First, Scrapbook-Elements is having their 4th Birthday! Most designers are having a sale. The THREE designers that I work with over there are all having sales!
Misty Cato - 25% off everything over $2
Tracey Monette - I believe hers is 25% off everything over $2 as well
Kiki Halbert - New products on sale
Second, Misty Cato has a free QuickPage on her blog today. It's one I made for her. If you like the QP (or even if you don't) check out the kit. It's gorgeous!
Third... Can I tell you that I JUST discovered the COOLEST digiscrap store! Thanks to my job at RAKScraps on the Sponsor Team, I just discovered Tangie Baxter's store. It's an amazing store with some GORGEOUS designs! Check these out! The images should be clickable. There is a also a code on the store blog for 30% off your purchase... I don't know how long the code is good for, so head over there and grab some beautiful stuff! There are GORGEOUS doodles, both in whimsical and primitive style. There are tons of designs for your altered art as well. This is a store that I will be following closely... and probably spend more money than I should there! :)
Fourth, another amazingly talented designer, Melissa Bennett, has 50% off her store until the end of March... better hurry and stock up over there!!! LOVE her new kit, Chickadee! She has some gorgeous pre-made bracket album pages that coordinate with the Basic Grey albums.
AND, speaking of bracket albums, and other shapes as well, SaraAmarie has a few new albums in her store! We have been working together to get these albums ready. It has been a delight and I have really enjoyed working with Sara. She is a complete sweetheart!
Well, I think that's enough from me for today... I am going to go do some scrapbooking instead of enabling all of you! :)
Sunday, March 30, 2008
DigiScrap Stuff
Friday, March 28, 2008
layout to share from ScrapDish
credits:
ScrapDish February 2008 Collab Kit
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
So, this was dinner tonight...
Sliced potatoes (I did about 9 small potatoes, sliced about 1/4" thick)
1 can cream of chicken soup (I use the 98% fat free)
1 can milk (the cream of chicken soup can filled with milk)
onion powder
garlic powder
ham cut into chunks
handful of cheddar cheese
I washed and sliced the potatoes. I leave the peel on. Then mix the soup & milk & spices together. Put all ingredients in a crockpot on low for 5 hours.
BBQ Turkey Meatballs
YUM! I made these last night for dinner and they turned out so much better than I hoped! By the way, our Costco has fresh ground turkey for $2.29/lb. Soooooo, we got a pack of that and some of their sandwich rolls and had a great dinner.
1 lb fresh ground turkey
1/4 cup oatmeal
1 egg
onion powder
garlic powder
Combine all ingredients very well, form into golfball-size balls. Brown meatballs in hot oil. Cook in crockpot for 3 hours, add BBQ sauce (KC Masterpiece original is AMAZING!) and heat for another 1/2 hour. This made about 16 meatballs. We served them on warm sandwich rolls. Thomas added fresh parmesan and I added romaine lettuce. Hannah even liked them. These would be REALLY good served over rice.
Fun layout to share!
this is a picture from October, but Ainsley just looks so cute and her little outfit is so springy!
credits:
for adsr #9
garland, flower pot: Jofia DeVoe's Not Very Serious
leaf doodles: Happy Doodles by Angelica E
flourish: Christine Smith
ribbon wrap: amanda kay
bumblebee: krystal hartley
grass: krystal hartley's grass is greener alpha
pink flower border: krystal hartley's spring fever doodles
blue paper, frame & bunny: krystal hartley's contribution to the Faith Sisters Easter kit
polkadot paper: Laura Burger's Date Night Paper Pack
cloud: Tara Dunston's Paint It Up
harlequin paper: Dani Mogstad's Snow Bunny Kit, recolored & blended
font: DJB Meredith by Darcy Baldwin
New layout to share!
credits:
Misty Cato's
papers from Homespun Love at SBE
SaraAmarie
frame from Basically Neutral
In the Forest
at SweetShoppeDesigns
another layout to share
credits:
Laura Burger's
Date Night Paper Pack at treasurestoscrap
yellow gem: Freakadelic at acot
bits & pieces at treasurestoscrap
freestyle alpha at treasurestoscrap
butterfly by Mary's Scrapgalerie
New layout to share!
credits:
tracey monette of clever monkey graphics
black sticker alpha
early spring green
orange paper, green flourish: fall wash
mini-bits alpha
at scrapbook-elements
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tooting my own horn!
Okay, Mom & other family members who live to far to come visit me AND those slacker relatives who live close enough, but just haven't come over yet... HERE are the pictures of my house, finally put together. There is still a lot of work to be done, but it looks a TON better than it did a week ago.
This is my front door and the view into my house from the front door. I am very proud of my kitchen table! We didn't think we would have room for a kitchen table in this house!
As you come in the door and turn to the right, you are in the main living area. Please remember, these pictures were taken in the afternoon on Easter Sunday, after a long day of cooking, candy and kids!
Then, this is farther to the right. The doorway you can see between the couch and the chair is to our bedroom... not a hallway, directly into our bedroom. You'll get a better appreciation for our setup later into the tour.
