The Sunflowers have sprouted!

At Sunshine Studio Scraps!!
Dani and Andrea have a FANTASTIC collab named Get in Gear!

Jen*uine Artistry & Madame Wing bring you this GORGEOUS collab Secret Garden.

This huge collaboration by Kiki and Crystal is Pigtails and Popsicles

Another fun kit by Kiki Halbert is Cool Nights Blue Sky!
Look at what Web Designz by Kristi has just released!!

Psychedelic Funk

Labor Day Sale @ Sunshine Studio Scraps!

Sunshine Studio Scraps is having a Store Wide Sale!

Here are just some of the fantastic new products!

From Mimi: I Do and Meg's Garden

From Denise - Dany Boy The Kit

This last one is an AWESOME new Collab between Franziska and Vasco
URBAN SOLITUDE

New products have hit the SUN!

WOW, The SUN Designers have been busy! There are a ton of new products in the store!

Let's get right to it!

Amanda Kay has this ADORABLE new kit called It's All About Princess Lily.

Claudi has this STUNNING new kit called Sonja.

Franziska Altmann has this GORGEOUS new kit called Dusk Dew.

Polka Dot Plum FUN new kit called Road Trip.

Monica from mgl Scraps has this AMAZING new kit called Crimson Gypsy.

I got a BLOG award!!

Hi all!

Just wanted to share a few things.
I got a really cool blog award from Wonder Girl Teri!
Thanks girl!!
She also has some freebies on her blog, so be sure to check her out!

The rules for these awards are:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you’ve nominated
Here is my List:
Missy

Elegant WordArt by Bethany
Magical Creations
Digi Delights

Kris Myers

Jennifer Schmitt

Designs by Tishia
Now, why is it that I can't get blogger to be good tonight??
Some is single space and some is double space...I can't seem to get the text right!
I have some new product previews to add....grrr
So onto the new products from the Sunshine Designers!

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Got a little funk in your trunk? This kit is perfect for the good ole days!

Funky, charming, a little bit retro - want a taste? Pick up the mini here.

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Feminine touched digital kit with just the right splash to make this kit perfect for all types of layouts.

Template Freebie and Wonder Girls Blog Party!!

It starts on Sunday!! Sunshine Wonder Week!! Here's the schedule of all the fun events that will be going on all week, starting this July 27th. Drop by the forum to join in on the fun!! Don't forget to stop at the Sun blog for all the details.

Now, I would like to show you my Freebie!!

Please live a little love if you download. :)

Download Link is HERE

It's a BLOG party!!

Check out the Wonder Girls Blogs for more FREEBIES!!

Jaye: http://jayedid-designs.blogspot.com/

Laura: http://lauras-little-world.blogspot.com/ (you are here)

Madame Wing: http://madamewing.blogspot.com/

Dani: http://danisdelusions.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenuineartistry.blogspot.com/

Janel: http://janelscraps.blogspot.com/

Mandi: http://www.mandanickell.blogspot.com/

Teri: http://teri-scrappingmylife.blogspot.com/

Wendy: http://mydigispot.blogspot.com/

Heather: http://www.embracingthechaos.blogspot.com/

Mari: http://mari-lovelyscraps.blogspot.com/

If you get lost along the way stop at the Sun blog for all the details.

It's almost Sunshine Wonder Week!!

Take a look at this incredibility cute kit by Beckie Wallace - Sadie's Garden is available at Sunshine Studio Scraps and is on sale for a limited time! Hop on over to Beckie's Blog for some CT inspiration and a coordinating FREEBIE!!
We, the Wonder Girls are all working hard to get ready for our next Sunshine Wonder Week (SWW) starting this Sunday, July 27th. It will be a week filled with fun games, challenges, events, prizes and freebies! We are really excited because, everything is bigger and better this month, you won't want to miss it! You can find everything in the Forms at Sunshine Studio Scraps.

Make sure to check out the Sunshine blog for a little teaser of what's to come.

And make sure you are signed for the Sunshine newsletters. Tons of info that is happening at the Sun!!

Summer is in full swing!

Here are the kids! Just playing around in the backyard.Colby will be 7 on the 24th.
Jenna is 3 and will be 4 in October.

I got these awesome frames at Oscraps!

Eclectic Grunge Frames {Bargain Buy!} by Sweet Genevieve Designs

I have one kit to show you today!! It's called Vibrant Spirit by Amanda Kay at Sunshine Studio Scraps.

Quick update!

We have been SO super busy this summer!
I can not believe that it is already the 8th of July.
Colby's birthday is just around the corner and he will be 7!!
The kids just started taking swim lessons, they love it!
The kids are starting to tire me out, I just can not keep up.
They are going in two different directions at all times.
We spend most of our days outside in the backyard or at the
local swimming pool. We went to Wal*Mart yesterday and
I see that they have the back to school supplies out already!
The first half of summer has just flown by!

I am going to try and update the blog with some photos soon!

New from Web Designz by Kristi is Dainty Flowers.

Also new in the store is Nursery Chest by Moon Scraps

Carlson Look-alike Meter

Carlson Look-alike Meter

Let's Connect!

