June gloom, yep...

it is officially June 1st and what comes with it.... cold weather? HUH? It is 61 degrees and overcast this first day of the month. So sad. It is usually like this the entire month here in Sunny San Diego. Nice huh? Don't come for a visit yet, ok? Wait till July or August.

So I have so much to share today. New kits, designing birthdays, a freebie... WOW, wow wuzby! :)

So first up is a kit that was given away as a Daily Download at Digital Candy before it shut down. Make a Wish is a collab by Stolen Moments and Trixie Scraps (and what an awesome combo that is).

Here is the layout I did with it!

Next up is a collab at Enchanted Scrap Studios with Color with Caryn and Robyn Pali.


Finally... Charlie's Digiscraps is turning ONE! Yep... She has been designing for one year now... Look at this awesome kit she made for the occaison!
Here is my layout I made with this! And look below for a QP....
Click the image to DOWNLOAD the QP Freebie....

I am hosting a speed scrap TONIGHT!

OMG.. I have been such a bad bad blogger the past 2 weeks. I have been getting horrible migraines lately. Does anyone else get them? What do you do for them? I usually do ice packs on my head and alternate tylenol and advil but it can still take days to go away. I went to the doctor yesterday and she gave me a migraine medication that dissolves on your tongue. Forgot what it is called but I took one yesterday and within 4 hours I was back up and alive!! Not bad... now if my silly eye would stop twitching today I would be perfect.

So, I am hosting a speed scrap at Digi Town Square tonight @ 9pm EST/6pm PST and I invite all of you to come by. The participation prize has been donated by Lyndie of Gone Scrappin' Designs and she sells at Designs in Digital! Look at this adorable mini-kit! And stop by her blog to leave some thanks!!
I hope to see you there! I have a special speed scrap planned for you all!

And if you need some awesome kits to use for the speed scrap there are sales EVERYWHERE!

Stolen Moments has her ENTIRE shop on sale for only $25!! WHAT! This sale ends on the 15th.

Charlie's Digiscraps has some kits on sale for $1 each - you can get Funky Love Birds, Paper Princess or Satin Ropes CU. This sale ends TONIGHT.

Color with Caryn also has 3 kits on sale for $1 each - you can get Its a boy thang , Essance of Spring CU flowers or Happily. This sale ends TONIGHT.

One last thing... Digi-Designs by Nicole forum has changed. It is now Stuff to Scrap - a full service shop with over 15 designers to date, a forum and gallery! And it is so fun and friendly. Grand Opening Sale is Monday so save the date!!


Ok... go... shop... come to speed scrap! BYE.

Hot Dog, Hot Dog, Hot Diggity Dog...

It is sooo HOT out today. Yikes... we topped 100 degrees about 1pm. I bet the fire warning are popping up already. Please no fires!!! I am sweltering today and I was smart to keep the house all closed up (keeps in the cool from the night). I even had to put all the chocolate Easter candy in the fridge. So... since its too hot to go out, I will just share lots and lots of stuff with you... and maybe I will have a treat for you at the end... if you sit still the whole time. he he

Trixie Scraps released a new kit earlier this month called Slumber Party. When I first saw this kit, I thought WOW, very girly! Cute but super duper girly. So of course my first layout is girly! Then I went to play with it again... and what do you know, it has more purposes than just bedtime or slumber party pics. So, if you think you can work your magic on this kit, go grab it at Digital Candy. And please show me what you make.

Layout using Slumber Party - full credits are HERE.

And here is the "other" non-girly layout I made with Slumber Party. I think this is one of my favorite layouts. You can check out the credits HERE.


Next .... who's up next? Well, One Single Seed is doing 2 Featured Designers a month and Ilona Havenaar is the designer up for the second half of April. Check out the cute ad for her sale. (I made it with her adorable kit - This Sweet Life) And Ilona has an awesome sale for you - 50% off her entire shop, including CU. So you can pick up This Sweet Life for less than $3 - WOWZERS. Plus, there are freebies in her shop... I saw some! :)


Now, how many of you LOVE CU stuff? Well, Charlie's Digiscraps just released a new CU kit - Designer Bits2. It has cute fabric flowers, adorable bead scatter, a ribbon bow, ric rac and the cutest lace ever. You can find this at Enchanted Studio Scraps and its on sale this week only. So run on over and grab this cute CU kit for only $3.50!!

Here is the layout I made with all the fun stuff in Designer Bits2. Look how easy it is for me, a scrapper, to use this stuff! For full credits, click HERE.


