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Love & Grace

one in our scrapbooking community, Erica Webster (pne123) lost her sweet daughter, Grace, this past December.  Grace was only 7 and spent her life fighting a seziure-causing brain tumor with a condition called Hypothalamic Hamartoma. 

in honor of Grace, a huge lot of designers in the community put together this wonderful kit, Love and Grace, to benefit the Webster family and show our support during this time.  this kit comes with way more than you see in the preview - it is just wonderful. 

for a limited time, when you order Love & Grace kit, you get the entire QP pack for free!!!

here's a layout i did using the Love & Grace kit...  this layout was also made into a QP that's available here in the QP pack.

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have a few more products to also share with you today - one old and one new (that's what Something Old, Something New (SOSN) is all about, afterall!).  remember, SOSN products are always 50% off on Wednesdays!

first, just in time for Valentine's Day, get a jump start on adding some love by way of stitching (Stitched Hearts) to your layouts with these hearts.  secondly, check out this new template set, Mix It Up.  use a lot of photos or a lot of papers with these templates!

 

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don't forget to keep an eye out on the store this Friday for the new BYOC - it is our best and most favorite BYOC yet!  finally, since it's a new month, that means new challenges in The Pad!  the new template challenge is this one - check out details here!

 

HELLO?

anyone out there?

i'm still here - life is completely nutso since the year turned over (including my laptop "M" key is slowly dying).  wee. 

i am quite happy to say i've been diligently keeping up with BOTH my P365 AND Project Life - wee.  on to week FIVE!  i'm so excited and hope to continue.  that pretty much takes away a lot of scrapping time for other things, but, truly, that's all i really want at the end of a year anyway, as i ponder more.

will post more tomorrow with some great, new products including a HUGE and BEAUTIFUL charity collab kit.

because

she rocks.  i've been working with one of our daughters, teaching her how to scrap on the computer.  she's been a little crafty thing since she was so very little (like 2).  when i had my craft room set up, she would sit at her own craft table and "work" while i would do the same.  now, i guess my influence (or her seeing me sitting on here for maybe too long at a time) has prompted her to take it to the next level.  she has her "own" laptop that is now PS equipped... and she's putting it to good use.  she gets up early every day to scrap.  and the first thing she says when i pick her up from school, at least yesterday, was, "momma!  get me home really fast - i've been building my pages in my mind all day and can't wait to get home to put them onto digital paper!" 

so, this morning, on my computer, i found this note from her.  apparently, windows explorer was giving her fits...  i can relate to her feeling here, so very well, all too often (like when my PS crashes for no apparent reason or i get the "not enough memory to complete the desire operation" message)!  ;)

Whip It Good

have you thought of your word for 2012?  i haven't yet - still mulling over what route i want to take with it.  i have some fun things coming up in the next year, both personally and with the family, so i'm trying to come up with something that will apply and be all inclusive.  my word for 2011 was "move" which turned out to be a wonderful pick on so many levels.  i've been praying that i'll have another ah-ha moment when it comes to this.  it's one of the few things that i have committed to that i've stuck with.  now, let me see what's next....  maybe P365 to start and actually finish?! ;)

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have some new templates up in the store today for SOSN and 50% off!  check out these Whip It Up Fast v3.  i'm starting to really enjoy these templates - need to scrap with them, myself, especially that one with the banners.

Faves of 2011

so have you ever looked back on your year of scrapping and had favorites stick out, favorite projects or layouts that just are close to your heart for one reason or another?  here's the list of my favorites (they are each clickable for more info on each) that i completed for 2011 - it's hard to pick just 10, really, though.  each layout i do, i have dumped in a part of me - i do so enjoy the process and the subject matter.

MY FAVORITES OF 2011

 

so, had to go back and count and found that i completed (sniff sniff only) 62 layouts in 2011... and have 62 layouts started (wow isn't that ironic that the numbers are the same?!) but in varying stages of % complete, most being around the 75% range.  sometimes i flow and take a break and lose the flow.  am i the only one?  i do end up going back and finishing most; however, it may take years.  i still have unfinished layouts in my bin from 2006 - they make me too happy as they are to simply delete them...  guess i need to finish.  maybe that can be my word of the year for 2012?! 

Merry

merry christmas to you and yours! 

i pray that the ultimate gift - the gift of Jesus, God come to earth as a man, sent to die as the sacrifice and risen gloriously from the grave for us - will be kept as the focus this holiday season.  it all builds up to the cross...  for that, i am eternally blessed and eternally thankful.

Today

 ah, today is a good day - taking the kids to the aquarium, the pool, then out to dinner on date night.  can't beat that.  the house is clean, the laundry is done (at least for the next 5 minutes).  not a bad way to head into the weekend, eh?

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new templates in the shop today - Circling Templates 2.  for this weekend only, when you pick these up, you have the chance to get Circling Templates 1 for just $1.00!