Camp Giggle

I love camping! Yes I do.  It's no wonder that I eventually ended up joining outdoor clubs and mountaineering activities a long time ago (before my children were born).  And I still love it....the call of the wild still sings a song in my heart (hmm....that's a journal page waiting to be written and drawn!)  But again, camping is another activity I wish I could have time for.  What is it with my struggle with time?

I always have fun images when I think of camp, going off on adventures, exploring (real or imagined places).  I think that's what Rachelle (Designs by Doodelle) had in mind while creating her latest kit, CAMP GIGGLE.  Such a wonderful complement to our adventure, travel and yes, camp photos.

Camp Giggle - Available at Mscraps at 20% off

Here is my layout, it's my nephew camping out in his stuffed toy storage tub, surrounded by all his animal friends - both real and stuffed :)

And a little freebie for you! 

Download: Camp Giggle Freebie QP by SassyIndy

Don't forget to keep checking in and drop by Rachelle's blog and Pom's blog for some wonderful give-aways.

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After A Long Absence...

I'm back! Nope, I haven't really gone anywhere, I just got too busy because of:

a) back-to-back deadlines.
b) I was packing lots and lots...and lots of stuff. 
c) I moved out of the house I lived in for five years and into a tiny 45 sq meter condo. 
d) I was unpacking lots and lots of stuff + moving and pushing and pulling stuff around trying to make this new little place I call home look...well... like home.  (I still need to do and buy so many things!!! I need shelves and closet space!! a new bed, fridge, washing machine...)
e) trying to squeeze in some more work (I'm in semi-panic mode now because of quickly depleting resources and upcoming bills).
f) battling fatigue...bone on bone weariness from the stress of it all - I slept the whole day last Wednesday, I think it all just sank in.  All that adrenaline just came crashing down and my body just could not make it through the day - Yes, I hear you!! REST.  And so I did. 

And I am thankful.  For everything that has gone and for everything that is coming my way.  God truly is good.

I'm feeling much better today and trying to catch up on everything I need to cross off my list.  Don't you love crossing things off your list? I do.  It gives me such a sense of accomplishment.  My version of a list now is to write down the things I need to do, my appointments, deliverables on small post-it notes and tape them to my mirror.  Every time I finish something, I take the post-it note down and throw it away.  I find it very, very helpful. 

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On another note, I have got some cute little surprises for you to download :)  My dearest Rachelle of Rachness Designs (Doodelle) has come out with two adorable kits at MScraps.  Got to play around with them below:

Creative Soul  (S4H/S4O) released last August 13 is a kit truly after my own heart, all those doodle goodies in one kit, ah!!!!  I thought it fitting to create a layout with myself in it :) The photos were taken during the Wedding Summit event last June.  I designed the cake which was executed by Cake Concepts and the tarp I was sitting on is based on a drawing I did for the Thunderbird Resorts booth.

Creative Soul is available as a kit

or available as an Element Pack

And here is my Creative Soul Quick Page freebie for you :)

Download HERE.

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Wait! Before you go, there's more!

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For release today at MScraps is Rachelle (Doodelle's) Travelogue.  A travel themed kit to scrap your travel memories.  Such wonderful muted colors, I really love all those doodles and that cute little camera :)

That's my adorable little nephew picking strawberries, he is just the yummiest little baby boy I know (yeah, I'm quite biased but he really is such a CUTIE!), just look at those curls!

Travelogue Kit is available at MScraps today - August 20th at 20% off!!! 

it is also available as an Element Pack, also 20% off

And here is my Travelogue Quick Page Freebie for you :)

Download HERE.

Do drop by Rachelle's (Doodelle's) blog to give her thanks for allowing me to give this out to you, there's a give-away going on at the MScraps Forum and go check in on Pom's blog to see her fab layout!! You may just find some goodies in store for you.  

Have a great, fruitful day and a wonderful weekend ahead of you!

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Dear Darling by Rachness is now Available!

This is my most favorite of Rachness' kits :)  I really just love the color palette, the elements (especially those rub-ons) and her papers, they just come together perfectly.  Can't you see I was inspired when doing the layout above? 

 See what I mean? Adorable! 

It's also got a really cute handwritten looking alpha included if you purchase the full kit:

Dear Darling is available now at Mscraps at 20% off from Today until Monday. 

