Scraps of Candy

Splish Splash Collab and Freebie

2011-10-01T15:55:00.002-04:00

Check my blog for a new freebie that coordinates with the Splish Splash Mega Collaboration Kit.

40 Percent Off Sale, Grab Bags and a Coupon!

2011-09-21T12:23:00.002-04:00

My store (along with lots of others at Plain Digital Wrapper) is on sale for 40 Percent off this week. Plus I have two new grab bags in the store. Check out the Grab Bag Reveal on my blog and get a coupon for an additional $1 off these already great deals.

Plus don't miss these special events at Plain Digital Wrapper this week!

Banner Scavenger Hunt:
Can you list the kits used in the banner?

Layout Contest: Scrap your Greatest Treasure

Gallery Hunt: Can you find a layout in our gallery with the specifications that I list?

Booty Bags!! Don’t forget the booty in our booty bags!

SPECIAL: Coupon Bag, a special grab bag with coupons from some of our designers.

Freebie and a Chance to Win My Latest Template Set

2011-08-26T20:02:00.002-04:00

Check out my blog !

Freebie!

2011-07-27T09:02:00.000-04:00

There is a freebie on my new blog.

www.scrapsofcandy.com/blog

Freebie!

2011-07-08T16:11:00.001-04:00

Make sure you check out my new blog for this freebie!

www.scrapsofcandy.com/blog

Moving . . .

2011-05-06T14:07:00.000-04:00

I am moving to a new home on the web. Please check out my new blog at http://www.scrapsofcandy.com/blog.

Thank you!

Pssst . . .I heard there was a free template there waiting for you.

Wishes being granted . . .

2011-04-23T10:54:00.000-04:00

(Thanks to Lori for the awesome ad using Wish Big by Sherwood Studio and Kimeric Creations.)

Buy My Store Sale!

2010-11-05T14:49:00.000-04:00

I am having a Buy My Store sale for DSD. Only $12.50!

Includes:
2011 Calendar Grids and Background Templates
8.5x11 Inchie Alpha Templates
Twinchie Templates (2x2, 4x6, 5x7, 8.5x11, 12x12 )
8 CU Bracket Templates
4 Alphas
39 12x12 Templates
24 11.x8,5 Landscape Templates
24 8.5x11 Portrait Templates

$1.50 Sale!

2010-09-23T21:29:00.000-04:00

Everything in my store is $1.50!

It is. a Sale by Julie! Everything only $2

2010-08-03T20:14:00.003-04:00

Julie. It is. is having an Anniversary Sale (Happy 2nd design Anniversary, Julie!!!) and everything in her store is $2!

It seems that lately the more stressed I am, the more I scrap. I have done a great deal of scrapping the last two weeks. :)

Boys Will by Boys by Southern Creek Designs.
This was for the Re-Wrap Variety Pack Challenge at Plain Digital Wrapper.

Paper from Circus by Southern Creek Designs; Elements from Boys Will be Boys by Southern Creek Designs. This was for the Scraplift Challenge Variety Pack Challenge at PDW.

Neapolitan Taffy by Dani's Delusions.

Green Paper - First Kiss of Spring by Flergs
Everything else- NSD 2009 Freebie by Flergs
For Chat Challenge at Scrapbook Graphics to scrap favorite flower.

Old Glory by Southern Creek Designs

(Created with some stuff I made a while ago.)

Ribbon from Old Glory by Southern Creek Designs;

Everything else from Bikers by Southern Creek Designs

Misty Nights by Southern Creek Designs

For a chat challenge at Scrapbook Graphics to scrap a feud.

Rough and Tumble Reloaded by Flergs.

Another Sultry Summer by Julie. It is.

Have a wonderful week!

PDW News, Layouts, Challenges and a Coupon

2010-07-17T11:07:00.009-04:00

My poor neglected blog. Sigh. Is anyone still reading this? ;P I am failing miserably in social media these days with no good explanation. So to make up for it, here is a coupon for 50 percent off for any purchase of $3.00 or more. Use coupon code: BlogFan710

We have lots of fun things going on at Plain Digital Wrapper this month for our pool party. This week was a challenge to make some waves and scrap outside of our normal style. So I took the dive and did a fantasy layout. I am intrigued by fantasy layouts but they have never really been my style. I am more of memory scrapper, I guess. Although it was fun to try something new, I was quickly reminded of the real reason I avoid fantasy layouts, I hate extractions (and I even have Topaz Remask which is supposed to make it easier). Does it get easier with practice?

I decided to do a pirate scene since I took the kids on a Pirate Adventure last weekend so had the perfect photos. This was originally a picture of my son shooting the water canon at Stinky Pirate Pete. I used Pirate's Adventure by a new designer at Deviant Scrap, High Four Designs.

Overall, I think I like it. I am still not convinced it has a enough stuff on it though. It feels a little plain to me.

I have been out of town the last two weekends so have missed the Beach Blanket Bingo chats but am hoping to make it tonight. Here is my first digi bingo card. I used Circus by Southern Creek Designs.

Chats start at 10 p.m. EST and we would love to have you stop by and join us. There will be prizes for the first person to bingo and the first person to do a cover-all. You can find the Bingo Card template and word list here.

Last week my Mom was visiting and the week-ended with my three-year old in a full arm cast so there wasn't much time for scrapping and this week I spent most of the week straring at blank page trying to come up with an idea for a fantasy page. (Hint: It helps to have the right kit to start with. Once I found that, thanks to a search at DST last night, things went much smoother.) I only got one other new layout done this week for the chat challenge at Scrapbook Graphics. The challenge was to scrap your favorite song title. I used Nostalgia by Julie. It is. for this.

Be sure to stop by Julie's blog for a coordinating mini freebie this week!

Hope to see you around the pool at PDW!

Ready to Party Around the Pool?

2010-07-01T21:04:00.005-04:00

Come join me at Plain Digital Wrapper for the Pool Party.

A few layouts . . .

Remembrance by Julie. It is. Be sure to check her blog for a free coordinating alpha.

My Sister The Drama Queen by Connie Prince

For the chat challenge at Scrapbook Graphics. We were to scrap a favorite something. I chose a favorite smell. Moments Captured by Jo Hanna.

Boys Will Be Boys By Southern Creek Designs

Summersweet by Julie. It is.

Scrap Time

2010-06-06T19:18:00.000-04:00

Let's start with some PDW news. Are you looking for an awesome CT to join? Plain Digital Wrapper is having a CT Call.

They also have a new Facebook Fan page you will want to check out.

I have a new template challenge up there this month too.

Here is my layout I made from the template. I used Blue Skies and Sunshine by Julie. It is.

I haven't done much template designing lately. Been in a funk so I have been trying to scrap my way out it. Here are the layouts I have done in the last month.

Brighter Days by Dani's Delusions

Life's Little Surprises by Scrap Matters Design Team

Tinker Toy Kit and Word Art Pack by Flergs

Bubblegum by Southern Creek Designs. Flavor F Template by me (modified).

Heart to Heart by SuzyQ Scraps

Spring Rain by Julie. It is.

Silver Peony by Julie. It is.

Jillyn By Southern Creek Designs

I Dunno by Southern Creek Designs

Bubble Gum Fun Collab by Sunshine Studio Scraps Designers.

So, what have you been scrapping?

Happy iNSD!

2010-05-01T11:21:00.002-04:00

How will you be celebrating? I had plans away from the house but it looks like they got canceled so I will HAVE to stay home and play on the computer. Poor me. ;)

Here are some things you won't want to miss.

1. Make sure you are following me on twitter or Facebook since I will be giving away a few $2, $5 and $10 GCs today.

2. Pick up the iNSD coupon catalog from DST to find out how to get a free template pack of your choice from my store.

3. Did I mention my store is still 50 percent off plus there are lots of other great sales going on at PDW today, like the everything $2 sale Julie. It is. is having.

4. Stop by the chat at PDW tonight (10 p.m EST) for a chance at lots of great prizes including this template from me.

and this alpha from Julie. It is.

I heard some rumors about Gift Certificates at the chat too . . .

6. Speaking of gift certificates, PDW is giving away a pack of Gift Certificates for anyone that follows them on Twitter during the month of May. So what are you waiting for, go follow!

7. Finally, for my fellow MemoryMixer fans LeeLou has a coupon for 30 percent off on her blog PLUS The Little Things by MemoryMixer blog is giving away a free copy of their software and three coupons for their store. Did I mention I get my photobooks printed there and they are fantastic?

OK - now go have some iNSD fun!

Free Template and a 50 percent off sale!

2010-04-25T18:16:00.002-04:00

I am having a 50 percent off sale for my birthday this week and NSD this weekend. Plus I have this free template for you too! This is a sampling from my Candy Wrappers: Flavor E Template pack that will be released on Friday. You can download it here.

If you like the circle theme in your layouts, then be sure to check out the Scraplift Challenge I am hosting over at PDW this month. We are scraplifting an awesome circle-themed layout by LDHOriginals. There is still time to participate and you even get a posting bonus if you do.

Here is the layout I did for the challenge using Well Worn by Julie. It is.

I released some double page templates a couple of weeks ago but don't think I ever posted them here.

This weekend, I played with the new kit The Way You Look by Sir Scrapalot Designs. I needed to work on my daughter's book but couldn't bring myself to do another pink girlie layout at the moment so this kit was the perfect inspiration.

We were on a camping/boating vacation trip with several friends from church/work when I captured our friend Bill snuggling with baby Alexis.

I need to blog, I need to blog, I need to blog . . .

2010-04-17T09:47:00.000-04:00

That is what I keep telling myself. I had one crazy, whirlwind of a March with a move and finally selling our house after it being on the market for over two years, no Internet for three weeks because of said move and then a huge project at work. OK, so that is my excuse for March, yet it is now mid-April. Thinking. . .thinking. . . thinking. . .yep, fresh out of excuses for April. Truthfully, I have been in a little bit of a funk and feeling unoriginal in my scrapping and thus in my designing. Scrapping is stress release for me so I continued to scrap despite my feelings. I finished this one particular layout that I wasn't feeling all that crazy about because I had this "have I done this before?" feeling but I posted it anyway. Imagine my suprise when the kit designer e-mailed me telling me how much she loved it. So apparently, it wasn't my scrapping that is the issue but my taste. :) After some more thought, I think maybe I just needed a change of pace. I have pretty much only been scrapping baby pictures of my daughter because I am trying to get her 300+ baby book done by the end of this year. So I opened up my nature albums I am working on and played around in the landscape one and actually created a layout I like. So, I am curious, have you ever found yourself in a scrapping rut? What do you do when you find yourself in this sitution?

