Where does the time go?

Obviously it's been awhile since I've posted although I never imagined that it would be 7 years. So many things have changed. I finished grad school with my masters and teaching certificate and was ready to conquer the world of teaching. After hearing everyone say that they always needed math teachers, none were needed for that school year. It took me until the next school year to get a teaching position at the high school teaching math. I loved teaching math and interacting with the students but it just wasn't meant to be. After teaching for 2 school years I went back to working at Public Assistance. I felt that I could make more of a difference to the families coming in for help. After a few years I was able to combine my teaching credentials and Public Assistance when I was able to become a trainer. Now I'm training new workers about all the different programs that we have in Public Assistance and how to help the families seeking assistance.

For the past 2 years I've been using goodreads to keep track of all the books I read in a calendar year. In 2017 I successfully read 254 books and in 2018 it was 255 books. So far through the end of March 2019 I've read 62 books so I'm on track to be in the same ballpark as the last 2 years. The book that I finished today, Fatal Reckoning, the newest book in Marie Force's Fatal series. While this may be the 14th book in the series, it is still just as good or better than the first book. Marie grabs the reader's attention right at the beginning and never lets go until the ending. Emotions run the gauntlet as the heroine Sam Holland deals with the death of her father and picking up the cold case in the latest attempt to solve the shooting that left him a quadriplegic.

Marie Force is one of my favorite authors and I follow several of her series along with Fatal. Since Marie allows her fans to follow her on Facebook, she had several fantastic giveaways leading up to the release of Fatal Reckoning. I was lucky enough to win a signed copy of the book as well as a mouse pad. Still jumping up and down since I won.

April 2012 CSD QP contest

Definitely running out of time for this one, but I made my page just in time. Talk about last minute. Whew! Anyways, here is my entry for the April 2012 CSD QP Contest:

Download HERE

This month's lovely kit was Sun Sun Sun by Butterfly Design. Now please go to the CSD forum to download all the other pages made with this kit so that you can have a matching album for all of your pictures.



Blue Poppy kit by Star Song Studio

I was given the opportunity to work with Star Song Studio's newest kit, Blue Poppy. The colors are absolutely gorgeous and it helps that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors blue and purple. Did I mention that I love the colors? (giggle) This beautiful kit contains 12 papers (all 12" x 12") and 33 elements and was inspired by rare blue Himilayan poppies that Ann personally photographed and extracted. Without further ado, feast your eyes on the preview for this kit:

Available at the following stores: CSD, Digidesignresort, E-scapes and Scrap, and Heritage Scrap.

Here are the two pages that I did with this fabulous kit:

Go check out all the other kits that Star Song Studio has available at her stores. You'll be amazed at the amazing products that she has to offer.

Cool Scraps Digital QP Contest March 2012

Well better late then never, however I still made it with time to spare. It's time again for the Quick Page contest that Cool Scraps Digital holds every month. This month, Pmarie graciously allowed us to use her fabulous kit Spring A ling Ding Dong. Absolutely gorgeous and very versatile. Here is my quickpage for the contest:

Click on the image above for download or click: HERE!

Don't forget to check out the contest thread at CSD (here) to be able to download all the other entries in this contest so you can have a complete QP album for all your pictures. Also think about joining next month because the kits for these contests are all fabulous!





Cool Scraps Digital QP Contest February 2012

Well I participated in the Cool Scraps QP contest again this month. We were given Graphics by Polka Dot's Sweetness kit, which is absolutely lovely. I had a hard time only coming up with one quick page for this kit. It can be used for so many things, however it works perfectly for Valentine's Day. Please check out the link above for the other free QPs made using this kit. If you collect them all, then you'll have a huge QP album to quickly insert your own pictures. Here is my QP for you to download:

Download: Image linked above or click here.



Cool Scraps Digital QP Contest

I can't believe how busy life is keeping me lately. However I finally had time to actually do some scrapping. Talk about amazing!!! Anyway, I decided to join the Quick Page contest being held over at Cool Scraps Digital. They hold a contest every month where a designer generously allows the participants to use on of their kits to make a QP. There are prizes to be awarded so don't forget to check out the contest for next month. This month Cocotounette generously allowed us to use her lovely kit: Oh My

Here is my quickpage:

And of course here is the link to download this freebie QP: rosepup77 QP

Happy iNSD: ESS Blog Train

How the heck did it get to May already? This year is just flying by. Speaking of flying by, can you believe that it's already National Scrapbooking Day again? In honor of this, several of the pixies from Enchanted Studio Scraps have gotten together to give out some quick pages from the Mega Grab Bags from either March, April, or May. I made 2 4"x6" bragbook/quickpages for you from the March Mega Grab Bag. Here is what they look like:

To grab these pages please click HERE

Here is a list of other participants on this train:
Teresa
Christie
kdk929
brenian4ever

Don't forget to head over to Enchanted Studio Scraps for all the NSD events taking place!



