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My sister turned 30 yesterday on February 4th. Sarah and I have that special bond that only sisters can have. Sometimes I feel like she is the older sister, maybe because she had kids before I did and I often ask for her advice regarding children. Although growing up, I was definitely the bossy older sister. Sarah, I hope you enjoy this card I made you.

I used The Sweet Stop Sketch #143.

Stamps: The Cat’s Pajamas Smells Like Cake, You Say It’s Your Birthday
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Taken with Teal
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Sweet Pea
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Stampin Up Taken with Teal
Tools: Stampin’ Up heart border punch

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Today is release day for the fabulous new digikit My Girl by Amy’s Designs. Amy designed it with the color scheme and elements of her daughter’s bedroom in mind.

It is perfect for those girly layouts. I’m sure you could use it for layouts that aren’t too girly, but the rest of the creative team had girl on the brain too. You can see their layouts here.

I have two layouts that use it. One I shared Monday.

The second layout also uses one of the photos from Janette’s newborn photo shoot. This was my favorite from the shoot with Kristie Woodworth Photography. We ordered an 11×14 print of it. I think I will use the layout for the cover page of Janette’s scrapbook album.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – My Girl
Template: Wendy Tunison – SNP January Template Challenge
Fonts: Janda Girl Chunky (title), Nillie’s Love Letters (tag)

Have a great day!

I have a layout to share today that I am really really pleased with how it turned out. It uses 5 of the photos from Janette’s newborn photo shoot by Kristie Woodworth Photography. I was beyond pleased with how the photo shoot went, so if you’re in the Austin area and looking for a photographer, I totally recommend Kristie.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – My Girl (to be released 2/1)
Template: Queen Wild Scraps – Love, Love Me Do
Wordart: Wordart World by Jennifer – Swap 47 (You are too cute)
Font: Copa Sharp BTN

This layout uses two brand new products: a digikit by Amy’s Designs that I will talk about on Wednesday and a template.

The template I used is one of five in the set that was released today by Queen Wild Scraps These templates are perfect for Valentine’s Day. They’re not on sale just yet but starting on Wednesday Lahni will be the featured designer at Scraps N Pieces and her whole store will be on sale!

Check out these templates – don’t they look fun? And don’t forget they now include page and sbpage files for SBC users!

Check out what the Wild Princesses did with the templates…

Brooke used Crusin’ with the Mouse by Growing Pains Scrapped:

Christin used Watching You Grow by Christin and Mommy Made This:

Henriett also used Crusin’ with the Mouse by Growing Pains Scrapped:

Kendra used You’re A Hoot by Scraps N Pieces:

Kimberly used I’ve Got You by Pardon the Mess:

and Just be You by Designs by Snowlady:

Kortni used It’s a Beautiful Day by Adriana’s Cafe:

and Ladybug by Amy’s Designs:

Lauren used Unforgettable by Designs by Christi:

and Wild Thing by Meagan’s Creations and Gettin’ Scrappy with Britt:

Shaheen used Forever by the Designing Divas:

Lahni used Simplicity by Wendy Tunison:

Simply Red by Wendy Tunison:

Will You Be Mine by the designers at Scraps and Pieces:

Clipped by Meagan’s Creations:

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

This year I decided that I would do a P52. Basically, this means I will take at least one photo every day of the year and I will make a weekly scrapbook layout with 7 photos for that week and journal the everyday moments. I have been steadily working on it, but I haven’t shared any of it yet. I thought I would do that today. Don’t forget you can click on the images to view bigger.

Cover

This first layout will be the cover when I have all the layouts printed in a bound book at the end of the year. The inspiration for the blocked look and title came from this post by Wishing Well Creations. The poem by William Arthur Ward I included is the January Quote Challenge at Scrapbookbytes.com.

