Buy My Store Sale!

I am having a Buy My Store sale for DSD. Only $12.50!

Includes:
2011 Calendar Grids and Background Templates
8.5x11 Inchie Alpha Templates
Twinchie Templates (2x2, 4x6, 5x7, 8.5x11, 12x12 )
8 CU Bracket Templates
4 Alphas
39 12x12 Templates
24 11.x8,5 Landscape Templates
24 8.5x11 Portrait Templates

$1.50 Sale!

Everything in my store is $1.50!

It is. a Sale by Julie! Everything only $2

Julie. It is. is having an Anniversary Sale  (Happy 2nd design Anniversary, Julie!!!) and everything in her store is $2!

It seems that lately the more stressed I am, the more I scrap. I have done a great deal of scrapping the last two weeks. :)

Boys Will by Boys by Southern Creek Designs.
This was for the Re-Wrap Variety Pack Challenge at Plain Digital Wrapper.

Paper from Circus by Southern Creek Designs; Elements from Boys Will be Boys by Southern Creek Designs. This was for the Scraplift Challenge Variety Pack Challenge at PDW.

Neapolitan Taffy by Dani's Delusions.

Green Paper - First Kiss of Spring by Flergs
Everything else- NSD 2009 Freebie by Flergs
For Chat Challenge at Scrapbook Graphics to scrap favorite flower.

Old Glory by Southern Creek Designs 
 

(Created with some stuff I made a while ago.)

Ribbon from Old Glory by Southern Creek Designs; 

Everything else from Bikers by Southern Creek Designs

Misty Nights by Southern Creek Designs

For a chat challenge at Scrapbook Graphics to scrap a feud.

Rough and Tumble Reloaded by Flergs.

 

Another Sultry Summer by Julie. It is.

Have a wonderful week!

PDW News, Layouts, Challenges and a Coupon

My poor neglected blog. Sigh. Is anyone still reading this? ;P I am failing miserably in social media these days with no good explanation. So to make up for it, here is a coupon for 50 percent off for any purchase of $3.00 or more. Use coupon code: BlogFan710

We have lots of fun things going on at Plain Digital Wrapper this month for our pool party. This week was a challenge to make some waves and scrap outside of our normal style. So I took the dive and did a fantasy layout. I am intrigued by fantasy layouts but they have never really been my style. I am more of memory scrapper, I guess. Although it was fun to try something new, I was quickly reminded of the real reason I avoid fantasy layouts, I hate extractions (and I even have Topaz Remask which is supposed to make it easier). Does it get easier with practice?

I decided to do a pirate scene since I took the kids on a Pirate Adventure last weekend so had the perfect photos. This was originally a picture of my son shooting the water canon at Stinky Pirate Pete. I used Pirate's Adventure by a new designer at Deviant Scrap, High Four Designs.

Overall, I think I like it. I am still not convinced it has a enough stuff on it though. It feels a little plain to me.

I have been out of town the last two weekends so have missed the Beach Blanket Bingo chats but am hoping to make it tonight. Here is my first digi bingo card. I used Circus by Southern Creek Designs.

 Chats start at 10 p.m. EST and we would love to have you stop by and join us. There will be prizes for the first person to bingo and the first person to do a cover-all. You can find the Bingo Card template and word list here.

Last week my Mom was visiting and the week-ended with my three-year old in a full arm cast so there wasn't much time for scrapping and this week I spent most of the week straring at blank page trying to come up with an idea for a fantasy page. (Hint: It helps to have the right kit to start with. Once I found that, thanks to a search at DST last night, things went much smoother.) I only got one other new layout done this week for the chat challenge at Scrapbook Graphics. The challenge was to scrap your favorite song title. I used Nostalgia by Julie. It is. for this.

Be sure to stop by Julie's blog for a coordinating mini freebie this week!

Hope to see you around the pool at PDW!

Ready to Party Around the Pool?

Come join me at Plain Digital Wrapper for the Pool Party.

A few layouts . . .

Remembrance by Julie. It is. Be sure to check her blog for a free coordinating alpha.

 

My Sister The Drama Queen by Connie Prince 

For the chat challenge at Scrapbook Graphics. We were to scrap a favorite something. I chose a favorite smell. Moments Captured by Jo Hanna.

 Boys Will Be Boys By Southern Creek Designs

Summersweet by Julie. It is.

Scrap Time

Let's start with some PDW news. Are you looking for an awesome CT to join? Plain Digital Wrapper is having a CT Call.

They also have a new Facebook Fan page you will want to check out.

I have a new template challenge up there this month too.

Here is my layout I made from the template. I used Blue Skies and Sunshine by Julie. It is.