I have a Facebook Fan Page now and a special offer for my blog readers. If you join my fan page and post a comment on my wall and answer the question above about how you get out of a scrapping rut by Saturday April 24, I will send you a GC for $5 to my store. (If you only fan the page and don't leave a comment, you will still get a GC for $3 but you have to do that by the end of this weekend).

OK, enough rambling . . .Here are a few things I have scrapped since my last post.

Tomboy by Julie. It is.

Firefly by Southern Creek Designs

Leaves from French Quarter by Julie. It is., everything else from Prism by Julie. It is.

Lynn's Watermelon Picnic by Dani's Delusions

Earth Glow by Julie. It is.

Painted Whites by Southern Creek Designs

Happy creating!

Three Free Templates!

2010-03-01T20:21:00.004-05:00

Wanna play with my templates? I have three template challenges going on right now.

This one was from the Speed Scrap at PDW on Saturday. Better grab it quick though if you want to play. The link will expire on Wednesday.

This one is up at Hummie's World this month:

And I am really excited that we have added a Variety Pack challenge section at Plain Digital Wrapper. The challenges and hosts will change from month to month so hopefully you will be able to find lots of inspiration there and maybe even your favorite type of challenge too. I am hosting a template challenge for the variety pack this month.

So what are you waiting for? Go grab some templates and get to scrapping!

2010-02-18T22:16:00.006-05:00

I think we have all been touched by the devastation in Haiti last month. I had the opportunity to join with designers throughout the digiworld to create a collab with the proceeds going the support Compassion International's efforts in the rebuilding of Haiti. You can read about Compassion's disaster relief efforts here.

This kit contains over 2 GB of scrapping supplies. (Not all shown.)

You can pick this kit up from either Divine Digital or Scrapbook-Bytes for only $8. This was my contribution.

After you pick up this spectacular kit, I would also encourage you to support another charity near and dear to me in their recovery effots for Haiti, The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army has several children's homes in Haiti and has had a ministry there for decades. While they often operate behind the scenes and aren't usually quick to jump in the public eye during disasters, The Salvation Army has an amazing disaster services outreach. My husband has had the opportunity to work direclty with them on one of their mobile canteens serving meals to those in need on a few occasions and spent a month on the golf coast helping out following Hurricane Katrina. It really is amazing to see the difference providing basic supplies that we so often take for granted can make in someone's life during times like this.

White Chocolate Alpha Freebie & A La Carte

2010-02-14T14:05:00.010-05:00

Happy Valentines Day! I have a new addiction that is sure to add a few pounds to my waist. I have always loved white chocolate but several months ago someone gave me a Lindt White Chocolate Truffle and I was hooked from the first bit. So in honor of my new addiction, I made a white chocolate alpha for you for Valentine's Day. Download it here.

It coordinates with my Milk Chocolate and Chocolate Latte Alphas which are part of the new Al La Carte (mix and match) section at Plain Digital Wrapper. They are on sale for the rest of February for $1.50 each.

Here are a few layouts I did with some of the A La Carte offerings by Southern Creek Designs. The papers in these mini kits are just gorgeous!

Valentine's Day Coupon

2010-02-13T11:34:00.008-05:00

Nothing like a snow day to get some scrapping done!

(Created using Love's Wish by Dani's Delusions)

(Created using A Boy's Heart by Julie. It is.)

So how about a Valentine's Day Treat? Use Coupon Code: ValentineGift and you can take 50 percent off any template pack in my store Saturday and Sunday. Make sure you are logged in (on the bottom left) before you enter the coupon code.

Red, Hot & U Collab

2010-02-12T08:00:00.000-05:00

The collab for Plain Digital Wrapper this month is fabulous! You can get it free with any $10 purchase. Just put $10 worth of products in your cart (did I mentioned my new template pack is on sale for $2?), then add the collab and use coupon code: Feb_LUV. Make sure you are logged in before you enter the coupon code.

Here was my contribution to the collab.

Here are some beautiful layouts made with the collab by MamaB.

New Template Challenge with Valentine Card Freebie

2010-02-11T10:21:00.007-05:00

I have a new template challenge up at Hummie's World. We are making Valentine Cards this month like those we used to swap as kids. You can just make the cards or for an extra challenge create them and then add them as an embellishment on your layout. Each card submission will enter you for chance to win a gift certificate to my store.

New Templates and Creme Center QP Freebie

2010-02-10T13:10:00.006-05:00

We are snowed in; expecting another 10 or 15 inches on top of the 34 we got last week. Yay! I don't have to go to work and we have power still so I am loving it. Although, I wasn't loving it as much yesterday when it took me an hour and 45 minutes to travel 30 miles to work.

Wanna these awesome CU Tears for free? Go to Plain Digital Wrapper, sign up in the forum and complete one challenge and we can both win them. Just make sure you mentioned that you were referred by Scraps of Candy when you post your layout for the challenge.

My new template pack is on sale now for only $2.

I love seeing what people do with my templates. These two were made by Carole.

This gorgeous one was made by DJ.

I did manage to get one layout done last week at the Friday Night Speed Scrap at Gotta Pixel. (Thanks, Connie Prince!)

This was made using Romantic Blues by Alexis Designs.

It is been awhile since I did a quickpage for you and I really liked this layot so I thought I would share it with you. It was made using Creme Centers by Julie. It is. Enjoy! Download here. It looks like the coordinated freebie for Creme Centers is still active on her blog too. The word art in it would go perfectly with this quickpage!

Happy Scrapping!

Layout Share

2010-02-04T21:50:00.009-05:00

Can someone tell me where the heck January went??? I seem to always be running behind lately. I had good intentions to start blogging again and even making freebies for you but I just can't seem to find enough hours in the day lately. I am hoping for a blog-productive February!

My son was student of the week this week. We were supposed to send in a parent letter about him. I did a scrapbook page to send in instead. :)

(Created using Boy @ Play and Boy @ Play2 both by Julie. It is.)

I have also gotten a few new layouts done for baby girl's first year album. This was for the January Talk to Me! (Journal Challenge) at Plain Digital Wrapper. I think I might see a template conversion in this layout's future. ;)

(Amberwell by Julie. It is.)

I managed to stop by the speed scrap at Gotta Pixel that was hosted by Connie Prince last week. I must say that Connie does a great job hosting. I have been to some chats where they don't even recognize when new people enter the room but Connie really made me feel welcomed. Here is my layout. It wasn't really the title I had in mind but the last step in the speed scrap was to use one of three words we were given in the title so I had to improvise a little.

(Color My World Red by Connie Prince)

Here a few others I have gotten done.

(Creme Centers by Julie. It is.) Hope on over to her blog for this awesome coordinating mini kit. Go quickly though because I am not sure how much longer it will be up.) :)

(Wintershine by Julie. It is.)

(Lovey Dovey by ScrapDZines)

While you are checking out sites, you might want to check out Alexis Designs too. She is one of the guest designers at Plain Digital Wrapper this month and I am truly in awe of her beautiful stuff. Be sure to stop by her blog because I saw a few freebies up there as well.

Happy scrapping!

Snow Blush Collab

2010-01-09T19:02:00.008-05:00

Love the collab at Plain Digital Wrapper this month! Snow Blush is such a gorgeous kit and it is free with a $10 purchase at the store.

Here was my contribution to the kit:

Happy Scrapping!

Published, Blogging, Template Challenge and Layout Share . . .

2010-01-08T20:26:00.010-05:00

I was quite surprised to be selected for inclusion in the January issue of Scrapbooking.com. You can check out my article here on using not-so-perfect photos. Here is the feature layout made using Winter Breath by Southern Creek Designs.

I have been thinking a lot about blogging recently. Reading (stalking) digiscrap blogs used to be a large portion of my daily scrap time (and not just to hunt for freebies, although that was part of it). I had several that I followed regularly and now I can't even seem to keep up with blog owners I have a personal connection with. I wonder if this is just another phase of the digiscrapping addiction or if, as the tweet I saw the other day which I never got around to clicking on the link for said, are personal digi scrap blogs on the way out?

Blogs have been on my mind the last week or so mostly because I was entertaining the thought of starting a new one. I am intrigued by the Project 365/52 idea but with a twist. Project 365 would be a little much for me because, well frankly, I already take way more photos than I know what to do with. Project 52 seems a little more manageable. But I really wasn't entirely thinking about it in terms of just taking a picture a week. My twist I came up with was that I wanted the P in P52 to stand for prayer, as in prayers for my children. In theory, I think it is a good idea and one I would love to execute; a weekly picture along with a related weekly written prayer of my thoughts, hopes, dreams, fears, concerns and so on about my children. In practice though, I already have three other blogs I haven't been all that committed to keeping up with lately and day 8 of the new year is almost over and I don't have week one done yet or the blog setup.

What do you look for in a blog: Freebies (don't be afraid to admit it if that is the case, I have been there too)?, Layout Inspiration?, CT News Sales and New Releases?; or are you looking for something more? What direction would you like to see my blog take? Would you be interested in reading my prayers for my children if I put them on this blog or would you prefer this blog to stay just about digiscrapping?

OK, that's enough rambling for today. This month's free template for my template challenge is available here:

Here is what I have been scrapping:

This was done for the font challenge at Hummie's World using Deep by Southern Creek Designs

Free Fall by Southern Creek Designs

Bit and Baubles by Dani's Delusions:

Sparkle New Year by Southern Creek Designs

And here is what I have been designing . . .

Candy Wrappers: Flavor B

Candy Coatings: Cranberry Snow Alpha

Commercial use also available in my store.

