Inkin' & Thinkin'

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A creative bug! WAHOO!!!

I have to tell you that since I got sick, I just haven't had the desire to create anything but this past Saturday, I was in creative mode and I got a ton done!  I edited over 200 pictures for a couple of photo shoots from last month, I created some layouts and I even started a new kit!  So I thought I would share a little with you.

You may remember this QP from an earlier give away.  I made it with this photo in mind.  This is one of the Sr Pics I took of Destiny and I have to tell you we had a lot of fun.  Grab your camera and a teenage girl (really, any girl!) and just see how much fun you can have!  I had a blast with her ideas and her willingness to try anything.  It was awesome!

Credits:  Autumn Dream by Wendy Tunison

When I originally made this page, I was thinking that I would scrap my other grandma and how I wished she had kept a journal so I could read it.  But then it went a different direction and I scrapped my other grandma and my lack of a relationship with her. 

Credits:  Ticket To Ride by Just Passin Thru (coming soon to Nuts4Digi.com)

I have this friend that recently moved away and with her she took her two beautiful babies.  I miss all three of them so much and was feeling a bit nostalgic the other day and found these photos of the girls when they were babies and couldn't help but scrap them....aren't they the cutest little things ever?!

Credits:  Freshly Picked Fall by Teri Mayo (she's back!!!!!)

I also stumbled on this photo of Kaylee from Halloween last year and well, she was just too cute!  This was her version of Dolly Parton and she was completely in character (ok...minus a few obvious embellishments) and had a ball being so pretty.

Credits:  2 Cute 2 Spook by Teri Mayo

My cousin had sent me these photos of her son a while ago and I finally figured out what I wanted to do with them this weekend.  So I went for it.  The large photo on each page was her favorite so I wanted to make it pretty predominate.  She loved them so I was happy!

Laura aka {simply.scraps} gifted me this uber fun kit called School Girl Crush and of course I had to play with it!  So I grabbed some goofy pics from Lexi's soccer team this year and scrapped them.  I just remember them giggling so much that day and having fun with the shots.  I loved it!

Credits:  School Girl Crush by {simply.scraps}

I was also having a bit of an open journal moment and scrapped my nephew's mom.  I have tried to get to know her and have really desperately wanted to know more about my nephew and to meet him but she is pretty closed off and won't tell me much of anything so while I was in an honest journaling mood, I made this page.

Credits:  Freshly Picked Fall by Teri Mayo

And finally...because you know I'm addicted....

I also thought I'd show you Andy's hunting pics.  He went to eastern MT last week with his buddy and went antelope hunting.  They had a great time and both came back with some nice sized antelope to show for it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Come back tomorrow for a new freebie!

  

Sunday Freebie ~ It's Opening Day!

It's Opening Day of hunting season here in Montana so I thought I better do a hunting page to celebrate!  ;)

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Saturday Freebie

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Hello from Hermitville!

I don't think I've left my house in over a week now.  I have been sick yet again and can't get over this crud.  I felt really good for 3 days before this round hit me and once it did, it was all down hill again.  I am so sick of being sick but I have to tell you that while I have been sick, my poor husband has been wonderful.  I feel very blessed to have him to take care of me.  He works hard all day/night and then comes home and works hard to do all of his work and mine.   I am blessed.  I am also blessed with wonderful friends who pray for me and check in on me regularly.  I so appreciate that.   You can't even begin to imagine the difference you make in my life.  (You know who you are!)  So although sick, I feel blessed.  So I thought that I would pass on a few good things to all of you as well.

So this week, there will be a freebie every day on my blog (I'm going to schedule them all tonight so that they're here all week even if I'm not).  ;)

In the past few weeks I  have only finished two layouts...how sad is that?  But I have been busy with editing senior pics, as well as a 2 other shoots I did a couple of weeks ago so that is sucking all of my creativity right out of me and by the time I'm done looking at photos each day, my eyes are crossed.  LOL!  But they're turning out so beautifully so it's all worth it!

One of the Sr. Shoots I did was for Destiny and I tell ya, this girl is a ball of funny!  We had a wonderful time shooting and well, when I happened upon this kit, I couldn't help but play with a couple of the photos.

