tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29234379828043796462024-03-13T08:54:55.816-07:00Creations by Rose ThornA blog showcasing the digital scrapbook and graphic designs by Rose Thorn.Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-6363665396979763822013-04-30T07:35:00.001-07:002013-04-30T07:37:07.460-07:00A New Blog Offering Free Digital Scrapbook Designs and Designer Resources<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a new blog!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please visit me at <a href="http://rosethorndesigns.blogspot.com/">http://rosethorndesigns.blogspot.com/</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This blog will, over time, be cleaned-up and some items will be moved to my new blog which will host free downloads of my digital designs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out my recycled 'Bejeweled' kit and my new 'Bejeweled Alpha' (free downloads) at <a href="http://rosethorndesigns.blogspot.com/">my new blog now</a>.</span><br />
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Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-1133216276543684202013-04-18T07:20:00.000-07:002018-03-28T13:39:17.798-07:00FREE Digital Scrapbook Product, Vintage Florals<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kim Broedelet</span></b> <i>(aka KimB's Designs)</i> is one of my most favorite, digital scrapbook, designers and, for anyone who knows of her designs will know this, she has hosted many a color challenge through the years, providing color inspiration to those interested in creating scrapbook layouts or for those who wish to try their hand at designing. It's these challenges offered by <b>Kim</b> that first piqued my interest in designing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can learn more about <b>Kim Broedelet</b> by visiting her blog <a href="http://kimbsdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, it's been a long time since I participated in one of <b>KimB's Color Challenges</b> but I had a little time on my hands this month so I created this little mini to contribute to her April 2013 color challenge over at ScrapMatters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My mini for the challenge is called, <span style="color: #073763;">Vintage Florals</span>; I hope you like it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Although it's not obligatory to leave me a comment, I certainly wouldn't mind if you find yourself so inclined <i>(insert smiley face here)</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I'm still working on the 'A, B, C's' project I mentioned in my previous post but hope to have that available here soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for stopping by; Happy Scrapping!</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-87951519867077231632013-04-06T09:17:00.000-07:002013-04-06T09:17:54.810-07:00My News - Closing My Store<h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've decided to close my store at E-Scape and Scrap; it will be closed sometime in the next week.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #e06666;">Why?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The reasons for this decision are many fold, some positive, some negative - but all reasons I won't share here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I want to take a bit of time to find a new direction for myself but, as of right now, my vision is to continue with the designing of digital scrapbook items but, instead of putting them up for sale in a store, I want to share most of them for free. I may sell an occasional item but those I'll sell from either a personal store or directly from my blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I wish also to tap into my past work experiences developing training videos for computer software products and produce some videos or text posts for providing you with 'how-to' tutorials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And lastly, I hope to find more time to do more actual scrapbooking and post an occasional sample here; perhaps the samples will enable a bit of inspiration for creating a few pages of your own.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have something in the works right now I hope to share here in the next few weeks... Do you want a hint? Think 'A-B-C's. ;-)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I am planning on participating in the blog train at <a href="http://www.digiscrapforum.com/" target="_blank">DigiScrap Forum</a> coming in June.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, I hope you'll not scratch me off your list of digital scrapbook blogs and come back to visit again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by today; Happy Scrapping.</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-49238631352071475482013-02-28T21:01:00.000-08:002018-03-28T13:44:04.143-07:00Chinese Orient Blog Train<h2>
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Sponsored by <span style="color: #b45f06;">DigiScrap Forum</span> - the theme is <span style="color: #cc0000;">Chinese Orient</span><span style="color: black;">.</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you're following the blog train links in their given order then you would have arrived here from </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://gails-space.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Designs by Gail</a> - if you've just happened upon the blog train via my site, you can find the complete list of participating designer's with links to their blogs <a href="http://www.digiscrapforum.com/showthread.php?t=3895" target="_blank">HERE</a> at DigiScrap Forum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is my contribution to the blog train; I hope you like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your next stop will be at the blog of <a href="http://mimi-mariscrap.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank">Mariscrap</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BUT, BEFORE YOU GO</span></b> - Check out my new coordinating products - they'll be 25% off for the entire month of March, 2013.</span><br />