And if you made it this far, I think you deserve a coupon. Hubby turned 35 today so enjoy 35 percent off at my store this weekend with a miniumum purchase of $1.50. CouponCode: BlogFan08Jan.

Don't forget to answer the questions about blogging in the comments here!

Template Freebie

2009-12-12T14:33:00.008-05:00

I have a template freebie up in the Advent Calendar at Plain Digital Wrapper today. Grab it quick it will only be there for a few days. (Well, until I remember to take the link down, but it will at least be there until Monday.) :)

(Layout with Heart and Home by Southern Creek Designs.)

I also have a Christmas Alpha and Template Pack in my store, both on sale until Monday.

Personal Use: $2.00 - Commercial Use: $4.00

Personal Use: $1.50 Commercial Use: $2.50

I have gotten a little scrapping done, but not much.

Sunset Valley by Julie. It is.

Savor by Julie. It is.

Heart and Home by Southern Creek Designs

Swish by Southern Creek Designs

My kids are being way too quiet upstairs so I guess I should go check on them now.

Happy Scrapping!

New Template Challenge

2009-11-07T21:02:00.006-05:00

Be sure to check out my November Template Challenge at Hummie's World too for this free template. Link Expired but y0u can buy the template pack here.

iDSD Freebie 2 - Quickpage

2009-11-07T11:45:00.006-05:00

How about a second freebie. I have a quickpage for you made with Fall or Nothin' by Dani's Delusions. You can grab it here.

Here is my layout.

Happy iNDSD Freebie!

2009-11-07T08:03:00.011-05:00

Happy International Digital Scrapbooking Day.

I have a free template for you. Sorry, link expired but y0u can buy the template pack that includes this template here.

The template was inspired by this layout I did a while ago using Midnight Pumpkin by Julie. It is. which is on sale for $1 this weekend.

You will want to check out the sale at Plain Digital Wrapper this weekend. Here are few of the new releases that you will find on sale by the designers I CT for.

Winter Breath by Southern Creek Designs is on sale for $2.

Sunset in the Valley by Julie. It is. is on sale for $2.75.

Fall or Nothin' by Dani's Delusions is on sale for $3.00

Happy scrapping and shopping!

Need a Halloween Template?

2009-10-25T12:56:00.004-04:00

If you complete my Use It! Template Challenge at Hummie's World by the end of October I will send you this one (pumpkin border included with the template.)

Algernon Quickpage Freebie

2009-10-21T19:57:00.010-04:00

I forgot to show you Algernon by Julie. It is. last night. I love the papers in this kit; so much so that I have done four layouts with it already.

So . . . I thought I would make you a quickpage from it so you can see how gorgeous it is too. You can get it here.

Make sure you take my poll over on the top right side of my blog about whether you would rather have a quickpage or a template as a freebie.

Happy Scrapping.

Layout Share

2009-10-20T20:52:00.004-04:00

Wanna see what I have been up to? I finished Shane's First Year Album - all 200 pages of it! It is at the book printing company right now. Wanna see???

I also have gotten a few CT Layouts Done.

This is from Neapolitan Taffy by Dani's Delusions.

This was from Boo Who by Julie. It is.

These are from Wistful Autumn by Southern Creek Designs.

And this is from the gorgeous kit, Fall 4 You by Julie. It is.

Happy Scrapping!

Template Freebie

2009-10-14T20:35:00.006-04:00

I have a new template challenge up at Hummie's World.

It was based on this layout I did a while back using Steggo's Valentine by Julie. It is.

You can get the template and all the challenge details here.

Template Freebie

2009-09-02T18:32:00.004-04:00

I am hosting a template challenge at Hummie's World this month.

You can pick up this free template here. Be sure to post back in the thread and show me how you use it!

I have mostly been scrapping baby book pages. You can check those out here if you want to see what I have been up to.

My head hurts so I am going to cut this short tonight.

Happy Scrapping!

New Layouts and My Little Artist Quickpage Freebie

2009-07-25T14:35:00.011-04:00

Finally found a little time to do some scrapping.

This was done using the Drama King Team Collab from Pretty Scrappy.

French Quarter by Julie. It is. She has a coordinating freebie for this kit on her blog you will want to check out. Grab it quick though it will only be up for a few days.

Fireworks by Julie. It is.

Mad as a Hatter and Snipe Hunt both by Julie. It is.

I used My Little Artist from Creations by Rachael for this one.

You can get the kit from Pretty Scrappy.

Sorry, link expired.

Happy Scrapping!

Win $1,000 at TheCuttlebugSpot.com!

2009-07-11T15:56:00.003-04:00

I could use a $1,000 worth of craft supplies. How about you? It sure would make birthday parties a whole lot easier if I had a Cricut with lots of cartridges or some other cool toys.

The Cuttlebug Spot is having a contest - "The Journey to 1,000"! They are trying to reach 1,000 followers by the end of July and need your help. To enter all you have to do is go to their site, sign up as follower and complete a few easy steps and you could win a $1,000 gift certificate to Custom Crops (www.CustomCrops.com)! So what are you still doing here? Go check it out at www.TheCuttlebugSpot.com

Scrap the Guys Contest

2009-06-21T14:57:00.004-04:00

I think my brain has been on vacation lately. I can't seem to get motivated to get much done. I did manage to participate in the Scrap The Guys Contest at Hummie's World. It was a seven week contest to encourage you to scrap layouts about guys that would appeal to guys with the winner being announced today (in honor of Father's Day). I haven't got much else scrapped lately though. Here are my layouts for the contest:

Week 1: Scrap a guy and use quote applicable to a guy; I used the Peanuts and Crackerjacks Collab.

Week 2: Scrap a favorite smell. I used Freshly Baked by Creations by Rachael.

Week 3: Scrap a guy and use the provided frame. I used SYTYCD Week 1 Freebie by Flergs

Week 4: Scrap a guy and an animal theme. I used Spirit of the Wolf by SKrapper Digitals.

Week 5: Scrap a guy and used the provide paint chip. I used Troublemaker and the SYTYCD freebie both by Flergs.

Week 6: The layout had to include a guy and something to do with transportation. I used Background Paper - From Hit the Road by Wild Dandelions; Paper Strip and Flag from Tire Treads by Candleworks; Photo mask by Heather Manning.

Week 7 - Scrap a guy and his hair. I used Flerg's Troublemaker for this one.

What a fun contest. Thanks, Hummie! Oh, I almost forgot to mention - look at all the cool stuff I won in the contest.

Happy Scrapping!

What I have been scrapping . . .

2009-05-26T21:59:00.010-04:00

Seems I haven't posted my layouts here in almost a month. Here is what I have been working on.

These two were done with Do You Love Me by Darhena.

From my Mom's Wedding.

This one was done with Enigma by Julie.Itis.

First Kiss of Spring by Flergs

Blue Skies and Sunshine by Julie.Itis.

For the May Quote Challenge at My Scrap Shop; Created using Crazy Love by Digital Gator Designs.

Dew Drops Team Collab from the Designers at Pretty Scrappy.

Mother's Day Team Collab by Pretty Scrappy Designers.

Garden Girl by Julie.Itis.

Photo Op by Julie.Itis. for a Speed Scrap Challenge at Pretty Scrappy.

What have you been scrapping lately?

Bad, bad blogger . . .and MSS Blog Train

2009-05-25T21:14:00.013-04:00

Sorry I have been MIA. It has been a crazy few weeks and I just got back in town from my Grandma's funeral and my son's birthday party. Unfortunately, I didn't have much of an Internet connection where I was.

I am happy that my template challenge at Pretty Scrappy is going well. I was a little nervous about it. You can check out all the great layouts from my template here. You can still get the template here too until the end of the month.

Plus, I had so much fun making that template, I decided to make a template for the posting bonus for my themed quote challenge over at Hummie's World for May.

Remember the RAK I got from Donna Duncombe? I used the layout I did with it to base my template on.

Now, how about some quickpages? You can get them both here on Mediafire.

These were made using the April Showers & May Flowers Collab from the designers My Scrap Shop.

You can also pick up more quickpages from this kit on the blogs below later this week. I am going to be out of town for my anniversary so wanted to make sure I got mine up before I left.

Zan's Rambles, Scraps and Gems
PriScraps
Occassional Designs

Happy Scrapping!

Dew Drops Brag Book Blog Train & My First Template Challenge

2009-04-30T19:41:00.009-04:00

There are some fun things happening at Pretty Scrappy this month! Be sure to check out the special events for National Scrapbooking Day happening this weekend here.

While you are there, be sure to check out my first-ever template challenge.

I also signed up to participate in the Brag Book blog train with Dew Drops, the collab kit for May from the designers at Pretty Scrapper. Here is my contribution. You can grab it here.

Then head on over to the next person on the list and grab the rest and you should have enough pages for an awesome brag book. Note that we have designers in different time zones so if a page isn't available when you get there, just check back later.

Allison
Amanda
Candy - That's Me!
Cindy
Creations By Rachael
Designs By Angel
Designs By Mel
Helen
Inspired Mommie Designs
Jas
Jewel
Just Passin Thru
Kathy
Ladybug Pages
Lady V dZine
Late Night Scraps
Lime
Malunke
Neissa
Scrappy Shannon
Share Your Moments
Stacey Crossley
Teri's Thingomyjigs
Wendy

Are We There Yet? Quickpage

2009-04-24T22:22:00.007-04:00

Well, that certainly seems like an appropriate title after the evening I had last night. Thanks to mechanical problems, a missing flight crew, a storm, and a tower being struck by lightening my flight that should have arrived home at 9 p.m. last night got me here at about 2 a.m. this morning. But I did make it home safely, albeit exhausted, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much.

I woke up this morning to find a wonderful surprise in my mailbox. I got a RAK (random act of kindness) from designer Donna Duncombe. Isn't the Blessed Be kit awesome? I have some CT stuff to finish up but this is next on my list to play with after I get those done. Thanks, Donna for making my day!

OK - back to "Are We There Yet" . . .I am always looking for a good kid-themed travel kit so when this one by Teri Mayo hit the store at Pretty Scrappy I couldn't resist it.

