Happy Halloween!

Hello all! Hope you're having a wonderful Halloween so far! This is really one of my favorite holidays.. I especially love an excuse to eat more chocolate :) I'll be working tonight though, watching Zachary while his parents are at a party. Hopefully we'll have some trick or treaters come by so I can see some cute costumes! A/w, now for the good stuff... the Blog Train!!!
Knock (click) on my door to download my part, an alpha:
And next stop on the blog train is Mel

By the way, Please remember we are all in different time zones... everything will be available to download on Halloween but some may be earlier or later than others. Also, these links WILL be up for awhile so if there's any errors with downloading because of traffic then please be patient. You will be able to download at a later time :) Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy all of your "treats"!

Worn Paper Freebie

Good afternoon! I was gone all day looking for houses with my hubby. We're actually just looking for a house to rent instead of this small apartment we're in but we couldn't find ANYTHING that was for rent... they are all for sale. So blah! We're going to keep looking though. I've got to leave and go to work (so we can actually afford a house lol) but I do have a freebie for ya! Hope you enjoy:

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Oh and anyone looking into selling at a new store or someone who wants to give designing a try check out the Top Secret designer contest we have going on at Sun. The first assignment will be given out (by me!) Friday (tomorrow).It's seriously going to be a lot of fun and we can't wait to get some new faces in our store! Guess that's it for now... I better go get dressed for work! Later! :)

Freebie!!!

Hello all! I hope everyone has had a great beginning to their week. I've been super exhausted since starting work again! I have to say I have a great job so far though! The little boy I'm watching is such a sweetie.. lol most of the time. One minute he's hugging and being sweet and the next I'm his target with his fake gun... but that's a boy for ya! I guess I just need to get back in the routine of working though because just the few hours I work makes me sooo tired! Not to mention I've had a killer ear ache for 3 days now :( I'm going to the doctor in the morning if it still hurts when I wake up. Hopefully I'll be back in a normal routine soon though because I have so much going on scrapping wise and I can't wait to get it all finished :)
Which brings me to my new item in my store and a FREEBIE! My wonderful CT member, Rayisa, made some gorgeous quick pages using my Vibrant Spirit kit! They are in my store now and here's a preview:

Didn't she do a fantastic job?! She also made an extra so I have one as a freebie for ya!! You can get it by clicking HERE! I hope you enjoy!!

Well I have a few more minutes to spare before I need to get to bed so I'm going to babble lol feel free to ignore ;) So the people I work for have this coffee/cappuccino maker. I couldn't remember the brand or anything so I started googling and found it. It makes one cup at a time, which would be great for Justin and I, and it can make coffee, espressos, cappuccinos, lattes, tea, hot chocolate, etc. I LOVE hot chocolate and I drink it like crazy when it starts getting cool. Justin loves coffee but it's really a waste to make a whole pot because he normally only has one cup and I don't drink it at all. He loves lattes and that kinda stuff too. So yeah I googled and found the machine it's a Tassimo Hot Beverage System. Now maybe I live in a little bubble but I've never heard of these things before. I mean I knew that they made one cup coffee makers and some that made tea too. I knew you could get espresso machines but I guess I've only seen the ones that are like $1000 because I never thought twice about buying one. This thing is just awesome though! I tried the hot chocolate while at work today and it was soooo good! It has these things called T discs that you just pop in and press the button and it reads the barcode off the disc and makes your drink. The barcodes tells it what all needs to be included and how much because like espressos are only 3 oz drinks while hot chocolate is more like 11 oz or so. It even has some lil milk things that don't have to stay cold and from what I've read most machines like this have powdered milk but this one is liquid and supposedly better. Anyway the best part is it's only like $200!! Best Buy sells it though so Justin gets it on discount and much cheaper. Pretty sure I'll own one in a week so after we both get paid. Ok sorry lol just had to share my excitement! I'm going to bed now... night!!!

Autumn Breeze & a Freebie!

