Funky Flutters

Kim Broedelet is celebrating her 2nd anniversary with DSO and has put her entire store on sale 50% off!! It's for two days only so be sure to head over and snag some goodies to play with. Kim B is one of my favorite designers and her kits always fun to play with. I ESPECIALLY love her "I Believe" series and have used them many times. They are my absolute favorite two kits of all time.

While your there be sure to check out Kim's newest grab bag. The birdhouses are just awesome, so many ideas came to mind to use them, nice Kim :)

Last week I got to play with a fun new collab by Jen at Chaos Lounge and A+ Designs, "Holly Springs Treasures". I loved playing with Jen's cute little sheep LOL!!

Here's a peek at the rest of the kit, fun fun stuff!! Be sure to swing by Jen's blog and take a look at some awesome pages using this kit.

I've not had time to make a new freebie but I'm sharing an older one that I never did get to blog about. Last month the Sweet Tarts started giving away a weekly blog freebie at Digital Candy. The first week we did it, it was my week and this is the kit I'd made "Funky Flutters".

CLICK HERE for Doodles

CLICK HERE for Elements
CLICK HERE for Papers

Gone Buggin with Little Sprite

Last week I had the pleasure of working with two awesome new kits. This first layout is done with "Going Buggy" a fun new collab out by Jen at Chaos Lounge and Melissa Daniel Designs. This kit is truly fun to play with, nice work ladies!! I had so many ideas when I first opened it that it was hard to pick which way to go LOL. I'm sure these two are the first of many ;)

"Afternoon Chat With Berry Bluebird"

"Gone Buggin"

Here's a peek at all the other goodies inside. You can grab it here at Enchanted Studio Scraps. I absolutely love those clouds Jen. Just too cool!! Jen has made her cute little critters from "Going Buggy" into a CU template pack for us "Going Buggy Commercial Use".
Jen also has an excellent sale going on right now. She has three of my favorite kits of hers on sale for just $1. Be sure to take advantage of it, you won't regret it. I've personally played with all three kits and loved each one of them, so much fun to play with!! You can see these kits in action and grab a few freebie QP's I've made with a couple of them at these following posts of mine: Chick Shack, Rainy Day Blues, and Summer's End.
Also, be sure to stop by Enchanted Studios forum and enter Jen's contest. You could win a kit designed especially for you. You can find out all about it here at ESS's Forum.
The next kit I got to play with was a very special charity collab, a huge mega kit, "Spirit of Summer". You can find out more about it here and on both Kim Broedelet's and Jen's blogs.

The ladies all did an AWESOME job and I'm happy to say this collab was a huge success. It's not to late to snag it for yourself and help out the folks affected by the wildfires in Australia. I had titled this one "Beautiful Day" but I sent it to Kim without a title and she renamed it for me "Stroll in the Park". I like her's much much better ;) That is perfect for this picture Kim!!

Stroll in the Park

For all the designers in the bunch, it's that time again, Kim Broedelet has released her March CU Grab Bag. As always, there are awesome goodies to be had. Here's a little sneek peek at what's inside.

This is "Little Sprite", a freebie mini kit I made for Kim's monthly Colour Challenge at DSO. She gives her team a color swatch and we create a mini kit. With all ours together you get a fun full kit filled with many different styles. I just checked and there are tons already posted!! Here's my contribution. Click below to download.

"Little Sprite" Papers

"Little Sprite" Elements

I have one more freebie to share. I was just horsing around with a few of my templates and styles and came out with these. I thought they were cool so thought I'd share them with you :) CU and S4H friendly.

CLICK HERE to download

Take Me to the Candy Shoppe Blog Train

Today is the day WOOO HOOOOO!!!! Digital Candy's "Take Me to the Candy Shoppe" blog train has left the station YAY!!! Hop aboard and come meet Digital Candy's new owner and check out our new look. Join us on our blog hop and meet our new team members as you make your way to the Candy Shoppe!!

