Birthday Fun and a Freebie

Laurie's Scraps has been bringing you fabulous kits for an entire year, and to celebrate, there's a sale going on!!

You can't beat 40% off! Run over and grab all those kits you've been wanting while the price is right! But don't go yet, because there's more!

Laurie has released another fabulous kit as part of her birthday celebration. This is such a fun kit that is awesome for scrapping all those birthday moments for boys and girls! Here is the preview.

And here is the layout I did with it. This is my baby's first birthday, just two months ago! Time sure flies!

I had to get in on the birthday celebration too! So here is a little freebie for you. It's the frame cluster I put together for my layout. It includes a frame for horizontal pictures and one for vertical pictures, so everyone should be happy! Click here or on the preview to grab it! Don't forget to run over to Laurie's Scraps for more birthday fun!

Template Freebie

I decided to reward all (3 or 4) of my loyal followers out there! So here you go - a free template from my Walking on Sunshine layout last week. Hope you enjoy, and I'd love to see any LOs you do with it!

Click here to download!

Why I Scrapbook

I am hopelessly addicted to scrapbooking for one simple, yet powerful, reason:

Every time I take a look at a photo of a memory, I get to relive it all over again.

I can hear, taste, smell, and feel all those wonderful emotions again and again and again.

Scrapbooking puts those emotions in a place where I can access them anytime I want.

Scrap-cation Success

I am home from my very relaxing and very enjoyable trip to San Diego. I had a great time, but I was so anxious to get back to my kids!

I got plenty of scrapbooking in, and was able to get 12 LOs done (or mostly done). So I thought I'd post some of the LOs I did and hopefully give you some inspiration and fun eye candy. Enjoy!

Take a Dip collab by Digi-Designs by Nicole and Nibbles Skribbles

Boom Boom Pow kit by Penny's Creative Team

Summer's Afternoon kit by FlowerScraps

My Favorite Guy kit (June blog train) from BlogTrainBlog

Darkness kit by Designs by Rozie

Beach House kit by Digi-Designs by Nicole and FlowerScraps

I won a little contest with this next one! We had to do a LO with this freebie add-on kit, and this is what I came up with! Always nice to be rewarded for the fun! This is Pirate's Life add-on kit by Designs by Kiki

Would you like a free template or two?? Leave me a comment and tell me which LO you'd like a template for. If I get enough comments, you'll get your gift!

Little Learner

Laurie's Scraps has a great new kit out today, called Little Learner. I LOVE this kit! It is great for girls and boys, and has some really great elements! Here is the layout I did with this kit

And here is a preview of the full kit. Great papers, lots of elements, so versatile!! Click on the preview to be taken to Laurie's site. And don't forget about her awesome sale - 35% off in all her stores for the rest of the month!! There are lots of goodies to be had! What are you waiting for - get out of here and check it all out!

A Sale!

I'm on vacation in San Diego right now - very fun and very ReLaxInG (no kids)!! First time on a vacation with just DH in 6 years!!! 6!!!! Wow! I'm actually doing a lot of scrapbooking because DH is at a conf. for work while we're here. So I get to do what I want while he's gone, then we have fun in the evenings!

Laurie's Scraps is having an awesome sale right now, so I had to make sure you knew about it. She has re-made lots of her older kits, and {somehow} made them even better! Click on the flier to head to her site. Don't miss out - it's a great deal!

Come back on Friday for a surprise!

Father's Day Re-cap

I just realized that I forgot to post a finished-product picture of the Father's Day gifts I did. So, without further ado.... (please excuse the lousy picture!)

I think they're so cute...in fact, if I had a desk, I would want some to put there too!

What do you think?

If you try this project, size your LO down to about 5.5" X 5.5" - I don't think the tiles are really 6X6. Even with that size I still had to do a little trimming around the edges. If they were for me, I would have added a real flower or some real ribbon or something like that, just to give them a little more dimension. I just don't think DH would appreciate that part as much as I would! Oh, and I printed these at Inkley's (I think they were 49 cents each - can't beat that!)