DSD Weekend & grab bag

Happy DSD everyone! Hope everyone is having a great time so far. Check out the awesome sale that ScrapMatters is having this weekend! Save 40% off everything, excluding grab bags and bundles, in my store through Sunday!



I have this sweet grab bag available in the store. Grab it through Thursday for only $4.49! That's a whopping 70% off! It contains 4 full size products, which are revealed in the detail images in the store. The entire time I was working on this grab bag I had the song from Wreck-It Ralph going through my head. It could be because my youngest has decided that is her "favorite" movie right now so it has been playing a lot around here. It's just one of those songs though that also just seems to get stuck in your head.



The feature kit for November is Family Ties. Get it through November 30 for 25% off.



Don't forget to check out the Family Ties Family Tree Bundle that goes along with this kit, also. Use 10offFAMILY to get 10% off this bundle through November 30.



Here are some layouts my CT created using this kit.







Make sure to keep an eye on the ScrapMatters Facebook page, also for a couple coupons from me this weekend.

Until next time...Happy Scrapping!

Indian Summer and a little catch-up

Yep, I'm still around. :)Things got pretty crazy around here the last few months. Last time I wrote on here my kids were getting ready for our county fair and I'm happy to report they did an awesome job. I'm so proud of those two! They both show rabbits and since our county fair is so small they have to compete against each other. One of Hunter's rabbits did better than Michaella's (he got 5th place overall!)and instead of her being upset about him beating her, she turned to him and shook his hand after they got their placings. They may have the usual sibling rivalries and quarrel a bit, but they still have respect for each other and can be happy for one another when one does better than the other. Hunter also came a way with a reserve grand champion for Junior Showmanship. They both did great in their other projects they presented, too.

Shortly after fair my hours at work started to get crazy and all over the place. I had been doing pretty much the same schedule since I had gone back to work after my accident until the beginning of May and was looking forward to getting back into a steady routine once the college and high school girls went back to school in August. Unfortunately that is not what happen. The room that I was in had enough extra staff that they started shifting my times all over the place and that really started messing with my ability to keep anything straight at home or be able to set anything up other than work. The lack of a regular schedule and being scheduled hours later than I was able to work made me decide it was time for a change even though I really liked where I was working. I was also really missing being in the classroom, so I applied for a lead teacher position for Head Start and got it. I have really enjoyed being able to teach again and I have a really great class. It's finally starting to feel like we have some what of a routine again at home and it feels great!

Now on to the goodies I have to show you. This week I am releasing my part of the October Mixed Matters grab bag to my store. When we picked the colors for the grab bag, I was really excited to see that they would match the colors that my family had picked to wear for our large family picture that we didn't get to take at my sister's wedding last summer. Unfortunately the family pictures still didn't happen because of weather the day we had them scheduled, but I did get the kit created to scrap them when they finally do get taken.


Click on the kit image to find it in the store.

I absolutely love what my CT created with this kit.







This week I also compiled what I did for the January and February Make-a-Kit promotions in the store into full kits. So if you missed grabbing them when they were all separate you can now grab everything all together.


Click on the kit image to find it in the store.

Here is a layout from Melinda to show you this kit in action.




Click on the kit image to find it in the store.


Here is a layout from Dawn to show you this kit in action.



While I was away I also released another fun kit, which was also part of the July Mixed Matters grab bag. Surf Adventures was inspired by one of my youngest daughter's favorite outfits this summer. It's so bright and cheerful!


Click on the kit image to find it in the store.

Here is my little one wearing the outfit that inspired the kit.



That is all for this week. See you next week for Digital Scrapbook Day!

Manic Monday

Hope everyone's summer is going good so far. Mine is going incredibly too fast as usual. My kids are already down to just 2 more months before it's back to school. Needless say they did not like the sound of that when I told them this weekend. ;)

It's Manic Monday again at ScrapMatters and for today only you can get three of my kits for 50% off! First up is my Life's a Picnic mini from my A Year in Pictures series. This kit would be perfect for any of the summer get-togethers you have already had or maybe having yet this summer.



