New Scrappin' Goodies

I'm baaaack with some scrapping goodies for you all! I wish I could get you all to understand how much I love to digiscrap. It's so relaxing, creative, and just fun! And look at these kits! They are so gorgeous! I'm sure you'll find yourself wanting to run hand-in-hand with them through a flowery field. Wait...you won't? Well, that's just crazy talk, because that's the kind of reaction I have to them! What do you mean that makes me crazy...YOU'RE THE CRAZY ONE HERE.

Onward to the goodies!

This is the new release from eNKay Designs at The Digichick. What a cute kit!

Dear Tooth Fairy by eNKay Designs

Maylee's too young to have lost any teeth yet, of course, so I went a different direction with my LO. I've been wanting to scrap her night time routine for a while now, and this was the perfect opportunity. Plus, Daddy did a great job taking pics of her brushing her teeth. 

For that page (up there. Yep that one ^ ^), I also used one of Lacey Bittner's templates, the Cute & Quirky Templates, for this LO. Templates are WONDERFUL. I find them very helpful and I also find that they actually help my creativity and inspire me. Here's the template pack, that is awesome.

Cute & Quirky Templates by Lacey Bittner Designs

Next I have some news and some goodies. I was offered a spot of Jen Yurko's CT and accepted! I am ecstatic! Have you seen her stuff? She has the cutest doodles and she always has these cute little people in her kits. And she's awesome. So here's her newest release at Digiscrappers Brasil.

Pedal Pushers by Jen Yurko

Once again, I didn't have a pic of M on a bike or anything, so I did a photo-less LO of what to get her for Christmas, because we've been debating this at our house recently.

And last, but not least, Misty has a new release tomorrow at Sweet Shoppe. It manages to be beautiful and fun at the same time, and I love kits like that! Here's the sneak:

Check the new releases tomorrow!

Here's the page I did with this great kit:

So, go on...check out these kits! I know you've got pics that one of these kits is just perfect for! I know it!

Love to all!

Some new LOs

Haven't posted in a few days (and I was doing so well, too!!), so I thought I'd pop over and show a few new LOs I've done. Yeah, I know...bore you with more of my "art." I actually don't know if I consider it art, though it is very important to me. Now, I have seen some LOs that I consider art. But mine...nah.

And just so you know, I don't scrap chronologically. A lot of scrappers do, but I came to the scrapping game when my daughter was already almost 2, so I have a lot of older pictures that I use to scrap. Oh, not to mention the the pictures I already scrapped, but scrapped when I WAS NOT good, so I like to use them over to give them the LO they deserve (not that I'm like some super-scrapper now. I still have a lot to learn and will be the first to admit it!). Anyway, enough rambling. Now on the the scrapping ramblings.

This first one is of my new...ummm....2nd cousin once removed??? It's my mom's first cousin's daughter's son. Can you figure that out for me, Val? (She's my resident genealogist). Anyway, my cousin Mandy had a gorgeous new son, Sammy. I wanna squish him!!

Noah & Co. by Lacey Bittner Designs
Page Template volume 3 by Thaty Borges
Font: CK Alayna

Maylee looks so little and smiley here. She's still little and smiley, but much bigger than THIS little and smiley.

Life is Bliss by Meghan Mullens
Template: Cluster Queen freebie

This was Christmas day last year. Maylee was being such a typical toddler. She got tons of new toys for Christmas, yet she played with the box. Huh.

What I Love About You by Daybreak Scraps
A Lot Of Papers Templates by Meghan Mullens
Font: Courier New

My sweet, sweet babies. Maylee loves her Daddy so much, and of course, he is wrapped around her finger. I love watching the two of them together. It makes my heart melt and my soul sing.

Occasionally by Polka Dot Plum Designs
Shabby Princess Project Scrap August Template
Font: Eight Fifteen

Beautiful, not 100+ degree days are here! We went to the park to celebrate! Maylee calls this the "curly slide."

My Happiness by Sugar Pie Scraps
Page Template by Thaty Borges
Font: Carrington

I love this picture. Maylee looks so sweet and it's so cute with her little boots. This, more than the baby picture above, shows me how big she's getting, I think.

Ribbon Stacks by Lacey Bittner Designs
Fresh ‘n Funky 2 Templates by Lacey Bittner Designs
Papers and elements from Sweet Stuff and Noah & Co. by Lacey Bittner Designs

Hobbies, old and new. And obsessions.

