New Blog Freebie....Heritage Love!

Here is a little something I found while cleaning off my desktop. It was part of a Treasure Chest color palette for the month of November that I don't think I had got finished with the Holidays and school...just wanted to share something with you all that have been stopping by. I know it isn't bright and cheerful, but I thought it would go nice with some Heritage Love Story.....LOL

Well I hope you enjoy...I am working on a charity collab and then a surprise for you that I am working on a collab with someone between school and all I am not sure when but I have to relax sometime. That is why I got caught up in scrapping the last few days...I so miss it and I want to try to keep up with 365 and do layouts for some, but not all days...I will get the next few days off my camera tomorrow and post them by the weekend. Hope you enjoy your goodies....HUGS!

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Sorry no layouts with it...will try to use this and post tomorrow. Thank you all for your support!

JUST SCRAPPING and SHARING

Well it was my first week back in classes so I haven't done much in the way of designing, but I have been relaxing by doing some scrapping. As I am cleaning up my hard drive I have found a couple of kits I bought and haven't used yet...imagine that, finding a kit you haven't used yet...LOL. And how many do you have????? But we won't go there....250 gig drive with 200 gig full of nothing but digital scrapping and photos.

This first one is my Day one photo for the 365 photo challenge... read comments below each one!

Day 1- We have been going to the Quick's house for New Year's dinner for about four years now. Laura and Gerry are good friends of ours and with the holidays being so busy, we get together on this day each year to have a special dinner and visit.

Credits: Going Dotty Alpha-A work in progress,Template-Andrea Gold, Winter Kiss-Nikki Beaudreau and (Number) Chubby Alpha-Kitty Design. Stitching by Cyntha Angiel.Christmas Wishes (Frame) by Lorie M.

Day 9 - By request of my BFF, Linda, I decided to take a few pictures of my "feathered babies" The first one is Ruby and the second is Elmo, which I haven't scrapped yet but will do and add late this week.

Ruby is an Grand Eclectics(one of the only parrots that you can tell the females-which are red from the males-which are green), that I got as a hatchling and hand feed her after her first 6 weeks with her mother, Scarlet (a bird I hand feed at a pet store that I worked at years ago). Scarlet ended up being donated to the Brevard Zoo as her owner couldn't handle her (they are known as being biters and one person birds). Anyway Scarlet laid her first egg after she arrived at her new home, Charlie (my ex-husband works at the zoo as a Keeper) found her egg in time to take it into the nursery to be put in an incubator. A few weeks after she hatched, Charlie's boss asked if he wanted the bird as he had found the egg and took care of it plus he also knew and had handled Scarlet from the pet store...we are talking about an $800.00 bird retail...just a little history. There is more to that history but I won't bother with how I ended up with her.

The hatchling was my beloved "RUBY". She Hatched the same day as my first grandson, Chaz, was born, Dec 26. 15 years ago. But over the years, Ruby has become VERY VERY attached to JJ (my partner) and doesn't have nothing to do with me. She even goes as far as trying to attack me, (yes the hand that feeds her) if she is out of the cage on the floor and sees me (boy would that be a picture for the 365 photo challenge...LOL). So needless to say she is no longer my bird, my "Baby Girl" (one of the words I taught her) is JJ's Bird. Yes she is a biter too, except for JJ, He can do anything with her, which she loves. Doesn't talk much, but can sure get you hopping by thinking your cell phone is ringing.

Credits: Dawn to Dusk by Flerg Font: Stencil

Day 6- I stopped by to see my sweet little guys to see them ride their new bikes. As they were getting excited and wanting to run out the door, I stopped them to take this photo and being so excited about going out side, they weren't to happy to stop for ANOTHER photo, Grandma!

Credits: Jeanealogy by Bon Scrapatit Designs

Well, I hope to have a few goodies for you all by the end of the week. I started a little something and will post as soon as I get it all together. Have a wonderful week and see you around scrapland!