So Miss Rach of Steel City Scraps has created a new adorable kit - a breath of fresh air. And it is ONLY available at Digital Candy. Right now you can grab a breath of fresh air for only $3.49, which is a good deal for this kit.
Here is my layout using a breath of fresh air. Yes, that's me! We were at Disneyland and was all hot but I love the smile on my face. I love to smile now that I have braces (see the shiny grill there?) and it makes me so Happy!!! For credits - go HERE.


Ok... I am a bad bad blogger sometimes. This awesome kit was released last week by Stolen Moments and Scraps by Jen - both awesome designers at Digital Candy. It is called Wynken, Blynken and Nod. How cute is that name? And oh my gosh, you seriously need to buy this kit to scrap any sleep, baby, nighttime rituals, etc layouts. This kit has 35 papers (all so cute) and 67 adorable elements.
And here is my layout that I made using Wynken, Blynken and Nod. Well, I actually used it for a Speed Scrap (late) but couldn't submit it because it wasn't released yet. The Speed Scrap instructions were by Trixie Scraps and we had to write some meaningful journalling.. and this is what I came up with. The picture is my first born son, who was born a month early and was 5lbs 1oz.


And for bearing with me on this long magical journey... I have a treat for you. Click the image to download. And leave a thanks if you do. I appreciate the kindness!

Little Bo Peep got too much sleep

Oh my gosh, I took a nap and slept way too long. Check out the new sale from Stolen Moments. Go shopping and get a coupon for later. Click the image to go to her Digital Candy shoppe.


And don't forget about Digi-Designs by Nicole's sale. You can still get the items in her store for 25% off. Click the image to go to her One Single Seed shop. While you are there, see what items Digi-Designs by Nicole has at the yard sale.


Well, I have a freebie for you tonight... a QP made from my Floral Fusion layout. Don't forget that you can still get this kit for free on the blogs of Digi-Designs by Nicole and Stolen Moments. Floral Fusion will lose its freebie status on Saturday night so go get it. To download the QP, just click the image below. And leave some thanks if you snag it... makes me feel special!

Manic Monday... oh o.. I wish it were Friday... oh o

Char. Charl. Charlie's Digiscraps has a new kit out today - Granny's Farm - and I love it. This kit has 15 papers, 54 elements and a super cute alpha along with carefully photographed and extracted quilted elements. The possibilities with this kit are endless. The kit, the Stitches Add-on and the recipe book (made by Awesome Anne of Alamo) will each be on sale - 30 % off for 1 week. Check out the previews below. Clicking on them will take you to the shop.

Here is the layout I made with it. That is my sister and my husband and me in the layout. My sis with the blonde hair and me with the dark hair. Want to know something funny? My sis is really a strawberry blond-ish color and I am really a blonde... but we switched. I guess neither of us were happy with the hair we got! Go figure.


My two fav girls have joined up again to create a FLORAL FUSION of fun and flowers. Yep, Digi-Designs by Nicole and Stolen Moments have a new kit out and you can pick up the pieces from their blogs all week - FREE! Hurry because the kit will only be available for FREE for ONE WEEK, then it heads into their shops.

Go to Digi-Designs by Nicole's blog
Head to Stolen Moments' blog

And here is my layout! What a cute kid I have, huh? Ha ha... if you know me, you know that's not one of my boys. And if you are fan of Stolen Moments, you know that it is her son. Say WHAT? Why am I scrapping with Amber's boy? Funny story actually. Amber used this pic in a layout a long time back and I thought she had extracted it and made it look like he was holding something. She didn't but he was holding something - the changing table rail. I thought this picture would look adorable extracted so she sent it to me... and there it sat on my desktop, just waiting for the perfect kit to use with it. Along came FLORAL FUSION and I loved that large white frame so I decided to use the pic of Ethan. I love how it turned out and was expecting all sorts of gushy-ness from Amber... but what did I get... a Where did you get that pic? Seriously. Amber totally forgot that she had sent it to me - that's how long its been on my desktop. So I called her a dork and reminded her of the layout, blah blah and it all came back to her. So... there! I am always looking for great or unique pictures to scrap so if you have one, send it on over. I am always up for a challenge. Uh... just don't forget you sent it to me, ok. (love ya silly Amber)


I'm so excited... and I just can't hide it.... I'm about to lose control and I think I like it....
I am excited because there is a SPEED SCRAP tonight at Stuff to Scrap! whohoo. I love the speed scraps there and tonight, Nicole is hosting so I am sure it will be a fun challenge. Plus we are great company so you should stop by! Stuff to Scrap is formerly DDBN forum... it has undergone some changes with more to come in the near near future. So, if you are looking for an awesome forum to hang out at... one that is NOT clique -y, one that is friendly and full of laughter and compassion... join us!


