Snapshot Mega Kit
The story behind the page:
Ok, so this isn't exactly a page. It's a sweet new kit at the
SBB store to raise money to help defray some of the costs of going to the PCC convention in October. Since I plan to be there myself and look forward to meeting some of the great ladies behind the avatars, this is pretty selfish of me, I know. But it's a beautiful kit and the proceeds are going towards a cause. I love the color swatch and the photography theme is one that is dear to my heart.
Snapshot kit by SBB DTM.
Grrrr...
I think I'm going to have to create an actual html list of links. My blogroll thing is gone. Suuuuck. How annoying. Guess my house can wait a few minutes after all.
Big Warm Cuddles
The story behind the page:
This was a scraplift, but I really liked the clean lines. Actually, between the papers in this pack and the layout and the picture, this is one of my favorite pages.
I got some big news that is finally official. Didn't stop me from blabbing on my "naughty" blog, but I figured that given my general reader base there, chances are pretty good that they wouldn't know what I was talking about or be at all impressed by it. Anyway, I was asked to join the DTM at SBB and do chats and stuff. Woot! Made my week when I was asked, let me tell you. I almost feel a little intimidated around these girls. It's one thing to chat with them in a room or something, I mean they are all super nice and normal people. However, they are also some of the most talented digital scrappers out there. And to be included amongst them for whatever reason (*cough*someone was smoking crack*cough*) blows me away. I keep expecting to get an email saying that they realized they made a huge mistake and they need to let me go. And Amy asked me. I'm not so confident that I ever would have asked to be considered. And to be on the chat team? Friends, I practically live in that room. /happy sigh
Ok, moving on to the other thing on my mind lately. I am trying to start a site. I don't want to talk to much about it right now. Half out of a stupid fear of jinxing myself, but also because until the site is actually live, anything can happen and I don't want to have to live down any over enthusiastic gushing I do here. I will say that if this happens, it'll be soon, by September at the latest, and that it'll be an interesting merge of talents and personalities. Now all I've got to do is learn everything I need to know about starting, building, maintaining, and promoting a web site. Whee! I wish I could talk about it without looking like a tool though. I could use the input.
Well, I need to wrap this up. My house is screaming for attention and I've got some work to do on a project that I'm doing with Kim Christensen. She's really very talented. Expect to hear more of that name before too long. She's also a new DTM at SBB. So you might meet her that way.
Kit is Beach Cottage by Ashley Olson. It's a scraplift of Jen Wilson in the SBB gallery.
Dare to be Free
The story behind the page:
I've been busy making pages using Ashley's kits. I've done 3 since last night, but this one is by far my favorite. The colors look like they were made with Dare's trunks in mind. And the picture is really cool. Actually, the shot was marred by Mikey's butt bent over and playing with Trev, but Ashley herself cloned his ass right out of there (literally, LOL). Just a fun layout.
Kit is Boy Board Shorts by Ashley Olson. Font is CK Constitution.
Many Facets of You
The story behind the page:
A lot of people don't seem to realize I have three boys. Poor Elijah almost never gets his own layouts. So I thought I'd use pictures of him for tonight's SBB calender challenge. Plus, after today, he's the only one out of the three who didn't act so badly that I wanted to drop them off in the woods to be raised by wolves. I wrote a nice long journal entry about it in my
SBB gallery (first couple of entries right now, but I'm soon to add this layout to my gallery so they'll be the 2nd and 3rd in a minute). If you are at all curious about how my meeting with Nancy, Amy, and LeeAndra went, you'll want to read that because I'm not sufficiently over the trauma to talk about it right now. It was seriously that bad. If it weren't for meeting them, I'd say this was probably the worst day in recent memory.
Kit is Twisted by Ashley Olson, available at the SBB store.
