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Greetings!
First of all, I cannot express how excited I am that we're now offering single kits for sale!! More about that in the newsletter below!
On to this months kit -
I remember when I was in school I would always bring all my goodies with me to "play" with. I would hide comic books in my text books, write cute little letters to my girlfriends on pretty little note paper, put it in a cutsie tootsie little envelope and then tie it with the prettiest ribbon, doodle all over my folders and add cute little stickers..basicly I think I was destined to become an artist. Life just didn't seem fun without all my play things.
All of this was my inspiration for the April kit "Charm School Debutante". Prepare to be showered with lush colors..bold and bright..just pleading with you to create something fun..embellishments that truly compliment this amazing mix, yet challenge you at the same time. Have fun mixing the vintage with the new and soar to new levels of creativity. Unleash your inner artist and show us just how bad you can be..
Along with the main kit we have some really exciting add ons this month to indulge your senses. Revel in all of these and let your mind tiptoe through the possibilities.
For your creating pleasure, The Project Kit for this month is "Cherished Memories". There are only a few left, so make sure you order yours today. Please look here for more information.
And please be on the lookout for us on ScrapScene as we will be giving away a free kit to one lucky gal this month!!!! Also please stay tuned to the site as we will be playing POP QUIZ any day now and I have a big package of all new CHA goodies for the prize!!! If you don't know about POP QUIZ see the blog for more info.
I hope all of you enjoy your Spring Break..have a blast and don't be too BAD!!!
XOXOxoxo,
Wendy Rago, Bad Girls Kit Owner | |
Single kits finally being offered at Bad Girls!!
I have such great news for all of you girls who have been wanting to
purchase single kits!!!! We have finally reached our goal of
fullfilling all of our waitlist and we are now in the position to offer
one time purchase kits. This is how it will work: On the last day of
the month when we present our new kits for sale, the additional kits
will be added to the store. They will be available for you to buy as
either a subscription or a one time purchase. They will be available on
a first come, first served basis.
Thank you so much for your continued support girls!!
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April Design Team Work
Gloria:
Another month, another kit, another round of fabulous Design Team creations! Check out the girls fabulous April Design Team work here!
Sri:
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Bad Girls at ScrapScene!
Yes - the Bad Girls is featured at ScrapScene this month as we are giving away a complete April-kit to one furtunate winner! All you have to do is to comment at their giveaway-post - and oh, you also have to answer just one simple little question. Keep your eyes peeled at ScrapScene to not miss out on this giveaway!
And while we're at it - we have to say we love ScrapScene because it's such a wonderful & resourceful site - one of the best out there to keep us up on tabs on what's happening within the scrap-world!
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Official Monthly Challenge for March:
Ania:
Don't forget the monthly challenge for the precious Bad Girl Apron: this month we're going to go green and
recycle!
Use
any of the Bad Girls March kits/addons to create a project or layout
with your interpretion of this topic. There are so many ways you can be
inspired by this - and the girls! Do feel free to explain how you have solved the challenge in the description. You have until April 5th to upload your project to the
appropriate gallery at Bad Girls. Don't forget to put "Apron Challenge" in the title! Have a look at the rules here.
Remember - the prize is unique - there's only 12 made and they're only
available to the winner of these montly challenges!
Need some inspiration? Check out what our Design Team-members Ania and Iris did using the same card!
Iris:
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More peeks of the March Project Kit:
Enjoy all this eye-candy from "Cherised Memories"! For larger photos, go to this message-board thread. For purchase, go here.
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Edited by: Anne Jo Lexander
For Bad Girls Kits
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The kits of April:
Mainkit: "Charm School Debutante"
The April kit is here and it's a remembrance to the days of school and childhood and how you'd
bring your "goodies" to school to both show off and play... a delicious
mix of modern and true vintage.. There's three add-ons this month - "Etiquette 101", "Sassy chic" and "High Society Girl". These can be seen below, and for the full view of all the kits and their closeups - simply head on over to the kit-page. And for purchasing? Here's the store! Happy session! Add-on: "High Society Girl"
 Add-on: "Sassy Chic"
Add-on: "Etiquette 101"
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Newsletter Article: Recycling
By Allison Schubert
In this day we hear so much about recycling our papers, glass, and plastics to help save our environment. We as scrap bookers should not be exempt from this encouragement of recycling; especially since we have helped turn the scrapbooking business into a multimillion dollar indusry that is based on chopping down trees to produce our paper goods.
