The Wedding Date

I have to say I don't take time much anymore to watch movies but I had the chance to watch The Wedding Date with Debra Messing this morning and I found it a joy! I am a sap for romantic comedies and this was right up that alley. The classic line I loved was "I would miss you even if I hadn't met you" and " I would rather spend my time fighting with you than loving someone else"! Now how sappy is that lol. At any rate I won't spoil it but if you get a chance to rent it or see it on HBO or one of those channels DO IT! You will enjoy it! Has a great sound track with "Breathless" by the Corrs (one of absolutely favorite songs!) and an updated version of "Sway" which was originally done by Dean Martin way back when --ok now I am telling my age! I love the newer version better..sorry never was a big Dean Martin fan! So Enjoy! Have a wonderful SUnday!

Will be posting some more layouts I got done this weekend and hopefully what's coming soon to 3Scrapateers as well as Digitals. I also had a request for an alpha to match Nana's Garden at DID so may get to work on that as well.
Jojo

Couple new layouts done

Finished this one of CJ. He says he's outgrown

baseball now and into his football now that he's going

to be a teenager you know lol.

Used Ronnie's Home Run Pageset from SBE as it is

just perfect for these photos. I adore Ronnie's work

and being on her CT is such a privilege!

Great kit at 3 Scrapateers

Eve Rencilla has an adoreable kit called Princess Prissy Pants over at 3 Scrapateers and I just HAD to use it for a layout of Scarlett! It has soooooooooo many things to mix and match in purples, pinks and a splash of avacado with crowns, a magic wand ,beautiful gem centered flowers plus a full "stamp" alpha in the purple and pink mix and charms with numbers as well as tags and ribbons and so much moreeeeeeeeeee! I can see I will be using this one more for the other girls too! Go check it out over at 3S! The link is to the right!

New New New :-)

I finally felt up and had time to get the kits up that I had been working on and are either
totally new or as in the case of Raynedrops a revamped oldie that had retired when I left
POTH.

Raynedrops Kit is at Do It Digi. This is a revision of a kit I had
done some time ago that some folks have been asking about. I redid it and added
a lil more to it. It had 3 alphas included so don't miss out on this one!



Emily(so named for my oldest granddaughter) is up at both DIGITALS and
at Do It Digi.



Sunshine Addons Kit is at DIGITALS and I am kind of tickled
with it as I really like it for some reason. This is an "addon" kit to
co-ordinate with the original Sunshine Kit at DIGITALS.

You can also find the Sunshine Alpha seperately at DIGITALS.

Regal Presence

Used the weekly scrap a deal from 3 Scrapateers to do a layout of my mother in law who passed away in 1995. I LOVE THIS KIT! I can see using it more in the future!
Kit is by Lianne Carper called Regal Presence Scrapkit available here.

New Toy

I went and got a new toy :-) It's a color schemer from Benjamin Moore Paints called Personal Color Viewer. It's not bad pricewise ($10.00) and love the way it sets up pallettes. There is a free online version as well but felt for the price it was well worth the purchase. While it's great for painting your home inside and out it's use for scrapping I think will be extremely helpful. Check it out here .
You can purchase a download version or a cd version. Apparently the cd version may also be available at your local Benjamin Moore store as well so for those with no patience to wait or on a slow dialup that could be a great option!
Here's a screenshot of what it looks like if you can tell from the size. One thing about blogger is you can't always judge something by the photo size we can use here :-(. Have a great over the hump day!

A few more Layouts yay

Yes I was busy lol. I actually got two more done for the PS at Untamed using the Product Spotlight kits from Digitals! Thanks to Sue Jones, Christine Smith, and Glenda Ketcham for their wonderful items!
First is one for my daughter-in-law of her and our new grandbaby Scarlett.
Poem reads
DaughterShe's a little bit of sunshine,She's a smile to light your days,
She will steal your heart andkeep it with her warm endearing ways,
She's your precious little daughter,With a sweetness from above,
Who will fill your years with laughter,And fill your heart with love.
Apple Script used for the jounaling
Credits:Glenda Ketcham Country Kids Kit at Digitals
Terri-Lynn Masters Diamond Overlay at Digitals added to help me
come up with something different! Her overlays are great and you
really should check them out as they are all in different shapes and
schemes.

