Quick Page and a Speed Scrap

Hi,

I know I haven't posted much lately. I've been busy with work and finishing up the end of the school year. Nicole (digi-designs by Nicole) and Michelle (Just For You Digi Scraps) have great new kits this week, but HURRY!! They are only free this week!!!

Family Memories is a great kit and can be used for so many different themes. Here is my LO, followed by the preview of the whole kit. Click on it to go to DDBN to get it!!! My Quick Page is at the bottom of the post!! Oh, yeah!! This is a collab kit with Gettin Scrappy with Britt so make sure you go to her blog to get her part!!!





Dear Old Dad is really cute!!! There are so many things to use to scrap those LOs of Dad and much more!! Click on the preview to go to JFYDS to get it!!






There is a Speed Scrap tonight at STS!! Click on the flyer to head over! Check out the great participation prize!





Lastly, here is my QP I made from my Family Memories LO. THanks for looking!

May Mega Kit at One Single Seed

You won't want to miss the awesome May Mega Kit over at One Single Seed! There are so many awesome papers and elements in this kit!! It is great and so versatile!! I did a layout for Cyndi's field hockey album and used it for Friday's Speed Scrap instructions and will definitely use it over and over! There are summer elements in there too, so it is perfect for any pics you might take over the next few months! Go get it!!

Here is the LO I did followed by the preview, which REALLY doesn't do it justice!! LOL! It is linked to the store.

Speed Scrap Wednesday, May 27!!

I am hosting a Speed Scrap on Wednesday, May 27 at 10 PM EST over at One Single Seed. The participation prize is a $3 gift certificate for Mad Scrapper Designs store...how cool is that?!?! You can head here to let us know you're playing!! Hope to see you there!! (PS...I'm doing another one on Friday at 1 PM EST!! AND there is one at STS on Thursday, May 28 at 1 PM EST!!)

Speed Scrap Layout for NSD! Don't miss the one tonight!!

Here is the layout I did for the speed scrap over at STS. It was so much fun!! There is another one tonight so if you didn't make the one, you have another chance!! Click on my LO to go over to the forum!

Speed Scrap at STS

Tonight is a Speed Scrap at Stuff to Scrap (STS!) I am DEFINITELY there!! I don't care what is going on around me...I NEED TO SCRAP!!! LOL!

Click on the flyer to head over to the forum! Check out the awesome participation prize you'll get for playing!!!

Speed Scrap at STS

Tonight there is another Speed Scrap over at Stuff to Scrap! I am hoping to be home from Dress Rehearsal by then so I can FINALLY scrap!! I haven't done a page in over 2 weeks!! YIKES! Click on the flyer to head over to the forum. Check out the great Participation Prize from Gettin Scrappy with Britt. It is so cute!!

Speed Scrap tonight!!

Nicole is hosting a Speed Scrap tonight! I might actually be able to make it...all depends if I get my work done for the musical. Hope you can join us! Click on the flyer to go over the to forums.

Sale and a Speed Scrap

Digi-Designs by Nicole is having a SALE!! Woo Hoo!! Click on the flyer to go to One Single Seed to check it out!!



The next Speed Scrap over at Stuff to Scrap is tomorrow afternoon & I'm sad that I can't make it!!! I have to work once again :-( Click on the flyer to head over to the forum & check out the Participation Prize below...I'm really sad I can't make it! I LOVE Manda's templates!!

New Kits Out this Week and a Speed Scrap

Well, the musical is in full swing now with practices all day Saturday and this week since the kids are on Spring Break. What a way to spend the week..at school from 8 am!!!

Just for You Digi Scraps has a great new kit that is only available in the store! It has the PERFECT title "Think Spring!" Exactly! LOL! You can pick it up at One Single Seed and it is 50% off for a limited time!! How great is that?!?!
This photo is of Alexa after her bath...I couldn't believe she let me keep the hood on!! LOL!



Click on the preview to go to OSS so you can get it 1/2 off!



Digi-Designs by Nicole has a great kit on her blog this week. It is called Dream Big and I actually did a 2 page spread with her kit. I didn't use a whole lot because I didn't have any of my recent photos on my computer. There are some really great items in this kit & it is so versatile!!! Check it out each day this week, so you can get all the awesome parts of the kit!



