Some of the designers that I do CT work for are having some sales for iNSD (interNational Scrpabook Day). Check it out:

Sugar Pie Scraps Sale!



Geek Chic Sale!

I am happy that tomorrow is Thursday. Wednesdays are not my favorite lately! Once school is out, I'll be switching to an evening shift so the kids will not be stuck there with me all day. I am only sad that I will be missing more of my turbo kick class, but I should be able to start that again in the fall. There are other classes to choose from, but that was always one of my favorites.

I finally called someone to come look at our roof and see if we have a hail claim from the freak storm last summer. Many people have gotten new roofs out of it, so I figured it was worth a shot. Maybe they can fix the gutters at the same time! Then we can look into re-doing the back porch. I am hoping to make the deck part smaller and have a lower patio area. Something we will eventually have to do is new siding, but I think the roof and porch are going to come first. I have a big list of interior improvements to work on, also. We tend to let things go, but I would like things to look decent in case the housing market improves and we have a chance to possibly move. I love this neighborhood, but it would be nice to be away from the busy street and our crazy neighbor. It probably won't happen, but I always have it in the back of mind as a remote possibility. If not, we should at least have things looking decent!

Welcome to the Sugar Pie Scraps and Kat's Creations Blog Train! Their products are available at Enchanted Studio Scraps. I used a template from this set:



and Color My World:



to make this quickpage:



You can download my quickpage here.

Kat
Chris
Kiana
Sara
Vicki
Helen
Charlie
Carolyn
Prissy
CrystalKristin
Keesha
Jennifer <-----YOU ARE HERE
Joana

Well, I'm pretty late to the party, but I signed up with Twitter last night. lol It seems like a good way to get info for scrapbook stuff.




I made these pages with kits by Julie. It is. Spring Rain comes out today, and Colorado Nature is an older kit that I thought would be perfect for the Leadville camping photos.

I got a chance to work with an upcoming release called Neutrality by Digital Design by Athena. I love working with earth tones, and it seemed perfect for these photos!

I got my first email from Owen today:

Dear mom,
You are the best mom ever!I love you.
Sincerely,
Owen

He is using my old laptop now, much to his excitement. Too bad Scot put Linux on there, so if something goes wrong, I can't be much help! He has been playing a lot of Webkinz. I have an account so we can play tournament games.

I made this Well Worn and Wordlets Word Art by Julie. It is.

The kids are at soccer this morning. They really seem to be enjoying it, and Owen might get to play in a tournament at the end of May. He's never played against other teams, so it will give him a taste of what's coming up for his age group next time, and see if he really wants to stick with soccer when it starts getting more competitive. Owen also suddenly has 4 field trips between now and the end of the year! He has been complaining all year that they haven't gone on any, so he is happy. I am chaperoning the one to the School of Mines, but not sure if I'll sign up for any of the others. A lot are on Fridays, when I'm on call for work. Declan has one more coming up on the day before the last day of school, to the Musseum of Nature and Science.

I did these pages with a new kit by Marni Designs that came out at Brownie Scraps on Monday called Love Gingham.

I was also featured in the CT spotlight at Pixiemama Designs blog. I made a template as a freebie, so go over there and snag it if you like it! I may post it here next week, just since I've never done that before.

Sugar Pie Scraps has her store open at Enchanted Studio Scraps now! Her templates can be bought separately or in a pack.

Pixiemam Challenge Extended!

Good news! The one year anniversary blog hop for Pixiemama Designs has been extended to give you more time to get your entries in. They are now due by Thursday at midnight (M.S.T.), for my challenge.

Pixiemama Challenge

Hi, and welcome to the Pixiemama Blog Hop! You have probably arrived from JayaPrem's Hangout, but if you get lost along the way, you can find the beginning at Pixiemama's Designs.

I am hosting the Word Challenge. The rules are that you must use the words "One", "Happy", or "Birthday" in your layout. Only one word can be used in either title or journaling, and it must be visible. Twist: you can only use your word ONCE! For example if you choose the word Happy you can't use any of the other two words and you can only use Happy once in your layout.

Enter to win by leaving a link to your layout in the comments, and please be sure to provide a valid email so we can contact you with your prize. The winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to Pixiemama's store at Scrappity Doo-Dah (PU products only). Winner will be chosen on Sunday night.

It's not required to use Pixiemama's products for your entry, but make sure you check out her store in case you see something you do want to use!

Next stop is Missy Moments!

Remember, we are all in different time zones, so don't panic if something it not up right away!

I did a page last night when I saw that Julie. It is. had a new kit out called Well Worn. I found these photos from our visit to the museum on Sanibel, not this past trip, but from two years ago.

I also got the good news this week that Sugar Pie Scraps is getting a new store, opening soon! I have one page done with one of her templates, and hope to get some more done soon.

Marni Designs release is coming on Monday instead of today.

I am participating in a blog hop to celebrate Pixiemama's one year design anniversary. Come back tomorrow morning for a challenge and a chance to win a gift certificate to her store!

What a long day! I hope to work on a page tonight, but I may wait until tomorrow when I am feeling more alert! I will post my layouts from the Geek Chic release, although I have not put them in any galleries yet due to not being home much today! The Marni Designs release was delayed until Friday.

This is the layout using the April grab bag:


This is from Baby Lily. I used one of the templates that comes with the kit. I was happy to make it work for a boy!

Geek Chic has a new kit coming out tomorrow, and also an April grab bag that has some great stuff in it. I have worked with both kits, so I will get to post my layouts tomorrow! These will be available at Polka Dot Plum.

Marni Designs also has a new kit coming out tomorrow. I don't have a preview, but it's very cute!

Revised to say that I received some disapointing news regarding some of my CT's that I will no longer be on due to the store/forum probably closing. I don't really know all the details, but accusations are made and I would rather just stay out of it all since it doesn't involve me personally!

Back!

Well, even though I was home for a couple days in between trips, it really does feel like I've been gone for the last two week. It was a lot of fun, but I am also happy to be back home, getting back to our normal routine. It was fun spending the week being spoiled by my mom, and of course, the kids love spending time with their Nana. I got a lot of great photos, so of course, I am looking forward to getting back to scrapping. I did manage to complete a few pages this week from Arizona, but I can't post them quite yet!

I ended up renting a movie one night in AZ, which was Paranormal Activity. We got Shorts for the kids to watch, and they thought it was really funny. For some reason, it looked really low budget to me, but maybe it's because the t.v. was old!