LOTS and LOTS and LOTS

Wow I have neglected here for a bit haven't I? I was working on layouts and kits and all that fun stuff I so love to do! Without further ado here are the new LO's I got done :-)

Digitals is celebrating it's Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITALS!

To celebrate you will find almost all products on sale for 20% off or more :-)

My layouts hold just a small sampling of many of the items you can find there! Such talented ladies from all over the world add to the content each day or week so be sure to visit there often and see what's happening and what's new!

CREDITS: ALL AT DIGITALS

Sophia Davis-Sweetness

Graziela Mendes--Transparency Flowers

Sue Jones--Baby Quote Ribbons

Sue Jones-- Beauty Overlay

Font -Love

Photos by Michelle Burns Photography (Scarlett's Aunt )

CREDITS: ALL AT DIGITALS

NandinhaMenezes-Splendour kit

Sue Jones Childrens Word Art

Veronica-InSpringsGarden Doodles

Perisphere font

CREDITS: ALL AT DIGITALS

Carla Logston-- Summer Breeze

Sue Jones-- Hope Word Art Collection

Font: DaVinci Forward

CREDITS: ALL AT DIGITALS

Glenda Ketcham-Raspberry Delight Kit

Sharia Braxton-Fantasy brushes

Heather Watson--All Stitched Up WordArt

Monte Carlo font

CREDITS: ALL FROM DIGITALS

Dana-Brookwood QPS

and

Dana-Brookwood Kit alpha and tag

font for date is Freestyle Script

CREDITS: ALL FROM DIGITALS

Christine Schultz-- Cinnamon Swirl Kit

Arvita Mott-- Tonia's Antique Frames--Sepia colorized

Arvita Mott-- Tonia's Lace Butterflies

Font: P22 Corinthia

CREDITS: ALL FROM DIGITALS

Heather Watson-- Cashmere

Karin McCombes-- Circle of Life

Jen Maceyunas -Because You Loved Me Alpha

Font-- Art Deco Chic P22

CREDITS: ALL FROM DIGITALS

Heather Watson --CORNER STORE TREATS

Font used Cameo Appearance on title and Doctor Jekyll for the journaling

CREDITS: ALL FROM DIGITALS

Glenda Ketcham--Nana's Backyard

Sharia Braxton-- What's The Word

Heather Watson-- All Stitched Up Alpha White

CREDITS: ALL FROM DIGITALS

Dea Spina -- A Bit Of Autumn

Fonts:P22 Garamouche and P22 Petemoss and Poor Richard

LOL --told ya I was busy! Will post in a few news and updates and all that happy stuff:-)

Happy Monday!

Freebie and tutorial

I wrote a tut for the Digitals site called Attaching Paperclips the Digital Way back in August which you can find HERE
I have added a freebie of paperclips to the download section at Digitals for those who want to try it out. Remember you do have to be signed in to get the free downloads and membership is free! THEY MAY NOT BE SHARED in any other way!
CLICK TO GET THERE



If you know someone who wants them then please direct them to the site! Sadly there are people STILL sharing what is not theirs to share so don't be one of those! I have not put a freebie up for a long time due to the piracy issues so this is a test case for me to decide if it's something I want to do again. Once you have been burned badly it's hard to give again but I love doing what I do and generally trust that the good in people will prevail so please do this the RIGHT way :-). Thanks so much.

New stuff :-)

Grammy's Place is up at 3Scrapateers and Digitals.



Scraplets are exclusive to 3S only
You can find them here


Grammy's PLace Alphabet you can find at 3S here
and at DIGITALS HERE

Grammy's Place Scrapkit you can find at 3S Here
and at DIGITALS HERE

Happy Sunday

I found some new music I fell in love with! I am a great fan of celtic/irish/scottish music and our local PBS had a concert on by a Canadian group called Leahy this evening and I SO totally enjoyed it. The video track here is of them. They are a family group of brothers and sisters who have so much talent it's amazing from the instruments they play to the stepdancing they do. Their mother was the champion stepdancer if I recall and their dad is a "fiddling fool" lol. At any rate it's happy fun music and hope you enjoy the little bit of here.



