Bad Blogger LOL

Well it seems like ages since I've blogged! I've just been sooo busy with the site stuff and blogging falls by the wayside I guess. I want to show you all my latest layout. Ok it's a quick page...the FIRST time I've used a quick page but the minute I saw it I KNEW this was perfect for the pics I wanted to scrap. The Quick Page is Halloween Treat QP and was designed by Angela Niehaus and is available in her Digital Candy Store. And it ROCKS!!! Check it out!

I love these photos of DD and me, it was soo much fun!

Speaking of DD she starts school tomorrow, yippee!!! She is going into 4th grade *sniff* my how time flies!  I am taking the morning off to take her straight to school instead of our usual routine and I can't wait to do her hair and nails and get her all prettied up for her awesome 1st day of 4th grade!

So much to do, so little time so I will sign off for now!

Blown Away!

Wow I am so blown away by the talent that is out there! And as a designer I LOVE to see someone use my work. Well my newest and most favorite kit yet Chili Pepper Splash was used by 2 talented and wonderful ladies! The first is Janeal and she is one the awesome girls I am honored to have on my CT. Check out her cool layout below. I LOVE all of the circles she used and how the colors match her darling DS's shirt! He is gonna be a good hubby one day being a great chef like that! Thanks girl I LOVE IT!!!

And another layout, this one is from Nancy who is on the site Creative Team at Digital Candy and wow is this one amazing too!!! I LOVE how the photo tinting matches the cardboard elements, this page just totally pops!!! And the sentiment is so sweet! Check it out!

WOW THANKS GIRLS!! You really know how to make a designers day when you scrap such beautiful pages!!!

Well not much else to say here, madly working, lol. Between my IRL job and designing and collab kits and mega kits and the site work :) life is crazy for me...but I'm LOVIN every minute of it. Ok well not the IRL job part but you know...the scrapping stuff! ;)

Well I better get back to work ROFL so little time. Have a great day everyone!!!

Happy Birthday to the Man of my Dreams!

 

Just a little note to the man of my dreams... my wonderful husband! Happy Birthday Gorgeous! I hope it's a great day for you! This day means a lot to me, because without it I would not know the happiness that can only come from being your wife. I am such a lucky girl to be married to my best friend!!!!

Your other favorite woman wanted to say happy birthday too and since she's your favorite ;) here she is... Happy birthday!

It's my Stepmom's birthday today too, so I hope your day is great!!!!! 

New Kit!!!

I just released a new kit called Chili Pepper Splash, it's a blend of hot reds and cool aquas for summer and I'm lovin it! There are so many cool little things in it, a cardboard alpha (upper case letters embellished with glitter), wrinkled and torn notepaper journaling strips, flowers and so much more!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have got to check it out at My Digital Candy Store!

I am also working on a collaboration kit with one of my newest favorite designers and I can't wait until it's done!!! This is my first collab ;) You are gonna LOVE it!

And speaking of some of my new favorite designers you have to check out these two rockin' designers at Digital Candy! Angela Niehaus just rocks my world with her beautiful designs! I cannot tell you how much I love them! And another awesomely talented gal is Amy of Digimac Designs, wow she seriously blows me away! These two gals are seriously talented and are gonna go far in their designing!!!

In other news, lol, as some of you may know if you frequent Digital Candy I HAVE A SECRET! And the time is coming close for the big reveal!!!! Trust me this is gonna be HUGE!!!! And so worth the wait!

Well this weekend is a long weekend in Canada and I can say that I am so thankful for it! It has been a nice weekend doing chores around the house and going to the lake for a nice walk and getting ice cream and so much other cool stuff. I just may be ready for work on Tuesday morning after all, lol, NOT!

Alright enough rambling from me. Till next time babes!

All about my Family

So the post before this one explains why I haven't been around a lot lately. My wonderful Grandmother passed away recently and we drove out to be with my family and attend the funeral. So I wanted to share some pics of my family, my brother and his kids and my dad and his wife and my Grandma of course. So here we go.