Finally, no more teasers LOL, here's a good look at this complete HUGE SWEET kit the Design, Creative and Sweet Tart teams got together to make for ya'll!

All the pieces to this kit can be collected along your way to the Candy Shoppe left by our super sweet gals on their blogs!! The links to these downloads will be available only until February 21st, then the kit will be placed into Digital Candy's Shoppe.

LINK HAS EXPIRED

Thanks for stopping by ya'll, and I hope to see you all over at the Candy Shoppe soon. Your next stop on this blog hop is Holly at Pixie Perfect Designs

**Please note, all of our team members are in different time zones, so keep checking back if the next stop does not have the download posted!!

Here’s a complete list of all our blogs just in case you miss one.
Kate: http://castleofdreams.wordpress.com/
Wimpychompers: http://wimpychomperscreations.blogspot.com/
Gail: http://gailsmomentsintime.blogspot.com/
CJozzy: http://crystalcreationsbydesign.blogspot.com/
Sassy: http://sassyscrappin.typepad.com/
Monica: http://randominspirationsbymonica.blogspot.com/
rubytuesday: http://dianasdigitals.blogspot.com/
juliesaddiction: http://seejuliescrap.blogspot.com/
Steph: http://myscrappylittlelife.blogspot.com/
TrixieScraps: http://trixiescraps.blogspot.com/
JodieMae: http://tatortotsandpolkadots.blogspot.com/
Valerian70: http://www.artisticleanings.blogspot.com/
Creations by Rachael: http://creationsbyrachael.blogspot.com/
sbrobinson08: http://susanrobinsondesigns.wordpress.com/
Jessica: http://mydigiscrapblog.blogspot.com/
Mandy: http://mommarazzimandy.blogspot.com/
Fairytale Studios: http://fairytalestudioscraps.com/weblog
Digi Deborah: http://digideborahsdesigns.blogspot.com/
AndoriaC: http://twocutiesmom.wordpress.com/
pcisneros1: http://pcrtrim.blogspot.com/
proudtxmom: http://makingmemoriesbymary.blogspot.com/
Scraplett V: http://valeries-scrapedge.blogspot.com/
JulieMarie: http://juliemariedesigns.com/blog
emtscrapper: http://www.goofysoasis.blogspot.com/
Pamela: http://midnightcharms.blogspot.com/
Holly: http://pixieperfectdesigns.com/blog
Baubles-n-Scraps: http://baubles-n-scraps.blogspot.com/
ljd2007: http://lindajd.blogspot.com/

Sweet Peeks for Valentines Day

Valentines day is almost here and the trains about to leave the station!! Digital Candy's Design, Sweet Tart & Creative teams have all come together to create a super SWEET kit. And, as an added bonus!!! The Creative team has made a WHOPPING 30 QP's to match. COMPLETELY free until February 21st.

Here's a sneak peek of the kit!! Don't forget to stop back by Valentines day and "hop aboard" our blog train :-)

I've been playing around with Enchanted Studios February Challenges. I made my "Little Charmer" for the Fairytale Storybook Challenge. I used the papers from Jen and Bonnie's "Chic Shac". There are AWESOME papers in this kit!!

While I was making my "charming you" tag, I started playing with all my pretty fonts and wasted a whole day LOL!! Some I really liked so I saved them to share as freebies. Here are a few "Romance Phrases Tags" for Valentines Day.

CLICK HERE to download. I used Kim Broedelet's new textures from her February CU Grab Bag to make the paper background for the tags. Kim's revealed all the goodies inside her grab bag on her blog so be sure to stop by and take a peek. You get 6 brand new CU products for one low price. But only until February 16th. Then each kit goes full price.

Sweet Romance Masked

I have lots of news and many goodies to share this post, are you ready LOL!! Let's start off with "Digital Candy's". Their Grand Re-Opening Celebration is going on all this month, starting off with a huge sale until midnight tomorrow, their ENTIRE STORE is 30% off!!!!

On February 14 th, you can meet my new team members as you join us on our blog hop to the Candy Shoppe. Digital Candy's Design, Creative and Sweet Tart team got together and made a HUGE collaboration kit, "Take Me to the Candy Shop".

