Category: Digital Scrapbooking

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DSD Overload…

Happy DSD weekend!! For those who don’t know, DSD is Digital Scrapbooking Day. There are challenges, games, and sales galore!! I honestly get a little overwhelmed sometimes and decided a few years ago that I would just sit back and do what I could, when I could. There is just so much! But what I have done this week and into the weekend is scrap!

It’s also BYOC weekend at The Lilypad! Talk about gorgeous!! Here are just a few of the kits  you can find on sale:

Fall
Falling Leaves Mini Kit by Designed by Soco Falling Leaves Templates by Designed by Soco
One
Flannel Papers by Lynne-Marie Flannel Elements by Lynne-Marie Clean and Simple No. 30 by Sabrina’s Creations
Thirty-one
Something Wicked Papers by Sahin Designs and Sabrina’s Creations Something Wicked Elements by Sahin Designs and Sabrina’s Creations Clean and Simple No. 30 by Sabrina’s Creations

There are also some Special Saturday releases that are just as gorgeous!

Love-Fall
Countryside Elements by Etc. by Danayle Countryside Papers by Etc. by Danyale Alphabet Soup – Countryside by Etc. by Danyale Pure and Simple Templates by Pink Reptile Designs
Today
TLP Collab It’s About Time: Today 2018 DSD Grab Bag by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay
Yesterday
TLP Collab It’s About Time: Yesterday 2018 DSD Grab Bag by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay

 

I’m also hosting a DSD Scraplift Challenge at The Lilypad if you are into having some fun and possibly winning a little prize.

Shhhh
Life Uncensored – Daily Bull**** by Etc. by Danyale, Little Butterfly Wings, Fiddle-Dee-Dee, and Allison Pennington

 

There are more fun and games over at The Digital Press and some amazing new releases and fantastic for DSD!!

Halloween-Night
Spooked | DSD 2018 Grab Bag by Anita Designs and Dunia Designs Make It Count: August 2018 | Templates by Anita Designs

I’m hosting one of the monthly challenges over there – All About Me!

Over-50
Focus on the Good by MEG Designs Easy Inspiration No. 3 by MEG Designs

And even more amazing new releases over at Sweet Shoppe Designs!

Us
This is Us Collection by River~Rose and Studio Basic Picture Perfect by Crystal Livesay and Heartstrings Scrap Art
Haunting
Haunted Halloween Collection by River~Rose Picture Perfect by Crystal Livesay and Heartstrings Scrap Art
Rock
Music In Me Collection by River~Rose DSD 2018 Grab Bag by Crystal Livesay and Sara Gleason

Did I mention the word overload? Insane, isn’t it!! I hope you are joining in the fun and getting some memory keeping done! I’m heading back to the forums to see what I can get in to, so until next time…peace, out…

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TGIF…

There is something so wonderful about Fridays! C and I started the day with Starbucks because M had told me that the Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte was so much better than the hot, so I had to try it. Ummm no. Just no. I bought a Venti and didn’t even drink half of it. I’ll stick to the hot, thank you very much. Then we jammed out to Flush the Format on the Kidd Kraddick morning show on the radio. I’ll convert Chance to an 80’s music lover yet haha. Work/school went pretty well, and there’s just something about looking forward to the weekend that makes it better. That and being able to wear jeans!

On the way home, we decided to take advantage of the McDonald’s mobile order and pay to get a couple of large drinks and a free medium fry. We’re loving the deals on the app. I don’t cook on Friday. We either do leftovers, pick up something, or throw a pizza in the oven. It’s the one day of the week that we don’t worry about chores or homework or really anything for that matter. We just chill and sometimes get in a little nap!

The other great thing about Fridays is all the awesome new releases around digi-land, so I thought I’d swing by and share a few!!

At The Lilypad, Just Jaimee has this fantastic new add-on to the September Storyeller. It’s called Then and Now and it’s so beautiful!! I paired it up with the Template add-on for September

Then-and-Now

 

Over at The Digital Press, Rachel Etrog has an absolutely gorgeous new kit called Storyteller, and I paired it up with some amazing new templates by Akizo Designs called Autumn Leaves 03.

