6. November 2008 by admin.

Not too much going on here. The weather’s been perfect, during the day 70 degrees but night is still cold enough to have to have the heat on. Unfortunately fall in the Midwest is always unpredictable and they are talking snow flurries for the beginning of next week. brrrrrrrrrr

I have some pages to share with you. The first two were done by my extremely talented CT member Lynn.

Isn’t just a fab page.  She used my kit With Gratitude, which is the Daily Petals giveaway over at DSG.  It’s a download a day to get the complete kit.  Don’t worry if you missed the first few days, I’m working on a way to get everyone caught up.

 And with this one, Lynn used my newest kit Desert Mirage.

This is one I did for the template challenge over at the Garden.  Carena supplies an awesome template each month and this is what I came up with for it.

I still have a bunch of other pages I need to do for challenges.  If you haven’t been over to check out the challenges at The Garden lately, make sure you stop by.  We’ve put a point system into place so you can choose your own participation bonus over time.  Lots of great challenges hosted by great ladies.  Stop by and say hi.

Also, it’s Fantacy’s birthday today.  Stop by her blog and leave her a little lovin today.

Hope you all have a great day!

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4. November 2008 by admin.

Even with the ups and downs, I had a wonderful weekend!!  Thank you so much to those who sent prayers and well wishes for my SIL and the baby.  Everything is just fine in that area, thank God.  Addi has grown a foot since I last saw her in July and what a little personality she is.  she’s gotten to the climbing stage and no longer likes to be held. *sobs*  She scared the daylights out of her mom and me by climbing on the kitchen table then tumbling off it.  I swooped down to scoop her up to make sure she was ok and she didnt’ even cry.  Took a few years off her moms life.  I’m sure that there will be a few more grey hairs before the new baby hits that stage.  And Em is just the little drama queen but very independent too.  We had a total blast trick or treating, a first for me with them.  Best few hours of my life that I’ve spent with them.  Of course any time spent with them is the best of my life.

I wish I could say that the move went smoothly.  But very few ever do.  We weren’t very well organized and it was a rush job even though it didn’t need to be.  There’s no deadline for her to be out of the house.  So there is actually more in the house than got moved.  It’ll be an ongoing process for the next few weeks.  Unfortunately, I won’t be there to be a part of it.  I do want to tell you about an angel that was sent to us.  My dad, who passed away in March 2007 had a great friend of his from his church.  He was not well know to the family per se.  Being extremely short handed, mom thought she’d give him a call.  This man dropped everything he was doing to come and help us move the heavy stuff for a few hours.  The unselfishness of this man is totally mind blowing to me and I am deeply grateful for him. (not to mention it meant that I wouldn’t have to do the heavy lifting).  God does work in mysterious way. 

I’m blogging tonight to a) make sure I do an update (sorry no photos of the weekend yet) and b) because my plan is to get up at 5:30 tomorrow to get to the school when the polls open so I don’t have to wait in line for hours to vote.  The people who are voting early here in Columbus are waiting 3-5 hours.  Now that’s what I call determination.  I hope that those readers I have in the states take their opportunity to exercise their rights tomorrow and vote.  At least the ads will stop tomorrow night.

Oh yeah, I got gas yesterday for $1.99 and today the stations here have gas at $1.98.  Could we actually see it go lower???  Or will it go right back up after the election is over?  If it does then I definitely see a conspiracy. hehehe

Ok now to some scrapping business.  The designers over at DSG have outdone themselves on the Nov. collab that is now in the store.  You can get it for $8.50 or  free with a $10 purchase.  You can see it here.

Isn’t it gorgeous.  We’ll be doing a collab kit every month from now on.  And the challenges over at DSG have been changed too.  We’re now working off a point system so that you can get a gift certificate to get whatever you want in the store.  Each challenge is worth 20 points and 100 points equals $1 in GC.  Each month you can earn 400 points (plus bonuses)  Isn’t that cool.  I’m working on my scraplift page for the scraplift challenge.  And I host the quote challenge too.

 Also this month, I did the Daily Petals giveaway.  It’s a link a day for the entire month to get this kit.

You can read more about it here.

And one last but very important bit of news.  Robin has gotten her computer woes straightened out and she is no longer an unofficial CT member but is totally official now.  Robin has been a big fan since my early freebie days of templates and it’s been a running joke with us.  But no longer.  It’s official girl and I’m holding you to it.  So look for more pages from my girls, Lynn and Robin in the future.

