we all have to start somewhere....Digidesigns by amberbaz

i'm still alive!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:24:00 +0000

sorry it has been so long since i have written. my lyme disease is causing me severe problems which has stopped my designing but i am feeling a little better now and should get back into the swing of things soon. a halloween freebie will be coming soon!

robyn has a sale!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:18:00 +0000

this kit is 1 buck, snatch it up cuz it's beautiful.

Robyn's chic scraps is having a sale!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:56:00 +0000

Eeerie Night by Robyn's Chic Scraps is a new digital Halloween kit and you can get the full kit (including 29 papers and 54 elements) for 50% off by using the coupon code: eerienight at her Ahhh Scrap store.

Full kit (All Items not shown in preview)

Countdown to Christmas Blog Hop

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:22:00 +0000

hey all,

Pets at Christmas

We at K-Joi Studios love our pets as much as our children and
sometimes they are our children. We would love to promote pet rescue
by giving you a glimpse into the world wide net of animal adoption.
Please visit this site at the bottom of this post and do a bit of
browsing it is extremely interesting and if you are
a pet lover then you might find some useful information too. We have
made some wonderful freebie kits for your digital scrapping pleasure
and as a huge thank you for looking at these very deserving animal
rescue sites. Please visit the next blog on this blog hop and don't
forget to leave some lovely comments behind when you download. And
don't forget that we all live on different time zones so please be
patient with us!!

Here is where you can find all the linkies for the blog hop participants-
http://kjoistudios.net/blog/
They are all in one spot so that you can easily find them!! Please
leave some love behind to show your appreciation! Thanks soo much for
visiting

the link to the kit is here

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:12:00 +0000

i am having a huge sale until sept 1st so stop in and stock up!

crush sampler

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:50:00 +0000

here is a sample of my newest Personal use kit called crush. the sampler has 2 papers, 3 embs and a tag. enjoy and stop by my store to see the full kit.the first preview is the full kit the second is the freebie, enjoy.

here is the zip

store closing sale

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:52:00 +0000

sadly busycrappin is closing at the end of this month so ya'll have a few days to stock up on the kits before they disappear.

new kit by robyn's chic scraps

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:22:00 +0000

robyn's chic scraps has a new kit out called capture a moment. the preview is below
and also some LO's me and the rest of her ct made using the kit.

more lyme kits!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:29:00 +0000

hey all,
check out the sites below because they have posted awesome freebie kits in honor of lyme disease awareness. leave them some love too!

My good friend Cheeky
aka Liz Dau Designs

Helen
aka IcePrincess Scrapz

Sandez Creations
who had a little trouble with her kit but i would love it if u stopped by and showed her some love!

Also i have a new PU kit in my Kjoistudio store, check it out!

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Hello all,
May is lyme disease awareness month and because this disease has such a huge impact on my life i decided this year i was gonna do whatever i could to bring a little bit of attention to it. I have been sick 3 and a half years, diagnosed with lyme 3 years ago and i have spent the last 3 years trying to find any treatment that will work to squash this bug out of me. I had never heard of lyme before i was told i had it and i didnt understand at first how i even got it because i am not an outdoors kinda girl and i never remember a tick or a rash. I never would have guessed one tiny little tick could cause me so many problems. i'm only 24 and i have to take 19 different medications a day and go 5 days a week to the hospital to receive iv antibiotics. I had to drop out of college before finishing my degree and i have had to sit back and watch as all my friends graduated,got married, bought houses and had children and it sucks! There is so little known about lyme and right now prevention is the only sure-fire way of staying healthy.
I have somehow managed to talk some of the amazing designers at kjoistudios to help me in a blog hop for the whole month of may. each week a new outdoors themed kit will be posted for free with a fact about the disease. Please take some time to actually read the facts when you snag our freebies! Also please consider making a donation for lyme disease research( link is on the right side of my blog down towards bottom.) Enjoy the kits and keep yourself, your family and your pets tick free!

FACT: the doctors who are responsible for making decisions in diagnosis guidelines also work
for insurance companies across the us. some of these doctors make as much as $600/ hour in
"consultanting" fees, advising insurance companies of ways to avoid having to pay for
lyme-related costs.
FACT: there are almost a dozen coinfections u can get when bitten by a tick, each one can make it more difficult to treat the lyme disease, make sure your doctor tests for those coinfections too!
click here to download

stay tuned all month for more freebies!