Click on the preview so you can head over to Nicole's blog. Also check out the Speed Scrap Info for Wednesday!!!



There is another Speed Scrap this week at Stuff to Scrap. Click on the flyer to go to the forum. Below the flyer is the awesome participation prize you'll get for playing. This one is being hosted by Flower Scraps. Hope you can make it!!

Speed Scrap tonight!!

Tonight's speed scrap over at Digi-Designs by Nicole Forum is hosted by ME!!! YAY! Please stop by to let us know you're playing! Click on the flyer to go to the forum

Saturday Speed Scrap

Hi, all!! Lots of craziness going on in my house this week! Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I will catch up later today. I have a busy weekend, too. I'm taking Cyndi to Millersville University (where I went !!!) for an Open House so she can decide where she wants to go in the fall. Should be fun! I wish I had off from work tonight so we could go up early and not have to get up at 6 am!! UGH! I guess I'll have to come home from work & go right to bed..yeah right! That is impossible for me to do! LOL! I have a demo to go to when I get back and then off to work again on Sunday afternoon. We ussually have my parents over for dinner on Sundays, so it will be crazy all weekend! Hopefully I'll find some time to get on here at some point!

Anyway, I'm hoping to be home from MU in time to go to this Speed Scrap Saturday at 4 pm EST. Click on the flyer to head over to the forum.



AND... get this... for all those who participate, you'll get a coupon code to pick out any one retiring kit of Nicole's for FREE. Nice huh. Or, if you have them all, you'll get $1.00 off towards any other kit of hers. :) Hopefully, I'll see you Saturday!

Spped Scrap!!!

We're having another Speed Scrap. This one is hosted by Stephanie, AKA Scrappy Cocoa.

Click on the flyer to go to the forum...hope you can make it!! I missed the last one :o( and missed out on really awesome instructions. I have to give it a try anyway because I really love how the layouts turned out!! Anyway...join us...you won't be sorry!!!



Here is the awesome prize you'll get for playing along...it is the last in a set of three. If you missed the others, you can get them all together or in 3 separate sets in Nicole's store.

Some Layouts to Share

I was so happy to be able to participate in THREE speed scraps so far this week!!! Yes, three!! LOL! I did one yesterday at the Digi-Designs by Nicole Forums & completed this layout Froggy Friends. I used the kit "Froggy Friends" by WimpyChompers at Digital Candy. This was the participation prize for the Speed Scrap I attended on Tuesday afternoon. I was so excited to see it was a froggy kit!! LOL! Click on the photo to get the kit!



This is my layout from the SS at Digital Candy...I used Amber from Stolen Moments kit "Funky Love" for everything except the stitching is from the next kit by Digi-Designs by Nicole and the tag I recolored from Amber's kit "Big Top". Click on the layout to go to Amber's store at Digital Candy.



The 3rd Speed Scrap was at ScrapMatters on Tuesday night. I used Britt-ish Designs kit "Let's Kick It!" kit. I really love this kit!! There are so many things in it & I can use most of the items for Cyndi's field hocky pages and Austin & Kelsey's soccer pages. Pretty cool! She also has some soccer flair on her blog so check it out!! She also has some of the greatest Disney layouts and freebies out there!!! You just have to search through her posts. She has some awesome Disney-like kits for sale...they range from Buzz & Woody to Monsters, Inc. to Little Mermaid & of course Mickey...check out her store! You won't be disappointed!! Clicking on the photo will take you right to the Soccer kit.

Digi-Designs by Nicole News

It is soooo cold here today I can hardly stand it!! We were supposed to get hit with a "MAJOR" snowstorm, but all we got was about 3-5 inches and A LOT of wind & cold!! YUCK!!! I just wanted to stay in bed all day!! Luckily the school district was closed, so Kelsey & Austin didn't have music lessons & Austin & Cyndi didn't have Musical practice so I didn't have to go ANYWHERE!! WHEW! Tom did have to take Cyndi to work later & pick her up, but I got to stay inside all nice & warm :)

Here it is Monday already (actually almost Tuesday LOL!) and I haven't posted my LO for this week's kit! Sorry!! This week, Digi-Designs by Nicole has released Best Friends ~ A kit for dogs but it really has a lot of papers & embellishments for those of us without dogs!! It really is a great kit with great colors!! Here is my LO using Alexa with my Mom's dog, Luke. He is so cute!!! Alexa doesn't really like him too much...he is a little hyper & LOVES to lick her face & just doesn't want to have any part of it! She does "pat" him though (more like hit!!), so she is getting a little used to him...he loves to be held & is such a baby!



