Blogger still isn't working correctly--you'd think it would be fixed by now!!
I've had visitors off and on for awhile now, and have been having a good time with family.  I've done a lot of layouts, but probably won't post all of them here.  I'd be posting all night if I did!  I'll just post the layouts I did this past week or so!
I have a couple of layouts that I used a cute kit from Milly Dee Designs called Little Sailor.  You can find it at DigitalScrapCafe.com.  I loved the colors and the great embellishments in this kit!  It was really fun to use. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'll try to be a little more consistent in posting!! 

Wow, my Blogger isn't working!  It wouldn't let me post for a few days, and today I had to work around a bug to get to post today!  I had to publish a blank post, then go edit it--I hope they get this fixed soon!! 
Today I have some layouts to share from a kit by DaybreakScraps Designs called Petals and Wings.  It was released at Funky Playground this week.
The first one is my lovely daughter Becky.  She made such a gorgeous bride, and she made her dress herself!  There is my dear husband beside her, ready to take that long walk.  His face says "smile" but his heart said something else.  Giving his girls away wasn't one of his favorite things to do!  The next one is Jonah!  He's such an active little guy.  He'd hate being caged up, so thought I'd go with a take on his name (Bird) and use the cute cage in the kit.  Then comes Abby and her Christmas Cookies!  This is a tradition for her, and she loves it! Especially the eating part.  The little one on the swing is Meggie!  She has a birthday tomorrow, she'll be a TEEN now!  So as you can see, this photo was from awhile back.  Happy Birthday girlie!  The next one showcases some photos we took in San Diego.  These gorgeous flowers were too pretty to pass up!!  Hope you enjoy my layouts today. 

Enjoy this Holiday weekend--in the states, we're celebrating Independence Day.  I pray we always stay that way!!

Marshmella Designs released the cutest kit this week!  I love it!!  So far, it is only here:  Marshmella Designs, but may be released at other stores soon.  It is called RIGHT HERE.  I had to use it with these cute photos of Jacob that Amy gave me before she left for Tennessee.  She had taken the photos while she waited for Scott to arrive at LAX from his moving trip in the truck.  Amy picked him and his buddy up at the airport.  The sun was just beginning to set, and the shadows were perfect for her to snap a bunch of photos of our boy.  I love them all!!  I especially love the first photo!  Look at his gorgeous eye lashes!!  What a beautiful baby!!

Wow, another post this week!  :)  I have some more layouts to share--hopefully I'll catch up one of these days! haha!  One of the galleries I've posted a lot of my layouts to went down a few weeks ago, and we were told "it was only temporary" while they changed servers.  Well, the gallery is back up, but all my layouts are still gone.  I'm so disappointed!!  That is another reason I'd like them here too!!  :)

I have two layouts to share from a new kit by Marshmella Designs.  I used her new kit called Teen Scene, and it is currently at godigitalscrapbooking.com.  I made layouts of Adam and of Jacob--who are the oldest grandson and the youngest grandson!  They are both such great boys.  Adam is getting so tall and is such a sweetie!!  And Jacob is 8.5 months old now, and is quite chunky!!  And that SMILE is simply gorgeous!!  I swear that when he was visiting, he told me "I LOVE YOU."  If Amy hadn't heard it at the same time, I'm sure she'd think I was nuts, but she was there and can attest to it!!

The other layout I have to share is another layout of Jacob--but I used the same photo!  (I love that photo!)  I took that photo in the front yard when they were visiting a couple of weeks ago.  The other boys were playing in the sprinklers, and Amy was trying to keep Jacob entertained, so she was putting him over her head, and having him fly.  The sun was just right right in the sky, and I snapped this photo and caught his cute little smile.  It was such a fun day!!  I made the next layout with a kit by DayBreak Scraps Designs called Happy Go Lucky.  I also used a template by Tiffany Tillman for this layout.  Oh, which reminds me--I just finished up a class with Tiffany Tillman this morning--25 days of Summer Templates--(did I say I love templates?)  It was a fun class, and I learned more about PSE actually, then just working with templates!  The more I learn about that program, the more I love it!!
Anyhow, here is the other layout. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

Wow. Lots has happened since I posted last!!  Amy and her family should be arriving in Tennessee late tonight.  I miss them so much already!!  I loved having them here for the week before they left.  The kids are so much fun.  Jacob is getting so big so fast.  He won't remember California let alone Grandma and Grandpa!  I pray they enjoy their new home and new state. 

