a vibrant birthday extravaganza

a fun hodge-podge of stuff, with a little birthday thrown in ... all inspired by my 43rd birthday on May 19th

43 ...
(not everything made it in the preview)




***AND.....

Grab my newest kit, 43, for only $1.49 with se_43*4u&me (for the first lucky 5 scrappers)

new Gap promos

ok... you know I love a great Gap deal.. and I really love sharing them with everyone too ...

Mens's & Women's shorts: $25

Reg. $34.50-$59.50.
For a limited time. In stores only.
Select styles.

I have these destructed denim bermudas and I LOVE them!

Women's Swim seperates: $20 each

Reg. $32.50-$36.50
For a limited time. In stores only.

I have this tankini in a different shade... but I really like this one too :)

All GapKids swimsuits &
rash guards: $15

Reg. $20-$26.50.
For a limited time. In stores and online. Regularly priced merchandise only.

Griff wore these to his swim party at preschool today.  Aren't they so fun?

All babyGap swimsuits &
rash guards: $12

Reg. $20-$26.50.
For a limited time. In stores and online. Regularly priced merchandise only.

this is just way too stinkin' cute for the little toddler girls!

and.... for all of the fabulous Gap Rewards card holders (and Old Navy & Banana Republic cards):

10% Super Tuesdays

Shop with your GapCard and save 10%, every Tuesday.
In stores and online. To redeem online, enter TUESDAYS at checkout.

While We Were Away....

While We Were Away...

The Scrappity-Doo-Dah designers and team members were cooking up something special for you!

The whole team at SDD appreciates all our customers, and our whole team want to thank you for your continued patience - both in the time that we were down and our migration over to a new, more (ahem) reliable host. We hope that this blog hop will make up for it!

More than 15 of the designers and some of the CT, Love Birds, and Moderators of SDD have come together to bring you this huge kit - While We Were Away. We know you missed us while we were away and we missed you too!

If you take all of the stops of the blog hop you will end up with a huge, beautiful kit that you will be able to scrap almost anything with. You'll also receive a ton of quickpages, courtesy of our Creative Team, Love Birds, and Moderators!

First I want to take a moment to tell you that a ton of designers have sales and specials going on this weekend to make up for the downtime. Be sure to check all of them out this weekend!

 

My 43rd birthday was on Wed, the 19th so that's why my sale is for 43% off now thru Sunday.  :)

Please understand - SDD will be going through a host move throughout the weekend and possibly into the week still. If the store does happen to be down, be patient and try again later. We may experience some downtime during the move, but rest assured if there is, we will try to fix it ASAP!

And now on to the blog hop!

Here's what you'll be receiving from me today!

 

And don't forget to stop at the next blog to grab your next piece. You should have come from (last blog link) and your next stop will be (next blog link). If you get lost, you can find all the blogs right here:

http://digioverdose.com/blog/ - Tam & Yvonne
http://lisetescrap.blogspot.com/ - LiseteScrap
http://www.scraplantis.com/gabs-blog/ - Gabs-Art
http://digilicious.typepad.com/digi_licious_designs/ - Digilicious Designs
http://danospookie.blogspot.com/ - Danospookie Designs
http://www.lilleyscrapdesigns.com/blog - LilleyScrap
http://scrapsillysara.blogspot.com/ = Sara E Designs
http://bekahs-escape2scrapland.blogspot.com/ - Bekah E Designs
http://wordartfun.blogspot.com - Kathy Winters Designs
http://twinmomscraps.blogspot.com - Twin Mom Scraps
http://pixiemamadesigns.blogspot.com - Pixiemama Designs
http://scraps-by-jayaprem.blogspot.com/ - JayaPrem's Hangout
http://ginnytallent.blogspot.com/ - GET Designs
http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/blog/ - Inspired by Dominic Designs
http://crystalcreationsbydesign.blogspot.com/ - Crystal's Creations
http://www.2minutes2myself.com/ - Andrea (CT)
http://www.storiesremembered.blogspot.com/ - Crystal (CT)
http://faithhopeandluv.blogspot.com/ - Lisa (CT)
http://jennmurphyscraps.blogspot.com/ - Jenn Murphy
http://www.cvfragata.blogspot.com - Corinne (CT)
http://pinky-designs.blogspot.com/ - Pinky (CT)
http://threedogsandababydesigns.blogspot.com/
http://elainetherese.blogspot.com/
http://creativetripletmom.blogspot.com/
http://victorialanedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Vicky

If someone does not have their piece up yet, please bookmark and try back later - we are all in different time zones so some may not have their pieces up quite yet.





