Digital Scrapbooking

iphone walk

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:10:11 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I was short on the distance I try to walk each day, so I took a long walk at home on Thursday afternoon. I love a walk out to the highway to pick up our mail, and today I took a pre-mail detour through the woods behind our house and then up to the mailbox last. I don�t walk the wood more than about once a week and I am always amazed at what has grown and changed as I pass by. This time of year the leaves and the flowers change so often and I hate to miss the short season of come of the wild flowers and emerging foliage. We have had abundant rains of late, so the shades of greens and yellows are wonderful as the late afternoon sun slants and shines upon Mother Nature�s best! I only had my new iPhone and enjoyed being able to capture the beauty! [b]Journaling:[/b] today on my walk i spied the pretty whorled leaves of the new milkweed . . . the arching shade of the maples planted along the old road . . . stepped around the sawed tree branches from yesterdays storm . . . the scattered corn which papa throws out for the turkeys . . . the fading sunset over the pond, and the drooping blossoms of my peonies after the rains. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10518]Photo Clusters Colors No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/16054]Life Basics No. 05 Template Set[/url][/b][/u] (new, wonderful and in the store today) � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12191]Everyday Life Prompts Script Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14808]Toothy No. 01 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske

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"I Resolve to" [Saturday Scraplift]

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:44:08 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: The page is for [b]Linda�s Saturday Scraplift on the DD blog[/b] this weekend. We lifted [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=192787&title=nothing-but-my-easter&cat=500]Nothing but my Easter Bonnet[/url][/b][/u] by [b]Lacey Bittner[/b] [IMG]http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/data/500/thumbs/EasterBonnets1.jpg[/IMG] On a trip to Home Depot this week, I wandered through the garden supplies and flowers . . . actually this isn�t the first wandering through plants and flowers I�ve done this spring season. But, we have had a crazy spring . . . up to the 80�s and then back down in the 30�s . . . and bucket loads of rain . . . the most since the mid 1980�s I read. So I just this week brought home an SUV load of ferns and flowers and a few hydrangeas. That is it . . . nothing else this year! I have made a �new year�s resolution� a few months late for my so-called garden and myself! I am planting just a little bit this year and crossing my fingers that our beautiful deer and rabbit population don�t consume my good works! P.S. I switched from a no-camera old cell phone to my new iPhone a few weeks ago and I�m loving having the fabulous camera to snap anything I want no matter where I am. This day I clicked away at Home Depot and Target and captured pretty umbrellas and lawn chairs . . . colorful plants and these sturdy wheelbarrows. Our old wheelbarrow is bedraggled and beat-up, but it works just as well and these shiny new ones! [b]Journaling around the edge:[/b] Often I get myself all fired up in the spring when the garden centers are spectacular and come home with a carload of pretty and begin the process of planting. I do pretty well until the humidity hits and the kitchen window thermometer hits the 90�s looking; so this year I have resolved to do a better job of maintaining my work when I dissolve in the heat neglecting the job that keeps things pretty. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14406]Game Time Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15981]Life Lines Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Pocket Card: Arrows No. 02 [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8890]Resolutions Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14340]Say Yes Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12427]Staycation Brushes And Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15466]Work and Life Vol. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] (I dissembled and reassembled some of Ali�s words)

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Heart this Day challenge

Sat, 11 May 2013 03:46:11 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I love this large word art, Ali . . . love the broad brush strokes. Thank you so much for the lovely inspiration. I love too this day which I spent with a little granddaughter a couple of years ago . . . I was working on old photos this week and has set aside this one as one of my favorites . . . and it was perfect for this challenge.

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after the egg hunt Saturday Lift

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:27:34 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: My layout is for this week�s [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/blog/saturday-scraplift-spotlight-a-photo]Saturday Scraplift: Spotlight a photo[/url][/b][/u] on the DD blog from [b]lizziet5[/b] is [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=192603&title=charlie&cat=500]Charlie[/url][/b][/u], a darling layout telling of the birth of Liz�s latest grandchild . . . beautiful little Charlie! We spent Easter with our daughter and her family this year. The children looked so adorable in their new Easter finery . . . Church was such a wonderful morning of worship and celebration . . . Easter luncheon was delicious . . . the afternoon egg hunt was such fun (my camera was flying) . . . but the best part of the day for little Amelia was taking off her pink Easter dress off and putting on her purple ballet dress on and playing in the noonday sun! Here she is sitting on the coffee table with her Mama�s iPad. [b]Journaling:[/b] When we got home from church & lunch on Easter Sunday, you found your Easter eggs & then put on your ballet dress and played. [b]Credits:[/b] Day Out Paper Pack � Katie Pertiet Krafty Guys Element Pack � Katie Pertiet Messy Life Lines � Ali Edwards [I][all three of these wonderful new products are coming to the DD Store soon][/I]

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Awesome.Awesome!

Sat, 04 May 2013 04:49:03 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: What a week we have had in the Designer Digitals store! One grand product after another magically appeared this week. I love so many of the items, but fell in love with Katie�s [b]�Life Lines� series[/b] and with Lynn�s [b]�Scrap Express No. 153�.[/b] My son sent me these iPhone photos Wednesday of his little boy (our grandson) taken on his third grade end of the year field trip! I loved them so much and Lynn�s template was perfect to scrap them with. [b]Journaling:[/b] Henry . . . today was your much anticipated end of school field trip and you were so excited. One of the things which you did was to climb this tower . . . you did & you made it all the way to the top! Not everyone did make it all the way, but you did and you were so proud of yourself. Your daddy sent me these photos and said, �he made it all the way�! [b]Credits:[/b] Bracket Repeats No. 02 coming soon [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15981]Life Lines Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15982]Life Lines Confetti Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (a few confetti pieces recolored) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15987]Life Lines Scrapbooking Kit[/url][/b][/u] (arrow recolored) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15916]Scrap Express No. 153[/url][/b][/u] (clipping mask created for center photo in frame) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15970]Stamped Blocks No. 30 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u]

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2004 favorite photos book - pg. 0620a

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:16:11 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I�ve made second & third pages for my 2004 favorite photos book (still a maybe). I am loving the trip back almost a decade to the year we had only three grandchildren and all of the adults looked a good bit younger too! My photos are grainy after scanning the 4 x 6 prints, but I haven�t found a way to scan them that makes them any better. I took a digital photo of the print photo thinking it might be a better quality for enlargement, but no luck there either. I haven�t printed one of these pages yet, so I may be pleasantly surprised at how they look. All of our children were at home this particular weekend and I�ve loads of nice photos to use. It is just deciding which of them to put in a book. I can�t use all of them! [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7466]Aspasia Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13816]Breeveld Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (lightened) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9315]Ingrid Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8447]Malin Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9987]Maskros Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6691]Memory Tags[/url][/b][/u] (altered and used as a clipping mask for the �paint chips�.

