New LOs....

So I recently did a couple of LOs. The first is from a kit by Colie's Corner called "On the Farm". She has made the most adorable animals for this kit. You have to check it out. If you have any farm or animal pictures this is a really great kit.

The second LO is using a kit by Wimpychompers called "Baby Steps." It is primarily for documenting all those "firsts" but has a few elements that are for pregnancy as well. The sad thing is though that this kit is being discontinued on January 1st so if you like it you better snag it before it goes in the vault.

To Start Over or Not to Start Over...That is the question. :)

A friend of mine posted this question:

Do you mix two styles together (digital and regular scrapbooking) in the same album? Do you re-do the pages you have already done? Or do you finish what you started the traditional way?

I think it is all about your personal preference and how you plan to print/bind it. For me personally I don't mind mixing the two in one album as long as you are planning to just have the pages printed out so that you can slip them into sleeves. Or you could always have your pages scanned and then printed and bound but that seems kind of silly when you already have a hard-copy. There are some layouts that I have done and don't really love but would like to re-do. This is a perfect opportunity to do that.



I remember when everyone was switching from 8.5x11 to 12x12. I debated on whether I should change or wait until I got caught up...yeah right. :) I am kind of a "fly by the seat of my pants" girl and I don't scrap chronologically. So the thought of catching up first was torture for me. If you think you can keep them separate you could always digi-scrap new pictures and traditional scrap all the others.



So now I will post this question out there for all of you...what do you do? Are you planning to mix? Also, if you have a question you want to talk about post it and I will get it on here. :)

Free Template...

I sign up to get updates on my favorite designers. One of them is Jennifer Barrette. She has posted a free template on her website as a part of their 12 Days Till Christmas posts on their blog. Head over there and check it out.

It has been forever since I posted anything so lets catch up...

Life has been wild for me lately. My little sweet babies have gotten only a little better. They still cough like crazy sometimes but no one (including the doctors) knows why. We are trying to finish what we started and get Emma potty trained. She is so close but still a little stubborn about it. Gehrig is reading (isn't that exciting?) and I have been trying to work with him more on that. Then we have the holidays coming up and who isn't busy then right? So, I have decided to step down from two of the designers that I CT for in hopes of not driving myself and my family crazy trying to keep up with it all. Both were really great to work with. They were the first two that took a chance on me when I initially decided to try out and I am eternally grateful for that. The experience has been wonderful.



So now onto what I have been working on....

The first is on our Girls Night Out to see New Moon. It was such a fun day and Pixel Pisces has such an awesome kit called Girlie Pieces. There is a lot more too that kit obviously than I used. I was working with a template by Colie's Corner in her Gimme Five Template Set.




Next is two LO's I did using Wimpychomper's kit called I'll Save You. For "Captain Underpants(es)" I used another template by Colie's Corner's For Starters Template Set 21. I have so many super hero layouts I could do for both my boys AND Emma and I love how she has covered both boys and girls with this kit.




Then we have another LO using one of Wimpychomper's kits called Forever Love. This is the perfect wedding/love kit. She has some really beautiful elements. It is very muted which works great with both color and black and white.



Last of all is another kit by Colie Corner called Tis the Season. It has the most adorable Santa! I used another one of her templates too. She just came out with 4 or 5 new sets. This one is from No Rules.