New Release! No. 10!

Just $2 this week at my store or at Plain Digital Wrapper!

This kit is all about summer, and it is HUGE!!!

Seriously, there are 3 Alphas, 18 papers and over 120 elements!

I have noticed, and been disappointed in the trend of much smaller kits since my return to designing.  I don’t feel like following the trend. *wink* So, I just kept adding what I felt like I wanted in a kit for my own pictures, and it just became GINORMOUS!

And then, I felt like I needed more boyish feeling elements so I added more, and then I decided to just make some clusters!

So, the good news is that if you purchase No. 10 from MY store for JUST $2, you will also receive the downloads for the CLUSTERS and EXTRAS for FREE!!!! This offer is only good through July 31st!

(Simply add No. 10 to your cart, and then add then when you add the extras and clusters they will be FREE!)

You will love how it can work for both boys or girls, and you can showcase your photos from any age group!  It is versatile, fresh and lots of fun! I designed it as I was snapping pictures of our summer activities. So there are a lot of summer related elements that work for beach, amusement park, water park, playground and other activities!
These are the elements in the kit. Not all are pictured, but most. I had so much fun creating these! I tried really hard to make sure there were boy and girls options (I have an almost teen boy, so I know how hard it is to find elements for them!)

There are 18 papers in this kit! You can purchase them in the kit or separately.

These are extras I made as I was scrapping and wishing for just this “one” other element. This is a separate add-on pack you can grab.

This cluster pack is a separate add-on. I was having a lot of fun making clusters for my layouts, and figured I may as well make a little pack of them!

This is one of the three alphas I made for the kit! You can purchase it in the kit or separately.

And here are the other two:

Check out these fabulous layouts from my Creative Team!

Sample by Stephanie

Sample by Nicky

Sample by Me (I actually got to scrap one night!)

Last time I mentioned that I will be starting some challenges on my blog and there will be free products for those who participate! So watch for that to start soon! Subscribing to my blog will be the best way to stay up to the minute on that. I have had to start later than I planned due to my mom’s car accident. All of my “free” (as in I do not HAVE to be somewhere else) time has been spent over at her house taking care of her and her yard and gardens. But, I think that situation is getting under control with the family all taking shifts. So I am hoping to make some templates in the next week or so and get the party started!

I hope your week is SUPER FUN, full of family and friends and lots of memories shared or created!

~April

It is truly a miracle she is even alive. The guy that caused the accident took off and they never found him. Her car was plowed off the road and she hit a ramp sort of retaining wall that rocketed her car into the air, and it landed front end first, about 30 feet away, then that launched her another 20 feet or so where she landed on the back end of the car, and then it rolled/slid another 30 feet or so up an embankment. I can not believe she isn’t more damaged. And after the car stopped she smelled gas, panicked and climbed out of the car to get away. She is one wild woman.  We still aren’t sure where she was in the car when it stopped. She thought the dashboard was in front of her, but my brother had the number of the first guy on the scene to help and he said when he got to the car she was climbing out a back window.

I would be really grateful for the prayers in her behalf, I know they are heard. She is in so much pain, they are saying three months flat on her back is what she is headed for at home (which may kill her faster than any other injury could). We don’t know when they will release her, they can’t cast her ankle or hand due to swelling. But she is going to go so crazy laying flat, please pray she heals faster!

And with that, I will be MIA for a little while so we can make sure she isn’t alone at the hospital and then I don’t know what we’ll do when she is at home. I kinda feel like a crazy lady.  I have a kit that is almost ready to be released, I was just finishing up a fun add-on pack for it when this happened.  I wish I could take this computer to the hospital and work on it while I sit there.  So, hopefully I can release it next week.  But I will give you a peek at it and some pics of what is left of my mom’s car.

Wear your seat belts and be safe!  Thank you!

No. 10

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Petra Losbichner
Vickie Fernandez
Nancy Lambert
Tracy Roberts-Burns

Congratulations!

I will try to get more going next week on the blog.  I had a very eventful week with my kids and didn’t have much time at home.  My two oldest had camps, the oldest was at Heber Valley Girl’s Camp, and for the first time in 5 years I wasn’t involved.  It was so weird to be in the position of not knowing what was going on.  But she went, had an awesome time, and is now safely home!

My son had karate camp.  He spent 7 hours a day all week learning and practicing karate.  He almost got his orange belt, but got nervous in the very last part of the testing.  So he is all striped to test, and Hanshi says he will retest him when he is ready.  BUT, he did win first in board breaking (and that was against ranks of white through red belt!).  His team also came in first in the team competitions!  So he really did awesome!!!

