Mixology - You and I

A Fish Design

A set of two templates where the background papers are split and matted.  Each template also has a bunch of clusters and a banner.  When I originally had the idea for these templates I was going to call them "The Splits" but the Mixology colors are so warm and comforting, I left the name of the mixology and added some butterflies.

Hope you have fun with these.  You can flip them, turn them, add and subtract elements.  Make the template yours. 

Arizona Girl

GDS Mixolgoy Aug 2016, You and I. Coordinate the packs to create your own perfect collection.

Art Journal Mini contains 4 jpg papers and 10 png elements.

Janece Suarez Designs

Let's have some fun this month and bring out all of the old clich`es! Hopping from cloud to cloud, or have some butterflies in your stomach, then pull out my You and I contribution to Mixology.

My layouts

Made Janece Suarez and A Fish Design template.

Made with Arizona Girl and A Fish Design template.

Made with all Arizona Girl products.

Crazy Busy by Ponytails Designs

Scraps N Pieces GingerScraps

It's a typical day in the life of a mom... running around trying to get the kids up and ready for school.  Then trying to get yourself out the door to go to work or start your endless errands.  Then you come home to try to make some order of things, take the kids to playdates, practices, and other activities.  Dinner time, bath time, and finally bedtime!  You'd enjoy those few minutes of quiet time if you weren't so exhausted from your crazy busy day!

My layouts

Made with a template from Neverland Scraps.

Made with a template from Kandi Pixels.

I Got A Feeling

When I hear I got a feeling I start singing the Billy Currington song but I am not blogging about Billy. * SIGH *

I am blogging about Leaving A Legacy's new kit.

I Got A Feeling is fun and it is for anyone who likes text and use emojis. My son, well he loves the chocolate ice cream swirl that everyone thinks is poo. Well this kit has that emoji too.

I Got A Feeling

I Got A Feeling you are going to love this kit. I Got a Feeling is full of those fun loving emojis that everyone uses in texts and instant messages. You can find them in party supplies, pillows, clothes and so much more. I Got a Feeling is a fun bright kit for scrapping all those feelings and emotions you capture on a daily basis. Kit includes 68 elements, 17 papers plus recolors for a total of 21, 7 solid papers and 4 ombre papers 

Elements included: 
4 buttons, 4 journal cards, diamond, doughnut, 25 emoticons, flame emoji, 2 hand emojis, 6 flowers, 2 frames, 2 hearts, 2 leaves, slice of pizza, 4 ribbons, scatter, staple, 2 stitches, 2 tags, speech bubble, 5 twine strings and a unicorn emoji 

Right now it is 30% off.

Template Crazy 12

I used this template pack for my layout. Not new but good.

My layout.

Reaching the Shore and Weathing the Storm

Weathering the Storm bundle

Everyone has storms in their lives. Most of us weather these and simply move on. “Weathering the Storm” matches the daily download FREE MINI KIT from Aug 24 - 31 2016. It is a kit for survivors. For people who may be struggling with their life storms, or just coming out of their struggles. The Oceanic blues and greys are offset by gold and brown. The colors reminding all of us how difficult it can be to keep our heads above the waters of life at times. 

 Weathering the Storm will help you scrap some of the tougher times that you can’t forget because those events made us stronger. 

My layout

Made with a free template from FranB Designs.

Monkey's Summer

My little monkey still has several weeks of summer left but we have done a fair amount this summer.

In June monkey's sister and her family came up to celebrate his 10th birthday. They also brought his sister's childhood friend and her two kids. My late husband would have enjoyed that visit. Marcy's kids had never been to Greenfield Village before so Nick had fun showing them around plus it was nice for Nick to have company with a boy his own age for once instead of just his nieces. Sometimes it sucks to have 30 years between you and your sister and 26 years between you and your brother so you are growing up with their kids. I have explined to Nick this sometimes happens when an older man falls in love with a younger woman and he isn't the only kid in the world with half-siblings so much older then him so he just needs to get over it. He would just like to have siblings his age. That just didn't work out for us.

Anyway. July saw Nick having to do summer school after discovering he is disabled in reading and writing. I'm not so worried about those as he can function just several grades lower. It is the visual/balance which explains so much. His three weeks of school finished in August but he discovered his best friend that had moved to Europe two years ago had moved back and is now living in another part of the city so Nick and Alex had weeks to hang out together again. They were both really happy about that. The end of July saw Nick and I with a broken down car. Ugh! Never a great time for that. Thankfully it was nothing major that my neighbor couldn't fix and he didn't charge me for fixing my car. I just had to buy the parts. He has been great since Monte died. All Nick has to do is walk across the street and say SOS and he comes with the necessary stuff to look at my car. While he won't take any money now he better not refuse a Christmas gift from Nick and I to him and his wife. We are planning on giving them a giftcard to have a nice dinner on us. They really have been great. With Jim fixing my car Nick and I were able to go on our weekend trip to see his sister in Indiana.

