Snow Day #10 and New Releases

Yep, snow day #10…and I am just going to leave it at that!

Taking time out of my doing nothing to swing by and share round one of new releases in digiscrap this weekend! As usual, these designers have outdone themselves!

First up is this beautiful mini kit by Val C. Designs called ArtBook – Beautiful and available at Oscraps.

ArtBook - Beautiful by Val C. Designs
ArtBook – Beautiful by Val C. Designs

Cheryl has some awesome new templates this week at Scrap Orchard called Perfect Days. I paired them up with Danyale’s Cottage No. 9:

Fuss Free: Perfect Days 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Cottage No9 by Etc by Danyale Cottage No9 Word Art by Etc by Danyale
Fuss Free: Perfect Days 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Cottage No9 by Etc by Danyale
Cottage No9 Word Art by Etc by Danyale

Over at ScrapStacks, River~Rose has a beautiful new kit called You Can Fly. First I paired it with an amazing new bundle of templates by Two Tiny Turtles, also available today at ScrapStacks, called This Journey Called Life:

You Can Fly by River~Rose This Journey Called Life by Two Tiny Turtles
You Can Fly by River~Rose
This Journey Called Life by Two Tiny Turtles

And then I paired it with Valorie Wibbens’ Journalers No. 5:

You Can Fly by River~Rose Journalers No. 5 Valorie Wibbens
You Can Fly by River~Rose
Journalers No. 5 Valorie Wibbens

And last, but certainly not least for today is Valorie Wibbens’ contributions to Mixed Pocket Monthly over at The Lilypad – Never Lose Your Sparkle Papers, Haberdashery Charmed Elements, and Fabric Button Alpha. I am looking forward to using these over and over.

Never Lose Your Sparkle by Valorie Wibbens Haberdashery Charmed by Valorie Wibbens Fabric Button Alpha by Valorie Wibbens Pocket Topography No. 1 by Valorie Wibbens
Never Lose Your Sparkle by Valorie Wibbens
Haberdashery Charmed by Valorie Wibbens
Fabric Button Alpha by Valorie Wibbens
Pocket Topography No. 1 by Valorie Wibbens

That’s it for today… I am going to attempt to do something productive and I’ll be back to share more tomorrow 🙂

Peace, out….

Cabin Fever!!

Oh has it ever set in. I love my family, truly I do. But after a week of being trapped in the house with them, it’s a wonder we are all still alive! I know I’ve mentioned that we have gotten off pretty easy in the weather department this winter, but Mother Nature decided that it was time for us to pay! It started snowing last Saturday and we got a little and then all hell broke loose. We have been out of school all week because of a combination of more snow and below 0 temperatures. I am seriously going stir crazy. This is definitely the time of year that I wish I lived in town and not on these hilly, windy, privately maintained roads. I have only ventured out the front door to shovel. And not only that, but I have been a total sloth inside the house. I just have no motivation to do anything. I feel like I have spent the last week doing nothing but cooking, eating, and washing dishes.  Ok…I’ll stop complaining now. They were calling for up to 12 more inches tomorrow, but have backed off to a more mix type thing, changing to rain. Thank GOD! I so feel for all of the people in states where they are dealing with much worse than we are.

We’ll move on to some scrappy things! I have done a little of that this week, so I will share some of the fabulous stuff you can find in the shops and on sale this weekend.

I’m loving my guest spot with Two Tiny Turtles! She has some great new template sets out this week…

This one is called For the First Time and uses a re-release from River~Rose and Pink Reptile Designs called Scrapazzi:

Scraparazzi by River~Rose and Pink Reptile Designs For the First Time by Two Tiny Turtles
Scraparazzi by River~Rose and Pink Reptile Designs
For the First Time by Two Tiny Turtles

 

And this one is called Do Your Best and uses Traci Reed’s Pocket Life ’15: February Collection:

Do Your Best by Two Tiny Turtles Pocket Life '15: February Collection by Traci Reed
Do Your Best by Two Tiny Turtles
Pocket Life ’15: February Collection by Traci Reed

 

Etc by Danyale has a fabulous new kit called Cottage No9.  There is also matching Word Art (and believe it or not, I did not use a template on this haha):

Cottage No9 by Etc by Danyale Cottage No9 Word Art by Etc by Danyale
Cottage No9 by Etc by Danyale
Cottage No9 Word Art by Etc by Danyale

