It's Done!!!

I finished my new kit and I am so excited about it. I really love this time of year and already have my Christmas decorations up including all my trees. That's right more than one!! Yes I am a little obsessed with this time of year. Okay so here is the kit.

Busy, busy, busy!!

Well I am a bad, bad blogger. I have not posted in almost a month!! I keep this up and the blogger police are gonna take away my keyboard. LOL!! I am also excited to tell ya, I am on a creative team!! I was picked to be on the Creative Team for Lucy Marino, MAL Designs. Her designs are awesome!! You can find her products at http://www.digiscrapshak.com and http://www.thedailyscrap.com
I have been working on quite a few projects and right now I am almost done with a huge kit for Christmas. It will be called Jolly Holidaze and will have so much in it!! I am still not done with it, but decided to include a sneak preview of it today,





















Here is my contribution to a charity kit that we were hoping to sell for toys for tots, but it never took off.





















Well it won't let me upload anymore previews so I will try to get to it later. I hope to be able to really knock out some kits in the next few weeks and I promise I will do better at updating my blog. So check back often!!

I'm a Liar!!

According to my previous post, I said the only way to get that kit was to play and win the bingo game at Scrappin Secrets. Well I lied!! Not intentionally mind you, I am now on the Design Team at Scrappin Secrets!! (Insert happy dance here!!) Sooooooooooo this changes things some. This kit can now be purchased at Scrapping Secrets and since this is my maiden voyage on my journay of digital designing I am offering this kit for the next 2 weeks at 50% off the original price of $5.99 for only $2.99!!!! Here is the link to the kit. http://scrappinsecrets.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_30&products_id=242
So now I just need to get busy and get more product in the store. I am actually working on some brushes that I have hand drawn. I will try and get a preview up in the next couple of days. It is so good to be able to do my drawing again. It has been a long time since I have been able to sit down and create on paper and I am loving it!! Also I scrapped a page with just me on it. This is the first time in 11 years of scrapping that I have done that. Here it is.























So check back in a couple of days to see some previews of my new projects I am working on.

A new kit!!

I have been busy creating a new kit. If you are interested in this kit there is one little catch. The only way to get this kit is to play and be the winner to the October Bingo game at Scrappin Secrets. Everyone who participates will get a mini kit from my kit. You can go to http://www.scrappinsecrets.com



































I am on the Elements Team at Scrappin Secrets and I am having a blast making things for the ladies on the site. I am still trying to pursue my designing and hope to get picked up by a store so I can start selling my kits. I am really enjoying the designing aspect of it. Thanks for looking and I hope to see you all at Bingo!!

Just somemore layouts!

Okay let's see how many layouts I can get posted today. I gotta stay on top of this as I keep doing more pages and I will never catch up at the rate I am making them. The first one is my all my own design. The second one is a new kit for Christmas that I am working on. Let me know what ya think! Things are still quiet here on the homefront. It has cooled down weather wise and I am looking forward to fall. So that is all happening here.




































































Okay that is all for today. They won't let me upload anymore.

More layouts

Okay, I slipped and didn't post again. But I want to get some more of my layouts posted. So here we go!!
















































































Wow!! I was able to upload a ton of them today before it stopped working!! Anyhow, hope you enjoy these and would love some feedback on them. Have a wonderful day!

Oops!

So I have forgotten about my blog!! Yikes! I can't believe how long it has been since I last updated. We are now in full "school" mode here. Nicole has started preschool and goes 5 days a week for 1/2 days. It is so weird sending my 3 year old on a bus everyday. She is able to get her physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy there. We have already noticed a big improvement in her speech. She love to go and gets so excited when the bus comes. Her backpack is almost as big as she is. We just can't load it down or it would bring her down!! LOL!! Skyler is very jealous that Nicole gets to ride a bus. He is very lost without her here in the mornings. When she comes home he runs up to her and says, "I missed you so much" and gives her a big hug. Tyler is being homeschooled this year and I was so fearful of doing that, but with the Abeka cirriculum we are doing great and I am happy to report that Tyler's grades are awesome!! He is actually happy about doing his work (most of the time). It is nice to be able to spend time with him on something if he is not getting it until he gets it. I have to admit, I am actually enjoying it too.
I have still been busy doing digital scrapbooking and have some more layouts to put up here, but I have done so many lately that I will have to add a few a day. Here is my latest creations.















































Okay the blog site won't let me do anymore downloads!! I knew that was going to happen. I will post more later.