   Thought I'd share with you all a couple things that are a big part of my life. Some are VERY obvious, but some you may not know about.

   Let's get the obvious out of the way. Digiscrap. I love it. Like really, really love it. It's creative, beautiful, and I've met some wonderful people through it. I'm not going to post favorite layouts or anything, you can look back through my old posts and see tons and tons of stuff I've created. I DO want to mention some of my favorite digi people, though.

Tiff at Dotted with Dots (the MOST INCREDIBLE minimalistic LOs you'll ever see. Seriously. Did you know one perfectly placed picture, with just the right elements is pure bliss?)

Deb at Starlight-Creations. (She's my bestie. My BFF. My girl. That's that.)

Favorite digi-stops... Polka Dot Plum, Sweet Shoppe, Scrapable, The Digichick, Scrap Orchard, Digishoptalk,  Me So Scrappy. Love all these places!

Mars at scrap.teach.rant. (Great scrapper and all around fab lady)

   Next obsession: contemporary a cappella music. Have you even heard of that? I'm sure you know what a cappella is (singing without instruments), but contemporary a cappella takes it a step farther. These groups are truly bands, with every instrument done with the voice only. Drums, guitars, horns....the whole nine yards. Some of you know that I'm a singer. I sang all through high school and my college years. I miss it a lot. I miss being part of that community and I love the high of singing in front of people. It was a real joy. Anyway, if you don't know anything about contemporary a cappella, I have a few examples and starting points for you. First off, check this video out. This is the group Duwende. Lemme just say they are amazing...one of the best groups out there!! This is a great example of contemporary a cappella.





Another resource I love for contemporary a cappella is a podcast I listen to every week, Mouth Off!
They talk about what's currently happening in the a cappella world and review a record every month. I wanted to mention a big thing happening in the world of a cappella. Have you seen the NBC show "The Singoff?" It's been on for two seasons right around Christmas time. This has really brought a cappella into the mainstream and we're all looking forward to a new season starting in a couple weeks! With a cappella being kind of a niche "thing," this show is especially exciting to me, because I know a lot of the people that work behind the scenes on the show! I can't wait to see their names in the credits when I watch it. And, of course, I can't wait to hear the amazing music coming out of their mouths, too! Here's a favorite clip of last year's show, just to give you a taste.




And I have another video that is my favorite, because it's so good, yet it's so hilarious, that I want to share. Since I've already showed 2 videos, I'll just link you to it. But watch it. You WILL NOT regret it. Pour Some Sugar on Me by OTR.

   Okay, next on my obsession list is crocheting. I just learned how to about 2 weeks ago and I've actually made time to practice! My friend Val had a little crochet party, with her, me, and our friend Stacey (together, Val and Stacey make the photography duo that take our awesome family pictures every year), getting together to eat good food and learn my new obsession. We had a great time, but I picked it up rather slowly LOL. I learned one stitch and brought my "project" home and practiced until I felt like I had mastered that stitch. But the problem came when I thought I was ready to try a new stitch. Val lives too far away for us to just pop buy each other's houses, so she tried to teach me by just telling me what to do...yeah, that wasn't working for my thick head. So I popped on YouTube and found a quick and easy video showing me how to do it and I picked up that stitch, too. So now I know the single and double half crochet stitches. I'm practicing those stitches until I have them down pat and then I'll learn another one. From what I hear, there are only like 6, so I'm already a third there!

   Last but not least, my Pinterest obsession. Have you heard of it? Pinterest is a place to...store your visual ideas you see online. It's the ultimate bookmarking site. Check out my boards here. You set up different "pin boards" and pin stuff you see around the internet into one place where all your thoughts can come together. I'm probably not describing it's awesomeness well enough, but I really do love it. Not only do I draw digital scrapbooking inspiration from it, I get recipes, house decorating ideas, photography ideas, craft ideas....on and on. You follow people's boards that inspire you and people in turn follow your boards. If you think you might like it, send me your e-mail address and I'd be happy to send you an invite. Come join the madness!!

New releases

Hey all. Wanted to share some new releases from my CT designers. There's some awesome stuffs!!

First up is L'Posh. She just put out an awesome fall collab with Ellie Lash. And there's an owl! I'm such a sucker for owls!

Apple Picking {Collab}

She also has a great birthday kit. It's Polkadotplum's second birthday this month! Come on over there for all kinds of birthday challenges, games, and chats!

