Checking In

Another crazy week. I forgot to mention last week that my sister has moved back to town. She got here on Thursday night. So no more big city for her. She's back to being a hometown girl. My brother also moved down to Orlando this week to go to college. So I lost one sibling and got the other one back.

So, my sister brought with her, her two sons, my nephews, James and Kevin. Kevin is just three months old. Such a cutie. It's weird now having all these children around. I'm so used to it just being my two little ones, now there are two more. I spent most of this week getting ready for my sister and also helping her get settled in, so I had no freebie completed for this week. Sorry! I'll make up for it though. My Template CT call is also underway. I've gotten so many responses that I don't know what to do. I'm contemplating ending my call early. I don't know. I'll have to see what the responses are in the next few days. I want to give everyone a chance to apply, but I hate having to turn so many away. I'm looking for no more than 12, but I've got a feeling that my CT may be bigger than that. We'll see. I'm currently working on my contracts. Some of you may start getting a response from me soon. But in the end, everyone will get a response from me one way or another.

Since my sister is in town, I'm going to teach her digi scrapbooking. You may even start to see her layouts floating around. Imagine. Two of us.

Vote Today!

If you are living in the United States and have registered to vote you should definitely head on over to the polls! Election Day is serious stuff. Today we vote on who will be our next president as well as some other elected officials. I'm not going to try to sway you one way or another. I know who I'm voting for and am completely behind him. I cast my vote proudly. Please do the same.

Well, that's enough of that. I've said what I needed to say and that's it. Sorry to everyone for this weekend. It didn't work out as I had planned. One of my coworkers had a death in her family and I volunteered to take her on-call weekend to help out. I don't regret my decision, but it was one doozy of a weekend. I did get to take my children trick-or-treating which was fun. They had a great time. Another co-worker set up a haunted house and I took my children by. It took me a good twenty minutes to calm Jayda down. She was so scared!

Of course, with my luck, I get a page at 4:30 in the morning. So I spend all day Saturday either at the local jail or in the hospital trying to get everything cleared up and everyone place safely. I'm not really surprised. I'm actually shocked there wasn't more. From my experience things get out of control around the holidays and down right impossible at Halloween. So basically I didn't get anything done scrap wise on Saturday. I slept late on Sunday and ran off to church. And then completed a photoshoot afterwards. Got some great pictures of my cousin and her lovie and a few of her friends. I'll scrap one for you to see later. So cute!

I tried to get a little done Sunday night, but was just too tired. Sorry. I know it seems like I'm saying that all the time now, but I really do mean it. The changes at work have just been a little harder to get used to than I thought they would be. I'm working on getting better at it though. I am working on this week's freebie. I'm going to do something nice to make up for last week.

Also, I'm planning on having a call for a Template CT. I've got so many templates now and I want to get them out there so I'm looking for more CT members. I'll have an official flyer soon. Basically I want CT members who'll use my templates to make layouts. They'll also be using my kits as well at least part of the time if they choose. Like my other CT members they'll have complete access to my entire store. Still going over the details, but once I get it all figured out I'll post my official call. But if you're interested you can go ahead and email me now. I don't mind. I'll need a short bio, a link to your most current gallery, also other CTs that you've been on or still currently on. The usual. My email on the right hand side of this blog.

Well, that's it for right now. I'll get back with you all later this week.

Correction?

There may be a small change in plans for National Scrapbooking Day. Of course ScrapMatters is having a sale, so you may want to run over there and grab all the goodies that you can. But also we are planning a bigger sale and so much more for Black Friday. Hard to believe that the year has gone by so fast. Many of the designers are planning a Grab Bag for Black Friday and of course I will be having one as well, so you might not see a grab bag from me for National Scrapbooking Day, but then again, you may, but not a big one. I'll have to think it over a bit. I do have quite a few things in the works right now, so there will be some new releases. With Halloween going on tonight, I'm not sure if I'll be making a post tomorrow. I have a photo shoot planned and don't know how long it will run. So, if there is no grab bag tomorrow, don't worry. There will be a huge one at the end of the month. I'll try to get back here tomorrow for a posting. If I don't make it check back on Sunday. If I miss you, Happy National Digital Scrapbooking Day!!!

