Ready for Xmas??

Well Kim is! She has a GREAT new kit out "Candy Christmas" (image linked to store)
And I got to play with it.
This first layout is me at 6 months, my very first Xmas.
and in this one I wanted to show off some of the great papers in the kit, so I tried blocking them all. And paired them with this family photo taken just before Xmas last year. We take one every year, and have so much fun doing it. We get lots of silly photos too, but this is a good one!
Hope you enjoyed them
I'll be back tomorrow with something more autumny
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Summer revisited...

well with the cold weather we are having here, I decided that I would scrap some of my sunny pictures! And what better to recall the warmth than a trip to the beach!
So I requested this lovely kit by Charlie's Digiscraps "Seabreeze" and a-scrapping I went! (image linked to store)

And you know me, I love to combine CT work (shh, don't tell anyone, but its not really "work", I have too much fun doing it) with a challenge. And Andrea's Quote challenge at DSO worked really well. The quote this month is "The world is mudluscious and puddle-wonderful!"

And then i just had to find a creative way to use the awesome alpha that comes with the kit! And here it is!Back soon
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News

hihi, I can finally show you what I have been up to - you see I joined a new CT. You may have spotted it in my sidebar - Biograffiti. She is a great girl who designs templates. And having realised what a time saver and inspiration templates can be, I applied and got the "job"!
The first templates I got to play with have been released today and are 20% off for the first week.
here is the pack (image linked to store)And here are my layouts using them
This first also uses Liz's great kit "Towel Dried".

Additional Credits:
Towel Dried by Sweet Digi Scraps at Gotta Pixel

And this is the card I have made for my cousin and his new wife. Just have to come up with the perfect present for them, and one that can be packed up small and sent to Australia!

Additional Credits:
Spiked Chai Latte by Amy Hutchinson
Wordart by Elegant Wordart by Bethany

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Bee My Honey!

That is the name of the kit I have been playing with for DigiScrapObsession. Its by Andrea Dickinson, and is adorable! (image linked to store)
and here are my layouts using it, this first one was for the Font Challenge at DSO. Andrea chose a fun title font called "outlaw" this month. I think it works quite well here as the title.
Robert had such fun with his paper airplane, so cute!

And here is another layout where I did some journalling, I think I am finally getting the hang of it. If you can't read it here, check my gallery at DSO, where i have it written in with the credits.
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Gotta Grab It

Liz has two great kits in the Gotta Grab It Event at Gotta Pixel, and shame on me I only have one layout done with one of them so far. Both kits are available for just $1 today still, so run don't walk to her store - images linked!
This first kit is soooo cute, but I still have to find some bath pics to use with is this "Towel Dried!"
And then Liz gave us CT girls this cute kit to work with - I swear Liz can read my mind across the distance! I was sat watching the kids and thinking back, and remembered what Robert used to say when he was still learning to talk. It made us laugh every time. And this kit "Going Nanas!" was just perfect for it, as you will see.



Don't forget, the images of the kits are linked to the store, where if you hurry you can still get the kits for just ONE dollar!
Back soon with more news, and if you are here for the Quickpage, its down a post!

Through the Patch Blogtrain

I told you I had a surprise for you! ;o)
Sweet Digi Scraps (Liz) and Valarie Ostrom Designs have collabed again (remember the great Project 365 kit - Life is Good or Growing Up Boy or Growing Up Girl) and they have come up with this cute Kit "Through the Patch".
The Sweeties (also known by our "boss lady" as Mushy Taters, but that's a LONG story that Danyale can tell better than me!) got to play with the kit and make some presents for our blog readers!!

here is what I am giving away - one multi-photo Quickpage.

Click here to download

I hope you like it, I also used one of Liz's awesome templates for it. It's from this pack (image linked to store).