Here are a couple new pages my CT did with this summery kit.





Next up is my Pretty as a Peacock kit. The elegant color palette of this kit is perfect for so many different topics as you will see by the inspiration pages my CT have made for you. It's great for anything from zoo pictures to babies to weddings and even Disney. :)











And last but certainly not least is my A Little Bit of China that is again great for scrapping such a wide variety of pictures.



Here are some great inspiration pages from my CT and the SM CT.











While you are there checking out the Manic Monday goodies, don't forget to grab Boy Oh Boy. It's 25% off through June 30th.



Until next time...Happy Scrapping!

iNSD at ScrapMatters

Check out all the fun stuff going on at ScrapMatters this weekend for iNSD!

Come Play With Me

Time for a new month again, and wow what a great start to this month the designers at ScrapMatters have in store for you! For the next week, ScrapMatters will be celebrating YOU! We want to thank you for being such awesome customers.



Check out the fun we have planned for you in the store and forum.



Check out all the great products of mine you can grab for $1.00 and $2.00 now through March 7.

I also have some fun new packs today for this month's Mix-a-Kit.





It's also time for a new featured kit. :) This month you can grab Feeling Lucky for 25% off through March 31st.



Until next time...Happy Scrapping! :)

Love is in the Air

Wow, hard to believe we are into the second month of the new year already! I'm ready for it to be spring though. This past week has been so cold! School was even 2 hours late on Wednesday because of the cold. Quite a few others around the area even closed. We were supposed to have 30-40 below zero windchills. Brrr! Hopefully the groundhog doesn't see his shadow tomorrow and spring will come early. ;) I can't complain too much though since it has been a fairly mild winter again, relatively speaking anyway. I just really don't like the extreme temperatures of this time of year.

Paul and I had the weekend to ourselves last weekend because my in-laws took the kids for the weekend to a local hotel with a water park. It was nice to have some time alone again, since it's been a while again. We spent most of the day on Saturday working in the bathroom again trying to install the shower and tub fixtures. Thankfully we live close to town so it's not that far to run back in when the parts you pick up aren't quite right and you have to go back to get different ones (a couple of times. lol.).

We also went to the new restaurant in town. The location had previously been home to a restaurant that had been around for over 75 years and owned by the same family that entire time, but a few years ago they closed down unexpectedly (even the workers were surprised when they showed up and it was locked up tight) shortly after getting sold to someone else. Earlier last year it was announced that a young gentleman that had grown up in the area and had trained at Cordon Bleu had bought the building and was going to be reopening it. There was a lot of buzz and excitement around the area about the reopening. They spent several months redoing the inside and coming up with a menu of fresh, local foods. It finally re-opened in October. We heard lots of good things and looked forward to getting to try it ourselves. We had been meaning to get there for quite some time, but the opportunity just never seemed to come up. I can say it was definitely worth the wait! The food was very good and the service quick once we were seated. It was pretty busy but the wait was not too terrible long for a Saturday night. We've had longer waits at some chain restaurants. We definitely plan on going back again.

Lots of scrapping news to tell you about this week! Let's get started with this month's Mix-a-Kit stuff. I just loved the color palette we worked with this month for Mix-a-Kit at ScrapMatters. I created three packs for you this month with the palette. They are 20% off through Sunday!







I'm also the Featured Designer at ScrapMatters through Feb. 14! That means the free kit you get with a $10 purchase during that time is from me. :) Check out the fun kit I have created for you. Make sure you are signed up for the ScrapMatters monthly newsletter because there will be a coordinating freebie in it for you!



Here is just a little bit of inspiration from my CT and the SM CT using this kit.











Mark your calendars for February 6 at 8:30 pm central time to join me in the chatroom at ScrapMatters where there might just be a few prizes and a little something for everyone that attends. :)



Since it's a new month that also means I have a new featured kit. For the month of February you can pick up A Special Kind of Love for 25% off!



Well that's all I have for this week. Until next time...Happy Scrapping! :)