inDSD! get ready for a lot of fun and great sales

What is inDSD? Well some of you might already know but for those who don’t it is International Digital Scrapbooking Day so it a very big day for those who like me, are addicted to digital scrapbooking.
And we, at Zig Zag Scrap, have tons, and I mean it, TONS of gifts for you and a bunch of games and challenges to celebrate and enjoy that special day with us. There are some awesome prizes too! Don’t miss this chance to discover the beautiful photo books of Pixum. I’m so excited! Since I can't tell you everything at this point I will share with you what I can, okay?

Of course Zig Zag Scrap is not the only store celebrating.

zzs inDSD blog train sneak peek

You know how I love to give you a scoop right?

Well here's one:

I have a sneak peek of the collab we made for international Digital Scrapbooking Day!!

Included are: 1 alpha, 64 papers, 107 unique elements and wa’s 118 total with color variations or shadows versions)and that is just the part made by our ZZS designers because there are also 3 qp’s, 4 templates, 3 cluster frames and extra wordart pack

from our incredibly talented store CT!

Believe me it is INCREDIBLE!!

my 2nd designiversary, new kit and new FB gift!

MY 2nd DESIGNIVERSARY

Yes, that is my cause for celebration!

This weekend I am celebrating my second year as a designer of digital scrapbooking products!

Due to personal circumstances ( my father in law is VERY ill) I am not celebrating big time though.

But I made a new kit that is available at ZZS and DSB for only $3.50 and an add-on that I have put on my FB page as an exclusive and free gift for everyone!

THE CREEPY KIT

With 5 creepy patterned and softly textured papers, 4 spooky matching solids and 18 nail biting yet cute elements the perfect kit to scrap your Halloween photos!

Make sure you grab the free add-on on my Facebook page while you can (once it is gone it's gone). It includes another 3 papers, 4 elements and lower case alpha with numbers!

--- 20% off 21, 22, 23 Oct at DSB and 22, 23 Oct at ZZS ----

Here you can see the kit in action. I still cannot believe what the Pink Ladies and members of the ZZS and DSB store CT made with it!!!

 

by Chantal 

 

by Marnel

  by Virjul, Barbara, Natascha, Julie, Katja, Betty, Rory, Nini and Susanne

 by Terese

 

by Hybrid Queen Sandy

 

 by Suzanne

NEW AND EXCLUSIVE FREE FB ADD-ON

You can find the add-on under the 'for friends only' tab!

Image is linked

Thank you all so much for your support, believe me it is VERY much appreciated.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend and Happy Scrappin'!

new zig zag lines released and new zzs FB gift

It's out, it's fresh and it's gorgeous!

 

MY CONTRIBUTION

  GET INSPIRED

by chantal

layouts made by:  anne, andrea, cheryl, mirjam, chantal, demetria, salamandre, nini & giny

  

layouts made by: natascha, virjul, cindy & rena

layout made by : anne

NEW ZZS FACEBOOK FAN GIFT

If all goes well my new FB gift will be up this weekend! As of today you can already dowload the new ZZS one, made by designer Marleen of Kokon Scrap-Art! Here's a little sneak peek:

collab revealed, RAK winner announced, ZZS challenges!

Hello everyone, I hope you have had a fun week so far. Mine started with a root canal on Monday. Lucky for me things got better after that! Hahaa!

Of course you aren't here to hear about my dentist horror stories. So I'll move over to announcing the winner of the sneak peek RAK, drumroll please.....and .....

CONGRATS TO
Trina!!!!

Enjoy your prize, sweetie!

Here is what you have won! Yes! The kit, wordart & alphas and 2 template packs! All of that is included in the collab! Wooohoooooo! Told you it is stacked!

--- 20% off during the weekend (14-15-16 october at DSB and 15-16 at ZZS) ---

THE KIT 
linked to my zzs store 

THE ALPHAS & WORDART
linked to my DSB store

THE TEMPLATES

THE FAMILY TREE TEMPLATES

The CT's already had a blast playing with it! I kept getting more and more layouts. 

One even more gorgeous, funny or touching than the other but all equally amazing! See for yourselves!

layouts made by Chantal, Salamandra, Tanya, Nini, Anne, Cindy, Carrie, Patti and Jordan 

by Dalis

by Demetria

by: Rory, Marnel, Erika, Debby, Ana, Paty, Giny, Tanja and Heddy

by Natascha

by Soco

by Chantal, Jennifer, Salamandre, Laura, Kim, Cybelou and the family tree double pager by Stacey!

