Rose Sunset alpha

So sorry it's late - I just got home from Vegas yesterday at 6pm and was a bit tired for blogging :) So, check out the alpha for Rose Sunset. Be sure to pick up all parts of the kit - it will be live for a while, but not forever - perhaps a couple of months only. I will give you a full report on Vegas soon, but for now click here to download the alpha. TTFN.

Rose Sunset elements

I am so glad you like my mini kit - thank you all for the lovely comments. As I am currently on a surprise holiday I organised for my husband, I will just leave you with the link here to download and I'll catch you when I'm back! TTFN.

Win my store!

Do you want to win my store at My Memories? Head over to the blog here for more details :)

A surprise freebie!

OK, that's got to be a good thing hey? I was cleaning out some files from my laptop today and stumbled across this mini kit that I made a few weeks ago, but never got around to putting it in store. I decided that I would give it to you all as a freebie instead of uploading to the store! YAY! So, the first part of 'Rose Sunset' is the papers and you can get them today, but before you download be sure to check out my store at Scrap That Idea which is 50% off until the end of June when it will close down. There are some great bargains to be had there and a lot of the kits will be retiring when the store closes.

So this is what Rose Sunset looks like as a full kit. If you click here, you will get the papers and if you check back next Sunday, you will be able to collect the elements and the sunday after that, the alpha! TTFN.

A very sad day!

This post is very, very difficult and I have changed the words a hundred times to try to get it right so that you can understand my decision making....

Two and a half years ago, Stacey, Mel, Sara and myself had an idea to open a store that sold great kits at a great price and Scrap That Idea was born. We loved our baby and had some great times growing it and developing as designers at the same time.

However, as we all can relate, the store took up more and more of our time and it got to the point where our lives were dominated by it. I took over running the store myself in January thinking that with one person in charge, things would be more straightforward and run more smoothly.  However, I grossly underestimated just how much work there was and even though the girls helped with the newsletter and answering customer questions, I just couldn't keep up with it all, work my full time job and have any normally functioning social life!

So, with a tear in my eye, I told the other girls that I would have to step down. All of them are super busy as well with their own lives and they couldn't find the time to run the store either, so we came to the very difficult decision to close the store. It breaks my heart that it came to this, but at the same time I feel a massive burden lifted from my shoulders. I hope you all understand? It has been an incredible journey and all of you have been there along with us - some of you from the very start of my designing even before Scrap That Idea. I would love to thank you all personally for the amazing support you have given us over the years.

I will still be designing, but I am going to have a bit of a break. My designs will be at My Memories going forward as I have a contract with them and they are very easy to design for - they have a fantastic behind the scenes team and a great group of girls on their facebook page and blog. It may take a few months before I have a brand new kit, but I will be back and you will all be the first to know. For those of you collecting the calendar collection, I will have the June installment ready very soon and I will be making a bumper pack to complete to December which any of you that have bought kits from the calendar collection will get as a gift from me when it's done - watch this space!

So, that's the story everyone - I just wanted you all to know and understand why we closed the store. Thanks once more for your never ending support - as a parting gift, my store is 50% off after which time all dollar kits will be gone forever! TTFN.