Hi there well the month of being spotlight Designer at Scrappin Digi Kreations seems to be going well, I have been busy designing more little packs, mix and match items so you can more tightly control what you want in your layout without getting tons of stuff you don't want or need.  Keeping the costs lower is a bonus too, smaller pack smaller price, smaller download too so great for those on dialup internet access.

Thought I would release a freebie here today though. Ihad been working on these .asl styles for a while and put them on a back burner whilst doing something else. Now I have packaged them up for you to play with. They have a seamless tiled bg file and although each is a seperate color the file remains small...yippee. Created at 300dpi for printing the style looks amazing when the pattern is enlarged.  Download Potty for Dots style for photoshop and have fun with it.  It definitely works in cs3 and therefore will in ps7 upwards, I am not sure about elements, but will let you know when I find out myself.  Still its FREE and a small file so nothing lost if you try it out.

Come along to Scrappin Digi Kreations for some fun and free embellishmentsto scrap a layout for this months Elemental challenge.  As featured designer this month, I have the privilege of offering the kit for this month.

3 prizes to be won

1st prize the whole kit

2nd prize the paper pack

3rd prize the embellishment pack

Come along leave some love for the layour next to yours and we will all do the same for you.

Plus don't forget there is 40% off Sue Wood Designs all the month of December plus random offers for 24 hours at just $1.50

First of the $1.50 offers at SDK

Just posted the new price for a random product at Scrappin Digi Kreations. I already have an offer of 40% off all my products for the whole of December, to celebrate being in the designer spotlight.

On offer at $1.50 for 24 hours is a bling style pack for photoshop and elements...grab a https://scrappindigikreations.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_45&products_id=2857bargain for yourself as these are selling at the usual price of $4.75...

Featured Designer at Scrappin Digi Kreations

40% off all my products from 1st of December until 31st December....time to stock up on your favorites, I have new kits and cu items including styles, custom shapes and templates, brushes as well as elements for all, a range of element packs following a theme, which can be used as they are or embellished further to your own taste and used for your own kits to sell.

Plus I will set up random offers for 24 hours where you can pick up items for just $1.50, so bookmark my shop here and come back each day for at a glance offers.

Check out my newest styles

Jewel watercolors gives a fabulous soft watercolor blended look to your elements or even a whole paper, these are large files created at 300dpi for maximum clarity, I can guarantee they will have you experimenting with a whole lot of new ideas for your kits.

1st Dec - 31st Dec 2009 40% 0ff at SDK

NEW KIT: Little Whispers

Little whispers is a delicate mix of pale cornflower and vanilla that will have you looking out all those misty, romantic and even baby photos, just to use the vast array of delicate papers and eclectic elements in yur new layouts.

40% 0ff 1st Dec - 31st Dec 2009

at SDK

Sampler Kit for April Daze aka april showers

Promised freebie from a while ago. thought I would put it on my blog as promised, better late than never ;)

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Sue Wood Designs Styles and Designer CU supplies

New Sue Wood Design Styles and commercial use products at SDK and DigiScrapStation . New products released each Friday.

Sunshine Artz and Sue Wood Designs present 'Fun at the Beach kit '

Working with Tabea of Sunshine Artz has been a hoot and a pleasure, such a dedicated and hardworking and may I say organized artist. Now we are go for the release of our work having had such fun working together to produce this summery kit that is to be released at SDK next Friday 15th May. Just in time for those summer vacations and trips to the beach where you photograph the kids having fun.

A plethora of papers in patterns and textures as well as plain for the background for every occasion there, and embellishments that offer so many combinations and choices you're sure to want to use them all over and over,.

Kit contains over 30 papers, and ribbons, bows, frames, shells, fish, scrolls frames and tags as well as doodled beach toys such as beach ball, bucket etc., even a sandcastle complete with flying pennant flag.

How to get a jump on receiving the kit for free see more here
Have a look here too at Sunshine Artz blog for more

Isabella is so light and pretty with a world of flowers, and delicate bits for just trimming your fav photos as little or as richly as you want.

