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Free Task List Design and Peony Place GiveAway!

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It’s a freebie day! If you’re like me, you are all over the place all day long: kids, work, dinner, shopping…the list goes on and on! And sometimes I’ll think of something TODAY, that I need to remember TOMORROW…so I came up with these cute little task lists that are SUPER easy to use. They are formatted on a 8.5 x 11 paper and you just need to cut it right down the middle. I put the tasks into boxes with lines because I sort of like to categorize what I’m trying to accomplish…home stuff, work stuff, etc. It’s also sorted into TODAY and TOMORROW.img_1419

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Download the TASK LIST here.


Hope you enjoy this freebie! Today is sort of a “double take” because the SITS girls is having their Spring Fling and I’ve decided to fling some digital scrapbooking your way! All you have to do to be entered into this giveaway is comment on this thread. Easy-peasy!

I’ll do a drawing for the winners…for every 20 commenters I will draw a name and you get to choose ONE KIT from my new Peony Place collection! So get people to visit and comment! I’d love to give out a lot!!!! Here are the kits you get to choose from!

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I will be announcing the winners on Wednesday morning at 10am MST! So check back:)!

Also be sure and check out the 20% off coupon and $40 gift certificate we are giving away at the SITS girls for Card Nirvana!

Need the SITS GIRL discount at Card Nirvana this week: CODE: SITS20MARCH

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And the last thing that you need to know is that I have a very special interview and free gift that I will be giving out on Thursday! So be sure to check back for that giveaway! Happy Tuesday!
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Tomorrow’s Freebies!

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I’m here to post about the wonderful stuff going on tomorrow here at my blog, card nirvana, and the SITS girls! The first thing is happening right here!!!! I am giving away for every 20 commentors, 1 digitial kit of my new digital scrapbooking line (which hits Two Peas in A Bucket next Tuesday…it’s not even out yet!), The new line is called Peony Place and it’s a collection set up in digital scrapbooking sets. Not a digital scrapbooker? These papers are still great to print out for hybrid projects like cards and holiday projects! All you have to do is comment on TOMORROW’s thread and you will be added to the drawing! I will draw one person for every 20 people who comments ( so if 40 people comments, I’ll draw 2 people and so on). How easy is that? I’ll also have a new freebie card up for you to pick up, so you should dash by to at least get the details on that! So everyone wins:).

Tomorrow’s winners gets to choose from these:

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Perfect for spring, don’t you think? Here’s a layout I did of my daughter Siri using the Floral Fantasy!

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Okay, so at card nirvana, you are going to be able to pick up a freebie tomorrow! So check here first and then you are going to want to hop over there.

Finally, Card Nirvana is giving away a $40 gift certificate (that’s a lot of cards!) with the SITS girls. You’ll need to check out their site tomorrow to be available. They also have the coupon code for a 20% off discount at Card Nirvana! If you have had your eye on something, now is the time to buy it! Head on over there and see what you can see!

Can’t wait to see you tomorrow!

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Spring Arrivals at Card Nirvana

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Like a mad woman I have been adding cards to Card Nirvana, my downloadable-printable card store! I created Card Nirvana so anyone could download a card already set up  with crop marks and with as many invitations as could fit on a page. So all of the invitations are set up on 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Most cards, invitations, and place cards are set up 2 to a page or 4 to a page depending on the size. The best part is that for people who are not into Photoshop, the cards are set up in Adobe Acrobat so you can change the type! It’s really easy to use and you can create your invitations in just a few minutes from your home printer. I use the cards all the time for my daughter’s birthday parties and my holiday cards. You can find out more about what you get in a download by clicking here.

You can also check out the freebies and sales here.

So go check out some of the fabulous new cards! Here’s a sampling of some of the new stuff! All these cards are created by Jen Allyson or myself! Click on the photo to go to that category at card nirvana!

blog_eastercardsThe place card is on sale right now so check it out! I can’t wait to use them for my easter dinner!

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Thanks for looking! New cards are uploaded all the time so check back for new invites and cards!

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Valentine Day Card Freebies!

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Jen and I both got up our Valentine Freebies at Card Nirvana! I think you’ll like these cards! Jen put up this fun striped valentine’s day card and I have up some mini 3 in.x 4 in. cards that I made for my daughter’s preschool friends. I probably will attach them to heart lollipops or some other treat (I’ll post it when I do them), but for now, we thought anybody who wanted to use them for Valentine’s Day could grab them in advance! The Valentine Stripe card is for photoshop users and the small cards (Valentine Kiddie Cards) are set in a pdf. You can just print as is (there’s a cute heart wallpaper to print on the back of the cards) or use the Card Nirvana pdf to TYPE IN YOUR INFO. It’s SO easy.

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This is what the files look like that you get:

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Happy Heart Day! Have fun with the freebies! If you use them at all post the link here so we can see what you did with them! You can download from 4shared just one card. I’d recommend just going straight to Card Nirvana to pick all the freebies up at once though:).

