Friday, June 18, 2010

Catchin' up some layouts...

Title: Your eyes
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Title: Strawberry girl
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Title: Jaylin - Little Sprite
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Title: My Little Masterpiece
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Title: Jaylin - Jaybug
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Title: You Color My World Like A Rainbow
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Title: Jaylin - that smile
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Title: Infinity and beyond
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This last one was not a CT layout - just something I did for myself because I found the PERFECT wordart for Micaila, and it was FREE!



Just wanted to catch up the recent layouts... Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Caleb's here!

I don't have a photo yet to share, but he arrives yesterday afternoon - so I have a new nephew! 6lbs. 11oz. & 19.5 in. at 4:30pm in Charlotte, NC! There's another Reed in the world! :D

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Happy i{NSD} with a freebie!

Well, this is going to be a LOOOOONNNNNG post! lol

Quick update on us... Dad, the kids and I leave Tuesday night after work to drive to KY for Blayne's Basic Training Graduation on the 6th. So I'll be offline more than online from the 4th-8th.

Work has flown into full swing with the on-set of prom season which will be quickly followed by senior portrait season. Thank GOD we finally hired a replacement for Sharon - of course, she just started Monday and we were non-stop tuxedo orders for the last 2.5 hrs of the day on Monday. As much as I feel bad for that being her first day it's a damn good thing for me she was there 'cause the boss has a session for the last 1.5 hrs of that same time. I've got to work 10-2 with her this morning, have a couple of hrs off, and then be back in Watertown to work a prom at 6:30... Have I mentioned how much I HATE prom season?!? So busy you can't remember your own name, and now I'm having to train my co-worker's replacement on top of it.

So, moving on... to LOs!

Title: Jaylin - Sweet Dreams
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Title: Birthday Girl
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Title: Jaylin - loving you
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Title: Big Bear
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Title: Believe
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Title: adore
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Title: Happy Birthday, baby girl!
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Title: You are everything
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Title: you are my heartbeat
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Title: Someday...
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Title: play all day
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Title: dreams do come true
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Then we come to i{NSD} goodness!

Lucie was able to get things re-arranged at home, and is BACK! ad77designs can now be found at MScraps! Be sure to swing by her store and check out her great deals to celebrate her grand opening!

Connie has added a SLEW of awesome new kits and grab bags to all of her stores in the last couple of weeks, AND has moved to a new store! As of today you can stop be her new store at Scrapbook Bytes!! Here are some of her newest kits, and there are a TON of new template packs as well!
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Designs by Kristine has a 30% sale for 24 hours ONLY! At midnight tonight it goes away so be sure to snag some goodies now!

Dianne Rigdon is also having an i{NSD} sale for one day only – 30% any order over $3. Use coupon code iNSD2010 to grab your goodies today! (Sorry, this can not be combined with any other coupon related special pricing.) AND, she's hosting a giveaway - for more details see her blog.

Princess Lala Designs has a brand-spanking new kit out called 26 & 41 to celebrate her & Royanna's birthdays! (Tomorrow is Laura's - Happy Birthday, hon!) And, it's on sale for just $2 until the 5th!
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The last LO above was made using this kit. :)

Royanna has a great i{NSD} sale going on at DigiScrap Warehouse - all CU kits are $2, and spend $10 to get 50% off!! No coupon necessary - just spend $10, and the discount will automatically come up during checkout.
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All of us who sell at WenchdGrafix aka Kristine's Place are having an i{NSD} sale so almost everything in the store is 30-50% off! Be sure to stop in to check out those savings. :) And, then... your freebie... a WenchdGrafix Designer Team Blog Hop Collab! Wanna see??
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So here is my part:
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Papers 1
Papers 2
Papers 3
Papers 4

password: goodies

(TY, Janie for pointing out I forgot the password. Definitely a DOH! morning! LOL)

These should all be about 20MB so they won't be too hard to download even for dial-up! Please send your friends here - no link sharing - and be sure to leave a comment here or on 4shared. I love to know people like my stuff! :D

Be sure to hit all the stops on this blog hop to grab this HUGE kit!
Kristine - http://kristinesplace/blog
Diane - http://www.carjazidesigns.com/
Jodiann - http://www.jodianncates.com/weblog
Cate - http://www.scrapsationsofcate.blogspot.com/ (You are here.)
Mindi - http://madebyholeycow.blogspot.com/2010/04/long-time-and-collab.html

PHEWWWW! Told you it would be long! LOL If you actually read through all of that THANK YOU! If you didn't, can't say I blame you! LOLOL

Thanks for stopping by, and have a GREAT day!

