Get Schooled! (Penny saver deals at The Digital Press)

All products from The Digital Press:
1. Simply Tiffany Studios - Yin & Yang Templates 
2. Mommyish - Get Schooled

3. Mommyish - Essential Styles Toolkit (epoxy style)

Facetime!

You've gotta love technology!

1. Comic Book Panels #1 by Simply Tiffany Studios
2. Real Life in Pockets Besties by Mommyish and Just Jaimie

A forgotten birthday page! (blast from our past)

Here's a blast from my past. I was looking through old photos and my son's scrapbooks and realized I had never scrapped a page about my son's 14th birthday - so of course I wanted to do that now! I also realized that I've got lots of memories I haven't scrapped from a few years ago that I may want to go back to some day. Ahh ... there's always something to scrap!

Materials used:

Celebrate by Designs by Amber Shaw

Window Systems Templates Vol. 1 and Vol. 7 by Simply Tiffany

Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Volleyball Car Wash)

I had some quiet time home alone when I got home this afternoon so of course I had to use it to scrap. I certainly didn't feel like cleaning the house. That just wouldn't fit the title of this page ... "Girls Just Want To Have Fun!" LOL!

Materials used:

Year of Templates: Solstice & Equinox Edition Pack One by Simply Tiffany Studios

Color My World Kit, Skinny Stitches, and Skinny Stitches Shapes by Scotty Girl Design

Girls Time Out: The Word Art by Kim Broedelet

Celebrating the 4th of July at Cedar Point

Family fun at "the resort" ...

I love using Tiffany's Windows Systems templates when I've got lots of photos I want to showcase!

Credits:

Windows Systems Templates Vol. 7 by Simply Tiffany Studios; And the Pursuit of Happiness kit by Wishing Well Creations; Patriotic Journalers by Celeste Knight of Sweet Caroline Studios; Summer Fun the Frames by Karla Dudley

Baking = Happiness! (It's Dollar Days at Pixels & Co.!)

It's July and do you know what that means? It's Dollar Days at Pixels & Company! Every day this month at P&Co. they're going to have a bunch of new kits available for only $1! Just a heads up ... there's some gorgeous stuff coming out this month!

Materials used:

Digital Scrapbook Ingredients - Fresh from the Oven Papers 

Digital Scrapbook Ingredients - Fresh from the Oven Papers Elements (coming soon!)

Simply Tiffany Studios - Year of Templates Winter Pack One (coming soon!)

Robyn Meierotto - In Stitches - Neutral Basics

A couple of pages to share with you ...

I've got a couple of pages to share with you tonight ...

Credits:

Friends page:
Devoted and Life 365 Buttons by Karla Dudley; Elemental Frames by Gennifer Bursett; Lefty Righty Template by Simply Tiffany Studios; In Good Company by Pixels & Company (tag)

Start the Music page:
Start the Music by Julia Makotinsky
Matte Black Vintage Frames by Katie Pertiet
Digi Essentials by Karla Dudley (stitching frames)
Giggle Templates (FREE!) by Anita Designs

Happy birthday page:
Celebrate Collection by Amber Shaw
Unconditional Double Pager by Southern Serenity Design by Amber Morrison 

Project Life | Week 10

Time for another installment of Project Life. I used all digi goodness from Pixels & Co. for my week. A couple things to note …

1. I always love Karla Dudley's Life 365 kit. It's a "go to" kind of kit for me.

2. This is the first time I've used Simply Tiffany's pocket journal card templates. I.LOVE.THEM! Seriously. I can't tell you enough how awesome I think they are! I'll definitely use them a lot!

3. Mye De Leon's Scripted Journal Cards (with the brushwork Be In Love With Your Life and Just Be You cards) are so dang cool!

Materials used:

Karla Dudley : Life 365 papers, buttons, sentiment frame brushes, stamp sheet, label word stickers

Mye De Leon : Scripted Journal Cards

Simply Tiffany Studios : Pocket Journal Card Templates (originals & noteworthy)

Mye De Leon : Unscripted Wire Alpha

Celeste Knight : Noted Journalers & Kit (chalkboard paper & card)

A Thanksgiving celebration … Simply Tiffany is back at P&Co!

Time to scrap some photos of us celebrating Thanksgiving with my husband's side of the family…

Did you hear? Simply Tiffany is back designing templates at Pixels & Co.! Happy dance!