A celebration of friendship and technology, Let's Connect is bright, bold, funky and fun! Jam-packed with goodies, this kit contains 85 papers and over 140 elements, including frames, stickers, flowers, glitter, ribbons, cords, speech balloons, word art and 2 alphabets!

Let's Connect is the collaboration of Amy Sumrall, Ellie Lash, Flergs, Franziska Altmann, Heather Manning, Kim B's Designs, Krystal Hartley, Lost Gurlz Venture Designs, mgl Scraps, Miss Crow, Moon Scraps, Polka Dot Plum, Sugarplum Paperie, Tracey Monette, Web Designz by Kristi and Wenchd Grafix. Get it in the Sunshine Shop now!!!

So tell us, how do you stay connected? Post in this thread and tell us your favorite gadget to connect with! Anything A to Z; from your Apple computer to your Zenith TV. We will pick 3 random winners tomorrow!!!

Grab Bag at the SUN!

I am a VERY lucky! Lucky enough to be a Wonder Girl at Sunshine Studio Scraps and one of the benefits that I, in my WONDERful job is getting a peek inside this grab bag. You DO NOT want to miss this!! It is PACKED with lots of yummy treats! And it's only $3!! RUN don't walk over to Monica's Shop now to pick it up, it's only available until July 3rd.

New products at the SUN!

Shawn Headley from Sunshine Studio Scraps has an awesome new kit, Construction Zone, coming out mid day tomorrow and here is a preview! This kit is sure to be a hit with all boys.

Look what else I have found at Sunshine Studio Scraps!! Web Designz by Kristi has a fabulous new kit Ladybug Fields. This cute ladybug kit is full of fun! Perfect for summer picnics!

It's Sunshine Wonder Week!!

You don't want to miss all of the WONDERful challenges going on at Sunshine Studio Scraps this week! Stop by the SUN Forum now!

Make sure you make your way over to the SUN Blog and pick up the pieces to Missing Yesterday Mini Kit made by the Wonder Girls!

I also have a little freebie for you today. Just a thank you for stopping by.

Download link is here.

New Collab Kit from Sunshine Studio Scraps

Nicole and Franziska have teamed up to bring you their gorgeous collaboration, Paper Garden. Inside you will find 12 soft vintage patterned papers, 33 pretty little embellishments along with a little paper pieces alphabet.

25% off this weekend!

Sunshine Studio Scraps is having a designer call!

What you’ll get:
XCart for full store control
Fun work environment
Site CT
Site Advertising Team
20% commission exclusive
25% commission non-exclusive
No paypal fees
No setup fees

What we’re looking for:
Send us a link to your stores (if any)
Previews of your products
A little about yourself to jesters (dot) tear (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) uk
Title your emails Designer Call to make my life easier! We are looking for quality designs. If you aren’t selling anywhere yet but feel your designs are good, we are also looking for YOU! Just send us a link to some of your freebies to apply!All submissions must be in by June 30th!

The WONDER of it all

I am lovin' being a Wonder Girl at Sunshine Studio Scraps we have lots planned and I will annouce the events right here on my blog. Keep checking back. Don't forget to take a peek at the Sunshine Blog for great news and happenings!

Web Designz by Kristi is having a Father's Day Sale over at Sunshine Studio Scraps!!

Have you seen the lastest Collab by the Sunshine Designers??

Missing Yesterday

Missing Yesterday is a soft and sweet collection of beautiful papers and unique embellishments from the Sunshine Designers. This kit includes over 40 patterned papers, a full alpha and over 50 elements!

New! QP Olympics! at Sunshine Studio Scraps

We are going to start a monthly QP Exchange called the QP Olympics! Each month, we will feature a kit for you to make a QP from and post to the monthly QP Olympics thread. Then, at the end of the month, everyone who posted a QP will get the whole set!
This month we are featuring Moon Scraps’ cool Nirvana kit. He is offering the kit at 20% off for the entire month of June! That’s a great reason to go pick up the kit in his store and get started on a QP!

The Coupon Code to get 20% off is qpolympics What a great deal!

Head over to the Sunshine Studio Blog and read more about this!!

New items from Designer Jennifer Schmitt

It's new release Tuesday at Digital Freebies and Jennifer Schmitt has 3 new things in the store this week.

First up is a new set of 12x12 templates (Set 15).

Next up is a new kit just in time for summer and swimming lessons called Little Fish.

Last but not least is a little mini kit called Butterfly Garden. Everything included is shown on the preview. This was previously offered as the posting bonus for the May Designer Spotlight challenge at Digital Freebies. (Just in case you already have it.)

Everything is 30% off during it's first week in the store. Don't miss out!

A few questions and a new LO

I found this on Amy Martin's blog and thought it would be fun to fill out.
so, if you read this, consider yourself tagged and please link back! would love to read about you!


