Happy New Year's Sale!!

Merry Christmas Stickers Freebie!!

I hope you all have a great holiday! :-) Here are a few holiday stickers for you!
I'm leaving the other downloads up for the Holidays too! :-) so tell your friends! :-)

here is the download! expires on the 28th :-)
Merry Christmas! :-)

Ice Blossom Freebie Mini Kit!

a Cool new mini kit freebie and some BIG NEWS!
I am super pleased to announce that
Pillowgirl's Scraps has started her own store called www.myscrapshop.com and I am now on the design team there so be sure to check it out!

snatch up this mini kit fast cause its up only till sunday! :-) (and then i will be pulling both White Christmas and Ice Blossom and replace them with a tiny Christmas Elements Freebie)

here is the link! (expires on sunday.. don't forget to let me know if you like it :-)

Come Caroling With Me!

I'm Dreaming Of a White Christmas!

this would have been up last night late but we've been having some technical problems over here.. lol.

inspired by my favorite christmas carol (and one of my favorite classic Christmas movies.) some of the designers over at SAS have put together some great freebie kits for this special occasion!

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.

Where the treetops glisten and children listen, to hear sleighbells in the snow.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, with every Christmas card I write.

May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white!

here is the blog roll of the freebies and
here is the link to my contribution.. (link expires in 5 days! :-)

Darlene - http://darlenedesigns.wordpress.com
TerrellS - http://waititgetsbetter.blogspot.com
Boo: http://boolanddesigns.blogspot.com/
Pillowgirl - http://pillowgirlscraps.blogspot.com
jasjul: http://scrappinhappens.blogspot.com/
CanDesigns ~ http://mermaidshaven.blogspot.com/

Also, I just wanted to take this oppurtunity to congratulate the 4 new designers over at www.stoneaccentsstudio.com! they are:
JenLin, Creative Chaos, Toy Box Designs and Cottage Stella

all of the contestants were wonderful and did an absolutely amazing job!
thank you all for participating!

Combined Design Mini Kit Freebie!

No whining today i promise! LOL LOL I am feeling ALOT better... I FINALLY got all my holiday baking done, so that was a huge load off my mind! :-) hubby and I have been working out at the farm all week, except for tonight, we tried for 3 hours to get there but there has been a huge amount of flash flooding so we could not get to the farm at all. Oh well, we needed a break anyway! :-) LOL It'll all be there tomorrow! :-) My awesome Designer Assistant, Trish (DigiScrapGirl) has been hard at work making you all something special, her very first Combined Design Mini Kit made of her own re-worked and combined creations from my Homespun Christmas Mega kit! I think she did an awesome job! She loves to read all of your comments so make sure you leave her a comment of thanks and let her know what you think!





and here are some previews of the coordinating Homespun Christmas Mega Kit at www.stoneaccentsstudio.com:

The Homespun Mega Kit coordinates with the regular Homespun Mega Kit as well! (so together it's a Mega-Mega Kit! LOL )






All for $7.oo!

link to product in store

what a crazy weekend!... and a quickpage for you!

Well... one thing is for sure, God sure is teaching me to trust in Him no matter what the circumstances! This past weekend was a real challenge for my family.

It snowed alot this past week so we were all a little worried about mother in law and father in law up there on the farm since they are only in that flimsy little vintage camper.
mother in law also said that their water pipes to the camper froze up most of the week so that wasn't good. So saturday morning as my husband and i were talking during the hour long drive out to the farm on, we are discussing how badly we would like to get the cabin finished quickly for MIL and FIL so they can be relatively comfortable soon. He was also mentioning that he was pretty tired since for almost a whole year now we've been playing the weekend warriors out at the farm working as hard as we can as long as we can on both Saturday and then again on Sunday after church. So we show up thinking maybe some workers will come up from the church again thinking it would be great if could get alot accomplished this weekend so we can hopefully get the cabin weather proofed and they can move into it partially
finished within 2 weeks and then Mother and Law and Father in Law can slowly finish up the rest of the interior finish work throughout the winter.

