Tuesday's Temptations

Here's today's freebie list: John's Photo Blast B&W photo action. (DSS-must go thru shop.) Valorie has a cute add-on for her Goodnight Moon kit. (DSS-must go thru shop.) Vikie has a Touch of Spring mini kit for you. (DSS-must go thru shop.) Valinda has 3 soft pastel crumpled floral papers up. (Scroll down for them all.) Michaele has another brag book QP from her Mountain Retreat kit on her blog. Mrs. Miles has a cool Vintage Watch element. Princess Pam has a Superstar template on her blog. Acorn Designs has a lovely mini named Country Bird House up for grabs. Kim B. has a neat-ol template up. Lindsay Jane made a cool little stitched leaf. Tracy made a killer set of beaded stick pins. Candee has a Blue Collar Man freebie on her blog. Anita has the papers and QPs up for her new kit Sweet and Sassy. Janidee has another super cute kit- this one is the Fairy of Toothland! Oh she's so cute!! Remember to share the love when you download. C.D. Muchosky has a cool way of making a hybrid storybook and includes a small freebie for you too! Happy Scrapping Everyone! * Remember I'll be gone tomorrow, so see you all on Thursday!

Oh my Manu!!!

As you know I'm on the very talented Manu-Scraps CT. Well if you head over to DigiScrapShak and sign up for their newsletter you'll find inside a 40% off her designs coupon! Don't know what she has? Here's just some examples. These are all new products that had been in her Stocking for CIJ at DigiByDesign. You can find all of these wonderful scrapping products in both of her shops at DBD and DSS! Find Gone Crazy at DSS & DBD! Find Gone Wild at DSS & DBD! Find Funky Sequins -brights- at DSS & DBD! (Not shown) Funky Sequins -pastels- at DSS & DBD! Find Stitch It! vol 2 at DSS & DBD! Manu's Wanna Be Quick collection are one layered template and one quick page in each set for quick and easy scrapping. Find Wanna Be Quick vol 1 at DSS & DBD! Find Wanna Be Quick vol 2 at DSS & DBD! * I'll be back later with today's list! Happy Scrapping!

Whew, almost there.

So it's almost the end of the month. That means if you haven't done so yet you need to post and/or pm your various challenges to get your goodies! I'm surprised so few people have taken part of my quote challenge this month at DBD. I mean if nothing else I went a bit crazy on my incentive kit and it's huge! There have been a ton of people who've taken part of the challenges at Happy Scrapz and it'll take me forever to send out those links. If you haven't done so yet you still have a chance to take part in our four challenges to get the cool kit Glory! Just an FYI I won't be here on Wednesday, I have to go to the hospital for a follow up appt. and I plan to do some other stuff (like shopping and get a hair cut) when I'm out and about with out Emma. So if/when I get on the computer that day it won't be to freebie hunt. Today has been lots of fun because Emma has decided she doesn't want to wear a diaper anymore. She wants to be a BIG girl like Kullan in a BIG boy and wear underpants/panties. Ugh, we've been sitting on the potty every 20 mins so we don't have an accident. I love that hubby will get to deal with this on Wednesday while I'm out! (Does that make me a bad person?) I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row for my trip to California on the 11th. So much to do and so little time. I hope I don't have a melt down from being gone from Emma for the weekend. At least she'll be here with her daddy instead of someone else. Okay, let's go find some freebies: Nathy has a Funky Dots mini kit on her blog. Monique has almost all of her Creme a la Framboise up. (Papers, alpha, tags, elements1) Janosch has a cool Deco Border for you. Shabby Miss Jenn has a Aug desktop and 12x12 QP set up for grabs. Dahlia has a Rise Up paper pack on her blog. Anne-Katrine has a cool paper pack that's all brown. Sooze has a glittery butterfly up. Franzi has a Pink sampler for you. Princess Pam has a funny PB&J QP and and add-on to her Julia kit on her blog. Kim B. has a template up for grabs. Misty has some Happy Elements for you and link to a killer template of hers. Lindsay Jane has a True Blue mini kit on her blog. Jeann has a neat-o kit named Boy Zone! (Free 'til 8/2- must go thru shop.) Kris has a sample of her The Happy Couple kit for you. Remember to share the love! Carrie Stephens is having a chat tonight with goodies and prizes in the DST chat room at 10 pm eastern. Happy Scrapping!

Saturday stuff

Welcome to the weekend. We've had nunder storms all day so we've been chilling inside. I finished the 4th challenge for the ADSR, go take a peek on the Super Scraps Team blog! I was also messing around with some photos Emma took. (Yes, Emma was discovering the wonderful world of photo taking.) Here's what happens when we get silly: Credits: paper- Coral reef by Shandy Vogt Designs Swass Borders by Shandy Vogt Designs Paper Crown by Fantacy I was thinking it'd make a good new avatar for me but I need to see if Shandy and Fantacy will let me use their stuff. Hope you dropped by the Super Saver Saturday Sale over at DBD today. My new element pack Bling! is 30% off today only. I've added onto my Bling! collection with an alpha. It's the diamonds because I figured they'd be the easiest for you all to recolor. Well here it is Bling! ~the alpha~, letters a-z in lowercase and numerals 0-9. I also threw in a loose diamond just in case you might have a use for it, like I said you can never have too much Bling! You can find both sets in my DBD shop! Okay, I'm going freebie hunting: Babette has a cool floral grunge overlay up. (And a few more goodies if you scroll down.) Julie O. has part 2 of her Feeling Good kit up. (Love the soft colors!) Rebecca has an add-on to her Cathy Boy's Birthday Bash kit. OMG! Janidee has 2 of the cutest mini kits ever: Good Night, Moon and You are my Sunshine! Anita has all of her Muddled kit on her blog now. Lisa Marie has a Dirty Wine Cellar paper pack for you. Ms. Cora has a Somewhere Over The mini kit. Princess Pam has part 1 of her Julia kit and if you scroll down 2 new templates. Sammy D. has some add-ons for her Playa Del Sol kit. (Must go thru shop.) Tina W. has a eclectic collection of stuff for her Creative Team candidates, and us too! (Must go thru shop.) Sarah has a bright and fun kit called Summer Fun. Kasia has a set of super cute zoo animals. Babs has a cool set of papers called Harmony. Mrs. Miles has some square Jewels on her blog. Valinda has a pretty purple butterfly QP up. Acorn Designs has part 11 of Morning Glory up for grabs. Kristy has 2 new overlays for you. Lindsay Jane has a new template up. (And the fixed zip from yesterday's add-on.) Remember to share the love! Happy Scrapping!

