High Expectations LO and No Looking Back...Or Down LO

Hi everyone!  I sure hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!  We had a great time, in spite of not feeling so great!  I don't know about you, but I sure have a lot to be thankful for!!  So while I've been sick and dealing with holiday stuff, I've kind of had to put scrapping on the back burner.  Well, I'm back and on the mend and here with a couple new layouts!!

Credits: L8ter Sk8ter by Blue Heart Scraps; Children Wordart by Inspired Designs; I Love Templates: Template Pack 4 by Inspired Designs

Credits: Relax Mini Kit by Blue Heart Scraps; I Love Templates: Template Pack 6 by Inspired Designs; Font: Pea Croxford, Typewriterhand, and Too Much Paper

 

So Sad LO

Credits: Moody by Sanko Studios; Moody Template #4 by Sanko Studios; Font: Jake by Lisa Sisneros and Traveling_Typewriter

 

Bright Future LO

Inspired Designs has come out with another awesome grab bag sale!  Her new grab bag is on sale for $3.99 and you get a new kit: A Brand New Day, the coordinating stacked paper pack, cluster pack, and wordart pack!

Credits: A Brand New Day kit, Wordart Clusters, and Stacked Papers by Inspired Designs 

 

I enjoyed cooking when I was a teenager, however, once my dad "required" that I cook, I immediately refused!  I was learning so much from my grandmother at the time, but you know how it is...as soon as some one tells you that you have to do something, your first response is to do the opposite.  

Well, I am now older, wiser, a wife, and a mommy, oh and HUNGRY!!  I've become more "domesticated" now that I'm a stay at home wife and I'm loving it.  I actually enjoy cooking once again and I love trying new recipes - especially goodies!!  

So anyways, for my husband's birthday I wanted to make him a homemade cake (not one from a box).  I ended up making a mocha cake with homemade espresso buttercream frosting.  It was kind of a pain because I don't have a standing mixer, so I had hold the egg beater for the longest time, but it was SO worth it!  It ended up being the best cake and frosting I've ever had and I'm totally making it again...now to convince my husband to let me get the KitchenAid standing mixer that I've been dreaming about...

Credits: In The Kitchen kit and Cluster Set by Inspired Designs; I Love Templates: Template Pack 5 by Inspired Designs; Font: Pea Smashtastic; Recipe from www.browneyedbaker.com

 

Road Trip LO

In 2009, my husband and I decided to move from Southern California to Anchorage, Alaska.  We also decided to drive and pack all of our worldly possessions into our vehicles!!  It was a crazy road trip and we did it in less than a week!  By the time we made it to Anchorage, we were so stressed out and exhausted!  We needed a few days to recover from our move!  Well, as I said that was in '09 and I've yet to scrap anything from that adventure!!  Thankfully, I was able to use Monica's new kit "Road Trip" to scrap some about this crazy week from 2009.

Credits: Road Trip by Scrappamondo by Monica; Font: Pea Kensey

Here's Monica's fun new kit - AND - she has a new store opening up at With Love Studio!!  Get 40% off of everything in her new store from November 18-22!!

 

Chance to win new kit Road Trip from Scrappamondo

Who out there doesn't enjoy having the opportunity to win something??  I know I do!  In fact for DSD I won a game of blackout scrap bingo over at GingerScraps, which got me 1 free kit a month for a year!!!  Man that was a fun game and an amazing prize...

...So as I was saying, who doesn't like getting some awesome digi product for free??  Well, Monica is such a gracious designer that she is giving you all ANOTHER chance to get her new kit for FREE!!  WooHOo!!  All you have to do is stop by her BLOG and leave some love for her.  On November 19th she will pick a random winner and that's right, you just may be getting her new kit Road Trip for free!

Here's a sneak peek of what's to come!!

 

Silver Lining LO

Credits: Gray Skies by Lisa Sisneros; Font: Quirky by Lisa Sisneros

 

Through Your Eyes LO

Credits: Autumn Colors by Scrappamondo by Monica; I Love You Templates: Template Pack 4 by Inspired Designs; Wordart: Autumn Pt 1 by Inspired Designs; Font: Dear Mom by Lisa Sisneros

 

Dreamer LO

Credits: Technicolor Dream by Lisa Sisneros; Font: Quirky by Lisa Sisneros

Here's a look at Lisa's kit Technicolor Dreams:

 

Enjoy Every Moment and Everything LO's

Credits: Just Another Day Collab by Blue Heart Scraps and Sanko Studio; Template: Layout Template 12 by Christy Haig Creations; Font: Pea Bhea

You ever watch something, a video, or skit, and get teary eyed every time??  Lifehouse's Everything Skit does that to me every time!!  So after watching it again recently, I just had to do this layout!  

Credits: Just Another Day Collab by Blue Heart Scraps and Sanko Studio; Font: Neato Handprint by Lisa Sisneros and Franklin M54; Lyrics: Everything by Lifehouse

This Layout was chosen for GSO at DST!

Here's a look at JoyLynn's collab with Sanko Studios.  Go pick up yours from Polka Dot Plum where she's guesting!!

 

Circular Business

Credits: Fresh Picked by Blue Heart Scraps; Children Wordart by Inspired Designs

Here's a look at JoyLynn's new kit, Fresh Picked!  You can pick this adorable kit up at Polka Dot Plum where she's guesting!!

 

Colors LO

I don't know about you, but this has been such an eventful weekend!!  I haven't completed as many LOs as I had hoped to, but I sure have been having fun playing games and entering contests around the different forums!!  One LO that I did happen to finish is so different from most of my layouts and I happen to really like it!

Credits: Light Up the Sky by Lisa Sisneros; Font: Mary Jane's Shoes

 

DSD (Digital Scrapbooking Day) time once again!!  Woot Woot!!  Be on the look out for lots of discounts and freebies around digi land!!  I <3 digi scrapping!!

Monica of Scrappamondo Designs is sharing the love by offering her new kit, Autumn Colors, for FREE November 5-7!!!!  Go to Scrappamondo by Monica and get it FREE!!

 

Oh my goodness, the goodies continue with DSD only hours away!!!  If you are a font fanatic like me then you HAVE to go to Lisa Sisneros shop over at Cat Scrap!  She has a bunch of really amazing fonts (and kits) for sale AND if you spend $10 in her shop for DSD weekend, then you will get her new Quirky Font for FREE!!