I haven’t used quite all of it, yet, but I’ve used alot of it…

For that one, I used Traci Reed’s Graphically Grunged Page Kit, Meredith Fenwick’s Covered Stamp Sheets 2 and More Paint Strokes, my staples.

This one I did with Kristin CB’s The Good Life Kit and Shimmer Curls, Jen Caputo’s Torn And Curled Paper Edges #2 and Torn Out And Curled Paper Template Collection (Set Of 3).

I still have some goodies left to use, but I ran out of time. It feels so darn good to scrap, though! It was nice to do some designing last weekend, too. I have another Southern Belle kit in the works, the papers are finished but I have to get some elements done. I always have a plan to do a whole collection, but somehow I seem to get bored before I finish it up. I’d love to do four of those kits, but I don’t know if I’ll make it . At any rate, here’s a peek at the papers for the next one:

Today should be the day…that we find out the outcome of our big decision. I am so glad that it’s almost over, I’m not a patient person! I have faith that it is all going to work out, though…I’ll keep you guys posted.

Not much to talk about today, so I think I’ll get out of here and go find someone else’s blog to read. Have a great day!

Man, I loaded up so many goodies into my cart that I barely got out the door! Check out this great stuff I got at SBG this morning:

Stamp sheets:

I actually got both sets of covered stamp sheets, I think these will be so much fun!

Some great tears from Jen:

From Traci Reed, Graphically Grunged…

LOVE those bright colors and fun embies!

From Dana, these awesome little tags:

Finally got Kristin’s The Good Life set, these colors are absolutely GORGEOUS:

and more of her Shimmer goodies:

and last, but not least, Jessica’s Party Mix. How can you not want to buy this…look at this cool preview!

Can I just say I am sooooo lucky?!?!? Not only do I get to sell at this fabulous store, but I get the goodies, too! All of those previews are linked to the products in the store, so go check this stuff out!

Have a great day, I have tons of scrapping to do now that I have all this great stuff!

Did you guys have a nice weekend?  We did here, but now it’s over and time to go back to work.  Wanted to share a couple of layouts:

To see the credits, click the images and they’ll take you to my gallery at DST.

Other than that, the big decision is still up in the air, waiting for more information which should be coming this week.  I hate being in limbo, I want to have this behind us and move on!  But, I know, patience is a virtue and it will all work out.

In the meantime, I have one major dilemma.  We have a dog, it was a neighbor dog who came to visit and never went home.  Lately, he’s taken to killing cats.  All three of our outside cats are gone.  I don’t think he’s mean, I think it’s a thrill of the chase thing, but the end result is the same.  He’s a sweet dog, really just a pup at this point, loves the kids, gets along well with the other dogs, but kills cats.  Now, I have a cat who was born in our house, the sweetest cat in the world…but seems to have a problem using the litter box.  I’ve tried different boxes, different litters, giving him his own box, even when the box is freshly changed, he’ll go over by the wall and pee or poop on the carpet.  Well, I can’t throw him out, the dog will kill him.  So, what do I do?  Get rid of the dog?  Get rid of the cat?  Either way, it’s most likely a death sentence for the one that goes.  It is such a difficult situation and I am just worn out with it.  Any suggestions?

Okay, gotta get moving.  Haven’t worked in three days so we need to get ready, get them to preschool and get me to work.  Have a great day!

This is another oldie, but it may be new to some of you.  I just got it all repackaged this morning.

Here are a couple of layouts with it:

That one is by me.  This one is from Libby:

One from Justine:

The kit preview is linked to the item in my Studio if you want to grab it!  Now, I think I’m off to do a little impromptu kit sale!

I am so excited about this kit, I am totally in love with it!

It’s so soft and shabby, I love the colors, it just turned out exactly like I hoped it would. I have another one in the works that is similar in feel, but different colors. But for now, this one is in the store available for purchase right now. Here’s a layout I did with the included quick page:

That’s my nephew, isn’t he adorable? LOVE those pics my sister sent me.

Okay, so what’s up for Memorial Day? Not much here. I’d rather stay home and keep my family safe, there are so many drunks on the road on these Summer holiday weekends. We have a creek and a small grill, my MIL is coming over this afternoon and we plan to go to the creek and cook hot dogs tonight, maybe some s’mores, too. How many points are in a s’more? Oh, well, it’s not like I eat them every day, it’ll be just fine.

No real news on the other stuff I mentioned, we’re kind of waiting…and I am the least patient person in the world, but I know it’ll all work out.

Off to show off this kit a few other places and see if I can sell a few. It’ll be tough with all the sales this weekend, but I’m going to try anyway. Have a great weekend!

First, please excuse the message to spammers in the sidebar.  Geez, there are some sick people in this world.  I am literally sickened by the subjects they refer to in the links they’ve been leaving (thank goodness for Spam filters).  Not only does it make me sick to think people watch that kind of stuff, but it truly sickens me to think that someone, somewhere had to actually make these videos and with the subjects they’re talking about, it just breaks my heart.  I look at the sweet faces of my children and can’t believe that there are wackos in the world that would make them do the kinds of things that are mentioned in these links.  I once read an editorial that said there must be a special place in hell reserved for people who do harm to innocent children and although even that could never take back the hurt that they’ve caused, I sincerely hope that these sick people must endure something at least millions of times worse than what they subject these poor innocents to.  If any of you have the same problem and want to report the links, here’s the form to do so:

https://secure.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/CybertipServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US

Okay, I must move on, I can’t talk about that anymore.