The pieces of the kit can be collected from all our different blogs along your way to the Candy Shoppe. Links to the downloads will only be available until February 21st then the kit will be placed in Digital Candy's Shoppe. I'll be posting the links and my part February 14th so be sure to stop back by and hop aboard!!
Our Sweet Tart Teams February kit is out now and I have got to say, the ladies did an awesome job. This months kit is called "Diesel" and the theme is all about little boys and dirt, something I am WELL educated in with three boys ;) You can pick it up here at Digital Candy's Gallery in the "Digital Candy Freebies" gallery. If you are not already a member, you will have to register to be able to download it.

This is my contribution. I added a little frog for the little boys LOL!! Little boys aren't little boys without a frogs or lizards hiding out in their pockets ;) I used Jen at Chaos Lounge's new CU goodies, "CU Build Me A Garden" for parts of this kit . I love her whimsical doodles.

Today my dear friend Beth Long is celebrating her blogs first year anniversary. YOU GO GIRL!!! I am soooo glad I found her blog. She makes the most wonderful QP's and Brag Books!! For my very first layout and first post of this blog, I used one of her quick pages, a favorite of mine to this day and used often. To celebrate, Beth has made us these awesome freebie Brag Book Pages. You can snag them at her blog. If you do be sure to leave a little love and thank you :-) Jen at Chaos Lounge and Mickey B Designs have gotten together for Enchanted Studio's Scraps very first Collab. They've come up with this great "Romantic Grab Bag" full of goodies. Eight brand new products on sale for just $3.99 until Feb 8th. What a deal ya'll. You can snag it at their stores over at ESS.

Here's a layout I did with some of the goodies stashed in there. I love Jens photo masks and word art. The masks were a blast to play with!!

Kim Broedelet has a huge new mega stash of Romance CU goodies, "Made With Love", all on sale right now 25% off!! I love the doodle hearts. She has also has included a couple of her "romance" kits and overlays in her sale as well. You can snag them over at DSO. Just look under "Specials" or in Kim's Store. Here is a Bracket QP freebie I made using some of the goodies from Jen and Mickeys "Romantic Grab Bag".

CLICK HERE to download.

Happy Birthday To Kim and Goodies Goodies Goodies Every Where!!!!

Ok Ya'll, I have a VERY VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! It's Kim Broedelets Birthday YAAAAAY!!!! MWUAH MWUAH MWUAH!!!!! For those who don't know her, Kim is a beautiful and special lady. She's one of the kindest people I've had the privilage to meet in this scrapbooking world. I knew NOTHING about blogging when I made my first layout and got up the nerve to start a blog and post it. I was sooo proud when Kim stopped by to say Hello that next morning. I will never ever forget that and how special and proud she made me feel that day and each time there after she visited. Another proud day was when not much later, she shared her newest kit at the time "Softly Sweet" with me, my first RAK before I even knew what a RAK was ROTF!! Kim, you have found a place in my heart forever and ever. Big smooch and hugs to you!!! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!!! Be sure to listen to "Kind and Generous" on my playlist. That song is dedicated to you!!! Happy Birthday Lady!!!


To help her celebrate and to say thank you for all the love, smiles and laughs she's shared with us, we, Kim's CT team, got together to make a special kit just for Kim and her fellow fans called "Gratitude". Each of us has posted our share on our blogs. A little farther below in this post, you can find my part and the links for the rest. We also sent in our pictures for a "Birthday Layout". Beth from Beth by Design made this AWESOME one with all our pictures on it. Isn't it tooo cool!!!

And Renee at By Dezign made these. She kept teasing us about putting us on a "Good Girl" and "Bad Girl" page. Seeing as to how I'm the one dancing on the bar, I think I might of made it to the "Bad Girl" page LOL!!!!! I KNOW Jen did, just look at that hat ROTF!!!!
That's ok, she's got Jazzy sitting on a statues lap in this one so I think we got two "Bad Girl" pages going on here LOL!!!!
Here is a preview of all our kits together and Beth's Brag Book pages. A huge thanks to Silvia for her awesome previews of the kits!!!

