Kim’s Delve into Webdom

Hey, all!  Looks like SM was down last night, and for a bit of today.  However, I’ve been over there and it looks like most of it is back up -like the store!  Yippee!  Sale on!

Therefore, if you go down to the next post, you’ll see that the previews are now linked to the store, and are active.  Happy Shopping!

For those of you coming over from Digifree- thank you!!!  There is a template freebie for you down at the bottom of last night’s post- please grab it and enjoy!

Wow- that’s a lot to write about!

First off the sale going on At ScrapMatters, since all of my new products are included!

Many of my products can be used for holiday themes, so a lot of my shop is on sale!  Here are some of my new goodies added just for the sale:

Aren’t they cute?  Please head over to SM and show me that staying up until 3:30am to load them into the store was worth it!  LOL!

Right then.  Now let me tell you about Tuesday night.  This year was mine and Jeff’s 10 year anniversary, and for his gift, I got us tickets for the Billy Joel/Elton John concert that was coming to town.  That was this past Tuesday night.

Best.  Concert.  Ever.

What an amazing night!  It started a little after 7:30pm, and between the two of them, we got 3 1/2 HOURS of music.  Two pianos facing each other rose out of the stage, and out walked Elton and Billy.  They played about 6 songs as duets, three from each artist.  Then Billy took a break, his piano sunk down in to the stage, and Elton John played for the next 90 minutes.  It was like I put my Greatest Hits CD on and just let it go- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Crocodile Rock, Saturday Night, Rocket Man, Philadelphia Freedom.  It was heaven.

And if that had been it, it would have been Ok.   But then, you realized there was another half of the ticket!

I grew up on Long Island, so Billy Joel has a special place in my heart- because he’s an “Islander like me”.  Jeff’s also a big fan, and he’s already seen him in concert (Washington DC in 1998).   Billy Joel played for another hour- and, again, it was like pulling out the boxed set!  And then, he endeared himself to Columbus forever.  There’s a break in the song River of Dreams- which he used to play a little bit of Hang On Sloopy!!  It’s an OSU Marching Band thing…

That wasn’t quite it.  Elton came back out (after a costume change from a purple shirt and dark glasses to a red shirt and glasses), and they played another set of 7-8 duets, ending with Piano Man, with the whole audience swaying and singing along.  Amazing.  My hands ached by the end of it- can you imagine playing piano that long- let alone AMAZING piano.  I haven’t been to too many concerts, but this one as definitely the best I had been to!  So, if they are coming to town, you really need to try to go!!!  Happy Anniversary, Jeff!!!!

Oh, and here’s the one picture I took with my phone:

Ok, so you’ve waited though the ad, and you waded through the concert review, so I have a reward for you- a template freebie!  This is a challenge sketch for Columbus Scrappers this week for our Summer Challenge Festival, so I thought I’d share.  It’s based off of one of the cards in my Diamond Life card templates- enjoy!

(image is linked to 4Shared)

Here’s the full-sized version of the page I made with it.  It’s featuring a new kit by Sugarplum Paperie called Candy Sunshine, with a couple of pieces from Lime Twist thrown in:

Oh, and one last note- I’m the hostess for the next ScrapMatters Speed Scrap- it’s Tuesday night, 7/21, at 9:30pm EDT.  I have a really cute alpha to give away from WM[squared] Designs, so you don’t want to miss it!

You have a few more hours to pickup Monday’s edition of the June Daily Download- go snag it over at the ScrapMatters store.  I’ll switch it off at noon Eastern time on Tuesday!

I’m really happy how this QP turned out:

Natalie’s not a fan of fireworks, so we didn’t go to any this year, but I did do the sample with one of the fireworks pics I took at Disney.

Stay tuned for more hybrid goodness tomorrow!

Have you seen the sale at ScrapMatters for the holiday weekend?  It celebrates the July 4th weekend, Andrea (owner of ScrapMatters)’s birthday, and the launch of the new Hybrid Design Team.  Whoo hoo- I’m now part of a team!!!

Anyhoo, I’ve been working all month to get some new products into the shop, so you should drop by and see them!  Oh, and buy- if you send $10 on hybrid products this weekend, there’s a fun hybrid printable grab bag that will appear in your cart.

So, without any further ado, here are my new items!

And from the #4 Mystery Mix Grab Bag (with AnnaBV Designs, Designs by Tater, and Dirty Feet Designs):

I have to say, I’m particularly pleased with how the autograph book project turned out.  I had no idea it would be so massive!  I am so excited that my first collaborative project is with one of my digi-scrapping idols, Britt-ish Designs!  It’s also an example of just how prototypes are supposed to work.  I initially made this project for Natalie and Braeden for our Disney trip back in March.  And then I tweeked it when I printed out a set for our friends’ trip a month later.  And then I tweeked it further to make it simpler to assemble, and so you see the version you see in the shop.  So.  Pleased.  With.  It!!!!!!!

I have a few examples to share, but that’s for another post!

Oh, and pop into ScrapMatters next week, starting Monday, July 6th- I’ll be rounding out the June Daily Download with a week of printable hybrid projects!