I just finished up my new kit and I think it's my favorite that I've done! It's called Autumn Breeze and obviously based on the wonderful season, autumn/fall! I have yet to experience fall here in TX so I'm hoping it's just as great as MS. I've always LOVED fall... the colors, the weather, the upcoming holidays... it's just all so great! :) A/w, here's a preview of my kit... (it's clickable to my store)
I'm still working on a few more kits (2 collabs and one more w/ just lil ole me) so I'm a busy busy woman! I wish I had way more time to design!
I went for a job interview today :) It's to be a full time nanny for a 3 year old boy. He's absolutely adorable! When we lived in MS I kept telling Justin I wanted to go to school and get my degree in childhood education or something close to it. I wanted to open my own daycare and watch children all day. He always told me it was a horrible idea so I looked into being a nanny. Well in MS there's not much of a demand for it... everyone's too broke there to pay someone else to put their kids infront of a tv. Ok that sounds bad lol but there's not much else to do in MS so that's generally what people do with their kids. I've worked in a few daycares and that's what most of them did which really bothered me, hence why I didn't work in them very long. Anyway... after we moved to Longview I realized there was actually a demand for nannies and babysitters. So I put my profile up on a few websites that are made for finding nannies. I've sent emails to a few of the families but I heard back from this one lady last week. We scheduled to meet this morning. I got up pretty early today and got myself all cute and drove to their house. I stayed there about 2 hours just talking to the mom and playing with the little boy. She called to see if I could babysit for them Saturday night and asked for some references. She said she's going to call them and then talk it over with her husband. It sounds promising :) My husband is really excited for me since it's something that I've been wanting to do. And of course if I like my job then that puts me in a better mood when I get home from work and therefore makes his night much easier/better lol. So everyone wish me luck!!
Well.. for sticking around I've got a small freebie for ya. It's just some word art. There's actually 2 but here's a preview of one:

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Well I'm exhausted from getting up so early and I have to do it all over again tomorrow so I'm heading to bed! Night all!

After The Rain!!

So my new kit, After the Rain, is in the store now! Yay! It would have been sooner but I was enjoying my time with Justin so much I just didn't have time to get it all ready. Anyway... Here's a preview of it:
And I haven't announced my CT yet (coming soon!) but here's some GORGEOUS layouts made with the kit so far:

By Fliffy

By kelmichaels

By Träumerin

By mama_pajama

There's more in the gallery at Sunshine Studio Scraps and they are all amazing! And.. of course I've got a freebie for you that matches it, as promised! There's a quickpage and then a lil something extra for you that didn't make it in the kit. Here's a preview of the quick page:
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Well I guess that about sums it up for today. I'm working on a collab with someone right now and I have a few ideas for kits but nothing in the works yet. I'm probably going back to Texas tomorrow or the next day so I'll be a little busy moving AGAIN lol but should still be around since I don't have a job yet. That's on my to do list for this week... find a job! Well night all! Enjoy!

New Kit and a Freebie!!!

I'm on a roll lol a kit and a freebie in the same day!! And... I'm working on another kit (wooohoo!). Yeah... you guessed it... I'm having a boring day so I'm wrapped up in digital world :)

Here's my newest kit...
Inspired by Sarah's precious little girl, Lily, this kit is just perfect for the princess in your life! Includes:

12 Textured/Patterned Papers
4 Colorful Bows
2 Flair Buttons
2 Clustered Buttons
1 Adorable Princess Castle
1 Bunch of Calla Lilies
1 Single Calla Lily
2 Fabric Flowers
3 Paper Pieced Flowers
2 Clothespins
1 Paper Pieced Fence
2 Staples
1 Paperclip
3 Paper Word Art Pieces
1 Chrome Princess Crown
5 Curly Ribbons
1 Twisted String
Journaling, Stitches, and more!!

It's in my store now so go grab it!! :)

And... just for you and for sticking around this long here's a freebie :)
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Anyway... I'm loving all of the applications for my call so far! Keep em coming :) I better get back to my kit I'm working on before I lose all inspiration... I'm outtie!

Vibrant Spirit

My kit now has a named, you guessed... Vibrant Spirit. Julie was the lucky one! She's actually the first person that posted a name and it just stuck with me. Julie, please send me an email at akp_02 (at) yahoo (dot) com and I'll give you a coupon for the kit! :)

For everyone else... how about 15% off the kit? I hope that will work for you! It's in the store now here. Just use the coupon code LoveMyReaders for the discount! Thank you for all of the wonderful suggestions and I'm sure I'll be using more than one of them for later kits.

Check back tomorrow and I should have some matching freebies for the kit as well. Some of the wonderful Sunshine Sweeties helped me out with some stuff so I'm going to share with you! Now I must go clean (blah!!!!) so I'll "see" ya later!

Name Me!!

Hello all!! I hope you're having a fantastic day (or had in my case b/c it's almost 1 a.m., you know my usual posting time lol)! I worked all day and then came home and finally finished a kit I've been working on for a few days! I was just STUCK and couldn't get anywhere on it! Now I'm stuck again and I need your help... My kit needs a name!!! Think you can help me out?