Materials Used:

Count Every Blessing kit by KimBroedelet

Griddles Template Album 1 by Simply Tiffany Studios

Our family day at the Minnesota Zoo

It was a beautiful (albeit a bit cool) day here in Minnesota yesterday. We decided to spend a family day at the Minnesota Zoo. It was so much fun. My son actually was the one who suggested we go - so who could pass that invitation up? It has been years since I'd been to the Zoo. The kids were a lot younger the last time we went as a family, so it was so different going with teenagers. Much quicker ... but definitely fun. Since we had such a good time I wanted to put the photos together quickly. So ... here we go ...

Credits (all Pixels & Co.):

Simply Tiffany Studios | Dual Pagers Pack 2
Creashens | Rumpus kit & solid papers
Robyn Meierotto | Sweet Life v2 papers

You'll always be my little boy | My son driving cars - then & now

For me one of the fun things about scrapping is scrapping new photos right alongside old photos. I think it's so fun to see the change over time. (OK, lets be real ... showing the change in the KIDS over time is fun; showing MY changes over the last ten or so years isn't nearly as fun for me! LOL!) I love the photos I used on this page of my son as a little guy! He was always into cars and trucks and construction vehicles. He was crazy about them when he was little. I still have an ratty old paperback book that I read to him all the time when he was little. I pulled it out and showed it to him a month or so ago. He thought it was really odd that I could still read big chunks of the book by memory. {I'm sure he didn't think it was weird. I'm sure he was amazed by me. LOL! I can tell myself whatever I want, right!} ... "I'm a rattle tattle dump truck. I am rough and I am tough ..." (I could go on, but I won't!)

My son is 16 years old and driving now. (He's a good driver!) I thought it would be fun to scrap a photo of him driving off (he was actually coming home in this photo) with these old photos. I told him I needed a shot of him driving the car. He had gone to the grocery store for me and came back, but when he came back his car was facing the wrong direction for the way I wanted to take the picture. I asked if he'd be willing to turn the car around for me so I could get a photo of him going the other way. What a nice kid ... he of course did that for his mom. I love this kid. He understands the importance of pictures - and of making his mom happy!

Credits:

Echo Park Hybrid - Little Boy

Katie Pertiet - Buttoned Up (epoxy button)

Design by Dani - Imagination (car)

Simply Tiffany Studios - April Coordinates Templates v. 1

In Honor of Mother's Day | Two pages - 1971 & practically today

I created two - yup, 2, Mom-related pages using the same kit ... Scotty Girl Design released a beautiful kit today in honor of Mother's Day. It's called More than Just Mom and it's so spring-y and cheerful. For the first page I created I knew right away the photo I wanted to scrap with it. It's a photo taken at my first Communion in 1971 and it's of me, my sisters and my mom. Is that weird that I knew a particular photo I wanted to use from 40+ years ago? I don't think so! OK, maybe it is. Ha!

Now ... if I'd get on the ball and have even more heritage/childhood photos scanned I'd have even more photos to choose from. (Lately I've been enjoying scrapping some old photos! Could this be a new trend for me? Scrapping the "today" photos one day and the next old photos?!) Hmmm ... I'll get to scanning again one of these days!

Oh ... aren't the dresses we're wearing adorable? My mom made all of our dresses back then. She worked full time AND she made our clothes. How in the world did find time to do all that?!

For my second page using this kit (and Tiffany's newest Modern Masters collection) I wanted to scrap photos I took a couple weeks ago of my daughter's manicure. She's been growing her nails and when she and I were out shopping she bought some super cute nail polish. Of course that meant as soon as we got home it was time for a manicure. I love the attitude she shows in these photos so of course I needed to document it on a page!

NOTE: All product available at Pixels & Co.

Credits: 1971 First Communion Page
More than Just Mom by Scotty Girl Designs
Paper Stacks Templates by Scotty Girl Designs
Skinny Stitches by Scotty Girl Designs

Credits: Mom & Me Manicure Page
More than Just Mom by Scotty Girl Designs
Modern Masters Add On Pack 4 by Simply Tiffany Studios

Happiness Is ... a Snowball Fight (in the spring?!)

Ahhh ... a spring snowstorm. When life gives you lemons ... make lemonade!

Credits:
More or Less by A Pixels & Company collaboration
Dual Pagers Pack 1 by Simply Tiffany Studios
Penelopi epoxy button by Karla Dudley
Dream On paint spatter by Mye de Leon
Life 365 epoxy button by Karla Dudley
Font: CK Jot

Hello Springtime! (May Company Stash @ Pixels & Co.)

I think spring has finally sprung and I couldn't be more thrilled!! I'm hoping it's FINALLY goodbye Winter!

