SSD FOBTY - favorite song

Today's SSD FOBTY is to blog about your favorite "guilty pleasure" song - it's no secret that I love anything with a dance beat that I can move to! Although none of these songs are super new, three that I love right now are:
Right Round by Flo-Rida
When I Grow Up by the Pussycat Dolls
Single Ladies by Beyonce'

Now I need to get up and dance!

Layouts, Layouts, Layouts....and more!

I've been home from work all week and both kids have been napping like crazy - so I have been scrapbooking! Here are a few of my faves:

Credits: inspired by http://gigikennedy.typepad.com/photo...t-me-740sq.jpg; background paper from Dawn Inskip's August Grab Bag; frame from Mari Koegelenberg's August Grab Bag; pressed flower from Elise Hansen's August Grab Bag; ric rac by Lliella designs (recolored).

Credits: Smartypants by Shawna Clingerman and Julie Billingsley

Credits: inspired by http://www.myscrapbookart.com/galler...mp;ppuser=2864; Hey Mr. Weatherman kit by Kristin Cronin-Barrow except for the border stitching (Eva Kipler) and acrylic bubbles (also by KCB from Little Fish kit).

Credits: template by Kresta Littleton; papers and elements from the Sweet Shoppe Designs Summer Sampler by LLIELLA Designs, Heather Roselli and Melissa Bennett.
Credits: inspired by http://www.myscrapbookart.com/galler...mp;ppuser=2864; papers and elements from Happy Place by Lauren Reid.

Do you know a sweetie pie??

Mari released an adorable kit today - perfect for baby girls or little princesses! It's aptly named Sweetie Pie. I created a little door sign that I plan to attach to a baby shower gift. Enjoy!

FOBTY

Today's SSD FOBTY is to post a photo of a place you've been in the last month. We've taken two trips to Moscow in the last month - so here's a photo! This one was actually taken on one of our visits in 2005, but it's a great representation of the city.

Published!

I have a layout in this month's Artisan Notebook, a real, honest-to-goodness digital scrapbooking magazine! My layout is one of four different takes on the same sketch.

Credits: Summer Delight by Sugarplum Paperie, Atomic Cupcake's chalk action

PageMaps

I am such a Becky Fleck fan (you can find her Pagemaps here). I anxiously look forward to the first of every month when she releases a new batch of sketches, and I constantly use them for inspiration. This month, I got to do one of her sketches in advance, and she included my layout with the sketch release!

Here's the sketch:


I took a little creative license and used the awesome "10 Things" kit by Traci Reed and Meghan Mullens - the font is Pea Hannah Vanilla.
Enjoy!

Grab some grab bag goodness (ha!)

Ok, I know that some of you aren't fans of grab bags because you're not sure exactly what you're going to get. But - they are such a great way to sample work by designers you love or designers you're interested in. Yesterday, a bunch of new grab bags were released at The DigiChick - and most of them are only $3!! You get some combination of mini kits, alphas, paper packs and embellishment packs. I've purchased a LOT of TDC grab bags and I have NEVER been disappointed!

Elise, Kelleigh and Mari (in alphabetical order - hee hee) all released grab bags yesterday, and they are FANTASTIC!!! Here's a preview and what I've done with the bags (so far!):

Elise's GB has so much stuff in it - including a very neutral kit that is book lover-themed but really can be used for anything!!!! So, don't let this layout fool you into thinking that it's all baby stuff - just the mini kit I chose to use is:

Kelleigh's GB contains three awesome hybrid templates - this is what I did with two of them!
And finally, I love Mari's GB. Some of the items are very vintage feeling with a soft but yummy color palette, and there are also LOTS of basics included that are real must-haves.
Happy shopping!!!