Edited to add: Well, I pulled off my great election day plan. I woke up at 5 and got out of bed about 5:30, pulled into the school and was in line at 5:50, to be the 22nd person in line. The first person got there at 5. I was out of the voting booth at 6:50, so an hour total wasn’t too bad. There were a lot of people in line by the time the polls opened. It was definately worth getting up early to get it all done. Shannon asked if I was coming back home afterwards, but all I would have done was go back to bed and could have been late for work. So instead I came in to play. Yeah! Hope that you also had a short wait and voted.

Hope you all have a great day and scrap happy!

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30. October 2008 by admin.

of a great Digi scrapping day…  Well, this trip was planned after I found out what day NDSD would be.  It really can’t be helped and so I made it a little bit more about me.  I’m heading home to help move mom out of her house.  Getting laid off not quite a year after dad’s passing was the final blow for her and she has joined the millions that are losing their homes due to unsavory lending practices in the past and the inability to find a job currently.  It really sucks in theory but in reality it will be much better for her in the long run.  Don’t get me wrong it could have happened better, she could have been able to sell her house outright, but the areas housing market has been soft for many years now.  Anyway, the reason it’s better is now she won’t have the upkeep of the big lawn and repairs that need to be done and the stairs to the basement are getting difficult to manuever.  She’ll be closer to my brother and the girls which takes some strain off him too.  So I hope that everyone takes full advantage of all the sales and challenges that NDSD has to offer.  I’ll be back in full force for regular NSD in May. lol

Speaking of sales, even though I won’t be here I am having a sale this weekend.

Look at what Lynn did with my new kit Desert Mirage.

 Here’s the preview for Desert Mirage.

And there’s also an alpha for it.

Also, I’m begining to think a lot about Christmas.  Look at some of my Christmas stuff that will be available starting Friday.

Also over at the Garden I have the November quote challenge up and later today the November Daily Petal links for Nov. 1 and 2 will be up.  A benefit for you all for my leaving.  Make sure you stop by and snag it.

Fantacy Boo-ed me on Tuesday and now I get to pass it on

Now, this is how the Blogging Boo will work. Go to as many friends as you want and tell them they’ve been “Boo-ed”. Have them link back to your blog to pick up their Halloween Treat (picture) and tell them to “Boo” their friends. Then, put the picture in your side bar so everyone knows that you’ve already been “Boo-ed” and to send the pic to someone else. So, are you scared yet!!?? BOO!!
one more time……
1. Take picture, put on sidebar
2. Tell people they have been booed
3. Link back to who booed you

now if I boo you, go forth and booooooooooo people

I boo   Kristine, Ladybug, Jenn, Amanda and Lynn.

Ok, gotta jump in the shower and head off to work.  I’ll be hitting the long, lonely highway right after work.  I’m so excited to be able to take the girls Trick or Treating!!!!!  I’ll have a ton of photos for you next week.  Be safe and enjoy your Halloween!

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29. October 2008 by admin.

And cold.  Not that we got any snow here (Thank God) but it’s still a shock to the system to walk into the bathroom in the middle of the night and hit that cold linoleum.  Can you believe it’s the end of October already??  Where is this year going?  I swear that time is just flying by.

Remember that I told you about Lynn, my CT member who’s gotten her mom into digi scrapping.  Well, Cathy did some layouts with some of my stuff, she also used Da Wench’s stuff too, and I wanted to show you the 2 pages she sent to me.  Cutie alert ahead. lol

Aren’t they wonderful pages.  And such truly adorable kids. 

Lots going on over at Digital Scrap Garden for November.  A whole new round of challenges are coming and changes to participation bonuses.  Each challenge completed will be worth points and point accumulate and then become good for personal use products in the store.  Read more here.  Now I host the quote challenge and have lots of fun trying to come up with something that relates to that month, but have to remember that not all “holidays” are celebrated in every part of the world.  I’ll have the quote up tomorrow for everyone, a day or two early, but that’s how we like to do it at the Garden.

I also have the honor of hosting the Daily Petals for November.  It’s a daily download and by the last day of the month, you have a complete it.  I’ve got a sneak peek for you.

That’s just the elements peek.  Check back tomorrow for the papers.  And I’ll have a link for you. 

