REMINDER: To come join in on some of the GREAT challenges at DSO...Here is my posting bonus for "DAYS GONE BY" hosted by Dawn and Linda. Charlie has a Decktop template and an super challenge their as well. And as always the wonderful Miss KimB's Color challenge is in full swing now...


Other big new.... Charlie's Digiscraps and Designs By Sassy will have a AWESOME PU GRAB BAG on Sale in the Second Annual PU Grab Bag Sale at DSO.


Here is a sneak peak at what Charlie has for us....Will post more tomorrow and I have something special for you as well you wont want to miss.

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have been MIA...I have been designing, packaging and creating new stuff trying to get ready for the opening of my new store. And I will explain more about that later in the week, but I wanted to share a new Challenges at DSO!

**DAYS GONE BY**

Hosted by Dawn aka Snowsmoon and Linda aka Bon Scrapatit Designs

First off here is our new Challange:

The idea behind *DAYS GONE BY* is to get y'all scrapping your memories pre-children (before becoming "Mom" or "Dad") so that they will have an album or albums to look through that tell them the story of YOUR family heritage prior to their arrival! Pretty cool, eh? Uh, huh, we think so! WOOT!

Each month, we will challenge you to scrap a different part of YOUR history before having children and, for the most part, before you became adults!

BASIC GUIDELINES: SIMPLE, FUN and REWARDING in that upon your post in the DSO gallery set up specifically for this challenge with a link back here in each month's thread linking to your layout(s) in the gallery, you will receive a FREE mini-kit from either Dawn or myself (we will be alternating months) by way of the Private Messaging System (PM), as a REWARD for y'all having some FUN with us each month AND in preserving YOUR family heritage before motherhood or fatherhood! Either way, y'all benefit as you will be whittling away at your scrapping "to-do" list while also receiving some SPECIAL designs from Dawn and I to use for future challenges or whatever your hearts so desire!

In the creation of your "masterpieces", we ask that you use designs created by any of our FABULOUS DSO designers, whether it be items purchased from the store, "freebies" downloaded from DSO designer blogs OR "freebies" that are given out here at DSO! Please make sure to give credit to the designer/designers whose creations you use when posting your layout(s).

For our KICK-OFF this month, September 2009, will be asking you to scrap ONE important event that took place during your childhood, anywhere from your birth (or even while en utero!) to your 18th birthday. For example; your birth, the birth of a sibling, your "first" date, a special award or, perhaps, YOUR "first" trip away from home by yourself, just a few ideas to help get your creative juices flowing!

We hope that you will enjoy sharing your *DAYS GONE BY* with US, as well as YOUR children!

DEADLINE: September 30, 2009

Here are a couple of examples I did of my DAYS GONE BY!
This was my first portrait by a studio in CA. My parents moved to Santa Ana, CA from Pontiac, MI shortly after getting married as my uncle got my dad a job at Disneyland driving a fairy boat. They had just opened Disneyland (1958) and my mom was so excited...My dress was a gift from my grandma, pink dotted swiss. Mom said that it was her first time away from home and that not long after I was born and this photo was taken, they moved back to MI, she was so homesick.

This one was me at 5 years, the summer before I started school! It was my grandmas favorite photo as I remember it in a frame beside her bed. Grandma had a heart attack, from what I remember, and was always laying down in her own room (I always thought it was strange that my grandparents had separate bedrooms, but now that I am older realize it was she was sick alot and moved into the other bedroom so that my paw could get his sleep.).

SO come join in the fun with Linda and I as we all start scrapping our


*DAYS GONE BY*

Here is the posting bonus for Sept!!!

I will be back tomorrow night to post Charlie new desktop challenge and update you on some upcoming new and exciting things going on in MY DIGITAL WORLD!

Sweet Dreams all...................

WOOO HOOO! My baby Girl has done it...working part time and raising three little guys (6yrs, 3 years and 2 (almost)yrs old......Check this out....I guess You will know where I will be Saturday at a Graduation...

