giving thanks and giveaways!
Hhhmmmm, it appears someone has stolen a week and a half without me noticing – is it really that long since I last blogged?! Scary, truly scary. I’d like to wish a very happy Thanksgiving to all my American chums, a belated happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian chums and a happy digi-scrapbooking-sales-all-over-the-known-universe-day to everyone else!
Anyway, are you ready for the longest self-promotional blog post I’ve ever written?! Prepare yourself, here it comes…..
Yep, even I have been sucked into the Black Friday sales frenzy (even though Black Friday means absolutely nothing to us Brits whatsoever!) and am having a short sale to say thank you to everyone who has supported me and my designs this year. Don’t worry, I’m not going to get too mushy and sentimental but I just want to say that the thrill I get from seeing people buy my work and actually USE it on their pages is one of the best buzzes ever, so thank you again 
Now, do you remember the lovely crafty mess I showed you in the last post? Well, this is what it turned into:
Absolutely my favourite Funky Junky ever (just look at Rachel’s little button house in the bottom right, so cute!). I really enjoyed getting out my coloured pencils for the doodles in this kit so there will be more pencil doodles coming soon! We actually released this kit last week but it is still on sale through to the end of this weekend, and you get this recipe card kit as a free gift with purchase:
Yummy hey?! Perfect for whipping up some little stocking filler gifts Oh and the kit is also available as separate element, alphas and paper packs, along with a quick album (another quick gift idea!). Here’s some CT inspiration too:
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Are you still with me?! I have two more Christmas kits to show you yet, plus something pink and girlie for those of us who have had enough of the stockings and holly for the time being! Yeah, just call me Scrooge.
Christmas Collab Kit #1 is Merry and Bright with the wonderful Kaye Winiecki – I defy you to look at her Santa and not say, “aawwwww!” or “wow!”. The girl’s a genius with some felt! Check it out:
AND LOOK AT THE REINDEER! Again, this is on sale this weekend and here’s some CT goodness too:
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Christmas Collab #2 is Good Tidings with Gina Miller and Tiff Brady, in a traditional colour scheme with a splash of blue in there too to add a bit of a modern twist!
Now for those of you who asked about Gina’s santa hat that I used in the layout in this month’s Scrapbook Inspirations – look! She made another one just for this kit! LOL Again, this kit is on sale as part of the Black Friday sale extravaganza!
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And the final new release is the result of a special request from a special customer! Jacque and I got together again to make some gloriously girlie pink and pretty ballet doodles and papers:
Just add both the element and paper packs to your cart and you’ll get the papers for free this weekend!
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With all the frenzied shopping going on today, I thought you might appreciate the opportunity to win something absolutely free! My pal Jaime is running a blog giveaway to win this lovely camera strap:
Click here for full details!
And I thought I’d run another BYOC contest too! To be entered into a draw to win my December BYOC products, just leave a comment below:
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Phew! I warned you it was a long one! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, whether you are celebrating and giving thanks or not! And now, I’m off to SHOP!
Urrrghhhhhhh I can’t cope. Those Xmas kits are just too cute. I’m a sucker for Xmas kits. There should be more Xmas so I can make more Xms layouts using Xmas kits.
Seeing I live where it just don’t snow and I love felt I could get the Merry and Bright one. But the colours in the good tidings one just rock, I love the blue.
Sigh – wishing this Xmas for a better exchange rate.
I love everything you do, it’s always so fun and special!
Here’s hoping! ;o)
Kate, After I saw your new stuff I have to go shopping too
Hello Kate,
your new kits are gorgeous but most of all I love the ballet one.
Have a great weekend and hugs from Germany
Silberfuchs
Thank you for another chance to win some of your fantastic work. But I expect that even if I don’t win, I will end up buying most of it!! I really do love your work, you are just so talented!
How fun is all this stuff! Off to shop! Thanks for the link to the camera strap and for the opp to win your fab stuff too! Happy Friday!
Pams last blog post..PHEW!!!
Awww what a chance!!!! I love your work sooo much, expecially the alphas
Hugs from German
Gaby
I love the ballerina set, those pastels are gorgeous.
Rhomanys last blog post..Happy 5th Birthday Fay!
yay! love the new goodies, Kate!
Happy for another chance to try to win your fabulous stuff…third time is a charm…I hope:-) Thanks!
pick me! pick me! thanks for the opportunity!!!!!!
I love love love all your designs! they are divine!!!!!! and those xmas kits???? oh myyyyyyyyyyyy I need them!!!!!!
Paola*Péia aka ScubaPaolas last blog post..vamos tirar o pó daqui…
I try it again…can´t get enough of your stuff *g* !!
