Digital Scraphouse Grand Opening & March Store Collabs

Scrappin' Out Louds's March Collab



Scrap It Sassy's March Collab



Digital Scraphouse's March Collab



Happy Scrapping!

Hurry Up & Get Here Spring!

Did you see ScrapMatters is having a Design Star Competition to find the next new designers for their store? I saw a post at DST for this and had to jump aboard. What I didn’t realize is how popular of a competition this was going to be.

The first stage of the competition is a blind competition. We were all given random numbers and with my last curious check in the forum, I saw number 130. WOW! This is going to be one tough competition.

For the first week we are all creating a mini kit with 3 papers and 3 elements. I am just dieing to post a preview here but since it is a blind competition I can’t. (Sigh) You can find my kit as well as all the competitors’ kits at ScrapMatters' gallery. You’ll want to hurry though; kits and links are only good for 2 weeks.

The blog train is headed through Kalo Designs once again!

Yep, you read right. The ADSD collab is back and I have a contribution for you.



Follow the Train to More Fabulous Freebies... the ADSD 2009 March Blog Train!

Mags - http://magsgraphics.blogspot.com
DesignsByAmilyn - http://designsbyamilyn.blogspot.com
Gina - http://gina-moondancecreations.blogspot.com/
Jen - www.scrappingwithjen.blogspot.com
Aubrey's Mom - http://scrappinbyaubreysmom.blogspot.com
Donna - www.tootlebugz.com
Foxy - http://foxyladycreation.blogspot.com/
Debbie - http://digital-keepsakes.blogspot.com
Becky - http://beckysscrap.blogspot.com/
Linda - http://lindasdreamdesigns.blogspot.com/
Candy - http://candystreasures.blogspot.com
Joyful Moments Designs- http://digitalshop-margie.blogspot.com/
Shel - http://shelbellescraps.blogspot.com
Joni http://mooscrapworld.blogspot.com
Lei - http://fairydustprincess-magicmaker.blogspot.com/
BlueVelvet DeZigns- http://nutnbutdezigns.blogspot.com
AllieKat Creations -- www.alliekatcreations.blogspot.com
Lynn - http://themathematiciansassistant.com
EmCeeScraps http://emceescraps.blogspot.com
Buzybee Designs - http://buzybeehive.blogspot.com
Deanna at Flower Scraps - http://flowerscrap.blogspot.com
Anne - http://mousee23.sosblog.com/
Bits N Bobs - http://scrappingbits.blogspot.com/
Willow Grace Designs - http://willowgracedesigns.blogspot.com
Cyndi, Wetfish Designs - http://wetfishscraps.blogspot.com
Bonnie/The Maltese Scrapper - http://bonniecarter.blogspot.com/
Mardesia - http://craftersboutique.blogspot.com
Catt - http://cattscrapps.blogspot.com/
Gail - http://gails-space.blogspot.com
Morgaine Creations© - http://morgainecreations-gone-scrappy.blogspot.com/
VanJo Designs- http://harley310.blogspot.com/
beckmoore(Debbie) - http://beckmoorescrapalittle.blogspot.com/
Elemental Pixie - http://www.elementalpixie.blogspot.com
Isabella - http://www.lotsofprettythings.blogspot.com
Wendy & Sarah - www.kikkinkreations.blogspot.com
WillowRaven @ Purple Dragonfly Creations - http://www.purpledragonflycreations.blogspot.com/
Lynn - http://heavenlycrafts.blogspot.com/
Blind Sight Designs - http://blindsightdesigns.blogspot.com/
Bhe Lacson - http://www.bhebhethartzdesignz.blogspot.com/
Cottage Stella - http://stellarificcreations.blogspot.com
Mandy - http://scrapswithspunkitude.harkinsfamilyblog.com/
Jessi-http://stormiescraps.blogspot.com/
SnapScrapCreate - http://snapscrapcreate.blogspot.com
Panda Bear Designs - http://www.pandabeardesigns.blogspot.com/
My Sweet Tater http://tatersplace-mjstitch.blogspot.com/
Lois AKA Ladye - http://scrappinwithladye.blogspot.com/
Mary: http://barkingpenguinscraps.blogspot.com/
Stacy @ Kalo Designs http://kalodesigns.blogspot.com/
Dawne at Desert Bloom Designs - http://desertbloomdesigns.blogspot.com
ScrapperGirl Designs http://scrappergirldesigns.blogspot.com
Erika {aka PinkuPixie} - http://ppbits.blogspot.com/
by God's design - http://digibygodsdesign.biz
Creative Digital Scraps by Chiara - http://creativedigitalscraps.blogspot.com
Digital Scrap Fun - http://www.digitalscrapfun.blogspot.com
Heather - http://giftedgoose.blogspot.com/