We went for my husband's youngest granddaughter's third birthday. I'm not called grandma due to the small age difference between me and my stepkids and the fact that all bio-grandma's are still alive plus everyone was just used to calling me Kim. Why change for some of the grandkids. On the second day in Indy Nick and I were by ourself as everyone else had their plans. Nick and I decided to go to the Indy Zoo as something different. Other than not having enough money (car repair) for this visit to the zoo as they had a sky gondola, rollercoaster and other assorted rides plus other stuff a kid might want we still had a fun day.

Nick finished up his bike program this week. Alas he hasn't quite learned how to ride a bike yet. He can ride a two wheeler for few feet before he crashes. He hits the ground so hard his legs are covered in bruises that his knee pads couldn't do anything to stop. He was happy with the people and the program that he wants to go back next summer to finish learning. I asked him if he wanted me to finish teaching him so he could ride a bike now but he said no as he is still scared of the bikes and he just wants to continue with the program. I said OK. His balance issues are what has stopped him from learning all these years. My late husband tried for 3 years to teach him.

Thursday after his last class we went to a Metro Park and I paid the daily fee of $10 so Nick could ride a tandem bike with one of the people from the bike program in a 10 mile bike ride to end out the season. They were having a BBQ on Friday but we had to miss it.

Friday night I drove 70 miles in 96F hot and humid weather in my car for which the a/c doesn't work. I was so happy everytime the raindrops hit me through the open window. However it was a downpour when we got to camp. Nick had grief camp for the weekend. It was his first time at camp. He did swimming, made a drum out of a 5 gallon bucket, stayed up late, etc. I then made this same 70 miles one way trip to go pick him up Sunday morning. Afterwards we went to the nearest state park but the lake was closed for swimming so we headed across town to the other state park and try our luck there. Luckily this town is rural enough it has several campsites and state parks. Swimming lake was open so Nick got to go swimming again. He was as happy as a clam.

Now for some photos.

Greenfield Village

Bike Program

"King Crash"

Indianapolis Zoo

Holly State Park

Just Me by Ponytails Designs

Just Me Bundle

In the infamous words of Dr. Seuss... "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

 

Truer words were never spoken and that is what this kit is all about.  Just Me features a bright and shiny colour palette with all sorts of goodies to help you show off who you really are!

My layouts

Made with a free template from Ann's Scrap Heaven.

Made with a free template from Little Rad Trio.

You're Invited

Store link to all the pieces,

My layout

A Square Deal

A Square Deal

Templates are provided in TIF, PSD & PNG formats; each file type is provided as a separate link so you only have to download the files you need.

My layouts

Made with Basketball Madness by MagsGraphics.

Made with Hello Spring by Ponytails Designs.

Dusty Frills

Dusty Frills Bundle

Dust off your skirt, take off your books, and get to scrapping those pictures.

Bundle contains the full kit and mini, Both Alpha Set 1 and 2, Word art pack, Cluster pack, Worn Papers pack, Stackers pack,  along with Alpha Set 2 Extras and a bonus template that were included as freebies in August 2016 newsletters.

My Layouts

Made with the free matching template.

made with Rubber Duckies (modified) template by Arizona Girl.

Gotta Get Them and Holiday Templates: Patriotic

Gotta Get Them

This summer's newest crazy is collecting Pokemon. Though Tasanee couldn't use actual Pokemon images, as they are copyrighted, she did try to capture the fun and ideas of this new game. Scrap your family's outside activities, your favorite catches and collecting.

Bundle contains all the packs that creates this collection: kit, mini, alpha, word art, tags, and grunge.

Patriotic

Holiday themed layout templates. Contains 4 layout templates 12x12 in size along the theme of the 4th of July/Independance Day. Includes pds, png,TIFF formats and as a free bonus in PAGE.

My layouts

At the time I got the kit to use my son was not into the craze however he has since decided he loves it and I now know all the stops around our house to get him some supplies while he is in summer school.

Grandma's Secret Recipe

Grandma's Secret Recipe

Grandma's Secret Recipe Collab | Bundle by Dana's Footprint Digital Design & Janece Suarez Designs

Bundle contains, 8 solid papers, 12 pattern papers, over 102 elements, 4 splatters, 6 recipe cards, 6 word art & 3 Alpha's. 

My layout

Made with a template by LissyKay Designs.