Thanks to Judy from Judys Scraps for this lovely layout using the dark bg from the kit

Piper and Brigette taken at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus OHIO-----Sister I love you

April Daze

I just love the way this kit turned out. I had so many ideas, I haven't put them all into the kit, but I know I'm going to make an add on. I love the color combo and the thought of spring showers and new growth, little chicks lambs and new life filled me with insporation.

As times are tough at the moment I want to add a little spring to your scrapping and here is a coupon for DigiScrapStation only valid until 4th April worth 40% off the kit.

Coupon code dripdropaprilshowers

At long last a new kit.

At long last I have a new kit out, it coordinates with the March freebie from Scrappindigikreations .It is called All Princess by Sue Wood Designs and is a whole lot of fun for you and the princesses in your lives( or in fact the divas;) )

If you take the taster or the kit send me a link to your page and I will link to it and display your layout here.

An old one for you to download and enjoy. I have had this on my 4 shared for ages and forgot to put the link up Love is was originally a freebie at ScrappinDigiKreations but you can get it here now for a limited time

Slow down.....

Well never seem to get a post done these days, yknow, family stuff, aging parents in need of assistance. Not that I begrudge a minute of my time spent with them. They have raised me up, set me on a course in life that has stood me in good stead despite the 'all' life throws at me. I love them dearly for the patience they have shown me over the years, the troubles they have soothed, the 'putting me straight' when I needed it. They have never shown despair of me even though in my younger headstrong years, i caused them grief. Now is time for me to return the love, patience and kindness they have shown me by showing it to them in their time of need. In fact I think it is an honor and priviledge that I am able to do this for them.

Mom has Alzheimers dementia/Lewys Bodies Dementia (not sure which) and has suffered a series of mini strokes over the last few weeks that have put her in hospital for the forseeable future. This after aalmost 50 years of severe bipolar disorder that has from time to time devastated the family.

Dad also in his late 70's is just recovering from cancer too. He has been brave and apart from his weakness when undetrgoing treatment hasn't failed to care for Mom.

Of course us 3 girls (Haha I'm 50 , my sisters are49 and 46) have been there for them too rallying round in one way or another since the onset of Moms bipolar, we are still there for them. Despite living far apart from them we are still quite a close knit family.

It's a fact that our parents give us life, we would not be without them, we need to honor them with at the least respect, Love understanding and patience come naturally when there is mutual respect. Most of all it is a command from our Grand Creator and Instructor on life.

Another freebie for you

Here is another freebie kit that I made last year and was given free from scrappin digikreations. As I still have it hanging round on my hd I thought I would offer it again from my blog. So enjoy


I also have a sale going on at the moment only at Digiscrapstation

I am offering kits at anything from $1.20 each and up to 60% off others. Take a look at the specials and sales for details. I will be randomly selecting kits both PU and CU to offer at knockdown prices until the end of December. If there is anything you would like to see at a sale price then email me or leave a message here for me detailing the name of the kit you are interested in and I will see what I can do.
I am introducing new kits and commercial use products over the coming weeks and these too will be included in the random sale at Sue Wood Designs in Digiscrapstation.

Got a bit of a special on at DigiScrapStation

Got a bit of a special on at DigiScrapStation
This month or at least what is left of it I have a bit of a special on at Digiscrapstation. There is either 40-60% off some or most of my older kits, a couple of my newer kits are on offer too, plus selected Commercial Use products are all at $1.20 until the end of the month of October. So go visit Sue Wood Designs at DSS and grab them while you can, plus don't forget the freebies there as well.

My new kit is Old Stuff, an eclectic mix of bits and bobs to put together heritage style or grunge style pages. Plenty of old and worn papers, plenty of flowers, frames, bits of paper and card and stuff to please your eyes.
I have also started a range of CU/PU/S4H items at reasonable prices. Really Useful Stuff it is all called. I have made my first set a set of a dozen or so frames all in different styles. All can be added to used as they are, recolored etc., No need for credit although it is nice to receive, but i understand it isn't always possible to be that organised. At just $1.20 over the next month it is a bargain not to be missed.

