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I’ve been in a “hybrid/crafty” mood lately, probably because I’ve been thinking about Christmas (already!) and presents and saving money by making my gifts.  With that in mind, I’ve done some searches for fun templates and projects, and today I want to share with you some great recipe card templates and quick pages.  Check ‘em out:

Juliana Gordon’s 4 x 6 Recipe Card/Brag Book Templates (only 99 cents in the Potato Bar at PDP!):

Recipe Cards Mini Kit, by As You Wish Designs:

Rockin’ Recipes Template Set, by Mish Gasser:

Cookin’ Up Love 1: Recipe Cards by Melanie Colosimo

Cookin’ Up Love 2: Recipe Cards by Melanie Colosimo

Melanie has at least two additional sets of recipe cards in her shop, so be sure to look for those too!

Did I miss any great recipe card templates?  Let us know!  Leave a comment,and feel free to leave a link, so we can all click on over!

Happy Recipe Card Making!

It’s Tuesday Tips/Templates Day! You know, I was also going to include Tutorials in the T title, but it just made it SO long! So, just so you know - if it starts with a T, I reserve the right to talk about it on a Tuesday! (And now I’m thirsty for TEA). haha.. ha.

Anyway!

The first thing I want to mention is Tips. And not the “this is a great way to do THIS” kind of tip, but rather a “I have a tip jar on my counter” kind of tip. Bear with me for a minute, because while it may seem like I’m soliciting a tip, I’m mostly wanting to tell you about this neat new widget/service I found this last week.

If you look to your right, you see a “Are You In My Topspots” graphic. And a list below it with links that say “Get In My Topspots”. See those things? Yeah? Great!

So, that little widget is my new tip jar! But, it’s a tip jar with a benefit! If you leave me a tip, you get to leave me your link in return*! Which means you’ll be listed in my Top Spots and be seen by the millions thousands hundreds of people who visit me every day! And yes, it’s only hundreds a day right now, but it’s creeping towards thousands. Like a centipede. Or a turtle. Slow and steadily creeping.

So, while yes technically I just asked you to send me money, I’m also just letting you know about the opportunity to easily list your website address on my site. AND in case you are interested, you can get your own little tip jar widget for YOUR blog. Just click the text underneath the list that says, “Get your own top spot list”. So you can ask for tips too! Or just post the widget and be more subtle than I am. It’s ok if you don’t want to actually ask for your tips.

Ok, moving on to Tutorials!

Did you know that I have a really cool FAQ page full of good digi-scrappin’ info and links? (Ok, that sounded boastful - I just mean the PAGE is cool, not that I’M cool - oh whatever, I already asked you for money today, could I get much worse?)

Anyway!

You can check out all the links if you click the link to the FAQ page, but to make life a little more easy for today, I’m listing the tutorials links…. right… here:

• Desjardin Digital Designs - Library of tutorials
• Digiscrapping.net
• DigiScrapReview - a ton of great site reviews which include links to tutorials
• DigiScrapping Tutorials
  
• DigiScrapDivas - blog with articles and info
• Digital Craft Cottage - long list of tutorials in their forum
• DreamScrapper Blog - a series of posts and tutorials
• Hummie’s World - a forum with tutorials, and she has videos and classes too
• Jen Strange’s list of blog posts with tutorials and info
• Misty Cato - a great list of PS tutorials
• Monique’s Scrappin’ Blog - a quick list of tutorials and intro to digi sites
• Purple Paper Flowers - forum with some tutorials
• Red Leaf DigiScrapping - click on the tutorials link in her sidebar
• Scrapbook Bytes
• Scrapbook Elements
• Scrapbook News and Review
• ScrapGirls University
• The Digital Scrapbook Teacher
• Bi-lingual yahoo group - once you join, you’ll gain access to online tutorials

Nice, eh?

Ok, that’s enough T’s for today, except I really, really , really do need my sweet ice tea now! Have a super Tuesday, folks!

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* Regarding the links that go with the tip jar - I reserve the right to delete any link deemed inappropriate. Tips will NOT be returned, even if a link is deleted. (This message is directed at the evil spammers who might think they can take over my site, not the rest of you lovely wonderful people!)

Also, my Top Sites list is only 5 links long right now, but I can change that (and will change that) if I get a lot of great links. The older links move down the list as new ones come in, but I promise you will get good linkage time, even if the tips pour in.

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Are you looking for some fun templates? Well, look no further! It’s Template Tuesday!

Check out the scallop templates from Mrs. Wresh:

And the Sweet and Simple Templates - Collection One:

And Kim Hill’s fabulous key chain templates (perfect for Mother’s Day!)

Have fun shopping, scrappin’, and happy Tuesday!

Amy Bleser is having a fabulous template sale at SBB. More than 100 templates for only $35! Check it out:

This is quite a collection at a SUPER value. Amy’s templates are wonderful to work with, and you can’t go wrong with this package.

Are ya’ll ready for another Giveaway Day? Since it’s Tuesday, and I usually showcase templates, I thought I’d give a few away! What do you think about this set of three PSD templates? I am a “clean and simple” kind of scrapper, so naturally my templates are too. This is the first set of my “Clean Lines Templates”.

Now, these have been for sale in the past, and I’ve given them away a time or two, so if you already have them, just let me know and I’ll send you a different set.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

And I might just sweeten the deal with ANOTHER giveaway later, specifically to those that use a template from the set! So, if you download and use one, be sure to post a link in the comments, please!!

Happy Tuesday Template and Giveaway Day!