Ok, here’s your challenge!!  We’re gonna scrap by numbers!   I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!  Be sure to post your layouts to Kalo Designs Facebook page and we’ll pick a winner via random.org for a 50% off a $5 purchase!!!

Your layout needs to include (no more and no less):

6 pictures

5 elements

4 word title (a title with 4 words)

3 stitching or ribbons

2 pieces of cardstock

1  journaling ( only 1 journaling spot)

You have until Sunday August 1 at 11:59pm to enter.  We’ll announce the winner Wednesday August 4.

Here’s mine!

Here’s a couple more of my layouts with Beach Keen!

I can’t wait to see everyone’s layouts!!

It’s time again for my weekly newsletter and we’re gearing up for a BIG newsletter next week.

We’re cleaning house and remodeling and I can’t wait to share the finished results with everyone next week. I just love a makeover!!!!

Don’t Forget….

There is still time to get your layouts in for the Lift a Team Member Challenge. This is a fun and easy challenge and everyone who participates will have a chance to win a 50% off coupon to my PDP Shoppe!

There’s only a few hours left to win this weeks new release on my FB Fan Page. Just leave a comment under yesterday’s sneak peek/QOTD for your chance to win!

Congratulations to last Week’s Winners!

Congrautlations to Erica Nunez for winning last week’s sneak peek contest!!! Erica won the kit Ker-Plunk for free by posting a comment under last week’s sneak peek answering the question of the day.

Who will be our next winner? Check out our Fan Page for all your chances to win.

Collabracadabra

It almost time again for another magical Collabracadabra!

This month’s collab is granny’s attic. A huge collection of papers, elements, an alpha, and layout templates with a vintage feel. Here is a preview of all that you can collect, if you visit every blog.

Don’t forget to stop by my blog on August 1st to collect my portion of the collab.

New Releases

Reminder: All new releases are 20% off the day of release. Discount is given at checkout.

Beachy Keen

Full Size 12″x12″ Kit. Includes 12 papers, 39 elements and 157 alpha characters in 3 colors. All papers and elements are at 300 ppi. Personal Use / S4H / or S4O OK.

Alpha Includes:
157 upper case and lower case English, European, Numeric and Special Characters in separate .png files and 7 all-in-one .png sheets and in 3 colors.

Elements Include:
1 Buoy String, 3 Buttons, 1 Set of Coconuts, 1 Crab, 1 Flourish, 3 Flowers, 1 Folded Ribbon, 2 Frames, 1 Glitter Splatter, 1 Palm Tree, 5 Flat Ribbon, 3 Ricracs, 1 Set of Sand Hills, 1 Screw, 1 Staple, 1 Starfish, 1 Stitching, 1 String, 1 Sun, 1 Container of Sunscreen, 5 Surf Boards, 1 Surf Board Border. 1 Piece of Double Tape, 1 Set of Waves

12 Papers Include:
6 Multi-Colored textured Patterned Papers and 6Textured Solid Papers

Creative Team Inspiration

Angela	Melanie
Melissa	Sarah
Melissa	Melissa
Melanie

Have a great rest of the week everyone and…

Happy Scrapping!

It’s Stacy here and I hope everyone had a great week and is looking forward to a nice and relaxing weekend!

Today I not only have this week’s LOTW but I also have a challenge for everyone. First though, let’s check out this week’s LOTW.

Layout of the Week

This week’s layout of the week is by Angela. She used my County Fair kit to scrap a few of the gorgeous photographs she took of her family at the fair. Just look at those happy and excited little faces!

Since Angela is on my creative team, I thought if would be fun to ask her a few questions and get to know her a bit more.

Q: Tell us a little about you!

A: I am a SAHM. I have 2 boys, 3 if you count the hubby, which I do. I live in Florida and have for pretty much all my life. Obviously I love scrapping, but I also like to cook. We own our own business so that we can have a more open schedule so we can be there more for our kids.

Q: How long have you been scrapping?

A: Hmmm. I dabbled in paper scrapping when my youngest was born 5 years ago. I liked the idea of scrapping, but didn’t like the mess. I’m not one of the lucky ones who have a whole room dedicated to creating. So jealous of you guys. I started dabbling in digital about 2 years ago, give or take. I liked it a lot, but got really frustrated with it because I didn’t know how to use Photoshop. I knew what I wanted to do on my layout but just couldn’t figure out how to do it. Then about a year ago I decided I wasn’t going to let Photoshop beat me and I started looking for every tutorial I could get my hands on. Finally about 8 months ago it clicked and I haven’t stopped since. I am totally an addict and proud of it.

Q: Did you start with paper and then move to digital?

A: Yes, but ironically I love to do paper to digital challenges. Go figure.

Q: What is your favorite part of a kit to scrap with, and why?