An Associates Degree in Business Admin with Medical billing and Coding.

Congratulations to Our Graduating Students!
DUSTY M MILLS
AIU Online

Please join American InterContinental University Online
in its celebration of our upcoming graduates.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Your Graduation Ceremony will be available ANYTIME AFTER 8:00 AM CDT and
viewable for one year from this date.
Please note that this does not mean you must attend at
8:00 AM CDT, only that this time will be your earliest
opportunity to view your Graduation Ceremony.

More to come of the celebration for this Proud Mama of her little COLLEGE GIRL! I love you sweetie!

Here is a little goody my BFF Linda has on her blog she is sharing, a bracket Frame Cluster from OOPIES DAISIES....Great Job Linda....

And another little goody Just for Dusty Graduation thanks to Charlie's DigiScraps wonderful new kit, *SUMMER BLESSINGS* at Digiscrap Obsession...IT is still on sale!
Check out her kit here
Download Here...

Thank you Charlie for this awesome kit to work with.

Just a quick post to share a beautiful layout Charlie has had into a qp to share with you. I thought it was so cute I wanted to share with you and to let you know that I do have something up coming for you soon! Make sure you thank her for her AWESOME work!

You can pick up the *SUMMER BLESSINGS* in her store at DSO!

Check it out here!!!

NEW RELEASE
*Summer Blessings*
by Charlie's Digiscraps at Digi Scrap Obsession

Here is what I created with Summer Blessings(some items have been recolored)

And saved it for you as a QP....thank you Charlie for letting me share your wonderful new kit! Now get on over to get this awesome kit while it is on sale...Enjoy.

Download your Blog Goodies Here

FREEBIE BLOG GOODIES

"OOPIES DAISIES" by Bon Scrapatit Designs

HI everyone,

I am taking a break tonight and getting you a little goody and updating you on a couple of things. As I posted last time I am going to be opening a store at Digi Scrap Obsession the first of Sept and I have been repacking, designing new kits and getting them ready for my Opening. In between trying to stay calm from all the crap my kids are going through....but I won't go there. Too much drama. Scrapland is my SPACE and I don't want to cloud it with all about THEM!!! Besides it is nothing much than just growing up and stuff like that.

As you know or should I say read from Miss Linda's last blog post, she has had a few troubles of her own with her kids, too! Linda, Know that my thoughts and prays are with you... here is a layout she did about it...linked to her blog so that you can read, but collect your goodies first then go to hers she just post this a day or two ago!

Linda's John's accident...thank God he is ok and I pray for you all getting through all this...

Now this layout is of my MOM, as I told you that my parents were down this summer for a visit and were here for a couple of weeks, man I really miss her...So wish we lived closer. Anyway, she belongs to a Red Hat Group in Bloomfield, MO. and I want to share this photo with you as I think and know that she looks SOOOOO HAPPY and that she is totally enjoying her friendships she has found with the RED HAT Ladies....MOM, you look SO Happy and PRETTY in you RED HAT! And I truly have a SPECIAL Friend in you! LOVE you!


ok...here is Linda's goody and mine is below....Enjoy and I will be back tomorrow with a kit release from Charlie's DigiScraps...Its a cute one!!!! until tomorrow!

Download your goodies Here

Please make sure you go over to Linda's Blog and Thank her for her goodies!

Enjoy!
Dawn

Good Morning Scrapland I hope the finds everyone having a great weekend and enjoying the last few days of your kids summer vacation (well those of you in the US anyway) I have a few things to share with you and your final part of the Blog Goodies 4. It is a little late but Snowsmoon's Design has been lost in PSCS2 creating new items, repacking old store kits and getting ready for my NEW store...AS of Last week, I am now on the design team of.......drum roll please!!!