CT: Flash Back

Today, LauraMarie Scraps just released her new kit: Flash Back. It's a wonderful retro kit that feels like a flash back in time, hence the name. It has 10 papers and 35 elements. It is available from Scrapbooks Gone Digital. Please click on the image below to get this fantastic kit:

Here is the page that I made using this wonderful kit:



CT: SeaScapes by Star Song Studio

Here is the first in a series of sea kits using the same color pallette. This is called SeaScapes and it has a slightly old fashioned heritage feel to it with beautiful colors and elements. It is available both from Heritage Scraps and Cool Scraps Digital. This gorgeous kit has 41 elements and 12 papers total (7 background with 5 complimentary papers).  Check out the kit below:

I love all the greens in this kit. Here is the page that I made with it:



CT: Tell Your Story part 2

Here is the second page I did using Circle of Life Studio's Tell Your Story Art Journal products.

This is going to be the cover of my art jounal which is actually one of the new challenges over at Enchanted Studio Scraps. Click Here for more information about it.

CT: Tell Your Story

This month my assignment at Enchanted Studio Scraps was to work on Circle of Life Studio's products. Amanda has a new series of products that are just amazing: Tell Your Story Art Journal. Currently there are 2 sets of papers, 1 set each of accents (elements) and borders. As most scrappers know, we tell the story of everyone else in our lives but rarely tell our own story. This series is wonderful and you don't have to just scrap photos. You could easily use them to just keep a journal and tell your story that way. This is the page that I did using these wonderful products.

Please check out these wonderful products. You'll be so glad that you did.

CT: My Daydream by Angelblue

Looking at the open calls on the DigiShopTalk forum yesterday, I came across this fabulous kit. The colors and elements instantly jumped out at me so I contacted the designer to do a page. She got back to me right away and let me work with this fabulous kit. My Daydream by Angelblue is her first kit available for sale and you don't want to miss out on it. Please click on the previews below to be taken to the kit:

Here is the page that I made with it:



CT: My Sugar Pie by Sugar Pie Scraps

Valentine's Day was only a few days ago but Sugar Pie Scraps' newest kit My Sugar Pie will help you scrap your photos of your sugar pie/pies. Since this kit doesn't have the traditional Valentine colors, it can easily be used for anything that you can think of. It is available at Scrapable and Polka Dot Plum, or click on the image below:

With the blues from this kit, I couldn't resist using a recent photo of the prince. He's getting to the age where he doesn't always have the best smile, or even want to have his photo taken, however this photo just captured my heart.

Until next time...

CT: Marie Antoinette by LauraMarie Scraps

You don't want to miss out on LauraMarie Scraps' newest kit, Marie Antoinette. Everything about this kit is fabulous. The lovely color palette, lots of glitter and bling; Absolutely beautiful. It is available at Scrapbooks Gone Digital, just click on the preview below:

I couldn't pass up pictures of the kids, especially the princess, eating sweets. At least her brother, the prince, was able to get on this page too.

LauraMarie will be taking a break from designing for awhile, but you don't want to miss out on her fabulous kits.

Until next time...

CT: Royal Romance Collab by Star Song Studio and Morning Sun Designs

Star Song Studio collaborated with Morning Sun Designs and they released this amazing kit, Royal Romance. The deep royal colors of blue, green, and purple are what drew me to this fabulous kit, which also has lots of glitter and bling. It is available at Cool Scraps Digital, just click on the image below: 

Again, I had the perfect pictures of my princess to use with this kit.

Until next time...



CT: Sweet Spring by Star Song Studio

Star Song Studio just released her newest kit, Sweet Spring. This lovely kit reminds me of a beautiful spring day. This kit is based on vintage Beatrix Potter designs and is perfect for layouts of children, spring, Easter, .. well just about anything that you can think of. The kit is available at Cool Scraps Digital, just click the preview below:

Here are the 2 pages that I did, showcasing my princess:

Until next time, have fun and enjoy life...