:)

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Happy Easter! Update & a Freebie! :)

It's been a busy few months, and I just haven't been as inspired as normal.

My youngest brother, Kolby, has gotten engaged, and is expecting his first child at the end of May. He's still working on his IT degree from UoP Online, and has gotten a job doing some online support for dealers websites. (I think that's what it is anyway.)

The older of my two brothers, Blayne, has reported to basic training, and has been there a little over 1 month now. He's keeping up with the younger guys. (And, in some cases showing them up!) He misses Marcy & Jaylin tons, but knows in the long run this will be best for them. He has also managed to lose 20 lbs despite eating the way he's used to. He's currently stationed at Ft. Knox, KY. His graduation ceremony is supposed to be about the first weekend in May. Then he'll move on to 3 months of AIT for mechanics on Bradley Assualt Vehicles. He found out that the overseas bases where that work is performed are primarily in Germany & Korea so if/when he gets deployed overseas at least it shouldn't be to any active war zones.

I haven't really heard much news from my sister, Nora, except that she is currently battling a sinus infection paired with bronchitis. FUN - NOT! Dad and the kids and I will be heading over there tomorrow for Easter. Mike is working.

Brenden has been being... well,... Brenden. Most of his antics are completely normal for a 5.5 yr old boy I know, but he's pulled a few stunts in the past month that have left me trying not to tear my hair out in frustration. He did manage to get Student of the Week finally - on a week he missed 2 days due to strep throat! LOL Apparently the secret to getting him to behave in school is to keep him home for almost 1/2 of the week!

Micaila's class all wrote animal poems a few months ago, illustrated them, and sent them to be printed in a hardcover book. I managed to get the afternoon off for their presentation of the book to families, which Micaila didn't know I'd done. She assumed only Grampy would manage to be there so her face lit right up when she saw me.

My coworker has left work, and we still have no replacement for her. Not a HUGE issue atm, but we're starting to get busier, and we have our annual sale for seniors in 1 month. We'd better have someone here and trained before then... Of course, you should SEE some of the people who've come in to apply! One woman was so overweight she could barely walk, and is here to apply for a position that has listed - among many other duties - measuring for tuxedos. If you can't walk how are you going to be able to bend, kneel, etc. to measure someone???

I'm at work now for another 1hr, and then we're jetting for Syracuse. One of Dad's cousin's passed on Wednesday from acute liver failure due to cancer. I thought she'd been fighting cancer for 2-3 years, but found out she'd actually been battling it on and off for the last 14 years. Today's her wake & funeral. She's left behind a husband, 2 married daughters, and 4 grandchildren - not to mention the extended family. I created this LO which I've printed and framed for the family to show and keep:

Title: Someday
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Papers and elements from the Daybreak Kit by Designs by Kristine available at WenchdGrafix.com. (hue changed for heart ribbon)
Photo by my dad. (cropped & retouched slightly)
Fonts: Jane Austen; ReservoirGrunge

Ok, which brings me to CT news...
Lucie (aka ad77design) decided she needed more time with family, and has retired as of March 31st.

Connie's Team has created an entire week of freebies for you which ends tomorrow. This includes a 14 page QP album!! Hop over to her blog to snag the goodies! (Link is at the right.)

Kristine has 3 new kits. Daybreak featured above and Cheerful are in the store now, and Over the Hump which is a masculine-themed kit will be coming VERY soon! She's also looking for some guest CT members! Check out her call here. :)

Royanna has a Spring Madness Buy My Store Sale going on right now. $20 will get you access to download EVERYTHING in her personal store!