It's Time for Christmas Around the (Digiscrapping) World!

Happy Friday!

I hope you have cleaned out your hard drives from the Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking freebies because here we go again! LOL!

Today is the day Christmas Around the World returns to the digiscrap world! This was such a big event last year and if you can believe it, it is even BIGGER this year with around 120 designers participating. Woo Hoo!

I am honored to have Debbie of Digital Keepsakes make a set of brag book pages from my portion of this wonderful event. Debbie’s talent for making gorgeous QP’s and BB’s is just amazing. These pages are so gorgeous I am using one of them as our Christmas Cards this year.



Here is a preview of the BB pages Debbie created. You can download the set by visiting her blog.

(Click image below to go to Digital Keepsakes)



I also have some wonderful new to share, I am now a designer Scrap It Sassy! I am so happy to be part of such a Sassy team. Scrap It Sassy is having a store wide sale this weekend. Everything in the store will be on sale for 35% or more. There are so many gorgeous items in the store; you won’t want to miss this sale.



Here is my portion of the Christmas Around the World collab. You can find the links to all the designers who participated by visiting the Christmas Around the World.

(These Ladies come from all different time zones, all over the world, so if their part isn't posted yet, please be patient and keep checking back.)

Have a great weekend and...

Happy Scrapping!

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ADSD Holidays At Home Collab

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house in the Bay Area. This year was a small dinner with just our family, my parents and great grandma. It was really nice to have a small dinner so great grandma could have some quality time with the boys. I must have gained 5 pounds that day alone (and of course a few more the rest of the weekend eating leftovers. LOL!).



Grandpa bought the boys toy planes to shoot in the air for Thanksgiving. These were the old school thin wooden ones kids used to play with years ago. I’m not sure who had the most fun though, the little boys or the big boys.





Saturday we took the boys to Train Time with Santa. I was a little nervous that Logan wouldn’t want to ride the big train but thankfully he was all for it.

The train was an old ‘classic’ train without any new posh amenities, which was great. I am so happy the boys experienced how trains used to be, not what they are now. Though, I didn’t realize how much trains rock while they are traveling, especially going over an old wooden bridge. LOL! The boys of course thought it fun to ‘stand up and ride the waves’ of the rocking train.

Santa came through towards the end and so hubby and I switched seats so Santa could sit with the boys, boy was that a mistake. I have never seen my boys jump and run as fast as they did when Santa sat next to them. LOL! Oh well, so much for that Christmas card opportunity. Guess we’ll just have to try again later.

We sat in the rear coach car, which later turned in to the first car behind the engine, for the 40 minute ride. There were two folk singers who came through signing Christmas carols and then Santa came through with a gift for all the kids. This ride was so well organized and I can’t believe how much the boys enjoyed their first BIG train ride.







This morning I have for you the December ADSD Collab Holidays at Home. The papers for this kit turned out to be huge, seven downloads huge. I really wanted to get that crinkled Christmas wrapping paper look so I used multiple overlays and, also wanting to keep the files small for those on dial-up, I split the papers into seven downloads.

I hope you enjoy this kit and I wish everyone a happy December!

Happy Scrapping!

Sorry these links have expired.







Don't forget to visit all the participating designers to collect this huge kit.