Here's how it'll work. I'll post a preview in just a moment and just leave me a comment with the best name you can think of! Whoever posts the name I choose gets the kit for free!! (Big Yay!! here lol) If I like your name and I think I might use it later, just not for this kit, then you may get a special gift as well ;) Oh and if the name I choose is posted by more than one person then only the first person that posted it wins!

Ok, ya ready???

Whatcha think? There's tons of stuff included in this kit... 12 papers and over 40 elements! So go ahead, hook me up with a great name!!

Oh, I must add.. You have to be quick lol. I'm going on vacation and I need to get this in my store by Friday morning so I'll pick a name Thursday night (don't worry I'm a night owl so it could be really late) :)

And... since you made it this far (in the reading process I mean lol) I have a freebie for ya! It matches this kit so you can get a sneak peak of it ;)

Click Here to Download

Well that's about it! I hope you enjoy and I look forward to seeing what names you all come up with! Later!! :)

Freebie!!!

Ok I promised a freebie so here it is... Just a lil mini kit for ya!

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Ok I'm exhausted and have lots to do still lol so I'll be back later! *Muah*

FREEBIE!!

My wonderful, AMAZING friend (and only CT Member lol), Sarah, made a gorgeous quick page for you all! It's made with my new kit, Tropical Punch. I just love her page she made so I think I'll have to use it soon as well! I hope you like it!

Click here to Download

Sunshine Sweets

Welcome to the Sunshine Sweets 1st Annual Easter Egg Hunt!" The Sunshine Girls (and surprise... we've added a Mr. Sunshine to our little designer group) hope you enjoy our newest collaborative freebie "Sunshine Sweets".

In the spirit of a traditional Easter Egg hunt we've decided to send you on a little, and VERY easy, hunt for our freebies! Simply click on my egg and download my freebie... inside your download will be my portion of "Sunshine Sweets" along with the link to the blog of another Sunshine Girl (or guy! LOL) just follow that link and click on THEIR egg...their download will contain the link for the next blog... and so on and so on...

Oh! and what would be an Easter hunt without the GOLDEN EGG?? Somewhere during your hunt, you will download the Golden Egg, this link will take you to somewhere where you've NEVER been before, someplace NEW and VERY exciting!! This new place will have a great surprise for you (and only you, our loyal egg hunters)! This surprise will also contain a link that will help you continue on your hunt until at last your journey brings you back to my little blog... where your hunt will be complete!

No hurry...all of our links will be active for plenty long enough for you all to find your eggs, crack them open and enjoy your sweets in time for Easter! So, get busy...have fun and have a great Easter!!!

**UPDATE: There seems to be a teensy mix-up. If you came here looking for the next "egg" and you realize you already have MY "egg", here's the solution: Go to Trish's blog and keep going from there!! Hope this clears things up for those of you who seem to have hit a dead end! Thanks for your patience and understanding!!

MEGA HUGE COLLAB!!

So here's one part of my wonderful news :) The Sunshine Girls have worked together to create our first in-store collaboration! YAY!! I know you want to see it so here's a preview...
It includes over 80 papers, 180 elements, and 7 alphas!!! It's over 750MB! Say it with me now... WOOOOWWWW!!!! You can buy the kit as a whole or just the Bright and Sunny or Shabby and Chic kits. We also have glitter, plastic styles, brag books, and more!
I know, you're excited so you want to go buy it now, right? So here's the list of places you can find it, just click them to go straight to the kit!
Ellie Lash Designs
Sugarplum Paperie
Web Designz by Kristi

Ok, well I got on here while at work to share the news so I better run! I'll be back tomorrow with more great news and a freebie!

So busy!!

I've got so much going on and so much great news for all of you that I can't quite share yet ;) It's very exciting though, trust me!!

I will let you in on a little fun we're going to be having later this week. Our Easter freebie collab will be posted shortly and you'll have a small Easter egg hunt to find all of your goodies!! Don't worry, it's an EASY one! There's also a golden egg waiting somewhere for you... somewhere new ;)

Oh and check out the ScrapMatters blog because I was lucky enough to host the Words for Wednesday and there's a small freebie waiting for you over there!

So keep checking back... there's so much fun stuff ahead!!!!

Sweet As Sugar!!

Good morning all!! I'm having a good morning so far... I got a lot of rest last night! I didn't go to sleep the night before, no idea why though, just didn't feel good I guess. So I went home last night and ate and spent a few moments w/ the hubby then went to bed. I did manage to upload my freebie to Digital Candy though :) Soo... here's a preview, it's called Sweet as Sugar
You can click on it to go get it in the Digital Candy store! :)

Also for all of my blinkie lovers, you can now purchase my blinkies in the DC store as well. I'm very excited about this. I think this will help me keep things straight and make the wait time shorter than usual since there will be some sort of order to my requests. Alright well I better go before my boss kills me lol. Thanks for stopping by!!! *Muah*

Freebie and Semi MIA

Hi all! I don't have very much time.. still super busy around here. Plans for moving have calmed down some but now I REALLY have to get packed and super fast. But I had time to get a freebie made for you... I actually did most of it last night but didn't have time to post it. So here it is...