Hugs, Katja
And now…I´m going shopping at Lilypad…where else ?
muckelines last blog post..Scrapples
Thank you for the chance to win your yummy-ness, I love your work, I am also eyeballing that collab with Kate, gorgeous stuff!! Have a great week end
*blush*…..I mean Kaye….it’s been a long (hot) day here in Queensland, Australia
I’d love to win!!! I love your stuff!!!
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Hello Kate,
your new kits are gorgeous i can’t decide what is the best. Thanks for the chance.
kisses
It was worth waiting !!! LOL ! All your new goodies are amazing ! Thank you !
Alices last blog post...: Design it forward :.
Oh, you enabler! I was trying NOT to shop today!!!
The kits are all just gorgeous!
Melissas last blog post..Happy Thanksgiving
Kate, your kits are always so cool and fresh! Just SUPER!!! Love all of them!!! And thank you for a chance!
Lots of good news!!!
I love your doodles…
I love everything you do!!!
Happy Friday!
Cris Oliveiras last blog post..Lançamento de kit Summer!!
I just picked up Merry and Bright – my first Kate Hadfield purchase after drooling over your designs for months!!! it won’t be my last either!!! I’m still eyeing up the collab with gina and Tiff Brady – have a little change left in my pocket after black friday digital shopping LOL
LuAnns last blog post..A few new cards to add to my "box"
Oh I love the new collections! Fabulous stuff!
Oh my aching bank account…I knew I shouldn’t have looked here!!
LOL Gorgeous goodies!! Definitely stopping by the shoppe today!
Wooow!!! Awesome kits Katie! I love all!!!
Pick me!!!! Happy friday!
you rock my love!
2 entries for you! Come remind me on my blog so I can remember to note you for 2! Mwuah!
Jaimes last blog post..Happy Thanksgiving!
Woooowwwwww
tks for the chance !!!
I love your work!!!
Pick meeeeee !!!
Kate,
Totally love every kit you come out with. What a super talented lady
you are. Thanks so much for creating such awesome kit for us to play with.
I love all of your new collabs! I just cannot resist your designs! Thanks for the chance to win your fabulous stuff!
Ohhh My that is all Awesome!!!! You make the very cutest and such fun kits to work with! I have definitely become quite a fan in the last while! Being in Canada I have great needs for snow kits and Xmas kits! L
This is a great chance to win as well, thank you very much!!!!
I hope you get lots of great goodies while shopping yourself cause I know I am gonna be grabbing a WHACK load from TLP today! A girl has to stock up when she gets the chance ya know!
Thanks again and Fan-freaking-tastic good work!
Huggs
LoriBear
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These new kits are so cute!! Thanks for always creating such wonderful goodies for all of us to scrap with!
Love the new collabs but I really love the new ballet set! Think my daughter would start doing ballet just so I could use them???
Totally love your doodles! My wish list at the Lily-Pad is loaded with them!
I am also a HUGE Funky Junky Fan – I have them all. It’s the series of kits I turn to for almost everything! Totally love them. I sent Michelle an idea for another Funky Junky a few months ago.
Have a great Holiday Season!
Hi,
Happened across your post on UKS, and am so glad I did – they’re all awesome, I love the combination of handcrafted items and digital – hybrid is definitely the future!
What can I say, I’ll be following you, and know that a Black Week couldn’t stop you – you definitely deserve the title ‘Digi Scrapping Queen’
Best wishes,
Leanne
I just love the recipe cards and all the Christmas stuff! Outstanding work Kate!!
Julie Maries last blog post..Digi Layouts
I adore your new collab with Kaye – I’ll be picking that up later today!
Ok… I’m now cleaning up the keyboard… I was drooling all over from all those beautiful goodies and the amazinh work your CT does… that bookmark is SOOOO cute!!!
I’d love the chance to win your December BYOC… I just hope I get picked…
Have a great weekend!
Gabi Butcher
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Wowww!!!! I love everything!!! I’m go to the shop for purchase some products… Thank you so much for very beautiful work and have a big weekend!
Bianca Argollos last blog post..Noooossaaaa…quanto tempo!
As always, I seriosly LOVVVVVE all your new goodies!!! I’m sure I’ll be adding them to the extensive collection!
Thanks for the sale!! And, I’m crossing my fingers!! 
I have so much fun creating with all your wonderful creations! I allows me to make wonderful creations too! Thanks and keep doodling….I especially love all your graphics. The little ballet girls are so cute and I don’t even have any little girls in my life, but I just might need them for my collections!
Ohhh, Merry and Bright is seriously calling my name. What a dream to have you and Kaye working together!
Thanks for the coupon, and for the chance to win!
The ballerina set is just so fun!…and I was excited to see another funky junky collab!
Unbelievable new goodies!!!! Off to shop!! Thanks for the chance to win Kate
those are the CUTEST Christmas kits!!! I especially love the one for those with no snow, for obvious reasons, hehehe!