(These Ladies come from all different time zones, all over the world, so if their part isn't posted yet, please be patient and keep checking back.)

Adele of Blind Sight Designs
Adventures in Scrapland
Amanda of Amandas Scrappy Creations
Amie of Amiebear
Beaconscrap
Beckmoores Scrapalittle
Becky's Scraps
Bits'N'Bobs
Bouquet of Pixels
Brooke at Ahhh Scrap
Busyscrappin
CMB Designs
Creative Digital Scraps by Chiara
Deanna at Flower Scraps
DesignsByAmilyn
Digital Keepsakes
Doodle Designs
Elemental Pixie
EmCee Scraps
Erika {aka PinkuPixie}
HeatherStokes at HSDesigns
Jayden's Mama
Jessie
JIC Creations
Just Another Scrap
Kathy Goldstein
KittenScraps
Lei at Fairydustprincess-Magicmaker
Linda at Linda's Dream Designs
Lynn of Heavenly Crafts
Lynn at TMA
MagsGraphics
Manda at Disaster in Designs
Mariscrap
Merrilee Wheaton Designs
MsBhvin Scraps
My Little Corner of the World
Oase Panda Bear Designs
Pamela Yates at Pammy's Playground
Rachness
Scrapping with Jen
Shabby Tagger
Shel at Shel Belle Scraps
Stacy at Kalo Designs
Teri at Teris Thing-O-My-Jigs
Wendi at Willow Grace Designs
WillowRaven at Purple Dragonfly Creations

ADSD After Dusk Collab

It’s a new month which of course means another new ADSD collab. This month’s collab is titled After Dusk.

I must admit, this was a bit of a challenge for me. Since we have twin 2 ½ years olds, our night life is a bit lacking, to say the least. We don’t have opportunities to go out as a couple since we don’t have anyone close to the boys that is willing to watch them. When I do get away ‘after dusk’, it is usually a girls night out with friends.

Before I share my portion of the collab, I have something exciting to share with you. I am so honored to have two talented ADSD Designers create QP’s for you from my portion of the collab this month. These are two unique and absolutely gorgeous QP’s. These Ladies really outdid themselves. You can find the links to these QP’s below.

These QP's were created by Cindi and you can find them here.




These QP's were created by Michelle and you can find them here





Here is my portion of the After Dusk collab. When my girlfriends and I go out, we like to glitz and glam it up a bit for a night out to relax and have a few drinks, girls only of course. LOL!

Sorry this link has expired.





Don't forget to visit all the participating designers to collect this huge kit.

(These Ladies come from all different time zones, all over the world, so if their part isn't posted yet, please be patient and keep checking back.)

abyscraps by Sheila
Adele of Blind Sight Designs
Anne at Creative Dreams
Arvita's at Elam's Flights Of Fancy
Beckmoore
Becky
Brooke at Ahhh Scrap
by God's design
Carolyn at Digi Cyber Scraps
CharmeDivaScrapz
Chiara at Creative Digital Scraps
Cindi @ vanjo designs
Cyndi, Wetfish Designs
Deanna at Flower Scraps
Deb AKA The ScrappinCop
Debbie at Digital Keepsakes
Diana at Sass n Scrap Designs
Erika {aka PinkuPixie}
Florrie
HeatherStokes ~ HSDesigns
jeanniebs designs
Julia at BeaconScrap
Julie aka Bits 'N' Bobs
Kathy Goldstein at The Scrap Loft
KittenScraps
Lady V dZine
Lei at Fairydustprincess-magicmaker
Lindas Dream Designs
Lois at ScrappinwithLadye
Lori at ScripityScrapDesigns
Lynn at Heavenly Crafts
lynnirene
Mags at MagsGraphics
Manda at Disaster In Designs
Marie at EmCee Scraps
melanie aka sweetasmel
Michelle @ Michelles-Angels
Michelle @ My Digital Fun Place
Missty @ Misstykal Designs
Monica at Random Inspirations
Nicole at Digi-Designs by Nicole
Oase
RachNess
Scraping with Jen
ScrappyShannon
Shabby Tagger
Shel at Shel Belle Scraps
Stacy at Kalo Designs
Sticky Kisses Scraps
Teri At Teris-Thing-O-My-Jigs
TerresaS
Wendi at Willow Grace Designs
WillowRaven at Purple Dragonfly Creations

Fall Splendor Brag Book Pages Day 4

Happy Friday!!!