DIGI SCRAP OBSESSION

I dont of offically open until Sept but I wanted to share with you now so that you know why I have been regularly post here. I am very excited to be part of a hoppin, fun and very creative bunch of ladies that I have been hanging out with for the last few months. What is really cool is that all of the girls I love working with, creating stuff for and CT work are all here under one awesome site....woo hoo. I get the best of both worlds here as I love doing CT work as well as design. I only have the problem to solve of who is working with my stuff....but keep a watch out this week, Linda, Sassy and I are working on that one, so stay tuned..... I will be putting together a news letter on a bi monthly schedule with extra goodyonly found with in the newsletter, challenges ect so PLEASE scroll back up to the top and sign up. OUR issues will be coming out around Sept 15. This newsletter will be not only about what is going on in my digi world but, Linda aka BonScrapatit Designs, Designs by Sassy and Charlie's DigiScraps as well as special things going on with all the gals at DigiScrap Obsession.

NOW on with What is going on in Charlie's Digi world....she released this AWESOME and STARY new kit on FRIDAY. I love it so much I had to do two layouts with it as I wanted to use what I love out of the kit.

NEW RELEASE
****A Stary Night***
by Charlie's Digiscraps at DSO!

It is on a new release price for a few more days so HERE is where you can get that but remember to come back here for your goodies.

Check out the gallery HERE for the other CT gals have done with this awesome STARY kit.


Here is you last part ot the Blog Goodies #4.... sorry it is late but I have been a busy working on the new items for my new store...
The last Part of this Blog Goodies 4 was made with KimB also from DSO. You can get her AWESOME CU products here in her store, just click on the image. And dont for get that she has a new HUGE Grab BAG ...... anyway here is what I used to make the last few items in the Blog Goodies 4 freebie.

If you click on the image it will take you to Kims store where you can purchase this awesome CU Goodies. Below is the last part of my Blog Goodie number 4 part three.

DOWNLOAD Part three of these Goodies

(please remember that these are for personal use only)

I am back with a quick note and some goodies for you from Sassy new Aug GRAB BAG!

You can click on the image to purchase this HUGE bag for only $5.00 but it won't last long. You will like what you see and enjoy them as well.


Here are a few goodies Sassy said I could share with you...please remember they are for personal use, and stop by her blog to thank her for letting me share with you!

Download your goodies Here

(remember I have one more part to this sample...until tomorrow)

This layout was scraplifted from a paper layout I found in the last issue of Memory Maker mag I just go today. Of course I had to add just little more bit too! This is my sweet Javi. He is so waiting to go to school, but he wont be old enough til next year.

CREDIT: scraplifted from Kindergarden kid by Julie Moberly...Nicholasville, KY. Charlie's alpha & tag and Mel Haines Green alpha. The rest I made myself, from some new CU products.

(check that out Dusty....Nicholasville!)

I will be back later during the day to post your next Blog Goodies.

Sweet Dream

New Aug GRAB BAGS for Commercial are in the stores NOW.

Ok, I am back.....I have three great new Aug Grab Bags I want to share with you. These gals all are designers at DigiScrap Obsession. An each pretty much do a AWESOME bag each month. Charlie's DigiScraps and KimB 's bag this month was with Bunny Cates so it was a Grab Bag Collab and Designs by Sassy which sells her Grab bags at Designs By Sassy (her own site) and Inspiration Lane.

Tonight I would like to feather Charlie's new release, as I will be post this in three parts and here is a preview of the total mini kit when you return for the other two parts.
Here is the first download, please make sure that you come back Sunday evening for part 2, Designs by Sassy New Aug Grab Bag....Enjoy your Saturday.

Download Charlie's Grab Bag Sampler here.

PLEASE remember that these are for personal use only, if you want to use them for commercial use you must purchase the Grab Bags themselves, thank you!

NEW RELEASE GRAB BAG by Charlie's DigiScraps Now at DSO

I wanted everyone to know that I will be posting some goodies this evening. I had an early appointment this morning and now at work so please come back this eveing about 6pm EST to pick your goodies from Charlie's New CU Grab Bag that is on sale for one week, only $5.00. Man it is awesome....