Sorry I'm Late!

This weekend for me was horrible. I had like the worst stomach virus ever! And I'm going to blame it on my co-workers. I don't know where else it could have come from. Last week I was left alone to man the office because everyone else was away at conference. One person always has to stay behind to be on call and this time it was me. Wasn't as bad as I figured it would be, but it sure was lonely with no one else coming into the office but me. Talk about being on lock down the entire time. So when everyone got back on Thursday they were all talking about this bug that they all got and how sick they all were, but then they got better the last couple of days. So I listened thinking it was no big deal. Everyone appeared to be doing fine. But then what happens. Friday I get so sick I spend most of the day in the bathroom. Most of the afternoon anyway. I started out great, but then that afternoon I just got unbelieveably sick. Anyway, not a pleasant weekend. Hopefully the rest of my family doesn't get it. But with my luck, they'll all have it at the same time.

I've got a few new releases at the shop. Nothing big, just some alphas and a paper pack. I've been working on more, but I plan to put together a grab bag for Digital Scrapbooking Day. I want to pack it full! So here is a look at what's new in my store, but you won't be able to purchase any of it today. ScrapMatters is down for today and maybe part of tomorrow for some upgrades. We've been getting some heavy traffic so now we need more power or whatever. I don't understand all the technical stuff.











For this paper pack please note that all the burlap papers are png files which makes the complete download huge! But I love the texture and think that they make great backgrounds. Of course you need something solid behind it which is why I threw in a piece of brown paper bag paper. Look for more burlap in the future.

Now for the freebie.



Hope you all enjoy! Have a great Halloween! Just in case I don't get to make another post before then.

Fun Little Game

I dont' usually go searching the net and play these little games, but I did come across this one on my blog trips and liked it. I figured I'd share it with you.


67 words

I actually type a lot for work and was kind of disappointed with my score. I guess I need to work on it more. It's decent I know, but I thought I was at least typing 70 words a minute.

Today is just a little bit of chatter. I'll have more for you later this week.

Daughter Turns 6

Sorry all, I forgot to post this earlier this week. But my daughter turns six today. This weekend has been so busy that I haven't had the time to work on the freebie. Sorry all. I really am. But my baby is growing up. Can you believe it? In ten years she'll be driving. As my husband has reminded me, in a little over six years my son will be driving. They grow up so fast.

Challenge Delay

Okay, I'm sorry. I'm making another change and it's probably getting on your nerves. I'm really sorry aobut it. But I've had no choice, it's either change it or have it always being late. Let me explain. With my new schedule at work, I'm always on call. So my schedule changes from day to day. Sometimes I get to leave early, but most often I leave late. When I get home I'm just plain tired. The only good thing about this new arrangement is that I get my weekends completely to myself. So if I can get out of bed, I can usually fit in a bit of scapping. So, since my weekends are clear I've decided to move my Wednesday goodies to Saturday. That way my postings aren't late and you guys don't miss out on your freebies. I'm starting this this week, so this week's challenge is going to go on until Saturday. A winner will be selected and we'll continue on with our next challenge.

So, sorry. I have no goodies for you today, but check back on Saturday.

Got Back To Work

I am still running behind, but I have been getting some work done. I'll even have a couple of new releases next week. Okay, so for my comment winner this week, the lucky one is Brenda. Brenda, please send me an email letting me know where to send your $5 coupon. Thanks again for leaving me a comment on my blog. Thanks to all of you.


Okay, so my challenge winner for last week's challenge was Melissa. By a stroke of luck, Melissa was also my last comment winner as well. So she gets herself quite a few goodies, but that's how it works out sometimes. Congrats, Melissa. Thanks for participating. Here is a look at her layout.