Hello to the weekend!

Hello weekend, I see you! You're in sight and we're almost there. So I never made it back yesterday. After so much fun running around with Emma I crashed fairly early, sorry about that. But to make up for it I have a little Friday Freebie for you all. But first let me show you my newest goodie in the shop, Bling! It's a fun set of embellishments to add some sparkle and pizazz to any LO. You can find it HERE in my shop. (Psssttt! It'll be 30% off tomorrow for the Super Saver Saturday Sale at DBD too!) And for today's freebie I made a little Bling for you all too! Sorry, this is no longer available. Okay, now let's go find some freebies for you all to grab! Kris has a few goodies from her ADSR Lo that she wants to share with you. Candee has a cute cluster on her blog. Tracy has a bright and fun alpha up for grabs. (She also has some cool stapled beads HERE.) Seebee's Freebies has a Swirlie Journaling goodie for you. Misty has a Granite page border and frame on her blog. Kristy made a lovely new overlay called Felicity. Lindsay Jane has a cute add-on to her Pink Licorice kit. (And yesterday a cool stitched flower.) Heather has a cool set of Glittered Wings. Kristine has parts 1-6 of Pickle Jar up, just keep scrolling down. Fantacy made a cool mini kit for you, it's all sparkly and magical. Traci has a cute Butterfly cluster tag on her blog. Ksharonk has the cutest Snuggles freebie mini kit. Kathryn has a lovely set of floral stickers. Ruthie has a Vintage Mark kit on her blog. Mikkel has a sketched set of Sunglasses sticker up. Plumtukered has a You've Been Framed cluster frame on her blog. Stacie has a cute mini called Retreat for you. DigitalScrapbookingFreebies has the Bohemian Collection up for grabs. Christina Renee has a set of wildflower stamps on her blog. (Must go thru shop.) Acorn Designs has a QP up. (Or two if you scroll down.) Remember to share the love. Have a great weekend and happy scrapping! (Hey, scroll down if you missed yesterday's Jumpstart template too.)

Quick post for now.

Here's a quick post for now. Emma and I had a very busy morning we went to the park, I went and worked out at the YMCA (she got to play) and then we went to McDonald's for lunch. We've been on the go all day. So the new ADSR challenge #4 is all about goals, I made a quick template last night to help get me inspired. I'm not big on scrapping myself and goals are tough for me to share so we'll see how I do. So here you all go a quick Jumpstart for you all! I see it being used in many different ways and of course if you're not in the ADSR you can always scrap your own goals, do a soccer LO or just replace that with a cute embellishment or cluster of some kind. Sorry, this is no longer available. Enjoy and Happy Scrapping! (I don't know if I'll be back with a list or not, hubby is off today. But I'll try since I know Ikea Goddess is having computer problems.)

Goodness is it already Thursday?

So this week has flown past me. With reading HP7 and then hubby's "weekend" being Tues-Thurs my schedule is all out of whack. I didn't get time to hunt for freebies today because I was finishing up some stuff, scrapped challenge #3 for the ADSR then hubby & I went on a major house cleaning spree. (When he gets in one of those moods it's easier to pitch in and clean then anything else.) So I didn't actually spend much time online today and what time I spent on the 'puter was making/scrapping stuff. So Cindy and I have both finished ADSR challenge #3, if you want to take a peek head on over to our Super Scraps Team blog. If nothing else you can see some pictures of my cutie. (HINT for dadoo- that means there's new Emma photos on it.) Just a reminder we're getting closer to the end of the month. That means you need to get crack-a-lacking on those various challenges you were thinking about doing. We have 4 great ones over at Happy Scraps. (Template, grab bag, font and surprise.) My quote challenge at DigiByDesign. (Not to mention several more at DBD too.) And at any other assorted scrap sites you visit. Most have freebies for you if you take part, so go take a look around. Oh and if you haven't grabbed it yet my mini kit Lime Popsicle is still in the shop for just $1, but only thru July then it'll disappear. Okay let me share with you the freebies I do know of: Lisa has a set of embellished cardboard frames. Lori has a cool Pirate Ship template up. Linda has a Summer Frenzy QP up. Lindsay Jane has More Melon papers on her blog. Traci has some Glitter Swirls for you. Anita has more Sweet Attitude up. (It's such a cute kit!) Krista has a beauty of a mini kit called Blue Bay Cottage! Remember to leave some love when you download! Happy Scrapping Everyone!

