Quick Page Love

2008-05-03T00:08:00.001-04:00

New Blog....

2008-05-02T23:57:00.001-04:00

As you can tell, this has been a long time coming. I've got some VERY exciting news I'd like to tell you all about. Please join me on my new blog to find out what it is! Oh yeah...and I have a freebie mini kit for you as well.

Please join me on my new blog:

www.shawnheadleydesigns.blogspot.com

Thank you!

Sunshine Sweets MEGA MEGA MEGA freebie kit!

2008-03-18T22:14:00.007-04:00

"Welcome to the Sunshine Sweets 1st Annual Easter Egg Hunt!" The Sunshine Girls (and surprise... we've added a Mr. Sunshine to our little designer group) hope you enjoy our newest collaborative freebie "Sunshine Sweets".

In the spirit of a traditional Easter Egg hunt we've decided to send you on a little, and VERY easy, hunt for our freebies! Simply click on my egg and download my freebie... inside your download will be my portion of "Sunshine Sweets" along with the link to the blog of another Sunshine Girl (or guy! LOL) just follow that link and click on THEIR egg...their download will contain the link for the next blog... and so on and so on...

Oh! and what would be an Easter hunt without the GOLDEN EGG?? Somewhere during your hunt, you will download the Golden Egg, this link will take you to somewhere where you've NEVER been before, someplace NEW and VERY exciting!! This new place will have a great surprise for you (and only you, our loyal egg hunters)! This surprise will also contain a link that will help you continue on your hunt until at last your journey brings you back to my little blog... where your hunt will be complete!

No hurry...all of our links will be active for plenty long enough for you all to find your eggs, crack them open and enjoy your sweets in time for Easter! So, get busy...have fun and have a great Easter!!!

Please click on my egg to download my portion and the link to the next egg!

Love, Actually...is....HERE!!!!

2008-02-06T22:50:00.000-05:00

Okay...so, we've all been hinting around for the past few weeks but now you all know....

The collab girls that brought you the "Whimsical Wonderland" MEGA FREEBIE kit are at it again. This time around, we concentrated on Valentines Day. We are doing it a bit different this time. We're all putting our links up today (Thurs. Feb. 7th) so that you can visit each blog in one day if you'd like. Remember, this will be another popular download so if you can't get through to 4shared, try again. The links will be up for a LONG TIME so don't fret. We hope you enjoy.

And without further delay...here are the wonderful girls who are contributing...please make sure to leave some love on each blog so they can see that their hard work wasn't in vain.

First off...here is my link:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/5607903/9373b4b5/Valentines_Kit.html

I hope you enjoy it! I'm so sorry there is not a preview...I just moved from PA to MI and my computer just got unpacked last night after being away for 2 weeks so I'm a little behind. I guess you'll just have to be surprised! :)

And here are the rest of the links...

http://www.sugarplumpaperie.com/

http://ellielash.com/blog (This is also her new digiscrap store...so take some time to look around. She's got some AMAZING stuff!)

http://templates-n-more.blogspot.com/

http://perfectlyimperfectamanda.blogspot.com/

http://flergsblog.blogspot.com/

http://webdesignzbykristi.blogspot.com/

http://scrappingaddiction.blogspot.com/

http://polkadotplum.blogspot.com/

http://digitalscrapbookgrapixs.blogspot.com/

We really hope you enjoy this amazing freebie! It truly IS a MEGA kit!

2008-01-23T23:21:00.000-05:00

Shhhh....It's coming.....be on the lookout! :) If you like Whimsical Wonderland...you'll LOVE this!

Coming the beginning of February!

Whimsical Wonderland ALPHA!

2007-12-15T20:08:00.001-05:00

Okay, so we can't stop making things for this kit! Here is the first of ANOTHER alpha for the kit. I need to say that this was a collaborative effort itself! Monica made the alpha using Flergs' glitter styles and sent them to Ellie to cut apart and save. lol So if you like them maybe stop by their blogs and let them know. =) I know they'd appreciate the comments. There are 7 different colors in all. I'll try and post one a day.

You can download HERE.

Whimsical Wonderland BONUS DAY!

2007-12-13T10:55:00.000-05:00

Today is my portion of the 12 days of Christmas. We decided since you have the entire freebie kit already, this last bonus day would be a nice way to top it all off. All I can say about my portion is if you're anything like me and can't find the time to be creative for yourself because the holidays took all your energy, I have something(s) for you! :)

Please click HERE to go to my files! ENJOY!

P.S. ~ I upload everything in .rar so if you can't download them, below I have put some info so you can download them.

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Okay, .rar vs. .zip....the scoop
Okay, so I think i'm going to stick with .rar files for now. Okay, stop the groaning....but it seems only a couple of you can't get .rar files right now. Well, all that is about to change. There are a couple of sites you can go to do download the files needed to unzip .rar files (for free!). Here are a couple websites (as told to me by some nice readers)....

Danielle said...An interesting question... and I don't have an answer. However, I DO know that there's a free program that will unzip .rar files. It's called unzipthemall and can be found here: http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=6
Ames said...Not sure about a program to zip for free, but for those who wish to download and use the rar files you've created can download the free 7-zip program. It will download rar files by using a right click. Hope this helps!

Sindiego said...You can download Stuffit trial version. After 30 days, you will be asked to purchase it or lose some of the extras. You can continue to use this program as long as you wish without cost. You don't need any of the features that you would have to pay for to zip and unzip files. I have used it for over a year, now, without problem.

Ellie said...Shawn, I recommend 7-Zip. You can zip/unzip files with that and it's free. (And like someone commented above, it also unzips rar files.)Here's the link: http://www.7-zip.org/MaggieMae said...You can still use rar files and let people know that "Extract Now" is a free program that extracts rar and zip files. It's so easy.

Whimsical Wonderland MEGA freebie kit!

2007-12-08T21:28:00.001-05:00

Day 12 of our 12 Days of Freebies!!!!

Please visit Jaque HERE for our 12th day. And don't forget tomorrow is a BONUS DAY and it's MY turn to share some special goodies with you. I think you're going to LOVE them. ;)

Franziska - Day 11

MGLScraps - Day 10

Adriane - Day 9

Trish - Day 8

Amanda - Day 7

AmyandLauren - Day 6

Nicole - Day 5

Idzi - Day 4

Kristi - Day 3

Flergs - Day 2

Ellie - Day 1

Will be MIA until after Thanksgiving.

2007-11-20T09:54:00.000-05:00

Hello all, sorry I haven't been around. We're getting ready to move to Michigan this week and that coupled with Thankgiving has got me BUSY! Sorry I haven't been around to give out any freebies. I'm sure you all understand.

I will be back the week after Thanksgiving with a new kit. It's almost finished and I would post it now but I'm packing up the computer today for the move and won't be unpacked until Monday or so. So, when I get back on you'll all have a new freebie! It's a cute Christmas theme, just in time for the holidays.

