Good morning blog!  I have a few things to share this morning!
A few of the designers I CT for have some releases today I'd like to share with you! today.
Miss Miss released a template set called Tilted templates found here:
http://scrapable.co/store/Tilted-Templates.html

 I used the template package, some overlays, and a collab kit from Miss Mis and Modern June to make this layout about my grandchildren discovering CREATION with a hands on experiment!  My daughter teaches the children at home, and this was their lesson on CREATION.  She's so very creative!!  She knows children learn more with hands on activities than just by reading about things. 

 Here are the cute overlays:

 found here.
and here is the great school kit--one of my favorite kits!!

 which you can find here.
 Another Designer, Kat's Creations, also released a template package today at Gingerscraps.co

 I made this layout with it!  It was little Sarah last year when she was trying to decide what costume to wear for Halloween.  This costume wasn't the winner, but she sure won my heart!!

I also used her kit Family Love found here.
I did another layout with these great templates too!

I also used her fun SCHOOL RULES kit found here: http://store.gingerscraps.net/School-Rules.html.
Still another designer, Twin Mom Designs, released a darling kit called Autumns Eve!  This kit gets us into the mood for FALL for sure!!  The colors are great, and the elements are just so cute, as you can see here:

And you can find it here!
I did this layout with it.  I chronicled our last trip to Colorado last October.  When we left home, the leaves were green, and by the time we arrived at my daughters house outside of Denver, the leaves were falling!  All in the distance of 1000 miles.

I also used a template from a Birthday Pack of templates from Marie H. Designs found here:
(shown later).
For this layout, I used Mandy Kings new release called Feeling Fallish found here:  This is a layout of our granddaughter playing with our dog!

Here is a look at her beautiful kit!

I have one more to share today.  No pictures, but I learned this saying from my mother, who was a very wise and lovely lady that loved her family more than anybody ever knew.  She remains an inspiration to me, even after being gone for so long.  I know, however, someday we'll laugh again when we are together in heaven!   Because of Jesus, I have that assurance.

For this layout, I used Marie H Designs new release Endless Moments found here:   and a template from Marie H Designs Happy Birthday package found here:
and this is what they look like!

That is all I have to share today!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Please keep our country in  your prayers as we remember those lost 10 years ago in the 9/11 attack on our country.  Prayers may not be allowed at the ceremony in New York, but I'm sure that won't stop prayers around the country for the families that lost so many loved ones!  God is faithful, and we must be also.

 This has been an exciting week for our family!  School (Home school) is active in all four of my grown children's homes this week!  The last to start has been Adam and Hope.   I used the photo that Gina sent to me on Adam's first day of school to make this layout for him.  He's such a talented and smart young man, and you can see how handsome he is too!!  He takes learning very seriously.  Here is his first day of school layout.  I guess it's pretty easy to be TEACHER'S PET when your mom is the teacher!  :)  Love this young man!!

I made the layout with a collab between Miss Mis and Modern June called Making the Grade.  It is found here:  http://scrapable.co/store/Miss-Mis-Designs-and-ModernJune-Duo-Making-the-Grade.html  and this is what it looks like!  It is chock full of great elements!!  I just love it.  Look at that cute worm.  :)

 Modern June released a great kit late last month called Apple of My Eye!  Isn't it beautiful?  It can be found here:  http://scrapable.co/store/Apple-Of-My-eye.html

I did this layout of Jonah and Noah and a learning activity with it! ( I also used a Trixie Scraps Designs template for this layout.)

Also, Miss Mis released her new kit today.  It is called Past the Pain, and is a very sweet kit!  It can be found here

One thing that helps me with the pains of life is my deep faith in Jesus Christ.  The Bible, as the Word of God offers a believer so much comfort!  Jesus is the answer to the pain in life!  I was drawn to this kit as I've been looking for a kit to use on some of my favorite Bible Verses!  Therefore, I made this layout:

The verse says: 2 Corinthians 1:3-5
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God..  For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into
our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

May the comfort of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!!

