Thursday, December 19, 2013

Oh, Holy Night Release from Karen Diamond Designs

The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” With all of the red and green everywhere this time of year Karen Diamond is bringing Christ back to Christmas. Her beautiful new kit is called OH, HOLY NIGHT and it is perfect for all of those beautiful Christmas pageant photos that you have. How about your photos of the live nativity scenes that you visit or any photos that you just want a kit that really brings to mind that Christmas Spirit. This is the kit you want, perfect for all your holiday needs.
Oh, Holy Night is a S4H kit and has been quality checked and ready for you to use!!
Bonus: When purchasing Oh, Holy Night you will received the Cardstock and Glitter Pack.
You can now get the kit, cardstock, and glitter pack at 60% off…. that is for only $2.00 for high quality digital scrapbooking kit!! This is a great deal!! Hurry though, the price is only good through the end of the month.

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Sunday, December 15, 2013

New SNP Blog Train Giveaway "Christmas Time"

When Hilary Duff sang, 
"We're all here... and that's enough
Christmas, Christmas, that wonderful Christmas time!"
I had to agree! For me, the holidays are about family, and giving and making others happy. 

I hope that you all enjoy this month's Scraps-N-Pieces blog train "Christmas Time". 
Isn't it lovely? 


Here is my contribution this month. 

Click the preview above to download!

As usual I put a coordinating freebie up on my Facebook page. Here is a sneak peek of that. 
You need to go and like my page to download the second part. Yes, you ARE seeing extractions again! I extracted the holly in both parts, the string in the second part, the knots in both parts and I sewed the felt bird ornament and then extracted it in the second part and that's the same bird I used for the bird papers. 
If you already follow me on Facebook, that is the banner that I sneak peeked for you guys a month ago, as well. 

Okay, on with our "Christmas Time" train. Here is the list of the rest of your stops. 
Enjoy your holidays! 

(Oh! If you are looking for the Holiday Whimsey downloads, they are still good until December 31st. Check the links to the right -> and up ^)

Janece Suarez Designs <-- You are here! :)

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Christmas Cheer New Release by Ponytails Designs

Ponytails Designs has some seasonal splendor for you today! Christmas Cheer is full of pretty, sparkly, shiny goodness... let the bright packages, crisp papers, and sparkly embellishments be a reflection of all the wonderful aspects of the Christmas season! 30% off this week! _prev buy gingerscraps 300pxbuy scraps n pieces
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In the spirit of the season, Ponytails has also decided to discount her other Christmas kit, Let the Season Shine, to 50% off for the remainder of the month. Grab it at GingerScraps or ScrapsNPieces. Don't forget that you can still pick up the journal card freebie created with Let the Season Shine, right HERE.
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Happy Holidays!

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Day 11 Holiday Whimsey Giveaway 12 Days of Christmas

So this is the last of my pieces. I won't lie; I am a little tearful. I really enjoyed making this kit for you guys! It was so wonderful making this kit with my daughter, Caitlin and my daughter in law, April. 
This was truly a labor of love. 
Enjoy your holiday. Enjoy your family. If this kit means that you were able to keep some of your hard earned money, or have that few extra dollars that you needed to make your holiday more merry...
then that it what I wanted most for Christmas. 

Holiday blessings of love, light, laughter and good health to all of you!
Don't forget to get Day 12 at April's tomorrow at LyllahRaven Designs. 
These links will be active until December 31st. 

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Day 9 of Holiday Whimsey Giveaway 12 Days of Christmas

By now you all may be wondering....why on earth would these two small time designers choose to collaborate on a freebie Christmas scrapbooking kit. On Day 7, I shared that my teenage daughter, Caitlin chose to get involved with this kit. 
The connection is that April of LyllahRaven Designs is my daughter in law! She loved what she saw after I began scrapbooking and designing and decided that she couldn't be left out of the fun! She's married to my oldest son, and mother to five (yes, FIVE) of my grand children. 
April has been like one of my own children for about 10 years now. She and my son lived with us in the beginning while he finished his phlebotomy training. I was her doula when she gave birth the first few times.
So as you can now see, the Holiday Whimsey collaboration has literally been a family collaboration!
So from my family to yours...

Day 9!

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Tomorrow you visit April again at LyllahRaven Designs and I will see you here on Dec. 11th for the last of my pieces to this kit. Time flies! 

