Happy Mother's Day!

Hello! I haven't been on here to update in a while. I just opened a store in Greenwood, Indiana, called Sharon's Crop Studio. We are hosting crops and also have a growing retail area. It was lots of work and still in progress, but we are very proud of it. Check out thewebsite
sharonscropstudio.com
and stop in to see us if you are in the area.
I am now a SUNSHINE SWEETIE at Sunshine Studio Scraps. This is something I am very proud of. One of my duties as a Sweetie is to co-host a weekly post called the WORD ART/ LYRICS CHALLENGE. Amanda and I take turns finding song lyrics or creating word art for scrappers to use in their layouts. Since Mother's Day is this week, I decided to use an old poem. I discovered it is older than I thought. How about 1915! Here is the layout I did for M-O=T=H=E=R.

Check out the site and give it a try. You can create a layout about your own mother.

KIKI HALBERT DESIGNS

NEW STORE---NEW KITS---NEW FUN!

Kiki has moved to a new store on the web. You can now find her products at INSPIRATION LANE! Stop by today and have a look at all her new items! Beautiful pages are ahead for all of us with these kits!

NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW!

That’s right, A NEW KIT  from Polka Dot Plum! You are going to love HIPPITY HOPPITY!

Spring is here and it's time for snapping photos of all the flowers and budding trees, not to mention the growing youngsters. Before you know it, the kids will be hunting eggs and dressing up in their finery, and you'll have even more pictures to scrap. By the way, are last year’s shots in your scrapbook yet? Either way, this new kit with its shabby things... doodly things... cutesy things... is perfect for spring scrapping. Flowers, flairs, ribbons, clouds, and a sun, are just the beginning. Doodles of butterflies, bees, a bunny, a chick, and plenty of colorful eggs are only part of what you get. With 20 papers, a full alphabet, and lots more, you'll have just what you need for your spring layouts when you make  HIPPITY HOPPITY yours. This kit will be available at SCRAP ORCHARD, 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 27.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

Here are a couple of Quick Pages I made using the new Polka Dot Plum  kits. For the first one I used POT O’ GOLD. You can get a closer look at it HERE.   at Scrap Orchard, or click on the preview to see more details. Here is my QUICK PAGE for Pot O’ Gold. You may download it by clicking  DOWNLOAD HERE.

This is my layout called MY VERY OWN POT OF GOLD, showing me with both my children.

Here is another kit from POLKA DOT PLUM for St. Patrick’s Day. This one is called IRISH JIG! Although both kits can be used in a variety of ways, they sure are fun today.

  For a closer look at IRISH JIG, click HERE to get all the details. I made a Quick Page for this kit also. If you like this one, you can get it by clicking DOWNLOAD HERE.

My puppy, Freddie really got into the mood of the day with his own Irish Jig.

I couldn’t resist doing one more of him to go along with Irish Eyes Are Shining. Here it is!

Leave a comment to let me know how you like these pages. I hope you enjoy using them as much as I did.

Give Me Your Heart!

This kit has beautiful paper and lots of great embellishments for your pages. It would be great for masculine layouts with the black, tan, and red, or go romantic with all the hearts available. Maybe you want to use the flowers in a layout using old prom pictures.

Just click on the picture above to take a closer look and get this kit for yourself!

 

I Posted My First Challenge!

Today was my turn to post a challenge at SUNSHINE STUDIOS SCRAPS. I created my first WORD ART and got it uploaded all by myself. I am sure my mentor, Janel, will be proud of me! Here it is:

The challenge is to use this WORD ART in a layout. Here is my page:

Hope you like it as much as I do. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you have visited.

SPEEDY LAYOUTS AT SPEED SCRAPS

Last night at 11 p.m. the ladies at Sunshine Studio Scraps started working on a Speed Scrap. What fun those are. Every 10 minutes for an hour the hostess gives a direction. Once she is finished we have one hour and 15 minutes to complete and post our layouts.

Believe it or not, there is lots and lost of chatting going on during this time. It is amazing how much some folks can accomplish while the are typing. I just try to look back every once in a while and see what they are discussing. Fun, Fun, Fun! This is what I managed to accomplish. It is my sister’s first poodle, Pixie. Quite a fashion conscious girl. I used BABAMA MAMMA, the new collab by the SUNSHINE STUDIO DESIGNERS. Click on the picture or the BOLD WORDS  to get a closer view of what is there. This is an awesome kit!

Lots of Great New Things to Share

First of all I am starting to work on some of my Oregon trip photos. We sure had fun seeing this awesome country.

This was taken through the front window of the RV. Our chauffeur was extremely accommodating, taking us most anywhere we want to visit. Watch for more pictures soon. This layout was created using ROAD TRIP by POLKA DOT PLUM. Just click on the BOLD WORDS or the layout to go take a closer look at the kit. 

SO BRAND NEW IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME!