Laura (Princess Lala) is also having a HUGE sale... Almost everything in her store is marked down to $1 OR LESS!!!

I have more LOs to share, but I'm at work, and they are not.

I also added 2 kits to my store since my last post. Lindsey's Beginning was designed for my future SIL to use when creating wedding invitations, LOs, Thank You Notes, etc., AND Kristine creating a Coordinating kit as well Lindsay's Beginning! My kit is also broken into element-only, paper-only, and template-only sets if you don't want the whole she-bang. :) My 2nd kit is Burst of Spring which is exactly what it sounds like - bright colors and tons of blooms to help celebrate our new season.

So,... now that you've waded through all of that... Your freebie awaits! Spring A-Fair Paperpack will be available only until April 30th. :)

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Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day! :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

untitled...

Not feeling so creative title-wise today. In fact, feelin' kinda' lazy and tired all around. Would like to just start typing in all lowercase to keep from hitting so many keys! LOL

Have some LOs to share today. The last two haven't been uploaded as yet 'cause I've been a tad bit busy so I'll have to type out the credits on those.

For Xmas my SIL got my brother tickets for all 3 of them to come home for 10 days - well 9 days due to Mother Nature being a witch and canceling all flights through Chicago on the day they were set to leave. Anywho, they hadn't been home in almost 3 years, and I finally got to meet my youngest niece! She really is such a ray of sunshine, and has this giggle that is infectuous. In fact, it pretty much sounds like Tickle Me Elmo! LOL Dad flew my other brother, Kolby in for the first weekend as well because he had to be home in Charlotte the 12th, but we managed to get family pics, a meal, and some hanging out shoved into the few days the whole family was home.

Work is... well, work. We're in our slow period right now so I do have an extra day off a week, but that means losing 7 hrs pay as well. On days that I am at work I try to stay busy with projects like creating indexes of my CU products so I can flip through a paper index when creating papers, etc during our busier times instead of opening files to figure out what I have. (I've found some CU stuff I would dump if it wasn't all ready burned to cd anyway in doing so!)

Thursday was my birthday. Dad and the kids decided to take me to Texas Roadhouse after picking up my BFF of 20 yrs and her son. That was mostly to force me onto the saddle despite my asking them not to though. Good food with good friends made it worthwhile. Haven't had cake as yet, but Micaila's birthday is a week form today so I'm sure I'll get plenty of it next week between making cupcakes for class and cake for home.

I used money from Xmas to catch up two of my favorite book series (I have several "favorite" series! :D ). I got the last two books in the Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton, and the last two books in the Riley Jensen series by Keri Arthur. I'm using the money from my birthday to get a new printer 'cause mine hasn't worked more than it has worked for a few months now. I'd managed to find this printer on sale at TigerDirect for $149.99, and asked Dad to check it out and research inks for me to see if it would be worth upgrading to it. My last printer was bought with birthday money 4 years ago. Dad managed to find the same printer - new in box - on eBay for $129.99 including shipping! And, then found a 15-pack of inks for it on another site for $53! I should be good to go for about 3 months or so before I need more ink. :)

CT change-ups...
Connie has asked me to become a member of her permanent team as her QP creator because the previous QP creator had to step down. That means I get her goodies in exchange for making QPs for her to give away now. :) I'll be a tad bit busy this weekend due to this as she has a HUGE number of new kits and template packs being released within the next week!

And, Lucie aka ad77design, has also asked me to stay on as a member of her permanent team! :)

LOs:

Title: you are the coolest
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Title: happiness is being near you
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Title: imagine
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Title: Merry 15th, Krysti!
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Title: 2010 Wall Calendar
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Title: absolute joy
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Title: cousins and friends
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Title: Jaylin - Beauty
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Papers and elements from the Simply Gorgeous Kit by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra, available at Divine Digital.
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Title: scenes from mount green
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Paper and elements from the I Wish I Had Wings Kit by ad77design available at Scrapbird.com.
Photos by my brother, Blayne.
Fonts: Pea Chelsea K Script


That'll do me for now. I'll try to get back tomorrow to show you a couple of awesome goodies from ad77design. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)