You can download my contribution HERE
.... and... if you haven't already grabbed my Penelope freebie from a few days ago, just go HERE

****AND... please remember to thank each of the designers for their hard work  and your special gifts :)


Thank you for all your understanding during the last couple of weeks and through the move this weekend! Enjoy!

It's My Birthday!!

ok... well... it was yesterday May 19th, but I wasn't home at all yesterday and only online for a brief moment ....

but... it's a party in my store for you for a few days...



It’s Sara Ellis’ 43rd Birthday Party
43% off May 19th - 23rd

Gap mystery offers

Everyone’s a winner! Visit a Gap store near you for your instant mystery offer. come into Gap now thru Wed, the 19th, and receive a scratch-off mystery offer which can be used now thru Wed ... two offers available (with four possibilities on each one) *Men & Women - receive up to $25 off of a pair of denim jeans (I love my Real Straight denim like these... so super comfy and flattering!) *Kid & Baby - receive up to 30% off your K&B purchase (don't you just love the Hamptons collection for Boys and Girls?  The cobalt blue and black combo is beautiful!)

FREEBIE time

Thanks so much to everyone who visited my blog at the beginning of the month for the huge mega Summer Surprises blog train! It looks like many many scrappers snagged my mini contribution. YAY! I am leaving this up for you to snag whenever if you haven't already grabbed it.

I have a few old blog train contributions that are still available for you.  You just need to search them out to find the other 4 or 5.  

Also, if you haven't noticed or read what's going on in lots of digiscrap-land ... many sites are down due to some breach with the host, including Scrappity-doo-dah.  We've all been down for over 3 days.  UCwebHost says they are working on getting it fixed.  Hopefully it won't be too much longer.  I know SDD is planning lots of fun for everyone when we get live again. 
SDD's Facebook fan page, as well as my fan page are posting updates as they happen. 

Also... did you notice the banner in the top left corner?  Please take a moment to click on it & then cast your vote for me.  I really really would love to be part of Big Brother 12.

In the meantime, I have a fun oldie but goodie for you, Penelope.  A mini version of Penelope was offered as a freebie during a design contest at Funky Playground Designs roughly 1.5 years ago.  This larger kit is retired from a previous store.  It's still one of my faves!  I'll be splitting this up in sections for you.  Today you will be able to get half of all the papers.  Yay for you! (only seven papers now & seven more will be available later, as well as the alpha pack and the element pack).  All of these will only be available for a limited amount of time.

Please become a blog follower, Twitter follower, and/or a Facebook fan of mine to make sure you receive all the freebies I offer.  (see right sidebar for links)  You will also find out about my new releases and sales this way too.  Thanks so much!

download Penelope papers 1 EXPIRED - be sure to come back often so you can grab the other portions ...

and also send your friends to my blog too :)

Thanks bunches!!!!!!!

CRAZY Bargains and a freebie

May 1st - 3rd for each offer from Sara Ellis~~~ 



and..



May 1st - 3rd for each offer from Sara Ellis~~~
Buy Sara Ellis' ENTIRE Store ONLY $15 (CU/S4H/PU) *****
50% off everything in Sara Ellis' store *****
HUGE Template Bag - 24 templates for ONLY $4

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It's May 1st and that means it's time for another HUGE MONSTER-sized BLOG TRAIN

First off, please be sure to stay in touch with me with my blog, my Facebook Fan Page, and/or Twitter. You never know what goodies you'll find from me (surprise coupons, freebies, sales, new products, etc..).

If you haven't already joined in my monthly Brag About It Challenge, you should get it a try this month. I provide a brag book sized kit for all participants. All you need to do is make one 4x6 page and at the end of the month you will receive one large coordinating brag book.  In May, it coordinates with Bloomin' Blossoms.
 
(brag book kit preview coming very soon)  

 
And, last but not least, here's your blog train freebie!!! 
Enjoy! 


download HERE


Your next stop is ....
Design By Tina: Design by Tina

If you get lost, the blog train blog is here http://www.blogtrainblog.blogspot.com
There are over 100 designers participating this month, so be patient - all links will appear sometime during the day.


  
I do have some other FREEBIES available on my blog right now too.  You'll just have to search on here to find them. 
Happy Hunting!