I hope everyone has a great Turkey Day. And those of you not in the U.S.A...have a great week!

~Shawn

Leaps-n-Bounds Elements

2007-11-13T23:59:00.000-05:00

Hello all...it is 12:01am and technically it is tomorrow (or is that today?) so I guess I can post my elements to this kit. I hope you enjoy them. Like I said, a lot of them will work well for other things so please download and see what you can use.

I loved making this kit. I'm getting quicker at making things (found out some useful tricks) so I should be able to step it up once this move is over and done with. Until then I'm afraid I'll be hit or miss. Sorry.

Here are the elements.

You can download them HERE. I just added them to the paper folder that way you could download everything at once. :)

Leaps-n-Bounds kit

2007-11-13T10:35:00.000-05:00

NEW KIT!

I was going to sit on this one for a while but decided to share with you all. I was inspired into doing this kit after I saw pictures in my niece in her first gymnastics classes. I thought, "hey, not too many of these kits out there". I know it excludes a lot of you but I just had to do it. The papers can be used for anything really. Especially the stars ones. You could use those for the 4th of July. And the elements, while they are geared toward gymnastics, there is a sheet that could be used for anything. So, check back to see if the elements are something you'd be interested in.

Here are the papers for now. And as always...please leave some love. xo

You can download the papers HERE.

Julia M....my special helper this week.

2007-11-11T21:59:00.000-05:00

THANK YOU JULIA! I finally got around to looking at that tutorial on how to make thread for my buttons and it was wonderful. I took the basic concept and applied it to PSP. THANK YOU! Unfortunately, I learned how to do this AFTER the last part of my kit came out. LOL. You were such a big help. Let's all give a hand to Julia M for helping me this week. And just for that, you get ALL my kits for FREE! How about that? :)

Here is the link she sent me for those out there that want to learn how to make thread for your buttons. YEA! http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/a-tuts/publish/article_695.shtml

FINAL part to Babys First Year kit

2007-11-11T21:31:00.000-05:00

Whew! It took me a while to get all these out and I thank all of you that have come back every day looking for each part. I'm not so sure I'll do this again, meaning I'll probably go back to the old way of doing it....papers one day...elements the next. LOL. It just took too long this time. (I'm sure you'll all agree.)

This weekend was busy. Mike got home on Friday night and then his employees here threw him a little going away party that night. It was fun and we got a lot of nice gifts. Then on Saturday it was a family day. Well, I took off for a couple hours because I had some things to do WITHOUT two children in tow. But the rest of the day was family day. Our Buckeyes finally lost so there is no hope at a National Championship game again this year. Boohoo. Oh well. Today (Sunday) we met with our second realtor and have now got to make a decision with who we'll list with. Then this week I have appraisers coming (hopefully) and then the kids and I can move out to Michigan to join up with Mike finally. We'll see. It all depends on how quickly we can get appraisers out here. With Thanksgiving next week (CAN IT BE?), things are up in the air. I just want to get out there already! That way we can start looking for houses more seriously. It's so hard to do online. You absolutely have to be there to see them. But, I will say things are going smoothly so far so I hope it continues.

Well, here is the final part of the kit. I hope you've enjoyed it. Not sure what my next kit will be but I'm open to suggestions. Anything you guys have had a hard time finding?

Have a great week.

You can download HERE.

OOPS! New link to Tags!

2007-11-08T09:43:00.000-05:00

Sorry ladies. Some of you let me know that my tags were still in PSP format instead of PNG. Thank you. Guess I forgot to switch it. Here is the new link. For the 60 of you that downloaded it already, if you need the PNG link...here it is... HERE. I have also fixed the link below.

Part 5 of Baby's First Year

2007-11-07T19:49:00.001-05:00

Okay, so there are actually 2 downloads here. One is a set of 8 tags with cute sayings and the other is more elements. I have 1 more element sheet for you tomorrow (with a ribbon wrapped frame and some ribbon and buttons) and I think that'll be complete. (We'll see...;)) Sorry this has been dragging on. I was still working on the kit when I started to post and then I just couldn't stop myself. LOL. I still want to do some things with it but I'll probably just provide an add-on later this month for it. So be sure to keep a look out for that.

Here are the previews. I hope you're enjoying this kit. xoxo It sure has been fun to make!

And here are the word tags...Not all of them are shown.

You can download the RicRac and Bows HERE and the Tags HERE.

How to make thread for buttons

2007-11-06T16:04:00.000-05:00

Okay, for the LIFE of me, I can't figure out how to make thread for my buttons I create. Does anybody know how to do this in PSP? ARGGGGGG! I have buttons for this kit and they look unfinished without thread running through them. Can someone please steer me in the right way for a tut? Thanks!

Killer headache....Plus Part 4 of Baby's First Year

2007-11-06T13:22:00.001-05:00

Okay, so I have a killer headache today. No real post from me but I will leave you with part 4 of the kit. I will have 3 more pages to go but I'll probably give you 2 more tomorrow with the last on Thursday.

Today is the alpha/numbers/characters. Tomorrow will be 2 pages of CUTE CUTE CUTE tags and the last day will be the last of the elements.

Here is the alpha preview:

You can download Here.

Baby's First Year ~ Part 3 (Elements)

2007-11-05T21:52:00.000-05:00

Here is Part 3 of the newest kit. Enjoy!

You can download HERE. And as always, please take some time to leave some love. I really appreciate it. xoxo

Check out my new blinkie!

2007-11-05T20:50:00.000-05:00

Look over to the left! YEA! I've been selected to be a CT member over at www.sugarsnapscraps.com! How exciting is that? WHOOHOO!

Baby's First Year ~ Part 2 (Elements)

2007-11-04T14:03:00.000-05:00

Here is the 2nd part of my newest kit, Baby's First Year. I still have 3 more sheets of elements to put up and a sheet of tags with all the good first year sayings. I hope you're enjoying this kit.

Here is the preview:

You can download HERE

New Kit! Baby's First Year

2007-11-03T11:29:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I do like to scap kid things. :) Probably because that is my life right now...my two precious children. :) So, here are the papers to my newest kit. I have a TON of elements to follow. I couldn't stop myself once I got started. Today will just be the papers though.

Our move is creeping along. I don't have to do much (except keep the house clean and look for new homes online) so that's good. We're waiting for the relocation company to contact us and then the ball will start rolling. I'm hoping to be in MI by Dec 1st (in a furnished apartment) and into a new house by the first of the year. We'll see.

Oh, other big news...Sasha popped her 5th tooth and #6 is gonna pop in the next day or so. Also, she started crawling Oct. 31 (her 9 month birthday) and she's now pulling to standing some of the time. And her little feet are starting to pick up and put back down so I know I'm in a world of hurt in the next month or so. Just in time for the chaos that will go with moving. LOL. Such is life.