Since I've posted,  I've been accepted as a CT member at the PlainDigitalWrapper site!  It seems like a fun site, although I haven't had much time yet to get acquainted.  After Amy and the family left, I've been busy trying to catch up on layouts for the various Creative Teams I'm on!  I look forward to getting to know everybody there.  Digital Scrappers are so friendly (well, that is NOT limited to digital scrappers!!)  I've found scrappers in general very friendly and helpful to each other!   I'm amazed at the talent in the scrapbook world!

My layouts that I have to share tonight are from designers at the PlainDigitalWrapper site.  One of the layouts is titled Trains!  You all know my husband is a model train enthusiast, and he fostered that love with the Bird boys while they were here.  It didn't take much fostering at all.  In fact, the love of trains may be inborn in little boys!  I used a kit called Boys Will Be Boys by Southern Creek Designs for the Train layout.  Besides the kit, I also used a blog freebie template.  You can find the kit here:  Boys Will Be Boys

The other two layouts were also made with a kit from Southern Cree Designs.  This kit is called Gone Fishin.
One layout is entitled Camp Here and the other one is entitled Sailing.  I used a Tiffany Tillman template for the Sailing layout!  Thanks so much for looking!!

I found a great new kit at digiscrapbookingmania from Just Jaimee called Just for Becky-Sugar and Spice!  It is so cute--all pink and "girly" looking.  I've been having fun making layouts with it!  You can find the kit here:
http://scrapbookingmania.com/store/Just-Jaimee-Just-For-Becky-Sugar-and-Spice-Full-Kit-Digital-Girl-Kit-PU-S4H.html   I'm trying hard to keep my mind off of Amy and Scott's move, so this kit has kept me busy.  

Speaking of moving, Amy says everything is going to fit in their moving truck.  She says the packing is going well too.  They are filling up the truck right now!  Some of Scott's friends showed up to help them pack up the truck, then tomorrow, they will be coming here.  Scott leaves here Saturday with a friend to help drive the truck straight through to Tennessee.  After they unpack the truck at that end, they'll fly back to California.  Next Friday the family will pack up the car and start on their journey.

I used templates with all the layouts I'm going to share.   I used a template by Connie Prince on the Beach Girls layout.  Modern June supplied the template for the Fun in the Box layout, and a Tiffany Tillman template for the Sugar and Spice layout.  Thanks for looking!!

I just found out that one of the designers I CT for is participating in a designers challenge at CoolScrapsDigital!   How much fun is that!  You can pick up some freebie kits by visiting that site!  And while you're there, check out Jen C's Designs!!  Her kit is adorable!  Be sure to leave a comment because the comments count as points for their challenge!!  You can read all about it here:  Jen C Designs Blog.  Then go and enjoy!!

I have another beach layout to share today.  I used the same kit from Kerry Stewart that I used yesterday. It is called Down by the Sea, and can be found here: Down By the Sea  I also used a new word art release from Kathy Winters called Summer Lovin' that can be found here:  Summer Lovin'.

Besides the above two kits, I also used a template from the Tiffany Tillman class I'm currently taking at Renee Pearson's website.   My grandsons love visiting the beach.  There are always tide pools to explore, insects to inspect, and waves to hop!  But if those weren't available for some reason, I'm sure they'd find something else to do!  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I have two new layouts to share today.  I made both of them with a new kit by Kerry Stewart called Down By the Sea.  It's a fun kit that will be perfect for any beach or water related layouts!  It has one page that is quite unique.  It is sand colored, and has embossed looking sand castles on it.  You'll see it on one of the layouts.  I'll have another layout with this kit tomorrow when a kit by Kathy Winters is released!  I used one of her gorgeous titles for the page for tomorrow!!

You can find Kerry's cute kit here (isn't that crab adorable?? and how about that great title word??):
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/kerry-stewart/98026-digikit-down-by-the-sea/?filters=digital-kits

The next layout is a lift from Mindy Hansen who is being honored this week in the digi-forum over at 2 peas!  She has been a great inspiration to me since I became a digital scrapbooker.  Her layouts are always well put together!  :)

See ya again tomorrow!  :)

I was happy to be accepted to Jen C's design team this week, so this is my first post with her cute products!

Jen C Designs came out with a new kit today.  It is called Just Another Day.  It's perfect for just about any kind of a layout. 

