Family Christmas card

Here is what I am going to be sending out this year as our Christmas card. I made it 6x4 inches, so that it will be just 9 cents a piece to print...clever, huh? I used Kiki's Magical Winter kit (Ahhh Scrap!) to make this card. Thanks for looking.

Noel in an Envelope...on a card

Today's Ways to Use It challenge on Splitcoaststampers is to use an envelope in our creations. Thanks for looking.

Snow Princess

Here is a layout I made using Kiki's Magical Winter kit. I just LOVE the colors and elements in this kit.


Also...Bouquet of Pixels is giving away a brag book page a day. Here is today's give-away made by Kirsten using Serene by RW's Agate Marbles kit. You can find the kit in the store HERE. Click on the image to download.

Card and Digi layout

Today was a very fun day. The kids and I went to a children's shopping spree, complete with getting their selections wrapped, AND Santa and Mrs. Claus. To scrap the photo of the kids with the Clauses...I used Kiki's Magical Winter kit found HERE Ahhh Scrap! I just love this kit and can't wait to make another layout.

I also stamped a card for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. HERE is the inspiration piece. I used a brayer and embossing powder to create the image (Pocket Silhouettes, SU). Sentiment from Essence of Love by SU and Flourishes by Rhonna Farrer for Autumn Leaves. Thanks for stopping by!

Ho Ho Ho

Today I stamped again...I am on a roll! Today is the Featured Stamper challenge on Splitcoaststampers and the featured stamper is flowergal36. I had a very diff. time choosing which card to CASE and decided on the ONE.

The stamped image is from The Angel Company and the medallion was made by folding squares of paper. I used Primacolors and Gamsol to color Santa. Thanks for looking!

Joy of Holiday Wrapping

Today I actually created a card...and I feel rusty...but it was fun! I made a card for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The challenge was to get inspired by Holiday Wrap Sheets. The first photo is the inspiration piece and the second is my card. I used Pocket Sihouettes and Small Script by Stampin' Up. Thanks for looking.

Click HERE to see all the great digital products.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving...we are still waiting for DH to get home from the hospital.

Sorry!

I have to apologize for not posting much recently...my DH had a major surgery and it has been a week of driving, worrying, waiting, and caring for the kids. He is doing OK now.

Here are some layouts that I made using Monika Designs' kit- Sweet Lilac.
The first one was inspired by a lo by amymom24 at Digishoptalk and the second was inspired by a lo by Shelly at the Shabby Pickle gallery. Thanks for looking.

CT call and After the Summer by Serene by RW

I have been busy getting a creative team all ready to go for the opening of the Bouquet of Pixels store. So far we have 6 ladies and I am so excited about the talent they have! If anyone who reads this blog has been wanting to be a part of a digital scrapbooking creative team...click HERE for an application.

Oh, here is some news...I have actually stamped in the past few days! I feel guilty for ignoring my paper...but something has to give. I need practice at cardmaking again...my stuff sucked! Anyway, here are some layouts that I did using Serene by RW's kit After the Summer.
I used a template by Scrapmuss for the wedding page. Thanks for looking.

A couple of new layouts

I have been making pages for the Ahhh Scrap! November challenges. The prize for completing 8 challenges/month is their huge collab...so I am very motivated! The first page I made using using Serene by RW's free mini-kit...Sweet as Chocolate add-on. Layout inspired by a page by Jenny Hutson. Ribbon- Shabby PIckle, journaling card by WMsquared at Ahhh Scrap!. Brown paper-Serene by RW's Sweet as Chocolate kit. The second one is for the element challenge...use ric rac, a frame, and a button. I used a charity kit...Natali design, BA. Layout inspired by a page by mrs2a50 found at Digishoptalk. The last page was for fun...no challenges. I used Serene by RW's Baby Girl Torn Papers and her Baby Girl kit.

Alpha by Pineapple Plantation Designs © by Shauna Burke-Smith.

Happy Halloween

Tonight was a fun one. One of the fringe benefits of having kids is getting to re-experience all of the joys of your own childhood!