2 great kits for a good cause

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:14:00 +0000

as i mentioned earlier april is autism awareness month and there are 2 charity kits available now u can buy. the links are below. check them out.

the 1st is just an awareness kit, not a charity kit but it is adorable!
live laugh love

this is the charity kit and for every kit sold it will equal out to $8 given to the charity because the designers are matching donations . the money will go to autism speaks.
bloom and grow

cu freebie

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:30:00 +0000

hey all,
sorry i have been such a bad blogger but man life just wont slow down haha. april is autism awareness month and i wanted to take a moment tomention it up for my designer buddy april ,for whom this disease is very close to home.

i wanted to get this up earlier but i just didnt get a chance to. u can only get this cu freebie from one of my stores
(kjoistudios) (busyscrappin) and it will be free until may 1st then it goes in for sale so snag it quick. and please is u can donate to an autism research program .
plus i have a new cu ribbon pack in my stores too, check it out!

a new cu freebie

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:24:00 +0000

hey all,
i am such a bad blogger it isnt even funny ugh. lots has been going on here while i try to start a cu line in my stores. below is a sample of 2 of my new products. i am doing a series of cu lace packs available now in my stores. enjoy the freebie

3 bucks each which is a bargain considering how much time it took me to extract all this lace!

http://www.4shared.com/file/93638665/9ad1d5a/vintage_lace_sampler.html

i am still alive! haha

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:09:00 +0000

hey all, its been crazy round here as usual but i finally found a few minutes to post a freebie. this is my 1st cu freebie to debut my cu line of products. so far they are only in my kjoistudios store and only a couple things but i am gonna be putting a bunch of new stuff in today! check my stores out i have my items very cheap cuz i just want to make some sales!

here is my little cu sampler:

please read my tou and lets all play nice ladies!

LO share

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:53:00 +0000

hey all,
here are some small pages i made using tripalee's grab bag( stinkin awesome and packed with 8 minikits!) i used it to make pages i put on the back of a deck of cards which i made for my brother to take with him when he deploys. all the cards below were made with her grab bag so u can see how many different options you get with all these pieces. hit up her stores on the side of my blog!

christmas eve

my grandparents

some extended family at my bro's goodbye party

uncle mark and thomas at the zoo

this one is actually made with her arctic blooms kit, my bro and parents

some of my bro's friends at a fight night party we had

more of his friends (my bro is the dork being held up by all the other guys haha)

some of my brothers friends

my nephew loading the nerf gun uncle mark got him

old pix of my bro

our dogs

full family portrait

diablo

boxing

my nana and my pap pap with my dad

so blessed!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:38:00 +0000

man i am so stinkin blessed, i got this amazing tablet for christmas from my parents which i am having so much fun playing with and a new printer which i havent had time to even take out of the box haha. i also got a new digi cam from my sister but it was a serious problem..... she got it for me on black friday from walmart ( samsung BL103walmart exclusive 10.2 mp camera) and it looked so cool and i was so happy and then i tried using it haha. none of my pictures would shoot clear, no matter what setting used or with the tripod etc etc and so i googled it last night to see if maybe i was doing something wrong. turns out this model is crap and everyone has been having problems with it because although it says 10.2mp it really is only about the quality of a 3mp. i was really upset because i didnt want to hurt my sister's feelings but i knew it would need to be taken back. i was scared about taking it back because i read all the other peoples' comments saying walmart refused to give refunds on this product and i didnt really know what to do about it. i also checked walmart.com and they didnt have ANY cameras in the same price range and so i figured it would mean no new camera( which didnt bother me too bad because my current cam still works so a newbie wasnt a need but just a big want.)
so i called my sis last night and explained the situation and she called walmart this morning. after talking to a few different managers they finally agreed to give her a gift card with the camera purchase price on it. i didnt even want to go look at cameras there to find a replacement because there were none in her price range but she made me. we found a really nice one( 8mp canon powershot A590IS) and after a little grumbling on my part she decided to get it. only problem was that turns out of all the cameras we looked at the one we actually picked was out of stock haha. so we had to go to a walmart 30 mins away to pick one up which wasnt too big a deal because we had to go to that walmart to get our family portrait taken anyways.
this camera is amazing! back when i shot 35mm i had a canon rebel g( slr) and even though i loved the quality of those pictures i made the leap to digital and sold the rebel. this canon we got today is as close to a dslr as one can imagine and i am completely in shock at how amazing it is! i keep telling everyone, " hey i took a picture of my pants!" cuz the macro is so good that it took quality pix of my jeans while i was wearing them! now all i need is for it to be spring so i can take pictures of the pretty flowers! my sister and bro-in-law rock and i cant even begin to explain how happy i am right now. we dont spend that kinda money on each other for gifts because we are all pretty strapped for cash and i cant express how much it means to me that they bought me this awesome present! now they both say its no big deal cuz i take care of my nephew for them when they need and i keep trying to explain to everyone that duh it is my job as an auntie to watch my nephew but i guess they dont see it the same way haha. oooooooh and i am gonna start doing some commercial use stuff so be watching for that!
God Bless, amb