1. Would you forgive your best friend for sleeping with your husband/wife? I would find that one really, really hard to forgive.
2. Where were you last week? Outside soaking up some sun!
3. Have you ever seen a live bat? Yes. There was a bat in my Grandparents house once.
4. Do you like Big Macs? I do
5. Are you single? No
6. Do you like the color orange? I guess, whats not to like about it?
7. Do you find it in your heart to forgive? Yes. I can forgive, but I can't forget
8. Would you rather not eat or not sleep? not eat, I love, love love to sleep!
9. Have you ever seen a real redneck? Oh, yeah!
10. Do you like tattoos and piercings? I do not have a problem with them, I just don't have anything other than my ears pierced.
11. Where was the last place you got your hair cut? Capri College.
12. Do you care if people talk smack about you? It doesn't really bother me, let people say what they want.
13. How long do you use the phone daily? I am on the phone constantly!
14. Do you like snakes? Ah, that would be a No

I also found this template on Amy's blog. I downloaded it on NSD, but just got around to making a LO with it. Thanks for the wonderful template!

Credits

Feeling WONDER-ful

Why? you ask... I have been invited to be on the advertising team at Sunshine Studio Scraps, we have been given the name Wonder Girls! I got involved with The Sunshine Girls and Guy back in April when I applied for a CT spot and I was offered a 2 month guest CT, which was AWESOME! Check it all out here!

Here is my offical Wonder Girl Badge!


Our badge was made by Flergs!!

Sunshine News!!

Did you know that Franziska just put a new kit in her store?!?!

Charmed Meadow



Franziska is having a store wide sale check it out 30% off on all her products.



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The sale will be going till sunday midnight EST, after this Charmed Meadow will be 25% off the next week

You can find all of her fantastic designs in her store at Sunshine Studio Scraps!!

New Easter Kit from Jennifer Schmitt at Digital Freebies

The perfect kit for all those pictures of egg hunts and coloring eggs. Fun spring colors and adorable bunnies are sure to please. Even includes a white waxy looking alpha just like we use to write on our eggs before dipping them. Several of the papers and elements would also work well for a baby album.

Available at Digital Freebies here.

My boy WON!!

So, I pick up Colby on Wednesday and his teacher brings him to the car. I am sitting there thinking (oh boy, it must have been a bad day at school), but when she is helping him into the car she tells me that Colby has some exciting news. I immediately start looking at his mouth thinking that he lost a tooth. They were both extremely excited so, Colby and his teacher are going back and fourth,"you tell her, no you tell her." Finally his teacher says "today we had our drawing for perfect attendance for 1st semester and Colby won a bike!" I was shocked! My son's name was picked out of 500+ students and he is the winner! I am so happy for him! He is just as happy as can be and can not wait to get his new bike! Yesterday was Colby's half birthday. He is now 6 1/2 years old! I just have a hard time believing that he is not my little baby boy anymore. He really is growing up.

Here is the LO I made:

Click here for Credits

Learning new things

I have just discovered styles in photoshop. I know, everyone has been using them FOREVER, but I just learned how to do it!! Pretty cool!

Now on the home front! I am the head room Mother for my son's kindergarten class. Now that has been very rewarding! The kids are great and I love his teacher! She is so nice and the kids just adore her. We are planning the 100th day of School party. Tentatively scheduled for February 5th. You never know what could go wrong and the weather could go bad quick here. So if there are no more snow days it will be February 5th. We are going to have all sorts of fun and games for that day. With this being the Kindergarten class this is their first 100 days of school EVER! So we are going to have a blast celebrating!!

Oh, where do I start??

I haven't kept up with this blog once again. Here is just a quick update on my life as I live it day to day. I am hopeful that 2008 will bring change and happiness to my family.
2007 was a very tough year. One that I would not like to repeat, EVER!! I lost a Nephew the last day of August, he was only 20 years old. My husband and I have had some troubles, but we seem to be back on track now. My Mother has a been a handful. I love that woman dearly, but she needs to stay on her meds. My Grandmother's health is rapidly failing, at the age of 92, I am afraid that her heart is not going to make it much longer. There were times this year that I just didn't know how much more I could take. It just seemed to be one thing after another.
On a much more positive note. The kids are healthy and happy as ever. Jenna just amazes me everyday with all she is learning. She is a VERY active 3 year old. Colby continues to do well in Kindergarten.
That is about all for now.

LaWanna Desjardin Designs is featured for Lifts with a twist

For those of you who are familiar with Lifts with a Twist, you know what to do.

For those of you who aren't here is the link.

It's a great LO this week ladies!! LaWanna is offering a AWESOME grand prize.

For all of the lifters, LaWanna is offering a 35% off coupon to her store at SBB.

For the grand prize, LaWanna is offering a 50 dollar gift certificate to her site!!

I'm soooo bad . .

It has been sooo long since I've posted. I know, I know. Bad, bad blogger! I have been so busy lately. Lots of things have changed in my life. Colby is now in Kindergarten. I can hardly believe that he is old enough for SCHOOL! He was so brave for his first day. It was raining just a bit, so they had all the kids wait in the gym to line up. He was super excited and ready to learn!! Jenna had a hard time. She cried and cried saying she wanted Colby. I felt bad for her, but I wanted to cry too. My oldest was going to be at School all day without me! Everyone ended up having a great day, and Colby just loves School.

Credits can be seen here