Mis Miss has an add-on to her Cooks like a Man that she released last week!  It's really sweet!  I haven't had a chance to work with it yet, but wanted to share it with you anyhow.  She even has a CU product available too!!  You can find both kits exclusively at Scrapable.co!

 Be sure to check them out!  They are too cute.
 Hope to see you here again real soon.

Don't ya just love Blog trains?  And Freebies??  Well, today I'm participating in another one!  You should have come from here: Joy: http://jra923-cre8ions.blogspot.com/.  I also have a freebie for you!  I made a quickpage for you with the August Free With Purchase kit at Funkyplayground this month. The kit was made by Siamese Studio and Trixie Scraps Designs and is called Sisterhood Forever!  The colors are absolutely gorgeous!!
Here is a preview of my freebie for the blog train!

 Here is a link to pick up your freebie: http://www.4shared.com/photo/QUSRewCw/Sisterhood.html
and here is where you go next!  Nancy: http://nancyscreativeoutlet.blogspot.com

If you get lost, you can find the whole order here:
May and Ashly :http://www.siamese-studio.com/blog
Joy: http://jra923-cre8ions.blogspot.com/
Deanna: http://scrappygram.blogspot.com<--------You are HERE!
Nancy: http://nancyscreativeoutlet.blogspot.com/
Jenn33199: http://jenn33199.blogspot.com/
Caroline: http://www.luvmykids1.blogspot.com/
Moodyjudy: http://moodyjudysworld.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by!  Come back again soon--and May God Bless You!!

Happy time at our house!  Three of the grandchildren are visiting for a couple of weeks!  Things are hoping let me tell you.  Grandpa has been feeling a little sick, which is sad because we always look forward to the kids being here--
My scrapping time has been nil since the kids have gotten here, but I have been posting some that I got finished before the kids arrived!  Miss Mis recently had a CT call, and I'm excited to say I was chosen for that team!  Her new release is just darling.  It's called Cook Like a Man and can be found exclusively at Scrapable. 
Here is a layout I did with her cute kit and a template from Connie Prince.

 Isn't that a sweet kit?  I hope you stop in today and pick it up!
Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you come back soon.  I've got to go play with the kids now!
God Bless you!

Hi everybody!  Boy have I got a deal for you!  Everybody that knows me, knows how much I LOVE templates!  Well, Marie H Designs released a grab bag FULL of really sweet templates for August!  You can grab them here,  and here is the teaser!

 She also released a new kit called Sweet Summer that you can grab here,  Here is the preview

I one layout that combined the Sweet Summer kit with one of the templates from the grab bag.

and two layouts using the templates and Marie H. Designs Musical You kit found here.

 and I did one layout with the template pack and a kit from Twin Mom Scraps called Blissfully Wed found here.

and here is a preview of Twin Mom's Scraps beautiful kit!

As you can see, I've been pretty busy scrapping!  :)  I'm now enjoying a visit from my grandchildren!  They made a surprise visit, and it's so much fun to have them here.  See ya soon!!  And may God Bless you and yours!

Hello old blog--I've been avoiding you lately!  :)  I've been getting a lot of spam replies, so didn't give the spammers anything to look at!  To the spammers:  my remarks are moderated--and won't be published, so you are just wasting your time!  :) 
Now, back to some fun business!!  I HAVE been scrapping a lot.  Since it's been so hot here in the desert, there isn't much else to do.  We had a great surprise this week!  Our grandson who is only five years old and hasn't even started school yet, sent us an email!!  It was so sweet, I had to make a layout with the sweet note.  The photos are from a year or so ago--because I don't have any recent ones--(HINT HINT AMY!!) I used his email for the the journaling.  Thank you Jonah for such a fun email!!
Here is the journaling:  Dear Grandpa,
I love you.  I hope you feel better. I got to hold a baby kitten.  I liked it.  It was gray and black and soft. And we got Thomas' friends.  This Thomas and friends is so much fun to play with.  When you turn the switch on, the Thomas' friends will move on tracks.  Would you visit us someday? I love
the marble run.  Mom and Dad brought me marble run.  I like it so much. I want to see your big trains and the tiny train under your table.  And I love you Grandpa and Grandma.
          Jonah
Now, wasn't that the sweetest thing?  Gotta say I love that boy!!  Now, down to the layout!