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2004 favorite photos book - pg. 0620b

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:16:04 +0000

happy little world scraplift

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:07:26 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This layout is for today�s [b]Saturday ScrapLift: Fun with Circles.[/b] Janet selected this lovely layout from [b]Sanada[/b] for us to lift. I had such fun playing with layered circles. Thanks to Snanda for the inspiration and thanks to Janet for the fun! [IMG]http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/03302013-300x300.jpg[/IMG] [b]Journaling:[/b] Mary Paul, you and your mama & daddy drove to our house for a nice summertime visit this week. Uncle Ken, Aunt Sheri, Uncle Mark, Uncle Michael. Aunt Carrie, Mitchell and James were here too . . . you had such a good time and we were so glad that we could enjoy you just after you celebrated your first birthday. The occasion for this visit was a Baby Shower at the Campbell�s for Aunt Sheri. And time to celebrate your mama�s and your daddy�s birthdays too. All of us had such a good time just being together! In these photographs you are sitting in the little wooden rocking horse that Monnie & Papa bought when we were living in Darmstadt when Papa was in the Army in Germany. June 20, 2004 [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15273]Doily Edgers No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15831]Done with Doilies Photo Clusters No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9497]Dotted n Dashed Circles Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12337]Littlest Baby Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10744]Pin Its!: Pearls[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11620]Princess Fairy Tale Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13394]Readymade Banners: Love No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Studio DD [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14412]Readymade Circles: Vintage No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Studio DD [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15531]Scrap Stamps: Spring No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15823]Spring Fields Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13014]Sweet St. Nicholas Solids and Stripes Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13192]Woodsy Trees No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (color changed) � Katie Pertiet

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it's baseball season!

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:11:09 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I love [b]Sara Horton�s[/b] newest video tutorial on the DD Blog! I have tried my hand at [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/blog/poster-photo-effect-in-photoshop-and-pse-video/]�Poster Photo Effect in Photoshop and PSE�[/url][/b][/u] on this photograph of our grandson from a baseball game a few years ago. He didn�t ordinarily play catcher, and was delighted to be behind the plate for the entire game on this day. I used PSE's pin light on the bottom layer of my two layer photo to let the background paper show through. Also, I painted the emblems on his shoes to match the red twirls. Thank you so much, Sara for this tutorial and all of the amazing information you share with us! [b]Credits:[/b] [b]Inked Twists No. 01[/b] (fabulous and coming soon) � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3206]Little Enamel Accents: Sports[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15667]Toothy Seaside Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15227]Thin Classic Photo Frames Curled and Flat No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14232]Typesets: Baseball No. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske

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new book ???? maybe

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:32:09 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I am still moving slowly and feeling my way into this scanning of old print photos. I began with 2004 and found so many that I had forgotten about . . . so I�m thinking of an easy and straightforward book of my favorite photos from that year . . . maybe. this is my first page . . . I may change it a bit, don�t know yet. The idea for this is from the sites, which offer paint chips samples to go with a photograph. I am going to have to find a better way to scan my photos . . . this one is too pixilated to make much larger than a 4x6-inch photo. I scanned it at 300 and then again at 600 and it seemed to make no difference. I have the negatives and tried scanning them in also, but the difference in unnoticeable. Anyone who has a BEST way to scan let me know your secrets. I am thinking that there may not be a better way. This first page is of our daughter and granddaughter at the beach from that year. I will print them at home on double sided 8 � x 11 paper and trim one side to make it 8 � x 10 � with holes punched in one edge to use in a ring binder. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7702]Alana Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8493]Bella Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9315]Ingrid Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6691]Memory Tags[/url][/b][/u] (altered and used as a clipping mask for the paint tabs)

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it is turkey season down south

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:04:04 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: The challenge is for National Sportsmanship Day . . . for [b]One Theme, Three Scrappers[/b]. Steph has pulled this challenge together and I love her idea! I think that hunters must abide by good sportsmanship just as athletes in competitive sports should. I am making this into a two-page layout with more journaling on the second page. This layout uses a photograph of our youngest son from a couple of years ago on our farm. He loves to hunt and loves to fill his freezer to feed his family. Fortunately, they love to eat deer, turkey and fish! I�m a fan of Butterball myself! [b]Challenge Kits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9037]Cut Ups: Sportsmanship[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14406]Game Time Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15580]Wood Veneer Stars No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [b]Extra Kits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14426]Carte Post Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8801]Christmas Twill[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10496]Classic Cardstock: Earthen Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10857]Cut Ups: Gratitude[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15820]Cutting Files: Feathers No. 01[/url][/b][/u] LayeredBookshelfOverlaysNo01 (coming soon) � two of the new overlays are used over the [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13959]Notebook Edge Photo Masks No. 09[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15824]Spring Fields Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (blended with the cardstock)

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puddles . rain boots . sprinkles

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:51:34 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I am scanning all of my photos . . . just started this week, so I�ve miles to go before I rest! I began with 2004 and have found some photographs that I had totally forgotten about . . . this one of our very tall grandson when he was a toddler is one of them. I just noticed that I had forgotten to add the date of the photo . . . I�ll go back and do that before I print it. [b]Journaling:[/b]The old road was dotted with the most wonderful puddles that could ever be. And, you were very hesitant to get all muddy and wet today, so after deciding it was o.k. . . . you took to it �like a duck to water�! Twice it began pouring rain again and again and the two of us ran to the garage again and again. Finally you were so eager to get back to your �puddle-lin� that we decided that we would just play in the rain and get all �soapy wet� as you called it! [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15786]Anchors Away Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12961]Edge Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11659]Fastened Frames No. 04[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13363]Fine Line Twists No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12290]Rainy Days Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6096]Stamped Blocks No. 06 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11732]Whimsy Words: Weather[/url][/b][/u] [b]Font[/b] Josefin Sans Std

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Color Challenge: Love this Boy

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:43:39 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: My page for the [b]Color Challenge on the DD Blog[/b] was inspired by the pretty colors chosen by Connie. Also, the photos for my layout immediately came to mind when I saw the red umbrellas image that inspired Connie. I had smocked and sewn this little suit for our then three year old grandson for Easter and later created the �duck & umbrella� cut-up to use on his Easter card. Thanks, Connie for inspiring to get this memory scrapped! [b]Journaling:[/b] James, you, Mitchell, your mommy & daddy came to our house for a few days this week. You are three years old and have so much fun playing in the yard and in the swimming pool. You seem to have fun no matter what is going on! These photos were made on Sunday afternoon after church, so you were all dressed up in the Easter outfit, which I made for you this year. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15705]Artsy Paint No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9807]Bread + Butter Elements: Oval Journal Tags[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8540]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7491]Clustered Layered Template No. 06[/url][/b][/u] (altered)� Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6493]Forecast Kit[/url][/b][/u] (raindrops) � Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12028]Love This Word Art Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3803]How�d They Do That? No. 06: Offset Stamping[/url][/b][/u] - Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15668]Seaside Patterns Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14991]Simple Patterns No. 01 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14768]Tiny Dots No. 01 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � (the yellow dot paper was recolored) Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15667]Toothy Seaside Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske The little ducks & umbrellas were made using DD papers and the shape tool from PSE11.

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Love My Life in the Kitchen

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:18:43 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: Just some fun in the kitchen with our youngest grandbaby! [b]Journaling:[/b] We just love having all of our grandchildren in our home. And, when we are blessed by having them one at a time it is very special indeed. We love showering them with the attention that can�t be given to the crowd of all of them at once. Cooking is one of the special things that I especially enjoy doing with them no matter their age. This day little Amelia and I were just playing in the kitchen with anything and everything she could stir up in the bright red bowl she picked out to use today. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3697]Border Edge Die Cuts[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9956]Essential Words Hand Drawn Value Pack Vol. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8030]In The Kitchen No. 03 Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards Lucy Lou Solids (coming soon) � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15668]Seaside Patterns Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14991]Simple Patterns No. 01 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15410]Simple Patterns No. 02 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15372]Helvi Round Love No. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske I made the bowl and spoon with PSE shapes tool, the eraser tool and DD papers. Font used is Cicle

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who's a good girl?

