New Mini-Van and ANOTHER Vaca!!

So, it's time to trade in our old mini-van for a new one. Our last one we got when Gabe was 1 week old, and is also now 4 years old. So Aaron is going now to pick up a shiny new one. ANOTHER VACA!! Yep, I am taking the kids and going up north for another week. Probably a bad week beacuse there is so much FUN stuff going on this and next week. Anyways, I will be leaving tomorrow and coming back on Aug 10

Here's a crazy funny picture of Gabe. I couldn't WAIT to scrap these!!

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Been busy...

I love any excuses to scrap. Getting family memories together, and help out a few of my fav designers. Check out my recents layouts!


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A few more layouts...and another creative team!

I can't even tell you how excited and honored I've been to be asked to be yet another CT! To be part of the ScrapMatters Gang. Check out my new blinkie I get to sport!!


Here are a few layouts I've done in the past few days!

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My cute little nephew!! It is a white page, so it will be dificult to see the edges.

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This one is a leftover from Easter pics. I made a quickpage using Sugarplum Paperie PArty Hat freebies.

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ME... on Sugarplum Paperie's Creative Team!!

I was asked to be a part of Sugarplum Paperie as a guest CT member!! I feel so excited that they feel my work is as good as the others on the creative team!! They do such incredible work!

Alright, now for all of you who keep emailing wanted to go digital... this is the time!! Sugarplum Paperie is having a week of freebies on her blog http://www.sugarplumpaperie.com/ If you click on the little freebies underneath...you can find all of her previous freebies. I don't know how long she will have it up! Here you can check out her store. Sugarplum Paperie Store

Here is the first layout I did, using her awesome stuff!!
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Turning 30.... Auughhhh!

OK, I guess I can't really stop it from happening. But as of tomorrow, I won't be in my twenties any longer. We are having a big family reunion and can't wait to see everyone. The family is just getting huge with everyone having babies and children! My grandparents have flown in the AZ. It should be a nice weekend. Hopefully everyone will have forgotten a certain someone's birthday. Man, this could be embarrassing...


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Here is one of Soph that I took after church. I just thought she looked so beautiful!

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Before of Gabe

OK, a couple days ago a posted my poor baby after he fell off his bike. He just started riding without his training wheels around the 4th of July and had been CRUISIN' everywhere!! Here is a picture from a couple weeks ago.
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Here is my finished product for a challenge at ScrapMatters, Template Tuesday. They give you a template and you try your best to ROCK it! Pretty fun!

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Few New Layouts...

For those of you wondering. Gabe is doing well. His eye is even more black and purple today. Very colorful! Perhaps, I'll throw in another pic of him tommrrow

I did a challenge over at ScrapMatters that have for this week's Saturday Special. Redo-ing a layout that you weren't happy with. Here they are:

BEFORE: This page was one of my first pages of digital scrapping ever. Not too bad.

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AFTER: Here what I ended up with...of course with the pressure of a re-do, I not 100% happy. But still all in all I am pleased with how it ended up.

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Heres some random pics of Sophie' at school:

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Owwwieee

Here's a picture of my poor little man. He took a nasty digger on his bike yesterday. You cant see in the picture but the side is entirely purple and his eye is swollen almost shut. (He has been riding a two-wheeler since 4th of July wkend)


WORKING ON PHOTOBOOK
It may be a few days before I post new layouts. Right now I am working on uploading ALL of my work to http://www.mypictales.com I am hoping that this is going to be the photobook for me. These book are similar to Shutterfly. They do Custom Covers AND 10" x10" books. Anyone that scraps know that usually, the choices are 8 x 8 (which is too small) or 12 x 12 (which is too big). So I am excited. However, you do hav eto do your pages with a bleed margin. So lucky me is going back on ALL of the layouts that I've done to change this. Only 200 or so layouts, no big deal!

We are back...

The kids and I had a great trip to Amber and Ashok's house. We love seeing them. Here is a picture of my little baby-sitter. Sophie was busy looking after Aisiah "Sammy". She loved comforting him when he cried, picking him up, putting him in the stroller and taking him for little walks. In Nepal, close cousins are similar to being called brother/sister & Amber and Ashok assure Sophie that she is the boys "sister". So one evening Sophie told Uncle Darv exactly how she was related to them... "she was Archer and Aisaiah sister-in-law". Ha ha ha. Uncle Darv got a kick out of that one! I love how little minds think. I couldn't fit all my pictures here, but I'm sure I will be scrapping them soon.


Aisiah almost 5months


Us girls all put henna on our feet

Taking off for a few days

I decided to take a spontaneous trip to visit Amber in La Crosse. Sophie, Gabe and I decided we miss Archer and Aisiah, yes and Amber and Ashok!! We are going to hit the County Fair, the beach, and take on a water park!! Lots of fun for a two day trip!! HA HA




Heres a layout of the kids up north on the beach.
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More info on making your pictures even better!

One of my favorite designers has a photographer blog as well and she uses different photo actions on her pictures... Photos Between Friends I had to ask what she used. She told me who it was and they are FREE!!! Check it out: Pioneer Woman

Here what you can do with it:

4th of July Layouts

I have a lot to show you today!! We were home this weekend. It is nice to be home for a weekend. Summertime we travel so much! So I got a few layouts done this weekend.

I am a new CT member

I was asked to be on a designers Creative Team (CT), Andilynn's Designs. I am so SUPER excited!! Here is my first layout for her. Check out her stuff when you get a chance!
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Making a Pretty Blog

Starting a blog? First of all you need a blog site. www.blogger.com is a place to create one, they are free. There are basic instructions on how to make a simple page. For more decorative pages you will need basic knowledge of html, you can get mini "blog" kits at: Shabby Miss Jenn's Blog Packs , they give pretty good instructions on how to change backgrounds and such. This is what I did...then I just used my own papers & elements (I had listed at bottom) to create my own. Let me know if you have questions.

Few Layouts from our Vacation

Heres a few while we were on vacation.

I enter this in for a speed scrap at ScrapMatters.



**Edit*** Ok I couldn't leave that last one alone. I added this, what do you think, better with or without the blending of Sophie?

Great Tutorial on how to make pictures that POP!!

Gabe with his goggles. Man, he's so cute!


OK guys, you've all want to know how to do some things... Check out this little tutorial on how to make your pictures POP. I think you need to have Photoshop to do this though. http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/blog/2008/7/11/photoshop-friday-photo-shazam.html

Keeping Busy

Just getting back from vacation means...yes, tons and tons of great photos! I will be busy scrapping over here for quite some time. Like I ever catch up, Augh!

This is from a month or so ago, had to show off Soph's 1'st "purchase".



Here is one of Sophie, Lucy and Gabe frolicking on their way back from swimming at the beach. I'm just amazing at them somtimes... this was not posed or anything, I can feel the love.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

HA HA HA!! who'd a thunk I get so into this.
I am working on designing my own site... stay tuned.

I used products from Britt-ish Designs Crazy Little Thing Called Love at ScrapMatters

We're Back!

Whew... we are back from our vaca. It was so nice to do beach things and a whole lot of nothin'! It was sad to leave, but it is very nice to be home. The kids must think so too... because they both slept till 8am!! Big deal in this house where they are normally up at 6:30am. Huh, now back to the daily grind of things and ALOT of laundry. Oh yesterday I was interveiwed and spotlighted at one of my favorite scrapbooking websites, ScrapMatters. What an honor to be asked. Check it out here: http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/2008/07/06/sunday-spotlight-7608-meet-sahlink-aka-krista/