Happy Anniversary...

TO MY BLOG!!! Wow..I just realized that I created this one year ago today! Seriously?? I'm having issues with how fast time seems to be going lately!

So...to celebrate I made a freebie and I sure hope this works...if not let me know and I'll see if I can figure out how to fix it! =) I don't have fancy "preview makers" or anything, but this alpha turned out to be pretty easy to make and I thought I'd share! They are just for Personal Use.

Click on the image and then one TOU. I have individual pngs too....but I'm not sure how to get them all in one folder at 4shared! I have to learn how to zip them all into one folder, but I'm too tired now to figure that all out! I hope you like these. =)

Uppercase TOU.txt
Password: anniversary


Lowercase Sheet TOU.txt
Password: anniversary

Recent Layouts!

Here are a few I've been working on the past few weeks...images are clickable for full credits.

Guest CT for Megan Turnidge!!

I was thrilled to find out that I could be a guest this month for Megan Turnidge. I love her designs and was super excited to learn that the kits I would get to play with both have a baby theme! It's PERFECT for the Adoption Ministry layouts I do for the agency. The kits are just gorgeous and have so many fun elements to play with! Here are a couple I've done so far...I just love how they turned out! Click on them for full credits. Click HERE for the coordinating FREEBIE on Megan's blog!

Here's the previews of her boy and girl kits:

Earth Angel:

My Little Prince:

Kaity is 4 years old!

I can't believe that Kaity is 4 years old already! How does that happen? I mean, I taught at ERHS for 5 years and it felt like eternity. I've blinked and she's a 4 year old starting preschool this fall. Wow!

Her actual birthday was Friday, July 31st, so we took her to Chuck E. Cheese, which she LOVED! Then we found a park with a beautiful flower garden. She got to play on the toys there and enjoyed that a lot. She talked about getting an ice cream sundae all day for her birthday so we went to Red Robin for her free birthday dessert! The staff was amazing! They actually gave her a real card, they all signed the inside and even spelled her name right! When we got home there was a package on the doorstep for her. Uncle Michael had sent her a birthday gift and she was SO EXCITED when she saw what was in the box. She played with her Tinkerbell teapot house the rest of the night!

We held her formal party on Saturday, August 1st. We had an outdoor party with water toys and the weather couldn't have been better. She had so much fun with her friends and cousins that came. Now all I hear from her is that she can't wait for another birthday and when will she be 5!

(ack..oh no! I'm not ready yet! lol)

Here are a few pics from the party weekend. Look at that one of her blowing out the cake closely....and read the caption below it!

(YIKES...the first 2 remind me of some pics my Seniors gave me when I taught high school! Please don't grow up too fast Kaity!!)

(I'm not sure if you can tell, but the upper left turret is SINGED! The flames got carried away while we were singing and I had to blow out her candles quickly before the castle MELTED onto the cake! LOL...we relit them so she could make her wish and blow them out.)

I have been scrapping the last couple of days and had to share my recent layouts that I haven't posted in a while. I'm trying to compile all of Kaity's layouts chronologically...what a big chore! I'm trying to get caught up as she'll be starting preschool this fall...YIKES! Where does the time go? So, my big project is to really organize her layouts starting with DAY 1 of her life and get all the journaling on my layouts to order a baby book for her. At this point I do NOT see this getting completely DONE by the time preschool starts...but we'll see! =) Of course, I'm also trying to stay caught up with pics I've recently taken....and redo some layouts that frankly just needed HELP in a major way. Some I just started over with! =) That's part of the beauty of digital....even if I have to toss out a layout I haven't wasted any materials! =) Gotta love it! =)

Enjoy the layouts......click on the images for credits.

Wow...it's been a month!

Well, time certainly has flown! I can't believe it has been a month since I've posted here...good grief! I have a few pieces of "NEW" news! =)

1) We completed our homestudy meetings on June 11th and the 25th. We are now waiting for the final copy to be written. Fortunately, they agreed to just do an update on us which meant less meetings and money! Works for me!! =)

2) We have a required course we must take on drug affected babies and the place that conducts these clearly needs to add sessions! We can't get in until September unless there is a cancelation! This class was waived for us last time because of the rushed nature of it.

3) I got a PM (private message) from a scrapper at Go Digital Scrapbooking that they are using my gallery as inspiration for their "Scraplift Challenge" for the month of July! I'm totally flattered and completely SHOCKED!!! lol I'll be excited to see what people come up with! (Click to see the thread, my gallery link is there)

4) I entered a layout for publication in The Daily Scrapper Issue 11. I just got confirmation that it was accepted! The publication is already out and mine is called "I've Got a Ticket to Ride". (click to see the page in the issue) I was surprised to learn I get a free kit out of the deal! SWEEEEET!!

5) I just got an email this morning that another 6 8x8 books will be added to my account, which means they will be FREE! All I pay is shipping! =)

I'm also a Guest CT for Sarah Bennett this month. I chose her new "Let Freedom Ring" kit and I love how this layout turned out! You can see her kit in the store HERE and if you like my page you can get it as a QP along with a really cute one that Sarah did herself on her BLOG!

Well, I'm off to the Farmer's market, finish my "flag cake" for the 4th of July BBQ later this afternoon and then fireworks tonight! =) Have a Happy 4th of July!

Today's Speed Scrap

Here is my layout from today's speed scrap! I used everything from Brittish Designs....LOVE HER STUFF!!! This kit is called "Ohana" and the word art is in her Edge to Edge WA pack. You can check out her store HERE. She has lots of kits that go along with Disney themes and her sample layouts are always so beautiful!