Have a new kit ready to go called Grammy's Place and did get a layout done with it for starters so here's a peek ..it should be out this weekend.

Well I got brave

Blogger has moved to a new version and I bravely made the switch. So far so good I think lol. One issue I see is with the profile pic as it's not showing up on this main page but shows in my dashboard so will have to check on that I guess ugh.

I have two new Tuts up exclusively at Digitals so check them out when you have time. HINT there will be an upcoming freebie to use with one of them later this week :-). Have a great Labor Day Weekend.
Jo

Running in Circles

You ever have those days or weeks you feel like all you are doing is running in circles?
This has surely been one of my worst ones in history I swear lol. I don't know if I am coming or going or standing in place! Dh's appointments with setup for VA benefits we thought was going to be a simple procedure---NOT! They need stuff done that he already had done by our family dr and getting to the new med center where the family dr moved to is like going thru Ft. Knox! Getting an actual PERSON on the phone heaven forbid! I am so sick of phone tag and "i have no idea" answers! I finally hit the roof this morning and told them if they hang on or transfer me again I am calling the admin! THEY finally heard that part haha and then they argued with me that his recs did not show those tests and I KNOW they are there..I WAS there when they were done and lo and behold I got a "Oh yes, they would be in his old charts and we don't have room for them here. They are in a back closet someplace. We keep all our stuff on electronic files now." At that point I HOLLERED and lost my temper which I rarely do --the final result they went and found the file quite quickly and I am getting what we need faxed as I write. BUT why they had to make it more difficult than it needed to be is beyond me! VA has been lovely overall but they call every few hours with something new they want to change or reschedule and I am like FINE just do it as we have a full day trip there on Friday and with the price of gas we sure as heck do not want another long trip if we can help it. I am grateful VA got it all going as fast as they have as his insurance expires tonite so that part at least is a good thing.
Ok enuf of my ramble lol thanks for listening!

New Layouts and upcoming

New Layouts done yay! See I was actually working all day lol. Finished the first one of our Miss Wiggle Butt and posted the other two heritage ones I did last week.

I love this kit by Lianne Carper called Sucker for Love and it just seemd to fit our Miss Scarlett!

Kit is over at 3 Scrapateers --http://shop.3scrapateers.com/shopexd.asp?id=926

Dh's Parents on their Family Homestead that still stands out by the historical covered bridge bearing our last name!

Used Kimberly Stewart for her Cottage Garden Remix and and Cottage Garden Alpha from 3Scrapateers you can find it them here:

http://shop.3scrapateers.com/shopexd.asp?id=1853 and

http://shop.3scrapateers.com/shopexd.asp?id=1852

And used

Christine Nash's simply stitches scribbles for the daisy on the tag and simply stitches taupe for the stitching on the papers ( all colorized) -Originally got them from Digitals but not sure where she has them right now. Will update.

Dh's Great great great uncle or maybe there is one more great in there lol and his children and his mother. We have no photos of his father other than of the headstone at the cemetary that I know of right now.Was neat to find these photos on a distant cousins site of this part of the family for his and our son's records.

Used Teri Hanson's Kings Fancy and Queen's Fancy from Divine Digital which you can find here

http://divinedigital.com/divineboutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=316 and http://divinedigital.com/divineboutique/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=15&products_id=36

and Kim Stewart's Family Silver Charms from 3 Scrapateers which you can find here

http://shop.3scrapateers.com/shopexd.asp?id=1868

Boy am I now pooped lol. Thanks for taking a look..and stay tuned as will be offering my first blog freebie sometime later in the week to use with the new tutorial I wrote for Digitals this week. :-)

