Win My Americana kit BEFORE

it even hit the store! Leave a comment on this post and one random winner will be picked Sunday at 8 pm EST to win it. This kit is JAM PACKED with papers and elements perfect for all those 4th of July photos...this yea rand years gone past.....Vintage without being overwhelming this kit will definitely work for parade photos, military pics..any time you want to show your American Pride!
Textured Grungy Papers, beads, sequins, bows, cardboard elements, newsprint, glitter, polka dots, chipboard, stars, stripes...you name it and this kit probably has a bit of it. And all you have to do to win is post a comment! Good Deal huh???

RIP, Congrats, DigiNews and Freebies!

AAARgh...I had a blog all written about the 80s Icons that died this week....and blogger ATE it...UGH...I am not rewriting it . On that note RIP Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett & King of Pop, Michael Jackson. You will be sorely missed.

On to other news..... She finally did it! My Precious First Born graduated from high school on June 11, 2009! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!



There she is recieving her diploma and here she is with me and my mom!


She received 60k scholarship to Grambling University....Go Tigers!!!!!

On to Digi News....

I am participating in SOTB Kuler Challenge.....My first kit will be released on Monday 6/29! Here is a sneak Peak...it will be on sale for $2.50...


there will be freebie sampler there...be sure to check it out and check out the other designers kits as well.

I also have a new release at DoItDigi: BEDAZZLE...based on my daughters prom pic

Gorgeous Mauve, Lush Green, Rich Chocolate Brown and ever Elegant Black hues are all present in this beautiful formal inspired kit. Based on my daughter and her date's prom pic, this kit is perfect for formal photos. Gems, silky bows, shabby textured papers, clustered frames and other elements make this kit a joy to work with. And its only 3.99 regularly priced!!! But as all new releases, it will be only 25%. Be sure to check out the July DoItDigi newsletter to get a Freebie QP made from this kit.

Been a while

Since I last blogged…lots going on in my world. Eldest daughter got her first car! 2004 Olds Alero…her car is newer than MINE! LOL. But I wanted peace of mind when she goes all the way down to Louisiana  that she will have reliable transportation! She of course is over the moon.

I entered the Design2Inspire contest at Inspiration-Lane.com. Here is my week one entry :

be sure to stop by the gallery to grab it! It’s Free which is always good right?

Here is my week 2 Entry:

You can grab it (also free) right here

I did make a layout for Elemental Scraps template challenge with it.

Zaniyah Easter 2008 you can go there and leave me love…if you like!

New Stores, New Products and more

I am in two new stores and have released quite a few new products to celebrate that! I can now be found in Scrapbird and DigiByDesign! These are both direct links to my stores so be sure to check them out.

On to my new products, I have one new kit and four (yep FOUR) new commercial use items. The kit is Retro Vintage. It is a companion to a freebie blog train I am a part of (stay tuned more on that later today or tomorrow)..I liked working with the palette so much, it inspired a whole kit.

Its available @ Scrapbird, DigiByDesign, & Scraphead right now!

The Commercial Use tools are these:

 

Just So Journaling Mats – grayscaled journaling mats with lines on separate layer for ease of use.

5 Art Deco Stamps to dress up your designs or layouts

5 Christmas Doodles that will look great when used in your creations.

Borders Vol2 -5 border templates. Use as a trim on papers, create borders, or ribbons.

Hope we win

Hp Stop Drop & Spread Holiday Magic

This package would mean that my family of technofiles could have a new pc for once. Every machine we have had has been cobbled together from bits and pieces of machines someone has donated. Nine children with six being school age means lots of term papers, research, college applications & essays that need to be done. The two laptops would go to my teens, one who is a graduating senior and off to college next year. The other attends high school and college simultaneously. Having their own pc’s would mean not having to stay up nights writing papers. Our family size often prevents my husband and I from giving the children all of the things they would like for Christmas or birthdays but this would definitely change that!

Many people have no idea what its like in a family as large as mine. The amount of sharing that we have to do for just basic stuff. And we do it graciously most of the time. One of the lessons I try hardest to instill is that we are all one unit and if one fails or falls, we all do. I think I do a decent job so far. I can’t imagine the joy on faces of my eldest two daughters to be able to have laptops of their own (and top notch ones not refurbished ones from geeks.com). To be able to play online without having to get up when the buzzer goes off (sometimes we have to do that). School work is important so there is always time for that but sometimes time to do fun stuff just isn't feasible.

