First LOs for New CT

Well, things have been VERY busy here which is why I haven't updated my blog in awhile. Have been dealing with some health issues within the family, which thankfully seem to be on the road to recovery.

On some exciting news, I'm one of the newest members of Tracy Dane's Creative Team! Woo Hoo! Check out her blog here. Here is one of Tracy's fantastic kits, Lazy Afternoon. You can purchase Lazy Afternoon and the Add-on over at Groovy Scraps. Isn't it a gorgeous kit?


Here are some LOs I made with Lazy Afternoon and the Add-on:

My Great-Grandmother

Good Friends

Letters Home

Some New Layouts and a Freebie

Well, another week has started! I am still happily enjoying my "summer" time off from teaching. I am very happy to be back into Scrapbooking once again...so I have a few more LOs to share and I pulled up the QPs I had made a little while back to share with any visitors who come here!

I'm having a bit of fun watching some older TV shows that I bought on DVD recently. Right now I'm watching the Beauty and the Beast TV show that was on in the last 1980s. I was pretty young when it was on, so I didn't watch it then, but I saw it when I was older as Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite stories of all!


I also just ordered another set of DVDs of one of my ALL TIME Favorite TV shows -- MacGyver! I can't wait for them to arrive!!!

So while I sit here doing scrapbooking things on my Laptop, you can bet that I'm watching one of those two sets of DVDs!!

Oh, and on another note -- I was looking up tutorials today so I can try and improve on my Scrapbooking skills and I found one about how to make wavy/curvy paper over at Digital Scrapbooking University HERE -- I actually succeeded, but I still need to practice a bit more before I use it in any of my LOs.

Now for a few LOs I made with Seascraps Fantastic Products!!

Credits: My Bundle of Joy-Girl

Credits: My Bundle of Joy-Boy
I just had to make one to match the girl LO above!!

Credits: Remember
This is my Grandmother when she played softball with the senior citizen center.

Credits: All That Jazz
Another LO of my grandmother, when she tapped danced at the local dance studio

Now that I've shared alittle bit about what I've been doing and some LOs I've created...I have a little gift for you! Two Free Quickpages using one of Anita/Nana's Attics kit All About Me! Enjoy and please let me know what you think of them!!

 
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A Great 4th of July Weekend and Some Fun New LOs

Well, Happy Belated 4th of July! I had a great weekend with my family. Saturday was my niece's 4th Birthday and we had a blast helping her celebrate with her Ariel (Little Mermaid) Birthday cake. We already had a "big" party for all three of my brothers kids a few weeks ago, so this was just a small family gathering. Once I get the photos off my camera, I'll start scrapping some LOs from the birthdays!!

On top of that, I've been a busy little scrapping bee this weekend!!! I did a bunch of LOs using kits from the Scrappin Freestyle Store. I loved them all so much, I just HAD so share them all!

Oh and lest I forget!! You HAVE to head over to the Scrappin' Freestyle Blog this week as my sister-in-law, Sherrie AKA RCMama Designs is the featured designer over there and you won't want to miss out on the fabulous quickpages being given away!!! So hurry on over to the SFS Blog.

The first two use Mega-Doodle Inspired's European Traveler Papers and Elements (The elements were a free give-away a while ago...the papers are available in the SFS Store)

Visiting Spain
My visit to Spain in 2001

Family
My grandmother with her siblings

The next two LOs also use a kit by Mega-Doodle Inspired called Cinnamon Sweetness.

Road Trip
My Great-grandparents on a little vacation back in the 1920s

Visitors from New Zealand
This is from 1983, when some of my mom's friends from New Zealand came to visit us.

The next two LOs use the Scrappin Freestyle June Mega Kit -- If Not For Him -- sill available at the SFS store.

Always Smiling
Some great photos of my dad over the years.

First Time Dad
My dad holding my brother when he was first born.

The next two LOs use Cida Merola's A Natural Touch Kit:

Look What I Found
My nephew on Easter this year!

Happy Easter 2008
My niece on Easter this year.

And these last two LOs use Cida Merola's Kids Kit. Great Bold Colors!

Fun in the Fall Leaves
My brother playing in the leaves many years ago!

Don't Touch the Blankie
Me with my favorite Blankie when I was little!

Back in the Saddle Again

Well --

I basically just dropped off the face of the scrapbooking world for the past few months. The end of another teaching year and the beginning of summer vacation thrown in with a bunch of other things and I found myself with little time for scrapbooking.

I am still so thrilled to be creating for the wonderful designers listed in the sidebar! They are all fantastic. Click on their names to go and check out their designs!

Anyway, to kick off my return to scrapbooking bliss, I wanted to share some quickpages I made AGES ago using one of JannisScraps fantastic kits: Emily!

