Great kits I used lately

Hey everybody, I've gotten to play with some wonderful kits from the Creative Teams I am on, here are a few of them.


Each kit is linked if you'd like to view it in the store

Apple Blossom by Jen Maddocks Designs 25% off

Jen Maddocks newest kit Apple Blossom is in the store today and it's 25% off! I just love the colors in this sweet kit. It's so versatile! I used it for a flower garden visit, but it would be great for Easter photos too. Check out that word art, I still need to do another page with this kit...too much goodness to fit on one page.

Plum Dumpling Designs new Kit: Rabbit Tales

I realized that I haven't scrapbooked just about any of the 12 Easter Egg Hunts my son has done (wait, did he do it last year??? - ugh, my memory!) Anyway, I must've been waiting for the right kit. Rabbit Tales includes a special treat if you pick it up before 4/7 - you get the "basket case" alpha for free!

I'm super excited to have been selected for Plum Dumpling Designs Creative Team! This is the first kit I've worked with and I just love it! Mary is so creative and her work is quality, it makes scrapbooking so much fun. I naturally put a lot of pressure on myself to make a nice page, but this kit was so happy I hardly had to reassure myself at all. I can't wait for the next page I get to work on.

Rabbit Tales is 20% off through Sunday

Here's the page I created with this kit! My cute little 5 year old boy running around to find the eggs that his Grandpa (he calls him "Paka") hid

Digital Dandelions is now open!

As part of the creative team for Jen Maddocks, I had the privilege of working with the collaboration kit Take Flight. This collab is available at the new Digital Dandelions store that opened TODAY! Come celebrate and pick up the new kit for free!

Here is a preview of "Take Flight" - FREE with any $10 purchase

& here is my page (click on the layout for full credits)

Are freebies all I ever post? Here's more!

Ha, It feels that way!
Today I have TWO freebies for you using Jeanine DeOre's newest collaboration with Plum Dumpling Designs. Their Sunshine in Your Heart kit released Friday, it's ready for your hot little hands.



My husband and I are considering adoption of an older child. It's kinda scary!
I enjoy getting my feelings out on "paper" now and then, it seems to really help me clarify my thoughts rather than constantly mulling over the same things. Here is the page I created on the subject and below that is a link to a template/quick page. Since the woman silhouette is so necessary to the page, it is included for you! The little butterfly is there too!!!

Click the image to download

Thanks to Plum Dumpling Designs and Jeanine DeOre Designs for permission to create and give away this freebie! Personal Use only please.

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QUOTES QUOTES QUOTES
One of Jeanine's CT Members - the fabulous Betty - compiled a list of 30 quotes for you that celebrate women and the challenges we go through. They'll work great with this kit!
Find them here in a Google document you can download if you like!

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ANOTHER FREEBIE
I took a few of Betty's quotes and made word art. The Happiness one is a little hard to read here, but the full size version is just fine. It says "Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open" - Rose Wilder Lane

Click image to download

New Collab out TODAY! Woo hoo

I'm on the creative team for Jeanine DeOre Designs. She and Plum Dumpling Designs collaborated to create this great kit, I had the pleasure of playing with it early. It's packed full of great stuff. These two work well together. Sign up for Jeanine's Newsletter here and get a TON of freebies from the creative team too!

Don't forget - New releases are 20% off until Sunday!

Sunshine In Your Heart (Images are linked)

























































Check out the ScrapMatters gallery here for lots of inspiration from the CT!

Freebies and a new collab kit out Friday

Jeanine DeOre and Plum Dumpling Designs are releasing a new kit this Friday 3/18 called Sunshine in Your Heart. With the permission of Jeanine, I've created a few freebies for your personal use. I hope you enjoy them!

A page I created with
SUNSHINE IN YOUR HEART

Freebie Template (click preview to download)



Freebie Word Art
Includes "Grandma" , "Grandmother", "Mother", and "Sister"

10% off for Jeanine DeOre, freebies, tutorials and more!

Jeanine DeOre
is publishing her very first newsletter

She's going all out and you'll get some super goodies for subscribing!
10% off for everyone

Woo hoo! Several CT members are creating freebies AAAAND tutorials too! Subscribe here to get in on the goodies.

Using Parts of Brushes in Photoshop and PSE [Video] - Digital Scrapbooking Blog and Scrapbook Inspiration From DesignerDigitals

I found this great little tutorial today at Designer Digitals, it's a quick one.

Using Parts of Brushes in Photoshop and PSE [Video] - Digital Scrapbooking Blog and Scrapbook Inspiration From DesignerDigitals

Backups, Prints and a CT call...Oh my

I've gotten a lot done lately, can I brag for a minute? I'm kinda having a rough few days and need to remember what good I've done.

