Classy Closet Blog Swap

HI!! I know you were expecting a Totally RawKin Design or a great story from Totally RawKin Designs today but today we are doing a blog swap from The Classy Closet with Keep It Classy Jen! Totally RawKin designs will be over at my site Faith, Hope & Love (if not today VERY soon) and I will be here at hers! How RawKin is that?

I wish that I could offer you a great scrapbooking design but alas I will have to have Totally RawKin Designs teach me how to scrapbook BEFORE she teaches me how to design those amazing designs! So instead I am going to tell you a little bit about me - share a picture or two (which I see Totally RawKin Designs does as well!) and hopefully do Totally RawKin Desgins some justice!

I will start with the basics....I am Carissa from Faith, Hope & Love! I started blogging when my husband Aaron and I started the adoption process in February of 2007 and just kept going when we brought our twins home from South Korea in October of 2008! Our daughter known as Little Princess and our Son known as Little Man will be TWO on Monday - so maybe now is as good a time as any to learn how to scrapbook! This is me and my family:

I stay home with Little Princess and Little Man but I like to do many other things! Currently I am working on sewing custom clothing for little boys and girls and designing hair bows for little girls! I sell these things with my partner at Cutest Baby on the Block! We actually just received the rights to make and sell the adorable designs from ModKids as well as sell the patterns and we are working on revamping the bow designs as well! So I guess that while I don't have any RawKin scrapbook designs or tools for you I do have something creative!

I am off to let my creative juices keep flowing to create the perfect Mickey and Minnie Mouse theme birthday party for Little Man and Little Princess! Thank you to Totally Rawkin Designs for letting me take over for the day! I hope you all enjoyed my post and hopefully later today I will have Totally Rawkins Designs post up at Faith, Hope & Love and if not watch for her to tell you when it is up and come over and leave her some comment love!

Back 2 School Freebie

I was so caught up in my daughter's party I forgot ALL about my blog train post! Well...here it is...2 cardboard chipboard word arts, 3 construction kraft papers, 1 frame, 1 clippie...I made the word art neutral so it should match with pretty much anything...plus a bonus word art not pictured. Be sure to pick it up!

http://www.box.net/shared/ddp47ldd10

Next stop:

http://www.charliesdigiscraps.com/blog/

and if you get lost:

here is main stop on blog train blog

http://www.blogtrainblog.blogspot.com/

Azraelle's Bon Voyage Party

The party is over and done with! Thanks goodness. It was so much work getting everything together...but it turned out beautiful. A few minor upsets....guest of honor was over an hour and half late. The pastor and his wife came and he wanted to bless her and the event and she was still getting dressed across town. The wind kept blowing at the decorations but they still looked gorgeous. I was a wee bit upset when I found that instead saying Grambling Bound.....the cake said Gambling bound and was decorated with playing cards and coins.....A lot of people who were supposed to come...did not...oh well. We had plenty of food...good music...and she had a great time. And my second eldest, Dee said she DEFINITELY does not want a party. She would rather have a gift. Here are a few pictures...more on flickr

Quickpages, Minikit and freebies!

This will be SECOND time I have written today's blog entry. I keep getting sidetracked by FB...and those farming apps. I need Farm intervention yall!

I have been designing some inbetween getting my daughter ready to go off to college, planning her Au Revoir party, and adopting a new stray kitty named Meatball! He is such a cutie pie!

I used Microferk Mardi Gras kit to design my daughter's party invites...since she is going to school in LA..I thought it was a good fit.

Anywho back to design news....I have a set of Quickpages made from my latest kit, My Americana. Since my qp skills majorly suck, I bought some commercial use templates from Kissed Studios based on layouts by some of the most awesome layout artists in digiscrapping community. These gals create great pages. So if you are like me and have tons of 4th photos (from this year and past years) to scrap, you can jumpstart your scrapping. Single photo and multiphoto pages included. Exclusive to my SOTB store for only $4.99 and its 25% for the next week!.

I have new kit in my DoItDigi store: Bedazzle...based on my daughter's prom photo this kit is full of soft colors, gorgeous mauve, lush green, rich chocolate brown and ever elegant black are all present in this beautiful formal inspired kit. Gems, silky bows, shabby textured papers, clustered frames and other elements make this kit a joy to work with. $3.99 at DoItDigi.

I did say something about freebies right? well here are two qp's from both of my latest kits...This is not included in the QP set for sale so make sure you grab it as well as the set!

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.

My Favorite Guy Blog Train Freebie

Slide Show

This month, our blog Train will give you a fantastic mega kit.

My Favorite Guy!
Check Out All Those Awesome Previews in the Slide Show!

Here is my part:

3 Patterned Textured 12X12 papers

1 Chipboard Star

1 Star Sticker cluster

1 Wrapped Wooden Frame

1 Flat Ribbon

Download Here

You Came from:
JIC Creations http://jiccreations.blogspot.com/

Next Stop
Simple Girl Designs https://simplegirldesigns.squarespace.com/

Main Blog Train Link
http://www.blogtrainblog.blogspot.com/