Simply Fresh Kits

New kits, classes, a fundraiser and a sale!

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We are excited to be hosting "Scrapping for CF", a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. We have classes from two very talented scrapbookers: Yvette Adams and Bec Spicer. Class kits are also available. Classes are $9 each and the kits are $20 each. The $9 class fee, and $10 from each kit will be donated to CFNSW.

The Raspberry Pie kit and a sneak peak of class designed by Bec Spicer

The Funky Retro Kit and sneak peak of class deigned by Yvette Adams

We are also having a huge SALE! We're clearing out kits to make room for new ones. This is a perfect opportunity to buy a Christmas gift for yourself or a friend. 20% off our Vintage kits, and 50% off all other kits and accessories.

A Time to Remeber

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Here are some layouts using our vintage inspired kit, A Time To Remember.

From Sharon

And this is one I did using the same kit for the 123 Sept Challenge

1) use the word "smile"

2) use bookpaper

3) use a non scrappy item

I added the bookpaper and the non scrappy item is a heart I took off Sophie's hairclip. The rest is from the kit.

Grab a kit now, there are only a few left!

Kell xo

Fresh Kit

2009-06-15T16:33:00.005+10:00

We are about to launch our next kits - both with a vintage flavour and full of yummy goodies! Here are four layouts I have completed with one of the new kits - to be released this week!

If you are reading this in time, don't forget to check out the 123 Challenge blog Cyber Crop tonight! We are sponsoring some prizes, and there are other prizes from stores up for grabs! Join in and have some fun!

Kellie

Some more autumn goodness

2009-04-08T14:56:00.007+10:00

Yet again, here are some more layouts using our "Autumn Spice" kit... great value at $45 with 7 papers, 2 cardstock and 2 alphabets just for starters!

From Yvette:

From Kellie:

Some more "Autumn Spice"

2009-04-06T07:09:00.004+10:00

Sorry, I have been slack in uploading the other gorgeous work from the DT girls. Busy week.
Sharon and I enjoyed SIA and were pleased to meet a few new faces.

Here are some more layouts using our newest kit, "Autumn Spice". "You and Me Bear" by Bec and "Not Well" (with closeup) by Yvette.

Don't forget to check out the 123 Challenge blog for this month's comp. April's challenge is:

CRITERIA ONE
Use at least 2 stamps
from Gina Rodgers
&
and at least 2 different stamping techniques
from Giovanna Scott

{Ideas: Background stamping, Title stamping, onto transparencies, embossing,
stamped images with unusual objects (pegs, lego blocks, bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard,etc}

CRITERIA TWO
paint splattering
from Emily Pearce

CRITERIA THREE
Use scrap paper from your scrap stash
from Amy Bell

http://ourbrightstarsandus.typepad.com/123challenge/

Email entries to:
challenge_123@hotmail.com

I'll be back tomorrow with more layouts with our "Autumn Spice" kit.

More Autumn Spice

2009-03-30T06:32:00.003+11:00

Here are a couple more gorgeous layouts from Yvette and Bec.

Sharon and I are off to SIA in Sydney tomorrow and doing a class

with the fabulous Carol Wingett. We will be wearing our Simply Fresh logos on our shirts (hopefully if they get finished in time), so if you spot us, say hi!

"The Perfect Man for Me" by Bec

"Canberra Balloon Festival" and "Adore" card by Yvette

Autumn Spice Kit

2009-03-28T17:01:00.009+11:00

Well at long last, here is our new kit!

Called "Autumn Spice" it is full of brand new papers from Basic Grey, Pink Paislee and Cosmo Cricket. And it's great value at $45 - and you get 7 papers, 4 cardstock and 2 alphas in this kit! Enough for at least 6-7 layouts!

Here are some layouts using the kit:

Firstly, by Kellie Cavenett (me!) a layout I did for the 123 Challenge this month - the criteria was 1) make your own flowers 2) autumn colours 3)texture of some kind (fabric, felt, scrunched paper).

