no particular order, here are the layouts for the challenges!

First up are two progressive challenges, one at Been There Scrapped That and one celebrating Scrap Orchard's birthday hosted at Scrap Orchard and Gotta Pixel. Both challenges are on their third week, so only one more to go!
This is the layout for the BTST Scrap-a-bration, I really like how this one is coming along - it has way more elements on it than I normally use, but its looking good!

Credits:
My little Man by Merchi Makes It! at BTST (great new designer)
leaf and paper clip thing from Just the Thing- Dudestyle by Flutter Expressions here at BTST
Glitter splat from Mischief Makers by Sweet Digi Scraps here at BTST

And this is my layout for the Gotta Orchard Challenge - awesome participating bonuses for this one every week! Its the boys doing our paper mache project - never did get it finished for Easter, but they won't mind, if I can entice them off of the trampoline for a minute! (more about that on another layout)

Credits:
Chirpy Chirpy Hop Hop by me!!

This next one was for the Layout Snatch Up Challenge at BTST. Journalling reads: Richard, you love that Spring has finally arrived, and that you can be digging in the dirt, playing with your diggers and enjoying the sun! April 6th, 2009

Credits:
My Little Man by Merchi Makes it! at BTST

And this one is for the "Mini to Marvelous" Challenge at BTST, great fun, the kit is supplied, and you are only allowed to use what is in the kit for your layout! (Kit is still available for challenge participants if you hurry!)

Credits:
Enjoy by Sweet Digi Scraps at BTST

Ooh, this one was fun too, I hosted the slow speed scrap at BTST, each day I gave out instructions on what to add to your layout. This is my finished result

Credits:
April Shower by Sweet Digi Scraps and me! at BTST

This was my layout for the Birthday Challenge at BTST, we had to do a Birthday related layout! This is Richard with his oversized fire engine!

Credits:
Mischief Makers by Sweet Digi Scraps at BTST

Oh, this one was just for fun! Dad took a brilliant photo of Richard whilst we were away at Center Parcs.

Credits:
Pond Capers by Mel's World at DigitalArts Cafe

This one was fun, as it was something girly for a change. Its Mia at Easter playing with her new "Little Pony". I did this one for the Scraplift Challenge at DigiScrapObsession

Credits:
Fairies Garden Party by Kristi W. at BTST

This next one I did today for the Scrap a Story Challenge at BTST, we had to use 5 photos to tell as story! The boys got a trampoline today and this first layout shows us all building it up.

Credits:
Cluster frames by Dinphy at DigitalArts Cafe
Growing Up Boy by Sweet Digi Scraps and Valerie Ostrom

And this one was just for fun, the boys enjoying their new toy!

Credits:
Cluster frames by Dinphy at DigitalArts Cafe
Growing Up Boy by Sweet Digi Scraps and Valerie Ostrom

Thats all I think! But I have lots more to go! And I think I'll post about them sooner next time there was rather a lot this time!
Bye 4 now

Easter at DigitalArts Cafe

DigitalArts Cafe have a fun Mega Collab kit out for Easter,

I made this layout with it, for the Quote Challenge at DSO.
And if you are looking for more inspriation, check the gallery at DAC!
So do you fancy working with us at DigitalArts-Cafe?! Because for the first time in a long long while, DAC are having a Store CT call! If you are interested, just drop Melothria a line - melothria@gmail.com. We are a fun team of designers, with great kits (if I do say so myself!) so scrapping fun is guaranteed!

Now, why else might you be visiting, ooh, I know you are on a sort of an egg hunt! Well, here is my piece of jigsaw for you.
Collect all 7 pieces on 7 DAC designers blogs (links in blog sidebar!)
(right click on the picture to save it on your computer)
Make the jigsaw/put the pieces together to create one image and save it as a jpg
Watermark it =write your forum username on it in big letters (so no one takes your jigsaw!)
Upload your picture to the gallery in the jigsaw puzzle challenge album before April 15

Win:
a $2 Gift Certificate at DigitalArts-cafe
--->the first 7 jigsaws submitted to the gallery win $3<---
(Providing you have introduced yourself at the forum before joining the fun)

Look forward to seeing you there!

Chirpy Chirpy Hop Hop - and a Birthday Celebration

Well, I promised a surprise on April 1st, and NO it is NOT an April Fool's joke! Been There Scrapped That is turning ONE and has some new designers on board, and

YESSSSSS
I AM ONE OF THEM!!!

Can you hear me shouting it from the roof top, I am that excited!
And not only that, I have two new kits hitting my stores - First of all, I got to do a collab with Liz (Sweet Digi Scraps) imagine that, when I started "stalking" poor Liz in December 2007, who would have thought that one day I would be making a kit with her. Certainly not me! I am still so in awe. And look how cute it turned out!


You can get it here at Been there Scrapped That and it is 35% off for a little while, so grab it while you can!

But that wasn't all that I have been busy with, I also made a great Easter kit. A bit different, cause I didn't use any pastels, I wanted a kit with cute things that you can use for boys as well as girls, and this is what I came up with! (available here at BTST and here at DigitalArts-Cafe)

I love it and I hope you do too. And I got a bit carried away, so it is packed full of all sorts of fun things, and I didn't stop there, I made a freebie for you too!

5 papers, 6 elements and 1 wordart!Download from Mediafire here

There is nowhere to comment at Mediafire and although I appreciate the numbers rising, it does make my day to get a comment or two! So leave some loving here, and I'll be back in a week and will pick a random winner to get another of my kits! How does that sound!? -- I hope it doesn't sound like I am fishing for compliments (although who doesn't love a compliment or two), I just feel like RAKing someone!

now do pop over to BTST and join in all the fun. We have some great challenges going on. I'll be back often to show you all the layouts I create for the challenge.