And my youngest and I spent the week hanging out together.  I really don’t think she and I have had one on one time like that in her entire life.  It was so much fun!  We went to lunch, visited the zoo (she is an animal whisperer,  so we had to go), visited the petting zoo, saw a couple of movies, and played in the pool.  And then last night while I was out with a friend she took our Saint Bernard (Bear @ 140ish pounds, dd @59 pounds) for a walk while her sister (the babysitter) was in the shower.  DD is almost 10, and she and her friend decided to just take Bear out, no big deal. But, when they got a few houses away there was a cat out… What I have been told is that Bear started chasing the cat, dd held on trying to stop him (with her mighty 59 pounds), and he went around the corner of a house and the house stopped dd.  She was slammed into the house and knocked out.  Her friend got help fro the neighbor, and they treated her cuts and scrapes and checked her eyes for a concussion (he is in the medical field, thankfully).  And I came home to a purple faced, bleeding girl.  It was so sad.

She can’t remember what happened.  And her biggest concern is having to go out in public.  (Naturally, she is my child) I am going to have to see if we need stitches in her knee, and have them double check her head this morning.  What a night!

And today is my 17th anniversary to my hubby!  So, I guess what I am saying is sorry for the lapse in posts on the blog.  I’ve been busy and it isn’t over yet!  But I am finishing up a new kit, inspired by the fun with my kids so far this summer!  And I will have new releases at PDW next week!

Go enjoy your family!!!

*heart* April

I will randomly select 4 winners to each win a $10 gift certificate to my store!

To enter:
Just follow the instructions when you click the “exclusive” link on the left side of my Fan Page!

Winners will be drawn June 30th!!!

Good Luck!

I have a bunch of new releases for you! And my store has most everything on sale for just $2 right now!

I know there are tons of designers to choose from, so it is an honor when you choose my kits!

Happy Scrapping,

April

Coupon Code!

I have a coupon code for you this week!

Use code: LuckySun

Get 35% off your purchase! (That is on top of the sale prices!!!)

Expires June 18th

FaceBook Page Promotion

Right now, if you become a fan, or “like” my page, you could win a gift certificate to my store! I will randomly select 4 fans on June 30th to each win a $10 gift certificate! Come join us!!!

No. 9 New Release!

New Release price $2 this week!

No. 8 New Release!

New Release price $2 this week!

Summer Grunge QP’s New Release!

New Release price $2 this week!

Did you know you can get store bonus points (which can be converted to gift certificates) if you post layouts in the new gallery and they are used in a newsletter or the store blog? That’s right! You will get a credit in your store account with 25 points for each layout used!

Designer Palettes No. 4 New Release!

New Release price $2 this week!

No. Quick Pages

New Release Price $2!

CU Quick Page Templates Set 2

New Release! $2

Summer Grunge

You can see my store and products here

As far as a time frame- I typically do a 3 month start. After that, if things are going well you might be able to stay on longer.

CT Requirements:

*I will be requiring ONE page per kit. It must be high quality, show off the kit to its fullest potential and be eye catching. It also can only contain my products.

*I require the layouts to be posted in the galleries at DST, MSA, PDW and one other open gallery of your choice.

*I require you to use everything you get from my store in at least one layout. You will be given a store credit to use as you choose, but you must use each item in at least one layout.

*I require at least one layout per month. Other than that it is as much or little as you want.

*You are required to be active in my CT forum, posting at least once per week, and keeping track of your progress in the forum. (The CT forum is only for CT members, no public forums are on my site. So no forum participation is required other than to keep you up to date!

To apply:
*Send me an e-mail with a subject line of “CT CALL” (send to april@digiapedesigns.com) with the following:

*your name

*a link to your best gallery

*tell me a little about you- your hobbies, interests, style of scrapping, your family or anything else that would help me get to know you a little bit more.

*How long have you been scrapping?

*Tell me if you are currently on any other teams (and which ones they are) or if you have been on any teams in the past.

*Tell me anything else you think would be good to know.

Back To School and Buy The Store!

I am sad to say goodbye, but I am back in school and I can’t get good grades if I am working on too many things all the time. So I must say goodbye to PDW. I will miss this store!

