Winter Romance

Here is the latest kit that I have worked with by Kim Cameron. It's called Winter Romance. I really liked this kit when I first saw it, but really didn't have any need for the snowy elements. Then, we had a snow storm in Austin and I saw my chance to use this kit. You can find the kit at Groovy Scraps. It's on sale for 40% off right now. I'm not sure when the sale ends though.
Here is Jeremy trying to make a snow ball. His gloves are way too big. I'm the only one who could find my gloves, so he is wearing mine. He and Andrew had a little snow ball fight.
Here is another picture of Jeremy with the snow coming down on his head. All the layouts were created with Winter Romance.

Country Roads

The latest kit I have been working with for Kim Cameron is called Country Roads. This kit is available at Groovy Scraps. It's on sale now for 40% off.

The first layout I did was about our vacation last spring break. This shows you how far behind I am in my scrapbooking. This vacation was 11 months ago and I am just not scrapping it. I didn't really have any scrapping mojo for a couple of months. The new calling as ward historian and also doing the ADSR are really helping my mojo to come back.
This second layout is for my mother-in-laws memorial book that should have been done before Christmas. Again, I will blame my lack of scrapping mojo for this one. It's getting closer to being done though. I have about 10 pages done, so half way. These are photos of Beth with some of her closest friends.

ADSR

It's that time of year again. It's time for the Amazing Digiscrapping Race. This is the 3rd year I have done the race. It's a lot of fun and I learn a lot by doing the race. Here are my first 3 layouts for the race. The bottom one is first. I had to scraplift a layout from my partner, Rose. The layout had to be about her. Rose and I have been partners ever since we started doing the race 3 years ago. We have also been designers in the same stores through the years. I've retired from designing, but I think she still designs some. She and I are both into photography as well as scrapbooking.

The middle layout is the 2nd challenge. This challenge had to have 5 photos, one of them had to include the number 5, I had to use 5 different fonts or alphas and journal about 5 things I love. I chose to do my family. My 5th photo is the number 5 itself. The last part of the challenge is to use 5 of the same element types. I used 5 different flowers. I love flowers on my pages. It's probably my most frequently used element type. When I was designing, my kits always had lots of flowers in them.

The top challenge is the one I just finished today. The challenge was to use selective coloring on the photo. I turned the photo black and white, then made Jeremy back into color. The lightning bolt on his shirt really pops with the background being black and white. In addition to the selective coloring, there had to be at least 20 words of journaling and a date element. You can't just put the date on the layout with an alpha or font. It had to be a specific element to state the date. This date element was created by me last year for a collaborative kit I contributed too. I think it's rather unique. I don't know that I have ever seen it in another kit. It's not in anything I own.

Morning Meadow

Here is my next 2 layouts for Kim's creative team. The one with all of my kids also happens to be my second layout for the Amazing Digiscrapping Race. This is the 3rd year I have done this race with Rose, my partner. It is a great way to get out of my comfort zone with scrapbooking. This kit is called Morning Meadow. It is beautiful. You can find the kit here at Groovy Scraps.

Lovely Day, layout 2

Here is my second layout with Tracy's kit. This is a photo of my family taken the day Jeremy got baptized, January 16, 2010. We didn't do a good job of positioning because there is a shadow across Rachael's face. This shadow has shown up in most of my pics from that day. I can't believe I didn't notice this when I was taking the pictures. I should know better.

Lovely Day

Here is my latest CT Layout. This one is for a kit called Lovely Day by Tracy Drane. She and Kim share their CT, so I get the benefit of being able to work with both of their products. The kit can be found at Groovy Scraps. This is a picture of Jeremy taken on the bus tour at Hershey PA when we went there for vacation last March. He was enjoying a yummy pastry on the bus ride, then got a bunch of chocolate at the end of the bus ride. Hershey was a really fun place to visit. Next time we go, we want to go during the summer so we can go to the amusement park.

2nd Layout with Into the Wilderness

Here is the second layout with this kit. This kit is absolutely beautiful. I love the earth tones and the nature elements. You can find the kit at Groovy Scraps.
The font I used is called Chocolate Box and is available at dafont.com .

Creative Team layout

I am on Kim Cameron's CT. I've been on there for a long time, but haven't really been active since I started designing. Now that my designing career is over, I decided I needed to get some scrapping done and get active in the CT again. Here is the first layout I have done for Kim in a long time. This layout is for our church scrapbook. I am going to be called as our ward historian soon. I'm taking over from a sister who is 96 years old. I've done several layouts in the past year for her and she always teases me that I am going to end up taking over for her when she gets released. I'm excited and nervous about this new calling, but I really think it will be fun. It will also get me back into scrapping. I haven't scrapped much in the last 4 months. I'd kinda lost my mojo, but I hope it's back. This kit is called Into the Wilderness. You can find it here. It's currently 35% off, so you can get it for only $2.59. Here is a preview of the kit.