I'm back!

Hi there everyone! I finished Harry potter # 7 and it was awesome! I won't go into details because that's just mean but I am surprised how much I completely loved this book. I mean the whole series was great but the last one didn't thrill me so much. (I've decided to blame that on the fact that she wrote it while PG.) But this one was a page turner until the very end! Fabulous! I hope you all grabbed my Wizardry kit and then took lots of photos either of the book parties or of loved ones curled up in corners reading. My dadoo was at a swim meet this weekend and said that kids were everywhere reading in between events. And my big bro said at Amtguard Saturday whenever someone died they'd go to the sidelines and read while waiting for the next game to start. I love hearing these stories of when and where people are seen reading these books! I just put a pork roast into the oven for dinner. I've never done a pork roast before so I'll let you know how the family like it tomorrow, but it smells divine. It's been brought to my attention that I do overkill sometimes. I mean like Wizardry for example. It was supposed to be a mini kit and turned out fairly large. I do that all the time. Oh well it's just me. Oh the ASDR is going great. Cindy and I made a collab Lo for challenge #2, it's on the Super Scraps blog if you want to go take a peek. I think it turned out really great! And now we're onto challenge # 3 which is royalty LO or something. ( I need to go read it again.) But I figure that'll be easy with her royal highness around. And thanks to everyone who stopped by bingo on Friday, it was fun! Did you miss out on buying my stocking this weekend? Well here's what was in it: Jumpstarts 2008 calendar collection! It's got a 8.5x11 inch template for each month and has another template with the actual dates/grid portion for all 12 months of 2008. It comes in PSD, JPEG and individual PNG formats at 300 dpi. I figure it's a great way to get a Jumpstart on the new year and/or your Christmas shopping. (I made them 8.5x11 format in order to make it easier for everyone to print them out for use.) You can get it now in my shop! Let's find some freebies! Linda has a cool mini kit called Summer Frenzy. Julie O. has started giving out her new kit Feeling Wonderful. Kris has some Country Arrows on her blog. Amy F. has some neat cardboard elements up for grabs. Traci has a Beautiful Day CD QP album for you. Anita has finished off Foofaraw while I was MIA and started a lovely new kit Sweet Attitude! Janidee is back with more of her Sweet Baby Boy kit. Mrs. Miles has a set of Silver Deco elements up. Saab has a band-aid collection on her blog. Seebee's Freebies has a few more papers for the Dream trip kit. Misty has a new kit called High Impact and shared a sample with us! Acorn Designs has part 10 of Morning Glory up. Lindsay Jane has a template for you. (Scroll down if you missed her weekend freebies.) Anna has made a set of papers to honor Harry Potter called House Rules. (They'll go great with my kit too!) Fiffi has a neat kit called Olive Italia up. Scrapladies have a cute mini kit called Julia up for grabs. (Must go thru shop.) Newlife has a lovely kit named Envolee de Papillons Mooncatcher has an Image paper pack for you. Kim B. has an overlay, 3 papers and a tutorial on how to turn the first into the second all for you. (Kim also has a sampler of her Pretty Twisted kit HERE.) Kari Q. has a new kit called Thinking in Purple and a freebie for you! Fantacy has a cute kit called Mamaw's Revenge you can grab it HERE and HERE. Valerie has a Duct Tape border/frame on her blog. Danielle has kit Botanical Oasis for you, PAPERS and ELEMENTS. Remember to share the love! Happy Scrapping!

MIA

Hey, I should have mentioned this yesterday but I'll be MIA until further notice since I'll be spending my free time reading Harry Potter #7, instead of on the computer. So I should be back by Monday or Tuesday. I'll see you soon. If you need a freebie fix visit Ikea Goddess- she's so cool! Don't forget that it's still Christmas in July at DBD. We have those cool stockings for a steal and there's the ornament exchange & Trivia still going on. Go check it all out! ( Take a peek at my stocking, it'll help you get a Jumpstart on your Christmas shopping.) Happy Scrapping!

FANTASTICALLY FRIDAY!!!!! (fixed link)

