Busy Month

I did 12 scrapbook pages and 13 challenges in March! I got so much done. It is the first time I have ever attempted challenges. and I chose DigiDesignResort's (DDR) website. They are very nice and the challenges are lots of fun. If you register at their store you get a big kit called Natural Breeze. They have 12 challenges they split up into 2 parts; you get something for each part. They call them Cocktail Hour and Mixed Challenges. If you complete all the Cocktail Challenges you get one of their gorgeous kits If you complete all the Mixed Challenges you get a 30% off coupon for their shop, a bonus percentage off if you complete all 6 and use 50% of their Designers' products; 2-5 completed you get a 10% off coupon. They also have a Progressive scrap too which you get the 2nd half of a kit they give as a freebie to do their Use It All Challenge (Mixed Challenges). You can learn more in the Challenge Tracker  and forum. They also have a Speed Scrap but I wasn't able to participate in that. I love the fact they just want to know if you used one of their designers and not particularly whether you bought the kit at their shop. Lots of their designers do sell in other stores and give freebies out on their blogs and stores. I think it' fantastic they support their designers that way. DDR is also very generous and have great prices and sales.I am thinking about doing challenges also this month at DigiScrap Drive-In (DSDI). They are different in the way that they have have a point system instead and to achieve bonus points you need to use 90% of DSDI's products - then you get a $5 gift certificate if you complete 500 pts. They say you can do it in a month. the only thing is that one of the challenges requires you to buy a certain kit they choose but at a discount from their shop. I wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't for the fact that this month's kit is not one I want or would choose. All that for a $5 GC? I am sure it's worth it. The points at DSDI roll over into the next month so that's a good thing. Their site is fun too with a 50's era theme. My designer is suppose to have her new home there but I don't know when. I like doing the challenges because I finish up pages I might not have done on my own and I keep up with the latest trends and the gifts are pretty cool too!

Speaking of gifts, I just won a SUPER kit from Cali Designs at DDR called  Eggceptionnal Easter. I love it!

She has lots of beautiful spring colors, pages, and cute-as-can-be elements! There are 160 pieces. Some of the elements you can put photos of children and babies in. She is amazing.

Here are some of the pages I did for the DDR challenges. At the beginning I didn't have many of their designers kits yet so I used their Natural Breeze kit a lot! I learned so much about re-designing and designing. I have linked the credits for each LO to their respective captions.

For the Tourist Trap Challenge

The Countdown Challenge.

The Scraplift Challenge

Color Challenge

Element Challenge

Font Challenge.

Wordart Challenge

Template Challenge

Topic Challenge  I took the photo of the sunset in the background too.

Progressive Scrap

Theme Challenge. Not my favorite, possibly one of my least favorites. I am not sure I would have done a page like this for myself. It makes sense to do a few about yourself to let your posterity know a little more about you as a person.

Well, That's pretty much it for today! I am doing a lot of crocheting this month for Easter. I will up date you on that later on. Thanks for stopping by!

My First Siggie!

I made my first signature and designed it totally (excluding the font, Subelair) on my own. I am very excited about it! I am doing the "Cocktail Challenges" from Digi-DesignResort for the month of March.

TA - DAH!

I didn't get accepted for Helly's CT. *sigh* She was very sweet and gracious about letting me know though. She was looking for something very specific this time, but encouraged me to apply again when she has another CT call (I believe the decline letter is the same for everyone who doesn't make it, but it is nice anyway).

I have had a busy couple of weeks. I am finishing up Emmy's doll and organizing and... well... wow, I can't remember what else out of the ordinary, really. Throw a little extra into my schedule and that is pretty much how it goes.

I did some more layouts - Wanna see?

For my CT duties (and my family of course):

They were so young - and this is the wrong date...lol. I will change it. This was done with "Love is in the Air" Mega Feb kit.

Me, scuba diving in Hawaii...ahhh. To be young and have energy again! Being in Hawaii again wouldn't hurt either. The Kit: Ocean Waves. The Designer: Leyla's Design

One of my favorite pictures of Laken...she has a gorgeous smile! It really does lighten the whole world. The Kit: A Scent of Spring. The Designer: Leyla's Design.

Spike, the Snowman. The Kit: Snow. The Designer: Leyla's Designs

 

Maddie's Baptism. She is so sweet! Cam baptized her. This was done with a few different papers and kits NOT from Scraps with a Mouse!

Emmy (one of our three very cute flower girls) at mine and Cam's wedding. The Kit: Use it All Mini - Challenge. The Designer: Butterfly Dsigns @ Digi-DesignResort.

Sheesh, 1:20 am... I am going to try to get some sleep. *Yawn*  G'night :)

Baby Me :)

Here's my finished LO for DigiSkrapNMomma's kit "Whispering Moments" at Scraps with a Mouse:

Yes, that's me :)

The Whispering Moments Mega kit different shades of pink and purple, which makes it perfect for little girl pages especially. Elements are basic and fun to work with. Ribbons, gems, fluffy bows and glittery butterflies along with decoratively faded designed papers make this kit sweet with a hint of glamour so it great for big girls too!

