Tea for Two and a Freebie

I'm so excited for iNSD weekend! There is so many fun things going on around digiland. Make sure to stop by Scrapping Fairytales on Sat and check out the 35% off storewide sale. While you are there also be sure to check out the forum and all the great challenges going on over there.

Do you want a free alpha to coordinate with the Capture the Moment Scrapping Fairytales Collab? Then make sure to do A Moment in Font challenge using the Capture the Moment kit and you will get this matching alpha from me.



I even have a fun new release for you this week! Tea for Two was inspired by all the tea parties I used to have at my grandparents' house when I was little. It was one of my favorite things to do there when we went for lunch after church every Sunday.



And last but not least I have a little gift for you for iNSD!  It's a free pack of cardstock that coordinates with Tea for Two. Hurry and grab it because the link will expire at midnight Thursday. After that you will be able to pick it up in my store. Enjoy! :) Click on the image to download. ***Sorry link expired.***




Until next time...
Happy Scrapping!!!

ScrapMatters iNSD Schedule

iNSD is coming!

Check out all the awesome things happening at ScrapMatters this weekend for iNSD!!! I can't wait it's going to be so much fun. :) The fun starts tomorrow so make sure to stop by.

My exciting news!

It's finally time for me to announce what I have been working on for the last month! :) I'm so excited to share with you that I will now be selling my designs at Scrapping Fairytales. It is a brand new store and today is their grand opening. You can find my shop here or just click on the blinkie in the sidebar. I've also set up a fanpage on Facebook, so make sure to check it out and click the "like" button, so you stay up to date on the latest news. :) To celebrate my new store I'm also having a one day sale tomorrow.

The first kit I have releasing today is Tomboy Treasures. There is a little freebie that coordinates with this kit at the end of this post, so don't forget to grab it. Also, one of my CT members has a great frame cluster freebie for you that coordinates with The Zoo Crew on her blog. You can grab it here.



Next up is The Zoo Crew Collection. You can get each piece individually or buy the bundle and save.









I also have a couple more items that coordinate with The Zoo Crew. They are a set of word art frames and a pack of zoo themed word art.





And as promised here is a little freebie from me that goes with Tomboy Treasures. Click on image to download.



Until next time...
Happy Scrapping! :)

New look

As you can see I've been busy changing up my blog this week. :) I figured it was long overdue. Make sure to keep checking back in the next couple weeks because there will be a lot of exciting things happening around here.

I figured while I'm at it I would share a few of my recent layouts with you. This first one has to have one of the longest credits list I have had recently. ScrapMatters started a new thing this month called Mix A Kit. All the designers worked with the same color swatch and came out with all these awesome products. This month's color palette was so pretty! It was so hard to choose just a few to work with so I decided to go ahead and see how many I could possibly fit on my layout. lol. ;) I think I managed to use 12 different items. Can't wait to see what they come up with next month.


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Until next time...
Happy Scrapping!

Well here it finally is...My round 4 kit. But first the inspiration for it. :) Know now I mentioned in the post about the birthday cakes how much Kailee is liking frogs. Well that was my inspiration for this kit. :) This summer the kids found a little bitty toad and Kailee went absolutely nuts over the little thing. She couldn't get enough of it. She kept having to look at it in the bucket and trying to pick it up. The only problem with that was it since it was so tiny that she could squeeze it between her thumb and finger. :O They also found a furry caterpillar and she let it crawl up her arm.









So there it is, the inspiration to create this fun kit. :)



Making these last couple kits has really gotten the ideas flowing. I can't wait to get started on another one, but unfortunately it may have to wait awhile because I'm busy working on something that will be revealed to you very soon. That and Michaella's volleyball and dance schedules have really shaken things up around here. This next weekend she has a tournament on Saturday 1/2 an hour from here. On Sunday she has a dance competition that is 4 hours away. Unfortunately they aren't scheduled to dance until 5 pm, so it will be a late by the time we get home. Thankfully she doesn't have any of the state tests at school on Monday.

One last thing before I sign off. :) Check out these cupcakes I made for my grandma to take to their church sale. They are Neapolitan cupcakes with Neapolitan frosting. My little sister decided after seeing Michaella's birthday cupcakes that she wants me to try and do 3 colors of frosting on her cupcakes for the wedding. So what better time to give it a try than on a frosting that is made up of 3 different flavors! I discovered that when I do it the next time that I need to have a larger piping bag than my little 12" ones. With all that frosting in there at one time it was a bit too full. oops. ;) Sorry for the bad picture but I forgot to get a good one with my camera before my grandma came to pick them up. So I only have the picture I snapped with my phone to send to my sister. Next up I need to make 2 different types of frosting for one of my aunts to try. My cousin is graduating from high school this year and she doesn't like buttercream frosting, so she is looking for a whipped frosting to use instead. May have to try them for Easter. :)



Until next time...
Happy Scrapping! :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Took the kids to the zoo on Saturday for the first time this year. They were celebrating the triplet cubs' first birthday. When we woke up that morning it was so cold and windy that I decided that we weren't going. Michaella had a dance performance at the local Home & Garden Show in the morning, so we headed there and then we were going to go get her volleyball shoes since her first tournament is this Saturday. Apparently her current shoes have no grip left on them and she keeps sliding around at practice. After she was done dancing we headed to town to get her shoes. When we finished our lunch at Culver's I decided it wasn't to bad there and the wind was blocked much better there than it had been at home. So we headed to the zoo. When we got there we went right to the building by the tigers to wait for the zookeepers to let the cubs into their enclosure. The zookeepers had made the cubs 3 cakes covered in meat with the number one on top. They also made a few additional number ones to set around the enclosure. The cubs went right for the cakes when they were let in and started batting them around a bit. The kids had a great time watching the tigers interact with their cakes. From there we decided to go check out the baby monkey that had been born a couple weeks ago. The kids had fun interacting with the little spider monkeys, here. The one kept following Michaella's birthday hat she had gotten when we were by the tigers. Then it was on to the baby rhino that was born in Oct. We hadn't made it to see him yet and the kids were so excited we were finally getting a chance to do it that day. It was also our first time getting to see their new habitat, too. Unfortunately our first time though he was just laying next to him mama, so we went to the giraffes to see how big the baby giraffe had gotten. The last time we were there it was only a couple weeks old. They were still in the winter view building, so it was a nice break from the cold once again. We managed to get from one building to the other just as we were just starting to get a little chilled. The little giraffe kept watching Kailee in her stroller. It was so cute. The kids decided we should see the baby rhino one last time before we left. This time he was up and walking around. The kids were glad that we had decided to stop again. :)

For the second round of ScrapMatters Design Star contest the requirement was to make a paper pack with 8 papers (5 patterns & 3 solids). I decided to go with a zoo theme since I have so many zoo pictures to scrap and plan to keep adding to them. I really like how they turned out.



For the third round we had to make the elements. Fifteen of them to be exact. I had so much fun making the little animals for this kit. I ended up making more than I needed so I have a few that may end up in an addon at some point. :)



I'm currently working on my kit for round 4 and can't wait to show it to you. We had to do 12 papers, 25 elements and an alpha. I have a little way to go with it before it has to be posted on Monday.

I have another cupcake for you today, too. :) I made this one for my grandma to take to their church group meeting the other day. It's a mint chocolate cupcake with a creme de menthe buttercream frosting sprinkled with gold glitter and a chocolate shamrock on top. Unfortunately the mint flavor didn't come through as well as I was hoping, but they were still very good.



Until next time...

Happy Scrapping!