So, yeah….

It’s that time of year where I am not around much. Work is insane and then add baseball to that. We have been doing baseball 5-6 nights a week and it’s really starting to become draining. I’m not really feeling like I am keeping up with much of anything. But, less than a month from now it will all be over and I’ll wonder where the time went.

I’m not going to add all the layouts I’ve done the last few weeks here. I’ll just upload them to my Scrap Pages and if  you want to have a peek, you’ll find them there. What I did want to share is that two of my favorite designers, as well as two of my favorite people are retiring from design. It makes me very sad that I won’t have new goodies from them to play with regularly, but fortunately I have a great stash from both. I wish them both all the happiness in the world!

First up.. Val of ValC Designs. I’ve been on her creative team for about 3 1/2 years now and I have to say that working with her designs really helped me think outside the box and create some pages that are among my all time favorites. Make sure you check out her awesome sale and grab her gorgeous designs while you can. Image is linked to her store at Oscraps.

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Next is Tracy of Tracy Martin Scrapbook Designs. I created with Tracy’s stuff back when I was on the site CT for One Story Down and totally fell in love with her amazing creations. I was over the moon when she asked me to be on her creative team over a year and a half ago. Her kits are among my very favorite of all time and I find myself going back to them over and over!! Don’t miss this chance to get all her amazing creations while you still can!! Images linked to her store.

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Alrightie.. that’s it from me tonight. I’m off to get my gallery updated and hit the bed. Peace, out….

Simply Sharing

Just thought I would take a moment to swing by and share my most recent layouts for Simple Scrapper.  If you have not checked out this community and it’s membership, you are really missing out. Talk about a ton of information, inspiration, and goodies! Not to mention a wonderful group of scrappers who are always quick to support and help. Jennifer has been working like a mad woman behind the scenes to revamp the member area and it is fantastic!

The Premium Membership includes access to previous monthly content, members-only classes, and special events. They will be open for new membership soon, and you can sign up to be notified when everything is ready!

Here are the pages I created this month using sketches and story starters from Simple Scrapper:

Missing You by Tracy Martin Sketch from Simple Scrapper
Missing You by Tracy Martin
Sketch from Simple Scrapper
Cozy Times and Hipster Alpha by Tracy Martin Sketch from Simple Scrapper
Cozy Times and Hipster Alpha by Tracy Martin
Sketch from Simple Scrapper

I’ll be back this weekend to share this week’s newest releases and updates on my Life in Pockets pages! Hope everyone has a great end to the week. Peace, out…

 

Holy Cow…

Yeah, so it’s been a couple of weeks and yeah, same ole busy, busy, busy. I am taking a class this semester and, every little bit of weekend time that I’ve had, I’ve spent working on stuff for the class. It’s interesting stuff, if you like classes on teaching methods, but between that and the usual spring IEP, paperwork, testing, etc, I don’t have much “free” time. We have a 4 day weekend going on right now. That is the extent of our “Spring Break”. I am so envious of those who get a whole week off, but we are on the countdown to the end of the year! I’m also tackling a pretty big project in my time off…painting all my kitchen cabinets. They’ve needed an update for a long time. I got about half way through yesterday and will probably get the other half tomorrow. Today, we are going to color eggs and go to mom’s for dinner.

We got C all signed up for baseball a couple of weeks ago and he had try outs last week. We heard from the manager of the team yesterday and he will get to be #45 (Michael Jordan’s baseball number). Their team is the Giants and we have our meet and greet on Tuesday evening.

I haven’t had a chance to see it in person yet, but M now has a house of her own! I have informed her that she now must come and get all of her stuff haha. I’m dreaming of a craft room! But all of that will probably have to wait until summer, when I have the time to do it.