Bye 4 now

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I have another couple of Quickpages for you, one with a mug of green beer, incase you have pictures from a parade or Irish pub ;)

Download here from my Mediafire account

And if you are interested the matching kit is still on offer for only $2.99 at DigitalArts Cafe (image linked to store)

Bye 4 now

Lucky Day Free Quickpages

I had a great weekend if anyone is interested. Mum and Dad babysat the kids, whilst Florian and I had a GREAT time at my brothers concert. this time it was 80s music, it was like timetravelling. And seeing as we both turn 40 this year it was great to feel like a teenager again!

When we came back home we brought my Mum with us. So for the last couple of days I got a little bit of a lay in, as the boys went and got Nanna up rather than me! Thanks for that Mum, most appreciated! Mum was here as I had a doctors checkup at a silly time. 11.15am, now if doctors were any good at time management, I wouldn't have needed Mum to be here, but mine aren't!! I have to pick the boys up at the latest by 12.30pm and I couldn't be sure of that happening, so Mum came to help out. And a good thing to - I was home at about 1.15pm!! I got there at 11am and already they were running late and let me go shopping til 12!
But enough about that, some of you are here for a freebie! But let me show you my layouts first:
This is Richard at the weekend having some green juice - just perfect for my Lucky Day kit, don't you think!Then there is this one I made for the Font Challenge at DAC, the font is Kiralynn btw. And don't you just love the alpha - Dinphy has that as a freebie on her blog, so you might want to stop by there, after you have picked up your freebie here!
I decided to treat you all and turn these pages into Quickpages, there is plenty of room to add a title (possibly with Dinphy's alpha) and journalling on both of them.
You can download the Quickpages at the store (safer than 4shared, maybe, although I haven't had any problems!)

Click here to download

Thanks for stopping by and like Dinphy always says, if you leave a comment, you'll make me happy!

Lucky Day - My NEW KIT

I've finished!!! Yep, I have a new kit in the store, and sometime in the near future I'll have a freebie for you, but for now, just check out my new kit!
It's 20% off for this week! (images linked to the store!)And my CT (still can't believe I have one!! *grin*) have already been busy, and hey they are QUICK, they only got the kit yesterday!!! Thanks girls!
This first one is by Leigh, she took this photo last year at the July 4th Celebrations, great shot Leigh!

And this one is by Benita (she did another one too, but I'm saving that one to show you later), its her beautiful granddaughter playing. I love the out of bounds here! (Benita, also used my Nikolaus Alpha and some dice by dozi).


And Dinphy has been busy too. This is her darling daughter walking through a bed of clover! Isn't she cute!!
Thanks girls for the layouts, they are awesome, and you certainly made my day today!
bye 4 now

More scrapping...with Dinphy's new kit!

Yep, I have been at it again, and boy have I been having fun. Dinphy has a new kit in her store as of today, and wow, I LOVE IT! (image linked to store)


And I haven't even got girls! Ah, but I do have two adorable nieces, and here they are.. on this first one they are listening (yes they are honest) to Lee's concert, it was so loud, that they needed to protect their ears!
And this one was taken on the day we went to the carnival parade, they were both dressed up as princesses and trying so hard to make an animal or flower from the balloons! I found a great layout in the gallery at BTST and decided to lift it for mine (check it out here).


and then I wondered, can I make the kit work for my boys....YES I CAN!


The photo was taken on Richard's 3rd Birthday!

OK, time to post my daily photo and then it must be nearly bedtime!
CU tomorrow

Another boring day at work

So when does it get better then, or easier sitting doing nothing?! OK, not quite true today, the bit of work I had saved from yesterday I managed to spread out until about 10.30 (got to work at 8.15am) but from then on.... nothing! Just me and my Mantra "earning pennies for Thomas Land, earning pennies for Thomas Land"... I'll get used to it soon, I'm sure.

So to relax I have been scrapping again, this time I got a sneak preview, well not even a sneak preview, I got the DigitalArts Cafe VIP Kit for March early to play with. Next month Lynn Griffin is the Designer, and this is what you can get if you sign up (image linked to store)
So I saw another heritage page, when I unpacked the kit and I went and visited Mum's genealogy page and browsed the photos, then checked just how I was related to this lady, and lo and behold she is my GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT Grandmother!

Real work tomorrow, as in house work!
Bye 4 now

I've been scrapping!

And I have been having great fun. Look what I got to play with from Karyn a fellow DigitalArts Cafe Designer (image linked to store)Its a fun kit, and these are my layouts with it. This first one is of my brother in concert last summer.

and this one was for the "book of me" challenge at DigiScrapObsession. It was great fun, and look at me journal, I'm having fun with that now I have started!

And I have also had another great kit to play with, this is Promise of Spring by Garden Girl Designs at Been there Scrapped That (image linked to store)I did two versions of this layout, and this one is for the Quote Challenge at DigiScrapObsession, I just thought this quote went great with Nanna and Pops wedding photo, they were married for nearly 60 years, nanna died days before their Diamond Wedding. So instead of the letter of congratulations from the Queen, we got a letter of condolence. Anyhow here is the layout


So today was work again, and guess what, I actually had something to do, not much, and I spread it out quite a bit, but I should have something to keep me a bit busy in the morning, not sure about the afternoon, we'll see.

and now, back to scrapping, I think I need to do some more, I'm having so much fun!