I haven't forgotten about this week's challenge. For more details on the challenge itself take a look at my previous post. But I have completed a participation prize for this challenge. If you complete a layout, just send me an email after leaving your link in the comment's section. Then I'll send you the link to the participation prize. This week's prize is a paper pack.

So, if you like this paper pack, the only way to get it is to participate in this week's challenge.

Thanks to all of you for stopping by my little blog today. You all have a great weekend!

Sorry, So Behind

So sorry that this is a bit late. I'm still trying to get used to my new work schedule. Since I'm out in the field more than in my office, the later schedule has worn me out. I'll get a handle on it soon, I promise. So because I am late with me comment winners, I decided to give the prize to two commentors. The winners this week are Melissa and soinkincute. You ladies please send me a little email so I'll know where to send your links. Thanks for leaving me a comment. Also, Jennifer B, my last challenge winner. Could you send me a little email letting me know if you got the download link. Thanks bunches.

A Slight Change

So sorry everyone. My post today is going to be a bit late. I'm on a new schedule at work and can't make the time to do this post earlier. I'm leaving this little note here so you'll know what's going on. Expect my freebie and the challenge winner announcement later. You can participate in this week's challenge which is a template challenge over on Haynay's blog. You can find her blog here.

Please don't forget to check back later tonight to find my usual Wednesday Post. Starting next week I'm going to try and have all this set of the night before and let blogger auto post it. I'll have to work it out.

Also, my entire store is on sale for 25% off. The discount shows up in my shopping cart. I'm calling this my Wednesday Special.

Another Friday

Goodness, this week has just been moving to fast. There has been much too much to do. Okay, the winner this week for my comment prize is EBPitcher. Congrats. You will receive a link in your email. If you have any problems with it just let me know.

I've also made a decision regarding the Challenges. I will begin to offer a participation prize next week. Most likely it will be a mini kit or something similar that will be up for sale in the store soon. Each participant in the challenge will get a free download prior to the product being placed in the store. Let's hope many of you participate to get the prize.

Also, from now on, my new releases will be placed in the store either on Wednesday or on Friday. Since those are the days that many of you visit my blog, you will be notified of each release when you stop by.

Sorry that this has been a short post, but I've just got so much going on right now. Things are changing at work for me and my posting my be later than usual. My schedule has changed so I am either going to try to make my posting the night before and let it auto publish, or the post will be made later in the day. We'll have to see how this works out next week. Wish me luck on surviving the change.

Continue On

Hi, all! Well, today is Wednesday which means challenge. But first let me reveal the winner of last week's challenge: Melissa (rsdawg97). Congrats Melissa. Unfortunately I do not have an email address for you. I'm going to look for you in the forums, but if you see this message please send me an email and I'll get you your prize links. Here is Melissa's layout:

This week's challenge will be hosted by another one of my Creative Team Members, Jennifer Kellems. Some of you may already know her from the great brag books that she has made using some of my kits. They are on sale at the ScrapMatters Store now. So for this weeks challenge she has decided on a Movie Quote Challenge. How fun is that. I know that there are a lot of movie lovers out there and those famous movie lines. You can do so much with this. The winner of this week's blog challenge will receive a free download of my MakeOver Grab Bag which is now available at the store. This grab bag contains six new, never before seen products and is work over $20. You may even start seeing sneak peaks in the gallery this week from layouts using items found in this grab bag.

So if you're interested in participating in this great challenge head right on over to Jennifer's Blog, located here.

Okay, blog challenge also means blog freebie. For this week's freebie a few of my creative team members completed some quick pages for you using my Go Fly A Kite Kit. Two of these quick pages were completed by Len Escobar who has made up the quick pages for sale at the store.

