Layouts and more layouts

Sitting here thinking I should be productive but I just don't wanna, so I figured I would swing by and share some layouts with great kits that have been released this week. 

 This one is done using 100% me by Val C. Designs at Zig Zag Scraps

 DH would so hate this one with his photos and flowers, but it's my page, right? LOL It's done with the gorgeous new kit, Cherish by ViVa Artistry at The DigiChick.

 Some of Chance's artwork..This was done with Art is Freedom by Litabells Designs at Scrap Orchard and Gimme Layers Lite Vol 12 by Cluster Queen Creations.

 This is such a fabulous fabulous kit...Brand new from Etc by Danyale - Game Night - at The DigiChick

This kit is so pretty and it was a freebie from Secret Stash on her FB page a while back. I also used Gimme Layers Vol 23 by Cluster Queen Creations at The DigiChick. 

 Hope everyone has a great weekend and I hope to pop back in at some point!!

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Digiscrapping Stuffs!

Hey, hey!! 

Well, two weeks back at work and I am wiped out! Not sure what a whole week will be like hahaha. We've had the wildest winter here this year..not that I'm complaining one little bit! Today it was 65 degrees! That is the kind of winter I can handle. Two days ago it was like 20 and had snowed...strange indeed. I wouldn't mind if it would do this all winter. Little snow here and there and then go right back to warm haha. 

Anyway, thought I'd pop in today and share some layouts that I've done in the last week or so. There is surely some gorgeous stuff that has been released this week!! Click the images for full credits and where to find these great kits!!

 These two were done with a great new kit by Dawn by Design at The Digichick...love these colors!!

 This one uses a template by Queen of Hearts called Peppermint Patti

This one is using a fabulous new set of templates from Cluster Queen Creations - Stacked N Clustered. I just love love all her templates!

This layout is done using a gorgeous new kit from Etc by Danyale called myHeart...available at TDC!

This one is done using the new Boutique Collab at TDC called The Daily Details. I'm hoping it will be the cover for a 2012 album :)

And last but certainly not least is the awesome new kit from Litabells Designs at Scrap Orchard called Handmade Home...wonderful elements :)

This one also uses Stacked N Clustered templates by Cluster Queen Creations at TDC. 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I hope to be back sooooooon!! :)

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Pinterest

Back again today because I wanted to share the deep love I have for Pinterest!! I could literally lose hours there browsing, pinning, being inspired. Now mind you, I am not the least bit crafty...not one little bit! As a matter of fact, the thoughts of it usually make me twitchy and give me little anxiety attacks. BUT since I joined Pinterest, I am finding that maybe there is a little craftiness buried in there somewhere. I have tried a few things I have found on there and actually enjoyed doing it! 

 I did these sugar scrub jars for Christmas gifts for coworkers because of something I saw there (and I actually did a larger version for some family members):

My latest project is a scarf idea made from a couple of t-shirts I found one day for $1 each. The original pin was done in all one color, but I thought it would be fun to try it in my fav colors...WVU blue and gold...since they are playing in the Orange Bowl tomorrow night. I will be proudly sporting my scarf for the day tomorrow!!

If you haven't checked out Pinterest, I can't recommend it highly enough. I even have the app on my phone so that when I shut it down for the night on the PC, I can go lay in bed and browse a little more :) Looking forward to seeing what other craftiness just might be inside me! Hope everyone is having a great day!!

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Happy New Year!

I'm baaaaack!! Here's my first attempt at keeping up with this blog! Just a couple of things I wanted to share today! Is anyone out there attempting a P365/52, Project Life, anything of the sort? I am going to attempt P365 again this year, we'll see how it goes LOL I have tried for the last 3 years and haven't made it all the way through yet. But I do have some great photos from those years, so not a total failure :) I'll try to add a link to where I'm posting my pictures the next time I come by here. I'm also going to have a go at a great project called Tell Your Story Every Day. It seems to be the best fit for me and sounds like it's going to be so much fun!! I hope it will help me with my journaling. That's the one area I really struggle with...I know what I'm thinking when I create a layout, but no one else does...or the story behind it. If you want to check it out, here it is: 

The designers at The DigiChick have also released a gorgeous new Collab that will help you get started with any project you might decide to take on. It's called The Daily Details and it's on sale right now :)

I used it to create an album cover...let's hope I make it past the cover hahaha

K...that's it for me today! Hope everyone is having a great start to the new year!!

