Blog Participation Challenge Week 2 Winner!

Happy Friday!

You are never going to believe what…..I did. I scrapped! I’ve been so busy lately I didn’t realize how long it had been since I actually scrapped something and I never realized how much I was missing it. So, last night I stayed up well past midnight watching Jon & Kate Plus 8, having some wine and scrapping.

This is my favorite ‘recent’ photo of the boys together. I took this photo on a nature walk not to far from our house. I asked the boys if they would stand by each other so mommy could take a picture and I couldn’t believe they did it! They even smiled! I was so excited.

They’re usually so silly I never get an opportunity to take a photo like this. Either Kaden is doing something strange and making strange faces or Logan is hugging, sometimes more like suffocating, his brother as Kaden screams bloody murder. LOL! I guess that's boys for ya?

It had rained the night before so the boys got to wear their big red rain boots. I just LOVE these boots and the boys LOVE to wear them. They were so excited to be able to stomp in all the mud and just be boys. Yeah for the big red rain boots!



Layout created with mini kits from the ScrapMatters Design Star Week 1 Competition.

Credits:
Papers by Contestant DS116
Stapled Frame by Contestant DS116
Flourished Frame by Contestant DS13
Ribbon Cluster by Contestant DS116
Beaded Wire by Contestant DS67
Butterfly by Contestant DS105
Word Art by Contestant DS25

Now for the exciting news!

This weeks winner of the Blog Participation Challenge is Terri - Hawaii!

Congratulations Terri! Check your 4shared account for your prize!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Scrapping!

Away In A Manger

Merry Christmas Eve!

I have the final kit preview for Divine Digital’s charity kit ‘CARE – The Girl Effect’, and as you can see this kit is gorgeous (and HUGE!). Cyndi at Wetfish Scraps has been working hard to get this preview done to share with everyone before this kit hits the Divine Digital store tomorrow. Remember, if you purchase this kit, proceeds go to CARE and their The Girl Effect project to help young girls in need.



I also have some new items I have added to my Creative Scraps Store and Scrap It Sassy store in time for my 50% off sale. This sale ends Dec. 31st be sure to take advantage of these great prices before the new year.



Remember last week I mentioned I made a surprise present for the boys’ grandparents and great grandma using some of Teri Mayo (Teri’s Thing O My Jig’s) templates? Well, the templates I was referring to were her calendar templates. Oh my, I can’t believe how wonderful this calendar turned out. The page is a regular 8 ½” x 11” size, and I just took my files down to my local Kinko’s and they printed them on their calendar paper and bound them for me in less than a day. Thank you to Teri for offering these wonderful templates to help make the project so much easier.

(Here is a slide show of the calendar I made)



Today I have the last of my Christmas freebies. This is a small mini kit that I had created for the Digi Scrapping Carols collab that was cancelled. It includes two QP's plus the individual papers and elements I used to create the QP's.

Before I go, I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported me over the past six months. I know I haven’t been responding as much as I should to the comments that have been left recently, and I apologize for being a bad blogger. With Christmas, the boys birthday next month and just life with two almost 3years olds, it has been a bit crazy over here. I do want you to know, I am truly grateful for all the inspiring comments I receive and for all the new friends I have made. Y’all are the best!

From my family to yours, we wish you all a safe and very Merry Christmas!

Happy Scrapping!

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Thanksgiving Blessings QP and Day 1

Good Morning Everyone!

I have a lot to cover in this post so it is going to be a bit busy and long winded. But don't fret, this morning I have not one but two goodies for you.

First off, I want to thank Nani from the Chronicles of Nani for an award she gave me last week.



This award calls for seven things I love and to pass it on to seven people.

Seven things I love are:

1) My family
2) Coffee, coffee and more coffee (to try to come close to the energy level of my boys. LOL!)
3) The sound of my boys laughing
4) Photography (I’ve taken over 15,000 photos on my camera that I received two Christmas’ ago. Since the count reset on April 28th, 2008, I have taken 5232 photos. Look like I’m shooting for a new record this year. LOL!)
5) Shopping (what girl doesn’t?)
6) Sushi (which I do not get enough of)
7) Cooking and trying new recipes

I totally APPRECIATE the awards that go around on the blogs and from the bottom of my heart I thank Nani for giving this to me. I have pondered and pondered and there is no way I can pick just a few special designers to pass this to. I feel that every designer has their own specialty and I know that each of us put our heart and soul into our work.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! The boys had so much fun trick or treating for the first time and let me tell you, they had it down after the first house.

Before we went out, I asked the boys if I could paint a Superman emblem on their face. The boys hate to have their hands stamped or wear tattoos so I figured the make-up I bought was going to head straight for the trash. I couldn’t believe after I asked them if I could paint Superman on their faces and gave them a mirror to watch, they sat there quietly the whole time. I am so proud of them, and they were so proud to have Superman painted on their face. This is the only time the boys willingly came to me to have the pictures taken. LOL!

We are REALLY big on manners in our house, so the ‘rule’ was they would go up to a house, knock (or ring the door bell), say trick or treat, hold their bag up for candy, then say thank you, and happy halloween. These were big phrases for my little supermen and it was so cute to hear them stumble and blur all the phrases together. All the treaters who gave us candy just laughed every time the boys talked.

