Gratitude!

Gratitude

Regular Price: $4.99

Free With $10.00 Purchase from the SNP Store (11/16-11/30)

I am so excited to share this new kit with you!  It will be the free gift with any $10.00 or more purchase at the Scraps N Pieces store through the rest of the month of November.

Gratitude is the perfect kit for scrapping your appreciation. Whether you are looking to make a thank you card, a layout for the Thanksgiving holiday or a gratitude journal, you will find the supplies you need to express your thankfulness in "Gratitude". This woodland-motifed kit contains 20 papers, 5 cardstocks and 45 elements.

The element pack includes:

• 1 "Thanks" banner strung between trees 
• 1 bird 
• 1 fawn 
• 1 paper pieced deer 
• 1 paper pieced fox 
• 1 paper pieced hedgehog 
• 1 paper pieced rabbit
• 1 paper pieced raccoon
• 1 paper pieced mushroom 
• 1 fabric heart 
• 1 paper heart with leaves 
• 1 set of doodled hearts on notebook paper 
• 1 leaf 
• 1 leaf cluster 
• 1 leaf scatter 
• 5 flowers 
•  1 feather 
• 3 frames 
• 1 arrow 
• 1 note paper 
• 2 tags 
• 2 paisley elements 
• 4 buttons 
• 2 ribbons 
• 1 bow 
• 1 ricrac 
• 1 string 
• 1 set of stitches 
• 1 glitter glue smudge 
• 4 word arts 
• 2 strips of words inked on masking tape 

Colors included in this kit are Straw, Chestnut , Eggplant, Wisteria, and Hemlock.  You will find a cardstock pack in these shades along with a 20-piece paper pack:

And here is some inspiration for you:

Teresa

Don't you love the way Teresa created a focal point with the chevrons and large frame?  And that tag cluster is so sweet!

Trinity 

Trinity created an amazing cluster with so many different layers.  What amazing attention to detail in positioning everything!

Now it's your turn to show us what you can do.  Head on over to Scraps N Pieces and fill your cart with $10.00 worth of goodies to grab Gratitude for free!

Joyful Designs in the Featured Designer at SNP!

 The featured designer for the rest of November is...

Get to know  Jenni of Joyful Expressions...

And come have fun, collect freebies & coupons and participate in challenges...

Freebies 
Spend $10 in the Scraps N Pieces store between November 16th-November 30th and receive the Joyful Expressions' kit Gratitude for free!

Complete the Joyful Expressions' Featured Designer Speed Scrap on Thursday, Nov 21st 8:30 pm CST (6:30 PST, 7:30 MST, 9:30 EST) and receive the kit Applicious for free.

Grab the Joyful Expressions' freebie in the newsletter on November 21st!

Stop by the Joyful Expressions facebook page and grab the latest Joyful Expressions' freebie!

Coupons
Collect up to $7 in coupons to the Joyful Expressions' Store! You will receive a $1 coupon for each of the following challenges you complete:

Challenge 1: 
Complete a Challenge Challenge: Complete any Scraps N Pieces challenge between November 16-30 using any Joyful Expressions kit and copy the layout to the Joyful Expressions' designer gallery.

Challenge 2:
Follow Me on Facebook Challenge: Like the Joyful Expressions' facebook page  and leave a comment on the Featured Designer Facebook Challenge post.  Be sure to keep an eye on the page as there will flash sales and giveaways.

Challenge 3: 
Scavenger Hunt: Find the kits these elements belong in and send Jennifer a PM with the answers. Please do not post the answers here.

Challenge 4:
Gratitude Kit Challenge: Create a layout using the Joyful Expressions' kit Gratitude (available in the Scraps N Pieces store as a free gift with $10.00 purchase November 16th-November 30th).

Challenge 5: 
I Bought It Challenge: Make a purchase in the Joyful Expressions' store between November 16th-November 30th. Check out some of what you can find in the Joyful Expressions' store:

Challenge 6: 
Speed Scrap Challenge: Attend the Joyful Expressions' Featured Designer Speed Scrap on Thursday, Nov 21st 8:30 pm CST (6:30 PST, 7:30 MST, 9:30 EST).

Challenge 7: 
Comment Challenge: Comment on 10 layouts in the Joyful Expressions' designer gallery.

To qualify for your coupons, find the Joyful Expressions' thread in the SNP featured designer's forum.  Reply to the thread as directed in the first post.   Coupons will be handed out December 1st.

Have FUN!

New Things from Joyful Expressions!!

It's the start of November and the Joyful Expressions' store has new products and new sales.

This week's first new release is the Native Celebration Bits N Pieces packs. You can grab each pack for just $1.00 a piece through November 7th!

Native Celebration celebrates the first Thanksgiving meal but the individual packs can also double as American Indian scrapbooking supplies to scrap memories of visits to pow-wows, field trips to museums or historic sites, Indian Guides or Indian Princesses events, or Disney visits with Pocahontas.

