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May 18, 2015

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.

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.

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

April 9, 2015

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…

April 4, 2015

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

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

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…

March 7, 2015

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…

February 20, 2015

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…

January 13, 2015

Organized, say what?!

Ok, so I keep saying that I am working on my organizational skills for the new year and so far so good. I still have improvements that need to be made, but I am feeling better about things. One of the biggest things that has helped me has been starting a planner. I would love to have a fancy planner that I could add things to, but I had fun making my own a couple of weeks ago. I used the cover from an old notebook that I loved and customized it so that I would love using it. Here are a few (not so good) photos of it:

I made my own tab dividers using the Winter Wish Collection from the designers at Pixels and Company and added a few pieces of word art and journaling that inspired me. The bulk of the planner is from the Start Fresh Event from Simple Scrapper. It was a 5 day event that I did not get to participate in as fully as I would have liked because of all of last weeks “activity”, but it is now available as a do-it-yourself e-course!! The materials that come along with it are so amazing and so helpful and the key to getting me organized this year! There is going to be so much more This Year at Simple Scrapper to keep me motivated and inspired. I am really looking forward to all of it!

I also wanted to share the pages that I did for Simple Scrapper this month. Their membership materials make it so easy to keep scrapping!

This one was done using Simple Pleasures by Tracy Martin along with a template from the January 2015 Membership materials and a Story Starter from March 2012.