Fall-Memories

 

And at Sweet Shoppe Designs, River~Rose has a gorgeous kit called Magical Forest. I paired it up with some fun new templates called Fall Market by Crystal Livesay.

Staircase

 

It’s supposed to rain this weekend, so I plan to spend it trying to catch up on my Project Life. I have several weeks that I need to get done and I’m determined!! I hope you all have a great weekend!! Peace, out…

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Simply Sunday…

In my neglecting of this blog, I have also neglected to share the pages I’ve done for Simple Scrapper the last couple of months.

I love being a part of the team at Simple Scrapper. I really feel like it helps me to create some meaningful, purposeful layouts and inspires me to create pages that I may not have thought of otherwise. The Premium Membership offers exclusive content and a supportive, generous, and inspiring community. Some of the benefits include a private Facebook group, Spark Magazine, chats, podcasts, sketches, and story starters. Totally awesome! And here are my pages:

For July:

July-1

July-2

 

For August

Aug-1

Aug-2

For September

Good-Things-

Styling

If you haven’t checked out Simple Scrapper, I highly suggest you do! Such a fabulous community and such valuable resources! Until next time…peace, out…

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Seriously…

Yep, it’s seriously been two months since I posted. You know what they say about the good intentions. The summer got busy, vacation came and went, and we spent some time just in the moment. I’ve been stopping by to update my Scrap Pages and I *think* every page I’ve done is there. It’s just been a matter of not getting here to type up a post. I am going to make a conscious effort to try and post at least a couple of times a week from here on out. School has been back in session for a couple of weeks and we are finally settling in to a bit of an evening routine, so I should be able to keep up!

Today, I wanted to swing by and share some new releases for this week.

If you haven’t seen it, you have to check out the new collaboration from Allison Pennington, Etc. by Danyale, Fiddle-Dee-Dee, and Little Butterfly Wings. It’s called Life UnCensored – Daily Bull****. If there was ever a kit that I could use over and over and over, this one is it!

Over-it---Censored

 

Just Jaimee also has a beautiful new release this week called Foxy Fall! I am not a big fan of fall, but the colors in this kit are just amazing!

Autumn600

 

Weekend Collection by Akizo Designs was the perfect kit for scrapping a trip to the park we took over the summer!

Day-at-the-Park

 

I am also really behind on sharing pages I’ve done for Simple Scrapper the last couple of months, so I will be back to share those tomorrow, I hope!! Thanks for stopping by! Peace, out…

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What the…

Trying to wrap my brain around where the last two months have gone! Wow! I barely even remember them passing. Everything at work was just crazy. I finished up a class, had another project to complete, and held tons of meetings. Baseball season was a blur. Chance’s team didn’t do very well, but he had a great time and that’s all that matters. He really loves the game. School ended last Friday and since then I’ve been cleaning out rooms and prepping for a yard sale tomorrow. They are so much work, but I will be glad to be rid of all this junk! I have a one rule when it comes to yard sales…if it goes out of the house, it doesn’t come back in. Whatever doesn’t sell, will be donated or trashed. Once this week is over, it’s really time for summer break to begin!

Other than all of that, I’ve been trying to keep up with some scrapping. I am way behind on project life, but caught up in most other areas, even though there is so much I would love to do! My Scrap Pages is up to date, so if you want to check out what I’ve been up to, you can look there.

I thought I’d drop in while I have a quick minute and share some of the fantastic new releases this weekend!

First up is Collect Moments – Storyteller June 2018 Add-on by Just Jaimee. I paired it with the TLP June Challenge Template by Lynne-Marie.

This
Collect Moments – Storyteller June 2018 Add-on by Just Jaimee Collect Moments Journal Cards – Storyteller June 2018 Add-on by Just Jaimee June Template Challenge – Template by Lynne-Marie

Next is Ms. Gorgeous by Cornelia Designs and paired with her Be Bold, Be You Templates.

Pageant
Ms. Gorgeous | Collection by Cornelia Designs Be Bold, Be You Templates by Cornelia Designs

And last but certainly not least is Hello Happy Collection by River~Rose. I paired this one with June Bingo Templates by Crystal Livesay.