My first attempt at a digital scrapbooking kit!!

Well the bug has bitten me! I am not only addicted to digital scrapbooking, but I am loving the designing end of it. I used to do graphics for websites so I already understand the graphics program some. Still have alot to learn. Anyhow this is my first kit I designed. Let me know what ya think.

Taking it to a new level!

So now my digital scrapbooking is heading in a whole new direction (and addiction). I could seriously be in some major trouble here. I designed my first papers and did a layout. In this layout I used my papers and tag. The overlays, stitching and tag string are from the Summer Lovin Kit that can be found at www.plaindigitalwrapper.com























I also managed to knock out a couple of layouts today. This first one I used Tia Bennett's 2peas Seventies free pea kit that you can find at www.twopeasinabucket.com






















This last one I used Rhonna Farrer's 2peas Perfect Pets free pea kit. This one was perfect for this layout. My dog Marty is not very bright sometimes so I had to do this layout. A couple of weeks ago he was sleeping at the top of the stairs and while I was working on the computer I hear, BANG, BOOM, BANG, BANG, THUMP! I ran to see what happened and found Marty on the landing down below standing there is a daze. He had rolled over and went down the stairs!! Don't worry he was not hurt. But man was that screaming for a scrapbook page!! So here it is. Poor Marty!!

Playing with brushes

Okay so I am discovering how much fun Photoshop brushes can be. I decided to change the look of my blog and designed a new header for it. Let me know what you think. I may be changing it frequently as I keep playing with all these cool brushes I have gotten. The brushes I used for this header I got at www.echoica.net and www.missm.paperlilies.com There are some great brushes there by some very talented artists. I have also been dabbling in making my own but I will put those on another day. I have been at it again for some digital scrapbooking. The first 2 layouts I used the Summer Loving Collaberation kit at www.plaindigitalwrapper.com The next one is a free digital kit at by Sande Krieger at www.twopeasinabucket.com and the last one is the Olivia kit at www.shabbyprincess.com So here are my new creations.











































The more digital scrapbooking I do, the more I am learning. I can't wait to figure out more about my Photoshop program. I wonder if I will ever go back to paper scrapping!!

Busy, busy, busy!

Wow, will life slow down just a little? I can't believe how many days it has been since I last posted. Oops! Well I have been back at it for the digital scrapbooking and boy is it addictive! Here are my latest creations.






















































So you can see I have been a little busy at the computer. I am loving this digital scrapbooking. I did get to spend the evening tonight at a place I just love with a man I love just as much! We went to the Washington DC temple and it was so peaceful and beautiful. I love nights like this. Then we leave there and of course hit the beltway traffic. YIKES!! Anyhow here is some pictures of the temple that I took tonight.





















Well that is all for my update as it is late and I am beat!

Just my dumb luck!

Wow, I cannot believe my luck. I love thunderstorms and I love to take pictures of lightening. My husband is always bugging me about it because he feels I take too much of a risk standing outside with my camera and tripod trying to get the picture of a bolt. So in early July a storm came through and I was outside trying to get a good shot and could not get one. The storm got too close for comfort so I came inside. So I decided to head to the computer to work on a project. That's right work on the computer during a lightening storm, I know not the smartest thing. Anyhow, all of a sudden a large bolt hits right over our house and a large cracking sound came into the house and a spark appeared in mid air near my hand that was on the mouse! I freaked out and ran away from the computer. My husband asked what that was. He saw the spark. My hand felt funny and I looked down and saw a black mark on the tip of one of my fingers. I think some of the lightening went through my mouse, my hand and out my finger tip!! It ached really good for awhile, but I was fine other wise. I look at my husband and say, "See I am much safer outside taking pictures!" So this week another storm comes through. This one is huge! I get freaked out trying to take pictures when I see the bolts coming down in from of the homes right across the street. I know it is time to head inside to safety (ya right!). So I come in and we open all the blinds to watch the storm. I was actually scared of this storm. All of a sudden another bolt hits right over our house and we hear lines crackling and frying in our house near the phone. So the next day we discover our phone lines are fried!! We can call out, but no one can call in and when someone tries, the phone does not ring it makes just one small crackly chirp sound. Poor phone, I think I faired better with my strike!! So I guess lightening can strike twice! Anyhow here is some pics of lightening that I have taken. The first one I took in Eastern Washington 2 years ago and was WAY to close to it. The others are taken within the last couple of months here on the East Coast.