Merry & Bright

This release is a couple days later than I had intended but I keep getting caught up in holiday fun. My daughters Preschool put on a concert at her Christmas party that was SO much fun. My husband got home early so we took Deirdre to see Santa and arrived at exactly the right time where there was no line so we could take all the pictures we wanted! I found out that my step-sisters friends (and their adorable baby!) are going to be having dinner with us all Christmas Eve so I went to Michaels and have been busy all evening crocheting a present for the little angel.

Merry & Bright was inspired by all the fun & funky ornaments that I see everywhere lately. I just love bright colours (I'm sure you can tell bu the majority of my kits lol) and it just inspired me. So much so the Christmas kit I actually planned was put aside until next year lol. I hope you like it, and a reminder that ALL my Christmas kits are 40% off until the end of December!

Here are some truly gorgeous layouts my very talented CT did up for me :

And of course a Freebie! Here is an Additional 7 papers & 15 Elements to the kit!

 

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Away In a Manger

First, I want to formally welcome my fabulous new CT members to the team: Bethany, Denise, Jacqui, Katherine, Melissa & Melissa. Also my fantastic new CT Lead Lauren!

I don't really consider myself religious at this time in my life but I have so many great memories from growing up in church as a child. One of my favourite things about Christmas when I was growing up was the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. I grew up in the Moravian Church so every year we got the beeswax candles with the frilly red crepe paper skirts to catch wax. It was always so special. I also loves seeing the Christmas Putz (Christmas Village), which was put on every year of the 4 Sundays of the Advent and we would all sing Hosanna.

This Kit and All my Christmas kits are 40% off during the month of December.

Here are some layouts from my fabulous CT!

And a Freebie from me :

 

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Speed Scrap Today!

Join me today at Scraps n Pieces for a Speed Scrap!

Participation Prize is :

December News at SNP

WOW, I cannot believe it is December, this year has gone by fast!!!  This month the designers at Scraps N Pieces, have created a amazing, kit!  The colors are perfect for this time of year.  This months kit is called: Growing In Faith.  I LOVE the Deep Rich Colors and the Elements are a perfect!!!

The kit will be 7.99, Quick Pages are 5.99, and bundle for 10.99.

Bits and Pieces turned out so fun, with a soft color palette   The theme this month is Cabin Fever.  I love the take on this, and how the designers came up with there own make on Cabin Fever.  

Also our CU grab bag is FULL of Strings and Stitches.  I promise this will be a awesome bag for you to grab!!!

Thankful

It's a bit weird for me to be doing a Thanksgiving themed kit when my own Thanksgiving was 6 weeks ago, but the kit seemed much more suited to American Thanksgiving so I held it. I hope if you celebrated this week that you had a great Holiday. Thankful is 40% off from Nov 25th to Dec 1st.

Here are some fantastic Layouts from my CT :

A few of them have Freebies you can grab on their blogs :

Last but not least a freebie from me :

 

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Super Saturday Sale

This was a very strange week for me. My daughter has been in playschool since the beginning of September with no issues. I actually expected her to have separation anxiety in the beginning because she's always been a mommy's girl, but nothing, she LOVES school. Until this week. Tuesday she cried after I left cause she missed me. Wednesday she cried as I was leaving, didn't want me to go, I stayed a few minutes longer and cried in the parking lot. Thursday she flipped out when we left the house, kicking screaming & dragging her heels. I explained to her that school is her job & her responsibility. Daddy goes to work every day, even if he's tired & doesn't want to, mommy takes care of Deirdre every day. She didn't cry, so that was good. I hope she feels better next week.

The weather is warming up a bit and pumpkins are wilting on the doorstep, time to get rid of them. We have such insanely fluctuating weather here, I love it but it can be crazy if you don't grow up with it.

The other weird thing was a really nice thing. I always wanted to be the mom who bakes with her kids, does messy crafts etc. I couldn't though cause I stressed out so much about the mess. I finally realized it as anxiety though and went on Anti-Anxiety meds and they are finally at the right level that this morning I made banana bread with my daughter, it was messy but it was so much fun.

These are the reasons I offer you these 3 kits at $2.00 each today!

November Blog Train

I really hope you have time to grab all  f the parts to this blog train because it is simple beautiful!

 

Here is my part :

Here is the rest of your train:

Arts & Ains Designs
 Shuckclod's Stuff
GraceBlossoms4U
Honeybee's Creative Hive
Karen Diamond Designs
Tricia's Treasures
True North Scraps
Keystone Scraps
Stampgram's Studio
DoubleTrouble Scraps
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
Addicted to Digi-Scrap
Scraps by Missy
Adriana's Cafe
Mommy Made This  <---You Are Here
Wendy Tunison Designs

Fall Frolick

As you can see from my previous two posts, fall has kind of flown the coop around these parts. Last year we were spoiled, unusually so, that we had fall weather pretty much until spring. This year we definitely got winter. I'm glad I bought my daughters Halloween costume a size bigger since she had to wear it over snow pants lol.