Included in the 50 piece Native Celebration element pack are:

• 2 Native Americans
• 1 canoe
• 1 willow tree
• 1 racoon
• 1 squirrel
• 1 feather
• 1 fish
• 1 line of arrowheads
• 2 pilgrims
• 1 cart
• 1 ear of corn
• 1 cornucopia
• 1 apple
• 1 gourd
• 1 pear
• 1 pumpkin
• 1 cluster of grapes
• 1 wild turkey
• 1 served turkey on a platter
• 1 multi-color grunge
• 1 scatter of beads
• 1 wood slice
• 3 flowers
• 1 fern branch
• 1 leaf
• 2 frames
• 2 bows
• 1 printed paper strip
• 5 ribbons
• 2 sets of stitches
• 2 strings
• 3 tags
• 1 brad available in 2 colors
• 3 buttons

The 20 count paper pack has a balanced mix of solids and prints:

And finally, there is this unique alpha that was created from paint stamped wood slices:

But once Jennifer was done with the kit, she wanted to give you one more frame.  So she created this cluster frame freebie as a bonus:

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE JOYFUL EXPRESSION BLOG TO DOWNLOAD THE FRAME

Also, her first try at an art journaling kit is in the store for 50% off!  

"Just Be..." includes a variety of 12 mixed media papers and 31 elements that are perfect for art journaling or vintage-style layouts. The 12 papers include a variety of mixed media finishes including stamps, watercolors, paint splatters and more.  The elements pack contains are variety of crafting type items including:

• 1 vintage paper doll 
• 2 paper bees made from natural history ephemera 
• 1 bejeweled crown broach 
• 1 vintage paper luggage tag on a string 
• 1 notebook paper tag on a string 
• 1 "Queen Bee" title made from vintage cut out letters 
• 1 stamped "Just Be" title 
• 2 word cut-outs: "beautiful" doodled on bubble wrap stamped kraft paper and "fabulous" on notebook paper
• 2 word strips from a vintage typed letter that read "I wish I could" and "express my feelings and thoughts"
• 3 mixed media flowers (1 from a map, 1 from notebook paper, and 1 doodled on kraft paper) 
• 1 leaf spring  pieced together from vintage maps 
• 1 paper hole punch scatter 
• 1 bubble wrap painting overlay 
• 2 ink splatters 
• 1 frame doodled with a tinted colored pencil 
• 1 photographic slide frame made an old post card 
• 1 string 
• 2 ribbons 
• 1 set of stitching 
• 1 piece of masking tape 
• 4 buttons 

Art Journaling is a new style in scrapbooking.  Here is some inspiration to get you started on this fun new scrapbooking trend:

Trinity

Teresa 

Don't you love the way these layouts show how the mixed media materials can be combined to create unique papers and fantastic clusters?

To grab the Native Celebration Bits N Pieces pack, Just Be or any of the other sale kits (remember everything is on sale for 50% off and you can save even more if you build your own bundle), head over to the Joyful Expressions' store.

New From Joyful Expressions!

It's almost the end of October but Joyful Expressions has one last Halloween kit for you. This week's new release is Pumpkineer and you can grab it for 50% off for the rest of the month!



Also, this is the last week to grab the "Did You Miss It?" sale for October. You can grab Autumn Adventures for 50% off through October 31st: 



And finally, on Saturday, you can pick up the Phineas and Ferb inspired What Are we Going to Do Today? for just $2.00:



And because it is almost Trick or Treat time, we have some treats for you. 

You can grab these 2 Pumpkineer freebies and the What Are We Doing Today Freebie? on the Joyful Expressions' blog:

New Things from Joyful Expressions!!

Joyful Expressions is getting ready for Halloween with another kit release & some Halloween-themed freebies. 

This week Joyful Expressions re-released Costumed Cuties...



When kids are little Halloween is all about dressing up in your favorite costume and collecting delicious candy. Capture those precious moments by using this not so scary Halloween themed kit to scrap your Halloween party and trick-or-treating photos of your costumed cuties. Bursting at the seams, this huge kit contains 68 elements, 31 papers and a candy corn alpha. You can grab Costumed Cuties for 50% off through October 17th. 

Here is some design inspiration to get you thinking about Halloween...







Aren't these fun layouts? The Joyful Expressions' team can't wait for Halloween to get here. Now look a little closer at these layouts. Do you see that fantastic title work on Trinity's layout? What about that treat-filled pumpkin in Teresa's layout? Both of these were made by these talented ladies using the Costumed Cuties kit. And they have generously made them into freebies for you! So keep reading and you'll find some goodies at the end of this post.

And we have another surprise for you! Because we are starting to get ready for Halloween, this month's Super Saturday sales will all be dressed up with some of your favorite characters. This week's featured Super Saturday kit is the Wonderland Mega Kit. You can grab it on Saturday for just $2.00! 


But before getting dressed up in your costume, you probably have a lot of fun activities planned. Maybe you've gone to a corn maze or on a hayride. Or perhaps you have visited the farm and picked some pumpkins. You can scrap those and all of your other fall outings using Autumn Adventures which is on sale for 50% off through October 31st...



And finally, we have a some goodies for you. 

Jennifer has created a Costumed Cuties inspired siggy template:


Teresa has a fun element cluster that turned a plain pumpkin trick-or-treat bag into a candy-stuffed trick-or-treat bag:



And Trinity has this amazing title work word art for you...


You can find the download links for all of the freebies on the Joyful Expressions' blog.

New This Week From Joyful Expressions!!

It's the start of October and the Joyful Expressions' store has new products and new sales.

This week's new releases include the Digital Memories Bits N Pieces packs. You can grab each pack for just $1.00 a piece!

(click on the image to view the collection in the store)

Also, there is a new "Did You Miss It?" sale for October. You can grab Autumn Adventures for 50% off during the month of October: 

And finally, on Saturday, you can pick up the Winnie-the-Pooh inspired Cuddly Honey Cubbie for just $2.00:

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Sales and Fun Stuff from Joyful Expressions!

Have you stopped by the Joyful Expressions' store lately? It is packed full of sales. Here's a look at this week's sales: