Happy Halloween!!

Hello everybody and Happy Halloween (for those who celebrate the holiday). Hope everyone is having a great day so far. I slept so good last night, we took the kids trick or treating last night and they can go again tonight (not too sure why they are doing the 3oth & 31st) but oh well more candy,LOL. Not sure if I'll go with them because of this headache I just can't shake, Shaun might have to take them himself.

Speaking of candy, I have lots of *eye candy* to show you and hopefully it'll give you some inspiration too. These are all pages that I created using products from all my favorite online digi scrap shops, whether for my own personal albums or forum challenges, there's a lil something for every scrap style I think.

This one here was for my FIRST EVER digi dare and guess what?! It was the darers pick!! Yes it was. I'm so excited about that!! I used products from Scrap Orchard, and Deviant Scraps, Digital-crea and Mscraps as well.

This one is a desktop calendar challenge for Scrap Orchard where we had to scrap what we have on our Christmas wish list. Loved this one.

This was another Scrap Orchard challenge for October. It was the 'Make Mine a Double' challenge. I love the colors of this 2 page spread and the feeling of autumn and family togetherness when I look at it. It's prolly one of my fave pages to date! I also loved the template I used by Scrapping With Liz for this one.

Here is the first calendar page I have ever made. I chose to do February because of ALL the birthdays and other special occasions we have to celebrate during that month, and there are a lot, LOL!

Here are some other pages that I want to share with you.





Hope you all find a lil something to inspire you to scrap a bit. Have a safe and FuN Halloween!! TTYL!

-Kristi

New Collection available today!!!

Hey everyone I wanted to show you the new collection that's available at Polkadot Plum today by Sunflowers Studio Designs. It' called 'Falling For You' and it's a gorgeous fall kit AND you don't want to miss out on the gorgeous price either.

I have lots of cleaning and runnin' to do this afternoon so I am going to show you this beautiful collection and then I'm offline for prolly the rest of the day *sigh* but I'll be back soon -promise!

Here is 'Falling For You' the collection by Sunflowers Studio Designs - available at Polkadot Plum (link in sidebar).



and for a lil inspiration here's a layout by me. Enjoy!



Hope you all have a lovely day!
TTYL!!

-Kristi

Sunflowers Spotlight!

Hiya everyone hope you're all doing fine this lovely Autumn afternoon. I wanted to let you know that the Sunflowers Studio blog is up and live and if you head on over you can get to know a lil more about me because I'm the first ctm to be spotlighted on the blog-yay me!! While you are there you can also score yourselves a couple of fresh freebies too! How cool is that?! Be sure to check back every Monday when a new ctm will be spotlighted and check out some of their awesome layouts to give you inspiration. Well I'm out but I'll be back soon with some yummy eye candy for ya! TTYL

-Kristi

All things NEW....

Hello again everyone, how are you all on this bright but cold Autumn day?! LOL, yeah here in West Michigan it's pretty sunny but very cold this morning. I just got back from walking the kids to school, I love walking them to school everyday. Well, obviously we won't walk when it's raining or snowing, then we drive,LOL.
Anyways on to today's NEWs <~~hehee, like how I did that?? I do so NAH ;P
I have 2 NEW kits to share with you that I've had the chance to scrap with and I LOVE them both. One is Victoria's new kit that's been released today and the other is from a BRAND NEW design team that I'd like to introduce to you now. (Yes, the team of 2 wonderful ladies I was talking about in yesterday's post). So Angela and Chris, thank you so much for offering me a spot on your CT and even though I just started working with you guys I already love it and can't wait to do more! Please everyone say hello to the *NEW* Sunflowers Studio!!!! ((listening to wonderful applause))

Here is the preview for the "beary" adorable Halloween kit perfectly named 'Beary Scary' by Sunflowers Studio which is available at Polk a dot Plum! Go check out the new kit -you won't be disappointed!


and here is my layout using this adorable new kit

OH but wait...There is SO much more to this wonderful kit including frames, glitters and even QPs! Here check out these previews...

Isn't this bundle great?!!

Like I said earlier I have another *NEW* kit and page to show you by the lovely and very talented Victoria Feemster!! I love her style and she always has the most gorgeous color pallets to scrap with, perfect for any page! So without further ado here's VFD's new gorgeous kit 'Some Day'!


Isn't it gorgeous?!! I loved it from the moment I saw the sneak peek and I had the perfect photo to scrap with it (I thought the colors were a perfect match and that alpha WOW it really pulls it all together)! Here check out my page...


So go on over to any of Victoria's shops to grab this beauty cuz it's available at ALL of them. Here's a list of the shops in case you've forgotten: SugarHill Co., Gotta Pixel, and Scrapbook Bytes.
(Links are in the side bar)!

Well that's about it for now. I have to go start on the laundry (the never ending chore around here,LOL) so have a great day and happy scrapping. Remember to post a comment with the link to your Lo and also post one to any of the designers that you choose to use products from because we would ALL love to see these creations in action!

TTYL!

Umm-can't think of a title at the moment,LOL

Hey all, I know it's been a few days since I posted anything, real life has had me down a bit. Right now I am sick (allergies actually) so I've been trying to get better. My heads been stuffed up, headache, sneezing, coughing and sore throat, you get the idea...so I've just been chillaxin' at home. Finally this morning after taking the kids to school I stopped at the pharmacy and picked up some claritin (doc said it should help), I hate taking meds. I only take them when I have to! So we'll see if it works. Hopefully it does and soon because when I'm suffering from allergies/colds I don't want to do anything. Seriously I get lazy and don't even want to get out of bed,LOL, but it's not really funny, y'know?! Anyways, other than that I have news on my best friends daughter Izabelle,(you remember her from a few posts down?)she's the lil baby whose been battling for her life since she was born (she made it to her 1st birthday in March-which the doctors didn't think she would) well, she's had yet another heart surgery last week and isn't doing too well at the moment so I'm sad and scared for Izzy and her family. The surgery last week was so they could finally fix the hole in her heart, well that surgery went alright but now her heart is beating way too fast so the blood won't flow right, they gave her some meds to try to slow it down and get it to beat/pump regularly but so far it isn't doing what they hoped and they are thinking she may have to go in for another surgery, ugh, I feel so bad for her. I will continue to pray for her and I know it's in Gods hands and he'll take care of her, I know he has big plans for Miss Izabelle for all she's going through she has to be destined for great things! On the lighter side (and digi) I have some more good news. I have joined another creative team! I was checking my emails one day and in one of them I had received a message from a very nice lady who said she had teamed up with another designer and they are now designing together, anyways she said she's seen my stuff around and she liked it and showed it to the other lady -BTW there's a reason why I'm not using names yet ;) and they agreed together they wanted me on their team so I said YES!! I was so flattered and excited. Made me happy for all the icky going on in my life so thanks ladies (you know who you are)! And as soon as I can get my digi life back on track (hopefully in the next day/2) I'll post the name of the new design team and let everyone know where they are selling at. You are gonna have to check em out cuz their stuff is C U T E !! Well that's about it and I'll keep y'all posted on Izzy and all the other stuff as soon as I can. TTYL!

Trick-or-TreatN' Cuties

Good afternoon everyone just a quick post here to let you all know that Victoria Feemster has teamed up with Miss Tiina to create an awesome new Halloween kit. You can pick this up at Sugar Hill Co. here's the preview and my LO.


Isn't it cute?? I just HAD to put a page together as soon as I seen it!!

I even made a freebie ribbon cluster to go with this kit

which you can pick up here:http://www.box.net/shared/02cyjl4gxh
Have fun creating!!! If you use any of the kits I promote on here please send a link to it so I can see it and send love, and as always the designers LOVE to see their creations being used too so send them a link too!!
Later!

Just another day in the life of a SAHM/digiscrap addict...

But before I get to my ramblings I want to share one heck of an awesomely sweet deal! For a limited time only you can buy Victoria Feemster Designs WHOLE shop at Sugar Hill Co. for only $20! Can you believe it?? That's OVER a $200 value all for ONLY $20! WOW, you'd better JuMp! This deal won't last long!!!



So what are you waiting for?? Go head on over here http://www.sugarhillco.com/shop/product.php?productid=916&cat=1&page=1 and pick it up while it lasts!

I can't wait to see all the pages that will be created with these awesome products by VFD!

Now on to the day's ramblings...