These frames can be used incorporated into kits or for s4h as they are. I say create let it loose and forget it. Its from the creative mind that more flows.

There is also a new sugared jelly alpha, called Sugar Baby Alpha it is only in uppercase that can be used in any way you would like too. Some of these items are old templates of mine or experiments and I have packed them all together in kits for your use.
So have fun.

C'mon Get Happy is the theme of this months collaborative kit from Scrappingdigikreations. Take a look at the the teams contributions here. There is some great contributions this month and the color theme is fantastic and cheerfull. I made too much for one kit so I put together the spares to offer you here as an addon.


I am also releasing a new Cu product this weekend called Timeless Flowers. Careful extractions in large 300dpi resolution, these have been desaturated so you can recolor them as you would like. Also the centres have been extracted from each flower so that they may be recolored in a different color. as the fancy takes you. Very versatile as they come in seperate png files and layered psd files. These have a commercial use license(very easygoing terms, with no credit required unless you want to) Take a trip on over to Scrappindigikreations to see them first.

Sorry..

SUEW_pinkqp_freebie.zip

Sorry it has taken me so long to settle down and write to my blog. This past week or more I have had an early dose of 'flu. Just about recovering but a bit weak on my feet. Still I had freebies lined up here there were at least 3 links I just never got round to posting. do you know how it is? You sometimes just can't seem to fit in everything and something has to give? Most of the time I do the blog, my writing for scrapstreet, designing and layouts etc ad nauseum then suddenly I don't seem to get anything done. It's been like that the last few months.
Still here I am back again, plodding along waiting for inspiration to lighten the load from' have to do's 'to 'love to do's!!!'
So for this entry into the blog I will leave you with a couple of links for you play around with until I get into full swing again

precious_little_one_qp_swood.zip

Click the piccie for the link

Above is the freebie I am giving away at DigiScrapStation, it is from my Fruit Of the Bush Kit which is shortly to be retired, and before it is retired I am offering it at a fraction of the normal price so go get it here now!

Freeheart Mini Kit Freebie

It has been a few days since I updated my personal blog. So I thought it was about time to set up another freebie. I have been messing around with pink mostly these days. I have got to a point where this will be the last pink for a while. I have a few more bits that don't seem to belong to any kit, but I may just alter the color of those. I have been experimenting with changing colors within photoshop. There are several ways to go about it and I am compiling a simple tutorial for the use of the recoloring tool, the replacement coloring tool and any other way that mioght be relevant. So check back for the tut. I will make it up in pdf format for ease of download.

Well the freebie is a minikit I called FreeHeart it is a quite feminine kit very elegant.

At ScrappinDigiKreations and DigiScrapStation I have 50% off everything until the end of July. Even the commercial use stuff is half price. Don't forget too that all my designs are scrap4others/hire friendly.

My new designs Poppy Fields and Dragon Flower are also included in the sale

50 percent off at SDK for the whole of July

WEll this is a good time to say that there is 50% off all products at ScrappinDigiKreations for the whole of July. New kits, Cu products...all products Do I need to day more so get across there now

My Newest Min Kit Poppy Fields

Well I have had such a bad time with toothache and an abcess, I havent felt like doing much at all. I have been floating round the ceiling with painkillers, and finally managed to get some antibiotics from the dentist. they going to sort it out next week hopefully.

Talking of painkillers, slight digression here, I was looking for information about poppies for my new kit I am releasing, and came across the weirdest site. Telling me how to make tea from poppy stems and how like opium it is. Urggh pretty plants but that smacks of desperation. Mind you before the painkillers I might have thought it was a good idea !!!??