Second is another wonderful wedding photo from son Jim's wedding of the two of them on the beach. The photos were taken by Tracey's sister Michelle who is an awsome photographer. They were married at Myrtle Beach Sc.
Credits
BiracDT font journaling
Sue Jones-Love and Marriage Word Art from Digitals
Sue Jones-Shell Seekers Kit from Digitals

Michelle's Layouts

Last but certainly not least is Michelle(mrottler)- another CT member--She is such a great addition to my CT team with her wonderful perspective from a paper scrappers point of view and has been a huge help with my kits. She not only is very honest with me, she takes the time to help me look at things from a paper scrappers point of view. I never paper scrapped so I definitely needed input on some items like sizes and looks and Michelle is awsome and patient with me. Here are two of hers. One using A Flakey Wonderland available at Digitals and the other using Tickled Pink and Green also available at Digitals.

Nosy's Layouts

Nosy is another CT member who does a lovely job with the kits she recieves. She is a member at several communities on scrapping. Here are two of her layouts.One using the Forget Me Not Kit available at Digitals and the other using Nana's Garden (which you will see more of soon!)available at DoItDigi

Laurie's Altered Art with Digital Products

Laurie from Wrapperville is another of my CT. She uses digital kits to make a variety of great items from altered paint cans to post its to checkbook covers and more! You can visit her site here www.wrapperville.com . She has a commercial liscense from me on all products including those she gets as part of my CT. Here is a sample of two of her recent uses of my Sunshine Kit available at Digitals.

CT Layouts

I have to say I am blessed with 4 super ladies as my Creative Team. Michelle, Nosy, Deb and Laurie do such a lovely job and I truly appreciate each of them. Michelle, Nosy and Deb all do digital and Laurie is an altered art person. Here are a couple they have done and just want to share them here. These are two of Deb's (GrannyNKy) using my Forget Me Not Kit available at Digitals

Layout Finished

I got a layout done today yay! This is one of my grandparents who rasied my sister and I. They were married for over 60 years! He passed away in their 68th year of marriage and she a few years later. They were truly the most awsome people I know and gave all of their grands love and good values to live by. Used a combination of several designers things for this layout. Why is it that the layouts never look as nice online lol. I am so happy with this and how it looks but looking at it here just does not do any of the designers justice let alone the photos!

ChristineSmith- warmly yours papers from Digitals
heart is emr_heartstamp from 3S(Eve I believe it is)
Sue Jones love and marriage word art from Digitals
Agogo Linotype font for journaling
goldleaf frame-Trudy Montgomery from 3S dailyfreebie last year
Rectangle Overlay-Teri-Lynn Masters from Digitals


Several designers from Digitals(www.digitalscrapbookpages.com ) are the Product Spotlight Sponsers at The Untamed Scrapper this month so be sure to check out the gallery at www.theuntamedscrapper.com for layouts done by the Diva's at Untamed using them. I am a the DT at both places and all the folks there are truly lovely people to get to know and to work with!

Just Saturday ramblings

I went to my first chat at 3S today for addicts lol. Love the chat room setup there..was so easy and fast to use! It will be a pleasure to work with the staff there as well and they have made such a wonderful effort to make me feel welcome! Thank you ladies!

Dinner last nite was great..ate way too much but was a nice evening for dh and I as our 36th anniversary is this week. Sometimes I really didn't think we would be here as the trials and tribulations of being married all these years really took a toll on us both at some points. Since my illness we have reestablished a life together as we are around each other now lol. I know God never gives us more than HE thinks we can handle but dang I wish I had as much faith in me as HE does! Not sure what HE has in store for us as a couple or for me with all the health problems I seem to have had dumped on me since 2001 but somehow dh and I worked our way back to a place in each other's lives so guess its never too late. I don't say it's perfect..lord knows on my bad days I know I am hard to be around as when you are in constant pain you tend to be shall we say touchy lol. But all in all it's worked out so far so just have to keep on plugging along.

Will be keeping our precious Scarlett on Weds again :-) She is such a blessing!

I miss our Livy but she has called from NZ a few times and have a package about ready to send her in the mail. She's only been gone a few weeks but seems so much longer.

I am wishing so hard that I had the energy to spend more time with all my grands..it was something that was taken from me with the illnesses and I miss it so much! They are older now and I know they understand but I hate having them here and then the morphine kicks in and I just have to lay down and sleep or get deathly ill. That's no way for them to have to remember me!

Cody started training for football. Its so hard to think he will offically be a teenager this year! My sweet red headed grandson where did you grow up so fast? Time has flown by so fast! He's so grownup in so many ways and his Nana wants to keep him little and safe from all that goes on these days! He's so bright and handsome it worries me lol.

Chris..lol bless him keeps telling me Nana I will never be tired of being with you no matter how old I get! He's such a good kid for me at least ..hes smart too but sure wish he used his head more at school lol.