Drop by Rachelle's blog, Doodelle to check out more layouts by my fabulous co-CT members Pom and Tammy, who by the way also have something for you in their blogs.

A sweet little Darling Surprise for you from me: 

Download: Dear Darling QP Freebie by SassyIndy (Personal Use Only)

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Blushing Dolls

I'm taking a short break to introduce to you Rachness' new kit, "Blushing Dolls" which is 30% off at her store at MScraps today!

Isn't is so pretty? I am always amazed by her creativity.  I just love the feel of her whimsical doodles, she does it so effortlessly.  Those dolly's are just so cute and her papers, WOW! I love the texture, so rich, like you can actually feel the grain.  

Here is my layout, I put myself in it, hehe, I make myself blush, LOL!:

Rachelle has so generously allowed me to turn this into a QP Freebie for you. :)

Before I give out your QP, I'd like to show you some of the new stuff she has out for you today at her store at MScraps:

This Doodly Alpha is so cute! You can recolor this to your hearts content.

Here are more of her So Simple Photo Masks & Borders, can I say they get better and better! Can't wait to use them on my photos ;)

Download QP Freebie Here:

Sassyindy_BDbyRachness_QP Freebie

 (so sorry for those that dropped by and got the wrong link, I have corrected the link and you may download now the correct file, thank you Pom for alerting me!)

A little word of thanks would be nice once you download here.  And please don't forget to drop by Rachelle's blog to thank her too for allowing me to give this to you.

I just saw Pom's blog "Pom's Breathing Room" and she has got another wonderful layout that she is giving away as a freebie using the Blushing Dolls kit.  Head on over there after you download this and give that very talented artist your biggest hug of thanks!

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Rachness in a New Store! plus QP freebie!

So sorry for the late post, if you have been coming over here from Doodelle's blog and not found anything, have not been feeling well and decided to make an early night of it last night.  But I'm here now, feeling just a wee bit better, can't let you all wait too long, hee hee.

I can't wait to tell and show you! Guess who is designer at a spanking new store? My very dear friend Rachelle Nessia of Rachness Designs has found a new home at Memory Scraps (MScraps) and I have been privileged to have been able to use her new designs before they were put up for sale at the store.

Look at what she has in store for you:

CURLY DOODLES

CURLY DOOS

BRUSHED PACK 1

2 HUG IS 2 LOVE

Aren't they so cute??? Wheee! I loved playing with them and I'm sure you will too! Grab them soon while they are on sale okay?  Clicking on the kit name above will take you directly to her store.

I have a layout with my son Enzo which I made with the 2 Hug is 2 Love Kit and the Curly Doos and would love to show it to you.  I also created a QP freebie out of that layout which you may download below.

Journaling: Times like these are too precious.  I want to keep you from growing too fast but growing up is inevitable and I cannot stop time.  Just always remember that my love for you knows no measure and I just want to keep you in my arms and always safe from all harm.

Here is the free QP:

Download Here: Sassyindy QP for Rachness 2H2L

Please don't forget to head on over to Rachelle's blog - Doodelle to give her a big hug and thanks for allowing me to share this QP with you.  

You can head on over to Pom's blog: "Pom's Breathing Room" also for another sweet QP.   Don't forget to also give her your hug and thanks!  Oh, let me mention, I am so thankful and relieved to know that Pom is alright after her scare with the big C.  I'm so glad you are alright Pom, wish I could give you a real hug from here ;) Go on over to her blog to read all about it and check out her layouts, she's such a marvelous layout artist! 

Have a blessed day ahead!

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Saying Goodbye to Digiscrap Designing...for the meantime

Well its official, I'm saying goodbye to my short stint as a digi-scrap designer at Bouquet of Pixels for the meantime. Life has a way of taking over and no matter how hard I try, I could not seem to find the time to create kits on a fixed schedule. Joni has been very nice and very patient with me and I'd really like to thank her for giving me the chance to participate. I do hope that when everything is in place I do get to start digiscrap designing again. Of course, this does not mean that I will stop doing digi-design work, just that I really can't promise to keep up and continuously produce kits and digi elements on a consistent basis.

My stuff over at BOP will be removed from their store and so I will be hosting the items over here at my blog for the meantime if anyone would be interested to purchase them.