Remembering

Over the past few months I have been slowly gathering and finding alot of info on ancestors from both my side and dh's side of the families. What started out as a quest for more info on my birth mom's side as I had a booklet done back in the early 80s I believe it was that traced one side back to the 1700s turned out to be more than I imagined! I not only got that info put into format in Legacy but managed to find similar info on my dad's side altho its sketchy as we just never got the info when we should have! But its a whole other ball game on dh's side and I am the recipient of a vast amount of info and more recently memorbilia going back to the civil war and some even to the revolutionary war! It's so amazing to find some of it and the resources out there I have found are countless! It's made me want to make sure to leave some of my own memories around for my munchkins to giggle at or wonder at when they have grands of their own.I came across the following which I did post at Untamed as well but thought maybe some of you may get a kick out of it..

so REMEMBER WHEN ?

Close your eyes, and go back...
Back before the Internet or the MAC,
Before semi-automatics and crack.
Before chronic and indo;
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo.
Way back... I'm talking about hide and go seek at dusk.
Sitting on the porch, hot bread and butter.
Eating a 'super-dooper sandwich' (Dagwood)
Red light! Green light! Chocolate milk. Lunch tickets.
Penny candy in a brown paper bag.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all! Mother, May I? Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds, Jawbreakers, blowpops, MaryJanes.
Running through the sprinkler! I can't get wet! All right; well, don't wet my hair.
The smell of the sun and licking salty lips...
Wait... Catching lightening bugs in a jar.
Playing sling shot and Red Rover.
When around the corner seemed far away, And going downtown seemed like going somewhere. Bedtime, Climbing trees, a million mosquito bites and sticky fingers,
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Sitting on the curb.
Jumping down the steps, Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. Being tickled to death;
Running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt!
Being tired from playing...Remember that?

I ain't finished just yet...
What about the girl that had the big bubbly hand writing?
Licking the beaters when your mother made a cake. Didn't that feel good?
Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when...
When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds and PF Flyers), and the only time you wore them at school, was for "gym."
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a huge bonus.
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.
When your mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done, everyday.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time.
You didn't pay for air...or drinking water. And, you got trading stamps to boot!
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
The price of gas was affordable.
Milk came in jars with real bottle caps.
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed... and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Disapproval of our parents and grandparents was a much bigger threat!

If you can remember any of these things, I smile with you. Talk of these things to your children. Don't let these memories fade away completely. Just talking to your children, friends, or loved ones, and trading memories is a joy. Life goes quickly. Seize it! And be thankful!

I have no idea who wrote the above but it is a great piece of " Food for Thought!".
On that note I am off to finish up some work and hopefully post the heritage layouts I got done.
Have a wonderful week.
J

BUSY BUSY

I got alot of things done the past few weeks working off and on when I felt up to it and FINALLY have them uploaded to the stores! So without further ado here ya go

COMING TO DIVINE DIGITAL:

METALLICAS a divine exclusive!

NEW AT DIGITALS AND 3SCRAPATEERSSun Fun Alpha and Sun Fun Scrapkit

So what is up with me wellllllllll...............

Right about now I am seeing RED can you tell! Things for my family are never dull that's for sure! My dear sister's grandson has gone thru a horrid trauma this week stemming from his mother! It seems this dear little boy has been beaten in the head and kicked not ONLY by HIS MOTHER but her parents as well! His daddy just married my niece and had him alternating weeks but now he and my niece have him full time as DSS stepped in as they saw what had happened and have issued restraining orders on the mother and her parents and criminal charges will surely follow. NO CHILD should ever have to go thru what this adoreable little guy has been apparently suffering for some time. I cannot go into details here for obvious reasons but my sister, his daddy and my niece (his stepmom) are beside themselves. We are all thankful it's been found out and does explain why he was having headaches so much of late and why he hated getting his hair washed when they had him as he said it hurt to wash his hair. Now anyone with kids know that children go thru stages but this was different and he suffered what the trauma therapist says is a meltdown/panic attack type thing several times last weekend ..bad enough that the pediatrican saw it himself and immediately knew there was a definite problem!
The little guy is safe and secure with his daddy and stepmom and his paternal grandparents and my sister now but please ...whatever higher power you believe in say a few prayers to keep this precious child safe! I WILL NEVER understand any parent beating on their kids let alone a little one of just 5. Frankly I hope they lock up his mom and throw away the key that is how angry I am and it takes alot to get me that mad trust me! I am usually my true Libra self and like harmony but this is just so out there it made me physically ill just hearing the details from the dr's reports and therapist report. My niece is a wonderful stepmom and loves this child and his daddy is an awsome young man who is beating himself up mentally for not seeing it and protecting him ..HE had no way to know until the lil guy just apparently could not take it anymore.

