TTT October Monthly kits!

TTT October kits are up!

Today is reveal day at TTT! There are 3 great kits offered for the month of October...plus some great add ons and extra things available!

NEW MONTHLY CONTEST RULES: We have a new rule with the monthly contest...you can use ANY TTT KIT to create your layout for the monthly contest. It no longer has to be the current kit. What a great way to have fun with your TTT kits and possible win something to go with your next kit! Details are on the Blog or you can also go here for more details: http://www.transparenttouches.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=65


I wanted to remind you taht TTT offers 3 and 6 months kit subscriptions! If you sign up for a subscription this month you can start with September #3, or you can start with one of the October kits. Just send me an email after you sign up letting me know which kit you'd like to start your subscription with.

REFER A FRIEND TO TTT! If you refer a friend to TTT and they sign up for 6 months, you will BOTH get a goodie bag with your kit! Once you refer a total of 3 friends to TTT and they all signed up for 6 months, you will receive a FREE KIT!

CLICK HERE for more information about TTT kit subscriptions.

CLICK HERE to read the FAQ's about TTT's kits.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WHAT TTT HAS COMING UP IN THEIR KITS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS??!! JUST CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT!!

Here are the 3 kits for October:


OCTOBER KIT #1: Teresa Collins--Friendship



CLICK HERE to see the add ons that are available with this kit

OCTOBER KIT #2: Fancy Pants--Rough & Tough

CLICK HERE to see the add ons available with this kit



OCTOBER KIT #3: PINK PAISLEE--AMBER ROAD


CLICK HERE to see the addons available with this kit

Tag Ideas by Chrystal Riddell

I love doing this section because it always makes me stretch a my comfort zone a little bit. When crafting, I tend to think bigger is easier. A 12x12 page or even a 5x7 card is much easier for me to do than the little things.

I started by using my favorite big tag template to make an over-sized "teacher tag" that I'm sure will be used soon enough! I left the ribbon long in case it needs to be tied around something later. I found this "tag template" attached to our Christmas tree last December, and it promptly found a home on my scrap table.



Once I was motivated, I remembered that the TTT pocket blocks are just that--sized for a library pocket! This "toddler" block was the perfect fit for the wild thing chipboard. This will go in a ziploc with coordinating paper, so that next time I pull it out, I have a ready-made page embellishment!



Next time you have a few minutes, pull out some paper scraps and your transparency stash and see what you can do to get that next page jump-started. Tag, you're it!

Transparency Layouts

Transparent Tuesday!
Each month the TTT design team creates layouts, cards and other projects using TTT transparencies on them. They always do such a great job and it's great to see all the different ways that the transparencies can be used!! Here is what they created this month:

Carrie and Chrissy's Layouts:


Nathalie and Jen's Layouts:


Chrystal's Layout:

September Kit #1 Layouts

It's Reveal day!

It's time to reveal the designs made with all three September kits. We hope you love the items the design team created. Remember, you can go to the TTT User gallery (http://www.transparenttouches.com/gallery/index.php?cat=46) to see all the kit reveals from each month!

Take a look at the fun designs created by Carrie and owner Monica!!!

Carrie's Designs:







Monica's Designs:

September Kit #2 Layouts

Take a look at the fun creations by designers Chrystal and Chrissy!!!

Chrystal's Designs:



Chrissy's Designs:

September Kit #3 Layouts

Take a look at the lovely creations by designers Jen and Nathalie!

Jen's Designs:





Nathalie's Designs:

Baby Journal Winner!

The baby journal winner is Tammy! Congrats Tammy. Please e-mail me your address and I will mail the journal within a few days. Thanks so much for your interest.

September Monthly Kit Contest- Sketches!

Sketches!!!!!!

The new PageMaps sketches came out and I love them so why not have a sketch contest this month. I picked 2 (one with one photo, one with multiple photos) and you can use one or both. I would love to see what you create using a current or existing TTT kit.

Sketch#1-


Sketch#2-


The main requirement is that you need to use a kit from Transparent Touches, any kit. Please refer to the rules post in this forum for additional details:
http://www.transparenttouches.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8357
http://www.transparenttouches.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9757

Due date this month will be midnight PST Sept 30th. Winner will be determined by drawing.

You can enter as many times as you like. 2 page LOs count as one entry.

You can post your pages here in this thread to share but in order to be in the contest you must post your pages in the gallery under the "September 09 Contest Work Gallery"
The message board post can be found here: http://www.transparenttouches.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10115

September Ideas- It's All About Back to School

Do you see that smile on my face? Ok, you can't really see it but trust me I am smiling. I love having my children home for the summer but by the time summer ends, the kids are fighting a lot and on each other's nerves and well, it's time to go back to school and we are all ready. :) So I wanted to provide some ideas for back to school. I've got some funny quotes, a few fun poems, and some tips and fun ideas for you to use on your pages and projects.

School Quotes:

"I will not let my schooling interfere with my education."
Author: Mark Twain

"When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school,
Its a wonder I can think at all."
Author: Paul Simon

"All I ever needed to know, I learned in kindergarten."
Author: Robert Fulghum


"As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools"
Author: Unknown


"Education is that which remains when one has forgotten everything learned in school."
Author: Albert Einstein

"Teaching kids to count is fine,
but teaching them what counts is best."
Author: Bob Talbert

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."
Author: W. Fusselman

"We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but the all have to live in the same box."
Author: Unknown

School Poems:

A Book
by Adelaide Love
A book, I think, is very like
A little golden door
That takes me into places
Where I've never been before.
It leads me into fairyland
Or countries strange and far
And, best of all, the golden door
Always stands ajar.


How School Works
By Steven J. Engelhardt
Spectacular!
Today is Monday,
You're off to that dreaded place,
5 days a week you spend here,
You'll never escape!

You have your books,
You have your brain,
When the day is through,
It'll be in a lot of pain,
And you have your friends,
Some good and some great,
But talk to them too much and you'll be late.

Keep your grades up though and watch with care,
Someday you'll look at colleges and say I want to go there,
So with your head full of knowledge and shoes full of feet,
If you let it, school can help you accomplish any feat

Welcome Back
Author: Francine Pucillo
Summer's over ... it was fun
Now it's time to get things done
Catch the bus and be on time
Standing straight in all those lines

Getting homework every day
Do it quick and then go play
Early nights and days so full
Following those school time rules

Do your best and you will see
Life will go by so quickly
For one day when you are grown
Your lessons written all in stone

You will know that in the end
These the best days you will spend
Sharing knowledge doing well
Your future has a lot to tell.

Ideas:
#1-We all like to keep some of our children's school work but how can you save those memories to incorporate into your scrap projects? Well, take photos of them and scrap those. For projects that will fit into albums, just slide them into page protectors or mat them on a 12x12 piece of cardstock.

#2- Mini albums are a great way to cover school memories without feeling overwhelmed. How about making a mini to focus on just the holiday events and parties or if your child is old enough to write, take photos but let him or her do the journaling of their schooling experiences?

I hope you enjoy the qoutes, poems, and ideas. Have fun with back to school memories!