Love Is....

I have lost three close family members to domestic violence. My aunt was murdered when I was 10 by her husband of one month. He stabbed her 28 times no one even knows what the dispute was about. She left a six year old son. My cousin who was like my older sister was murdered when she was 23 year old and I was 20. Three hours before her son's father shot her, my mom and I were at her house and were upset at the huge bruise on her arm. She smiled at us and said he SAID he was sorry.....she left two little girls and a 3 month old son. Two years ago another cousin of mines naked body was left in a wooded area, she was last seen arguing with her off and on long time boyfriend, there has been a couple of arrests but prosecutor seems to have little interest in taking this court to trial. She left two preteen daughters. All of these crimes were committed by men who purported to LOVE them. I always go back to (IMO) the authority on Love, who said:
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant (1 Cor. 13:4)...where in there does that leave room for abuse? where does it leave room for murdering the very one you claim to love? My heart goes out to Jennifer Hudson & her family. I am crying the same never ending tears. In one second, some idiot demolished your life as you knew it. And nothing can ever change it back. As time goes on, you build it into something new...something different. Something not quite as good as it was...after all those loved ones are no longer there with you. It never hurts any less...it's just not as close to the surface. But something will remind of that person and even now almost two decades later, the pain of my cousins passing can overwhelm me. I wish I could tell every woman who is with an abusive mate, not to allow him to do to her family what has been done to mine. I wish I could show them all the years of pain and tears that has been inflicted on children who are missing bright smiles and warm hugs of their murdered mothers. I wish I could tell all those abusers, hey we love her too, she doesn't BELONG to you. But I can't. I can only continue to pray for those whose pain I know all too well.

Happy Happy Joy Joy

I got a NEW pc...well its refurbished but its new to me and has tons of bells and whistles...3gb of ram...300 gb hard drive, front card reader (I so missed that on my old desktop) and more usb ports than even I with my 30zillion flash drives, external hard drives, and other misc usb devices can fill up. It has Vista Premium and it doesnt SEEM to bad so far...although having to give every program permission to run is irksome.
I also got a 19inch HP LCD monitor...its so swwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeet! The screen swivels and raises and lowers and the best best part of this I got ALL for less than 600 bucks!
Is that a DEAL or what!!!

I think my creating will take a big jump!

Freebie alert & Sale

I released a new kit and two sets of V-Day Victorian textured stickers. OMG...I love these stickers..the kit is called Heart O Mine and its all yummy shades of pink, burgundy, milk chocolate and silver you can scrap way more
than just V-Day pictures.....Just in time for Valentines Day, this sweet kit has plenty of goodies.

It's on sale along with all the Valentines Day items at DoItDigi.com for
25% off!

http://www.digitalscrapping.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=576

Be sure to check out my Victorian Romance Textured Stickers! Two

different sets with 12 stickers in each set. Gorgeous textures on these make
them a great addition to any romantic, love themed or even heritage layout. Also
on sale this week at DoItDigi.com

and here is the freebie I promised ya....

Victorian Romance
 

New things....

It's January 28 and I gots loads of stuff to tell...First things first...make sure you check out DoItDigi's Scraplift Challenge!I picked a great choice to "lift". The challenge runs for two weeks and this month's Inspiration Kit is absolutely GORGEOUS (if I do say so myself) :-) I will post a preview of it

Great huh? It includes 68 Papers, 100 elements ,2 alphas with numbers & punctuation and 4 layered templates (not shown)!

In other news, I got my domain name!!! YAY!! AND I actually updated it! Its just the index page for now but other pages will be forthcoming. Be sure to check it out! And in honor of my newest venture here is a FREEBIE for you, an layered template based on the template of my new website...Grab the (psp & psd format) template here

Be sure to link me if you grab it and use it! I love to see what people come up with when using my templates!

