wetfish designs: April 2009

Say Goodbye to the CU Easter Basket & HELLO to NEW Overlays!

3 comments | Friday, April 17, 2009

This weekend is your last chance to pick up my "CU Easter Basket!" So grab it before the bunnies take off with it and put the products in my store at Divine Digital. Click on the PayPal button beneath the preview to purchase it---$4 for 7 brand new Commercial Use Products!

And I'm having a "Get Stylin" sale at Divine Digital---all my PS layer styles are on sale for $1.50....no coupon necessary, price has been reduced in my boutique.

I haven't done any overlays in quite some time, so tonight I am introducing a new series of commercial use overlays, "Fancy Schmancy Overlays" and you can grab that on my blog and get special blog pricing before these go into my store next Friday. Click on this PayPal button to purchase all three sets for $6, which is a savings of $10 since each set will sell for $6 once it is in my store....links will be email as soon as I am online and receive notification of payment via PayPal.

And I have a Custom Shapes freebie going out to those who are on my Friday Five email list. In addition to a $5 coupon towards a product/products in my store, they are getting a free set of CU Custom Shapes! Not on the list and want to be? Send an email to cyndi@divinedigital.com and put "subscribe" in the subject line and I'll add you and make sure you get the CU Custom Shapes, too. I won't be sending out the email with the freebie unti late tonight or early tomorrow morning, so sign up!

Here's a look at the custom shapes I'm giving out this weekend---sign up and you'll get them, too!

Tonight is my husband's 40th birthday so we're doing a little celebrating here. Nothing too special but special enough that I'm putting the computer aside for the night. So if you take advantage of the overlay special, don't worry I'll get you your links!

Best,

Cyndi, Wetfish Designs

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CU Easter Basket!!! Capture the Flag Challenge 2 Kit is Posted!

6 comments | Thursday, April 09, 2009

I put together my own little CU Easter Basket for all the designers out there! This is an incredible deal and since I'm selling this ONLY off my blog, I can reduce the price and pass the savings on to you. Instead of my normal $6 grab bag price, this grab bag is only $4. It contains 7 commercial use okay products that are brand new. A nice mixture of overlays, textures and styles, this will be an Easter basket you don't want to miss out on! Click on the PayPal button beneath the preview and as soon as I receive notification of payment sent I will email you the links to start downloading.

And this "CU Easter Basket" has officially been revealed at Strictly Reveal:

http://www.strictlyreveal.com/?p=272

And I also have this new product that is for sale here on my blog---"Sanctuary," a set of 12 commercial use okay religious statues. I photographed these myself so they are professional, high quality images that are beautifully extracted. Bargain price, too! Click on the PayPal button beneath the preview to purchase, and I'll send you the download links after I receive notification of payment received from PayPal.

Tomorrow I will be posting my kit for the second challenge for Funky Playground Designs' "Capture the Flag" design contest. I want to thank everyone who visited the gallery and left me comments for "Fish Camp," it was fun to see some familar names, as well as new names in the comment section. Here is my preview for my Chalenge 2 kit, but I won't be posting it in the FPD gallery until tomorrow....so you'll have to wait. But take a look and let me know what you think, okay? We were given the color swatch (which I loved and found it really easy to work with) and we were limited this time to 3 patterned papers, 1 solid paper and 6 elements. AND we could only use 3 CU items. I aimed to use NO commercial use items other than my own stuff, but ended up using a cute alpha template from LBCreations. So in a way I'm proud that my little kit is almost 100% me! Everything but the letters in the alpha is 100% Wetfish Designs. So make sure you come back tomorrow or check the FPD gallery where this will be available for download. Probably in the morning....

Update: Kit is now posted at Funky Playground Designs! Here is the link:
http://www.funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14349&cat=536

And, once again, I am making the announcement that freebies that are not blog train related or contest related will only be distributed via my email newsletter. So if you aren't on my list and don't receive my email every Friday (sometimes Saturday, sometimes Sunday), get on it so you can keep getting the freebies I give out! Why am I doing this? Well, I got tired of giving away freebies and hardly anyone saying thanks in the way of a comment or email. It is very rare that I would get even ten comments of thanks on a commercial use freebie, and those are usually downloaded by designers. So when I see 600 downloads on a freebie and only ten comments, I had to rethink my freebie strategy. So I decided that if I'm going to give away something it should only be to those customers who patronize my store and ask to receive my little newsletter. And I say little because I try and keep the chatter to a minimum and focus on the new products I have to share, the sales going on and the freebies for the week. And don't forget, EVERY week I give some kind of $5 coupon. Sometimes it is just "here is $5, go buy something" and sometimes it is $5 a specific item or items in my boutique. So get on the list if you want to keep up with me! You never know what that $5 coupon is going to be, but the freebie previews will always be posted on my blog. The link will jsut be password protected so you have to get the newsletter to get the password. I know, I know....but hey, a designer has to do what a designer has to do! Details on how to subscribe are below...(at least I made it look pretty to sign up, right?)

Gotta go back to the house of sick boys. Both boys have had a stomach virus and this Mom is so exhausted from cleaning carpets, doing laundry and bathing boys and being nurse and waitress to two cranky boys!

I'll be back to post again tomorrow.....see you then? I have a ton of really cool layouts that I received from last week's "One Kit Call" that I had for several of my kits. I'll be posting all the layouts I received tomorrow.

