Last Day of the Month... Thank Goodness!!

The Next Big Designer Contest is in it's Second Round and we really need your help on the voting... Lot's of free downloads of these gorgeous page kits.

You Can Check It Out Here

Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Carnival Nights....

I was so happy to get this layout completed. You know those layouts you feel pressure to complete like graduations, weddings, dance recitals. Don't get me wrong, I love doing them, I just hate the pressure I feel to get them done.

The reason it's completed though is purely one of those magical digi moments. So, wanna hear the story..lol..shaking your head, "uh no, not really" - ok, I'll tell it fast. Jessica has this challenge called "The Lunch Crunch" every other Thursday at 1:00 pm at GDS... So I decide to check it out *haven't had a moment to scrap a page in months, btw*. I go into the chat about 5 minutes late and there Jessica is saying "Use something red somewhere on your layout... you have 45 minutes to post in the gallery and link back here... Go!"

Whallaaaa... there it is in all it's 45 minutes completion Glory! Talk about a happy camper!!



Credits: Beauty mark overlay by Angela and Emily Powers, Template #4 by Thompsen.

Hope you're having a Wonderful weekend and don't forget to check the site for more new goodies in the Round 2 Gallery of The Next Big Designer Contest as well as lots of new challenges too!

The Next Big Designer Contest Heating Up!

Finally got moved and ready to get back to business!

click photo for credits


Check Out the products created and free to download for The Next Big Designer Contest Here!


And Here's a Template Freebie from Andrea



You can find her template and other Designer Giveaways here

Sunday Fun!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! The daily download is still available from yesterday so if you need a little kit for your summer photos... it just might do the trick!

Doesn't This Look Like Fun!

The Next Big Designer Contest Details can be found HERE

Saturday Daily Download at GDS...
You Can Download the Summertime Fun Minikit HERE

Free Template from Andrea!


Download Link can be found here

Natalyna has a wonderful Denim Add-On Here!

Need Your Opinions?

Since it's Summer I've had this teeny tiny nagging to get this kit into the store ... do you like this kit? Would you use it if I put it up in the store? Please let me know what you think... I don't know whether it's really worth putting it out in the digiworld or not.

4 Days Until We Move

It's sad to leave our home. We live at the end of the earth..lol but it's a beautiful place. I am not sure if I'm going to miss it or not yet. I know I hate the drive, especially with all of Hannah's activities. There are kids all over the new neighborhood and we'll be back in civilization again... close to her school where she starts in August and close to everything else. Change. Maybe that's the problem. I'm not a good person dealing with change. and... Here we go again.

How hard is it to balance family and work?

Is anybody else out there struggling with this? I know I do.. every day. Being a mother, nurturer, cook, cleaner, animal caretaker, digiscrap designer, abstractor... and the list goes on and on... not really complaining. I'm blessed beyond measure. all of my children in good health and doing well. Everything else is just icing on the cake as far as I'm concerned... so why is this so hard sometimes?

Ok...lol.. back to juggling!

New Page Kit and New Challenge!

Simply Irresistible


You Can Check Out the Challenge and Posting Bonus Here!

Doodle Frames at GDS!

Adorable Doodle Frames Freebie! Get Em Here!

Snow Bunny

Hard to believe she's now 5 1/2. Time has flown by so fast as the kids have grown up. And with Hannah, it's just flying even faster. I miss my baby.

Credits: Remember Me page kit by me and Janeal's Corner Template.

What a Great Surprise!

It's funny how the simple things can make you happy. Jason came strolling in the house last night about 11:00 pm exhausted from working and stopping by his friends' house Aaron to have a beer (or two, probably).

Anyways, I was so happy to see him. Of course as a digiscrapper, when he laid down on the couch and Jax, Sandy and Prince were crawling around all over him and burying him in kisses all I could think about was getting pictures. Didn't get any though because I knew it would only validate more to Jason what a scrap-aholic I am!

He spent the night and left to go back to work this morning. It was nice to be able to get up this morning and say, "Have a nice day Son".

Andrea's Giving Away Another Fabulous Template!


You Can Get It Here!

More Activities

Well, summer is in full swing. Hannah's now playing soccer in a camp every day this week and tonight starts her dance program too. Tomorrow night is her T-Ball party and we can't wait to see her trophy... I'll be back with pictures!

Off to run like a chicken with my head cut off! Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Win!

Win an iTunes Gift Card!

Check out the Contest over at GDS! Fun and Easy to win this one!

Back to Monday!

It's Monday already?... nooo! Oh well...guess that just means we're 4 days away from Friday again! Yaay!

My goodness, for a single 24 year old, he sure looks serious doesn't he?

Denim Freebie

Here's a cute little freebie you can find here from one of our GDS Members!

Last Day of T-Ball!

Whew.. what a morning. Today was Hannah's last day of T-ball. It was funny to see so many parents doing the happy dance! The kids were done too!

See Ya Next Year!

Andrea's Got Another Template Freebie!

Andrea's posted another freebie in the Designer Freebie Section and it's perfect for the A Hero's Thank You Challenge!... Yaaaay!


You Can Find it Here!

A Little Proof...

Someone mentioned being surprised about all my kids and thier ages...lol.... of course that's a great compliment so thanks! But here they are, same munchkins in my header... no editing included. So funny, they never grow up, they still had a ball at Animal Kingdom! Jason's even holding not one but two dinasour toys! Oh and kristin's holding her's too! And she couldn't leave without one of those big cups that filled your cabinets and NOBODY ever uses again!

Kristin's growing up... still amazes me every time I come across this photo.

Dare to Dream *GDS Daily Download* for Today!

GDS is having a Father's Day Sale! Today thru June 17th 20% Off!

It's been so long since I got to do a GDS Daily Download. Andrea's ready for a break so I'm back in business! Hope you like it!

You Can Get It Here!