Don't forget to leave me a comment here on my blog, not my 4shared account. Leaving a comment here puts you into a drawing to win a special gift. This week's gift is a $5.00 coupon to my store at ScrapMatters. It is valid for my products only. Also, please, if you are leaving me a comment leave me an email address or at least your user name in the ScrapMatters or DST forum so that I can contact you to give you your prize. I don't want to rule out those who have not left me a means of contacting them. Last week was difficult for me since all the winners did not leave an email address. I was only able to contact two of last week's winners. Most likely I will reassign those other two prizes this week. So leave me a comment and a means to contact you. And don't forget to thank my wonderful CT for providing this great freebie for you.

Usually I would end this posting here, but I've realized that so much has happened these last couple of weeks and I haven't told you guys about any of it. It's been crazy around here. Well, my children started back at school last week. This was Jayda's first year. She started Kindergarten. She took it so well, I expected tears and all, but got none of it. She walked into her classroom and told me good-bye. Then got irritated with me while I was trying to take her picture. Her very first day of school has most definitely got to be documented. Tevin did great, but he's a big boy now. We've gone through a lot this summer and we're hoping for him to have a better year at school. Only time will tell.

I watched a lot of tv. Joshua won So You Think You Can Dance, Yay!!! I just loved him. It was actually a surprise for me. I expected Will to win, but he got eliminated earlier. He wasn't my favorite dancer, but I felt that he was the most trained. But this just makes the fact that my favorite dancer did win all the sweeter. I loved Katie as well and actually thought she would be second place, but that was not right either. Anyway, she did win her something and they will all be on tour together. Such fun.

The Olympics began. I actually didn't expect to watch the opening ceremonies, but I was flipping through the channels at my mother's house and was just amazed by the drum show and couldn't change the channel. I sat with my mom and watched the entire thing. It was so long, but absolutely amazing.

Okay, now for the greatest news. I became an aunt for the second time yesterday. My sister had her second little boy early yesterday morning. I found this out from my mom who woke me up early yesterday morning to tell me. My sister already sent us some pictures so expect some layouts later. My mom left yesterday afternoon to spend the next week or so with my sister in Florida. I have been left in charge of taking care of my dad, mainly make sure he eats everyday. We'll see how that goes.

We'll that has been my last couple of weeks in a nutshell. You guys enjoy the rest of your week. I'll be back on Friday to let you know who my comment winners are.

ScrapMatters Grand ReOpening - Makeover!!!

Just wanted to make sure I got a chance to tell you all to stop by the ScrapMatters store tonight. We're starting our great Makeover Sale! You don't want to miss out on that. Also I wanted you all to know that I have a grab bag available as well. My grab bag is just filled to over flowing. And it's all just for $5.00.

So at about 4pm PST the ScrapMatters store should be open for business. Head on over and get more than your money's worth. Just about everything at the store is going to be on sale and many of the designers have grab bags as well. See you over there.

Keep On Going

Such a busy weekend for me. I hope everyone had a great few days. Nothing much going on my way. Just wanted to make a quick entry today. I got the book on Saturday, for those who don't know, I'm talking about Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer. Huge fan of her books. This one wasn't what I expected. It was great, but I thought the book was a little more on the adult side instead of young adult. No biggie really since I am an adult and I was just reading it for myself. But still, book was great. I spent all day Saturday reading it and got it finished before I went to sleep that night. Great read for anyone who's looking for a new book or a new author. She is quickly becoming on of my favorites.

The Host is her adult novel. Amazing book. LOVED IT. It's actually the only one I don't own. Reading the cover I didn't think I could get into it so I didn't buy it. I just waited for it to be available at the library. I was completely drawn in during the first chapter and couldn't put it down until I completed it. Stephanie Meyer is a huge fan of the 600+ pages. I'm an avid reader and read pretty quickly so I was able to finish in a day. I would put The Host in my top 5 favorite books list. It's that good.

Anyway, once I got the book out of the way I was able to do some designing. I'll have quite a few new products coming into the store in about a week or so. I have a pretty large freebie planned for Wednesday to go along with the weekly challenge. The challenge this week has been going along well and we've had some participation. The layouts have been great and I know that it's going to be difficult for Geri to pick a winner. Tater has a great challenge planned for Wednesday as well. Don't forget to check back for that. Nothing more fun that winning a free kit.