 

Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs has some fantastic new templates this week called Fuss Free: What’s Your Angle. I used a kit called Eskimo Kisses by Tracy Martin for this one:

Fuss Free: What's Your Angle 4 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Eskimo Kisses by Tracy Martin
Fuss Free: What’s Your Angle 4 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Eskimo Kisses by Tracy Martin

That’s it for today! I’ll be back tomorrow to share some more awesome new stuff!! Stay warm. Peace, out…

New Releases

Happy Thursday! Thursdays are great for a couple of reasons. For starters, tomorrow is Friday and second because I get to start sharing new releases from some of my favorite people. I’m just driving by here quickly before homework time to show off some awesome new stuff at Scrap Orchard from the lovely Danyale and Cheryl, along with Dream Big Designs…

Hodge Podge by Etc by Danyale Fuss Free: My Scrapbook Art by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Hodge Podge by Etc by Danyale
Fuss Free: My Scrapbook Art by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Fuss Free: Royale 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Royale Bundle by Dream Big Designs
Fuss Free: Royale 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Royale Bundle by Dream Big Designs

Aren’t these awesome!! I’ll be back tomorrow to share more new goodies and whatever else I can think of while celebrating the weekend!! Peace, out!

Life and Basketball…

So yeah, life happens and basketball happens. And basketball really takes up a lot of time! That’s where I’ve been…courtside, watching C have a blast. He really loves the game, and while he may not ever be NBA material, he has come so far since he started last year. It does put me in a bind as far as getting things done that I want to get done, but that’s ok…it’s all worth it.

We also had B’s 7th birthday last weekend. It’s so hard to believe she is 7. I don’t know where the time has gone, but she is so great and I am so proud of the dad that A has become. Even with all the obstacles that he and she have faced, they are coming through it and it looks like they are going to be just fine.

I’ve got to do some catching up on getting layouts posted from last week and the new ones for this week! I’ll get them all added to the right pages as soon as I finish this post. I’m really trying hard to keep up with 2 page weekly spreads this year because I love how they come out. We’ll see if time allows me to do that. Traci Reed has a fantastic new PL collection hitting the Sweet Shoppe this weekend and I know that’s going to make it so much easier for me!

Here is my Week 3, done with her new collection

January PL Collection by Traci Reed
January PL Collection by Traci Reed
January PL Collection by Traci Reed
January PL Collection by Traci Reed

 

Danyale has a great mini at Scrap Orchard this week that coordinates with her Life, Love, Etc Kit. This also uses some fantastic new templates by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs at Scrap Orchard.

So We Said by Etc by Danyale Fuss Free: Hello Goodbye 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
So We Said by Etc by Danyale
Fuss Free: Hello Goodbye 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee

Another page using Fiddle-Dee-Dee’s new templates with Butterflies in My Stomach by Cluster Queen and Juno Designs

Fuss Free: Hello Goodbye 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Butterflies in My Stomach by Cluster Queen and Juno Designs
Fuss Free: Hello Goodbye 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Butterflies in My Stomach by Cluster Queen and Juno Designs

 

This page uses awesome new templates by Cluster Queen at Scrap Orchard and her kit, Just Be You

Just Be You by Cluster Queen Gimme Layers Vol 75 by Cluster Queen
Just Be You by Cluster Queen
Gimme Layers Vol 75 by Cluster Queen

 

And last but certainly not least, it’s Dollar Days at Pixels and Company! There is so much goodness! This is a don’t miss! These pages were done using 365 Days by Gennifer Bursett and are so much fun to play with!

 

365 Days - Hexagons by Gennifer Bursett
365 Days – Hexagons by Gennifer Bursett
365 Days by Gennifer Bursett
365 Days by Gennifer Bursett

 

I have a few more things to share, and hopefully will be back before the end of the weekend! Hope it’s amazing for you! Peace, out 🙂

One of “those” weeks!

Where do I even start about the last week or so! Yikes! It started off just fine, still mild weather and not a whole lot going on except going back to work after the break. It wasn’t so bad…sometimes adult interaction is just what I need! Then it all went down hill. Winter decided to make an appearance and it got really cold, like below 0 cold. We ended up being out of school on Thursday, but as much as I’d like to enjoy a snow day, having to spend it with frozen water in my laundry takes all the fun out of it. Back to work on Friday and I end up in the ER before the end of the day with a kidney stone. I still have it I guess, I’m not so good at following directions and straining things, but we have been out a lot and I am not carrying those things with me! TMI? Anyway, after getting home from that and going off to basketball practice, I’m thinking things are looking up for a good weekend. We pull in the driveway after practice to water gushing out of the side of our house. The water pipe and burst and flooded the laundry room. Have I mentioned the fact that I hate winter!! So that’s where I stand….still drying floors and washing clothes by hand for the time being.

