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Friday, October 29, 2010

What month is it?

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Happy *almost* Halloween fellow Scrappers!
If you are here for the Double Trouble Blog Hop.... keep scroll down!

I'm super excited about the upcoming celebrations, because before you know it, they'll be a distant memory and we'll all be scrambling to get our Christmas gifts together! I know lots of us like to use our scrapping talents to create special homemade gifts for our families, and calendars are about as personal as it gets! It's never too early to get a head start, and this week's release, Modern Words:Months, will make your calendar headings clean, classy & beautiful!

Of course, you're gonna want to grab these up real soon... now that I'm at The Lily-Pad you can grab any of my new releases for 20% OFF the debuting weekend!! That's a pretty great deal ( if I do say so myself, lol.) And keep in mind, these match all of my other Modern Words & Alpha sets, so if you like these, you might want to check out the rest of my store, HERE. Plus...for all of you who were inquiring about my Season of Giving kit and Christmas goodies, they are now in the shop!! And get this, they are 20%off this weekend too!

modern words:months

Inspiration

Check out these layouts for a little inspiration!
OR feel free to check out the Sahlin Studio gallery

kimbytx

snaggletooth75

monsu

norton94

kateypie

cnscrap

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

"Hoppy" Halloween Blog Hop... FREEBIE!

(insert cackling witch laughter here)

Welcome to the Double Trouble Halloween Bash Blog Train!

We at The Lilypad are excited to share a fun weekend spooktacular event with our friends over at 9th&Bloom. Please join us for our very first Halloween Bash in conjunction with 9th and Bloom! Join us in our forums to learn about all the fun games, contests, and special sales October 29th-31st.

And... for MORE fun, the designers at both stores have collaborated and have put together this HUGE halloween collab. >This huge collab will be available in two parts. Half at The Lilypad and half at 9th and Bloom. Each half is FREE with a $6 purchase. Check it out:

here are a couple of the few fun events planned!

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First, we have a hunt through the pumpkin patch! We have hidden pumpkins, 20 of them, all over both sites - even numbers at TLP and odd numbers at 9nB.

This is what the pumpkins look like (except with numbers on them), so go see if you can find them all on both sites! T hey can be found in the forums, the galleries, on various products... keep a list and check back tomorrow in the forums for where to/how to turn in your list for a prize.

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Next, we are also holding a special blinkie game. Each weekend day starting tomorrow, three different TLP team members/Pollys will be sporting a special blinkie for the bash. This one will be different than the other bash blinkies, but these special ones will link to either a coupon code or a freebie. here is the standard blinkie (NOT THE ONE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR) - feel free to grab it and sport it at your leisure.

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Scrap a Halloween Costume challenge - this one is for those of you who have already had some halloween events (as most of us with kids seem to have had already) or for those of you who have lots of pictures from previous years (like i do...). we are hosting this at TLP, so check the forum HERE for more information tomorrow as it's available.

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And now..... ready for your freebie cluster made from this gorgeous kit??

And if you like freebies... be sure to sign up for my newsletter for more coupons and freebies.

::: Download Here :::

Thanks for stopping!! Please leave me a comment if you like!!

Hop on over to Lizzy's (FizzyPop) blog for your next stop in the hop and your next freebie - if freebies aren't up yet, do check back later tonight or tomorrow . If you happen to get derailed along the way, feel free to check the TLP blog for the entire list of blogs to visit!

Happy Hopping!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

5 Day Left to Win with So Grateful!!

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ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT to WIN in October's Memory-Lane featured kit contest!!
And very good chance YOU can win $10 to the Sahlin Studio shop!!

What's this all about again?? Create a layout using this month's featured kit, So Grateful. Then upload it to the Sahlin Studio gallery. That's it!! At the end of the month, I will choose a random winner to win a $10 Gift certificate to my shop. Want to play along and not have this kit? No worries, there is an So Grateful freebie on my blog.

So Grateful

A Peek in the Gallery:

Here are just a few I found in theSahlin Studio gallery!
I LOVE seeing your layouts!! Keep them coming!

Lor...............................................................RebeccaH

fonnetta.................................................................kjrogers

I'll be back next month for Memory Lane Monday with the winners
and a new months "featured kit" for another chance at winning more prizes!!

WANT MORE CHANCES TO WIN??!!

Only 5 DAYS LEFT to enter in one of Lily-Pad October challenges!

(and believe me.... its a great opportunity to win a $5 GC to anything in the shop!)

October Challenges

One Word - "Fall"
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Formula
Product
Journal
Scraplift

Monday, October 25, 2010

Journal It: Halloween Edition

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Fall is upon us here in the northern hemisphere, and along with that the whole feeling of fall.

In my "Journal It" prompts, most weeks I will talk about prompts that we can use on alot of our layouts (or everyday type layouts). But what about those seasons and holidays in between? I will try to sneak in some prompts to do just that, help us a little better through the seasonal type of journaling too. Today I am going to focus on Halloween. Let's take a deeper look at how we can find a story behind this fun (and delicious) day.

For most of us that celebrate halloween... we really get into the excitement of it all, don't we?? The kids are bursting at the seams to get dressed in their costumes... and once your out, they practically RUN from door to door saying, "trick or treat!", and "thank you!" Yes, everything from the feeling, to the creativity of this year's costume, the time you spend time dressing kiddos or just being with them while out trick or at home passing treats out. I KNOW there is a story.