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Yikes!!

Bad, bad blogger I am!! Here we are, January 1st...well, actually 2nd now since it's after midnight...and I am really hoping to get back on track with my blogging. We'll see how it goes, I guess. You know what they say about the road being paved with good intentions!!

 We had a really great holiday around here and as it winds down and work is summoning me again, it's time to get it in gear, get organized, and get sh** done!

Wish me luck!!!

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Happy Thursday!!

Oh me, oh my!! Still not back in to any kind of a great routine like I had planned, but I'm thinking about it! That counts, right? :) Finding time for my scrappy life, which is my "me" time and I am so thankful to work with some of the best people in digi-land! I decided to not miss the chance this week to come along and show you some of the fabulous goodies arriving this week!!

Ohhh I guess I haven't mentioned that my guest spot at The Digi Chick ended as September started BUT I was asked to stay on as a permanent chick!! Yay!! The designers there are so amazing...it's a thrill to be able to work with all their gorgeous stuffs. This week is no exception. I didn't have a lot of time, but I did get to work with a fabulous Guest Designer this week: Dawn by Design and her latest Sunny School Year and Multitaskers templates! Here's my layout:

 Etc by Danyale also has some awesome stuffs this week at TDC: Two great school kits, one for the primary kids and one for high schoolers!! A must see!

Here's my layout with High Skool Rulz (template by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs at SO)

She also has a collab out this week with Sherwood Studios...man, is this gorgeous!! Here's my layout with Urban Garden (template by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs at SO)

And last but in no way least, Lita is rockin' the orchard this week with some fabulous new templates and an amazing new kit...You have got to see this one! Here are some layouts with her stuff at Scrap Orchard this week!

 Using Let Me Tell You (collab with Laura Banasiak) and Head Start Vol 6

 Using Where I Stand and Head Start Vol 3

Using Where I Stand and Head Start Vol 5

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Back to work and new stuff!

 Back to work this week for me. I guess I can start the 180 day countdown to next summer vacation now haha. It was good, but wayyy too short as always. Chance starts 1st grade this year and is really excited. Morgan started school today and my baby girl is a Junior in HS *sigh*. We have only had work days so far, kids on Monday...but I am wiped out. I really need to get myself back in a schedule and routine!!

 I did find some time this week to play with new goodies!!
The exciting news for this week is that Litabells is now exclusively at Scrap Orchard!! Weeee! Make sure you go and check out all that she is up to!!  She has released Art is My Comfort in her shop there and I got to play with it again. This is my newest tattoo. It's on the inside of my left wrist and I got it at the beach as just a little reminder to myself :)

Etc by Danyale has an absolutely gorgeous new release today at The Digi Chick...oh my...what a wonderful kit. It is called Weathering the Blues and a must see!! Here's the layout I came up with

Also out today at The Digi Chick is Fleury by Wendy Page...I absolutely love the colors in this kit. I used it with a template from No Boys Allowed by Cluster Queen Creations...also out today at TDC!

And the No Boys Allowed Kit is amazing as well. Here's another one of the templates along with the kit by Cluster Queen Creations

And last but certainly not least...Are you ready? For some football that is!! It's what I love most about this time of year and Chelle's Creations at Scrap Orchard has a fabulous new kit out called Play the Game. Here's my layout with that one :)

And one more thing before I go!! Flutter Expressions has a new release out tomorrow at 9th and Bloom and if you head over to her blog HERE there's a chance to win it!! Here's a sneak :)

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Long time and something new :)

Been a few weeks again...but I do have good intentions haha. We've been on vacation and now I am on crunch time before going back to work. I don't feel like I have accomplished 1/2 what I set out to accomplish...but I guess there's not much I can do about it now. Back to the grind on Monday!! And the 180 countdown begins again!!