Oh what a day, today is! We have the kick off for Christmas in July over at DigiByDesign! You should head on over to see all that we're doing this weekend. There's my Christmas Bingo tonight at 7 pm eastern in the DBD chatroom. Make sure you filled out your bingo card before you pop in. We have lots of cool prizes and a neat goodie for just showing up! We also have an ornament exchange, trivia and layout challenges going on- all with great freebies you can earn! In the shop we have a STOREWIDE 40% off sale! Also each designer made a stocking stuffed full of goodies for you. Take a peek at what's popping out of each one. Lots of never seen before goodies for only $2.50 each. Here's mine:Go grab my stocking that's hung by the chimney with care just for you! New in the shop today is a revamped kit called Sweetie! I gave it away last Christmas as a blog freebie but I've learned so much since then. This in the new and improved version, with a few new goodies.There's a bunch of other new kits in the shop, stop by and check out Christmas in July, tis the season for fun! Here's a shot from last weekend of Emma and I at the pool. I really like how it turned out. And here's a shot of her underwater, what a fish! Okay, as many of you know tonight at midnight is the release of Harry Potter 7! I can't get it until tomorrow morning but I can't wait! So in tribute to this fabulous series that has captivated the world I made you a magical kit, Wizardry! Here it is in all it's glory: (See, I told you it's not a mini kit anymore.) Sorry, this is no longer available. Let's go find some freebies: Kris has a frame freebie on her blog. Candee has a cute kit called Purple Passion for you. Lisa has a sampler of her new kit Heatwave up for grabs. Lori has a template up. Anita has part 2 of Foofaraw on her blog. (I love the name and the kit!) Valinda has an elegant new QP up and scroll down for her killer green and black elements. Today is Sabine's birthday and she has a paper pack for you! And a second one on her Race Blog. (Go wish her a happy one!) Michaele has a new brag book QP on her blog. Mrs. Miles has a Sassy Sunflower mini kit for you. Seebee's Freebies has a beaded wire word art for the Dream Trip kit. Jessica has a pretty Fantasy Label on her blog. Misty has a set of Letter frames up. Acorn Designs has a soft and lovely QP for you. (Click on the last preview.) Kristy has an overlay named Daisy-Doo up for grabs. Lindsay Jane has Just Pink part 2 up. Heather has a curled filmstrip for you, it's really neat! (Must go thru shop.) Ksharonk has a Fancy Free mini kit on her blog. Verena has an add-on for her My First Flowers kit up for grabs. Kathy has a fun collection of Love word arts for you! Lisa H. has a fabulous Nature paper pack on her blog! Isyndra has a Summer Love mini kit up. Cinda has another wonderful paper pack- these are of the water. Nicole has a cute Lil' Cowgirl mini for you. Princess Pam has a neat add-on alpha for her Brady kit, but scroll down for more goodies if you haven't stopped by in a few days. (She's been busy!) Jassie has an awesome set of Gurngy papers on her blog. Natali has a set of funny/messy stitches up for grabs. DigitalScrapbookingFreebies has a Rasberry Mocha Chocolate mini for you. Kara has a set of Cardboard buttons up. Please remember to share the love! (Especially since it's Christmas!) Happy Scrapping & Merry Christmas!

CIJ Bingo Tomorrow!

Okay, there's my official ad for CIJ which starts tomorrow! Have you grabbed your bingo card yet? I added some more premade ones for those of you short on time. I'm giving out goodies at that chat so you'll want to stop by and play a game or three. As you can see the entire store will be on sale 40%off! Ornament exchange with others, the stockings filled with goodies in the shop, trivia and the LO challenges! Lots of fun, so plan on stopping by. (Make sure you look closely at everyone's stocking previews for a hint at what's inside!) I'd like to say I'm sorry to Heather for confusing myself ( and you too) with her film strip freebie and the cool brush set for her shop yesterday. But try typing a blog with a wiggly 2 y/o on your lap and see how accurate you do. (It really is a challenge.) Okay freebie list- well I don't know if I'll get to that today. I'm jotting this down quickly while Emers eats her din-din. But I'm trying to finish up your Friday Freebie for tomorrow, so once that's done if I have time I'll get to the list, if not you'll just have to visit Ikea Goddess for her wonderful list! (It's so nice to have back-up.) Can I say the mini kit I started out making for your freebie tomorrow is ridiculously getting big? Not MK big, but it's not a mini kit anymore. Well, I'll see ya when I see ya! Happy Scrapping!

Nunder storms!

No it's not a misspelling, that's how Emma says thunder. It's so cute! She hears the thunder and asks, " What's that noise?" And I say, "It's thunder." Emma goes, " Nunder, out there?" while pointing outside. I reply, " Yes." So Emma then gets a big grin on her face and says "Nunder loud." At which point she either claps and dances or giggles and cuddles close. This will repeat continuously throughout the storm. I occasionally like to throw her off by responding, " I don't know. What is that noise?" To which she replies, " NUNDER!" and then does either the clap and dance or the giggle with cuddling. It makes the storms lots of fun! I've finished my first Lo for the second ADSR. If you'd like to see it please visit the Super Scrap Team blog either by clicking HERE or on our blinkie in the side bar. I'm working on some goodies from our team but they'll only be available on that blog so keep a look out! So yesterday I mentioned the Bingo I'll be hosting this Friday at 7 eastern, for Christmas In July at DigiByDesign this weekend. Today I'll clue you into a few more of the fun things we'll be doing. There's going to be a Christmas Trivia challenge, for every correct answer you give you'll receive a link to a goodie! (I think that's how it was explained to me at least. I know there's trivia questions and lots of goodies anyway.) We're also going to have designer stockings in the shop. Each designer will have a stocking stuffed full of goodies for you, with never seen before items, all at a low price. (Kind-of like a gift bag/box, and each preview will give you a hint as to whats inside. Don't quote me, but I think they're $2.50 each.) Check back tomorrow to find out more of what we have planned for you to celebrate this weekend! Tis the season for fun! Tania is the Designer of the month over at Oscraps! Congrats to her she's such an awesome lady! So head on over and grab this little beauty of a mini kit, Grills and Thrills, for free! Now let's go find some freebies! ROFL- Anita has started her lastest kit... Foofaraw! Fernlili has a sample of her Extra's Mix element pack for you. Lindsay Jane has a set of 3 soft grunge papers up. Valeria has a fun kit called Kit Grazi on her blog. Kim B. has a paper pack and a cool tutorial for you. (She also has a template on her blog.) Kim C. made a Citrus Sea paper pack. (And you Shutterfly ladies out there, 20% of photobooks on her sidebar!) Valinda has a rainbow of butterflies up for grabs. Saab made a great word art about Teens. Heather has a set of Splatter corner brushes on her blog. Rebecca has some Pinwheels to coordinate with the Secret Shabby kit. Joanna has part 2 of Yesterday's Wishes up, it's a gorgeous alpha. Princess Pam has a killer party balloon template for you! Please remember to leave share the love! Misty has a few great tips for making your journaling better on her blog. Happy Scrapping Everyone!