So the autumn colours were already in our kit. I made one flower by firstly punching a 2" circle from cardstock. I then punched a slightly smaller circle, cut a fringe around and adhered to the cardstock circle. I sewed a button for the center and then added 6 strips of the brown velvet ribbon underneath the c/s circle. I used a chipboard flower from the kit to trace onto the calico, cut it out, frayed it and then inked it. I added a circle sticker from the BG alphas and then

stitched around it. The third flower is simply the chipboard flower covered in paper and then I used the raw chipboard circle for the center, added a sticker. The leaves were made by drawing onto calico, cutting out and inking all over with a green distress ink. Once it had dried, I added some detail with a brown pen.

Here are some more gorgeous layouts - firstly by Yvette Adams, "Board Games" and the second one by Bec Spicer - "Joy".

We have lots more layouts to preview which I will be adding over the next few days.

And this month, we have a special promotion - the first 10 people to buy the "Autumn Spice" kit will go into a random draw to win a $25 voucher to spend.

Also, we are finalising our fundraising for the Red Cross Victorian bushfire appeal on Monday. We are still donating 25% of all sales until Monday midday.

And the winner is.....

2009-03-03T19:21:00.003+11:00

Well we did a random draw yesterday for all you lovely ladies who did blog links/posts to promote Simply Fresh Kits for us, and you wouldn't believe it! Kim A was the lucky winner again! I promise that this was completely random! I had some photos we took at Gloria Jeans when we drew the winner, but they aren't very good. I used my little old digi camera. How did I ever get by with it before?? So Kim gets to spend $100 on kits of her choice!

We also wanted to award a couple of prizes for the best blog post, and hands down it would be wemdymadeit and Nicole A. We are going to give them a $25 gift voucher to spend!

Congratulations to our three winners. But don't feel left out the rest of you.....

Sharon and I want to thank everyone by offering a little bonus to you girls who made blog posts/links - with your next order, we will give you a free mini album! That's a choice of three - two different Basic Grey chocolate chip albums, or one of the Heidi Swapp mirror albums. All you need to do is post in the comments that which one you want! Easy! I don't have everyone's email addresses, but I will endeavour to email as many of you as possible.

Thanks again...

We are still donating 25% of sales to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal, so now would be a good time to place an order, get your free mini album and help the Victorians who lost so much.

Kellie and Sharon

Only 3 days left.....

2009-02-26T08:43:00.003+11:00

...to win a gift voucher worth $100 to spend at Simply Fresh Kits.

See post below - all you have to do is spread the word about our kits, and you could win!

Sharon and I are cooking up a little surprise for the rest of you that commented too!

Don't forget, we are donating 25% of our sales to the Red Cross Victorian Fire Appeal.

A share from one of our winners!

2009-02-19T19:51:00.005+11:00

Kim Arnold won our Fresh Signature Kit in the last blog comp we had, and she kindly allowed us to share a layout she created using the kit. I'm sure you will all agree it is just stunning. And the closeup photos are fantastic!

Thanks Kim!

"Love Is In the Air" projects by Kellie Cavenett

2009-02-16T16:39:00.007+11:00

Here are some more projects with the "Love Is In the Air" kit.

Don't forget that 25% off all our sales is going to the Red Cross Victorian Fire Appeal.

"40 Years" - I used a flower craft punch with the pink velvet paper and then traced around a chipboard flower onto the charcoal velvet paper to create the bottom layer of the flower. The center is a circle punched from the charcoal velvet, and then a rubon from the sheet applied.

On the "Our Girl" layout, I have trimmed around the edge of the Poppy cardstock with a scalloped border punch so that it matches more closely to the #1 Boy layout.

"#1 Boy" - I used the charcoal velvet paper to create a pleated strip underneath the photo. It is stiff enough to just fold and hold it's shape. I also punched a heart from the velvet charcoal.

I haven't journalled on any of these three layouts as they are all going into frames.

