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Welcome to another wonderful Tuesday, Trixie Fans. It's time for another Take $2 Tuesday. Here's a quick look at what's going for $2 today.
































Would you like to take a closer look? First up is the kit. This week's kit is called Oceanside and it is the perfect kit for all those summer at the beach type photos. I really love the papers in this kit and the cute little seashell elements. I love the earthly color palatte in this kit and this kit really invokes a feeling of being at the beach.



To go along with the kit, we are putting an alpha up for only $2 as well. It is called Sand In The Bottle and it is the perfect alpha to compliment Oceanside. I really love the look of this alpha. I like that the sand isn't quite even in each letter and that the letters actually do look like bottles.



Here's some inspiration:

By Stacy


By MK


By Carrin


By Jackie


By Kassie


All these layouts and the kit make me want to head to the nearest beach (which for me would require a days drive or so to another state), just so I can have pictures to put this kit and alpha to use. Even if you don't currently have any beach type photos, plan ahead and grab Oceanside and Sand In The Bottle alpha while they're each only $2. It only lasts one day.

When you first started scrapping, I'm sure you felt a little overwhelmed and possibly unsure of where to start. I know that when I started I was comparing my work with all the 'masters' in the industry and always felt my work just wasn't very good. I've since learned that everyone has their own styles and your style will come with time.

For me, that style is multiple photos and journaling on almost every single layout I do. I also like to scrap chronologically, which is something not a whole lot of scrappers do these days.

Our goal for this Masters Monday is for each of you to challenge yourselves. What aspect of scrapbooking is something that you absolutely love, but you are unsure or scared to do? For me, there's a few.

Number one has always been going out of my comfort zone and scrapping non-chronologically. Since joining Trixie CT, this has been something I've been able to overcome somewhat. (I'm still adamantly scrapping old photos chronologically.) Here's just a couple examples:





The real challenge for me that I took on this week, however, is scrapping without photos! I've seen a lot of people who are able to accomplish this and I'm always amazed. I'm such a visual person that scrapping without photos seems like it's breaking a major rule of scrapbooking. (It's not and there's no real rules in scrapbooking.)

So I've been thinking about this layout for a few days. I wanted to know exactly where I was going to go with this layout before I even began. Then I got to work and made sure I included all I wanted to include. It was super hard to resist the urge to put a photo in there somewhere, but I think it works great without it and I'm glad I challenged myself.



Now go get out of your comfort zone and try something you've always been scared to try. Then come share your work with us in the gallery. I'm anxious to see what you guys are afraid to try.

Welcome back for the second installment of Sentiment Sunday! If you were here last month you'll recall that we talked about the definition of "sentiment" and how our scrapping is about sentiment, one way or another. For this month I thought we'd focus on PRIDE. Now, there are many definitions of pride, and some of them aren't necessarily scrap-worthy (although there's nothing wrong with scrapping the imperfect), but for our purposes let's use this one: pride - verb: to take pleasure in accomplishment. We're heading into the time of year most filled with events that evoke pride and our Trixie Scraps Stars have managed to capture some of these most excellently!

Laina is proud of her online presence...


Shauna is proud of her sister's first log cabin quilt.


Carrin is proud of her son's soccer prowess.


And Shilo is proud of her relationship with her sister.


Who, or what, are YOU proud of? Share your gifts with us!

~Jan

Wow, it seems like birthdays have been the topic of the week! And today is no exception. This week's featured kit is It's His Birthday, Trixie's fabulous May Grab-a-Byte at Scrapbook Bytes.



The colour palette, with its blues, greens, browns and bronzes, is great for those masculine members of the family but can easily adapt to use for anybody and I don't think it would be too much of a stretch to use the kit for other special occasions either. What have our Stars done will all of this awesomeness? Well, let's have a look!

From Lori


From Jennifer


From Carrin


And from Laina


And last but not least, from Shauna


They're all about birthdays but they're all unique. We'd love to see what YOU do with this amazing kit...

~Jan

Hidey-ho, fellow Trixie Scrappers! It's time once again for a photo challenge... are you up for it? When I was tapped for this month's photo challenge blog post it took me only seconds to choose a theme: celebration. Today is my "baby"'s 30th birthday, a milestone no one ever expected him to meet, so of course it's a time for major festivities at our house. (Without going into too many details, this young man has defied the odds his whole life and it's truly a miracle that he's still going strong.) Because today is Thursday and I'll be away this weekend, we had a party for him last Saturday.



This time of year is a time for celebrations: Mother's Day, graduations, weddings and the like. So I know you'll have an opportunity to snap some amazing memories. Here are some layouts from our Trixie Scraps Stars to inspire you and egg you on!

From Jennifer, celebrating a first birthday:


From Kris, celebrating a milestone birthday in a really creative way:


And from Kassie - celebrating Easter:


On your marks! Get SET! GO! (But don't forget to come back here and link us up to your celebratory fun!)

~Jan

Hi, Trixie fans!  It's time to look back at what's being going on here on the blog this past week.

On Thursday, Helen had a great word challenge for you.  Make sure that you check it out...we'd love for you to participate!

On Saturday, Jackie showcased the May 2013 Templatetopia by North Meets South Studios.  You don't want to miss this great template deal!

On Sunday, Jackie was back with our Sunday Show-Offs.  Don't forget to post your Trixie layouts in the TS gallery in order to be a show-off and earn a great prize!

On Monday, Jackie brought us a great tutorial on how to make photo collages in Picasa.

I hope you will join us back here on the blog throughout the week, and I'll be back next Wednesday to recap everything.  Until then, happy scrapping!

Happy Tuesday, Trixie Fans. Who's ready to see what today's Take $2 Tuesday is?

Well I'll tell you. Today we have Rise To It for $2 as well as the Bonus Alpha for Rise To It.



Rise To It is such a wonderful kit. I love the worn feel to the kit as well as all the wordart and strips that are included. There are so many possibilities with this kit.



The Bonus Alpha is a nice touch. I love that they are bubbles with a little bit of shine to them. Makes for the perfect contrast with the worn look of the kit.



If the preview of the kit and bonus alpha aren't enough to convince you, let's take a look at what our Stars have done with it.

By Shauna


By Kassie


By MK


By Jessica


By Kris


Now if those don't convince you to grab this kit, I don't know what will. Go ahead and get Rise To It and the Bonus Alpha today, while they're only $2. Then remember to come share your work with us in the gallery.