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Play It Again 2 & 3

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Queen Wild Scraps has two awesome template packs being released today. Each pack has six templates, so they’re a great deal. They’re 40% off through September 19th. They were previously given away as freebies or included in retired collabs, hence the fun Play It Again name.

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Lahni is offering them as a buy one get the other free deal. So head on over to SNP and put Volume 2 in your basket and you’ll get Volume 3 for free. This deal is only available until September 19th.

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We have some fabulous inspiration using these templates.

First up the Play It Again 2 inspiration.

Beth has two layouts. The first uses Awesome August.

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Henriett has two layouts. The first uses Forty Weeks. The second uses Springing into Luck.QWS_PIA2_Henriett1

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Kandice has a layout that uses Awesome August plus the Awesome August Add-on, which is free as part of SNP’s use it all challenge that Lahni is hosting this month.

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Tina has two fun layouts. Don’t you just love the title in that first layout? Kids can be so particular about which pumpkin.QWS_PIA2_Tina1

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Now for the Play It Again 3 inspiration.

Beth has a gorgeous fall feeling layout. Or maybe that is just me hoping for cooler weather.

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Henriett has four layouts. Isn’t she a scrapping machine? The first uses Sweet Baby Boy. I love the fun posed photo in the second. The third uses Magnificent May and the last uses Fabulous Fall.QWS_PIA3_Henriett1

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I have a layout with Janette loving the neighbor’s cat. Come back tomorrow for more details about my layout.

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Kandice has two layouts. The first uses a retired kit and the second uses Smooth Sailing.QWS_PIA3_Kandice1

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Tina has two layouts. The first uses Awesome August and the Awesome August Add-on.QWS_PIA3_Tina1

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Grease is the Word

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Woohoo!  A “boy” kit!!  I know they are not easy to find in digi-world.  So you should get excited over this one:

The word cute doesn’t do this kit justice!  I love the happy mechanics and check out that tow truck.

There are a total of 34 elements and 20 papers, plus an uppercase and lowercase alpha that includes punctuation.  For the month of September it is exclusively available at Scraps N Pieces.

Here’s a layout I made using this fun kit. Journaling reads: I’ve always loved taking photos, but since having kids, I am constantly taking pictures. The Canon Powershot S3 IS camera that we had purchased back in fall 2006 broke in October. It had just gotten bumped by me and left within arms reach of the girls too many times.. The last bump/fall caused the lens to get stuck and not go in or out. After I received a new camera for Christmas from my parents, James decided to see if he could fix the old one. He got it all taken apart and even if he had been able to fix the problem, I’m not sure he would have been able to put it all back together. There were so many tiny screws.

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Digkit: True North Scraps – Grease is the Word
Template: AK Designs – Template Pack 8
Font: Sophomore Yearbook

Of course the rest of the North Stars have also made some fantastic LOs using this kit:

 

 

We ended up taking Jessica to her pediatrician’s walk-in Saturday morning clinic hours yesterday. She has walking pneumonia. Hopefully, with antibiotics, she kicks it quickly.

Layout Backlog

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I have a lot of layouts to share today.

First up is week 7 of my P52 2013 layouts. Sadly, I’ve only done weeks 5-8 so far.
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Digkit: Connie Prince – Project 2013 February, Project 2013 Wordbits, Project 2013 February Dates
Template: Queen Wild Scraps – Fabulous February
Font: dandelion in the spring (journal), 2Peas Heart’s Delight (title #)

Next is a layout our Valentine’s Day this year. Journaling read: “Our church, Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church, hosts an annual Valentine’s Day dinner, complete with child care. This year, James and I decided to attend. Dave Wilson provided photography. The food was delicious and consisted of chicken scallopini with angel hair pasta, slow-roasted Tuscan pork with roasted rosemary new potatoes, fresh green beans, homemade focaccia and a variety of desserts served buffet style. It was catered by Beth Watson. Cy Alberston, former music minister, opened for magician Arsene Dupin. The magician selected James and one other audience member to assist in a few tricks. Their assistance to the completely mimed instructions added in some comedy. Afterward, I asked James what he thought about being selected. He said, he could have done without it.”
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Digkit: Connie Prince – Love Bugs; xoxo from Word Art World – It’s a Love Thing; stitching from Wendy Tunison Designs – She Wore Blue Jeans
Composition: SNP Speed Scrap #192
Font: Alamendro FG

Jessica took three sessions of swim lessons this summer, for a total of six straight weeks of lessons every day Monday through Thursday. James and I are so proud of progressions. This two-page layout is about the first two-week session. Journaling readings: “Jessica started by not participating at all. The first week, I had to sit on the edge of the pool to even get her to get in the water. The second Monday, 2 of the 4 kids weren’t there and she decided to actually participate. It was like something just clicked. I was so proud.” The layout was my entry in this year’s Scrap It to Win It Contest Week 5 Separation Anxiety to create a double page layout and use at least 5 colors that all have to be separated from the other colors. I won honorable mention in the contest for best journaling for this particular layout. The judges liked that I included the swim lesson report card.

