New products!

I've decided that my new releases will be on Thursdays from now on. Funky Playground has new releases on Mondays and Thursdays. I have these three things new in the shop today. I've made a paper shaper pack. I always have a hard time using elements on boy pages and thought it would be nice to have some "boyish" shapes to give more life to the papers in kits. Clip them as is or layer them, cut them up, fill them in. I'm hoping they are versatile enough to use again and again. If you like them, let me know. I did label them vol. 1 because I have more of a girly one in the works.



I also have two new alphas. Kinda Glassy is kinda like a glass square, but kinda not. :) I'm really enjoying making alphas. Kinda Classy is just that. It's versatile to use on any type of page.




Here's a couple of pages for some inspiration. All three items will be $1 on Thursday!!! Click images to take you to the store.


Here's a page from me using Cut it Out, Kinda Glassy alpha, April Skies and Boat Ride (clouds)


Here's a page from Becca using Worn Out girl, Cut It Out, Kinda Glassy alpha, April Skies and Sweet Spring kits.


I've been really sporadic on my blogging. I've really just been lost in designing and try not to surf the net too much while I'm trying to work and get distracted. We have Allison's birthday party coming up this weekend and I've been trying to get everything ready and get the house clean. I still haven't even thought about presents yet. I would like to get here a Fisher Price baby stroller
that has a wider base. The only problem with that is that she's not even crawling yet!!! She's lazy and won't do it. I believe she knows how, she just doesn't want to try. Andrew didn't crawl until around 11 months and I'm not worried. Anyways, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I my not blog until after the party. That's all for tonight. If you have any ideas for a present for a one year old girl, I'd love to hear them.

Big sale today only!

I've added some really cute worn paper packs to the shop today. I made one for the boys and for the girls. You can get them each for $1.00 today. I'm also having a storewide sale. All element packs are just $1 today and Boat Ride and Forever Beautiful are $2.50. That's half off and an awesome deal. This is the perfect opportunity to try my designs out if you haven't already done so. (images are linked to the store)







I'll be back later to post some pages made by my fabulous CT, but the kids decided not to nap today so I'm off to entertain them. I have a feeling I'm going to have a long day.

New Kit, CT Announcement and some freebies!!

You better sit down, you're in for a long post. First off, I am releasing a brand new kit today. I'm really excited about this one. It's 25% off today only. If you manage to stay with me through the whole post, you'll find a bunch of coordinating freebies! You can click on image to get to my store.



Next, I want to announce my first ever creative team!!!! I never would've imagined I would have a creative team and I was so thrilled that so many of you applied. I had a really difficult choice and wish I could've kept everyone. Thanks everyone for your interest and be checking your inboxes this afternoon for a special offer from me.



Joining me on my creative journey are: Amylee, Amy P (buggie), Angela (onebtg), Becca (becca372), Bethany, Erica (princess.erica), Erin (ErinMcD), Katie (ktkadoo), Li (Li14), Megan (.megan.), Meggan (megg26), Rachel (~rachel~) and Stacy (shutch)

I'm so happy to have the opportunity to work with these girls and can't wait to see all the layouts they create. We've all been cranking out some layouts with Forever Beautiful.

Here's one from me:

Erica made this beautiful layout:

Becca made the next two:

Li made this page. Isn't her photography skills awesome? Oh, she's a talented scrapper as well.

Megan created this page. I love her repetitive picture and how she turned the circles into a heart.

I love this blended photo on Stacy's page:

Katie did this fantastic (and masculine) heritage page.

I love the way Angela embellished this page.

This purple goes great with the pictures in Erin's page.

I love the way AmyP embellished around this picture of her.

Amylee did a fantastic job with the layering on this page.

Are you still with me? How about a freebie or five? I have made a coordinating add-on for you.

(click image for download)

I've also asked some of the girls to turn their layouts into quickpages for you.
Here's my quickpage for you:

(click image to download)

AmyP made her page into a quickpage. Here's the download link

Now you can head on over to Becca and Erin's blogs to pick up theirs. Rachel has also made a template for you. Don't forget to leave some love.

Becca's blog: http://www.beccas-paper-view.blogspot.com/
Erin's blog: http://3princessesandcharming.blogspot.com/
Rachel's blog: rachelsramblings.wordpress.com

Sneak Peek

Not like you really need it because my blog is newly made over using it and I made the CT call on it, but I'm coming out with a brand new kit, Forever Beautiful, tomorrow. Want another little sneak peek?



I will also be announcing my new creative team members.

Isn't it pretty?

So I just wanted to thank Li so much for spiffing my blog up. She used my newest kit coming out Monday!

Winners Announced!!!

Here are the winners of the $5 gift card:

Nie and jmutchler, please send me an e-mail to tawisha at yahoo.com so I can give you your $5 GC. Just a little secret, I've got a girly kit coming out Monday with lots of purples and greens if you want to hold on it til then.

Thanks everyone for playing along! It looks like I need to use a ton of ribbons, flowers and learn how to make some realistic stitching. I love it too and only use it if it looks like it's real. I'll work on that one for you guys.

June Desktop Freebie

As promised in my last post, here's a June desktop made by my wonderful creative team member, Li.


(click image to download)

3 Ways to Win!

UPDATE: DST link now fixed. I don't know what the problem was, but I was finally able to fix it. I checked to make sure the links worked before posting this and it worked fine. Thanks for letting me know.

I'm giving away two copies of Boat Ride at DSA and DST!!



All you have to do is post in either of these threads:
http://digiscrapaddicts.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3106
http://digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=194571

I've also got a little contest going on in the last post I did right here on my blog. Just leave me a comment telling me which elements you can't scrap without and I'll choose 2 winners to recieve a $5.00 gift card.

My CT member AmyP has really outdone herself with this layout. Isn't it great?


Check back later for a free desktop calender using Boat Ride.

Grand Opening Give Away

I'm going to give away $5 gifts cards to two lucky scrappers. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me which elements you scrap with most (ribbons, buttons, alphas, etc..) and I'll randomly pick the winners. Since I only have two things in the shop right now, these GC's will be good until the end of July!

Deadline is Wednesday, June 3rd at 11:59 EST.

(psst... check back later in the week for more free goodies)

Creative Team Call

Since the announcement has been made, I'm officially selling at Funky Playground Designs. I'm in need of a few girlies to join my CT. This is brand new to me and I'm looking for people to grow with me and truly be creative through brainstorming, creating layouts, sharing ideas and constructive critisism. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of please send me an e-mail.



Creative Team Call
I'm looking for a few talented scrappers to join my creative team.

Requirements:

• Make at least 3 layouts per month using my products
• Post to at least 3 galleries: Funky Playground, DST or DSA and one of your choice
• Leave love on layouts using my products in the galleries
• Enable me whenever you can
• 3 month commitment
• Be an active member on the CT forum

If interested, please send me an e-mail at tawisha @ yahoo.com (no spaces) Please include a short bio, list of current CT's and a link to your favorite gallery. Deadline is Sunday, June 7th.

*** Announcement will be made Wednesday, June 10th ****

I don't care what your skill level is or how long you've been scrapping. I'm just looking for some girls that will stay with me and help me grow. Can't wait to see all the apps.