It's the first of the month so it's time for another monthly "Company Stash" collection of digi kits at Pixels and Company. I do so love the colors this month! I used a couple kits from May's "Stash" to create this page using photos I took this week of my daughter taking advantage of the first beautiful spring day. This page was created using a "Now That's Sweet" template from Simply Tiffany, Spring Sweetness papers and elements from Mommyish and Spring Sweetness elements by Just Jaimee. I love the colors - I'm going to go look through my photos to hopefully scrap another page using these kits!

The Story ... Controlled Chaos

I put these pages together earlier this week. I created them for a new release from Simply Tiffany Studios coming out on Friday at Pixels and Co. She's got some simply awesome dual page templates that she's releasing. I love multi photo pages so they're perfect for me! Check 'em out!!

I snapped these photos of my kids a week or so ago. They were being wild and crazy chasing each other around the house and I eventually sent them outside to continue the chase. I loved watching them run around and laugh. They're quite entertaining I must say!

2013 Calendar (yes indeed, I'm making a calendar in April!)

I bet I know what you're thinking. What in the heck is she doing? It's the end of April and she's making a 2013 calendar NOW. Weird. Well, it was totally a spur of the moment thing. I was getting ready to head out of the house for work this morning and as I walked past the kitchen desk and into the mudroom I thought that there was some space on the wall where I had two 8-1/2x11 calendars hung up last year and that is just bare. It needed something and all of a sudden it bugged me. So ... I decided to throw together this quick year at a glance calendar.

It's going to serve a couple of purposes. #1 It will fill that space that was practically screaming at me saying "Hang Something Here NOW!" AND #2 it will give us a quick glimpse of the family as we walk by the kitchen desk and into the mudroom. See ... makes total sense, right?

Besides, this is a 16x20 calendar and it's only $6 to print at Costco. Makes even more sense, right! LOL!

Credits:
For this calendar I used Simply Tiffany Studio's Year at a Glance Calendar Posters and Robyn Meirerotto's Lucky papers and elements. Easy peasy. I put it together in about an hour. Cool!

A Gamer's Life ... A flipped page. What do you think? Which is better?

OK, so I  posted this page last night but after I finished it and went to bed I was thinking about it and I wasn't sure that I liked that my kids were so visibly pointing/looking to the right and all the weight of the page was on the right. I wondered if it almost felt like they were looking off the page. I decided to try flipping the page. But then again, maybe not. Any thoughts? Which way do you think feels better/more right?

I'm torn. Ahh ... such important decisions. If only all of life's decisions were this unimportant! But still ... I care!!

Here's my new version:

Here's my original version:

Credits:
Geeked Washi Tapes, Album Cards, Papers, Doodled Soup, Word Stickers and Buttons by Karla Dudley
Coordinates Templates April v. 1 by Simply Tiffany Studios

A Gamer's Life

My son has been a gamer for a long time. Everyone knows it’s his favorite pastime. My daughter on the other hand has absolutely no interest in gaming. She’d rather bake and decorate a cake. My son thinks it would be fun if they could game together sometime so he’s been offering to teach her how to play COD on the PS3 for a while now. She always says thanks but no thanks. While I’m totally ok that she’s not a gamer, I do think it would be fun if they could game together sometimes, and I love that he wants to play with his sister!
Today was different. When my son asked my daughter to play, she said yes! He was a patient teacher and she, I think, enjoyed  playing with her big brother. I’m glad they gave it a try!
FYI, in case you’re wondering, my daughter didn’t turn into a gamer. She hasn't played since.

Credits:
Geeked Washi Tapes, Album Cards, Papers, Doodled Soup, Word Stickers and Buttons by Karla Dudley
Coordinates Templates April v. 1 by Simply Tiffany Studios

Club CK Scrapbook Inspiration!

Fun! ... I wanted to share something ... a friend just pointed out that one of my layouts (and layouts from a couple digi friends) were highlighted on the Club CK (Creating Keepsakes) scrapbook inspiration blog. Too fun!

http://clubcreatingkeepsakes.com/blogs/ck_community/archive/2013/04/08/scrapbooking-inspiration-april-8-2013.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage

This was the page ... a fun get together with family!

(Created with all digi goodness from Pixels & Co.!)

Easter with the family!

It's always fun to hang out with the family! I took these photos at my side of the family's Easter celebration this year. Good times!

I really enjoy using Simply Tiffany Studio's Windows System Collections! They're such great templates for multi-photo layouts! I love the look!

Credits:
Go Fly Away papers by Gennifer Bursett
Anywhere Buttons by Karla Dudley
Raw Sugar cards by Deena Rutter
Lets Go cards & elements by Scotty Girl Designs
Sweet Pea alpha by Karla Dudley
Griddy alphy by Creashens
Window System Collection 1 and 3 by Simply Tiffany Studios