Today
Hello Happy Collection by River~Rose June Bingo Template by Crystal Livesay

And now that crazy time is over, I hope to have more time for blogging, so I will be back soon! For now, I’m off to do a little reading before I finish setting up for the yard sale! Hope you have a fabulous weekend!! Peace, out…

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April Showers…

We are having a lovely rainy day here today. Why do I say lovely? Well, for starters, it’s not snow!! And a long time ago, I was walking my daughter in to kindergarten, grumbling about the rain when she looked up at me and said, “But mommy, if it didn’t rain, there wouldn’t be any puddles to jump in”. I have never looked at rain the same since. We had a crazy busy week, so I’m taking the rain today as a sign to slow down and catch up on a few indoor things that I’ve been neglecting. Plus, I’m getting a little time to scrap and to come by here!

I wanted to take a minute to share what’s new this weekend and the layouts I’ve created!

Dream
Wish Digital Kit – Storyteller April 2018 Add-on by Just Jaimee
All About that Space Templates by Crystal Livesay
Make-a-Wish-600
Wish Digital Kit – Storyteller April 2018 Add-on by Just Jaimee
A Full Life {Dressed Down} by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Wish
Fairy Wings Collection by River~Rose
Mix it Up Vol3 by Crystal Livesay

 

I’m a little behind on PL right now but only a couple of weeks. I hope to get them caught up quickly. I also have a couple of other layouts for Simple Scrapper that I need to upload and share, but I’ll be back with those 🙂 I hope you have a lovely rest of your weekend!! Until next time…peace, out…

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Still Waiting…

We are over 2 weeks in to spring now, and I am still waiting to see it! I’m looking out my window right now at snow on the ground and more expected tonight. I’m so over it. We have had a few fairly nice days here and there, but no definitive spring yet. That hasn’t stopped the busy from coming though. Baseball practices have started. IEP season at work has started. And the countdown to the end of the school year has started. Sometimes it feels like the days drag and other times it feels like life is going by at lightning speed.

One of the things that brightens every month for me is BYOC at The Lilypad!! Amazing designs that all coordinate so beautifully. And if you haven’t seen this month’s, it is gorgeous!! Here are just a few sample pages by me.

Bloom
Succulent Garden Bundle by Etc. by Danyale
Tales of Spring Templates by Pink Reptile Designs
Family
Sincerely Botanicals by Tangie Baxter
Sincerely Graffiti by Tangie Baxter
Sincerely Mixed Media by Tangie Baxter
Tales of Spring Elements by Pink Reptile Designs
A Full Life {Dressed Down} by Fiddle Dee Dee
Happy-Hunt
Cheer – Chipboard Callouts by Just Jaimee
Cheer – Mixed Media Papers by Just Jaimee
Cheer – Chipboard Alpha by Just Jaimee
Cheer – Knick Knacks by Just Jaimee
Templates – Storyteller 2018 April Add-on by Just Jaimee
Spring
Tales of Spring Papers by Pink Reptile Designs
Tales of Spring Elements by Pink Reptile Designs
Tales of Spring Templates by Pink Reptile Designs

 

River~Rose also has a gorgeous new collection out this weekend and still on sale – April Rains:

Beauty
April Rains Collection by River~Rose
Mix It Up Vol. 3 by Crystal Livesay

 

I am working on catching up with Project Life. I only need to do this week’s spread, but I will be taking some photos today to add to it. I’ve got some actual work to do for my IRL job and I guess I need to make that my priority for now. Hope to be back soon with new updates! Hope the rest of your weekend is wonderful and relaxing! Until next time, peace out…..

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Oh Spring…

Spring just keeps popping in here for a day and giving us a little taste and then runs off again. We had a winter with pretty much no snow and now we are getting ready for our second winter storm since the first day of Spring. I am not a fan. I am not a cold weather person. I do not like snow, especially if there is a chance I will have to drive in it. But I don’t reckon there is anything much I can do about it, so we bought a bunch of snacks and we’ll just hunker down for the weekend.

I know I haven’t been by here for a couple of weeks, but I have been trying to stay on top of a class that I’m taking this semester and do a little scrapping here and there. I wanted to make sure that I got here to share some amazing new releases this week.