Digikit: Connie Prince – Ready for School
Template: Creations by Julie – Simplify Your 365 Templates
Fonts Big Fish Ensemble (title), Smarty Pants BTN (poem)

Week 1

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Playground; Inspired Designs – Colors of My Life
Template: Creations by Julie – Simplify Your 365 Templates
Fonts Used: Mickey (Week # and days of the week), DirtyDarren (journaling)

Week 2

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Playground; Inspired Designs – Colors of My Life
Template: Creations by Julie – Simplify Your 365 Templates
Fonts Used: Mickey (Week # and days of the week), DirtyDarren (journaling)

Week 3

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Flashback; Inspired Designs – Colors of My Life
Template: Creations by Julie – Simplify Your 365 Templates
Fonts Used: Apple Boy BTN (title), Smarty Pants BTN (journaling)

Have a great day!

Jennifer of Word Art World provided this fabulous template for the January Word Art Challenge over at Gotta Pixel. I really like the idea of a year in review post like my sister did too, so I am combining them in this blog post. Don’t forget you can click on the picture to view it bigger.

Digikits:
Colors of My Life: Dates – Inspired Designs (month markers and fasteners)
Amy’s Designs – Ladybug (red stitching)
Meryl Bartho – Walk on the Wild Side (brown stitching)
Plum Dumpling Designs – The Greatest Gift (square present)
The Latest Scoop Too – The Greatest Gift (tall present)
Dani Moy Designs – Sail With Me (sailing elements)
Summer Driggs – Flipflop-sicles (flip flops & sunglasses)
Connie Prince – Just Imagine (butterfly)
Template: Word Art World – January 2012 Word Art Challenge

January – Pretty routine. Filled with Gymboree music classes and play dates with Jessica’s friends.

February – James and I went to San Francisco for four days without Jessica, our first time leaving her overnight. She had a blast with Nanny and Papa. More music classes and play dates. Mothers of Young Children (MYC) group at the church for me. We conceived Janette around the end of the month.

March – We put our house on the market and had it sold within a week. Lots of house-hunting (we looked at 50+ houses total). More play dates and MYC.

April – Pregnancy confirmed and monthly check-ups start. More househunting. Closing on selling and buying. Moving. MYC.

May – Playdates. MYC. We marked West Virignia off of our 50 states to visit list with a trip with my parents. We celebrated James’ Mom’s 60th birthday.

June – Jessica and I spent a week in Midland while most of the interior our new house was painted. Play dates. We bought Jessica a little wading pool for the backyard and we also started visiting our neighborhood pool. We traveled to Corpus Christi with James’ parents and our nephew Dawson for a little fun. James traveled to Toronto for work.

July – Our new washer, dryer and dishwasher were delivered. The anatomical ultrasound was performed and we decided not to find out the gender. Jessica took swimming lessons. Play dates. Dzubinski family reunion at the Antler’s Inn in Kingsland.

August – Play dates. Jessica started Mother’s Day Out at Abiding Love Lutheran Church.

September – Play dates. MDO. Monthly OB appointments changed to bimonthly appointments. I became the craft coordinator for the new MOPS (Mothers of Preschool Students) group at the church. We visited Midland and helped out after James’ Mom had her knee replaced.

October – OB appointments become weekly. MDO. Play dates. Jessica turned two on the 16th. James turned 32 on the 25th. Janette was born on the 31st, two weeks early.

November – James lost his job in AMD’s 1400 employee reduction in force. Jessica had her first dentist appointment. MDO. Play dates. We spent Thanksgiving with the Dzubinski family at my brother’s house. I turned 31 on the 30th.

December – MDO. Play dates. Jessica really got Christmas this year and enjoyed singing and pointing out baby Jesus. The Dzubinski family Christmas celebration was held the weekend before Christmas at my parents. We also spent a little time with James’ family while in Midland. We went to Christmas Eve service at SHPC and enjoyed Aric and Kristy’s Christmas Day tradition of fondue. James’ parents and our nephew Dawson arrived the day after Christmas and spent the rest of the month visiting us.