Weekly Roundup

So what are you plans for today?  I hope whatever they are brings you joy and lots of good memories.  Yes, I did finish the freebie that I wanted to give you so keep reading!

Connie’s has a fabulous new collection this week, Martial Arts!  Even if you don’t have martial arts related photos you should check out this kit.  I  have already seen many off themed layouts and as I mentioned yesterday, I have a use in my classroom for this kit.  I can see this being used by classroom teachers as well!

You can pick up Martial Arts at Ginger Scraps, Gotta Pixel, and The Digi Chick.

Connie is in the Spotlight at Gotta Pixel and to celebrate she’s having a super special sale at all her stores!

Ginger Scraps, Gotta Pixel, and The Digi Chick

Don’t forget to swing by Gotta Pixel and pick up Connie’s FREE Daily Download.  This kit is so cute!

I hate to make today’s post so short but I’m in a bit of a hurry to get to my daughter’s March-A-Thon across town.  Yesterday as I was working on a freebie for you all my computer went on a mental break.  Fortunately I had saved the pieces I had already created and even better, this morning when I opened up Photoshop it recovered the base file that I had opened at the time!  Sweet!  I don’t know if that will ever happen again so I’m not counting on it but it was a nice surprise this morning.  So what was I working on?  I wanted a visual label of all the belt levels to use for a motivation/recognition wall for my recorder kids.  While I was thinking on that I made some journal cards that I can use on a smaller scale.  I hope you can use them as well!  They are bigger than the preview shows.  The reason the white one looks different is so the white jacket would stand out better.

DOWNLOAD FREEBIE HERE

Have a wonderful day!
~Susan~

Fonts for scrapping Disney layouts: Part 1

Not so many entries in last week's trivia. I must have been boring and folks didn't read to the end!  You just never know when I'll have a coupon to give out.

There were 5 correct answers to last week's trivia question: In what movie does a New York cat teach a Hollywood dog how to beg?   The correct answer is Bolt!  And what a great movie it was.  Why it is not more popular is totally  beyond me!

I ran those that identified themselves through the randomizer... and here are the results:

BRENDA - if you would please be so kind as to contact me at coyotelady(at)mac.com, I will get your coupon to you as soon as possible!!  And thanks for playing along.

For the next few weeks,  I'd like to focus on Magic Kingdom.  You may recall that I mentioned in a previous post that each of the different "lands" has its own look - colors, design, music, pavement, costumes and  even fonts.  Magic Kingdom is made up of the following "lands":

1. Main Street, USA
2. Adventureland
3. Frontierland
4. Liberty Square
5. Tomorrowland
6. Fantasyland

Walt Disney designed the park so that when you move from land to land, you don't see the other lands. Each land has its own style of dress. It is a rare occasion to see a Cast Member from Frontierland just walking through Tomorrowland, or vice versa.  (Cast members have magical ways of moving around the park quite quickly!)  It just isn't supposed to happen. It would ruin the "mood" of the "land".

While taking the Keys to the Kingdom Tour, we learned that you are never further than 30 steps from a trash can. Walt actually visited other amusement parks and counted how long a person would hold on to a piece of trash in search of a trash can before dropping it to the ground.  He came up with 30 steps.  That's a lot of trash cans when you think about it. Beneath Magic Kingdom, in the utilidors, there are small pipes that shoot trash to their waste disposal center at speeds of 60 MPH.

Next time you are at Disney, and are making the transition from one land to another, pay careful attention as you walk.  There will come a spot when the music changes.  This is done by how speakers are placed and positioned. The important thing is... it works!  It's all the many hundreds.. no thousands.. of details that have been carefully planned to make your visit "magical".

When you are preparing your layouts of Magic Kingdom, having the perfect font adds to the overall effect of your memories.  This week's font is "Magic Kingdom". Click on the font for free download of the TTF file.  This same font is also for use with Disneyland.

Font name: Started By A Mouse

Are you planning a trip to Disney World?  Have you recently been to Disney World?  Did you know that you can order FREE customized keepsake maps (to households in the United States)? These maps are truly keepsakes. I have some from our trip in 2007 and I am working on customizing a set for our 2012 trip.   You can order one set (there are four, one for each Magic Kingdom, Epcot,  Hollywood Studio's and Animal Kingdom) every 6 months. Delivery is two to four weeks, so be sure to plan ahead if you are ordering before your trip.  To order your FREE customized maps, click here.

Please - feel free to leave questions or comments.    Next week,  I'll share a different font.  If you use the "Started By A Mouse" font in a layout, please share with us a link. I would love to see those layouts!

Until next week.....

ALERT! Retiring product sale on now ...

I hope that you've been saving your digi-scrapping money because Connie has decided to do some spring cleaning in her Gotta Pixel and Scrapbook Bytes stores. She has put some fabulous products on sale for only $1.00 to $1.50 from now until April 30 when they will retire forever!

I'm going to be highlighting some of these retiring products over the next two weeks and providing you with matching freebies - sound like fun to you? I know that I'm excited!

For today, I'd like to highlight Beary Special - you can find it right here at Gotta Pixel for only $1.50! I've made an alpha for you that matches this great kit ... hope you enjoy it!