I guess that's all I have to say for now. I don't want to take up too much of your day with my ramblings. I justed wanted to talk about my great read over the weekend. My sister is so far away and hasn't read it yet so what better than to blog about it. As always you guys have a great day!

Getting Frustrated

I can't believe all the problems I am having with my 4shared account. I still can't get the direct download to work right. Fortunately the link is working and you shouldn't have any problems downloading the entire Young Private kit, but you will have to wait at least 30 seconds before you download begins. I do know know why it's doing that. It just started. It's so frustrating. You pay so that everyone won't have to go through that hassle and it quits on you like that. I've emailed 4shared and they told me that my account looks fine and to double check that the direct download in enabled, which it is and has been since I bought the premium downloads. I've even disabled it and logged out and logged back in and enabled it again, but still I can't get a direct download. I'm still going to work on it and maybe it will finally fix itself. I hate that you all are having to go through this slow download process.

Okay, now to happier news. The winners of my Go Fly A Kite Kit are Shirley and Lara. I'm sending you both an email with the download link. Also everyone don't forget, there's still another chance to win this free download. Just participate in my Template Challenge this week.

Well, that's all for today. I'm back to trying to work out my 4shared problem. Hopefully I can get it cleared up soon.

Sorry, Wrong Download Link

Oops, everyone! I made a mistake. Barb brought it to my attention that my Download 1 for Young Private Kit was not working working correctly. I looked at it and she was right. Something had happened and half the download was gone. So If you downloaded your file before today you may want to get it again. I'll leave this link up for a while so it won't cause too much trouble. The corrected link is up and ready to go, just go back to the previous entry.

Okay, I don't know what's going on with it, but I checked it before and it was working. I've corrected the link again and I did check it and it was working. You should get a direct download. Once again keep my informed if that doesn't work.

Love My Jeans is Yours

Congrats to sunjer and lissete for winning the free download to my Love My Jeans kit. Lissete, I've emailed you the link and sunjer, I didn't have an email for you so if you could just email me and I'll send the link to you as well. I hope you ladies enjoy it.

Sorry all, but that's all I have for today. Such a busy weekend. I'll be back soon though, and I'll have some more surprises for you all.

SALE at ScrapMatters

Just wanted to let you guys know that there's a sale going on for the holiday. 25% off!!! I also have some new releases coming up, but most likely I'm going to be out of touch starting this afternoon. Family came down for a surprise visit, so we're all going to get together. So I'm going to go ahead a post the previews for my new releases. I'll do another post when I come back from my weekend trip along with some layouts my Creative Team has done.

Everyone, Have a Wonderful 4th of July!!!

New Members of My CT

Well, the call is finally over and I now have seven new members to my CT. I know that I had only intended on four, but so many good scrappers applied that it was hard to settle for just four. So I have seven!

Of course on my CT there is also Linz and Tater who were both on my original CT. They have graciously agreed to stay on as my CT Leaders. I don't know how I would've gotten through this call without them.

These ladies have also started working on their layouts. I caught a glimpse of some of them at the ScrapMatters' Gallery today. I'll start posting these layouts tomorrow. I wanted today just to be about them. Please everyone, help me make them feel welcome. I'm so glad to have all of you as a part of my team.

Minor Changes

Some of you may have noticed that I have expired some of my blog freebies. I know that I normally leave my freebies up for a long time, but my 4shared account is getting very crowded. I had to free up some space so the freebies kind of suffered. Sorry. I not only keep my freebies on the account, but my store kits are there as well. This way they are assessible to my CT and also it's easier for me to use them as giveaways. I do plan to upgrade some more in the future and have even more space, but for right now I'm keeping it as it is. Also, the freebies that were still active on my old blog has also expired. I do plan on offering freebies on a regular basis, so don't look as this as missing out on some goodies. There are still plenty more to come.