This is the view from the door of the family room into the kitchen. Did I mention that it was late afternoon and the house is a mess?! If not, let me tell you that my kitchen doesn't usually look that bad. Sorry, Dad, my cupboard doors don't stay closed. The cupboards are too narrow for a box of cereal up top. And the bottom cupboards just don't stay closed. It makes me CRAZY!!! And that door next to the highchair DOES go into the bathroom. The far door is Hannah's room.
This is our bathroom. As you may have noticed, we don't have a ton of storage in this house. So, we put a dresser in the bathroom for bathroom stuff. It is going to be painted nutmeg once the weather gets a little warmer and spraypaint sticks. And the walls don't look that bad in person. I mopped them when we moved in, but I think I made them worse. I need to just stock up on Magic Erasers and scrub them. 
When you go into Hannah's room, you see the window with her adorable new curtains! I pinned the flowers on the curtains all by myself. I know, I know, I'm talented! To the left of the door is the kids' closet. Yes, there is a dresser in the closet. No, there are no doors on the closet. The doors take up too much room, so we took them off. No one ever comes to our house, so functionality is more important than appearance for us in this little space. The door that you can see on the right side of the picture of the dressers is the door that goes down to the basement and out to the backyard. So, we can't block that door if we want to be able to do laundry or use our backdoor. It has a childproof handle on it so that Hannah can't escape. I am betting that we are going to have to add a high deadbolt before our lease is up!
To get a feel for the real size of this house, yes, that is a regular size twin bed. It goes from wall to wall. 
Then, this is the view from Hannah's bedroom door back through the house. And the view from the kitchen door into the family room & our room. Our room isn't ready to be photographed at this point. We still don't have dressers for our clothes, so we have piles and baskets of laundry all over the place. But at least it's clean laundry.
A week ago, there were still a lot of boxes all over the house. Thomas and I were up until about 4am Sunday morning trying to get everything ready for Dylan & Ashley to come over for Easter dinner. We got a lot done, but we know that there is still a lot more to do. Our favorite part is that we have our table set up and we can eat dinner together as a family, and all have a chair! :) We only have two barstools, so someone always had to stand during dinner if we wanted to eat together. We love our little home and it finally feels like a home! Thomas picked out the family room curtains. I think he did a pretty good job! We found them at IKEA, along with the curtain rod. AND he hung up all the pictures and shelves, except for the crooked ones... I'll take responsibility for those. :)
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Free Quickpage for you!
Be sure to check out Misty Cato's blog to get this QuickPage free and see her beautiful new designs!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
My big project!!!
A Walk in the Forest Banner Album
Seven RANDOM facts about me!
Rachel tagged me, so here we go...
1. I HATE things being misspelled. But when I type, my left hand types faster than my right, so I always end up misspelling things. And I think I might be a bit dyslexic, too.
2. I miss good food. I hate having food allergies. Okay, I know I complain about this all the time, but it's so true! I read a restaurant review on my friend, Jenna's, blog earlier and I am so sad that I can't eat a single thing at that restaurant!
3. I am a packrat AND a clean freak. The two don't mix well. I have stacks and stacks of clean clutter all over the place. The good thing is that I have a lot less clutter today than I did a week ago! My house will get finished soon!
4. I hate wearing socks and closed-in shoes. But I LOVE flipflops and HIGH HEELS, even close-toed ones.
5. I have no desire to ever go to someplace like Hawaii... I'd rather go somewhere I have family.
6. I love to shop, but hate to spend money.
7. Bleach is one of my absolute favorite scents.
Feel free to be tagged and participate!
Aleisha tagged me!
Thanks, Aleisha!!!!
3 things that....
Fascinate me:
How things work... like cars.
How things are made... I LOVE that show on the Discovery Channel
Am I really so dull that I can only think of two???
Inspire me:
Beauty. Beautiful things like flowers, mountains, trees, clouds.
My kids. They inspire me to be a better person.
The gospel. I can do it. And what I can't do on my own, the Savior will help me.
Anger me:
Dumb people. Especially dumb people driving.
Bigotry.
Liars.
Delight Me:
My kids! They make me laugh!
Vanilla soy ice cream with Hershey's syrup and soy nut butter. I REALLY wish I had some right now!
Hannah telling me that she loves me & seeing Ainsley smile when I get her out of her crib!
Frighten me:
That my husband or kids won't live as long as me.
Not having health insurance
SPIDERS! I hate them!
Relax me:
A HOT bath with a book and a scented candle... hmmm, the kids ARE asleep! :)
A hug from my amazing husband
A clean house, hence the reason I am ALWAYS stressed out these days!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
My Weekend Update
Here is another fun *free* QuickPage that I created for Misty Cato with her Fields of Fun kit. I love that kit. It really is a sweet kit! You can find the link to the QuickPage on her blog.________________________________________________
My big top secret project is going well. I am really enjoying it! That's all I can say about that...
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here are a few photos for you...