I also have 2 new items in the store over at DSG and have several more hitting the shelves shortly.  Now these are showing, but they’re not available unless you REALLY, REALLY gotta have them now.  Otherwise, wait til Friday when the Digi Scrapping Day Sale starts.

Desert Mirage

Inky Dinks

So watch for more new goodies tomorrow.  2 alphas and 2 more Christmas themed products. 

Stay warm and have a good day!

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25. September 2008 by admin.

I can still remember when I first met the ladies of Digital Scrap Garden.  It was on the blog train over at DST.  I had just started blogging and CTing for Heather Manning and was trying to come up with a way to get people to my blog.  Freebies is what started me on it all.  I was checking sites daily and adding the previews to my blog.  That’s how I met Ladybug, Flutterby and Purple Frog, the talent behind DSG.  Time went on, as it always does and I stopped my freebie list.  There were other sites out there that had bigger (but not always better) lists.  But my friends would always pop in every now and then to say hi.  After a bit of time and some pep talks, I was convinced to join the store.  It’s the most fun I’ve had in ages.  The Goofy Dorks keep me on my toes and smiling through the day.  Thank you ladies!  Now it’s time to paartty.  Take a look at the different things going on to celebrate.

Sale, did someone say sale.  Yep!  The store is on sale for the next week.  40 - 75% off.  Here’s a sample of my stuff.  Ads are linked.

In addition to my paper packs and kit, all the other designers have their goodies on sale too.  And there’s an extra bonus.  With a $10 purchase you get the Sweet Dreams collaboration kit.  Take a look.

I also have 3 new paper packs that are hitting the store today and all 3 are 40% off. 

Watercolor: Elements -

Vineyard-

Something Wicked This Way Comes -

 And this one shows a little of the detail on a few of the papers.

In addition to the sales there is also a huge QP scavenger hunt made with the FWP kit.  More than enough to fill an entire Shutterfly book. There will also be challenges and freebies, giveaways and just tons of fun.  Stop by here to check it out.

And while you checking out sales, stop by and check out this gorgeous kit that da Wench made.  It’s on sale at her site Wenchd Grafix.  I’ll be joining Kristine’s shop soon too.  And watch for some beautiful QP’s made by her Dancing Dorks on her blog on Friday and beginning next week.  Look at this kit.  The purples are just to die for.

And last but certainly not least, if you read through all the stuff above, Congrats you found the freebie.  It’s an add on kit to Vineyard.  There are 2 papers, 2 frame clusters and 2 clusters for it.

Remember the main kit is on sale for the next week for 40% off.  

Sorry link expired.

 Don’t forget about the birthday chat at DST tomorrow night.  It’s gonna be lots of fun.

Hope to see you all over at the Garden for the big birthday bash.  Lots of freebies and challenges to get more freebies.  See ya there!

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18. September 2008 by admin.

Ike seemed to have hijacked the blog lately.  Well, I’m glad to say that the power is back on and things about mostly back to normal.  Except for my refrigerator, it’s pretty bare.  Instead of going shopping last night, I worked on the posting bonus for the Digital Scrap Garden Birthday Party challenge I’m hosting.  Let me tell you, this is shaping up to be one heckva bash.   It starts Sept. 25 and runs to the end of the month.  I can’t tell you about everything, but I can let out a few secrets.  Shhhhhh don’t tell.

There is going to be a scavenger hunt and all the designers and their CT members made QP’s and let me say that they are BEAUTIFUL!  There is lots of talent at the Garden.  I can show you a sneak peek of mine and it’s just average imo.  Take a look.

There’s going to be sales, challenges, freebies,  and games.  Stop by today and start a bingo card.  That’s always a blast, but you have to get your card posted before the 25th to play.  I’m hosting a quote challenge and just finished up the posting bonus.  It’s an alpha. I know that there are LOTS of alpha fiends out there.  It’s an easy challenge too.  But you have to wait to get the details.  We also made a huge collab kit (see part of it in the QP above) that is a FWP from the store.  I’ve been working on a new kit that will be available especially for this sale.  Want another peek?  This is just a part of this kit.  A tease if you please.

There are 18 papers and at least 25 elements. Check back this weekend for another peek.

Since I worked on Sat. I don’t have to go in til later.  I really need to go to the grocery store, but I bet I’ll end up on the computer all morning.  Bad, addicted Diane.