Just Beachy
The story behind the page:
Ok, *NOW* would be the time to talk about the book I read at the beach the other day. Anyway, these are just some images from our day trip to Ocean City. We don't go all that often and this is the first time we've went when the water was warm enough to enjoy. The past few times it's only been through sheer will power alone that the men folk were able to tolerate it. I am a non ocean-y person. The thought of sea creatures brushing up against my legs and feet just freaks me out. I do enjoy the general ambiance of the area though and wouldn't mind having a beach house someday (Ha! Who would?), right after we win the lottery.
Papers are The Vineyard by Kristin Cronin-Barrow. Fonts are CK Centurion and Georgia.
What Do You See?
The story behind the page:
I've made gobs of pages lately but I don't feel like posting any of them here. Mostly because everyone who might actually read this blog has already seen them via Hello or my SBB gallery. So I continue to not update because I don't really feel like I have anything new to bring to the table. Lame.
This is a page I did awhile ago. I gave the boys my old camera when I got the new one and for as long as the batteries will hold a charge, Dare is out there snapping pictures of everything. I've long since stopped saving them. Now I just clear the memory for him so he can fill it again. But I saved the first camera full he took. These were some of the more interesting shots. And so a layout was born.
I started reading a book the other day. Well, I started it a few weeks ago honestly, but really got to start reading it at the beach on Thursday. It's pretty good. It's called Swan Song by Robert McCammon. A heartwarming tale of the end of the world by nuclear holocaust. I have no idea why I enjoy those kinds of stories so much. Although this is a change of pace from my usual end of the world by zombie infestation books I usually read.
There was no real point in sharing that, I realize now. If I had finished the beach layout I've been working on since Friday then it would at least relate somewhat. Oh well, it's my blog and I'll write what I wanna.
Papers are Daisy Days By Kristin Cronin-Barrow. Font is Dear Joe.
Keeping It Real
The story behind the page:
This would have been a great layout if I could have thought of something to say. Unfortunately, that wasn't to be. I couldn't think of much of anything at all to write so I decided to journal about that instead. It made for a less meaningful page, but I think I'm going to keep it anyway as kind of an AAM, "Why I suck at Journaling" page.
But anyway, on to what everyone really cares about... how friggin' sweet is this CD?
I've never bought a CD before because I can't wait that long. I spend the money that I would have spent on them buying less stuff at a worse value because I can get them RIGHT NOW!!! And that's really what's important to me. Not quality or value. Instant gratification.
So I probably wouldn't have ended up getting this one either, but I won it at the promotional chat on Friday. How, you ask? (Well, you only ask that if you don't currently know me since I have recounted my glory to anyone who will listen like five times now.) By being able to drudge up the name of the most reviled PBS characters since Barney or Teletubbies: Boobah. Is that not the most pointless TV show on right now? Seriously, what's the point besides being baby crack? Oh wait, that's probably enough of a reason to exist right there.
Oh yeah, back to the CD. Amazing. Not my typical style at all, but I feel so artsy when I play with the kits. And the elments are awesome. Give me a few of those and a white page and I'd still be happy. And everything is so well made. I was really impressed. I think that there are going to be some really happy ladies very soon as the mail makes it's way to their doors. Great work, Dawn and Trish! And thanks. :)
Kit is Celebrate from the That's Hawt CD by Dawn Stocstill and Trish Jones. Font is CK Cosmopolitan
Fishy
The story behind the page:
I'm so glad to have this preview done. I hate that worse than anything. It's just so time consuming. But the kit itself was a ton of fun to make. Everything was just so fluffy. This kit is kinda like reading a paperback romance novel by the pool. Easy and relaxing. I really love the blue and green together. I've made a couple of pages with it and although a few things have changed during the process, the papers have remained the same. My only regret is that I could just keep making them. The inspiration was just there for me this time.
Now my plan is to finish up my Beige-y Blue kit. I was in the middle of that one when I got smacked in the head by my muse with this one. I think I'm done with papers though (of course), which means just doing the elements and probably the alpha. It won't be as much fun as this one, but chances are good it'll be easier to use, LOL.
Kit is Fishy, by me.
