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.