FreeBees, News and Happy New Year!

You may have noticed that I haven’t released any new products for a few weeks. I’ve been enjoying a little break to spend time with my family over the holidays. I hope you have had a nice holiday too!!

I am currently working on a new kit that I hope to release early in the new year. I’ll have some sneak peeks for that coming up soon!

I wanted to give you a heads up about the Scrap Orchard Featured Designer FreeBees that will be available starting in January in the Scrap Orchard Newsletter. If you are not already subscribed to the Scrap Orchard Newsletter, please make sure to sign up HERE (enter your email address in the box at the top right that says “Bee in the Know”). This gorgeous collaboration kit, Enjoy.Life, will be given away for FREE in the newsletter from January through March! You can read up on the details for this kit HERE in the Scrap Orchard Forum.



My portion of this super cute collaboration kit will be available in January! Here’s a little sneak peek of what you’ll get for free from me if you are signed up for the store newsletter!






Enjoy.Life is a Scrap Orchard Mega Kit. The Scrap Orchard Megas are HUGE and super cute, and a great way to try out a new designer or two. There is a new Mega kit every month, and they are a super low price and only available for a very short time. The January Mega Kit, New Beginnings, has just been released. You can check it out HERE in the store.



I’ve been given a super cute Quick Page made with the New Beginnings January 2013 Mega to share with you!! I think it would be the perfect page for scrapping a beginning of the year photo of yourself, or maybe your new year’s resolution or your word for the year! My word for 2013 is “Simplify” and I think scrapping with a QP would fit my word perfectly! I hope that you enjoy using this!

Download the New Beginnings Quick Page HERE


If you are on Facebook, please swing by my page HERE and click the "Jan Mega Word Art FreeBee" tab at the top of my page, to jump aboard the New Beginnings Facebook Train. There are just a few stops along the way, and you’ll end up with this super cute New Beginnings Coordinating Word Art Pack when you are finished! While you are there, if you hover over the “liked” button on my page and put a check next to “Get Notifications” you will be sure never to miss another Facebook freebie!

 

I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year!! Hope your celebration is super fun and safe!

New Kit: Candy Cane Cuties & 24 Hour 50% off Sale!!

It’s Day 5 of the Scrap Orchard Advent Sale, and guess who is behind door number 5? It's me!! For the next 24 hours, you can buy anything HERE in my Scrap Orchard store at 50% off! This includes my brand new kit, Candy Cane Cuties, available today.

Candy Cane Cuties is a fun and bright Christmas themed kit that includes 17 textured papers, full alpha, over 60 unique elements and 12 word art pieces. It is 50% off for 24 hours only. In addition to the sale price, through December 10th, when you purchase the Candy Cane Cuties Kit you will get the Candy Cane Cuties Sticker Pack for free.

The 50% off sale on my store and my new kit ends on Wednesday, December 5th at midnight, Eastern Time. Coupons, Plum Perks and sales cannot be combined with the sale. After that, the Candy Cane Cuties kit will be 20% off in Fresh Fruit. This is certainly the biggest discount ever available in my store and it only happens one day a year, so don’t miss it!

Candy Cane Cuties




Candy Cane Cuties Stickers (free with purchase of the kit through December 10th)












I am sharing my sale day with an amazing template designer. If you haven’t tried using templates by Fiddle Dee Dee, today is the day to try it, because her entire store HERE is 50% off as well.



I have FOUR freebies available for you today.

**Edited, Sorry, but this freebie is no longer available** First, if you aren’t signed up for the Scrap Orchard newsletter, I have the download link for my part of the Advent Collaboration Kit. This download is available for 24 HOURS ONLY! Please do not wait to download it, because it will not be available after Wednesday, midnight, Eastern Time.

Free download - No longer available


Second, I have a Candy Cane Cuties Paper Pack Add-on Freebie that you can pick up to coordinate with the Candy Cane Cuties Kit. Enjoy!

