Love Saturday

Saturdays rock! They really do. Even if I spend a good deal of it cleaning. I love the relaxing time in the evening when I can catch up on things I’ve missed on line and not have to be worried about getting ready for the day coming up.

I’m headed to catch up on PL as soon as I’m done here, but I wanted to drop by and share the gorgeous newness this week.

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Whatever Sprinkles Your Donuts by Valorie Wibbens Topograpgy No. 27 by Valorie Wibbens
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Storyteller 2016 :: Autumn Sangria – November Add-on by Just Jaimee and Mye De Leon Storyteller 2016 :: Autumn Sangria Journal Cards – November Add-on by Just Jaimee and Mye De Leon Storyteller 2016 :: Sketched Templates – November Add-on by Just Jaimee
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We Are Thankful by River~Rose Countdown to Christmas Templates by MEG Designs

Aren’t those fun!! I love them all. Digi-world is getting geared up for Black Friday and it’s going to be awesome!! And no crowds!! I hope that you all have a great rest of your weekend!! Peace, out…

It’s beginning to look…

A lot like Christmas!! Especially if you have been over at The Lilypad this weekend. The designers have knocked it out of the park this week with all their amazing Document Your December creations! This is one of my very favorite projects of the whole year! I try really hard to have all the pages mostly made before December starts so that all I have to do is add photos and journaling. I did a cover pages and several other pages this past week, so I have a good start! The photos it my layouts here are from last year, but I will redo them when the time comes with this year’s photos!

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The Sparkly Season Papers by Pink Reptile Designs The Sparkly Season Elements by Pink Reptile Designs The Sparkly Season Alpha by Pink Reptile Designs
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Joyful Papers by Amber LaBau Joyful Elements by Amber LaBau Days of December | 3×4 Cards & Overlays by Amber LaBau Numerology by Amber LaBau
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Mod Style Holiday Kit by Etc. by Danyale Mod Style Holiday Paints by Etc. by Danyale Date Minder Set by Etc. by Danyale Pockets No. 8 by Valorie Wibbens
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DYD Embellishment Pack by Just Jaimee DYD Paper Pack by Just Jaimee Pockets No. 8 by Valorie Wibbens
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City Sidewalks by Amber LaBau Days of December | 3×4 Cards & Overlays by Amber LaBau Pockets No. 8 by Valorie Wibbens
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Holly Days Paper Pack by Amy Wolff Holly Days Element Pack by Amy Wolff Holly Days Number Circles by Amy Wolff Pockets No. 8 by Valorie Wibbens

I’m starting to feel so festive hahaha

But there are some other fantastic creations out there this week! MEG Designs is the featured designer at The Digital Press. Her whole store is on sale 30% off and she has some beautiful products!

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Cynosure by MEG Designs Cynosure Template by MEG Designs 

Also at The Digital Press is this gorgeous kit by River~Rose

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Grateful Heart by River~Rose  TDP Challenge Template by Crystal Livesay

And last but not least, is this gorgeous collection by Sahin Designs

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Grace Collection by Sahin Designs

I’m going to spend the rest of the weekend working on PL for this week and trying to get some more DYD layouts ready to go. December will be here before we know it!!

Have a great rest of your weekend!! Peace, out…

Beginnings and endings…

There’s something refreshing about a new month. Time to start over, start fresh. Here we are in November. As much as I dread the cold weather cBOYoming, part of me loves this time of year and starting to think about the holidays. Football is over now and we have our evenings back again. Maybe with the new month and more time, I can spend more time here.

What a great  weekend it is in digiscrapping!! Designers never cease to amaze me with new and gorgeous creations!!