So we arrive at the farm and start working alone thinking the others would come soon and by noon still no one had shown up, and never did.
I mean, I totally understand, it's not like they are by any means obligated to help or anything and we certainly don't want them to feel like we expect them to be there every weekend, and I'm sure it was more because of the snow and the holidays and everything.. but it was still a little depressing...especially with the onset of colder weather. so we worked long into the night trying to get as much done as possible. But still not anywhere near as much as we hoped.
Then....

Sunday, morning my 70 year old Father in Law was helping out at a temporary job and fell and broke his hip. He just got out of surgery today and had a metal rod put in. I am not really familiar much with how long something like that will take to heal and for him to recuperate.
I am figuring though that he will be in a wheelchair for a while and possibly not able to walk for a while beyond that. So I am hoping that we will be able to get some more help soon since now all of the things that my father in law was working on at the farm are now up to us to complete.
I am really worried about him, his spirits are pretty low. I believe he could come back pretty well, He has done amazing things before.... When he was 30 years old he was a passenger in a terrible car accident where his back was broken. The doctors told him he would never walk again, and he worked hard and he did. He is the hardest worker and most amazingly creative and ingenuitive person i know of. He never complains even though he is in almost constant pain.
I am really praying that he won't become depressed over this. He has been pushing himself so hard lately and i think the stress is what brought on his recent bout of shingles (which i believe, he still has.) soo yeah.. it was a depressing weekend..
then today i start making my annual christmas cookie trays for people so i preheat the oven and make all of the batter and dough and set it out on trays... then i go to put them in and realize.. the oven pilot went out... so i light it again and wait.. and it goes out again.. :-( so fortunately for me i had my little countertop toaster oven so i just transferred them all bit by bit to my small toaster oven pan.. (yeah. BIG FUN.)
lol... so i figured i would give ya'll a nice long whiney blog while i am baking the night... er.. morning away...lol (yeah.. i got some cookies with my 'whine' ! LOL)

hopefully next weekend will be better.... lol...

here is a quickpage for you from my Faded Memories Mega kit...
I made this kit just for scrapping discolored and faded photos (like the one of ME, shown here.)
i really tried hard to capture a vintage feel cause, ya know... i gotta scrap my childhood pictures and most of them look like this so i am pretty pleased with the way this one turned out.


here is the link to the quickpage, expires in 3 days.

here are some previews of my most recent items:

(click the item names for the link to the product in the store)

Faded Memories mega kit

With a color palltte taken from actual aged and discolored photos this kit is perfect for scrapping those faded memories we all have! Packed full with 114 items made with a vintage flair and elements that complement photos from that time period! I know this is one kit I will be using over and over again!

this kit includes:
40 polyester and tweed vintage fabric papers
15 flowers
3 beaded flourishes
1 gold tag chain
2 cardboard brackets
4 vintage buttons
4 beaded safety pins
2 distressed tape pieces
1 cardboard flourish
2 calico vines
1 gold chain link
1 eyelet frame
2 torn cardboard frames
3 vintage poloaroid frames
2 vintage wallet frames
vintage wooden frame
2 ribbons
2 lace ribbons
2 yarn borders
2 ricrac borders
1 embroidered daisy border
7 vintage wood journaling pieces
6 cardboard tags
3 yarn bows
1 crumpled notepaper journal piece
(114 items all for $7.00!)


Holiday Helpers

( made from my Homespun Christmas Mega kit Kit and
includes:

20 brag book size quick pages (7 5x7 sizes 13 4x6 sizes)
4 5x7 printable card fronts
4 5x7 versatile printable card backs
1 desktop (or printable) December 2007 calendar
3 "Made With Love By" tags
10 Holiday Gift Tags
8 Blank Holiday Gift tags

SALE PRICE OF $4.50

and the
Beautiful Moment Quickpage Album

Just in time for Holiday gift giving!

This Beautiful quickpage album will make last minute gifts a snap! Perfect for scrapping weddings, anniversaries, christenings and more!

kit includes:

4 8.5x11 quickpages
16 12x12 quickpages

1 Bonus Gift Tag!

all pages are made at 300 dpi for high printing quality

20 pieces for $4.50!