I am so greatful for the autopost feature in blogger. Tonight is Girls Night Out (Woo Hoo! and much needed if I may say. LOL!) so this is going to be a quicky post.

Thank you all for the supportive comments about my new store. I appreciate it so much. I know there is not much there now but I will have some new goodies added shortly.

We are still set to go to Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm tomorrow. I really hope the winds die down a bit or it may not be much fun with all the dirt blowing around. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Mother Nature will work with us because I am just dieing to get some photos of the boys in their Halloween costumes.

Here is the final page of the Fall Splendor brag book. Thank you all for the wonderful comments about the brag book. I am really pleased with how these pages turned out and I am happy so many of you like them as well.

Have a great weekend!

Happy Scrapping!

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Fall Splendor Brag Book Pages Day 3

Did you miss me yesterday? LOL! I got caught up trying to get a few things organized for my new store and I totally forgot to get the next brag book page posted.

What’s that you say? Did I say store? That’s right; I am opening up a store. Times are tough for everyone right now and we are no exception. Right now I just have a couple of items in the store and I still have more I need to add as time permits. This isn’t going to be a big store, just some commercial use items I have and some of the personal use kits that have links that have expired. I am still going to offer freebie personal use kits, albums, collabs as well as some commercial use freebies.

If you want to take a look at the new store, there is a link on the upper right hand side of the blog, but please be patient with me as I build my inventory. Also, I am still working on setting up an automatic download for products after they are purchased. Until I resolve this, I will need to e-mail the download key(s) for the kits/resources that have been ordered. If there are any ‘seasoned’ store owners out there that have any advice for me, I would love to hear everything you are willing to share. (yes, I am sending out a plea. LOL!).

If you are wondering about me working for my (old) boss, that has been put on hold for a bit. Her mother was diagnosed with cancer a month after her father passed. A couple of weeks ago she went in for surgery to remove the cancer and they didn’t get it all because it had spread farther than expected. So she has unfortunately taken a turn for the worse. If you could remember her in your prayers, it would be greatly appreciated.

Today’s brag book page is the third page in the preview. There is one more page that I will post tomorrow.

Have a great day and…

Happy Scrapping!

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Fall Splendor Brag Book Pages Day 2

Good Morning!

We’re off to the zoo this morning for (probably) the last time this year. The boys have enjoyed the zoo so much this year I decided to take them one last time before the rains come.

Then I decided, why not make a club event out of it! The more the merrier! So I have four other MoM’s and their little ones meeting us for some zoo-rrific fun.

fl_Connie – I loved your story about the school of rays. I think rays are one of the most beautiful and graceful creature of the sea. I would love to experience an event like you did. It would be tense at first, but the experience would be unforgettable.

I also thought about why the deer may have been stampeding. After talking to my hubby, he said there are mountain lions in that area so that may be a possibility. The last thing I need to do is get up and close with a mountain lion while I have the boys (Hubby and I had this experience a couple of years ago in Desolation Wilderness, South Lake Tahoe. We were hiking about 9400’ feet up when we heard a noise, turned around and were face to face with a mountain lion that was about 10’ away. Hindsight again, I wish I had a video recorder for that one too. LOL!).

We’re out of here early this morning, so without further ado, here is the second page of Fall Splendor Brag Book.

Have a great day!

Happy Scrapping!

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Fall Splendor Brag Book Pages Day 1

Happy Monday Everyone!

I am so sad I don’t have any pumpkin patch photos to share everyone. Friday afternoon Kaden came down with a fever and Logan followed soon after. I can’t believe how often the boys have been sick this summer. I guess it is only to be expected since we are out and about almost every day.