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Great for use with pocket inserts, your 365 projects and the like.</h3>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Enjoy your ride on 'The Chinese Orient' and thanks for stopping by.</span> Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-77685113751631148372013-01-31T21:17:00.000-08:002013-01-31T21:20:59.799-08:00Designer's Block and Retiring Kits for $0.99<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've been experiencing a designer's block for awhile; I have some ideas but I can't seem to get them in motion so, for now, I thought I'd do some housekeeping in my store. I'll be looking over my older products, dusting them off a bit and get them ready for retirement (the kits, not me; well, not yet anyway). These kits will be on sale for a drastically reduced price for the week preceding their retirement!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />The first two kits to be put to rest will be '<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=2634" target="_blank">In The Pink</a>' and '<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=2424" target="_blank">Softly Fading</a>'.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrapping to you!</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-35031750262304961272013-01-14T18:22:00.001-08:002013-01-14T18:22:10.848-08:00Sleepy Time kit and Free Sample Bragbook Page<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a new kit in my store - <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6339" target="_blank">Sleepy Time</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">It may look familiar to you as it is an updated version of the 'Sleepy Time' kit I created late last year for one of the 2012 Design Quest challenges at Scrapping Fairytales. I've added a number of new elements and papers to the collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">You can <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6339" target="_blank">purchase Sleepy Time</a> from my store at The Nifty Boutique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6340" target="_blank">Also available in my store</a> is a 4x6 (landscape) Brag-book (quick) page I made using Sleepy Time. It's available for free now through Friday, January 18th (11:59 PM - CST).</span><br />
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Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-36252229244353437202012-12-23T18:21:00.000-08:002012-12-23T18:21:34.457-08:00Contest Minis Now in My Store - Get One Free<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, if anyone was following me through the designer contest at GDS <em>(GoDigitalScrapbooking)</em> then you already know that I didn't win. But that's OK. I get enough enjoyment out of just participating; it helps to get me thinking more creatively.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For any of you who missed my contest minis while they were available for download, they're now available for purchase in <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41" target="_blank">my store</a> at E-Scape and Scrap's Nifty Boutique <em>(but keep reading for information on how to get one free).</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I've made changes to 3 of the 4 of the kits:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6187" target="_blank">In Her Memory</a>' has 1 additional paper and and 4 additional elements</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6188" target="_blank">On The Road</a>' has 4 additional elements</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6190" target="_blank">Worn and Feathered</a>' had the most changes made with a complete remake of the mat, the stitching and one of the papers and the addition of 1 paper and 5 elements.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">No changes were made to <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6189" target="_blank">'The Fab Fifties</a>' kit.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's a look at the kits as they are now:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=6189" target="_blank">HERE</a> to find 'The Fab Fifties' in my store.</td></tr>
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<strong></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">And, as an</span><strong> End of Year Gift</strong></span> to anyone interested, you can get one of my 4 new minis (In Her Memory; On The Road; The Fab Fifties; Worn and Feathered) FREE with this coupon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Of course, you don't have to use the coupon on my new minis, you can use it on anything in my store. Just put products by me, Rose Thorn, in your shopping cart at <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41" target="_blank">The Nifty Boutique</a> with a total value of $2.99 or higher, enter the coupon code <u>299RT2012</u> and receive $2.99 off your total purchase <em>(once per customer)</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The c</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">oupon is good through the end of the year; it will expire at, zero hour, CST, January 1, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by... here's wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-11942269369531675482012-11-30T05:10:00.000-08:002018-03-28T13:53:50.934-07:00Designer Contest Final Round - Free for Limited Time<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm writing this post while my head is all muddled from lack of sleep (haven't slept in over 25 hours and not expecting to catch any for a long while yet either). Another crazy week but I'll spare you the details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made it to the 4th and final round of the designer contest at </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">GDS (<a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2198a6;">GO Digital Scrapbooking</span></a>) and this morning (9:00 AM EST) is the deadline for the design submissions; I just finished up a half hour ago and uploaded my kit, The Fab Fifties, to the contest gallery. I'd love to leave more details about it but honestly, I'm not thinking straight here at all. So, just the basics for you today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The kit can be downloaded for free until December 3rd, 2012, you can find the links <strike>HERE</strike> in </span><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the GDS Gallery <i>(you must be logged into the site to see it)</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most of the items are hand drawn by me; my favorite pieces are the metalic bow with pearls (to emulate a pin like mother or grandmother use to wear), the cat-eye glasses and the cadilac (it's the only caddie I'll ever own, LOL).</span><br />
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Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-78793731279361124762012-11-21T20:41:00.001-08:002018-03-28T13:50:06.036-07:00Designer Contest Round 3 - Free for a limited time<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've had another crazy, busy week with doctor appointments, building contractors and some volunteer work all the while working on the design of my kit for round 3 of the 2012 Designer Contest at </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">GDS (<a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2198a6;">GO Digital
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">For this week's challenge we were given a color palette with which to work and we were also given a grab bag of commercial use, digital scrapbooking, items and asked to create a kit of 5 papers, 10 elements and a separate cluster frame using items from our kit; we were not allowed to use any other commercial use items, only those provided and any of our own creation could be used. The theme was to be our choice. Looking at the colors in the palette made me think of my mother, not really sure why, maybe because the colors seemed feminine and faded, getting me thinking about vintage things and the need to do more work on scrapping my own collection of old, genealogical photographs and the fact that my Mom is no longer around for me to ask all the questions I have about the photos from her childhood. Mom died in 2002 and I miss her as much today as I always have; this kit is 'In Her Memory'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most of the items included in this kit are of my own design, I used a limited amount of the commercial use items provided to us. Details on each item are included in the download, <strike>which you can get by going HERE the GDS Gallery </strike><i><strike>(you must be logged into the site to see it)</strike>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">And the download link for the Cluster Frame I created using items within the kit can be <strike>found HERE at the GDS Gallery</strike>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Well, that's it for me... need to get up early tomorrow to do some cooking for our Thanksgiving celebrations.</span></div>
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Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-40303004974174437822012-11-14T19:59:00.001-08:002012-11-14T19:59:43.195-08:00Round 2 of the 2012 Designer Contest at GoDigitalScrapbooking<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've just uploaded my kit for Round 2 of the Designer Contest at </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GDS (<a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/" target="_blank">GO Digital Scrapbooking</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For this week's challenge we were given a very colorful photograph of some flowers and asked to create a color palette of any 6 colors found in the photo then we were to design a ckit based on something from our 'bucket lists' <em>(that list of things we all hope or dream of doing before our lives are over)</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ever since I was a teenager in high school I've wanted to buy or rent an RV and travel the U.S., stopping in every state <em>(the lower 48 states - Hawaii and Alaska are separately on my list)</em> so that's the theme I chose. The results of my work, 'On The Road'. Although I used a number of designer resources for the textures in this kit, most all of the items are of my own design; my favorites are the Eagle, RV and Binoculars, each was drawn by me using the pen tool in Photoshop CS5 and a Wacom Tablet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you'd like to download this <em>(currently)</em> FREE kit for yourself, you'll find the link in the GDS Gallery <a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=113264" target="_blank">HERE</a>. However, please note that you won't see the gallery or the link unless you are first logged into the GDS site <em>(please see my post from November 6th for more information).</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by; Happy Scrapping!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-83502410516434858982012-11-06T06:08:00.000-08:002012-11-06T06:08:19.231-08:00Digital Scrapbook Designer Challenge and Another FREEBIE<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope all you digital scrapbookers out there found yourselves some awesome sales during the iDSD (International Digital Scrapbook Day) celebrations this past weekend! If you have no more money in your budget to buy another digital scrapbook item right now, that's OK, because I have another <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">FREEBIE</span> for you (if you want - wink, wink)... read on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've joined another digital scrapbook, designer contest at GDS (<a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/" target="_blank">GO Digital Scrapbooking</a>)... I'm crazy for these things, not really sure why, LOL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The contest will have 4 rounds in which the designers will be creating kits, each available for free download for 2 weeks from the challenge round end date. However, in order for you to both view and gain access to download links for the free kits, you must be a member of the GDS forums and be logged in.