Caitie..sweet lil one..she is so tiny and petite but she sure knows how to make sure she is not lost in the shuffle lol. She is so beautiful when I look at that sweet face and her mommy's dimples! More like 18 than 7 sometimes hahaha!

and our Emmy---no lil girl should have to put up with some of what she does. She is smart and beautiful yet her mom does not see all those things and she is on the backburner of her mom's life. Jim and Trace spent hours last week doing homework her that her mom should have helped her with and in the process found notes about money due for lunches and overdue for her latchkey program. I just wish her mother would let her stay with her daddy and Tracey during the school week. They both love her and can and will take the time with her that her mom does not or chooses not to. Tracey is a wonderful stepmother to her and loves her..shes been around her since she was born at many points. Em should not feel like she has to not say things to her dad and tracey..she is a little girl and her mom seems to think she can just fend for herself. I know part of it is that her mom's mom was not too hot of a mother so she had nobody to learn from but motherhood is sposed to be joyful and loving and Em sure does not get that from her mother.

Yeah ok i am on a poor me mode sorry about that but if I can't vent here once in awhile well then what good is it lol. Its a diary of sorts sometimes yes! Mostly for scrapping but sometimes other things kinda make me off track sorry about that!

Sneak Peek

Sneak Peek of what is in the works!First is the addon's to Sunshine Kit that is at Digitals

And the second is a new one named Emily in honor of my oldest granddaughter :-)
I am not done with either one yet but hopefully I will get at least these two kits done this weekend as have two more on the back burner and several team committments as well.

I will be covering for Firewolf's challenges at Digitals until she feels up to coming back so bear with me if I am slow!

Hope you all have a terrific weekend!

Was touring around and found this!

I love when I am touring around and find layouts or cards made with a kit I created! I love my CT's layouts as well and they are 4 wonderful ladies I hope to showcase here from time to time as well.
Joy from Do It Digi used my Spring It kit to create this neat recipe divider...Thanks Joy for doing a lovely job with this! I sure snagged it lol. One day all my recipes will be in order for the kids so they don't have to keep asking me how to hahaha!

WOW

Not a bad week..I am happy to say I have been accepted as a designer at 3 Scrapateers! Going thru the interview process I have to say that Linda has given me some wonderful ideas and constructive critical views of my work! I want to thank her for her patience with my comments back as I know sometimes these meds make me babble! Some things I had thought of but had been unable to address til recently when I gifted myself with PSCS and upgraded from psp 7 to psp X. PSP 7 had been my first love and I was so hanging on to it but have found it really was not the best for scrapping tho back when I started it did just fine. The advantages of the other two far outweigh my reluctance to change! I really do love PSCS2 tremendously and while it has a learning curve I KNOW I CAN DO THIS! Have found some wonderful tutorials and just playing with the buttons is helping me get a handle on what it does. I highly recommend the tuts at 3S and also would urge anyone to join Tandika's site for hers as from what I understand they are well worth the yearly membership fee. I know just from the downloads she shares and the info I do read there they are awsome!

On a sad note my dear friend Firewolf's kitty Whisper has lost her battle with life and passed on the pet heaven this morning. I know wolf is so devastated by her loss as she has taken care of whisper since she was a teeny tiny lil thing that nobody gave a chance to survive. My heart is with her over across the pond and my friend please know that I love you dearly and wish I had the words of comfort to sustain you. Whisper loved you and knew you loved her and your kindness love and gentleness with her shall always be a part of her memory. May she rest peacefully and happily move among her critter friends now with no pain and no disability.

WOO HOO

I am so tickled to become a part of Ronnie McCray's Creative Team! I always say I want to be her when I grow up :-) If you haven't seen her work do check her out at both SBB and SBE where she is a designer in their stores! She is not only a wonderful designer but a wonderful friend as well! I so happy to be able to show off her incredible kits so stay tuned for samples!

Another New kit at both DID and Digitals

The other new one I put up this past week is called Spring It as the colors just remind of the spring shades in the stores and the first flowers that hopefully will be coming out soon where I live. The snow this year is holding us as hostage so I have a feeling it may be awhile til I can actually SEE any colors lol. Check it out at Digitals or Do It Digi. The alpha's are used in my header graphic here on my blog :-)

New stuff :-)

I have also now joined Do It Digi as a Kit Creator there and have a couple things up there now as well as those I have at Digitals. One is exclusive to DID so feel free to take a gander :-)It's called Nana's Garden since I have such wonderful "flowers"of grandchildren in my garden!

Catching Up

FINALLY catching up on some new LO's and working on new kits to go up.
Used Teri-lynn Masters quick mini kit at the Digitals crop the other nite to do one of my son and his wife with their new baby Scarlett! Love these templates as they make things go so quickly when you do a layout. It took less than a half hour and I love the results!