I lived with My Grandma and Grandpa for all of my summers and breaks from school to work in their beauty salon from about 11 to 16 years old. I treasure those memories as both of them are gone now. As always happens family spreads across the country and it becomes hard to be able to see eachother as often as you should. These pictures of my DD and Grandma were taken the last time I saw her which was 5 long years ago. I now treasure these pictures even more than before, and only wish I had some newer ones with her to show. Below are 3 pictures of DD and my Beloved Grandmother.

Pictures of my Brother and his Lovely Family:

And a picture of us:

A picture of my Uncle Teddy and me. I LOVE THIS PICTURE and will treasure it always!!! He is so special and such a sweet sweet gentle soul, there's no one like him in the world!

My Grandmother left each of her granddaughters one of her rings and I am so happy about this, I will wear mine with so much pride and love knowing that I always have some of her with me. Mine is in getting sized and cleaned and having the claws replaced right now and I can't wait to get it back! The picture below is mine and my cousin Danielle's hands. The blue ring is mine and the brown is Danielle's. My first heirloom and it is more special than you can know.

Speaking of my cousin Danielle, I didn't even recognize her at first, how's that for being gone too long? LOL! Here we are at dinner together:

And here's a picture of my brother and I at dinner, wow do we ever look alike!!!

And this one's especially for my dad, lol, he was wondering when there would be some pics of him on my blog. So here are my brother and I with my dad at dinner...wow we all look so alike!!!

And a picture of my Dad and Stepmom and DD:

I am so glad I got to see my family again, it's so hard when you live what seems like so far way. It's easy to look at these photos and forget why I was there in the first place, but now it's all coming back. I don't think it will ever stop hurting and the tears have come again as I remember so I will sign off for now. But I hope that you enjoyed meeting my family as they are so special to me. Love you all!!!!

Sorry I've been MIA

We have had a rough 3 weeks in my family. We were on vacation when DH learned that his Grandmother had passed away so we hopped in our car to get there and help out.

Only a few days after getting back we learned that my Grandmother was gravely ill and the next day she passed away too. So we were away again for quite the long road trip. We just got back last night. We had been planning on getting out to see my Grandmother in September...how things can change in the blink of an eye. I miss her terribly and am so saddened I didn't get that one last trip in to see her as I so desperately wanted. Please, if you are putting off that last trip, spare no expense and get there, regrets are hard to live with!!!

I hope to be back at all of this real soon. Until then take care and let everyone you love know that you love them; take the time it takes to show them and spare no time or expense for that one last visit, it could mean the world to you in the future!!! Now go hug and kiss your family...call your far off relatives...because life is so short!

I love you forever Grandma!!! May your days be filled with happiness in Heaven!!! Till we meet again...

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone,

Happy Canada Day! I LOVE Canada day! Today we are going to the local fesitivities as one of our local parks. It will be so much fun! And tonight...fireworks!!! YIPPEE!

Since I have been spending wayyyy to much time on the computer I spent the afternoon with DH shopping and making a cool fountain for our deck. He had seen this one at a great garden store, it had a bamboo spigot and what looked like a steel garden pot with a few water plants in it. Soooo yesterday we went to take a look, we ended up buying the spigot but wanted to shop around for a pot that matched better than a steel one. We found exactly what we wanted at Home Depot! Of course since there were other sizes I had to buy them just so that if we put flowers out on the deck next summer the pots would match (ROFL yeah I'm like that). Well we got it all home and set it up, looked awesome! So then we decided we needed some plants to go with it, to match the pots I had bought ahead of time, lol. So off we went back to Home Depot to get some more. Becuase of the look of the fountain I didn't want flowers or anything that wouldn't "match" and that would take away form the look so we bought tropical house plants (yes houseplants outside and I even have garden decorations inside but that's a different story, lol). And I am LOVIN how it all turned out!

Now we need the new patio furniture that we have been eyeing...next year though. LOL! So wanna see pictures? I warn you it is a simple little arrangement but it reflects my taste and what I love to see in and around my home. So here are a few pictures. ;)

This is my little tropical corner in the prairies! I love it and the sound it makes is so relaxing! And those pots when I found them were so perfect and matched the bamboo of the spigot much better than a steel one! Now you can see why I stocked up, lol!

Well I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend and to all my fellow Canadians, HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!