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:17:31 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I have had this photo of our youngest granddaughter on my desktop for a year . . . this morning I woke up very early and was browsing the store. I came upon Cathy Z�s doggie word art. Even though Cathy meant this for a puppy, I immediately thought of our sweet little girl! (From the look on your solemn face, you knew you were in trouble! Can you see the glob of Vaseline on the end of Amelia's nose?) [b]Journaling:[/b] In the middle of today�s hard play morning, you decided to cover yourself with Vaseline! And, you did a good job of it too. You were a mess to clean up, but we all had a good laugh. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15458]Dezine Template Album[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/952]Flat Jacks: Frolic Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15412]Grid Labels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14807]Toothy No. 02 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15667]Toothy Seaside Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8754]Typesets Good Boy! Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u]

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Photo Swap for Angela {ang66}

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:37:39 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I was absolutely thrilled when I found that I had been paired with Ang . . . I have loved her lovely work forever! Hope you like this one Ang!! [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9842]Bead Scatterings No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14989]Bits of Nature No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15277]Frosted Winter Add-on Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15281]Frosted Winter Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15276]Frosted Winter: Paint[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15275]Frosted Winter Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15707]Stacked Vintage Photo Frames No. 05[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13930]Sun Porch Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13160]Winter Artistry Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15052]Wooden Flakes No. 02[/url][/b][/u]

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'66 Mustang - Pattie fundraiser

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:25:16 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: You are in for a treat when you see the entire [b]Shine On Kit[/b] created by the Designer Digitals designers to honor our darling Pattie. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the American Diabetes Association, which was near and dear to Pattie�s heart. Watch for this fabulous new kit on Tuesday, March 9th [b]Journaling:[/b] In the late summer of 1985, Michael and Mark bought a fabulous 1966 candy apple red Mustang!!! They loved it so much and still talk about it all the time. We bought it from Evelyn Hardison�s brother who for over ten years had it on blocks in his garage. It was in perfect condition and needed only some TLC. The boys would wash it, polish it and shine it until we thought that surely the paint would rub on their spinning rags! Thanks boys for washing & waxing our station wagon too! [b]Credits:[/b] Everything is taken from the new [b]Shine On Kit[/b] with the addition of the little red felt car from Pattie�s [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5598]Things That Go!: Felt[/url][/b][/u] and the script word �boys� from Ali�s [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11980]Celebrating Multiples Hand Drawn Word Art Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u].

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St. Patrick's Day Birthday [color spot]

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:45:12 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This layout is all about our second son�s 5th birthday, which just happens to be on St. Patrick�s Day! It is for Connie�s Spot Color Challenge this week. When I was looking for his birthday photographs, I found that I only had six photos of this birthday. I took 150 photos for our granddaughter�s last birthday!! Times have changed, haven�t they? [b]Journaling:[/b] This photograph was made on your 5th birthday . . . on St. Patrick�s Day in 1975. We were living in New Jersey when your daddy was stationed at Fort Monmouth. For your party, I made you a leprechaun hat with five candles. and ice cream which I made to look like leprechauns wearing hats with a green hatband. We had green and yellow balloons which you and Michael helped your daddy blow up. Phillip, Jeffery and two of your little kindergarten friends came over to the house too that day. I think that your favorite gift was a box of jigsaw puzzles and a Curious George book. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9476]Cut Ups: Birthday[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15664]Drive Layered Template[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14961]Graphed Notebook December Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15510]Looking for Love Add-on Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4590]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Shamrocks[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4262]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Splattered[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4714]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Splattered No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13564]You're Invited Collection Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13708]US State Capitols Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] (saint) � Ali Edwards

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Our Wonderful Pattie

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:33:52 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: Losing Pattie . . . how do we come to grips with not having Pattie�s wit, wisdom, laughter and companionship here at Designer Digitals? I feel so blessed to have been Pattie�s friend through this wonderful scrapbooking site and especially feel doubly blessed to have been able to spend a little time with her when we met friend to friend. I know that she touched each of the lives of the ladies here at DD and even more as a teacher and in her community. I am sure that Pattie charmed Saint Peter when she entered those Pearly Gates! Pattie made me smile and still makes me :) smile when I think so often of her. [b]Poem:[/b] �To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one�s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived�this is to have succeeded.� ~ Bessie Anderson Stanley [b]Journaling:[/b] This is a quotation, which Pattie liked from an Internet reading group she participated in with many of her friends. I found it on Pattie�s Goodreads page and I think that it is so much the Pattie that I knew and loved. Sunshine, wisdom and laughter radiated from Pattie. She was one of the smartest, kindest and most helpful people I have known and she made me feel as though I had known her for many years rather than only a few. Pattie would go out of her way to create most anything that a friend needed to work on her scrapbook pages. She helped me out many times and would occasionally email me with a suggestion about one of her products that she could alter to work better for me. God made only a few people as wonderful as Pattie Knox. I loved her. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11031]Banner Strips No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (paper) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8968]Have A Heart Felts No. 04[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9021]Have A Heart Felts No. 05[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15443]Misted Hearts Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8378]Notebook Edge Photo Masks No. 07[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10744]Pin Its!: Pearls[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15470]Stained Wood Hearts[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13027]Thankful No. 03 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske

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mother's furniture 01

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:56:28 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I have been taking photos of some of the old furniture from our family and thought that I would put together a few pages with them. [b]Journaling:[/b] Mother and Daddy bought this bedroom suite in 1941 just after they married. Mother said many years later that she could have bought antique furniture for much less money, but that after the depression and the war that she wanted everything new. The bedroom never changed so long as mother and daddy lived in the Maple Street house. After Daddy died, Mother lived alone for a few years and later she moved in with Aunt Velma and took her bedroom furniture to the house on Douglas Street. There she used one of Aunt Velma�s pretty bright & cheerful quilts. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10208]Colorful Watery Spots No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5965]In the Post Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9315]Ingrid Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Maplebrook Studios [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14258]Fastened Frames No. 06[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7794]Watery Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet Fonts used are Kunsler Script & Camelot

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mother's furniture 02

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:56:16 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I have been taking photos of some of the old furniture from our family homes and thought that I would put together a few pages with them. [b]Journaling:[/b] This room was Mother�s room in the 1920�s. She shared it with her younger sister, Aunt Jinny. The house only had two fireplaces so in the winter the girls would heat bricks in the fireplace and wrap them in a blanket and put them into the bed to warm it. Mother said that their breath would freeze on the sheets during the nights. After Mother died, this was my room when I would stay at Aunt Velma�s house. The room is so sunny and bright and is comforting to me to still have this place of solace with so many memories. When I was little I can remember slipping into this bed when I was scared or didn�t feel good . . . it was a safe haven. I remember daddy being in the bed often after his brain surgery when I was five . . . it scared me that he was in bed in the daytime. I loved to look & prowl in Mother�s dressing table. I remember a bottle of Shalimar perfume sitting on top of it and remember that she kept her Cain-Sloan credit card in the right-hand top drawer. The card looked like a military dog tag . . . metal with railed numbers in a little brown leather case about 2 inches long. Her little wooden jewelry box sat in the center and she kept my Girl Scout pins and badge sash in the top drawer after I was in college. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10208]Colorful Watery Spots No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5965]In the Post Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9315]Ingrid Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Maplebrook Studios [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7794]Watery Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet Font used is Camelot