(Sorry, link expired.)

Have a great weekend!

Retro Spring Layouts

2009-04-17T21:54:00.006-04:00

I started playing with Retro Spring this week and couldn't stop! I did three layouts.

(Template from the April Template Challenge at Faith Sisters.)

Dream Word art by DigiVickie. For the UseIt Challenge at Hummie's World.

About a Boy Quickpage

2009-04-14T20:46:00.015-04:00

Miss me???? Things have been a little hectic the last few weeks but hopefully they are starting to return to normal. This past week, I have been playing with a very boyish kit from Designs by Mel. As soon as this showed up in the Pretty Scrappy store, I had my eye on it and was glad to finally get some time to work with it.

Aren't those elements a must-have? You can get the whole About a Boy kit here and right now it is on sale for only $2!

(Sorry, Link Expired.) Remember, the Pretty Scrappy Quickpages are only up for one week so this will be taken down the middle of next week. If you want it for free, you better grab it now.

I decided in order to keep my sanity the last few weeks I need to concentrate on all the beauty that God has created around me and worked some on my nature book.

I used Rock That Robin by Julie.Itis for this.

I used Golden Mini kit by Julie.Itis. for this one.

For this one, I used Irelynn by Dani's Delusions.

I haven't gotten too much done in the baby books, but I did get these two layouts (in addition to the one above) done.

This one was done using Little Boy at Play by Julie.Itis.

I used Funk-a-Licious (the April Mega Collab) from Pretty Scrappy to make this one.

Dani's Delusions has just opened a new store at Plain Digital Wrapper! To celebrate, she teamed up with Julie.Itis. for her first exclusive kit there, Retro Spring.

Uniquely adorable, isn't it? I haven't had time to play with it yet, but hope to get some time to do so soon.

Happy Scrappy!

The Winners are . . .

2009-03-23T18:07:00.009-04:00

Congratulations to the following scrappers who ALL have won a $5 Gift Certificate to Julie.Itis's store at Plain Digital Wrapper!

KikkinKreations
Anne of Alamo
Shayna
Cupcake - please let me know how to contact you!
Mountainmaid

Be sure to check out Julie's newest kits,

Boy @ Play

and Boy @ Play 2 while you are there.

Make sure you stop by Julie's blog too because she has a coordinating add-on and alpha free on her blog.

I made this layout using the freebie, the alpha from Boy @ Play and the dried flowers from Boy @ Play 2.

Win $5 and Spring It Quickpage Freebie

2009-03-07T18:06:00.006-05:00

What a nightmare the 4Shared mess has been. Hope it didn't get your computer. I was able to catch it before it did any damage to mine fortunately. So in light of that, I have moved several of my items to a new file host, either box.net or for larger files, MediaFire. I haven't moved all of them because I just don't have time but if you see something you want and don't see an alternate link, just let me know and I will move it over to some place else for you.

I got my new version and MemoryMixer and am pleased. I will write a review about all the new things I love later. :D Right now though, I thought I would have a little contest. I won a $5 Gift Certificate to Julie.Itis's store and being the wonderful designer that she is, she gave me permission to give it away to one of my readers. Isn't that awesome? So I thought I would give you two chances to win. You can do either one of these or both for two chances to win. If you do both, just make sure you leave two separate comments, one for each thing you did. I'll pick a winner on March 22.

1) Create a layout with one of my quickpages and post a link in the comments on this post to where I can see the layout.
and/or
2) Go to Julie.Itis's store at Plain Digital Wrapper, pick out what you would spend your $5 on then come back here to this post and comment and tell me what you would buy and what pictures you would scrap with it,

Easy, right???? Now go, oh wait, don't go yet, I have a freebie for you too. This is from Julie's new kit Spring It.

Here is a little quickpage I made for you from it. (Hosted on Box.net.)

Here is my layout I made the quickpage from. I did it for the Ampersand Challenge at Hummie's World.

Happy Scrapping.

MemoryMixer 3 is here!

2009-02-17T23:07:00.006-05:00

Or at least it will be on Wednesday. I am SO exicted.

It is available along with a special printable content bundle on QVC or http://www.qvc.com/ starting Wednesday and will be featured during the craft show sometime between 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.

It won't be in the local stores and at MemoryMixer.com until March 5 though.

They will also be offering an upgrade option at the end of March if you just want to upgrade the functionality and not get the new content.

(Hope they don't mind me sharing this information from their newsletter but here is what I know about it . . .)

What is included with Version 3?

New & Improved functionality like . . .
Fill a Font
Background Builders
Project Patterns
Drag & Drop Photo Panel
Additional Photo Effects
Create Borders & Frames
Fit text to a Shape
View albums before you open them
Embellishment Search
Favorite Embellishments

It is loaded with lots of new content, including:
20+ QuickMixes
1000+ Embellishments
900 Backgrounds (300 in 3 sizes-giving you lots of flexibility)

Seems like my second quickpage was overlooked in my last post as the downloads for the first one are almost triple. So be sure you pick up this one too . . . FOR LINK OTHER THAN 4SHARED if you have concerns about 4Shared, please click here.

Layouts and Freshly Baked and Moonbeam Quickpage Freebies

2009-02-15T15:02:00.036-05:00

Update: There are TWO Freebie quickpages in this post, Freshly Baked and Moonbeam. Be sure to grab both of them. Looks like the second one is being overlooked.

Miss me? I finally got my replacement laptop from the manufacturer earlier this week so hopefully you will be hearing more from me. So much to share, where to should I start?

The collab at Pretty Scrappy is so adorable this month! Every month they just seem to get better and better.

I loved this one so much I had to play with it while I was waiting for a few details of my Quickpage Team assignment to be worked out. I redid one of the pages from baby girl's book which I wasn't all that crazy about the first time around. Still not loving this picture of me but I do love the layout a whole lot more than I did before.

My assignment this month was hybrid! I wasn't too sure about it at first since I hadn't done this type of album before, but with a little encouragement from a few friends, I am pleased with how it came out. Here is a preview of the two pages I did for the 28-page Maya Road Hybrid Album that is free with a $15 purchase this month at Pretty Scrappy.

When I saw this kit from Creations by Rachael B it was calling my name. I tried to resist since I am supposed to be working on my baby books but I REALLY wanted to play with it. Isn't it a fun kit?

Here is my layout I did with it.

I made it into a quickpage for you. LINK EXPIRED.

I have to show you this gorgeous kit by new designer, Dani's Delusions. I have been watching her amazing designs for awhile and am so thrilled that she now has her own store now at Sunshine Studio Scraps. (If you are thinking of getting this, be sure to check out Julie.Itis.'s blog for a coupon for 25 percent off at Dani's store.)

Here is my layout with this.

I had never done a scraplift before but when my friend Miss Chris was selected as the person to scraplift for the challenge at Plain Digital Wrapper, how could I pass that up? Here is the layout I did using RazMaTazz by Juile.Itis. for the challenge.

It was a scraplift of this layout by Miss Chris:

Speaking of Julie. Itis., my has she been busy! I have three new kits I got to play with since last I blogged.

First up is the very pretty and whimsical Steggo's Valentine:

Then we have this fun little collab she did with Tracy King, Marshmallow World.

I did another not-for-the-baby-books layout using this kit but aren't the kids so cute in the snow? How could I resist? Actually, at the moment I am caught up on my baby book scrapping goals until the end of February so I had a little time to play.

Then we have the very celestial kit, Moonbeam, which is Julie's latest release.

Here are a couple of layouts I got done with this one.

I had so much fun with Miss Chris's scraplift I decided to try the one this month to scraplift the very talented Annette. Here is what I came up with.

It was a scraplift of Annette's Adorable layout.

And because Annette is such a sweetie, she said I could give you my layout as a quickpage. Annette just started her very own blog so if you get a minute, stop by and welcome her to blogville!

While we are on the topic of scraplifting, guess who was chosen for the Scraplift Challenge at My Scrap Shop this month? I was so surprised to see that my layout I showed you last time with the poem from Thena Smith was selected to scraplift. How cool is that? So I decided in honor of this, I would scraplift myself. :D Here is what I came up with. I did modify it a little though (but that is the great thing about a scraplift) because I was playing with the use of "white space" in a layout for a challenge at Hummie's World.

(Everything I used for this one was by Flergs.)

I am sure you are tired of reading by now so I will let you get back to whatever it is that keeps you busy. Happy scrapping!

MSS Challenges

2009-02-02T16:38:00.003-05:00

Rubber Ducky Quickpage Freebie.

2009-01-26T18:39:00.009-05:00

Have you seen this cute kit by Babyyaks?

Look what I made with it.

I even made something for you. But get it quick because it is only available for one week. (Link Expired.)

Digi-gathering Info

2009-01-17T18:10:00.001-05:00

Doesn't this look fun?

If you are free that weekend, go here to find out more information!

Muddy Fun and a Pretty Freebie Too

2009-01-16T09:36:00.007-05:00

Miss me? I have been busy scrapping, dealing with computer woes again (same problem as before - my laptop is at the manufacturer for repair AGAIN!), and taking care of a little one with strep throat. Poor guy - he is so miserable and lethargic it almost makes me miss his mischievous ways. But never fear, his sister has been mischievous enough for the both of them the last two weeks.

Want to see what have I been scrapping?

First I worked with the new collab at Pretty Scrappy called Rough and Tumble. I made a couple of quickpages which are included in the 21-Page Quickpage Album that is free with a $15 purchase at Pretty Scrappy for the next couple of weeks. One of them I haven't finished the journaling on yet so it isn't shown here.

This one is a two page spread from our family reunion last year. I am so glad these kids weren't getting in my car to go home! The second page of this is part of the quickpage album at PS.

Then after all those boys pages I had done, I thought it was time to pretty it up a little. Julie. Itis.'s sweet new kit, Lovebug Serenade was just the change I was looking for.

There was a challenge at Pretty Scrappy that had a template by Teri Mayo to make a Starbucks coffee cup tumbler which looked interesting. I am more of hot chocolate kind of girl and have only been to Starbucks once in my life because of that, so I decided to make it a layout instead.