Fall is one of my favourite seasons though (right behind spring). Both have the beautiful not too cold & not too hot weather & the rain and beautiful (though very different) scenery. Fall Frolick is a fun kit with all the beautiful colours of Fall. It's perfect for scrapping pictures of playing in the leaves, orchard visits, hayrides, nature walks and so much more. The kit is 40% off from Nov 10 - 16th.

 

I'm looking for a few more fantastic people to join my team, experienced & newbies alike are welcome to apply :

Here is a few inspirational layouts from my fabulous CT :

If you head over to Kristal's blog she has this freebie for you :

 

And Here's one from Me :

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Super Saturday

If you saw my last post you know exactly why I'm feeling in an awfully Christmass-y mood lately. We have snow and LOTS of it! So to celebrate (or... what's the opposite of celebrate? lament maybe?) the snow I have 3 great deals for you! All 3 kits are just $2 Today only!

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Testing out my mobile app. Hopefully the picture shows up properly. This snow started Thursday morning and still going strong. Making me think of Christmas for sure. Got a few kits going up for super Saturday tomorrow along this theme if you're feeling the same way.

November News

Lots of stuff is going on at Scraps N Pieces this month, Including our new designer Collab kit.  This kit is called Coming Home.  I Love the colour pallet, it turned out so pretty!!!

The kit will be  7.99, Quick Pages will be 5.99, and the bundle will  be 10.99. 

Our fun new Bits N Pieces kits are also in the store this week. Remember they are only $1 each the first week. You can mix and match the pieces you would like to put together your own kit. The theme this is Remembrance.

Remember Digital Scrap Booking day is this weekend, LOTS and LOTS of stuff is on sale!!

Sweets & Treats

Are you having fun getting ready for Halloween? I decided to do something a little different this Halloween. I already have a couple Halloween themed kits, Trick-or-Treat is great for the big kids and Boo-tiful Babies is great for the small. I decided to focus on what most kids love about Halloween... the CANDY! Did your kid get a big haul last year or did you find something truly unique to give out this year? Scrap it!

 

Check out some creative ways my CT used this kit :

Christie & Kristal have Freebies for you on their blogs (links to the left) :

  

Last but not least is the freebie I made for you :

 

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Ad Manager & CT Manager Call

I know what you’re thinking… Long time no hear! I’m sorry about that, I’ve been dealing with some stress & anxieties in my personal life and it made it really hard to think about anything else. The good news is I’m starting to feel better, I can see light at the end of my tunnel. Part of that is to look for help a bit more by delegating what I can. Want to help?

 

PS - New kit out tomorrow!

Speed Scrap

I realized this morning that my pre-posting failed, sorry for the short notice!

I’m having a Speed Scrap on Monday at 2pm MST (1pm PST, 3pm CST, 4pm EST) at Scraps n Pieces.

 

Participation prize is :

Super Saturday Sale

Our cousins just got back from Walt Disney World and I'm so Jealous! To celebrate you can get Ticket to Ride & Witchcraft & Wizardry for $2 each!

 

 

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic

Are you ready for Back to School or dreading the thought of it already? I, myself, am SO excited. My daughter starts preschool this year, something I never had any intention of doing with her. She plays well with other kids so really doesn’t need the socialization, she knows the alphabet, big & little, numbers to 30, shapes, colours and can recognize her name so really she doesn’t need the lessons either. What she needs though is time away from Mommy lol.

Amy’s Designs and I collaborated on this great Back to School kit for you! We wanted to keep the colours a bit richer & the elements a bit more grown up looking so it it useful for all ages of kids heading back this school year. I hope you enjoy it! Both our kits are 50% off this first week!

Amy's Kit :

 

My Kit:

 

Here are some Layouts my CT made :

And last but not least a Freebie I made for you! If you haven't signed up for my Newsletter yet you can do it on the right sidebar, there is always an exclusive Freebie in my newsletter for each kit!

 

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August Blog Train

Welcome to my portion of the Blog Train everyone, sorry it’s a little late. Today is my last day at STS & your last day to get 60% off my kits! Here’s my portion of the blog train for you!

 

 

Here are the rest of your stops :

Scraps N' Pieces Store Blog

 True North Scraps

 Stampgram's Studio

 Amy's Scrappin' Memories

 AmyDane Designs

 Scraps N Pieces

 J.D.zYnes

 GraceBlossoms4U

 Net's Nick Nacks

 Joyful Expressions

 KB Custom Creations

 Karen Diamond Designs

 Tricia's Treasures

 Honeybee's Creative Hive

 Memories by Digital Design

 Lady Sherwood Designs

 Ladybug Pics n Scraps

 Just For Fun Designs

 Flower Pot Designs

 Keystone Scraps

 Fit 2 Be Scrapped

 Mommy Made This <---- You Are Here

 Shuckclod's Stuff

 Queen Wild Scraps

 DoubleTrouble Scraps

 Scraps by Missy

 Build a Memory

Saying Goodbye to STS

It was a hard decision but I’ve decided to close up shop at STS and concentrate on my SNP store & my family a bit more. Great sale for you though! Over 70 items are just $1 and nothing over $3.20!