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cover - cassie 2008 book

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:58:37 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I am doing a little catch up work for a few unfinished projects this winter . . . it will likely take me several winter�s to get caught up! This page will be the cover for a small book of photographs of this sweet granddaughter which were all made on the same day in the Spring of 2008. I had it printed a few years ago, and have gone back to change the cover for a copy to keep in our bookshelves. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11768]Spring Sentiment Stacks Brushes & Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14807]Toothy No. 02 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8460]Watery Photo Masks No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet Font used for changes in Ali�s word art is Pea Carolyn

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Get Artsy . . . dancing in the leaves 10-2012

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:46:20 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I have played with this page for Katie�s [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/blog/getting-artsy-with-digital-scrapbooking/]Getting Artsy with Digital Scrapbooking Challenge[/url][/b][/u] from the DD Blog last week too long . . . I�ve added and subtracted, multiplied and divided . . . and, I�m now calling it done! Better late than never I suppose. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14672]Dictionary Blendables: Fall[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14112]Dictionary Blendables: Summer No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12961]Edge Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12164]Frame Me No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5173]French Summer Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7364]Lifted Wings No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15513]Looking for Love Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14035]Page Blends No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14277]Page Blends No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12606]Pencil Line Twists Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10744]Pin Its!: Pearls[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13329]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15429]This Is Love Vol. 03 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8162]Watercolor Summertime Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14249]Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14280]Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 04[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14454]Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 05[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3137]Watery Washes Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u]

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Project 52 - week 06 2013

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:32:50 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: For this sixth week of 2013, we were very busy but had a wonderful and fulfilling time. The highlight was a trip to my hometown for a wonderful visit with three of my lifelong friends followed by visits to the parents of two of those friends in a rehab facility and an assisted living home. It was such fun reliving old times with them! [b]Journaling:[/b] Church, Sunday School, lunch with Olivia & Lance and the Super Bowl began this week! Roll Tide! On Monday, Mollie and the birthday girls celebrated Stephanie�s birthday at the Chop House and on Tuesday Mollie went to the Apple Store for some Genius Bar help with iTunes and Ed�s Shuffle. Wednesday would have been Mother�s 102nd birthday! Thursday brought a trip to my favorite fabric store; Ernie�s trips to the farm and a trip to Aunt Velma�s house for Mollie, Ed, Mitchell, Burrell & Mark to work on the house. Ernie had a sick cow, thus a visit from the vet and Mollie wound up the week with a fun 3 hour breakfast with Cissie, Ella & John, followed by sweet trips for visits with Virginia Gibson, Sara & Clarence. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/47c1dab5-8ded-4d1b-afe3-a9388f983c67_zps3783de6b.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9978]Birthday Zoobilee Kit[/url][/b][/u] (candle) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12623]Cake Bliss Icons Value Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3442]Krafty Ledger Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12547]Purple Fever Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7056]Rounded Corner Clipping Masks Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9642]Times Of Your Life Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards Font used is Mom�s Font After loading my page, I found mistakes in my journaling . . . I just left it on my layout and will fix it but not reload it! I'm lazy that way. ;)

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saturday lift "wheelbarrow ride"

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:26:53 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I enjoyed working on this lift from [b]carol ann[/b]. Her December Daily page 16 [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=188845&cat=all&limit=last7]Dot Dot[/url][/b][/u] is terrific! Lynn chose a wonderful layout for the Saturday Scraplift on the DD Blog this weekend. from The Grunge Source: [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6547]All Heart Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] from Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15093]Chalk it Up: Basics No. 02 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15396]Chalkboard Photo Masks No. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13641]Chalked Script Alphabet[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14608]Collageable Notions No. 02[/url][/b][/u] (tag with color of stripes changed) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8537]Collageables No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9174]Collageables No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13012]Edge Overlays No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11320]In Stitches: Hearts No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11479]Letter Box Love: Hearts No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15513]Looking for Love[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15492]Maybe Tomorrow Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12606]Pencil Line Twists Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13639]Watery Chevrons No. 01[/url][/b][/u]

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tea party [template challange]

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:43:45 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This layout is for the newest Template Challenge on the blog today. I have used Katie�s My Wish Template at least once before and enjoyed playing with it so much . . . I am so glad to be able to use it again today with these photos of our little granddaughter having a tea party with her stuffed bear. [b]Journaling:[/b] your are such a good girl, amelia. you love to play with your toys and to play make-believe. This day you were having a tea party with your little kitten and you are wearing mary paul�s old ballet recital dress . . . you love anything that belonged to your sweet big sister. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6606]Baby Pink Patterns + Solids Papers[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9842]Bead Scatterings No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6754]Date Strips No. 03[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8538]Labeled Journalers No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12823]Messy Stitched Circles: White No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15444]Mists Brushes No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (new in the store) � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14298]My Wish Layered Template[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14269]Readymade Circles: Camper[/url][/b][/u] � Studio DD [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15409]Simple Patterns 02[/url][/b][/u] (new in the store) � Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12052]Text Bytes: Shaped Text Templates No. 43[/url][/b][/u] (butterfly) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8701]Typesets Memory No. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Cathy Zielske

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Project 52 - week 05

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:57:00 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: For this fifth week of 2013, we mainly had grandchildren at our house everyday. Not dull . . . lots of fun but my photos weren�t great. Grrrrr! My photo mojo is lost it seems. [b]Journaling:[/b] We had buckets of rain this week . . . the robins loved it, but it made for dreary days for the humans! The pond was full and overflowing which was nice & our birds ate like pigs! Mitchell was at our house four days . . . Mitch and Papa worked on the fence on the dry days and he and Monnie worked on jigsaw puzzles on the wet days! We had snow on Friday and Saturday . . . a grand total of 1/2 inch! School was closed on Friday so Mitch, James & Henry all came over for the day. Mitchell got the Gator stuck in the mud on Thursday . . . he will help Papa pull it out with the tractor when the weather warms and the ground dries out a bit. Papa went to the farm a couple of days to be sure that the cows had enough to eat and to check up on the little calves. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/40ba89f1-d284-4d17-964b-9acfa9f1285a_zpsc44b06d0.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15359]Almost There Add-on Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15095]Chalked Flakes Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3442]Krafty Ledger Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7056]Rounded Corner Clipping Masks Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15319]Sweet Rose Bay Add-on Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9642]Times Of Your Life Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards Font used is Mom�s Font

