New Releases @ After Five

Hey all!  Well, I'm totally slacking in the blog department.  But the designers I create pages for have definitely not been slacking!  Both Laurie Ann and Kel of Boutique Cute Dolls have new releases this week!

First up...The staff at Scrap Orchard were tasked to post a funny photo of ourselves for our staff page.  This was so silly!  And no one was around to take my photos...so I tried to do it myself.  Go ahead and check out the new staff page!  Kel's new kit was perfect to scrap a few of the silly faces that I made.

Laurie Ann released this adorable kit perfect to scrap road trips, bike photos, riding toys or cars!  For a challenge, I chose to "re-purpose" the kit and make a more generic page.  My Aiden took some great photos during our Spring photoshoot...I can't believe how quickly he's growing up!

And of course, I used templates from Busy Bee Designs!

That's it for me!  Too much has been happening in my personal life to really expand on....someday soon I will have to write about it just to purge, but for now I am going to just push on and keep going. So happy to have digital scrapbooking as a creative outlet!

New Release from BCD

Well, we are still under the weather here...and the weather has been CRAZY!  We've had snow twice this week! I'm slowly scrapping again after my bout with pneumonia...in between caring for sick kids.  Racquel's new kit was perfect for scrapping these photos of Bella taken a couple of years ago on my birthday. She's such a ham!  Really need to get her an agent....

 

And of course I can't forget...these fabulous templates by Sasha...Busy Bee Designs.

Oh!  And I almost forgot!!  After Five has a special deal going on!  Check it out!!

Enjoy shopping!  Especially today when all the new releases are 20% off!

A couple layouts to share

Well, that really terrible cold/flu I mentioned in my last post?  Turned into pneumonia!  So I have been very sick...and very behind posting layouts and such!  I finally got a chance to scrap with those pretty ballerina photos I took.  I just love the background photo...Ava is crazy about flowers and it's cool to see her affection for them as she admires the flower she's picked.

This layout features a beautiful kit by Irene Alexeeva.

 

And another fabulous template from Busy Bee Designs.

One more to share with this post........by Bella in her fairy bee costume.

 

with this beautiful kit from HGD by Laurie Ann 

 and another Busy Bee Template!  Sasha is amazing!

That's all for now, folks!

A little catch up....

It's been a busy few weeks....so here's a bit of catch up.

First, a layout featuring Boutique Cute Doll Designs from After Five.

My life is really centered around my kids....they have been my focus...my love.

Here is the collab kit I used.

And these templates from one of my favorite template designers, Busy Bee Designs.

I'm slow posting these....so they've been released now in their stores for a while.  Renan came out with a new collection last Friday....so versatile!  He even included templates...so I HAD to use one!  I've needed to scrap Aiden's soccer photos for a while now.  They aren't like wine and get better with age...I don't know what is up with me that I have to sit on photos for so long before I scrap them!  Queen of Procrastination, I guess!  He's now playing Basketball...which is so much more enjoyable for me.  I'm even helping coach the team, if you can believe that!  I know most of you view me as a diva-fashionista-type...but back in the day I could really handle a basketball!  lol!  I had to make a choice my sophmore year between basketball and music because it's pretty impossible to play the flute with fingersplints on!   Well...be on the lookout for basketball layouts soon....I will try not to wait until he's playing yet another sport before scrapping them!

Anyway, here is Re's new collection:

And the soccer kit I used:

And my Aiden playing soccer.....

 

I've got a few more layouts to share....but I'll have to do it later...need a nap!  I've got a terrible cold or flu or something!  God bless!

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!