Merry CHRISTmas!!! here's another freebie

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:16:00 +0000

again merry christmas to u all! here is a little quickpage freebie i made using my inked kit. All my stuff is still on sale so go stock up!

i forgot to make a preview for this page so for now here is the link and tomorrow i will post a preview haha.

ok now onto my little blurb about how awesome my family is:

i just wanted to take a minute to talk about how amazingly blessed i am. my family is poor, not starving poor but paycheck to paycheck living poor. my parents have always tried to make christmas special in an effort to make up for all the other times they cant buy us what we want and this year was hella crazy! my brother is deploying to afghanistan in march and we have been planning for a long time to save up to be able to buy him a laptop. we got a good deal on a dell during the thanksgiving sales and i assumed that having had to spend that large a chunk of money my family wouldnt be able to get a whole lot for everyone else. which didnt matter at all, in fact my sister and i told my mother getting the laptop was most important and if that meant she had to spend less on us that was no problem at all. so this morning while opening presents i was completely floored by what i got to unwrap!
i got new clothes ( which i am so happy for cuz i have lost so much weight my clothes dont fit anymore) and some books i have been dying to get for years but then i unwrapped the big stuff and the tears started to flow haha. my parents got me a bamboo tablet( which came with adobe elements 6 yay) and i was completely shocked because it is way out of their budget. then i started opening the stuff my sis and bro-in-law gave me and it was just too much haha. i am now the proud owner of a 10.2 MP samsung and a wireless lexmark printer! i cant believe how blessed i am, and not just cuz i got some really cool gifts but also cuz i got to have some really amazingly fun times with my family.
we always try to make a special effort at holidays to get quality time in but this year was different for 2 very big reasons. 1) this will be our last holiday with my brother before he deploys and 2) a few months ago there was a huge drama with some of my extended family and since then we have ceased to have contact with that side of the family and because of this they were not at our christmas celebration this year. now to some of you this may sound like a bad thing but it is the first time in 12 years we have been able to have a tension-free holiday and it was just awesome. we have sorta had to ignore the crazy and dramafilled behavior of those people for the past 12 years and it has resulted in my entire family dreading and hating holiday events. it is very exhausting having to pretend that a crazy person is in the room haha. and i dont just mean crazy cuz i dont like her but straight-up belongs in a psych ward crazy!since that part of the family decided to go extra special crazy and make my side of the family the enemy we have stopped communicating with them all together. so our christmas eve dinner and our christmas day events were so much fun, for the 1st time in 12 years we could actually have a family event we all enjoyed and will treasure for years to come! i didnt need to be afraid to go to a room by myself or pretend like i didnt just see what i just saw etc etc. i forgot how much fun my family is when we dont have to cover up for the crazy. i have wrote many a blog about this situation before and either never posted it or deleted it shortly after i posted it just cuz i hate being invloved with the drama and when it is all over it doesnt really matter if EVERYONE knows she is crazy, my family knows and in fact we laugh about her blogs about her fake little life that she describes in great detail( details that are completely fabricated which blows our mind because we see her talking about something about her "life" on her blog and since we know her we know she is lying) and laughing about it helps us deal with it. when life hands you a problem you arent sure how to handle the best thing to do is 1) pray and 2) laugh your ass off about it haha!

anyways, God Bless Ya'll and be watching my blog cuz as soon as i figure out how to use all these cool things i just got i am gonna be designing up a storm!

Merry CHRISTmas!!!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:43:00 +0000

(my doggie Rocket!) Merry CHRISTmas to u and yours! Have a Blessed New Year!

To celebrate this awesome day a few of the ladies at Busyscrappin are having a blog train. It was sorta last minute so there arent as many people participating but thats ok, its a busy time of year and i am actually surprised i even managed to finish a freebie for it haha.
also check the ad below for my cool holiday sales.

I have decided that since i didnt get my ad posted sooner i will extend the spiffy gift with purchase offer til the 27th.

here is my spiffy Christmas kit which you will get free when you purchase any of my other kits!