Hope you enjoy this little freebie!

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I've got some other QPs for both JannisScraps and Nana's Attics kits that I made before life got a bit busy. I'll try and get those up and posted soon as well!! It's great to be back in the saddle again!

An Invitation and a Freebie

Hello all -

I have a really special treat today!! First, you are all invited to hop on over to Scrappin Freestyle this coming weekend for a Spring Crop event. This will be an AMAZING event -- there are already so many fantastic prizes just ready and waiting to be earned and "purchased" with points you earn during the different crop events. So make sure to be over at Scrappin Freestyle this coming weekend -- you won't want to miss this!!


Now for my little treat! I have recently become a member over at JanniScrap Designs and I LOVE her work! So, with the correct permissions as a member, I have scrapped my first Quickpages using some of her fabulous kits to share with all of you!

These first QPs use Janniscrap's Blast Off kit! These freebie quickpages are all designed in 8x8 300 dpi format, according to JanniScrap's kits. Please let me know what you think of these, since they are my first attempt at QPs using Janniscrap's fantastic products!

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Don't forget to leave some love to let me know what you think!

Finished all the DSO Challenges

Woo Hoo!! I am done with all the challenges over at DSO for March, which means I'll be getting their HUGE mega kit very, very soon!! I can't wait!! Last month's Mega Kit from DSO was amazing!

Here are my Final LOs for the DSO Challenges:

His Sacrifice
Credits:
Template by Teriann
Kit: Spring Passion Mega Kit and Freebie Sampler by BooLand Designs

Easter Princess
Credits:
Frame, purple ric rac, green shoelace, and purple flower from March Grab Bag Challenge kit by Nikki McGilberry (ShadowAngel)
Background papers, Lace, and Ribbon/Lace Element From Girly Girl by Carolyn Kite (ScrapNTag)

Happy Easter 2008

Credits: Egg Hunt by Anita Designs (Nana's Attic)
Sketch by Michelle Heron

I'm also really, really excited about a new purchase I just made. I've been wanting to be able to use torn edges on my LOs and my Quickpages, but just hadn't found a set that really seemed to work for me -- well, that was until now -- I just got this great set of Torn Paper Templates by Redju at Digiscrapbook.net.

Some Weekend LOs to Share

I love weekends -- They provide me with more time to scrap!! Here are a few new LOs I made already this weekend:

Desktop Background for my Mom's computer

I made this LO for the Desktop Challenge over at DSO!
Credits: Blooming Colors by Anita Designs

Boys Will Be Boys
I made this LO for the Scraplift Challenge over at DSO
Credits: Simply Blue and Green by JanniScrap Designs

I Wish
Credits: Whisper of Love 2 by Anita Designs

I made this LO for the Ad challenge at DSO and also for Mrs. Wresh's Week 9 challenge. For week 9 we had to finish the sentence that begins with "I Wish." So here is what I would wish for right now if I could.

Since I've been working extra hard on the challenges at DSO, I'm excited to say I am almost finished for this month!! Woo Hoo!! Then, I'll earn my big mega-kit prize. I only have 3 more LOs to finish later today and then I'll be done! I also have a freebie QP set ready to give away and will probably do that just a little bit later today as well. This will be my first Freebie for any of JanniScraps or Nana's designs and I'm soooo excited!

Some Challenge LOs to Share

Well, I just can't get myself ready to end my Easter Break -- so I've kept on scrappin' through the evening and have a few more LOs to share.

Grandma and Aunts
Credits: In the Summertime by Carolyn Kite (ScrapNTag)
Blue Gems - Jordan Claire by Carolyn Kite (ScrapNTag)
Glitter Swirl - Scent of Summer by Carolyn Kite (ScrapNTag)

I made this for the Add-On Challenge at CLD

Darling Boy
Credits:
Spring Passion by BooLand Designs
Template by Kellie Puddy

I made this one for the Color Challenge at DSO and for the Brag Book Challenge at CLD

Pistachio Delight
Credits:
Being Green by Seascraps

I made this LO for the Recipe Challenge over at DSO

My first LOs for Seascraps

Today is my last day of Easter vacation, so I made some time to scrap a few more LOs before heading back to work tomorrow. I made 3 LOs for Sandra's (Seascraps) kits.

Little Princess
Credits: Little Princess by Seascraps

True Colors Shining Through
Credits: July Child US by Seascraps
I also used this LO for a Lyric challenge at DSO

My First Easter
Credits: April's Child by Seascraps

Not only did I make some LOs over Easter, I also made a decision to join the Members only club over at Jani scraps. I've been a subscriber to Nana's Attic for a while now and saw some fabulous kits over at Jani Scraps place too, so I just had to jump on that bandwagon! I'd love to be able to make some Quickpages using their kits, since that is allowed in the TOU, to give away on here. Hopefully, I'll have time to do that with all my other CTs and Challenges!

