Monday, February 1, 2010

Winner!

We have a winner, picked out of a hat by my fabulous assistant Sophie!

KATIE
email me at maddierosedesign@gmail.com with your choice of card and the photo you would like on it. Be sure to include any special wording that you would like the card to say. (check out the card choices at MaddieRoseDesign.etsy.com)
Thanks to everyone who entered and be sure to check back for tutorials, giveaways and new products!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Valentine Scrapbook Kit and Giveaway

Go checkout my etsy shop. I just listed my Valentine Scrapbook Kit, it is listed as

XOXO Scrapbook Kit
It is only $3.00 a real steal!
If you become a follower on my blog you will be entered into a drawing for a free (that's right I said free), Valentine's Day card design of your choice (pick from the ones listed on my etsy account). Make sure you leave a comment telling me you are following my blog! Deadline for entries is Jan 31st.
So go on and follow....you know you want to!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Scrapbook Kit Giveaway

For Valentine's Day I put together a digital scrapbooking kit. It is complete with 4 textured papers and a few embellishments in jpeg/png format. I am planning on selling it in my etsy shop but first I wanted to see what you all thought! Post a comment on what you think of it, any suggestions for improvements and the like.



Want to win this digital scrapbook kit? The first post with the correct answer to my question below will have it emailed to them by me for FREE! Gotta love that, free-ninety-free is my favorite price. Or maybe it's just having it emailed to you by ME that makes you smile, either way, post, it will be fun.
TRIVIA QUESTION
Saint Valentine, in the 3rd century Rome, served under what Emperor who outlawed marriage for young men because they made better soldiers when they had no wife or family?
I know, kind of hard, but what did you expect my hubby majored in History!
So post away my friends...

Friday, January 22, 2010

Welcome and Inspiration

Welcome to my Maddie Rose Design Blog. I am hoping to give you all some insight to why I do what I do, what inspires me, maybe a tutorial here and there, and most definitely some random mumblings. Make sure to leave comments, whether it be encouragement, constructive criticism or questions.

Now onto inspiration. I was in a particular store....you know the one....we cuss it, swear we will never set foot in it again, and marvel at how we keep walking through the doors....yeah, I thought you knew which one I was talking about. Anyway, I was there with my two daughters in tow and decided to scope out the Valentine's day stuff.
There we were walking through the rows and rows of pink, red and purple, giant stuffed animals, mounds of chocolate and cheesy sayings when I spot the cutest cupcake cups. I fell in love! I snatched up those bad boys and threw them in the cart along with my diapers, wipes, laundry detergent and such. Then I proceeded to stand in line while weird people oogled over my daughters (don't get me started on that one) and bought the inspiration for my Valentine Striped Card.
Who would have thunk it. Inspiration from a big box store (oops, did I say too much??).