Jazz kits now available

I did a lot of work this weekend and finished up my dance collection. The final two kits of the collection, Off Broadway and A Little Jazzy, are now available in the store. One of the things I'm most proud of in this entire collection is the strands of marabou that I created for A Little Jazzy. Also in the kit...more sequins like I created in Ginger, but this time in pale pink and blue:

For Off Broadway, I created my own fishnet overlay and included it in the kit separately as well as a part of three brightly colored papers. Check out the buttons with multi-colored, glittery stitching.

More to come on the wrap up of the collection, including a coordinating set of alphas.

Remember: Today is the last day of my 40% off sale. Everything in my store that is regularly priced at $3.00 or more is on sale through today. This includes all of these new offerings as well. These kits will not be on sale during FAB50 this week, so today's the day to get them while they are on sale!

SOTB Store Scrap of the Week - Week Ending July 26

Looking through the SOTB Store Scraps gallery for the last week, I came across this cute layout by hetty.



Kit: Everyday Life Paper Pack by Amanda Roberts
I love the atypical topic for the layout and the magazine feel it has. The journalling is really nice. And...this is all done with just a paper pack and some ingenuity by the scrapper. Nice work!

Want to be eligible for mention in my SOTB Store Scrap of the Week? Post a layout using only kit(s) available in the SOTB store in the SOTB Store Scraps gallery during the next 7 days and you will be "entered".

Dance collection in final stages

I have the last two kits in my dance collection laid out on paper and should get them into the store within the next week or so. I'm very excited about what I'm going to bring to you in these jazz dance kits. I'm stumped for names (suggestions, anyone?), but I know exactly what I'm putting in each kit.

In the meantime, I have bundled up my ballet kits and my tap kits and they are in my store now. Buy them in sets like this and save $1 off the combined price of the separate kits. Buy them before the end of the month and save another 40% because most of my store is on sale through July 31. Buy them tomorrow (July 27th) and save 50% when they are on sale for FAB50.

Multi picture layout ideas

I started out as a paper scrapper. I never was an elaborate scrapper, but my books tell the story of my family and our lives. Almost everything is done in double page spreads and there is generally a good bit of journalling. As a yearbook geek, I have a need to caption every picture...or at least try to. This digi scrap of mine is a pretty good representation of my paper scrapping style...right down to the white space that was almost always a part of my layouts:

Kit: Cherry Blossom Full Set by Terri Milstead

When I started digi scrapping, it seemed like many of the layouts I was seeing in galleries were ones with just one picture on them. I've done my share of those kinds of layouts, but when I'm scrapping for my books, I still try to get a lot of pictures on a page...and a lot of words. At our FAB50 crop on July 20, I brought to the group a lot of examples of multi-picture layouts from the SOTB gallery and I'm sharing them here now for those who were and weren't there.

First up are several layouts by SOTB Designer Tracy Marie Reed. This one is done using a template and has a lot of pictures on it that really don't need words to tell the story. I know a lot of you can relate to having tons of pictures from one event...and here is a good way to show them all off. (Hint: This template is FREE!)

Kit: Window Overlay Sampler by Andee Creative Works

Next up from Tracy is this gorgeous layout. I hope you can all see how easy it would be to take this layout and add journalling. The way she has one larger photo makes this just as eye catching as any one photo layout, but it packs more into it because there are more pictures to see.

Kit: Autumn Elegance by Angela Sharrow

One more from Tracy. This one, again, could easily have journalling and captions added to it. She showcases great photos and a lot of elements from the kit and it still is a clean, appealing layout.

Kit: Petal Pizazz by Yvette Sanders

Speaking of Yvette, here are a couple of her layouts that caught my eye. I love how she has lined the outside of the page with photos and put the journalling right in the middle.

Kit: Primary Grunge by Yvette Sanders

Here is a similar layout by Yvette, but this time she left the middle open and used that space to feature nice elements and papers from the kit that serve as a headline for the page.

Kit: Boys of Summer by Yvette Sanders

Here is a spectacular sports themed double page spread by Elizabeth Lane, SOTB's crop queen. This looks like a print ad to me. And, just look how many pictures she got in!

Kit: In the Game-Shoot 2 by Elizabeth Lane

SOTB Designer Lorraine Yuriar fit a lot of pictures and journalling on this neat layout. The font is great because it looks like the page was handwritten.

Kit: Tough Guy by Jennifer Trippetti

Speaking of Jenn T., she has created these wonderful cork board alphas that are just begging to be filled up with pictures and journalling. Here's her layout about her baby girl's bathtime.

Kit: Cork Alpha by Jennifer Trippetti

Another multi-pic bathtime layout was done by Blythe Evans. Anyone with kids knows what it's like to have three million bathtime pictures by the time the baby is 6 months old. This layout could be easily modified to allow room for more pictures...or to use for non-bathtime layouts.

Kit: Bubbles-n-Duckies by Erika Tenney

Blythe's kit was used by Amber (TMKA) in this layout about fun in the pool. Look at the magazine style journalling that will look wonderful in a printed version of this layout.

