Good Morning!

Here is a LO I completed yesterday and LOVE how it turned out!
The kit is by Stacey Towers and is called "Plum Pudding". This was one of her fantastic FREE kits!!! Go check out her website and pick it up:)

ADSR#8 Completed!

Here is my LO completed for the ADSR # 8 challenge!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this kit "Blossoms and Butterflies" re-visited by Brenda Smith Designs. The challenge was to scraplift a LO you have always wanted to from another person in a gallery. Then we had to add a star and the word "DREAM" somewhere. The LO I chose to scraplift was one from Enchanted Studio Scraps, because I loved the way she clustered her elements and then used just one picture. SO, here is mine and the link to candacesoon, who I scraplifted from. Have a great day!
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I recieved THREE awards!!!!

I was shocked, thrilled, and honored to receive these awards!!!

Thanks Christelle and Lisa!!!!

I first knew Christelle from GDS. A place where we do challenges together in an online community and her LO were always so beautiful and FUN. Now we are on a CT together...she is sooooo sweet!!! Christelle just received Scrapper of the Month too at GDS, everyone is always saying that she leaves such sweet, positive comments, and she does!!! She has a heart of GOLD! Thank you Christelle:)

She awarded me this fabulous "Scrapping Star Award"
Here is what she said..."but I do admire a few great scrappers too," That is ME she is talking about!!!

Lisa awarded me these two friendship awards!!! Here is what she said...

"I couldn't imagine scrapping without her! In fact, when I got a glimpse of all the possibilities of what was available online in the digital scrapping world I had to drag her along with me! LOL, I even got her into blogging!!! Now we have the best time over the net and on the phone! We have known each other since we went to Jr. High together and will remain friends for life. A blog award is a small token of how much I value our friendship and respect her as a person. She is an amazing person to know and I feel honored that God allowed us to meet each other! She is everything a best friend should be!"

Thank you Lisa!!! I was already digitally scrapbooking for a year, but not online. Lisa got me hooked in September of '08 and I have gotten over 200 LO completed since then!!! I couldn't believe how much FUN these digital scrapbooking challenges could be!!! Lisa is a very patient teacher and a FABULOUS best friend.

You know the kind...you can be in the same room together and not speak, but you know exactly what each other is thinking. The BEST kind!!!

YAHOO!!!

I passed!!! ADSR #6 & 7!!! Here are my LO- Enjoy:)

I actually just read that as of LO #6 we are half way finished!!!! I can't believe it. I have already learned so much form this race!!

#6- Alex loves his new WAVE!!!

This one had to be scrap lifted from your partner and the changed vertically or horizontally, then put at a 45 degree angle.

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#7-Sisters by choice

This one we were given a kit and had to all of the elements in the LO. This one was pretty easy compared to the ones we have been completing. It was a nice break.

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I will be back shortly to announce more...

NEWS~NEWS~NEWS

Images are linked to Laura's Etsy Store "Uproar" and Photos by Lyndsey Lewis~link at bottom

I have had the most amazing morning today and I wanted to share it with you. I met my husband's cousin's wife, Laura!!! It is a very long story, but I have been with my husband for almost 17 years now and have not met any of his cousins (he only has three, but still they are family)!!! Well, it just so happens that Mike's Aunt Penny e-mailed me a link to this blog that is helping Laura and her husband, Matt with advertising her little hats. They are wanting to adopt siblings from Asia and she has been knitting these absolutely precious baby hats, she also makes hats for the entire family and little booties. She makes them custom to your needs and all the money she makes goes directly in to her adoption fund. One of the reasons I am posting a link to the blog is because right now she is doing a drawing. If you post a comment, you go in to the drawing for a FREE hat!! The other reason is because, it just bring such joy to my heart to know that more of God's little children will have such an amazing home and new parents to love and care for them. I am so thrilled for both of them and I want to help out any way I can, so I will keep the link here on the side of my blog for as long as she needs it here. They are hoping and praying they will have their babies this time next year or sooner. She has her own Etsy store too and it is called "Uproar". Go check it out and get your order in!!! They are so stunning these little hats and of course the babies in them!!!

Link to BLOG regarding the drawing "LindseyLewis"

Link to Etsy store "Uproar"

Have a blessed day:)

Happy Monday!!! LOL

That is like an oxymoron, hu? LOL Anyway, it is happy for me because it is a holiday and I finished my ADSR #5 Challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was another emotional one for me. The LO could not contain any photos, but needed 3 empty frames. The first memory that came to mind for me was my baby Natasha. I didn't have any pictures of her. She was here for such a short time, but the memory of her is like yesterday. It was a really wonderful challenge to complete. Enjoy

Natasha Rachelle

image linked to gallery.

Credits:
Angel Whisper page kit, Angel 2 Whisper page kit, LA Lady page kit (staples), Mocha Latte page kit (square frame), Love Potion page kit (circle frame) all by Nicole Young designs

reads:
If Tears Could Build A Stairway, And Memories A Lane, I'd March Right Up To Heaven And Bring You Home Again.