This kit is going to go down as one of my all time favorites I'm sure!!  It is SO boyish--and since I have some of the cutest and smartest grandsons on this earth, I'm sure I'll use this over and over again!  It's called HURRY HOME by Pardon the Mess and can be found  here.
I also used a CU template from Trixie Scraps.

 Isn't that the cutest kit (and kid) ever??  Again, I gotta just say, I love that boy!  He's such a little goofy guy!! 

I have another layout I'd like to share today too!  It showcases another one of my gorgeous grandsons actually!!  This one is Micah.  He's very studious, as you can see in the photos!!  hehe!!  His Mama Becky is schooling at home, and see the intense learning mode he gets into?  I did this layout as a challenge actually!  When I paper scrapped, I almost always made to page layouts, but since I started doing digi, I usually do one page layouts!!  I was challenged to do a two pager, so here it is!!  Again, I used a great kit by Pardon the Mess called Super Conductor found here.  



My third. layout for the day is also a boy layout.  I'm back to another one for Jonah.  He's been on a roll lately with things he's doing!!  Besides reading, writing us an email, he's also learned to ride his bicycle without the training wheels.  When I read on Amy's facebook page that they were all on the way to the park with two trikes, and a 2 wheeler without the training wheels, she also said she was taking the first aid kit!!  Silly momma!!  Jonah did so well.  Scott took movies of him and posted the movie on u-tube for us!!  It's hard to be so far away from the kids when they are growing up so fast, but having movies and skype to keep us in touch has been such a blessing!! 
Back to the layout!!  This one is documenting his reading adventure!  :)  Here is the journaling on the layout: 
Routines made bed time at the Bird house a little easier.  The kids knew they could have a snack, get ready for bed, use the bathroom, brush teeth, then they would get a story.  They would rush through the first part of the routine so they would finally get to the story.  All the boys love their story time with either Mom or Dad!

Because of his love for books, it didn’t really surprise me that Jonah caught on to reading so easily!!  First he learned the sounds, and before long he was sounding out the words. 

He’s quite proud of himself now! He can read a book to himself or one of his brothers all by himself!   Praise God for teachers, and for little boys who want to learn! What a special blessing you are Jonah!

Here is the layout!

I used great kit from Pardon the Mess called A different World found here. 
I'm HOPING I get some photos of Jonah riding his bike without the training wheels soon so I can continue his journey into big boy-dom!  Yes, I know that isn't a word!  :) 
Hope you all have an amazing day!!  I'm sure I'll be back soon!  May God bless you!

I'm BACK with a couple of layouts to share today!  Both layouts were with new releases from Pardon the Mess at Scrapable.co.  For the first layout I used new release named Frozen in Time and a CU template from LorieM for this layout of Abby playing in the snow!  This was such a special time for us, as grandparents!!  Coming from the desert, playing in the snow in Colorado was certainly a change for us, and to be able to do it with your grandchildren was priceless!

I used That Summer for this layout of my four beautiful granddaughters!  Blue and yellow are one of my favorite color combinations, so you could say I love this kit!  I love these girls too!! Aren't they adorable?  Oh, I also used a great template from Connie Prince for this layout. 

I loved the elements in this kit, and the great alphabet!  I really love alphabets, but I usually forget to use them.  I couldn't pass this one up!

Here are the two kit previews!

 The links are in the text!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Come back again soon.

I have a couple of layouts to share today.  Both are from kits of Pardon the Mess!  I love her style, and her use of great colors!  She's exclusive at Scrapable.co and we love having her there!

