Andrea's having a sale!

Remember the layout I did yesterday, well I have done another layout with the same kit today
I got some great shots of Mia swinging whilst on holiday, and here they are

Credits:
Hokey Pokey by Andrea Dickinson at DSO

And if you like the kit, Andrea is having a sale at the moment, celebrating that her kids are back at school, I can understand that sort of celebration I have been having one of my own since the kids went back to Kindergarden this week *grin*!
Well, I tried hard to get the cute ad she has made posted here, but it just won't work, so I'll just tell you that she has 25% off everything in her store until August 16th! So click here to go shopping!

I have a few more layouts, but I want to post them at the right time...another friend might just be giving something away soon!
CU tomorrow

Exciting news!!

You know how I love all the DSO girls and their challenges, well last month they had a CT call...and after my stores closing I decided to try out for the Store CT there, and...
Yep, you've guessed it!

I got in!!! I have been doing a happy dance since then, but I wanted to wait until I had done the first layout for them, before I posted on here.

And here it is, more photos from our holiday only this time the girls (my nieces).
I managed to find a challenge to enter it into to, the Scraplift challenge.


And this is the fun kit I used, it's called Hokey Pokey by Andrea Dickinson (image linked).

I am still working on another layout, so I should be back soon with that. And I have some more layouts to post for DSO, but not until Friday...stay tuned!

CU soon

Sad and Good news all in One!

Sad news first - DigitalArts Cafe was hacked one too many times and Melo the owner has made the hard decision to close the store. As of today the forum and gallery are closed, you can still view the layouts but no more can be posted.

Melo was great and gave me a great opportunity to try my hand at designing which I have really really enjoyed. But I have decided that from now on I will be mainly scrapping as I missed it when designing and occasionally I will have a freebie or two here on my blog.

But the good news.... Well, I can't leave without some noise being made can I ...
so from today til the 15th August my complete store is on sale for 50% off! So click on the image to go shopping, and whilst there, check out the other designers stores for more amazing deals!



Here are some of the kits you can get now for a GREAT price...

Thanks for being with me on this adventure and keep checking back, I am sure I will still be designing on for free in future! ;)

Dinphy "SHINE"'s

Dinphy has done it again, a new kit for me to play with, and if you want, you could too, check her blog here for more details (www.dinphy.blogspot.com)!
Anyhow here is what I made with "Shine"

These are both with pictures from our day in Porthcawl whilst on holiday, I still have to make a page for Robert, but for now I have a page for Richard and one for my brother!

Credits:
Shine by Dinphy at DigitalArts-Cafe
Wordart by Sue Cummings at Oscraps

Credits:

Shine by Dinphy at DigitalArts-Cafe
Handy Dandy Dates by Danielle Donaldson

And here is a layout of my goddaughter which I did for the Animal Kingdom Challenge at DigiScrapObsession. Sunny, our cat, let her practise her stroking techniques, it was so cute to watch, he was so good with her, considering she was slightly heavy handed, but he seemed to be enjoying the massage!

Credits:
Shine by Dinphy at DigitalArts-Cafe
Wordart by Elegant Wordart by Bethany

And if you like the kit I used...You can get it here at DigitalArts Cafe (click on the image)
Back soon

new layouts

Well, having been on holiday for a fortnight in the UK, I have thousands of photos to scrap, and what to I do, one-picture-layouts! I'll be busy for a LONG while at this rate! But I like them so who cares!

These are in no particular order, this first one is Mia after they had been spending their holiday money. She looked so cute when she showed me her pussy cat (Marie from the Aristocats), I had to take a picture!

Credits:
Melon Twist by Sweet Digi scraps at Gotta Pixel

This is the kids having a picnic at the indoor playground. Florian and I were having a fun day too, whilst Mum and Dad looked after the kids. We went shopping (til we dropped) and we also went to the cinema to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. But as you can see the kids had fun too. (thanks again Mum and Dad for our extra break!)

Credits:

Pretty little picnic by Nicole Seitler

This one is Richard on the ferry to England, he was so excited he just had to point it out to Daddy. I was inside with Robert who wasn't feeling himself. He had a fever when we started our journey, but it all disappeared once there, so we assume he just got overexcited, bless him.
Anyhow here is Richard and Dover.

Credits:
Background Paper - Bren Boone - Year of the Tree
Wordart by Sue Cummings
Star Amanda Heimann - Summerblues Mega
Stitching - Ziggle Designs - Summerblues Mega
Font - Pea Mystie

And this last one is me engrossed in my book, even if it was only for 5 minutes, but it never takes me long to fully immerse myself in a story. I never even realised that Florian had taken a picture of me and not the kids, who at the time were dragging oneanother on a towel down the beach (watch this space for a layout of that!)