Birthday Bash

Lacey Bittner Designs just put out this cutie cute, sweet kit.

 Sweet Stuff

Use coupon code NEW20 to save 20% through Friday!

And last, but certainly not least, eNKay Designs put out this awesome template kit. *sigh* I love templates.

Eezy Peezy 5 Templates

20% off right now!! Go! Go fast!

Yes, I know what you're thinking. And yes, I AM the luckiest girl in the world to CT for these awesome designers and get to work with these awesome digi stuffs!! It's okay to wish you were me for a little while.

Love to all! Thanks for stopping by,

ADSR6

  Hey all! I wanted to share something so fun that a friend and I are doing together! This is my first year doing the Amazing Digi Scrap Race (ADSR), that's put on by Natural Designs in Scrapbooking. My partner, Val, has run the race twice before with different partners. Basically, you have stops on the race where you have to complete a challenge. The stops are at different digiscrap forums and each challenge is so different! We're already on challenge #5. We get a challenge every Sunday and Tuesday. We have until the following Sunday to complete both of them. When I started this race, I told myself I couldn't procrastinate on the layouts, and I haven't! I've gotten them all done soon after we've received our challenge. The theme for this challenge is family...I can dig that!! So here's a description of the challenges and my LOs that I did with them.

Challenge #1 - Host site: Digi Scrap Connect

Create a LO using 6 fun facts about your family. Items required on this LO: 1.At least one photo of your family. 2.At least 6 items listing trivia/fun facts about your family.

Credits:

Kitschy by Akizo Designs
Font: Toony Loons

Challenge #2 - Host site: Scrappity-doo-dah 

Peek-a-boo challenge. Items required: 1.Two background papers 2.One photo, cropped to 3"x3" 3.Cut 3 shapes out of your top paper to show bottom paper (peek-a-boo) 4.Journal about someone in your family that has inspired you 5.Add a cluster around your photo.

Credits:

Kit: Spontaneous Delight by Carrie Stephens
Some elements: Tea & Honey by Honey Designs
Font: Angel Tears

Challenge #3 - Host site:  Natural Designs in Scrapbooking

Family play time. Create a LO telling us what your family enjoys doing together. Twist: you have to make the LO LOOK like that activity.

Credits:

Perfect Picnic by Polkadotplum Designers
Font: Veteran Typewriter

Challenge #4 - Host site: Digiscrap Station - Intersection (Only one member of the team produces a LO)

Traveling family. One member supplies photos and journaling, the other member produces the LO. Make a LO about your family's travels. Have the vehicle of these travels play a predominant part in the LO.

Val gave me photos and journaling and I whipped this up. No kit used.

Challenge #5 - Host site: OScraps

LO about yourself. What would YOU do if you had a day to yourself? This was a recipe challenge, meaning they gave you all the directions for the LO and you made it what you wanted. This is the recipe I went with:

Background Paper
Three Flowers (can be the same flower used three times)
Word Art
One More Paper
Stamp or brush
One, Two or Three Photos
Date 

Of course, you all know what I'D do if I had a day to myself!!

Credits:

Moments by Cinzia
Word Art by Scrapping Sisters
Photojackets from Library Thing personal account 

  So tomorrow morning we'll get a new challenge and I'm looking forward to it. I may not have loved all of these challenges, but I have been getting my scrap on, and I have ADSR to thank for that!

   I'll wait until I have another few LOs put together and share my next leg of the ADSR with you guys! Wish me happy racing!!

 

Designiversary kit...your way!

Hey all! Sugar Pie Scraps is having her 1 year designiversary! Now you all get to help her choose the kit she'll design for it! We've already been through one round of "voting" and a color swatch was chosen. Now we get to pick a theme to go along with those colors! Here are the choices:

Vote here!!

Everyone that votes will receive a discount coupon to purchase the kit when it is released and one lucky person will win the kit! Please vote for the number of the theme you like best. Please only vote one time. Voting will be open through Thursday, April 14th. The winning theme will be announced on Friday, April 15th and I will then begin work on the kit!

Let the voting begin!!

Thanks everyone! Go on over there and vote! I can't wait to see the finished product!!

*New Release* Polkadotplum Designers Collab!