Here is a layout I did with Vicki's new kit, Chocolate Valentine. You can find her kit Here in her store at Eidou . Make sure you check out her blog too as she always has awesome stuff. Usually a full kit each week. Please make sure you post a comment on her blog to let her know how we all appreciate her beautiful work.

I hope you like it Vicki. This kit is awesome and wonderful to work with. I love how the textures of the papers and everything else looks after I posted. GREAT job Vicki....it is a most have kit for all your Valentines.
Day 2- This is one of my niece, Gracie. She is one of the little girls I have been scrapping for the last four years...anyway I went to visit my sister for the weekend and we were out side with the girls and Gracie just had to show me how to use her fishing pole in her pool. She was a very good caster too!

Good afternoon everyone... I hope you are enjoying your evening. So how is everyone doing with the huge challenges that I have noticed all over scrapland, Project 365 photo per day? When cruising my regular blogs and sites, I have seen all kinds of versions of this very popluar challenge. I have been working on mine too. Woo Hoo, I have taken a photo or two each day....Labeling them and doing some journal notes for each one, too. I will post five more of them tomorrow or Monday, but here is my first layout from that project. I want to do a layout with my new release, Snowflakes, Too! It finally got put in my store last week and this was a good photo (Day 3) to do it with. Here are my journal notes for it:

Day 3- On the second night I was at my sisters, she wanted to share a special kind of ice cream she found, Strawberry Cheese Cake with graham cracker crust in it...and she made me laugh as we had been visiting my mom together over the summer and she was always telling us we were using the wrong bowls for things we were eat....long story...so my sister said, "To share this special ice cream we have to have a SPECIAL bowl, Ice cream cone shaped bowls with SPECIAL SPOONS, too!" and we both laughs so hard....so the picture is Gracie and Amber getting the SPECIAL bowl out and fulling them with the SPECIAL ice cream. Brandon really thought we were crazy as we keep asking each other, "Doesn't is taste better in the SPECIAL bowls and spoons."

New Release in my store at Treasures To Scrap. Keep your eyes out for some new changes upcoming for Treasures To Scrap!Here is a Quick page I made for sharing with you. I used mostly all my new kit but the frames I had got from my dear friend at A Work in Progress aka Vicki Parker which I altered a little. I hope you enjoy it and remember my retirement sale still coming on at TTS, too!

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Can you tell I like this new kit, New release which does match my part of TTS Treasure Chest for Dec, my blog header, and yes I dressed up a new avatar too! I hope you enjoy it too! Thank you for all your support and wonderful comments. Happy Scrapping and 365 photo taking.

Freebie I found and made for you from Bon Scrapatit Design !

Happy New Year everyone. I am sorry I have not been back for a few days, but I am still having trouble getting the one kit I had ready upload to the store, so I thought I would drop by to let you know what was going on. I have been doing well with the challenge 365 Photo Project, but haven't posted any of them yet. I think I am going to just add a slide show here on my blog of the pictures I take. Posting them a week at a time. And as I get the layouts finished I will post what they all mean to me. The photos will be named in the slide show like DAY 1, Day 2, ect. and I will post the meaning weekly with what even I am posting for you.

Here are the first five Days:
Day 1- We have been going to the Quick's house for New Year's dinner for about four years now. Laura and Gerry are good friends of ours and with the holidays being so busy, we get together on this day each year to have a special dinner and visit.

Day 2- This is one of my niece, Gracie. She is one of the little girls I have been scrapping for the last four years...anyway I went to visit my sister for the weekend and we were out side with the girls and Gracie just had to show me how to use her fishing pole in her pool. She was a very good caster too!