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ZIG ZAG CHALLENGES

The October challenges are up in the Zig Zag Fun-Place and there's still plenty of time to come and play along! If you participate you will eran customer points that you can use in the ZZS store!. No waiting until you get enough points for a 5 or 10 dollar certificate! No, none of that. All points will be added to your account at the end of each month.That means instant access!!

 Wishing you a fab weekend and Happy Scrappin'!

sneak peek RAK for my latest collab, 4 chances to win!

Hello everyone and welcome to this sneak peek RAK that I am doing for my latest collab and which will be in the stores this weekend!

Did you know that (pink) reptiles evolved from amphibians? Well they did!

So when I tell you that this time I teamed up with 'Little Green Frog Designs', you instantly know it is somewhat of a family thing, right?

Well, apart from that little hint I can also tell you that this collab is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge! No kidding, really huge!

Included are:

* 4 fantastic 12 by 12 inch templates
* 1 12 by 24 inch double page template
* 16 papers (11 beautiful, softly textured, patterned papers and 5 matching solids)
* 3 alphas
* 30 word strips and 2 wordarts
* 20 hand drawn, hand coloured doodles
* 42 other unique and versatile elements


Here's a sneak peek:

 4 CHANCES TO WIN THE KIT FOR FREE!

You like what you see? You want to win it and get it for free?
Well then leave me a comment to this post (hit the time under this post) and I’ll be back on Friday for the full reveal and to announce the lucky winner! If you'd like to up your chances then tell your friends all about this RAK on your Facebook page and add a second comment with a link to your Facebook post! If you want to be entered into the draw 3 times, also make a Tweet and post the link to your Twitter post in a 3rd comment!

So that's:
1. a regular comment to this post
2. a FB link comment to this post
3. a Twitter link comment this post

PLUS number 4

1 more chance to win the kit if you also hop on over to the Little Green Frog blog. Because Andrea (Little Green Frog's designer) is also giving one away!

how about some serif fonts

I thought I'd share some more free fonts with you today! I told you I am a font lover! This time I'd like to share some of my favourite serif fonts. For those of you that don't know (yet), serifs are the angled, thick or thin swashes on letterforms as show in the image below.

source: www.gomediazine.com

Most people will find these type fonts easiest to read because they are the fonts we are most familiar with. Pick up a magazine, newspaper or a book and most likely you will find that they are set in a serif typeface. For this same reason, serifs will not draw too much attention on a layout plus they are timeless!

So here are a few of my favorite serif fonts that you will be able to find on the web for free!

Bodoni XT, Nilland, Playfair Display, Quattrocento Roman, Radley, RNS Camelia

Here are some layouts on which I used serif fonts:

font: Bell MT kit: Tricktionary

font: Iskoola Pota kit: Something Old

3 new alpha packs and a great deal

I hope you are all having a great weekend! Let me tell ya, mine started with a LOT of rain! Since I scrap and design I don't mind the rain anymore though. It gives me all the reasons I need to stay inside, behind my beloved PC and have some me-time...hahaha!

I have put 3 brand new alpha pack in my ZZS store. I am such a doofus because I completely forgot to put them up at DSB so you will not be able to find them there this week but I promiss I will put them up there asap. Too much on my mind. There's definitely a limit to a woman's multi tasking abilities!

Anyway...

My 3 new alpha packs are mega versatile and neutral and if you ask me, the perfect little page accents you will go back to again and again! Until October 15 you will get a fab discount if you decide to buy 2 packs but a truly AWESOME discount if you buy them all!

DARK WOOD BRAD ALPHA

 

by Giny

credits: 2 a.m. designs cute as button freebie kit, dark wood brad alpha by pink reptiledesigns

FUNKY LEATHER ALPHA

 by Suzanne

credits: funky leather alpha, naturally and the kitschy kit all by pink reptile designs

RUSTED TAB ALPHA

by Katja

credits: rusted alpha tabs and heathland poem by pink reptile designs

Have a great weekend and Happy Scrappin'!

about the pink ladies - meet erika aka doodlebop

I am SO blessed with my creative team members! They are not only unbelievably creative, super talented scrappers BUT they are also very sweet and A LOT of fun!! I realized that we needed a name for our gang. Since every designer has A creative team, that title is waaaaaay to general and does not do justice to who they are. Coming up with something wasn't even that hard because there was only one perfect  name: the Pink Ladies! Luckily for me they all loved it when I told them!

So as of today it officially is The Pink Ladies and no longer the Pink Reptile CT.

