50% sale

Add this logo with a link to myscrapchick.com and get a free mini collection. Logo must be located on the left or right side bar of your already established blog. Once you have loaded it to your blog, email me a link at info@myscrapchick.com with your MINI collection choice of $5 or less. One per person please. We reserve the right to award free mini collections with relative working blogs (we reserve the right to refuse awards for blogs that do not fit with myscrapchick patterns and products or are too new) Please email me with any questions. **keep the logo on your side bar in plain view and receive another goodie in a month!! I will send info to those who qualify for the first free mini!! :) Hugs, and happy saving!! Kristi

Holiday List

Is it me or did we just get over Halloween? So why would my girls be writing out their Christmas Wish lists so early? Well I could say it's because I want to get a jump start on the holidays and this is something I always do....but anyone who knows me, KNOWS that would not be true. ;) The real reason is because I just saw these super cute Christmas Wish Lists that I just had to get and print out for my girls. They loved them and lets just say they didn't hesitate to fill up TWO full lists by themselves!!! WOW!! Well, it's a good thing they call them "wish" lists!! ha ha ha! :) Check out TLC Printables for more cute print and cut tags and lists!

Winter Windows....

There is just something about winter that I love. The bright colors and festive lights. I know we are still 2 months away from Christmas but this is the time of year my family starts gearing up for the holidays. My mother in law was a window painter for over 25 years. She would brighten so many windows and lives with her festive colorful displays that filled all the store front windows in her town. Every year people would come from miles away just to catch a glimpse at her windows and if they were lucky they would catch her in action, painting her beautiful displays. Everyone knew "the window woman" although not everyone knew her name. She would be caught standing knee deep in snow on a blizzard day with a hot coffee in hand and a paintbrush in another. Always with a smile on her face thankful for the talent God gave, her so that she could work as a single mom to support her 2 children. Her painting windows became a full time year round job that kept her very busy, and as far away from an office job as she had liked. She made her own hours and enjoyed it, although the 110 degree summers were a bit much! The first day I met my mother in law, she had me up until 2 am painting her back sliding glass door. That was her open pallet for practice and inventing new designs. I loved any kind of art and learning how to paint windows for the first time was no exception. She said I was a natural, but using her patterns really made it easy. Now that we have pulled her in for the winter she is giving back to all those who have begged her to teach them how. Just as I learned, she is now making her amazing easy to use window painting patterns available to the general public. Just as my mother in law has done for years, we hope you too can take this free pattern and share some smiles with others by painting a window for someone you know. Her patterns are so easy to use that many people have been using the patterns to create store windows for extra holiday cash. Here’s to creating a winter smile on someone’s face this holiday season. And may you even make some extra money doing it!!! Window Woman patterns are perfect for: fundraising senior centers retirement homes your home local business and more... Click here for your FREE Winter Window Paiting Pattern *please add a link to your blog and share this post with your friends. Please do not add the free pattern to your blog. This pattern is protected by copyright and may be used for your own personal windows and small business windows. Please do not share or copy the pattern. A link back to her post is apprecaited.

Ever have those days?

Where you just sit and stare and wonder what you are going to do for the day? Well, that is pretty much how I feel this morning. I know I have lots of ebay orders to mail out which will keep me busy but I am dying for some creative fun. I have been upgrading SVG files for the past few weeks, working on new releases and have something super amazing up my sleeve to work on for next month......but for right now I am just sitting here wondering what to do. I want to get the work out of the way so I can play!! So heres to hoping my caffine sinks in and I can get what I need to do done so I can get creative and work on next months FUN FUN FUN projects!!! Look for an annoucement coming next month.....release date about November 1st! Ha, now you can do the wondering and I can go back to work! Hugs!

The things men say......

I was expressing to my husband how overwhelmed I have been lately....taking care of our kids, cooking, cleaning, working, and pretty much feeling like it has been all up to me to get anything done. I was in tears and looking for a little sympathy, you know maybe something like "oh honey, don't try to do it all, I am here to help, I love you and you work so hard" but instead he comes over to hug me and says "it's OK, honey, take it one day at a time". "WHAT does that mean, ONE day at a TIME?" I replied. He hugged me and said, "well you can't expect to do it all in one day, but with time you will get there" HA! NOT, I looked at him and told him I think not and he headed out the door and said he didn't want to fight LOL I have been keeping a notebook of the funny things my girls say, but I guess my husband needs a book of his own! lol

