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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Are you a fan of Art Nouveau?

7:17 AM | Posted by Ann | | Edit Post

Do you love the elegance and natural lines of Art Nouveau? I've always adored this style, popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's. When I visit museums, I head first for the rooms that display objects and arts from this time period. So Nouveau Nostalgia is a kit I've been wanting to do for a long time. I had so much fun doing it and hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

The kit contains 14 papers including some extra fancy ones and 49 elements, all created at 300 dpi.

And so you can see the page kit in action, here are some layouts created by the StarSongStudio CT Team:

Taztang68

Zanthia

Bright Eyes

Scrapsbyoreosmeow

Jean Ann

Rollinchen

Bombalurina59

And I was having so much fun, I created some co-ordinating extras: cluster frames, photomasks, stacked papers and word art.

All of the extras work well independently as well as with the page kit.

Some inspiration from the CT team using the bundle:

Zanthia

Ariadne

Scrapsbyoreosmeow

Ariadne

Jean Ann

Bright Eyes

Taztang68

Bombalurina59

Rollinchen

You can get it all here on sale this week for 25% off:

CSD

DDR

Escape and Scrap

Heritage Scrap

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

And the Winner Is:

12:34 PM | Posted by Ann | | Edit Post

It's always so much fun to announce the winner of a RAK and today is no exception.

The winner of my Treasured Book Page Kit from last week's contest is:

MamaGames!

Congratulations

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

10 Contest Winners and New Contest

9:17 AM | Posted by Ann | | Edit Post

10 Contest Winners

That's right. 10 Winners. I had so much fun reading everyone's comments for the DST Blog Train and contest to win my latest kit, Toys in the Attic. So I decided to pick five times as many winners as I had orginally planned. So without further ado, here are the winners:

#7 Sherry
#8 Lana
#9 Scrappy Mama
#13 April Galbraith
#14 Gramble
#15 Karen Diebolt
#16 CindyB
#28 Gran2boys
#32 roseaddict
#33 Janelle

I have no way of contact you from your comments so if the winners would send me an email at amplantier@aol.com I will send you the download links via YouSendIt to the email address that you indicate.

I especially loved hearing from all you book lovers. I love, love, love reading. I think I could single handedly keep my library in business. Actually I regularly use 4 local libraries. I live in a thickly settled area of southeastern Pennsylvania and am so lucky to have so many libraries near by. When my children were young, I lived on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain in Vermont: Grand Isle. A small town with a very tiny library open only a few hours a week. So living so close to all these great libraries is literally a dream come true.

I have a section on my Pinterest page (http://pinterest.com/amplantier/) with recent books that I've enjoyed. I'd love to have you stop by and check out what I've been reading recently and even better if you have books on your Pinterest page, I'd love it if you would send me a link. And if you're not on Pinterest, you can always share books you've read and loved in the comment section.

SynderEnterprise, I loved your comments on the Gene Stratton Porter books. These were my mother's very favorite books when she was young and she searched long and hard to get me a set. I owe my love of reading to my mother who did everything she could to pass on her love of reading. She succeeded beyond her wildest dreams and as a young girl I would read under the covers with a flashlight as at one point she decided my reading had gotten out of hand and she would limit it. Fortunately that didn't last very long and I was back reading out in the open again. And since your comment brought back such wonderful memories of my mother who died in 2002, you are the first winner in the Treasured Books contest below. Just send me an email to get the page kit.

Another Contest: Leave a Comment To Win

While I was reading all of your comments, I realized that all of you book lovers were entering a contest to win my Toys in the Attic kit with only a few vintage books in it. This summer I released a collaborative kit that I did with my daughter Dawn (Morning Sun Designs) that is filled with books. It's called Treasured Books (not too original I'm afraid but certainly descriptive.) So it you would like to win this page kit with 18 papers and 81 elements just leave a comment at the end of this blog post. Oops. I forgot to put in that the contest will end on Sunday, September 9th. Stop back in on September 10th to see if you are a winner.

And if you would like to see the kit and all the add-ons I created to go with it you can check it out here:

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Friday, August 31, 2012

DST September Blog Train Freebie and 40% Sale

10:32 PM | Posted by Ann | | Edit Post

It's that time of month again. Time for the train to leave the station. And the DST train is one of my favorites. I loved this month's theme devoted to creativity and inspiration. As a scrapbook designer I struggle with inspiration at times and it was fun for me to ponder what really inspires me as I started to work on my portion of the blog train.

Books. Books. Books. I adore books and always have since my very first picture books. I lived one block away from our local library - a huge old Victorian house with a curving staircase, marble fireplace, glass chandeliers and my favorite feature, huge old windows with cozy window seats in the children's section.

Super Big Labor Day Sale

40% off CU and PU through Sept. 4th

Shop Here

Labels: blog train, free, free kit, freebies, freebies digital scrapbooking freebies, RAK | 67 comments

Sunday, August 19, 2012

10:44 AM | Posted by Ann | | Edit Post

‎25% Off Plus Coupon

New vintage kit from StarSongStudio!! Toys in the Attic, filled with old toys and books perfect for heritage and children's layouts as well as everyday creations.

25% Off for its release plus use this DDR coupon to save more for a few days:

Spend at least $10 in store on ANY product and you get $5 FREE
Coupon Code: zun78&tzN

Get Toys and the Attic and Other Great StarSongStudio Kits

HERE

Taztang 68

Zanthia

Scrapsbyoreosmeow

Ariadne

Bombalurina59

JeanAnn

Scrapsbyoreosmeow

Zanthia

Bright Eyes

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Lavender Dreams Kit, Freebie and Birthday Sales

7:04 PM | Posted by Ann | | Edit Post

I've always loved aromatherapy and essential oils. The amazing scents, the sensuous feel of the oils on my skin, the unique healing properties of each oil. I actually have my own small distiller and when I'm feeling especially ambitious, I distill some of my own oils and hydrosols (scented waters) that are a by-product of the distilling process from flowers in my garden. I have to confess that I've never done lavender. The few small plants that I have don't produce enough blooms for even a drop of oil! But I love burying my face in the plants and just inhaling.

So Lavender Dreams is a kit near and dear to my heart, evoking the sweet smell of lavender on a hot summer afternoon. It contains 45 elements created at 300 dpi and 11 textured papers, 12" x 12" and like all of my personal use kits, its scrap for hire friendly.

I love the CT team's creations with this kit. I wonder if they were smelling that delicious lavender scent as they were working. I honestly felt like I could get just a hint of it at times when I was designing.