I'm Back!!!!!!!!

I've been gone forever! or so it seems. Major computer issues, but now I've got a new one and she's might fast! so I should be back in business! :)
So I got to digi scrap for the first time last night in months. I mean it has been forever!
here's the page and the credits























Just some random pictures one day, my little guy of course had to get in on the action, lol.
The layout was inspired by one of Jennifer McGuire's in the May 2009 CK mag from page 45. I just loved the circles.

Everything used is by Merkeley Designs
Circle It Templates
Ring It Templates
Strip It Templates
A Moment In Time (clear word art)
Wrapped ELements (staples)
Making Memories kit (alpha, rivets, elements and papers)

Font-Papyrus

Jedi

So here's a layout with a picture of Aidan in his Halloween costume that I made. He's all about Star Wars lately! I had to take a picture of him in his Jedi gear with the funny little R2D2 mailbox outside the Museum of Science and Industry. They had free admission on Halloween, and since Daddy had to work and we wouldn't have a car to go to Laurie's for trick or treating this seemed like a great alternative. I think Aidan's favorite part might have been the pumpkin drop demonstration that they did. We got to watch it twice. It was a wonderful way to teach kids about elastic and inelastic. They started out bouncing two small rubber balls that look alike, except they're not. One bounces and the other doesn't. So once the kids understood the difference, the got on to the really fun part. We glance up to the balcony where our presenter's partner is stationed. They first hold up a playground ball, and they ask the audience how high we think it will bounce (by the way there's a giant tape measure showing that the balcony is 25 ft high, and this is what we use to guess how high things will go). SO it bounced about 3.5 ft. then he yells up to the other guy, "what else ya got for us?". He's got a water ball (a squishy ball you play with in the pool). We guess what that will do (it just flops down, lol). Again he say "What else ya got for us?". He's got a really big playground ball. It bounces pretty much the same as the little one. "what else ya got for us?". He's got a pumpkin! the kids all start cheering. (keep in mind each time they drop something they've had the crowd counting it down from 3, and if we're not loud enough, they don't drop it. I think this really makes it more fun for the kids. it's a wonderful museum, lots of hands on for the kiddos.) Anyway back to the pumpkin. we're guessing what it'll do (the kids are all really cute!). We count it down (3 times, we were really yelling by the time they dropped it, lol). of course it splats! the kids (and adults) go wild, lol. They ask if we want to try it again. of course we do! They dropped 3 for each show.
They also allowed the kids to trick or treat at the museum. The employees were all "Mad Scientists" and their lab coat pockets were full of candy. It was really nice, the kids had to answer a science question to get their candy. I liked that they (or at least most of them) got down to the kids level to ask the questions. Some of the questions were hands on. They were all very friendly and help make science fun for the kids. A wonderful experience all in all!



everything by Merkeley Designs
Crumpeckles Paper Pack
frame- Wrapped kit
Jedi - Say it With Cubes
Star Border-It Templates
Tag It #1
Stitches- Dusty Kit
Font- Georgia

Gather

Here's a layout I put together last night for a challenge on one of my CTs. I'm pretty happy with how it came out, I've been wanting to scrap these pictures for a while now.

Twig It by Merkeley Designs
Blue Autumn by Merkeley Designs
Font Monotype Corsiva
Frame Template 009 by Cátia Cunha

Speed Scrap Layout

So one of my design teams that I'm on had a couple of speed scraps today. It was lots of fun and I did two layouts. so I'm a happy girl.
here's the two layouts


Credits:
Started out with a template by Simply Yin
Macho Flowers by Merkeley Designs
Dusty by Merkeley Designs (stitches, fastener)
Font- Myriad Pro

Credits:
Private (short stack) Paper Pack by Merkeley Designs
Dusty by Merkeley Designs (stitches, arrow, pin)
Macho Flowers By Merkeley Designs (journaling block)
Say It WIth Cubes by Merkeley Designs
fonts-Monotype Cosiva and Sylfaen

Feet Are Funny

Here are a couple of pages I did with "Feet Are Funny" by Merkeley Designs

Relax layout

credits:Merkeley Designs "Either-Or" Designer Sampler

2 new layouts

Designs by Sine template
Splash 'n Shine kit by LaWanna DesJardin
Peace and Quiet wordart by LaWanna DesJardin
font-Monotype Corsiva


Designs by Sine template
Macho Flowers kit by Merkeley Designs
font-Monotype Corsiva

Both of these layouts are of pictures from when the boys went camping last month, they had tons of fun!

Too Precious

This is a picture of Aidan and Nanny, when he was 7 months old. This was taken during out first trip with him to NJ. We were at the 4th of July BBQ at Aunt Linda's. Aidan was such a good baby, he would pretty much sit with anyone, very easy going. And over the years I've always been so impressed with how well he adapts while on vacation, he remembers everyone's names, and always plays so nicely with Nanny. He's pretty special too, he's the first Great Grandbaby on the McB side of the family, and the second on the K side. Aidan's is very lucky to have 3 out of 4 great grandparents in his life, not to mention having the best Grammy and Grandpa in the whole world. He's a very loved little boy.
Any way...I've always loved this picture of Nanny and Aidan, it's just so sweet!

Just Be layout

journaling:
with your crazy work schedule it’s not often we get a chance to goof around and relax, I’m so glad I caught us both with the camera enjoying a chance to just be...


Oscraps' oEscape Collab kit

A couple of new digi pages

It's about time I got some scrapping done, doesn't seem like there are enough hours in the day sometimes. Thank goodness for templates as a jumping off point. Here's the 2 new pages-
Wright Family

I used a template by Moriginals and the Kit I used is Merkeley Designs Americana Days.
Laura and Rob

I started with a template by Shazbutts Digiscrapz, and I used LaWanna DesJardin's brand new kit, This Bliss

Little Me

A picture of me as a tiny tot, sitting in the rocking chair that I've passed down to my son.
Template 59 by the Template Club
Dusty Kit by Merkeley Designs
Font- Georgia

Priceless

Journaling:
"What a rare thing! A picture of my Mama Vee. Well that’s not totally true, I’ve got tons of pictures of her -from the back, or with her hand hiding her face! But one with a smile for the camera? That’s a rare and PRICELESS thing."

Merkeley Designs:
Chip Trims
Private Short Stack Paper Pack
Purty Curls
Glitter Charms Alpha

Misty Cato- Distressed White Alpha

My Teddy

Journaling
"The story behind this bear always makes me smile. Apparantly when I was an infant , Mom was pushing me down an aisle in the store, and I started going crazy, she contnued down the aisle and I was pointing and making lots of noise. She looked all around to see what was causing my to behave that way, and she finally spotted what had caught my eye way up on the top shelf. This Bear! It was bigger then I was! When she tried to leave without it I guess I wasn’t to happy about that. She couldn’t help but buy it for me. "

credits
O'Scraps New Growth Collab kit
Glitter Charms Alpha - Merkeley Designs

Who?

the rare layout of me. pictures are few and far between, lol.
Credits:
Merkeley Designs- Wrapped
Font Monotype Corsiva

LO of Aidan at 6 weeks

My little guy's 6 week old pictures, hard to believe he's 5 years old now! time flies!
Everything is from this month's Oscraps Collab kit "Lucky O"
Font is Monotype Corsiva

A Splash of Beauty

I'm very blessed with a thoughtful husband. When he was working a nice normal second shift job, he would often times stop off on the way home and pick up flowers to bring home. Now that he works crazy hours (6:30 at night to 6:30 in the morning) He doesn't get the chance to do the spontaneous flowers any more, but he still never forgets the holidays and he picks the prettiest arrangements.

O Valentine Collab from Oscraps

Font-Monotype Corsiva

Table Art By Aidan LO

Supplies used:
From Merkeley Designs (Available at Oscraps and MerkeleyDesigns.com)
BG paper-Blueberry Mountain Short Stack Paper Pack
Crayons- 8 Pack of Fun & 8 Pack of Fun 2
Fonts:
MS Serif
Monotype Corsiva

Birthday Pages

Love Made Visible
Merkeley Designs
Mocha and Pistachio Kit (frame, ribbon wrap and alpha resized)
Purty Curls
ksharonk designs
notepapers3
font
Monotype Corsiva






Birthday Kisses
Merkeley Designs
Mocha and Pistachio Kit (brad resized)
Font
Monotype Corsiva

I got accepted to another CT

for Merkeley Designs., which can be found at Merkeley Designs and at Oscraps.



She's got some awesome stuff in her shops, I love her "A Big Alpha" which I used for the "1941" in the layout below.






The picture is my Great Grandfather. That's him behind the bar in his Saloon (one of many businesses that he had).


Credits





Blueberry Mountain (short stack) paper pack by Merkeley Designs
A Big Alpha by Merkeley Designs
Binder Clips Altered by Merkeley Designs
Purty Curls by Merkeley Designs
Sepia Stamps by Merkeley Designs
Spectrum Flowers by Merkeley Designs
Fonts MS Serif, Calligrapher, and Sylfaen


Credits
We only have a handful of pregnancy pictures, most were lost during my hard drive crash. This one is a scan of a really bad copy, but it's the only one from the end of the pregnancy, and a bad picture is better then no picture.
Blueberry Mountain (short stack) paper pack by Merkeley Designs
A Big Alpha by Merkeley Designs
Binder Clips Altered by Merkeley Designs
Purty Curls by Merkeley Designs
Sepia Stamps by Merkeley Designs
Spectrum Flowers by Merkeley Designs
Small Packages-Notepaper3 by ksharonk Designs
Font Arial