Afternoon Delight

Can you believe it's (almost) October! As much as I hate saying goodbye to summer, fall is my favorite season: colorful leaves, back-to-school excitement, the crisp autumn air, and FOOTBALL! :)

I'm participating in the Stuff to Scrap blog train again this month and I absolutely love the colors that were chosen. They're really different from a lot of what's out there right now. And I've seen all the previews--you're in for a real treat--there are a lot of beautiful stuff for you.

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And here is the list of the rest of the designers taking part in this month's blog train. If a particular designer doesn't have her portion listed, please check back. We're spread all across the globe. Also, be sure to snag stuff by the 15th. After that date, designers are free to put their portion in their store(s). My portion of this blog train will remain free all month.

Enjoy!

Digi-designs by Nicole
Life Is Not a Cereal
Stuff To Scrap
Becky aka SAHM Scrapper
Scraps N Pieces
Grandmas Templates
Desertgirl Designs
Shel Belle Scraps <--YOU ARE HERE
Tonisha's Playground
Ginger's House
Ányi + a digitális scrapbooking
Seal Scraps
Craft With Me
Midnight Scrapping
Tricia's Treasures
Always Be Neighbors Designs
Jensen Motley Crew Designs
Dream Big Designs
a thousand words by Brooke
Adriana's Cafe
Digi-Scrapz by Christi
The Scrappy Kat
moms unique possibilities
Chubby Bird Blog
This Little Missy
Borsmustár
Saphira's Scrapdesign
A valóság tükre (Osli's blog)
StashHappy Designs
light's digiscrapworld
Citygurl Creations
Lovin' My Scrappy Life
nitasthings
JW-DigiScraps
The Latest Scoop, Too
Let Me Scrapbook!
Little Red Scraps
StrawBearyDesigns
Mad Genius Designs

Haunted Halloween

Hello all! Hope you're all well. It feels like forever since I've posted about myself or a new kit. Things have been really hectic--sometimes good, sometimes bad--around here. My grandfather's health has slipped a bit and we've been dealing with all sorts of doctors appointments. He's doing better than he was a couple of weeks ago but not as good as he was a couple of months ago, unfortunately. That, coupled with the new school year, has kept me busy.

Now on to scrapping news...

I've got a new kit in the store called "Haunted Halloween." I did a kit with the same name last year but I've completely re-vamped the kit: brand new papers, elements, alphas (six in all), and worn papers. My CT did a fabulous job with this kit and I appreciate them doing it on short notice! (They got the kit from me on Thursday.) Check out their layouts:

Michele

Juli

Ginger

Here's my layout. That's me, circa 1988. Here's a look at the entire kit. It's pretty huge: 15 papers, 39 elements, and six (yes, six) glitter alphas. (Image is linked to the store.)
I also created a set of worn papers to go with the kit as I know many of you are big fans of worn papers. (Image is linked to the store.)
I'll see you tomorrow night with a new mini-kit. Have a good couple of days and happy scrapping!

First Day of Fall Sale at Stuff to Scrap!

Tomorrow marks the first day of fall and to celebrate, Stuff to Scrap is hosting a sale. For three days, you get 30% off everything in the store (except CU licenses). Check out the store for some great deals. (Image is linked.)

Problems with 4shared

This past weekend, 4shared was hacked. The attack/hack began sometime Saturday and service was not restored until sometime yesterday. This is the latest in a string of incidents with the site that have left me questioning how to best distribute my work. Because I cannot guarantee that none of my files were compromised, I've decided to remove the links to all freebies on my blog prior to this post. Some links may be out there, but all files have been or will be deleted from my 4shared account very soon.

I apologize for any issues this creates for you, but I do not want my work associated with a site I can no longer trust. As time permits, I will be moving the links to Sandy's BB pages & QPs to another server for downloading. As those sets become available, I will let you know. I already have plans in place as to how you will receive freebies from me in the future.

Thanks for your patience and understanding as I deal with this!

Stuff to Scrap newsletter

If you're a customer in the Stuff To Scrap store, you should already been receiving weekly newsletters with new product announcements, sales, and layouts for inspiration, but we're taking it a step further...with a quarterly newsletter!

It will be packed full of goodies, sales, layouts galore and who knows, maybe a freebie or two. We can't wait to get this started.

Simply go to the Stuff To Scrap Blog HERE and add your email address to our quarterly newsletter subscription service on the right hand side, and your good to go.

You won't want to miss it! First one comes out in December!