Anyway, the main reason I am here is to show off something new that I'm trying. One of my fav designers - Litabells - has teamed up with Samara to bring Art Squared to life. Art journaling is something I've really admired for awhile...I've seen such talent. But it's never been something I thought I could do myself. My lack of patience and my ADD would cause me to have mini anxiety attacks at the thoughts of paints and stuff *shiver* but I looked around some and thought, well, I can give it a try digitally...see if I can make it work that way...THAT I can do :) So, I visited Art Squared, read the prompt, and off I went to create. Not sure it's all that great...but hey, I tried :)

Kit used is Sweet Songs by ViVa Artistry at The DigiChick! :)

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Hey hey everyone! Still enjoying the summer and trying to squeeze as much fun in to it as I possibly can. I'm trying not to think about how many days are left...just gets me down. I so hate seeing summer come to an end. Got the grass mowed today before the worst of the heat wave moves in, so tomorrow and Friday can be pool days!!! I have scrapped my little heart out this summer and enjoyed every minute of it! I've got some awesome stuff to show you this week and I had so much fun playing with all of it. So here it comes, in no particular order LOL

First up....Etc by Danyale is releasing some awesome stuff at TDC today...You must check it out!

I worked with Old Garden and did this layout that I plan to submit for the Digi Dares this week. I love how it turned out. I am really working on my journaling! 

Next up is a gorgeous collab from Litabells Designs and Sugarplum Paperie at The Digi Chick called Sunkissed

 Here's my layout with this one :) I'm also working hard on scrapping some older photos of Aaron and Morgan. This was Morgan at a family reunion when she was about 4.

Next is an absolutely beautiful page by Wendy Page at TDC called Dreamy and it is indeed dreamy!!!

For this layout, I wrote a letter to my 16 year old daughter, Morgan...working on that journaling :)

For this layout, I also used a fabulous new template from Cluster Queen Creations called Gimme Words Vol 2:

I used another template from this set to work with this absolutely stunning kit by ViVa Artistry at TDC:

My layout with this one is for all 3 of my children :)

Chelle's Creations at Scrap Orchard has some really fun new releases this week! Check out Bug Catcher, Celebrate! (Bold and Brite), and Fireworks!!

Here's my layouts with Celebrate Bold and Brite :) One is Aaron's first birthday and the other is Morgan's 4th :)

And my layout with Fireworks :) This year, Chance playing with sparklers :)

There's so much other great stuff out this week! I didn't have an opportunity (YET) to work with everything I would have liked to, but I hope to get to it soon! Hope everyone has a great rest of the week :)

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Warning...lots of great stuff!!

Wow...ok, so I have so much new goodness to share with you today, I'm not going to bother with the small talk and get right to it! 

Brand new today from the incredibly talented Danyale (Etc by Danyale) are two gorgeous new kits at TDC!

I used Russell's yard to scrap a photo of my DH when he was only about 3 years old :)

and I used Emilee's Room to scrap a photo of DD when she was about 4 :)

Still guesting at TDC this month and I absolutely love it there...everyone is so fabulous and the designs are just amazing. I worked with 2 kits and a template set this month and wowzers is all I can say.  I have swooned over Cluster Creations templates for awhile now and this week she has her first digital kit in the store at TDC and it is gorgeous! Take a peek at A Whisper of the Ocean

Here's my layout with this one using one of her templates as well...

Cluster Queen Creations also has a new template grab bag collaboration with Nikki Epperson out today at TDC as well!

I used one of these templates for another page for my parents...their 50th anniversary is Friday

The kit used for this is another gorgeous new release at TDC today. This one is called Kallah, and it is by ViVa Artistry!!

My newest exciting news is that I am now a CTM for one of my all time favs - Litabells Designs...I so love her stuffs :)

She also has a new release at TDC today...Flutterby - Deux

Here's my layout with this one using at template from her HSV6 :)

Oh noo...not finished yet hahaha I am also guesting this month for Chelle's Creations at Scrap Orchard :) She has some fabulous new kits out this week and I was able to work with a couple of them!

I used this for one of my not so favorite camping trips:

And I used this one to scrap a photo of my DS on the lake when he was about 3 (he's 20 now)

Whew...is that the last? Well, I did scrap a couple of other layouts this week but I will hold off on sharing them another day. Thanks so much for sticking with me to this point and I hope you will check out some of these amazing goodies!!!

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