On Saturday, we went to Grandpa & Grandma Cardall's house for a family Easter party. Nothing like getting the kids all hopped up on sugar a week early! Hannah thinks it's Easter all week. But she had a really good time playing with her cousins and doing an Easter egg hunt. Ainsley liked the shiny pink eggs. Hannah loved all the candy inside the eggs, Mommy DID NOT! There were oval-shaped candies that looked like chocolate. I made Thomas bite into one to see if there was anything inside. Nothing but Hershey's chocolate! SCORE! So, I started eating them out of Ainsley's basket. Delicious! Until I bit into a peanut butter filled one! NOT GOOD! I immediately spit it out, brushed my teeth and rinsed my mouth and took allergy medicine, but my mouth and throat itched for over four hours anyway. I'm really lucky it wasn't worse. I have officially decided that I am no longer eating anything from anyone or anywhere unless I can read the packaging! It really scared me. We don't let our kids even eat peanut butter, so I forget that other people allow their kids to eat it. No more unpackaged candy for us! But, the good news is that I didn't die or have to go to the emergency room. AND we had a good time visiting with friends and family at Grandma & Grandpa's house.Other than that, nothing much has happened around here. We are trying really hard to get our house completely put together this week. We need to hang some shelves and figure out what to do with our clothes. We still haven't figured out what to do about a dresser. So, for now, our clothes are in storage bins. lol! :) I feel like I am back in college, except with half the closet space (and half the wardrobe! I miss being able to share clothes with my roomie!). We have to get one of our cars fixed and registered tomorrow. It didn't pass the inspection due a check engine light being on (it hasn't had its 30k mile inspection) and a couple of other things. So, we can't just take it to any mechanic, we have to take it to a dealership. Sounds like a conspiracy between the state of Utah and car dealerships to me. Not looking forward to getting the mechanic's bill for that one. I wish I had spent more time with my dad learning how to fix cars. I am guessing that they are going to tell us that we need a new catalytic converter tomorrow. What a pain!
And on a completely different note...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GREG!!!!
It's after midnight, so I can post that now!
And another entire different completely different note...
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
I am honoring my part Irish heritage and making green pancakes for Hannah tomorrow (Monday) morning.
And now, I am going to go put Hannah in her bed (she fell asleep on the couch) and head to bed myself. Have a great day y'all!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Attention Font Collectors
Creating Keepsakes Ali Edwards handwriting font is available for free on their website. This is one of those highly coveted fonts! If you like handwriting fonts, be sure to get this one!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
just checking in...
I am working on a couple of big scrapbooking projects and will be pretty busy for the next couple of weeks. So, if you don't see me posting here much over the next week or so, don't worry too much! :)
We have been having great weather here. We've been trying to take full advantage of the sunshine! :) 
This layout is from when we went to the park the other day. I love this new kit! It will be in the store at Scrapbook Elements on Sunday (I think!). This layout is for a scrapbooking contest that I am in right now.
Based on a layout Lil Pumpkin by Athenagwis
Tracey Monette of Clever Monkey Graphics
Easter Kit
Mini Bits Alpha
beads from Spring Robin
available at Scrapbook Elements
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New Layout with Krystal Hartley's Designs
this is from april of last year... my momma with my girls! love ya, momma!
credits:
Krystal Hartley's
paper coming soon...
rough & red alpha at faithsisters, purplepaperflowers & coming soon to polkadotpotato
wordstrips from Little Black Alpha at faithsisters, purplepaperflowers & polkadotpotato
Love Is Freebie at faithsisters blog
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Layout with SaraAmarie's Buggy Collection
this is my adorable little niece, Chloe! Isn't she just the cutest little thing??? I just want to hug that little chubby baby!
credits:
sara amarie
buggy cute: extras
buggy cute: ladybug
tag: basically neutral
tiny sticker alpha
all at SweetShoppeDesigns
Monday, March 10, 2008
some pictures
Here are few fun pictures from the last week or so...
I put Ainsley in her exersaucer with a Red Vine. It bought me about 15 minutes of peace and quiet.
This is Ainsley & I relaxing together before the Red Vine. She has the stinkiest baby feet in the entire world! Not kidding. You could smell those little feet across the room. She wasn't wearing sock or anything. I scrubbed her feet at least three times that day. She just had a stinky feet couple of days. Thank goodness it has gone away. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
We went to the park this afternoon. It was about 50 degrees today and beautifully sunny. The air was actually clean and you could see the mountains.
Hannah learned how to pump her legs while swinging today. Mommy even tried to do it a little bit. Mommy was pretty nauseas for a while.
This is Hannah when she got to the bottom of the HUGE twisty slide.
This is Hannah and Daddy playing soccer this afternoon. Hannah is so TALL and is so grown up these days. Love that little kiddo!
This is Ainsley's first time in a swing. She didn't seem to have much of an opinion on it. Hannah used to love to swing at this age, but Ainsley just sat there. She didn't seem scared at least. This is the most of a smile I was able to get out of her.
This is Ainsley standing up on her own at the park. She's wearing REAL shoes! Before, her shoes were always too big and the only ones that fit her were her boot slippers. So, I was trying to find her some shoes to wear today and I found these adorable little tennis shoes. They are a size 3! She never even wore her size 1 & size 2 shoes. They were too wide for her.
Daddy, Ainsley & Hannah walking through the grass together.
Hannah & Ainsley sitting on one of the turtle statues at the park.