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Go here: <a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/">http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Click on the '<a href="http://godigitalscrapbooking.com/forum/" target="_blank">Forum</a>' tab.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Underneath the section listing the latest posts, in the section titled 'Welcome to the goDigitalScrapbooking.'; click on the word '<a href="http://godigitalscrapbooking.com/forum/register.php" target="_blank">register</a>'.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Follow the prompts to complete your registration. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Once your registration is complete, and you have logged in, you'll be able to see all kits within the <a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=1291" target="_blank">2012 Designer Contest section of the gallery</a>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For <strong>Round 1</strong> we were given a color palette with which to work and a set number of papers and elements that needed to be included in our designs, aside from that we had free reign over what we created.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Here's my Round 1 kit, 'Worn & Feathered'. I welcome your comments.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Thanks for stopping by; Happy Scrapping!</strong></span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-931215488493538912012-11-01T10:52:00.000-07:002012-11-02T08:42:46.893-07:00Design Quest Challenge Freebie and 50% off Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... is coming up in a couple of days (November 3, 2012) and in honor of this day, <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41" target="_blank">my store at E-Scape and Scrap's Nifty Boutique</a> will be having a sale; all items normally priced $1.99 and higher will be on sale for 50% off<span style="background-color: #e06666; color: black;"><b>**</b></span>. The sale will be in effect on both the 3rd and 4th of November of 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">... hosted by <a href="http://scrappingfairytales.com/forum/" target="_blank">Scrapping Fairytales</a>, is in it's final week. The 4th challenge was originally due this past Monday on October 29th but because so many people participating in the challenges were affected by Hurricane Sandy, the deadline for this challenge was pushed out another week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">... was to think of Europe and to create a mini kit (with specific requirements) and a Quick Page that somehow reflects our own ideas of Europe; considering the number of countries and the varying lifestyles and tradtions that make up Europe one can see that it is a very broad theme with which to be inspired and the designs could have been done in so many ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Having never been to Europe myself, my imagery of there comes only from books, television, magazines and talking with people who are either from there or have traveled there at some time in their lives. I conjured up so very many images in my mind but in the end I settled with a sort of day dream... I imagined a quaint, country cottage with a beautiful garden filled with, among other things, ivy and roses and then I imagined sitting in in this garden with my feet up, totally immersed in the sweet aroma of the flowers while drinking a warm and tasty, cup of tea, totally relaxed and treasuring the moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">From these thought I created the mini kit, 'Tea Time'. You can download the mini kit and corresponding Quick Page for free for a limited time (see details below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is the Quick Page I created from this mini kit:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Quick Page can be downloaded from MediaFire by clicking <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?djodo8z9p1al4gl" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">To download the mini kit, <b><span style="color: #660000;">you have the choice</span></b> of <b>1 large file</b> (<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?rxc0tm8l152u775" target="_blank">62MB</a>) <b><span style="color: #660000;">OR</span> 2 smaller files</b> (<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?p45h48cw3lxtrei" target="_blank">28MB</a> and <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?kl8uxvwqsa29tym" target="_blank">34MB</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's it for today, thanks for stopping by.</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-28578831866535272932012-10-20T19:58:00.000-07:002012-11-01T10:57:13.778-07:00Design Quest Week 3 - Another Freebie<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I didn't think I'd get this challenge done this week because I've been so busy at home but I managed it afterall. And I really enjoyed making this one... I have a couple of other cute elements to add to the kit but the challenge only allowed for 8. I may make a coordinating kit... would love to hear what others think.</span><br />
