April Layouts 2

We got another layout!! Only 5 hours left get yours in while you can!!

Christy sent in this wonderful layout! I remember doing this craft with my oldest. I just might have to try it again this weekend with the younger two!

Thank you Christy for sharing your layout with us and for reminding us of a simple craft that we can all do with our kids.

Template #246

Promise Collection from Shabby Princess

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Very very close to getting a Gift 6!!!

Hurry times running out!

Until next time...

PS... Stop back in the morning for a special International Digital Scrap Booking Day Freebie!

More April Layouts!

Stoped home for lunch and found these wonderful layouts from Jo Ann in my email! I couldn't wait to share them and tell you that you are all working towards Gift 6! Yep Gift 5 has been "locked In" and you can now see it on the right!

Thank You Jo Ann ~

Template # 84
kit by Sweet Digi Scraps called Jokes on You

Template # 4
Kit by Cuddlebeez called In Color

Keep them coming!
Until next time...

P365 Week 18 Template ~ Freebie

Hi All!

I am so far behind this spring it's unbelievable! Not only in the regular day to day work but here on the blog also! Heck these P365 Templates are supposed to go out on Wednesday nights not Friday Mornings! So so far behind...

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Tuesday night the two older kids had there respective orchestra concerts. The big debate was how could I be in two places at once. Well the little one solved that by being sick. I ended up staying home with her while my boyfriend took the boy to his and Grandpa took the oldest to hers. Unfortunately Grandpa's pick up refused to start yet again after the performance and she did not receive the award that she had been nominated for. Same thing happened last year, got nominated but the award went to the upper class men. I promised her that when she "Letters" next year I will be there with both cameras rolling!

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Wednesday my boyfriend got out of class early and I was able to use his truck for hauling the mower around. I managed to get 3 yards taken care of! Not to shabby for not being able to get started until mid afternoon.

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Thursday we took grandpa's truck into the Dodge Dealer to have them go about testing things. Turns out the starter is shot and they found the start of a small oil leak. So grandpa said go ahead and fix it all. If it would have only been the starter we would have replaced that our selves to save money but the oil leak. I'm not tearing half a motor apart to replace a gasket! I'll leave that kind of stuff to the pros.

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On an up side we got a riding mower! Now I need to make some ramps for getting it in and out of the pick up. Grandpa has a really heavy duty set that he built a few years ago. But they are way to heavy to be moving around all the time.

It rained all night so there will be no mowing this morning if not all day. If the sun comes out we might get some done but in the mean time I'm heading off to grandpa's to work on the brackets some more.

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Keep the layouts coming! You have until midnight tonight (central time) to get them in for this months Participation Gifts! We are only 2-3 layouts short of getting a 5th Gift!

I'll make you a deal, you folks work on some layouts and get them sent in and I'll make up a "special" gift to wrap up the month!

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Michele ~

Even though the template is not yet available I wanted to include Michele's layout to help our layout/gift count for the month.

Template #250 ~ Coming Soon!!!

Sea Breezes Kit ~ Retired

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Sherry ~

Double Template #1 (Side B)

Paper: Tracey Drane - Falling Snow Papers
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Christelle ~

Template # 243

Sweet Pea by Pixel Pisces Designs
Vellum Alpha by geniaBeana Scraps

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Fantastic Job Ladies! You have no idea how much I enjoy finding layouts in my in box! I can never express my appreciation enough. Words tend to elude me. I wish I could transfer the smiles, laughs and tears that happen when I see the layouts, to the blog.