Here is the preview for the whole kit...you can click on it to go get your freebies each day!! Don't forget ~ it's only available this week & also leave Nicole some love!!



There is a Speed Scrap tomorrow afternoon!! Hope to see you there!! Click on the flyer to go to the forum and check out the participation prize!!!! It is one of a set of 3 so make sure you come to the next few SS!!!



One last DDBN bit of news....several "older" kits of Digi-Designs by Nicole are being retired so she can make room for some new goodies! So, Nicole is having a sale! Be sure to check it out before they're gone...only ONE DOLLAR buys some really great kits!!! Click on the flyer to go to her store!

Lots of Great New Stuff!!

I have been slacking in posting this past week!! Sorry!! Digi-Designs by Nicole has lots of great stuff happening!!! She's released her first kit that was released only in her store. It's called Sweet Love and is available for $2.50 this week!!! It is such a great kit and can be used for much more than for love & Valentine's Day LOs. Here is my layout and below that is the preview of the kit. Click on the kit to go to the store!!

Just for the record...YES! That's my dad!! He is the greatest, yet GOOFIEST, dad in the world!! Somehow he & my mom roped my husband and my brother-in-law to also dress up in this crazy outfit!!! They gave my sister & I an 8x10 of them for Valentine's Day a few years ago!! Too funny!!

Nicole has also released a new freebie kit this week (boy is she busy!!!) It's another collab kit, this time with Vicki from A Work in Progress and it is called Sweet Flora. Be sure to visit BOTH blogs each day this week to get all the pieces!!! It is awesome!!! Here is my layout followed by each preview. Like always, click on the preview to go to get your freebies!!! Be sure to leave some love, too!!!






Lastly, I hosted my first ever speed scrap last week! It was actually a lot of fun & the participants made some AWESOME layouts from my instructions. I used Just for You Digi Scraps kit "Heart Attack" for my layout. I've put the instructions below the layout.
#1 Choose an odd number of photos. If you do more than 1, make 1 of them larger than the others.
#2 Pick out an even number of papers. only ONE may be a print!!! (textures as long as they aren't really patterned can count as a solid!)
#3 Alter 1 photo in some way. You can remove the color(make it B&W, sepia, etc), extract, recolor, use an action...anything you want.
#4 Frame 1 photo in some way. You can use a frame, ribbon, paper, buttons...get creative if you'd like!!
#5 OK...I know it's early, but you need some math skills LOL! Divide the # of papers by 2 and you must use 2 each of at least 2 elements. For example, I used 4 papers, so I used 2 paper strips, 2 glitter swirls & 2 pins. Clear as mud?!?!
#6 Title your page using one word and one word only!!! It can be a word art, font or alpha.
#7 Date and journal if you would like. Extra Challenge~do something creative with the date

Try it for yourself!!! It really is fun to have direction when you're stuck for a layout!! You can check out all the great layouts in the gallery at Digi-Designs by Nicole Forum Just look under Speed Scraps and then check out the rest of the great things everyone has been creating!!!

Speed Scrap #4

Wow, another one... you bet! We will hope to have these every week. This Speed Scrap challenge will be hosted by Kathy, another one of Nicole's CTs. She does such amazing layouts so I can't wait to see what she has in store for us with this Speed Scrap. Click on the flyer to go to the forum.


This is the participation prize you will get from Nicole...isn't is great?!?! Hope to see you there!!!

Speed Scrap #3

Digi-designs by Nicole is hosting another Speed Scrap. These are so addicting! LOL! I really enjoy doing them & it proves you can get a pretty nice layout finished in an hour!! Click on the ad to go to the forum. The participation prize is really nice, too!!

Spped Scrap Layout

This is the LO I did for Nicole's Speed Scrap #2 today.

Another Speed Scrap

Nicole's new forum is hosting another Speed Scrap this Friday...click on the picture below to go to the forum. The 1st one was so much fun!!! Also, make sure you go to her blog to get the elements for Love Notes...it is so cute!!!


This is the awesome participation prize you get for completing the challenge! It is really great because you can color the pieces to match any theme you're working on!