Couple of things today and a freebie

My Friend Boo has a wonderful new kit in the store at Stone Accent Designs . It is dedicated to her Grandad and to honor what would have been his 100th birthday today. The name of the kit is GRANDAD. Nice purples and blues, with lots of very unusual papers. Oh and if you run over to her Blog you will find a very nice surprise. Boo is giving a gift a day for 100 days and that is not somethingyou find everyday.


She will also be giving this wonderful sampler, the links were not up earlier today but they are COMING soon!

As one of the Bloosoms, I had the chance to play with the kit and to make a couple of layouts using it. Thought I would show you what I did with the kit.

Credits:
BooLandDesigns_Grandad, Template1 bei Pixelninechen, Artists Script, Eye Candy 4000_Glass

Credits:BooLandDesigns_Grandad, THD_T60, DrumagStudioNF, Eye Candy 4000_Glass

I also broke down and did another Color Challenge kit. Papers are so easy to make for me, but man those elements really are hard. I really do not know what people want, so I just guess and hopefully I am right some of the time...LOL I put in some swirly things, maybe you all can use them.

Papers and Elements

Well that is all from me today, I do have some more layouts to show off but will save them for another day. I am about scrapped out for the day already.

Lois

Lookie what my Friend made

Amy AKA FamilyHistoryScrapper, one of my Fellow Boo's Blossoms used my Color Line Designs color challenge kit for a very pretty layout. I just loved how she turned one of the papers into frames for her photos and that cluster is beautiful. She made the LO for another of the challenges there, so we both won on that one...LOL

Thanks Amy for sharing!!!!

Short post tonight, got things on my mind and cannot seem to get into either blogging or scrapping, so I guess it is off to read a book.

Lois

Middle of the week already and a freebie

Man, this week is whizzing by. Hubby had to go to his heart DR yesterday for a stress test, but the news was WONDERFUL, no new heart damage from the heart attack he had in late November. Then the kids came for dinner last night, that is always fun.

I have been working on some bragbook pages for Brianna of her friends, using pictures she has taken at school. Now I usually scrap at 12x12 so making myself work with 6X4 has been a trip for me. I think she will like the kits I have chosen to use and I will post some of them as I get them finished. I will even share a few of them in .png format since I will be using my own freebie kits. That sure sounds odd, my own kits...LOL

Mentioning freebies I have another kit for you today. This one I did for KimB's Color challenge at DSO. After I had the preview made I realized I had told a fib on it, there are 14 papers not 12, so I guess you could call it a bonus...LOL

Papers

Elements

Well I must be off to finish some layouts for the kits I have for my CT duties. They have some really nice new kits over at Studio Style Designs and so does Tina Williams Designs. Tina has a wonderful series of kits called Faith Based Series and I think she is up to 11 or 12 of them. I have found them to work well for Heritage layouts. Boo has been keeping us busy with her surprise, you just never know what that girl will be haing us do next...LOL I can tell you this though on the 11th she will be showing it to you on her blog and maybe even on the Boo's Blossoms Blog .

Enjoy the kit and be sure to share your layouts with me so I can show them off here.

Lois

Monday, Monday and a couple of freebies

Well what a week this past week was. Do not know if it made the news in your part of the world, but it sure did here. All about how really totally stupid and mean people can be. I am talking about a young man (21 years old) and what he did to his 3 month old son.


On Tuesday Morning a couple walking in Galveston, found the body of a baby and it's carrier off the side of the road. The baby had died of blunt force trauma, but here is where it gets really morbid. The father of the child had stomped on the baby's head until he felt the skull crush and then like trash he threw it out on the the side of the road. Now it gets even more bizzare, he turned himself into the Philadelphia, PA police dept on Friday, saying he had done something bad in Texas. The police here had been looking for him locally since he only had 1/2 tank of gas and ten dollars.


How did he make it to PA, you might ask, well, this bad person, had stopped at churches and with a sad story had gotten them to give him money to travel on. How he could have the nerve to ask for help at churches after what he had done, is beyond me, but he did. It will now make it harder for those that really do need help to get it since he played the good people for suckers.


This is the second child that has been found thrown away in Galveston in the past few months. Neither one was from Galveston, the first was from Ohio via Houston and was named by the Galveston PD "Baby Grace". Her mother and step-father had killed her, placed her in a plastic storage box, and tossed her into the Bay. Some fishermen found the box and opened it and for the next month the PD tried hard to find who she was. Her Grandmother in Ohio saw the sketch and called the Galveston PD and the rest is history.

Soapbox time:::: Why if these people do not want these children, do they not give them away? Here in Texas, and I think most states, if you for wahever reason do not want your children, you can take them to the Police or Fire Station, or the local hospital and turn them over without any kind of legal action being taken against them. I know a couple that would have loved to have had either child, could have afforded to raise them right and would have been wonderful parents. They cannot adopt here in the States due to their age and her health, not anything terminal, just has to use a wheelchair to get around, but is classed as handicapped, so not eligable to adopt.