The "True Love" card is made with a piece of white cardstock, and then I have used the packaging from the Epoxy stickers to create the grey background, and the grey rectangle. I made the small gift cards with a 6x3" piece of white cardstock and scraps of paper. The hearts are punched with a Fiskars heart punch, the grey one, being from the charcoal velvet paper and trimming around the negative image.

Raising money for the fire victims!

2009-02-13T16:44:00.015+11:00

VICTORIAN FIRE APPEAL
So we decided we just had to do something to help the appeal for the Victorian fire victims. We were going to do an online class, but thought, what can we do that is immediate!

So, we are going to donate 25% of all our sales for the next few weeks to the appeal. So, you get to contribute to the appeal and get some great scrapping kits with some fantastic projects from the DT to inspire you! So go buy your favourite kit and pay only $4.50 postage for one kit!

We'll let you know in a few weeks how much we have raised!

Well back to normal programming...

"Love is in the Air" projects by Bec Spicer

Hi, my name is Bec Spicer. I live in Mount Gambier with my husband Greg and our three beautiful girls Jaime, Ashleigh and our baby Charlee.

I started scrapbooking in 2005 when I decided to make my mother-in-law an album for her 60^th Birthday. I have always been an arty crafty type of person, dabbling in Folk Art, Sewing and Cross Stitching to name a few. Nothing has grabbed me the way that Scrapbooking has. It started with the need to tell a story, but it has become more about the need to create. I love the process of creating; mixing colours and elements and photos and stories until it all comes together. I don’t think I have settled into a definable style yet, though layers of patterned paper, distressed edges and sewing seem to

be a constant.

BLOG COMP

We want you to put us on your blogs! That's right - for every blog post or sidebar link to us http://www.simplyfreshkits.com.au/ you will get an entry in the draw. Simply post a comment here with a link to your blog when you have linked us.

If you don't have a blog, and still want to earn some entries, send an email to some friends and ask them to sign up for our newsletter on the Home Page of the website. Once they have registered, ask them to email us at info@simplyfreshkits.com.au with the referers name, and both of you will receive an entry into the draw!

OR, you can do both. The more you do, the more entries you will receive. We're going to throw in some extra little prizes for the person with the most referrals etc and the best blog post!

So get blogging, emailing, telling everyone about Simply Fresh Kits!

Closes 28th Feb - midnight!

"Love is in the Air" layouts by Yvette Adams

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I live in Canberra with my husband and daughter and I work part time in the Public Service. I discovered scrapbooking nine years ago when I saw my youngest sister's album. She took me to my first scrapbooking shop and I've been passionate about this hobby ever since! I scrapbook photos of all different eras - current photos, photos of my childhood, my parents' youth and heritage photos. I love to record stories in my scrapbooks so journalling is very important to me. On that note - look out for my article in the next issue of Scrapbooking Memories! I have had work published in all Aussie scrapbooking magazines and several international publications. I am on several design teams which has really helped me to be more creative with my work.

Use decorative scissors to cut around the heart shape.

Just like any other paper you can use punches on the velvet paper. I've used a Fiskars border punch on this layout and a circle punch on the CHEEKY layout.

Hand draw a frame shape on the back of the velvet paper, cut it out and place your photo on top.

Apply rub-ons over paper, felt, photo, ribbon etc to link elements together.

Make a Valentine's card with your leftovers!

"Love is in the Air" layouts by Chris

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Chris Millar

Chris lives with her husband and two daughters in beautiful sunny Brisbane. Chris has been scrapbooking for over 5 years now and loves everything about the craft including being able to meet new and wonderful people that share her passion in scrapbooking.

From a young age Chris kept journals and had a love for photography. She now uses these same skills to enhance her scrapbooking pages and combines them with her love for paper and colour to create memories for her albums.

Chris is a design team member for Aussie Scrap Source and has been published in all of the Australian Scrapbooking magazines as well as some stamping magazines and international publications. Chris has also taught scrapbooking classes locally and abroard.