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Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-89818015954055876332012-10-11T11:57:00.000-07:002012-11-01T09:36:13.746-07:00Buzzy Little Bee - Digital Scrapbook Freebie<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I've completed the 2nd challenge given for the <a href="http://scrappingfairytales.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=184" target="_blank">2012 Design Quest over at Scrappying Fairytales</a>. The challenge was to choose 1 of two color palettes provided (both were monochrome neutrals), add one color (but two shades of lightness) to make it 'pop' and then create a mini kit of any theme using our 'pop' color only in the elements. I decided on yellow with the gray monochrome palette and a theme of 'bees'. It's called 'Buzzy Little Bee'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong>This 'Buzzy Little Bee', digital scrapbook, kit is a ©Rose Thorn original</strong> (no commercial use products were used); everything is hand-drawn and/or assembled from basic shapes provided within the Adobe Photoshop software program that I use for designing.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure how long I'll have this mini kit available for download but, for now, its free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by; Happy Scrapping!</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-53825989906109516262012-10-09T09:53:00.000-07:002012-11-01T09:36:39.860-07:00I'm Back with New Stuff (and a couple of Freebies)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back from my break, sort of, although I didn't get done half of what I had hoped when I started my break. My home was flooded the first weekend in August and about a month later, the wind blew a branch off a nearby tree straight through my roof, so the trauma and mess from those events meant that my time was otherwise used. Although the hole in the roof is now repaired, I'm still awaiting work to be done to fix the damaged caused by the flood both outside and in my home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the beginning of September, I created a mini kit for the contest over at </span><a href="http://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/forum/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Digital Scrapbook Studio</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and that mini is still currently available as a <strong><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">free download</span></strong> but I'm not yet sure for how long...</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Currently, I am participating in the Design Quest challenges over at </span><a href="http://scrappingfairytales.com/forum/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scrapping Fairytales</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. My mini kit for the first week's challenge (another <strong><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">free download</span></strong>) is inspired by the Grimm Brothers' fairytale, 'Snow White'.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strike>Get the download link for 'Who's the Fairest?' by visiting </strike></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strike>this pa<span id="goog_1857311266"></span>ge</strike></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strike>.</strike> I'm sorry, the download link has expired.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And just today I've added <strong><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">2 New Products</span></strong> to my store...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Frames - Naturally Inspired - Set 1 is available </span><a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=5648" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">at this location</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in my store.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Frames - Naturally Inspired - Set 2 is available </span><a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=5649" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">at this location</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in my store.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm also signed up to participate in the Design Factor Challenges over at </span><a href="http://www.scrappersonline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?41-The-Design-Factor" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scrappers Online</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> starting on October 15th, so be sure to check out that site later in the month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, that's it for today, thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrapping to you.</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-91936573397370886972012-07-03T08:07:00.000-07:002012-07-03T08:16:15.490-07:00A Moment of Thanks, July 4th and Break Time<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>A Moment of Thanks</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month marks the 8th year that E-Scape and Scrap has been in business and in an effort to say 'thank you' to all the customers throughout the years, the designers at E-Scape and Scrap have collaborated on another kit, aptly called '<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210&products_id=5089" target="_blank">A Moment of Thanks</a>'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The preview reflects only a portion of what is in the full kit. The kit includes 51 digital papers (.jpg images 3600x3600px) and 127 embellishments (.png images) including 1 alphabet; 7 clusters; 19 frames; 28 nature themed items like flowers, butterlfies and leaves; 12 notions such as buttons, stitches, ribbons and bows; 18 cards/tags; 11 bows/ribbons; and 32 other miscellaneous elements like clocks, keys and angels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><strong>For the entire month of July, you can get 'A Moment of Thanks' kit for</strong><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"> <strong><span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: black;">FREE</span></strong></span> <strong>with a store purchase of $10 or more.