Boo hoo...

Well, I can't blame anyone but myself, but I was disqualified from the digitals design contest. It was really a stupid error...last minute they decided that if the quality control team found any errors we would have one chance to fix it. So dumb ol' me decided to throw something together, send it in, and pray. Well...I had errors on 5 out of my 12 elements (lol...that's bad, eh?) So, during DS's nap time I got to fix 4 of them. Saved the hard one for last...gr...I got to redo it, sent it in real quick...and yep, you guessed it, totally mucked it up. I mean, the mistake I made was so blatent. Someone should come smack me upside the head. There was a giant blue line on my fastener!!! Okay, it wasn't giant, but it was pretty obvious.

So, I am a little dissapointed. The staff there, and especially Stacy Mann, have a GREAT contest going - very much sticklers for quality! But it just proves that their in store products are going to be of excellent quality. Maybe in the future I will apply there to be a designer...we will just have to see.

I haven't re-fixed (again...) the elements for the playing with dirt kit, but I will do that tomorrow and then release them as a freebie! Maybe even with a few special other treats...woo hoo.

I want to thank everyone who voted for me! The contest was so much fun to be in. I absolutely cannot wait for the design contest at Just For the Scrap of It. Starts Oct 1st...it's sneaking up on me...quickly.

Well...I do have a few layouts to share.

This is from my husband basic training graduation...what a day. I am so incredibly proud of him. I know that bct was a challenge, but he owned up to it and really excelled. He was so excited on graduation day that I could hardly get a picture with him looking at the camera!

Winter Morning kit by Kylie Moore. This kit is so cool. Lot of beautiful colors and really neat elements...I especially love the journaling tool.

And this is my mother-in-law...such a sweet woman. I am so blessed to have a MIL like her.

My Journal kit by Joan Thompson at the Scrapping Garden. Awesome kit, lots of journaling pages and interesting elements!

ah, I was tagged!!

my first tag (i need a really cute smiley to go here...) by Kari!!!!!!! So I guess I need to think of 6 things about me...eh.......this seems incredibly difficult

1. I used to be in an online gaming clan who are now semi-famous (i saw them on a PC gaming magazine yesterday...) Just think of who I would be now if I had kept playing.

2. I graduated high school and college each in 3 and a half years, one of those combined. So it took me 6 years to get through both...and that was not because I am freaking smart either. (too bad...)

3. My first born in a cat named Spencer...who we found out was a girl after we'd had her for 3 months. She's almost 5 now, and I adore her

4. My husband and I moved in together after we had known each other for 3 months. He was 17 and I was 18. It took us 4 years to get married though.

5. My baby boy is my life, and he still does not sleep through the night. I'm not complaining though, I haven't tried to sleep train him very much (he's 13 months btw)

6. I love my in-laws...all of them. They're crazy as all hell, but I consider them to be my family and couldn't imagine life without them!

Okay, so I get to tag a few people now...I think I'm getting Heather, Tanyia, and Andrea!

Okay, now a few new LO's. I'm merging my two blogs because, lets face it, one is more than enough.

So, I am just going to take this directly from my old blog (lazy lazy lazy...)

Anyway, here is a LO I made using Kylie Moore's gorgeous Bubble Bath kit which can be bought from her new store at snap and scrap

Snap and Scrap

Another page from one of Kylie's beautimous kits. This one is from the pink swirl delight kit! Now, this is actually a love letter I wrote to my husband. I blurred the actual words because well...it was not appropriate for public viewing lol. No, it really wasn't bad, but it's private. I love how it turned out though, and wanted to share.Oh, and the pink swirl delight kit can be found at Nuts4digi.com

And last, but not least...this is a kit I did for a contest at Just for the scrap of it (linkie) This may be one of my favorite LOs...of course it features my two top men!

SO that's it for me today!!!

Round 3 here I come!

Well, the voting for round 2 of the digitals design star ended yesterday, and I made it through by the hair on my neck. 6 people were eliminated, and I was number 7.





So, here is the direct link to the Playing In Dirt papers. The round 3 challenge is to make matching elements, so those will be uploaded tuesday or wednesday at the digitals gallery. Then next monday I can offer them on my blog (after voting has completed)





Enjoy the papers!





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Have a wonderful day everyone!!!

Yay, freebies!!!

Well, I am participating in the Digitals Design Star contest, and this weeks theme was boys! So, feel free to D/L the freebies, and voting begins tomorrow! This is a preview of my entry:

and the link to DL:
http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/galleria/showphoto.php/photo/43689



And the gallery to see all the other wonderful entries:
http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/galleria/showgallery.php/cat/1115


Enjoy!!

Indian Summer Kit Freebie!!

I hope I don't spoil anyone by releasing 2 freebies in 2 days. I just got a little motivation behind me and got this one out. I actually really love this kit...it's very "fall" and "autumny". I may add on to it later, as with all of the kits I do. I usually think of something cool just after I publish it...which is actually kind of frustrating.

As always, please share this with your friends, but link them to my blog, not just the download link! And feel free to leave some comments!

Download Here!

New freebie kit - Watermelons !!

I am so excited about this new kit. I am truly proud of it, even though I don't have any pictures to use it with yet. I love the colors though, and I worked really hard on the backgrounds - 11 total!! But it's really late and I've got to go to bed! Enjoy the freebie!!

Download Freebie Here

J'ai retourne!

I'm not really even sure if that is proper french, but yes, I am back! I've actually been in Tampa for about a week, but it has been a crazy week in which nothing was accomplished. So, no I have not yet made any new kits or anything. I am working on a few with some really pretty colors. Hopefully I will be able to work on the new kits over the next few days and get some released. I am not in any hurry though because I want full and complete kits. I want to make sure that everything that might be needed is included. I hate getting a really cute kit and then not having a matching border or something!





Anyway, enough rambling. This was my entry to the Blueprints by Monica challenge over at gottapixel.net. For some reason the text is coming up white...and the color of the flowers is a bit odd too. I have no clue why it's doing that! I will figure it out though, and fix the problem.

Well that's it for tonight. I would be working on my kits but my son is asleep in the computer room! And there is no way that I am going to disturb him...tomorrow though, I will start working 24/7.