Then it was time for something a little bolder (and in my favorite color combo too). I got the new kit, Music of the Soul by Darhena from My Scrap Shop.

Apparently though, I still wasn't ready to give up on pretty yet so I made this layout for one of the new challenges at My Scrap Shop. The prize this month made by Pillowgirl is awesome and I had one more part to get the whole kit so I figured why not do the poetry challenge. The poem I used for this is by Thena Smith, whom I got a chance to chat with through the Technique Challenge at Hummie's a couple of months ago. Thena is such a sweet lady and has some very inspirational poetry both on her blog and in the several books she has published. She is sure to inspire you to make some layouts that will be cherished for years to come.

I did Round 1 of the ADSR challenge which was at Hummie's even though I am not in the race. I used Fruit Stripe Summer by Julie. It is. and the torn paper templates by Hummie (which I modified) for this.

The prize for the challenge which she also opened up to non-racers were four templates. Some of them you already saw last post because she gave them out at the New Year's Eve chat. This one was Template 48. I used Darhena's Music of the Soul for it as well.

I was also inspired by a remake I saw for Challenge 3 on the ADSR (Hi Dani!) :) and so I redid the cover for my daughter's baby book - again.

I made this one into a quickpage for you. You can get it here.

New link to site other than 4shared is here:

Hope you have a great weekend.

Baby Boy Layouts and PhotoOp Quickpage Freebie

2009-01-03T21:42:00.004-05:00

So did you survive the holiday season and now have everything all put away and ready to do it again next year? I posted some of the many pictures I took over on my family photo blog but still have many more to post. It told me I had reached my upload limit for the month so I had to wait until the first before I could post again. I managaed to get some scrapping done, mostly while traveling last week. I have been working on my son's baby book. I found some missing pictures a few months ago that never made it to my computer so I needed to get those scrapped since I had already completed that part of his book.

Here is what I got done in no particular order . . .

This one was done using Back to School papers and Felty Frames both by Julie. It is.

This one was done using Industrial Elf by Julie. It is.

I used the Tis the Season Collab by Peppermint Patty Productions and Pillowgirl.

I used Christmas in June again by Kikkin Kreations for this one.

This was done using some things I made for a collab I was working on last summer that fell through. I named my part of the kit Summer Road Trip.

I love this picture of my son. He is so happy! I need to go back and fix the red eye on the picture though. It was made using RazMaTazz by Julie. It is.

For this one, I used Tis the Season by Peppermint Patty Productions and Pillowgirl Scraps.

Hummie had an impromptu chat on New Year's eve and I got this one done.

I mentioned to someone at the chat that I was looking for something techie to scrap the pictures I was working on and she immediately recommended Techno-Bytes by Lindsay Jane. It was perfect and on sale too so I just had to get it!

This one I did for the January 1-15 Template Challenge at My Scrap Shop.

I used the I Love Music Collab Freebie by MCA Designs and Sir Scrapalot.

While I was gone, Julie released this new kit which I just adore!

It was perfect for a layout for my Themed Quote Challenge at Hummie's World this month which is on hobbies. Here is the layout I did today for that.

Oh, wait, that isn't my layout. That is a freebie for you.

Link to download on a site other than 4Shared is here.

Here is my layout. The challenge was to use a quote about a particular hobby you love (e.g. scrapbooking, photography) or hobbies in general. I chose photography. What about you? Got a hobby you love and want to scrap about? Be sure to checkout the quote challenge and you can even get a posting bonus made by KathyJ for posting your layout.

This was done using PhotoOp by Julie. It is. Be sure to stop by her blog she has a free alpha there to match it.

I did actually get one page done in baby girl's book. This was done using Template 47 by Hummie which she also gave out at her New Year's Eve chat.

I used Playful from Kelly Shults which I got from Scrapwow for this one.

I hope you New Year has started off fabulously!

2008-12-22T16:39:00.002-05:00

A letter to Santa Claus? Yes kids its true! Jolly Saint Nick wants to hear about you! From the North Pole Santa will send his reply... Faster than Rudolph the reindeer can fly! Merry Christmas!

Christmas Quickpage Freebie

2008-12-21T20:02:00.011-05:00

I was looking for some more traditional Christmas colors today. Everything seems to be blues and pinks or burgundy and hunter. While these colors are great, I needed some good old fashioned red and green for my pictures. So I did a search for Christmas on my data drive and came across this adorable freebie kit by Kikkin Kreations.

I was able to get this layout done today for my Themed Quote Challenge on gifts over at Hummie's World.

I actually know Kikkin Kreations IRL and it has been fun to watch both her and her daughter try their hand at designing. She told me before I could make quickpages with her stuff and share it with you, so here you go. :)

Link to file on a site other than 4Shared is here.

Have a wonderful week.

Truly Thankful Quickpage Freebie

2008-12-21T06:52:00.003-05:00

Hard to believe I actually managed to get not one, but two pages done from the current year. I am usually working on the baby books so don't do a lot of current stuff. But when I saw this kit from Creations by Rachael B over at Pretty Scrappy, I just had to get it and play with it.

I loved it so much I made a double-page layout from Thanksgiving at my Mom's.

So have you scrapped your Thanksgiving pictures from this year or last, or the year before? If not, here is a double-page quickpage to get you started. Grab it quick though it will only be available here for free for a week. Link expired 12-28-08 (Note: Pretty Scrappy Products are only available for free for one week.)

Happy Scrapping!

Peanut Cluster Recipe

2008-12-20T16:31:00.006-05:00

Someone asked me for the recipe for my Peanut Clusters so I figured since I had to type it up anyway, I might as well scrap it. I used Eggnog and Gingerbread by Julie. It is. to scrap it with.

You can get the printable version here if you would like it. Link to download on site other than 4Shared is here.

If you haven't checked out Julie's blog, she has some cute coordinating freebies to go with this kit.

From her December 10th post:

From her December 14 post:

And yesterday she posted these adorable tags by Plain Digital Wrapper CT Member, Donna (littlebehr).

Happy scrapping!

MSS Quickcard Exchange Freebie

2008-12-14T17:46:00.004-05:00

I was playing yesterday trying to figure out what I wanted to do for my Christmas card this year. I found a card I had started for the MSS Birthday Party QuickCard/BB Exchange so I thought I would finish it up and share it with you.
You can find the download link here.

Have a great week.

Themed Quote Challenge at Hummie's World

2008-12-13T09:05:00.007-05:00

It has been such a busy month, I totally forgot to show you the cool kit that Dani's Delusions made for me.

Isn't this great? Wouldn't you like to have it for FREE? All you have to do is complete a layout using a quote that has a theme of gifts or presents and then post it in the gallery at Hummie's and tell me about it in this forum by the end of December and this cute little kit will be all yours. You can use any quote with that theme as long as it is an actual quote and not just a title. Here are a few I found if you need some ideas though.

A hug is a perfect gift; one size fits all and no one minds if you exchange it." - Unknown

"The greatest gift you can give one another is the purity of your attention." - Richard Moss

"If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more perfect gift." - Frank Tyger

"Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so together both can be whole." - Unknown

"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God." - Eleanor Powell

"A book is a gift you can open again and again." - Garrison Keillor

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness." - Richard Bach

Happy Scrapping!

Christmas Around the World Quick Cards/ Brag Book Pages

2008-12-11T22:13:00.004-05:00

If it is anything like last year, designers all over the world have been busy preparing for the 2009 Christmas Around the World Collab that FishinmomDesigns has put together again this year. Is your hard drive ready? In just a few hours, the site should be live. I made a few quick cards and brag book pages to go along with it for the Designer Color Challenge over at Hummie's World. You can pick them up in the forum there along with the kits I used to make them. Each layout is designed in 4x6, 4x8, 5x7 and 6x6.

Merry Christmas and happy downloading.

2008-12-02T18:31:00.001-05:00

If you downloaded the calendar and were considering getting it printed using MemoryMixer, they are having a 25 percent off sale through Sunday, December 7.

Happy Thanksgiving and a Huge Freebie

2008-11-25T15:12:00.018-05:00

I am getting ready to head out of town but I wanted to wish those in the states Happy Thanksgiving first. My son was sitting next to me on the couch today watching Noggin where they have been talking about things they are thankful for all month. As part of the between show dialog they come on and ask the kids what they are thankful for every once in a while. So that comes on and he whispers in my ear "I am thankful for you!" Isn't that enough to make a Momma's day????? Too bad it was followed by a two hour battle to get him to pick up the many, many pennies he had left sitting out so his little sister accidentially knocked them over and they spilled all over the floor. LOL.

So how about a freebie or a whole bunch of them? I was going to give this away in parts but then I realized you might need it all now since it is dated material in case you decide to get it printed for holiday gifts.

At My Scrap Shop this month, we have been challenged to think outside the box, so I decided to do my very first calendar. I did a themed calendar using Pillowgirl's Be Kit (which I got free for doing a few challenges last month). Each month has a "Be" theme and then a coordinating quote to go along with the theme. The theme's I picked are Be Adventurous, Be Loving, Be Fun, Be Forgiving, Be Honest, Be You, Be Brave, Be Helpful, Be Wise, Be Creative, Be Grateful, and Be Happy. Then I found pictures of the kids that somehow related to the theme and put those on that month. I used Digital Gators 2009 Calendar Brushes for the calendar pages and found a quote that went along with the theme for that month to tie it all together. So after it was all done, I decided it wasn't too bad and asked Pillowgirl if she would mind if I shared it as a quick calendar. And being the super-generous person that she is, of course she said yes. (Speaking of that, if you aren't signed up to receive the newsletter at MSS, subscribed to her blog and hanging out in the forums - you really should. I am always amazed at how giving she and the other designers at MSS are.)

I designed my calendar to be printed at Memory Mixer because I had a coupon for them so it is an 8x16 center-fold calendar (or 25 8x8 individual pages). I am not sure what sizes other printing services offer. I did try to leave some extra cropping space along the edges though in case you wanted to adjust the size some. The download includes both 8x8 and 12x12 files just in case that would be helpful to someone.