Anyway, here is the freebie. Remember to check back daily to get the other parts. There will be about 5 parts so don't miss any of them.

You can download the papers HERE.

Tiled papers...any good tuts?

2007-11-01T12:48:00.000-04:00

Hello all, sorry I've been MIA for a while. This move has got me busy and I don't have the energy at the end of the night to do ANYTHING. I am getting ready to start my new kit though and have a question.

I use PSPX and have NO IDEA how to tile an image to make a 12x12 paper. In other words, I have 1 graphic I want to use but don't know how to make it show up on the paper in rows/columns etc. Does anybody know how to do this or can you please point me in the direction of a good tut? I know it's probably pretty easy but for the life of me I can't figure it out. THANKS!

Virtual Photographer. LOVE IT!

2007-10-25T11:06:00.000-04:00

Anyone else have VF? I love it. It takes the guess work out of a lot of things. I love to play around with settings, making my pics look their best and VF helps so much. Here is a photo I took of Sasha this past weekend. Pretty decent photo. The grass was tickling her nose. Heehee...

And here is that same photo after I played with it in VF. LOVE them all.

Hallowen QP

2007-10-25T00:08:00.000-04:00

Hello all! I hope this week finds you dry and warm. It's been raining here in PA for a couple days and it's getting colder. The leaves are SO beautiful though. We're really in peak season right now. We were outside this weekend with the kids and I took some good photos of them playing in the leaves. I'll try and post them later.

For now, I have a QP for you. It's from Ellie over at Sugar Snap Scraps. I used her Halloween kit to make this. Isn't it great? I especially love the ghost! I hope you can use it for a Halloween pic this year! My son is going to be the EVIL Spiderman and my daughter is going to be that white kitty cat (Marie) from Disney. Trick or Treat is tomorrow here in our town. Mike is going to miss it because he's flying back from Grand Rapids. So, for the first hour I'll be taking Lucas around the neighborhood with Sasha in the stroller and then after that, we'll pass candy out at our house. I'll try and post pics as soon as I can.

You can download HERE

New QP...

2007-10-22T20:24:00.000-04:00

Hello all. Just a quick note tonight as I am exhausted and Mike is waiting to watch a movie with me. I have a new quick page for you. I used a kit from Ellie over at http://www.sugarsnapscraps.blogspot.com/. I used her Autumn kit for this freebie! Aren't the colors just gorgeous? So rich. Makes me want to get a beautiful sweater on and go sit on the back porch with a good cup of hot chocolate! Mmmm.... She's got some exciting new news to tell you about but you'll have to go visit her blog to find out! ;)

Our realtor comes tomorrow and the house is all set. Now we just need to get the sign in the yard and SELL THIS THING! :) Sooner we sell, the sooner we move closer to home. YEA! Have a good night everyone!

You can download it HERE

Big sale on Caz kits at Deco-Pages!

2007-10-22T11:16:00.000-04:00

BIG NEWS! Carol (Caz38) is having a HUGE sale at DecoPages! ALL of her kits are on sale for $2 or LESS until October 31st! That's a steal in my book! Even her brand new kit will be on sale. Please jump right over and snag some of her beautiful work!

New logo....

2007-10-21T00:13:00.000-04:00

So, I was playing around tonight and came up with this cute logo. What do you guys think? If you saw this on my kits would you recognize it? I want something that'll catch people eye's and go...oh yeah...she's the lady who does the QP's and blah blah blah.... :)

Taking a break from designing....

2007-10-20T20:49:00.000-04:00

kits, that is. :) Right now we have too much going on in our lives for me to even think of designing more kits. I have about a billion ideas of what I want to do but with this move, most of my time and energy is being zapped for that. I'm sure you can understand. I will, however, still post daily QP freebies! YEA! My first love anyway. ;) I'll be back to the kit designing after the move (a month or two?).

Things are coming along smoothly with the packing. Mike flies out to GR (Grand Rapids) on Wednesday (EARLY) then will fly home LATE Thursday night (about midnight). He'll miss Trick or Treat with the kids (bummer) and is tore up about it. Then we leave the next morning for Ohio because we have a family wedding to attend on Saturday. Ugh. This driving is going to kill us. Well, after 5 years of living 7 hours away from family, we're kind of used to it but we're also VERY sick of it. It wasn't so bad when it was just the two of us but now that there are 4 of us, it's gotten a bit complicated. That's why we're SO excited to only be 2.5 hours away from family after the move. What a piece of cake drive! :) We can actually drive the ENTIRE way home without stopping if we had to! That's so much easier when you have 2 kids in tow. I'm sure most of you know.

Well, enough babbling about me. Here is the freebie for tonight. I used Carol's (Caz38) kit at Deco-Pages. It's her "My Boy" kit and it's to die for. I LOVE the elements that she has with it and the colors are so, so, so....boy-ish!

I hope you enjoy. Please visit her site above and let her know you found her through me! :)

Here is the preview:

Download HERE.

Sorry about MIA....

2007-10-18T19:21:00.000-04:00

Sorry I've been MIA for a bit. We found out on Monday that we're moving! YEA!!! I'm happy to be moving. We've been in PA long enough. We found out we're moving back to Michigan so I'm VERY happy. We're going to be so close to both of our families again.

Needless to say this week has been a whirlwind. As soon as we found out we've been taking all our spare time to prepare the house for the market and to look at homes in the Greater Grand Rapids area. If anyone lives there, please let me know of some good places to look for homes. My brother lives there so I already have a clue but it's nice to get another person's perspective.

Anyway, here is a QP I've had stored away. It's from http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/ and it's from her Old Glory kit. Here is the preview:

I hope you enjoy it.

You can download HERE.

I'll try to get on when I can to keep things flowing. It'll probably be spotty for a week or two but I'll do my best! Stick with me!

Chrissy Hanson...

2007-10-13T21:05:00.001-04:00

Thank you so much for your offer to do some QP's with your kits! I went over and took a look at your products and I must say, "you've got talent, girl!" :) Your Boo Boo kit is probably one of the cutest kits I've seen in a long time! Here is a preview for those interested:

It's simply adorable! Great for scrapping those pics of your kids (or friends and family) that have had surgery or have gotten "boo-boo's". Great way to remember just how they got that scar! She has some pretty great kits out there and some commercial use stuff as well. PLease check out her stuff at The Scrapping Garden HERE.

New QP to start off your weekend right!

