You guys are so sweet!!

Hi, everyone!! (That's my little card for all of you! {cheese!} I made it using Dianne's Hearts and Crafts kit.) A little info to share...Unfortunately, when Jesse was in the hospital, I felt like I had to step down from my DT position at AC Bailey. But can I just tell you how sweet all of the DT ladies have been through all of this??? I have received so many gorgeous cards and beautiful ATC cards to lift my spirits. I'm so touched at their thoughtfulness. Jesse went back to school almost two weeks ago and his first day back felt like the first day of kindergarten all over again. I was so worried! DH and I struggled with the decision...we didn't want to send him back too soon but we knew he was getting stronger and missing his friends so we just felt like it was time to get him back to a sense of normalcy. Well...on that first day back, my mailman knocked on my door and guess what?? Leah had sent me a big ol' box of happiness!! The timing was perfect! She sent me the most beautiful papers (can you say, Sassafras Lass??? yummy.) and fabulous journaling spots and super cute Flair and Thickers and..oh my...just a ton of wonderful goodies! I couldn't believe it. It seriously made me teary. (I had been a weepy mess all day so...it was bound to happen.) Anyway, I just want to say thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to all of the super sweet and uber thoughtful ladies over at AC Bailey. You guys are the bestest!! {{HUGS, hugs, and more hugs!!}}
So Jesse is better and back to school but...Syd came home Wednesday...with the stomach flu. Ugh. She's still sick...poor little girlie can't keep anything down...but it does seem to be letting up some. But before all of that started, I did manage to get some pages finished that I thought I'd share. Here's a hybrid layout that I made using Dianne Rigdon's Flit and Flutter kit and a digital layout using her "Shabby Love" kit:

And...Traci Murphy has a new collaboration kit, "Love in the Rain" in the store at Funky Playground Designs. I made a little layout with it and it ended up in the Spotlight at ScrapArtist. Woohoo! A $5 gift certificate to the store! :) Yay! Here's the page:

Let's see...what else...Jodie has some new word art in the Oscraps store that I love so I put this layout together using it:

And one using her holiday/vacation word art:

And finally...I bought an amazing kit from Catherine Designs at After5Designs called "Creation 23." Oh my...it's loaded with fun little elements and gorgeous papers. So I did a little playing...just for me. :) Here are a couple pages that I made using it:

Did I overload you with pages?? :) Thanks for hangin' in there with me! And thanks again, to everyone for all the sweet comments and lovely cards and ATC's and thank you, again, Leah, for your amazing generousity. You are a sweet and caring lady...thank you!!! I'm off to tend to a little lady that's not feeling so great. Is anyone else ready for summer break?? Have a great day!! Thanks for stopping by!!

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I got to play a little!

I've been feeling a little...well...blah. I think it's the change in the weather...Jesse was sick last week and I think he might have passed it along. woohoo. But he's feeling better so that's a good thing. Anyway, I've been a seriously bad blogger. And I finally got to play a little so I have a couple new layouts to share. I'm on Dianne Rigdon's hybrid Creative Team but she's so sweet and easy going...she lets us create whatever we want...digi...hybrid...whatever! So I whipped up a digi layout with her new kit:

Love the writing across the paper so I added a little of my own at the bottom...can you see the "two little girls...two big hearts?" It's very subtle and probably hard to see with the image being so small. But I like the way the page turned out. And I also made a hybrid layout with this kit.The rich, jewel tone papers were printed from her kit as well as the branch elements. Here's a little detail shot:

(You know I had to add a little Stickles to the leaves for a little hint of sparkle! hehe!!) The kit from Dianne is called "Well Worn" and I really love the richness of the colors! It will be available soon at ScrapArtist...I'll let you know when it arrives. ;)

Anyway...that's all for now...just wanted to share a little!! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day and having fun getting ready for Halloween!! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

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A quickie :)

Okay...so that's probably not the best title for a post, is it? hehe!! Oh well. I just wanted to hop on and say...I got my prize package from the fabulous Miss Michelle Clement!! And the papers are just so fabulous and adorable!! I don't think I can bring myself to actually use them!! Maybe I'll just put them in a frame and hang them on my wall. Love 'em! And the stamps...so stinkin' cute!! I'm not a stamper but those babies are getting used...soon!! I was so excited opening the package!! It was like Christmas morning! So I just had to share that little bit of news and say "THANK YOU" to Michelle. I luuurrrvve it all!!

And, since I hate to make a post and not include any pictures, I thought I'd share a little sneaky-peek- of a couple of my DT projects for AC Bailey Designs. Here's the first peek:

And here's the second...

I used the super-fun "In the Mood" CD from Digital Scrapbook Memories for this month's projects. What a fun little CD...loaded with goodies!! That's all for now but I want to leave you with one more little random tidbit...did you know that today (July 28th) is Beatrix Potter's birthday?? How about that? Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!!

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