As you can see, it has great colors, cute embellishments, and great tags!  Everything about this kit is perfect!
I made three layouts using this kit!  I love them.  I used a template from Connie Prince for the first one!  The other two are all my design.  Oh, I almost forgot!  You can find the kit here:  http://scrapbookingmania.com/store/Jen-C-Just-Another-Day-Kit.html

 The Bird boys visited us for a week in May, and Jonah and Noah had a great time playing with their bikes and ride-ons in our driveway.  It brought back lots of childhood memories for grandpa.  As you can see here, he fixed up Jonahs bike so it was noisy.  This was something that Earl loved doing when he was a kid.  He thought his bike was a motorcycle that way.  Jonah fell into that same trap, and loved the extra noise his bike made.  Silly boy!
The next layout has one of my all time favorite photos of the boys a year or so ago.  Jonah loved giving Noah big hugs as you can see here.  :)  Jonah loves his brothers.

The last layout is of Deb's girls with one of their birds they added to the family this past spring.  They still only have one bird, but I'm not sure if this particular bird is the first or second one they had.  One didn't last too long, so I'm hoping I got the right photos of the second bird!  :)   That is all I have to share today, but this week is going to be a busy one for the designers I CT for, so there are more layouts in the wings!

 If you are looking for the blog hop, please see the June 3rd post!  :)  Thanks!

I have a couple of layouts to share today--both of them are from the new kit by Graham Like the Cracker and Ellie Lash.  The kit is called Island Cruising, and it is just adorable!  You can find the kit here:  http://scrapmatters.com/shop/product.php?productid=4982&cat=192&page=1

I made two layouts--and I'm not sure which one I like the best!  I used templates with both of them--one from Renee Pearson's new class "25 days of Summer Templates" and the other one from a freebie blog template called IB sketch 48.  I used some of the same photos--of Debbie's family in the San Diego Bay!
Doesn't it look glorious?  I had to be a perfect day--look at that beautiful clear blue sky.

So which one do YOU like best??  The first layout  is using the template from Renee Pearson, and the bottom layout is the IB Sketch 48.  I love templates!!  The waves are part of the scrap kit!  Aren't they just the best??

I'm participating in my very FIRST blog hop today!  And I'm also giving out my first freebie!!  The Blog hop is connected with one of my favorite designers, DayBreak Scraps Designs.  She recently collaborated with Girl Boy Girl on their new kit called Pickles and Ice Cream!  You guessed it, it's about documenting your pregnancy!  It's a cute kit that you can actually use for about any theme.  You can find the kit at http://www.funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/store/product.php?productid=22829&cat=5

While you're there buying the kit, be sure to check out the great challenges in the forum!  (especially the template challenge!)  Dawn (from Daybreakscraps Designs) is hosting the June Template challenges here:  http://funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6031
Pick up the freebie template and play along!!  You can receive a new template every week in June!!  Come on, you know you like templates!!

To show the versatility of this fun kit, I used it for a layout of my little granddaughter Hope!  She came to visit today, and my husband snapped her photo while she was playing in the sandbox!  Besides making the layout, I also made a quick page for you with the cute kit!

Here is a preview of the kit and the quick page I have for you! and here is the layout I made of my adorable granddaughter!  :)

Here is a list of the participating members of the blog hop!

Dawn
http://daybreakscraps.blogspot.com

Jenn
http://girlboygirldesigns.blogspot.com

NancyC
http://nancyscreativeoutlet.blogspot.com/search?q

Rebecca
http://rebeccasscraps.blogspot.com/

Andrea
http://www.2minutes2myself.com/

Clara
http://www.therigglefamily.blogspot.com/

Deanna
http://scrappygram.blogspot.com/  <---You are HERE!!

Gail
http://gailsmomentsintime.blogspot.com

Anna
http://scrappin-addict.blogspot.com/

Jewel
http://bothmadandgenius.blogspot.com/

Karen
http://cutegetscuter.blogspot.com/

Monica
http://scrapwithmonica.blogspot.com/

Here is a link to my quick page!
http://www.4shared.com/photo/T3gSe1Nm/quick_page_for_Dawn_edited-1.html

Have fun with the blog hop!  Be sure to visit each and every blog listed.  Remember, though, that we are all in different time zones, so check back if their post isn't up yet!