I have played around with some old templates and am making a new kit called Down By The Sea, whether I will ever finish it is another matter. But for now I have made a quick page of the bits I have completed, for you to play with. If you feel like it send me a link to your layout as I would love to see it, I would love to display some here, to prove to the world that people actually use them. Heehee

Home again

Well it was over all too quickly. Had fabulous weather and even better time on vacation. Sad to come home really but on the ferry home we knew we were back on old Blighty, weather changed almost immediately to heavy rain. Still as we turned into the drive here at home, there were no disasters awaiting for us like last year when the water tank in the attic had overflowed for 14 days and soaked the kitchen, utility room and hallway.. PHew we all gave a sigh of relief.

While I was away I had put a sale on within the shops I sell at, but it seems that SDK went down for the most part of the 2 weeks. So now it is back up and running I will renew the sale as soon as I am able. So if you love SDK and were waiting for the sale to start as I had heard from a little birdie, you can win out as it will be for another 2 weeks and bonus, it will have new stuff included too.

Go along right now and see my new EcoKit Happy Thoughts..sunshine and laughter are the order of the day.

On Vacation for 2weeks yippee, so in celebration of time off for good behaviour I have passed on the goodwill and taken 50% off everything. Yes everything including commercial use and designer resource stuff. 50% for the whole of the 2 weeks, yahoo.Sale until 16th June.

You Got Teddy Trubble?

Well these naughty little teddies seem to have crept out of my graphic tablet whilst i wasn't looking. they have taken over my hard drive and imposed themselves all over this pretty kit. I just wanted a pretty teddy motif for this kit, but LOOK what I got. Some very mischeivous bears. getting into the sticky tape and tearing pages and paper, even managing to get stitched down while i wasn't concentrating. Distraction distraction. So if you want some teddies to practice disciplining and bringing up with nice manners, don't have these. If you fancy something a little different to jolly up your pages then take a look at my kit Teddy Trubble.

For those who like to try before you buy here is a free quickpage you can enjoy on me. Can't guarantee they wont get in your system too though lol. There is 20% 0f this week too, so get it while you can.Be the first to display these little teddies, be the talk of the gallery.

That Antique Vacation Freebie

I don't know why I didnt post a preview of the quick page I made to compliment my Antique Vacation Kit, but i am going to rectify that right now. then at least you will know what you are downloading .lol. so I am going to renew the link here. Happy vacation to you all.

I am off at the end of the month for 2 weeks on the Isle of Wight, we go every year and I love it. Lots of walks, beaches, loads of things to do if you want them, me I'm happy mooching along the beach, walking the dog and reading. With my camera and sketch pad I have no doubt my mind won't rest from design ideas. I seem to live and breathe design of all kinds. Inspiration pours in from nowhere seemingly.

I have several kits in the making at the moment. I have just finished one which should have gone on at SDK, but the site is down for maintenence after the BIG move to another host. So I shall have to prepare a couple of great exclusives for there when I come back. I have put the newbie kit on at DigiScrapStation. Its called Baby Peapod.It has just the sweetest baby motif on it.

I was thinking as I was looking over the net at different shops and sites, that money is starting to get tight. So how can I help out so that you will all be interested in still looking at my kits, but not feel they are out of reach with the tightening of purse strings. I came up with this idea of making an Eco Kit. Eco as in Economy...Same great quality and variety, but leaving out all those bits such as paperclips, brads, all the extra bits we can mix and match from what we already have. Then also instead of making up the clusters and groupings, I can cut down my work, (and by the same my costs) I can leave it to those of you who buy the kits. Half the papers, and so on. It makes a thinner file, but the ability to put it all together becomes yours. Gives the scrapper tighter control on what goes where. I thought between $2.50 and $4.00 would be a good place to start, what do you all think then? We can all win a bit then? I need to earn a bit, you need to scrap but save a bit.. so we can all come out winners.

Then of course you can always keep coming back for the freebies. Heehee I don't mind. I love making them and love to see them being used. Talking of freebies, I have a new template for you its called It's a Wrap and it is in psd format. Hope you have fun with it.

