New Scrapkit and YOUR First CRACK!!!

Hello Dear Friends,

WHEW!!! It's been a LONG THREE DAYS, but at least half of the work is completed. I wanted to give you a CHALLENGE to try to accomplish. What's the CHALLENGE, you ask??? Well, as you know or might not know, I co-host a Weekly Challenge over at 3 Scrapateers called, "Fun with Fonts". I share this delightful challenge with one of my dearest, sweetest and MOST Fabulous Designers at 3S *just one of MANY, LOL* the extroidnary Kimmi Stewart. WOO HOO!!! Applause, Applause!!

This is my week to host the challenge, and in the past I've created mini kits that I've dealt out over a period of 5 challenges. Well, I got so excited with a new design style and color scheme, that ONCE AGAIN -- I got carried away!!! *they brought me back, tho. Let me tell you that little white thing they wrapped me in wasn't too comfortable*

This week's challenge begins on Wednesday, January 23 and runs until January 29th. If you look at my list of links to the left of your screen, you will see a link to the Fun with Fonts Challenge Forum. There you will find all the information you will need. Now, I'm sure you're asking, "Why is he telling me all of this?"

Well, My new kit, "Down the Back Roads" will be hitting my store on February 1st and there are TWO PARTS!!! I told you I got carried away, didn't I??? LOL Well, in the process of creating this kit I decided, UH OH -- It's time for my Fun with Fonts Challenge and I've not created a mini kit, so I created a few EXCLUSIVE Elements and decided to feature "Down the Back Roads" with some pieces that you can get for FREE just by using the featured font in a layout and posting it in the FwF's Gallery.

Now what's this kit look like??? I know that's the utmost question on your mind. However, I'll get to it in a bit. ROFL!! You also, may or may not know that I personally hold a chat over at the 3S chatroom every other Thursday night called, **Embellish It** with the DUDE. I always give away a couple of GREAT FREEBIES and I also hold a Challenge to be able to earn a Posting Bonus. Well, this week I've decided to feature -- YOU KNOW WHAT -- "Down the Back Roads". I've created some EXCLUSIVE Elements for it, also.

WOW!!! That's TWO SCRAPKITS, TWO POSTING BONUS'S, and TWO FREEBIES!!! The DUDE HAS been BUSY!!! TRUST!!

Well, I certainly couldn't leave you wonderful BLOG FANS out, now could I??? OF COURSE NOT!!! You get FIRST CRACK at the FIRST PIECES!! So, I also created YOU an EXCLUSIVE set of Elements that coordinate with -- YEP -- that's right!! "Down the Back Roads".

Well, if you haven't already gotten bored with the verbage and decided to take a sneak peek and scroll down the page, you will find PREVIEWS of all the things I've mentioned above. NOW Back to that Challenge I was speaking of, way up yonder -- Collect the FREEBIE from my blog, participate in the Fun with Fonts Challenge and get some more coordinating FREEBIES, Pop into the Chat THIS THURSDAY night and GRAB TWO more FREEBIES, participate in the **Embellish It** Challenge and get another FREEBIE. If you do all that, you'll almost have a complete kit of "Down the Back Roads" for FREE.

Then if you like it, which I'm sure you will. You most definitely will want to pop into my store on February 1st and pick up the other TWO Scrapkits that go with it all. YOU will then have a MEGA kit that you can scrap with for DAYS.

OK, OK, my mouth is starting to dry out with all the chit chat, so with that said -- Here's the PREVIEWS:

The Elements I -

The Papers I -



The Elements II -



The Papers II -



The Fun with Fonts - Posting Bonus -



The **Embellish It** Chat Freebie #1 -



The **Embellish It** Chat Freebie #2 -



The **Embellish It** Posting Bonus -



WHEW!!!! Did I forget anything??? ROFLMBO!! OH YEAH....Something for YOU!!!

The Blog FREEBIE -



Remember to grab it while you can, because it's ONLY good until January 31st.

Download HERE!!! - EXPIRED

Now, you know why I wasn't available to post yesterday??? I do hope you enjoy this FREEBIE and am looking forward to seeing you participate in the Fun with Fonts Challenge and I would LOVE to see you at the Chat Thursday night, 11pm EST in the 3S Chatroom. Be sure that if you can't make it to the chat, go ahead and do the **Embellish It** Challenge and GRAB that posting bonus!!!

Until next time. . .OH, I almost forgot -- You're still looking for another installment of that wonderful "Be Mine, Valentine", right? Well, don't stay away too long, be sure to check back. As soon as I get to catch my breath -- I'll be posting another piece.

Big Dude HUGS!!

DUDE UP!!!