Be on the look out for some new things in the DoItDigi store from me soon. A new kit, a template series....I have a coordinating freebie coming with the new kit.....soon as it is in the store it will be here (and hopefully on the website as well)

Almost two weeks

Since I blogged and I been busy, busy, busy. I started back in school on Monday. I also started the The Artist Way book club and I am SO enjoying it. Its a 12 week course in restoring creativity. This is really pre week and getting in to the swing of things.

http://paperartstudio.tripod.com/artistsway/index.html

this is a link to a website that has the whole book broken down by chapters.

I can't seem to finish any of my designs lately so I hope that this will help me find my inner artist/child and nurture her

I have a free template offered at Scrapbookers Playground for my template challenge...its a rectangle for all you non squares.

4Shared is DRIVING me INSANE

For some reason 4 shared does not like me today. I can not access my account information. Its putting a password on my files and I can not remove the file OR the password. ARRRGH.

Anyone have any suggestions over a better file hosting place?

In happier news my Black friday deal (400GB HD) came and is installed in its external case. Now I have room for more STUFF!!!I still haven't decided if I really want the divx dvd player....decisions decisions.....

I will be participating in the Christmas Around The World Freebie Challenge...what is it you say? A bunch of great designers (and ME) will be giving out coordinating goodies so that lucky scrappers can end up with a HUGE mega Christmas kit just in time for all those Christmas pictures. Here is a link to FishinMom's blog http://fishinmom.blogspot.com/ where you can find out more about it.

Tropicana is now in the store! http://www.digitalscrapping.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=112

Be sure to check it out! For everyone who purchases it and post a layout in the DoIiDigi gallery, I will give ya a special gift! Be sure to pm so that I see your post!

Tagged from (Amy) ScrapHappy

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night.

My coworker sent me this link http://tinyurl.com/2u75oy

2.What were you doing at 0800?

reading my mail

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?

wrassling with 4shared.com

4. What happened to you in 2006?

i enjoyed being preggo for the LAST time& welcoming Ziyah to the world

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?

be quiet(to DH)

6. How many beverages did you have today?

pepsi

7. What color is your hairbrush?

brown

8. What was the last thing you paid for?

pepsi

9. Where were you last night?

same place i am right now

10 What color is your front door?

brown

11. Where do you keep your change?

purse

12.What’s the weather like today?

chilly but sunny

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?

Butter Pecan

14. What excites you?

visiting family, having company, actually finishing a LO

15. Do you want to cut your hair?

nah

16. Are you over the age of 25?

yes

17. Do you talk a lot?

sometimes if i'm really excited

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?

yes

20. Do you make up your own words?

sometimes

21. Are you a jealous person?

not so much

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’.

Amy

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’.

Kim

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list?

my mom

25. What does the last text message you received say?

we lost the game. from my cheerleader daughter

26. Do you chew on your straw?

mostly

27. Do you have curly hair?

ha.

28. Where’s the next place you’re going?

work

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life?

dh

30. What was the last thing you ate?

double cheeseburger

31. Will you get married in the future?

since i am already married...I dont think my dh would be interested in a female Big Love situation

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks?

P2 is the only movie I have seen in three months

33. Is there anyone you like right now? hmmm Chris Brown...he is such a cutie patootie!

34. Did you cry today? nope.

35. Why did you answer and post this? why not? i responded because i enjoy sharing and enjoy reading about others (and hope someone out there will do the same!) :)

Stay Tuned

Big things coming soon.....

First here is my first new kit that will be exclusive to the DID store

I just love the colors! Especially now that everything is all winter blah. This kit is perfect for scrapping all types of pictures and events, vacations, summer, just hanging out. Lots of grungy textures.

Also I will be putting up another freebie link soon...here is a preview....


Its a 4X8 Christmas Card. It has the verse Isaiah 6:9 on it and its to remind us exactly what the Christmas season is about.
edited to add link
http://www.4shared.com/dir/4747549/867b1f1a/sharing.html

In other news I will be participating in the Christmas Around The World Mega FREEBIE Kit (maybe it should be a Massively Multiple Mega kit!!!). I got the swatch today and I am EXCITED!!! Very inspired expect mucho goodies starting December 10!

News!!

Soon my designs will be found in a new place: Do It Digi
Please check out all the great designers there and it shouldn't be too long before my designs are listed.

in other news I had two days off in a row for the first time in 2 months! It was beautiful! Me, my two baby girls and dh slept all morning! We didnt wake up until my 3 yr old son's preschool bus was blowing the horn!