Download Candy Cane Cuties Paper Pack Add On HERE


If you like Quick Pages, you might enjoy this Quick Page made using my Candy Cane Cuties kit and Fiddle Dee Dee’s Templates. A big big Thank You to my sweet friend Kami who made this for us. I love it!

Download the advent Quick Page HERE


The last freebie is for all of you Facebook users. Swing by my Facebook page HERE to pick up this quick and easy timeline cover freebie. It can be found in the fan freebie button at the top of my page. This is a JPG file and it’s a really quick way to dress up your timeline for the Holidays. Just save the file to your computer, hover over your timeline and replace the cover with this image. It’s super fast and easy!

My Facebook Page HERE


I have already started working on a new kit that I think those of you with boys especially will love. I hope to have it finished by the end of the month. But in case I am not able post again before the holidays, I want to wish you all a happy and memorable holiday!

Keep your eye out for a brand new Kristin Aagard kit coming on December 5th!!

Scrap Orchard Advent – Christmas Countdown

The Scrap Orchard Advent Event begins December 1st. This means that during December, not only will you find some of the biggest discounts of the year at Scrap Orchard, you can also collect a super cute and huge kit for FREE!

Want to know how it works? Each designer will have a 24 hour sale each day leading up to the 25th. Every day, one designer’s door on the Advent Calendar will be “opened” and the links to that designer’s portion of the collab will be provided. On that day you will also be able to see the discount that designer is offering.

Each day is a surprise, so I can’t tell you the exact day of my sale and freebie. But I will tell you a couple things about my day. I’ll be releasing a brand new kit on my sale day at the discounted price! Also, make sure to sign up for the newsletter now, because my day is coming up really soon and I don’t want you to miss it! Do you see anything on the calendar that looks like it might be from me? *wink wink*

IMPORTANT: Each designer sale and freebie is available for 24 hours only. So make sure to sign up for the Scrap Orchard newsletter so that you don’t miss any of them! If you are not signed up for the Scrap Orchard newsletter, you can sign up HERE.)

I'll have some sneak peeks of my new kit coming soon!

I also wanted to let you know that if you missed my Santa's Little Helper kit last week while it was available in the Farmer's Market, it is no longer available in the individual element and paper packs. But it is now available as a full kit. It is 20% off this week during the Fresh Fruit Sale HERE at Scrap Orchard.

Santa's Little Helper

 

Santa's Little Helper & Fifteen $1 Farmer’s Market Goodies

Just a little bit of a friendly warning, this post is very image heavy. I have so many good things to show you! I tried to limit my images to as few as possible. But if you are reading this by email, you may find that it is easier to click over and read it on my blog HERE.



It’s time for the Farmer’s Market sale for Black Friday at Scrap Orchard. There are over 400 products in the store (new and old) marked down to only $1! The sale lasts through November 26th.

I have 15 products included in the sale. Four products are brand new, and the others are products that are not new, but have not been available at Scrap Orchard until today. I have all of the product images linked for you below to give you direct access to them in the store.

First I want to share my newest product with you! Our family is starting the “Elf” tradition this year. I’m super excited about it and I’ve been busy finding and saving lots of inspiration for our Elf “Snowflake” to keep busy and engage in some creative Christmas mischief. I have created a new collection of products that I think are perfect for scrapping Elf photos as well as any Christmas and holiday pics that you might snap throughout the season.

Santa’s Little Helper is included in the Farmer’s Market this year in three parts. You can grab each part for only $1. Please note that after the Farmer’s Market sale is over, the Santa’s Little Helper products will be bundled into a full priced kit. So now is definitely the time to pick them up for the best savings.

Santa’s Little Helper Elements

Santa’s Little Helper Papers

Santa’s Little Helper Word Art

I have also created a brand new add-on to my Turkey Time kit called Little Turkey. This add-on is only $1 in the Farmer’s Market right now.

Little Turkey

I am releasing three kits that were previously available only as a part of designer collaborations. The collaborations have been recently retired. If you do not have these items from the collabs, you can now pick up just my part. Through November 26th, they are all only $1 each in the Farmer’s Market.