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Photoswap for Thess

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:32:06 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: My photo swap partner is [b]Thess[/b] aka [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=875]thessh[/url][/b][/u] . . . I was so excited to have been paired with her and asked for some of her wonderful travel photos to work with. After seeing the photos from Thess, I have definitely bumped Sweden up on my bucket list!! Thess sent me some of the journaling and I found a few extra facts about this amazing castle on the internet. The title says "Welcome to Kalmor Castle" in Swedish . . . thanks to one of the internet translations sites. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/kalmorcastle_leftside02_zps8e1fe802-1_zps40e6ccdf.jpg[/IMG] [b]Journaling:[/b] Leif and I were on tour with a Swedish singer in 2011. We had a day off in Kalmar, a medium sized city on the east coast. Kalmar is mostly known for it�s castle, Kalmar Slott. Fairy-tale turrets, a drawbridge, a foul dungeon and secret passages�yes, Kalmar Slott has everything that a proper castle should. They started building a fortress on the site in the late 12th century. In 1397, the Kalmarunion (a union between the Nordic countries) was founded here by the Danish Queen Margaretha. King Erik ruled from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568. King Erik�s chamber is a real scene-stealer. Erik�s rivalry with his brother Johan caused him to install a secret passage in the loo! Kalmar Castle was never really inhabited by royals as such, it was mostly inhabited by different officials appointed by the king at the time. But, many royals have spent time there since the castle was owned by the crown. My own ancestor, nobleman Gustav Eriksson Vasa, spent time here in 1520 after escaping from Danish captivity. He came here on a ship from Germany. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14320]Blendable Maps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11869]Buttoned Up: Maps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14842]Color Study: Red Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13363]Fine Line Twists No. 01[/url][/b][/u] - Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14548]Handdrawn Arrows Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] - Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13457]Neutral Date Bits No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10744]Pin Its!: Pearls[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15422]Readymade Circles: Love No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Studio DD [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15318]Sweet Rose Bay Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15227]Thin Classic Photo Frames Curled and Flat No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14807]Toothy No. 02 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (color lightened) � Cathy Zielski [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14279]Watery Splashes Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet Thanks so much for the lovely glimpse into your beautiful country Thess . . . this was so much fun!

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Project 52 - week 04

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:22:28 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: For this fourth week of 2013, we went on a short vacation with old Army friends from the late 1960�s when we were neighbors in Germany. I took some photos, but not as many as I planned to take. Too busy having fun I suppose! Now I�m caught up and feel good about being able to finish the fourth week and start on week five. [b]Journaling:[/b] We left home Sunday morning and drove straight through to the beach. Barb & Dave met us there arriving just a little after we got arrived. We were like four kids looking forward to our fist vacation! The highpoints were food, conversation, beach and photographs, golf, shopping, talking and walking. More photos and talking! Gotta add in some Scrabble for Barb & Mollie! The guys played golf and Barb & Mollie walked, shopped, went to 3 bookstores, lunch at Panera. We enjoyed dinner out each evening and breakfast out each morning! No cooking at all. We went to the BX so Mollie could buy her new MacBook Pro! Barb and I love haunting Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million and Sun Dog books in Seaside. We girls split a fabulous piece of Modica market coconut cake. We all left for home on Saturday morning. Ernie and I stopped for a short visit with the kids. They had just gotten home from the circus so we stayed for a couple of hours and got back home about eleven o�clock. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/2013_Project52_day04_double_zps95f3fb64-1_zps330c07f7.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12448]In the Swim Kit[/url][/b][/u] (sunglasses, altered with PSE filter) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15298]Jans Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3442]Krafty Ledger Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7056]Rounded Corner Clipping Masks Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9642]Times Of Your Life Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards Font used is Mom�s Font

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Project 52 - week 03

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:37:45 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: Yea! Third week finished and it is still fun. Please don�t think that I keep our tree up this long every year (*wink*) . . . I am going through ALL of our decorations and purging some of the ones we don�t use anymore. I�m setting a box out for the kids to take if they want them, and will take the rest to Goodwill when I finish. I took quiet a few things to Goodwill before Christmas and will feel good when our Christmas closet isn�t quiet so crowded when I get the decorations out next Christmas. I have a lot of decorations . . . and that is an understatement I�m afraid! [b]Journaling:[/b] Church, Sunday School & the Bonefish for brunch on Sunday. Monday lunch with the girls and then we picked up Mitchell after his doctor's appointment and later after school we got the other two boys and spend the afternoon working puzzles and getting the tree down at last! Henry was my undecorating helper! Organizing our Christmas closet, a Senior�s luncheon at church, which was yummy & interesting program too. Papa went to the farm 2 or 3 days to pamper his cows, and Monnie spent time looking for a new laptop. The weather wasn�t wonderful . . . we jumped from tornado warnings when we ducked into our bathroom safe space to torrential rains and stopped up gutters to clean out. The temperatures have hop-scotched all over the place this week. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/2013_Project52_Week03_doublepage_WEB_zps68c1e57d-1_zps4cbe13fe.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15142]All I Want For Christmas Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15138]Celebrate Christmas Paper Pack No. 02[/url][/b][/u] (yellow paper saturated a bit)� Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11059]Felt Board Friends: Jingle Bell Felts No. 02[/url][/b][/u] (Christmas Ornaments . . . Altered) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3442]Krafty Ledger Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7056]Rounded Corner Clipping Masks Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5217]Sentiments + Greetings Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9642]Times Of Your Life Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards

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Magic - Saturday Scraplift

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:39:10 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I love the beautifully graphic [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=187350&ppuser=30317]Polar Bear Swim[/url][/b][/u] layout by [b]Sarah[/b] (sterkeurs) which Lynn chose for this week�s [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/blog/simply-splendid-a-saturday-scraplift/]Saturday Scraplift[/url][/b][/u] inspiration. My page started out very graphic . . . but, somehow morphed into what it is . . . the inspiration is still there . . . but not the graphic style anymore! The photo is of our eldest granddaughter dancing in her backyard with her baby sister. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15336]Hello Magic Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2825]Neutrality Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12606]Pencil Line Twists Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7547]Stapled Photos Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14749]Watery Pencil Lines: Wings No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11615]Watery Washes No. 03 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet

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Love Christmas Because . . . day 20 2008

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:00:55 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This is another page for my old 2008 Christmas book. I love Ali�s [b]Love You Because Layered Templates[/b] so much and found that with a little alteration they were perfect for this Christmas book. I am enjoying going back to 2008 and seeing just how much our grandchildren have changed! I am plugging along on this old book . . . and I am determined to finish it. I have another gingerbread houses page . . . with other grandchildren on a different day. :) [b]Journaling:[/b] I love Christmas because �It is such fun to make gingerbread houses more than once each season!� [b]100% Designer Digitals:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2844]Festival Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet Holiday Words Brushes � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10872]Love You Because Layered Template Set[/url][/b][/u] (altered to create a double page and combined numerals) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4215]Rejoice Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (darkened) � Katie Pertiet

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Project 52 - week 02 2013

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:58:08 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I�ve made it through two weeks with my [b]Project 52 Book[/b] . . . I�m off to a roaring start! I think that next week will be very quiet after a week with our sweet granddaughter in the house. Yikes . . . what will we take photos of? [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/2013week02_january06to12_WEBdouble_zpsa5e3f2c2-1_zps60eb8e7a.jpg[/IMG] [b]Journaling:[/b] The flu is hitting the South hard right now, we have kept Amelia pretty much close to home. We did go to church on Sunday morning taking Max and Ruby toys along and sat on the back row away from the coughing crowd. It was 68� on Sunday so we played outside in the sunshine. And we most definitely watched the Alabama-Notre Dame ballgame Monday night. Roll Tide! Amelia told us that her Daddy didn�t like football . . . that�s a joke for sure!! She also told us that her Mama & Daddy were getting married on Saturday! Amelia and Papa took Gator rides & wheelbarrow pushes and, made cookies with Monnie. We got sprinkles all over the kitchen! I think her most fun was washing the play dishes.. We took her back home on Thursday through a driving rainstorm . . . she was thrilled to see the new puppy. James had a bad ankle sprain and had to go in for X-rays . . . I met Carrie there and brought him home with me. We later picked Henry up from school and kept the two of them until Carrie got off work. Henry was so excited to see that his Christmas Nerf gun had been replaced with one, which wasn�t broken! [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15305]Chevron Mix: Rainbow Paper Pack No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14436]In My Backyard Mini Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3442]Krafty Ledger Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7056]Rounded Corner Clipping Masks Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9642]Times Of Your Life Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards (the Alabama game photo is from the internet) [b]Fonts used are Clarendon & Mom�s Font[/b]