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Mrs. Claus Giveaway CT Freebie Holiday Whimsey Add On


I thought I'd see if I could made Mrs. Claus from the "Stan and Stella" kit that my friend, LilyAnn
with A Fish Design made. I was SO EXCITED at how she turned out that I asked my fans if 
she needed to be a part of the Holiday Whimsey giveaway. 
The answer, of course was a resounding "YES!".  Luckily LilyAnn was happy to have a freebie from a member of her Creative Team. So here we are with a Mrs. Claus for all of you! 
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Day 7 of Holiday Whimsey 12 Days of Christmas

Oh my gosh, Day 7!! Day 7 is ESPECIALLY fun!

So there I was working on this kit, and my daughter, Caitlin, (who is a super talented artist) came and sat next to me and she said, "Mom, I want to work on this kit with you." It brought tears to my eyes. What was it they said in the old Christmas cartoon, "And his heart grew ten sizes that day?" She has never shown any interest in my scrapbooking or style of digital art. At 17, she's her own person and I am so proud of who she has become. This meant a lot to me though.

So Caitlin designed this piece. She drew it. She chose what should be which color and texture. All I did was make it work. Today's part of Holiday Whimsey is subtitled:
Caitlin Makes Christmas

Enjoy!

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Don't forget to visit April at Lyllahraven Designs for Day 8, meet me back here for Day 9. To check out Caitlin's regular art, she has a fan page on Facebook HERE

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Holiday Whimsey Day 5 of 12 Days of Christmas

On the fifth day of Christmas, Janece gave to me....

This is the smallest piece of Holiday Whimsey. I almost didn't include some of these bits at all. Then at the last minute I said, "Nope. I made them. I'm sharing them anyhow." It's not that I don't like them. I really do. I just wasn't sure they fit with this kit. So, do I share them now or....

Or leave them on my computer to forget why I saved them. lol 

Except for one. Can you guess which it is? It's a preview of one of the days to come. 

Enjoy! 

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

3rd Day of Christmas Holiday Whimsey

On the 3rd Day of Christmas, Janece gave to me...more Holiday Whimsey! 
You guys remembered to go over to April's blog at Lyllahraven Designs to get part 2 of the kit yesterday, right? No?  Okay, I'll wait. Fa la la lala...oh good! You are back! 
The pieces to Holiday Whimsey will be up only until December 31st! Then they are gone forever!
So don't forget to get them while you can. Wasn't April's part two adorable? 

Okay time for part 3! I made you a new sneak peek also. 

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Don't forget to pop over to April's tomorrow for Day 4, and I will see you back here for Day 5! 

Sunday, December 1, 2013

12 Days of Christmas "Holiday Whimsey" Day 1

One the first day of Christmas, Janece gave to me...
SCRAPPING GOOD-IES 
(If you stretch the word "goodies" out, that works. I promise.)

Okay, so the 12 Days of Christmas collaboration kit giveaway. Here is how it will work. 
Sort of like an advent calendar, but just for 12 days. You can't SEE the piece. 
Not until you download it and open it anyway. Just like a Christmas gift! :) 

Every day, December 1st through
December 12th, you will visit either my blog or April's at LyllahRaven Designs
Every day one of us will post a new piece of the kit. 12 pieces total. 
This is a HUGE KIT. We each worked on our parts separately, but we also worked on the kit 
together as a team so hopefully you have plenty of everything. I know that my part has approximately 
50 elements and 30 papers. I just kept adding so the numbers kept changing! 

This kit was so much fun and I cannot wait to see you guy enjoy it! 

Click on the Sneak Peek to download Part 1 
Happy 1st Day of Christmas! 

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

"Chocolate Covered Everything" is December's BitsnPieces Theme at SNP

This month the theme at SNP for Bits-n-Pieces is "Chocolate Covered Everything. YUM! 
A Fish Design made the card stock and a pretty template pack for this theme. Both of these pieces will be on sale for ONLY $1 from Dec 1st through Dec 7th. Then they go up to full price. 

Feast your eyes on the card stocks below. Aren't those colors scrumptious?!!
You are thinking about yummy things covered in chocolate now; aren't you? Me too! 


Now for the templates!!! Pretty, versatile AND they look good enough to eat! 


My fellow "STARS" did a fabulous job as always. I'm lucky to work with such talented ladies!

    

Don't forget to grab these while you can! 
Remember $1 from 12/01/13 through 12/07/13

Happy Scrapping! 

Sunday, November 24, 2013

A Fish Design New Releases and Sale!

