ScrapMatters’ 1st CT Call–Can You Scrap This?

It’s been a month since we opened our doors and great things are happening at ScrapMatters. We’ve been having fun scrapping with the existing kits in the store, but we have so many kits just about ready for the store, that our terrrific CT will need help scrapping them all. So we need some temporary help! We have several guest CT spots open right now–no long term commitments required! You have until Midnight PST on November 10th to apply.

To entice you to apply for our gig, we’ve made a nice little freebie kit, Peace & Quiet, for you.To apply:

1) Email a link to your best, most complete gallery to Andilynn@scrapmatters.com. If you have a blog, please also send us a link to it.

2) Write us a paragraph about yourself telling us a little bit about you and why you love to scrap! Also tell us if you are on any other CTs.

3) Download Peace and Quiet and then scrap a killer LO with it. 90% of your layout must use the mini-kit Peace and Quiet.

We hope to have many applicants and many downloads. We would love to have you as a guest on our team!
GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN!

You can download the mini kit–Sorry link expired

ScrapMatters’ 1st Ever Design Team Call–We Want You!!!

We’re holding our first ever DT call. We’re fairly new on the block, but having a blast!!! Come join in the fun–friendly forums, exciting challenges–with terrific prizes, rapidly expanding gallery and an active international community of fellow scrappers.

We were all paper scrappers first, discovered digi and were hooked! We think that to design you have to love to SCRAP! We expect our designers to post LOs in the gallery.

We try to keep our papers and elements realistic and non-digital looking.

We love all styles–clean and contemporary, shabby, grungy, retro and vintage. We just don’t want it to look digital! If you feel the same way we do, we invite you to apply.

We feature:
~Low commission
~Non-exclusivity
~No minimum number of new products

If you’re interested please send 3 full-size samples (at least one paper and one element) of your work, links to any other stores you might sell at and/or links to your blog, plus a link to your most complete LO gallery to andilynn@scrapmatters.com by Nov 10th.

We would love to have you on our team!

Andrea (Andilynn Designs), Britt (Britt-ish Designs) & Shari (SHARIng Creations)

More High School Spirit Felt Word Art–freebie

School spirit is still rampant here in my part of the world. The teenage girls at church still seem excited about school, school activities and even their classes–so to celebrate the importance of a well-rounded education here is some another high school word art freebie–some fun, felty words in white. The felt words are 300 dpi png files on a transparent background. They are shown on the purple background just for the preview. I listened to your requests and added some words just for my blog friends. If anyone makes a page with these I would love to see it and there might be a little something for you! Download part 1 here. Part 2 of this set is available on the ScrapMatters Team blog.

Extremely Versatile Paper Pack 1 + Be True to Your School felt freebie

Announcing my newest product at ScrapMatters–the extremely versatile Extreme Solids Paper Pack 1. I needed some fun, bright papers to scrap my kid’s high school memories. This pack includes the school colors as well as some complimentary colors. I can see it being used for all sorts of layouts from summer picnics to winter outings. This paper pack is 25% off until 10/28 at ScrapMatters.

Now for what you’re probably here for–a new freebie! The following words are 300 ppi png blue felt, perfect for scrapping school memories. If anyone would like to request any other words or colors I’m open to suggestions. You can download it here. Check the ScrapMatters team blog for more freebies.

The paper pack should also be available at Scraphead shortly, having problems with the ftp software. : D

My Names

My friend Kayla had this funny tag on her blog on Friday. I’ve been too busy to get to it until now. Now I am notoriously horrible for participating in tags–so everyone will probably be surprised that I actually remembered to do this one! I have the best intentions, they just always seem to end up at the bottom of my to-do list.

 

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car), Midnight Safari

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie), Mudslide Chocolate Chip Oatmeal

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name), A-Nye

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal), Blue Cat

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born), Lynn Seattle

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first),Nyean

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (“The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink), The Red Grape Propel

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers), Thomas Everett

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy), Sunflower Truffle

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ), Diane Scott

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter), Walter Warsaw

12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower). Autumn Peony

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Raspberry Skirty

14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree), Cheese Birch

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (“The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”), The Digital Scrapbooking Autumn Leaves Tour–this is funny because it’s the same as Kayla’s!

Anyone who wants to play leave a comment or link back to this post. Have a terrific evening.

Vibrant Autumn “Blog Reader Appreciation Freebie”

How about a little blog reader appreciation? Thanks to all of you, my terrific blog readers, ScrapMatters is alive and doing well. The forums are hopping, the gallery has tons of great layouts and people have been busy visiting the shop. These sweet little flowers go with our collab kit Vibrant Autumn. Download here.

It’s still not too late to get your free Vibrant Autumn kit with a $10 purchase. Everything in the shop is still 30% off. And we still have tons of freebies happening. We’re constantly updating the site and forums and adding new products to the shop.

So if you haven’t visited yet, please drop by. Also check out the ScrapMatters team blog for more freebies and fun happenings.

New Beginnings…New Store, New Family Member & New York

It has been an eventful week around our house this week…
ScrapMatters opened on Saturday without too many glitches.  We have had such a warm reception from the digiscrap community.  It’s actually fun being the new kid on the block! It’s not too late for you to join in the festivities.  The Grand Opening Celebration will continue for one more week.  Everything in the store is still 30% off, you can still get the Vibrant Autumn kit with a $10 purchase, lots of freebies and more. Check out our team blog, lots of fun ideas and announcements happening there.

DH who is working as my main computer/site troubleshooter  left early Monday morning for New York state on business.  He just got home earlier today.  Wow, was I ever glad to see him.  Even though nothing major went wrong, there were some things I just didn’t know how to fix off the top of my head and I really had to study to figure it out.  I would much rather have spent that time uploading fun, new products to the store or visiting the gallery to see all the incredible layouts that have been posted.  Or visit the forum and chat with all the visitors.  Oh well, things got fixed, Brad’s home so I’m just a little bit behind.

Tuesday I had to go to the dentist and get a tooth I had broken a week earlier fixed.  I was so busy opening up the store I just didn’t have time.  And lucky for me, it didn’t really start hurting until Sunday evening.

Wednesday evening we got a new family member–Cupcake, the cutest little lilac-point Siamese kitten mix.  She is a sweet little girl, but very curious and has already managed to get herself into a few predicaments.  But we are having so much fun watching her antics as she plays around the house.  Here’s a homecoming layout I did.  The pictures are of her just coming in the door Wednesday night.

Credits:
Papers and most elements: Blue Paisley Bliss and Blue Bliss from Andilynn Designs available at ScrapMatters.com; staple:  Summer Sweets: The Mixers Add On Kit from Andilynn Designs available at ScrapMatters.com
Fonts: Marcelle Script and Marydale dowloaded from the internet