Back to School...finally

WOW, where has the time gone?? My girls go back to school in ONE WEEK!! We are cramming in last minute sleepovers with Aunties and Grandma's since our vacation consisted on my husband out of town to be with his father who was ill. Thankfully he has made a miracle recovery!!! Praise GOD! So next week....my Makenna starts kindergarten, and Maddie will be in 4th grade!! We have all of our supplies and have been pulling out all the clothes and having the girls try them on only to see how much they have grown over the summer!! WOW, they are getting so big!!! Today I have found 4 new grey hairs on my head (Amazing that I didn't manage to pull all my hair out over the summer!!! ) and my husband says I shouldn't color my hair because there is bad stuff in hair color HA!! Sure! Coming from a guy with a full head of dark hair and no gray in site!! I think NOT!!! He is on this health kick....the other day he told the girls to find all the toothpaste and throw it out....I about freaked......OMGosh NO WAY!!! He has this new herbal stuff he wants us to try.....needless to say it is not bad but I fear what is next?? All I can say is Honey, back away from the feminine hygiene....that is NOT your area!!! lol So can you tell I am ready for a bit of normalcy.....routine......and time out for myself?? This weeks release brings a celebration of back to school......enjoy!!!

UN-GROUPING SVG LAYERS IN SCAL 2

Wanna game to play?

Happy Father's Day

My husband loves his little girls....they are sweet, sassy and even rugged...they don't mind getting dirty and playing with bugs.....slugs are even interesting, as long as they don't have to touch them! I found this photo my husband took the other day.....I feel it captures the true essence our our girls!! Happy fathers day honey!! Thanks for bringing out the "best" in our girls!

Hey lady!

Although I am not moving very far away, I have really grown to love where I live. Not so much the house in which we have been living, but the many friends we have made in this neighborhood. Currently our backyard faces the park, with a private entrance. It has a huge field and playground that my girls just love. I sit in my office and with a huge sliding glass door I can see my girls play. Pretty nice huh! But, to be honest with you, all those things are minimal compared to the reason I will miss this place the most..... Popsicle lady.....Yep, that is what all the kids in the neighborhood call me. I am not even sure how it happened but that is my nickname. You will see kids run the full length of the field when our slider opens......it only takes one kid to yell "POPSICLES" and like little puppy's they all come running. I love it!!! The neighbor kids are so trained now that when they stop by, even for a visit....I don't hear "hi, Kristi, how are you" I hear...."hey, you got Popsicle's?" So this weeks freebie friday is a dedication to all you "Popsicle ladies" out there!!! Cheers! This weeks freebie friday cutting files were were created to perfectly fit the Printable Tags in TLC Printables Etsy shop. Now you can PRINT & CUT perfect journaling bubbles!!! Don't miss her great sale too, "Buy 2 Get 1 Free" also available in her Etsy Store... If you don't see any current listings in her store, she may be temporarily sold out. Just email her at tinacummings@hotmail.com to get a new listing.

40% off coupon

Limited Time Coupon, be sure to send it to all your friends!!! go to www.myscrapchick.com to use the coupon now

Amazing Talent

Amazing My husband was surfing the web and found this. My girls stopped dead in their tracks and sat so still just to listen. They beg for me to re-play this over and over again. If you get a minute, listen to this. It is so beautiful!!! Jon and Steven have such an amazing talent. I have never seen anyone make playing the piano or cello so much fun, amazing talent!! Piano: Jon Schmidt Cello: Steven Sharp Nelson

YUM!!! Blog Candy!

In Celebration of 10,000 hits!!! Check out this blog candy!

NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY!

National Scrapbook Day Download!

Available FREE May 2nd - One day Only!!!

FREE Mini Book and Tabs Download Kit with step by step photo tutorial by April.

*Deco paper clip patterns were used in this project and are available for free to newsletter subscribers registered before 4/25/09. Create an adorable mini book with tabs and a pocket.

You'll find it on it on MyScrapChick.com's Homepage on May 2nd. When the free downloads expire, the Mini Book, Tabs and Clips will be available for purchase after May 2nd but don't miss-out on this opportunity to get them free.

Look at what we have been up to.....

just to tease you for next week.........

(available 4.30.09)

available now!

FREEBIE FRIDAY!!!! 4/17/09

Check out this weeks freebie friday pattern files at myscrapchick.com

Make you mother's day special by creating her a mom word album. Did you know that we send our newsletter subscribers a FREE printable pattern in AI, DXF, GSD, KNK, SVG, WPC cutting files for digital cutting machines EVERY WEEK FOR FREE!!!