So, to leave in a bit of a celebration
I am offering a crazy BTS deal!
You can buy everything in my store for just $18!!!!
(You know, the age I was when I went to college the first time! Hahaha)

Thank you for being such great customers! I will still be around but just at DAD!

So through March 18th you will get FREE SHIPPING on any Maya Road orders over $20!  No coupon is needed.  If you have $20 of Maya Road products in the cart you will see the shipping at $0!

I just have to clear out the room that is my storage area because it needs to be reclaimed.  Not only is the shipping FREE, the Maya Road stuff is also ON SALE!  And to top it off you still get DOUBLE the bonus points if you buy this week!  So what are you waiting for?!

I don’t have a new kit for this week.  I have a collab I just finished up with Armina!  It will be available exclusively at Gotta Pixel in March!  This is my first ever collab, and Armina makes absolutely gorgeous kits!  I was just flattered to work with her!  So when that goes live I will let you know!

I am hoping to crank out some more kits, more often.  I am still adjusting to life as a student.  And I haven’t quite worked out how to get it all done in the time I have.  But I need to keep at it!

I hope you are all having a fabulous day!  I know it is so easy to get down right now.  The world seems to be so crazy each day.  But take a few minutes to spend with the ones you love.  Snap pictures of the good times.  Scrap some pages that tell your side of the story for the way you feel about things in the world.  I think those memories or insights will be cherished by the ones you love.  Wouldn’t you love to hear from your grandparents how they go through the hard times?  I know I would.  So why not take a minute and record your own feelings for your grandchildren or even your kids.  Maybe they would even be inspiring to you down the road!

Go record a memory!

Have a great week!

April

I will tell you that I lost the last 4 months’ of databases.  So I am going to be plugging away at getting it back in there.  That means you may not be registered in the store if you had registered in the last 4 months.  It also means that any orders you placed in the last 4 months will not be in there.  And that is not the best news, I know.

So, I wanted to let you know a few things:

First, I am going to go through the receipts one at a time and get the orders back in.  This is obviously going to take a while.  But I want to make sure you have access to your downloads.  And your store bonus points.  So, please be patient with me!  I will be putting them in the order the came through.  So, please also be forewarned that you may receive e-mails that you placed an order- these will not be charged again to your paypal accounts or whatever you used to pay.  It will just mean that I got the order re-keyed! 

Second, because you may need to re-register, I am going to place 50 store bonus points in every account that registers before I get it done manually.  So if you get yourself re-registered before I do then you get 5 points as my way of saying thanks for saving me the time!

And finally, but the best part- I have knocked all digital products down to $1!  I will keep them this price at least this week, maybe longer.  Kind of depends on how long it takes me to get through the receipts and plug it all back in.  And all of the physical products are on sale at barely more than my cost.  I would love to just move them out!  So if you wanted any of the products now will be the absolute best pricing you will get!

I have one new release for you as well!  Here is the peek-

Thanks for being such awesome customers!  Wishing you all a very happy week!

So, I wanted to just let you know that I am not out of biz.  I have no intentions of closing.  And I WILL have that sale for you once the store is back up!  You can still shop at Gotta Pixel or Plain Digital Wrapper in the off time.  And maybe I will get some new things created for you while I sit here waiting.  (I am not really just sitting here, I am actually crazy busy and poor son has strep and an ear infection.  SO not much sitting is actually happening.)

So, I hope you all have a fabulous day!  I will let you know as soon as I have some good news!

So, for this year

I have marked all of my stores down to $1.50 or less!

Everything, even CU items!  I will be adding at least one new new product later today to PDW and DAD that will also be included in the sale.

So, happy shopping!

And THANK YOU!

DAD (which is temporarily down while the host figures out what they did!  You can still get everything at PDW or GP while it is down.  Or if you want to wait I will run this sale through Sunday at DAD.)

PDW

GP

So here is my Facebook name:

April Finley Staker

If you are going to add me as a friend please tell me you got this from the blog! Otherwise I may ignore the request out of safety’s sake!

And here is the group link:

DAD Facebook Group

The Store at Plain Digital Wrapper ::NEW!! The Store at Gotta Pixel

This Week’s Special Offer:

FREE Extras for Shiver!

Wow, I completely missed last week. LOL! I was sick, then I was substitute teaching, then I got sick again. I felt like last week should just have been put on hold.

It was nice to have my husband taking care of me, helping around the house and cooking dinners. But I have such a hard time just laying in bed, or even sitting still, for that matter. I am so glad to be back to normal!