Over at The Lilypad, it’s BYOC time!! Check out these gorgeous goodies:

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I Heart Fall Elements by Just Jaimee I Heart Fall Papers by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 November – Template Pack
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Beautiful Mess Papers by Etc. by Danyale Beautiful Mess Scatters by Etc. by Danyale Pocket Guide No. 7 by Paislee Press
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Gather Element Pack by Sabrina Dupre Designs Gather Paper Pack by Sabrina Dupre Designs Color Me Happy: Oak Leaves and Acorns Set 1 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs I Heart Fall Papers by Just Jaimee I Heart Fall Elements by Just Jaimee Eleven Element Pack by Amy Wolff
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Eleven Paper Pack by AmyWolff Eleven Element Pack by Amy Wolff

 

And over at The Digital Press is Special Edition time! More gorgeous goodness from a couple of my designers:

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Choices Papers by MEG Designs Choices Elements by MEG Designs Choices Journal Cards by MEG Designs Choices Templates by MEG Designs
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Moment in Time Elements by River~Rose Moment in Time Papers by River~Rose Choices Templates by MEG Designs

I’m going to spend the rest of my evening doing my PL for this week and hanging out in the gallery at TLP. So much wonderful inspiration there. Have a great rest of your weekend!! Peace, out…

Seriously…

One day this space will become habit for me. Just when I think I’m on a roll, life throws a curve ball and I’m behind again. This time it’s for the best of reasons, though. I have a beautiful new grandson! He is absolutely precious and I adore him! I got the call on my way to work last Friday, so we spent the weekend either at the hospital or at football. This week it is raining and chilly, so I am spending some time getting caught up on all the neglected things. Football was cancelled and I was finally able to go get my hair done.

I’ve uploaded all my layouts for the last few weeks to My Scrap Pages, but I’m not going to share them all here today. Go check them out if you’d like…credits are on each page.

This is BYOC week at The Lilypad, and oh my at the goodness!! Here’s my pages

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Nature Bounty Mousseron Elements by Etc. by Danyale Nature Bounty Mousseron Papers by Etc. by Danyale Nature Bounty Mousseron Paints by Etc. by Danayle Follow Your Own Arrow {Dressed Down} by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
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Cinnamon Dolce Paper Pack by Amy Wolff Jot It Down Vol. 4 by Amy Wolff Nature Bounty Mousseron Elements by Etc. by Danyale Nature Bounty Mousseron Paints by Etc. by Danyale
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Real Life in Pockets Say What? Elements by Just Jaimee Real Life in Pockets Say What? Papers by Just Jaimee Real Life in Pockets Say What? Filler Cards by Just Jaimee Real Life in Pockets Say What? Word Art by Mommyish Real Life In Pockets Say What? Journal Cards by Mommyish DSD 2016 Grab Bag by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesay

Sahin designs has an awesome new release at The Digital Press and her personal shop

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And she also has a fabulous Featured Collection for this month

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Tomorrow I hope to play catch up on PL again and get some planner updates, as well as share my Simple Scrapper Layouts for this month. Hope you have a fantastic rest of the weekend!! Peace, out…

Planner Peace…

I honestly haven’t decided if there is or not, but I am having fun figuring it out and my planner has really helped me out tremendously. I wanted to do a whole post on this because I did abandon my Heidi Swapp. It’s not that I didn’t like it, I just wanted to try something new.

First, I bought a Big Happy Planner. I was going to buy a Teacher Happy Planner but found the regular planner at a really great price and decided I could modify it to meet my teacher needs and so far it’s been great! I am simply using thin pastel washi tape to split the 3 daily sections in to 6 and I added an information section to the front with class lists, meeting notes, parent contact, etc. I haven’t taken any photos recently, but here is one when I was playing with sectioning it off before school started:

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It’s really working out well and I am really loving it. Then I started thinking that maybe I needed the smaller one for my home stuff. Again, trying to justify spending the money. And then I realized that I already have some fantastic calendar pages and inserts in Just Jaimee’s Story Planner Kits!! So, I went on a mission to make my own version of the happy planner! I found some great covers and inserts at Planner Addiction, ordered some discs, and a punch, and got to work.

