Back To School

This was finally the week. Back to school at our house. Last week was a little crazy because of being at the hospital with Sam, but I was able to pull all the school supplies together and get everyone ready. Monday afternoon was open house. We took Noah and Grace in to meet all their teachers and see their classroom and find their locker....all that fun stuff. And Tuesday was the big day. It was a little odd to just send Noah and Grace. Hopefully Sam will be able to go back in a couple weeks (he started home instruction yesterday.) The first week of school is always so nice.....everyone is on their best behavior and no one has gotten "bored" yet! So we will enjoy the peace while we can and brace ourselves for the days to come.

In the spirit of Back To School I wanted to share with you a few awesome new scrapping kits available now at ScrapMatters

First is Elementary, My Dear by Jeni Hopewell Designs and Hafen Creations. this kit is filled with such great stuff! I love it! And here's a layout that I did of the kids first day....

Next is Back To School by WM[squared] Designs. Such cuteness!!

This is Kindergarten Kid by GG Digital Designs. I like the "outside the box" colors of this one.

And last, but not least is Explore, Learn, Grow from Sahlin Studio. Another great kit from Krista!

Here's a LO from me.....

Such a fun time of the year!

Have a GREAT weekend!!

Where I am....

Wonder where I've been at and what I've been doing for the last five days??? Here's a clue:

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Happy Birthday Haynay Designs!!

Today marks one year that Haynay Designs has been selling at ScrapMatters. To celebrate, Heather and the Haynay Hunnies have cooked up some fun for the weekend.....including a huge 30% off Birthday Sale!! Take a look.....

Unfortunately, I am at the hospital with my son Sam who had surgery on Tuesday, so I probably won't get to participate much.....but I wanted to let you know. There are some great games and contests planned to win GC's to Haynay's store or a free kit. Plus the Speed Scrap on Saturday has a really cute participation prize. Check it out!

In the mean time, Heather has a BOATLOAD of new products being released today!

First is a GORGEOUS kit called "Pebbles and Butterflies."

I LOVE this kit!! Here is a LO I did with it....

Next is "Together Forever" photo cluster templates.

These are a great tool for making blocked layouts. So much easier than trying to figure it out yourself! Here is my LO.

And next are these great rub-ons! You can use these for LOTS of things!

And last, but not least, Heather has put together two QP albums for Baby's first year. They are made from her "Angel Baby Boy" and "Angel Baby Girl" kits and have pages for every month of your baby's first year. What could be easier to help you get all those baby photos scrapped?

Angel Baby Girl First Year Album

Angel Baby Boy First Year Album

And don't forget that the whole Haynay Designs store is 30% off during the birthday sale!!!

Before I go I want to introduce you to my new friend Denise of Denise Beatty Originals. Denise is an AWESOME scrapper and, lucky for us, she helps US be awesome scrappers also by making some of her layouts available in templates. She has a new set of templates out today called "On The Edge." Check out Denise's shop at ScrapMatters to see all her template packs and other goodies!

You might want to check out the whole ScrapMatters store.......there are a ton of new releases today! The weekend's almost here......GO SHOPPING!!!

Have A Good One!!

A good article

Just thought I would pass along this link to a good little article today at thedailydigi.com. It's about making your digital scrapbooking layouts look more real, like a paper layout. Good tips!

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Speed Scrappin'!

I've done three speed scraps over at ScrapMatters in the last few days. Here are the layouts I did....

Santa's Little Helper

Sisters



You Are My Sunshine (Photos by Sally Kelly)

And here are two others that I have done in the last couple days.

Shabby Chic
Blessed (Photo by Sally Kelly)

So I've been having a lot of fun. I have a lot of other things I should be doing though......like buying school supplies, cleaning and organizing our house so it can be appraised (and so hopefully we can get a loan for an addition). And in one week Sam will be having another surgery on his hip. On one hand, not looking forward to it, but on the other I just want to do it and get it over with! So it should be busy around here. And yet, I scrap! Keeps me from totally losing my marbles, I think! Or maybe it's too late!

It's A Celebration!!!

Happy Birthday ScrapMatters! This weekend is the big birthday bash for ScrapMatters' second birthday!! They have tons of fun stuff planned.....and a SALE.....of course!!

And there's a BUNCH of great new stuff in the ScrapMatter's store today. The girl's went all out for this party!

Haynay Designs has a birthday grab bag that has three fun new items in it.....only THREE bucks folks!! Here's a LO I did using the grab bag.....

AND........if that weren't enough......

Haynay Designs has also teamed up with Plum Dumpling Designs for a REALLY fun collab. kit called "Thoroughly Amused!

Here is my LO using "Thoroughly Amused".......This photo was taken just shortly after we became a family of FIVE!

One of the fun activities going on in the ScrapMatters forum tomorrow is Birthday Bingo! I've got my bingo card all ready to go!

Fun stuff!!

I almost forgot to add that both Heather and Mary have freebies on thier blogs to go with this kit! Go grab 'em!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Yowsers! Tuesday already???

Boy, time sure does fly by fast!!

We were gone over the weekend so I didn't get to post. We left early Friday morning and drove up to Michigan to visit with Mike's sister and her family. They live in southwest MI just a couple miles away from Lake Michigan. We arrived around lunch time. In the afternoon we went to climb the dunes and check out a beach. This is a day I will never forget. Hopefully, some day, I will have the time to blog about our experience there. But let me just say that God used total strangers to really bless us on Friday!


So we returned home Saturday evening and finished out our weekend here at home. Cool thing....I get about two hours off my laptop battery so I was able to scrap for two hours in the van on our way there and two hours on the way home. Very cool! I've never been able to do that before. The kids actually traveled really well this trip (we've learned that movies and food are the key) and we had a lot of fun. So here are some layouts that I've done lately.....

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For this LO I used Haynay's new release, "My Happy Life." It is a really cute and colorful kit that I thought was perfect for the camp photos.

This is my Round 3 entry for Battle Of The CTs at DigiScrap Addicts. Go check out all the great entries and VOTE!!!

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So there's a post full of scrapbooking goodness for 'ya!!

Have a great day!!