The freebie at SDK this month is out. What a fabulous collection of kits from the designers there.Based on Lily of the Valley the flower of the month Lily May is an beautiful collection of different styles for your scrapping pleasure take a look and download from here

My newest kit Antique vacation inspired by old fashioned designs and fabrics. the ladies traveling beauty cases and trips out and about. It is 40% off at DigiScrapStation for a week and 2 weeks at Scrappindigikreations I fixed the links here. Thanks for letting me know esp bonnie ty

For you to have a taster of this gorgeous kit as a treat Ihave made a quick page for you , you can download it from here

DigiScrapStation Grand Opening up to 50% off sale

The new store is opening tomorrow and we are having a Grand Opening Day and celebrating Choc Chip Day with lots of fun and games and wonderful sales from all the new designers here at Digiscrapstation

Come along and collect all the free pieces to the kit celebrating Chocolate chip Day. Try out some of the new challenges, try out the gallery and become inspired by all the kits and designer cu products available too.go to the welcome forum take part in the requests and there you go you can have all or just what you want of the collaboration kit for the grand opening.

Look out for my part of the freebie at the store over the coming week

For now a little gift only available on my blog an addon kit for the choc chip cookie kit above.

It contains 2 more 12x12 papers and a quick page in png format, plus an extra frame.

Have fun with them visit us at Digiscrapstation

A New Month a New Shop

I started selling at a brand new store Digiscrapstation. I'm having fun at the moment uploading all my kits to the server. It's 0.300 now, and we get free bandwidth from 12midnight until 6am so I am uploading the almost 1 gb of stuff through the night to save on the costs. Heehee, it's a bank holiday here tomorrow so I don't have to get up for Mazzie so I thought I would sleep in til late and get her to make me tea and toast when I do come round.
I also have a new CT member Judy..she has made some lovely layouts I will showcase them here before too long.

SDK

Well SDK is moving due to unforseen problems with the hosts, so for the moment the forum and challenges are live but the shop is down. There is still lots going on there and you can reach the blog from there too. Which will point you to any freebies and also preview new kits. In a day or two the new shop will be up and running and for those who missed out on the 40% discount on my new kits I shall extend the deadline by a few days. Plus lots more goodies including a new grabsack for release in the new store.

So for NSD fun follow

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For NSD Sat 3rd May 2008

well as everyone is busy creating for NSD I thought I would join in. I made a layered template for something a bit different. if you can't open a layered .psd file then use the picture as a sketch. You get the idea. I would love you to link your layouts in the comments. The psd is here.
We are all just getting over a bug that has lasted a long time and left the whole family feeling exhausted. A really weird one for this time of year. Still the sun is shining the blossoms blooming and it looks like summer maybe on the horizon wahoooo.
Off to the Isle of Wight again this year, love it there. The beach is just on the doorstep there loads of walks for the dog and plenty of interesting things to do and see.

Hoping that you all enjoy National Scrapbook Day. Hurry along to Scrapstreet as there is fun and games and prizes all weekend long. Go and play bingo there, it is such a riot you will be stuck on your pc for hours enjoying the fun. At SDK they are having a chat and a few games, again you wil enjoy the companionship there with like minded scrappers. Digitals also have events I know I contributed a $10.00 voucher as a giveaway there. so go and take a look in their forums too, you may win yourself $10.00 to spend in my store. Anyway have a great day and really enjoy yourself.

SDK has a great new mega kit from the team of designers there. Here is my part this month. Available now at Scrappindigikreations.

While you're there take a good look round my shop, I have 2 new kits out this week. Both on offer of 40% for 14 days.

Early Morning Glow is full of summers colors. Embroidered elements and florals.Happy sunshine in your scrapping.

Then Golden Memories, kind of speaks for itself. I had wedding anniversaries in mind when I made this. However it would make great heritage pages and pages for your special celebration check it out at SDK