My heart aches because I miss you so much. I pray that you know how much I love you. It is so hard to believe you slipped away from me twenty years ago now. A day doesn't go by that I don't think about you and wish I could have watched you grow. I know God has a greater plan and we will see each other again someday, where there is no more pain and suffering, just pure joy and love. I can't wait!

Hello Everyone!

Here are those LO I was going to post for you to see...lets see, several days ago! Oops, sorry:) Hope all is well with you! The sun is finally shining today!!!! Yippy!!!! I am off to go get some rays!
Have a SUPER day!


California Adventure-2008

Aurora

Belle

Hair color change!-Sweet Blossoms Designs kit "Boys World"

My February Desktop

Dreams-Sweet Blossom Designs Kit "Sweet Dreams"

Your First Piggytails! Sweet Blossom Designs Kit "Natures Call"


My 37th Birthday-Sweet Blossom Designs Kit "Love Me Forever"

You can go to my GDS gallery for full credits to my LO
You can also go to Sweet Blossoms Designs for some absolutely FABULOUS FREE kits!!!
Sara has also has just started selling some super cute kits in her Eidou store.
Seriously, go check it out!!!

ADRS #4- Complete!

Good Morning everyone, just a quick post today. I have lots to do, but wanted to get this LO posted. YaYaYa I passed!!! This was a very stressful challenge for me. The name of it was Art & Soul and we were required to do a very artsy LO and then journal from the heart, some wisdom to our children, something in my life that I have learned from...NOT my strong point! Thanks to my "Sisterfriend", I did it! She is an amazing writer and helped me get my LO into proper sentence structure!!! Thanks Debi:) I also actually got a message from the woman who posted the challenge and she said I nail the challenge, that was a relief! Whew!!!Ok, here it is...

reads:To my three beautiful children, The song "Slow Fade" by Casting Crowns really touches me because of what I have learned from my past experiences. We should always be careful what we see, say, and do in our lives. When I was much younger, my life could have gone very wrong because of what I was allowing myself to see and do, but because of Christ's love for me, my life was spared. I am here today to teach you what I too have learned...

"It's a slow fade when you give yourself away It's a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid When you give yourself away People never crumble in a day Daddies never crumble in a day Families never crumble in a day..."

So, please be careful little eyes what you see...

List: This was truly a challenge for me! The 3 things I add were the paint splatter, paint brush and squiggle. However, I also change the color pictures to black and white then cut and pasted their original eye color, so they stood out. I hope you can see the effect. Then the journaling is lyrics from a song that touches me along with wisdom from my experiences I want them to learn from.

LO Credits:Triple Cluster frame by Lindsey JaneStitched on dark Alpha by Ellie Lash (recolored)Squiggle It add-on by Nobin Carlton (paint splatter and squiggle (re-colored)Childhood Memories Kit by Reality Bytes Designs (paint brush)Funky Retro add-on by Sweet Blossom Designs (paper)Fonts: GrugsuhChe, Cursif, Credit Valley

ADSR #3 Challenge-COMPLETE!!!!

I just wanted to take a moment to post my #3 challenge for the ADSR Challenge. The challenge was to do a REDO of your very first LO uploaded to a gallery. Well, that would be our youngest daughter and her first day of 3rd grade!
I will check back later, I have several completed LO's to post. TTFN


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REDO (linked to gallery for credits)

Credits to REDO LO:
Simply Adorable Kit of Christie Lemmon Designs
Griottine mini lsds designs (frame)

ADSR Challenge #2 is FINISHED!!!!!

Her is our second challenge completed:) YAHOOO!!!! It was an "intersection" challenge, so we both had to work on just one layout and then submit it. We did ours in layers, so I chose the pictures and papers. E-mailed the LO to Lisa and she added the embellishments and alpha title. Back to me and I finished with the journaling and dates. It really was a fun challenge, better than I thought it would be. I expected it to be much harder. Hope you like it:)


Credits:
Team #18
Starvation Lake-This cabin is in our family and when we are all needing to get away from the world, we gather here for a good time!

Here's the credits then for all you see on the page:
Tender Summer Breeze by Doreen StolzAcrylic bracket: It's a Good Life by Carola Mondini Staples: Cosmos by Akizo Cross Stitch: by Veronica Hurly Tags: Gumnut Gully by Studio Flergs Alpha: Outdoor Adventure by Designs by Nicole Font: Inspiration and Flair

ADSR Begins!!!!!

Hello Eveyone and Happy 2009!

I wanted to let you all know the FIRST ADSR challenge has been posted and here is my LO from it:) I learned how to make my photo's look as thought they were torn!!! It is a pretty cool effect and I did it all by myself!!! LOL Hummie had a great tutorial that helped it all make sense. I will continue to post my LO as I finish. Have a wonderful day!

Credits: Love Letters Kit by O'scraps-Twilight Alpha by Amber Gray Designs-Creative Memories Office Supplies (tape)-Griottine mini by lsds designs (frame)-Paper tear elements by Hummie-Font:CRATE