Monday, October 13, 2008

F&S OCT 14, 08

Phew, slowly going back to being caught up. Hopefully I will finally be able to start on a LO later today. If anyone has sent me an email but havent recvd a reply, my apologies - my inbox have gone to thousands, mostly junk & I'm feeling too overwhelmed to go through them all, hopefully I can get caught up with them this weekend.

Thanks to those who asked about the headache :) Thank goodness it's all gone now, I get them every 'month' but this time, it started days earlier and ended days later than usual. I think I polished off half a bottle of paracetamol! Mac too has started to slowly go back into more normal hours these past 2 days - sleeping around midnight & hopefully it'll continue, preferably back to 10 or so. If so, I may even be able to start downloading freebies again! It wasnt only that though that made me so short of free time, Mac has been on his 'glue phase' again where he sticks to me like well, glue, everywhere all the time. Pressure is when you're in the toilet with a tummy ache and a 3-yr-old is crying outside the door 'mama come, mama come, PLEAASSEEE!' Oh boy! I'm so far behind on everything it's not even funny, esp on my CT LOs and the filing & journaling for Mac's photos. How weird that back when I was working, I was pumping out a LO a day and now I can barely manage 1 a month!
This is how I've been doing some of my blog posts :)

Jen, huge thanks for the continued daily links. No, I dont delete them LOL I've actually grown to look forward to them daily :)
Grace, hope you're continuing to give the Paypal a workout :)
Patty, you too. picked up any good bargains recently? :D
Sarah, hope you're back up to speed too on your own LOs. That was a lot of LOs you did for the newsletter!
Kim, hope you're enjoying your coffee :)
Linda, really apprec your comments, just wish they were truer! :D
Faye, it's wonderful to 'see' you again, thanks so much for visiting! Are you still using the lion? :D
Sue, thanks for the link to Annie!
Fran, apprec the doggie clicks! That was pretty much the only thing I've managed to keep up everyday!
And Catherine, TammyKat, Kristin, Kristine, Lisa, Shawnery, April, Shana, AneczkaW, Liz, Kami, RoseAddict, Deb, Beth, Neety, Akizo, Chloe5972, Beachcomber, LindaFrau, thanks very much for the visits/comments/links!
and thanks too to everyone who've continued to visit despite my erratic posting!

SALES & SPECIALS

- Digitalfreebies 30% New Release. Ends Oct 20.

Inkubook free photobook Offer (pay for shipping only). Sign up by Oct 24, start your book, invite someone to join and submit some photos to your book, finish the book within 30 days and use the code to get a free book of up to 120 pages.

---SS STICKIES---
- Digitalfreebies Oct Club kits - Lil Mister Pumpkinman Danielle Engebretson & Lil Miss Witchie from Karen Lewis. 2 great kits for only $5. Or purchase a 6 or 12 month subscription to save even more.
- Free kit with $10 purchase of Pineapple Plantation Designs at ScrapOrchard
- New $1 Section at Digital Candy. Every 2 weeks 4 designers offers 4 selected products for $1. 1st to 15th.
- Andrea Gold 50% off 70 clearance products. Also a free $5 gift coupon for purchase over $5. Ends Oct 15.
- Leora Sanford grab bag at LDD. $3. Avail till Oct 15.
- Ellie Lash 30% Sale. Discount shows in cart. Ends Oct 16.
- Chris Greiser $1 sale & Buy her store offer for $12. Ends Oct 18.
- DSP's 99ct IOTW is Grungy Pup from Nicole Young. Avail for a week Sun to Sat.
- Sarah J at TDC Birthday Week Extravaganza. 50% Sale. Ends Oct 18.
- Bunny Cates at DSO. 35% Sale. Ends Oct 19.
- Shellyrae Clearance Sale. Over 70 products at $2 and under. Ends Oct 20.
- Lindsay Jane's Summer Breeze Kit 40% off (for SBB QP Exchange). Till Oct 20.
- The Digichick collabs 25% sale. Through Oct.
- Gina Miller 60% off 60 clearance products. Till end-Oct.
- Live Out Loud Scraps Product Retirement Sale. Up to 75% Select Items. Ends Oct 31.
- Jill DZines select items $1 at Scrapdish & GottaPixel
- Wenchdgrafix 42% Sale at her personal store and Digital Scrap Garden

---REGULAR TUES SPECIALS---
- Lilypad $1 Tadpole Tues
- WAS Page Turner Tues
- Vera Lim 123 Tues
- Scrapartist 20% New Release
- Shabby Pickle Tues 20% New Release

---REGULAR WED SPECIALS---
- Little Dreamer Designs $1 Wed
- Dollar Days at Digiscrappers Brasil
- Sugarplum Paperie $1 Wed No special section so check blog for what's on offer for the week.

---NEW SS---
- Meredith Fenwick at SBG new kit Pitter Pat $2.95 (58% off) introductory price.
- Digital-Crea 35% Sale. Oct 13-16.
- Vera Lim Oct Grab bag $3 at VLD
- Creative Confusion & Joyful Heart $1 Sale at Inspiration-Lane.
- Safari Collab kit by EPowers & Ah & inbeTWEEN Collab kit by EPowers & NBeaudreau at We Are Storytellers 50% off prior to retirement.
- Rachel Young has joined ScrapArtist and has 30% Introductory sale. This week only (est ends Oct 20)

---UPCOMING SALE---
- Lisa Whitney 50% Going into Hibernation Sale.