And to celebrate I finished up a new kit! I am not a big fan of winter, and I actually struggled with this one after getting it started. But then I started reminiscing about the fun I have watching my kids out in the snow. They are oblivious to the weather. And they have fun outside no matter how cold or wet it is.

So the kit took a whimsical turn and I ended up loving it in the end! If you make any pages please share them with me! I love the inspiration I get form seeing how you use the kits!

And I have some fantastic news!  I am now selling at Gotta Pixel in addition to the other stores!  I am so excited!  I have some good friends I get to be back with and I love GP!  So I am really excited to share this news with you!

And one more note, I am going to be retiring a TON of product before the end of the year.  You can check the Going, Going, Gone section of the store for some killer deals!  Grab them now!  They will be removed soon!

Here’s to a hot cocoa filled winter!

Happy Scrapping,

April

Get the Shiver Extras FREE!

when you purchase Shiver Nov. 11-13th. The price will adjust after the 13th!

New Releases for $2 Tuesday!!!

(New Release price is good through Thursday)

Shiver!

Welcome winter with a fun and whimsical kit! The colors flirt with rosy cheeks, snowy skies and icy waters. Bring on the snow!

Just $2 Through Thursday!

Get these extras FREE! when you buy Shiver for just $2!

Offer ends Nov. 13th, 10pm MST

Available at

DAD

PDW

GP

New Fall Hike Quick Pages from Hollie!

Just $2 through Nov. 13th!

Available at

DAD

PDW

GP

New Maya Road!

Maya Road Calendar Book is a board style alterable album and is perfect for your next gift or project. Each book has 12 tabbed pages and cover made of chipboard which makes them easily alterable and/or paintable. The Calendar Book measures 6.5″ x 5″ and comes with 5 rings.

Page by Hollie

featuring Fall Hike, and available as a Quick Page!

Also Available at

PDW

GP

Page by Hollie

featuring Fall Hike, and available as a Quick Page

Also Available at

PDW

GP

Fall Hike Brag Book Pages by Hollie

These are 6×4 pages, perfect for making quick and easy to print albums!

featuring Fall Hike

Also Available at

PDW

GP

This adorable page is from SeaChelle334!

I love this photo! Click the photo to leave her some love!

She used the Almost Forks kit for this page.

And she just got 25 bonus points in the store!

Layout by Hollie

Using Monster Trap

Monster Trap

Layout by Senovia

Wow! I have mixed emotions about seeing live bears, in the wild. That is so cool!

She used Freak Out, which is in the Going, Going, Gone section! Grab it before it is gone forever!

And Senovia just earned 25 bonus points in the store!

Color & Photo Challenges!

Color Challenge:

Congratulations to

mnleckie for winning the October Color Challenge!

Please contact me so I can get your prize to you! I couldn’t find you in the store!

Want a Photography Challenge?

This isn’t about skill, it is more about theme.  Of course you want your photo to look good, but I am not going to be judging quality here.

Challenge Details:

Deadline: Your layout/project must be loaded to the photo challenge gallery before midnight MST on Nov. 15th ! (here is a time converter to help you!)

Prize : One participant will win a $5 gift certificate to my store! (randomly selected, no judging involved) Plus: Each participant will receive 25 store bonus points !

Products : You can use any products you like, but you must use at least one product that is in the DAD store to qualify for the prize!

Photo Theme Details: Your photo must be taken between Oct. 12-Nov 15th.  It needs to show the season (for me it would be Fall/Autumn).  So you may need to go outside, or maybe you have decorations in your home that show the season.  I need to be able to tell from just the photo what season you are in right now!

1. Create a page, card or hybrid project that incorporates the Photo Theme.

2. Upload your page to the Photo Challenge Gallery before the deadline! (Place the photo in your member gallery, and then you can also place it into any kit galleries you used.)

3. The prize will be awarded to someone who has posted in this gallery! If you don’t post you won’t qualify for the prize.

4. I will have select one random participant on Nov. 16th as the winner of a $5 gift certificate to my store! And every participant will receive 25 points in their store account!

Have photographing!

Have you stopped by the new gallery yet?

Did you know you can get store bonus points (which can be converted to gift certificates ) if you post layouts in the new gallery and they are used in a newsletter or the store blog? That’s right!

You will get a credit in your store account with 25 points for each layout used!

You can access the blog, the gallery, newsletters and more from the home page in the store now!

Have an inspiring day!

April

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Happy Scrapping & Shopping and have a fantastic weekend!