Free kits....

Designs in Digital is having a contest for designers and we all score free kits in the process. :) Make sure you head over to pick up the kits that catch your fancy. I am not sure how long that they will be available so go there now. :) http://www.designsindigital.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=562

Freebie Desktop Wallpaper....

I made desktop wallpaper for March. It is over at Danielle Corbitt's site. Make sure you head over and download it. (Click here to go to her site). It is like a QP (quick page) where you just slip your picture in behind the main layer and save as a .jpg. If you have any questions let me know. :)

Lots and lots of new layouts...

There are a bunch of layouts that I have done but had to wait for the kits to be released before I could post them. Today I am going to only be posting layouts from kits at Elemental Scraps. There are a bunch of them so I figure it will probably be easier this way.

The first layout is using another kit by Captivated Visions. If you haven't heard of her designs...she is fabulous. Her name is Rachel and she is very nice and designs some of the most awesome stuff. The kit I used is call "Happy Being Me". I also used her stacked papers which are SO COOL. In fact, she actually sells the templates now to them. Also, I did use a template by BZB Designs called "Kiss: January". She is also a vey talented designer. Check her out if you get the chance.

For journaling go here.

Next, I did a two-page layout about when we went to the Children's Museum. I used two different templates from Chrissy W's "A Photo A Day Template Set" and "d00d" by Angie Kovacs and simply.scraps. I love the colors in this kit. They have the funnest elements and the templates that Chrissy has in this set are so clean. I just love it.

For journaling go here.

Now we have a layout I did about getting a new haircut. I just had the twins and was feeling rather unattrative. Andrew suggested I got out and get a haircut and it was FABULOUS. I felt like a new person. Meredith Cardall came out with a fun Spring kit that I thought was perfect for how I felt. It is called "Sweet Spring". She is a local gal here in Utah and has a lot of fun kits in her store.

Last we have a layout about Emma's first trip to the dentist. She was such a champ and SO excited to get a prize at the end. For this I used two products by Bella Gypsy and Connie Prince. They team up a lot and it always ends up fabulous. The kit is called "Tooth Brush Tango" and the kit is "Living on the Edge".

Some fun news, a FREE kit, and of course some more layouts.

Well I just found out a week or so ago that I will be guesting in March for GSD by Nikki Epperson. She is a designer over at Polkadotplum. I am REALLY excited. I love her designs. She does both kits and templates and they are FABULOUS!!!! So, if you haven't seen her store go check it out.

Also, Christina (Wimpychompers) is switching over from clip art to her own fabulous designs and to say farewell to the "old" she is giving away her latest kit "You Make Me Bananas". It will be free until Valentines day so make sure you get over there while you can.

Finally, I wanted to share some of my layouts that I have done. There really are a bunch of them so I will only pick my favorites. The first was for the Scrap Off at DSA. I unfortunately did not end up winning but had a lot of fun and loved all the free kits that we were given. This one is entitled "You Are My Sunshine".

Next used a kit by Wimpychompers called "Rocket Launch". It is one of her new kits and totally adorable. If you want to read my journaling please go here.

Now, we have ANOTHER layout using one of Wimpychompers kits call "Little Dude". I also used a template by Colie's Corner (No Rules Template Set) for this as well.

Last of all is my first layout I did for Susan Robinson Designs. She is currently at Polkadotplum but will be closing down her store on Valentines day. She will have a huge sale though this weekend. She makes the most fabulous templates and began designing kits as well, but her "real" job will be taking her on extended business trips and keep her so busy that she won't be able to maintain her store. For this layout I used her kit "Love is in the Air" and her template "Sketchpad Collection 13". Make sure you check it out.

More LOs...

I told you that I am pumping out the LOs lately and you will now see what I mean. :) The first LO is from a Scrap Off I am doing at DigiScrapAddicts. They give everyone who signed up the same kits and see what they do with them. Then each week your LO is judged and whoever has the highest score at the end will get to be on their CT. I am not sure how far I will go in the competition, but would love the chance to be apart of their team. You get the opportunity to work with a WIDE variety of talent and the very newest, hotest kits. So now that I have ranted for a while...here is my LO for Week 1. I used bits from each of the different kits.

(To read my journaling please click here.)

Next is a LO I did for Colie's Corner. She has a few new releases that go with the whole 365 Challenge. It is essentially where you take a picture for each day to document your year or various parts of your life. The kit is called "A Day in the Life". She also has some really great templates as well that feature more than just the 1-3 pictures. The template pack that I used is called "What a Week" and has some awesome templates in it.

(To read my journaling please click here.)

The next three I did for Elemental Scraps. It really is the nicest store and they have some really fabulous designers there. The first LO uses "Love You" by Albums to Remember. I love the bright colors. The template is from Chrissy W. She takes different LOs that she finds in the galleries and makes them into templates (with the person's approval). This template is apart of an awesome set called "Liftin' Kellie".

(For journaling click here.)

LO #2 for Elemental Scraps uses a Valentines kit by simply.scraps called "The Way You Make Me Feel". I used it to show how in love Emma is with Elmo. The template came from Bella Gypsy and Connie Prince's "January Templatepalooza." If you are into templates they have some really fabulous ones and if you get it as a part of the templatepalooza you will save money because after that month they release them individually.

LO #3 for Elemental Scraps uses another product from Connie Prince called "I Love Rock and Roll". It has some really fun elements and would be perfect to document those Rock Band get-togethers, concerts, or even invitations to a Rock Band party....can you say, "Girl Band"!?! For the template I used Angie Kovacs' template set called "A Little Clustered." It is a nice clean LO that doesn't require a lot of embellishment. Of course you could always add whatever you want and just use the template to get started.

For the last LO for right now...you never know if I might not post more later tonight, right? I used Wimpychompers kit called "Little Dude". It has a lot of skateboarding accents, but is awesome for any little boy LO with other versatile elements. I did use another Colie's Corner Template from her "No Rules" Set. It initially was flipped 90 degrees to the right but it didn't work for my picture so I mixed it up a little.

Sorry about the delay...

For a while there my computer would freak-out every time I even thought the word "pictures" let alone tried to upload any....eh. At least I think it is finally over its phobia though and you will be seeing a lot more LOs and pictures soon. Thanks for checking in.

Great deal on printing....

Word was circulating that Winkflash might be having their flat rate sale and I checked today and they in fact are. It only lasts until the 27th of this month. Essentially you pay the base fee which would normally only include 20 pages but will get you upto 100 right now. This is a really great opportunity if you have pages ready to be bound. As far as I know they do have these sales occasionally, but you never know if they will stop doing it. If you are interested please click here.