New LOs to share

I was busy yesterday working on some LOs for my Scrappin Freestyle Creative Team and just had to share them on here today -- so here they are:

Grandparents' Pride and Joy
Credits: Garden Kit by Carla (Meus Scraps)

Natalie
Credits: Garden Kit by Carla (Meus Scraps)

In the Army Now
Credits: Autumn Kit by Carla (Meus Scraps)
Laughter
Credits: Autumn Kit by Carla (Meus Scraps)
Sketch used: by Mom2paigenjunior

One LO -- many Challenges

I love having some time off!!! Today is the first day of my Easter Break from teaching.

With more time at home, that means there's more time to scrap. I made my first QP for Seascraps using her April's Child kit today.

I also created my LO for Mrs. Wresh's challenge below and this LO:

Family
Credits:
Template by Kelly Puddy
Kit: Everything You Are by BooLand Designs
Family Matters Word Art by BooLand Designs

I made this LO to meet the different requirements of a whole bunch of challenges. First, it is the template from the template challenge at CLD. Then, I also made it for the qo=uote challenge ar DSO and the mix-it up challenge at SFS

Mrs. Wresh Challenge - Week 8

For Mrs. Wresh's About Me Album Challenge we had to scrap about our regrets. In terms of big things, I really don't feel that I have many regrets. Instead, I regret not living every day to its fullest!

Regrets
Credits: Day of the Daffodils by Carolyn Kite (ScrapNTag)

Journaling reads:
Life is full of moments sometimes we wish to change,
yet dwelling on the past leaves us far away from today -
this moment; the present.

Overall, I am happy with my life, but
I do regret not taking the time to live in each moment -
to stop thinking ahead and simply enjoy
the people, places, and experiences of each new day -
for life is short.
We must live for today, not for tomorrow.

By all this I don't mean we shouldn't care about tomorrow, but we should enjoy each moment as it comes before us, for we will never have the chance to live that moment again.

Seascraps Creative Team

I just had to pop on here tonight and announce that I have been chosen to join Seascraps CT!!! Woo Hoo!!! I'm really excited and honored to have been chosen!! I won't officially start until April 1, but Sandra has already announced us over at SFS, so I figured I could do the same here!!!

Getting Ready for Easter

Hard to believe that Easter will be here in just a few days. With all the great new Easter kits out there, I just had to scrap this page about my niece and nephews from last Easter.

Happy Easter
Credits: Easter Parade by BooLand Designs

I also entered this LO in the ABC/123 Challenge at SFS and am planning to use it for a challenge at DSO.

My Grandparents

I had the chance to scrap these two LOs of my dad's parents using the Scrappin Freestyle March Mega Kit: Tides of Spring by the SFS Designers. The colors really complemented these older photos really well!

What I Like About Me

For this week's Mrs. Wresh Challenge we had to scrap about what we liked about ourselves. I love the way my LO turned out -

What I Like About Me
Credits:
Girly Girl by Carolyn Kite (ScrapNTag)
Quickpage created by Me

A Timeline Of My Life

For Mrs. Wresh's Challenge this week we had to scrap a LO that was a timeline of our life. Here's the LO I created for me:

Credits:
Photo Cluster by Simply Sarah
Paper from Cherry Lime Parfait by Nana's Attic

Another LO for Today

Boy, I've been posting LOs right and left today it seems! I had forgotten about this one from yesterday and knew I had to post it before I forgot. Over at DSO, once you sign up you get the Welcome Wagon Mini-Kit. If you make a LO with the Mini-Kit and post it, you get the Welcome Wagon Mega-Kit. Here's my mini-kit LO, which earned me the Mega Kit!

My Garden of Love
Credits: DSO Welcome Wagon Mini-Kit

New Challenges and New LOs

Now that it's March, there are new challenges all over the scrapbooking world! I've decided to dig into some of the 19 challenges offered over at DSO, so I can earn March's new mega kit! Here are some of the LOs I've done so far -

Back In Time
For the Heritage Challenge at DSO - To make a new photo look vintage
Credits: Rainbow Dreams Violet by Spellweaver

Pumpkin Carving
This one is for the Font challenge at DSO - font is called MadFont
Credits: Rainbow Dreams Orange by Spellweaver

Pumpkin Farm Fun
This one is for the Element Challenge at DSO - I had to use one or more tags
Credits: Forever Fall by Spellweaver

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
This is for the new Picture Perfect Challenge at DSO.
I had to use natural light, not a flash to take a photo.
Credits: Hot Cocoa by Spellweaver