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There's 4 flowers and 4 buttons, preview is not to scale lol I was in a hurry. I tried my hand at some stitches and this is what I came up with :)

I also wanted to mention for those that are interested in my blinkies that I'll be slightly MIA until I get completely moved and settled. I would still be more than happy to help you out with your blinkie needs but it just may take longer to fill a request. Just shoot me an email at blinkies4you (at) gmail (dot) com and I'll let you know a time frame and such.

I will be without internet for a short time while we move, hopefully a VERY VERY short time otherwise I might go crazy lol. I'll be able to go to a relatives house to get on some but not too much. So sorry if there's a lack of freebies in the upcoming weeks :( I'll try and make up for it later!

Oh and can't forget the wonderful Valentine's Freebie kit I'm doing with the same ladies that did Whimsical Wonderland... It should be out the first week in February! Everything created so far is just amazing!! IF I'm not here for some reason I promise my part will still get released... moving or not!! ;)

Gotta call the hubby and head to bed so I train my replacement tomorrow! *Muah*

Ribbon Wraps!

Well I got another freebie for you! I've been obsessed with ribbon and bows lately so I thought I'd share some with you! I got the main colors, I think, but threw in a few extra pink/reds for V-Day! Here's a preview...

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That's really it from me today! I've got some blinkies, cards/invites, and a few other things to catch up on.. lil busy bee is me!! Then tonight, probably after midnight, I'm going to get some plastic bins/tubs to start packing in. I don't do Walmart during the day and I try not to go at all until after 11 p.m. I normally go at 2 a.m. or so lol... try to avoid the crowds! Anyway.. gotta get to work! When I get a chance to post again I have some layouts and stuff to share with you! I'm out... Enjoy the wraps!

Freebie!!

I finally have another freebie for ya! I didn't have time to post it until now. It's 5 Journaling Tags that are colored for Valentine's Day!

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Be on the look out in the upcoming weeks because the wonderful ladies that brought you the Whimsical Wonderland freebie are working on a Valentine's kit!!! I'm so excited to be a part of it, of course! I'm not sure of a release date but I'm sure you can count on it being completely released by V-Day! I know you'll just LOOOVE everything that's being designed for you!! Keep checking back for more details! :)

Vday Freebie!

Aren't you all glad my hubby is out of town? lol I seem to get so much more done when he isn't here. Although I do miss him tons! He won't talk to me on the phone today b/c there's 2 games on that he just HAS to watch. He's at his dad's waiting his dad and little brother to get home from Texas then I'm sure he'll be wrapped up in video games for the rest of the night. Well here's the small freebie I got for you....
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I have a few invites/announcements to make so I better go! Hope you enjoy them!

Rubberbands

I got a freebie for you! Finally, huh?! things have been so insane around here but I think they finally might be settling down. It doesn't hurt that my hubby is gone at a friends playing video games lol. So here's the preview... Just some rubberbands to add to your layouts! Hope you have fun with them!

LINKS HAVE BEEN REMOVED

I also got a layout done for Bobbie- OneScrappyMom! It's of my cousin's lil girl at my wedding. She was blowing bubbles as we left... so cute!

It's made with her Rustic Love kit (which is very versatile!) and you can find it at Elemental Scraps.
Anyway, I'm off to take a nap since I'm all alone in PEACE and QUIET for once! :)

Whimsical Wonderland!!!

**I've still had some comments that the links are not working... Please be patient. We've had A LOT of downloads which is causing it to give errors when it's too busy. If you get any errors for any of our parts just please try again later. Thanks!!! **

Well our 12 days are over!! We have a surprise for you though! :) We have an extra day of wonderful freebies for you! Go check out Shawn's blog at Quick Page Love to get her part!!

Previous Days:
Day 1- Ellie
Day 2- Flergs
Day 3- Kristi
Day 4- Michelle (IdziBitsy)
Day 5- Nicole at SugarplumPaperie
Day 6- Polka Dot Plum
Day 7- ME!! Look below for my part! :)
Day 8- Trish from Templates N More!
Day 9- Adriane
Day 10- Monica at MGL Scraps
Day 11- Franziska http://digitalscrapbookgrapixs.blogspot.com/
Day 12- Jaque