You can get these at here Polka Dot Plum store!

Today was the last day of basketball camp that the kids had for this week. I won't miss having to get them somewhere by 8 a.m., but I'm glad we signed up since they had a lot of fun. Next week Owen has a mythology art class and Declan starts his once a week baseball class. We also lucked out getting a 4-week piano lesson slot for Tuesdays, so I am making sure Owen does his daily practices again.

I have also been making pages, which I can now post since the kits were released.



This one uses the new kit by Geek Chic called i {heart} you. It matched really well for the photos we took on Mother's Day.



This one uses Playtime Boy by Sweet Mesquite. When I saw the turtle, I knew which photos I should scrap with it.



This ones uses the new kit by Pixiemama Designs called Daditude.

Despite all the craziness of iNSD, I did manage to make a couple layouts. I have a ton of new kits to work with. I bought some during the sales, but I also won a lot with all the contests going on.



Sugar Pie Scraps put our a kit called Nana and Me. I was excited since you don't see much Nana word art in kits!



These are some older photos from the Arvada Kite Festival. I used Where the Wind Blows by Geek Chic and Graham Like the Cracker.



This was done using Serendipity by Julie. It is. and a template by Scraps of Candy.



I had fun with this one, using Ocean Breeze by Southern Creek Designs. This was for a speed scrap that was at 10 p.m. my time. Finally a time where I could participate without distractions!



This was using the kit All About Me by Pixiemama Designs. I don't really scrap myself very much, so it was a challenge!

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!

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!

This is using the new kit You Sham(rock) My World that came out today by Geek Chic and Sweet Tomato Designs. I used a template by Kate Designs for the template challenge over at MLAS. These photos are old, but I've always liked them. We were dogsitting Daphne a few years ago and Declan was hanging out with her in the yard.

Just a little sneak peek of the new Geek Chic collab kit coming out tomorrow at Polka Dot Plum!

Those are my layouts using Little Man by Geek Chic Scraps. It is available now from Polka Dot Plum and GingerScraps.

Dawn showed me some pages she had gotten printed today. It reminded me that I should probably be doing some printing soon. I have a ton of layouts on my computer but I have only printed the first two I ever made. I need to decide what size to print them. I think I will definitely do 8 X 8 for the cruise pages, but I haven't decided about the others.

Geek Chic has a new kit coming out tomorrow. I have done a couple layouts with this one since it is great for boys! She will also be giving away a coordinating freebie on her blog tomorrow, so check it out!

I can post this layout since the kit was released today! I used Forest of Love by Geek Chic Scraps.

I am going back to the eye doctor tomorrow, but not feeling too optimistic. It seems like I have had problems with this one eye for months now with no relief in sight. I can't wear my contacts anymore, so that is making me sad, especially when I have to exercise with my glasses flapping and slipping around! I am seeing my regular eye doctor, at least, so maybe the guy I saw last time just didn't know what he was doing. I can always hope!

I just have to say again that I am so happy we started this whole chore thing with the kids. Tonight they both chose to vacuum their rooms for their chore. The house seems to stay neater, and it's nice to have them take more reponsibility without complaining about it!

Owen is having his friend Abbie come over on Friday since there is no school and I'm not on-call for work. He is excited about it, and hopefully the weather will be o.k. since she wants to try out the trampoline.

The Store at Polka Dot Plum

I was able to participate in another speed scrap last night. The Friday night ones seem to work out since they start at 7, before the bedtime rush. You are given 7 instructions to create your page over one hour, and then you have another hour to finish it up. I used a new kit called Funky Wonderland by Geek Chic and Allison Pennington. It has a bunch of cool papers and elements!

Scot had to work today, so I took the kids out to lunch at Panera and then we went to the library. They were all worried that we were going to a different library than the one we got our books from originally, so I explained that we could use any of the county libraries. They were afraid we were stealing from the other library. I said they could have a movie night tonight, so they are excited about that. I optimistically checked out 5 books. We'll see how many times I have to renew!