I’ve been trying to keep up with MOC at The Lilypad, but the events of last week have put me a couple of days behind. As soon as I log off here I am going to try to catch up. I have been keeping up with CT work pretty well and am still always amazed at the goodness that comes my way every week! Here’s what’s new with my awesome designers this week:

Winter Wish - January Collection by P&Co. Designers
Winter Wish – January Collection by P&Co. Designers
In Stitches by Robyn Meierotto Dialogue by Gennifer Bursett and Jen Allyson
In Stitches by Robyn Meierotto
Dialogue by Gennifer Bursett and Jen Allyson
Live, Love, Etc by Etc by Danyale Fuss Free: Somewhere in Time by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Pocket Love | Arrow Stamps by Cluster Queen Creations
Live, Love, Etc by Etc by Danyale
Fuss Free: Somewhere in Time by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Pocket Love | Arrow Stamps by Cluster Queen Creations
ART BOOK - It All Started - Bundle by Val C. Designs
ART BOOK – It All Started – Bundle by Val C. Designs
ART BOOK - It All Started - Bundle by Val C. Designs ArtBook - Posing ART by Val C. Designs
ART BOOK – It All Started – Bundle by Val C. Designs
ArtBook – Posing ART by Val C. Designs

The last page is for Val C’s challenge over at OScraps…it’s a great one, so check it out if you get a chance! And don’t forget that MEG Designs’ template challenge is still going on, with a template created by yours truly!

I will be back tomorrow with some cool stuff from Simple Scrapper to share for this month! Monday is done….Peace, out 🙂

Let’s Get It On!

The new year that is! Bring on 2015! I’m ready for the new year with new plans and new organization…at least in my mind ha. We’ll see how it all pans out. We had a pretty quiet New Year’s Eve watching the festivities from New York on TV, eating lots of junk, and playing around with silly photo booth stuff that I printed for C. The new year, so far, has been spent doing a whole big bunch of nothing.

I have been working on uploading some scrappy stuff and will be getting  my Scrap Pages updated when I wind up this post. There is all kinds of fantastic stuff to start the new year! If you make it to the end of this, kudos to you!!

Danyale has a great new set of journal cards called The Dirty Deck – Holidays. These are so much fun! I used them for this page along with her new release all about Christmas Catastrophes called Better Luck Next Year:

Better Luck Next Year by Etc by Danyale Dirty Deck - Holidays by Etc by Danyale Gimme Pockets Vol 1 by Cluster Queen Creations
Better Luck Next Year by Etc by Danyale
Dirty Deck – Holidays by Etc by Danyale
Gimme Pockets Vol 1 by Cluster Queen Creations

Pixels and Company has an absolutely amazing new collab for January – Winter Wish! I’m telling you, I could not stop using this beauty! Here are several pages with it:

Winter Wish by P&Co Designers
Winter Wish by P&Co Designers
Winter Wish by P&Co Designers
Winter Wish by P&Co Designers
Winter Wish by P&Co Designers
Winter Wish by P&Co Designers
Winter Wish by P&Co Designers
Winter Wish by P&Co Designers

MEG Designs has a fun New Year’s kit as well. Great sprinkles, and even a couple of fantastic coordinating templates:

Sparkling Year  by MEG Designs
Sparkling Year by MEG Designs

Cheryl is helping us all plan ahead this year with calendars for 2016! How cool is that..no last minute calendar creations..create them over the course of the year!

Fuss Free: Plan Ahead 2016 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Getting Artsy: Winter Blues by Cluster Queen Creations
Fuss Free: Plan Ahead 2016 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Getting Artsy: Winter Blues by Cluster Queen Creations

I already have a start on my Life in Pockets! The cover page is done thanks to a fantastic freebie from Traci Reed Designs! This also uses her kit – I’ve Got Sunshine.

2015-Cover

And if you stayed with me this long…thank you!! Wishing you all the best for the new year. Peace, love, and happiness 🙂