KariQ Designs

Birds of a Feather Event at Scrappity-Doo-Dah!

>> Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I love the Birds of a Feather (BOF) event at SDD every month! All designers who participate use a common color swatch and everyone creates fun packs of goodies that coordinate. Then for three days that month, all those packs of goodies are on sale for ONE DOLLAR! Yep, I said $1 each! Awesome, huh??? :-) And its only for three days then designers set their goodies to regular price. The BOF event is set for February 12, 13, and 14, 20101!!! Don't miss it! During the event, you'll see a Birds of a Feather category on the left side of the store at SDD!

Here are my contributions. And yep, only $1 on February 12-14!

And here are more (but not all) goody packs that other awesome SDD designers have created!

New Friday Releases, Daily Download Freebie, and more!

>> Thursday, February 4, 2010

Don’t forget that the Scrappity-Doo-Dah New Releases Newsletter comes out on Fridays! And here is what you’ll see from me inside!

Moonberry is my newest kit release. I love the colors – greens and purples are my thing right now. I can’t get enough. Moonberry is available as a full kit or as separate element and paper packs. 13 papers include 9 grungy patterns and four solids. 36 elements include: two moons, a moon spray, bead sprinkle, glitter sprinkle, beads hanging from a string, ribbon bow, striped twirled ribbon, four fabric flowers with bling centers, two birds, journal strips, staples, single blueberry, single blackberry, snail, three different foliage branches (one with blueberries), twig frame, double frame, twine with purple flowers, single purple flower, two brown paper tags, twiggy wreath, and more! Everything is 300 dpi and quality checked!

Moonberry can be found HERE in my store at SDD!

Months & Years and Weekday Rings were both inspired by Project 365. I can’t imagine having to make all those layouts and take all those pictures. I’d rather design useful little embellishment packs that can be used on those layouts. LOL Here are two that I hope all you P365ers can use! Both can be picked up HERE in my store.

The Daily Download is back at SDD! And there is a brand new one available the first two weeks of February. (Don’t worry…you can still get Days 1, 2, 3, and 4!). And who wouldn’t want to pick up this wonderful kit by Red Ivy Designs for free?!? You can find the Daily Download right here in the SDD forums.

Just one last reminder about the Speed Scrap this weekend at SDD! I've donated coupons to be given out and I know other SDD designers have also. :-)

Sneak Peek - February 5 Release

>> Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Ok, last post for tonight...I promise! LOL (I told you I was a little behind) Check out a sneak peek for my Friday release:

I'm hosting a COLOR CHALLENGE at Scrappity-Doo-Dah!

Wanna have some fun at a great new challenge I just posted yesterday at SDD? I host a color challenge the first two weeks of every month. It being February, and my being a sucker for love and anything Valentine's Day related, I found these colors appropriate! LOL

You can earn dbl the challenge points if you use my Always & Forever kit available in my SDD store!

Need some inspiration?

Not enough detail? LOL - I did that on purpose. I didn't want you to have to read it all twice when you can read all the details HERE in the Challenge Forum at SDD! :-) I hope you participate and I look forward to all the beautiful layouts!

K2 Kreative Krew - CT Call :-)

If you haven't heard of our K2 Kreative Krew, let me introduce what its all about:

Here are the details:

KariQ Designs & Kris Myers Designs and their Kreative Krew are growing! Come join the fun with our fabulous Layout Artists! Our team has their own blog, a forum, and fun blog challenges.

When applying for a CT Layout Artist position on our team, please be aware of the following expectations that are required of our artists.

4 layouts per month, of which 50% of the layout should be of the kit you are highlighting
Only one layout per kit is required
Layouts posted to 3 different galleries, DST, SDD and the third is your choice
You get the choice of working with whomever's kit you desire (KariQ's or Kris')
Enabling of our kits with your layouts on a rotating schedule
Helping with a challenge promotion on your K2 Blog

Both Kris & I have moved our stores to Scrappity-doo-dah.com and have been having a great time at this new store. All of the creativity at this store is amazing, and you are sure to be inspired there. We are still uploading product, as well as adding new kits, which will offer plenty for you to play with. To see the great designs you could potentially be working with, click on our names below to go straight to our stores.

Kris Myers Designs

KariQ Designs

Our Collaboration Store

How to apply:

To apply for a position on the K2 Kreative Krew, please send an email to BOTH Kris & Kari, with the following information:

Your Name
Current responsibilities to any other Creative Team
A link to your gallery of layouts &
Program you are scrapping with

Thank you for taking the time to visit, and we wish you luck with your application. The call will be closed when the spots are filled, we will notify you within 48 hours if you have been selected or not. Stay tuned for announcements of our new team.

Thank you,

Kris Myers Designs: krismyersdesigns @ msn.com (remove the spaces)

KariQ Designs: kariqdesigns @ gmail.com (remove the spaces)

Lots of news! Speed Scrap and Very Cool Digi Resource

Hi Everyone! I've been wanting to get on here and post the last four nights and life kept getting in the way. And the announcements have been piling up! LOL But at least you get it all in one shot, huh? :-)

SDD has a speed scrap coming up this weekend! Did you know that lots of prizes are handed out, not to mention a participation prize? That's awesome!
Have you seen the February Digi Scrap Save Coupon Book? This coupon book premiered in January and let me tell you - its dbled in size! No searching for coupons in files all over your computer or spending time surfing the net. You can get all the coupons in one place and its free! Check it out here! And um.....I'll bet that if you look through it you, you'll find a coupon (a 1/2 page ad!!!) for yours truly! And it just might be that you get 30% of your purchase if you use that coupon code! But you gotta go check it out regardless of if you use my coupon. This is one cool digi resource.

