Countdown to DSD

Hi all!  If you are a member of the digital scrapbooking community, then you know that this Saturday, Nov. 2, is Digital Scrapbooking Day.  And if you aren't a digi-scrapper, well, now you know too!  DSD is one of two big sale events (the other is International Scrapbooking Day in May) that celebrate this awesome hobby.  Shoppers can score products at deep discounts, but if your money is a little tight, there are freebies galore and challenges and contests to participate in.  To that end, I'm here today to give you a glimpse into the festivities for the weekend, many of which started today and continue through Monday!

The Digichick is having a store wide DSD Weekend Event  with deep discounts on lots of items in the shop.  You can earn prize drawing entries by shopping or just plain browsing:

 

Click on the images to be taken to the appropriate spots.  A special push here for the scavenger hunt...I was very involved in developing this challenge and I'd love to see a lot of participation!  So check it out HERE, won't you?

In other Digichick news, Thursday is new release day, and since tomorrow is the first of the month, the November Digichicks Around the World collab was released today as well.  Take a look at La Bella Vida, which takes us to Old Mexico:

Also new today is this fun template set from Cornelia Designs called 2 Creative:

I combined the two to do this layout:

In other news, I have joined the creative team of Giny Scrap Designs as a guest for several months.  I had no intention of taking on any more layout work, but when Erika contacted me and had me take a look at her shop, I was hooked.  She has such beautiful creations, and her style of design can lend itself well to art-journaling layouts, which is something I'd like to explore.  She released a new kit a few days after I joined, and I snapped it up right away.  Take a look at Be Happy:

I used it to scrap these happy photos of this happy little girl:

You can find Giny Scraps HERE at DigiScrap Boutique.   All right, that's it for today, but I'll have lots more to show you in the next few days, so come back and see me soon!