The boys had so much fun this Halloween I just had to scrap some photos. The papers and elements in my layout are from my Thanksgiving Blessings kit. I know these are Halloween photos but I am just in the mood for some of my favorite fall colors. And since ‘pumpkin’ pie is one of my all time favorite Thanksgiving treats, this page will perfect to scrap some of those Thanksgiving memories with too.



Isn't that the cutest little pumpkin collage you have ever seen? I picked that up from Pam @ The Ladybug Pages blog back in the beginning of October. She offered it as a CU freebie template and when I saw it I just knew I had to have it. She still has it available on her blog for download and you can go directly to it by clicking here.

You must be thinking by now, when in the world is she going to get to the freebies?!? How about right now!?! The first freebie is a QP from my Thanksgiving Blessings kit. That’s right, you guessed it, the same LO I used to scrap my boys photos.

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If you like the QP above, be sure to grab my Thanksgiving Blessings kit before it goes to my store. I am offering the kits in bits and pieces over the next couple of weeks. I will periodically expire some of the links so remember to check back often.

Once you grab all the parts of this kit, you will have 15 papers, 40 elements and a page of word art to scrap all your Thanksgiving memories with. Here is a preview of the entire kit.









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Vintage Victorian Daily Download Day 1

Happy Monday!

How was everyone’s weekend?

Friday, the boys and I went up to Apple Hill for the day. We visited four apple orchards and one winery (they do have a play ground for little ones). It was so nice to go up the hill and get out of the heat for a while.

We played at the winery for a bit, pet some goats and pigs at another orchard (can’t remember the name of this one), ate lunch and played at Abel's Apple Orchards, and finished off the day feeding some trout and getting up and close to some ducks at High Hill Orchards.

Friday afternoon Hubby came down with what the boys and I had last week, so Saturday I was on my own with the boys at the MoM’s picnic. (Sigh!) There were so many kids it seemed like every time I turned around one of my boys were missing. (This is one of my biggest fears.) The bad part is the park is boarded by two busy streets so I was always freaked one of the boys wandered to the street side.

The picnic was a great success. I didn’t get to be as social as I would have liked since I was on my own but all the families seemed to have such a great time. I can’t believe how many itty bitty multiples we have in our group now. I love to see all the new little ones and it is so great the parents are taking the big step and venturing out with them.

We had so much food left over so I took some to our church for families in need and I also took some to our local fire department to give the guys a break from cooking. Now it’s time to start planning our Halloween Carnival for next month.

Sunday we spent the day at hubby’s company picnic. They had a lady from animal interaction come to show the kids animals of the world, a bounce house, crafts, and three playgrounds for the kids as well as a horse shoe competition and softball game for the adults.

Kaden has always enjoyed bouncing in bounce houses but Logan has been a bit hesitant, until today. I am so proud of Logan for climbing into the bounce house all on his own and giving it a try. Once he realized how much fun it was we could not get him out of there. LOL! All they did was bounce, bounce, bounce. And then they fell fast asleep.

Rottie Mom – Thank you so much for the pictures. You’re babies are so adorable. Seeing the little puppy makes me want another so bad. Here are the scrap pages I mentioned in my e-mail:





fl_connie – You actually read my blog! (LOL!) And yes I do read all my comments. I am so happy you are enjoying my kits. I understand about saying ‘thanks’. Sometimes I’m downloading things and I have the boys pulling at me and then I think back later wondering if I said thanks or not. I try my best, but I know I am not perfect.

Diana – Congratulations on the upcoming new addition. I'll pray the little one is born happy and healthy. You know, I have always wanted to learn to quilt. I love anything that has to do with quilting (the patterns, the fabric, everything) but I have no clue how to do it. Maybe when the boys get older I will have the time to devote to learning it. I really want to.

Jesse7 – Wow 13 years old. I remember that age. I think that’s about 8th grade right? Next there is high school, boys, dating, oh boy. I’ll stick with my boys (LOL!). I couldn’t image having two girls hit teenage years at the exact same time. Even though, hubby always reminds me of things he did growing up and what I am in for having boys.

Designed – You ask and you shall receive. As you can see the Vintage Victorian downloads begin today. The Fall Splendor kit is part of a collab I am doing with Wenchd Grafix which is set to be released October 1st. I really like how that kit turned out and I can’t wait to share it with everyone.

Speaking of collabs, I have officially lost it. I am participating in two collabs that are both set to be released October 1st , Fall Splendor with Wenchd Grafix and Sugar Shoppe with ADSDesigners. When this all began, I didn’t really think about how I am going to blog about two collabs that are released on the same day. Do I post two separate blogs, one for each kit, or post both kits in one blog? I am going to have to ponder this and try to figure out what will be the best/easiest for everybody.

I know I have been long winded this morning, very long winded. This sometimes happens after a whole weekend of toddler talk. Can you tell I am in need of some adult conversation? LOL!

Well don’t fret, it is freebie time. I am going to offer my newest kit in bits and pieces over the next two weeks. It’s called Vintage Victorian. I’m not sure if I’m too happy with how Vintage or how Victorian the kit turned out to be, but here it is none the less.

Here is a preview of the kit. Some of the elements are not shown in the preview because they are the same elements in a variety of colors.



And here's what you will recieve this morning.

Happy Scrapping!

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