Polka Dot Plum is getting ready to lauch a darling new kit. They
are still pondering ideas for names. I can show you a sneak peak though. First is a birdie.


Every time they make a kit I think it is my favorite -- till they make the next one. This one is really special though. IT HAS TURTLES IN IT!!! Being a turtle collector, I can tell you they are difficult to find. Check this one out!!!!


Want to see one more? Here is another cutie, and these are just the flairs!

Now you see the colors and the style, watch in the next few days for the entire kit. I can't wait!

I have lots to tell you about

We have started some new challenges at Sunshine Studio Scraps and I will be working with Amanda to provide either a Lyric or Word Art Challenge each Tuesday. Amanda found a darling song called Grandma and Grandpa and we used it for today's challenge. Here is my layout.

Grandpa Ken is a very special man and this family has truly become grandchildren to him.
I used Madam Wing's brand new kit, JUST MY IMAGINATION for this layout. You will be seeing this kit very often!
Here is another challenge I worked on called Pimp My Page. For this we were to take the very beginnings of the page provided by Jaye and add 9 embellishments. Three were to be round and only two could be exactly alike. What fun! This is my result.

The layout uses the kit #9 created by the Sunshine Studio Designers.
Hope you enjoy these. Be sure to leave a message so I know you were here! I'll be back soon.

Old Photos--New Layout

These photos were taken on a trip to Oregon. My sister, brother-in-law, and I made a two week vacation of the trip.They live in their RV full time so it was even more exciting for me to be going along. We had a wonderful time visiting lots of sites along the way. It truly is a great way to see our awesome country. Here are a few photos. Hope you enjoy them.

This layout was made using ROAD TRIP by Polka Dot Plum. You can find it at Sunshine Studio Scraps. Just click on the layout or bold words to take a closer look.

Polka Dot Plum QP for you!

Welcome to my blog! I have been scrapping about six years and discovered digiscrapping about this time last yearand it has become my new best friend. I am a mom of two grown kids, a grandma of one beautiful litte girl, and a retired teacher. I have a dog named Fred, who you will find in many of my layouts.

It has been fun collecting all the quick pages from the Polka Dot Plum CT members. I am really thrilled to be part of such an great group of ladies. Amy and Lauren are always providing us with beautiful products to use. These QP's are from the Sensory Overload kit. I hope you have gotten all of them so far. If not, you can go back through the links and gather them. Here is my page. I hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoy creating it.

Download here

Yesterday you were at Jennifer's blog
Tomorrow you can get the next page at Cristina's blog

Challenge 3 - UPDATE AN OLD LAYOUT!

This challenge is about recreating a layout using the photo and journaling from an earlier post. Here is my page from earlier. I used Kiki Halbert's "Craft Basket Finds" and Claudi Designs "Jen." The font is SwingsetBB from dafont.com
Now for the new layout. It turned out pretty well, I think, although I still really like the first one.
Here are the kits I used to create this page. Background paper - GRAPEVINE by Kiki Halbert Designs Ribbon, flourish, flower, heart papers, - Amethyst Nights by Kiki Halbert Designs Dark Butterfly – Damask Romance - by Kiki Halbert Designs Flutterby Heart - by Kiki Halbert Designs Butterfly light – Glimpse of Twilight Font – Two Peas Raspberry

Now I am off to work on Challenge 4! I sure am glad my partner is such a patient person.

Challenge 2--COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER!

For Challenge 2 in ADSR we were to create a layout jointly with our partners. Of course, as we live in different states, lots of this was sent back and forth. It was fun, although it got a bit worrisome as we discovered some new rules along the way. WE MADE IT THOUGH! This is the result:

CABIN FEVER

featuring two of Arlyn's darling boys. Poor Nathan wanted to go out and play with Daniel and the others. Instead he was surprised by a snowball from Dad!

We used FREE SPIRIT by Franziska and mgl Scraps and

BRRR by Polka Dot Plum to create the page.

Can you tell I love that kit?

The Race Has Started!

The AMAZING DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING RACE started January 4. I've been a bit under the weather and didn't get started for a day or two. My partner, Arlyn, who has 5 darling children, jumped right in and got busy. She has been keeping up our race blog, BINGO BABES . Just click on the name to go take a look at it. While Arlyn has been working away, I slept. When I finally got started ...... you'll just have to go to the BINGO BABES blog for the rest of the story. Here is my layout, titled THANKFULLY. It has a special meaning for me. I used Irene Alexeeva's kit, CHICKA DEE CHICK from Scrap Orchard. The journaling reads:My family home suffered a major fire and many things were lost. Fortunately, this photo and several others were saved. It was interesting to discover the variety of things that survived. Equipment burned all around a New Testament on my father’s workbench. Audiotapes and 33 r.p.m. Bible records stored in a closet were fine, while everything around the closet was destroyed. The best find of all was my grandfather’s Bible, dusty and smoky, but basically unharmed and definitely ready to be read.