OK enough depressing things, so on to other stuff......

Did you all make it to the Boo's Blossoms Blog Grand Opening? Grab that wonderful kit? Boo was so nice to make it to share. I saw we had MANY comments and the LOs have started coming in, can hardly wait to see them posted. There will always be something going on there, challenges and some freebies from time to time. Speaking of freebies, here are a couple of kits I made for color challenges and thought I would pass them on to you all.


The first on was for the Color Challenge that Boo is hosting again this month at Stone Accents Studio where she also sells her beautiful kits (and she has a big surprise coming on the 11th of this month). Oh and if you check often at SAS you can end up with a very nice Mega Kit from all the kits made for the challenge.

Papers

Elements

Elements2

The second kit is also for a Color Challenge and at a store that Boo sells in, what a surprise...LOL The store is Color Line Designs and they have some really pretty things there. Here is that kit

Papers

Elements

Elements2

That all for now, see YA Later,
Lois

New Month and a GREAT New Blog

Febuary has come in with a beautiful, sunny day here in Alvin, Texas. 'Bout dang time we see some sun...LOL

Now about the GREAT New Blog, it is Boo's Blossoms and we, the CTs and Boo, the designer, have some really great things for you to see, download and do. First off it is the brain-child of Boo of BooLandDesigns (be sure to check her blog out too, she always has some goodies to share).

Just look at this great kit she made for the CTs to share with you.

Here are a couple of the Layouts I made using that kit.

SPRING

Credits: Boo Silva, BooLand Sedigns, Blossom, Template 14 by Fanette

Buchart Gardens

Credits: BooLandDesigns 'Blossoms', THD-T27, MaryHelenJF

As you will see at Boo's Blossoms , there will always be ways you can win a prize, get your layouts posted, plus, there will be some other wonderful surprises come your way. I didn't show everything that is offered there and you do have to go there to get the links for the new kit, so grab a cup of coffee and rush right over there, to see and grab some goodies..... I am off to see what I can find to keep me busy making layouts, because I heard a secret from Boo, that there is something big coming later in Febuary that we are all going to love, but more about that in a later post.

You know as I read my email this morning, I saw several new things, but I'll post about them later today, gotta go get a refill on the coffee.

Later,

Lois

Where has January gone????

I was reading on someone's blog today about how as we get older time really flies and all I can say about that is AIN'T IT THE TRUTH!!!!!!


Ok, on to business. The designers over at Studio Style Designs have made a superduper Mega Kit for Feburary and it is on sale right now until MIDNIGHT tonight (Jan 30th) for 50% off and let me tell you it is HUGE. Oh would you like to see it? That can be arranged just look below



I am one of the many Creative Team members there and of course I got to play with it some before it was realeased. Made a few layouts and some surprises to be announced at a later date.

First off I had to make myself a new desktop

Credits:
SSD Feb Mega Kit_You're Beautiful, MellyKat Calendar template, photo layout created by me

Then I remembered some picturs the kids took at the Reniassance Festival back in November, so I made it and called it Ren Faire Kids

Credits:
SSD Feb Mega Kit_You're Beautiful, ald_sih template 1, ScriptissimoForteSwirlsStart, Eye Candy 4000_Glass

Here is one of my Granddaughter called U R My Star

Credits:
SSD Feb Mega kit_You're Beautiful, THD_T63, ScriptissimoForteSwirlsStart, Eye Candy 4000_Glass and Fur

The template I used was compliments of Trish from Templates-N-More and you can find her templates at DID . She really has some fantastic templates.

Oh and while I am thinking about it, besure to check back on FRIDAY, because the Boo's Blossoms will be having a huge announcement and you can get all the scoop right here...LOL

Till then, try really hard to stay warm, cool, dry, wet, away from the wild-fires in North Texas and any other problems the weather might dump on y'all.

Good Night,

Lois

Monday Morning Quicky

Just wanted to post my last Freebie for the month. This one was created for the Color Challenge at The Scrappeing Garden, there are certainly some really pretty ones already there. Here is what the kit looks like, as usual I got a little carried away making papers...LOL
CREDITS:
Papers were created using PSP masks and template from Tina Williams, Frames from Tina, lace and ribbons from The Ephemeral Victorian and the bow from Scrapgirl.

and here are the download links, please leave me a comment either here or on 4shared.....

http://www.4shared.com/file/36021038/5b2f5f58/Jan_Color_Challenge_for_The_Scrapping_garden_papers.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/36021335/27d89dbc/Jan_Color_Challenge_for_The_Scrapping_garden_frames.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/36021913/f11adfdd/Jan_Color_Challenge_for_The_Scrapping_garden_elements.html

Later Y'all,

Lois