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Happy NSD!

I hope everyone had a great National Scrapbooking Day. I behaved and didn't spend, lol. I've been working behind the scenes at DDD to get ready for some post-NSD fun. I've been dabbling in digital design. I've made several little kits. I'm no pro, but I thought they were cute. I'm on the Creative Team for Ashley who owns the site. She's been mighty busy lately, and hasn't had a lot of time to spend there (that happens when you add a new little person to the family) and the rest of the team (Tina and Irene- hi girls!) and I have been trying to keep things hopping there. So we decided we'd make a HUGE digital kit, and give a few pieces of it away each day (starting on the 7th- we figured we'd give everyone a chance to recover from the over load of NSD). So here's a sneak peak of the kit, keep in mind this is just a teaser, this kit is huge! I should know I split up the downloads-insert big grin here.

What Love Is

Template by Michaele Burkhart (jburkhart)

Faith True-Love Word Art

Serenity Kit by Ashley Bailey

Faith True-Barcode Personalities

Rachel Martin-Grocers Labels

Victoria Feemster’s Junk Drawer Stars

Font-Boulder

Grandpa and Aidan

Journaling around the picture reads: Grammy, Grandpa, and Uncle Dan came to visit us in Illinios when you were only four months old, this is a picture of you and Grandpa getting some quality cuddle time in. You were such a good baby, you loved all the extra attention. You sure looked sweet snuggled up in grandpa’s arms!
I started out with a template from Misty Cato's Layered Templates-Set B. I used Ashley Bailey's Serenity Kit which is available at digitaldivasdesigns.com. I also used Misty Cato's Distressed White Alpha. The font used is Arial

What's that Daddy?

Aidan and Daddy checking out the camels at Brookfield Zoo. August 2005.

This is based of a sketch by Lissa Ballard of the Untamed Scrapper - Sketch It!. The sketch this is based off was made especially for my sketch challenge at DDD.

The kit use is Ashley Bailey's Safari Kit.

I used one of Gina Miller's embroidered circles (yellow). And the journaling block is from Sandra Boddington's Loopy Loop Add-on.

Fonts used are CK Print and Jester

New LO

Butterflies

Sketch by Becky Fleck (for July double page sketch challenge at digitaldivasdesigns)

Lo Credits:

Ashley Bailey's Garden Spot Kit

Ashley Bailey's Sequins

Christy Haig's scaffold paper flowers (flower #5)

Butterfly word art by Alix West of 1Hour Scrap

Font CK Print

Seesaw LO

This is a page of my son and one of the daughters of my best friend. Aidan went through a stage of calling her and her sister his girlfriends. I'll have to explain to him that it's not a good idea to date two girls at the same time (much less sisters, LOL).
the journaling reads:"I took you for a playdate with your “girlfriends” Ashley and Dana. You had a blast running around and playing with them at the park near their house. I just loved these shots of you and Ashley on the seesaw. We need to make this a regular playdate since you three always have so much fun."
I started out with a template from Kwikplates2 from digitaldivasdesigns, and I used Ashley Bailey's Wildflower Honey Kit from digitaldivasdesigns.
Font is CK Print

Autumn Days LO

Here's a page of my Aidan from this past autumn.

the journaling reads:

What a cutie you are! The first really nice autumn day that mommy didn’t have to work we went out to play in the leaves. You had such fun running around and tossing the leaves!

The font used is Cybergram DSP

I started about with a template from the Kwikplate2 set, which can be found here and I used the Wildflower Honey kit by Ashley Bailey of digitaldivasdesigns.com which can be found here.