The first layout is one of Abby.  I've scrapped this particular photo before but the new kit was so perfect for this photo I had to do it again!  The kit's name is Super Conductor.  I also used a template from Connie Prince!

The next layout was made with the Raining Sunshine kit.  The photos were taken on a trip to Sea World on a rainy day!  The kids didn't let a little rain dampen their trip and their visit with their cousins!  I used a template from Connie Prince for this one too!  Thanks ladies for producing great products for us to use!!

Thanks for stopping by!  God Bless you!

This will be a fun post!  Scrappity Doo Dah is having a Summer blog swoop today!  Isn't that fun?  The design team and the Creative team got together and made some amazing freebies for you using this great kit:

If you are following the swoop from the Scrappity Doo Dah master list, you got here from
Monica: http://2girlzdesigns.blogspot.com/
and after you leave here, please go to Asa: http://scraps-by-jayaprem.blogspot.com/
If you get lost, the whole swoop is at the Scrappity Doo Dah Blog here:   http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/blog/
Here is a quick page I've made for you:

and you can download it here. 
Here are the great freebies you can pick up!


Now remember from here you go to Asa: http://scraps-by-jayaprem.blogspot.com/
Have fun!!  Be sure to go to all the links because they are all FUN!!
Thanks for stopping by!  Come again soon!

I've been working with a new kit from Pardon My Mess called Far Away this week.  It's a great kit available exclusively at Scrapable.co .  Besides the bundle here, if you buy it in the first two weeks, it will also include some freebies!  Here is a preview of the kit: 

I love the layout I did with it!  It's tells the story of my grandsons who moved away from California a year ago.  We've had to find creative ways to stay close over the past year!!  I miss the little guys--they are growing up so fast. 
Thanks so much for stopping by!!  May God Bless you!

Wow, lots has been happening with my Creative Teams!  I have been a CT member at Scrapable.com for quite some time, but they have decided to "go exclusive" with their designers and their CT members!  I wish them all the luck in the world with their decision, of course, but I'm going to miss the team!  I had other obligations to other designers that I felt was important to fulfill, so with a heavy heart, I left the team. 
The good news is, several new designers have joined the team there, and two of them have picked me up for their personal teams--plus I'll stay on with Modern June too.  I've been an "on call" person for Alison, designer of Milly Dee Designs for some time now, so it was good to join her team full time, and another designer, Sara Brooks--designer of Pardon the Mess also added to her creative team and picked up a few of the former Scrapable CT members, so I'll be helping her out too!
I've already started with both designers, and have a few layouts from Pardon the Mess to share today!  Those of you who know me, know that PARDON THE MESS is just a team I SHOULD be on just because of it's name!!  Sarah is a talented designer, and her kits are chock full of fun and imagination.  I also love her use of color!
I did two layouts with the kit called Sticks and Stones.  It is a fun kit, with cute dinosaur embellishments.  I really wanted to use them, so I had to put my thinking cap on!!  Brian had just taken Micah to the Bronco Stadium in Denver for the Kids Day festivities, and he sent me some of the photos.  They were in the right color scheme, so I used those!  First off, here's the kit:

And here are the two layouts I did with it!

Aren't those Dinosaurs just the cutest?   I was so happy to get these photos from Brian!  I love seeing the kids activities!  Living so far away from them we don't get to take part in a lot of their lives, but photos make that distance much easier to live with!!  Thank you Brian!!

The other kit I used from Pardon the Mess is called Dixieland Delight.  It was fun to use, as we have three Family July birthday's coming up!!  Megan's birthday is on the 4th, and Hannah's is on the 5th!
Scott's birthday is also in July, but I only used the girls in this layout!  (sorry Scott!).  Maybe if Scott is good he'll get a layout this year too.  (just kidding about the "being good" part!  Scott is a great guy!)

Here is the layout and a preview of the cute kit:

 Next week I'll be participating in another blog hop, so I hope you'll stop by again!  Be sure to enjoy the beautiful days that God gives to you!!  Have a blessed day today, and thanks for coming by!