**The Card Nirvana download is no longer available! You can now download them directly from this link:

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Siri’s Princess Party

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My life is crazy right now and I have to design several things over the weekend for My Minds Eye….of course, Siri’s birthday is on Wednesday, and I couldn’t figure out when I was going to get around to designing an invite. So I decided to grab Jen’s card from Card Nirvana. I mean, I designed the darn site to be easy, right? I just didn’t realize it was going to be THAT easy. I had every intention and redesigning some of the elements. but I just opened up the pdf and insert and words and printed it at home (I just needed 5 so I printed 3 pages on some heavy white paper). Holy cow, I had this done in 2 minutes! I know it sounds like propaganda, because afterall, it is MY site, but I was so happy with getting the invitation done so quick that I had to post (because it’s the first time I’ve used one of the cards on the site for my personal use).


Jen’s Princess Card from Card Nirvana

Anyway, it’s great in a tight spot! (Siri’s b-day is on Wednesday and we have to drop off cards today).

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2Peas, Card Nirvana, and New Year’s Resolutions

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Have I mentioned how much I look forward to Tuesdays now? I love going over to 2Ps in the morning and seeing my new products up. It’s so fun! I never really had the anticipation when I owned Digi Nirvana because I’d just put products up when I wanted. 
This week I put up the Cupcake kit and Flora kit at 2Peas. Next week the Playtime Kits (Boy and Girl) comes out. Also, if you have a chance, I changed a few subcategories at cardnirvana. Check these subcategories designs.

I have also been thinking about New Year’s Resolutions for a while and one of my resolutions is to get more in shape. I’ve been going running for a few months now but I am COMPLETELY inconsistent. I’d run for 3 miles one day and then not get around to it for two more weeks. So one of my new year’s resolutions is to go running at least 4 times a week…hopefully more than that. So I thought I’d start a Challenge at NikePlus and see if any of you want to join me. The goal is to run 100 miles by March 28th. If anyone wants to join in this challenge, it’s called the Card Nirvana Challenge and is by invite only. If you want to be part of this challenge (PLEASE DO!), you need to have a Nike Plus account. Just comment on this post with your NikePlus email so I can invite you. I’ll even throw in a $12 gift certificate (2 cards) to card nirvana to everyone who actually runs the 100 miles within the 90 days!

Okay, so hopefully this motivates me to run more and get a little thinner for the wedding I have to be in April 3rd (that should be motivation enough!), but it would be fun if we all did it together. If you don’t have a NikePlus, I would totally recommend buying one. They are about $30 and you don’t have to buy Nike shoes. I have a small pouch that my sensor is in that attaches to one of my shoes. I bought it for about $12 at a running store. Before the NikePlus, I hated running. Now I love running. It’s so nice to know how far I’ve gone and how much I have left. 
Anyway, hopefully some of you will join me!!! Click here to see the challenge. 
Here is my new mini-running me:). Okay notice that I’ve only had 10 workouts? That is since August. Ya, that’s how bad I’ve been. So join this challenge with me and lets get running!

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If you are looking for digi nirvana…& FINALLY, the halloween pictures!

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Digi Nirvana has now been re-routed to Card Nirvana. If you have questions related to Digi Nirvana’s closing or product information, please email me at carina@diginirvana.com.

You’ll find the premiere of my products as 2Peas in A Bucket is this Tuesday with the Bella Collection!

Check it out on Tuesday!

So, I have put it off long enough, but here it is (only 2 weeks later) my halloween photos of my girls. And for your viewing pleasure, I have eliminated the MILLIONS of photos I took to give you a small storyboard of exactly how taking photos of my girls went (I am sure many of you have experienced this very same thing). Here we go:


You’ll give us candy? Sure mom, we’ll sit for a couple of photos.

candy, candy, candy…candy makes so happy. We have no idea that we’ll get plenty of candy from complete strangers in just a few minutes and won’t have to do all this smiling and posing for mom.


Oh, look! If we decide to run out of house and sit on the front porch, mom will chase us and continue to take pictures of us and bribe us with candy. I wonder where else we can get her to chase us…



No really, mom. I’m sick of the picture taking and I’m going to cry.

And cry.

While my sister looks bored.

Please tell me you all did the exact same thing with your kids on halloween night? lol!

Here are some other photos from before and later that night:

A look of distress-is it because the top won’t fit just right or because there is a pumpkin with a big hole in it? One cannot say…

Master carver creating his awe-inspiring pirate pumpkin. No pictures of it, sorry. You’ll have to be awe-inspired by somebody elses pumpkin pirate.

We met up later that night with a family in our ward and this is Siri with her friend Katie.

Flissy looking very angelic as Tinker Bell. (If you couldn’t tell from the Photos, Siri was Ariel although by the end of the night the entire ruffle at the bottom had torn off).

All and all a fun evening (my kids forget about the halloween candy after only one day)! Sorry it took me so long to post!

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Card Nirvana Grand Opening

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Well, sort of a grand opening. Card Nirvana is my brand new digital invitation site..meant to give anyone, and I mean ANYONE the ability to customize a designer made invitation. Card Nirvana is absolutely ready for business, except that all the cards haven’t bee uploaded yet:). So go ahead and take a look at the site—especially check out how it works. If you can download Adobe Acrobat (which is completely free if you don’t have it already on your computer) and can open a pdf, you can download these super, INEXPENSIVE cards, and customize it for any event. Check out the site here: http://www.cardnirvana.com. The other designers will also be uploading their cards this coming week. Many of you may have heard of Jen Shaw, who is the Art Director and Product Designer for My Minds Eye. She is joining the site and has some beautiful cards for you! So keep an eye for this new site!

I’ll have sample cards for free download within the next week so everyone can see how easy it is!

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