I have managed to get in some scrapping the last couple of weeks, and pretty much keep up with my weekly spreads. I’ve updated both galleries, but here are some of the pages I’ve managed to squeeze in…

Little Somethings V10 by Tracy Martin [ link ] Facebook freebie paper by Tracy Martin Topography No. 27 by Valorie Wibbens
Little Somethings V10 by Tracy Martin
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Facebook freebie paper by Tracy Martin
Topography No. 27 by Valorie Wibbens
Fuss Free: You Are Here by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Gentle Rain by Etc. by Danyale
Fuss Free: You Are Here by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Gentle Rain by Etc. by Danyale
Hello Pretty by Valorie Wibbens Drama Queen No. 3 by Valorie Wibbens Typo Grow by Valorie Wibbens Topography No. 14 by Valorie Wibbens
Hello Pretty by Valorie Wibbens
Drama Queen No. 3 by Valorie Wibbens
Typo Grow by Valorie Wibbens
Topography No. 14 by Valorie Wibbens
All Year Round: Beautifications by Traci Reed and Jady Day Studio retired template by Zoliofrope
All Year Round: Beautifications by Traci Reed and Jady Day Studio
retired template by Zoliofrope
This Is March by River~Rose and Southern Serenity
This Is March by River~Rose and Southern Serenity
Fuss Free: Dots and Bows 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Gypsy by Etc by Danyale
Fuss Free: Dots and Bows 2 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Gypsy by Etc by Danyale
Fuss Free: Plan Ahead Apr 2016 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Gypsy by Etc by Danyale
Fuss Free: Plan Ahead Apr 2016 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
Gypsy by Etc by Danyale
Sugar Sugar by River~Rose
Sugar Sugar by River~Rose
Be You - April 2015 Collection by the designers at Pixels & Company Layered Layouts v7 by Deena Rutter
Be You – April 2015 Collection by the designers at Pixels & Company
Layered Layouts v7 by Deena Rutter
Glam Pop by Traci Reed Convostation by Zoliofrope (retired)
Glam Pop by Traci Reed
Convostation by Zoliofrope (retired)

Thanks for having a look and hope everyone has a happy and blessed Easter! Peace, out…

Well…

I’m not really sure where the last few days went, other than we did finally get back to work for 3 days and then off another 2. I am over winter. Fortunately, it does look like the next week or more will be beautiful and no temps below freezing! I also love, love, love the time change! I really do think about this blog every day and say I’m coming to post something and then one thing leads to another and I piddle around and don’t do it. But anyway, I’m here now and wanted to share a few new things for this week!

First up, it’s a brand new month at Simple Scrapper! If you haven’t checked out their Premium Membership, you really should. It’s a great community filled with wonderful scrappers! You also get access to a full library of sketches and Story Starters to jump start your creativity, Spark Magazine, planning tools, and lots of other unique and awesome content. Here are the layouts I created with sketches and story starters from the Premium Membership:

Love The Life You Live by Tracy Martin Simple Pleasures by Tracy Martin Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership
Love The Life You Live by Tracy Martin
Simple Pleasures by Tracy Martin
Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership

 

All Year Round: Foundations by Traci Reed and Jady Day Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership
All Year Round: Foundations by Traci Reed and Jady Day
Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership

 

Basketball season is winding down and we are in the playoffs right now. I have so many photos to scrap and Traci Reed read my mind! She has this great new basketball kit and matching cards!

3 Point Shot and 3 Point Shot Cards by Traci Reed 365Unscripted Plastic Stitched Grids by Traci Reed
3 Point Shot and 3 Point Shot Cards by Traci Reed
365Unscripted Plastic Stitched Grids by Traci Reed

 

Val C. has a great new challenge over at Oscraps! I just loved playing with the big words that she provides for the challenge.

Creative Box - Big WORD by Val C. Designs ArtBook - This Day - The Bundle by Val C. Designs ArtBook - Posing ART by Val C. Designs
Creative Box – Big WORD by Val C. Designs
ArtBook – This Day – The Bundle by Val C. Designs
ArtBook – Posing ART by Val C. Designs

 

Also out this week is a beautiful kit called Create Joy by River~Rose. I paired it up with This Journey called Life template by Two Tiny Turtles.

Create Joy by River~Rose This Journey Called Life by Two Tiny Turtles
Create Joy by River~Rose
This Journey Called Life by Two Tiny Turtles

 

And I am off to get ready for a day at basketball! Have a terrific weekend! Peace, out…

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….

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 🙂