Did you know that 5 of my fabulous CT gals are competing in the Battle of the CTs at Digiscrap Addicts? That's right, and they ROCKED the first round! They are known as "Trixie's Scrap Stars" and they are having so much fun competing together... they are making their "mama" proud!

This week, their challenge was to create a white-space layout with a common color theme. They could also optionally choose a common page theme, as well. So, the girls got together and they decided to use my mini kit, Sarah's Song, for their layouts. They also decided to do a common theme and all put together an "ABC About Me" page - they turned out GREAT!! Here's a look at each of their layouts:



Now, there is a HUGE prize at the end of the DSA Battle of the CTs, and the way you win is by winning the public vote. All the votes are added together, each week for four weeks, and the team with the most votes at the end WINS a huge pack of coupons from all the participating designer sponsors. Needless to say, I'd LOVE for my girls to win this prize, so I'm begging for votes! Would you please head to the DSA forum and vote for Trixie's Scrap Stars? You don't have to be a member of the community to vote - just head over, find Trixie's Scrap Stars on the designer team list and click VOTE!!

To thank you for voting for my team, I designed a brand new kit and we're giving it away for FREE to all of you! Each week for the four weeks of the DSA Battle of the CTs, there will be a new piece of this kit for you to download - and its a mystery download, too! So, here is the first peek at this fun, funky "star" of a kit - just click on the preview to download the first part of this freebie. Trust me, you're gonna love it! Thanks so much for voting for my team - and don't forget to check back next week for the second part of this new freebie kit!



Download here

Oh, the weather outside is frightful.... JUST KIDDING!!! But, I have been singing Christmas Carols all week, in preparation for the Scrap Matters Christmas in July sale - and it starts TODAY!!!




So, did you have a guess about what kits I was bringing out of retirement the other day?? Here is the full run-down of what I have on sale this weekend - Act fast, because the sale only runs from today, the 17th, through Monday, the 21st, and, before too long, I'll be retiring these kits again for GOOD! If you love them, this is your last chance to scoop them up!

The first kit I have brought back from retirement is full of snowflakes, hats, mittens and snow men, perfect for celebrating a.... Snow Day!




I have a set of coordinating Page Overlays for this kit:




The Full Alpha is also available separately:




And, I also have a set of PU/S4H/CU friendly Glitter Styles, too!



Here's some inspiration from my Creative Team (and a guest!) using Snow Day - don't you just love all these layouts?




The second kit I'm bringing out of retirement is one of my all-time favorites! It's full of super cute characters like Santa and his elves, the reindeer and lots of Christmas toys, too! Check out Santa's Workshop:



Again, the Holly Alpha is available for purchase separately:



And, of course, I have a set of PU/S4H/CU friendly Glitter Styles for this kit, too!




And, if you thought the CT layouts made with Snow Day were cute.... then, check out these made with Santa's Workshop! I LOVE them (and I love my CT - they are the BEST!)




And, here is the absolute BEST part! Not only are all these Christmas and Winter products on sale for 25% off, but when you purchase one (or both!) of the full kits, you'll also receive an add-on freebie with your purchase - how cool is that? Simply add the kits to your cart between now and the 21st and the download links for the freebies will be automatically included with your purchase!



So run on over to my shop at Scrap Matters and scoop these up this weekend - they are both super cute and you're sure to love them both! I hope you have a FABULOUS weekend!! *** Trixie ***

OK, have you ever found yourself searching for some sort of info on the web, only to go off on some strange tangent, landing someplace you never expected to be? That happened to me, today :)

So, on my strange tangent, I happened to come across this video - Wierd Al Yankovic's latest video, "Skipper Dan." And I dunno.... its just silly and funny and I thought I'd share it because I got a kick out of it! Hope you do, too... lol

Skipper Dan
Hey everyone!

Just stopping in quick to say CONGRATULATIONS to my friend Laura, of simply.scraps - she has opened up shop today at Gotta Pixel and I'm so excited for her! Laura is a fabulously funky, awesome designer and I'm so glad she has found a store worthy of her many talents :)

To celebrate, she is having a sale - check it out!



AND.... Rumor has it that if you stop by Laura's blog today, you can see a preview of her BRAND NEW kit, Funky Chicky, as well as snag a FREEBIE for it! I had the good fortune to get my hot little hands on the new kit a couple days early and made some layouts with it - here they are! I just LOVE this kit, its so much fun!





So, once again, make sure you hop on over to Laura's blog or visit her brand new store and enjoy the sale! And to Laura - congrats, my friend!! You deserve it! *** Trixie ***
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