DOWNLOAD HERE

Grandparents Freebie EXTRAVAGANZA! Day 3

Happy Grandparents' Day!

As promised, more FABULOUS Ain't it Grand brag book pages for you today. Connie's CT have really outdone themselves, haven't they? Please be sure to leave them some love if you download. And GUESS WHAT - we'll have a bonus THIRD brag book download for you here tomorrow!!!

If you ARE a grandparent, I hope that you have a chance to play with your grandchildren today. If you HAVE grandparents, don't forget to spread a little extra love their way today. I'm so lucky that I live ten minutes away from my wonderful grandparents. We are sure to take my daughter to see her Great Nanny and Great Grandad at least once a week - a visit that results in smiles all around!

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Grandparents Freebie EXTRAVAGANZA! Day 1

Today we are kicking off a weekend of AMAZING FREEBIES to celebrate Grandparents' Day! You won't want to miss a day so check back often.

To start us off, Leilani is sharing this super tumbler using Connie's Ain't It Grand kit.

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Don't forget to leave Leilani and Connie some love if you download!

Just for YOU from Connie - Part 2!

Are you a Facebook fan of Connie Prince Designs? (If not, get on over to Facebook and "Like" her!!). Earlier this month, Connie's Facebook fans voted on the theme for a brand new FREEBIE kit and the winning theme was everyday type things.

As a result, Connie will be bringing you "A Day in The Life Of ...". Last weekend, she released the papers. This weekend, she has the first half of the elements to share ... check out this super preview:

A few items before I give you the download link:

1. Please leave Connie some well-deserved love if you download. She really appreciated the kind words that many of you left after downloading the papers!

2. Please do NOT share this file directly via any groups, forums or individually - instead just provide a link to this blog (scrapinfusions.blogpost.com) so that others can come and pick it up directly.

3. Be sure to download before midnight September 11 when this link expires.

Connie would like YOUR suggestions on the word art phrases and word labels for next week's portion of the kit. Please leave her a comment with your thoughts. Be sure to leave your suggestions by midnight on September 8 so that she's got time to put your thoughts into elements before next weekend.

DOWNLOAD ELEMENT SET 1 HERE

Life is a Beautiful Thing - ON SALE FOR $1!

Connie's fabulous $1 retiring item sale is still going strong at Gotta Pixel! Plan to get your shopping in by September 15th when the sale ends and these items are gone for good.

Today, I'd like to highlight Life is a Beautiful Thing. I love the rich colour combination and that cutesy little snail! You can find the kit for ONLY $1 right here at Gotta Pixel. Like quick pages? Connie's also got the matching QPs on sale for $1.

Be sure to read right to the bottom of this post to find my matching freebies - today I've got an alpha (as per usual!) and some co-ordinating tags. Hope that you like them!

DOWNLOAD ALPHA AND TAGS HERE

August Digi-Surival Stash FREEBIE QP!

Happy Monday everyone! To start your work week off just right, Connie and Cate want to share this gorgeous QP freebie using August Digi-Survival Stash - a collab with Mye De Leon. Please be sure to leave Connie and Cate some love if you download.

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Just for YOU from Connie! Part 1

Are you a Facebook fan of Connie Prince Designs? (If not, get on over to Facebook and "Like" her!!). Earlier this month, Connie's Facebook fans voted on the theme for a brand new FREEBIE kit and the winning theme was everyday type things.

As a result, over the next few weeks, Connie will be bringing you "A Day in The Life Of ...". This weekend, she has papers to share ... check out this amazing colour scheme and super preview:

A few items before I give you the download link:

1. Please leave Connie some well-deserved love if you download.

2. Please do NOT share this file directly via any groups, forums or individually - instead just provide a link to this blog (scrapinfusions.blogpost.com) so that others can come and pick it up directly.

3. Be sure to download before midnight September 4 when this link expires.

Connie would like YOUR suggestions on the elements for next week's portion of the kit. Please leave her a comment of some "everyday type things" that you'd like to scrap with. Be sure to leave your suggestions by midnight on September 1 so that she's got time to put your thoughts into elements before next weekend.

DOWNLOAD PAPERS HERE

Hybrid FREEBIES from Leilani!

Oooh I am so excited to bring you today's freebies. Leilani has made you TWO gorgeous iron-on transfers using some of my favourite Connie kits. Please leave Leilani and Connie some well-deserved love if you download. Here are the super previews:

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$1 Pixels and matching FREEBIE!

Another Tuesday means more $1 Pixels at Gotta Pixel. Check out the AMAZING deals that Connie has for you today - and make sure to read all the way to the bottom of this post for a co-ordinating freebie.

To celebrate $1 Pixels, I made a matching alpha (lower case, individual files) and paper pack for you to download for FREE! I hope that you like it.

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Win Free Products!!

I'm going to be giving away 3- $10 coupons and 2- $20 coupons to my store on Friday July 3, 2009!

Read on to find out how to get your name into the hat for a chance to win!!

There are a 3 different ways to get entered into the drawing! The more you do, the more chances you have at winning one of the gift certificates!