Day 3- On the second night I was at my sisters, she wanted to share a special kind of ice cream she found, Strawberry Cheese Cake with graham cracker crust in it...and she made me laugh as we had been visiting my mom together over the summer and she was always telling us we were using the wrong bowls for things we were eat....long story...so my sister said, "To share this special ice cream we have to have a SPECIAL bowl, Ice cream cone shaped bowls with SPECIAL SPOONS, too!" and we both laughs so hard....so the picture is Gracie and Amber getting the SPECIAL bowl out and fulling them with the SPECIAL ice cream. Brandon really thought we were crazy as we keep asking each other, "Doesn't is taste better in the SPECIAL bowls and spoons."

Day 4- This is my SANTA collection. I have been collecting them for about 15 years now...Ole World Santas. I guess because I STILL BELIEVE in the magic of SANTA

Day 5- This is a Snowman I have for a Christmas deco and I was just practicing taking a close up with my new camera on a White subject taking not to have the light glaring off it. Not too bad...Practice makes a better use of the camera...Right?

In her store now "Dreams" by Mel Haines

Here is a layout I did with Mel_H new Digital Kit, "Dreams" You can get it !Scrapbook in her store. This is an adorable baby kit that can be for girls and boys alike. This is my youngest grandson, Xander, 1 month old. Make sure you check out Mel's Blog for a special freebie that goes with this kit...Remember to Thank Mel by leaving her a comment on her blog.

I was during the holidays but I did get a few thing done up ahead for you...like the Quick page, which Bon Scrapatit Designs likes to call the SCRAPATITS. I have to say that I think her And Winter Came is one of the best winter kits I saw in the Christmas Around the World 2008....I love blue and green together anyway, but with the white, glitter and glitz she added...OUTSTANDING job....I love it. It is still on her sidebar available to downloading, but remember to show her lots of love and appreciation for her hard work and her BIG giving HEART.

"AND WINTER CAME" CATW2008 by Bon Scrapatit Designs

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Thank you Linda for the AWESOME part of the collab "And Winter Came_Christmas Around the World 2008" The kit is still on her blog in the left side bar. Please stop by and thank her for her hard work and very giving Heart.

Have a wonderful rest of your week and I will be back this weekend. Remember my retirement sale going on at Treasures To Scrap....HUGS!

Well, I finally got my store information straighten out and I was looking over the kits I have and I have decided to CLEAN HOUSE.....My whole store on sale! 60% off full size kits and paper packs are discounted too! You must hurry as these kits of going to be retired SOON! Out with OLD and in with some NEW! My Store is at TREASURES TO SCRAP!!!!! (finish reading the post first, get your freebie and then hurry on over before they are GONE).

They are making big changes through out the whole site and are looking for NEW Designers and Creative team....Here is the information for the CT CAll or email Laura at murrellpan@gmail.com if you are interested.....

OK, I didn't want to keep you waiting any longer about the sneak peak I posted and I have included your freebies I made for you in this post, but I am going to wait a few days until I put the kit in the store as I had wrote above, I want to clean house first....

COMING SOON to TREASURE TO SCRAP!

Now for your freebie, I don't want to make you wait for you freebie until I release the kit next week so here is the mini kit I made for you....I will have another goodie for you when I post that the kit is released. Enjoy and make sure you stop by
my store at Treasures to Scrap, it is all on SALE!Blog Freebie Download Here

As some of you may know, or not know, in anycase I have been doing some CT work for Mel Hains. She was one of the gals that I did "Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland" with. She has a few new kit already together for the New Year and in her store now or coming soon. This one was just released: MOMENTS is in her store at !Scrapbook .....It is AWESOME and I loved it so much I did two layout with it already....MAKE Sure you check out her blog as she has Freebies each time she releases a new kit.....Thank you MEL...this MOMENTS kit is AWESOME. Make sure you all leave her luv by commenting on her blog for all her wonderful work and time she puts into creating for us, PLEASE!

Here are the two layout I did with MOMENTS....
"DREAMS""Nana and Gracie"

I will be back tomorrow as I have a NEW RELEASE TOO! Yes, I finally got a kit together for the store and a freebie for you....How about a sneek peek? Check back here in the next day or two... As soon as I get the kit upload to the store I will post it here along with some goodies for you.


