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A Place to Call Home

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A Place to Call Home was Word Art World’s portion of the Gingerscraps May Buffet. However, that sale was May 1-5. Oops, I forgot to blog about it. So it’s no longer on sale, but it is still really cute.

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That little sign saying everyone needs a place to call home called to me. I had to use it. I decided to scrap the photo of James and I with the sold sign in front of our first home. We no longer live there, but we made lots of memories the little over 6 years we did live there. Journaling reads: On December 4, 2004, our real estate agent Tom Coplen took us to visit six houses. House # 3 caught our interest right away. It was a nice size and had a decent yard. The kitchen was fabulous and it had a huge walk-in pantry. We came back for a second walk-through and put in an offer. It was accepted and we went through the buying process: inspection and negotiations. We closed Friday, January 14, 2005, but didn’t move in until about Valentine’s Day. This allowed us time to paint all rooms except closets and have laminate flooring installed in the three bedrooms, all prior to moving. The laminate flooring we had installed matched the existing flooring that was in the living, kitchen, and dining rooms and made it so the master closet was the only room with carpet in the whole house. We were so excited to become homeowners.

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Digikit: Word Art World – A Place to Call Home
Templates: Memories by Digital Design – Coming Home
Font: Scriptina (title); Chaparral Pro (date, journal)

Weekly Masks

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Amy of Amy’s Designs is all about P52/Project Life. She makes the most amazing layouts for it. People were constantly asking her about them, so she decided to package up the masks she made and put them in the store so everyone could benefit. You can purchase Weekly Masks 1, Weekly Masks 2, Weekly Masks 3, Weekly Masks 4, and Weekly Masks 5 individually for $2.50 each or as a bundle for $10.

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I have two layouts to share today using these masks. My friend Jillan happened to post some of these adorable photos of her daughter and nephew having a lemonade stand the same day I picked up this adorable lemonade kit as the free-with-purchase kit. I asked her to email the photos and some journaling and she obliged.

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Digikit: Growing Pains Scrapped – Lemon Lush
Templates: Amy’s Designs – Weekly Masks 5; AK Designs – 4×6 Journal Cards 1
Font: Boyz R Gross (journal/date)

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Digikit: Growing Pains Scrapped – Lemon Lush
Templates: Amy’s Designs – Weekly Masks 3 (modified slightly); AK Designs – 3×4  Journal Cards Pack 2 & 3 and a 3×4 JC Freebie; Grace Blossoms 4 U –  Loving Life 4×6 Journal Cards
Font: Boyz R Gross

Amy’s Designs is also one of the three designers for the SNP May Mini Collab. The kit is called Jeepers Creepers and is all about backyard bug fun. The other two designers are Fit 2 Be Scrapped and Leaving a Legacy Designs. It is currently on sale for 25% off through May 21st.

Je Suis Content

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True North Scraps has a new kit
JE SUIS CONTENT

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available at

Go Digital Scrapbooking

(First released as a Freebie for Supreme Team Contest – now available for sale!)

and Scraps-N-Pieces

(available for sale)

Here’s my layout using this kit. I love the colors in it. Journaling reads: Our showtime for Galapagos 3D was noon. We finished up in the Hall of Paleontology and headed into the museum lobby. We bought a happy meal for the girls to share to tide them over until after the film. Janette was quite excited about the 3D glasses. Jessica, not so much. I couldn’t get convince her to put them on a little into the film. Of course, that was right at the scene with the marine iguanas sneezing out the excess salt from their body. With the 3D effect and sound track, this kinda freaked Jessica out and she wouldn’t put the glasses on again for the remainder of the film. Janette started out great, but got antsy as the film progressed and took her to the back of the theater so as to not affect other’s enjoyment of the film. She told me, “I want my Daddy” and tried to return to him, but we stayed at the back.

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Digikit: True North Scraps – Je Suis Content
Template: Wendy Tunison Designs – SNP Template Challenge May 2014
Font: Bauhaus 93 (title); Bradley Hand ITC (journal/date)

Here’s some inspiration from the rest of the North Stars

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and a freebie from North Star Beth

check her blog to download

Today’s True North Scraps’ Tuesday deal at Go Digital Scrapbooking is Grease is the Word for $2. There are a total of 34 elements, 20 papers, and a very greasy uppercase and lowercase alpha with punctuation.

Here’s a reminder of my layout using this kit. Click the layout to go to my original blog post about this kit for more inspiration.

It Looks Familiar

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Check out a recent release by True North Scraps. It Looks Familiar has a real vintage feel to it. You can pick it up at Scraps-N-Pieces now and from Go Digital Scrapbooking and Heritage Scrap at the first of May. There’s a bonus add-on too.

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I decided to browse my collection of vintage pictures. These two photos of Tami with my in-laws worked perfect color-wise. James is currently about the same age his Dad was in this photo. I can really see the family resemblance.

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Digikit: True North Scraps – It Looks Familiar
Template: Busy Crafting Mommy Designs – Big Beautiful Templates
Word Art: Word Art World – Swap 159 Freebie
Font: Another Typewriter

Color Pop

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Word Art World has a great new kit out. Color Pop has neutral papers with colorful elements, allowing you to make layouts that really pop. It’s a huge kit with 191 elements and 20 papers plus an alpha that comes in nine colors. You can pick it up at Gotta Pixel or Gingerscraps.

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I have two layouts to share using Color Pop. For the first, I highlighted just a single color with the black and white papers. Journaling reads: I pulled out the water table for the first time this year. Jessica and Janette had a lot of fun. They both got quite wet and wanted to go put on their swim suits. I should have known that was going to happen. I told them they could put on dry clothes when they were finished playing, but we didn’t have time to go put swim suits on and come back outside and play. They decided to strip down to undies/diaper. Their happiness made me happy. I love to watch them learn and have fun. March 17, 2014

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Digikit: Word Art World – Color Pop
Template: Keystone Scraps – Sensational Scraps Vol. 6
Font: Charlie

The second highlights photos from our anniversary celebration this year. I ended up adjusting the color of James’ shirt slightly so the blue fit more with the turquoise in the kit. Journaling reads: We celebrated our tenth anniversary by having dinner at Baby Acapulco followed by an evening of comedy at the Long Center. The Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: Two Man Group show was very funny.

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Digikit: Word Art World – Color Pop
Template: Aprilisa Designs – Tranquility
Font: Wolf in the City Light (journal); You Won’t Bring Me Down (date)

Word Art World is also having a sale to celebrate her birthday.

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