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Project 365 Week 18 Template ~ Freebie

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Oakland A's Fan Kit ~ Freebie

Oakland A's Fan Kit ~ Freebie

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Template #243 ~ Freebie

Evening All
Hope you all had a good weekend.
The Circus was a hit! For going to the 7 pm performance the little one did pretty good and only fell asleep for the last 20 min of the show. No matter how much we tried we just could not get her to nap Saturday afternoon. Her favorite parts were the animals, as to the boy he liked the tigers and motorcycle high wire act. The oldest well she says she liked going but the only time she cracked a grin was for a couple of pictures and one clown act. We all loved the clown act! He had three stuffed animals that he would wind up and then call them to him. The first two would not work at all but the third one turned out to be a small shih tzu dog crammed into an elephant stuffed animal costume. Cute as all get out. Farting baby powder out and going completely limp like a really well loved stuffed animal. When he finally popped out of the costume it was a hilarious!

Been another rainy icky day here. The decorative brackets I was working on have been pushed to next Monday for installation. The weather is not cooperating for installation yet alone painting them. But I finally got some time to work on some of those fan kits! Look for a new one tomorrow!
We also have some Fantastic Layouts to share tonight! This makes for a total of 16 so far! Keep them coming the more the merrier and the more gifts you all will receive! Please remember to include the credits with your LO's. I would really love to be able to give the designers of these fabulous kits the credit they deserve!

Now for you viewing pleasure.....

Kristal~

P365 Template Week 15 (2009 version)

P365 Template Week 16 (2009 version)

P365 Template Week 17 (2009 version)

P365 Template Week 18 (2009 version)

Angie~

Template #246

Lunar Moth Designs

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Freebie Template #243
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Template #246 ~ Freebie

Morning everyone!

It's another rainy day here which makes for a perfect excuse to get some computer work done.

I have some more awesome layouts to share today but first we need to take care of some business.

With summer upon us and school starting to let out I just don't have the time I need to keep up with everything. As a result the Blog Fan Kits have fallen behind and so have the Double Templates. No new Blog Fan Kit requests will be started on until September. Over the summer I will slowly work on the ones that are already listed.

Also the Private Request (High School) Kits are being put on hold until school starts back up in August. Don't worry I will still finish the ones on my to do list! You know who you are :)

The Plan over the summer is to finish all the Fan Kits already requested and work the Double Templates back into the schedule on a regular basis.

Also you may have noticed that I have added April Gift 2, to the side bar so that you all can see what you will be receiving! I also need to make another Template which in turn means that later today you will find April Gift 3 listed on the right! Yep we have gotten 11 layouts so far! Keep them coming! We will run with this until midnight (central time) on the last day of April! But that also means that the gifts will be a couple of days late going out. I don't have the "Gifts " made up ahead of time. I'm making them as you folks send in the layouts!

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Connie~

Template # 237

Template #241

Both of Connie's layouts use RAK's April Mega Kit, Denium and Daiseys.

Font is MTF Becka

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Kristal~

P365 Week 18 (2009 version)

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Michele~

Template #246 ~ Today's Freebie

He's All Boy ~ Collab Kit with Michele

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I know I'm jumping ahead here but we will get back on track on Monday.

Template #246 ~ Freebie

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P365 Week 17 Template ~ Freebie

Oh, What a week!
Hope yours has been going better then mine!
We have been busy as always but yesterday morning I had grandpa meet me at the lumber yard to pick up some things, um a well, turns out the truck issue is not fully solved. It refused to start again! We wiggled some wires and poked around under the hood some. Not sure if any of it helped, but it did start!

The weather men say we are in for a drenching rain this weekend and as I type the sky is getting darker and darker. It will soon be here and my outside work will be put on hold again. But it's OK this time! The mower broke on Wednesday so now I get to fix that over the weekend. I am also taking time this weekend to take the kids to the circus!
I finished up one of my building projects yesterday. A raised flower bed. Had to have Grandpa deliver it for me though as I had to race home and gather the kids from school. I also need to finish up some decorative wooden brackets and deliver those on Monday. Thankfully Grandpa let's me use his garage for most of this stuff.
For those of you who are new or newer to the blog. Grandpa is my Grandfather and the kids Great - Grandfather! I know I talk about him a lot! He raised me and we are very close.