On another ave my son also has filed for full custody of his oldest daughter as we have found some things about her mother with drugs, alcohol and police warrants that are no good! So we have 2 lives we are battling emotionally to keep kids safe. WHY do parents who do not care about their little ones insist on keeping them only to abuse them in one way or another? I JUST don't get it! There are loving people in this world who would be happy for a child and would not mistreat them!
SOrry am way up on my soapbox (cane and all lol) but can't help myself so forgive my rambling.
Thanks for putting up with me :-)

New Kits and Alphas

Have some new things up today at Digitals! This was so large I split it into two kits and a set of 3 alphabets. You can find them by clicking on the links below:
Summer Vacation 1
Summer Vacation 2
Summer Vacation Alphabets

Better

Well had a horrid day all day Thursday and took more meds than I normally do but am feeling alot better at the moment and managed to get another heritage layout done :-). I am determined to scrap all these old photos even if it takes me forever lol.

This is dh's grandparents on the side of their family home where there also stands one of the few remaining covered bridges in PA and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Hopefully my next layout is of the bridge itself and the bit of history we have on it.

I used Kim Stewart's Cottage Garden Remix Kit and matching Cottage Garden Alpha from 3 Scrapateers. You can find them here:

http://www.3scrapateers.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=2150 and

http://www.3scrapateers.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=64&products_id=2151

Love the papers in particular she has in this. The alpha is a such a nice size to work with as well and love the sheen to it.

Rearing it's ugly head

It seems as tho my Lupus is trying to rear it's ugly head lately. I now have a red spotty blood blister dotty rash all over my trunk ..it's not itchy but just looks crappy and I am none too happy! I keep getting the dang white raised itchy dots on the top of my feet and ankles and now they show up from time to time on my legs.THEY drive me crazy itching but then are gone just as fast as they started and nobody can tell me what they are or why it happens! It does seem to go hand in hand with the swelling but dangggggggggggg.....
I have had alot more stress of late so that can trigger it I kknow and the sun in the summer is a no no for me much as I love it. My fatigue level is at a high and my RLS is gone haywire as well let alone the RA and OA and DDD and DJD. THis is a time of my life I SHOULD be enjoying it and instead I feel like I am 90 so many days. It goes in spurts and was feeling so good there for a few weeks but with roy's mini stroke, missy's continuous trips to the hospital, worry over one grandchild in particular and money issues I don't think my body has had time to destress at all. I KNOW I am sposed to lay down and nap when I feel the least bit tired---that my body will tell me what I need to do according to my wonderful rheumatoidologist but just how does one make the rest of one's family and friends understand that we are not being mean and selfish..its what we have to do to make it thru just the day? SOrry guess I am having the poor me's tonite as am just feeling so totally fatigued and drained. Forgive the old lady in me lol just needed to yabber it out I spose.
Think I just need to hit my bed and hopefully things will be better in the morning.

Trying it out

Ok I see the little videos on some blogs so figured hey will try it out so check out my new favorite by Josh Turner in the bar on the right------>
His voice is "to die for" lol but the video itself is wonderful I think.

Am working on a few more layouts and have some kits to go up as soon as I get the info sheets done. Ya know I really hate making previews as they really don't show up a kit! This new one coming up called Summer Vacation got me carried away so much I had to split it up into two kits and a 3 alpha set...go figure. Hopefully ya all will like it when it comes up.