I also think it is high time that I put these girls in the spotlight! They are, after all, the ones that make my products shine and turn them into works of art.

Meet Pink Lady Doodlebop

I asked Erika a bunch of questions, so you will be able to get to know her a little.
Here is what she had to say!

1. How and when did you start digital scrapbooking?

I started early 2009, but I didn't really start scrapping seriously until October 2009 when I embarked with you (Mirjam) on your journey.

2. How and when did you end up in a CT/CT's?

I had been on a few before joining yours but I didn't really know what I was doing. Remember you took me under your wing and gave me advice to help me improve my scrapping? I am so thankful for that! You know I  still go to you to this day to ask if something looks okay or if I need to do something different. I definitely value your opinion.

3. How long have you been on my CT? (grinning while asking because I know the answer of course)

Well, I can honestly say I have been on your Creative Team since the beginning (October 15, 2009). I was your first CT member. I still remember when you asked me about taking on a couple more people because you were worried about how things would go. Look at you know! You have come a long way and you are one heck of a designer! I might be just a little biased, but that's okay lol.

4. What software do you use and what type of camera?

 When I scrap I use Photoshop Elements 8.0 and I use Lightroom 2.0 to play some with my photos. My camera right now is a Sony Cybershot point & shoot camera, but at the beginning of next year I plan to upgrade to a better one. My poor camera has taken so many photos (mostly of my boys) that I think it is slowly dying on me.

5. How would you describe your style and could you tell us a little something about your scrapping routine?
My style is eclectic and by that I mean I scrap anywhere from clean & simple to complex pages full of details. The thing that I love to d,o that isn't always so easy, is journaling. I love to chronicle things in life by really telling a story. My journaling always comes straight from the heart. We are only supposed to show one page here, but I have two that I want to show. One that is more up to date and then one that I did a while back and that means so much to me. I am allowed to do that since I am the first CT member, right? LOL

 credits:
When I Grow Up Collab by Foxy Designs & Pink Reptile Designs
JumpStart your memories templates-Collection 3 by Jumpstart Designs

psst, do you recognize this woman? LOL! she is da bomb!

credits:
You've Got Mail by Pink Reptile Designs
(Note from Mirjam: Yep, Erika made this page for me and I still get moved to tears when I read the journaling! It also got her a well deserved GSO!)

6. What is your favourite scrapbooking item, something you turn too again and again?

I am a flowers girl. I love all kinds of flowers and most of pages have at least one or more on them. I even use them on my boy pages and I always get comments about how great it is to see flowers on a boy page. In my opinion flowers doesn't make a page girly in any way. I think it just adds a touch of beauty to the page!

credits:
Life is Good Collab Bundle from Pink Reptile Designs and Val C. Designs

7. What is your favourite Pink Reptile product and why? 

That is a tough one since I love everything you make and that is just not me trying to butter you up either. Your kits are always amazing. With that said I think my fave product from you is True to Yourself. I love what this kit stands for, probably because you made it at my request, and the colors you chose when you made it are just perfect.

The layout I made at the time you made the kit.

 credits:
True to Yourself by Pink Reptile Designs,

This is a more recent one I did with True to Yourself.

credits:
True to Yourself by Pink Reptile Designs,

Outside the Box by Just Because Studio

8. Just for fun… tell us all about a quirky habit of yours! 

I get teased about this a lot, but when I eat a meal I have to eat one thing at the time. What I mean is if my meal is chicken, potatoes, and veggies then I have to eat one of them before I start eating another one. I have always been like this. I'm a weirdo what can I say...lol.

9. Name 5 things that you can touch RIGHT NOW from where you are sitting, no
cheating!

Pudding cup courtesy of Gavin, diet coke, candle, my camera, and Noah's progress report from school.

10. Silliest thing you have ever done…

Well, I do silly things on a daily basis so picking just one is a toughie...lol. I would say the silliest thing I have ever done is the time that I went to the grocery store to buy groceries and when I went to pay I realized that I left my wallet at home. Yea, that was a fun day...lol.

11. Can you give us a tip on digital scrapbooking? 

I guess my best tip would be when you journal on a page, always make sure to journal from the heart. You want to pull the person looking at your page in and make them feel the emotion you are trying to convey. Make sure that you journal it the way you would want it to sound if you were telling it to someone.

Thanks Erika for braving it in the spotlight and giving us a chance to getting to know you! Want to see more of Erika's gorgeous layouts? Then check her amazing gallery and be inspired!