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This is Why (Deb W Scrapbooks)

I started scrapbooking to capture my kids' lives and accomplishments. My three girls have been blessed to be involved in many wonderful things. I started capturing their milestones and activities in their early years, and I later added documentation of high school sports competitions.

I love photography and scrapbooking is a natural extension of this love. Photography and scrapbooking help to fuel the innate creative passion that has always been a part of me. Even in my younger years, I created a rudimentary form of a scrapbook, but my love of art activities got pushed aside when I pursued a career in the sciences.

Scrapbooking is truly a passion for me. There is nothing better than the feeling I get when I create something that really expresses the feeling of the moment and has that "perfect" balance. It is a hobby that I have been able to transform into a career by offering my scrapbooking services for hire.

Thanks, Jessica for opening my eyes to the world of digital, which I am learning by taking your classes. It is so exciting to gain these new skills and add more tools to my box!

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More in Store Monday!

Good Monday Morning, Spraground friends! Are you feeling a little blue after the end of the weekend? Are you dreading the start of another work week? Don't you just wish there was someone else that would just do it all for you while you scrap your heart out?

Well, my friends, hop on over to the digi store and indulge your inner princess with the awesome Princesa Element Pack and Princesa Paper Pack by Jessica Sprague.

The Princesa Element Pack features 17 beautifully coordinated embellishments such as tags, journaling blocks, photo corners, word art, and more.

Price $2.99

The Princesa Paper Pack contains 10 beautiful papers with rich hues and worn textures, perfect for creating pages and projects to celebrate the princesses in your life.

Price $3.99

Needing a little inspiration for what to do with these beautiful kits? Click here to see more pictures of Kristen's awesome princess album that has even the strictest of purely digital scrappers thinking hybrid.

So go ahead and indulge, scrappers! Your inner princess knows you deserve it.

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News!

Hi there! Happy Friday! Dare I say, Happy Photoshop Friday? Yeah. :)

I have several great announcements to make, here goes:

We have welcomed a brand-new member of our staff! She's no stranger here, and has been part of our community since its very beginning. Laurie Pecotte will be joining us, working on customer service, scrapping incredible hybrid and digital projects (uhh, did you SEE that caramel apple kit? WOW!), and you'll see her posts here on the blog and in forums and galleries. Please join me in welcoming Laurie to her new post!
We have had another special person working for us for a few months, who'll be taking on some different responsibilities as well. Kristen Creech has been working in customer service (many of you have probably conversed with her when you've created tickets), and will now be leading the Creative Team (among other things, including being our financial wizard)! Congratulations Kristen!
And speaking of Creative Team! We've added TWO new members, and we'd like to welcome them! Here's our creative team for 2009-2010:
- Shannon Bogan
- Chris DeWald
- Linda Roos
- Renee Morris-Dezember
- Vikki Luta
- Lisa VanderVeen
- Rachael Sheedy
You'll see their posts in the gallery, and featured here on the home page as well. And we're also preparing a SURPRISE from them that I think you'll really love! More on the CT surprise coming soon!
In addition, while the Type+Writer 2 class is our final official class of 2009, don't worry! There is one more little trick up my Photoshop sleeve. ;) Get set for another FREE class coming in November, ok? More details on that later.

And let's now talk about some of our new features as of this week!

Hybrid Gallery and Hybrid Thursday: We have a gallery to feature YOUR hybrid projects! And on top of that, EACH WEEK on Thursdays, Laurie will be selecting one random project from the hybrid gallery posts for that week to receive a $5.00 gift certificate to JessicaSprague.com. Because we love hybrid, and we love you.
Weekly Digital Challenge: Did you know we've got a weekly challenge on the General message board? That's right! Each Friday at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, a new challenge is posted. You've got a week to complete your project and post it in the Challenge gallery. And starting next Friday, one random project posted during the week will win a $5.00 gift certificate to JessicaSprague.com. Free stuff just for scrapping? Heck yes!
And lastly, but certainly not least, we have implemented One Buck Wednesdays, where for 24 hours, a sampling of digi goodness from the shop is placed on sale for (you guessed it) a BUCK. One smacker. Kind of impossible to resist, no?

I sincerely hope you love all our changes, to the community, to our support team, and to the shop. Thank you for all you do to make this such a cool place. You are awesome!

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Hybrid Thursdays

Have you ever wondered how you can get more use out of your digital supplies? Are you a scrapper who loves the digi world but still delights in the feel of paper between your fingers and a tape runner in your hands? Then Hybrid Thursdays are just for you. We will show you ideas on how to combine your digital supplies with the paper world to make beautiful creations.

The cooling temperature and crispness in the air inspired me to dig into Crystal Wilkerson’s September ’09 Paper Pack. The yummy warm colors were perfect for creating a custom caramel apple kit.

Click the "read more" icon for more hybrid goodness.

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