Halloween!

We had Jaxon's "best buddy" Joshua come over to trick or treat with us this year and the boys were SO excited!!! They had already been in costume earlier in the day at school, but it was still really exciting for them. I don't think I've ever seen Jaxon that wound up! :) We were waiting for a pizza to arrive and then decided to go ahead and get started. Brian and Marley stayed behind to hand out candy and wait for the pizza while we headed down the street. Then we got the cell phone call that the pizza had arrived, came home, refueled with pizza, and then we all went back out for round 2. We didn't get far before Joshua had to use the bathroom, so we headed back to the house and called it a night. Even though we didn't hit as many houses as we'd hoped, we all had a great time! Here's one LO of the boys on the run... more to come soon.



Credits: All Hallows Eve freebie overlay from KJConners, halloween paper 7 from Jasjul at Stone Accents Studio, and the frightfully delightful wordart doesn't have author info (I must have forgotten to rename it, but I'm sure I found it from the IkeaGoddess blog- if you recognize it, let me know so I can give proper credit). Fonts: Bleeding cowboys and Pea Angedawn.

I finally did it...

I always try so hard to scrap original pages and even feel guilty when I use a template...and yes, I know that is exactly what templates are for... but it still almost feels like cheating!

Ok here's the deal: I rarely appear in pictures as I'm usually the one taking them, and I've had some people ask to see the new haircolor. So I thought I'd try to quickly scrap the one recent pic of me (of course we're at a costume party, so You can't see much of the hair, but you'll get the idea).

So... I scraplifted!!!! I think that as long as I give her credit, I'm "ok" though. The original layout I lifted this idea is here and by KirstieGai- on the Peppermintcreative.com design team gallery.

And here's mine... Credits: Witches Brew kit by Miss Mint at Peppermintcreative.com and Bleeding Cowboys font.

Suffering from Scrap withdrawal!

I have been so busy with work, the kids, etc. that I haven't had as much time to scrap as I'd like. Brian is out of town with his father this weekend, which would usually mean I'd have more time to scrap, but with Marley getting over being sick and Jaxon wanting to play his new computer games, I've basically been at the kids beckoned call. Now Marley's asleep and Jaxon is having a "slumber party"- which means Daddy's out of town so he gets to sleep in my room. So I made a QP to give away on our CT blog, scrapped a few freebie quick pages I had downloaded (some are missing information about the designer, so I may not post them) and one original page that I'll post below. I'm hoping to get one more done tonight too.

Here's one with my silly boy Jaxon:
Credits: Twinkle Toes kit from Miss Mint at PeppermintCreative.com, Duck from Rhonna Farrer's Splish Splash, and Pea Lacy font (I always forget to include fonts!)

Long time, no post!

I have been SO busy that I've had no time to post, let alone scrap. But I was home with a sick little one today and managed enough time to do a quick challenge. I LOVE Ikeagoddess's blog, especially for finding freebie templates, so when I saw she was hosting a challenge at The Meadow, and that there was an awesome freebie album for completing the challenge page, I couldn't resist. So here's my take on the First 3 things challenge: The first day that Jaxon was a brother... he was 2 years, 2 months and 2 weeks old when Marley was born. He was SO excited to meet her!

Credits: Polaroid frame and stitched alpha from DigiTreats, flower doodle from Lena's Feeling Blue, and "Dream" word art from Gina's Playing with Wire blog freebie.

So much to do, so little time...

I've been so busy with school that I haven't had much of a chance to scrap, let alone post, but I did some LOs with templates this week to get me into the "Halloween spirit!" As a child, Halloween was a favorite for me, but lately it seems to sneak up on me and its over before I really had a chance to enjoy it... so we're going shopping early for the kids costumes and I may even get one too! :)

Credits: "Halloween" kit from DigiTreats and Halloween template from Sir Scrapalot.



Credits: "Halloween" kit and "Year in Review" templates kit from DigiTreats.

Somehow I forgot to add here!

I still feel like school is working on me... just too tired and feel like things are hectic, so I'm adding some LOs I forgot to put in the blog. Sorry for the short post.

Credits: "Amelia" kit from DigiTreats, month paperweight from Designing on the edge, word art from Ronna Penner and freebie template (missing designer in the file name- so please let me know if you recognize it so I can give proper credit.)

Birthdays...

Credits: "Abby Happy Birthday" kit by DigiTreats.


Credits: "Abby Happy Birthday" kit and "Funky" template kit by DigiTreats.


Credits: "Happy Birthday" kit and "Maze" template by DigiTreats.

This one I'm really proud of because Princess Pamela featured it on her blog... so Jaxon's famous! :)

Credits: "Josh" kit and "Basic Block" template by DigiTreats.

I was playing around with filters on this LO, but it turned out ok.
Credits: "Floral" kit by DigiTreats.

SAS Grand Opening today!!!

Just wanted to hop on and say I've been so busy with school that I've not posted, but I will have some LOs to share soon. In the meanwhile, go check out the Stone Accents Studio boutique which opened today. Of course you know I love DigiTreats, but this place is full of great designers and they have lots of grand opening stuff going on... go check it out (that's where I'm going!)

The kids are at grandma's...I can scrap...YAY!

We are so lucky to have 2 sets of fantastic grandparents that are both within a short drive (one is about 2 hours away and one is about 45 minutes away) AND are willing to take the kids overnight! :) In fact, I just called to check on them and my parents took them to Chuck E Cheese's today!!! I'm not even brave enough to try that one! LOL! Anyway, here are some LOs I've done this morning.
Credits: "Kiss Me" kit from DigTreats by Princess Pamela.



Credits: "Josh" Kit and "Josh" mini-kit from DigTreats by Princess Pamela.


Credits: "Funky Templates" and "Floral" kit from DigiTreats by Princess Pamela.


Credits: "Abby" kit and blog freebie template from DigiTreats by Princess Pamela.

Year in Review Templates

I'm using the Year in Review Template Set from Digitreats by Princess Pamela for these layouts. I like this set because while there is a template for each month and a front and back page for the set, templates aren't exactly tied to a month. For example, the May template has flowers, so you could scrap any outdoor spring or summer pics in it... does that make sense? :) Like the layout below is the January template, but its only snowed here once in the past several years and that was in February, so I used it for February.


Credits: DigiTreats by Princess Pamela -Year in Review kit - January template
Papers- NEP’s Harmonies Kit Paper 4, Bren Boone’s Luscious Solids Paper #29, J.Cantill’s Mod Monday kit paper P5-blue and DigiTreats by Princess Pamela Tina kit blue cardstock paper.




Credits: DigiTreats by Princess Pamela -Year in Review kit – May template
Papers- Bren Boone’s Luscious Solids Papers #30, #22 and #11, Angela Sharrow’s DST Birthday 2007 Paper #6, and NEP’s Harmonies Kit Paper 4

Recognition... I'm not used to this!

I go onto my creative team's message board and see a new post to me... I'm thinking what's this? It turns out, my Scalloped heart LO (see post below) was chosen at Digital Design Divas (DDD) as the LO of the day for August 17th. :) They also give a Shout Out at DigiShopTalk (DST) to announce it and I get a gift card for their boutique. Glad Beckie found it and brought it to my attention! I LOVE our CT!

And my latest CT LO using the Josh kit from Digitreats by Princess Pamela and the Basic Blocks template freebie from her DigiTreats blog was featured on her blog. Jaxon thinks he's famous! :)

I started digiscrap just so I could do something with all of the digital pictures sitting around unused on my computer. The idea that anyone else would like what I do, let alone recognize me for it, is unreal. :) It made my weekend!