New Releases from FPD

It's a sunny day today! So my mom has hopped in her car to come spend some time with us. I got up and got the girls looking cute, but then didn't have the energy to get myself looking cute. Such is life.

Anyway...I scrapped two layouts this weekend with new releases from Funky Playground Designs. The first is of the girls at their birthday party...neither look very happy.....
And the second layout is of Ava when she was only 6 weeks old. I didn't have my better camera back then...and couldn't figure out how to pose my little tiny babies...so the pictures were rather awkward.


I think we're going to try to go to the new place up the street that is a cafe for both Parents & kids. I've been wanting to go there forever! That's all for now!

ADSR Layouts

We're still racing! Sometimes it's hard when you don't feel like scrapping, or when the challenge isn't inspiring. Then it really becomes a challenge....But we are still scrapping and having fun!

Challenge #5 was to scrap a page using three different frames but no photos. I decided to make a valentine type page to print out for Matthias for V-day (I love you, baby...if you ever read my blog, lol!). I used the incredible designs of Lori Davison and her latest collab with Kitty Chen, Blooming Sweetheart at Oscraps. What an awesome collaboration! Here's my page...
Cynthia made an amazing page with shadow boxes. She put a little work of art into each box! I could look at it for hours and see something different every time! It's awesome!

Challenge #6 was a "road block" for only one partner to scrap. I scrapped this time...I was suppose to take a page from my partner's gallery flip it either horizontally or vertically and then rotate it 45 degrees, and use that to scrap my page. Oh, I also was suppose to use the exact number of items that my partner did on the original layout. This is Cynthia's original page:
And this was my first attempt....I liked it a lot...
But then I realized that I had rotated it 90 degrees, so I had scrapped the challenge wrong. So I had to re-do it. Here is the corrected version, which I don't quite like as much as the first.

I've got more layouts to show tomorrow....it's new release day at the Funky Playground. See you then!

Once Upon a Time

This is one of my favorite layouts that I've done in a long time. It took me hours! I just love this new kit by Kasia, called Whimsical Poetry. And for a limited time she is giving away QP's with the purchase of the kit!

I really like how my layout turned out...It originally was a photo of the kids in a wagon at the pumpkin patch. But with the magic of digital scrapbooking, they are in a whimsical fantasy land.

Another Gallery Stand Out!

It always feel good when someone picks your layout as a favorite and puts it in the "Gallery Stand Out" thread at DST. I scrapped this fun layout of the girls with Krystal Hartley's new kit, "Beautiful World". It's on sale at Scrap Orchard for the first week...and she's selling that fabulous alpha separate, so if you just want to pick up the alpha you can.
And she has a coordinating freebie on her blog that includes my word art from my page!
It's such a fun kit! I've got more layouts to share...but it will have to wait...I'm too tired. I'll be back tomorrow with more!

Yesterday's Layouts....

Just a quick post to show you layouts I did for yesterday....featuring products from Funky Playground Designs. The first is Ava from last January.

The second is also of Ava from last October in Mexico.

That's all for now! I'm busy scrapping!

Love Me Do & a Freebie!

I've had that song stuck in my head ever since I downloaded this kit, lol! I love the earthy colors in this one! And it's on sale for only $3 at Plain Digital Wrapper today!
Here is my page...Ava was cuddling with Mommy for once! Okay, okay...I had cheese and crackers to entice her...but still, I love any moment I can steal affection from this child since she is such a daddy's girl.
And if you like this page....you can have it for free! Just click on the image to download.

That's all for now! Enjoy! And drop me a line if you can!

ADSR Layouts

We're having such a good time with the race challenges. Challenge #3 was to create a layout together. Our page is of Emma, Cynthia's daughter. She is pretty much the same age as the girls, except that she is much more advanced. She draws and paints!
The third challenge was to create an "artsy" or "altered layout. Cynthia went with the artsy....and I went with the altered.

The journaling on mine reads:

"Life would be so different if I didn't have my very own court jester. Since the first day I met him, he has made me laugh and made me smile. It's not that life is perfect...it's that he adds humor to everything. Some of our best memories are us just being silly! I remember the first time my parents met Matthias...I told my mother he makes me laugh. He is the love of my life. He is the one that makes all the pieces of the puzzle fit into place.


Live....Laugh....Love...."

Challenge #4 was to re-do the first page we posted to any particular gallery. We couldn't add any photos or other words, or take away....it had to have the same title, words & photos as our previous layout.

Cynthia's original page:
And her re-do

My original layout:
And my re-do....I put it into more traditional wedding colors.
I'll be back tomorrow with a new release from Gypsy Couture and a freebie!

Gallery Standout!

Oh, I'm so excited! A layout that I finished last night got special recognition at Digishoptalk (that is like homebase for digital scrapbookers). It's a picture of Ava giving Daddy a kiss at their birthday party. This year we didn't have a huge party...it was just immediate family and some friend who we consider family. This was just a sweet moment of Daddy and his little princess.
I used this adorable kit from Kasia. She's a guest at The Lily Pad this month.
I'll be back later to share our ADSR layouts!

This is harder than I thought...

It's hard to keep up with a blog! I have a hard enough time posting my pages everywhere...by the time I'm done, I'm too tired to come post them here. But I love the idea of having a place I can share a little what's behind the layouts I'm making.