We rescheduled the pumpkin patch with my parents to this upcoming Saturday. Instead of going to Livermore, my parents are going to head towards our house and we are going to meet at Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm in Wheatland. This farm has train rides, a petting zoo, pig races, a corn maze, wagon rides, and much more. The boys will definitely have a blast there.

I think I am going to take the boys costumes with us to see if we can get some cute photos of them in their costumes. We got a few cute photos last year while the boys were dressed up in a pumpkin patch. They were the cutes little skeleton pirates I have ever seen. (OK, so I might be a little bias. LOL!)



This week I have four brag book pages from my Fall Splendor kit. I am going to offer one page per day this week, in the order of the preview from left to right. I hope you enjoys these and can scrap many of memories with them.

Have a great day!

Happy Scrapping!

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Fall Splendor QP #2

Happy Friday!

I have decided to combine my personal blog with this one. With the boys, the multiples club, me hopefully going back to work soon, designing and this blog I just don’t have enough time to keep up on both blogs. Don’t worry, I’ll still have lots of freebies for everyone, I’m not giving that up anytime soon.

Actually, not much should change here. Once in a while I may ramble a bit more about personal life (yes, that is possible. LOL!), you’ll get to see some of my personal photos, and you’ll all get to know me a bit more. I know you are excited now (wink, wink). ROTFL!

Yesterday morning was so cool and overcast I decided to take the boys to the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. It was so peaceful to step into nature and away from the daily hussle and bussle. I didn’t realize until after we were there for about half an hour how much I needed to just take a break from everything (phones, computer, driving, people, etc.). I felt a calm come over me as we were walking down the different trails. It was so peaceful.

Can you believe I took more photos of the deer than I did of the boys? LOL! The deer cooperated so much better than the boys did. They seemed to just stop and pose for every shot. One deer even let us get within a couple of feet of it. The boys loved watching all the deer, turkey’s, duck’s and squirrels.

These are two of my favorite deer photos from today.





We did have a tense moment after all the calm as we were heading home on one of the trails. All of a sudden I heard a steady pattern of hooves in the fallen leaves. I turned and a couple dozen deer were in full sprint and headed straight towards us. We didn’t have time to run so I just grabbed the stroller, turned it facing away for the oncoming deer and held on. We were stuck in the smack dab in the middle of a deer stampede. The boys of course thought this was great and were laughing so hard as the deer ran passed both sides of us. Mommy was just standing still praying one of the darns things didn’t run the stroller over.

Hindsight, it was pretty cool and I wish I had my camcorder to catch the moment. Not that I would want to do it again with the boys since it could have turned out differently, but since all was OK it was pretty neat. I did get a couple of photos of the last deer’s that passed us as they were leaping in the air.



This was also the first time I have ever been to the river while no one else was there. Just beautiful isn't it.



The boys had the best time playing in the dirt and throwing rocks by the river. Hey what can I say, they're boys. LOL!





Tomorrow we are meeting my parents at a pumpkin patch in my home town. Hopefully it’s not raining because I would really love to dress the boys in their Halloween costumes and try to get some cute photos for Halloween this year. We’ll see if Mother Nature is on my side or not. If not, then I’ll be taking pictures of little muddy boys in their old play clothes. Either way, I’m sure I’ll get come cute photos.

Enough of my rambling. LOL! I have another QP I made with my Fall Splendor kit. Beginning next week, I will have four brag book pages from this kit as well.

Have a great weekend and…

Happy Scrapping!

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Fall Splendor QP #1

Good Morning All!

Well, did you blow up those hard drives yesterday? LOL!

Can you believe how awesome all the kits looked? Thank you again to all the fabulous designers who contributed to both collabs. Everyone went above and beyond to bring you a couple of killer mega-kits.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has left me comments. You all are so sweet and I do appreciate the time you take to drop me a little note.