Did you know we allow our customer to use our patterns to create item for re-sale? Check out our very generous angel policy!

EMAIL UPDATE

IMPORTANT NOTE Updated Email Address for MyScrapChick - info@myscrapchick.com

ALL OTHER PREVIOUS EMAILS USING COMCAST.NET

ARE NO LONGER WORKING

On The Bright Side...

Having a optimistic attitude towards life can be rather difficult sometimes, especially for my 9 year old daughter. As one might see the glass half full, or half empty, I can usually count on her attitude to be "what glass, I don't see a glass". LOL

Her father and I have been working hard with her to see things in a different light....(yes she is literal too, so if we told her this, you would find her checking all the lamps in the house)...have you heard of Amelia Bedelia , that pretty much sums up my Maddie. Funny how she loves the books, I guess she can just relate.....I know I can! Well today I have found myself buried in paperwork, coming off a Holiday weekend with lots of emails to answer and lots of work to do....wondering when it will all end so I can get back to designing (you know, the fun part)

I found myself in my car listening to the (always interesting) conversation between my girls. Makenna (5) tells Madison (9) that she has something very important to tell her, it was that her friend Jordan from pre-school broke her arm and has to were her arm in her shirt, in one of those arm things......Maddie looked at her with confidence and said, "oh, a cast, and now she only has one arm to use" Maddie with her Rosy cheeks and sweet innocence then said "it's a good thing God gave her two" it took me a second but I got it and started to giggle, I looked at Maddie and said, great job for being optimistic and seeing the good in the situation, I am proud of you. She smiled and said, well I got it from you. The best compliment, especially coming from Maddie....a sweet moment! I guess I am learning from her..... WAS IT YOU??? -this reminded me of someone who emailed me a while back about her "digits", was it YOU? Please email me, I was so moved by your story and wanted to share it, but lost it when we changed email providers......your letter really meant a lot to me! :)

April Showers.....Color of Summer

We are in Washington State....you know, the great Northwest, green grass, lots of evergreen trees......like we wait till April for the rain. It is starting to rain right now, but we actually had some hot weather the last week. It was in the 70's and I lost a bet to my 9 yr old, I though for sure it was in high 60's sure-ly not no 70 degree day, that was for sure.

Well according to the local bank sign on the corner across from my fuel stop (espresso stand) it said 71!!! I told them if it was 70 or higher they could play in the water, I though I had it in the bag....NOPE, I so lost!!!

So the girls jumped through the sprinkler a few times this week....I can just see me finding out next week that the old bank sign is off a few degrees!! LOL Just my luck.....

They say that April showers bring may flowers.....well in Mount Vernon, we celebrate tulip festival every year. The tulips are already in bloom and the pretty flowers are popping up all over the place. I love this time of year with all the color we get to see everywhere we go. I call it the "color of summer". You know summer is around the color when you see such an array of color in a neighbor's yard, driving down the street or looking at the blue sky.

It is so beautiful here, if you ever get a chance to visit, you have to come when the tulips are out, there is just no better time. You can drive and drive and just see fields of flowers. Until then, I hope you can find your color of summer in this adorable rainbow album from http://www.myscrapchick.com/ This weeks Freebie Friday.

Be sure to sign up for your Free Pattern every Friday.

Show & Tell

Do you have a project you just finished using patterns, printables, or cutting files from myscrapchick? Be sure to add them to our flickr group for all to see!!! You never know, your project could be just what we are looking for and may even win a prize!!! Check out the amazing talent in our Public Project Gallery!!

A Cut Above

Well I got to play with my new Silhouette cutting machine from Quickutz today. I LOVE IT!!!! I am actually shocked at how great it is to use as I have been cutting with only my Cricut machines for the last 2 years. A little history if I may... I have been using only the Cricut expression since it came out and have been dying to get my hands on a print and cut machine. I found it very hard to warrant getting another machine when A) I had one already that does most of what I wanted B) I paid a LOT for the Expression and C) Oh my goodness, which print and cut Machine do I get, they are all so expensive, and what do they really do? Well, I had been holding off long enough that when I found the Silhouette for such a great price, I knew I had to have it. Thank goodness Val was easy to persuade as well!! I just pulled it out of the box today, set it all up, made my first print and cut and it came out PERFECT the first time. If you are looking for a machine that will cut files for you as well as read printed images and cut them out perfectly, you should consider the Silhouette. I will say that the cutting mat is only 8 1/2 x 11 compared to my huge 12 x 24 cutting mat for the Cricut, however for small projects that take up less space, the Silhouette is a great machine. If you plan is to emboss or cut thing material like wood, acrylic, foam and more, you will want a different machine that is more suitable for cutting thick material. Again, this is just my experience, and my opinion. I hope you can find what works best for you!

