Second Chances by Snickerdoodle Designs....Coming January 1st

Here are some pages I did with a kit by Snickerdoodle Designs called Second Chances.  This kit will be available at Digital Design Den on January 1st.  Don't you just love the name, Second Chances.....we all need a second chance at times, there are so many elements, papers and even a gorgeous alpha in this kit.  Go get it on January 1st and scrap your stories for the new year. You can get to Snickerdoodle Designs store here.

Seasons of Love by Elise's Pieces

Here is a great collection of mini kits by Elise's Pieces, each on has to do with Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall.  It is called Seasons of Love.  Here is a page I did with this collection.  It is available at The Digichick and you can get it here.

Ginger Magic by Snickerdoodle Designs

Snickerdoodle Designs has put together a new kit called Ginger Magic it is  full of fun elements, great paper and even has add-ons such as styles and word art.  There are so many uses for this kit.  You can get it here

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Here are some layouts I did with the kit.

Crushed Glass Styles by Snickerdoodle Designs

Here is a layout I made using Snickerdoodle Designs Crushed Glass Styles.  I also used her Outside My Window Kit.  I applied the style to the frames from the kit and my font (font used is Cheri Liney),  I love the effect that this style gives.  The styles are available here and you can pick up the kit here.  If you have never used styles or have been afraid to try them then you need to go and check them out.  Karen from Snickerdoodle Designs has a tutorial to tell you how to install them and they are sooooo much fun that you will want to go and pick up all of her styles.

Here is a preview of the styles and the kit so you can see what you are missing out on.  Go and pick them up for yourself today.

My Heart

I loved my Daddy as evident by the smiles on my face. I was his tomboy and always there with him. While things were far from perfect he will always and forever be close to my heart. Layout done with Snickerdoodle Designs kit called Snow in Love available here.

Snow Cute

This is my niece Lila modeling her Santa hat. Don't you think she is 'snow' cute? Items used are Snow in Love Kit, Snow in Love Clusters and Snow in Love Styles by Snickerdoodle Designs available here at Digital Design Den.

Elise's Pieces Vintage Christmas

This kit was a collab with Elise Hansen and Ruby Lane.  The colors were rich and all the elements just made you think Christmas.  This kit is on sale right now at the Digichick and  you can get it here.  I did two layouts with this kit.

Elise's Pieces Snow Day

This kit is a collab kit by Elise and Nikki.  You can get it on sale right now over at the Digichick.  Just click here to go and get it.  I did two layouts using this kit and it was such fun to work with.  The colors went together so well.

Elise's Pieces Lullaby Kit

This page was done with Elise's Pieces Lullaby Kit.  While it is great to use for all those photos of sleeping precious babies it has such gorgeous paper and elements that it can  be used for many other styles of layouts.  Go to get it here.  Template used is by NeeNee.  Font is Inspiration.

Old Kit...Revisited...You need this kit...Autumn Spice

This is an old kit made my Elise's Pieces and she is putting it on sale Tuesday, November 16th so go and visit it and while you are there look at all the fun pages that were made with it, then pick it up for yourself and see what fun stuff you can do with it. Look at all that awesomeness, rich colors, beautiful papers.

 Click here to go to the Digichick and pick up Autumn Spice.  This is what I made with it.  A hybrid card......I printed out the elements and then made my 5 x 5 card, cute huh?  I also made a layout with it.

Flower Child

Flower Child

Natural Beauty

Natural Beauty

Fall in Love Again with Elise's Pieces

Here is Elise's Pieces brand new kit, Fall in Love Again, be sure and go get it while it is on sale.  Click here to go to her store.

And here is a page I did with her kit, this kit has such gorgeous rich colors, you know you want it so hurry and go get it.

Elise's Pieces Terracotta

Oh wow, this kit was so fun to work with.  I loved all the elements and the papers, there were so many to choose from.  If you haven't tried this kit then you need to go and get it.  LOVE IT! I also used a template by Shabby Miss Jenn called Captured.  The Terracotta kit by Elise's Pieces is available at The Digichick and you can get there by clicking on the link below.
Terracotta

Distressing Toolbox

I had to play with Elise's Distressing Toolbox brushes.  Have lots more playing to do but took one and made a mask out of it.  I love the way it looks.  I used her kit Read All Over Mini Kit to scrap the picture after applying the distress mask to it.
Distressing Toolbox: Brushes 1   and  Read All Over Mini Kit

Pumpkin Patch......Fun Kit by Elise's Pieces

I am on the CT Team for Elise's Pieces over at The Digichick.  She makes such fun, beautiful stuff.  Here is my first page (one of many).  Click on the link to go to  her store and  pick the kit up.  Have fun!
Playing in the Leaves Kit by Elise's Pieces

Gail Cook's~Steampunk Collection Extraordinaire

I made these pages from Gail Cook's~Steampunk Collection Extraordinaire available at DigiScrapStation.  You need to go and get this kit....here is the link:  Steampunk Extraordinaire.  Here are my pages:

Faces

Discover

Sweet Girl

Sweet Girl
Is this not the cutest kit ever?  You can get it over at DigiScrapStation by clicking on the link Sweet Girl and then it will take you to my gallery where you will see a link for the kit.

Dance

Dance
Is this not the cutest kit ever?  You can get it over at DigiScrapStation by clicking on the link Dance and then it will take you to my gallery where you will see a link for the kit.

Vera

Vera

Mary

Mary

Andrew Goes to Pre-school

Andrew Goes to Preschool

Freedom

Freedom

My Heart

All Felt Up - DigiScrapStation
My Heart

Sisters

All Felt Up - DigiScrapStation
Sisters

Natural Beauty

Natural Beauty
DigiScrapStation

Cutie Patootie

Cutie Patootie

DigiScrapStaion

We all survived...

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank
while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then, after that trauma, we were
put to sleep on our tummies
in baby cribs covered
with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,
and, when we rode our bikes,
we had baseball caps,
not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes..

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.
WHY?

Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.
--And, we were OKAY.

We would spend hours building
our go-carts out of scraps
and then ride them down the hill,
only to find out we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem..

We did not have Play Stations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes. There were
no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
no video movies or DVDs,
no surround-sound or CDs,
no cell phones,
no personal computers,
no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS
and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut,
broke bones and teeth,
and there were no lawsuits
from those accidents.

We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report abuse.

We ate worms, and mud pies
made from dirt, and
the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and
-although we were told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts
and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn
to deal with disappointment.

Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,
problem solvers, and inventors ever.

The past 50 to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas..

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of those born
between 1925-1970, CONGRATULATIONS!

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?