New kit: Angela's Wedding

Are you having a good weekend? I am! It started Friday morning (early) with a day-long trip to the Minnesota State Fair. I met my favorite radio hosts, saw my favorite musical group perform, and got a 1919 Root Beer float. PLUS, I got to eat at one of my favorite restaurants that evening. Doesn't get much better than that!

I've got a brand new kit this week called Angela's Wedding. Angela, a member of my CT, was in need of a kit that she could use to scrap her wedding pictures. She gave me some guidance and content suggestions and away I went. I have to say, I love the final result: It's soft, elegant, and very versatile. It can definitely be used to scrap more than just wedding pictures, as shown by the layouts my CT created:

Mary

Juli

Ginger

Dawn

Michele
Another gorgeous layout from MicheleBeth

Of course, you can use it for wedding (or wedding-related) pictures if you'd like, as Angela (who inspired the kit) did. Gorgeous!
And here's my layout. The picture is of the cake at my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary party last summer.

Here's a preview of the entire kit, available only at Stuff to Scrap.And, just for making it through this post and all the fabulous pictures, I've got a little freebie for you!

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Belated Happy Blogiversary!

My friends and family will tell you that I'm usually very good at remembering dates likes birthdays and anniversaries. Guess what I forgot? My blogiversary! Yep, Shel Belle Scraps was officially one year old on Tuesday!

The past year has been an incredible one for me. I've learned a lot about design (and improved a lot, if I do say so myself), met so many wonderful people in the digi-scrap community, and been touched time and again by how many of you take the time to leave a comment and let me know you like my work.

So, to celebrate, I've got a little freebie alpha for you. The font is called Wooden Nickel Black and I found it on SearchFreeFonts.com. It's an acrylic alpha that includes lowercase letters, numbers, and some symbols/punctuation. I did a slightly beveled edge on it to make it stand out a bit more. The preview shows the letters at 80%.

Click on the picture to download and please leave some love.

I've got some goodies from Sandy for you coming soon. Have a great evening and happy scrapping!

Postcard project

I've got a favor to ask: Ginger, one of my CT members, is a teacher. One of the things she likes to do each year is collect postcards from around the world. She needs your help. This is from her blog:

It's time for me to send out my annual plea for postcards from your hometown and/or vacation spots. We use these in class to learn about other places and compare them to where we live. I've done this project for a few years now and it is always such a big hit with the kids in my class. There is nothing they love more then receiving these postcards from far away and not so far away places.

My school isn't really in the inner city, but it isn't in the best of neighborhoods either. Most of the kids in my class have never traveled anywhere other then to the houses right on their street. Many of them don't even go to the beach and we live in Miami! Your postcards open up the world to them and gets them thinking about places they would like to visit or even live someday.

We will be collecting these all year so if you can't send us one right now it's Ok. We'll be happy any time they arrive! Here's our address if you can help us out...

Ms. Brown's Class
Greynolds Park Elementary
1536 N.E. 179th Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33162

I've got a second part to my request this year. Will you please make a post about our project on your blog? You can either put the address on your blog or send your readers here to get it.

If you make a post on your blog, please come back here and leave a comment with the link and on Friday I will pick someone to win a $5.00 gift certificate to the store at Stuff to Scrap.

If you wouldn't mind taking a moment to send her class a postcard I know they'd really appreciate it. And, if you make a post about the project on your blog, you could win a $5.00 Stuff to Scrap gift certificate. How cool is that?

Nicole is having a CT call

Nicole is having a CT call. Check out the flyer below and head over to her blog for more info.

$2.00 Tuesday

One of my old kits, Celebrate Love, has been revamped and is now on sale in the Stuff to Scrap store. The papers have been redone, some of the elements redone and replaced, and a brand new alpha was created for it.

Best of all? It's on sale TODAY ONLY for $2.00 at Stuff to Scrap. Head on over there and check it out!

September CU Grab Bag

The designers at Stuff to Scrap have compiled a great grab bag of CU items for you.

I contributed a texture I made from scratch and that has appeared in my work a number of times.

Be sure to head over to the store to pick it up. You won't be disappointed!

T is for Trouble

The STS designers have teamed up to bring a HUGE collab this month called "T is for Trouble." There are 126 papers, 260 embellishments, 6 full alphas, and 4 templates. Check out the previews (images are linked):
Just the papers:Just the embellishments (not all shown):
And there's a coordinating QP collection, too:
Head over to the store to pick it up!