Celebrate your freedom to craft with 50% off my entire store

Happy 4th of July everyone! Why not celebrate your freedom to craft by buying yourself a little treat. To help you out I have put my whole store on sale for 50% off. You'll find a variety of items there including digital cutter files in SVG, GSD, KNK, AI, and WPC format, digital scrapbooking kits, and digital commercial use templates.

I know many of us are struggling with finances lately. So I created a file collection that contains all the cutter files you use the most in scrapbooking and card making at a grand price. It is on sale today for 50% off the original money saving price. That's a steal..you get 8 files for about $1.60 a piece. Click on the picture below to check it out in my Paperthreads store. All of these files are available in GSD, KNK, AI, WPC, and SVG format.



I have some other new files in my store too...check them out in the previous posts.

My birds have flocked all over cards in my card sketch challenge on PT. Here are a few examples from Paperthreads Forum members.



Don't you just love that little bow tie! Great job!



Check out what the bigger bird is saying to the little bird. I'll be copying this card one of these days. Awesome job!



What a colorful bird family. I love the sentiment! Very creative!

I'd love to see what you can create with my birds of a feather file. E-mail me your creations at shellysart@verizon.net. What! My little birdies haven't come to visit your house yet. Well then invite them over by purchasing them at 50% off today. Click on the preview below to purchase.




Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful 4th of July! Let freedom ring!
Shelly

Just the Basics, vacations membership, and CDT creations.

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all enjoying your Summer. It is glorious not to have to tote everyone to school and not having to bundle them up for cold weather. I'm looking forward to a 4th July picnic. It gives me an excuse to be off my diet for a day! LOL! I love firework photos too so that is another bonus of this holiday. Let Freedom Ring!

I know many of us are struggling with finances lately. So I created a file collection that contains all the cutter files you use the most in scrapbooking and card making at a grand price. It will be on sale starting tomorrow for 50% off the original money saving price. That's a steal..you get 8 files for about $1.60 a piece. Click on the picture below to check it out in my Paperthreads store. All of these files are available in GSD, KNK, AI, WPC, and SVG format.



Of course I realize you may not want to buy the whole collection especially if you've bought any of the files separately in the past. So you can get them all individually in my Paperthreads store. I've posted the newest ones below you can find the rest in my store. Click on the preview to check out the details and/or purchase.







I've been busy creating more files that are only available through the vacations and getaway membership at Paperthreads. I'll give you sneak peak of them below. I have 3 more to do to fulfill my membership obligations so I'll post them here as I get them done.





Like what you see?! Good now go over and buy that membership. Click on the AD below to purchase. It's a great deal as you get 50 files for only $15.00. Also, it is for an even greater cause. A fellow PT designer's husband is battling cancer and is unable to provide for their family of 8 so every dime of this membership goes to her family.



I'd like to share with you a stunning layout fellow PT forum member Pat created using my number charms file. It's just so fabulous! I love the colors she used and the stitching! Thanks Pat for sharing your layout with me! Click on the photo to see the layout larger.



If you want to do a layout similar to Pat's then click on the preview below to purchase my number charms file. It's also great for adding dates to layouts or ages to cards.



My Creative Design Team has been busy being very creative lately and I'd like to share with you some of their wonderful projects.




Would you believe both ladies used my 3-D butterflies file to achieve two totally different but grand looking cards? Lisa actually cut out two butterflies one in cardstock and the other out of acetate then stamped it and added jewels to the body to achieve a very elegant look. Click on the preview below to purchase the butterflies. Elizabeth cut the butterfly out of yellow cardstock plus the included butterfly accent out of white. She then added doodles with a black pen. She used my bracket fun file also (scroll up to see the preview of that file). The embossed paper paired with the doodled butterfly and inked brackets gives her card a very whimsical fun look!



Gotta get back to file making. Talk to you again soon! Have a glorious day!

Digital CU templates are in my store NOW and freebie!

Howdy!
I'm excited to announce I have a new element in my Paperthreads store. I have added a few Commercial Use Okay No credit required templates. They are in grayscale so that makes it a breeze to add your styles, clip paper to or colorize to match your digital kits. I hope to add many more in the future so please check back. Below are the previews of the ones in the store...click on the individual previews to be taken directly to the templates. Oh and these are available in layered PSD format and also separate PNGs for non-Photoshop users.













I have a ton of designs from my digital cutter files than can be easily be turned into templates. If you see a digital cutter file in my store you'd like turned into a CU digital scrapbooking template just e-mail me at shellysart@verizon.net and I'll be sure to get it in the store as soon as possible.


If you'd like to try out my digital scrapbooking templates before you buy. You can download this cute little ducky FREE by clicking on the preview below.



Now for you all you with digital cutters out there I haven't forgotten about you. I have a new cutter file in the store too. Click on the preview below to see more details.


I will be making this into a digital scrapbooking template as soon as I get a few other commitments out of the way. The end of the month is always crazy for me!



Above is one of the photos from my son's graduation from Pre-K. They did a few songs and I cried. One really cute one they did goes as follows:

"This is Tyler, this is Tyler
He's our friend,
This is Tyler he's our friend,
He's so special
He's so special!"

They did this for each and every child. There were 12 of them. I thought it was great for those 4 and 5 year olds to do that. My son sang very loud and we were so proud of him! They had a luncheon afterwards and he got a big bag of loot from the pre-schoool. You can see more photos on my facebook account here. I just recently joined facebook but I love it as it's so much easier than blogging. So if you haven't started an account I encourage you to do so! Check out the paperthreads facebook account here to keep up to date on all our sales and promotions. Next up I'll look into Twitter.