Not only is recycling good for our environment but it also makes for an exciting and unique layout. Just like our creativity, recycling can be limitless. There are so many things that can be incorporated into our works of art if we just think a little outside the box, things you may not have necessarily thought about. Of course, we know we can use the packaging from our embellishments but, what about those pretty little birthday cards? I know a lot of people have tendency to throw those away. Cut out the flowers or balloons and you have a sweet little embellishment. Another excellent choice would be those dated magazines we have piled up, which are great to cut out letters. Or, the ribbon that was tied on that Christmas package you received. My favorite thing to recycle is books; I love to use old book paper on my layouts, it gives it a vintage feel I think. Now that you know some of the products that can be used in our art I know the next question: Is it acid-free? More than likely not but it can always be sprayed with an archival mist and if not, I'm sure whatever recycled product you use will last a long time. So, don't be intimidated by reusing certain goods because our environment could just depend on it.
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Bad Girl of the month: Miz Elizabeth Reuter!
 Everybody knows Elizabeth Reuter, known on the forums as Elizabeth R. - duh :) We won't ask a lady for her age, but she reveals that sure, there's a hint on the layout above. She is a SAHM to two children aged 6 and 4 years, lives in Saratoga Springs, NY, loves good food and claims she's a "former Bad Girl, mother to a future Bad Girl".So Elizabeth, "former Bad Girl, mother to a future Bad Girl"? Fess up! Any truth to that quote you love to sport on the forums?Hmmm, not sure if I can share these stories here! I was actually a very nice girl in high school, but fun and social. Then I hit my 20's.
As for my future Bad Girl, well she's just been evil since she was born. By the age of three it was the family consensus that when she grows up she will be an assassin. If you have ever seen the series La Femme Nikita, that will be her when she grows up. She is smart and beautiful, but don't mess with her! Actually she's starting to turn into more of a princess which is a bit of a relief! Teehee :) She tells us she knew Bad Girls was the perfect match for her, having learned about its debut at Willow Traders:I just knew I wanted in. I think the site debuted at midnight Pacific and no joke I got up at 3 or 4am to buy the July kit! I was terribly afraid it would sell out in a matter of hours.She continues to gush about the Bad Girls:Wendy already knows this is my favorite place to be!
I can't get over the kits every month. I love Wendy's imagination, because even though I think I'm creative she puts together stuff I would never dream of! Then I see the creations that the DT and the other members make and I'm consistently blown away! As for the message board, everyone is truly welcoming. I like that the members are pretty diverse and the board is always active.Aw that's so sweet Elizabeth!! But - hold on a little bit! How did you find this hobby in the first place??I've always known about it. In a way I was a scrapbooker as a kid. I kept photo albums and wrote little sayings by the pictures. But
once my daughter was born I knew I would want her to have these so I
dove in once I recovered from the sleep deprived baby years. That's very nice Elizabeth :) And how does your ideal day of scrapping look like?I would have the house all to myself, with a completely clean and organized scraproom. A bright sunny day, with the windows open, a fresh pot of coffee and a brand new kit ready to dive into. Plus a newly delivered box from snapfish. New pictures always
inspire me!Oh yeah! I think we can agree! :)Any favetechnique or anything similar you're able to share with us?I do not. Not that I don't want to share, I just don't have a go to technique. My favorite products are mixing patterned papers, and I probably use my cat's eyes inks on almost every layout. Now that they make the queue stacks I have 4 of them on my table and I'm set for ink colors.So Elizabeth - tell us about your other passion? I'm a foodie. I love great wines ( I collect wine) and great
food. An indulgent night out would be a four course tasting menu at
our favorite restaurant in Milwaukee with a champagne cocktail, a
fabulous bottle of wine and dessert. Then I would go into a food coma
on the drive home.Yum! We'd also like to share that Elizabeth is the driving force behind the incredible popular and amazing junique-swaps on the forums, where people swap unique vintage items and trinkets - tell us a little more about that!Confession time - the original idea was not mine. I participated in one last fall. I had so much fun collecting items for it that I wanted to share some more. But I wanted to share with people I actually knew. Since Wendy's kits are a bit more special, I thought that the members here would appreciate all the cool stuff I had. And the gals in the first one contributed some
amazing stuff, I can't wait to see what the next group comes up with.
Anything else you'd like to tell people before we end this interview? If you are thinking of trying the kits, try a 3 moth sub. The kits are always prettier in person and they will help you think outside the box. This is one site where I highly recommend using the gallery! OK this is the only
site where I actually visit the gallery on a regular basis. But that is because I swear the gals here will show me ways of using the kits I truly would not have thought of on my own. I wish I had the time to scraplift all my favorite pages here. Thank you so much for your time Elizabeth!!And for those who's wondering - the above layout is made with the October kit and the bottom one is made with the November kit. Her gallery can be seen here.
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