2007-10-13T09:39:00.000-04:00

Hello all! I have an adorable QP for you today (well, I think so). It's from Ellie over at SugarSnapScraps. I used her newest FREEBIE kit, "Annabelle". Isn't it adorable? I swear, this girl comes up with some awesome stuff. She just added her alpha to this kit but I made the QP before she released that. I couldn't wait to use it! So, if you want to add some alpha to this QP, go snag it now! The entire kit is gorgeous. As always, leave her a little love and let her know I sent you over there. As a designer myself (LOL) I like to know where people heard about my freebies. (Oh and a quick Thank you to Ellie herself for so graciously granting me permission to create QP's with her kits. I'm so excited about this I can't say it enough!). xoxo

You can download it HERE

Okay, .rar vs. .zip....the scoop

2007-10-12T21:03:00.001-04:00

Okay, so I think i'm going to stick with .rar files for now. Okay, stop the groaning....but it seems only a couple of you can't get .rar files right now. Well, all that is about to change. There are a couple of sites you can go to do download the files needed to unzip .rar files (for free!). Here are a couple websites (as told to me by some nice readers)....

Danielle said...
An interesting question... and I don't have an answer. However, I DO know that there's a free program that will unzip .rar files. It's called unzipthemall and can be found here: http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=6

Ames said...
Not sure about a program to zip for free, but for those who wish to download and use the rar files you've created can download the free 7-zip program. It will download rar files by using a right click. Hope this helps!

Sindiego said...
You can download Stuffit trial version. After 30 days, you will be asked to purchase it or lose some of the extras. You can continue to use this program as long as you wish without cost. You don't need any of the features that you would have to pay for to zip and unzip files. I have used it for over a year, now, without problem.

Ellie said...
Shawn, I recommend 7-Zip. You can zip/unzip files with that and it's free. (And like someone commented above, it also unzips rar files.)Here's the link: http://www.7-zip.org/

MaggieMae said...
You can still use rar files and let people know that "Extract Now" is a free program that extracts rar and zip files. It's so easy.

Thank you to all of you who took the time to help me out with this. It seems all they have to do is go to one of these sites and download the free program to unzip .rar files. Then they'll be able to unzip other designers stuff that use .rar files. I know there are a few out there.

I'm currently working on 2 new QP's. I'll have those for you this weekend. Until then, here is a new QP from Nana again using her "Sweet n Sassy" kit. Enjoy!

You can download it HERE.

LOL

2007-10-12T01:15:00.000-04:00

OMG...I signed on here to post something and then when I got to the posting page I couldn't think of what I was supposed to be blogging about. I guess I need to go to bed. It's 1:15am and I've been on the computer for 4.5 hours now. And I didn't really accomplish much except to catch up on emails, and clean out all my kits that I downloaded in my newbie frenzie! LOL! You know the kits that aren't really you're style but you downloaded them anyway just to HAVE them? I have so many of those that I needed to clear them out.

Oh, NOW I remember why I got on here. A couple of you had asked what I looked like or wanted to see a pic of me. Well, it's not a great one but it'll do. Here I am (with my daughter Sasha)...in all my messy mommy hair glory.

Lookie! Lookie! Lookie to the left!

2007-10-11T22:38:00.001-04:00

YEA!!! My day has been made! This actually happened last week but I was heading out of town so I didn't get a chance to blog about it! Ellie over at SugarSnapScraps has nominated me for a Creative Blogger Award! YEA! What a sweatheart she is. Her blog is amazing too. She gives out so many freebies of such high quality. Please go visit her blog and tell her I sent you! Thanks again Ellie. You're the best! MUAH!

zip vs. rar files

2007-10-11T16:20:00.000-04:00

Okay, I never claimed to be a genius and this just goes to show it's a good thing I didn't. Okay, I know most people zip their files but for me, when I went to zip it...I had the rar to use. Some of you have written that you can't open the rar files. Okay, I'll zip them. But, I don't have a zip program and when I go to winzip to download a program to zip them, I have to pay for it? Is there something I am missing? Is there a zip program I can use that's free? ARGH!!! Please, if anyone knows where I can get a zip program, let me know. I'll zip them instead. TXS!

Complete Stick People Love Kit!

2007-10-11T10:46:00.001-04:00

Okay, so I decided to put the entire kit up at one time instead of making you guys come back for the elements tomorrow. ;) I really like this kit. There is just something about stick people that makes me smile. There were a ton of elements that I wanted to do but only did about 75% of them. I found that when I started I kind of went off half-a$$ed about the whole thing and my mind was racing. I couldn't focus because I had so many ideas. It drove me nuts. So, I am now getting organized with my thoughts. I have a new notebook for kit ideas (colors, themes etc) and a folder for all the things I come across that inspires me. Also, if I see something in someone elses kit it always sparks my creativity so I have a special section for element ideas. And I'm trying hard not to put all my ideas into each kit because that would take the wind out of my sails very quickly. I have to feel like I have something new to contribute to each kit. Of course the standards will always be there (pic frames, swirls etc) but I want to do something new (to me) each kit. This time around was the stick pins. My first go at them and I think they came out cute.

Anyway, I hope you like it. Please leave some lovin' if you snag my freebie! Thanks! (Oh, the files are big so in the future I'll try to break them up into smaller ones if they're this big. Sorry!)

Here are the Elements (not all shown):

You can download the elements Here.

Here are the papers (not all shown):

You can download the Papers Here

I'm back! (With a freebie too!)

2007-10-10T00:20:00.000-04:00

Hello all! I'm back from our weekend trip to Toledo. It was very nice and exhausting. I'll tell more about it after I get a good nights rest. I've been on the computer all night trying to finish up my next kit. I think you're going to like it. I think I have the paper making down pretty good, now I've been working on the quality of my elements. I've tried some new things. I hope you enjoy. I'll have it for you PROBABLY tomorrow. I won't promise but I'll try my hardest to get it done. For now, I will leave you with a QP freebie.

This QP I made from Nana's "Monkey Business" kit. I hope you all enjoy it. As always, leave some lovin...it really helps keep me going and makes my day. xoxo

You can download the QP Here.

Great Deal at Deco-Pages

2007-10-03T23:35:00.000-04:00

Carol (caz38) has a brand new kit for you called "Shabby Elegance"! It's GORGEOUS! Here is a little preview:

She is selling this gorgeous kit at Deco-Pages for only $2!!! That's a steal! That price is only good for 2 days until Friday. Then it goes up to full price. You can check her designer page HERE to buy the kit. She also has a new freebie on her blog, please check it out HERE.

I also have a freebie for you tonight. This is part of Pillowgirls "Baby's First Steps" kit. Please visit her blog HERE to see all the wonderful freebies she has for us. She's amazing. I used this QP to capture my sons first steps. Here is my QP with it:

Here is the preview (I fixed a typo on my original QP):

You can download it Here.

Baby Bundle Elements are here!

2007-10-03T10:28:00.000-04:00

Here you are. The elements I promised you last night. I hope you enjoy them. I'm working on a couple new kit ideas today. I won't get started really until this weekend is over. But look for a new kit next week. I will also have a couple new QP's for you this week, so please keep checking back.

Toodles!