Check out Kjoistudios and Busyscrappin because both sites are having huge sales for the next couple of days. Also check Busyscrappin because they have freebies you can only get at the store! And finally what i am sure u all came here for.........

All Aboard The Polar Express!!!!

Here is mine
here are the links i have for the other ladies, it may not be everyone so check each of the blogs to see if they have more address' for ya'll. Also mine is not the same colors as the rest of the ladies because i had made the kit before the palette was chosen so pay no attention to the fact that i am the odd one out haha.

Designed By K
DivaDesignz
Leaonna
Scrap Wizar
simply.scraps

ugh i hate stupid scam sites!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:54:00 +0000

ok so i entered a photo contest at a site called photo laurettes or something like that and all i had seen before entering had made it sound like a real contest. turns out it is just a site that steals peoples images and sells them claiming they are for use of promoting the contest. apparently the contest isnt even real and i am way bummed because i entered one of my fave photos and they wont give me anything saying they will not use it claiming i gave them copyright. i read the copyright very closely and it said nothing about them using my images for profit! grrrr i am mad!

a correction

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:21:00 +0000

i used the wrong name for robyn's christmas kit. it is actually called dear santa! it is such a cute kit so go buy it!

some layout shares and a quick health update

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:54:00 +0000

hey all, here are a few LO's i have done recently. the first 2 are made using the kit santas cookies by robyn's chic scraps. stores it is available at are listed on the side over there----->
then the next 2 are made using the kit away in a manger by leaonna of busyscrappin. if u go to my store link on the side u can find her store on the same site.
making cookies a few years ago

christmas eve last year, made this for a deck of cards gift i am trying to make for my brother before he deploys.

the desktop i am using on my laptop right now!
the page i have pasted in my journal to remind me of whom God says i am through His word for me! i love both these kits sooooooo much! i am sure that when i feel better i will be using them a lot more!

health update:
my lyme disease is getting pretty bad right now. the past 6 weeks it has been going down hill and today my dr made some big changes in my treatment plan( upping the dose of iv meds as well as changing it from 4 days a week to 5 days a week ugh.) so i probably will be dead to the world for a few weeks. when i get feeling better trust me i will be throwing them freebies at ya left and right!
God Bless,
amb

another freebie

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:03:00 +0000

hey all,
i was planning on making a winter kit and today i decided i didnt have time to actually finish one so here is a little frame i had made to include in that kit. enjoy, i hope somebody likes it!

here is the link to snag it.

FINALLY....... the spiffy christmas freebie

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:17:00 +0000

hey all,
here is the freebie i have been promising forever to get to u guys. it isnt much but i hope someone finds a use for something in it! below is the sampler review as well as the preview of the full kit available for purchase at both my stores.

here is the link for the sampler freebie. enjoy.

full kit preview

an award!

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:44:00 +0000

* i have been trying for forever tonight to get comments posted on people's blogs but they keep not loading so i am assuming something is wrong with my internet connection.man i hate dial up!*

hey all,
my darling friend robyn has given me the treasured friend award!

i have been so blessed to be able to work with her kits and she has been so helpful in my process of learning to design. thanks hun! ok so now comes the time to pass it on, there isnt a number specified so i will just pick a handful.

Liz aka cheeky monkey:
you have been so awesome to work with and really helped me make it through the kjoi contest with your amazing attitude! i loves ya darling!

Sue aka Scrap Wiz:
u have been so helpful over at busyscrappin and i just love to read your responses to posts in the yahoo group!

Kathy aka Designed By K
u have been, along with all the ladies over at busyscrappin, so awesome to work with. plus i love your products and i feel privileged to be selling in the same store as you!

Jody aka Munchkyn Scraps:
u are so giving! plus i am so very thankful that u filled my request and made me some cu cross flairs, u rock!

ok now that i got that out the way, i promise a freebie is coming! i have a few done that just need to be loaded to 4shared and posted here so stay tuned. i am sorry i have been so unplugged recently but my health is still bad and i have now had family issues thrown on top of the whole mess so ugh. i am still pushing my way through, hopefully soon i will be back to normal( well whatever normal is for me haha)

a layout made by the busyscrappin ct

amberbaz@popstar.com (digidesignsbyamberbaz) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:50:00 +0000

here is an amazing layout made with my new kit spiffy christmas. cindy nester, one of the busyscrappin store ct girls, made it and i think it is adorable! i cant find her blog at the moment, not sure if she has one, but if i do find it i will link to her site so u all can go check her out! go buy the kit too!