FOR TODAY...

outside my window... chilly yet sunny
i am thankful for... waking up this morning and every other morning since the the morning I was born Thirty years ago!
i am wearing... still in my jammies at the moment
noticing that... I am getting a cold...Another cold...get 'em all the time!
i am still reading... I finished Dracula and started on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Ok,Ok, I know it's getting old but I'm just now starting and I love it, can't put it down) just started 2 days ago and I'm 1/2 way finished already-better put book 2 on hold at the local library!
on my mind... Pain...all kinds of pain...my throat hurts and my heads all kinds of stuffy (cold). I have a headache I can't shake (stress). Big toe on left foot (in-grown toenail that was removed). Big toe on Right foot (sliced it open on a nail). Ring finger on left hand (swollen and bruised with a cut (got jammed in the door this morning). Yeah, did I ever tell you I'm a clutz?!? Well now you know.
pondering these words... "The richness of the human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."
Author: Helen Keller
around the house... it's quiet...very very quiet (Shaun's at work and kids are in school).
from the kitchen... haven't gone down to eat yet (kids all eat breakfast at school and Shaun had to be to work at 2am).
one of my favorite things... blogging
i'm creating... nothing at the moment (will work on some doodle freebies very soon-I have some ct freebies for VFD but not sure when I can post those-so stand by)!
a few plans for the rest of the week... finish freebies, get caught up on scrap layouts, continue to look for work (#1 priority at the moment) oh yeah, and finish the laundry which for some reason is taking FOR E V E R to finish this week!!!!
from my lens... Um, I'll post once I get the new pics uploaded (I'm WAY behind this week-in all aspects of my life)!

Dear Tooth Fairy

So my sweet step daughter Cheyanna just lost her first tooth, and second! *Picture her singing 'All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth* She was so excited and I managed to grab the digi and snap a pic.

I think it's adorable.
I had to scrap this photo to put in her scrapbook for when she's older and when better to do it and get it done with when there is a forum challenge involved? ;)
Well over at SugarHill Co. they have their October challenges posted and the sweet thief challenge (which is a scrap lift challenge) was to scrap a page using the featured kit 'Dear Tooth Fairy' which is a collab by Victoria Feemster Designs and eNKay Design!
Here's what the kit looks like...

Cute huh? I love it!! And here is the page I created using this adorable collaboration kit!

Ok, well it's lunch time here and I have to get started on some laundry because we have LOTS to do when the husband and kids get home from work/school. But hey check back later because I'm working on my very first freebie to give away here on the blog!

Ok-It's now Oct.14 and I'm posting my freebie...It's a qp based off the above lo I created using the 'Dear Tooth Fairy' kit by Victoria Feemster Designs and eNKay designs. Link is for boxed.net and there is NO password and it's NOT a zip file!
Enjoy!!

http://www.box.net/shared/5954lz8htj


BTW, I'm trying to figure out how to make my links clickable because every time I post a link it disappears for some reason so you'll have to copy and paste the link in your address bar at the top of your screen. Sorry for the inconvenience!

No SneakPeek but she's got a new kit coming Friday

YepYep, that's right folks, Suzy of SuzyQ Scraps has a new collection coming out Friday at Scrap Orchard. Check out her blog here http://suzyqscraps.com/blog/ to see some yummy pages put together by her CTMs, and also browse around the new blog she's got, loads of goodness to share and yes, even some freebies!

Just Can't hold it in any longer!!

Hey all, how are you doing this fine and lovely day? Me? I'm greAT!! I am super duper excited!! Do you want to know why?!? Well, I'll tell ya...I made my first CT!!! Yeah I am SO happy! I am now (as of yesterday) a creative team member for the one and only Victoria Feemster!!! YAY!!!
There I just had to let you know, I couldn't hold it in any longer!
So what's going on in the digi world of VFD?? Well I'll point you towards her blog in just a sec so you can read all about well, whatever she writes and you wanna read,LOL. But first, I want to share something with you!
How would you like to get a free mini kit by Victoria? How about a discount on a full kit by her that just happens to match the free mini? Well then check this out!!!

Just head on over to the SugarHill Forum and you can register and play some awesome challenges, including this color challenge by VFD!! Want the link? Ok here ya go..wanna make it as easy for you as I can ;)
http://www.sugarhillco.com/forum/
Do you want to see a page I created using the 'This One Life' kit and the matching mini?? Here ya go!!!