LilyAnn from A Fish Design put Seasons of Change in her store at SNP.  And it is 50% off for the first week.  Don't you just love the muted tones with the pops of yellow and orange?


Her newest, never seen before item, is a set of Quick Pages.  These she made using her favorite kit (so far) Just Lovely.  This kit is so flexible it could be used for any pic showing love and compassion.  Not to mention it is just perfect for Valentine's Day!
This set of Quick Pages will also be on sale for the first week of release.


Here is where I used this kit to scrap my wedding day!


Both of these new kits are linked to the Scraps-n-Pieces store for your convenience. 

Also, if you are still looking for the Dr. Who blog train, it is still here! Scroll down or click HERE






Saturday, November 23, 2013

50th Anniversary of Dr. Who (I'm so excited!)

Update:
This was available here FREE until December 31st 2013. It was FAN ART ONLY and freely shared as such. I have discovered that it was pirated and is still being sold on certain websites, in spite of my multiple attempts to have it removed. Please DO NOT PAY for this mini kit or any of the others that were a part of this fan art blog train. Contact any of the artist designers involved and I am sure that we will be happy to work with a fellow Whovians to get you a FREE mini kit. It's art, and it's a celebration. It was meant to be shared, and to keep in accordance with what the BBC allows so that no copyright infringement would occur AND in the sense of community, unselfishness and wonder that Dr. Who has always fostered and inspired.




Dr. Who is a phenomenon. Everyone who has ever enjoyed the show seems to have their favorite incarnation, or version, of The Doctor. I remember staying up past my bedtime as a child to watch the show with my mother when Tom Baker was sporting the famous long scarf!

The Doctor shows us that we should never be alone. It isn't healthy to dwell too much on things that happened in our past. He teaches us to explore, to learn, to jump in and swim and that it's okay to be afraid. One simply puts on a brave face and opens the next door just the same. He has proven that you don't have to have muscles, or be pretty to save the world, nor do you have to be ugly or scary to be a villain. He taught me to be observant, to be kinder to machines, to accept that the unknown might really be known just not yet understood, that trust has to be unconditional and that people tend to see only what they want to see in other people. So look deeper.

Obviously I have had a love of Dr. Who that has lasted for many years, and the things that I have enjoyed in the program have evolved as I have matured. Clearly my fangirl squeals are contagious, because my husband and children are now Dr. Who fans as well. My two older sons watch it with their wives, and our teenagers join my husband and I for every episode.

I was thrilled to be invited to join and contribute my FAN ART in the form of a digital scrapbooking mini-kit for personal use only. You can scrap those pictures of everyone gathered at your house to watch the 50th Anniversary Episode: Day of the Doctor! :)

Here is my portion, just click the preview below to download.

Here is a layout I made with my mini. 
Yes, I did make my husband a scarf like Tom Baker wore when he was the 4th Doctor. 

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Thank you for joining us in an effort to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary! Please remember: All kits included in this blog train are Personal Use Only and are strictly WORKS OF FAN ART. No part of any of these kits are to be sold or traded for monetary gain.

Here is a list of the rest of the stops on this journey of Whovian adventures. 
Have fun using this free fan art to scrap your family enjoying watching Dr. Who together.

Janece Scraps <-- You are here! 
Psephi's Creative Corner

One of my sweet fans shared that Craft Button Designs also has a Dr. Who kit to give away also. Please remember that this is not a regular part of our "blog" train so once you click her link, you will go to Facebook instead of a blog. She does have the link on her page to get you back to here to my blog, though, and I have ALL of the links on my Facebook page if you get too lost! Enjoy!
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Movember by Ponytails Designs

Get your moustache on! Are the men in your life sporting some interesting new facial hair? Movember is all about raising awareness for men's health issues. Just as October has become synonymous with breast cancer awareness, so has November become the month of the moustache... and raising awareness for prostate cancer and other men's cancers. From the official Movember website: "Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the world. Through the power of the moustache, vital funds and awareness are raised to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges." This is a cause that became very personal to Natasha this year, as her father was diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer early in the year. Thankfully, he is now officially cancer-free! Natasha wants to do her part by bringing attention to this cause, and hopefully raising some funds herself. 

 All proceeds from the sale of Movember will be donated to the Movember foundation.

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 To learn more about Movember please visit: http://ca.movember.com/about To visit Natasha's personal Movember page (and make a donation if you like!) please visit: http://ca.movember.com/mospace/9551141