April 8,
2009
SAS-y Scoop:
SAS IS BACK
& SAS-ier THAN EVER!!!
Stone Accents Studio’s future was looking a little iffy the last few weeks of March. Julie O has her hands full with real life right now and found it impossible to run such a big site anymore. Toiny aka Piggy Scraps stepped up and purchased the SAS-y-ist site on the net. I know we all wish Julie O well and Toiny success! Toiny and all the girls behind the scenes are so excited and working hard! There’ll be big changes soon! I can’t wait to tell you… but I better not… yet! Behind the scenes people are changing places and learning new things… including yours truly! This old dog is trying to learn new tricks! Be ready for some fantastic changes!
The SAS Newsletter is going through a remodel… so please excuse the dust! I spent some quality time with the Thesaurus this week… I thought our SAS needed a little spice. There are a couple of new changes in this newsletter I’m really excited about. The Newsletter will have a SAS-y Shooting Star article on a SAS Designer, SAS Team Member or a Site Member every other week or so… to help everyone become better acquainted. When you are chosen I will ask you to write a short biography about yourself, add a photo of yourself and/or your family if you want… the photo is totally optional, and show us one of your most favorite layouts. I hope everyone enjoys this new section… I know I will! The other change is SAS-y Pastimes section. This week I made an Easter word search for you, in coming issues we may have other games such as scrambled words, cross word puzzles etc.
I left out the Challenges section this issue… there are so many changes taking place with the challenges this month I thought it best for you to check them out for yourself.
See you at SAS,
Karin aka allwright1
SAS-y Shooting Star:
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Hi all!
We
are all very sad to see Julie leave as the owner. She has done a fantastic job starting SAS
and building it into the place we all have come to know and love. Like I said in my announcement, sometimes
real life interferes with our digi-lives and all
our thoughts and prayers are with Julie and her family. I
am pleased as punch how many of our wonderful SAS Designer and CT stuck it
with me. Change is hard, and this is a big change. I have had to learn more in the last week
than I learned in my whole first year of college… and I have more to
learn. I am doubly pleased how many of
you emailed me to say you hadn’t noticed!
I am truly thankful, and committed, that the change is not adversely
affecting YOU, our loyal customers. There
are some exciting changes coming up at SAS; including an Extreme SAS Makeover contest launching May 1, some new designers
coming on board and the brandnew SAS-y Featured
Designer section here in the newsletter.
And wouldn’t you know it! This
week the Featured Designer is me:
Piggy Scraps Design. Let me
tell you, it helps knowing the owner. I
am first, and foremost, a wife and a mother of six. We are blessed with 5 boys and 1 girl; ages
almost two to almost 19! Thankfully
two of the boys are off at college, because have you all seen how much
teenage boys eat? The rest are at home
and fill my life with joy, stress and love.
I began digital scrapbooking because of my kids. Traditional
scrapbooking led to big messes.
Stickers decorating, walls, doors and little brothers; scissors
cutting funky hair styles, pens… let’s not talk about my wonderful acid-free
markers. I didn’t like digital
scrapbooking at first, I couldn’t find what I wanted, photoshop
frustrated me, but I kept coming back to it and found that if I created
elements that I wanted, and papers that I needed, I was a lot happier. One thing led to another, and now I am
here! I’m
also an avid reader (lately the zencart manual), a
quilter, a food network fan and wannabe chef and a snowboarder. Not that I snowboard a lot here in North
Carolina, but I so love it. I’ve also
taken up swimming 50 laps every morning, a great energizer and a wonderful
way to clear the cobwebs out of my head and start fresh. I’ve
designed a little mini kit freebie, as a thank you for reading all this way,
as a thank you for putting up with our dust as we revitalize SAS, as a sample
of my work. SAS would not be SAS
without all of you… Thank You! |
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Freebie –
Featured Designer
By Piggy Scraps Design |

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Nursery Nostalgia
Ambowife Designs
$4.50 $2.25
til 4-15-09
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Mysteria
Darlene
H
$1.50 $1.35 |
Fairies Garden Party
Kristi W
$5.50 $3.58
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Nursery Nostalgia Quickpage 1
Ambowife Designs
Free |
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Out To
Sea
commerical
use ok!
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Breath of Spring
part1
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Rainbow, Moon & Stars
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Rainbow, Moon & Stars
Sampler
PiggyScraps
Free |
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Paris In Spring
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Wishful Thinking
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Serenade Mini Kit
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Burgandy Glitz
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Serenity
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Fairy Garden minikit
Heidi |
In a Dream
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Fairy Garden
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Glittery Doodles script –
personal or commerical use |
Paper 1 script –
personal or commerical use |
Paper 2 script –
personal or commerical use
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Startrails script -
personal or commerical use
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Wire Flower script -
personal or commerical use
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Buy My Store
Designs By Moo $20.00 |
Buy My entire store
CU and PU CathyC
$35.00 $15.00 |
Buy my entire Store
PU and CU_EllenM
$35.00 $15.00 |
Spectacular SAS-y Selections (formerly Our Favorite Things):
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Happy Easter by littlespooky
using Begin
Again
by mITSYBELLE
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The Egg Hunt '03 by Gail
using Easter
Parade Kit by Ambowife Designs |
Laugh by Tammara
using Sweet Sunshine
by mITSYBELLE |
Spring Hope by Shanners
for the Journaling Challenge |
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Easter & Spring by Lyncal
for the Journaling Challenge |
Every Day is Groundhog Day
By RedShoes using Backyard Bayou by Enaideel Scraps |
Sisters by JHollars
Using Sweet
Sunshine by mITSYBELLE |
Spring Has Sprung by Pixel Palette
Using Lazy Sundays by Ambowife and Templates - Clock 12x12 by Julie C |
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Special Delivery by Tammara
using
J'aime Rouge
by mITSYBELLE |
True Friendship by Goo3Goo3
using
J'aime Rouge
by mITSYBELLE |
Cody Lap Dogs by Amberpony
using Begin Again
by mITSYBELLE |
Finally Married - And Happy About
It! By iwannalife2
Gentleman
Mini Kit by Skrapper Digitals |
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Great Uncle & Aunt Wedding
By Jean Ann using Jean
Ann Mega Kit by Skrapper Digitals |
Shower – cake by sluke00
Beautiful
Moment Mega Kit & Beautiful
Moment Add On by Skrapper Digitals |
Sleeping Princes
by iwannalife2
Using |
Eric & Karen
By Jean Ann using Jean
Ann Mega Kit by Skrapper Digitals |
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Best Friends by DarleneH
uses
Bella Mia by DarleneH
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(No Title) - by sagedw,
uses Bella Mia by DarleneH
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Sweet Hunny by mISTYBELLE,
uses Carmela by DarleneH |
Joy of Motherhood by LilGuysMomma
uses Girlicious by DarleneH
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(No Title) by Anne063
uses
What A Feeling by DarleneH
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Spring has Sprung
by patchas
Using Cupcakes
& Fairies by KristiW |
Easter Basket by allwright1
Using Some
Bunny Loves You by Kristi W |
Fantasy by allwright1
Using I love You Faerie Much by Cathy Cher and Kristi Westling |
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Linda by Patchas Using Cupcakes
& Fairies by KristiW
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Easter Egg Hunt |
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Peeps |
Rain |
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Rebirth |
Shoes |
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