Hi everyone! Katie here, stepping in for Lynn this weekend!

Tracermajig aka Trace, has been putting up some amazing pages in the gallery lately. And some of them are without pictures which is really great. It is all about the story after all and there aren’t always pictures to go with it. But it’s still a story to tell and I love that she is doing such a great job with her pages! This weekend I chose “I Don’t” as the Saturday Scraplift!

Steph took a turn at an “I Don’t” page too!

page credits: Pocket Pages Layered Templates No. 04, Graphica Paper Pack, Graphica Solids Paper Pack, Nikki Journalers, Ribbon Blooms No. 01, Tabbed Dates No. 03, Clip Its! No. 02: Clipped Blooms, Cut Ups: Everyday No. 02, Noted Strips No. 01

Patricia approached the challenge by adding in some photographs in her Love Light Page!

page credits: Dictionary Blendables Love No. 1, Autumnal Artistry Element Pack, 2nd Hand Memories Element Pack, Anders Papers, Anders Solids, Luv You Sanded Chip Alphas PINK, Speed Byte Layered Template No. 165, Pearl Borders, SoSoGeo Papers, Apple Dumplings Kit for pink lace, Fold it Up

And Linda took a different approach and made an event calendar which is a great way to showcase birthdays and adnniversaries!

page credits: Naturally Krafty No. 02 Paper Pack, Pocket Cards 2012: Rainbow Dates No. 01, Assorted Messy Stitches: White No. 04, Edge Overlays No. 01, Time Clusters No. 03, Drop Shadow Styles Collection, Brad Bonanza No. 01: Digital Fasteners, Brad Bonanza No. 03: Digital Fasteners, Getting There Kit, Festive Fall Kit, Have a Heart Felts No. 02, Felt Board Friends: Thanksgiving, Gran’s Garden Kit, Shiver Kit, Purple Fever Kit, Rouen Kit, Janine Element Pack, Jules Kit, Frog Prince Kit, Lovisa Kit, Eilon Kit, Floral Graffiti Mini Kit

I hope these amazing lifts and Trace’s page give you a jump on a lift of your own! Be sure to share your pages with us in the Saturday Scraplift Gallery! And thanks for playing!

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If you read the 3K3W blog challenge from two weeks ago here on the DD Blog, you may have noticed that Merrilee and I are trying to create new 3K3W challenges with a little pizzaz!  Last week Merrilee introduced the challenge with a new twist . . . and this week I am following her lead and doing a second 3 x 3 = 9 kits challenge!  Bailey, Elena & Kathleen have created three pages with three kits of their choice . . . that gave us the nine kits to choose from.  If you would like to join these talented CT members, you can choose 3 of these 9 kits to use for your layout.  I love the widened leeway in the kits that Merr came up with.

Elena picked out three kits with all neutral tones for a page using photographs of her sister-in-law made during the Christmas holidays.

Katie’s Alandia Rancheros Kit

Katie’s Frame Me No. 02

and, Katie’s From My Bookshelf No. 02 Kit

here is Elena’s lovely Grateful for You layout:

Kathleen aka [kathleen.summers] found three of her favorite kits to create this darling page using a photo of her husband looking at their new little son with the reflection of Kathleen with her camera in the mirror!

Maplebrook Studio’s Solina Kit

Katie’s Taped Photo Collages No. 02

and, Cathy’s Messy Slab Alphas Brushes & Stamps

Be sure to look closely at the photograph in Kathleen’s sweet “Do You See What I See?” layout:

The final layout is from CT member Bailey [Starlight9711].  Bailey has created a sweet, sweet page with the three kits that she picked for this challenge.

Katie’s Fine Line & Bold Brushes

Katie’s Loves Park Kit

and, Lynn’s Geometric Hints Brushes & Stamps

Here is Bailey’s pretty You Are Loved layout

Merrilee and I look forward to seeing your pages posted in the 3Kits 3Ways Gallery.  We hope that you will join in the challenge by choosing 3 kits from the 9 kits featured on the blog today for your layouts.  It is quiet a challenge to limit yourself to three kits . . . especially if you love to use a dozen or more kits in your usual scrapping!!!  Have fun!

Making your Valentine’s Day celebration special is easy with Studio DD’s Printable Valentine’s Day Party Pack! It has cupcake wrappers, straw labels, candy wrappers, printable party banners and so much more!

And what’s more fun is that you can customize everything easily in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements! Imagine putting names on the children’s straw tags so drinks aren’t confused… wouldn’t that be great? And names on treat bags for handing out at school! The possibilities are really endless with this impressive collection.

You’ll want to pick up Studio DD’s Printable Valentine’s Day Party Pack and print it out today!

There were so many beautiful pages created from color challenge #1! Way to go! It’s time to be inspired once again with this new palette of tin tones:

Design Seeds: Tin Tones

Your challenge once again is to create a page using some or all of the colors in the featured palette and/or the photo as inspiration! Post your entries using 100% DD products to the Color Challenge Gallery by 11:00 p.m. eastern time on Sunday, February 12, 2012 to be eligible to win! One participant will receive a $5 gift certificate to DD! The creative team will vote and announce a winner on February 14th. One entry per member, please.

Sam, Connie and I have created layouts based on the inspiration:

Credits:Poetic Words Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Love Me Hearts No. 04 Brushes and Stamps, Lots of Love Paper Pack, Pull Out Journaling, Essential Tapes: Just Dots, Twenty-Twelve Brushes and Stamps, Journalist No. 01

Credits: Layer Works No. 116, Just Linens Paper Pack No. 30, Defining Fall Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Loosely Labeled No. 05 Value Pack, Winter Tickets, Tabbed Brushes and Stamps No. 02, Oiselet Rouge Kit, Assorted Messy Stitches: Brown No. 02, Vintage Flashcards: Fall, Vintage Photo Frames No. 25, Jackson Alphabet, Blue Skies Mini Kit, Pearl Swirls

Credits: Chiseled Alphabet No. 05, Fairmont Solids Paper Pack, Photo Clusters No. 34, Blue Element Clusters No. 01, Hinge Pack, Metal Clip Assortment, Twisted Stitches No. 02, Scratchy Masks Brushes and Stamps No. 02, Blue Skies Paper Pack, Artistry de Azul Kit, Inked Flakes Brushes and Stamps No. 01