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Coldplay, Templates & Spice!

Three of my favourite things!

When it comes to music there is not a lot I don't like. I am a fan of  many different genres and LOTS of sixties artists. I also love instrumentals. Recently through my daughter and  a customer I am a little hooked on finding anything with trumpets. 

I also love the cello as I listen to my daughter practising endlessly for upcoming exams (alternating with her fingerstyle guitar playing) so when I heard this I totally loved it and wanted to share. 

I do have a weakness for Coldplay but I dont know the first song at all but this tune is now in my head.   

This sort of music inspires me to design!!!

I thought I could embed iit.. himmmm, Will hav eto work it out tomorrow. You tube link -

The second thing I love today is templates! A few years ago you might have heard me wonder what on earth people used them for and then I became hooked. Now I love to design them. Sometimes I pull them from my own layouts and more recently I design with nothing specific in mind and then create a layout using one. This lets me see how they actually work and helps me understand how others would use them.

So I am a total Template convert! They let me get my stories told and still give me loads of avenues for creativity. This week I have all my layout templates in this section available as a special offer 'Template Temptation'. All of the templates for only $24.95. Over sixty templates, three packs of storyboards (I use these as much as templates) and an album I think. Huge bundle so even if you have a few it is worth checking out in the store.

I love what Tricia (one of my CT members) creates with templates. Her style always is pure simplicity. I also try to make the templates have lots of added value so many have extra bits and pieces and many can be used as is to create a layout. This road trip template is one my favs, Tricis used nothing but the template, all the elements come with the template and make it 'scrap ready'.

 

I always love the one way of my CTs uses the templates. Layouts by Tricia

My third love today is something I created for a new store I have over at ETSY. It is a range of printable commercial use papers and I am also adding some printable gifts. 

So I wanted something for recipe cards for myself and what started off a simple project took me many hours over many days to complete. I ended up with this cool paper with spices all over it that not only could I use for my cards but as spice jar labels! Now I have a mad obsession with spices so I have a LOT of spice jars. But I have to say I love this project. We have been starting to get the recipes in order on the cards. I use the jpegs and have been cutting and pasting some of my favs from the net on to cards.

So I love these cards, I love that the paper with careful cutting (and printed on a single sheet of sticker paper) can become a set of funky spice labels! I have already done about half of mine so far.

So check them out at ETSY.. I probably will add them to the shop eventually but for a bit they will just be on ETSY . Make great gifts and print BEAUTIFULLY .

And this is few of my spice jars. Cutting them all out was a little tricky but fun!

So that was my day! Hope you a fun one!

Tracy

MIA & Lucky Dip

I feel like I have been missing action for a bit. I thought it was going to be such a bright couple of months but then sometimes life has a way of biting you in the backside!   But gradually we are coming out of this fog.   Sometimes when everything in life is not going well I can tune out and just lose myself in designing. My own private escape.  I have done a  little of that so have a bundle of new products to share with you plus a belated birthday bash!!!!

THE TADA 'MAY BELATED BIRTHDAY BASH' NOW ON!!!!

1. I have a Lucky Dip! Nine new fun products. I try to put lots of different things in my lucky dip so you get some new fun things to play with and perhaps even some items you might not have selected. That is the fun of it all! This one has some really fun element packs and a full kit and a mini kit.  Really a great buy for $5 (less for savings club members).

2. 20% off most of the store! Excludes $1 items.

3. Cindy, Jen, Jess & Sylvia... this is for you guys!!!   by popular request over fifty $1 items will be up for the weekend.  (Check back if they aren't all showing in the store yet.) The 20% discount does not apply to these items but the savings club discount does of course.  

 

4. Special offer - free word art set with $10 orders. I send them out so just place your order.

5. Template Temptation. An amazing super offer on my templates. You can buy the whole section for only $24.95 (save over $100). A great way to get caught up on your scrapbooking and many of my templates have bonus elements!

Oh I have more fun to share but some will have to wait until next week!!!

Come visit TADA and as always thank you for your support of my little independent store and my Birthday bash!

 

and here is the Lucky Dip preview.  Let me give you a rundown.

First there is a full kit with a set of paper and set of elements in a really classic style that my CT have been rocking layouts with.  Then there is a mini kit called Charm which is just that, simple and charming.

The new State the date set is really classic, small month tabs with a circle space to add the date or year. I have included 1 to 31 in a stamp set and a single sheet so you can use that or add your own font. One patterned set for fun and a black set that you can easily recolour.

My signature swirls. Something I have been asked for over and over and here is a set. Five variations in two colour ways. 

This way arrows. These are fun! Simple black dotted lines in swirls and circles and fun arrows. 

A template that is more like a quick page. Simple and stylish with a fun frame. Use it as a template or use as is. Try a big photo on the background for real impact. 

The speech bubbles. I have been meaning to do this set forever and I think they are fun! I used one of my favourite fonts on some of them with a few words but most are plain with a handcut paper feel so you can do what you like with them!!!

Plus a set of five word drops that match the kit or you can use on anything really. The single words come on their own so you can layer over the 12inch word drops or not.

That's it - a bundle of new fun products.

  

A mother's day treat at TADA. Select a piece of Frippery with your $6.50 order. Details below.

Gift can be chosen from any item only in the Frippery Category - click here.

Please DO NOT add to your cart, your selection will be sent to you. 

Allow a little time to get you personal selection as I will be off on Mother's Day enjoying time with my family. 

If you order $13 or more (after discounts) select a second piece (limit two per customer - up to $9 bonus value).

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. We are on a strictly budget driven 'no gifts' kick so I am getting some things I really value, time with my family, some gardening time and I have already put in my breakfast order so I better get to bed so I wake up in time to eat it! (it is veryyyyyyy late here). Oh and a little card if you are still organising Mother's Day for your mum/mom. Card is in jpg format on 8.5 x 11 but will also go on A4 Card. Simply download and print on some cardstock and cut out. It is 4 x 6 folded card and will fit an A6 or C6 (Aussie) Envelope. 

Download Mother's Day Card Here

Tracy

Mother's Day

I find Mother's day a little difficult. Even though I have been a mother for 12 years now to me it was always more about my mum than me. This year will be my second mother's day without her and it is still difficult but then I look at my daughter and I am so grateful to have her and wonder how I got so lucky to be her mum.  I know my husband and daughter will go all out to make it special.  Maybe my hubby will even make up a little for ignoring the mother's day when I was seven months pregnant!!!!  I felt I was well on my way to being a mum but he said I had to wait until our baby arrived.  Do you think in 12 years I can let him forget that? Not on your life :)  

I have a couple of new products out in time for mother's day, including word art in two versions and a page kit.  So whether you say mum or mom I hope you enjoy a wonderful mother's day.

Visit the store here and check out the inspiration the TADAgirls have been whipping up. 

 

Of all days

I broke the store! Of all the days to do something silly I did it and caused a major glitch in the store that has taken nearly all day to fix!  But finally the sale is up ..many of the new things are up. 

The May Lucky Dip will not make it until next week no bundles of new products for International Scrapbooking Day. 

First up the store is 40% off.  Free gift for $15 plus orders (dont add it to your cart, the gift will be sent out)  and a free Alphabet in store for today only. 

Visit TADA now

This kit free with $15 orders (after discount), what a way to make your dollar go even further.

This Alphabet - pick it up in the store

Look what is new.

More in the store!

Happy NSD... scrap some memories!!

Tracy