Snowflakes, Too! Coming toTreasures To Scrap...by Snowsmoon's Design. Enjoy and be back soon!!!!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a GREAT Holiday.....My Grandkids and nieces. I have a few days off so I will be getting some goodies together for you and my Holiday Photos.

FREEBIE EXTRAS....WIASWL

Hi, everyone....I have a little goodies to share with you....and a layout I did with Vicki Parker's Winter Wonderland Scrap kit at her store Eidou. It is an awesome kit...you will have to check it out.

Isn't it funny how when the kids get older, they seem to take longer to get a good picture of them together...Brittany and Chaz are no different. They are at the age that "Don't touch me" "Man, do I have to sit so close to her?" I am sure you know all the lines....But Grandma keeps making them do it over and over until I get a good photo of them, or at least try...LOL...This was last year at their house Christmas Day. I hope to have a few more layout made up while I am on Winter Break.......

Ok, Here is your Goodies. I made up a few tags you can print and use if you like....or use them for your layouts with WIASWL....Enjoy. I will have more goodies for you over the weekend.Download Printable Tags Here

FREEBIE Snowy Alpha from WIASWL Collab Extras

Well, I am back and I wanted to share with you some exciting news. I have started doing a little Creative Designing for a couple of the gals I did WIASWL Collab with, Linda Walton and Mel Hains. Since going to school and trying to keep up with family, designing, blogging ect...I have not had time to do much creative designing, so...I am doing little designing, mainly only for my blog, and trying sometime to relax and scrap.


Mel Hains.....Who has an AWESOME sale going on at a Store she is retiring from and you can grab her AWESOME deal on her whole STORE Here at Snap & Scrap.....

Mel has the cutiest designes and is now selling at a new place, iScrapbook. Her new release is called: Garden Love (click to check it out.) Here are a couple of Layouts I put together using Garden Love.Page 1...My niece Karley "Sharing Cousins two page Layout" on Thanksgiving.

Page 2 ....as you can see Xander was only wanting that APPLE...so cute!

NOW for your Freebie, Two Alphas and Snow Flakes to go with the Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland Collab, with Linda, Vicki and Mel. See my side panel for their blog links for their parts to the Collab and other AWESOME goodies they have going on!

Enjoy......

The links to this Alpha Goodie!

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I am back...I do need to get to work so I will leave you with a couple of goodies and edit the post this evening and more chatter...Have a wonderful day! I made these quick pages with Mel's part of our Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland......

Quick Page One

Quick Page Two

Hi everyone, this is the last week of Walking In A Scrappy Wonderland. It has been so much fun working with these wonderful designer, Bon Scrapatit's Design aka Linda Walton, an awesome new digi friend,A Work in Progress aka Vicki Parker and the wonderful Mel_H from Mel's LightBulb Moments which I haven't told you yet, but I have joined her creative team as well as Linda's too! Make sure that you stop by to see what goodies they have in store for you also! REMEMBER, to thank them and post your lovin on their blogs..


I am feeling better and then I got my butt in gear and finished all my assignments so that I could have an extra week to play and get ready for the holidays. And to just have time to make previews for a few other goodies I have for you made from all parts of this wonderful collab, "Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland." It was alot of fun and I can't wait to start thinking up another theme and color palette for our next one, I hope it is soon...these designers are just awesome to work with.....


Well, I am away for the weekend so I will hopefully be back here on Sunday or Monday morning, with some of the goodies I have made with Linda, Vicki and Mel's part of this kit....Until til then, Here is my last part of the kit. And I do have an Alpha made up for you too...all other goodies will be coming next week.

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Freebie Quick Page from WIASWL

Well, I am feeling much better now for a couple of reason....one the stuffed up head is gone, and I am on Winter break from school...I finished up my last two assignments early....no more reading, doing papers, and group project until JAN 6, 09! WOO HOO!

