My tough guy

He really is, so I had to do a layout about it! I used A Man's Worth by Dani Alencar and Bianca Argolla:

A truly gigantic score

Wanna know what you can (and I did) get at Target for a grand total of $10.66?? (Just for the record, that is $0.44 per item!!):

* 4 boxes of Quaker Chewy Granola Bars (yeah, that's 40 bars!)
* 2 Healthy Choice entrees
* 4 Travel size Pond's Towelettes (20 awesome makeup removers that ended up being free!)
* 4 bags of Chex Mix (not the little snacky size, either)
* 1 box of Cookie Crisp cereal
* 1 box of Honey Nut Cheerios
* 1 box of Honey Bunches of Oats Pecan Bunches
* 4 boxes of Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta
* 2 All Small & Mighty 2-load trial size bottles (perfect to take for our week in Orlando at the Marriott Vacation Club) that also were free

So, clearly I'm getting over my visual space issues. I need to rearrange my pantry to make more room.

Check out my awesome score

Remember my frustrated "why I can't be a Krazy Coupon Lady" post? Well, we scored big at Walgreens today. I got all this stuff (yes, that's a full sized body wash, 2 full sized shampoos, conditioners, deoderants and 3 full sized body lotions you see over there on the right), PLUS 2 Coffee Mate liquid creamers (full size) and 2 cans of Campbell's Tomato Soup - for - wait for it - $34.17. Unreal. I also sent Adam to Walmart and CVS and picked up a few things for very little. Target is the big shopping trip - that'll be tomorrow.

The downside? I still am not very organized and it took me like 2 hours just to get purchases planned and all the coupons printed. A not-so-bad thing to do while watching football!! :)

Are you telling your story?

One of the things I love most about scrapbooking is that it forces me to slow down and think about what's happening in our lives so I can journal about those things on my layouts. Journaling seems to be one of the things that many people struggle with - The Digichick to the rescue! Join us for this fantastic workshop:

And because I can't wait to share this layout - here's one I did today using It's My Day - for Boys by JM Designs (available at The Digichick):

Some Disney layouts and big news

First, the news: those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know how much I rave about Feeling Scrappy's Sketchapalooza classes. I always get so much scrapping done during the class and I really just adore the great group of women who participate in the class regularly.

Sketchapalooza 5 is coming up from October 26th to November 23rd, and I'm guest designing for this class as I did for #4. I'll also be creating digital templates for all the sketches, so digi scrappers out there will get over 20 templates to use! You can find out more about the class over at Feeling Scrappy.

Now for some Disney layouts! I have a few more that I turned into samples for Sketchapalooza so I won't be able to post them until after the class - but what I can share will give you a good idea of the fun we had (there's also one more layout of the Halloween party down a couple posts). Credits under each photo and all items are available at The Digichick.

Credits: all items from the October TDC designer collab, Every Life Has a Story - Chapters 1 (available in the store), 2 (available as part of this month's journaling workshop) and 3 (part of this month's Digi Files)

Credits: The Living Seas by Dawn Inskip and a Jumper by Crystal Livesay

Credits: Tickle My Fancy by Gypsy Couture

Credits: all items from the October TDC designer collab, Every Life Has a Story - Chapters 1 (available in the store), 2 (available as part of this month's journaling workshop) and 3 (part of this month's Digi Files) - done for the TDC Speed Scrap on 10/2

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Do the Bloggy Hop....Hop Hop Hop

Welcome back! It's time for another Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs Blog Hop - and Kelleigh's giving away her new Pumpkin Template to one lucky winner - make sure you check out her blog for all the details! I am so excited this week that I created TWO projects for you. The first uses Kelleigh's brand new Jewelry Box Template - the box looks really fancy but is super easy - here are photos of it open and closed. I am going to be making lots and lots of these to hold little Christmas gifts this year.

When assembling, the important thing is that the inner box gets made first - and the very first thing to do with the inner box is to fold down the side tabs that end up running along the top, inside of the box. Then just fold the "wrapper" up and it fits together nicely and securely on the top - no closure needed! I used Golden Day by Elise Hansen (I ran it through my printer twice so that the inside of my box and wrapper is this pretty gold color) and some flowers from my stash to finish this box off:


My second project uses Kelleigh's Top Heavy Bag Template and the digi kit Cazbah by ViVa designs. Another super duper easy project that looks fantastic when done! My neighbor did something really nice for us and I'm going to give this to her with a gift card inside.


Here are the rest of your hop stops!
Kelleigh
Tracy <-- You are here Julee
Julie
Juli
Christy
Dana
Sunghee
Laura
LuAnn

Enjoy the hop and good luck in the drawing!

Today is Thursday

and of course, it's new release day at The Digichick!!! I am just so excited to be part of the fantastic creative team there - getting to play with all the goodies is so inspiring. First up, though, is a layout I did with one of last week's new releases - All Aboard by Ellie Lash and Pamela Donnis:


Next is a little thank you bag I did using Kelleigh's new Top Heavy Bag Template and ViVa Artistry's Cazbah:


Mari released an awesome Recipe Box Template this week (and I finished it off with her older but still available kit Moroccan Sunset):


This layout uses Beginnings by Kelley Mickus and another fantastic Jumper from Crystal Livesay's Set of 17-20:


And last - some Disney photos!! I love this fun, colorful Toil and Trouble kit by Danielle Engebretson:
Ok, it's time to go shop!!!