A: That is a really tough question. It all depends on my mood and the mood the kit puts me in. I really like stitches, because they always add a nice little extra touch and you can use them with pretty much any kind of kit. I like clusters too. You can put them pretty much anywhere in your layout and they look great. Okay one more, the paper. If you have good paper you can make pretty much anything you want to with it. Frames, alpha, shapes, blocking behind a photo. See I told you that was a really tough question.

Q: What is your favorite layout you’ve created? (Warning: Gorgeous layouts below!)

A: I couldn’t just pick one. lol

Congratulations Angela on being picked for this week’s LOTW!

Lift a Team Member Challenge

This week’s challenge is a scrap lift challenge. To play along, all you have to do is lift Angela’s layout from the LOTW post above. Post your layout to your favorite gallery no later than 11:59 PM PST on Thursday, July 29the 2010 and come back to this post and leave a comment with a link to your layout. The winner will be announced on next week’s LOTW post.

You can use any kit you want from any designer you want. You will also have an opportunity to earn up to 3 points and each point counts as an entry to win this week’s 50% off coupon at my PDP Shoppe.

Here is how you can earn points:

* You will earn 1 point just by participating.
* You can earn 1 additional point if you scrap lift with one of my Polka Dot Plum releases.
* You can earn 1 additional point if you post this layout to our Fan Layouts & Crafts Facebook Album.

That’s sounds easy and fun right?

I can’t wait to see everyone’s layouts and best of luck to all!

Have a great weekend and…

Happy Scrapping!

Melissa here taking over the blog for the day!!  My family and I just got back from vacation and I still have post vacation brain! So, I’m just gonna update you all on a few things!

Be sure to check out the new release ker-plunk over at Polka Dot Plum!!

I cant wait to see all the awesome layouts you gals create with this kit!

Be sure to check more designs over at DSW and DSO!!

Lift a Team Member Challenge – This Friday!

This Friday we not only have our LOTW but Stacy will have the pleasure of hosting our first ever Lift a Team Member Challenge.

This challenge is a simple scrap lift challenge and everyone who participates will have a chance to win a coupon for 50% off all orders of $5 or more at Stacy’s PDP Shoppe. The more you participate, the more chances you have to win.

Be sure to stop by her blog on Friday for all the details on how to participate and earn points good towards chances to win.

Be sure to keep a look about for—–

I soo can’t wait to find out more!!

Don’t forget to be a follower on Twitter and like on Facebook!

That’s all for me today!  I’ll be back next Thursday to hijack the blog again.  I’m gonna try and sweet talk Stacy into letting do a little challenge!

Melissa

I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer vacation!

This is the last summer before our boys being transitional kindergarten. It’s bitter sweet as I will miss having them around so much but I am also so excited for them to being school, meet new friends and make lasting memories.

I can’t believe how fast they’re growing up and yes, I know everyone told me this would happen, but it’s happening faster than I ever could have imagined.

Lift a Team Member Challenge – This Friday!

This Friday we not only have our LOTW but I will have the pleasure of hosting our first ever Lift a Team Member Challenge.

This challenge is a simple scrap lift challenge and everyone who participates will have a chance to win a coupon for 50% off all orders of $5 or more at my PDP Shoppe. The more you participate, the more chances you have to win.

Be sure to stop by my blog on Friday for all the details on how to participate and earn points good towards chances to win.

Congratulations to this Week’s Winners!

Congratulations to this weeks FB Fan Page winners Martina F., Patricia B., Jen Reed, Lorell R., Eirene N., Michelle S., Michelle H and Scrappity Doo Dah!

Martina won my County Fair kit by answering last week’s QOTD posted on my Fan Page. Check out next week’s sneak peek for another chance to win.

Patricia won this week’s new release by submitting the name Ker-Plunk for this week’s new release in the Name the Kit contest.

This past weekend we hit 350 fans on the Fan Page and Jen Reed, Lorell R., Eirene N., Michelle S., Michelle H and Scrappity Doo Dah were the random fans who popped up on the page so they all won a $5 coupon to one of my stores of their choice.

Who will be our next winner? Check out our Fan Page for all your chances to win.

Congratulations to everyone who won!!!

New Releases

This week’s new release is all about fun in the sun.

One of our favorite summer activities is watching our twins play in the pool. Our boys love everything that is summer; the pool, popsicles, and they absolutely love their sunglasses. Almost all the summer photographs I have of them involve sunglass on one, if not both, of the boys.

This release is on sale, today only, for 20% off.

Ker-Plunk!

Full Size 12″x12″ Kit. Includes 13 papers, 37 elements and 155 alpha characters in 3 colors. All papers and elements are at 300 ppi. Personal Use / S4H / or S4O OK.

Alpha Includes:
155 upper case and lower case English, European, Numeric and Special Characters in separate .png files and 7 all-in-one .png sheets and in 3 colors.