Once again I used my darling daughter Alexandra as my model!! Love you baby girl!

How about a closer look at the full and mini kits....



As promised here's the link to Victoria's blog! http://victoriafeemsterdesigns.blogspot.com/
Also be sure to stop by her shops at Gotta Pixel, Scrapbook-Bytes and SugarHill Co. to check out ALL her gorgeous eye candy!!

Well I'm off to lunch now so I'll talk to you later!!

Black & White AND a filter...

Hello again friends, today I want to share with you a new page I created for the Scrap Orchard's October 2010 Photography 'Say Cheese!' challenge. For this challenge we had to take a black and white photo, whether it be taken in B&W or a color photo edited afterward. I chose to take a photo of my dd Nicole, she's one of my favorite models! The original photo was a color one which I then took into my photo editing program (I use PSP X2) and I played around with the settings to convert it to a black and white photo. I wasn't completely satisfied with the photo yet so I again played around with the photo effects-more specifically the filters, and once I was satisfied I saved the photo and then scrapped with it. Here are the photos showing the 3 step process and then the layout I scrapped using the photo.





For this page I used the mini kit 'Fade to Grey' from Design by Ziska which was part of the Scrap Orchard August 2010 fruit basket.

My "Thang"

Ever seem to notice patterns in your scrap layouts?? Lately I've been doing a lot of paper blocking and/or strips. Guess it's just my "thang". Lately with my scrappin' I've just not been able to decide on 1-3 papers from a kit...I love 'em all - I use 'em all! I just can't help it!! Guess I'm more of an addict than I thought!!

It's late but I wanted to share these two pages that I created today with you. Thanks in advance for looking. ;)


For this Lo I used many different products-all from Scrap Orchard. They are as follows:
'Friends dot com' by Amy Stoffel and Lindsay Riches
sqs - stitch hiccups 3
sqs- stitch hiccups 4
sqs - oopsie doodle arrows
'Ride Skate Roll' by Faith True and MLE card
'Color My World' by Tracie Stroud, Ziggle Designs and Designs by Ziska
'Live Like You Mean It' by Anna BV Designs
'Play Day' by Julie Bullock




For this page I used the collab kit 'Play' by Decrow Designs and Sahlin Studio.

Night y'all!

TGIF!!

It's FRIDAY!!!! I am so glad the weekend is finally here. It's been an uber BUSY week for me, with the kids in school, taking care of the house, running errands, AND job searching it's amazing I found time at all to do the scrapping I did, but somehow I managed to get it done.

Tonight I think I'm just gonna take it easy and relax. All the kidlets are gonna be here this weekend! Tomorrow afternoon we have Connor's football game and dinner with the grand parents before they go back to Florida for the winter - man sometimes I wish I could go somewhere warm to get out of the cold Michigan weather sometimes! LOL

So since I don't have any LOs to share with you at the moment I'll just do the 'today' stuff.

FOR TODAY...

outside my window... the leaves on the trees are starting to turn all those pretty colors that let you know Autumn is in the air!!

i am thankful for... being able to be with my family everyday!

i am wearing... brown pants, brown camisole with cream colored flowers and lace trimming and right now (cuz I'm cold) a light colored sweater.

noticing that... It's really quiet in the house right now - the kiddies are out side playing.

i am still reading... LOL-still reading Dracula-don't know when I'll finish it either-every time I get a free minute to spare I want to scrap!!

on my mind... bills, financial security, everything that stresses me out!! UGH!

pondering these words... "If you want a rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
Author: Dolly Parton

around the house... nothing at the moment-kids are outside playing-dogs are NOT barking (which never happens LOL)

from the kitchen... nothing I have NO clue what's for dinner tonight, and I should get on it because it's about that time!!

one of my favorite things... sitting in the recliner with the cocker spaniel and scrappin' on my laptop.

i'm creating... working on creating a new background for my blog ;)

a few plans for the rest of the week... more job huntin' and chilaxin with the fam in the evening.

from my lens...


(the kids walking on our way to the park)


(kids by the old railroad tracks)


(trying to play around with depth of field on my camera)