How's it going?

I seem to be running around even when I'm sitting still lately. As you may know from my teaser blinkie on Sat we're having a big to do at DigiByDesign this weekend. It's going to be Christmas in July! Lots of fun is planned and I'll share all of that information with you all over the next few days, but we're kicking it off on Friday the 20th at 7 pm eastern with some Christmas Bingo! I'll be hosting the chat so you'll all want to come. It'll be lots of fun and there'll be prizes! Of course since it's my bingo I have a template for you to make your card. (We also have some already done for you if you're crunched for time.) So head on over to DBD to read about it and crab your bingo card HERE! *Remember you have to email me your card prior to the chat to be eligible for the prizes. This morning Emma and I went to Toddler Tales. It was the Hungry Caterpillar, so for the craft we made butterflies. Very fun, only I forgot my camera. Bad Amy! Okay everyone here's your list for Tuesday! Anita added her Autumn Harmony QPs on her blog. (The whole kit is now up.) Janidee added the trims for her Sweet Baby Boy collection and has some cute prince/princess charms up. Filly has a set of cute cardboard & flower elements. Plumtuckered has a Freedom word art on her blog. Krista has a fun mini kit called With Sprinkles on Top for you. Kris has a crayon doodle star up for grabs. Tracy has a Love, Faith, Hope template up and scroll down one for a cool alpha. Fantacy made a beautiful set of doodles frames. (Scroll down for some cool crowns.) Mel has a QP from her laughter kit and a fun chipboard alpha! Lindsay Jane has a new template and scroll down for her bluebell mini kit. Bette has a super cute add-on for her Summer Beach kit. Sheena has a fun mini kit named Clown Feet up. Doris has an add-on for her lovely paper pack called Cabana Bliss up for grabs. Scrapkut has a Tropical heat freebie for you. Angela has a Sweetie Pie mini kit on her blog. Mrs. Miles has some stitched summer elements HERE and summer tapes HERE. Heather made a cool cardboard cluster. Diana has a set of doodle frames up for grabs. mom2niryza has a set of glittered brown paper hearts. Saab has a neat ruler freebie on her ADSR blog. Valinda has a red QP (good for general use) & scroll down for the cool paper from her floral QP. Misty has some Soccer Mom stickers for you. Acorn Designs has part 9 of their Morning Glory kit up. (Scroll down and click on the preview in the middle of the post.) Kristy has a overlay named Dance on her blog. Anna has a Vintage Damask paper pack for you. Pippi has a new Summer mini kit and a neat template! Julie O. has all the QPs up in her gallery now if you want to go grab some! Remember to leave some love! My racing partner Cindy has completed her cool Lo for the first ADSR-2 challenge. You can see it on our Super Scraps Team blog. Happy Scrapping Everyone! (Don't forget to go grab your bingo card!)

Okay so I lied

Sorry all, hubby is off today and I'm working on some stuff so no time to hunt today. Check out Ikea Goddess list for some great freebies! Oh and the ADSR started today! It looks like fun. Good luck to everyone! Happy Scrapping!

Fun filled day!

Today's been a good day here! Emma and I went to the pool this morning and played with Kullan and Brianna. (I took lots of pics but it was with the underwater camera so you'll have to wait to see them.) Then we ate luch and went over to Kullan's house so mommy and daddy could go see the new Harry Potter movie. It was wonderful, well except the actor who plays Dudly isn't great. I loved how they adapted the book for the screen! I say go see it everyone! Can I let you all in on a secret? We're having a special celebration next weekend at DBD. I can't tell you what it is but you'll all want to stop by! Now let's go find some freebies: Maria has an add-on for her BBQ kit. Traci has a cute stitches and buttons border up. (She's also got a CT call going.) Candee has a Sunny Days mini kit up. Kristy has been busy, she has 2 killer paper packs and an overlay on her blog. Silvia has a Purple Passion mini kit up for grabs. Angelica has a set of Summer brads and a neat template. Christine has an add-on for her super cute Little Builder kit. (Must have for boys and toddlers!) Ksharonk has a Day Trip add-on for you. Chapiz has a cool template up. Sunfire has a killer QP and more from her Mystic Dreams kit. (Must go thru shop.) Grafik Dreams has a neat Formel 1 Racing kit. Kari Q. has a 4th of July mini kit. Kristine has a set of 5 killer shabby flowers to go with her kit It's a Blast! Dahlia has a Bitter Sweet paper pack. Lindsay Jane has a crinkled cluster frame. Tara has some Summer word art on her blog. Boo has a Lilac Smiles kit for you. Jen has a set of doodles hearts up for grabs. Valinda has a beautiful soft pastel and floral QP on her blog. Sabine has a template for you. Michaele has a cute brag book QP. Jessica has a set of Lush Grid borders on her blog. Julie O. has added more QPs to her QP gallery. (There's one by me in there too!) Please remember to leave some love when you grab freebies! OAKS is having a scavenger hunt so go find your freebies! Don't forget it's Saturday so swing by the DBD Super Saver Saturday sale. My kit Lemon Squares is 50% off! And grab the matching add-on for free while you're there! Happy Scrapping Everyone! I'll see you Monday!

Ka-put!

Sorry all, I've been working on a few things and not had time to blog today or hunt. But Hubby is off tomorrow (Well, it's actually today.) so I promise to do a through hunt and extensive weekend list for you all. Right after we go see Harry Potter! Well, I'm ka-put! Hugs, I'm off to bed... after I finish answering my email.

