I admit it...

I think I've officially failed (again) at P365. It wasn't the picture taking that got me. I do that everyday. It was the constant uploading, editing, journaling, blogging, and the pressure that finally did me in. Sure, I could go back and catch up from here...maybe I even will. Or maybe I'll start again and just forget the missing pics. Who knows. I'm just going to be happy with what I got and see where that takes me.

I am happy that I've been doing more scrapping. I'm so lucky to get to create for some fabulously talented ladies because that helps motivate me even more to get all of the memories recorded. Here are a few recent layouts:

I have even more to share, and I certainly will get around to that soon. These aren't linked individually, but you can find them all (and view full credits) in my gallery HERE.

In family news, everyone (including Max) is finally well. The sickies are officially gone and I'd like it to stay that way. Ry is playing baseball and is totally obsessed. C is dancing and loving gymnastics. We are staying busy, but we can see that the school year is winding down and we're thrilled. Summer is just around the corner!

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Will the sickies ever end???

I'm beginning to think not. It seems like everyone's been sick for weeks. It's amazing that we're still even functioning on a somewhat normal level. I'm still scrapping a bit and designing some--I even became exclusive to The Digichick this week. YAY!!! I'm thrilled about that and loving my new design home. It's fabulous!

A few recent layouts from me (click for full credit):

We are all more than ready for spring to be here and for all this sickness to be behind us. Really, it can't be here soon enough.

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Sick, Sick, and More Sick

Everyone's sick. Our house is just an inferno of germs and yuck. C and I have been sick for about a week--nothing major, just cough/cold miserable-ness. Today Ry's school called and he had to come home because now he's sick, too!!! Luckily Shane was home to help me with everyone because I accidently took Nyquil instead of Dayquil this morning--that's been interesting!!!

Puppy Max is hanging in there. He actually ate a bit today:

He is just pitiful, but he's really a fighter! We're taking the best care of him that we can. We really hope he can pull through this!!!

On another note, I was in a major scrapping mood last night and actually finished a couple of layouts! Amazing, huh? I may even try to scrap more tonight--if I don't fall asleep first.

You can see full credits by clicking on the pages. :)

Dinner time is soon--we're having homemade soup. Yummy!!!

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100th Post

This is my 100th post on this blog. That's kind of funny to me. I have never thought of myself as much of a blogger, but it's something I've really come to enjoy. I wish I had something groundbreaking or amazing to share with this post, but really it's just kind of an ordinary day! I couldn't sleep last night--I don't know why, really, but I just couldn't relax. I decided to scrap--shocking, right?

I thought it was funny that I scrapped Ryan in both layouts...usually I mix it up and do more boy/girl/boy/girl and so on. I think I'm on a boy kick lately. Scrapping usually relaxes me and it did last night. After finishing/posting my pages, I was ready for bed...just as Ry was waking from a bad dream. I got to spend the night tossing and turning in his bed while he slept (and hit and kick and punched and rolled from side to side) like a baby. Motherhood...there's never a dull moment!

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New Happenings in the Scrappy World...

Hi everyone!!! I have a couple of exciting things going on in my scrappy world.

The first is that my layout, "My Daughter," has finally hit the April Issue of Scrapbooking.com Magazine. There's a pretty neat little write up, and the kit uses products from some of my favorite people, so I hope you'll check it out! Just click on the icon below to go to my article (scroll down a bit):



Also, even more exciting is that I've finally dipped my hand into designing...but just a little, lol! I am taking part in the Funky Playground Designs "Capture the Flag" competition and I've created my VERY FIRST mini kit!!! I'd love for you to check it out, leave me some loving (part of the judging process is the traffic that our kit generates), and even download it (it's a freebie!). Check out my mini here:

LOVE BLOOMS HERE

Thank you so much!!!

Have a happy weekend!!! ♥

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Sweet Shoppe Saturday 3/7

Wowwwwww...what a fab week at SSD!!! There are so many amazing designs this week! I'm so excited to have a chance to work with some of these great kits and minis! Here are some of the kits and LOs I've worked with this week:

By Traci Reed and Meghan Mullens:

By Shawna Clingerman:

By ScrapKitchen Designs:

By Penny Springmann:

By Melissa Bennett:

By Kristin Cronin-Barrow:

By Julie Billingsley:

By Heather Roselli:

By Eva Kipler:

By Darcy Baldwin (most of my LOs this week feature this amazing new font!):

By Christy Lyle:

You can also see that Darcy released a fab new set of templates and I used them on my LO with Julie's new kit. I also used several Bree templates this week. :)

To find all these goodies (and more) check out Sweet Shoppe Designs today. Remember that new releases are 20% off on Saturday only!!!

To find full credits for each of my layouts, check out my gallery at SSD HERE.

Hope you each have a wonderful weekend...as for me...well...I'm off to soccer practice with a bunch of 5 year olds.

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Scrappy Catch Up Time!

Wow, things have been so busy around here that it's been a while since I've posted new layouts. My designers have been cranking out some amazing designs the past few weeks and I've gotten a lot of scrapping done. I've also had a couple of new layouts published! I'm very excited about that!

First up, this layout, Milkshake, using 2 Straws by Traci Reed, Dani Mogstad, and Shawna Clingerman, and DJB Christine C by Darcy Baldwin will be in the March 09 issue of Artisan.

Then, I have another layout, using Always and Forever by Christy Lyle that will appear in the March 09 issue of The Daily Scrapper.

Now, onto the layouts. First up are some pages using the gorgeous designs of collabs featuring Scrapkitchen Designs.

The first is a collab with the amazing Eva Kipler.

This one is a wonderful collab with Eva Kipler and MandaBean.

Here's a LO featuring some of Penny Springmann's fabulous kits.

Next up are a couple of LOs using kits by the super talented Julie Billingsley.

This one is a great collab with Julie and Misty Cato.

Next, here are some pages using the amazing designs of Eva Kipler

And one of my fave chickies, Krystal Hartley, provided the fab kit used in this LO:

Next up are some pages using designs from Heather Roselli. She's just amazing!

Then, some amazing Traci Reed awesomeness...

Here's one of my fave ever pages using Puppy Love by Christy Lyle:

Then, I have a new layout using an adorable kit by Megan Turnidge:

And some wonderful Tracie Stroud fabulousness:

Finally are some layouts using various kits and designers. Most everything can be found at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Here's a page featuring a gorgeous new kit by Kristin Cronin-Barrow:

And finally, one last layout featuring the designs of the wonderful Lauren Grier:

Most of these pages also contain fonts and alphas from the amazing Darcy Baldwin and several include Launchpads by the incredible Bree Clarkson.

You can see each of these layouts and find the full credits (and leave some lovin') here.

Ok, I think that's enough scrappy stuff for now. I'll do much better at staying updated now that things are calming down! Have a great week! :)

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