Fully Retired

I have completely retired from digital designing. I plan on just designing things for my own needs. My heart just isn't into this anymore. Thanks for all of those who supported me. I don't know if I will post to this blog at all or if I will just delete it. If you still want to keep up with me, check out www.memyselfandpoppy.blogspot.com . This is where my personal blog is located.

Want a free kit?

I have a new kit in the store. It is called Rise and Shine. It is filled with these cute little critters as you can see on the preview. There are 10 papers, all unique and different along with 20 different elements. There are 2 elements that have been recolored twice each, so not a lot of duplicates is different colors.

I have a special going on right now. If you spend $2.00 in my store, I will send you a coupon for this kit free. My store does not send me notifications on who orders what, so you will need to send me an email with your store receipt in order for me to send you the coupon. You can email me at digiheaven (at) gmail (dot) com. This offer is good until September 13th, so don't miss out. You can find my store by clicking here.

Scorching hot sale

Groovy scraps is having a scorching hot sale July 8th-15th. It is such a fitting name for this sale since the Austin Texas area has been experiencing record breaking heat for the past 3 weeks. It wasn't as bad yesterday and today due to the "cold front" that came through. Unfortunately, the rain missed us this time. This past weekend, we had an Austin Oakhills Stake fast in hopes to bring rain to this area. We even had Jeremy fast. He did really well considering he is only 7. I won't force him to fast every month, but I think this was very important. I am very proud of him and how well he did.

Anyway, I digress. Groovy Scraps is having a sale. My entire store will be 35% off July 8-15. You can find my store here. I don't really have anything new in the store, but these 3 kits haven't been in the store long and I haven't really focused on them.

While you are over at GS, check out our challenges. My challenge is something different each month. I get bored easily and didn't want it to always be the same. This month, it is a lyric challenge using the song 1-2-3-4 by the Plain White Ts. You can use all or part of the song. There are also several new designers at the store and that means lots of new challenges. If you find yourself stuck in a rut, jump over and check out all the cool, new challenges we have going on at GS.

Father's day sale

I have been sadly neglecting my designing and my store, but I am vowing to do better. I need to design more and advertise more. I think I have probably lost all of my viewers for my blog as I have only done 2 posts the entire year. You can tell by my sell figures too. I really do enjoy designing and I really want to design more.

So, I am having a sale in honor of Father's day. Everything in my store is 50% off through Sunday. I have several new kits over the past few months. Some of them are from my recent personal use grab bag and then my new kit that I released in April. I hope to see you at Groovy Scraps. You can find my store here.

In addition to my sale, I have also posted a new challenge. The challenge for June is to create a layout using all or part of the lyrics for the Plain White T's song "1 2 3 4". I love that song. It is so sweet. For completing my challenge, you will get my part of the collaborative kit "Island Luau". Here is a preview of the kit. You can find the challenge here.
If you want to find out more about my personal life, you can check out my personal blog at http://memyselfandpoppy.blogspot.com/ . I can't promise it is that interesting, but you can give it a shot if you want.

Prosperity

I finally have a new kit in the store. It has been a few months since I have put a new kit in my store. I still enjoy designing, but life gets crazy. I'm sure most people know what I mean. I actually finished this a few weeks ago, but I'm just now getting around to putting it in the store. You can purchase this kit at Groovy Scraps for $3.90.

As a gift, here is a small sample of the kit. Remember, please don't share my links. Send them to my blog.

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A new grab bag

I have a personal use grab bag available in my store. This grab bag contains 2 full size kits, 1 element pack and 4 mini kits. I won't show you what they look like though. That will remain a surprise. I will reveal what is in the grab bag part way through the month. This will be available only through the month of February, then each of the items will be available individually or the entire bag will be $15.00. Don't miss out on this great deal.

A new kit and a sale

We are having a sale at Groovy Scraps. I am offering 40% off of everything in my store. This sale will only last a week.

I know I haven't been super active lately on my blog, but I do have a new kit finally. It is called Holiday Cheer. It is available here in my store at Groovy Scraps. Below is a preview. I hope I am not too late for your holiday photos. I have tons of photos I need to scrap so I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I have a few brag book pages to give you in honor of my new kit. I hope you can use these cute brag book pages for your Holiday photos. Please do not share my links. Send them to my blog instead.
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Crew's Journey

I stumbled across a blog that has really touched my heart. This is a blog about a tiny little baby named Crew. He was a twin born at 28 weeks. His twin brother passed away prior to birth due to twin to twin transfusion syndrome. Crew is fighting for his life now. He is progressing and doing really well for such a tiny little guy. I read this blog every day and I have added Crew to my prayers each day. You can read about him here. His mom is a digital scrapbooking designer also. The designers she sells with have created a kit to help the family pay for Crew's NICU cost, which will be huge, even with insurance. I didn't hesitate to purchase it. It is on sale at Plain Digital Wrapper. I don't usually advertise for kits that are not my own, for my CT designers or from one of my stores, but this is an exception.

