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Ok I posted this at DST

So you have to go there and leave a comment if you want to win the brightsiding kit. - right here.

I think DST might be broken so please leave your comment here. Read on.

The TADA Lucky Dip is finishing today and I do not want the store to break from the rush so move rapidly but do not run and grab yours. You do not want to have bruised shins from kicking yourself if you miss it and if you do not act now you will miss it.. So move slowly and orderly to http://www.tracyanndigitalart.com/store/index.php, read the front page and then go to Lucky Dips to see what is in it. Please be aware and respectful of other people and no jostling. Ok so you got this far if you go one step further and put a reply to this thread I am going to pick one winner to get my brand new kit coming out tomorrow or Wednesday. If I get enough replies I might do two because let me be honest, if you post here then there might be a few replies and if it has a few replies more people might look to see why people are posting and if they look then they might see and like the lucky dip and go get one and if they go get one I will be happy because I really really really love this lucky dip and I really like to eat and I think people will love scrapping with it and they will be happy because they just got a great bargain and you will feel happy because you helped someone get a bargain. it is a total win win win situation. And even if you already bought the dip you can post here to win the new kit because you are in the perfect position to tell everyone how much you loved it (assuming you love but how could you not !!!!!!) Ok .. you got it? Go to the store, read the first page, click to lucky dip and go add to cart and go to checkout. Download, scrap, be happy and distracted in these topsy turvy times even if for a little while. Come back post here and maybe win a brand new fun kit. And it is fun, believe me, bright, fun, happy. Oh and the question I get most is "what is a lucky dip?" Well in Australia they are usually sold at fairs as mystery packages aimed at children who line up with their coins and purchase either a girl one or a boy one. Why they are gender specific I do not know but they generally are. My daughter always went for the boy one because they always had fun stuff like plastic spiders and rubber snakes (ok not my definition of fun). I promise in my lucky dip you will just get great designs and no rubber snakes though ;) So go... do not run but walk fast! ETA: SPECIAL NOTE: you do not need to buy the Lucky Dip to try to win the kit :) I want you to but I am an equal opportunity give awayer so add your name regardless!

Confessions

I am now on Twitter and facebook and I don't know what to do there :) Feel free to leave me a suggestion.

I love blogs but rarely read them because I end up going from one to the other and get nothing done so it is a long time since I read many blogs. 

I love to look at patterns but have none in the furnishings in my home and do not wear them.   I always go back to plain or textured fabrics and paper.

I have a serious addiction to Moleskine journals.  I have loved them for years and am glad of the supply of half finished ones I have, now that I can't afford to buy them anymore.  I love them all, the small ones, notebook size, all of them. I have used them for to do lists, journaling, goals, memories. 

I have a small accordion style notepad I have been saving for years for a special occasion.   I think I got this addiction from my mother who had many many black notebooks with red corners. My heart jumps a little whenever I see a notebook like that. It brings back floods of memories and I have in my possession a couple of her notebooks that I treasure. 

Well I discovered they have a website were you can share you moleskine creations - http://www.moleskine.com/mymoleskine/community/mymoleskine.php

I am so happy to find others are just like me and I no longer have to hide my addiction.

I have been 'brightsiding' this week. Trying to get past the gloom all around and look on the bright side of things. My daughter is a master teacher, she is optimistic about everything and I mean everything. I have much to learn from this clever 12 year old. I even made a set of elements called brightsiding that I will have up soon.  I plan to make a little journal using them. 

I love designing but as times get tougher some days I wish I could just scrap again and it wasn't a necessity. And as it gets harder and I have to spend a lot more hours I get no time.  But then I am so lucky I get to do this and I hope times get better so I can continue to do it. 

I love reading but haven't read a complete book in ages. I have turned into a skimmer. 

I love making Lucky Dips. I like putting some things in that I think people might like to play around with but might not buy normally.  I think this might be my last though as I just don't sell enough to justify the time anymore. I guess it gets harder to make them new and fresh but I have to confess this last one was my favourite. 

I get all my news off the internet. I haven't bought a newspaper in  years. 

I love the colour green :-) 

I love Tweet - this kit just made me happy and I love this layout by Shen. 

Hope you have a happy happy weekend. I hope to have a few new creations up shortly!

Happy scrapping

Tracy

A lucky dip and Twitter!

Yep.. so many requests so I have put together a special lucky dip. Available in the store now, the preview shows the contents. I hope you like it, I tried top put some fun new things in there and some different looks so you can really have some fun and try things out for such a great price. 

I am also learning how to tweet on twitter  :-) 

http://twitter.com/tracyanndigital

I am going to give away five of my new Tweet Treats (matches the tweet set from last week) to five followers this week so come follow me!

Hope you are having a great week.

This is just one of the new products in the Lucky Dip!

The new Membership kit!

If you haven't already caught it in the shop the new TADA Savings Club Membership kit is now up.  I really had a lot of fun making this one and from the feedback lots of you are liking it too!

Every time I release a new membership I get some questions about it and I thought I would address them here. 

The Membership cost does include the kit (paper and elements) with a bonus alphabet if you renew or subscribe before the 7th March. On top of the kit you automatically qualify for 20% discount  on each and every purchase though to June 30th 2009.

That works even if the product is already discounted you receive the 20% off the discount price. It is a great way to save! No You dont need a coupon you just need to wait for your account to be set as a member (usually this is very quick) and then anytime you shop the 20% comes off.  Right now the discount is 30% until March 14th. 

I find a lot of my regular customers appreciate the extra savings. So if you are a TADA fan it really does make sense. 

Here is the Kit and some great sample pages by my CT .   You can read more about the membership in the store here. 

Layout by Amanda

Layout by Kris

Hybrid cards by Nisha