♥Freebie Time

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Julie. It is. has given me permission to give some things away I made up! So here it is:

Freebie LINK

The kit is beautiful called Tomboy, and you can pick it up over at Plain Digital Wrapper.
This is a fun site, lots of laughs and good people. You might just want to register and play there!
I will have another frame cluster for tomorrow.
Julie. It is. also has an add-on for the kit over at her blog.

Sarah Barber Designs-I ♥ U

While waiting for Ruby's announcement.............very impatiently I might add. Perhaps others are as impatient as me? Tee hee, it is nice to know, but still hard to wait.

Sharon Dale, hybrid goddess of scrap in my book and friend thru the times of digiland, we used to battle over BINGO (me thru the night as those darn Aussie's time zones). We have jokingly sparred over the months. Then I got her in a siggy violation over at DST! We exchanged emails and talked about this new designer: Sarah Barber. Sharon is a very talented woman and doesn't just throw her recommendations out nonchalantly. I had remember the avatar of Sarah's and some of her work in the Art Journey Caravan. Very beautiful. I went to her store and looked at the layouts by her fun and upbeat creative team. (you know that is mucho important to me). I was sold, but now had to sell myself to Sarah! Now, I am wallowing in rejections emails lately, and pondering if I should just be happy with what has transpired. Nah! I wrote the most honest letter to Sarah. She likes me! I am on her team! I went last night and got this kit:
Dreams within a Dream! It has a coordinating Alpha available also and I grabbed it too!

This morning, I was up early, and sat at the computer with reheated (thick) coffee and cold pineapple and Canadian bacon pizza. It was a marvelous morning. I opened the kit, and just went thru slide show with the elements, and let it just simmer. I mistakenly thought the scripture on the card was the one...trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, I looked it up, and it wasn't that one, but one that touched my heart, it is the plan of salvation! Trust in, Delight yourself with, Commit your ways to and Rest in the Lord. I jumped up and ran to discuss with my hubby. It was just so way cool. The layout came together with a bit of a energy then! I so hope you like it!

Out of rejection-A friend comes through!

I do NOT get down with scrapping, I laugh and press on! I love scrapping and am not gonna have emotions of depression with it. I got yet another...thanks but no thanks email yesterday. I was really looking forward to being on this team...okay I admit, I had already uploaded her blinkie...
HUMBLED! ha ha ha.....but she did give a lovely parting gift! :)
Sooooooo...over at one of the strangest places Plain Digi Wrapper (PDW), I fell into a group of warp women (my favs) who have apparently been talking about a layout I did a year ago. The Dead Bird.
These woman are hilarious and began changing their avatars to be part of the dead bird fan club, or dead bird society. I laughed and laughed. This is my favorite part of scrapping digitally, the people!!
Julie. It is. and I had become blog followers during the time of above said layout challenge. We would leave comments and laugh. She is a designer and had asked me to be on her CT. At that time I was at the peak of my CT life, perhaps 13, and already looking down the road to homeschool my rugrats. I declined.
So now, I didn't want to ask her, hey you still want a CT? But she posts an ad on DST! I threw myself at her.She said YES! Then sent me this new kit to play with that came out this morning called TomBoy! I loved it and am so excited! Here is my dear Abby:So, I will be raiding her store all weekend!
I also picked up a one kit call for Dirty Feet designs and since we are going out to the lake today, I will have some bright fun pics to go with the kit!
Enjoy life, and don't let rejection get ya' down...laugh and keep scrapping!

at least 38th bha ha ha

I won't be sporting a Studio Crystal blinkie....lol, don't really know where I fell in the race, but since 37 folks were chosen before me...I will hold on to the little bit of self pride and believe I was at 38th! Honestly, I am new to using templates and have always been a bit in awe of Crystal(crystalbella) layouts and her templates blew me away. Just beautiful, and I can see myself buying them! They are that good! You know my cheapness!
I am still out applying trying to stay busy. I even applied for Shabby Pickle CT team, I have never done a store CT, but they were looking for fresh, I am very fresh. Well, once I take a shower I will be a bit fresher.
I find out today if dear Helly wants me....my ego can only stand so much rejection!

Yeah! She is Back!

Carolyn Rose Kite...one of the most talented designers who was so kind as to let me CT for way over a year ago...gosh...I think I have done a layout with almost every one of her kits! They are just fun and easy to work with. Carolyn also has mad cluster skills and makes these stacked papers that are just awesome. She has two new kits out...over at Pickle Berry Pop:
In order: Oh What a Night...for those New Year pictures!

I am not a big wild night person...I do stay up til midnight so my kids can light sparklers. But I wanted to do a resolution page. This kit worked perfect!

The next is One Love, made for those mushy pictures, but I loved it for Heritage photo's..this old picture..is my mom! ha ha and today is her birthday...she is officially old today! 68! woo hoo...I love you mumbly!


For those of you who actually read my ramblings, I have been out applying for CTs, and just received my first acceptance (that is a good thing), but I think it is a surprise. The other is for a QP artist for over with Kikki (the young girl who blew me away a year ago with her talent), she has her own store/forum/blog with designers and everything. She isn't playing she is a business woman who I enjoy her spirit for life! DigiScrapCafe.
I have been playing at some new forums lately. Scrap Book Bytes and Plain Digital Wrapper, fun and I don't know how I missed them. PDW has this crazy woman Julie. It is. and she can make me laugh so hard. She worships my ability to kill elements and my scrapping skills..bha ha
I like the gallery a lot at SBB, it's full of journalling and inspiration for me with getting my photo books together.
So....I have 2 more applications out.

having fun is the (with a long e) most important

How I love to play with digital kits! I recently asked over at DST...someone please explain templates? There were some awesome answers and the CT of Sine who is retired from Scrap Orchard now that gave me so much insight...I began collecting templates here and there. Enjoy them for those...aaaaaaaaaaaargh, I must scrap, but my brain is not cooperating times.
Then I saw a call for Crystalbella, or Studio Crystal. I stare in awe at 99.9% of this woman's regular layouts...and she makes templates...where do I sign up for this call?
I went to her blog and she had freebie (yeah, I'm cheap, but I know quality)..I made two layouts, one is over on my other blog...it is for homeschool..so yada yada..double posting is just too much, But you might like reading about my life outside of scrapping...ha ha..I do have one!!
I wanted to do more clusters for Helly (previous CT audition) with her amazing Gabriel kit. So I mixed them and did another for Crystal and another for Helly...
Don't you just love it??? I must say I am rather proud, and Goldi (another drool on myself scrapper) left an unsolicited (meaning didn't play praise game, she just gave me one) at SBG...that is like beyond cool to get a comment from someone you admire. I remember once...it was a blah day and I was needing some self gratification...and Lori Davidson left a comment on a layout I did...aaaaaaaaaaw....that was really a good thing.
Now I know designers are real people..oh boy do I know that...bha ha ha to all you designers out there! Your comments are very appreciated!

space...how far? what?

We are starting to finish alot of the books for the school year! What a great feeling of accomplishment! Fridays is for catching up! Ketchup Days! lol Then Park DAY!!
Eric had to do a mock up of the solar system with the distance. He made nifty papers with Planet titles and actual milage from the sun along with cones to represent the planets!
I am making a book of their adventures this first year of homeschool and this is one of the pages!