And here is my part. You can CLICK HERE to download it.

Here are the the rest of the links for you. Don't forget to leave a little love and Thank you for all their hard work. And also, don't forget to stop by Kim's blog to wish this special lady a "Happy Happy Birthday" :-)

Andrea : http://boyervillescraps.wordpress.com/

Beth : http://bethbydesign.blogspot.com/

Carol (Crops) : http://crops2dawn.blogspot.com/

Jenni (Chaos Lounge) : http://jen-at-chaos-lounge.blogspot.com/

Kristine (Wench'd Grafix) : http://wenchdgrafix.com/yakkin/

LeAndrea (Doodle) : http://doodlelt.blogspot.com/

Linda (Jazzy) : http://wordstodelite.blogspot.com/

Nett (Lady Grundlefunk) : http://www.skwerlicious.com/blog/

Paula (PKDoll) : http://pksbragbook.blogspot.com/

Renee : http://bydezign.blogspot.com/

Silvia (Phillsboo) : http://phillsboo.blogspot.com/

I also want to mention that Kim has put her ENTIRE store on sale 45% to celebrate her birthday. It ends tomorrow though so be sure to stop by for some AWESOME AWESOME goodies ya'll.

While your there, be sure to check out her November CU and PU bags. You can grab both bags for 10 bucks and if you do, you'll get a HUGE bonus!! 30 Brag Book pages made by her CT team. Now that's a deal ya'll. Be sure to grab them quick before they're gone!!!!

The Happy Talent of Playing

My little guy and I had a blast playing with the "Backyard Playground" collaboration kit again today. Let me say once again what a fun fun kit for moms with little boys. My son sat in a chair next to me and as I opened all the different designers folders, he picked out the little "friends" he wanted to put on his layout. He picked so many, we decided we better make two homes for them!!!! These are what we came up with. I think we did a pretty good job for our first mommy and son collaboration ;-)

Be sure to visit these talented ladies blogs and snag the peices of this kit for yourself. I hear there's another collab kit coming next month as well. I'm looking forward to it ya'll!!!!!

"Backyard Camping"

CREDITS:
Beckmoore's Designs: lizard, beetle, grasshoppers, jar, frog
Munchkin Scraps by Aeryn: catapillar, turtle, bee, kitty
Kim's Scrappin: background, campfire, tent, dog
Amazed Scrapper: treehouse, tree, sign
Carolina Girl Scrap Creations: fence
Busy Scrappin by Leoanna: ladybug
Lori at Scripity Scrap: grass
Becky GTX: tire swing

"A Happy Talent"CREDITS:
Munchkin Scraps by Aeryn: kite, ladybug, catapillar
Lighthouse Designs by Beth: background paper
Carolina Girl Scrap Creations: sun, bumblebee
Random Inspirations by Monica: dog, frog
Busy Scrappin by Leaonna: ladybug
Kim's Scrappin: background paper
Scripity Scrap: tree, leaves, frame
Scrappin Mamma's Digitals: bugs
Beckmoore's Designs: trucks
Krisi's Creations: word art

Fireflies at Midnight

I got really lucky this week while wandering blogs. I stumbled into Lighthouse Designs by Beth and found this huge WONDERFUL collaboration kit "Backyard Playground". What a cool kit for moms with little guys. All the Blogs I've visited so far are just full of goodies for this kit. You could play and play with this thing forever in so many ways!!!!

I'm only halfway through the links but had to stop and play after I strolled into Leaonna's blog and found firefies :) Her kit reminded me of all the times I'd wake my kids up in the middle of the night to drag them outside so they wouldn't miss what ever show "Mother Nature" was so kindly sharing...be it meteor showers, cloud dancing, or even the rare snowflake here in Texas. For tonight, we have "Fireflies at Midnight".

The moon and the little guy are mine :-)