Credits:  Fallen by Cora's Creations

Lexi has this wonderful friend that she just loves to hang out with and since they were on the same soccer team this year, there were some photo ops for me!  LOL! 

Credits:  Rawr by Cora's Creations

While I was playing with these kits, I thought I'd make up a QP with each of them to share with you as well...so your first freebie of the week is actually two QPs! 

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And your second freebie for today is dinoriffic (yeah, I know, lame...but hey, that's life!  LOL).

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Thanks for stopping in and be sure to come back all week for more goodies.

Catchin' Up & A Freebie!

It's been so long since I blogged regularly that I had to go through my layouts to see what I'd actually gotten done since then...it's not a whole lot but there were a few in there from August and September that I haven't shared yet so...here ya go.

Izzy loves Anita.  In fact, she calls her "My 'Nita" and insists that she is her friend and not mine.  This pic is from a day at the lake this past summer.  Notice how Izzy has her life jacket on and a float tube?  Well, by the end of the day she was without both and loving the water!  

Credits:  Beach Cantina by Inspired By Dominic & Sweet Tomato Designs

This is my family at my sister's wedding a few years ago.  The day after I uploaded all of my pics (800+) from her wedding my laptop hard drive crashed and the photos were lost.  Luckily a few friends were able to send us some photos of that day. 

Credits:  Just Breathe by Throwing Some  Scraps Around (coming soon)

I gave up all of my online games at the end of summer except Fish World.  So I thought I'd scrap it with this kit that was just perfect for it!  LOL!

Credits:  Squid Ink by Late Night Scraps & Creations By Rachael

When I saw this next kit, I immediately thought of this picture of my Grandma O.  The colors in the kit reminded me of her shirt and I just had to use it. 

Credits:  Angels Among Us by Dancing Princess Designs

Not long after we did Izzy's bday shoot she discovered just how cute she was and every time she saw something cool to pose in or on she was there and telling me to check it out and get out my camera and take a picture.

Credits:  Fall Friends by Flutter Expressions and GET Designs

After Izzy had seen that I could change the color of dresses in PSE she wanted me to change the color of her dress from Red to Blue so naturally, I had to oblige!  LOL

Credits:  A New Day by Christy Skaggs

When I saw the word art in this kit, I had to scrap my friend, Jamie.  I just love her to pieces and think she is one of the best people I know. 

Credits:  Megan by Just Passin' Thru

This is our friend's daughter playing in the mud at Kaylee's bday party in July of this year.  What a nut!

Credits:  In A Boy's Pocket by Designs By Angel & Project B Designs

I love this pic of Kaylee.  She is such a peaceful child and I'm so blessed to be able to observe her.

Credits:  Fall Friends by Flutter Expressions & GET Designs

This is just another picture from the same day.  Kaylee was telling Izzy all about the ducks and how she needed to sit quietly and be still so they didn't disturb them.  She's such a good big sister!

Credits:  Megan by Just Passin' Thru

My cousin and his family on a recent trip to Yellowstone stopped and had their old west portrait taken.  I love this guy...he is so smart and so funny and always adds some fun to our family gatherings!

Credits:  Cozy New Home by Trixie Scraps

This is another Lacey & Kyle layout.  They are such a cute couple and the wedding was fabulous!

Credits:  Powder Blue by Carena's Designs

As cool as her yellow dress was it just wasn't right for the railroad crossing sign so I changed it up a little bit and gave her a smashing new purple look!  LOL!

Credits:  Just Breathe by Throwing Some Scraps Around (coming soon)

From the moment Izzy was born, she and Lexi have had an amazing bond.  Lexi has always been such a force in her life. 

Credits:  Squid Ink by Late Night Scraps & Creations By Rachael

These are just a few pics from one of the Senior sessions I've done this summer. 

Credits:  Cozy New Home by Trixie Scraps

I loved watching Luke run through the water this summer.  It was such a blessing to spend some time with him and his sister when they came to visit. 

Credits:  In A Boy's Pocket by Designs By Angel & Project B Designs

I also had a little time this afternoon so I made you a Halloween QP.  Enjoy!

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A little sunshine blog train for you and that means a freebie!!!

Hello happy scrappers! Laura of {simply.scraps} has a fabulous announcement to make, as well as a SUNny freebie blog train to go along with it!