I've also got a little wordart freebie I created for a page I scrapped:

Here is the page I scrapped:

And here is the download link:
SASSYINDY_WORDART_INYOURARMS.zip


ENJOY!!

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Oh So Sweetly!

Good Morning! Its "hump day" today which means, the work week is almost over! Did you know that an American English idiom for Wednesday is "hump day", a reference to making it through to the middle of the work week as getting "over the hump?" I actually just found that out this week when someone referenced it...LOL!

Have you had your dose of sweets today? Delicious brewed coffee laced with sugar and cream? Dark bittersweet chocolate or the creamy melt-in-your mouth kind? Softly layered cakes or tall glasses of milkshakes? Ummm... talk about all these is making me drool. If you haven't had your dose today or have not had enough - let me add some delicious digital freebies! Maybe this will whet your appetite and maybe make you crave for more?

Rachness Designs and Krazy Mary is out with their SOTB collab called "Sweetly" which is crammed with lip-smacking sweetness and original hand-drawn goodness from Rachelle and combined with the soft, dreamy designs from Mary. Perfect for scrapping sweet moments and the people who make our lives sweet.

Here's my layout:

Now if that won't whet your appetite for sweets, try this little QP freebie which I created from this super delicious kit!


DOWNLOAD 4Shared HERE.
DOWNLOAD Mediafire HERE.

Don't miss this kit over at SOTB which is currently 50% off!

A little note of thanks on my shoutbox, comments form or 4shared would be sweet ;)

Oh, BTW, Rachelle is throwing a party! And she's giving away goodies! So head on over to her blog "Doodelle" and sign up.  I'm so excited to see what she has in store for us all.  

Have a fun sweet day!

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MONSTER!MONSTER! KIT ADD-ON FREEBIE

Yesterday, I revealed my new kit for sale - "Monster! Monster!" which is available at BOUQUET OF PIXELS at 30% off.


I've got more freebies up my sleeve! Yesterday we had two gorgeous QP's from Susie (aka Psychozoe) and today my dear Rachelle of Rachness Designs (some of you know her as Doodelle) has put up 2 more Quick Pages up at her blog! Rachelle is a fellow Filipina (Pinay Power!) who I have been following and whose doodles have inspired me to take a jump into digi-designing. Thank you Rachelle for being such an inspiration and for answering my little questions here and there.

Did you know that I've been digi-scrapping since 2007? I'm amazed that some designers only started digi-scrapping recently and have moved on to do the designing bit so quickly, I think the reason it has taken me this long to take this leap is my natural reticence and shyness to showcase my work. I'm my worst enemy and have always found it hard to have my work scrutinized by a lot of people. Like Rachelle mentioned in her blog, I am Filipina and I took up Architecture as my college major and have always had a fondness for writing and doodling all over my notebooks and doing craft work as a kid. This has extended into adulthood with various projects I would find myself into - like my jewelry making bead collection (I have all sorts of materials stashed away that I know I'll use one day), sewing, painting...always having to create something. But I would always shy away from the limelight, preferring to work by myself and with holding myself even when other people tell me I have talent in me.

That is why I am so glad to have discovered dig-scrapping and I just can't get enough of how supportive the community is with one another. Here I discovered my passion for art reborn. Here I discovered that I need not shy away and that I always have a supportive audience. I love it that each time I scrap or create a design, I end up learning something new. I love it because there are so many Random Acts of Kindness in this community and everyone seems to Pay It Forward. I love it because here we come to get to know one another and make connections with people who are half-way around the world and yet, we are still essentially the same, united in our love for the craft.

For everyone who has taken the time to read, thank you. And those who have chosen to download my creations, thank you - I shall always strive to create new things to give-away, this is my way of Paying Forward too. If you want to receive news on new kits out and new freebies up, you can subscribe to my blog via email or feeder so you'll always be updated. Just head to the top of my blog to subscribe.  I'm also on Twitter!

Now lets get on to what you have been waiting for (clap, clap, clap!) Here is a preview of Rachelle's layouts and the QP's she has made out of my Monster!Monster! Kit which she is giving away at her blog:




Click here to go to Rachelle (Doodelle's) blog and give her your shout of appreciation. Don't forget to drop by her blog on the 20th, she's got something cooking and you won't want to miss it!

