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Designer Surprises: new brads and tapes and freebies, oh my!

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We’re wrapping up this month’s December Deal Days with my favourite deal of them all – the Designer Surprises! There are a few new element packs in the shop today (that will be 50% off all weekend!) and I also have a couple of coordinating freebies for you as a special thank you for all your support!

Creative Team Inspiration

Christa has been busy creating some lovely new brads and tapes elements to help give your pages an extra little doodled touch! Here’s what the team made with the new Winter Brads and Tapes:

Winter scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking your winter memories! Layout by Creative Team member Rebecca

Rebecca

Christmas scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking your Christmas memories! Layout by Creative Team member Karen

Karen

Winter scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking your winter memories! Layout by Creative Team member Lisa

Lisa

Winter scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking your winter memories! Layout by Creative Team member Stacey

Stacey

Winter scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking your winter memories! Layout by Creative Team member Cindy

Cindy

Winter scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking your winter memories! Layout by Creative Team member Desi

Desi

Winter scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking your winter memories! Layout by Creative Team member Birgit

Birgit

And here’s what the team came up using the new Celebrations Brads and Tapes:

Birthday scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking birthdays and celebrations! Layout by Creative Team member Cindy

Cindy

Birthday scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking birthdays and celebrations! Layout by Creative Team member Desi

Desi

Birthday scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking birthdays and celebrations! Layout by Creative Team member Stacey

Stacey

Scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking birthdays and celebrations! Layout by Creative Team member Sara

Sara

Birthday scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking birthdays and celebrations! Layout by Creative Team member Molly

Molly

Birthday scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking birthdays and celebrations! Layout by Creative Team member Olga

Olga

Scrapbook page created with digital scrapbooking kits from Kate Hadfield Designs – fun ideas and inspiration for scrapbooking! Layout by Creative Team member Rebecca

Rebecca

New in the shop today

These new tapes and brads will be 50% off through the weekend as part of our December Deals!

Celebration Brads digital scrapbook elements - perfect for New Year and birthday celebrations! Hand-drawn digital scrapbook kits from Kate Hadfield Designs.

Celebration Tapes digital scrapbook elements - perfect for New Year and birthday celebrations! Hand-drawn digital scrapbook kits from Kate Hadfield Designs.Winter Brads digital scrapbook elements - perfect for scrapbooking your winter memories! Hand-drawn digital scrapbook kits from Kate Hadfield Designs.

Winter Tapes digital scrapbook elements - perfect for scrapbooking your winter memories! Hand-drawn digital scrapbook kits from Kate Hadfield Designs.

Winter Brads | Tapes

Celebration Brads | Tapes

Many thanks for all your support and friendship over the past year, here’s to a happy and healthy 2018 for us all!

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Kate Hadfield creates hand-drawn graphics for scrapbookers, crafters, teachers and creative peeps like you! Kate enjoys her artsy process (and getting inky fingers!) and loves that her designs help scrapbookers to record their memories, and teachers and crafters to create beautifully illustrated projects and resources. She lives in north west England and enjoys long walks in the country with her dogs and watching Doctor Who.

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    hoptownracer1 says: March 28, 2019 at 9:38 pm

    Thank you! These are adorable!!!

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    Electra says: December 30, 2017 at 8:36 am

    You are so sweet, Kate, thank you! And Happy New Year!

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    deborah says: December 30, 2017 at 7:08 am

    thank you for your generosity, best wishes for a Happy New Year!

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    cris says: December 29, 2017 at 6:00 pm

    Olá Kate
    Feliz 2018. Muito,muito obrigada pelos freebies, são fantásticos e você é muito generosa.
    Abraço grande
    Cris

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    Cathy K says: December 29, 2017 at 5:30 pm

    Thank you so very very much. I love them. A wonderful 2018 to you an blessings galore

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    lisar says: December 29, 2017 at 2:52 pm

    LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! thank you Kate and Christa! what a great surprise!

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    Lynn says: December 29, 2017 at 2:52 pm

    Thank you for the brads. They are wonderful!

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