Christmas Kits!

I just LOVE Christmas kits! My designers are always outdoing themselves and I wonder each year how they get better! I have a few to show you :-)

Joy to the World by Amy Stoffel

Rejoice by River~Rose Designs

Up on the Rooftop by mLe Card
Merry and Bright Alpha
Fuss Free Set 1 by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs

Glad Tidings by Tracie Stroud, Faith True and Designs by Kat

Who Village by LauraMarie Scraps

Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Amy Stoffel
Strip that Paper 2.0 by Studio Jen D

Farmer's Market (one dollar specials!)

Holy moly! I am just loving the Farmer's Market at Scrap Orchard right now! Everything in that section of the store is just $1! You won't believe what you will find. Awesome full kits from Tracie Stroud, fab mini's from mLe Card and Lyndsay Riches and sweet templates by Scrapping with Liz and Fiddle Dee Dee Designs, plus more! Head on over and stock up! I am off to shop :-)

A Thankful Heart by Tracie Stroud!

Tracie is a guestie at The Lilypad and has this FABULOUS kit available! I am so proud of this template free layout that I did :-)

A Ton of Changes!

With all the changes in digi-land, I thought I would let you know where you can now find some of my favorite designers! Just in case you haven't heard yet....

Amy Stoffel is now at MScraps!

River~Rose is at After 5 Designs!

Studio Jen D is at Scrapbookgraphics!

This collab by the 3 of them is just fabulous and you can find it in each of their stores!

New Blog!

I have been horrible about keeping up my blogs but I decided to start a new photography blog anyway! You are reading Scraps of Real Life, but now I also have Snaps of Real Life! www.snapsofreallife.blogspot.com. It's a work in progress but I hope to have more fun photo shoots to fill it with :-)

Sad Times!

One of my favorite scrap stores has closed :-( 9th & Bloom is no longer. It is a sad day! I had a wonderful time being a part of a wonderful team and I will miss all of the designers and team members. Be sure to look for your favorite 9th & Bloom designer at a new store and be sure you are following them on their blog or Facebook so you can get the scoop on their new "homes".

Mix & Bloom!

So much fun at 9th & Bloom! Did you hear that Amy Stoffel is now designing for 9th & B?! Rumor has it there is going to be even more fun coming in November!

For the temp-a-holic!

If you are as addicted to templates as I am but don't have the funds to buy a ton of them then just invest in this book and see just how far you can stretch your stash! Suzy Q Scraps, with help from Cheryl of Fiddle Dee Dee Designs, has put together this ebook. Yours truly happens to have a few layouts in there too so be sure to look at the credits below the different layouts ;-)

Scrap Orchard Layouts!

Sweet Celebrations Bundle by mLe Card
Template Freebie by Fiddle Dee Dee

Sweet Tweets by Tracie Stroud

Surprise Party by Faith True
Fuss Free: Contest Series 1 by Fiddle Dee Dee

Happy 1st Birthday to 9th & Bloom!

Need a Jumpstart???!!!

I am so excited to be a part of Sheri (aka Scrap Shabby's) grand opening at Pickleberrypop! She is launching her store with her amazing templates and you MUST check it out!



(layout using set 3 from Jumpstart Designs shop and In the History of Ever by Amy Stoffel)

DigiScrap Addicts "the fix"!

Layouts from July's "the fix" at DSA!

Christmas in July at ScrapMatters!

Lyndsay Riches Digital Scrapbook Designs: Meet Sarah!

Lyndsay Riches Digital Scrapbook Designs: Meet Sarah!: "Hey everyone! Yo here, bringing you another CT spotlight. I get the pleasure of introducing you to Sarah, aka zachandavasmom. Your Name? S..."

In Love (with a kit!)

This kit is seriously killing me with beauty! It just had me drooling from the moment I saw it! Here is the page that I did with a busy bee template. It's one of my favorite pages that I have done in a while!

Mix a Kit?!

This idea is new to me but I think it is FABULOUS! The designers at ScrapMatters are given a color panel and a theme and asked to create the different parts of a kit, elements, papers, word art and even templates, etc. What you get is a piece of everyone at SM in one place and you get to pick your favorites of the pieces to work with.