Do one OR more of the following for chances to win:

1. If you use Twitter, follow me.
2. Become a follower of this blog
(there is a link for this in the side bar on the right to follow the blog).
3. Join my FAN PAGE on Facebook.

When you leave your comment tell me which of the 3 you did, if you did all then tell me so in your comments.

If you sign up for 1, your name goes in the hat once..if you sign up for 2 of the above options, your name goes in the hat three times..if you sign up for ALL 3, your name goes into the hat 5 times!!

Good luck, I look forward to hearing from you :)

New Releases & $1 Day + Sketch Challenge Posted!!

Lots going on today! I have new releases at Elemental & 4 products (including new releases) are just $1!!!
I've Been Framed


Nature's Medley QuickPage Album


Ready, Steady, Go Templates (Commercial Use OK)


Super Safari Kit


I've also posted this week's sketch challenge, I hope you will stop by & play along :) Participation gifts will be given to everyone who posts a layout by the deadline!

Sketch Challenge 5/11/2009

Here is a preview of this week's free template :)



That's all for today, I hope you have a fantastic day!

Grand Re-Opening Sale & A Free QP!

Happy Monday everyone! Elemental Scraps is back online & looking super super fresh..to celebrate the new look & the grand re-opening I have lots of new goodies in the store AND everything is on sale!!

Here is a peek at what you can find :)

My Elemental Scrap Store






Thank you to my CT member Leslie Gray for creating today's blog freebie!
Download HERE

A Card For You :)

Sundays..ahhhhhh! Love love love them :)

So we took my brother Rip out for his 40th birthday last night. The whole family gathered at Long Horn's (or is it Longhorn's?) & we ate ourselves silly in celebration of him officially going over the "hill"! I'm the last sibling left on this side of the hill now, that's so weird to think. Luckily I've got some years before I hit that 40 year mark..it finally pays to be an "after" thought or as my mother calls it a later in life surprise!

I didn't really create a traditional Valentine's kit this year, instead I made a kit that "could" be used for Valentine's but then again it could be used for babies or just a general I love you page! It's called Hugs & Kisses, you can get the QP Album free w/ purchase of the kit until 1/31/08! Here is a preview of the kit & album :)

Ok so I was telling you all about that so I could tell you about the freebie I have today lol. I am working on Valentine's Cards right now & I thought I'd offer one of them to you to use! I included 2 cards, one is just a straight up 5x7 postcard type deal (can be resized of course) and the other is just set up so you can fold it like a traditional card if you prefer that!

Download the Hugs & Kisses Cards

Just have to show off some of the layouts from my CT using this kit too :)

Adorable Sisters by Madae
ME by TerryF
Too Sweet By Jamie/TNChick


I've talked enough for today I think lol- I hope you have a perfect Sunday!!

Connie

Wrapping Up The Free Brag Book Today!!

Hi everyone! I'm posting the last of the links for the brag book below :) I hope that you've enjoyed these during December!!

Santa comes tonight so there is lots to do today so I'll keep this post short :)

Day #19
Day #20
Day #21
Day #22
Day #23
Day #24
Day #25

Special thanks to CT members: Tracyfish, wagsmom, & TNChick for today's pages!!

Wishing you a VERY Happy Holiday!
Lots of love,
Connie & CT Members

New Collaborative Kit & Freebies!!

I've been working for a couple weeks on a collaborative kit with 2 other Gotta Pixel designer's, Colleen (Colleen's Creations) and Wendy (Neverland Scraps). Together we've put together a super cute Winter collab called "Chilly Days"!! Each part of the collaboration is sold separately and they are on sale for 50% off for a limited time, what a great deal!

Here is my part of the Chilly Days Kit :)
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Here is Colleen's part of the kit!
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And here is Wendy's part of the kit!
Click Here


The three of us have a fabulous little brag book album to share with you!! You can pick up two pages here on my blog then you can visit Wendy & Colleen's blog to get the other four (links below)!!



Download My Chilly Days Brag Book Freebie

Wendy's Blog
Colleen's Blog
*If their blogs aren't updated w/ the pages yet just check back, we're all on different schedules so they may be a bit later getting updates posted :)

Hope you have an awesome Tuesday, thanks so much for stopping by to see me today!
Connie

Day #17 & #18

Happy Monday everyone :) We had our annual Christmas party here last night and I'm feeling the left over effects of it today!! It was so fun and very nice to spend time with our loved ones!

Here are the next brag book pages for ya:
Day #17
Day #18

The pages for today & tomorrow were created by CT Members Natasha & Mary Ellen

I have something "extra" coming tomorrow so stay tuned!!

Hugs
Connie & CT Members

Day 13-16 of 25 Days of Christmas!

Hello everyone! Here are the links for Days 13-16 of our Brag Book! Special thanks to Lynn, Madae, & Linda for creating the pages!!

Day 13
Day 14
Day 15
Day 16

Hope you all have a great weekend :)

Connie & CT Members

25 Days of Christmas Freebies Continue :)

Got sidetracked as usual this week lol! So here are 3 days worth of brag book pages for you :)

Day 10
Day 11
Day 12

All of these were made by creative team member Linda/ccmentor! Thanks so much for stopping by :)