If you haven't snuck a peek down the post and figured it out already, Laura is opening up shop at Sunshine Studio Scraps! Exciting stuff, right??

In celebration of the {simply.scraps} one year anniversary and opening of her SUN store, Laura and her oobulous creative team are rockin' a blog train!



Designed with SUN in mind, we give you....Simply Sunny!



Ok...so Laura ran out of bandwidth on box net so she just uploaded the entire kit to the store for you to pick up!  YEAH!  You can grab the kit here.  Enjoy!  Don't forget to check out Digifree for even more freebies every day!

Here are two layouts I made with this kit this morning...such fun, sunshiny goodness to play with!

Hop on the train below! CHOO CHOO! Please note that download links will expire on 9/22.

Laura: www.simply-scraps.net

Carrin: http://twinderlandscraps.blogspot.com

Jen: http://jensscrapjournal.blogspot.com

Bree: http://breezybutterflycreations.blogspot.com

Aimee: http://polkadotscrapper.blogspot.com

Wendy: www.inkinandthinkin.typepad.com (you are here)

Deb: http://inkydaze.blogspot.com

Speed Scrap & A Freebie!

Well, I didn't mean to be so quiet this week.  I had scheduled posts but they've disappeared yet again.  Is anyone else out there having these issues with typepad?  Just want to make sure I'm not losing my mind!  LOL!

Well...first I wanted to tell you that I'm hosting a speed scrap tonight at 7pm MST (9pm EST, 8pm CST, 6pm PST) at Pretty Scrappy if you'd like to join me.  I will be teaching you a little photo editing technique as part of the speed scrap so be sure to arrive early and meet us in the chat room because I will be starting promptly at 7.  It's going to be fun!  Want to see a little reminder of the prize you'll be receiving if you come and participate tonight?  Here it is:

I also wanted to let you know that I am hosting 16 challenges at Pretty Scrappy this month so come on over and check them out.  There are some freebies tucked into a few of the challenges as well so don't miss out on the downloads!

I have a lot of layouts to show you as well but I need to get ready for the first soccer games of the season today (YEAH!!!) so I'm just going to have to come back later and show you the layouts.  For now I'll leave you with a quickpage freebie I made with Designs By Angel's newest kit His Path.

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Just Breathe & A Freebie

After this week, this kit was so appropriately named.  LOL!  Between the house deep cleaning, the first week of soccer and really the first week of classes...I'm exhausted.  I have been running non stop all week and am really looking forward to a much quieter week next week so I can do some scrapping.

The kit I'm going to show you today is called Just Breathe and is Farrah's latest kit.  You can get it for free with a $5.00 purchase from her store!  How cool is that?!  I just loved the bright contrast of colors in this kit...blues and oranges and browns...one of my favorite combinations! 

This is my aunt and 2 of my uncles a few years back...ok...a lot of years back!  LOL!

Credits:  Just Breathe by Farrah's Designer Scraps

This is my cousin back in 1997...so beautiful!

Credits:  Just Breathe by Farrah's Designer Scraps

My friend, Kristan, took these pics of our friends Keeli and Kerri at Keeli's daughter's wedding a couple of weeks ago and I just loved them so I scrapped them, naturally!  LOL!

Credits:  Just Breathe by Farrah's Designer Scraps

I also made a QP for you with this kit...well, it's really one of my layouts minus the photo and the title.  LOL...I told you, I'm a busy girl, this week!  Enjoy!

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1st Day & a freebie

The girls have been back to school for a week now and I'm working hard to get myself on a schedule too.  That means getting my house back in order.  So I've been working on that all week...going through a lot of things and just cleaning up after a summer of not worrying about it too much.  I haven't had a lot of computer time this week because of it but I'm thinking it will all be worth it next week when it's easy to get done.

But I did get the first day of school pictures started so I thought I'd share.  I feel so blessed this year.  Both girls have amazing teachers who really love what they do and their students.  So I'm really looking forward to a great school year and lots of unique learning experiences for them!

Credits:  Mish Mash by Wendy Tunison (coming soon)

Credits:  Mish Mash by Wendy Tunison (coming soon)

Credits:  Autumn by Cora's Creations

Now I also made a QP with Cora's kit to share with you...I hope you like it!

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