Missing my family

On May 1st the Reverend Dr. Sylvester Armour, after 80 years the last six in a paralytic state, passed from this life. Now that may not mean much to you but he was my Grandad and even though I had made peace ~or so I thought~ with his going, it knocked me for a loop. I could remember all the fun times when he took me and all the other grands to Geauga Lake. I remeber the rides on his home made motorcycle {it was the back of a VW Bug and the front wheel of a chopper}. It had five places for one of each of the grands to sit! I remember him giving us a weekly "allowance" just because. It makes me sad that my kids wont get to know that Grandaddy. They only know the sick man in the nursing home who they could hardly understand. I remember and thats the Grandad that I wasnt ready to let go. But I prayed for his soul and I prayed for ease of my grief. Granddaddy, I love and miss you....and I always will.

Some days I do ok. I go through the day caught up in the myriad details of caring for my family, house...life in general. And then some thing brings you to mind, an old school song, a place we used to go, something we used to do, and its like the last two and a half years have not gone by. I miss you JUST AS MUCH as the day I found out you had been taken from us. My heart is just as heavy as the day I stood over your coffin and begged God to give you back to us. My eyes are just as full of tears as the day I watched them lower the coffin in the cold November earth. Thanksgiving 2005 just wasnt the same and will NEVER EVER BE. I miss and love you Tahnee, sister of my heart, and I always will.

New Designs, New Product Promotion

I have got some GREAT new things in my store...if you liked my kit from last week Dots A Plenty be sure to grab the (commercial use with no credit) Plain Dotty Overlays! 6 12X12 greyscale png files with a bonus black and white elegant Paper Pack included. These papers would be great for any formal occasion layout like prom or black tie wedding. As always the new products are 25% off for the next three days.

Congrats to Amanda (blog) She won my Dots A Plenty kit.

Here is my other new offerings. Two gorgeous paper packs perfect for those new baby layouts.
Precious Baby Boy & Precious Baby Girl are chock full of Set of 14 designer papers in soft, sweet pastels perfect for little princes & princesses Soft and sweet in the perfect shades of blue, green, yellow, pink and purple. Includes solids, stripes, plaids and polka dot patterned papers. This is the perfect set to scrap all those baby boy & girl photos you have been holding on to!

how stinkin' cute are they..












I am currently testing a program that may simplify ad posting for designers who advertise in yahoo groups. A relatively inexpensive solution would be a boon to many of us...at least I think so. I will post more as soon as I have run some test trials.

And lastly but not leastly (if you read down this far, I applaud you) here is the freebie. Made with items from my newest products here is an elegant quickpage. Snag it if ya like...and pm or email me if you use it.

Im so behind

I have been working my hiney off trying to get caught up...I have been a designing, scrapping, ct applying fool lately. I am so sad the month of April is almost up...My guest spot with Digi Diva Designs is almost over. She is a dream to work with and I would love a permanent spot on her team! Anyways I just created this layout with her Simply Adored kit.I come from a family of sisters. The first two are my grandmother who is 70 and her 79 yr old sister Martha, then its my cousin, my mom and my two aunts, the next picture is my oldest two daughters,
The third row is my other four daughters in pics with their sisters.

edge journaling are these quotes about sisters

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. Isadora James
An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too. ~Pam Brown
Our roots say we're sisters, our hearts say we're friends. ~Author Unknown
A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams. ~Author Unknown
Sisters are blossoms in the garden of life. ~Author Unknown

I was picked to be on Eirene's CT. I am so excited. I love her designs and hope to be debuting some new layouts soon. I got a personalized blinkie and everything!!! Woohoo go me!

A good friend of mine who has oft been known to speak bluntly even when it hurts, Afridigidiva, has come under fire for her opinions. Agree or disagree, one thing I can say about her is that she is not afraid to attach her name to her opinions. If you feel that a person has right to have music on their blog, I do not see how you can feel she does not have the right to say she doesn't like blogs with music on them on her OWN blog. Come on now folks...thats a wee bit hypocritical. I am all for folks expressing themselves they way they want to on their blogs. But don't be mad if I do not choose to visit your blog if it plays music. I will pm you my comment and keep it moving. (FWIW one of the blogs in question I LOVE his playlist)...anywhoo...I just wanted to shout out my girl ADD and tell her to brush that dirt off her shoulders.


ok Sharia and ADD yall killing me with the hotties...gotta post my own boo...I fell in love with Christian Keyes watching the play, Madea Goes to Jail. And this pictures here show off his gorgeous smile, sexy eyes,.......his droolworthy physique...





all I can say is WOWZER....

