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A Summer to Remember

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It’s Gotta Grab It time at Gotta Pixel. Word Art World has three adorable pieces.

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I really wanted to use some of the fun summer wordart and it took me a while to find photos that I wanted to use. I went back to 2010. That’s Jessica in the photos. Outside of the bright green grass, I felt the other colors really complemented the pretty pastels. I’m really glad James takes the camera from me every so often, so that I can be in the photos too. I also really appreciate his input. For instance, I had narrowed my background paper to three choices for this layout and he chose the one you see.

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Digikit: Word Art World – A Summer to Remember (elements, papers, word art)
Template: Lindsay Jane Designs – Gotta Pixel Tempting Templates Challenge August 2013
Font: USIS 1949

It’s tax free weekend in Texas. Are you shopping for school supplies and clothes?

Heat Wave

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August days are usually so hot and muggy and the kids are at that stage where they are bored being out of school.  So what do you do with them?  Take them to the water park!

This kit is so refreshing just looking at the fountain and the ice pops and all the water droplets spraying around and it’s in such classic summer colors.   It started out as a Bits N Pieces kit for Scraps N Pieces, but I’ve bundled it up now and it’s only $5.00.

You get 32 elements, 12 papers and an adorable teeny alpha jam-packed with uppercase, lowercase, numbers and many punctuation marks!

One lucky person who reads this True North Scraps’ blog will win this kit!  Just leave a comment about what your favorite “keep cool” summer activity is.  Dawna will randomly choose a winner from the comments on Friday at 7:30 a.m. CST. Good luck!

I made a layout about some fun we had at a splash pad recently.  Journaling reads: “After Jessica’s swim lesson, we headed to the Hill Country Galleria to play at the splash pad. Since it was a MOPS playdate, I had a chance to chat with Lori Sonnier while the girls got to play with Lori’s three boys (the youngest is just a few weeks older than Jessica). Unfortunately, since we had arrived late, we missed seeing Michelle Elley, Kristal Cohle, and Ann Marie Mosher and their kids. After splashing around, we dried off and walked to Which Wich for lunch.”

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Digikit: True North Scraps – Heat Wave; Scraps N Pieces – Your are My Sunshine Cardstocks
Template: Connie Prince – Backyard BBQ
Font: Giddyup STD

True North Scraps is having a sale at her Heritage Scraps shop. Check out the flyer below.

Have a great weekend!

Layouts, Layouts, and More Layouts

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Today, I’m sharing a bunch of layouts.

Since today is Aspen’s birthday, I’ll start off with a layout from her birthday party last year. I have plans to make a few more layouts from that party, but I haven’t yet.

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Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Hello Birthday

Next up is a layout from Jason and Julia’s wedding.

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Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Two Hearts, Two Hearts Add-on
Template: Wendy Tunison Designs – Temptations Vol. 10
Word Art: Word Art World – Swap 69 (A Love Story)

This next layout has even older pictures.

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Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – The Pursuit of Happiness
Template: Mommy Made This – Chevron Love Templates (June 2013 Template Challenge)
Word Art: Word Art World – Cousins
Font: Sweet Home Oklahoma

Back to some layouts with more current photos. Journaling reads: “We took a bike ride to the Capistrano playground to enjoy our Friday morning. Janette definitely wants to be just like her big sister. Janette saw Jessica climbing up the spiral steps and she wanted to climb up too. She saw her on the climbing wall and wanted to climb up that too. It is so cute how she admires Jessica.”

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Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Playground
Template: Connie Prince – Project 2013 January Templates
Fonts: Pacifico (title), Mountains of Christmas (quote), Catherine’s College Days (journal, date)

These next two are coordinating pages. Journaling reads: “Mom and Dad spent the night at our house on their way to Houston for Dad’s appointments at MD Anderson. We went out to eat dinner and on the way back home, we stopped at the Gatling Gun Park to let Jessica and Janette play for a bit. Janette absolutely loved the bouncy pony.”

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Digikit: Connie Prince – For You, For You Add-on, For You FB Mini Sampler, Little Explorer
Mask: Indigo Designs – Gotta Pixel Mask Challenge June 2013
Template: Karen Diamond Designs – Border Curves Templates
Font: Humble Beginnings

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Digikit: Connie Prince – For You, For You Add-on, Little Explorer, Little Explorer Embossed Papers Frebbie (Designs by Shari)
Template: Connie Prince – Topsy Turvy Template Challenge June 2013
Font: Humble Beginnings

Then I have a layout I made for a speed scrap last weekend.

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Little Explorer, Little Explorer Freebie Embossed Papers; anything green from Karen Diamond Designs – Biology Class
Alpha: Connie Prince – Little Explorer Alpha Freebie
Font: PegsannaHMK (title); Humble Beginnings (date/journal)

And last, I have a layout made for last month’s template challenge at SNP. Journaling reads: After Jessica’s Tiny Tumblers class, we out for dinner. While we waited for our food, Jessica and Daddy did the word find on the kid’s menu together. Jessica is getting really good at recognizing all her letters. She’ll see something and ask “What word does [it] start with?” When we tell her which letter, that will start a barrage of words. I love her desire to learn.

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Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Grandma’s Junk Drawer
Template: AK Designs – SNP Template Challenge July 2013
Font: Catherine’s Lazy Days

Have a wonderful week.

Scraps N’ Pieces in August

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Here’s what’s going on in August at Scraps N’ Pieces…

Store Collab: Road Trip

Summer is winding down and soon the kids will be heading back to school. The designers at Scraps N’ Pieces have been busy putting together a new collab called Road Trip.  This kit is full of fun elements to scraps all your precious road trip memories. Road Trip Kit $7.99 / Quick Pages $5.99 / Bundle (Kit & QPs) $10.99

Bits N’ Pieces: Classic Summer

The Bits N’ Pieces this month is all about your classic summer activities and more.  Be sure to grab each piece for just $1 during the first week of sale.  After that, most designers will be bundling them up at regular price.

CU Grab Bag: Branching Out

Our CU Grab bag this month is FULL of  leafs.  This is one you will not want to miss out on.

Scraps N’ Pieces Facebook Hop: GLAMOUR

Be sure to head over to Facebook now and “like” all the designer Facebook pages.  Starting Sunday, August 11, they will be having a Facebook Hop.  The theme is “glamour” and the colors are fun!!

Project 2013: July

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As a guest CT member this month for Connie Prince, I was able to work with previously released kits as well. I chose Project 2013 July. I have two layouts to share today. Kit details are linked in credits.

The first layout contains pretty recent photos. Journaling reads: “In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the first National Ice Cream Day was celebrated July 21, 1984. Now, it is celebrated the third Sunday in July, which this year was also July 21st. We had hamburgers for dinner at Phil’s Ice House followed by ice cream from Amy’s. Jessica insisted on her own, instead of sharing. They both picked sweet cream and since Jessica got M&Ms sprinkled on top, Janette of course, wanted some too. James had cinnamon. I opted not to get any, since I knew I would be finishing both the girls’.

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Project 2013 July, Project 2013 July Extra Paper Pack, Project 2013 July Flair Pack, Project 2013 July Word Bits
Template: Connie Prince – Seeing Double Vol 2 (part of July’s Templatetopia)
Font: Kristen ITC (journal)

The second layout I’m sharing is for my P52 2013 album. I’m not going to share all the journaling unless I get a request in the comments.

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Project 2013 July, Project 2013 July Dates
Template: Scrapping with Liz – Weekly Project Templates Vol 8
Font: Desyrel (journal), Georgia (title)

I hope you’re having a fabulous week. Happy hump day!