I'm taking part in another blog hop today!  I hope you all have a good time picking up goodies!  There are some fun things for sure.  Also, Marie H is releasing a great new template pack today at Scrappity Doo Dah!

It's a grab bag, but you can see all the parts, and they are just wonderful. (see them all here:
http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/store/product.php?productid=7221&cat=0&page=1)  I hope you check them out! 

Here is the complete Blog Roll !! Make sure to leave some love.. we all love comments.

Marie H designs : http://mariehdesigns.blogspot.com/
Scrappinmama : http://scrapinmamas.blogspot.com/.
Deanna : http://scrappygram.blogspot.com/<------YOU ARE HERE!!
Dannethia : http://sweetcreations2009.blogspot.com/
Tammy : http://lens-and-pens.blogspot.com/.
Amyjo : http://amyjo1976.blogspot.com/
firecracker : http://my3sons-manet.blogspot.com/
Monica : http://2girlzdesigns.blogspot.com/
Nancy : http://www.nancedigiscraps.blogspot.com/
I made a Quickpage for you from Marie H's cute kit Little Man's world.  The quickpage was made from this layout that I made for my son's recent birthday.  This photo was taken many years ago--I wanted to remind him that he had been a little one at one time!  :) 

Here is a photo of the cute kit!

 found here:  http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/store/product.php?productid=7152&cat=0&page=1

and here is what you've been looking for, the download link for the quickpage!
Little Man Quickpage!
Have fun!  Come back again soon.  God Bless You!

Hello again!  The weather has been so nice and cool here in the desert, that we've been outside a bit enjoying it before our summer heat sets in!!  Our yard is beautiful this time of the year--the poppies are still blooming out there, and we have some snap dragons also!  My husband gave me a new plant this year--a climbing plant for a big outside bird cage we picked up on one of our trips to San Diego!  The plant Thunbergia, and I think I'm going to love it!!  It has yellow flowers with a black middle.  It's quite attractive, and should fill that bird cage nicely when it gets going!
I've also been keeping up with my scrapbook creative teams.  I love scrapping!  I scrap in the evenings when we are watching TV.  I almost can't sit still to just watch tv without something else to do, so the scrapping is a nice filler!! 
This week I made a layout about my daughter Becky.  She's such a good mom.  She started out reading to the kids when they were very tiny and now they are all very good readers!!  That extra time spent together cuddling in a chair with an opened book has really paid off!!  And of course being the recipient of all those cuddles was fun too!
So here is a layout with a photo from a few years ago.  I used a kit called Mommy Dearest from Aprilisa which can be found at Digital Scrap Cafe.  I'm sure I used a template too, but forgot to write that down!  (sorry!)

 Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you stop by again soon.  May God Bless you and your family.

I'm participating in a blog train today!  It is with one my Creative teams, Luv Ewe (isn't that just the cutest name ever?) She has her store at Funkyplayground, and has some amazing kits!!  Her newest kit is Endless Love, which is the kit we've all used for our fun brag book pages that we are giving you today.

Here is a preview of the kit to begin with, and a preview of all the things you can get if you hit all the participating blogs.

I'm the end of the train!  You should have come from Keesha's blog!  Here is where you can download  my FREEBIE: http://www.4shared.com/photo/x0w8GWF...book_page.html

If you missed any of the pieces, you can find the full list at http://luvewedesigns.com/
Have fun!!  May God Bless you!


Hope you have a great day!

Hi again!  I have a few things to share with you today.  I've been busy again creating some layouts for my family.  I've really enjoyed working with some of the older family photos this past month too.  That is something I've wanted to do for quite some time!  One of the layouts I did with the older photos is this one: 

These photos are back form 1952. The first photo is my husband and his little brother Jim, and the other photo is of his older brother Lewis.  It's so fun to use all the photos from when they the boys were small. 