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here is my portion of 'A Moment of Thanks'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">To view more previews of this kit and to learn more about how to get the kit for free, please visit </span><a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_124&products_id=5089" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'A Moment of Thanks</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">' in The Nifty Boutique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Additionally, there are a number of add-on products to coordinate with 'A Moment of Thanks' - <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210&products_id=5087" target="_blank">here's one by me</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">View all the products available in the 'A Moment of Thanks' series, by visiting the boutique's <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=210" target="_blank">'A Moment of Thanks' category</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>July 4th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the spirit of July 4th, Independence Day in the United States, I wanted to show you two layouts by Zanthia, a Creative Team Member at E-Scape and Scrap; to create these layouts Zanthia used my kit <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=4185" target="_blank">'Robbie's Rockin' Red</a>' and '<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=1529" target="_blank">Word Art for the 4th</a>' by Julie Mead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I especially like the one of her dog, all decked out for the 4th of July celebrations; I think he's adorable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Break Time</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's time for me to take a little break from designing and work on a number of things that need doing at home, things like cleaning, sanding and refinishing my back deck, cleaning out the garage and basement, having a yard sale or two... the list goes on. I hope to get back into the design swing of things come mid September. Until that time, this blog will be 'quiet'; however, my store at E-Scape and Scrap will remain open and I will still be available via email <em>(contact information is available by viewing my complete profile)</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for stopping by; Happy Scrapping!</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-30258533301740536172012-06-01T07:17:00.000-07:002012-06-14T21:45:30.368-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello. It's a beautiful, sunny day in my 'neck of the woods' today, this first day of June 2012; I hope it's pleasant wherever you happen to be.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>50% off June Sale</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>A new kit</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Designer Spotlight at E-Scape and Scrap (with freebie)</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>I'm a Designer Discovery Challenge contestant</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Vacation</strong></span></li>
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JUNE SALE:</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For the entire month of June, all products in <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41">my store at The Nifty Boutique</a> normally priced $1 and higher will be on sale for <span style="font-size: large;">50% off</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Click <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41" target="">HERE</a> to to go my store.</span></div>
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NEW KIT:</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">There's a new addition to my store today - '<strong><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=4895">Cucina Italiana</a></span></strong>'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Some of you may remember this from last year - it was an entry in the Designer Challenge at DigiScrap Connect. It's been in 'storage' since then; however, I recently 'dusted it off', and made a number of changes to it as well as added 12 new elements and 5 new papers - just in time for my June Sale!</span><br />
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DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Want to learn how I got started with digital scrapbooking? Head on over to the <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/blog/">E-Scape and Scrap blog</a> (<a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/blog/2012/06/01/june-spotlight-on-designer-rose-thorn/">June 1st's post</a>) - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm in the Designer Spotlight the month month of June.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Once there, you'll also find a link to my <span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/blog/2012/06/01/june-spotlight-on-designer-rose-thorn/" target="_blank"><strong>free</strong> 'Cucina Italiana' sampler</a></span> (items from the full kit).</span><br />
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DESIGNER DISCOVERY CONTEST</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I've entered into the Designer Discovery Contest over at <a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/" target="_blank">JessicaSpraque.com</a>. The winner of this contest will have their designs added to the product line of the <a href="http://echoparkpaper.com/" target="_blank">Echo Park Paper Co</a>. to be printed (traditional paper scrapping) and distributed worldwide (in addition to a couple of monetary prizes). Isn't that cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The deadline for this contest is tonight (not sure which time zone) at 11:59 PM. On June 11th, the top 25 entries will be posted in a gallery at JessicaSprague.com and <span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">a public vote will be opened on June 11th</span>. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be in that group. <em><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">I'll repost then and hope that you'll come by and vote... not necessarily for me, although that would be awesome, but for the one you like the best</span></em>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><strong>CONTEST UPDATE <em>(posted June 15, 2012)</em>:</strong> I did not make it into the top 25 but you can vote for your favorite if you like - Visit </span><a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4653:designer-discovery-t" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">HERE</span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> for more information on that.</span><br />