SALES SALES SALES and great deals....

Color with Caryn has 3 adorable kits on sale for only $1 this week at Enchanted Studio Scraps. For $1... seriously - go get them. I have linked the images so shop, shop, shop!




Also, don't forget about the following sales (you still have time to pick up some more awesome deals):

TRIXIE SCRAPS - entire store on SALE - 30% off until April 15th, plus if you spend more than $10, you will receive an 50% off coupon to use later
Digi-Designs by Nicole - entire store on SALE - 25% off until the end of April
Stolen Moments - Now & Later sale - buy now and receive a coupon for the same amount to use in the 2nd half of April... Buy now expires on April 15th.

Bad me... bad bad girl!

I have been a bad bad girl... It is Spring Break here this week and with my son home from school, I forgot what day it was... several days now! So, uh... Edward can spank me! Ha ha... if you are a Edward fan and/or Twilight lover and LOVE the HOTness of the characters - oh yea... you need to visit THIS THREAD at DSA. But seriously... if you don't like HOT guys (what?) or have issues with skin.... do not go!

Ok... whew! I need to cool off! So, Charlie's Digiscraps has a cute fun and bright kit out - FUNKY LOVE BIRDS. Check out the preview! Aren't those little birds adorable? Charlie drew them. And do know where you can get this kit??? uh. uh. Yeppers, over at Enchanted Studio Scraps. If you buy it this week you can get it for ONLY $3.50! WOW... what a deal!
Here is the layout I did with this kit! That branch really helped me scrap this pic that I have been holding onto for a while. If you want to see more inspiration from Charlie's CT... go to her blog!


Digi-Designs by Nicole has a freebie kit on her blog this week so hurry over and grab it before it goes into the shop! DREAM BIG is a space themed kit but is so adorable for many other layouts. I love the colors of this kit... probably because I have boys! You can grab this kit at Digi-Designs by Nicole's blog.... there is also QP's from the other CT girls. Sorry, no QP from me this week. Keep your eye peeled for next week though... hint hint!
Here is my silly layout! I downloaded the camera after like several weeks of not doing it and I found some of the strangest pictures... obviously taken by a 3 year old... only because he is the only thing NOT in these photots. There are pictures of the underside of the dining table... pictures of his brother's Uggs - attached to his brother's legs. And then I found these hysterical pics of my DH... who, BTW, doesn't remember having his picture taken.


Here is another cute kit with a star theme - A Star Danced! This time by Graham like the Cracker. You can find this rich textured kit at Gingersnaps and right now, it is on SALE. Click on the preview to go to the shop.
Many of Jen's CT girls used this great kit to scrap their babies - check them out here. I used it to scrap my babies also.... my 4 legged babies. These warm brown colors always remind me of my doggies fur... ha ha... (sorry, joke). My dogs are Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers. Here is a pic of my princess and the new baby we got (and me hiding behind the dogs).


Sales... sales... April is apparently the month of sales. Stolen Moments is having a Now & Later sale. (hmmm... remember those yummy chewing candies?) Right now until April 15th, if you buy anything in Amber's shop, you will receive a coupon for the same amount to spend in the second half of the month! So... go spend $5 and get a coupon for $5.... Or better yet, go spend $20 and get a coupon for $20! Shopping.....
Did you know that Amber of Stolen Moments also hosts several challenges at Digital Candy? Yep, yep! One of them is called WHET YOUR PALETTE. In this challenge, you are given a color palette, and you either make a mini-kit or layout using those colors. You get participation points to go toward a GC at the store, AND this super cute freebie! So whatcha waiting for? Not hard, right? Click on the preview to go to the forum.
Amber is also hosting an element challenge this month at Digital Candy. Oh, So Sweet! Elements Confection Challenge is a challenge where Amber has you use your elements in creative and out-of-the-box ways. You also rack up the points in this challenge. So be sure to play along!

Last up... there is a Speed Scrap at Stuff to Scrap (formerly known as DDBN forum) on Saturday. I hope you will join us! Stuff to Scrap is a fun, warm and friendly forum.... where they always say HI and get to know you! You can't find too many places like that around....



I will update my sidebar with all the other Speed Scraps around later today! Gotta go paint!