New Kit, Freebie AND Weekly RAK

New goodies in my DID store....its called Dots A Plenty...why??? Because its full of different size polka dots...in scrumptious candy colors of teal, pink, aqua and black...here is preview...

also I am giving it away FREE to a random commenter on my blog. Just tell me why you like it and post a link back when ya use it (that parts not required but I would love to leave you some love in your gallery.)

I am ruminating (love those word of the day emails) on having a CT call...I would just really like some nice scrappers who like my work to show what it can do. I do not want to get into the world of having folks pimpin for me....(hmmm would that make me a digiscrap madam if they did..).
anyways...I am still thinking about it....

Over at DID we are having a new giveaway every week...and its BRAND NEW stuff!!

Post the New Product that you would most like to have and why you like that particular product.

The designers will pick 3 random numbers and those posters will win the product they chose.

IF you have already purchased that product (to take advantage of the 25% off New Product Special), you can choose any product from the same designer and of the same value (regular price) or less from the DID shop !!!

There will be a new New Product RAK each week


So let's hear what New Product has got your eye this week!!
Be sure to post IN THE THREAD HERE which new product you want and why!!! Real simple way to scoop up some goodies.

Ok my new layouts....here is one of my preteen, Kailin. I kept it really simple cause I wanted her to be the focus of it. kit is Teen Angst by Dreamscape Designs, font toms new roman
journaling: Kailin is growing up so fast!I can hardly believe she is almost a teenager. Only one more year as a preteen but she will always be my lil Turkey Day Baby!

and here is me and the hubster on Easter...I love his smile...
kit is Aloha Sunrise by Dreamscape Designs, Fonts: Rosewood Std Regular, Poor Richard

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I was trying to think if I forgot anything....nothing other than SPRING has finally sprung in NE Ohio. I have been walking for 30 minutes five days a week since the weather broke and taken lots of pictures....look forward to layouts!!!

I have been busy busy busy....three ct teams (well two officially have started...still waiting on one)...feeling some of my designing mojo coming back the more I scrap...and picture taking...I am so loving my Nikon...(I saw someone had a cool I <3 My Nikon blinkies....I meant to snag it)....Dirt Lovin Kids by DigiDiva (Connie Prince) In other news...I am SO SO SO sad ADSR3 is over...I had a GREAT partner and had a ball. At some point I plan to put all my adsr layouts in one gallery...I got a real scrapping work out doing those challenges. Here is my final layout for challenge
the kit is Sweet Potato Pie by DigiDiva (Connie Prince), alpha by Gina Miller.

I wanted to leave yall with some pre-craziness Michael Jackson R&B but my ftp site is not working so just imagine you here him sing got me working...day and nite...got me working sunshine until midnight!

Happy Birthday Marcie

Please join me (here) in wishing Marcie (Alabaster Box) at DID a Happy 50th Birthday AND grab a free kit!! Thats right,in honor of her birthday we are giving away an awesome mega collaboration kit. Lots and lots of goodies...also get 50% off all products by angelfaye, Templates N More and BrokenJar Creations for 1 day only!! As an extra special gift here is a quickpage freebie!click the image to download....

A New Month, a New Inspiration Kit

A New Month, a New Inspiration Kit by the Do It Digi Designer Team!

Check it out here: www.doitdigi.com

A Beautiful selection of papers and elements in a beautiful colour pallette!
35 papers
2 alphas with caps, 1 with symbols
92 elements including:
flowers, ribbons, bows, doodles, flourishes, tags, butterflies, clustered border, frames, overlay, eyelets, brads, buttons, crown, heart cluster, brad backs, hinge, notepaper and journal boxes.

You can get this kit free using your Inspiration Points earned by participating in DID Challenges. You can read all about it here: http://www.digitalscrapping.com/foru...read.php?t=654

This kit is 20 Inspiration Points

So gorgeous...so be sure to stop by and check out our challenges.

in other news I have been in a layout frenzy trying to finish up my shutterfly books. I am making 3 of the same book and one different so I actually needed 40 layouts. in the last week I have created 28 layouts. Only 12 more to go....and whats making it SO super easy is the CT Appreciation kit. I am so loving the qp's, bracket album...even the cdalbum makes creating layouts in a flash...here are a few of them...