This is the cover:

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The full year calendar is a freebie from the MAMBI site and is the inside cover.img_1847

 

The tabs aren’t exactly what I want, but I hope to update them when I have time. This divider is from Just Jaimee’s Story Planner September Kit. img_1848

 

The monthly and weekly calendars are from Just Jaimee’s Story Planner A5 System and these pages are decorated with the September Kit.img_1849img_1850img_1851

 

I added a Grocery List and Menu Planner insert each week and they are both from Jaimee’s A5 System. img_1852img_1853

 

I’m also adding a journal card to each week to note any memories that I might not have room for on the pages. Not pictured is the photo pocket, so that I can add a couple of photos for each week. img_1854img_1855

 

I am really loving it so far and printed enough weekly pages to get me through December or January. I’ll try to get some more photos this week of how I have updated things. Happy Planning!! Peace, out…

 

Playing Catch-Up…

I feel like I do this a lot and I’m really trying hard not to put myself in a position where I am catching up all the time! But, I can happily say that I am totally caught up on my Life in Pockets!! Now, my plan is to stay that way. I know life has a way of showing up just when I say that, but that’s my plan! I do have to say that I probably wouldn’t be caught up if it were for Just Jaimee’s Ready-to-Go Pocket Page Templates!! They have made it so easy to just pop in photos, add some journaling and be done with it. I have added and replaced some elements here and there with elements from her Storyteller Collections, but it’s been super easy! Seriously, if you are behind like I was, these are the way to go!! Here are the last few weeks pages so you can see how amazing they are:

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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates Weeks 27-30 by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee
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Ready-To-Go 12 x 12 Pocket Page Templates by Just Jaimee

I do love creating my own spreads and will try to do that as I stay caught up, but these are so fabulous when I just don’t have the time to do it all myself!!

Now I’m going to spend a little time getting a planner post together and scrapping a few new pages on this rainy Sunday. Hope you enjoy yours!! Peace, out…

New, new, new…

Staying up to date as much as I can right now 🙂 It will be nice when football season is over and I have my evenings back again. But until I do, I will make the best of it and get here when I can. We spent the afternoon with football games and our team lost pretty badly. I’m not sure what all they are doing wrong, or what they are doing right. Hopefully they will get it all together.

In digi-land, there are some fabulous new releases this week and I had the privilege of working with the best!!

First up, Danyale teamed up with Studio Basic this week for one amazing collab – Everyday Brave. I am so in love with this one!!!

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Everyday Brave by Etc. by Danyale and Studio Basic TLP September Challenge Template by Just Jaimee

Next up, Jaimee teamed up with JM Designs (one of my retired favs) for a fantastic collab – Storyteller 2016 :: Another Year – Sept. Add-on

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Storyteller 2016 :: Another Year Kit Collab – September Add-on by Just Jaime and JM Designs Storyteller 2016 :: Another Year Journal Cards – September Add-on by Just Jaimee and JM Designs Storyteller 2016 :: Sketched Templates – July Add-on by Just Jaimee

I absolutely love the colors in the new release from River~Rose – Everything Changes 

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Everything Changes by River~Rose Play All Day Templates by River~Rose

Sahin Designs has a beautiful new collection this week – Woodnote

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Woodnote | Bundle by Sahin Designs Blockbuster | Templates by Sahin Designs and Jimbo Jambo Designs

And last, but certainly not least, I am thrilled to now be creating for Amber LaBau Designs and her new kit – Brave New World – is perfect for my daughter.

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Brave New World by Amber LaBau Storyteller 2016 :: Sketched Templates – July Add-on by Just Jaimee

This it for today. I am off to update my planner and hopefully try to get back here tomorrow to share what I’ve been up to with that lately. I also need to do some catch up work on my Life in Pockets. Hope you have a fantastic Saturday night!! Peace, out…

Yeah, so…

What happened was…summer. I’m feeling like I haven’t been very productive, but I have managed to clean out a few rooms and do some fun things. C and I ended up taking off for the beach, just the two of us. R was hoping for a phone call about a new job and didn’t want to leave, so since it would be the only chance for us to go because of football starting, C and I jumped in the car about mid-week and took off for a few days. It was really nice to spend some time together and do a lot of the things that he and I like to do. Since we’ve been back, I’ve just been catching up on some things around the house and hitting the pool and a few baseball games. And we’ve been playing a lot of Pokemon Go! It’s about to get crazy here again, so I’m not sure that productivity will happen this summer ha. Football practice starts tomorrow, I have to go in to work on Thursday, and I need to start doing some pre-work stuff before school starts.