I'm posting about this on both blogs. This is a very worthwhile kit. It is huge and adorable.

When you say your prayers, please include Crew. He could use all the prayers he can get.

Old Fashion Christmas Add-on

I added a little bit onto my kit "Old Fashion Christmas" and redid the preview. I have learned so much about previews in the 14 months I have been designing. I used to think I needed to make the nice and neat so you could see everything that was in them. I have found people seem to like them better when they are a little messy. Go figure.

I know there are a few isolated people who purchased my Old Fashion Christmas kit last year, so I am making the add-on available as a freebie on my blog. For those of you who may not have purchase it, right now is the perfect time to do so. It is on sale for 50% off. That makes this kit only $1.88. Some of the pictures I used in this kit remind me of Norman Rockwell photos of long ago. The Dover book I used was the best. I hope you enjoy this kit. Everything in my store is currently 50% off for the Christmas season. I will be slowly redoing my previews and maybe even adding to the kits I have in the store. I would love to see what you make with my kits, so feel free to give me a link to your gallery if you use something I made.

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My sister-in-law just emailed me some sad news. For those LDS members, Elder Wirthlin died last night. He was 91. He died in his sleep of old age. The little blurb she sent said he worked in his office all the way up to Thanksgiving. He served the Lord all the way to the end. He will be missed, but I am sure he is enjoying a happy reunion with his wife.

Blog award and 2 daily downloads

I got a blog award from one of my former CT members, Robin. I need to list 7 things I am thankful for. This is an easy one for me as I have a lot to be thankful for. I am also suppose to tag 7 people, but I don't really like trying to tag people, so if you read this, then consider yourself tagged.
1. My amazing husband
2. My 3 great kids (I could have listed them individually, but I thought that was cheating)
3. each day that I have with my mother-in-law
4. My husband's job
5. The restored gospel of Jesus Christ
6. The chance to live in a free country
7. My parents, brothers and sisters

Groovy Scraps will be starting a Christmas daily download starting tomorrow. It will run through Christmas day or eve, I can't remember which. When you go to the forum area at GS, then click on downloads on the top bar. Each download will be available for only 24 hours. At the end, you will end up with the entire kit, called Santa's Kiss. These are the 2 days I have contributed. Mine will be available on the 15th and the 24th. Along with the daily download, my entire store will be on sale for 50% off through the 24th. I don't have anything new in the store, sorry. I don't know when I will get something new either.
My friend Aimee is going to have a daily download on her blog. It will start tomorrow. She is an amazing designer. You can find her blog here. Don't miss out on these 2 great chances to get some Christmas kits to scrap those holiday photos.

My Strength

I finally got everything together and in the store. Now presenting our charity kit called My Strength. All the proceeds for this kit will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This kit is huge-230 MB worth of scrapbooking joy. The papers and the elements are beautiful. This kit can be purchased at Groovy Scraps. It is a steal at only $6.00. Thanks to Kim Cameron, Tracy Drane, Wddesignz, Demiurgia Designs and Biebels Scraps for their contributions to this kit. I hope everyone can help out with this amazing cause. I know first hand how hard this disease can be on an individual and on a family.

Semi-retiring

It has been a busy month and I meant to post this a long time ago. The end of the month snuck up on me though. I am going to be retiring, sort of. Life has just gotten so busy that I can't keep up with everything. I can't find time to design much and the stress of having to get a certain number of products in the stores each month, plus collaborative kits for each site was too much for me. I didn't have any time with my family and I didn't like that. I am having a huge sale at each of my stores. Everything is 50% off at Scraphead, Scrapper's Zone and Studio Style Designs. You can find the link in my side bar.

I will be staying on at Groovy Scraps to do some charity kits and their monthly collaborative kits. I doubt I will put anything in the store. If I decide to design anything, I will give it away for free on my blog.

Thanks to all of you who have bought my products and downloaded my freebies. My family is the most important thing to me and it is very important that I have time with them. I made a go at digital designing when I couldn't work and my family really needed the money. I was blessed to get on in several stores very quickly. I did not make the kind of money I had hoped to, but I really enjoyed the process. It gave me something even more important. I needed some sort of distraction during a very difficult time in my life and designing provided that for me. As I was typing, that came to me-an epiphany as to why I was getting accepted to all of these stores. I think that distraction was the most important thing for me during that time. Things are much better now. I feel better, I have an answer as to what is wrong with me and I have a treatment plan to help some. Having MS has brought many blessing to me. I never thought such a horrible disease could bring so many blessings.

Speaking of MS, I will have a charity kit for the National MS Society in stores soon. It is a collaborative kit by some of the designers at Groovy Scraps. As soon as it is in the store, I will post about it.

So, take advantage of my retirement sales for the rest of the week. I hope you find some great deals and find something you like.