Last night my daughter was watching me play around with Artrage and she asked me to draw her a flower. So, here’s what I came up with. She loves it, she thinks it looks like it has sugar on the petals. When you’re 5, sugar is awesome.

You can download it here or by clicking the preview.

Well, suffice it to say, NSD did not go according to plan. I woke up with a hideous migraine and spent a large portion of the day in bed trying not to die. (Ok, mild exaggeration.)

So, the newsletter is delayed, and I’ll of course post when it’s ready. There will still be a freebie involved, and some other interesting news.

I will be releasing my first ever newsletter on National Scrapbook Day (May 3) - so please join my Yahoo Group now to get notification when it’s available!

There will be a sampler included in the newsletter, so don’t miss it!

I took some time to scrap tonight, I needed a break from trying to fit in all the obligations I have this month for kits and collabs and things. Here’s a layout about my daughter’s fifth birthday!

I used Stephanie Ogren’s “Happy Pop” kit from Elemental Scraps. Isn’t it cute? It’s so cheerful and happy. I also did this for the ad challenge over at SOTB, but, the gallery is down right now while they undergo a server move. Seems like a lot of places are moving lately - I guess there’s something in the air!

I really needed the time to sit down and scrap. Things have been haywire here, but they’re starting to slowly calm down, I think!

I also released the full kit “Primavera” at Plain Digital Wrapper - if you got my BYOGB items, you’ll already have this, but if not, here it is:

It’s on sale right now for $3.75 but the regular price is $6.95. Check it out!

Plain Digital Wrapper is still having problems with their hosting so I thought I’d offer another quickpage freebie here, since you can’t shop in my store! I’m putting together an 8-page album to put in the store and this is one of the pages. It’s very simple, but I think sometimes simple is better. I know lately I’ve been scrapping 1-2 important photos per page and doing a lot of journaling. I have been feeling really introspective lately, with the move and all the other changes going on in my life. Anyway, here we go! Click here or on the preview to go to the download.

I did a layout! It’s for a CT I just joined, for Stephanie Ogren who is currently at Elemental Scraps and Scrapbook-Elements. She does absolutely awesome heritage designing, among other things. She also makes great use of color. I don’t think there’s a single thing she has designed that I haven’t loved. Anyway…

These are my grandparents, this is their wedding photo from 1950. They are still married, going on 58 years! Makes my almost-6 feel piddly in comparison. My grandmother was recently diagnosed with a form of colon cancer. She’s doing just fine and won’t need chemo, but she’s still in a rehab facility working on regaining some strength. My grandpa spends nearly every waking hour by her side. It’s very touching.

This layout was done using Stephanie’s Currant Vanilla kit at Scrapbook-Elements. The font is ‘Selfish.’

This quickpage is made from the BYOGB Papers 2 and Elements 1 from the recent BYOGB sale at PDW. Right now PDW is undergoing a server move and is unavailable, but you’ll be able to get the complete kit for a regular price of $6.50 once it’s back up. In the meantime, enjoy this page! I might put up a couple others in the next few days, as well.

Obviously, the flower photos won’t be included in yours. It’s 12×12 and you can get it by clicking here or on the layout above. Comments are nice but not required.

This little set of cardboard pieces was originally included with my February Mardi-GRAB bag at Plain Digital Wrapper. If you missed the bag, you can get these here, now, for just $1.00!

Set includes six cardboard chunks embellished with a variety of different decorations. Special thanks to Atomic Cupcake!

Original Release Date: February 1, 2008

I never realized, until trying to edit this blog using a dialup connection, just how graphic intensive it is. I’m sorry! I guess it’s not as bad as the ones with music and lots of flash animations. Those I have completely given up on. I hope if you’re on dialup you won’t give up on me, though!

It’s time to show you what all was in my PDW Mardi-Grab Bag! You could see bits of them poking out of the preview, but these are the complete previews. The images below are linked to their new spots in the shoppe.

This set of “Clusterbits” below won’t be released anywhere else. These were exclusive to the grab bag, so if you didn’t get it, sorry!

I’ve got two more things in the works right now. I’m working on a kit based on my daughter’s favorite fairy, and I’m also working on, of all things, a patriotic/4th of July kit. Hehe. I’ve got a soft floral paper set in progress… and a bunch of different element packs. Plus another full kit based on a French country theme, with blues, roses/pinks, and creams. I’m having lots of fun procrastinating by designing instead of packing!