Over at Splitocoaststampers in the challenge forum, they have digital scrapbooking challenges...and this week the challenge is to turn a photo black and white or sepia...and use color on a portion to hightlight. This page is also for the Ahhh Scrap Nov. Personal Challenge...to make a page about what you are most thankful for. I used Serene by RW's Panta Rei Paper Pack, Panta Rei Frames, Agate Marbles kit, and Agate Marble Torn Paper Pack.

Swirl- Designs by Monika's freebie kit- Herbal Essences.

Inspired by Cloud #9 Quick Page by Irene Alexeeva (a freebie you HAVE to check out...it is gorgeous!).

Part of the journaling includes a prayer that we sang before meals at Bible camp many years ago...it is funny how I can remember all the words to so many of those songs!

1st Day of First Grade

Oh, the joy of having time to paper scrapbook again! With working evenings and a bit of an addiction to digiscrapping....I just haven't made a page in quite a while. I did this page for the week's Variety Challenge (use pink ribbon on the lo) and the Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast. Patterned paper by October Afternoon and Making Memories-Noteworthy. Thanks for looking.

Herbal Essence by Monika and some winter pages

First off...I have to be quick with this post because my computer is acting up and I think it is due to overheating.I will quickly show you some new layouts I have made. The first one is using Monika Designs' free kit- Herbal Essences. Frame by Sunflowers. The next couple of pages are using Serene by RW's new kit- Winter Glitterland. The Joy page was inspired by a page in Scrapbooks, Etc...a lo by Paula Murakaimi. Thanks for looking...and I will be praying tonight that my computer makes it though this! Yikes!

Cucciola's Designs- Moment in Time Layouts

Each month I get 3 kits to use as a CT member of Ahhh Scrap! Sometimes I like to choose kits that are a bit outside of my comfort zone...just for fun. Well, Cucciola's Designs is a new designer at Ahhh Scrap! and I decided to use her kit- Moments in Time. It is a gorgeous kit- but not my cutesy style I usually gravitate towards. Here are the 2 layouts I made. The wedding page was inspired by this fabulous page by Michele Kovack (chelemom). Word art on the cousin page is from agnieszkag. Thanks for looking!

Share Joy's Euro Adventures kit

Oh, I had so much fun with Joy's kit- Euro Adventures by Share Joy. The colors are so easy to work with and I have tons of photos from Denmark that I should scrap. Thanks for looking.

What a Scream- Kathy Goldstein Designs

I used Kathy Goldstein Designs' kit- What a Scream for these pages. For the Goblins page I used the layout from this week's Pencillines Sketch- #106. I used a template from Red Leaf DigiScrapping for the Monster Pumpkin page. Thanks for looking.

Bad link on the blog train

Sorry about the bad link on the blog train....I was on vacation and had the blog scheduled to post and just now found out about the bad link. Try again...this time it works. Hope you enjoy the free page. Sorry about that.

Free brag book page

I am part of a blog train over at Ahhh Scrap! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy all the freebies you have collected along the way.

Click here for your freebie: BRAG BOOK FREEBIE


Enjoy all of the other brag book pages here:

Ahhh Scrap
Amber
Amy
Ariana
Arvita
Bonnie
Carrin
Cindy
Jennifer
Jenny K
Jessica D
Jessica E
Joy
Kate
Kathy
Katie
Kelly
Kiki
Kim
Laura
Linda
Linda's Dream Team
Margie
Monika
Penny
Renata
Renee
Robyn
Sheila
Vanessa
Vicki
Wendy

Family...sweet as Chocolate

Renata (Serene by RW) is having another contest on her blog...download her free add-on kit and scrap a page. If you win...you'll get her full Sweet as Chocolate kit as a prize. Here is the page I made using her kit. Word art is from Kiki at Ahhh Scrap! which is also a freebie. I am almost done with Ahhh Scrap's 8 challenges for the month...and if I complete it...I will get the October monthly collaboration kit for free. Digiscrappin' is so fun!

October Collab. at Ahhh Scrap!

Here is the collaboration kit at Ahhh Scrap for October. You can get this huge, fun kit here for $4.99 until the end of the month (then the price goes up). Included is 113 papers and 187 elements. I said it was a huge kit. But, you can RECEIVE THIS KIT FREE by participating in Ahhh Scrap's October challenges see the challenges here and find the rules here.