Almost Friday

It's currently 15 minutes until Friday here. That means by the time I get done with this entry it will in fact be Friday. So I'll go ahead and give you all your Friday Freebie. It's nothing really special just a few elements I've been playing around with in my attempt to make a manly kit. It's not going well on the kit but the elements have turned out fairly well. Here's what I have for you 3 frames and one belt. Two frames are for your more manly men type LOs and the third as well as the belt/buckled-ribbon are more computer geek type goodies. I know the preview isn't the best, I hope you enjoy them! (Yes, these could be used for woman too but I made them with my hubby in mind so they are manly in my mind.) Here's a closer look since that preview isn't the greatest. Sorry, this is no longer available. Now here's the freebie list: Janidee has more of her Sweet Baby Boy kit up. Lindsay Jane has a pretty Soft Lilac mini kit on her blog. Pillowgirl has some striped cloth bows and ribbons for you. Maddy is hosting one of AL Ward's alphas you'll see floating around. Tracy has some sweet girly word art. Valinda has another beautiful QP up. Misty is hosting another 2 of Al's killer alphas. Heather has a cool Rusted Star that coordinates with her new Rusted Alpha for you. The ever talented Kim B. has some doodles and papers called Floraidoo up for grabs. Remember to share the love when you download your freebies! Cindy and I are working on our Race blog so hopefully we'll have it up and running for the race start on Monday! And hubby and I get to go see Harry Potter this weekend... by ourselves! I'm so excited!!! Happy Scrapping! ( See it's 12:22am now- Happy Friday!)

Movies, a rant and more!

Before I get started let me show you Manu's latest beauty of a mini kit called Like an Eternity:You can grab it at DigiByDesign or DigiScrapShak. Hopefully I'll get to make a LO with this in the near future. Emma's refusing to sleep. She was okay at the movie for the first hour, then was all fussy so we left before it was over and she was asleep before we got home. Now she's a light sleeper so of course she woke up before I could get her to bed and now won't go to sleep! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's 11pm her nap lasted a whopping 20-25 min go to sleep already! Okay let's go to those freebies: Candee has an odd little min kit called Gothic Sunny Days up. Acorn Designs has a QP up for grabs. Anita has moved onto fall already with her Autumn Harmony kit. (The puzzle borders are neat!) Janidee has started her new kit My Sweet Baby Boy, so cute! Glau has a sweet kit called Softness Colors on her blog. (Scroll to the bottom of the entry.) RetroDiva has a Summer Picnic mini kit, it's in three parts. Kristy has a cute overlay she named Marvel. Valinda has a lovely blue 2 photo QP up. Amelie has a cool kit called Boy or Girl? Grab part I, part II & part III Diana has a cool kit called Tangerine Truffles on her blog. Fryske has an adorable mini kit named Pure Sunshine! Graziela and Carola made an elegant add-on to their kit Classic Mrs. Miles has a cutie of a mini kit called Pink Poppies for you! Debi has most of the Life Journey kit up. (Scroll down to grab it!) I Made This Today has a neat-o set of doodles for you. Seebee's Freebies has a few notepapers up for grabs. Melanie has a killer mini kit called Daydreamer on her blog. Misty has a cute mini in blue on her blog. Lindsay Jane has some boy word art up. (And a template from yesterday.) Fantacy has a hilarious new set of Cover Ups. Julie O. opened her QP gallery today! So far she has 16 up for you to grab, with more on the way! (Seriously the bag one had me rolling, and the fingerprint is cute too!) Remember to share the love people! Did anyone go see the new HP movie today? I don't want details just a 1-5 star rating on how you liked it. *Update: She fell asleep finally. Went from constant motion to asleep in 5 seconds flat. Crazy girl. Happy scrapping y'all! (Did you see my cool blinkie?)

Wanna Race?

Hi there everyone. I decided to take yesterday off. No real reason other than my foot was killing me, it was so humid and hot I think you could have cut the air with a knife, and I was enjoying a trashy romance- just couldn't put it down. I want to thank those of you who said you'd join me in the ADSR but I went on the first come, first to be my partner basis and I'm proud to announce Cindy will be joining me as half of the Super Scraps Team! Here's the cool blinkie I made for us: I'm looking forward to a killer race this go round! There's almost 200 teams so it should be interesting to see how many make it to the end. I've been contemplating a blog for our team but I don't know if I'd have the time to set it up and keep posting to it. We'll see, maybe Cindy will tackle that part. *I'll be back later to post freebies, I promise. The time will depend on if the little lady naps or not. Kristen and I are supposed to be taking Emma and Kullan to see Ratatouille this afternoon.

Ouch!

