Template Challenge @ Scrap Orchard

I'm hosting Liz's Template Challenge at Scrap Orchard this month!  I love hosting template challenges because I am a total template junkie! Come join in the fun here in the forums!

Here's the template we are working with...

And my page I scrapped using the template and the January Mega @ ScrapOrchard.

I have been editing photos like crazy and actually printed some!  GASP!  They turned out amazing and I am so excited to have them.  I don't know why it took me so long to print them!  I'll share some of those later...but here is one of my favorites.

Aren't they precious!  I just love these girls!  I love my boy too, but he doesn't really let me take his picture anymore.  Until next time!  God bless!

Captivated Visions New Release & a freebie!

Hey all!  Well, I'm happy to report that I got a full night's sleep!  A rare thing these days!  I want to share with you a new release from Captivated Visions at Scrap Orchard called "A Way of Life".

I really felt inspired by this kit, as the WORD that God has given me this entire year has been Philipians 4:6-7:

⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Here is a tiny freebie....the wordart from my page...

Just click the image to download.  Let me know if you like it!

Short & Sweet

You ever have one of those days where you HAVE to have a coffee?  Well, that happened to me yesterday because I was out in Canby where my favorite coffee shop is...The Human Bean.  I just cannot resist their Coconut Almond Mocha!!  It is sooooooo good!  But boy did I regret it last night when I couldn't sleep a wink....I was up ALL night.  I guess I should have had a decaf, but for some reason this is a lesson I seem to forget and once in a great while break my rule and have to pay for it dearly with lack of sleep!

So...long story short...I'm going to post and run.  I want to share with you the latest kit from Irene Alexeeva, Where The Heart Is.

Here is my page...just LOVE these kiddos!

 

I also used a template from this great collab from Fiddle Dee Dee Designs & Little Green Frog Designs.

That's all for now...I'm off to catch some zzz's!  I will bring you that freebie I promised tomorrow!

Love Lives Here

It's been a tough year...Actually, it's been a bit longer than that now but the experience has yet to end.  When things get difficult it is my kids that keep me going and the strength from Christ that allows me to endure.  It's been such a joy to watch my baby girls blossom into little ladies.  Their friendship is stronger than ever.  I love to listen to them play together and feel confident when I drop them off at school that they've got each other to lean on.  For their birthday I got them little silver necklaces with pink rhinestone encrusted tiaras and a heart that says "BFF".  They love them and tell everyone now that they are best friends forever.  It's easy to capture how much they love each other on camera....here is a page that shows that love is truly here between these two sisters.

I used this beautiful new kit from Heavens Gate Designs...CRUSH

Along with a template by Busy Bee Designs....I rotated it.

I'll be back tomorrow to post a couple of new layouts....and a tiny freebie!  I've been a bit under the weather the past couple of weeks, but it means more scrapping time.  Guess it's true there is a silver lining in every cloud!

Busy New Year and a Freebie Template

The beginning of the year is always so busy for our family.  It starts with Christmas...and kind of flows on through February.  Christmas is barely over and then we've got the girls birthday!  And then a month later is Aiden's.  I will post and share some pics from their bday party a bit later when I get my computer issues sorted out and can upload them.

I am hosting the Member Spotlight Challenge over at Scrap Orchard this month!  I made a free template based on a layout by my4boys.  Be sure to hop over to the forums, HERE and download this template!  It will only be available through the end of January.

Here is the layout I created from it.  I was so inspired by MLE Card's new pink bundle at Scrap Orchard.  The girls nursery was themed Pink Poodles in Paris....and their first Halloween Costumes were poodles.  I smiled the WHOLE time I was scrapping this.  I can't believe my babies are 5!

This is the beautiful new collection I used....

I have to admit, the holidays and birthdays have zapped my creative energy.  Not to mention this divorce thing hanging over my head.  I just had a court date last monday, which really didn't get us anywhere.  Just more emotional turmoil....  Gotta find my big girl panties and carry on!