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Here are three new layouts (digi)
Marcia and Harry at Tom and Jen’s wedding
My hubby’s parents at his cousin’s wedding. (let it be known that my father in law is a real stinker when it comes to taking pictures, he usually sticks out his tongue!)
Layout Credits: Template is a Jumpstart by AmyW. Kit used is Heirloom Orchid by Ashley Bailey of digitaldivasdesigns.
Font used is Chaucer


Felicia
These are pictures of me taken in our 2nd apartment. I’m going to guess they were taken in 2001, because it looks like we had just moved in. The pictures aren’t that great (the camera we had at the time wasn’t fantastic). These are just about the only picture of me alone; I’m a bit camera shy!
Layout Credits: I started with a Template by RubyQHammer. The papers and elements are from “Spring Is Sprung” by Ashley Bailey of http://www.digitaldivasdesigns.com/.
Font Credits: Selfish








Sisters
This is a picture of my husband’s mom and aunts when they were younger.
Layout Credits: Herbal Garden Kit by Ashley Bailey
Template1 from Kwikplate2 set
Font Credits: Times new roman, Trajan Pro

A night out wth Colin and Brad Layout

This is a bunch of pictures from last July when Ian, Kevin and I went to see this show live in Atlantic City. This was our first time in AC and just our luck there casinos were shut down due to a strike or something ( I can't remember now) The entire state was basically shut down. Anyway we were still able to go and see the show at the casino, we just couldn't gamble. THe show was very funny, and this is the last little bit of it, where the improve based on audience input, while blind folded. Also the stage was covered in set mouse traps. AND they were barefoot. LOL Funny stuff.

Layout credits.

Papers are from the Raging Sea kit which you can download here . you have to go throught the store, but the kit is free. and is HUGE! While you're there check out some of the other gorgeous kits for sale. I also Used template2 from the Kwikplate2 set. The fonts used were Jester and Times New Roman.

Radiant LO

This is a picture of Ian’s aunt Linda when she was expecting Tommy. Wasn’t she radiant?
Layout credits: Herbal Garden Kit by Ashley Bailey at www.digitaldivasdesigns.com. I also used one of the templates in the Kwikplate 2 set from www.digitaldivasdesigns.com
Font Credits: CK Print

Spring-ish Banner

Felt like it was time to change up the banner.
I started out with a 4x6 template by Ginger Thibodeau. But I trimed it down so it would fit better on the blog.
I used the Heirloom Orchid Kit by Ashley Bailey of www.digitaldivasdesigns.com . totally loving this kit. The spring word art is by Stacey Truman of www.1HourScrap.com .

Digi LO of Aidan...

when we first brought him home from the hospital. This picture was not a great one, the digital camera we had at the time was starting to act up and the pictures we took with it were way underexposed. I sat down and played with PSE4 tonight and fixed it up. I was so thrilled that I had to scrap it.


Here is the picture before I edited it




and here it is after I edited it.

So here is the page that I did with it. The journaling says: "Aidan you came home from the hospital wearing the same outfit that Daddy and your uncles all came home in. I was thrilled that Grammy had kept it to pass on. Being the big boy that you were you only got to wear it one time before you were to big for it."

Layout Credits: The papers and elements are from Ashley Bailey's Pastel Romance Kit, which came be found here. The fonts used were: Poster and Tahoma.

Digital LO: Laura's Wedding

The pretty woman in the pictures is my husband’s cousin Laura on her wedding day.
I started out with a template by Laura Burger, but I took out a couple of things and then added a couple of things. The gorgeous papers and elements are from the Pastel Romance kit (which will be retiring soon, get it while you can) by Ashley Bailey, which can be found at www.digitaldivasdesigns.com
Font used: Jester

This was a real challenge for me, because I don't often get to work with the color pink since I have a little guy, but this was fun.

Kristy's wedding pics in a digi lo

This is a layout of Kristy and Chris's wedding. I started out with a template by Misty Cato and then I added a few things. All of the papers and elements are from the Heirloom Orchid kit by Ashley Bailey of DigitalDivasDesigns.

The font used is Storybook

First LO for DigitalDivaDesigns CT

LO credits: Heirloom Orchids by Ashley Bailey of DigitalDivaDesigns

Font Used: Chaucer

My husband's maternal Grandparents. Sarah and Martin dancing at Tom and Jen’s wedding. June 16, 2001. They were married over 55 years by then and still very much in love. (They just celebrated there 60th anniversary last May

So excited!

I made it onto the design team for DigitalDivaDesigns! I'm so very excited, I've tried to get onto several others (and I'm still waiting to hear about another I applied for) but was turned down. I can hardly wait to start working with Ashley's kits.