Ronas last blog post..Draining Day
Love your website and cute designs!
Uowww, such amazing things, love everything here, Kate!!!
nandas last blog post..Boracéia
what a fabulous blog post! thank you for that… i really needed some Kate elements today!! hahah!!! Love the ballerina!
wow, so many stunning products!! you def rock, Kate!!! I’m yoiur fan…..
Hi Kate,
so many beautiful products! I’m off to check your shoppe
Thank you for the change to win!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Oh wow I think I need those collabs! LOL And thanks so much for the chance to win again, maybe this time i will get lucky
Loving all your work and your generosity with giveaways and sales. Thank You! Fingers crossed
Such darling new kits!! Love them. Thabks for the chance to win.
You have the cutest stuff! Can’t wait to shop this awesome Black Friday sale!! THANK YOU!
Your new kits are adorable. Thanks for the giveaway, too!
WOW!!!So so amazing new kits!!!I fall in love in them!
And want to win of course, because I have a birthday on 3 dec
WOW! Merry & Bright is certainly that – it’s a stunner. I love that there’s not a snowflake in sight and the bright cheerful colours very fitting for our “down under” summer Christmases.
WOW!! All the new kits are so fun!! The talent you all have is incredible. Your layouts stunning. I love the dimension you (& your designers & CTs) all are able to achieve in your layouts. They just look so good, so real!! I try hard to copy what I think I see (maybe I need glasses) but my layouts never look as good as those you all share with us.
I’m a junkie for your creations…PICK ME, PICK ME!!
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Have a great weekend,
Michelle
michelle from md, usas last blog post..My baby is a BIG GIRL!!
Kate, loving your new goodies!! and thanks so much for a chance to win some of em!!
LOVING it all!!! Off to shop now
Kate- THANK YOU for the ballet kit!! I know I’m not the “special customer” you made if for, but I’ve been wishing for one from you for AGES, and was hoping if I kept mentioning it on DST, you’d let some of your inner dancing queen out! Thanks from this ballet momma!!
All such wonderful stuff, Kate! I really, really, really had been trying to hold off purchasing a Christmas kit until I actually had Christmas pictures in hand, but when I saw the collab with Kaye, I just couldn’t resist! Wonderful! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for December!
Love the new collabs! Off to shop!
I told myself I wasn’t going to shop, but when I saw your collabs I couldn’t help myself and had to get the ballerina and Merry and Bright collabs. You are bad for my paypal balance these days, Kate!
I emailed Jacque with a request, and maybe I should cover my bases and put it in with you too since I can’t resist hardly anything you make these days….. I’d like a set of ABC pictures to make an album for my youngest. I’m behind in getting hers done, as I’ve done them for all of my kids for their 3rd birthday and hers has come and gone, but I just can’t find quite what I’m looking for. I don’t want a set of templates or a set of QPs- just a few cute pictures for each letter that I can throw on whatever pages I finally settle on for her. (I’m picky and like to do my own thing usually LOL) Thanks for considering my request
Melindas last blog post..CD Case Calendar 2009 free QPs
Kate, I’m such a fan!! I absolutely LOVE all your collabs and actually, all your products! You have so much talent, you rock girl!
Ok, enough talk, I’m off to your shop
Redjus last blog post..Black friday sale (all weekend)
I love it all! FJ Home for the Holidays turned out fantastically! You girls are awesome (I own that one!). And I’m off to buy both of your other Christmas collabs right now because I can’t decide between the two. Hee, hee.
Ohhhh yeah!~ These are so pretty! Love it love it!!!
your doodles just keep getting cuter and cuter! man. love the stuff. keep up with the super-cuteness.
Thanks for the chance.
Wow!!! I love the new collections! Thanks for the chance.
WOW- amazing collabs. Snapped them all up.
I’m leaving a comment
Here for you, Kate,
I’ll quickly write it
Then I shall wait,
I will be patient,
Won’t twiddle my thumbs,
I’ll just sit quiet
And see just what comes,
I sure hope I win it,
I hope when you choose,
That I’ll be kit-richer,
That I won’t lose.
Woo hoo – your products are gorgeous and any one would be a pleasure to win.
Barbs last blog post..
I’m crossing my fingers that this is my month to win!
It’s all so bright, happy, and disturbingly cheerful! and yet I wish I could do it!
*holding breath for a boxing day collab*
The dark & murky one……K
I had to go shopping too, and it was something I haven’t done in a loooong time and it felt sooooooo good
thanks for the sale!!!
love all the inspiration in this post Katie, it is insane!
xoxo
Michelle Filos last blog post..6 Homemade Calendar Ideas + freebie
WOW! So many beautiful things – I am just amazed. They are ALL fantastic!