Memorial Day Weekend starts today!  I hope you all have a safe and wonderful time.  Don't forget the reason for the "Memorial" part!  We truly have been blessed by the sacrifice of others.  I remember when I was a child, I'd take trips to the Port Huron area of Michigan with my grandmother and Aunt Marie.  We'd go and decorate a bunch of graves of people I never knew, but knew those people had served our country with honor and valor.  We put little American Flags and flowers on those graves.  My aunt and grandmother shared wonderful stories of those relatives that served so willingly.  I just wish now that I could remember all those wonderful stories.
God Bless our servicemen and women.

Forty five years ago today I started a new adventure in my life.  It was one of the most rewarding and challenging adventures God gave to me!  Today is my son's birthday.  He turns 45 years old.  He's such a sweet man, and I'm so proud of him.  He's a wonderful husband and father.  We'll be celebrating with him later today.  He shares a birthday week with his oldest son Adam who turned 14 earlier this week!  Adam is also someone to be proud of.  He's a sweet and loving boy--a real treasure.  Happy Birthday Boys!!  And Thank you God for this adventure into motherhood, and now into grandmother-hood!  I'm loving the journey.

I have a couple of layouts to share today.  The first is from a combination of kits by Kerry Stewart called Candy Apple, bunny tales, and I also used her Curvalicious Clipping masks.  Love those things!!  :)   The second is from a revamped kit called The Earth Laughs in Flowers.  I loved the original kit, but the revamped kit is just wonderful!!  This kit is from Graham Like the Cracker.  She also has some exciting new things happening!  She has been guesting at ScrapMatters for the month of May, and has been asked to stay on permanently!  and she's adding another store too!  She's opening at Gotta Pixel on June 5th!  She's really excited about both of these things, and I'm excited for her.  Her designs are so nice!  Be sure to check them out at both stores.

Anyhow, here are my layouts!  The Blessings of a baby is from the Kerry Stewart collection!  This is Hopie when she was a tiny baby.  Now she'll be 5 in September, and insists she's BIG--She's such a kick!!  :)
Then the Happy boy is from the Kit by Graham Like the Cracker.  This is Jonah--before he turned the big 4 he is now!!  :)  He's such a beautiful boy!

I love these photos of him.  The sun flair behind his head makes him look like an angel--haha!!  He's a sweet boy, but maybe not an angel!!  He IS a very friendly boy.  He loves to talk to strangers.  He'll tell them his life story, and that of all of his family while you are just walking by!!  :)

I have just ONE layout to share today.  It's for a NEW CT I've been asked to be on!  It is for Kerry Stewart who has her store here:  http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/digital-kits/kerry-stewart/
I've "known" Kerry from the 2 peas message board for quite some time now.  I'm very happy to be on her team!  Two Peas was the first scrapping message board I ever joined back in 2002!  I've made a lot of friends there, and several of them are on this new CT!  Many of them were the same friends that were such an encouragement to me when I started digi!  It should be a lot of fun!!!   I just hope I can do her kits justice.  Her latest kit, called Candy Apple, was released today.  I also used her set of clipping masks which are so much fun to use!  Thanks Kerry for this opportunity!!
 My layout has photos of Dan and Ashlyn when they went to Sea World,  They sat in the Splash Zone!  :)

I had a great day scrapping yesterday.  I loaded up PSE with one kit and made 5 different layouts!!   Really made it easy.  There was so much to choose from, but of course, I used my favorite embellishments more than once!!  :)  The kit was from a Birthday Collab from Digiscrapbookmania!  I paired the cute kit up with some cute photos of some of the granddaughters, and here is what I came up with!

Aren't those fun??  I used a template for two of them--party time 2004, and the last one entitled Abby.  I love to use templates!!  Really cuts down on the time to produce a layout.

Today is Sunday--have a great day, and don't forget to honor our Savior!

My designers have been really busy this month!  I've been scrapping a lot, but not having time to get all the layouts here on the old blog!  I'll be trying to get caught up here before the end of the month so I can start out June on a clean foot!  :)

Graham like the Cracker has been really busy this month!  She stated out the month by releasing a kit called When the Wind Blows, which was just darling!  I made two layouts of Abby with that kit!  Pumpkin Gutz and Abby turns three!!  I somehow didn't get those layouts to the old blog!! 