Hope you all have a terrific day!

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3. September 2008 by admin.

I’m back at work after a 5 day vacation. And wouldn’t you know that this was the only morning I couldn’t get my butt outta bed. I’m so tired. I’m sure that part of it is the dogs whined to go out about 4:30 this morning. I’m so glad it’s a short week. I really can’t believe it’s Wed. already, not to mention the 3rd of Sept. Where or where is the time going?

I did pretty well yesterday with my old desktop. The only thing it’s really missing other than speed is my FTP program. I’m gonna end up overloading the store as soon as I get the issue fixed. I finished 1 pack of papers that I had been working on and another complete set. I sat there with the 70’s music channel on my satalite all day yesterday in front of the laptop. I also got 4 challenges done over at the garden. Here’s my page for my quote challenge.

And here’s one for the COOL w/t Mojo - It’s an AAM challenge.  We had to use photos from our childhood.  These were actually on the old desktop, so I has happy I could grab them.

So I think I got alot accomplished yesterday.  I think that things will be rather busy here at work today.  Usually the begining of the month is.  I’m sure that yesterday was really tough on the old lady I work with.    I’ll get my turn next week with her on vacation.

 Don’t forget about about the Template with a Topic challenge over at Heather’s CT blog.  We supply the template and the topic and you do a fabulous layout.  You can get a chance to win a $10 GC or even a $20 GC to Heather’s store.

Have a wonderful day. 

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2. September 2008 by admin.

I hope that your weekend was wonderful.  The weather here in Central Ohio was gorgeous, if not a tad too hot.  My face is a slight shade of red from being out in the sun throwing horseshoes.  I played in the big tournament on Sunday.  It was an all day affair with 24 teams and went for about 8 hours.  Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I didn’t have to stick around that long as I lost my first 2 games.  I threw really well on my first game and even though we lost it (it was close) I was happy with my performance.  And for a change, my partner was the one making all the apoligies.  I’m really hoping to get Most Improved for this year, but they changed the criteria from how it was done in the past and there are some women who’ve been playing for several years in the mix.  Whatever happens, I’m getting better and can hold my own and that makes me happy.

 What doesn’t make me happy is that my Dell desktop crashed on Friday.  Two weeks out of warrany.  Isn’t that just the case.  So I hauled out my old one that is ancient and SLOW but works so I can still surf.  I’m not sure what I’m gonna do about my Dell.  I really would love a MAC but I just paid off both the laptop and the desktop and really can’t afford another payment.  The good thing is that almost ALL of my scrap products have been backed up to disk or the laptop so I didn’t lose anything that I paid for.  However, all my layouts are on there and haven’t been backed up.  I know Barb mentioned how important this is a few months ago, but silly me didn’t listen.

There’s a new blog challenge on Heather’s CT blog.  It’s a good one if you ask me.  A great chance to scrap and maybe a chance to win a GC from Heather’s store.

You can get all the details and the download link on the template here.

Don’t forget about my Quote challenge over at the Garden.  I think there’s a pretty good posting bonus that goes with it.  You can find the link in the prior post.

Off to back up everything on the laptop and try to get a few more papers done on the next paper pack I’m working on.

Have a great day and happy scraping.

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29. August 2008 by admin.

Why is it that when you’re on vacation or have a day off, your body automatically wakes you up before your normal wake up time and you can’t get back to sleep?  If I had to work today, my mind would automatically tell me to go back to sleep.  Funny isn’t it.  But I’m incredibly happy today.  I have a 5 day holiday weekend.  I had orignally planned on spending it all down at the campground, but the best laid plans…….It’s ok though, I get this much more time connected to the internet and can play all day.  Yea!!!

First I want to show you what I just put into the store.  It’s filling up nicely.  I did an entire collection of papers called Mediterrean Terrace.  There are 4 paper packs and an alpha (actualy 2 alphas in 1 set).  Take a peek.

There is also a super saver pack where you can get the entire set of papers and save 25%.

Also over at the Garden, I’m hosting the Quote challenge each month.  I’ve already posted the Sept. challenge.  Here’s the posting bonus.

Stop by and check out the quote.  Post a layout with it and you’ll get the bonus mini kit.

Earlier in the week, Joni left this for me on her blog.

Now here’s my list to pass it on.

Amanda’s Household sixx - I love Amanda’s sense of humor and her way of telling it to you straight.  No holes barred. 