For the next layout I used the cute Little Circus kit from Snap Wings found here: http://digitalscrapcafe.com/cafe/product.php?productid=19006&cat=0&page=1  and a JB STUDIO template.  This is for the Random Challenge that starts May 21st!  I hope you join me.  You can find it here:  http://digitalscrapcafe.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24462#post24462

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I love visitors.  I'm going to be participating in a blog hop this weekend, so come on back and visit!  Bless you!

I had another busy week.  National Scrapbook Day was great!  Had so much fun going from forum to forum and collecting a lot of goodies!  Thanks to all the designers that so unselfishly provided so much enjoyment to all of us!!  I appreciate you all!
I'm hosting the Random Challenge at Digitalscrapcafe this coming week.  I used such a great kit--a collab from the designers there!  It was called Joy in the Garden (linked to store) 
I think I'm a collab girl!  I enjoy working with them every time.  They are filled up with such great embellishments, and so much fun to play with!  Anyhow, I did this layout about the California poppies that are in my back yard.  They cover the desert floor in the spring, and are just so beautiful!!

 You can check out the challenge here:  random challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you come and try the challenge.  God bless you!

Here Amy and Scott go again!  They are packing up for the 7th time in the 9 years of their marriage!  This time they are moving to the suburbs of Kansas City, Kansas.  Scott's new job will be as one of the three pastors at an up and coming church in Olathe, Kansas.  Amy is busily packing the boxes, but she's going to have to watch out, because Jacob likes to crawl IN the box and play with the things Amy is trying to pack!  Silly Jacob. 
The first layout I have to share today is a layout of Jonah out on a hike with his daddy!  I used Day at the Zoo kit from Dutsji Designs for this layout.  You can find the kit here: Digital Scrap Cafe.

 The next layout I have to share today is also of the Bird Boys!  This time, it is ALL the Bird Boys.  In Tennessee by where they live, there is a lake that has started flooding.  They visited lately, and of course, a lake is just what the boys needed as an excuse to get wet!  The funny part is, DADDY got in there with them!  Looks like they had a great time together.  Making memories.
I used Aprilisa's kit Dad's the Man for this layout of my grandsons and their daddy standing in the overflow at the lake in Tennessee.  You can also find this kit at Digital Scrap Cafe.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you stop by again soon.  God Bless you.

Here I am!  Ready to blog.  I've been pretty busy, and I love it!  It's been keeping my mind off my daughters family that lives in Tennessee.  They've had some pretty bad weather there over the past week or so, and I'm trying not to worry!  I know God is in control, I just like to hear that my kids and grandchildren are safe.  Praise be to God, they ARE safe! 

I have a few layouts to share this evening.  The first one is a remembrance of my maternal grandmother--Grandma Pettibone.  She died when I was about 10 years old, but I still remember all the fun I had with her.  She taught me how to play poker when I was 3 or 4 years old.  She thought she was teaching me rummy!  My mother about had a heart attack when she saw her little kid playing poker with her mom! 
The first place I remember my grandmother living was in a fancy house.  I didn't realize she lived in "the maids quarters."  She wasn't the maid--she just rented the little efficiency apartment from the owners of the house!  I think she was the happiest when she lived there.  Anyhow, here is my layout--it talks about picking strawberries with Grandma.

I used a great kit from Snap Wings called Angels Around.  You can find it here:  http://digitalscrapcafe.com/cafe/product.php?productid=18961&amp;cat=0&amp;page=1.

Another layout I'd like to share is of my little grandson.  He's such a cutie, and growing so big!!  He's five now ya know!  :)  I used a kit called Funshine from Spinky Dink designs found here:  http://www.polkadotplum.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=19087&cat=0&page=1

Isn't he just the cutest?  I'm hoping that someday, long after I'm in Jesus' arms, that this little guy, and the rest of my grandchildren will have fond memories of me like I do of my grandmother.  It's harder these days to have these close relationships, as families are spread around the country!  My grandma lived a bit closer to us!  I am thankful for that wonderful relationship I had with my grandma.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you'll stop by again sometime soon!  May God Bless you!