Total Random-ness!!

I'm so scatterbrained now that school is out!! Having the kids home all the time and not having homework to help me keep track of the days is really messing with my head!! (Today is Monday, right???) So I just thought I'd post some of what's been going on in my little world. K...here goes...be prepared for total random-ness.

First of all...did you hear the news?? My friend, LEAH FARQUHARSON, is one of the newest designers at Funky Playground Designs!! YAY, LEAH!!! She is really rockin' the digi designs!! She has a super cute collaboration, "Mary Mack," with the cutest little potty people and some super chic houndstooth!! Here's a page I made using it:

Her "Journal Your Heart Out" journaling spots and date stamp are a must-have...especially if you're a hybrid kind of girl. LOVE those!! Here's a page using the Green Peace solids & alpha and bits and pieces from Leah's other kits, (Chinese Whispers, Hopscotch, and Merry Go Round), and those fabulous journaling spots...

And her Green Peace kit, alphas, and solids are some of my faves from her.

Here's a page using the kit,alpha, and journaling spots...

And...I'm on Leah's CT!!! Yes!!! And guess who else is on the team??? My friends, AMANDA & JESS!! We're all former AC Bailey DT members and now we're all back together again!! It's been SO much fun!!! And Leah is having a CT call!!

She'll be adding a few fabulous creative peeps to the team and I'm so excited to see who'll be joining us!! You can check out all of Leah's fabulous creations in the store at Funky Playground Designs. (So exciting!!)

And I added another CT to my list....Joyce Paul is another one of the new designers at the Playground and I just joined her team!! I've made a few layouts using her kits...

You can check out her designs in the store at the Playground. And since we had so many new designers joining the store, I've been whipping out the layouts left and right so here are just a few random ones....

*whew!* Overloaded yet?? Just a few more! ;)

The fabulous Miss Traci Murphy asked for guests artists at her awesome challenge site, Hodge Podge Art, and I was one of the lucky ones!! This week's challenge was all about "emotion." So here's my layout for the "show your{emotion}" challenge...makeup-less photos and all!!

And I haven't forgotten about Miss Jodie McNally's team...here's a little something I did for her...

And Shaui (Fei-Fei's Stuff) is expecting a new baby!! Awww...yay!!! But she's having lots of morning sickness...boo!! But I haven't forgotten about her team either!! Here we go...

Woohoo!! I think I'm all caught up now!! And now to the random-ness...

I am in love with every single print from this fabulous etsy seller, carambatack. How gorgeous are these??

And I think I need one of everything from the amazing designer, Kate Towers. drooollll. This especially

Okay...I'm seriously done now! No wait!! I just say the news today that my friend, Becky Williams, has just landed a two month guest spot at My Scrapbook Nook!!! CONGRATULATIONS, BECKY!! You rocked that contest, girl!! I'm so happy for you!!! WOOHOO!!!

K...really...now I'm finished!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day!! Thank you for stopping by!!

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Where Have I Been?!?!

EEK!! I'm such a terrible blogger! Ack! So let's see...how can I sum up how my last few weeks have been?? Hmm...I know...with a visual aide...here we go...

Yep...that was my view when I went to my daughter's school to watch their little talent show. For about an hour and a half...I got to take in this lovely image. I don't know if you can tell, but his shirt actually says, "Horny as Hell." (Always appropriate attire for an elementary school, right?) I've been in therapy ever since. LOL!!! Pfft!! I know what you're thinking...why did I take a picture of THAT?? Well...I just had to have evidence...I didn't think words alone could do it justice! Oh my...Okay...so I think you get the picture...probably a little too vividly, right? Things have been a little hectic and sometimes, a little crappy. (Boo...bad pun!!) Enough of that...moving on...thankfully! ;)

Things have really been buzzing behind the scenes over at Funky Playground Designs!! Lots of exciting things to come...I can't wait to share!! Only a few more days and I'll be able to spill it all!! But I can share some of the layouts that I've been making for FPD...

And Fei-Fei's stuff was in the Spotlight over at Oscraps. Shaui hosted such a fun challenge! Nothing on your page could be straight...everything had to be turned on an angle. Here's the page that I did for the challenge:

And this is just another page for Shaui's team...