Ok... I have to say something because I am just so excited about it! 

I just applied for a CT position with a fantastic designer, Designs by Helly,  at 9th & Bloom! I love her designs! You must check out her blog - you won't be disappointed. Her new kit "Dreaming of Camelot" is my new favorite!

Gilly's Place and a New LO

I am home today with  multi-problems and multi-pain. My point-of-origin-pain (or   p.o.o.p.,   for short)  from my work injury is VERY aggravated, along with moderate trigger point pain, a moderate headache, hip joint pain and my gallbladder is attacking me (8/10 pain scale for the healthcare pros out there) so altogether it's a down day for me.  What the heck, it has been like this most of yesterday and last night. I am seeing less and less good days. But, I am not here to complain!

I was looking for distractions from my pain this morning, so I went to Gilly's Place blog and searched through her current and archived pages. She has fantastic gorgeous recipes and she does them up digiscrap-style. It's just awesome to see the cool ways she has done up the cards! She also has some free quick pages that are very cute. I am excited to try the recipes even though many I can't eat because of my GB, but doesn't stop me from making them for my family to enjoy. :) She has a yummy Blueberry Orange Muffin recipe currently up but you can get her archived recipes too. I highly suggest you check out Gilly's Place! You won't be sorry :)


I did a LO for AngelsLove Designs new kit "I Love You" found at Scraps with a Mouse. I think this is one of my favorites.

I still need to journal the date, and I my add some more journaling. I like that it is simple and doesn't overwhelm the picture so much that the picture gets lost. (do you see the little votive?) Maybe I will just add the date then. Although faded journaling in the back ground might look nice...hmmm.

I am also making a crocheted Tails, a character from Sonic the Hedgehog game, for Em (Emryll) for her birthday. If I finish Tails quickly I am going to design a small Chao (another sonic character) to go with Tails. Em really loves Sonic characters and is a huge fan of Shadow the Hedgehog. I haven't found a pattern for Shadow and he is a little complicate for me to design a pattern before her birthday. The design for Tails is from WolfDreamer, and she has a lot of video game characters and tons of Pokemon patterns for crochet that are some of the best I have seen. I will take a picture of finished Tails when it's ready and the Chao if  I am able to do it in time.

Very Cool Frames

 Go check out ApriltheScrapaholic blog!

She makes these very cool name frames. I first discovered her when I was checking out the digifree sites a few weeks ago and my oldest daughter's name, Laken, was done in a set. I was so thrilled! (It is hard to find her name on general personalize products you may find at a store and her name always has to be special ordered.) Well, when I went to her site she had so many names that aren't very common done in frame sets! She even takes special requests. So I put a request in for a frame set for one of my daughters with not very common name, Emryll.

This afternoon I was looking through digifree sites when I happened to find a digiscrap frame set with my daughter Emryll's name on it! I could not thank her enough!

 

 Cool, huh?

You should check ApriltheScrapaholic 's site because she also does very cool digiscrap kits too!

For My Valentine

Hi everyone!

For my hubby for Valentine's Day I created a desktop wallpaper with a kit by J. Crowley, aka Queen of Quirks, called Comic Junkie (along with a few elements from a couple of other kits and the scattered hearts in the background are from Nothing But Freebies). My husband is a Marvel Comics fan and a collector of comics/graphic novels, so I thought it was perfect for him. He sees it every time he uses his laptop! Much better than a card I thought :)

Cute couple huh?

The Comic Junkie kit has been retired :(

but J. Crowley has even more cute stuff at her store Queen of Quirks at jessicasprague.com.

Go check it out :)

Scrap Page LOs!

 I had way too much fun!

Taylor when she was 5 yrs old. Time goes by too fast...*sigh* (She now has her driver's permit!) I used a beautiful kit called "Scent of Spring" by AngelsLove @ Scraps With a Mouse.

New Years 2006

Look at those sweet little faces! Now they are all as tall as me or taller! Brandon is 6' 2" now...this was the year he just shot up! The growing pains were so bad, especially in his legs for 3 - 6 months. We were wrapping them in ace bandages, applying cold/hot compresses and he was taking ibuprofen more than 5 nights a week during that time. He was a real trooper through it all though. Now he towers over everyone.

I used Scraps with a Mouse's January Mega Kit called "New Beginnings". It is a huge kit that is great for fun pages to very elegant pages. I have to say it's one of my favorite kits because of it's versatility and range of colors...not to mention the sparkle!

Life's a Beach!

There is this huge rock a little distance from the shore that the girls' call "Mermaid Rock". When the kids were little it was one of their  favorite spots to go in the summer.

These LOs were done with another mega kit called "Life's a Beach" by DigiSkrapNMomma at Scrap's With a Mouse. They just got their February Collab kit "Love Is in the Air" and I have been having a lot of fun playing with it. Perfect for Valentine's Day pages and cards.  They are giving out different freebies from it soon I am told. You should go check them out!