Have a great week. My daughter is having some surgery tomorrow so keep her in your thoughts please.

J

New layouts done

Heres three of the new layouts I got finished of Miss Wiggle Butt :-)


Used my new kit at 3Scrapateers called Fly Away for this.



Used Ronnie McCray's Laundry Wafting for this with an adoreable bubblebath charm by one of my best buddies Firewolf.



Used my new kit at 3Scrapateers called Fly Away for this.

WOW

Wow I just realized how far behind I am on blogging! I am not sure where time goes but I swear someone eats all mine lol.

I got more layouts done yay! AND almost finished with several kits hooray again!

On the day to day things let's see whats up here---
Not alot really..the heat was killing me literally! I cannot take heat or cold due to Lupus and it was 98 and there abouts for almost a week and I could not move let alone think! It finally broke with some nasty storms the other nite and has been so comfy for the past two days I got into a creative mode at last! I dug out my OLD OLD digital camera--you know the kind ..1 megapixel at 600x600 shots but better than nothing one-- and took some so so pics of granddaughter Emily and her bestest friend Kaylie whose grandparents live across from me! They got it into their heads to build a nest(I HAVE NO CLUE LOL) so got a box and tupperware and water and dug up dirt,mulch and grass out in back. Have so few pics of them together so figured hey it was worth a try and here's the results! Not the best but hey I tried lol

DIVINE DIGITAL

Join in the daily and weekly fun for the Jingle Jangle Jam Event! I am doing a Christmas quote challenge there July 25th but in the meantime check for the daily challenges and chats all based around the Christmas Season! Here is a preview of some things you can get for free even just by participating or in the super mega kit from the designers there!
www.divinedigital.com
My challenge you will get a terrific scraplet with metallic charms so check it out on the 25th of July! Happy Birthday to my sister lol!

Last but not Least

3Scrapateers

I have a new kit in the store there called Fly Away!

The preview DOES NOT SHOW it all so check it in the 3S store for more views of what is packed into this kit!
http://www.3scrapateers.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=2101

HANG ON IT'S A LONG POST :-)

OK yes I was gonna post daily and no I didn't did I? Life seems to just jump in and take over sometimes ugh. My d-i-l got ill and had to go to the ER last weekend so Nana stayed with Miss Wiggle Butt and then on Mon nite or was it Tues...at any rate My daughter landed in the hospital with her asthmas as the heat here was just too much for her. She developed it at age14 but it had been under control until this episode and frankly she scared the beejezus out of me as I was afraid she was going to die in my car! Luckily the second er doctor knew what he was doing and she is much better tho still having some problems but thanks to the meds and treatments at least she is home. I am worn out between running with her and then taking CJ back and forth the same morning for football etc ..this old lady just does not do well in the heat and now the rain is killing my old bones again.

That being said here is all the updates lol.

Let's see first things first
CHRISTMAS IN JULY AT THE UNTAMED SCRAPPER
The UT is back up and running hooray hooray and is celebrating this weekend with Christmas in July! Stop there and take part in the various challenges and crops today and tomorrow..THere are some terrific fun things going on so don't miss them!
www.theuntamescrapper.com


DIGITALS




All kinds of great things going on there! You will find 4 new tutorials there by lil old me :-) and some new designers have come on board so make sure to check them out!
www.digitalscrapbookpages.com

New in the store at 3 Scrapateers

My very first kit to go up at 3S should be out later this week I hope. In the meantime here is a sneak peek at AMERICA TODAY :-)

I am going to be a cohost of Bingo at 3S and want to say thanks to Elane for taking over July since I was not ready to roll yet! She did a super job last month and know she will this month as well! Check it out and play to win a gift cert from the store or if you don't make bingo you still win by getting a ty gift! How can you go wrong with Bingo so all you addicts you still have time to sign up! This month's theme is ICE CREAM PARLOR yum yum!

* Game Starts July 10th

* 5 Words Posted Daily

* Check the forum daily to compare to your list.