Ladybug Graphix - I love to open her blog up just for the beautiful song she has on it.  If you like country music, or just songs to make you stop and think (and maybe tear up) than stop by and say hi to Dawne.  But she’s also a complete sweetie as well as a darn great tease.

Scrapsations of Cate - Cate is one of the first friends I made from the Blog Train.  She is an amazing Supermom, who does more before she goes to work than I do all day.  It’s really been amazing to see her grow over the last year in her scrapping.  Her layouts rawk and now she’s selling her magnificent templates too.

Suzee Q’s Stuff - Freebie pimp queen.  If you love to look through freebies but don’t like thumbing through pages of stuff, Suzee’s blog is perfect.  She picks the cream of the crop and occasionally my stuff out for you to view. 

The Chronicles of Nani - Yet another transplanted Michagander in the Buckeye state.  Great posts, awesome photos and she’s contimplating starting to sell her designs.  Stop by and give her a little encouragement.

Blackbelt Scraping - Another transplant, and she’s in the opposite end of the state.  Barb has a sharp sense of humor, takes the most Awesome photos and on Tuesday has the best recipes out there.  Her other blog, Pixelated is just her photos.  Take a look, I promise you won’t be dissapointed.

And last, but certainly not least, Da Wench - Wenchd Grafix  There are days that I doubt I would keep my sanity if it weren’t for Kristine.  Wickedly funny, has the greatest email jokes around (even if I don’t always understand the Newfie jokes) and my greatest cheerleader.  Mwah! says it all.

So here’s the rules ladies:  According to the rules for this award,
the winner:
- may put the logo on her blog.
- should create a link on her blog back to the person who gave them the award.
- may nominate at least 7 other blogs for the award and put links to those blogs on hers.
- should leave messages on the blogs of those nominated.

Well, off to play some.  For those of you in the states, Happy Labor Day and enjoy your long weekend.  Stay safe!  Everyone have a wonderful weekend and scrap happy!

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17. June 2008 by admin.

I’m back…………………. Well I was back on Sunday night, but trying to get caught up on things, deal with spoiled dogs and a whiny man. I still have photos on my camera that need to be uploaded somewhere and all the ones my brother took are on my laptop still. So no photos yet. Sorry. Had a wonderful time though. All the kids are growing like weeds. Josh is a total typical teenage. The only time I could get him to chat was when I let him beat me at Wii (my first time playing it) or when we were dueling on Guitar Hero ( he ridicules me for playing on easy, when he’s almost got the hard level mastered. While he’s sullen with all the adults, he’s still awesome with his sisters. Both girls adore him. Emily is a 3 year old drama queen. God help us if she doesn’t outgrow it. She’s very independent and while she thinks she can do everything herself, still wants someone right there every step of the way. She was very excited that Aunt Diane was there. And my little 1 yr old, Addi is just the sweetest tempered baby. Very little rattles her. We took her and Em to get Addi’s 1 year photo done. They are adorable. I don’t know if the company My Photographer is just a Michigan based studio, but I highly recommend them if you have one in your area.

Why is it that men are such babies? Shannon had 2 wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. Enough said. bwahahaha

Now for some scrapbook stuff. I’ve got a few new kits that I really want to call attention too. Kristine of Wenchd Grafix has this awesome new boys kit in her store. It’s called Bat Boo and is named after the son of one of her CT members. It is a space kit and has the most adorable little alien in it. I’m looking forward to getting some photos of the little guys at the campground this weekend so I can use it. Take a look.

See the alien cutie. You can pick this up here and check out Da Wench’s other great stuff. She’s very underrated.

Heather has a beautiful new collab kit in the store. It’s called Strawberry Mint Chip. She worked with Robin Gough on this one. Truly gorgeous. It’s available at her store. Take a look.

And if you purchase it this week, you get a free bracket album.

And we’re running a challenge over at the CT blog. I’ll have a new post later today with more details, but in a nutshell, link your layout made using this kit to the CT blog. Everyone who participates will get a $5 GC to Heather’s store (collabs & CU excluded) and 1 lucky scrapper will get a $15 GC. Easy peasy.

I can’t believe that this month is already half over. Where is the time going??? Well I’m off to the shower so I can go to work to scrap. lol. Have a great day all. I’ll be hitting the blogs at work and then back to leave comments tonight.

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