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Love Christmas Because . . . day 10 2008

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:25:16 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This is another page for a Christmas book that I have been working on and off forever it seems. I've come to the conclusion that I am so slow that I must not have ever set deadlines for my books again! Obviously this one really has been in the works for a long while! I have four or five new pages almost finished for this book to post, so maybe I will finish it after all! This was the Christmas Card photo of our son, daughter-in-law and two of our grandchildren. Here are the other pages I�ve done for this [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showgallery.php?cat=2335]2008 Daily December Book[/url][/b][/u]. I�m using Ali�s [b]Love You Because Layered Template set[/b] for the pages with a few changes to include all of the days of the Christmas season. [b]Journaling:[/b] I love Christmas because it is the season to take Christmas card photographs again! [b]100% Designer Digitals:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/1567]Boo Kit[/url][/b][/u] (black paper) � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10872]Love You Because Layered Template Set[/url][/b][/u] (altered to create a double page and combined numerals) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4215]Rejoice Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (red paper darkened a bit) � Katie Pertiet

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Love Christmas Because . . . day 11 2008

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:31:46 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This is a page for a Christmas book that I have been working on and off forever it seems . . I've come to the conclusion that I am so slow that must not have deadlines for my books. Obviously this one really has been in the works for a long while! I have four or five new pages almost finished for this book to post, so maybe I will finish it after all! Here are the other pages I�ve done for this [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showgallery.php?cat=2335]2008 Daily December Book[/url][/b][/u]. We missed going to Aunt Velma's house for Christmas this year so much . . . I am so glad that I have so many photographs of her home during the holidays through the years . . . and that she gave me and my cousins so many pretty Christmas decorations which she had made. I�m using Ali�s [b]Love You Because Layered Template set[/b] for the pages with a few changes to include all of the days of the Christmas season. [b]Journaling:[/b] I love Christmas because it is so much fun to visit Aunt Velma�s house and to be a part of the festive season of Christmas with her. I love seeing her decorations throughout the house . . . but especially I love her pretty holiday mantle with the red pixies & NOEL I painted for her one Christmas long ago. [b]100% Designer Digitals:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10872]Love You Because Layered Template Set[/url][/b][/u] (altered to create a double page and combined numerals) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4215]Rejoice Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (darkened) � Katie Pertiet

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Project 52 - week 01: 2013

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:51:08 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I am starting my [b]Project 52 Book[/b] and have high hopes that I will finish it this year . . . a simple page design using the same background paper throughout and Katie�s Rounded Corner Clipping Masks along with minimal journaling should make this project fairly easy. I�ve a terrible track record with my books . . . something or other always comes up to side track my best efforts. I am working of four or five UFO's right now . . . someday, I will finish them and have them printed. Our year began with a bang . . . we were so pleased that our youngest grandchild would be spending six days with us!! Photos galore for a few days. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/2013week01_january01to05_zps51a84ce6-1_zpsecba5864.jpg[/IMG] [b]Journaling:[/b] We started the new year out by taking a few Christmas decorations down and being lazy! Bess & Doug and the children left on the morning of New Year�s Eve and we spent the Eve watching football. On Friday I drove to Centre to meet Bess and pick up little Amelia to bring her back home for a few days at our house. Bess & Doug flew to Miami on Saturday for the Alabama - Notre Dame BCS bowl game! Michael has some sort of awful cold, so I�ve talked to him a few times this week . . . it looks like Mitchell & James are over their bout with bronchitis, thank goodness. I think that all of the children started school on the 4th except for Amelia and Mitchell. Our New Year�s prayer is for healing for all who suffer and are frail. [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13282]Happy New Year Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3442]Krafty Ledger Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7056]Rounded Corner Clipping Masks Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15145]Serendipity Solid Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Mindy Teresawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12357]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Fireworks[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9642]Times Of Your Life Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards Fonts used are Clarendon & Mom�s Font

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playing tag (template challenge)

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:22:48 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This page is for today�s template challenge. I love the template, which Jana chose for the challenge . . ., and I love how much fun it was to work with. My mojo has been down to zero since mid-December, and a template was just the ticket to get me moving again. [b]Journaling:[/b] After Sunday School, Church and a pre-Christmas brunch Amelia and Mark are having a game of tag to burn off a little of their young energy! [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15096]Assorted Patterned Tapes: December No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (recolored) � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9521]Adorable Layered Template[/url][/b][/u] (featured challenge template) � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14388]Beach House Memories Mini Kit[/url][/b][/u] (bow) � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15176]Blitzen Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15143]December Circles Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15273]Doily Edgers No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15281]Frosted Winter Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15276]Frosted Winter: Paint[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12335]Littlest Baby Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10744]Pin Its!: Pearls[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13610]Powder Mountain Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] (recolored)� Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12222]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Splattered Summer[/url][/b][/u] (lightened)� Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8855]Stacked Dates 2010-2012 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] - Ali Edwards I was inspired (tracermajig) Trace�s use of the new Frosted Winter Kit and lifted the combination of the pearl pin & striped bow elements from her adorable[u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=186957&ppuser=35834]�Art Time�[/url][/b][/u]

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Family Cookbook: World's Best Cookie

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:06:31 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: Another page for my slowing growing Family Cookbook. I made these this year and my daughter and I ate at least half of the batch! This recipe has been a family favorite since the early 1970's. [b]Journaling:[/b] My cute & funny Aunt Betty Rose gave my mother this recipe many years ago and it has become our favorite cookie. This cookie doesn�t look like a Christmas cookie . . . but oh does it taste like Christmas to us! And, I always think of Aunt Betty each time I make these too. When I make these cookies, I must either give them away or be sure that our children are going to be home . . . or, I will eat them all! Fortunately they freeze perfectly. [b]Credits � 100% Designer Digitals:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8474]Autumn Air Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Andrea Victoria [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11833]Painted Overlays No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet Fonts used are Caecilia LT Light & Century Gothic

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crinkled fudge truffle cookies: family cookbook

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:37:50 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: This page started before a couple of weeks ago is for my ongoing family cookbook project . . . I thought that I would do a Christmas recipe . . . my Days of December pages are hitting a snag . . . so a switch up was in order. [b]Journaling:[/b] I was picking up the ingredients for a pot of chili at Kroger�s; and while looking for chili powder, I saw a pretty young woman by the name of Sherry who was putting pack after pack of baking chocolate into her cart. I introduced myself and asked her what she was making with all of the chocolate and she told me of this cookie recipe which her family and friends loved. She was making several batches of them for Christmas and said that she would give me the recipe. After jotting down her phone number, I put some chocolate into my cart and finished my shopping . . . went home to unload and call Sherry who happens to live just a little ways down the road from us. Journaling over the photograph: Aunt Velma gave these Santa�s to our three boys when they were very small. They were to keep their Christmas money in them. Mark bashed the head of his in trying to get the coins out! Of course, it is my favorite one now! [b]100 Designer Digitals:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8474]Autumn Air Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] � Andrea Victoria [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6356]Fanciful Felt: By The Chimney[/url][/b][/u] (holly � altered a bit) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11833]Painted Overlays No. 01[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet P.S. I always use more nuts than recipes call for . . . I just love them!