You can download HERE

Baby Bundle Papers

2007-10-02T21:23:00.000-04:00

Well, here are the Baby Bundle papers. I hope you like them. I had a blast making them. I used overlays and brushes. I'm just getting used to using brushes (even made the ones you see on the papers!). There are so many things they are good for! The elements I have created for this kit will be coming up tomorrow. I must say, I love them. Some cute, unique things in there I think. I don't know. What I think is cute and unique may be ho-hum to some of you. I guess I'm still giddy that I am actually creating my own kits now. I tell ya, from where I was 6 months ago to where I am now...it's amazing. I wish I had more time to devote to this. Maybe someday when I'm quicker, I will. But for now, it's may spare time hobby. I love to share all I've done with you guys so you'll get my best work and my worst work. So, just throw out what you don't want to use. And if you like my stuff, keep coming back! Oh, and tell others!

On that note....here are the papers!

You can download them HERE

Creating is such a good outlet.

2007-10-02T15:10:00.000-04:00

I love to create. Always have. I've never had such a great platform to do it on though. My introduction to digital scrapbooking has been the best thing for me these last 18 months or so.(husband and children excluded of course). Thanks D! (MUAH)

Today I started working on my newest kit and what do ya know...it's DONE! It's called Baby Bundle and I just LOVE it! There are some really great elements in this one. New things that I've just learned how to do. I think you're really going to like it. At least I hope you do. Here are the colors I've chosen.

I have 10 papers and 23 elements. I might even add more this week if I get a chance. We're heading back to Ohio (like I said earlier) so I've got to make sure the house is in order and the laundry is caught up. So, I might not be around as much. I'll be posting the kit sometime tonight or tomorrow so please check back. I still have to zip and check all the files first. ;)

I do have another QP for you though. This one is using Nana's "Hot Summer Days" kit. Please check her blog out at http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/. Here is the preview:

Please download HERE.

Ohh...

2007-10-01T23:58:00.000-04:00

You guys are in for a treat with my next kit. I just spent 3 hours playing with my new "helps" in making kits! YEA!!!! Can't wait to show it off!

13,000 hits in September!

2007-10-01T22:51:00.000-04:00

WOW! That's pretty impressive for my first month up and running. Thank you all for your words of encouragement and advice. I appreciate all of it. Thanks so much! Can't wait to see what October holds! MUAH!!!!

Summer Fades to Fall Elements

2007-10-01T19:54:00.001-04:00

Hello all! I finally got the elements done. My ribbons are MUCH better now! I've been learning so many things these last few weeks. I hope you can tell this kit is better than the last. I'm hoping each kit gets better and better. Oh, and I included an alpha in this one! YEA!!!!

Let's see...nothing much going on here. We're heading back to Ohio (Toledo) on Friday for the weekend. Mike has a annual family golf tournament to play in on Saturday. So, we're heading home from Friday until Monday. Should be a good time. I love my IL's dearly so it's always so nice to see them. Lucas really loves them as well.

Well, I know I had a lot of things to talk about today but at the moment they are slipping my mind. Oh, I had a impromptu (sp?) yard sale this weekend. I got rid of all of the BIG baby things....swing, bouncer, high chair etc. As well as some clothing. Mike said I could use whatever I made on the yardsale for digiscrap stuff. I'm so excited. I'm going to go now and see what my little heart wants to purchase. I've only got $80 to spend but that's not too bad for 2 hours worth of a yard sale! :) Plus my basement and kitchen are a lot less cluttered.

Here are the elements. I hope you enjoy them.

You can download them HERE. Don't forget to leave some lovin'! I LOVE reading the comments. Keeps me going on to the next kit! (Which I already have an idea in mind.)

FINALLY! Summer Fades to Fall papers!

2007-09-30T14:33:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I've had the papers done for some time now. STill working on the elements which should be up in the next day or two. I get sidetracked when I'm on the internet. I go to do something for the kit and then find a whole new list of PSP tutorials that I love! Then I start reading and exploring, reading and exploring...etc. By the time I'm exhausted I've only created one element and have learned 10 new things! LOL! I guess it'll make the process a little easier down the line though. I love to learn new things.

Anyway, here are the papers I have for you. I created so many because I was having so much fun. I hope you enjoy them. Let me know what you like about them so I can make a mental note.

You can download Here.

Exhausted.

2007-09-28T23:43:00.000-04:00

I am pretty much exhausted today. I've been up so late on the computer these last few weeks it's starting to catch up with me. :) It's all good though. I did manage to get a new QP done for you guys using a brand new kit from Carol (Caz38) over at http://www.deco-pages.com/. It's not released yet but it will be soon. She's letting me share this QP with you for a little preview. There are some BEAUTIFUL elements included in this kit. Please visit her at http://caz38.blogspot.com/ to see the new kits. Also, she has a great preview freebie up right now. Grab it quick before it's gone! And give her some love...her doggie Brutus was injured and they're both in need of some lovin'. xoxo

Here is a brand new exclusive sneak peak at her new kit "Summers Dusk". The colors are spectacular and there are a TON of great elements to go with it. Here are just a few that I worked with.

You can download it Here.

New kit coming....

2007-09-27T10:38:00.000-04:00

So, I'm having so much fun with the new tools I've purchased for kit making. They're mostly for making papers but it's a start. I'm getting into the swing of fall here and here are my colors for my next kit.

I'm more of a bright, cheery person so when I thought of fall, of course I thought of warm, darker colors but I had to throw in a bit of cheery to go with it. I hope you all like it. I've finished the papers now have to think up some elements.

Here is a preview of a couple papers...

I'll hopefully get the kit out by this weekend so please check back. I am also working on a QP from my first kit. Some reason it's harder to do QP's using your own kit! LOL! I'll try to have that up later today. I need some time to work on it and right now Sasha is getting ready to get up from her nap and then we have to go pick Lucas up at school. I'll be back on later! Have a great day!

Bright n Cheery Elements are here!

2007-09-26T11:09:00.000-04:00

YEA! I got the elements done! COOL! I hope you all enjoy them. I still have to figure out how to do ribbons well. The one I did isn't that great. I do like the frames though and the doodles. Working on buttons too. Gotta find some good tuts or scripts or something to help me out with ribbons, bows and buttons.

Anyway, here is the preview. If you enjoy, please let me know.

You can download the elements HERE.

Drum Roll Please.........

2007-09-25T23:10:00.000-04:00

Well, I did it. I finished my first kit. I have to say I am addicted now. This, of course, will be pretty rough so don't critique TOO harshly, okay? LOL. I know I have to have more focus on what elements I offer and in which colors/patterns. This first kit was more trial and error on how to create things. I don't think it's TOO bad for a first try. What do you guys think? Anyway, I am posting the papers tonight. The paper preview took me FOREVER. I have got to come up with a better way to showcase what's in the kit. I guess I just don't know how to do it really. I just cut and pasted parts of each paper, lined them up by hand, added a drop shadow and flattened. Is there a better way? For the experienced kit makers, how do you do your previews? Ugh.