So if you think you might have use for it or are in need of a quick gift idea, here are the links for the download. Just add your own photos.

Here is a link for a download to a site other than 4Shared.

Note that I have not added any holidays to the calendar so you can add the ones you want. The font I used was Credit Valley by Ray Larabie.

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Scrapping!

MSS Quickcard Exchange

2008-11-21T18:34:00.006-05:00

Yeah! My computer is finally back. Now to get all my files back on it and get back to scrapping and creating quickpages for you.

My Scrap Shop has been having a birthday celebration since last weekend. As part of the party fun, they are having a Quickcard/Brag Book Exchange. They are giving away a fab Christmas kit with over 200 MB of goodies and allowing anyone to create and share brag book pages or quickcards from the kit in the MSS Gallery.

Here is what I came up with to share.

You can get it here. Be sure to check out the rest of the Exchange Gallery to get the other coordinating pages.

Thank you, Julie!

2008-11-09T20:55:00.005-05:00

Because of my computer problems, I have only the pictures I have taken in the last couple of weeks and the kits I have downloaded in the last two weeks. Boy, that kind of limits your scrapping ability! But never fear, I still got a page and a thank you card done this weekend.

Card Front:

Inside of Card:

I don't do too many cards and didn't know if you would want it as a quickcard or not so here is what I want you to do, head on over to Julie's blog and tell her how much you love the mini kit I used for this kit. She made it for me as the posting bonus for those who participate in my Themed Quote Challenge on thankfulness at Hummie's World this month. If 5 people leave her a comment, I will turn this into a quickcard for you. Don't forget to check out the quote challenge too so you can have this gorgeous mini kit yourself.

I also got this layout done today using Julie's Colorado Gold. My son and I had a little lunch date yesterday and there was a Tall Ship from Norway at the Inner Harbor giving away free tours.

You can pick Colorado Gold up at Plain Digital Wrapper if it strikes your fancy.

Speaking of Plain Digital Wrapper, CONGRATS to Miss Chris on making their site CT. I am so excited for you! I hope they know what a talented lady they have CTing for them!

Back to Cool Quickpage

2008-11-07T23:02:00.011-05:00

So, did you know that Adobe has 30 day free trials of most of their software? I was going through scrapping withdrawal so I downloaded the 30 day free trial of Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 while my computer is being repaired. That has allowed me to make a new quickpage for you. This one is for Pretty Scrappy so remember it will ONLY be available for seven (yep, 7, one week only) days and then it will go in the designer's store or for whatever purpose she deems it worthy. I used Back to Cool by SandraK Designs.

Link Expired.

Below is my layout I made the page from. This is Shane's first school photo. The studio his school used offered the ability to purchase the full copyright to his photos and provide them on a CD so I was able to digitally scrap it. I actually had to buy a package to get it though so it wasn't cheap but if you bought the most expensive package it was actually included in the price so I guess it wasn't too bad of a deal. (And it was a lot cheaper than than the $99 the national studio I usually take them to for photos charges for just the CD.)

If you like what you see, be sure to check out the rest of this fun kit.

New Challenges at My Scrap Shop

2008-11-07T20:50:00.005-05:00

They are mixing things up a little this month in the challenges over at My Scrap Shop.

The designers have each chosen different Christmas Carols and created several kits for you to choose from for participating in the challenges. The kits all fall into the same color scheme, so they mix and match. You complete a challenge, post your layout, then put a post in the forum for that challenge with the link to your layout in the gallery AND state which of the following prizes you want for completing that challenge. Below are the prizes to choose from. You can see the individual and bigger previews here. This list might even have some additions as the month goes on, so please check back as you are completing the challenges.

Design a Kit, Shapes 'n More, Template, Desktop Calendar, Quote, More than a Layout, Impromptu . . . so many challenges to chose from too plus you get to pick your prize too. How much easier could it be to get free stuff?

Computer Woes, Announcements, a Challenge and a Prize

2008-11-05T21:13:00.010-05:00

MIA
Sorry I have been MIA - I have been having computer woes for the past couple of weeks. Just when I thought I had it fixed it turned out the problem was more than the bad drive the bios hard disk test was reporting so I am having to send my computer back to the manufacturer this week.

Speaking of MIA, did you see Anita of Anita Designs (aka Nana's Attic) is back ???? I am SO excited. I love her stuff and have been a little worried about her since we hadn't heard from her for a while.

I Won at Digiscrap 101

So unfortunately, I haven't really been able to scrap since both of my scrapping programs (Memory Mixer and PSE) are on the dysfunctional computer. But I may have a remedy for only having my scrapbooking software on one machine soon. I won a copy of Memory Mixer on Digital Scrapbooking Day over at Digiscrap101. Have you checked that site out yet? Think Facebook for scrapbookers. It is a growing site but has so much potential for learning and connecting with other scrappers. If you haven't been by there you really should take a look.

Anyhow, back to my free software, I was wanting to get another copy for one of my other machines anyway because I had been thinking about letting my son have a go at digi scrapbooking. (He isn't allowed to touch Mommy's computer.) But I also have been thinking about getting a copy for my friend for her 60th birthday in a couple of weeks. She has said a couple of times she would like to have it. So what should I do, what should I do. . . I won the lite version but she really doesn't have a lot of time for freebie hunting so maybe I will keep the lite version for myself and buy her the full version since it has all those great scrapping supplies with it. Decisions, Decisions . . .

I was selected for a Quickpage Team
A couple of weeks ago there was an add at DigishopTalk looking for some quickpage designers for a collab kit over at Pretty Scrappy. The kit, Sunset, was so gorgeous I couldn't pass it up. After I submitted my pages for their collection, they invited me to join their new Quickpage Team. In addition to designing quickpages for their monthly collabs, I get to pick kits from the store, make a quickpage from it and then I can give the quickpage away on my blog for one week before it goes in the store. So that means more freebies for you!

Want this gorgeous mini?
As I mentioned, I haven't been able to design any quickpages for you, but the wonderful Julie of Julie. It is. was kind enough to design a gorgeous mini kit for my Themed Quote Challenge over at Hummie's World this month.

And all you have to do get this beautiful mini kit is to create a layout using a quote with the theme of thanks/thankful/grateful. Find out more about the challenge and some other quote suggestions here.

Hope you had a great DSD and are having a scrap-filled week with all your new stuff you got on DSD.

Scrap 'n Treat

2008-10-29T20:05:00.013-04:00

Derek over at Derek M Design has put together a little Trick or Treat blog train of goodies for you for Halloween. Here's a little pumpkin frame I made for your scrap 'n treat collection.

Just "knock" on the door to get your treat.

(Link has now been moved to a site other than 4Shared.)

4Shared doesn't show the preview very well so here is what your treat actually looks like. :)

You can pick up more treats at . . .

http://www.derekmdesign.blogspot.com/

http://bitsoscrap.blogspot.com/

www.lovinlifegurl.blogspot.com/

http://www.kimsmithdesigns.blogspot.com/

http://scrappinbratsplace.blogspot.com/

http://aleahsmommy.blogspot.com/

http://www.trifaith.blogspot.com/

http://barbsdigitalart.blogspot.com/

I was sad to see that Derek has announced he will be moving away from scrapbook designing as he had some great unique items. Be sure to stop by his blog and grab all his free goodies before he takes them down for good.

My Scrap Shop Challenges

2008-10-29T13:00:00.008-04:00

Looking to be inspired and get some layouts done? (Oh, yeah, and win some prizes too???) You will definitely want to check out the new challenges over at My Scrap Shop then. They have revamped the challenge area of the forum, added some new team members to inspire you and are offering some awesome prizes for getting those layouts done. They are kicking off the challenges this week with a special one week run of the challenges. But don't fret because it is already midweek, I got all of mine done in three hours so there is still lots of time for you to get yours done too. Did I mention there are prizes?

The first challenge I attempted was the template challenge. I have done a few template challenges since my first one and they are slowly growing on me. This was an awesome template to work with.

Here's my take on the template.

And what better posting bonus for a template challenge than more templates? They are even CU!

Next was the Shapes 'N More challenge. I really enjoy shape challenges actually and have been doing the one at DSO for the last several months. The MSS one had a little twist though, you had to use two shapes, a leaf and a circle. Can you find my circle in this? Yep, it counts, I checked. :)

The posting bonus for the Shapes 'N More challenge is this:

If you have seen my Nature layouts, you know I love a good quote so I couldn't pass up on the quote challenge - even it was a topic I don't usually scrap - pets!

The posting bonus for the quote challenges is the matching alpha for those cute elements above.

The last of the new challenges up is the desktop challenge. I have never scrapped a desktop before but I figured I had the elements and the alpha coming so I wanted the papers too! The only requirement was that you had to use the calendar (which is provided) on your desktop. Not my greatest work, I think, but I am proudly displaying it on my desktop now.

And the posting bonus:

Inspired yet? Great - now go scrap!

PS - I used My Scrap Shop products for all of my layouts but that is not a requirement to participate in the challenges. However, they are some great sales going on right now and you can get kits for as little as 50 cents!

October Quickpage

2008-10-28T21:54:00.011-04:00

Miss me? I was out of town last weekend for a costume party wedding. It was so much fun! But I had no Internet access. Then last week my hard disk started freaking out so I have been dealing with getting that fixed. I did work on a few pages for you before it started giving me problems.

The first is from October by Julie. It is. This layout was another one from my Nature book. I certainly don't think I did the kit justice though. Aren't the colors in it so perfect for those fall layouts?

Here's my layout.

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Now while I was having all my computer woes, Julie was busy designing away and already has another kit out. If you like October, you will want to be sure to check out October Night, which coordinates with it.

Be sure to check out Julie's blog too for the October sampler.

Abigail Quickpage Freebie

2008-10-11T16:02:00.006-04:00

I was working on this layout last night and just could not figure out what to do with it. It was photos of my husband and baby girl. There really weren't any particular reason for taking the photos - yea, I have lots of those, the curse of a scrapper, I think. Plus the background on the photos were just horrendous. So I was stuck on what to do for the layout. Suddenly, I hear my husband on the laptop playing around on his My Space page and I noticed his background music. Suddenly, I have the perfect quote for my layout.