I am so busy right now to even think about scrapping! But I love your gorgeous Christmas kits and would love to stash some away to use after the holidays!
Had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Missed my British friends. When they were neighbors we broke bread for Thanksgiving and then again for Boxing Day. Thanksgiving dinner hosted by a darling English-Irish gal was interesting! For some reason I thought of you and how wonderful this digital scrap world is. We can get to know so many people around the world. All you new kits are great, but I still love your doodles. the little ballerinas are adorable, but, unfortunately, my delicious little pixie granddaughter is into gymnastics! (Hint, Hint). May you and your family have a wonderful holiday season. I look forward to each and every new creation—you’re just great.
These are some beautiful collabs… with great inspiration along with them.
Oh, my goodness, girl! You’ve been hard at work! What great stuff!! Thanks for sharing your gift of creativity with us so that we can make our pages look gorgeous!
I LOVE all of your designs and most particularly adore your cute doodles!
Oh, I’d love to win your new stuff!
I totally love all these collabs!!!
what a great chance you are giving us KAtie.
You know I am a huge fan of your products, so I am excited about this
hugs
Sonja
welli designss last blog post..Xmass card
I would love to win! Isn’t it obvious? LOL!
Lovely kits, as always, Kate! You did a very good job, girl! Three collabs! Wowowow!!!
Suzannes last blog post..Win Kate’s December BYOC!
Holy woman…..where do you find the time!!! They all look awesome!
I love your stuff! Your drawings are just so cute!
Wow! Love it all! Thanks for a chance to win.
Ambers last blog post..~ Count Your Blessings ~
wow i love them all..they’re all great!
Mais last blog post..Artscow Orders’ Shipment.
You are a designing machine!! These are all amazing kits!
Amandacs last blog post..And another week (or two) scuttles by……
Oh of course I’d love to win, I adore your products so much, I love the new collabs as well. Great job as normal
Brandy
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Thanks for the chance to win the new goodies, Kate!
Can’t wait to see them!!
Yes!I love your work and this new kit is so amazing. Thanks for the chance to win.
awesome kits you are offering!
I’d love a chance to win.
thank you
Denises last blog post..Layout Thank You
OMG I can’t wait til payday LOL
and the Candy Cane Alpha will be in my 1st holiday LO
thanks for all’ya do for us, kate!
I always enjoy seeing all the fab designs you come up with – I really admire your talent! If only I had enough money to get all my favourites. Oh well, maybe Santa will get them for me… I’ve been really good this year LOL.
Katie, your festive collabs are just lovely! I would love to be in with a chance of winning them, of course I would, I would be daft not to!!!
Mole from UKS
those are some seriously awesome kits. wow. your talent blows me away
jen
all amazing stuff…as always kate.
i hope you’re not judging based on our poetry skills, because i lack in that area.
thanks for doing a fun contest.
here’s hoping i win! yay!! ☺
I seriously do NOT deserve to win anything, but I’m going to speak up anyway just cuz I want you to know I love your stuff!!
Your work is so beautiful. Thanks for give us the chance to win your Products.
You always make such gorgeous things! love them all!
Amy Eileens last blog post..Stuck
Hi Kate–what wonderful new goodies! Sadly, I missed the big sale weekend due to an out of town holiday. But I am definitely watching out for the next one! Thanks for the festive fun!
Hi Kate! I loooove all your stuff- between you and Jacque I’ve got a serious digiscrap shopping problem LOL. Thanks for the chance to win your Dec. goodies. I would totally faint it would be so awesome!!!
Cindys last blog post..I got tagged!
wonderful kits! Now just need to sort out all those recipes to go on the cards ready for christmas. Keep up the good work.
Kate, Kate, Kate, your stuff is sooo colourful and fabby and lovely!!!
I am a new fan having only just found you, but what inspiration you are!
I don’t digi scrap but I love how I can print them out and cut and stick to my hearts content.
I would love to show you what i could do with these if I win???
Sarah Grants last blog post..Let us entertain you!
I love all of your stuff!! I can’t wait to see what is in store for Dec!!!!!!
That WAS a long post. Those products are so great! I love them. And Kudos to the CTs those layouts were beautiful. I love your blog and store I will be a frequent visitor.
Wow, Kate, those collabs are AWESOME!!! LOVE them, Funky Junky is my fave!!! Thanks for the chance to win, I LOVE your stuff!!
Love it all gets me in the spirit! Thanks for the contest!
Lovin’ the kits and colabs – What a great idea for a contest!
Under the wire! Your stuff is just unbelievable – LOVE it!
Looks like I have about 38 minutes left before the deadline! I totally love all of your stuff and would honored to win all of your December BYOC stuff! YAY!
I could have sworn that I left a comment here but I don’t see it. Thanks for all the great previews – I picked up Home for the Holidays and love it!