Then Jen of  Graham Like the Cracker teamed up with Connie Prince and produced another darling kit called Mischief Monsters!  It is such a cute kit--full of fun embellishments!!  So many, in fact, it was difficult to pick which  ones to use!!  :)  I came up with another two layouts using that sweet kit--this time I used the boys!  (I posted the layouts in Friday, May 14th post.)
Did I tell you that Connie Prince is one of the designers I love too, so I was REALLY happy to learn this month, that she's joined the Creative Team at Graham Like the Cracker too!  She has stores at Elemental Scraps, Gotta Pixel, Scrapmatters, and Scrappity-Doo-Dah!  Graham Like the Cracker is at Gingerscraps.net, and currently guesting at Scrapmatters.com.

Besides the two kits mentioned above, Graham Like the Cracker then teamed up with Stolen Moments and designed still another kit this month!  It is called Carry My Heart.  I posted the layouts yesterday!  I'm so impressed with Jen!  She has been coming up with such great kits!!  It's so much fun to scrap when you have great kits to play with!  I love this designer!  She is such a blast to CT for! 

I love "new release day" from the designers I CT for!  That is the day I get to post layouts I've been working on!  It's so hard not posting them right away!  Today, two of the teams I ct for released a kit!

Graham Like the Cracker teamed up with Stolen Moments and did a great collab called Carry My Heart.  She made it to coordinate with her wedding photos, and it is very elegant!  Those of you who know me know I'm not the elegant kind, so I did a different kind of layout to show the kit's versatility!
You can find this fabulous kit at ScrapMatters.com
I did the layout called Like a Bird.  I've scrapped these photos before, but they just tickle the daylights out of me.  Jonah is such a funny little bird!!  :)  and the other layout is Anniversary!  It is from Amy and Scott's Anniversary in 2007.  They went to the beach for an over-nighter--and Grandpa and I stayed with the boys!

  The other designer is Marshmella Designs.  Her release is at GoDigitalscrapbooking.com.  The kit is called Just for Kicks, and it's a soccer kit!  My layouts, however don't have anything to do with soccer!!  :)  I just liked the colors and thought I'd do something besides soccer!

We've been taking care of Jonah and Noah this week.  They are such nice boys--and we are going to miss them so much when they move to another state in just a few weeks.  Thanks Amy and Scott for letting us have them this week.  They are a blessing in our lives! 

I have three layouts to share tonight!  They are all made with the same kit from ScrapManiac.  It is called Chill Out.  It was the perfect kit for some of the photos of the San Diego family when they went to the mountains in April after a late spring snowfall.  One of the layouts is called Late Spring Snow, one is called Snow Much Fun, and the third is called Gotcha!

Wow, I have a couple of layouts to share with you today!!  I've been so busy with making layouts, I've neglected my blog!  I'm going to share layouts from a kit by Graham Like the Cracker (don't ya just love that name??)  Jen makes some awesome kits, and I'm so happy to be on her CT!  This week she teamed up with another one of my favorite designers Connie Prince!  Although I'm not on HER Ct, she's now on Jen's CT, so we'll be rubbing elbows once in awhile!!  :)  They came up with such a cute kit and bundle called Mischief Monsters!  It is adorable!  I'm taking care of Noah and Jonah this week, and I've taken some photos that really fit this cute kit.  I'll share those today!  :)
 Isn't this kit just adorable??  You can find the kit here:  http://scrapmatters.com/shop/product.php?productid=4780&cat=0&page=1

I'm having a nice Mother's Day, how about you?

One of the hardest parts about being on a Creative team is getting the kit before it is released,  working on the layouts, and then having to WAIT until the kit is released to post the layouts you've done!  It was particularly hard with this kit because I loved the layouts so much! 

I have three layouts to share today.  I made them with a new kit from Jen C Designs called Strawberry Delight--that just released TODAY.  And a it WAS a Delight to work with!!  I love the colors, the springy feel, and the alphabet is just too cute!!  I've scrapped ALL of these photos before, but they just had to be scrapped again with this cute kit!  I hope you enjoy them.  Jen C Designs can be found at several stores, but I found her at DigiScrapbookMania.com, and the direct link to the kit is here:  Jen C's Store.
One layout is of Abby on her birthday a few years ago--don't remind me how long ago it was--she's growing up way too fast!!  This grandma doesn't like them to grow up so fast!!!

Another layout is Amy and Jacob in front of the house with the Banks roses blooming in the background.  Jacob was 6 months old here.

and the other layout is of Abby again, and she was just so cute with her sweet little face!  :)


Have a great day!!