The Journal Prompt for today is focusing on the costume:
Behind the Halloween costume. Describe it.

I admit that I'm guilty of forgetting the story 'behind' my kid's costumes. I've scrapbooked numerous Halloween layouts with my kids dressed up or the family out trick or treating... but I've never gone into any more detail. It's always been just... "here's a snapshot"!! Are you guilty of this too?

Let's think about this. How many days or weeks did you plan for the kids costumes? Did you pick it out OR did the kids decide what they'd like to be this year? What was the story BEHIND the costume? HOW did you get the costume together? Did you buy it? Did you make it? Where you running around the house pulling random pieces together? Was there any silly and fun bantering while you were getting dressed? Did the kids act out what they were?

As I was doing my layout and writing my journaling, I remembered something that I had totally forgotten about. Don't you LOVE it when that happens?? And goodness, it was a really fond memory too. The story was even greater than just the regular costume stuff, it was about how my brother-in-law randomly got my kids cowboy boots. No rhyme, no reason, just out of the blue.... and oh, how they loved those boots. So in-spite of my original journaling thoughts, the journal prompt really took me down a different path.

I hope this triggers a fond memory for you!

Want to see how the prompt inspired others?

pne123
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norton94

Hopefully this helps to inspire you a little more while doing those Halloween layouts.
I'd LOVE to see if you decide to play along with me... feel free to link your layout in the comments section.

Journal It: Halloween Edition

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Fall is upon us here in the northern hemisphere, and along with that the whole feeling of fall.

In my "Journal It" prompts, most weeks I will talk about prompts that we can use on alot of our layouts (or everyday type layouts). But what about those seasons and holidays in between? I will try to randomly choose some prompts to help us a little better through the seasonal type of journaling too. For today I am going to focus on Halloween. Let's take a deeper look at how we can find a story behind this fun (and delicious) day. For most of us who celebrate it... we really get into the excitement of it all, don't we?? The kids are bursting at the seams to get dressed in their costumes... and once your out, they practically RUN from door to door saying, "trick or treat!" and "thank you!" Yes everything from the feeling, to the creativity of this year's costume, the time you spend time dressing kiddos or being with them while out trick or just at home passing treats out. I KNOW there is a story.

So, the Journal Prompt for today is:
Behind the Halloween costume. Describe it.

I have to admit that I'm guilty of this... I've forgotten the story 'behind' my kid's costumes. I know that I've done numerous different Halloween layouts with pictures of my kids dressed up or the family out trick or treating... but I've never gone into any more detail. It's always been just... "here's a snapshot"!! Are you guilty of this too?

Let's think about this. How many days or weeks did you plan for the kids costumes? Did you pick it out OR did the kids decide what they'd like to be this year? What was the story BEHIND the costume? HOW did you get the costume together? Did you buy it? Did you make it? Where you running around the house pulling random pieces together? Was there any silly and fun bantering while you were getting dressed? Did the kids act out what they were?

As I was doing my layout and journaling (focusing on journal prompt).... I remember something that I had totally forgotten 'behind the scenes'. Don't you LOVE it when that happens?? And goodness, it was a really fond memory to. The story was even greater than just the regular costume stuff, it was about how my kiddos uncle randomly got them cowboy boots. No rhyme, no reason, just out of the blue.... and oh, how they loved those boots. So in-spite of my original journaling thoughts, the journal prompt really took me down a different path.

I hope this triggers a fond memory for you!

Hopefully this helps to inspire you a little more while doing those Halloween layouts.
I'd LOVE to see if you decide to play along with me... feel free to link your layout in the comments section.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

ROUND TWO!! Vote for Sahlin Studio

Round two... my team had to scraplift 2 people (at the same time) AND use the word TODAY in their layout. Check out their amazing layouts!

Vote for Sahlin Studio here: http://www.esurveyspro.com/app/polls...l.aspx?id=6928

Here are their layouts:

Pretty amazing layouts!

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Make your layouts unique!

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Really for something really FUN today??
I'm really excited to show you a different way to add some "COOL" to your pages.
Take a look at these text paths. These come in three different styles: classic, fun, and all around.

AND don't miss grabbing a deal... now that I'm at The Lily-Pad you can grab any of my new releases for 20% OFF the debuting weekend!! Cool huh? And for those of you emailing me about the Around the World and Taste of the World series.... Be sure you check out my other releases in the shop today.
You can grab those for 20%off this weekend as well!

text on a path - classic

text on a path - fun

text on a path - all around

(both TIFF and PSD's are included, these will work like normal templates)
or you could really save big with

text on a path - bundle

Inspiration

Check out these layouts for a little inspiration!
OR feel free to check out the Sahlin Studio gallery

kristasahlin

lacidock

kimbytx

becca1976

lacidock

yzerbear19

kristasahlin

norton94

snaggletooth75

britt

snaggletooth75

LAST CHANCE to win $1000 worth of prizes,
AND 3 GUEST SPOTS... on The Lily-Pad creative team!!

This is the final week of Scrap Your Freakin' Heart Out...
so be sure to get your entry in for the Scrap Your Freakin' Heart Out contest!
Jump in and Play!

We saved the best for last! The prompt for this week is a quote:

"Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art." John Ruskin

Happy Scrapping!!