Jesse7 – (I know this may be a bit late) Potty training is still a no go, partially because of them and partially because of me. It’s still a big game with them so I’m hoping another month will ease that issue a bit. Also, we have been so darn busy out and about the past month I haven’t wanted to put potty training on them in public. I figure after Halloween will be a great time to do it. The rain will have started so we will be home a lot more and then they can learn in the comfort of their own home. We are still watching ‘Once Upon A Potty – For Boys’, they love this movie. We’re going to a potty party, (come on and sing) we’re going to a potty party…LOL!

This morning I have a QP from my portion of the Fall Splendor collab. Remember, all the links for the collabs will be up until Halloween so you’ll have plenty of time to grab everything.

Happy Scrapping!

Sorry this link has expired.



P.S. I'll be taking down my links from last month's collab, Cornucopia of Colors, on Oct. 5th so if you still need to grab it be sure to do so before then.

Wench'd Grafix Fall Splendor & ADSD Sugar Shoppe Collabs

Happy October!

I hope your hard drives are cleared out because I have not one, but two huge collabs for you this month.

There is a HUGE blog party rolling into town with Wench’d Grafix Fall Splendor Blog Party!!!
70 designers have been collaborating since early July on a gorgeous freebie kit called Fall Splendor!!



This month ADSD has brought you a Sugar Shoppe full of delightful treats. 55 designers have contributed to this sweet treat. This is one treat guaranteed not to give you a tummy ache.



So... grab some coffee, tea, soda or whatever floats your boat and let's party!!!!

Happy Scrapping!

ADSD Sugar Shoppe Collab

Welcome to a Sugar Shoppe of delightful treats! This months ADSD collab features 55 designers and a shoppe full of yummy goodies in bright pinks, blues, yellow, greens and creams.

I used two of the cute animal templates created by Deb at The Scrappin’ Cop to make the cookies and also an empty jar she created to hold a few yummy goodies. You can find these along with a variety of other cute commercial use templates, styles, patterns, overlays and much more on her blog. Stop by and check her out!

We have designers participating from all different time zones, all over the world, so if their part isn't posted yet, please be patient and keep checking back. Links will be available until Halloween, so there is lots of time to download yourselves silly.

Happy Scrapping!

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Don’t forget to follow the Sugar Shoppe Express Train to all the participating designers to collect all the portions of this collab.

A Zone for Digiscraps
Adventures in Scrapland
Andrea Whitt
Angel
Ann (mumsy)
Arvita Elam
BeaconScraps
Blind Sight Designs
Burkhart Scrapzone (Michaele)
Buzybee (Penny)
by God's design
Carolyn Ritter
Charlie
City Scribe Scraps
Creative Digital Scraps by Chiara
Deanna at Flower Scraps
Deb aka The Scrappin Cop
Debbie
Doodle's Designs
Erika {aka PinkuPixie}
jeanniebs designs
Jody of Munchkyn Scraps
Judith of Just Another Scrap
Kalo Designs <--- You Are Here
Kathy Goldstein Designs The Scrap Loft
Krystal of Scraps Sealed with a Kiss
Late Night Scraps
Lei
Linda's Dream Designs
Lynn of Heavenly Crafts
Mags at MagsGraphics
Manda at Disaster In Designs
Mandy at Scraps With Spunkitude
Mardesia at Crafter's Boutique
Marie
Melanie aka Sweetasmel
http://designsbymel.blogspot.com/
Merrilee
MJ at My Sweet Tater
Monica at Random Inspirations
Nadine at Scrappinmamma's Digitals
Nora
pandabeardesigns
Rachness
Scrappy Cats at Moving ON
Shabby Tagger
Shannon of ScrappyShannon
Shel at Shel Belle Scraps
Silver Fae (aka Karen J)
Stacey Crossley
Stephanie
Teri at TerisThingOMyJigs
Three Bright Lights Design
Xandra

Wench'd Grafix Fall Splendor Collab

Today is the release of the Fall Splendor collab organized by Kristine at Wenchd Grafix. This is my first collab with Kristine at Wenchd Grafix and I am so excited to be a part of it.