More Photo Clippings...and a Freebie!

>> Friday, January 22, 2010

Hi Everyone! Its Friday and tell me....did you receive the Scrappity-Doo-Dah newsletter today? If you did, you saw lots of releases from me. :-) Some are re-releases...with the new SDD logo...and there are some new ones too! And of course, they are all available here in my exclusive store at SDD!

And now for the NEW RELEASES! :-)

And if you haven't used photo masks before and would like to try them....try this one for free! I think you'll love using it soo much that you'll want more. LOL

To use a photo mask in Adobe Photoshop: Place a photo over your photo mask, make sure your photo is selected in the layers palette, and press Ctrl + G (Photoshop) to activate the clipping mask. You can also choose Layer > Create Clipping Mask or Layer > Group with Previous, depending on your version of Photoshop.

Download here!

Are you quick with details and noticed that there wasn't a Photo Clippings #3 above? It skipped right from #2 to #4. Well....there is a #3, but its a surprise and it'll soon be revealed. :-) Stay tuned...

Do you Speed Scrap? And Freebie Alerts!

>> Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Hi Everyone!
Have you ever participated in a Speed Scrap? You haven't??? Ok...so I have to admit....neither have I. In fact, I don't even know what they are all about. BUT....you want to join me this weekend at one at SDD?? You can read all about it here in the forum at SDD!

I hear its supposed to be an evening of fun, chatter and scrapping! There will be plenty of generous RAKs from fabulous SDD designers as well as one AMAZING participation prize from Victoria Feemster! If I don't convince you to go, you should go just for the wonderful prizes!!! And a kit from Victoria Feemster......wow!

Here are some great freebies I came across while surfing the last few days. They look really fun!

Digital-Crea

Damayanti's Studio

Daily Download at SDD - Don't forget!

>> Sunday, January 17, 2010

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to let you know of something going on at SDD for the remainder of January. SDD always has a daily download and if you get all the pieces, it makes up a great kit! Look at this great kit available now and its created by Vonnie's Digiworld and Victoria Feemster. These are two awesome designers, so don't miss this! :-) I've even given you a link. Bookmark it and check back daily. :-)

Daily Download at SDD

Also, another event that happens at SDD is the Birds of a Feather event. Every month, designers at SDD use the same color swatch and create element and paper packs. For three days, all of those are available for only $1! Wahoo! Today (Sunday) is the last day to take advantage of these great deals! Here is my contribution for January!

Birds of a Feather - January 2010!

Brand New Kit and a Challenge!

>> Friday, January 8, 2010

Check out my brand new kit in the store! Of course, if you get the Scrappity-doo-dah newsletter, then you've already seen it! :-)

Inspiration for this kit came from Jennifer Goldberger's artwork titled Rain. I used her art to create the current Color Challenge at SDD. You can check out the challenge here! You can earn 5o points by completing this challenge if you use the kit. Don't forget to use my grand opening coupon code to get 30% off. (scroll down to next post for the coupon code.......not to mention great freebies are below!)

I collabed with Faith True!!!!

>> Monday, January 4, 2010

Collaboration with Faith True!
I'm still kind of in disbelief! When SDD asked me to collab with Faith True....I sat there with my mouth hanging open. I blinked a couple of times and there it was.....still on my Yahoo IM screen! Have you seen Faith draw? Wowsa is all I can say. See....I can't draw at all. Seriously, my straight lines can't even be called straight lines. Doodles don't even look right and don't they call them doodles for a reason? Ok, enough about me. Back to my collab with Faith True!!!! And not only did I get to collab with her, she is the guest designer this month at SDD!!!! I'm soo excited!

Here it is - Sweet Love by Faith True Originals and KariQ Designs

DigiScrapSave - A Great Digi Resource!
Have you heard about DigiScrapSave? Its a great new resource for ALL obsessed, crazed digiscrappers (like you and me!). Here is what they have to say......
"Have you ever wanted to go to just one site and subscribe to just one newsletter to know of a bunch of fabulous coupons that you could be using to save the big bucks on your digi supplies? Well... you have come to the right place!"
January was their first release of the coupon book! If you haven't seen it yet, check it out here!

Grand Opening, Big Sale, and of course A FREEBIE!

>> Sunday, January 3, 2010

WAIT!!! Before you scroll down, like the crazed, obsessed, digiscrapper you are (I know....I was there once! LOL), please please read my news. I promise to make it short! LOL

I'm sooo excited! January 1 has finally come and that means the opening of my store at Scrappity-doo-dah! I am no longer at Plain Digital Wrapper! Sad, but true. My designs can now be exclusively found at Scrappity-Doo-Dah (SDD)! And to celebrate my move, my whole store at SDD is on sale! WAHOO! :-) 30% off storewide!

I really feel like celebrating, so not only am I having a 30% storewide Grand Opening sale, I'm also giving you this paper pack freebie. I hope you enjoy!

(see, I told you I'd keep it short this time! LOL)