Happy Valentine's Day to you! For one day only you can pick up 7 of my products (excluding bundles) for just $14.00. Simply add this to your cart and check out. Download the zip file and follow the instructions to get your 7 products of choice! You can choose anything you like from my store with the exception of bundles. If you'd like to buy more than 7, you may purchase this special multiple times. Hooray!
February 7th is my and Andy's anniversary. We have been married for 14 years now. That's all fine and wonderful but on February 7, 2012, I got the very best anniversary present I could ever get. Of course, it wasn't from Andy, it was from my sister and her husband. Her name is Adelynn Grace and I already love her so much it hurts! I haven't met her yet but my sister did send me this one little photo of her from her hospital bed. You know I couldn't wait to scrapbook her beautiful little face! So here she is, my sweetest, newest niece...
Credit: Color My Life by Pretty In Green available at Ginger Scraps
Isn't she amazing? I can't wait to go and meet her as soon as possible! Congratulations Brenda and Zach! Thanks for the greatest anniversary gift ever. The only thing better would have been if she were my own! I guess I'll have to settle for yet another awesome niece to love forever! ;)
I have been waiting for a couple of weeks to share this exciting news with you and I'm so thrilled to tell you today! As you might have noticed lately, I've been really feeling the design vibe. I have been scrapbooking a lot, of course, but I've really been wanting to design lately. Well, out of the blue, I got an email asking me if I would be interested in selling my kits at Natural Designs In Scrapbooking. I'll admit that I was a little scared and a little excited all at the same time. You know how that self doubt can creep in when you're presented with an opportunity to show your skills? Yeah, well, it crept in for a couple of days and I bored poor Andy to death with my what ifs and why nots. Finally he just said, "What have you got to lose?" And, you know what? He was right. Although maybe I shouldn't put that in writing and probably not out in the webosphere at all. LOL!
So, I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure out how to open a store and how to quality check my products and everything else that goes with this great new adventure. I will tell you now that there were times when I seriously questioned my decision. But in the end (after I figured it all out with the help of some very wonderful people at NDISB), I am about to jump out of my skin with excitement! And so, I'm so thrilled to announce my Grand Opening at NDISB! So thrilled!
Click on the flyer to head to the store and check it out! I have 26 products ready and waiting for you to play with! Go quickly because the sale ends in 3 days!
And since you're now so obviously in love with my products, you'll want to apply to join my Creative Team. Right? Well, go for it! I would love to hear from you and check out your gallery!
Ok...before you run off, how about a couple of sneak peeks right here on my blog?
And because you stuck around through the entire post, Sharon has this awesome cluster freebie from the Whispers kit available for you on her blog! Thanks, Sharon!
Just click the preview to head to her blog and download it.
Thanks so much for stopping by...now go shopping! LOL!
In all the craziness that is my life lately, I have squeezed in some scrapping and I thought I'd catch you all up on what I've been making.
I don't usually make our calendars so elaborate (nor will I probably print this one) but as part of the Calendar Challenge at STS, I made up this August Calendar.
Kit: Day by Day by Digilicious Designs
It seems that we always witness a cowboy being carried out of the arena when we go to the rodeo in West Yellowstone and our last trip was no different. There's a moment of pure prayer and hope when you see a cowboy laying in the dirt. Your heart hurts and you simply pray for his safety and his life. I did this as part of a speed scrap at STS.
Kit: Delightful by Adriana's Cafe
Camping is, of course, one of our favorite things to do and since one of the challenges at 9th & Bloom this month was to scrapbook your children making memories without including your children in the photos, this was the route I took.
Kits: In the Woods: Summer Camp & In the Woods: The Good Life by Alissa Jones
Last week we spent some time at the lake and Izzy begged to be able to sharpen her own cooking stick. We usually tell her no but since her argument was so good this time, we decided to let her. So after a short knife safety lesson, she went to work and she carved a mighty fine cooking stick!
Kit: Color Bloom by Every Ever After Moment Designs
While we were out at the lake, we happened upon some beautiful bucks. I love how this photo turned out so I used it as part of the Featured Designer Challenge at STS this month.
Another great capture from the lake were the flowers on the lake. BEAUTIFUL! The Twitter Challenge at STS this month was to use the word "awesome" on our layouts thus this layout was born.
Kit: Camping In Style by the 9th & Bloom Design Team
I had forgotten about a speed scrap that was happening last week until I was looking at the gallery and saw that there were so many layouts that had the same look. Luckily, I saw it when there was still 10 minutes left of the speed scrap. So I whipped PSE open and worked furiously to get this layout done and uploaded within that 10 minutes.
Yep, I know I've scrapped those pictures of Lexi a few times but one of the challenges at 9th & Bloom this month was to convert a color photo to black & white so since I had the photos out for that challenge, I decided to scrap with them again. Here's my before and after conversion.