Kit: Aqua Steel by Blythe Evans

One last multi-pic layout for you is a reminder that there are a lot of jiffy page sets out there that will help you get more pictures on a page. This is a scrap by Juliana (esmom98) using a jiffy page by Angela Sharrow. Isn't it striking?

Kit: American Tradition Jiffy Scrap Collection by Angela Sharrow

Please note...FAB50 crop

is at 10 p.m. EST, not 11 p.m. EST as I originally wrote in my entries about it. Sorry for the confusion.

What a bargain

This Thursday, July 20th, have I got a deal for you. Come to the SOTB FAB50 crop at 10 p.m. EST and get the crop kit:

Post a layout with the crop kit in the FAB50 gallery by Saturday at midnight and get this posting bonus:

Post a layout with my Positively Primary kit by Saturday at midnight and get this additional posting bonus:

This is a great deal because on Thursday Positively Primary will be only $2.49. It's already on sale for 40% off making it just $2.99 and will be regularly priced at $4.99 starting on August 1.

This is a great way to expand an already nicely rounded out kit with add ons that will all coordinate.

Hope to see you Thursday!

New collection

I have the first in a new series of kits (or a planned series, anyway) in the store now. This series will be based on color alone. No themes. No particular types of pictures in mind. Just a focus on color. To start, I started where color should: primary colors.

Positively Primary is regularly priced at $4.99, but is on sale through the end of July for $2.99. This coming Thursday it will be another 50 cents cheaper when it is on sale for 50% off for SOTB's FAB50.

Speaking of FAB50, join me this Thursday at 11 p.m. EST for the FAB50 crop in the SOTB chatroom. At the crop, you will get a link and a password for this freebie, which coordinates with Positively Primary.

After the crop, post a layout in the FAB50 gallery at SOTB using the crop kit &/or Positively Primary by Saturday at midnight and you will receive a posting bonus.

Store sale through the end of July

I have almost all of my work on sale in my store through the end of the month. 40% off of every item that is regularly priced at $2.50 or more. Check them out!

Summer Destinations MEGA Kit

The SOTB designers have another great mega kit for you and it is on sale right now for just $3.99. This kit is a collection of mini kits designed for all of those wonderful summer trips and outings. The kit is called Summer Destinations and below is a preview of the entire collection and a preview of my contribution, a beach mini kit:




Yup, those are some pictures from our great family beach trip earlier this summer, made into fun background papers. Snatch this mega kit up today and see what the other designers created for you!

Just a little look

Here's a sneak peek at what I'm working on for next week.

Lots going on, but not in my digi scrappin life

Still no freebie and, to be perfectly honest, I don't know that there will be one this week. See, my REAL job is extra demanding right now and my sister is due to have her first baby this week. I know I'll have one day that is wonderfully spent not working.

Plus, next week I will have the featured FAB50 kit which means I will have a new (and, let's be honest again, not started yet) kit featured, plus a crop kit freebie and a posting bonus. Got to get all of that done this week!

Heads up: Ginger will be on sale this week in the FAB50. That makes it just $1.75 this Thursday, July 13th. Here's a closer peek at some of the kit:

Design Team Call

If you are interested, please e-mail me the following info at terri24601@gmail.com by July 14th. Please put "Design Team" in your e-mail subject line.

Name and a little bit about yourself (what do you scrap about, how long have you been scrapping, tell me about your family and interests...stuff like that):

What program(s) do you use?:

Are you a part of another design team?:

If yes, how many and whose?:

Do you plan to start designing and selling your own kits?

Links to three of your best scraps in an online gallery or galleries:

Email where you can be contacted:

Design Team members will get free kits and, in return, will post two layouts with each kit in at least three different galleries within 10 days of downloading.

Design Team will be announced on July 17th.

Thank you for your interest...

Joining Shirley: It's Ginger

First, I apologize that there isn't a new freebie up yet this week. I promise to get one for you all soon. Couple of things happened that held me up: the holiday and my next kit.

While I was working on Shirley, I created a paper that didn't fit with a little girl tap dance kit, but was perfect for the older girl set. So, I was really anxious to work on the next kit. And, here it is:



Ginger is a great kit with sequins and satin...even a theatre curtain. The colors would make this kit a fit for Valentine's Day pictures as well.

This kit is $3.50 and includes 5 12X12 papers (including three sequined papers and one black satin paper), 1 sequined ribbon with and without a sequined ring in the middle, 2 embellished paper clips, 1 sequined slide, 4 pieces of word art (Tap, Shuffle, Brush, Step), and, of course, a sillhouette.

Now dancing into my store: Shirley

My newest dance kit is in the store now. Shirley moves my series into the world of tap dancing.



This kit is $3.50 and includes 4 12X12 papers (including one black patent leather paper), 2 sheer polka dotted ribbons, 2 gel brads/buttons, 3 slides, 4 pieces of word art (tiny Tapper, Smooth moves, little Hoofer and tap Dance), and, the signature element in this series, a sillhouette.

And, as usual for my new kits, the kit will be on sale for 50% off as part of SOTB's FAB50 sale this Thursday, July 6.