Anyway, on to the freebie. I am proud to announce it's MY OWN design and it's called "Bright n Cheery". I hope you enjoy it. If you make something with it, PLEASE send me a pic. I'll get such a kick out of someone using something I designed.

Tonight I am just posting the papers as I haven't done a preview for the elements yet. I'll do that tomorrow and post.

You can download Here. Don't forget to leave some lovin'!!!

So Exciting!

2007-09-25T10:04:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't been on as much lately. For one, I'm still finishing up my 1st ever kit! YEA! And secondly, I have started a new venture with Carol (caz38) over at at http://www.deco-pages.com/ creating some QP's using her beautiful kits! I will do a QP with her kits and post them here. Then if you like, you can venture over to her store to pick them up. Sometimes I'll make QP's out of freebies and sometimes they will be from her kits for sale. She's a wonderful and talented lady who has been generous enough to let me share a QP with all of you. Again, if you like the kit, go to her blog at http://caz38.blogspot.com/ or visit her STORE at Deco-Pages.

Here is a QP from her kit "My Girl" that I did. Aren't the colors wonderful? There are so many good elements and papers in this kit. Please check it out HERE.

You can download the QP HERE.

I took the plunge...

2007-09-24T00:09:00.000-04:00

Yep, I went and did it. I started to design my FIRST kit last night. OMG...this is so much fun. And TOTALLY overwhelming. I think I spent the first 2 hours trying to figure stuff out and then I was in a rhythm and for the next 2 hours I got some stuff completed. Now, it's a VERY basic kit as I am learning and I will hopefully share it with you in the next few days. I want to make sure I zip it correctly, upload it correctly etc...before I give it out to you guys. Yes, of course it'll be free because well, I'm a beginner. :)

Here are the colors I used. I kind of just chose some bright ones at random. I know I'll have to get more serious about colors but this one was just fun ones.

What do you think? I hope you all will enjoy it. LOL. I know I am enjoying making it.

Well, here is the freebie for tonight/well...I guess it's morning now (YAWN)....It's from http://pillowgirlscraps.blogspot.com/. It's from her Modern Girl freebie kit. I just love that kit. Great colors (wish I could think up such cool colors) :) I'm sure most of you are familiar with her site. It's awesome! She's a great designer. Such fun themes all the time. Check it out!

You can find the download Here.

Long day...

2007-09-22T19:48:00.000-04:00

Before I forget, thank you to all of you who sent me emails about my header issue. I think I have it figured out and will have a "new look" soon. THANKS FOR HELPING A SISTER OUT! :)

Today was a long day for some reason. I am bushed. We had that birthday party from 11-1 then it was quiet/nap time for everyone. I played around with some new filters I downloaded to PSP. I think they're going to be VERY helpful for making my own kits. Oh, that's another thing...I just discovered http://www.atomiccupcake.com/ and was all excited for all that they offer. Then I was disappointed to find that their actions only work in Photoshop and such, not in PSP. Does anybody know where I can find something comperable for PSP? AGHAGHAGH!!! Now, I do have Filters Unlimited and wondered if those files form atomic cupcake would work through that. Anyone know? As you can tell I'm in the very early stages of kit making and am trying to find enough things to help me through it. Any help would be appreciated.

Okay, now for the REAL reason you're all here...the freebie. I think I'll offer 2 tonight since I didn't get a chance to post yesterday. The first one is a Halloween freebie. It's from Caz (http://caz38.blogspot.com/) and she has a great Halloween freebie for you and a couple more that she just posted.

Here is the QP preview:

You can download Here.

This next one is from Nana again. It's from her "Over the Rainbow" kit. Hope you like it.

You can download Here.

Help!

2007-09-20T20:01:00.001-04:00

Okay, I need a little help. I'm trying to put together a header (instead of the plain one Blogger has for me) but I don't really know the dimensions that I should create it with. CAn anyone help me? I know I'm probably missing it somewhere but I created one and it was too big. Does anyone know what dimensions I should use? THANKS SO MUCH!

Comments...(Cathy)

2007-09-20T09:51:00.001-04:00

Some of the comments you guys leave are quite funny. I enjoy every one of them. Thank you so much! Cathy left a message on my 4shared file (Road Trip QP) about long trips with her husband and their kids. Her husband used to get so tired of hearing the kids ask "are we there yet" and their fighting that he made them put their hands on their heads until they settled down. :) I think that is SUCH a good idea. After 10-15 minutes of having their hands on their heads, I'm sure they'd get the point. Great tip! TFS Cathy!

Today is a nice day. Better than last night. I woke this morning at 4:30 AM with a HUGE headache that turned into a migraine (I think). It was so bad I was pacing around our bedroom. Every time I would lie down, it would hurt 10 times worse. So I sat on the bed, then paced and sat and paced. It took about an hour for the meds to kick in and after that I went to sleep and woke up to my son saying "Mommy, can I watch TV in your room?". He's my little alarm clock. It was 7am on the dot. His usual time to wake up and get in our bed to watch 1 show before we get his sissy and go down for breakfast. My headache was gone though. I have this little feeling that it might come back though. We'll see. For now, it's gone.

Not much going on today. DH left this morning at 6am for a work golf outing (I'm still waiting for my Stay at Home mom golf outing invite to arrive). He won't be home until 6pm (the outing is in WV...3 hours away) so I think I'm taking Lucas to get his hair cut and then for a pizza buffet at Ci-Ci's. Do you guys have Ci-Ci's? It's not bad for the price. I like the fact that I can get 10 different kinds of pizza at one time if I wanted. I especially love their buffalo chicken pizza. Mmmm... Anyway, that's us for today. I hope your week is going well. On to the freebie.

I have about 10 in the arsenal that I want to give to you guys but I don't know what to choose. Don't be alarmed if the #'s are out of order. I name them as I go and I just do it numerically. Here is the one for today:

It's from http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/ and it's from her Soft N Bright kit. I think Anita creates some of the best little doodles and elements around. I mean the possibilities are endless. I especially love this green ribbon. You can download the QP Here. Enjoy! And as always, let me know if you like it. Thanks!

Bad mommy...oh and another QP for you.

2007-09-19T09:39:00.000-04:00

371 unique users visited my blog yesterday! THANK YOU!!!