When I found out the theme of the collab and saw the color swatch I knew this was something I wanted to be a part of. I love everything that has to do with the fall season and the colors of the swatch are just beautiful.

Kristine brought together 70 unique and talented designers in one blog to contribute to this collab. You can find the links to all the participating designers by visiting the Fall Splendor Blog.

These folks come from all different time zones, all over the world, so if their part isn't posted yet, please be patient and keep checking back. Links will be available until Halloween so there is lots of time to download yourselves silly.

If you like the little scarecrow featured in this kit, it was created by Deb at The Scrappin’ Cop. You can find this along with a variety of other cute commercial use critters, styles, patterns, overlays and much more on her blog. Stop by and check her out!

I hope you enjoy my part of this collab. I will have a couple of QP’s to offer later in the week for you as well as a cute little brag book next week.

Happy Scrapping!

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Cornucopia of Colors QP 2

Happy Friday!

This is going to be a quick post since Logan still has a low grade fever. He is such a snuggle bug when he isn’t feeling well, which of course is one of the benefits of him not feeling well that I love.

Here is the second QP I made from my Cornucopia of Colors kit. Thank you to everyone who has left wonderful comments. I am so happy to hear you are enjoying all the kits from this collab and I hope you enjoy this QP too.

Have a great weekend and…

Happy Scrapping!

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Cornucopia of Colors QP

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I’ve decided to remove the links for last month’s collab, Zoo Spirit, by the end of the week. If you still would like to grab my portion of the collab be sure to do so before Friday.

My poor little Logan had a fever again this afternoon. I feel so bad for him since it has only been about a week since he had croup.

We had another fiesta last Saturday with a friend of mine from out of state and a mutual friend of ours brought her daughter and they both had runny noses. (Sigh) You know, I wish people would sometimes think of others and just opt to miss an event. We’ve missed plenty of things when the boys have been sick, it’s just something you have to suck up as a parent. Oh well, I guess what’s done is done.

Since this is the first day, I’m not sure what he has yet. His fever has only hit 101 degrees (I say only because I will let a fever run to 103 since a fever is how your body fights an infection) so I’m not too concerned. It’s just a bummer he has to feel crappy again for another 7-10 days.

This morning I have a QP from my Cornucopia of Colors kit. This one is filled with a picnic full of tasty treats. I will have one more QP on Friday and that is all that I am doing for the collab this month. I will have a new surprise for everyone next Monday.

Happy Scrapping!

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ADSD Cornucopia of Color Collab

Welcome to a Cornucopia of Colors!

The designers at ADSD have once again joined forces to bring you another beautiful collab. This month we have 56 talented designers who have contributed to this collab (you can find the links to all participating designers below) and all the kits are gorgeous as usual.

The theme for this collab was either Harvest or Your State/Country. I decided to showcase the annual apple harvest we have just up the hill from us in the Sierra Nevada’s. The Apple Hill Growers Association originated with just 16 ranches. Today it boasts more than 50 ranches including Christmas tree growers, wineries, a micro-brewery, spa and vineyards.

Most ranches open Labor Day weekend with the “early” apples (Gravenstein, Jonathan, JonaGold, Gala, McIntosh) followed by Red and Golden Delicious in September. Some ranches offer yummy fresh baked goodies (baked usually the same day you eat them) and additional activities for everyone to participate in (crafts, train ride, fishing pond, pumpkins patch, berry picking, wine tasting, cider mills, picnicing, nature walks and more!).

I can’t wait to take the boys up the hill this year. It is so beautiful up there with all the pine trees and the air smells so clean and crisp. Of course, it is always nice to get out of the city once in a while. If you ever have the opportunity to visit and participate in the yearly apple harvest, you can find information by visiting the Apple Hill Growers Association.

Ok, enough with my Apple Hill plug. It’s time to bring you what you came here for. Here is my portion of the collab. From me you’ll receive 10 papers (broken in to 3 downloads) and a set of tasty elements featuring what else, apples.

Have a great week and…

Happy Scrapping!

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