I tripped over one of Emma's toys yesterday and ended up stepping on another. I now have a black and blue instep that swells up if I try to walk on it. I'm not a happy camper. So Emma has been restricted to the house and isn't happy either. She has all kinds of energy and didn't nap today. It's just a beautiful day. We need groceries but the thought of taking her to the store and limping around while pushing my cart is less than pleasant, so we're ordering pizza for dinner. Hopefully she'll crash early, yeah right, and I can get some time on here but right now I'm busy trying to keep her happy with minimal movement on my part. It's going to be a lovely week I can already tell. On the upside Harry Potter #5 will be in the theaters on Wednesday and I have a friend who's going to watch Emma so hubby and I can go see the movie this weekend! Hopefully I'll be back soon to freebie hunt for us all. __________________________________________________________________ Fantacy has some cute Hillbilly Coverups. (They're doodles and wordarts- very cute.) Janidee has more of her Camo, Lace and Bling kit up. (Am I the only one who loves this kit? It's too cute!) Cherie has some Clip Me Clusters up. (Kind-of like my clipped clusters.) Lindsay Jane has a pretty Lemon & Lime mini kit. The Scrapladies have a cute Coffee Time sampler for you. And they have a Tropical Island sampler here. ( Must go thru shop.) Heather has some doodle stickers on her blog. Labline has a Football (Soccer) alpha here and a lovely kit Terracotta Dream here. Ronna has a cute kit called Express Yourself for you. Misty has a Sampler of her On The Go deluex brag book. Kristy has 3 neat-o overlays on her blog, scroll past her super fun photos! Dahlia has a Wild Tropics paper pack up for grabs. Seebee's Freebies has 2 Blue Graph papers up. Remember to share the love. Traci Sims is having a CT call! (Wish I had the time to apply, love her work.) Happy Scrapping!

Did you see my new look?

I want to start off by thanking everyone who took part in my blog header contest. I sent you a thank you, it should be in your inbox. And I want to announce that my totally cool new header was designed by the talented Bobbie! It's it killer? I'm so happy with my new look- thanks tons! Bobbie will receive a full set of my Jumpstarts templates that have been in the shops. Congrats to Bobbie! I'm so excited! I just got an email from my oldest childhood friend Bo! He and I have been buddies since we were 3. We haven't talked much lately but he'll be around for the reunion next month so I hope we get a chance to spend time together. Okay now, let's get to the freebies: Anita has up her Country Breeze elements. Janidee has more of her Camo, Lace and Bling kit up for grabs. Ela has a cool puzzle piece frame/template on her blog. Gina has a coll alpha called Blue Shoes. Dunia has some word art circles. Julie O. has part 6 and an alpha for her Eastern Spice kit up. Val has some totally cute butterfly stickers on her blog. Melanie Ann has a Zesty Summer add-on up for grabs. Ksharonk has part 1 of her Girly Collection for you. N.B.K. has two sets of element packs for you to grab here and here. Bantina has 2 sets of word art, Bathtime and Love- just scroll down. Lauren and Shawna have a set of nifty looking stars up. Lisa has a Gift A Day mini kit that is bright and fun! Mrs. Miles has a Happy Camping mini kit on her blog. Misty has a template up for grabs. Jaana also has a cool template. As does Rachel. (Template that is.) Likewise, Shandy has a template on her blog. Lindsay Jane also has a template today. Acorn Designs has part 8 of Morning Glory up. Remember to share the love! *Who wants to be my partner for the Amazing DigiScrapping Race? Drop me a line at awatson8@nc.rr.com if you're interested. Registration deadline is July 10th. ** If you need the perfect kit for the kite template, Saskia has a neat one called Kite Fun! Happy Scrapping Everyone! I'll see you Monday!

Thursday/Friday- new Jumpstarts & a Freebie!

Hi all! Sorry I'm so late in getting back but the truck was fixed and we had to go pick it up from the shop. So my friend and I decided we deserved food cooked by others and we went to McD's with the two munchkins. Then when I got home Emma was a grump for not napping. Ugh, so frustrating. I'm going to just make a combo post for Thursday and Friday. Then if I spot more freebies, and have time tomorrow, I can pop on for a quick post. Here's a LO I made from some of last year's summer photos. I used the totally killer new mega kit from DigiByDesign, Stormy Oceans. Turned out lovely. I especially like the sand alpha Michelle made, well the whole kit really. I also used one of my newest Jumpstarts in the above LO. Let me introduce you all to the Jumpstarts Make a Splash collection. This kit has 4-12x12 inch layered templates perfect for scrapping all your summer fun! You can find them now, in my shop! And of course since this is also the Friday post you must have your freebie. This little beauty was going to be part of a summer collection, but the rest were water templates. (See above collection.) So he became a blog freebie for you instead... aren't you all just so lucky? Sorry, this is no longer available. Okay let's get to those freebies: Kris has a beaut of a paper template up. You really need to check it out. Amy F. has a neat plastic baggie element on her blog. Melanie has a cute Shabby Circus alpha up for grabs. Kristy has a lovely new overlay for you all. Melissa has a cute mini kit called Ice Fire. Laura has a killer set of splatter papers. Pillowgirl has some stitched bows up to math the ribbons from a few days ago. Tanja has a set of cardboard elements up. Rhonna has a Color My World kit up for the July 2Peas kit. (I know it says June but it's the July one.) Fishinmom has parts 1 & 2 of her Ambrosia Dawn kit up. (I like her mix of clean line and vintage elements, funky and cool.) Heather has a sample of her new element pack Boys Toys up, and scroll down fro yesterday's Rusty Alpha! Valinda has a set of red, white and blue curled papers and a cool QP on her blog. Manu has a cute set of star frames on her blog. Michaele has a few extra pieces of the Liberty Everlasting kit for you. Lindsay Jane has a set of Sequined Arrows up for grabs. Anita has more of her Country Breeze kit up. (Today are these really neat quilted papers!) Janidee has the papers and the frames for her funky-cool kit Camo, Lace & Bling! (It makes me giggle!) Remember to share some love when you download. * Today is the last day of my Blog Header Contest so get your entries in to win all of my Jumpstarts! (Including this new pack!) More details can be found HERE. ** It's a new month so I'll be turning off my May blog freebies to make room in my 4share account. (I would have done it already but the Liberty kit kept me busy.) ***Speaking of the Liberty Everlasting kit, I want to thank all my fellow designers who took part and made the kit so wonderful! And also to each and everyone of you who left thanks on here and on the other designers blogs. You know that's what really makes creating freebies worth while, is your feedback and appreciation. So remember to always share the love when you grab freebies! Happy Scrapping Everyone!