Wow, I'm in scrapbooking heaven! 3 awesome designers from Polkadotplum have teamed up to design this amazing kit, And One To Grow On! Designs by Sweet Mesquite, Farynar's Wings and Laughing Sun Designs worked together on this oh-so-cute birthday/party kit. Check this out:

Look how big this collab is!! It's so beautiful! And notice how there's plenty of elements for either a boy or a girl! And as usual, you can buy the bundle with everything or pick and choose what you want. I love that about PDP! Here's a LO I did with this kit:

Here's one from Shauna:

And one from Nena:

See how versatile a kit can be? And see how all different creative minds think alike? I think that's just awesome! And, just a little tip, go over to Beth's blog, Designs by Sweet Mesquite and she just may have a coupon for you!!

Enjoy your day and love to all!

Big scrapping news!

   Remember how excited I was to be on my first CT with Jumbbumble Designs?! And remember how I said I wanted ONE CT to dedicate my time to? Well, I loved CTing so much, I went ahead and took two guest spots for the Month of April! I know, I know, I said JUST ONE, but....well. In my defense, all these ladies I"m CTing for are in the same shop, my new home, Polkadotplum (PDP). So let me introduce you to two wonderful ladies and their awesome designs.

Beth, or Designs by Sweet Mesquite is a wonderful woman with awesome designs. You may recognize these LOs I did with her You Make Me Happy kit.

   Beth was one of the first people to welcome me with open arms to PDP, so I'm ecstatic to be working with her stuff!

   The next designer that I'll be CTing for this month is Crystal, or Sugar Pie Scraps. She is such a sweet woman with amazing designs. I really like her style. This is her newest kit, Spring is in the Air.

Here's a LO you may recognize with this one.

And here's a couple  did with her A Fresh Start kit. I LOVE this kit! I love the blue with the black/grey. So beautiful!

(This one was done with another kit, too, but all elements are from Spring is in the Air. The red paper is not.)

  Sugar Pie Scraps has some cute stuff set to come out this month! I can't wait to start working with it! And Designs by Sweet Mesquite just re-released her kit, Emily, and it's gorgeous! 

 Here's what I did with it.

   I'm very proud of this page, because it was very hard to do, with the cluster "coming out" from between the papers. This digital scrapbooking isn't as effortless as I make it look (LOL!!)

  So that's my big news. I'm so excited! Getting to work with these awesome designers is such fun!

  Anyway, more goodies to come from all these wonderful designers. Stay tuned!

Love to all,

New Release and a blog hop! (That means FREEBIES!!)

   Hi everyone! Hope you've been having a good week. Wednesday, otherwise know as HUMP DAY is here!! I've been having a great and bad week all at the same time. I woke up Monday morning sick. Just like that...BAM, you're sick! I was fine Sunday and Monday was feeling bad, which got worse throughout the day and got even worse by Tuesday. Sigh. Stupid sinuses. On a much, much brighter note, I started working out yesterday and it felt great! I'll be going at least 3 times a week, if not more. I really worked hard and because of the type of machines at Curves, resistance machines versus high-impact machines, I'm not one bit sore. And that's saying something because I know I worked my hiney off. I'm not kidding around here with this working out stuff! I actually enjoy exercise and when I do it I go at it guns blazing. It's finding the time to work out, and I just decided I HAVE to make the time, because Maylee will appreciate a healthier Mommy in exchange for me being gone from the workday an extra 45 minutes.

   Anyway, on to the good stuff! Melanie, or Jumbbumble Designs, has a new release today! Look at this beautiful kit she designed:

Check it out here! 

I'm LOVING the blue and orange! The blue is, well, soft (like the title indicates! Haha), and that orange makes a great POP! I have another one in the works, but here's a LOs I did with this kit:

   So pretty! (The LO, and my dear friends Val and Carrie, too!)

   Now let's move on to the FREEBIES! Yay! Polkadotplum is having a great blog train!

   Check out what Jumbbumble Designs is offering! Oooh, I love her templates!

   You can download this awesome template pack >>here<<

   Here's a LO I did with one of these great templates:

Check out what the rest of the Polkadotplum ladies have for you!

Farynar's Wings

Sweet Tomato Designs

Laughing Sun Designs

Designs by Sweet Mesquite

Sugar Pie Scraps

Rhonda Sunflower Designs

Tree City Studio

Kat's Creations

Pixie Keepsakes

Polka Dot Plum Designs

  GO! Go now! Come on ride that train!!

   Enjoy everybody! Have a great week! Love to all!