Enjoy your afternoon
Hugs
Dawn

Freebie and a challenge at DigiScap Obsession with Charlie

Charlie is have a great new challenge this month at her new home, DSO. It is pretty cool, and she has a very nice posting bonus as well. It is Called Aug Desktop Calendar, a nice way to decorate you personal desk top and keep track of your "Thing to Do"!. She has posted a template to use for two different size resolutions so that you are sure to make one to fit your screen. She has also let me share mine with you as well. (download below, it is 1280X 1024 size.)

I used her digital kit called To Sir with Love, kind of a back to school type of kit. I just made a back to school theme as the kids are starting back to school next week here. (And our little Brittany is going to start JR high. Woo hoo) You can find her To Sir with Love in her store at DSO. Thank you Charlie for the great challenge and I had fun making it!





So make sure you get over to DIGISCRAP OBSESSION for this fun and useful challenge with
Charlie's DigiScrap and check out her beautiful posting bonus.


Oh here is her sneak Peek for her new product that will arrive in the store this week!

**Sneak Peek- New in store at DSO Aug 7th**

Charlie wants to tempt your taste buds with a sneak peek at my first all **NEW** product/s at DSO….can’t wait for the big reveal on Friday!!!

Download DeskTop Calendar Here.

Scrapping Our Scrapping Weekend

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed your weekend as much as I did.....grab yourself your favorite beverage and enjoy what I have to share with you....

As I posted last time I was going to my daughters to spend some time with my oldest grandchildren, Chaz and Brittany. Both being teenagers, school activities and visitations with their father, I don't get to see them as much as my baby boys. Chaz is in the marching band and every year they have a camp that the members of the band attend just before school starts so that they devoted time for practiceing as a group all day. This past Friday, was the end of the camp and they had a dinner to raise money for uniforms ect for the band, which we attended. Boy they were sure good...(there is a layout below).

Then on Saturday after Jessica and Brittany finished up school clothes shopping (sorry, I had to NOT do that, I did my time with shopping with teenagers. Not my cup of Tea..he he!). We decided to do some scrapping as Brittany wanted me to help her work on a scrap album someone had got her for her birthday, An album All About Me...It is a really cute album for beginner scrappers. Jessica really enjoyed the scrapping as well, but she isn't one to sit and spend alot of time doing something like this...But loves our time looking through photos, laughing and remember old times. We had a blast.....Here is layout I came home and did of us Paper Scrapping. Yes, I scrapped a layout of us SCRAPPIN!

Credits: Jeans Genie by LouCeeCreations and you can get it
at DigiScrap Obsession

Thank you Loucee for sharing this AWESOME kit...I really enjoyed working with it.

Here is the project the girls and I worked on...if you want to see more pictures of our scrapping weekend please check out my Facebook albums, Paper Scrapping with the girls.


I have been so busy that I forgot all about the DST blog train this month, but I would like to share what my BFF, Miss Linda Cooked up for us form her menu by Bon Scrapatit Design. I love what you did with the blog train, Linda. I did do a layout of Chaz and the marching band with it...Love it, Linda. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome talents with us.

Also now that the cat is out of the bag I would like to share, as if you dont ready know, but for those of you who don't, Miss linda is joining the design team at, drum roll please. ratty tat tat...DIGI SCRAP OBSESSION! What a geat bunch of gals, and she is fitting right in with them.

Credits: *Back 2 School* by Bon Scrapatit Designs

I hope that I haven't lost you yet...I have one more thing to share with you and you can go check out all the great dealing I am sharing with you. As you know I do Blog Goodies for you with Sassy's Commerical Use products and her new Aug Grab Bag was released Saturday in her stores, Designs By Sassy and her store in Inspiration Lane. This Bag is HUGE with lot s of fun goodies and I have made you a mini kit with it but also made this Quick Page I am sharing with you today. I want to use something special to scrap a special event which my other daughter Dusty had last week....