Bunny
Hoppy Easter – Storyteller 2018 March Add-on by Just Jaimee
Hoppy Easter Journal Cards – Storyteller 2018 March Add-on by Just Jaimee
Templates – Storyteller 2018 January Add-on by Just Jaimee
Treasured
Spring Rhapsody by Etc. by Danyale
Boho Soul Paint and Doodles by Etc. by Danyale
Boho Soul Kit by Etc. by Danyale
March Challenge Template by Dawn Inskip
Garden
In My Garden by River~Rose / Mix It Up V3 by Crystal Livesay

 

And I also wanted to tell you about the amazing Retirement Sale going on at The Lilypad!! There are some gorgeous designs that are going, going, gone! Make sure you take a peek and get them while you can.

Army
Army Forever by Paula Kesselring Grow with Love – Letters Edition {March} by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay
Bite-Me
Bite Me by Allison Pennington and Valorie Wibbens Grow with Love – Kids by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay
Hope
Olive Tree by Sara Gleason Grow with Love – Letters Edition {June} by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay

 

I’m going to do some PL catch up this weekend and get my Planner set up. It’s been awhile since I updated photos of it here. I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend! Until next time…peace, out… 🙂

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Backing it up…

I’m getting ready to back up everything on my computer from February! I’m a few days behind, but it’s still early in March. I do this every month, without fail! I have come too close to losing everything a couple of times, so now I am dedicated to backing up at the end of every month. I have two EHD’s where my photos and scrapbook pages go to live. I actually have 3, but one is full. My scrapbook kits get backed up to my big EHD. I need another back up for them as well. I would hate to lose them all, but my photos and pages are what mean the most to me.

But before I get to that, I wanted to swing by and share a few more pages!!

River~Rose and Grace Lee teamed up this week for an awesome new kit called New Chapter by River~Rose and Grace Lee and I also used this template set – Stand By Me by Crystal Livesay and Two Tiny Turtles

Graduation-Day

 

A new month also means new layouts for Simple Scrapper!! Being a part of Simple Scrapper has helped me focus on purposeful ways as far as my scrapbooking goes, and in other areas! The Simple Scrapper Premium Membership provides amazing content and support for being productive without getting bogged down.

I love being a part of the team at Simple Scrapper. I really feel like it helps me to create some meaningful, purposeful layouts and inspires me to create pages that I may not have thought of otherwise. The Premium Membership offers exclusive content and a supportive, generous, and inspiring community. Some of the benefits include a private Facebook group, Spark Magazine, chats, podcasts, sketches, and story starters. Totally awesome! And here are my pages for this month:

Coffee
Coffee Break by Just Jaimee Template from Simple Scrapper
Friends
Dear Karma No2: Innercircle Kit by Etc by Danyale and Little Butterfly Wings Template from Simple Scrapper

 

And now I am off to back that thing up! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!! Until next time, peace, out….

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Marching on…

Wow, I can’t believe it is March already!! But I have to say, March makes me very happy!! I know that winter is ending, spring starts, and the time changes back to Daylight Savings Time. I think that is the happiest day of the year for me. I love the light in the evening! And that takes me back to my One Little Word that I have seriously neglected! I need to get back on my focus with that.

A new month also means BYOC at The Lilypad! Opening the store is like opening the door to spring with this BYOC! I worked with as much of it as I had time for and I absolutely adore all of it!

This one uses Then and Now Elements by Pink Reptile Designs
Then and Now Papers by Pink Reptile Designs
Then and Now Templates by Pink Reptile Designs

Memories

 

This one uses Vintage Spring Papers by Etc. by Danyale
Vintage Spring Elements by Etc. by Danyale
Embroidered Alpha by Just Jaimee
Clean and Simple n29 by Sabrina’s Creations

Spring-Love

 

And this one uses Bath and Bed Elements by Lynn Grieveson
Then and Now Papers by Pink Reptile Designs
Clean and Simple n29 by Sabrina’s Creations

Bath-Time

 

I need to spend some time this weekend getting caught back up on my weekly pages! But I’ll be back tomorrow to share more new stuff! Thanks for stopping by! Peace, out…