I haven't done much template designing lately. Been in a funk so I have been trying to scrap my way out it. Here are the layouts I have done in the last month.

Brighter Days by Dani's Delusions

 Life's Little Surprises by Scrap Matters Design Team

 Tinker Toy Kit and Word Art Pack by Flergs

 Bubblegum by Southern Creek Designs. Flavor F Template by me (modified).

 Heart to Heart by SuzyQ Scraps

 Spring Rain by Julie. It is.

 Silver Peony by Julie. It is.

 Jillyn By Southern Creek Designs

I Dunno by Southern Creek Designs

 Bubble Gum Fun Collab by Sunshine Studio Scraps Designers.

So, what have you been scrapping? 

Happy iNSD!

How will you be celebrating? I had plans away from the house but it looks like they got canceled so I will HAVE to stay home and play on the computer. Poor me. ;)

Here are some things you won't want to miss.

1. Make sure you are following me on twitter or Facebook since I will be giving away a few $2, $5 and $10 GCs today.

2. Pick up the iNSD coupon catalog from DST to find out how to get a free template pack of your choice from my store.

3. Did I mention my store is still 50 percent off plus there are lots of other great sales going on at PDW today, like the everything $2 sale Julie. It is. is having.

4. Stop by the chat at PDW tonight (10 p.m EST) for a chance at lots of great prizes including this template from me.

and this alpha from Julie. It is.























I heard some rumors about Gift Certificates at the chat too . . .

6. Speaking of gift certificates, PDW is giving away a pack of Gift Certificates for anyone that follows them on Twitter during the month of May. So what are you waiting for, go follow!

7. Finally, for my fellow MemoryMixer fans LeeLou has a coupon for 30 percent off on her blog PLUS The Little Things by MemoryMixer blog is giving away a free copy of their software and three coupons for their store. Did I mention I get my photobooks printed there and they are fantastic?

OK - now go have some iNSD fun!

Free Template and a 50 percent off sale!

I am having a 50 percent off sale for my birthday this week and NSD this weekend. Plus I have this free template for you too! This is a sampling from my Candy Wrappers: Flavor E Template pack that will be released on Friday. You can download it here.

If you like the circle theme in your layouts, then be sure to check out the Scraplift Challenge I am hosting over at PDW this month. We are scraplifting an awesome circle-themed layout by LDHOriginals. There is still time to participate and you even get a posting bonus if you do.

Here is the layout I did for the challenge using Well Worn by Julie. It is.

I released some double page templates a couple of weeks ago but don't think I ever posted them here.

This weekend, I played with the new kit The Way You Look by Sir Scrapalot Designs. I needed to work on my daughter's book but couldn't bring myself to do another pink girlie layout at the moment so this kit was the perfect inspiration.

We were on a camping/boating vacation trip with several friends from church/work when I captured our friend Bill snuggling with baby Alexis.

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I need to blog, I need to blog, I need to blog . . .

That is what I keep telling myself. I had one crazy, whirlwind of a March with a move and finally selling our house after it being on the market for over two years, no Internet for three weeks because of said move and then a huge project at work. OK, so that is my excuse for March, yet it is now mid-April. Thinking. . .thinking. . . thinking. . .yep, fresh out of excuses for April. Truthfully, I have been in a little bit of a funk and feeling unoriginal in my scrapping and thus in my designing. Scrapping is stress release for me so I continued to scrap despite my feelings. I finished this one particular layout that I wasn't feeling all that crazy about because I had this "have I done this before?" feeling but I posted it anyway. Imagine my suprise when the kit designer e-mailed me telling me how much she loved it. So apparently, it wasn't my scrapping that is the issue but my taste. :) After some more thought, I think maybe I just needed a change of pace. I have pretty much only been scrapping baby pictures of my daughter because I am trying to get her 300+ baby book done by the end of this year. So I opened up my nature albums I am working on and played around in the landscape one and actually created a layout I like. So, I am curious, have you ever found yourself in a scrapping rut? What do you do when you find yourself in this sitution?

I have a Facebook Fan Page now and a special offer for my blog readers. If you join my fan page and post a comment on my wall and answer the question above about how you get out of a scrapping rut by Saturday April 24, I will send you a GC for $5 to my store. (If you only fan the page and don't leave a comment, you will still get a GC for $3 but you have to do that by the end of this weekend).

OK, enough rambling . . .Here are a few things I have scrapped since my last post.

Tomboy by Julie. It is.

Firefly by Southern Creek Designs

Leaves from French Quarter by Julie. It is., everything else from Prism by Julie. It is.

Lynn's Watermelon Picnic by Dani's Delusions

Earth Glow by Julie. It is.

Painted Whites by Southern Creek Designs

Happy creating!