And this is a little tribute to all the mom's that I did for Jodie's team for Mother's Day...

And here's a little page I did for Dianne Rigdon's team...

And a hybrid baby shower invitation for Dianne's team...

Okay...I think I'm all caught up now. But I have more to share...soon!! Yay!!! I hope I didn't scar anyone with my lovely picture...I hope no one has nightmares!! {heehee!!} Have a wonderful day!! And I promise...next time...my blog will be crack-free!!

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Happy {i}NSD to everyone!! So...I have some news that I can finally share!! I made the CT for Fei-Fei's Stuff at Oscraps!! AND...I'm now on the Funky Playground Designs site CT with my buddy, Leah!! How cool is that?!? I have to thank my friend, Amanda, for giving me the heads-up about Fei-Fei's Stuff call and for all the encouragement when I wasn't sure whether to give it a try or not! And I have to say "Thank You!" to my friend, Leah, for shooting me an email to let me know about the FPD site CT call and giving me all kinds of encouragement and telling me to give it a whirl! Thank you, girilies!! You guys rock!! I'm hosting my very first challenge for FPD today and I'd love it if everyone would come over and say 'hi!' Here's the link but you'll need to sign in.

Shaui has a super-cute new kit, "Explore the Jungle," and some fabulous swirlies, "Pop Swirls," that I've been playing with...here are a couple new layouts:

And Traci has a fun and fabulous new kit...."all about da funk" and I made a LO with it...my first page as a Funky Playground Designs Layout Artist!!


So that's all for now...I have to pop back into FPD and checkon my challenge...I hope to see everyone there!! And I hope everyone is taking advantage of all those fabulous NSD sales that are going on this weekend!! Can you believe it...I have bought one thing yet!!! That's just wrong...I need to shop!! Have a wonderful day, everyone, and thanks for stopping by and letting me share!! mmmwwwaahhh!! :)

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I'm a StepMom!!

Well, technically I'm a hybridMom but MiYon's back-up CT is called StepMoms so I'm a StepMom! MiYon is the fabulous Scarletheels whose fabulous designs are at CatScraps and I am honored to be part of her team. She put out a call for her back-up team...one layout per month...I can handle that!! :) And she emailed me to ask if I would be interested in being a hybrid CT member. Um...heck yeh!! So I can create as much as I want but my requirements are one hybrid LO every other month...digi on the other months. Sooo...I downloaded my first kit and it is gorgeous!! It's called "Muse's Return" and here are my first official layouts for MiYon. (The first one above, the second one here...)

Isn't that kit dreamy and magical??? It's funny...I always sort of leaned toward the digital stuff that looked like traditional pages but I am really loving the freedom that comes with the whimsical, dream-like pages. And Traci has a fabulous new kit in the store now! It's called "Love Plus One" and it is so yummy! Lots of doodly hearts and the cutest little elephants EVAH! :) I made tow LO's over the weekend using the new kit and even though they're similar, I liked both of them for different reasons so...I uploaded both of them. Here they are....

Awww...weren't we cute?? That's a picture of DH and I that my picture took a *few* years ago. {hehe!} Let me see...what else....Jodie McNally has some really fun new date dots and alpha dots in the store and some new papers so I made a quick and simple P365 layout using all of her new stuff.

Hangin' in there?? Too many layouts?? :) I've been away from the blog so long, I got a little behind on my layout posting. So I have a few more...Dianne Rigdon has some really fun new goodies in her store. Lots of bling and super cute doodles...I played a little with those...here's what I came up with:

And I almost forgot...I broke out Traci's Artistic Frames and Alphas again and my a little layout those and a bunch of other Traci-goodies. :0)

*whew!* That's the last of 'em!! Did you make it through?? ;) What can I say...I've been busy! {hehe!!} And I really am keeping up with my pic-of-the-day...haven't missed a day yet. I'm just very bad at getting them uploaded to the internet. I'll be sharing some of those next time.And finally...have you all been to AC Bailey lately?? Erica has been hard at work giving the store and message board a facelift and it looks great!! You should stop by and check it out when you get the chance. Thanks for stopping by and hanging in there with me all the way to the end! Have a great night!

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