Jen U came out with this GORGEOUS Valentine's Day kit. I just love the roses with the baby's breathe!

Of course I had to scrap me & my sweetheart. Don't we look young? lol!
Tomorrow I'll share Cynthia & my layouts we completed for the 3rd week of the ADSR (I guess I'll post week 2 as well, since I forgot). I'm off to read a book...I've been doing a lot of that lately.

Kasia's latest release and a tiny freebie!

I have a tiny freebie for you today....I made some word art to go on my layout I made with the latest release from Kasia Designs.
If you like the word art on my layout...you can download it here or click on the image below.
Enjoy! I'd love to hear from you, so leave me a comment!

Copycat Challenge @ Oscraps

Twice a month I host a challenge at Oscraps. I pick a layout from the gallery there, and make a template from the page. Then I give the template away for free and people use the template to "copy" the chosen page. It's quite fun! And I love hosting it. Here is the challenge for January 15th....if you click on the image it will take you to the challenge (and the download link).
And here is my page...using Kitty Chen's new collab with Vinnie Pearce "Wishes & Dreams".

More tomorrow!

More layouts...

Rough day today....but I have a few layouts to share. I love this outfit that Oma Linda bought the girls....I hope it still fits next summer, because the only time they got to where them was for these photos. As you can see...they were difficult during our little photo shoot, not sure why I've been having such a hard time getting them to take pictures.

Kasia Designs is a guest at The Lily Pad this month. I used her new goodies and some other pieces from their Febraury BYOC collection.
With Valentine's Day coming up....digital designers are all shifting to love-themed kits. Krystal Hartley is releasing this adorable kit for just a $1 today only!
And this is the layout I made with it...with a recent photo of Matthias and I at the girls' bday party.
I didn't sleep well last night, which always means a rough day to follow. In the past, these were great days to scrap...but recently I've been zapped of all creativity, struggling to finish pages.

I'll be back tomorrow with a new page from Kasia Designs and a little tiny freebie from me!

New Layouts

Ack! I've already been neglecting my blog! And I have so many new pages to show you! We celebrated the girls' birthday last Sunday with a small party...just immediate family and a few close friends. It was hard on me, but when I saw the girls glowing in their princess dresses...I decided it was worth it. Matthias bought the girls fancy dresses back in August...and the girls had been admiring them since then. Ava started jumping up and down when she saw me take it out of their closet. She loves getting all dressed up.

Auntie Tyree bought the girls some fluffy princess slippers...they are so cute! But they have about an inch platform sole, and made it difficult to walk. Ava didn't care. She wouldn't let us take them off...she freaked when we tried! Here's a pic of the slippers....

Here is a layout I did with the newest photos of the girls. Ava refuses to smile for the camera...you'd think it would be the opposite since she's such a diva, but no...she turns her head or scowls.

I used the latest new release from Holliewood Studios, Hoot Do You Love? Isn't it cute?


I was really feeling nostalgic about the girls turning two...and scrapped another page from their birthday...their original birthday, lol!

Kasia's been designing like crazy....this kit was released last Friday!


While I was feeling nostalgic....I scrapped a page from our Wedding. Matthias and I had to argue a bit over how many years we've been married....six going on seven! Hasn't felt like it's been that long, and yet I feel like I can't remember life without him!


Another new kit by Kasia!

whew....long post today! That's what I get for not posting in a while...I manage to at least scrap one page a day, so they add up! Here's a page with Bella on Christmas Day opening her tea set...


This kit is on sale for 25% off at Oscraps.

Aiden is always wanting to see the pages I made of him. I drug myself out of bed when we got snow so I could take pictures of the kids. Aiden loved playing out in the snow and seems happy I have pictures of it. He didn't quite understand the "artistic" viewpoint of my layout though...he asked why the big picture wasn't in color, lol!


I still can't believe I made it onto Jen U's creative team! That is my most recent team I joined. I love all of her designs! The kit I used is called "Knocking on Winter's Door". It's a collab with Phuong Ton and is available at ScrapbookGraphics.

I'll try to update my blog daily from now on, lol! It's hard to catch up all in one day!

Anybody reading this? Anybody out there? Leave me a line!

A couple of challenge layouts

I've been scrapping! Sometimes when I'm running low on creative mojo, I participate in challenges to jumpstart my creativity. I've been feeling particularly yucky the past week...and not surprisingly I've felt totally drained of all creativity. Here are a few challenge layouts I've done....

For the Scraplift challenge at Shabby Pickle, we were asked to scraplift Jazzmin (a designer at SP). What is a scraplift? Well...it's basically where you copy someones page....whether you copy the layout of the page or the theme, or even just the colors. Here is the page I chose to lift:
And here is my page:

The next challenge is a challenge at After Five Designs, and we were asked to use this template on our page:
And here is the page I made:

I'm still not feeling overly inspired...but I was pleased with how these layouts turned out.

Oh! I almost forgot! Today is Dollar Day at Funky Playground Designs. They put new products on sale for just a buck! I used this kit by Laura Bratcher.
And here is my layout...

Not much more going on...Aiden returned to school this week, so he's happy. The girls are sick again, or are teething....either way their noses are running and they are sleeping a lot. I'm hoping they'll get feeling better....we're planning on throwing them a birthday party this Sunday! I'll be back tomorrow with more layouts!