ALSO, Don't forget to check out all the other SAS-Y Ladies Blogs, I saw some Great freebies up this week.. the links are in my links list to the right.

World Holidays Paper Pack Freebie!

Hi Everybody!

Here is a little gift for all of you who celebrate a Holiday other than Christmas at this time of year! I did a little research to make these for you so i hope my research was correct as on some of these as there are songs and blessings and greetings pertaining to that particular holiday. :-)
It was really interesting to learn about all of the different holidays here, and if you haven't already read about them, it's really interesting to see where the holidays originated from!

The Holidays included in this pack are:

Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Ramadan, Saint Lucia Day and Saint Nicholas Day

Hope you enjoy!

here is the link to the download (this will be permanently available. :-)

Star Template Freebie!

Hi Everybody! :-)

The One Night In Bethlehem paper pack is still available for download for a few days so if you don't have that yet, get it while it's hot! :-)

I just thought I'd release this Star Template for you as an extra treat ;-)
The Designer Contest over at Stone Accents Studio is going well, ALL of the 17 contestants made it to round 2 , and the next assignment is to create various Holiday freebie kits!
Sooooo.. if you haven't already signed up at www.stoneaccentsstudio.com you might want to now so you can snag the HUGE coordinated mega kit from last round and all of the great new contest entries! (and don't forget to vote for your favorite too! ) (and just for signing up with SAS you get a great welcome kit too... so what are ya waitin' for?! :-)

Hope everything is great with you all :-)
Here is an example of what I did with this template and my American Hero Freebie Kit

here is the link for the star template the download will expire in 3 days :-)

One Night In Bethlehem RAK Mega Kit Freebie!

Hey Everyone!

This is the first time I have blogged on a Saturday in a long time.. (if ever in fact. LOL)
DH said the weather was supposed to be too cold for 10 month old DD and Me (I have a cold)
to be working mostly outdoors at the farm all day. I really hope it warms up though, because we still don't have the cabin done for MIL and FIL and now FIL has a bad case of the shingles . I have no idea what that is... MIL says its very painful though and anything in addition to all of the other medical problems he has makes it really tough.:( so hopefully that gets better soon so they can move out of the drafty old camper soon.

In other news.. lol.. the designer contest over at SAS is going well so make sure you sign up and go check out the beautiful kits and vote for your fave!

I've decided to be a part of the One Night in Bethlehem RAK Mega Kit Blog Giveaway!

here is a preview of the entire Mega Kit (all on different peoples blogs! )
and also a preview of my portion - this paper pack :-) Hope you all Enjoy!
God Bless!

here is the link to the download (this will be available for SEVEN DAYS!! (yeah, I know,... you all are like WOW!! thats a LONG TIME FOR YOU!! LOL LOL )

Here is the Blog Roll for all of the Participants in this wonderful RAK!

Acorn Designs- http://acorn-designs.blogspot.com/

Angels Digi Scraps- http://angelsdigiscrap.blogspot.com/

Anita Designs- http://nanas-attic.blogspot.com/

Amy W. Designs- http://scrap-a-lot.blogspot.com/

BooLand Designs- http://boolanddesigns.blogspot.com/

Derek M. Designs- http://derekmdesign.blogspot.com/

Heidi G.- http://heidigdigiscraps.blogspot.com/

FreeStyleMama- http://freestylemama.blogspot.com/

Gina Maria- http://www.blog.scrapbookingresourcecenter.com/

JanniScrap Design- http://janniscrapdesigns.blogspot.com/

Burkhart Scrapzone- http://burkhartscrapzone.blogspot.com/

Kim B. Designs- http://kimbsdesigns.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Miles- http://lalalime.blogspot.com/

Rose Made Designs- http://rosemadedesigns.blogspot.com/

Sir Scrap-A-Lot- http://sirscrapalot.blogspot.com/

SeASCrApS- http://seascrapsdesigns.blogspot.com/