"SHE GOT HER DRIVERS LICENSE"

She was so proud of herself and of course her Mama was very proud as well.

I made this mainly with Sassy Grab Bag, but I also used Bunny and Kims Collab Commercial Grab Bag...You can find this one at Digi Scrap Obsession.

You can find this one at both her stores, Designs By Sassy and Inspiration Lane.... Thank you so much Sassy.

(click on the image to get the two Grab Bags before they are not long a special price.)

Both of these Grab Bags are AWESOME and a really good deal. Both Packed with HUGE aray of Commercial Use Products. Thank you ladies for all your hard work and sharing your incredible talents with us.

OK, I think that is enough for one sitting and here is you Blog Goodie from ME.....I hope that you come back in the next day or two as I will have this mini kit finished and ready to share with you. Enjoy your day and remember to scrap your memories for future generations.

Download Quick Page
Thank you for all your support and encouragement.

Well, you have to love kids, there was a change of plans and so I had time to get this little sample wordart made up for you with Sassy new GRAB BAG that was released today! You can find her SUPER deal on the HUGE Grab Bag at her store and at Inspiration Lane!

Download the Wordart Here

NEW GRAB BAG RELEASE

Hi everyone, I have a quick post as I am going to my daughters for the weekend and I wont have PS or my stash to work with. But I guess sometimes you just need a break. The kids are going back to school here this upcoming week and so I am going to spend some time with my oldest two grand kids...of course I have the camera in hand. (Yes, grandma HAS her camera again, so get ready Brittany and Chaz, LOL).

I just wanted to share that Designs by Sassy has a new release Grab Bag in her store at Inspiration Lane, a $33.00 value. That's NINE brand new Products for $3.50! Even if you just like one of the items then that is a BARGAIN!
So make sure you come back here on Monday, as I will have some "Blog Goodies" for you made as samples from this AWESOME NEW RELEASE TODAY!...So No time to waste,get on over to Inspiration Lane while her it is still on sale.

PS....Dont for get that there are all new CHALLENGES posted at DIGI SCRAP OBSESSION TODAY!!!!!

Free Blog Goodies..Samples of Designs By Sassy
and A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT For
Bon Scrapatit Designs

Hi everyone, I have a few things I would like to share this evening, first of which I have bursting at the seams to tell you but I had to wait (You know the smiley with the tape over her mouth..) Linda aka Bon Scrapatit Designs aka bobbysgirlforever finally post yesterday so I guess I can remove the tape now. Woo HOO she has found a new home, a place to hang her digi kits and awesome place to socialize with scrapland friend. Although her store will not officially open until Sept, drum roll please..... Digi Scrap Obsession is her new store and I am SO excited for her! These gals are laying out the red carpter to her and what a fun place to play and share with.

Also I wanted to share that Linda is now in the Designers Spotlight at {f.o.r.e.v.e.r} Free Downloads with Mega Doodle. WOW another Beautiful one, *Oopies Daisies*! Stop by her blog as well to give her a BIG CONGRADULATION!
OK, Miss Sassy of Designs By Sassy had a couple of great new CU products in her store at Inspiration Lane I have been working with and if you are a paper lover as I am you have to really check her new products out... I love this one and she has a sample on her blog too.



Here is the Fresh Patterns 2 which I used for my sampler Freebie. Great job Sassy...loved working with the layered templates. You can get them in her store on sale right now for $2.00. Sassy was so kind to let me make a few goodies to share with you...please stop by her blog to say thanks for letting me share her awesome talents with us....Enjoy and watch for a new and exciting product come this Saturday.


OK, here is my Blog Goodies for you...I hope you enjoy and although I am not posted alot, I am working alot behind the sites for an upcoming surprise I have in store to share real soon with YOU!

Happy Scrapping...

Download Here