Best,

Cyndi

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Blog Special for Easter: "Sanctuary" CU Religious Statues

0 comments | Wednesday, April 08, 2009

I put together a set of 12 religious statues that are commercial use okay, just in time for Holy Week. All 12 statues were photographed by me using a professional DSLR camera and lens and then were extracted. These are commercial use okay and the possibilities for using them are endless, especially if you are designing religious themed kits or projects. These were photographed at a cemetary in Haddonfield, New Jersey. I photographed tons of beautiful statues and crosses. So expect more "Sanctuary" in the near future....

To purchase this first set of "Sanctuary," which is commercial use okay, no credit required, simply click on the PayPal button below and you will be charged $4, a savings of $2 of the regular boutique price for this product. After I receive notification of payment I will email you back with the download links.

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CT Layouts! "Fish Camp" Solid Paperpack Freebie!

1 comments | Sunday, April 05, 2009

Have you gotten a chance to check out "Fish Camp" over at Funky Playground Designs? Well, here is the preview and click on it to get to it at FPD where you can download it....and make sure you check out all the other fab kits the designers have entered in the challenge. Lots of cool stuff to download over there!

And if you are a member of my Facebook Group for Wetfish Designs, you are eligible to receive a free solid paperpack to match. You get five solid papers that coordinate with "Fish Camp" and all you have to do is be a member of my Facebook group. Not a member? Go here and sign up and then send me a message on Facebook and I'll give you the link:

http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=682448509&gv=12#/group.php?gid=32389156038

This first layout using "Fish Camp" is from Caroline....and here is what she has to say about the story behind her layout:

"Here is a layout I have created with "Fish Camp." It is pictures of my DH playing up after catching a carp in the River Murray in South Australia. We have a fishing guy here, famous, called Rex Hunt, and on his shows, whatever he catches, he kisses and then throws back!"

Thanks Caroline, great layout!

And this second "Fish Camp" layout is from Maryse....no story, but isn't it a fun layout?

I received a three layouts from Maryse using my Earth Day kits, "this is...my earth" and "this is...OUR earth"....

And lastly, these fun layouts with "For Henry" and "For Sam" are from Kate, and you can see more of her work by visiting her blog:

http://kate-palmer.blogspot.com

Whew, that was a lot of layouts for one day! I am sure I will have more to share tomorrow and throughout the week as a bunch of scrappers signed up for the One Kit CT call, and as I get the layouts I will post them here on my blog so all can see.

This was the first time I did a "One Kit Call" and I must say I am very pleased with the results. I will be doing more One Kit Calls for new kits I have in the works and I will announce them via my email newsletter. Not on the list to get my newsletter? Send an email to cyndi@divinedigital.com and put subscribe in the subject line.

Have a wonderful Sunday! We're off to an Easter Egg Hunt and then an afternoon at the park with friends. It is sunny, not sure if it is warm or will be warm, but I'll take the sun any day over the clouds and wind we've had here lately.

Best.

Cyndi

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Capture the Flag, New Kits and NEWS!

3 comments | Saturday, April 04, 2009

I put two new kits in my store this week, "Girls Just Want to Have FUN!" and "For Henry." Both are really fun kits and I know you will love all the fun colors I've used to create the papers and elements. "Girls Just Want to Have FUN!" is on sale for $3.99 and you can grab it here:

http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=10721&cat=0&page=1

Last year I created a kit with my son, Sam. "For Sam" is a really fun boy kit and I just had to do one for Henry, too. So Henry helped me pick out the colors and then he "advised" me on the elements and papers. The balloons, for example, were a must for him, as were the car papers and the plane. And, as a bonus, you will get Sam's kit, "For Sam" when you purchase "For Henry" which is on sale for $3.99. No coupon necessary, the links for the bonus kit are included with "For Henry." Grab this great boy kit(s) here:

http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=10746&cat=0&page=1

Here is the preview for "For Sam" ...the bonus kit included with "For Henry"

And I guess it is time to share some news I've been sitting on. I have decided to expand Wetfish Designs into some new stores in addition to my home at Divine Digital. I am still at Divine Digital and will remain an administrator there. Divine Digital will remain my home base as the owners and designers are like family to me. With the economy being the way it is, and two boys getting older and wanting to do more and more activities, I'm hoping that this expansion will result in more exposure in the digital scrap community and more customers.

I am setting up shop as we speak at "Been There Scrapped That" and I'm really excited that Liz Hutchinson took me under her wing and gave me this opportunity. The other store that I am attempting to work with is "Funky Playground Designs." So this is week one of their designer competition, "Capture the Flag," and I have my first entry uploaded and you can download it and check it out. For those of you who loved my Angler kit, this is one you don't want to miss. And the other contestants have some awesome free kits in the gallery, too, so make sure you download all the kits and get the goodies while you can.

Here is the preview for my entry, "Fish Camp." It has 5 papers and 8 elements. All fishy and all unique. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT IN THE GALLERY WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE DOWNLOAD LINKS! I'm not sure how they are determining who goes on to the next round, so if it is gallery comments I sure need your help.

Click on the preview to get to the kit in the Funky Playground Designs "Capture the Flag" gallery.....and thanks in advance for your support!

I will continue to give out freebies that aren't blog train freebies or challenge freebies via my email weekly newsletter ONLY. If you aren't on my email list and want to continue getting my commercial use and personal use freebies, send an email to cyndi@divinedigital.com and put subscribe in the subject line. I am in the process of creating more papers for "Fish Camp" and when they are finished only my newsletter subscribers will get to download them! So if you aren't on the list, get on it!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,
Cyndi, Wetfish Designs

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