I am going away for the weekend but I have my last part of my kit all ready posted and ready to auto post on Friday...This is the first time so I hope it all works and post for you on time. I will try to check but I am not sure I will have internet for my laptop so lets keep my fingers crossed that I did it right. I am taking my laptop so that I can work on a few layouts while the baby is sleeping...I am taking my grandson with me, the youngest one, Xander. He is meeting his father for the first time and visting with his other grandma. So, not sure I will have that much time but a girl can't be away without nothing to do...LOL.

Here is your goodie for tonight, I made this quick page from Bon Scrapatit's Design aka Linda's part of WIASWL. I love the papers she made and the tree is awesome. She was kind enough to let me share this with you! WOO HOO, so please make sure you stop by her blog as well to collect her goodies and post a thank you on her blog. I hope you enjoy it and make sure you have my blog on follow as I will be posting extra goodies for the rest of the month.

Download QUICK PAGE here
This was made from Linda'a part of the Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland!
ENJOY! (0f course the QP is without the Photo of Ms. Santa....LOL.)

I was going to say something about this on my last post but didn't feel well and forgot about it, but my friend Kathy's Scraps has a daily download on her blog this month, The Ornamental Express. Her and some of the designers from the site she has been working with, at DigiScrap Station , have made some beautiful ordanemnts. SO Check out her blog too!

So, I have a few more things to get packed, so I am posting now, Hope you enjoy the Quick Page and all of Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland!!!!!!!

Week 3 freebies....be back in the morning to finish my post...not feel well! Hugs and enjoy!Download Elements

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Here are the little darlings, my nieces....Little Miss Karely...1 year old and Miss Gracie 4 years. The layout was made with a little bit of all our kits so far from "Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland".

Credit: Background paper (altered) by Mel, Frame (altered and not included in blog train kit), flowers, wrath, alpha by see below by Vicki and Sparkles byLinda....that you gals for the AWESOME parts of the kits. (Frame, "Framing Workshop" and Alpha, "Going Dotty" at Scrap N Art was made Vicki, A work in Progess but is not included in our blog train kit). Thank you so much to sharing your designs.

I am a little late this evening getting this posted but I was enjoying my sister and my nieces company. They came down from Jacksonville, FL for Our Family Gathering for Thanksgiving. We all had a wonderful time and I hope to scrap a few photos tonight and post them as we got a couple of good ones this time. My, how fast the little ones grow when you don't see them as often as the others. I see my grandson's almost daily, I don't notice it as often. And of course cute as a button...

Well, I have to share that two of the gals Linda and I did this collab with, Vicki and Mel just announced they are opening new stores, So please make sure you check out their blogs carefully. I will try to collect the information by the next time I post with links to Vicki's and Mel's new stores. Also check out my side panel as I post a new preview for Mels Week 2...and awaiting Linda's new preview also, but it may be a couple of days as she has two little's ones in the house for the weekend and is still having some computer issues.

Well here is my part of the Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland- Week 2. I hope you enjoy it, and tomorrow I will be back with a extra surprise for you if you start posting layouts of any of WALKING IN A SCRAPPY WONDERLAND....so stop back someitme Sunday morning (EST) for more details. Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving (USA)... as I did and I will be back soon!

Download 1 - Elements
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Download 3 - Papers 2

Enjoy and please remember to give credit and love to all who share their wonderful and generous designs during the Holiday Season by remembering to leave them a comment on their blog!
and to all a Good Night until next Week!

What a wondeful way so start off my Week of what has been a very cold one here in Florida. It sure has got me in the holiday mood...So grab you coffee, hot cocoa, or favorite beverage...Linda, Vicki, Mel and I are going to take you on a 4 week walk through our Blog train party called,

"WALKING IN A SCRAPPY WONDERLAND"

I am going to start out by showing you our main previews and most of what we are planning on sharing with you for the next four weeks. Each one is linked to each others blogs through the posts so that you can collect all of our holiday mega kit.