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Digkits:
Red: Amy’s Designs – Ladybug
Purple: Queen Wild Scraps – Perfectly Plum
Yellow: Amy’s Designs – Happy Go Lucky
Green: Queen Wild Scraps – Springing Into Luck, Mommy Made This – Springing Into Luck Refreshed
Blue: Connie Prince – Swim On FB Freebie, Project 2013 February; Amy’s Designs – Splash, scatter from Amy’s Designs – Turkey Day (duplicate recolored)
Misc: background from Amy’s Designs – Ladybug; clear splash from Amy’s Designs – Splash
Font: Ka-Boing! (title), Daddys Girl (journal)

This next layout is from a speed scrap. The quote was required as part of the speed scrap and I thought these photos fit perfectly. Journaling reads: “After dinner, we took the girls on a walk to the neighborhood playground. Janette really loves the slide. James climbs the steps behind her, just in case, and he’ll slide down too. Janette just giggles as she watches him come down after her. Moving people are definitely hard to photograph with the camera on my phone.”
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Digkit: Trixie Scraps Designs – Spunky Monkey, Spunky Monkey Plaid Papers; frame from Word Art World – One Cool Dude
Font: Berlin Sans FB Demi (happiness), Crazy Girlz Blond BTN (title), Catherine’s College Days (journal)

Next up is a layout about my first time meeting my nephew Rylan. It was made during a speed scrap. Journaling reads: “I was so excited that Rylan decided to oblige his Aunt Jennifer and make his world debut while we were still in town for our spring break visit. Janette and Jessica both thought he was pretty cute and Janette kept wanting to touch him.”
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Digkit: Amy’s Designs – Fresh New Beginning, Happy Go Lucky, grunge/stamp from Let’s Play
Font: Organic Fridays (title), Candy Round BTN (journal)

The layout was my entry in this year’s Scrap It to Win It Contest Week 3 Triple Threat to create a layout with 9 elements, 3 papers, and 1 photo, with the twist of using each thing 3 times in the layout.
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Digkit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Just Us February, Just Us February Cardstock
Font: PegsannaHMK

This one was for a template challenge. Journaling reads: “We all enjoyed an after dinner popsicle, although Janette only ate part of hers.”
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Digkit: Connie Prince – Sweet Summertime
Template: Connie Prince – Gingerscraps Template Challenge June 2013
Font: RutmerHand

This next one was for the Scrap It to Win It Contest Week 4 Out of the Box. We were provided with the 6×6 grid. I thought it was perfect to scrap a lot of photos and so I did a second page to coordinate with Aspen’s 2012 birthday cake layout I shared here. Journaling reads: “There was yummy barbecue for lunch followed by two cakes. Jason decorated the Nemo one and Julia did the one with candles. Aspen received lots of cool presents including a tricycle from her parents. After watching the gift opening, the kids started playing and even hit up the dress-up box in the playroom. They had a lot of fun.”
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Digkit: Amy’s Birthday – Hello Birthday
Font: DaddysGirl (journal)

Today, Jessica and Janette started the 2013-2014 school year.

My Guy Loves Football

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It’s the first of the month and that means Bits N Pieces time at Scraps N Pieces. This month’s palette has greens, blues, yellows, and browns. Perfect to scrap your boys/men with. Queen Wild Scraps teamed up with Dana of Anchored Hearts Studio to make word art to coordinate with Dana’s elements and papers.

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From September 1st through the 7th, you can pick up the word art for the bargain price of $1.

Here’s my layout about a portion of Thanksgiving 2006.

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Digikit: Anchored Hearts Studio – My Guy Loves Football (papers and elements)
Word Art: Queen Wild Scraps – My Guy Loves Football Word Art
Template: Queen Wild Scraps – True Patriot Love
Font: RutmerHand

And now for some inspiration from the rest of the Wild Princesses.

Kandice used The Big Picture II in her cute kids layout. Look at her ribbon wrapping skills!

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Kristal has a layout with her adorable daughter holding a football. What a super composition!
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Meleah took it away from American football, see the versatility, and made a soccer layout. I love her grass and stars on the bottom of the horizontal photo.
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Tina also used The Big Picture II for her layout about a Dallas Cowboys football game she attended. I love how she put the football in the center of that paper yoyo.
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Final Midnight Madness

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This is the last one! If you’ve missed the sale before or if you have been putting off buying something from True North Scraps store at Scraps N Pieces, tonight’s the night. Starting at midnight tonight going until midnight tomorrow, every product in the TNS store is 60% off!

This is a great time to stock up on True North Scraps products, so don’t miss this 24 hour sale!