My page using about 5 of the 30 something options available in the ScrapMatters Mix a Kit

Junes kit is beachy and fresh feeling, just perfect for summer!

New at 9th & Bloom!

Blocking Set 2 by Two Blue Birds
Into the Night by Designs by Helly and Veronica Spriggs

Awesomesauce by Tracie Stroud
Sidekicks Pack 25 by Fizzy Pop Designs



Welcome Mr Sun 9th & Bloom collab.

Amazing Call!

If I were not already on the team at 9th and Bloom, I would be all over this!!!

Lovely new stuffs!

Brighter Days Ahead by Lyndsay Riches; Mish Mash Vol. 2 Templates by LGFD

2 become 1 by Faith True ; Fuss Free Funky Paper Play Set 4 by Fiddle Dee Dee

Pajama Party by Tracie Stroud ; Template by Scrapping with Liz

Double Album Templates II by Scrapping with Liz ; Kit by Julie Bullock

First Layout for 9th & Bloom!

I felt like a kid in a candy shop this week when I started at 9th & Bloom! I really had to use restraint with my downloads because I just wanted everything, haha! Here is my first layout as a member of the Art Crew! The new kit Boardwalk by Designs by Helly and By Becca was perfect for my California Adventure boardwalk photos and some photos we took on the Santa Monica Pier a while back. The template is by Fiddle Dee Dee and available at 9th & Bloom too while Cheryl is this months guest designer! Now, I need to go find those other photos somewhere on the desktop.

New Teams!

In the last few days I was made some awesome team offers! I am happy to say that I was able to accept two out of the 3. I am now getting creative for DigiscrapAddicts and 9th and Bloom. I started perusing the new releases at 9th & Bloom for this week and my jaw seriously dropped! I am also working on layouts for the Fix at DSA and wow! Have I mentioned lately how much I love scrapping???!!!

More iNSD Stuff!

Check out these goodies! iNSD has had the designers producing some gorgeousness and all for amazing cheap prices. This weekend only for most of them though so get to shopping!

Check out Amy's awesome contest here!

This just just a taste of the grab bags over at ScrapMatters! Be sure to check out the rest here!


Scrap Orchard is also having a Farmer's Market Sale! Everything in the market is $1!

Just a taste of the goodness:

iNSD!

There is going to be loads of great stuff going on this weekend for (Inter) National Scrapbook Day so stay tuned!

Layout created with all products by Peppermint Creative

Ava & Ariel!

mLe Card created a super cute Princess Party kit and bundle that just went together so fabulously with Fuss Free: Among the Waves temps by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs!

Dreaming of Honey!

Scrap Orchard is having a BEE call! My dreams will be filled with bees, tini's, and lots of things in the color red! Hehe! I've wanted to be a bee since I started really getting into digiscrapping. Big dreams!

Happy Easter!

I hope you enjoyed your Easter celebrations or just a nice leisurely Sunday! We took the kids to see the Easter Bunny yesterday (side note: do not wait until the day before Easter to do this!) The photos came out so cute that I had to edit them (of course!) and scrap them!

I used a fabulous new temp set from Scrapping with Liz - Misc Temps II and the super cute Bunny Treats from Amy Stoffel

Happy Earth Day!

I will just say that Scrap Orchard has the right idea on how to celebrate Earth Day!

Save a Tree-Go Green - Scrap DIGITAL!!!!

Not only is in more environmentally friendly but it is loads of fun. Check out the forums at ScrapMatters and Scrap Orchard to find out how to get started!

Ava's Birthday Layouts!

(made with Oh Deer by Amy Stoffel and Fuss Free Set 9 by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs)
(made with Ariana's Birthday by Wimpychompers Designs & Fuss Free Set 9by Fiddle Dee Dee)
( made with Petunia by LauraMarie Scraps and Sweet Spring Temp Set 1 by True Blue Studio)
(made with Ariana's Birthday by WimpyChompers Designs)