Fruity Cutie

Vroom Zoom Chugga Choo

Autumn Falling

If you missed the Block Party products available during DSD, those are now available in my store for only $1 during the Farmer’s Market.

Our House

Block Party Alpha

I have bundled several mini kit collaboration contributions into new products. If you didn’t pick those up while they were available as collabs, you can grab them now as bundled remixes. Please be sure to carefully read the product descriptions to avoid double purchases. However, at only $1, these are still a really great deal, even if you already have one part of the bundles.

Snow Bear

Fall Remix

Sampler Remix Vo.1

If you are looking for designer resources, I am reintroducing three CU/PU products into my store for only $1 each during the Farmer’s Market.

CU Foliage 1

CU Foliage 2

Text Bubbles Vo.1

Earlier this week, I announced a sneak peek contest to win a free copy of the Santa’s Little Helper products. I want to say, thanks to everyone who participated. I used Random.Org to choose a winner. Congratulations to Jasmine Townsend poster number 124! Please send an email to me at kristin.aagard@gmail.com to claim your prize.



I have a couple of Santa’s Little Helper freebies for you today. have created an alpha to coordinate with the Santa’s Little Helper products. You can pick it up here for free. Enjoy!

Santa’s Little Helper Alpha

If you are on Facebook, swing by my page and snag a free timeline cover made using Santa’s Little Helper as well.

Santa’s Little Helper Facebook Timeline Cover

I hope that you all enjoy all the deals in the Farmer’s Market Sale at Scrap Orchard. To those of you in the US, please enjoy your Thanksgiving! I’m so thankful for all of you supporting me! Happy turkey and pie eating day to you all!

Santa’s Little Helper Sneak Peek

Did you know that Scrap Orchard has a Farmer’s Market sale on Black Friday? If you haven’t shopped the Farmer’s Market in the past, make sure to check out the shop November 21 – 26 because there will be hundreds of items marked at only $1 each! I will have over fifteen $1 items in my store during this Farmer’s Market including some brand new products. Here’s a little peek for you. See you Wednesday!

 

Leave a comment HERE on my blog for a chance to win the Santa's Little Helper products. Make sure to post by noon on November 20th. I'll announce the winner on my blog on Wednesday. Good luck!

*Edited* This contest is closed. Thanks to those of you who commented! Please look for the winner in the November 20th blog post.

Scrap Orchard DSD Block Party

I hope you are all ready for a fun Digital Scrapbooking Day (DSD) full of challenges, freebies and a a big sale!

First, if you haven’t take advantage of our store wide sale, head over to my shop and pick up some new goodies at a great discount! From November 1-4 all purchases are 30% off. Save more when you spend more! Spend over $10 in the store, and save 35%. Spend over $20 and save 40%! You can find all of my products on sale HERE at Scrap Orchard.

You won’t want to miss the challenges and games at Scrap Orchard. The challenges run all day Saturday starting at 8 am (eastern) and ending at midnight. All the challenges have fun and cute prizes and they all coordinate! If you collect them all, you will have a super cute and HUGE mega kit! Some of the challenges are time limited so if you want to participate, make sure to check out the DSD challenge schedule listed HERE in the Scrap Orchard forum.

My sponsored challenge is the Scrapopoly (Monopoly Inspired) Siggy Challenge and it runs all day Saturday!!  Want to see my prize? It’s called Our House and it’s only available for free November 3rd. (After that it will be for sale in my store.) This is a super easy challenge to complete! So head over to the Scrap Orchard DSD Forum HERE to find out how to pick up Our House for FREE!.

Our House

Here is some Our House layout inspiration to get you excited to scrap!

Last, if you haven’t visited the Scrap Orchard Facebook Freebie Train, make sure to stop by! The Facebook Freebies coordinate with the Block Party Challenge freebies, so you won’t want to miss them! Visit my Facebook page HERE to hop on the train.

I just want to tell you all how much I appreciate your support! Best wishes to you all, and a very happy and scrappy Digital Scrapbooking Day!