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day 12: december daily 2012

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:05:27 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: Christmas books are a big part of the weeks before and after Christmas Day. I love to read them to relax during the busy days . . . and I love the gentle sentimentality of some and the interesting quirkiness of others. [b]Journaling:[/b] I will admit that I sometimes will read a Christmas book in July . . . or perhaps in the merry month of March, but for the most part I save this luxury for the week after Thanksgiving through New Years. I am not too particular what I read, for most Christmas books are sweet, sentimental and sappy . . . sort of an assemblage of wintertime beach books! Just what I am looking during the busy and often hectic times before Christmas. They take me away from planning and shopping and making my multitudes of lists! This year it seems that I haven�t read as many as usual . . . I haven�t checked out any of the new Christmas released this year, but have pulled out some old ones that have turned out to be new again. I had forgotten the plots. I don�t buy many books anymore; now that our children are grown I find that I have time to spend time at the Library. Right now I�m reading a Christmas mystery . . . just finished The Christmas Quilt, and one of Debbie Macomber�s Christmas books, A Christmas Gift and have Kate Jacobs Knit the Season up next. I will probably top them off with a Mary Higgins Clark Christmas book . . . don�t know which one yet . . . I�ve read them all, but probably will have forgotten the plots until I reach the mid-point! I read when I eat my breakfast and also my lunch. And, of course don�t we all read in bed in the evening for a little while? I love to read to our grandchildren and have a stack of children�s Christmas books as tall as a table! Our youngest little one loves the old Little Golden books that belonged to me sixty something years ago. I still love them too . . . sweet memories of old. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/dailydecday_2012_double_WEB_zps9bc84c99.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10029]Felt Board Friends: A Bit Fruity[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14969]December Daily 4x6 Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (altered) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10341]Felt Board Friends: School Box[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6356]Fanciful Felt: By The Chimney[/url][/b][/u] (holly) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (white paper) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8027]School Rules Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox I have used a PSE filter on the elements.

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day 08: december daily

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:50:59 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: We had a fairly slow Saturday today. I cleaned up the dining room and enjoyed my Christmas Cactus so much . . . thought it would be a good subject for my Daily December page. You might notice that Mary, Joseph & baby Jesus are missing from the Nativity. They were missing last year too . . . I thought that I would find them this year, but no luck. All I can think is that I must have given them to one of the children and forgot doing so. I will get a replacement next year . . . the store here is sold out now. [b]Journaling:[/b] Christmas Cactus or Schlumbergera bridgesii is my favorite house plant . . . even for the 11 months they don�t bloom, I still love them. I love them because their leaves are so sturdy and arching and when they begin to bud out I rejoice and watch the buds swell and begin to open into the beautiful shrimp like shape which is unique to them. I don�t really know if my several cacti are Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus, for they sometimes bloom at either season. In the spring after the frost is gone for sure, I take my plants to the back porch for their spring to autumn sabbatical. They seem to love it there . . . I can easily water them and they must like the less than tender care I give them while there. Most of the time I can leave them outside to almost Halloween and then bring them inside to show off their finery, as the days get shorter before Christmas. Many years ago I had an old cactus, which was huge . . . almost two feet across. While it was spending the summer on the porch, our cat decided to play with the springy dangling leaves and batted it to and fro right off of the table where it sat. I was not happy with A.J. (short for Andrew Jackson) . . . not happy at all! I gathered it off of the ground and repotted it and trimmed the branches back . . . it was good to go until a summer a few years later when we had a Biblical swarm of grasshoppers for several weeks. Those pests did what the cat didn�t . . . they ate it completely back to the ribs while were out of town for four or five days. It was a goner. I found this beauty and the yellow one several years later and they have thrived . . . and I am a happy girl! [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/template_dailydecday08_2012_doublepagecopy_zpsece4fe6a.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14888]December Daily 2012 4x6 Overlays[/url][/b][/u] � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox Star Glows No. 02 � Katie Pertiet

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day 11: december daily

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:24:24 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: Wonderful day today . . . wonderful evening tonight . . . our oldest grandson sang in the Chamber Choir. He has been singing in the church choir, the jr. high choir and now, the high school choir for over 10 years. We are so proud of him and his beautiful voice. He enjoys singing so much! [b]Journaling:[/b] Tonight was Mitchell�s Holiday Concert at the high school. He sang Oh Come All Ye Faithful, A Jubilant Song, Ava Maria, Pie Jesu and a portion of Handel�s Messiah with the Chamber Choir. There were five other smaller choirs singing. Ed & I got there early and saved an extra seat for Jane . . . Michael, Carrie, James, Henry too. The two little boys were worn out before it was over. There are several young people in the choir from our church choir. We are so glad that we were able to go tonight . . . we were in New England for their last performance this year. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/dailydecday11double.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14969]December Daily 4x6 Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (altered) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6356]Fanciful Felt: By The Chimney[/url][/b][/u] (holly) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (white paper) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7324]Musically Quoted Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] � Katie Pertiet I have used a PSE filter on all of the elements.

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day 10: december daily

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:57:05 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: Busy day today . . . but, we always enjoy our boys when they are here . . . it is such a blessing to have children around the house during Christmas. [b]Journaling:[/b] This morning Carrie called to see if the boys could stay with me while she took Mitchell to see the doctor. Immediately Henry wanted to put the stockings out . . . and wanted to change our family line up along the mantle from oldest to youngest. We got to work! Papa came in so I went to lunch with my Monday Lunch Bunch and then to mail the little dresses I made for the girls. I forgot my pocket book so had to borrow $30 from Beth Massa to pay for my lunch and have enough to mail the package. Never done that before. Papa & the boys were watching �Radio� when I got back home. Carrie came to pick them up about three o�clock . . . Mitchell seemed to feel better. Ed was hungry for chowder, so the two of us drove out to Bonefish for supper. Yum. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/dailydecday10doubleWEBcopy.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14969]December Daily 4x6 Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (altered) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15031]Felt Board Friends: Very Merry No. 02[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (white paper) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15044]Letter Box Confetti No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (a few green dots added) � Katie Pertiet I added a Photoshop Elements filter to the elements.