First off here is the preview of mine...I tried very hard to step out side of the box working with bright color palette and more of a clean line instead of my usual grungy, look...but as you can see, I did get alittle of it in there. At the end of all our previews is my week one part of the kit...

See below for my Week One part of the Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland after I share all the other gals part of our Holiday Blog Party, "Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland"

As most of you know that Linda of Bon Scrapatit Designs and I are long time digi-scrapping friends and for as long as we have known each other we have never designed together. Well here have it...A long awaited time has pasted and we have finally got together with a couple of other awesome gals to bring you all Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland.

to visit and collect more of Walking in a Scrapping Wonderland here is
Bon Scrapatit Designs aka Linda Walton

Here is Mel's Light Bulb Moments. Mel has put together a kind of bright "Tropical Look" to her part of the Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland blog train. She loves bright colors and she and I decided to go with more of a tropical wintery look as we both live in warmer climates and never have snow for our holiday seasons. I love what she came up with...the sunglasses are the hoot. As much as I tried working out side of my box...I don't think it come close to what Mel has in store for you! AWESOME job Mel....it was a real pleasure working with you and hope we can do this again. I am so glad to have meet you and Vicki through my wonderful friend, Linda. Thank you gals for including me!

to visit and collect more of Walking in a Scrapping Wonderland here is
Mel's Light Bulb Moments aka Mel Hains

Here is A Work in Progress aka designs by Vicki. She and Linda tried working mainly with the tradional colors and more of a grungy look as it a was "stepping out of their comfort zone" and as you can see she had a wonderful time. So much so she made two different looks to share over the next four week ....Please make sure you leave her lots of love and comments for her outstanding job...AWESOME job Vicki.....I really love it!

to visit and collect more of Walking in a Scrapping Wonderland here is
A Work in Progress - designs by Vicki

OK, and now here is my Week one part of this Blog train...during the week I will be adding the links to Linda, Vicki, and Mels Blogs for their part of Walking in a Scrappy Wonderland Blog Party to my left side panel at the top so that you can see them all month in one area. I am so proud to have been able to work with these ladies and I hope you all enjoy your fun and cheerful Holiday Mega kit. Happy Scrapping!Tropical Flurries - Week One of Four

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Enjoy and please remember to give credit and love to all who share their wonderful and generous designs during the Holiday Season by remembering to leave them a comment on their blog!
and to all a Good Night until next Week!

GOOD morning all!

I am so excited to announce that I will be sharing with you for the next four weeks a Walk through Scrapland with a few dear friends of mine. We have put together a awesome mega kit "Walking In A SCRAPPY WONDERLAND". This BLog Train is full of WINTERY and HOLIDAY fun, a new little twist on the holiday scrapping just for you. I have been hanging out with three other designers, when I have had the time and relaxed making your my part of Walking In a Scrappy Wonderland! The special friends have been very busy too so we could all come together to share this with YOU!

As most of you know, Bon Scrapatit aka Linda is a very dear and close friend and this will be out first ever collab together, which I am very honored and proud of working with all these gals! Next is A Work in Progess aka Vicki Parker and another special lady I have meet through these two gals is Mel Hains of Mel's Lightbulb Moments. It has been fun and what is so cool is that we are from all over the world and we being you "WALKING IN A SCRAPPY WONDLAND." Below is my Sneak Preview and make sure your stop by Mel, Vicki and Linda's blogs to see theirs.

I have a SURPRISE sneak preview gift for you for being gone so long with out any goodies for you. So at the bottom, click on the package for a special sneak preview gift. I will be posting my first weeks mini kit tomorrow, it will be the first of four......ENJOY

SEE you all then....Have fun just Walking in a SCRAPPY Wonderland!

Here is my sneak preview:
and here is your Sneak Peak Gift:
REMEMBER Click the package for you Sneak Peek Gift and come back tomorrow for our blog train
" WALKING IN A SCRAPPY WONDERLAND"