Spring Sentiments - April Mixology

Oh my goodness!  I have been having fun this weekend!  Ginger's Scraps N Pixels over at Go Digital Scrapbooking 
http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.phpmain_page=index&manufacturers_id=134
has this new kit "Spring Sentiments - April Mixology" to play with.  Lots of flowers and bird thingys, great way to welcome Spring. (And Praise God, Spring is FINALLY here!)

I really love the leaves on this kit, so I chose to highlight them with this layout. I like the way the green of the baby's shirt is echoed in the frame and leaves and center of the one flower.

I'm trying out different clusters and placement.  Not sure this one really works, but it was fun to make.  The couch in the kit is so weird, it's fun.  I wanted a rug for under the couch, so I filled an oval with one of the background papers. The "Listen to the birdie sing" kinda looked like a hamburger to me in my first layout and it's really a beautiful Word Art, so I highlighted it in this layout.

Ginger really has some interesting flowers, doesn't she? She hand-makes them! Knowing that made me want to find a lovely way to highlight them, so I made a cluster with them and also used one as a pillow for the couch.  Loving the rug idea, I used it again.  This time using every element in the Mini Kit #1.

This layout is using one of the Templates loaded on the MyMemories software. I don't think I did a very good cluster for the middle, but I wanted to use everything in the kit.

This I created using the beautiful Splats kit.  I really love these butterflies!

A Simple Easter

Just got a new kit from Ginger's Scraps and Pixels, called "A Simple Easter".  You can find it on http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_dnld_info&cPath=29_272&products_id=17885
I've been having a lot of fun playing with the kit and I've already made 3 pages

Don't you love all the rabbity fun? I'm crazy about all the flowers and the ephemera.  

This is so perfect for Easter!

Freebies!!!

Hey!  I've got some freebies for you today!

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Freebie 1

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Freebie #3

Created by Polka Dot Chicks, Touched_By_A_Butterfly & AneczkaW

Available free until March 9th.

Raggedy Christmas

Christmas is almost here!!!   

Ginger over at Ginger's Scraps N Pixels has a new kit for us to play with.  It's called "Raggedy Christmas" and it's found on: http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_dnld_info&cPath=29_272&products_id=16486

I don't have any Raggedy Ann or Andy dolls, but I have some books.  I used one of the collage templates from the MyMemories software, inserted the some of the books in place of photos, and also included some illustrations. I made a cluster from the beautiful flowers in the Raggedy Christmas kit, and finished it with Raggedy embellishments.

  

Had a really fun photo of my dear, deer daughter.  I don't know which embellishment I like better, the deer or the kitty!

Mystic Orient

Thanksgiving and Black Friday are a memory.  I'm sitting here thinking of some of the things I'm thankful for. One of the many things I'm thankful for is our youngest child, Aurora, and the great adventure we had on the road to adoption.  Rori was born in China and it was really wonderful getting to visit her beautiful birth country.  I made these layouts using a kit called, "Mystic Orient" by Ginger Scraps N Pixels.  You can find her store at: http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com...cturers_id=124 

Wow!  It was cold in Beijing!  The Great Wall is so high, the temperature was below freezing and the wind made it even colder.  Look at the photo of the steps.  Did you realize the steps on the Great Wall were so steep?  That's the view from the top of one set of steps. They go straight down! Hold that handrail!

 

The Temple of Heaven Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests was really interesting.  When you stand at the center of the Temple and speak (As the Emperor did) every person in the crowd can hear you. Even so much as a whisper can be heard. Folks thought the Emperor was magic! 

We saw so much and learned so much during our trip to China.  But the best thing that happened to us in China was meeting and adopting Aurora. Aren't these elements just perfect?  I love this peacock!

Free MyMemories Software!!!

Big surprise for y'all today! MyMemories has given me permission to give away MyMemories 4 software for FREE!!!!  Yup! You heard it! FREE!!!  You have until October 20th to get the free download.  If you want the discs, you'll have to pay for those, but if you want the software, go to: http://www.mymemories.com and then click on "software," then "MyMemories Suite," then under "Buy it now" click "Download Software" and "Add to cart." Then under "Enter Coupon/Promo Code" put in FreeTreatEE22. Then proceed to checkout. Download your software and enjoy!

The software comes prepackaged with some embellishments and papers to start you out. MyMemories also has lots of freebie quickpages and layouts for you to give a try. And they have tons of free tutorials. You will love this software, I promise you!

Treats, No Tricks

GingerSnaps and Pixels has been really going crazy with creativity!  First Ginger was in a series of contests and then came out with this really fun kit: Treats, no Tricks on
 http://gingersscrapsnpixels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67&products_id=50

 

I love the alphas in this kit.  To make the letters pop and the kids stand out, I added a triangle of a more plain background.  Don't you love the bat paper? The little bat element just makes me smile.

More fun alphas, but this is Word Art in the kit.  I loved all the candy background paper and elements I couldn't read the word art against the candy corn background, so I added the rectangle of the white backed candy paper.  I added a mat around it to make it stand out more.