Layouts

Tip: Cut out the heart design from the Journalling die cut sheet. Using a craft knife, carefully cut around the edge of the inner ‘red’ heart and separate it from the outside ‘pale pink’ heart. When placing the hearts onto the layout, place some 3D tape onto the red heart, adhere it back into the centre of the pale pink heart and this will give some dimension to the heart.

Tip: When layering papers on a layout you want to make the most out of the papers in the kit. Part of the backing cardstock and other layered pieces can have sections cut out with a trimmer and because other pieces will be layered over the top you cannot see from the front that sections have been cut out and you can then use those cut out pieces on other layouts or to create cards.

Cards

Photo Frame

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR BLOG COMP BELOW!

Valentines, sneak peaks and a competition!

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Yes, this is a full post!

"Love is in the Air" kit release
Just in time for Valentine's Day is our "Love is in the A ir" kit. Full of delicious papers and embellishments to help you create layouts about those you love! Yvette Adams, Chris Millar and Bec Spicer have created some gorgeous projects to inspire you! Here are some sneaks!

Some from Yvette:

And some from Chris:

"Through the Looking Glass" class - more sneak peaks.

Here are some more pics of the classes to go with the "Through the Looking Glass" kits. You get these full instructions when you purchase the kit.

Some of Sharon's album:

And from Kellie's:

And some layouts with the leftovers:

BLOG COMPETITION

And to finish, here is our latest competition.

We don't think enough people know about our beautiful kits, so we are going to enlist you guys to help us! And of course, there is a good incentive to spread the word! You could win a $100 voucher to spend at Simply Fresh Kits!

We want you to put us on your blogs! That's right - for every blog post or sidebar link to us http://www.simplyfreshkits.com.au/ you will get an entry in the draw. Simply post a comment here with a link to your blog when you have linked us.

If you don't have a blog, and still want to earn some entries, send an email to some friends and ask them to register on the site. Once they have registered, ask them to email us at info@simplyfreshkits.com.au with the referers name, and both of you will receive an entry into the draw!

OR, you can do both. The more you do, the more entries you will receive. We might even throw in some extra little prizes for the person with the most referrals etc!

So get blogging, emailing, telling everyone about Simply Fresh Kits!

We have two winners!

2009-01-29T20:56:00.001+11:00

So I just got my husband (and web designer extraorinaire), Matt, to draw out two winners.

Congratulations to Kim A - you have won the Simply Fresh Signature Kit.

And Liz Weber, congratulations, you have won the Fresh Additions Kit.

Could you please contact me girls on info@simplyfreshkits.com.au with some contact details please so we can send out your kits!

Stay tuned for another competition coming up in the next week. This one actually involves some scrapping LOL.

You can check out the gallery for some new sneak peaks of the two classes available with purchase of the "Through the Looking Glass" kit.

Blog Competition

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To celebrate the beginning of our new Simply Fresh blog, we are going to give away two of our beautiful kits - one Simply Fresh Signature Kit and one Fresh Additions Kit (see pics of the kits below).

To win one of these kits, just post a comment here before midnight 28th January, and you will be in the running to win! We will randomly draw two winners the following day.

Welcome to our new blog

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Welcome to the Simply Fresh Kits blog!

We are working hard to put together some kits that you will fall in love with and just have to have! Remember, no subscription is what makes our customers happy!

We still have a few of our first kits available, and everyone has commented on how gorgeous they are. I know the DT loved working with them!

We also have a sale on at the moment on our Fresh Extras - which all coordinate beautifully with these two kits. 30% off! What a great bargain for these delicious products.

Kellie has created some cards using some of the papers and embellishments from the kits and the Monkey and Owl tags.

We have added some gorgeous Technique Tuesday stamps designed by Ali Edwards to the store. They are below the RRP, so snap them up while you are ordering!

Stay tuned - coming soon - some news on how to win your own kit and updates on the new kits.