Today I have a couple more layouts to share with you all. Keep them coming! For every 5 layouts submitted this month I will add an extra Template to our April gift! Right now everyone will be getting 2! But you are so close to getting a third one!

Kristal ~

Project 365 Week 12 (2009 version)

Michele ~

Template #50
Kit: Purple Dreaming by LaetiScrap Designs


P365 Week 17 Template Freebie
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In The Morning

Hey all!

I just walked in the door for the night and boy am I beat!

I promise to have your freebie P365 Template up in the morning, I also have some fantastic layouts to share with you!

See you real soon!

Until next time...

Template #242 ~ Freebie

Good morning!
Hope you all had a good weekend!
Ours was a bit on the crazy side of things. Nothing terrible bad just constant running around with our heads cut off. Classic for us! hehe! It all started with a receipt that my Dad needed on Friday. He is a truck driver so I had to wait for him to call then fax it to where he was. Had to keep my phone on me all day. I dislike feeling like I'm tied to my phone. He was also going to be passing through town late Friday night. Another reason to keep the phone handy. But the drama really started at dinner time. He had called at 4 saying in about an hour he would be calling and for me to be ready. So I delayed starting dinner and waited, and waited and waited some more. At a quarter to six the kids were beginning to complain about dinner time so I called him. He didn't need me to fax the receipt but he didn't bother calling me to say so! I finally got dinner going and just as we were finishing up Grandpa calls. The oldest and him had gone to Taco Bell for dinner and his pickup would not start. They were stuck. So I loaded up the youngsters and grabbed the jumper cables and a phone book just in case. (My phone don't have all the web goodies.) So we pull in and he just wants to call the tow truck, wouldn't even let me try jump starting it. He said he had power but the starter was acting like it had a flat spot. So the kids got a lesson in tow trucks and how to tow things properly. They loved it! It's been 15 years since I drove tow trucks for a living. The oldest don't even remember me doing it she was so little. Got the truck back to grandpa's and the tow driver was kind enough to put it in the driveway for us to work on it. After that was done the younger ones and I headed home to have our strawberry short cake! My Dad called at 10 pm so I headed up to see him for a few minutes at the truck stop. (3 blocks from my house). He runs hard, South of Miami Florida last Wednesday to Seattle Washington yesterday. One end of the country to the other. He loves to drive but the company he is with is screwing him over big time! When I'm done straightening out his books he is going to get an attorney to fight this company. I'll be naming names once the attorney is hired!

Spent the weekend working on Grandpa's pickup trying to figure it out. Had to take the tire off to get to the starter but after my Dad calling and giving us a few ideas on what to test we finally discovered that the battery has a censor eye on it and it was not registering the way it should have. Monday we finally got the thing to start and I had him bring it to the auto parts store near my place. O'Reillys is awesome for testing your charging and starting systems! The shop manager about had a heart attack when he heard the truck was a 2002 and only had 40,000 miles on it. He was even more shocked to find that the battery in it was the original one from the factory! The mechanic said the truck should last grandpa a very long time at this rate! Thanks Tom! See I told you I would blog about you and your store!

But now that the new week is here it is time to get some scrapping done!
We have 5 layouts to share today and that also means that I throw in an extra template for this months gift! Remember for every 5 layouts that are submitted this month I will add on a template to our April gift!

Kristal ~ P365 templates from 2009

Week 11

Week 13

Week 6

Sheri~

Michigan Fan Kit


Barb~
Template #192
Full credits can be found here



Template # 242 Freebie

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I need to run and make the "extra template" before I start my day!

Until next time...

Monday again!

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P365 Week 16 ~ Freebie

Evening everyone!

Wow what a light show last night!

The winds were gusting enough that I found the basketball hoop had been turned and moved a couple of feet! Thankfully it was anchored in a way it could not fall over!

This morning dawned with a very pretty sunrise.