Credits:
Unda-da-Sea by Kimb's Designs at DSO
wordart by Elegant wordart by Bethany
Font - Pea Lydal

CU soon

Scrapping slump!

So I have been in a scrapping slump these last few weeks, so much so, that when I did finish a layout, I sat back and said - "Wow, I can still do it!" Florian thought I had lost it, I think! He reckoned I had never lost the knack!
I am so pleased that I can still scrap, I am going to post the layouts on here.
This is the one I was so pleased about. I used my birthday present from my friend Leigh. She got me the June Daily Digi Files. For inspiration I found some old Speed Scrap Rules at Scrap Orchard and this is what I came up with.

Credits:
Pippi's Happy Doodles by Stephanie2 at The Daily Digi
Beachy Keen by Leora Sanford
Glee by Rachel Young

Today we all went to the hairdressers, and this is a shot I got of the boys and I even felt the urge to journal, so I must be out of my slump now!

Credits:
Growing Up Boy by Sweet Digi Scraps and Valerie Ostrom
Alpha from Flying High by Misty Cato

CU soon

DigitalArts-Cafe Boutique down!

Pirates! They hacked DigitalArts Cafe today, and the boutique is down until further notice!
Just thought I would jump on here and let everyone know!

CU soon

New Kit - and it's FREE for 48 hours!

Yep, you read right, I have a new kit out and it is free from NOW until Thursday June 25 (12pm US Central Time!) Click on the image to go and pick it up at DigitalArts Cafe, but don't rush off too quick, I have something else to show you before you click and run


Here are a couple of the layouts my CT has created with the kit
The first two are by Benita, thank you so much! Check out the extraction on them both, awesome!




And these three are by Dinphy! (btw, she has a special offer on you might want to check out on her blog), where today she also has featured her layouts, with a bit more background about them, check it out! Thank you Dinphy, I love them all!


But that is not all! I put together these bragbook pages, which also have gone in the store today, and for just $1.99 you get 9 bragbook pages (7x5 in), and if you hurry they are on offer with 20% off until Friday 26th June. Again, I have linked the image for you!
CU soon (oh and a little love can go a long way, you know where the comments button is, don't be shy!)

Dinphy's new kit

Yep, Dinphy has yet another new kit out, and she is paying a RAK forward. So where do I start, with the new kit I think. Isn't it great, it really is a very fun and versatile kit, as you will see, when I show you my layouts with it. But first the kit preview


And here are my layouts. This first one is of lots of the kids at our b-day party all sat in our sandpit, which as you can see is much too small for all of them! It was cute

Additional credits:
Wordart by Elegant Wordart by Bethany

And here we have the boys with their friend sunbathing, I don't know where they have seen sunbathing before, but they laid their towels out (took forever to get them JUST right!) and then they lay down. The picture is probably a bit decieving as I think they laid for all of 30 seconds, but it was enough to get a picture and make a layout!



And this one was for the scraplift challenge at DSO. It was a fun layout to lift (by Junebogmom68), and I like the outcome, and I really wanted to use the ice-cream from the kit!


OK, now what was I saying about paying it forward, well Dinphy got a beautiful RAK this week from one of her and my favourite designers KimB's Designs, and Dinphy wants to "pay it forward" which means, if you stop by her store and then her blog, and let her know which kit you would like to win, you may just get RAKed. So over you go to her store and then her blog, and whilst you are there, you may even find a freebie to go with this great kit!

I'll be back soon with some layouts from Liz's great new kits too!

B-day, Sale and a Freebie

Can you believe it? I can't - I don't feel a day over 21 and yet today I turned 40!! And I am loving it, great presents, great songs, yep, the boys sung to me this morning, without any help from me! So cute! All in all, a great way to turn 40. We had a joint party last Sunday when Florian turned 40, so no real celebrating today, but boy the party was great on Sunday!

Anyhow since then I have been working hard to get a new kit in the store to kick off my birthday celebrations with my Digi-Scrapping-Friends.
What do you think? This is "Garden Romance" Thanks to my lovely CT it actually has a name, up until last night the poor kit was sat on my harddrive under the name "nonameyet" poor thing!And I even managed to put together some clusterframes:


And as it is my birthday and 40 is such a great number, everything in my store is 40% off for the week! Click on the ad to go shopping!

BUT that isn't all, I put together this great freebie for you all, it coordinates with "Garden Romance" and you can pick it up free at DigitalArts-Cafe, you will have to register, but if you look around, this isn't the only freebie you will find over there! ;o)Download here

I'll be back tomorrow, with a couple of layouts to show you, and maybe I might find the time to make a quickpage for you all, so keep checking back!
CU soon (ooh and I love Birthday Wishes, so if you like my freebie, drop me a line here as there is nowhere at the store to do so! Thanks!)