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day 06: december daily

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:12:22 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: [b]Journaling:[/b] I am doing a December Daily book for this year at Designer Digitals. I�ve done one for the past four or five years, but have never actually finished all 25 to 31 pages without getting so behind that I wasn�t able to have my books printed. This year I am determined to go the entire way! I have a simpler format this time around and I�m not being too fancy. I actually like my plan so far. But, each time I go online and see the book pages my friends have created I have thoughts of changing my pages. Only thoughts . . . not action . . . I am going to stay the course. I love the products I am using this time . . . it is such fun looking for digital elements to decorate my simple pages. Tonight I am looking through the store for computer and Christmas elements. When I need a break from scrapping, I jump over to the Internet for a little online shopping for the grandchildren. I was disappointed to find that the Lego Village that Mark wants� is out of stock at Lego�s site & that it is double the original price on Amazon . . . will need to find him something else. I am so excited to fine Peppa Pig toys, books & movies for little Amelia . . . she love the English movies on television, but until today I hadn�t found any thing to purchase in the United States. Clicked BUY at Toy�s R Us! I never in the world thought that I would enjoy a computer until a few years ago . . . I got hooked, and then three years ago I purchased a Mac and I am enjoying it more than I can very imagined. Designer Digitals, Photoshop Elements, my Mac, Google, and Word Feud with a couple of friends and a couple of grandchildren, along with a few games of solitaire each evening all make me a happy girl! I never in the world thought that I would enjoy a computer until a few years ago . . . I got hooked . . . and then three years ago I purchased a Mac and I am enjoying it more than I can very imagined. Designer Digitals, Photoshop Elements, my Mac, Google, and Word Feud with a couple of friends and a couple of grandchildren, along with a few games of solitaire each evening all make me a happy girl! [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/dailydecday06_2012_double.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14969]December Daily 4x6 Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (altered) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9212]Felt Board Friends: Do It Digi[/url]/[b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15031]Felt Board Friends: Very Merry No. 02[/url][/b][/u] - Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (white paper) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4034]Trim The Tree: Ornaments[/url][/b][/u] � (tree branch) � Pattie Knox I used a couple of PSE filters on all of the elements.

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day 07: december daily

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:30:25 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I pretty much do a back flip when I see the mailman at our door!!! He definitely come here more often during Christmas than at any other time of year. [b]Journaling:[/b] I have enjoyed this day so much . . . first of all the mailman brought several packages to our doorstep! I packed the car with things for the Goodwill Store . . . included was Bess�s old dollhouse. She didn�t have room for it in their house and they have another smaller one anyway so we cleaned it up and fixed the windows and door. I put extra glue on the chimney so Santa could slide down it for a tiny little girl who may live inside the house someday soon. It gave me a good feeling to know that this sweet house would get another little girl to play with it. What a treat this is . . . always . . . I think that we are all children at Christmas time! I know that I am excited when a package arrives . . . even if it is only something, which I ordered as a gift for on of the grandchildren. Jo was here helping me today, and I saw this huge white van pull into the drive in front of the house. I told Jo that if I didn�t come back from the door to call 911! It is very seldom that anyone comes to our door unless we know them or recognize the car. I had the sneaking suspicion that it might be the mailman in a heavy-duty sleigh rented just for the holidays . . . I was right and Jo didn�t call the sheriff! Today there were three boxes from Amazon and three boxes from L.L. Bean plus another that is a surprise! That is the most exciting of them all. Of course, the mailman brings letters, catalogues and bills to us too up on the road in our box, but the delivery truck is definitely more exciting. When I was a child, we didn�t have very many packages delivered to our home. But, when we did, it was almost always from Aunt Lucille. She was in the Air Force stationed all over the world and would send a package for Christmas and birthdays. They always had the most beautifully wrapped gifts inside to put under the tree. Often there were packages from my cousin�s Mark & Janie whose dad was in the Army. I remember that Aunt Beverly wrapped her packages in Hallmark paper with matching tags . . . that was almost as exciting as what would be inside! I vowed that when I had my own money that I would buy Hallmark wrapping papers & tags. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/dailydecday07_2012_doubleWEB.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14969]December Daily 4x6 Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (altered) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14970]Felt Board Friends: Very Merry No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (package) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (white paper) � Pattie Knox Cardboard boxes are clip art with a PSE filter applied

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day 05: daily december 2012

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:44:40 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I always have fun cleaning off the tabletops and pulling out Christmas decorations. So today after a morning of cleaning, a bit of shopping and lunch out, I pulled out my pretty Christmas dishes! [b]Journaling:[/b] My morning was spend cleaning house . . . moving the dust over to make room for a bit of Christmas! The first thing I did was carry the stack of Christmas dishes to the kitchen and wash the plates. Then I moved my everyday plates back into the big closet for a holiday rest! I love having special dishes just for the Christmas season . . . they are so festive and so much fun to eat off of each day . . . morning, noon and nighttime too. Next I pulled out a stack of red napkins, my little Santa napkin rings that I bought at Old Time Pottery at least a dozen years ago and the pretty red and green quilted placemats, which Aunt Velma made me many years ago. A Christmas closet is such a wonderful thing to have . . . I am thankful for it each time I get out the decorations for Christmas, and then again when it is time to tuck them away again until the next year. Many years ago, Mark, Kevin and I cleaned out their two closets after they finished school and had new homes of their own. Then a few years later, Ed built really sturdy shelving into both closets for my holiday decorations. I love the convenience of having everything in one place and really love that I don�t have to lug everything up and down the attic stairs! We ate supper off of the plates tonight . . . I cooked steak and gravy, rice with onions, green pepper & mushrooms. Steamed broccoli and homemade leftover yeast rolls that I froze after Thanksgiving rounded it off our meal. Now, I feel as though the holidays have begun! After I cleaned the kitchen, we sat down and watched �Home Alone� . . . laughing just as though we had never seen it before. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/dailydecday05_2012_doubleWEB.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14969]December Daily 4x6 Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (altered) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15031]Felt Board Friends: Very Merry No. 02[/url][/b][/u] (PSE filter used to alter the tree a bit) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (white paper) � Pattie Knox

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day 04: daily december 2012

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:36:56 +0000

by: readstoomuch

Description}: I can barely believe that I have kept up for four days! Amazing . . . now I should finish the last few November Thankfulness days (in my spare time)! [b]Journaling:[/b] My sewing machine has been inactive during the holidays this season. Don�t know why . . . perhaps it is because I have been working on cleaning out our attic and working on Aunt Velma�s house. Guess I�m just a bit preoccupied. I offered to buy the granddaughters dresses to wear during the holidays. I was having an inkling of sadness this morning that I haven�t sewed, so I went to Anne�s wonderful little yellow cottage sewing shop and looked over their Christmas fabrics. A bonus was that all the holiday patterns and fabrics were 25% off! I found a pretty piece of grey with little red and white birds there and got enough for two little skirts to wear with some red long-sleeved tee tops from Target. I had a piece of red with cute Christmas trees on it to make the third skirt. Got red and green grosgrain ribbon and pulled out a pattern that I used last year I think. A sweet memory of mine are all of the Christmas dresses, which were made for me by my grandmother, and Aunt Velma each year . . . I remember a beautiful red velveteen dress from my seventh grade year that Vela made for me and I wore it to a Christmas party and felt like a princess! Memories of sewing have saturated my life and I am so thankful that I love to sew just as the other women in our family have. [IMG]http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/mj45sew/dailydecday04_2012_double.jpg[/IMG] [b]Credits:[/b] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14969]December Daily 4x6 Layered Templates[/url][/b][/u] (altered) � Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6356]Fanciful Felt: By The Chimney[/url][/b][/u] (holly) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14970]Felt Board Friends: Very Merry No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (package) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12291]Getting There Kit[/url][/b][/u] (white paper) � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10744]Pin Its!: Pearls[/url][/b][/u] � Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12560]Teacher�s Pet Kit[/url][/b][/u] (scissors) - Pattie Knox

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