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VACATION</h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I will be taking a 2 to 3 month break from my designing and my digital scrapbook addictions. I have a number of personal things that need tending, things that have been sorely neglected since I discovered this digital scrapbooking world, and I thought the summer would be the perfect time to do this. I'm hoping that, when I return, I will have rejuvenated my creative mojo and will have lots of new ideas for designing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Well, this has got to be the longest ever post that I've made. If you're still will me, thank you!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana;">See you on June 11th to post about my status in the Designer Discover Contest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by; Happy Scrapping!</span><br />
<br />Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-23519066672429992922012-05-01T00:00:00.000-07:002012-06-14T21:34:23.460-07:00The Blog Train Blog - May, 2012 - A Royal Wedding<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Blog Train Blog is hosting another Blog Train this month titled 'A Royal Wedding' and I've created a <i>'bejeweled'</i> collection of items as my contribution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="color: #20124d;">Another Edit - May 3, 2012:</span></strong><em> <strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">MAC USERS</span></strong> - I've been informed that 7-zip is for PC users only and have had 2 other, free, software programs suggested as possibilities for MAC users - I do not know anything about these programs nor of the site's that offer them, so please be an educated consumer and research them before use. The programs are </em><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-unarchiver/id425424353?mt=12" rel="nofollow"><em>The Unarchiver</em></a><em>, found at the MAC App Store and <a href="http://www.stuffit.com/mac-expander.html#compare" rel="nofollow">Stuffit Expander</a> </em><em>at stuffit.com.</em> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you've arrived at my blog by way of the blog train, then you would have arrived here from the blog of <a href="http://digitalharmony-dhds.squarespace.com/">Digital Harmony Design Studio</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Your next stop would then be to the blog of <a href="http://stargazy.de/blog" target="_blank">Stargazy Creations</a>. <a href="http://kimberlyschlehahndesigns.blogspot.com/"></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For a complete list of participating designers and their URLs, please visit <a href="http://blogtrainblog.blogspot.com/" target="">The Blog Train Blog</a>.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrapping!</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-65139260648217071452012-04-13T13:57:00.000-07:002012-04-13T13:57:13.212-07:00New Product - Floral Filigrees<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I just love old books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, actually, I love new books too but I'm especially drawn to old books from the 19th century and earlier. I think that their covers and bindings are so beautiful. I am just drawn to the varying textures of the cloth or leather materials and to the hand-painted titles and designs that many have; they are often, to my mind very exquisite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since I love old books so much, I guess it makes sense that they would inspire me to create something for use in digital scrapbooking... and that's exactly how my newest product came about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've just released an element pack of metal-styled embellishments (includes 1 frame). I call it '<a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=4693">Floral Filigrees</a>'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Maybe you too will be 'inspired' and can use these to adorn your scrapbook pages, both old and new, or maybe a personal greeting card or two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=4693">This set</a> is available now at <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41">my store</a> at The Nifty Boutique or, if you wait until next week, they'll be on sale (50% off) from the 17th through the 20th of April, 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-80313547042220605522012-04-01T00:00:00.000-07:002012-06-14T21:31:00.465-07:00DSF Blog Train April 2012 - April Fool's Day<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's time for another Digiscrap Forum Blog Train (freebie digscrap stuff for you)! - April Fool's Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No kidding, it's not a joke for April Fool's Day, that's actually the name/theme of this particular Blog Train.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stop before me is <a href="http://atjacquies.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">@Jacquie</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your next stop is <a href="http://nutkintailz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nutkin Tailz</a>.</span><br />