* Once all your words are called/posted, POST a BINGO message in the thread where you get your words from. Make sure to email her with your list so you can play!

* After verification the winner will receive a $5.00 Store Coupon

Everyones a winner! You will receive a fun participation prize just for playing along.
Here is the link to the thread to sign up!

BUSY BUSY BUSY :-)

Well FINALLY I am back up and running and hopefully at full speed so here is an update of what I am up to :-)

My newest kit at Digitals is Olivia's Tree.





















A mix of sage, heather and butterscotch colors. Great for family layouts or even that heritage tree. Kit includes 14 12x12 backpapers, 7 mats (pinked or vellum type), vellum backed words, 2 large photo frames, photo charm to hang, stamped leaf tree, 2 sets of corners, 2 ready to use tags, 2 ribbands, 4 metal plates, 2 plastic square "tokens", 3 sliders (vellum words fit in these), and a threaded tied token.
To see one of the ways I used it please view my layout at the gallery at Digitals.
AND DID YOU KNOW--DIGITALS has a new gallery set of guidelines so check it out and post your layouts no matter who made them! Just be sure to credit the designer properly!

I am going to try my best to post everyday as I have neglected this poor blog so much since DH had his mini stroke and it's time for me to get back in gear!

Happy 4th!

I hope you all have a safe and happy 4th of July for those who celebrate it! Happy Canada Day as well (belated) to all my Canadian buddies too! May the rest of your summer be full of laughter and love and take lots of pictures :-).

Doing a Happy Dance

I am SOOOOOOOOOOO tickled to say I am a designer and DT at DIVINE DIGITALS! I have so long admired Royanna's work and it is a divine privilege to become a part of it. I am working on some new kits for there to go up with the grand opening! There is fun to be had so please come on by and check the site out. She has a wonderful podcast which just had it's first broadcast and is about inspiration for our scrapping in the world around us everyday. It was delightfully divine to hear it and I hope many of you will take the opportunity to check it out.




On another note I just added a new kit to Digitals called Olivia's Tree which came from my wanting to do an immediate family tree for myself.
This is the layout I made with it. Will post the kit preview later in the evening.

Lastly but certainly far from least is one I did of little miss wiggle butt with my Scarlett's Kisses kit from Digitals. My mother's Day present from her was a 8x10 of her in her stunningly beautiful purple set with matching hat :-). Who can resist this smile!

Day 4 from Royanna's 40 day Challenge at Diving Digitals was to scrap something or someone who made you who or where you are now. I chose the chapter of going to live with my grandparents as the biggest thing that makes me who I am. Used a kit by Maya for it and just love this kit! I had held onto it for a bit as my sister does smocking and that's why I bought it in the first place! Great great elements and papers in this kit! I have been a fan of hers since first digi scrapping but this is the first time I have used one I purchased and am so happy I chose to get it!

I managed to get a mini kit refurbished and up at the store at Digitals called Apple Basket Mini Kit. This is a layout of my gorgeous redhead love of my life grandson when he was a little guy using that kit. Nowadays he is a teenager and keeps his hair almost shaved lol which I HATE but it's their thing these days I guess but oh what hair he had! He is the only one of the 6 that got my red! It's a simple kit and minimal but I enjoyed making it.

Here's a couple I did from the wedding over Mother's day. The one is Bec and Joey's Invitation which I scanned then did a digital layout of using Bannerwoman's kit from Digitals:-).

The second is from the rehersal party the nite before held at a friend of my sister's and was a Mexican themed party complete with pinata and all the fixings. They had a blast. I was so wiped out from the trip I didn't get to go as it was just too much for me but loved seeing all the photos! Used Cristina Blomberg's Hot Pepper kit also from Digitals.

Catching Up

My poor blog has been so neglected :-( I had a bad bad case of viral bronchitis and it left me feeling high and dry ugh! AM FINALLY feeling better and did get a few layouts done and a new mini kit up at Digitals. Will get them up and posted as soon as I get myself caught up. Hope ya all are well.