Obviously, I can't turn that one into a quickpage for you, but I did turn another one I made from the Abigail kit into one for you.

Link Expired. Be sure to check out the rest of the kit too over at Plain Digital Wrapper.

Download link for site other than 4Shared is here.

Kevin Jr. - Not just a boyish kit - quickpage

2008-10-10T09:24:00.006-04:00

You would think with a name like Kevin Jr., FishinmomDesign's kit would be just for boy layouts.

Now don't get me wrong, it does have some great boy elements in it. I just love those fish and they were perfect to scrap my son's first time fishing. But since I am working on baby books mostly, the first place I go to look for pictures to scrap is in those books. So if I can take a boyish kit and use it in baby girls book too like I was able to do with this one, I am a super happy camper. I used this page for my baby girl layout, but I was thinking the page could be used for other Love of Your Life photos too so I made the it into a quickpage for you. Link Expired.

I posted the page I did with it a few days ago if you want to see the quickpage in use. Speaking of seeing my quickpages in use, I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to see how you use my quickpages. If you have been able to use one, please let me know. (You can find my e-mail in my TOU or leave a comment with link on my blog.)

Midnight Pumpkin Quickpage

2008-10-08T19:20:00.007-04:00

Julie has a new kit today called Midnight Pumpkin.

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Be sure to snag the coordinating freebie on her blog too.

Happy Scrapping!

My Scrap Shop News

2008-10-06T20:55:00.005-04:00

New Layouts

2008-10-04T17:58:00.014-04:00

Digi Store Directory

I got tired of not being able to remember where to find digistores when I was looking for something particular so I decided to make a list. I have been creating the list on my new to digi blog for a while now so if you have the same problem I do, feel free to check it out. (Or if you are just a shopaholic . . .) :) It is on the right hand column. Just scroll down a little. If you know of a store I missed (and I am sure I probably missed a bunch), please feel free to message me and let me know so I can add it.

After a very long week, I decided to take a day off and just scrap.

For my CT assignment this month at My Scrap Shop I got to checkout Spirit of the Wolf by SKrapper Digitals. Here is what I came up with for this very unique kit.

I also finally got a chance to play with the re-release of Kevin Jr., by FishinmomDesigns that I downloaded a couple weeks ago and hadn't had a chance to do anything with yet.

Julie has a new kit too, Abigail, which I did a layout for last weekend but have been out of town so I hadn't had time to post it. I am so in love with the papers in this kit. They are just amazing!

Belinda Quickpage

2008-09-25T23:17:00.006-04:00

Julie. It is. has a cute, girly new kit called Belinda which I have been playing with. I am working on two "I-can't-believe-I-took-that-many-photos-of-your-first-year" baby books for my children so I am always looking for kits that will allow me to get more pages scrapped in those books. I so wish I was exaggerating about that statement. I have the photos somewhat organized and laid out for the pages and it looks like just under 200 pages for him (his first six months I didn't have a digital camera) and about 300 pages for her book. I have about 130 consecutive pages done in each book (you can see those here if you are really bored right now) and probably another 20 or so just here and there in the mix of pages. This is supposed to be page 202.

If you like it and want the whole kit, you can get it at Plain Digital Wrapper.

And just because I like you (and because Julie said I could) - I turned the page into a quickpage for you.

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Julie also has a coordinating freebie to her new kit on her blog so you will want to be sure to click on over there and get that too.

PS - If you came here from Digifree, you may want to check out my previous two posts as I have two quickpages available over in the Color Palette Challenge at Hummie's World too that didn't make it on Digifree since they aren't directly on my blog.

Have a great scrap-filled weekend.

How about another one?

2008-09-20T14:49:00.005-04:00

Also at Hummie's World:
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Finally! A Quickpage for you . . .

2008-09-20T13:14:00.005-04:00

But you have to click on over to Hummie's World to get this one. It is for the September Color Palette Design Challenge.

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Julie's Having a Sale . . .

2008-09-19T18:12:00.005-04:00

If you have been eyeing any of the wonderful designs from Julie. It is, now would be a great time to pick them up.

I'm still here . . .

2008-09-15T21:56:00.005-04:00

Sorry I haven't had time to make any goodies for you. I have been busy planning and getting ready for my daughter's second birthday party which was this past weekend. It was a family party in WV (since that is where the rest of my family is). If you need ideas for an Elmo party, feel free to check out My Ramblings blog to see what we did. Now if I could only find something to scrap the party with . . .

While I was traveling, I had a few hours to play on the computer (don't worry - hubby was driving at the time) and did manage to complete the Designer Technique Challenge for September at Hummie's World. However, I got so caught up in finding a picture for that challenge that was about all I got done. You know how it is, you just want to keep looking at all those photos on your computer and forget why you started looking in the first place. I also played with a little treat for you for Halloween but am still working on that so still no presents. I know you are so disappointed in me! I am too. I will try to come up with something for you soon.

So have you figured out how to do those Out of Bounds photos yet? If not, you really should head on over to Hummie's and check out this challenge. Here is what I came up with.

The frame is from Mini Verdant by Andrea Dickinson (part of the challenge so be sure to grab the mini kit freebie it is in first). Everything else is by, you guessed it, the talented Julie. It is. from her Oh Boy Kit.

Want to win Memory Mixer Digital Scrapbooking Software?

2008-09-15T19:23:00.003-04:00

Check out Digiscrap101.

Quietude

2008-09-06T15:37:00.003-04:00

I got another page done for my nature album today. This was a photo I took when baby girl and I went for a walk during our camping trip last weekend.

I used the new kit by Julie. It is., Lady of the Lake, for this one. You can get her new kit at Plain Digital Wrapper.

Be sure to head on over to her blog and check out the coordinating freebie mini kit too.

2008-09-05T23:44:00.007-04:00

Do you have ever have nights where you just don't have the energy to get up and go to bed. I am having one of those nights. Even though I know I will just be even more tired if I don't just make myself get up and go upstairs to bed (and that my daughter will be waking me up before six a.m. regardless of how late I stay up), here I sit trying to entertain myself on the computer and not really even accomplishing anything I am so tired.

I did get another page done for my nature album earlier tonight. Still not sure about the quote on this one. I may change it later if I can find one I like more.

I used Ladybug Pages new kit, Love Actually for it. Love the blues in this kit. I wish it had been available when I was looking for a kit to purchase for my SIL to do her Wedding in.

Wouldn't this kit have been perfect for her wedding photos?

I made this layout last night. This is the quickpage Posting Bonus for my Themed Quote Challenge over at Hummie's World this month. The quickpage was created using Hummie's Heritage Kit.

The theme this month is Grandma. All you have to do is create a layout using a quote about grandma (or your family word for the same). Sounds easy, doesn't it? It is! Plus Grandparents Day is right around the corner so what better way to honor Grandma than to feature her in a layout. Well, what are you waiting for? Click on over to Hummie's World and check it out.

You're still reading? I thought you were headed over to Hummie's World? Feel free to stay a while and check out all the other fun challenges while you there. If you have ever wondered how to do those layout where it looks like the subject has jumped right out of the frame (Out of Bounds), you will want to be sure to check out the new Designer Technique Challenge this month featuring the very talented Andrea Boyer (Boyerville Scraps). Andrea has a tutorial for you on how to do this and even a freebie kit (preview below) with a cool frame to use in your layout to get you started.

Make sure you read the tutorial all the way to the bottom for a coupon too.

Back to School, anyone?

2008-08-25T21:08:00.012-04:00

My oldest went to meet his teacher today. He is excited about going to school. I hope he stays that way.

I turned the layout I did of this milestone day into a quickpage for you. Be sure to check out Julie's store for this fun Back2School Kit and her blog for the add-on/coordinating mini.
Enjoy! Here is a link to download on a site besides 4Shared.

If you have used one of my quickpages, I would love to see! Feel free to leave a comment on my blog with a link or you can find my e-mail in my TOU.

How 'bout a quickpage?

2008-08-22T19:40:00.006-04:00

I really liked how this page using Oh Boy by Julie. It Is. turned out so I asked her for permission to turn it into a quickpage for you. Link Expired.

Don't forget to stop by her blog and pick up the mini that coordinates with the Oh Boy kit.

Lovin' the designs by Julie. It is.

2008-08-21T21:29:00.014-04:00

I finished two more pages in my nature album.

I took this picture at an outlet mall. The faded background is the original picture with lowered opacity. The smaller one is the same photo but I was playing with Virtual Photographer and really liked how the dreamy effect softened the photo. The elements for this are from Sultry Summer by Julie. It is.

For this one I used Canyon by Julie. It is. and a frame from the Country Roads Freebie by SKrapper Digitals. I actually took this picture quite by accident. I have been trying (rather unsuccessfully) to get some good mountain range pictures so had my camera out in the car while we were returning from my family reunion in WV. We were sitting in traffic (yes, traffic in WV, what's up with that???), and this is what I saw.

This next one was another one of those layouts I had been trying to get done for a while. It was the next chronological page in my son's baby book I needed to scrap. My husband took these photos when we first got our digital camera and was playing with the black and white setting so I had no choice but to have black and white photos. Usually, if I scrap in black and white I have a specific reason for doing so, so I was struggling with finding something that worked with these black and white photos but was still boyish enough for a children's layout. Then Julie released her new kit today, Oh Boy, and I had this layout done in no time. She's got a freebie mini kit which coordinates with the rest of the full kit on her blog tonight so be sure to check that out. It looks like the full kit is on sale right now for $2.00 too.

My Scrap Shop News:
For all those budding designers out there, My Scrap Shop made an announcement today you may want to check out.

Up for one more layout? I did this one last night. It was for a Template Challenge by Sine at Scrap Orchard I heard about it in the away challenges thread over at Hummie's World. I love mulit-photo layouts so I thought I would try my hand at this. I had to recreate the template in Memory Mixer because the psd files don't work in it. That really wasn't that hard though.