---MISC STICKIES - COUPONS, EVENTS, ETC---
- 35% coupon from Laurie Ann on Scrapartist blog.
- Maya at SBG 25% Coupon Code at Shutterfly blog
- $2 Customer Appreciation Coupon in Designs In Digital Blog
- Participation bonus for Live Out Loud Scraps Oct Colour Challenge. Deadline Oct 31.
- Participation bonus for Digi-dare's 2nd anniversary challenge.
- Free class at Jessica Sprague Nov 9-16. Registration starts Oct 20.
- $5 off $15 purchase Couon code at Emily Powers blog

FREEBIE FINDS

---OCT DAILY DOWNLOADS---
- Scrap Outside the Box Creature Comforts by Dani & Jen.
- GottaPixel Falling For You by Laura Burger & Laura Pitman
- Snap n Scrap Country Pumpkin
- Divine Digital Hook & Ladder by Princess Lala, Pixel Princess & Wetfish.
- 3Scrapateers Autumn's Palette by Ilona Havenaar
- Scraphead Nightmare at Scraphead.
- DSO Freebies every day until Halloween. [varies]
- GDS Daily Download [varies]
- My ScrapShop Oct Daily Download.
- Magickal Scraps Magickal October Daily Download.
- Digitals Daily Download - Abundance by Beth Rimmer. Oct 5 - 19.

---STICKIES---
- ScrapOrchard Autum Festival. 7 days of Free"bees" & a piece to a coupon code for 30% to the Market. Stop by the blog or the forum or The Autumn Festival Gallery to get the link. Starts Oct 12. Only avail for one day.
- Blog freebies from Bonnie von Esch everyday till end Oct.
- Fall Splendor Blog Party with 70 designers starts Oct 1 & avail till Oct 31.
- SAS Next Designer Contest Week 4
- Daily freebies from Miss Crow
- ScrapMatters Card Making Day Blog Train
- Month of freebies from By God's Design
- Digiscrap Boutique Gift a Day. Preview is Day 2. Oct 10-17.
- Ahhh Scrap Blog Train. 33 page bragbook.

---NEW FF---
ScrapOrchard Autumn Festival Day 2 - Alpha from Ziggle

1. Shaker card from Jen Caputo
2. Cluster from GiselaB. You have to "purchase" it.
3. Watercolour brushes from The Shoreways
4. Monster invitation cards from Sausan
5-6. Bragbook template from Jen at SotB
7. Borders from Liz
8. QP from Bon Scrapatit
9. Template from Just2morethings

1-2. Element pack 1 & kit from Sunflowers blog & HotSpotScraps (only till Tues)
3. QP from Penny Springman
4. Bragbook QP from LorieM
5-6. QPs & bragbook album from Polka Dot Plum
7. Addon kit from Simply Sweet Designs
8. Wordart from Bethany
9. Template from Amy Sumrall

1. 'All Girl' papers & embellishments (not shown) from Digi-Designs by Nicole
2-3. Halloween kit & CU freebie from Mz Pimptress
4. seashore Splendor Bragbook part 4 from Tempus Fugit & NBK
5. CU Layered Pockets from The Scrapping Cop
6. QP from KimB
7. Cluster frame from Lindsay Jane
8. Kit from Balahai at Digital Crea. You have to "purchase" it.
9. Template from Live Out Loud Scraps

1-2. Kit from Sev & Moi
3. QP from Dydyge
4. Kit from Nanine
5. QPs from Thaliris, Anchlove, Scrap'Anges, Nane de Jardin, Cecile & Ugo15.
6. Kit from Malou
7. QP from Miss Choubinette
8. Addon kit from Mimilou
9. QP from Snoopinette

1. Mini kit from Sweet Genevieve
2. QP from Pikachu
3. QP from Tinette
4. QP from Doudou60
5. Template from Cassiopee
6-7. Frame & Sampler from ScrapIdea Timkova at CRD blog
8. Sampler from BCD
9. Template from Michelle Filo

1. Alpha from Peta Boardman
2. Addon kit from Cecile
3. QP from Raspberry Road CT
4. QP from Silvia Romeo
5. Kit from Mz Pimptress
6. CU Alpha & PS Plastic Styles (not shown) from The Scrapping Cop
7. Shadow styles from Nathy
8. QP from Amanda Thorderson
9. Template from MOriginals

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the picture of you working with Mac on your lap. It just screams LOVE! I really don't know how you do all that you do, but thanks so much.
Hugs,
Grace

PS> Paypal is about to disown me...haha...every time I feed it, I turn around and take it away.

Sarah K - Sentiments by Sarah said...

Ann - thanks for the note in your blog. It makes me happy that someone reads my blog even when there isn't anything to download. The picture of you & Mac is so sweet - thanks for all the lists yet again.

Kim B said...

GF- I need more than coffee at the moment-LOL
It's been a LONG day - but having a sherry at the moment- does that count??- hee hee,
AWW- man, How I remember the "one armed mama thing" - toilet, bath, washing dishes even- but oh I think I would give anything to have my BIG boy *small* like that again- just for a day tho- LOL - they grow so fast it's scary-
Thanks for all the lists and links- been spending too- sheeeee's with your lists my card is smoking on the ends! hahaha
((HUGS))

jenjenjasp said...

oh you poor DEAR! It gets so frustrating when things push you behind on your "wants"--like scrapping. But we ALL think Mac comes first, so no worries! We are just glad to see you doing better...slowly.

And my kids all go through that "sticky" phases here and there. And when they do...we are ALL one-handed typers. ROFL! You should see me during crops when Tianna is on my lap. hahahaha. funny stuff.

Anyway, this list is knock your socks off HUGE! Thank you! And for including my templates and kit. ALSO, I need to remember to send you sales info...I will remember to do that.

You ROCK! Glad you don't just delete me. hahahahaha