I haven’t even scrapped all that much, but here are the pages I have managed to get done 🙂

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Pop Culture Kit by Etc. by Danyale Storyteller 2016 :: Sketched Templates – July Add-on by Just Jaimee
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Storyteller 2016 :: Sketched Templates – July Add-on by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 July Collection by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 :: Summer Stories Kit Collab – July Add-on by Just Jaimee and Sara Gleason
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Think Positive by River~Rose Think Positive Single Template by River~Rose
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Storyteller 2016 :: A Stacked Mess – July Add-on by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 :: Stacked Frames – July Add-on by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 July – Mixed Media Paint by Just Jaimee
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Love Lines Genealogy Kit by Etc. by Danyale Template by Dawn Inskip
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Mr. Golden Sun by River~Rose Mr. Golden Sun Papers by River~Rose July TDP Challenge Template by Wishing Well Creations
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Picnic Day Bundle by Sahin Designs Blockbuster Templates by Sahin Designs and Jimbo Jambo Designs
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CU/PU – Grunge Edges Set 4 by Etc. by Danyale CU/PU – Grunge Overlays Set 4 by Etc. by Danyale Jars and Blooms Papers by Etc. by Danyale Jars and Blooms Elements by Etc. by Danyale Jars and Blooms Paint by Etc. by Danayle Bottom Up Template by Pink Reptile Designs
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Boy-tween Kit by Etc. by Danyale Boy-Tween Paint by Etc. by Danyale Alphabet Soup – Worn by Etc. by Danyale Preserved by Sara Gleason

I have a couple of weeks of PL to catch up on and I hope to do that today…after I enjoy some reading and sunshine 🙂 Hope you have a great rest of the weekend!! Peace, out…

Motivation…

I’ve finally found a little motivation and have been doing some cleaning out and purging around the house. I hate taking the time to do it, but it feels so good to get rid of junk and de-clutter!! I’ve done 3 rooms now and today I worked on the out building, sweeping and cleaning. Now to just finish the rest of the house!!

Needless to say, I haven’t scrapped a whole lot because I’ve been doing all the other things. But I did want to come by and share what’s on sale this weekend. It’s some gorgeous stuff!

Starting with this amazing collab from 2 of my favorites – Just Jaimee and Sara Gleason:

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Storyteller 2016 :: Summer Stories Kit Collab – July Add-on by Just Jaimee and Sara Gleason Storyteller 2016 July – Template Pack by Just Jaimee

 

Next up is this beauty by River~Rose:

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Bright Side Kit and Template by River~Rose

 

This layout was done for the first Summer School Challenge at The Lilypad. It was a fun one:

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Storyteller 2016 May – A Stacked Mess by Just Jaimee Emphasizers Vol. 2 by Pink Reptile Designs Let’s Get Lost Stamps by Valorie Wibbens Urban Blight Brushes by Paula Kesselring

And that’s pretty much it for this week. I have one week to catch up on in my Life in Pockets and tomorrow I will get my planner all prettied up for next week and try to get some photos. Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!! Peace, out…

Wonderful Wednesday…

Honestly, the only way I even know it’s Wednesday is because of SOSN at The Lilypad! I’ve been uploading pages all over the place today. It’s nice to have the extra time to do it 🙂 So, I just thought I’d run by real quick and show off the fantastic stuff that’s available today at 50% off. It’s a heck of a deal on some gorgeous designs!! Don’t miss it!!

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A Hot Mess by Dawn Inskip Shades of White Papers by Etc. by Danyale
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Happy Hipster Papers and Elements by Amy Wolff
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Urban Blight Bundle by Paula Kesselring and Springboard Templates No. 1 by Lynn Grieveson
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Storyteller 2016 A Stacked Mess and Stacked Frames June Add-on by Just Jaimee

I’m heading off now to put clean linens on the bed and do some scrapping for the awesome releases this Friday. Peace, out…