Elements Include:
1 Beach Ball, 3 Bows, 2 Buttons, 1 Set of Circles, 1 Cloud, 3 Funky Flowers, 2 Frames, 1 Life Ring, 1 Pool, 3 Popsicles, 5 Flat Ribbons, 4 Ric Racs, 2 Strings, 1 Sun, 3 Sun Glasses, 1 Girl’s Bathing Suit, 1 Boy’s Bathing Suit, 1 Swirl and 1 Set of Waves

13 Papers Include:
7 Multi-Colored textured Patterned Papers and 6 Textured Solid Papers

Creative Team Inspiration

Melissa	Melissa
Angela

 $2 Thursdays at DSW

For $2 Thursday’s this week I am adding my best selling Layered Paper Template sets. These template sets will be $2 each for one day only. That is a savings of 60%!

Have a great week everyone and I’ll see you back here on Friday!

Happy Scrapping!

Have a great week everyone and I’ll see you back here on Friday!

Happy Scrapping!

Here’s a look~>

Be sure to “like”  Kalo’s Fan Page on Facebook.  When we reach 350 fans there will be some freebies for some random fans!!

Ok, enough with the suspense here’s your freebie a template from me!!

Here’s my take!

And here’s your link  Melissa Blog Template (62).

Have a great weekend everyone!  Be sure to check back to see what’s in store for next week!

Melissa

We’re back this morning with new couple of new releases and so many ways to win my two latest kits and much, much more!

Contests, Contests and more Contests!

Have you ‘liked’ my new Fan Page and checked out all the contests and freebies you can get there? Here’s some of the fun, happening events going on over there.

Lisa Bailey was the winner of Aly’s tradition challenge last week and posted a gorgeous layout of her family’s annual camp out trip with her church. Congratulations Lisa! I hope you enjoyed your prize!

There’s a few hours left to enter to win today’s new release just by leaving a comment on my Fan Page under yesterday’s sneak peek. You have until 12:00 PM PST to enter so go check it out.

Later today, I will be posting a new contest on my Fan Page to win next weeks new release. This contest will be a name the kit contest, so all you have to do is suggest a name for the kit and you will be entered to win it.

As of right now, we have 340 fans. When we hit 350 fans I will be giving a freebie to a couple of random fans just for liking my Fan Page. And, everytime we hit another 50 mark I will have more freebies to give. Will you be one of those fans?

So if you haven’t checked out my Fan Page yet, be sure to head on over there and ‘like’ it. You never know, you may be the next winner!

Now, are you thinking ‘How am I ever going keep up with all these fun and games?’ We have you covered there too. I have added a new Events Page on my blog to keep track of all the going on’s and you can always see the upcoming week’s events on the side bar of my blog.

Featured New Release

It’s that time of year! We have already taken our little munchkins to our county fair and will be heading to our state fair this weekend.

The boys by far love all the farm animals more than any part of the fair. They always have and I have a feeling they will for many years to come.

At the county fair this year they got to brush a pig, give a pig water and pet some baby chicks. Memories they still talk about today.

County Fair

This new release is 20% off today only and available exclusively at Polka Dot Plum.

Full Size 12″x12″ Kit. Includes 12 papers and 38 elements. All papers and elements are at 300 ppi. Personal Use / S4H / or S4O OK.

Elements Include:
3 Award Ribbons, 5 Single Balloons, 1 Ballon Bunch, 2 Buttons, 1 Ferris Wheel, 1 Flag Banner, 3 Flowers, 3 Frames, 5 Labels, 1 Curled Ribbon, 5 Flat Ribbon, 3 Ric Racs, 1 Snap, 1 Staple, 1 String, 1 Single Ticket, 1 Ticket Strip

12 Papers Include:
8 Multi-Colored textured Patterned Papers and 4 Textured Solid Papers

Creative Team Inspiration

Melissa	Melissa
Alyssa	Angela
Melissa	Alyssa
Alyssa

New Releases

All commercial use releases are available at Digiscrap Obsession, Digiscrap Vault and Digiscrap Warehouse.

Rectangle Gift Box Template

Rectangle Gift Box Template perfect for small gifts and treats. Template comes in two sizes, one to fit a 12″12 printer and one to fit a standard 8 1/2″ by 11″ paper. Finished boxes measure approximately 2 3/4″ x 2″ or 2″ x 1 3/4″ (respectively) and comes in .layered .psd and png format at 300 dpi. No credit required.

Matchbook Template

Customizable Matchbook Templates perfect for as thank you gifts, business card and any occasion. Matchbook templates measures approximately 2950 pixel by 1045 pixels in layered .PSD format and .png format at 300 dpi. No credit required.

Napkin Ring Templates

3 Customizable Napkin Ring Templates perfect for any occastion. Napkin ring templates measures approximately 2100 pixel by 600 pixels in layered .PSD format and .png format at 300 dpi. No credit required.

Don’t forget to enter our contests for a chance to win some free gifts and have a great weekend!

Happy Scrapping!

Check out the Kalo Designs Fan Page to leave your comment and for a chance to win this kit!