I still like the color one better but the b&w turned out alright.
Another of the challenges at 9th & Bloom was a scraplift challenge so I used my newly converted photo to create this next layout.
Kit: Make A Wish by Secret Stash
And since I had those photos open, I was converting a few of them to see which I liked best and this next photo is the one Andy like best. There was a challenge at 9th & Bloom to remake a layout from when you first started digital scrapbooking and this photo was the perfect choice because I've never really loved the original layout I made with it. It looked like this...
I love the photo blend but the rest of the page is pretty sad.
This is the redo...
Kit: Hopes & Dreams by Secret Stash
There was a template challenge at 9th & Bloom as well and since I was in challenge mode this week, I tackled it and made this layout about my nephew's birth day.
Kit: You Rock by Agnesingap Designs
And since I scrapped, Luke, I had to scrap Makalyn and I love, love, love these pictures of her playing at the park here.
Kit: Bahama Mama by A+ Designs (releasing tomorrow at GP)
I also wanted to play with my new kit, Solitude, yesterday so I made this layout for the Quote Challenge at STS. I have to just say that this is by far my most favorite kit I've ever made. I'm not usually a pastels kind of girl but this kit just makes me happy.
Kit: Solitude by Wendy Tunison
There was a scraplift challenge at STS this month that used one of my most favorite layouts as the inspiration so I was happy to jump on the bandwagon and scraplift it. These are pics from a night at the rodeo in West last month. This is my little brother. He was the first cowboy to ride a bull this season and he happened to do it when I was there to see it. He freakin' rocks! Seriously. Lexi recorded the ride and she said she couldn't hear anything but me and my mom screaming the whole time. I think she's right because I think I could taste blood in my throat afterwards. It's so exciting to watch him ride.
Kit: Hero Of TheDay by Aimee Harrison Design Studio
Here's the video (I love how he celebrates at the end although I think Lexi missed a lot of that):
I also have some exciting news regarding the This Scrapper's Got Talent contest at STS. I tied for 2nd place! WAHOO! This was so much fun and I highly recommend it to any scrapper who wants to push themselves outside their comfort zone. It was well worth it and the talent that was shown during this competition just totally blew me away. It was awesome!
And lastly, but not leastly (ha ha), Scraps N' Pieces has a new kit coming out called Born To Be Wild. It's a motorcycle themed kit but is so versatile you could use it for anything. The layouts the rest of the CT made with this kit just blew me away and the pieces of this kit made it an instant favorite for me. So grab it if you're into bikes. Grab it if you like grunge. Grab it if you have black & white photos to work with. Just go grab it. It's that good, I promise! And if you grab it in the next 3 days you'll get it at the low price of $2.50!
The first layout I made with it is about my other brother and one of the word arts in the kit just made me think of him. I took this picture a couple of years ago when we met up with him a few towns away and spent the day at the river with him and his girlfriend. I'd never seen him so happy and it looked dang good on him.
This next one is all about Izzy and how she perfect Redneck Riding. I walked outside one day and this is what I saw.... a little blonde girl in her underwear with one shoe on and a mud trail up her back. Of course I grabbed my camera. One day she'll need some pictures for the Senior Slideshow! LOL!
And of course, I also made a freebie for you!
You can download it here and you can find even more about this kit here as well as more freebies made by the SNP CT. Enjoy!
Have a great day!
So it's 1:20 am and I just finished recreating the kit I was working on last weekend. Wanna sneak peek?
Come back Tuesday to see the full kit!
Just thought I would remind everyone that I'm hosting a speed scrap tonight at 6 pm PST, 7pm MST, 8pm CST, 9pm EST at Pretty Scrappy. You'll find us in the chat room or you can follow along in the challenge forum! It's going to be HOT HOT HOT!!!
I'll give you a little hint...you're going to want to bring at least 4 pics of your celebrity crush with you tonight. We're going to have a little fun! It's time for a new hottie page to grace this blog so this is my perfect excuse and I've cooked up a very tasty treat for you if you play along!
So join us for a good time tonight! See you there!
PS. Farrah just emailed me and she is adding a $3.00 coupon to the participation package! WOOHOO!!! Thank you, Farrah!
So as many of you may know, tomorrow is National Scrapbook Day...what does that mean? SPECIALS GALORE!!!! Here are a few that I'm aware of....I'll add more as I find them.
If you love word art...check this out!
A couple of new releases and a special deal from Trixie Scraps!
A new store and a special!
A Contest...
A Lottery...could you be the lucky winner?
Some new Challenges at Michelle's Angels
Digital Candy is starting a new daily download for May...a little sneak peak for you!
A Sale...
This next 50% off coupon is for Delicious Scraps.
That should give you something to do this weekend! LOL!
I'm hosting a Lyric Challenge at Pretty Scrappy this weekend as well as a Speed Scrap Sunday night if you'd like to join me!