C<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">omplete list of participating designer blogs is <a href="http://www.digiscrapforum.com/showthread.php?t=1384" target="_blank">HERE</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at the Digiscrap Forum.</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-80253128253973312862012-03-20T08:43:00.000-07:002012-03-20T08:44:20.230-07:00Limited Time - Page Template Freebie<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A quick blog post today just to let you know that I have a Free, digital scrapbook, page template in <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41" target="_blank">my store</a> at <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/" target="_blank">The Nifty Boutique</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><b>Future stuff:</b></i> I'm participating in the <a href="http://www.digiscrapforum.com/" target="_blank">Digiscrap Forum</a> Blog Train which begins April 1st, 2012 as well as the May 1st, 2012 blog train from <a href="http://blogtrainblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Blog Train Blog.</a> Be sure to stop by on those days and check things out!</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-82287257007243880452012-02-17T18:03:00.000-08:002012-02-17T18:19:04.802-08:00Robbie's Rockin' Red - Add-on packs and a FREEBIE<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've 2 new paper packs and 1 new set of 'word' tabs in my store, these coordinate with my latest kit 'Robbie's Rockin' Red. Although the kit is themed for a teenage boy (you can read my previous post for details), when these add-on items are paired with the full kit, the kit becomes more versatile and more 'family' usable. Check them out at my store (the image titles are linked).</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And here's a close-up view of the patterned papers</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=4230" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Robbie's Rockin' Red - Add-on Tabs</span></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And last, but not least, <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_125&products_id=4233" target="_blank">Robbie's Rockin' Red - FREE Add-on Sampler</a></span></div><br />
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<br />Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-7220123820426686362012-02-09T06:32:00.000-08:002012-06-14T21:28:14.837-07:00Custom Digital Scrapbook Kit Design<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
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Robbie was the inspiration for this kit; a customized kit for his mother (and my online friend), Claire.<br />
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I always wanted to do a custom designed kit based on someone's collection of photos (be it a birthday, a wedding, a family reunion, or some other event) or based on their specifications, so when Claire mentioned that she'd been looking for, but not finding, a kit with the 'correct' color red to match her son's favorite hoodie (hooded sweatshirt), a kit not too feminine to scrap layouts for a boy, I offered to design a kit for her. Lucky for me, she accepted!<br />
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Working with photos of Robbie's hoodie, Claire's color choices, desired elements and paper styles, and a list of Robbie's interests, this kit was born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few elements in this kit were created by altering a designer resource base template but the rest of the kit is of my own creation using a combination of Photoshop styles, textures, brushes, actions and custom shapes; the sunglasses, ice cream cone, french fries, guitar, mobile phone, playing cards and the clock are all hand-drawn originals by me.<br />
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Although I designed this kit for a special teenage boy, the red, white, blue and gray colors make it usable for a number of other layout themes including, for many countries, patriotic events and celebrations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kit is now available for purchase at <a href="http://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=41" target="_blank">my E-Scape and Scrap store at The Nifty Boutique</a>. Options to purchase the papers and elements separately are also available - add-on packages coming soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;"><b>I'd love to do more custom work!</b> <i>If you like my designs and think you'd be interested in a digital scrapbook kit designed to your specifications and/or to match a set of your photographs, I'd love to hear from you; please feel free to send me an email - my contact information can be found by viewing my profile (the link at upper right, under my photo).</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrapping!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrapping to you. :)</span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923437982804379646.post-73831717195409007062011-12-07T20:10:00.001-08:002011-12-07T20:22:55.482-08:00Holiday Cookies - the Digital Kind<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Decorate your holiday scrapbook layouts with 'Holiday Cookies'... the digital kind, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have just added this 'Holiday Cookies' element pack to my store and it's on sale for half price through the end of this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Coordinates with the Nifty Designer Series kit, Nature's Holiday, which can be obtained free with a minimum purchase, from any designer, at E-Scape and Scraps store, the Nifty Boutique. Learn more about by reading my post on <a href="http://ladyofthethorns.blogspot.com/2011/11/natures-holiday.html">November 27th</a>, or by visiting the store <a href="https://www.e-scapeandscrap.net/boutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=167&products_id=3965" target="_blank">HERE</a> <i>(details can be found within the product description)</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by; Happy Scrapping. </span>Rose Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504286188405461691noreply@blogger.com0