After taking the oldest to school the little one and I went and got our circus tickets. She insisted on Mc Donald's Breakfast even though she had eaten cereal with the big kids. Brought that home to eat and then worked on some templates. After she went to school I was able to sit down and get some work in on some fan kits. A little over a half inch of rain during the night left most of my outdoor work to wet to do.

This evening we had a parents night for the little one, the older two stayed home and did there chores while we were at the school. The teachers and students did a very brief mock up of what they do during the day and we got the information for their orchestra concert. May 11!

The older two have their concerts later this month.

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Don't forget about our extra Template gifts this month, for every 5 layouts that come in I will add an extra template freebie to our April Gift!

Have a good weekend everyone!

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P365 Week 16 Freebie

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Thunder and Lightning

First Thunderstorm of the year! Woot!

I absolutely love them! Been sitting out on the deck watching it roll in. Beautiful sky with all the lightning and storm clouds. When the wind picked up it was time to come in though. The storm is reportedly moving about 50 miles an hour.

ohhh here comes the rain!!!

Pinkish clouds in a black and purple sky. don't like the look of the lead cloud surface. Awful black, usually means some nasty winds are a coming!

Well if we don't get blown away I'll be back tomorrow night (Thursday) with our P365 Template.

Gotta run lightning is abundant at the moment!

Until next time...

Template #241 ~ Freebie

Template #241 ~ Freebie

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P365 Week 15 ~ Freebie

P365 Week 15 ~ Freebie

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Thanks for all the comments!

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Michigan State Fan Kit ~ Freebie

Michigan State Fan Kit ~ Freebie

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Click Here to see all the available fan kits!

Please remember that the list you find on the Fan Kits Post is only the kits I have done this past 6 months or so. If you check out the download folder you will find two plus years worth of Fan Kits available for download!

I will be updating the "to do list" later today.

Happy Scrapping Everyone!

Until next time...

Template #240 ~ Freebie

Template #240 Freebie

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March Gifts

Morning Everyone!

Just "hopping" on to let you know that the March Gifts have all been sent out.

Kathy~ Please shoot me an email, your gift got bounced back to me with a delivery error!

Until next time...

P365 Week 14 Template ~ Freebie

Good Afternoon Everyone!
Welcome to April!
Sorry folks I would have posted last night but a local construction company managed to hit our Internet line. grrr

Anyways I have the rest of the march layouts to share with all of you and our next P365 template. Can you believe we are this far into the new year already! Were oh were does the time go? I'll tell you, It flies right out the window! The older you get the faster it goes!

So lets get going!

First up we have a couple of layouts from my good friend Michele. Template was part of a challenge gift last year.

Kit is: Dirt by: Ashalee Wall

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First birthdays are always fun!

Template #43
Kit: Happy Birthday To Me by: The Scrappy Kat

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Next up is a wonderful layout by my dear, dear friend Connie.

I hope things are working out and falling into the proper places for you Connie!

P365 Week 6 Template

Kit: My Last Romance By: Nathan Designs

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Last but not least we have Jo's terrific layout!

Template # 147

Kit: Digital Cafes Birthday Celebration

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Well here we are at P365 Week 14! Freebie

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Since the rain is holding off I need to scoot back out the door and get as much done as I can!

Stopped home for lunch and to check for Internet.

Not positive when I will send out the March gifts, I gotta work while the sun shines!

I promise you will have your gifts before Sunday Night!

Also how about a little game/challenge this month??

For every 5 layouts I receive I will include an extra template gift!

So if 5 layouts are turned in for the month (as a whole) Then everyone will receive 2 template gifts. If I/the blog receives 20 layouts over the course of the month then everyone gets 5 template gifts! No matter how many are sent, the senders will receive at the very least the April template gift.

You follow all that?

You up to it?

Great! Let's get Scrapping!

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Until next time...

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PS.. The April gift will be posted as soon as I can get a chance to make it...