Okay, so I am a bad mommy. Last night after a little TV with Lucas he said that since he was a good boy today he gets to have a caramel apple. This is something I promised him like a week ago but we both kind of forgot about it. Well, I got hungry yesterday and ate the caramel apple. I thought I could just throw that package away and he wouldn't remember. Heck, it's been a week since he said anything about it, right? Wrong. Last night when he said what he did about getting the caramel apple for being good I had to fess up and say I ate it. Gulp. Darn! That kid sure has a good memory and he sure does know when to use it. So, after he threw a huge fit and I apologized 1,000 times, I told him we'd get more today and he could have one. The kid is smart too...he asked for some donuts (a rare treat here) and I think he knew I would give in because of the guilt for eating his apple. I couldn't help it though, those caramel apples are so stinkin' good! :)

So, on to the freebie. This is a simple one I created using enableem's (Irene Brown)freebie. It's called "Gifts" You can visit her blog HERE to get the full freebie kit. It was part of the Mega Kit for members they give out at http://www.rakscraps.com/

You can download the QP Here.

I need a bit of help and a QP for you!

2007-09-18T09:59:00.000-04:00

363 people visited my blog yesterday! THANK YOU!!!!

Hello all! Well, I'm back with a new QP for you. This is from http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/ and it's from her Muddled kit. I just love that kit. The colors are so perfect for fall. Can you believe it's going to be fall this week? I'm so excited. My favorite time of year. Oh, and I also have that Caramel Apple Pie recipe for you. Yummy!!!!

I emailed Anita this weekend about how to get started making kits. I think I'm going to try and start with papers (obvious choice) and then venture out. She had some great tips for me so I'm starting there. It's irritating that I can't make my own kits. I have the imagination for them and the vision...just not the know how. I'd love to offer up some free kits to everyone but need a little guidance on where to start. If anybody has any good websites on tuts for making elements, ribbons, kits etc....could you please either post them or email me? I'd sure appreciate it. Also, if you kit makers use anything else besides PSP or Photoshop and the program is FREE, please post that as well. I'm trying my best to find stuff but sometimes it's a slow go. And I'm not trying to be cheap at the moment, I just want to get my feet wet before I go and spend a ton of money on programs to make kits. I use PSP and so far, that's been good enough. Thank you Thank you!

Here is the recipe I promised:

Caramel Apple Pie

INGREDIENTS:

1 refrigerated 9 inch double crust deep dish pie

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup butter, melted

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

5 cups thinly sliced apples (About 5 medium apples) I used 2 Fuji and 3 Granny Smith.

1/4 cup white sugar

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon lemon juice

20 caramels, cut into quarters

2 tablespoons milk

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------DIRECTIONS:Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

To Make Taffy: In a small bowl combine brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, and 1/3 cup flour. Mix well and set aside.

To Make Apple Filling: Place apples in a large bowl. Add white sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Toss until all ingredients are mixed well and apples are thoroughly coated.

Spoon half of apple filling into pastry-lined deep-dish pan. Top with half of caramels and half of taffy mixture. Repeat process with remaining apple filling, caramels and taffy mixture.

Place top pastry over filling and seal well (this is very important--if edges are not sealed, caramel will leak out all over). Cut steam vents and brush top crust with milk or light cream.

Cover pie with foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil and baking sheet from under pie and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes, until crust is golden. Turn off the oven and cover pie back up and let it sit in the warm oven another 2 hours to ensure the caramels have completely melted. Serve warm with a bit of ice cream on the side. Yummy!.

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Okay now my mouth is watering....

Here is your freebie! Download it Here.

Toilet Seats...what a pain..oh a freebie too!

2007-09-16T17:21:00.000-04:00

LOL! Thought you were at the wrong blog, huh? Not many bloggers talk about toilet seats I suspect. Today DH, the kids and I ran up to Home Depot to get a new toilet seat for the master bathroom. What a pain. Why in the world do there have to be so many colors and styles and sizes? I can TOTALLY understand different colors but come on...it's a place to put your bum! Don't we all pretty much have the same shape bum? I think one size would fit all, don't ya think? Anyway, we wound up getting a size or shape or whatever that wasn't 100% right and with my husband who is anal, it's wasn't going to do. So, right now he is back at Home Depot to get another one. He took Lucas so it's just Sasha and I right now. We're chilling out and enjoying some Baby Einstein. LOVE the BE. It has saved my sanity many a time.

Okay, on to the freebie. Here is the one I did with a kit from Nana's. It's from her "Going to Nana's" kit. I hope you enjoy it.

You can download HERE.

Quick Quick Quick...

2007-09-15T09:43:00.000-04:00

I just have a quick moment this morning before I go downstairs to make my caramel apple pie for our football party this afternoon. I thought I'd post a QP before the day got too long.

Here is another one from Nanas Attic. It's her baseball kit. I don't think it's available any longer but I bet she'll bring it back sometime this year. I don't know though. This QP will be good for those of you that just got through with your childs baseball/softball season. YEA! Enjoy!

You can download this QP HERE.

My poor husband...

2007-09-15T00:32:00.000-04:00

He's really gonna think I've gone off the deep end now. I can't seem to tear myself away from doing these QP's. I mean, when I started this last week, I didn't know how addicted I was going to be. I've COMPLETELY forgetten about doing any personal scrapping. All I seem to think about now is getting QP's out for you guys! LOL! I know it'll die down but for now....this sure is fun. I hope you're all enjoying these QP's as much as I enjoy making them. I seem to be getting better and better at it as I go. It helps that I work with a good amount of awesome designers as well. When you've got great product, how can you go wrong, huh? Well, it's 12:34 and I just finished 3 QP's to distribute this weekend. Here is another I couldn't wait to give you. It's from a kit called "Sunny Days" from http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/ Again, if you haven't joined Nana's as a member, I highly recommend it. Best deal I've seen in a LONG time. As for this freebie, I haven't even put my own picture in here yet. This one is hot off the presses. Enjoy!

Download Here.

Friday's Freebie!

2007-09-14T20:05:00.000-04:00

Before I forget...please vote in my new poll (to the left). I usually do QP's that have more than one picture to them but realize that everyone is different. So, I was wondering how you like your QP's. 1 pic..2-3 pics, multiple pics ...etc. Please vote to help me decide where I'll steer my QP's. Thank you!

Hello! New freebie tonight! It's from a kit from Carol at http://www.caz38.blogspot.com/ and it's GORGEOUS! I LOVE the funky polariod frame. She's got some pretty cool kits. You can go to her blog or you can visit her gallery at Deco-Pages. She exclusively designs for them. Here is her gallery link:
http://board.deco-pages.com/showgallery.php/cat/520

I hope you enjoy the freebie tonight! You can download it Here.

Love is in the air

2007-09-14T13:50:00.000-04:00

There is love between me and 4shared again. Happy downloading! I'll be back with a freebie later today. xoxo

Ahhh...that's the problem.

2007-09-14T09:38:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I figured out what is happening with 4shared. It seems there are some of you out there that think I am posting my QP's on my website without getting permission from the designers and have reported my site as being illegal. Oh, not so. :) I have permission from quite a few designers to post FREE QP's using their kits. Lots of designers out there don't mind some free advertisement. LOL.

