Resistance is Futile

Sunday, May 31, 2009

All Aboard the Blog Train!!!!

Woo hoo!!! It's time for another Stuff to Scrap blog train. This month there are tons of designers, CT members and forum members participating and we've all created some mini-kit and quick page freebies for you!!! The links will be up for at least 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to download them all. If you want to know more or participate next month (wait 'til you see the color palette - it's gorgeous!), hop on over to the forums HERE.

Here's a preview of my kit - you can pick up the papers HERE and the elements HERE.

And here's a list of everyone participating - make sure you get all the goodies!!!
Always Be Neighbors Designs
Anyecs
Becky Young Designs
Dream Big Designs
Dreams Inspired
Digi-designs by Nicole
Eva Marina Scraps
Every EverAfter Moment
Flower Scraps
Jackie Torres
JenasisDesign
JW Digi-Scraps
KnittinJen
Mad Genius Designs
My Digaddiction
Nibbles Skribbles
Pure Pixel Designs
Resistance is Futile You Are Here!
Scrappin' Serenity
Scrapping Sisters
Scrapping Words
Scraps of Ellay
Seal Scraps
Sexy And Hot Mama Scrapper
Shel Belle Scraps
Tanya's Crossbone Cuts
Tery Hooson
The Latest Scoop, Too
The Scrappy Kat

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Summer plans (SSD FOBTY 5/28)

Today's FOBTY challenge at SSD is to blog about your summer plans. Our B-I-G plan is to bring our baby boy home from Russia, which means 2 more trips to Moscow between now and hopefully the end of July. I am going to take some leave after we bring him home, so we will probably hang out in the pool and may take a short trip to visit my brother (in Virginia) and/or sister (in NY). Fortunately, it's so easy to find fun things to do around here - we live about 15 minutes from the beach, and have a pool in our backyard - and there are lots and lots of parks nearby!

It's going to be fun (and somewhat challenging) having a baby in the house again!

Do you know a rock star????

Eva just released a fantastic, grungy, music themed kit called Roxy. She is offering it on SUPER SALE through 5/31 - the GIGANTIC kit is only $2.79!! She also has coordinating alphas available on sale for $1.74. You can view the kit and pick it up HERE and the alphas are HERE.

My page is very girlie but there are plenty of blue elements you can use for boys in the kit!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Go Me!!!

The first layout I posted in my last entry was selected as one of Sweet Shoppe's standout layouts for this week! TOOT TOOT!

You can see the SSD blog post HERE.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Layouts, and layouts, and layouts, oh my!

I have had an INCREDIBLY productive weekend. Operation "Get Ready for Baby" is completed! I also did several paper layouts, two hybrid cards, and a whole bunch of digi layouts! Here are a few of my faves (a couple of them are from earlier in the week, too):

Credits: All papers and elements from the Close to My Heart kit by Zoe Pearn (some items recolored)

Credits: based on this layout; all papers and elements from the Bring Back the 70s kit by Eva Kipler

Credits: based on a layout by Kris; all papers and elements from the So Memorable Collab by the Sweet Shoppe Designers

Credits: SSD 5/22 Recipe Challenge; Outlaws from Outer Space kit by Eva Kipler and Krystal Hartley

Credits: Inspired by a Becky Fleck page map; button by Traci Reed; everything else from the Cafe Latte kit by Sugarplum Paperie and Tracie Stroud - some items recolored

Credits: Word art by Ali Edwards; everything else from the Cafe Latte kit by Sugarplum Paperie and Tracie Stroud

Credits: SSD 5/16 5 Neapolitan Challenge; Julie Billingsley's Wild at Heart kit; background beads by Kristen Rice

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Yes, she's a princess!

Before I share this mini album that I'm SO excited about, I though I'd check in on operation "Get Ready for Baby." We've pulled all the big stuff out of the garage (high chair, stroller, baby gates, etc.) and it's all washed down and ready to bring into the house. The baby's room is done (and it looks ADORABLE - will post photos in the next few days). However. Really. A toy store has exploded in my house. Alexa's room - well, you can't even walk in it. The hallway outside her room is full of toys. They're all over the family room. Ya think maybe it's time to give some things away??

On to the album - every year I do a mini album around Alexa's birthday so we can remember what she does and what her personality is like in a quick, fun format. Kelleigh Ratzlaff just released this hybrid printable Princess Album and I knew I had to use it!!! I clipped in some papers from Mari Koegelenberg's May Grab Bag, added my photos and printed each page out onto 4x6 photo paper (super duper easy!). I then cut out each page (easier than it sounds), adhered them back to back, and finished it off with some fluid chalk around the edges, some sparkly ribbon to tie it all together, and a little bling on the cover! You can click the image to see it a little larger.