FREEBIE ALERT! May Mini Here

May has to be one of my favorite months. It brings Mother's Day, Memorial Day, and happens to be the month of my birth as well. The days get warmer and some of my favorite flowers bloom around this time.

So to help bring in the month of May, here's a little early [i]NSD gift for you!

May Mini download




Enjoy! See you tomorrow!

Lots of exciting stuff!

Wow! I have lots of exciting stuff going on today!

First of all, I am so excited to announce that I've been chosen to be part of the Creative Team for Haynay Designs!! I'm a Haynay Hunny!




How cool is that??? I'm so excited about this opportunity. I just found out yesterday, but I've already had a chance to "play" with some of Heather's (haynay) designs that she'll be releasing tomorrow and I'm having a blast. Wait until you see what she has in store for [inter]National Scrapbooking Day/Weekend!! I can't wait to show you tomorrow!

I'm also working on a little freebie of my own and hopefully I will it get posted for you later today.

I'm so looking forward to this weekend! I hope I actually get some time to sit and scrap and take advantage of all the wonderful activities and sales going on
for [i]NSD.

Friday Night Fun

So yesterday, Sam comes home with this note taped to his tray....

Dear Mom and Dad,

I want to go spring dance at 6 o'clock
April 24, 2009, at middle school. My
friend Cassie wants me to call her. She
would like to go with me. There is
tickets for baskets to win different
prizes. One is Webkinz. Her phone
number is XXXXXXXXXX.

By SAM

Well, first it hit me that April 24th was "today!" And then I looked at the clock and realized it was already 4:00 and I hadn't done a thing to start dinner yet. So I told Sam I wasn't sure and we would have to wait until Dad got home to see what he thought.

Mike got home about 45 minutes later and Sam showed him the note. He said it was fine with him...."but you want to take him, right?"

I'd been BAM-BOOZLED!!

So I said if Daddy cooked dinner and helped get Sam ready, so I could get ready we could go.

Next we had to call Cassie. Sam said he wanted to talk to her himself. So Mike dialed the number, but Sam was SO excited that all he could do was giggle and Mike had to tell Cassie that Sam was coming and would see her there.

I should probably explain a little bit about this "dance," lest you think I'm letting my 10-year-old date already. The Spring Dance is an annual PTO fundraiser and is a family event. They sell tickets to the "dance" and also each grade makes up a gift basket and they sell raffle tickets for the baskets and give those away at the event.

So the real draw of going for Sam and Cassie was that one of the baskets was indeed filled with 17 Webkinz! And there was probably more "small children running around to music" than there was dancing. They did do the Hokey-Pokey, the chicken dance, and the limbo though.

But it was really sweet. Sam has REALLY good friends and I am very thankful for that. I took a bunch of pictures of Sam dancing and doing the limbo, but I will have to see if there are any I can post since there are other kids in most of them.

And, no, neither Sam or Cassie won the Webkinz basket. :o(

That was my Friday night!

This and That

Well, it's Thursday night. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. It's supposed to be our first really warm day! Yay!!

I also love Fridays because many designers release their new kits on Fridays and it is always fun to see what is new to work with and how creative they all are.

Tonight I scrapped this picture of Grace in her very PURPLE glasses. Couldn't let that one escape the family archives! Ha! She's a riot....she's never liked to get her picture taken.....even as a baby....and now, all of the sudden, she's into posing. So funny! It's rare to get a good picture of her, so I was thrilled!

This was also my first real attempt at extraction. Could be better, but not bad for a first try I think.

This LO is using "Paisley Punch." If your looking to download the free kit....keep scrolling down. Also, the download links to all the freebies I've done so far are still active, so feel free to take advantage of those too if you haven't yet.

Well, I'm off to make school lunches for tomorrow. (UGH!)
Thanks for stopping by!! :o)

A new FREEBIE today! YAY!!

Here's a new kit for you.....Paisley Punch! I hope you enjoy it!

You can download it HERE!





Don't forget that I will be participating in a blog train that will go live on May 15th. There are 12 or 13 designers involved and it is going to be one HOT kit!
So y'all come back now...'ya hear?

Easter LOs

Just want to post these LOs I did of Easter. Gotta get to bed!!!!

A "Game Night" LO

Here's a LO I did using "Game Night" with pictures from Easter at my Mom and Dad's. (Scroll down to download this free kit.)



I hope you all had a great Easter too!

I'm really excited about the blog train I will be participating in come May. I just turned in my part of the collab. kit this morning. I've seen some of the other's contributions and it is going to be one HOT kit! The blog train will go live on May 15th. Can't wait!

Just hopping in for a sec....

I wanted to post this LO that I just finished with "Spring Into Summer." If you're looking for the free kit, keep scrolling down to the next post.

"Spring Into Summer"

Happy Friday! It truly is a "Good Friday!"

Well.....I've been working on this kit and FINALLY got it all done, zipped, and ready to share with you. There are a lot of Spring-y kits out there right now. I wanted to do something that would be for Spring, yet could be carried over for use in Summer LOs too. I was also wanting to tackle a "pretty" kit and I just love blue and yellow together. So here is your freebie for today....."Spring Into Summer."



You can download it HERE.

The kit includes:
12 papers
4 frames
2 paper flowers
1 paper flower with stem
paper flower border strip (2 versions)
1 paper leaf bunch
1 doodle vine
1 brad
1 bulldog clip
2 buttons
1 tag
1 journaling mat
2 straight ribbons
1 tied ribbon
1 laced ribbon
1 ribbon flower
straight row of stitching (2 colors)
circle stitching
1 staple
4 vellum word strips

Enjoy! And leave me some love if you are so inclined.

I am so looking forward to celebrating Easter this weekend. I hope you have a wonderful time celebrating our risen Savior with your families.

He is RISEN!! Happy Easter!

Just a couple things.....

Hi! Happy Saturday! Just wanted to pop in a say a couple things.

First of all, just wanted to say thank you to all of you who have visited my blog over the last couple days and have left such nice comments. They are much appreciated and a huge encouragement to me to keep trying this designing thing. So thanks VERY much!

I also wanted to mention, for those who were wondering, that the texture from the "Outdoorsy" alpha actually came from the bark on a tree in my backyard. I always though it was kind of cool and when I found the font, I though it would be just perfect for it. I'm glad people like it and I hope you find good use for it.

If anyone uses any of my designs I would love to see your work. You can leave me a link to your blog or gallery in a comment here on my blog and I will take a peek. I almost can't imagine anyone using my stuff so that would be totally CRAZY!!! LOL!!!!

I will be working on some more designs. I have lots of ideas rolling around in my head. I really need to do some scrapping too though. I've been neglecting it a little because I've been concentrating on the designing. May 1st I will have a contribution to a collab. kit on a blog train with some friends over at ScrapMatters. So be looking for that. And hopefully I will get a couple other things done in between now and then. So keep coming back, okay????

Thanks again for all the encouragement!!

A Friday freebie!

Hey there!

Well, it's Friday already! Wow! The weeks just fly by! To celebrate the arrival of the weekend, here's a little alpha freebie for you.

You can download it HERE **LINK DISABLED**




Hope you have a great weekend!