Liz - Sweet Digi Scraps: http://sweetdigiscraps.blogspot.com
Valarie - Valarie Ostrom Designs: http://valarieostromdesigns.blogspot.com
Sherry(Rylea): www.u-neekcreations.blogspot.com
KayJay : ***You are here***
Leigh's: http://tricertifiedx2digitalworld.blogspot.com/
Danyale's : http://bygonesscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Sugar & Spice : http://picarook.blogspot.com/
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Showing off how proud I am

of my eldest son, Robert.
I decided to use this fabulous kit by LouCee Creations - Changes, to scrap just how proud I felt of Robert yesterday when we took him to school to be assessed as to whether he can start school next year.
First here is the kit I used (image linked to store) LouCee is Designer of the Month at DSO and this is her special for us all, it's available for ONLY $1 this month.

and here is my layout, if you click on it and enlarge it you should be able to read the journalling (if not click here to go to my DSO gallery)

And whilst I was having fun with LouCee's kit, I did a layout for the Scraplift Challenge at DSO. It's Zoe unwrapping one of her presents at her 7th Birthday party. I just loved the little elements in LouCee's kit, that looked like presents and took it from there!

Be back soon, with some news!

One picture - two layouts

hihi, so yesterday I took the boys to the playground at Kindergarden. There is a conker tree there and after they had finished playing on all the toys there, I suggested they pick up some conkers! Was I thinking of all the autumn kits I had on my hard drive...not really! But I did get some good pictures of the boys and one I particularly liked, so this weekend it got scrapped twice.

This first layout I did using Liz's new kit - Through the Patch, she's collabed with Valarie Ostrom again, and I just love the kit. there are a lot of pumpkins in there, so I wonder how the boys would feel about an outing to a pumpkin field...! ;o)

Anyhow here they are picking their conkers.Credits:
Through the Patch by Sweet Digi Scraps & Valarie Ostrom

And as I said, I love the photo, and decided that Dinphy had a great idea when she commented on yesterday's project 365 post that I should use it for the Desktop Challenge at DSO, so that is just what I did.

Credits:
Ginger & Spice by Andrea Dickinson

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Fall Frolic - and holiday layouts

I was sure I posted these layouts before we went away, I guess they got lost amongst the packing - that is a shame, but I am sure you can still grab the kit I used. I applied for a One Kit Call and this is the beautiful kit I got to play with!
And here is what I made with it. This first layout was for the Template Challenge at Elemental Scraps and used a template by ChrissyW, and for the Elements Challenge at Gotta Pixel. I love how it turned out.And this is a layout using more of our holiday photos from England. This time it is Robert with Heather (my cousin) blowing bubbles!You can grab Mandy's kit "Fall Frolic" at Scrapbook Elements. (kit preview is linked)

So, now we were away last week, we went with friends to Center Parcs at Bispinger Heide and had a super time there. We did a lot of swimming with the kids, and all sorts of other things. And whilst the others played on the Wii in the evening I watched and scrapped. And here is what I made

This first one is of all of the kids at the pool.Credits:
Swim Fishy by Kristin Aargard
Alpha from Bubble Bath by Kristin Aargard

And here are the girls enjoying an ice creamCredits:
Summer Sorbet by Zoe Pearn

Credits:
In the stars by KimB's Designs

And I just had to scrap these photos of our friends daughter pushing her own pram to the swimming pool, she was so cute!

Credits:
Shabby Twang by KimB's Designs at DSO

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Hong Kong Revisited

I had a trip down Memory Lane today. The kit I got to scrap with from DSO is called Colors of a Geisha (and yes I do have a hard time spelling colour the American way!), by Charlie's Digiscraps (image linked to store)When I first saw it, I immediately thought of my trip to Hong Kong back in 1993. Well today I got the photos out and scanned a few in for some layouts. It was fun to remember the trip. I went there with my friend and her then boyfriend and another of her friends (sounds complicated doesn't it, but it wasn't). A friend of ours, Tom, had moved to Hong Kong after university, and we decided, that moving half way around the world wouldn't get rid of us, and we visited him. It was a brilliant trip, even if the most prominent memory is that Hong Kong smells! Anyhow back to my layouts
This first one is me up some mountain overlooking Hong Kong, it was a LONG while ago, and I never did get around to making a photo album, so I have no idea what the place was called anymore.
And whilst browsing the photos, I noticed there were a LOT of me with chopsticks, so I turned them all into one layout! (note the rice on its way back to the dish in the middle photo, that did make us laugh!)
Be sure to check back tomorrow, I got to do a One Kit Call for a great Designer Mandy King, I was going to show you them today, but the new kit isn't in the shop yet, and I do want to be able to link you up, so I'll post them tomorrow.
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