I have signed up to do a collaboration with many of the other Paperthreads Designers so if you have a digital cutter you must go sign up for this membership now as it's a good deal and the proceeds go to fellow designer whose family is battling cancer right now. Click the preview below to sign up.



Gotta get to work on those membership files! Thanks for looking!
Shelly

Come visit my store for my huge 40% off sale. Simply click on the Ad above or here to find my store. I have something for everyone...digital cutter files and digital scrapbooking elements alike. Do you like the look of my Ad....you can make your own by purchasing my rollie pollie dough kit.

Oh and SCAL users don't forget I'm selling SVG files now. Click here to put in a request of any files you'd like to see converted.


I have a few new files in my store too. Click on their previews to see them in my store. Buy them now while they are on sale!





I finally got to meet a fellow Paperthreads member. Elizabeth aka Scramper 75 came to visit me this past week twice! She is such a a great gal full of fun! I felt like I had known her for years and we got along splendidly! My kids loved her too as you can tell in the photo below. Oh and be happy I am posting a photo as I absolutely hate getting my photo taken. I am currently on a diet so hopefully, by the time Fall starts I'll have a slimmer photo to share with you. I felt like a giant next to skinny Elizabeth!






Elizabeth also has give me a blog award called the Lemonade Stand Award for attitude and gratitude. Check out her blog here. I feel so special! I love lemonade! LOL!



Here are the rules for this award.

1. Comment on this blog.
2. Cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog.
3. Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude.
4. Link to your nominees within your blog post.
5. Comment on their blogs to let them know they received the award.
6. Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation

Now, according to the rules, I get to pass on this award. For my nominees, I chose (and in no particular order) :

Christine

Bannerwoman

Brandy

Gunhild

Lauren

I know I promised you some photos from Tyler's graduation but these kids need baths. So I'll get to that later.

Have a wonderful evening!

Shelly

Come visit my store for my huge 40% off sale. Simply click on the Ad above or here to find my store. I have something for everyone...digital cutter files and digital scrapbooking elements alike. Do you like the look of my Ad....you can make your own by purchasing my rollie pollie dough kit.
Click on the photo below to purchase it my store.



Thanks for reading, lookiing and shopping! I hope you have a glorious weekend!
Oh and I have some new items that should be in the store before my sale is over so keep checking back!
Shelly

Coupon savings today only!

Hello everyone,
Once again it's been ages since I've posted. To make it up to you I'll make this post short and sweet. I'll give you a money saving coupon now without having to listen to all my babbling. Click on either image to save on my monkey party collection.





I need to get busy working on my color scheme article for the Paperthreads Newsletter that is coming out sometime soon. It's always filled with wonderful tips and freebies. If you aren't signed up yet then hurry and sign up here so you don't miss out!

I met a wonderful fellow PT member this week so I will post a picture and tell you all about when I get more time. She also gave me a wonderful blog award so I need to distribute it too.

My son also graduated from Pre-K this week so I will have some photos from that "tearful" event too!

I have many new files getting ready to go into the store so I'll be sure to share them with you too later! Hmm I can see a mammoth post coming on!

For now I'll say toodles and have a great weekend until we meet again!

Oh and SCAL users don't forget I'm selling SVG files now. Click here to put in a request of any files you'd like to see converted.

Bye for real this time!

Shelly

Monkeys have arrived in my store and SCAL users I have something for you!

Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! It seems like weeks when you have a day off actually last longer then regular full weeks. Go figure! I guess it's because you have to squeeze a more work into a shorter work week!



As you can see above I'm excited to tell you I now offer SVG files separated by color for all the SCAL and Circut users out there. I will be offering all new files I put in my store at Paperthreads in SVG format. If you see something already in the store you would like in SVG format please click here to put in a request and I will convert the files for you ASAP.

I have a whole slew of monkey files in my store I designed for my daughter's 2nd birthday party. I had so much fun making these and I hope you will too. Click on the previews to see the items in my store. All these files are ready to purchase in SVG, AI, GSD, WPC and KNK formats.









If you'd like to personalize your birthday banner with the party person's name or age then check out the files below. They use the same font as the birthday banner charms. Click on previews to see them in my store. Oh and there is no need to request these in SVG format. They are ready to go into the store in SVG format any day now.





If you like what you see and want to purchase all my monkey files. Just click on the preview to purchase the whole collection at a discounted price.



Also coming soon to my store is my very first CU okay digital scrapbooking template. I'm very excited to offer this soon and will have more in the future. I will also be offering this in a digital cutter format too.



I should get to bed soon but I promised you some photos of my daughter's second birthday party. She had a blast! I can't believe she is 2! I guess it's time to start potty training!



Aren't these cupcakes adorable. They are made with mini vanilla wafers for the ears and a large vanilla wafer for the face plus red and black icing. They are banana flavored with chocolate icing. Yummy! I got the idea from the following blog. Thank you!



Adoree was such a lucky birthday girl. She got soo many gifts! Not only did she get a bunch of baby dolls but also a pack and play to put them in. Her brother claimed the tent and bubble mower...yep they'll be fighting over those for sure! Mommy is happy she now has Summer clothes to wear! Now only if it would get warm again! Oh in case you are wondering what that bucket is that kissing Elmo is sitting in...it's the coolest thing! It is a wheel barrow of sorts for kids. They can help you in the garden pulling weeds and then place them in this bucket with wheels and a handle that rolls easily. We got it at Wal-Mart.



This face Adoree is making is priceless. She often did this when she opened a gift she liked..."ohh cups" she said. Who knew a bunch of disposable cups with straws would make her so happy!



The above photo just cracks me up! We had bought Adoree a monkey shirt, the hat and sunglasses for her party. She had her arms out posing like a movie star! She is so comical at times!

Well it's past my bed time so I'll say good night and catch up with you all later!
Shelly