New kit from Mel Hains! SPLATZ!

Mel has such a cute new kit out call "Splatz", and it's SO stinkin' cool! I love it! It's on sale for $3 so go get it :)

Here's my LO! Go see my gallery of Mel Hains kit layouts... *grin*

New day and a giftie for you :)

Wow. What a week it has been this week! I gave my CT the new kit on Tuesday (ish) and they haven't stopped churning out the most beautiful LO's. And to top it off, there has been much drizzling and crying on my end as I have looked at the them and seen their hearts.

I also gave the kit to some WONDERFUL digiland ladies who deserve so much more, and I was blessed with layouts from them too.

Get your tissues, ladies, because here comes A New Day!

It's available at my stores at ESS, SDD and DDS for 40% off till SUNDAY ONLY!

There are so many beautiful layouts, I'm going to have to save some for tomorrow...

Chaos Lounge (RAK'd her with the kit and she did this beeeyooootiful LO!)

Melissa (Digiridooscraps)

Vicki (Digiridooscraps)

And me!

And to sweeten the deal ;) The lovely Erin of Scrappyweiss Designs has put together a freebie minikit for you based on the same swatch as A New Day! Please don't forget to go to her blog to say thanks!

Download here

I just love this kit and the heartfelt layouts that have been made with it. I hope you all enjoy it too!

Remember the gorgeous "Paper Princess"? Enter the fabulous "Paper Prince"!!!

One of my favorite kits of Charlie's is Paper Princess, which also happens to be one of her first. She has done it again with Paper Prince! I just LOVE this two kits, and to have the two co-ordinating kits to use together for those of us who have both boys and girls is awesome. I might just have to do something with that for you guys!

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The kit is incredibly versatile and there have been so many completely different LO's already from her CT.

You can get this gorgeous kit from her store at SAS. It'll be at Snap and Scrap later in the week.

I have SO much to catch up on after taking a few days off from Digiscrapping. Ya know, I'm not sure it was worth the time off! I missed a lot, and now I'm scrambling to catch up. Hmmm. Lesson learned ;)

All that to say, this may not be my only post today! LOL!

Some layouts...

Well, for someone who's computer is busted, I've sure been getting a lot done ;) LOL! Actually, I owe a HUGE thanks to my hubby who has basically let me be glued to the computer for two days solid. He's such a great guy.

So, I've gotten some CT assignments and stuff done. Firstly, I love, love, love "Zoolander" by Brianna Cox. I had such fun with this LO and some of the elements (and their names ;) brought a big smile to my face.

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You can get it at her store at Snap and Scrap, here.

I also managed 3 layouts for Gotta Pixel with Sweet Digi Scraps' kit "Tea Party":

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It has not been an easy challenge - scrapping about myself is my least favorite thing.

One of my favorite layouts was for the Grab Bag Challenge:

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I also did a LO for the "By the Numbers" Challenge. Another toughie ;)

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I'm sure there's a bunch of LO's I haven't blogged about, but they're all in my galleries. I need to learn a lesson here, and make sure I blog a LO as soon as it's done ;)

Well, I'm off to make the most delicious peanut butter cookies so they'll be warm and ready to eat when he gets home from work...

Don't forget to come back for "Grosgrain Girl" tomorrow!

First week of the Gottal Pixel "Play With Your Pixels" challenge

Since I have so much spare time on my hands, and I just don't know what to do with myself, I decided to play along in the Gottal Pixel "Play With Your Pixels" challenge to hopefully be selected to be on their site CT ;)

Seriously, though, scrapping really relaxes me. I love it. So if I have one LO a day to do, I'll be happy.

The challenge was to scrap a LO with a girlie kit called "Tea Party" by Stacy Carlson and Mad Scrapper Designs, without the LO being at all girlie. So here are my 3 LO's!

This extraction is from a photo from a wedding shoot. The bride was looking back at the Flower Girl (her dd) before they entered the church:

This is my hubby playing baseball. He's reeeallllllly good at it.

And these are mugs #2 and #3 in my collection ;)

This week and next are going to be verrrrrrry exciting - CHECK BACK OFTEN! LOL!

I'm off to bed.

Don't you just love this time of year!? A freebie for you too!

I am an extremely social person, and I have missed that aspect of South Africa. Showing up unannounced or organizing last minute to have coffee with someone is not uncommon. I find it difficult to find time to schedule social things in here in the US, since life is just busy busy busy! So I am working hard and not letting the busyness of the Christmas season steal away the joy that comes with seeing so many wonderful friends at different parties and occasions, and remembering the birth of Christ our Savior! I try to plan in advance for what I have to do, and not panic when I have to do something at the last minute

Anyway, my wonderful designer bosses (as Anne likes to call them - ha ha ha) have been hard at work creating some gorgeous kits for me to play with! Yippee - I'm like a kid in a candy store.

First, Charlie has created a fun kit called "Hip Hip Hooray!" and it will be available in her store at Snap and Scrap tomorrow (HOPEFULLY I'm not jumping the gun here!!!!!) and Stone Accents Studio by the end of the weekend.

I did a LO using photos that we took of each of us as we left on our family vacation this year... and I made a QP freebie for you from it, so scroll all the way to the end to get that.

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This is such a versatile kit that I'm pretty sure I'll be scrapping more LO's with it soon.

Next is another work of art from the lovely Mel :) It's a boy kit called "A Little Baby Boy" and it's really cute... it will be available at iScrapbook.com soon!

And here's my little baby boy :)

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Now for your QP freebie! I left the words "Road Trip" on it and I hope that you will be able to use it :) If you would like me to do it without the title so you can put your own in, just let me know...

Click here to download

Thank you, Charlie, for a great kit!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas - travel safely, enjoy family, and most importantly, remember Jesus Christ, the son of God and our Lord and Savior!

December is full of fun!

I have just gotten back from a trip out of state, and it's taking me a while to get caught up. Actually, at the mo I feel like I'm never going to get caught up! It's a good thing there's so much to look forward to this month ;)

Here is my favorite photo from my trip. There was a storm brewing in the foothills of the Rockies, and it really reminded me of the South African Highveld!

First of all, make sure you've signed up for the Snap & Scrap Newsletter - it's JAM packed full of goodies.


Secondly, <>Mel is giving away a really cute freebie on her blog. Actually, she has a ton of freebies on her blog, including the third installment of Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland. But back to the topic at hand ;)

This is the freebie from the kit Mel made for CT member Leigh! And here's my LO:

There is much, much, more to be said, but I'm going to be in trouble since it's 1:30am.... I'll be back tomorrow!

iScrapbook.com & a freebie QP with Flower Power!

Wow! I'm completely blown away that my little Christmas kit has had 645 downloads. Wow. I'm speechless!

On to some exciting news! There is a brand new scrapping website called iScrapbook.com and it looks like it's going to be a LOT of fun! The wonderful Mel Hains was invited to be a designer for them, so she has a store and three fabulous new kits!

She has Chocolate Butterfly, Summer Melon, and finally Another Kind of Holiday. All three are completely different, and although Another Kind of Holiday is a Christmassy kit, I can see it being used for so much more.

Chocolate Butterfly

Summer Melon

Another Kind of Holiday

Head on over to iscrapbook.com and have a look around!

Also, Erin created the fun "Flower Power" kit, and here is a QP from my LO:

Download hereDon't forget to stop by Erin's blog to snag her kit, and I know she'd love to hear some encouragement on her first fabulous kit!

I hope you have a wonderful week!