I didn't have a digital camera when my son was first born. I had scrapbooked all of the photos, but cropped them in weird shapes. So, I decided to scan in all of the photos and just finished scanning in 350 photos! Now his whole life is digital. I know he's thrilled, NOT! My teenage son could care less, but maybe someday his wife and children might care. I care, so for now that'll have to be enough ;) Here's my baby boy, at least I didn't crop all of them!

During the superbowl Persnickety Prints had a great sale with free shipping on all their prints. I got 12x12 prints for $1.89 each. I'm thrilled with the prints. I've used both PP and Jessica Sprague printing and they are both outstanding if you're not sure who to go with.

I'm on a great Creative Team and they are having a CT call. Bean Bunny and Studio Demo (who recently changed her name by the way) are great to work with. You can't win if you don't play!
Here are store links to see more of their work! Funky Playground, Polka Dot Plum, Digi Scraps Drive-in.

Love is in the air - Freebie VDay Cards

What do you do when you can't sleep because of a cold? Freebies sounded like a good idea. Jeanine DeOre released a new kit this week called "LoveBirds" and you guessed it - cute birds everywhere! It's amazing how many saying we have related to birds and love. I made some little 3x4 cards like we use to give away at school. Instead of one of those expensive cards how about something a little more hand made this year. I also found some envelopes by Sherri Osborn you can cut out and even decorate too.

Click on the individual cards to download at 4shared

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Don't forget envelopes

Check Out the Kit kit I used

Hope you all have a great weekend and Valentine's Day!

Terrible cold, but finished a few pages

Well, this stinkin' cold didn't keep me down for long. I was determined to get some pages done and I did. Tristen's ankle is feeling much better and he's pretty much back to normal now but keeping physical activity low.

First up is a page about my wishes for 2011. Some wishes are trivial and some are repetitive but all are me!Created using the Flavor of the Month Pink Lady Collab "And So It Begins"



Tristen got quite a surprise for Christmas. Since he already has THREE PS3's to play with, we said no way to an Xbox. However, we finally decided to let him have it since he didn't want anything else for Christmas and that's what all his friends play online. We figured it was social, so what the heck! It's another piece of cheese to keep him doing his work.
Created using Game Over by Studio Demo

Hope everybody enjoys their weekend. We're off to Louisiana to visit "Big Lake" which means lots of laptop time for me and lots of photos to take. Ahhh....

Freebie Quick Page - Lovey Dovey

Freebie quick page today I made using the
Lovey Dovey Kit by Project B Designs. Get the freebie here!

Here's my original page

A few more

OOOOhhh, I have a few more pages to share today. I guess it's easier to put them in separate posts anyway. Right?

I really liked these photos of my son and dog. Something about the sunlight in these pics really makes me happy. These great little templates by Project B Designs, really got me rockin' with this page. Kit used is Project B Designs "Project ABC Bundle #3." Full Credits here.


When my husband and I were dating we took a trip to Fargo for his cousin's wedding. I really had a good time there, but it was unexpected fun. I'm not a huge fan of cold, so I thought I was in for freezing temps. I even have flip flops on in one of these pictures!

I used Project B Designs kit "All Things Happy" to create this page. Full Credits here.

Today is a challenge, Two Pages done

Today is a rough day for me, I am trying to eat better but I'm not really wanting to today. Then my son sprained his ankle, YUCK! He's taking it well, it's not too painful now that we got some ibuprofen in him. It doesn't look too bad, but is really swollen. Fingers are crossed that it's minor, we'll give it until tomorrow before we go to the doctor. He's enjoying unlimited Xbox time, so he's feeling no pain ;)


Here's a few more pages I've done recently. In honor of the worrying we mothers do, 1st up is a page about my son.


Created with Timo Designs Kit "Imagination" available at ScrapBird. I did this page for a challenge at ScrapMatters, you can pick up the template for free here - courtesy of Tanya Riley.


I can't believe it's been 10 years since I took these pictures! Timo Designs also has a new Kit out this week called "Cold Days", find it here at ScrapBird.

Busy Gal lately but here are 3 pages done

I've been a busy gal lately. I've enjoyed some great family time and made quite a few scrapbook pages. I'm really enjoying my experience as a layout creator for several awesome kit designers. All of the groups are really great people to work with. I'm about to celebrate a birthday, between that and the New Year it's always a very introspective time of year. I'm reading the book "The Happiness Project" right now and highly recommend it. Here are a few pages I'd like to share with you all!

This is my dad and his sister back before I was born (almost 34 years ago.) I love the candid shot, don't see many older photos with people caught in the act.
Full credits here. Created with Paper Planes Designs "Hand in Hand"




I have a few puppy pictures too, who doesn't love some cute puppy dog eyes.

This is my dog, Max. I just love the little bugger!

Full Credits Here. Created with "Just You" by Brandi Sutherlin.





Gabbi is the pet of designer Brandi Sutherlin who created this kit called "Raveled" for all your knitting and crochet pages. She let me borrow a picture to use on this page. Isn't Gabbi cute!

I have more to post, be back soon!