However, I found using a template for the first time to be a challenge actually. I kept thinking "I thought this was supposed to be quicker". I am sure it is for most people - so don't let me discourage you because there are some amazing templates out there. I personally love to admire all of them by Simply Sarah Designs and while I haven't used an entire template before this, have been inspired by some of Sarah's amazing photo arrangements and tried my hand at recreating them once or twice in my layouts. I personally found that I felt locked in and a little creatively limited with the use of a template. I kept going from feeling my layout was too plain to being too busy and felt like I spent three times as much time on the layout as I would have.

BUT this was a really great template (and my stressing was, I am sure, really just my quirky need-to-do-my-own-thing personality trait) so I would encourage you to give it a try yourself and see what you can come up.

I used Blossom's Welcome Kit by Booland Designs for this one.

Happy Scrapping.

My Scrap Shop News

2008-08-20T22:21:00.009-04:00

Eirene over at My Scrap Shop made me an awesome blinkie which is now proudly displayed on my sidebar. How cool is that?? She is such a sweetheart. It is so amazing to me to receive a gift from some kind soul oceans away from me. Thanks, Eirene!

She is having a sale all this month so be sure to stop by and check out her store.

Speaking of My Scrap Shop - they have been expanding and just announced their second site Creative Team Call.

For my CT Kit for this month, I got to pick what kit I wanted to work with. I chose Jaxon by Michelle Herron. I was in the mood for some fun colors and this certainly fit the bill.

I don't have a freebie for you today. :( Been a little overwhelmed with work and life in general and really haven't felt that creative.

However, you should check out the Back2School Freebie from Julie. It is.

It coordinates with her new kit, which is on sale now for $3.49.

My oldest starts school next week so I have it all ready to get those photos scrapped.

Since I didn't have any back to school photos to use and really wanted to play with all the fun elements in this cool kit, I found another perfect use for it.

Hope you are having a happy scrapping week!

Turtle Time Quickpage

2008-08-10T15:57:00.006-04:00

Have you seen the cute new kit FishinmomDesigns just released? This is Turtle Time. Isn't it fun?

Here are a couple of layouts I made with it.

I turned the beach one into a quickpage for you.

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2008-08-09T18:41:00.003-04:00

I took this picture in April for a nature album I started. I have been scrapping all around this page but just couldn't find the perfect kit for this particular photo.

But today I got a really cool kit from a brand new designer (and I got it on sale too!). This is Canyon by Julie. It is. Isn't it just grand?

You can grab this kit and check out all of Julie's other wonderful creations over at her new store at Plain Digital Wrapper. Currently everything there is 30 percent off too so what are you waiting for?

At the Beach - Textured Papers

2008-08-02T17:07:00.011-04:00

I made a few textured solid papers to coordinate with the At the Beach papers and button pack from two weeks ago, which are also still available.

Sorry, the link has expired.

I also have my August Quote Challenge up at Hummie's World. This month we are going to try something a little different. I have provided a theme for your quote, all you have to do is complete a layout using that theme. (Don't worry if you can't think of a quote, I have several suggestions in the thread.) I used the quickpage posting bonus that you will receive for completing the challenge to do my layout. The theme is Grandpa. I chose the quote "Grandpa, tell me about the good old days" from the song by The Judds.

(Credits: Hummie's Heritage Kit)

Happy Saturday!

ABC of Me Challenge - D

2008-07-27T18:29:00.003-04:00

Here is my ABC of ME "D" page for the challenge at My Scrap Shop . . . My Dad:
Credits: ABC Run by Digitreats

Have your D page finished yet? If not here are some ideas to get you started. . .digiscrapping, dreams/dreamer, Dad, daughter, day (typical one, perfect one, most memorable one), daring, darling, deliberate, determined, (favorite) dessert, (first, most memorable) date/dating, decision, delivery, designer, (favorite) drink . . .

Two Quickpages from FishinmomDesigns New Kits

2008-07-24T22:23:00.009-04:00

I finally got time to do some layouts (thanks, Hummie for the encouragement to get scrappin') and have two quickpages for you today. These were done using FishinmomDesigns new kit, Eric:

And these were done using the adorable new kit, Alphabet Soup, also by FishinmomDesigns.

(The photo layout on this page was taken from a template by Simply Sarah Designs.)

I made these two into quickpages for you from my layouts. Links Expired.

(Links are now on a site other than 4Shared.)

Want this quickpage???

2008-07-22T18:05:00.004-04:00

Been a little lonely over at my quote challenge at Hummie's World this month. Won't you come join me? The quote for this month is "Sister and Brotherhood is a condition people have to work at." Are you up for the challenge? Can you use this quote in a layout? It would be a great quote to tell the REAL story between you and your sibling. Come on, you know it isn't always all flowers and hearts all the time! Yeah, you love them but it isn't always easy being related to them, now is it? At least that is my story and for some reason I suspect I am not alone. Or how about a layout of your children? If they are anything like mine, this quote fits them to a tee, one minute they are hugging each other and the next seeing which one can aggrevate the other one more.

Here is one of the quickpage posting bonuses you will receive for particpating in this challenge. (There is one for brother too.)

(Credits: Heritage Kit by Hummie)
Hope to see you there.

Hummie's World Quickpage

2008-07-20T16:57:00.004-04:00

For those rainy beach trips . . .

Here is a quickpage I did for the July 2008 Color Palette Design Challenge at Hummie's World. This was created using Summer Fun by Julie. It is.

You can get it here.

At the Beach Button Pack

2008-07-19T21:12:00.008-04:00

I made some buttons to match the papers from the other day. Sorry, the link has expired.

Special thanks to SKrapper Digitals and Atomic Cupcake.

At the Beach Paper Pack Freebie

2008-07-16T21:57:00.006-04:00

Since I can't really do too much else except lay on the couch without the room spinning (seems I have an infection in the canal in my inner ear which is causing Vertigo), I thought I would play with some of my photos from the beach a couple of weeks ago along with some of those cool actions from Atomic Cupcake. At least I can look at the computer today without it making me feel dizzy. I couldn't really even do that two days ago.

Here is what I came up with for you . . .

I did them in both square and landscape formats. Sorry, the link has expired.

Enjoy!

July 4th Quickpage

2008-07-11T22:46:00.005-04:00

I really wanted to be in bed 15 minutes ago. Where did the day go? I have to travel again tomorrow. This time it will be about four hours for my nieces fourth birthday party. This will be the third weekend in a row and the fourth out of the last five I have been out of town. I am not sure I like traveling anymore. Usually, I can play on my laptop to pass the time and at least do a layout or work on a quickpage but tomorrow I have to drive since hubby has to work and can't go so I am really dreading it.

July Fourth for us was spent traveling to a family reunion that was on July 5th. By the time we got where we were going, we were too tired to even try to find out where the fireworks were. I hope those of you in the states got to see some great ones though and that you took some amazing firework pictures. Mine never turn out quite like I think they will anyway. I never can get the timing just right it seems. But if you were lucky enough to get some great photos of your July 4th Celebration, FishinmomDesigns has added a great kit , July 4th - Old Glory, to the store to help you get those scrapped.

I used it a couple of weeks ago to scrap some pictures I took on my lunch break.

I made the layout into a quickpage for you.

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Have a wonderful weekend.

Challenge Updates

2008-07-06T18:50:00.006-04:00

Have I really not posted for two weeks? Didn't realize it had been that long. I have been out of town the last two weekends and have to go out again next weekend as well. I think I have only had one free weekend since June started and that was only because of an event cancellation. I think after next weekend though it should settle down again and I should be able to get back to make some freebies for you. Plus Hubby was out of town for the last two weeks for work so I was a little busy with that parenting thing.

While you are waiting for some more freebies though you can check out the challenges I am hosting and earn some great prizes.

Over at Hummie's world this month you can join the challenge to create a layout about the many aspects of siblinghood with this quote:

Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. ~Maya Angelou

I came across this while looking for a quote about brothers for my ABC's of Me book and just had to share it so see what others take would be on this quote. I have two quickpages for posting bonuses for any one that participates in the quote challenge this month.

Over at My Scrap Shop, it is my turn to host the ABC's of Me Challenge. We are up to the letter "C" already and will be working on this letter until July 15. Here is my layout:

(Credits: ABC Jump by Digitreats).

Pillowgirl is working on a great posting bonus for this challenge that is all about the letter c . . .
She tells us it is going to be one HUGE prize that you won't want to miss and has hinted that things like commercial use and coupon begin with "c" too.

So what are you waiting for? Go get some sibling or "c" layouts done then head on over the forums and share them.

Seems that I've been tagged

2008-06-23T22:21:00.005-04:00

I have been tagged (twice now, actually) but to be honest, I really am not that interesting of a person. Can that count as one of my seven things??? Hey, it is my seven so why not . . .

Here is what I am supposed to do:
-Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog. I was tagged by Fishinmom and by Michelle.
-Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
-Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
-Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog .

1. My degree is in Journalism and Mass Communication but I have never had (or even applied for) a paying job in that field. I currently work in IT, which I have no formal training in or certifications for, which amazes me.

2. I have a very unusual family trait in which I inherited flat finger nails (and toe nails too). We can trace this back at least five generations in my family. The trait seems to be predominant in the women of the family. My brother (who could care less about such things) has beautiful fingernails.

3. We got my son's name from a sign on a sandwich shop. (Hey, time was running out and we couldn't come up with anything . . .)

4. I hate hamburgers but love roast beef.

5. When I used to have time to read, I would read the ending of the book first. I also usually read magazines back to front too.

6. When I was a senior in college, three friends and I published a literary magazine to promote diversity on campus which won an award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

7. Did I mention I am not that interesting of a person?

Hmm . . . let's see who I can bestow this torture, I mean honor, on . . . How about . . .
Anyone who has downloaded one of my quickpages. (BTW- If you find use for my quickpages, I would love to see your layouts!)

Have a great rest of the week.

Password Problem

2008-06-23T12:41:00.002-04:00

I didn't realize the folder I had put the Remember When Quickpage in had a password on it. You should be able to get it now without any problems. Thanks for letting me know it wasn't working. Please let me know if there are any further problems.

Blessings!