I actually got up this morning and walked.  I’ve been wanting to get that started and, well, today is day 1.  But you have to have a day 1 before you can get to day 10 and day 100, right?  Living where we live affords me the opportunity to walk without seeing anyone, enjoy the birds and the other sounds and just have a peaceful bit of time for myself before the day starts.  I’m also very proud of my weight loss and that I’m sticking with it.  Once you get started, it seems like you just get some momentum and it’s not so bad.  Seeing that number on the scale gets smaller is such great encouragement, it makes me so happy.

I want to thank my friend KristinCB for checking on me after reading my last entry.  I guess that’s the great thing about cyberfriends, no matter where you are, they’re still there.  Anyway, she read my entry and IM’ed me to make sure we were okay.  Thanks, Kristin, it really means alot to have friends like you.

We started a new class last night, Project Management.  We broke out into teams, my team is comprised of four women in my class and I think we’ll do fine.  We had a bit of a time figuring out who should be our project manager, but we worked it out.  We also have a guest in this class, from a nearby town.  She had missed this class in her program so is joining us for the next five weeks.

I’ll leave you with a layout, you can see the credits by clicking on it:

Okay, gotta get moving.  The kiddos must have a shower this morning and I need to get them to school.  I really need to get our office in order and I have alot to do.  Have a great day!

There’s something pretty big going on in our lives right now and I’d really appreciate it if you guys could spare a little prayer that it all works out for the best. I am a believer in the statement that everything happens for a reason and I have faith that this will all work out fine, but a few extra prayers couldn’t hurt, right?

So Ash and Hunibuni have done another fabulous collaboration, this one is just a kit instead of an entire collection like they did before, but it’s fun and has lots of great and funky elements plus a cool raised painted alpha. Here’s a layout I did with it:

Isn’t it fun? The kit is now available in the store at The Digi Shoppe, here’s a link to grab it.

Oh, check out the top section of the left sidebar…yep, I’m smiling. I’m up to 5.5 pounds since I started WW Online 2 weeks ago. I really think it’s a great system for me. I love that I have a daily and weekly goal that I can see right in front of me. I love being able to track it all online and see how I’ve done. I also discovered that you can build recipes and used that last night when I made scrambled eggs (with cheese) last night for dinner. You add in your ingredients, how many servings that makes and it tells you how many points per serving…cool, huh?

Okay, time to get the kiddos to bed for nap, my son has been especially annoying lately and that usually happens when he’s running low on sleep. Have a great afternoon!

I’ve now reworked all but Not So Tough.  Here’s Sunny Side Up:

I’m debating on adding an alpha to Not So Tough.  Just not sure what kind, but I’m leaning towards one that is kind of like this piece of wordart:

I don’t know.  My friend and fellow designer Kelley McDonald says she has a hard time doing multi colored alphas because you never know what words people will want to spell and the colors may not work out right.  I need to give this a little thought, comments are welcome.  Here’s a peek at the current preview for the kit:

Speaking of comments, thanks to you ladies who took the time to comment on my preview question.  Check your mail, you should have a little surprise from me.  And JulieMarie, seeing my name on your blog made my day .

Okay, gotta get moving.  Need to get the kiddos to preschool and me to the office.  Have a great day, everyone!

So I took your advice and redid the previews.  I have two done, I’ll post the afters, you can see the before of the first one in my last post.

This is Funky, Fresh & Fun, vol. 2 .  It now includes a full alpha, which wasn’t there before.  If, by chance, you purchased this kit (recently and from SBG) and want the alpha, send me a note and if I can verify your purchase, I’ll send it to you.

Here’s the new preview for vol. 1 and the same offer stands for it as well.

That’s all I have for now, I’m going to get these two alphas up for my CT to grab, then I’m going to bed!  The kiddos have school tomorrow and I have work.  Sleep tight!

Can I get a quick opinion?

When I repackaged the first several kits for SBG, I used this preview format:

The last couple of kits I put up, I used this one:

I’m noticing that the last couple of kits I put up haven’t sold as well as the others and I’m wondering if it’s because of the preview. These kits do include quick pages, just like the others, but you don’t see them in the preview. I’m thinking of reworking the preview for the last four kits I put up (at least I think it’s four) to match the others, like the Hang Your Star one…what do you think? Is it worth the time? Do you think they’ll sell better if I do the other style?

I scrapped tonight, too…lookie!

I used Gina Cabrera’s Simply Irresistable for that one, the staple is by me, the ribbon fastener is Natalie Braxton.

This one is with the In Memory of Miles kit, staple also by me. Tag is from Gina’s kit listed above. Font on both is CK Shannon.

Okay, I’m going to go read a bit and go to bed. Nitey nite!