Please stay tuned...

Hi all! I haven't forgotten you but We had a park playdate this morning, then Emma didn't nap and I'm babysitting for a friend this afternoon so I'll be busy until tonight. I'll be back later with a list because I already know of several goodies I want to share with you. TTYL! -Amy

Wowsers!

I mean I knew that I thought Liberty Everlasting was a cool idea but I guess you all did too. (1500+ downloaded!) Thanks you so much for the wonderful comments and I hope you'll all get good use out of the kit. I do believe all the links for the various parts on the numerous blogs are up so go grab them. Someone asked the number of zips and to be honest I'm not sure because I got mine differently then you all did. However, I do know that there are 60+ papers, 100+ elements, 2 alphas and 6 quick pages in this kit. Enjoy it and have a safe and happy 4th. And while we're celebrating the 4th feel free to stop by the DigiByDesign and grab any of my cool designs for 25% off. (That includes the Happy Scrapz kits too!) Speaking of Happy Scrapz have you stopped by the forum and grabbed your goodies for this month's challenges yet? Jessica made this killer template for the template challenge. And here are the goodies we have for the grab bag challenge. (Pssstt... there's some extra goodies in there too, they just aren't a part of the challenge.) Now then let's move on and find some other freebies: Lindsay Jane has a new template up. Danielle has a Botanical Oasis paper pack on her blog. Maria has a Give a Cat a Mouse add-on for you. Kim B has a neat element pack called Coming up Roses. (And if you missed it, yesterday's All That Jazz alpha is beautiful!) Manu has a set of postage frames up. Vera has a pretty kit called Life if you join her mailing list. Miss Mint has her monthly freebie kit up, it's called Party Time! Pillowgirl has a set of stitched ribbons. (zig-zag) Misty has a Happy 4th kit for you. Jolie has a sweet and Sassy add-on up for grabs. Shandy has a template on her blog, and a Star Spangled mini kit here. Princess Pam has a Zoo template up. Tracey B. has a Mixed Melon mini kit. Tracy has a template on her blog. (Scroll down for a 4th frame.) Mrs. Miles has a July 4th mini kit up for grabs. Valinda has more elements in that pretty green color. Saab has some cute pinned post-its. Kat made a kick-butt 4th template. (It's just stars, so it's good for lots of stuff.) Remember to leave some love when you download freebies! Hey, I won't be around tomorrow since it's a holiday. * Don't forget about my Blog Header Contest! Details HERE. Happy Scrapping Everyone!

Liberty Everlasting!

I wanted to do something special for you all to celebrate American Independence Day! So I gathered together some of my favorite american designers and we set forth to make you a blog mega kit, here it is- Liberty Everlasting! Now to get the entire kit you have to stop by everyone's blog and grab their contribution to the kit. Here is the list of participating designers: Anita, Athena, Acorn Designs, Janidee, Jessica Gorny, Michaele Burkhart, Michelle Conrad & Rose Made Designs. (Just click on their names to go to their blogs.) Sorry, this is no longer available. Have you seen Manu's latest kit Sweetness of life? It's been out for awhile but I just now got the chance to play around with it. It's in both her shops DigiScrapShak and DigiByDesign. (She also has a add-on for free in the shops too!) So here's the LO I made of Emma doing her thing in the bathroom. Credits: kit- Sweetness of Life by Manu-Scraps fonts- Bella Donna and Basic font Today's freebie list: Kris has a cute Cowboy goodie pack for you. Amy F. has a cute 4th of July mini kit up. Heather has a Vintage circle frame. Shandy has some corner ribbons on her blog. Kristine has a very pink add-on for her Diva kit. Kari has some filmstrips for you. The Scrap Girls has a Happy Birthday kit for you. Digital Scrap Spirit has a lovely collab kit called A Breeze of Summer. You can grab a cool puzzle cluster element here. (Sorry, I don't speak the language so I don't know the blogger's name.) NBK has a pretty set of Lacey papers. Joanne has a lovely flower cluster, with or without a frame. Laura has a cool cluster frame and a mystery grab bag. Pett & Annie has a Summer Crazy mini kit on their blog. Valinda has a new element pack up and I love the shades of green she used. Sabine has the 4th and final part of Pansies for Everyone up for grabs. Lindsay Jane has an add-on for her Boyz kit. Lisa has a neat sampler of her Ladybug Doodle kit. Sylvie has 15 frames for you. (They're all shapes & distressed a bit.) The Digiscrapper.de team have a 4th of July blog Ralley for you. (Like a blog hopper scavenger hunt- great kits too!) Remember to leave a little love when you download your freebies! *Don't forget to pop on by and grab the July mega kit Stormy Oceans at DBD for only $3.99 ** It's time for the Amazing Digi-Scrapping Race again? Go check out the details on all the really cool prizes you can win just for doing what we love most... scrapping! (Last year I think I got around $100 worth of kits and such just for taking part. And it was so much fun!) *** Don't forget about my blog header contest! You could win a complete set of my Jumpstarts templates, I think the current count was 65 templates. Read all about it HERE. Happy Scrapping Everyone!