To my readers, rest assured, these files are 100% legitimate. I have been granted permission for EVERY QP I give away. There are even some designers that have emailed me to give me permission to use their kits for QP freebies. (And I totally thank you for that. It's hard enough to track down all the designers on my own!) And that reminds me, if any of you are designers and wouldn't mind me doing free QP's using your kits (of course with full credits and a link back), please email me. That would be VERY helpful.

As soon as this is cleared up with 4shared, I will be back up and running. And on a side note, how can 4shared temporarily ban me without talking to me first? That seems a little odd. Oh well.

Today is supposed to be nice in the AM and then a little rainy this afternoon and tonight. So, I think we'll head outside for some playtime here at home this morning and then this afternoon I may have to get to the mall to pick up some new Clinique stuff. Love their facial soap. Lucas will probably want to play in the play area for a while so we'll probably go when it's supposed to be rainy out.

This weekend we have a football party to go to tomorrow. The high is supposed to be 57 and rainy in the AM. Ugh. That means the kids will have to be cooped up inside during the games. We'll see. Hopefully at least Lucas will be able to get out for some running around time. Gotta run off that little boy energy.

Later gators! HAve a great weekend!

Oh so tired...Thursday

2007-09-13T20:36:00.000-04:00

I'm just pooped today. My son Lucas is wearing me out! I guess it's that 3.5 year old attitude that's just gotten the best of me these last few weeks. Man, he's so lucky he's cute because I think I would've sold him to the gypsies a long time ago! :) Not much going on in my world today. It was GORGEOUS with a high of 74. Mmm....love this weather. Oh, and a couple of you wanted the caramel apple pie recipe. I'll post it tomorrow. I've got to get the recipe from my recipe box and I'm just too lazy to do it at the moment. So, tomorrow when I'm refreshed...I'll post.

Yes, I'm having trouble with 4shared. I'll be back ASAP. The downloads will still be there so please keep checking back. I won't post any new freebies until we've got it sorted out so you won't miss any.

I will post a couple new pics of my kids though. Just because they're so stinkin' cute and I'm a proud Mommy.

Here is my 7 month old Sasha in the bathtub. She's always smiling for the camera. Such a little girl.

Here she is again, just looking cute.

Here is Lucas giving his sister a bit kisser-roo. He LOVES to rub his lips on her soft baby hair. No joke. He does it when she's taking a bottle, when she's just sitting there, when she's getting her diaper changed. Silly boy. He sure loves her and she thinks he's THE BOMB! He's the only one who can make her belly laugh on a daily basis.

Don't ask. I have no idea what the heck he was doing. It was ALL his idea. I just took the picture.

GO BUCKS!!!!!!

Wonderful Wednesday

2007-09-12T20:00:00.000-04:00

Today was a good day. Sasha took 2 great naps today (like always), Lucas was in school for 3 hours (time to myself) and then he had a buddy come back home with us. So, Lucas played with his buddy, I got some one on one time with Sasha and get this, I got an almost 4 year old, a 3.5 year old and a 7 month old to take a nap at the exact same time! It was HEAVEN!!! Lucas and Sasha usually nap at the same time in the afternoon (1:30-3:15) but with his friend here, I didn't know what would happen. To my delight nobody put up a fight and went straight to bed at the appropriate time. Then they ALL woke at 3:30! Can you believe it? I was on cloud 9. I got some laundry done, the house 1/2 picked up, the dishes done and got in a little free time for myself (AKA....catching up on reality TV). ;)

The only bad part to today was when Lucas got his 3 fingers crushed underneath a VERY heavy vase that was falling. He ran into a table while he was playing with his buddy and the vase fell (filled with beads) and I think landed on his fingers which were on the floor. OUCH! Poor baby. His one nail is black and blue and he's still hurting tonight. If he's not better tomorrow I'm going to take him to the doc to make sure nothing is broken. I don't really think it is but I don't want to assume that they aren't. Anyway, he's okay just a little bruised. Okay, VERY bruised.

Anyway, here is the freebie #4 I was talking about yesterday.

Dowload Here.

It's another QP using a kit from http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/ If you haven't been to her site, please pay her a visit. She has the most gorgeous kits. I think she's my favorite designer. Her kits are SO versatile. She only charges $6 for a 3 month membership. Can you believe that? I think if you sign up before the end of September she'll add a month in for free! That's 4 months of kits for $6! She designs 3-5 kits per month for her members. So let me do the math... 9-15 COMPLETE kits for $6. What a steal! And if you join now...an extra 3-5 MORE kits! WOW. Can anyone beat that? Doubt it. Please go check her site out. It's amazing! http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/

Edited to add...this is her "Color Splurge" kit. (Thanks Lisa!)

Here is my layout with it. Just another day at the park with my son and my husband. The love!

Real quick...

2007-09-10T16:17:00.001-04:00

Jody, you can still download the quickpage...just can't see the preview. There is a link that says, "download" when you click on the file. Just click that and download. ;)

I chalk it up to PMS

2007-09-10T14:26:00.000-04:00

Okay, I had a HUGE post that somehow got deleted. So here is the jist...yesterdays QP didn't turn out correctly so I fixed the link. If you downloaded QPL#2....redownload please. Sorry. I chalk it up to being a newbie and PMS! GRRRRR! LOL.

Here is todays freebie. It is a QP I made with a design from http://www.nanas-attic.blogspot.com/. The kit is called Tropical Paradise. LOVE IT!

Here is the preview:

You can download it Here.

This is what I did with it. Since my son was born in April, he was too young to go to the park that first summer. So, we had to wait until spring. This was his first park trip. He loved it. He was 11 months old and walked around the place like he owned it.

Ta-Da! Crankin' the QP freebies out!

2007-09-09T23:04:00.001-04:00

I just wanted to say thank you for all of you that have sent me comments about the blog and QP's. It is amazing that I've had over 500 hits in just 2 days. YEA! Let me clear up something though, for those that have written me emails to let me know what I was doing was illegal, you can stop. :) I've gotten permission from all designers that I do QP's with to put these up on my website for free. I just make sure I give credit where credit is due (which is everyone of course!). Thanks for all your concern and I just want to let you know that I wouldn't intentionally commit piracy knowingly. xoxo

Anyway, on to the freebie. Here is one of my favorite layouts. My son got this HORRIBLE viral rash when he was 8 months old. My DH and I were beside ourselves being first time parents. Little did we know this is very common with viral illnesses. HA! The things you learn by living, huh? Here is the layout to make this special occassion. I hope you enjoy it.

The kit is from www.nanas-attic@blogspot.com. It's called: Foofaraw.

You can download this QP HERE.

New layout

2007-09-02T22:22:00.001-04:00

I must say, this has got to be one of my favorite layouts I have ever done. It's my first time really using tubes. I think it turned out well, don't you? This is my son Lucas when he was 11 months old. Cutie-patootie!