LOOK WHAT'S COMING THIS FRIDAY...3/20/09

Layered Butterflies.2 pieces to create a soft layerd look. Butterflies are great embellishments for paper projects.

Click here to sign up for our Freebie Friday newsletter where we send out a Free Pattern Every Friday!!! Be sure to tell your friends, they won't want to miss out either!

OH MY CRAFTS!!!

I am a frugal gal, and when I find a great deal I have to share it with the world!!! Well, I found the Silhouette Cutting Machine for only $99. which included a $25 PRE-PAID Quickutz download card and FREE shipping. Not only did I strike it big with this amazing deal, it was shipped and delivered in 3 days!!! (I did not get it for 12 days because my post office failed to put a note in my box saying it was there - postal issue, not ohmycrafts) Don't get me wrong, $99 is nothing to blink at, but I have never seen a cutting machine of this magnitude for so cheap!!! All the extras didn't make it half bad either! I would like to add that the outstanding customer service I received twice on the phone from Noel was AMAZING!!!! Pretty much the icing on the cake!

I got such a great deal, and all with a smile on their face!!! This my friend, is true customer service. Something I have had a hard time finding lately.

This is a genuine experience I received while shopping with http://www.ohmycrafts.com/ so if you are looking for a great deal that could very well make you feel guilty, this is the place to shop. Be sure to sign up for their daily notices. I thought they would be annoying but I get so excited to see all the great offerings. May your experience with them be as pleasant as mine.

A Cut Above

Well I got to play with my new Silhouette cutting machine from Quickutz today. I LOVE IT!!!! I am actually shocked at how great it is to use as I have been cutting with only my Cricut machines for the last 2 years. A little history if I may...

I have been using only the Cricut expression since it came out and have been dying to get my hands on a print and cut machine. I found it very hard to warrant getting another machine when A) I had one already that does most of what I wanted B) I paid a LOT for the Expression and C) Oh my goodness, which print and cut Machine do I get, they are all so expensive, and what do they really do?

Well, I had been holding off long enough that when I found the Silhouette for such a great price, I knew I had to have it. Thank goodness Val was easy to persuade as well!!

I just pulled it out of the box today, set it all up, made my first print and cut and it came out PERFECT the first time. If you are looking for a machine that will cut files for you as well as read printed images and cut them out perfectly, you should consider the Silhouette. I will say that the cutting mat is only 8 1/2 x 11 compared to my huge 12 x 24 cutting mat for the Cricut, however for small projects that take up less space, the Silhouette is a great machine. If you plan is to emboss or cut thing material like wood, acrylic, foam and more, you will want a different machine that is more suitable for cutting thick material.

Again, this is just my experience, and my opinion. I hope you can find what works best for you!

I {heart} color

I am in the process of re-arranging my studio space. It is a daunting task, I know, but it needs to be done. My space was set up for creating all the layouts that I used to sell on eBay. With all the designing of new CD's and patterns, sadly there is just not enough time to do that anymore.

While fixing my space up for more designing, there are some things that will never change. Like how much I love color!! Maybe it was my love for everything rainbow-ish from my childhood. I don't know. I just love color.

My eye has always been drawn to color, so although my studio is a pale pink with black and white accents {wonder what inspired that combination wink} I have little bursts of happy rainbows all around. Here are a few of my must have {rainbow} tools.

This first one is of some well loved chalks I picked up at a flee market. They were originally for Val, she being an artist and all, I thought she would be delighted with this vast array of yummy colors that are just waiting to help you get messy. Instead, she ever so nicely declined my $3 gift, explaining that she would never use them.....I think I was a little crushed, but soon got over it as I found my potential with this little rainbow of color.

I have been asked many of times, "how do you do that"? Well one of my little tricks is not only using the chalks above, but the cups full of pencils you see here. Displayed again in rainbow color for easy access, I am able to add highlights to my paper piecings as needed. The pencils above are the full collection of Prima Pencils and Prima Chalk Pencils. OH, I love these. The pencils are great for the finer details, and the thick prima chalks give you the control of a pencil but the soft effect of the chalk.

Another great investment has been this large collection of art markers. I found them at Michael's Crafts and of course used my 40% off coupon. I am not a huge marker fan like my 4 yr old, but with a rainbow like this, what is not to love.