Wait a minute! I also have got something for you! I created an Add-on Kit for Monster! Monster! This kit contains 4 sheets, 1 room scene sheet, a frame, a tag, 3 flairs, 2 ribbons, Monster word art and a special little bespectacled monster my son calls "Rotloaf!" If you have purchased my kit, be sure to grab this Add-on as well. Everything in the add-on is new and is not in kit for sale.


You may download via MediaFire here.
You may download via 4Shared here: Download#1.  Download #2

And in case you missed yesterday's freebie:

You may head on here to Psychozoe's blog! Don't forget to thank her!

I'd like to thank LORIE M, who dropped by my blog to say hi. It feels great to be acknowledged by your fellow Pinay! I only hope to achieve what she has achieved so far, she's got great designs and a loyal fan base!

And don't forget my kit Monster! Monster! is still on SALE 30% OFF at BOUQUET OF PIXELS. Hurry and grab it now, I'm so sure you will love it! It's a kit just perfect for both GIRLS and BOYS.

HUGS!
Indy

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I've Got Monsters On My Mind and All Over My Desktop plus Part 1 of my QP Bonanza Freebie

Not the big, bad scary monsters though, just the sweet ones you would want to be friends with in an imaginary land. And yes, I've got them on my mind and on my desktop because I have been working on them for 2 weeks, trying to make each one of them perfect for you - all 300 dpi and meticulously created with lots of love. I've even given them names - be sure to read the kit description below, then you'll know that my monsters live in the World of Smoon and they're all ready to step through the secret doorway to come and reside on your layouts! What FUN!

I'm so excited, this is my first kit ever for sale! I do hope you all like it and will want to keep it in your arsenal :) It's S4H and S4O friendly, which is something that is really important to me because I like to scrap for others a lot!

Here is the big reveal:



Now available at Bouquet of Pixels and is 30% OFF as part of my New Designer on the Block Sale.

Welcome to the World of Smoon! The home of my cute little monsters.

In here you'll meet Bella and Ted, the Monosaurus sweethearts. Bella and Ted always have so much fun in Smoon! They have a "secret door", in a secret place (no I can't tell you where it's at, or it won't be a secret anymore) where they hop from one dimension to another to meet their friends.

Ted's best buddy is Othello. Othello is a shy little boy because he thinks he looks like a monster, but everyone thinks he's adorable. Bella has a pet called Bleep, a little furry tri-color mono-floppasaurus. Bleep loves to stay on the couch, he sometimes hides himself by making himself invisible. Be careful when you sit on the couch, just say "floo" so that Bleep will get out of your way.

There is also Taffy, who is a very, very silly little monster. She likes to play tricks and make everyone laugh. Flit is the fat little bug, who loves to change his clothes - all the time!

I case you meet Horace, don't be afraid and give him a hug, Horace loves hugs, he just can't get enough of them. Horace's best friend is little Bloop, he loves to hide under anything and pretends to scare them away. But don't be scared, he won't hurt you.

And of course there is dear old Fumble, who watches over the secret doorway. Fumble makes sure that everything is okay in Smoon and that only the good come into the doorway.

Come along with me and create fun, fun memories with my friendly, funny and silly monsters!

Contains over 60 elements (monsters, 2 beds, 2 couches, a "secret doorway", buildings, frames, ribbons, borders, staple, word art, cloud, sun, halftones, journal frames, notebook and lots more!)

An array of 20 textured, grungy and sweet and bold plain and patterned sheets to choose from, including a 12 x 24 scenic spread to build a story book style layout.

All for only $3.49 now at Bouquet of Pixels for a limited time. Hurry over there and grab it and have lots and lots of fun!

My dearest CT Susie (aka Psychozoe) has created some awesome layouts!



She made them into QPs and I want to give them away to YOU!

So head on over to her FUN FUN blog and grab them and while your at it - get to know her. She's a great person and I'm glad I'm getting to know her. Thank you Susie for your hard work and for believing in my designs, its gives me so much encouragement to continue. You may grab the QPs at her blog here: QP Bonanza Freebie 1

And once you get drawn to the World of Smoon, hop on over to Bouquet of Pixels and purchase my kit at 30% OFF so you can create so much more layouts where my monster's can happily reside :)

Please don't forget to come back here because I have more QP freebies for you in the next couple of days and an add-on kit to Monster!Monster!

Hugs!

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