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Proud 2 Be an American Revisited

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On Friday, I shared a layout made with the new digikit by Karen Diamond Designs called Proud 2 Be an American. Well, I finished scrapping the 2010 4th of July Party our friends Aric & Kristy hosted.

Digikit: Karen Diamond Designs – Proud 2 Be an American, P2BA Mixed Papers
Template: Karen Diamond Designs – June 2012 Template Challenge
Font: Amaranth

This second layout is not specifically about the party, but all the photos were taken at the party, some by my friend Kristy. This also uses a fun alpha that you can pick up as part of the new Font/Alpha Challenge over at Scraps N Pieces.

Digikit: Karen Diamond Designs – Proud 2 Be an American
Alpha: True North Scraps – Long Weekend Bar-B-Q Alpha
Font: Catherine’s Lazy Days

Have a safe and fun filled Independence Day tomorrow!

American Spirit

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Today is release day for a very patriotic kit from Amy’s Designs called American Spirit. It is perfect to scrap photos taken at all the Independence Day festivities you attend next week. Amy has it half off this first week.

And here’s a preview of the papers.

I have two layouts showcasing this kit. They’re both from our neighborhood’s 4th of July festivities last year.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – American Spirit
Template: AK Designs – A Royal Wedding
Font: A&S Black Swan (title), OhMyGodStars (title); Candy Round BTN (journal)

I’m not posting the journaling because it is basically verbatim from the blog post regarding this event. This second layout uses the same template, but I moved the pieces around and removed/resized some of the pieces.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – American Spirit
Template: AK Designs – A Royal Wedding
Font: Candy Round BTN

I have another patriotic kit to show you later today.

Playing Catch-Up…

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I am behind in sharing a number of my crafty creations. Today, I will share a few layouts.

Here’s one of Jessica and Janette playing in the backyard on March 21, 2012.

Here’s a close up of the left side

and the right side.

Digikit: Karen Diamond Designs – Delicated Gracefulness Combo Pack
Wordart: Word Art World – SWAP 47; Memories by Digital Design – Sisterly Love Word Art
Font: Tropicali Script BTN Bamboo (date)
Template: Karen Diamond Designs – SNP Weekly Challenge 4/15-21 Cluster Template

Next up is a layout of Jessica helping bake cookies November 30, 2011. Journaling reads “Jessica helped me bake Sugar Drop cookies to take to my MOPS meeting the following day. She enjoyed rolling the cookie dough in sugar and placing on the cookie sheet, at least for a little while.” I made this during a speed scrap in May.

Digikit: Trixie Scraps Designs – Master Chef; staple from Connie Prince – Ready for School
Fonts: Apple Boy BTN, DK Formosa

And finally here is a layout of Janette when she fell asleep in her high chair. Journaling reads: “Janette is going through a stage where she is not a very good napper. She will only take 2-3 little catnaps during the day. You know this really takes its toll when she falls asleep while you’re trying to feed her peas. May 10, 2012 – 6 months old” This was also made during a speed scrap. Do you like my cheesy title? 😉 FYI, her napping has improved since these photos were taken, at least most of the time. 

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – For the Birds
Fonts: Apple Boy BTN (title), BlackJack (journal)

I still have a backlog of projects to share, but that’s enough for today.

Everlasting Love

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Today, I’m going tell you about a new kit called Everlasting Love from Karen Diamond Designs. It is a very soft and dreamy kit, perfect for heritage photos or just about anything. It has 20 papers and 33 elements plus 3 alphas.

I have two layouts to share that showcase this kit. First up is a layout of my great-grandmother Amelia. She is my mom’s dad’s mother. She actually came to live with my mom and her family when my mom was a little girl.

Digikit: Karen Diamond Designs – Everlasting Love
Template: Amy’s Designs – Cluster Template for Weekly SNP Challenge June 10-16
Font: 814yzx

Next is a layout of my sweet Janette snoozing on her Daddy’s shoulder.

Digikit: Karen Diamond Designs – Everlasting Love
Mask: Indigo Designs – Gotta Pixel June Mask Challenge
Wordart: Word Art World – Swap 72
Font: Annie BTN

“There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children – one is roots, and the other, wings.” — Hodding S. Carter

Let’s Play

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Today is release day for an awesome new kit from Amy’s Designs. It is called Let’s Play and it is perfect for photos of your kids playing.

You know I have lots of photos of Jessica and Janette playing. The two layouts I’m sharing today though are just of Jessica.

First up is Little People Line-Up. Journaling reads: Jessica really enjoys her little people. She carries them all around the house and mixes up the farm little people with the princess carriage little people and even has them climb up the stairs she builds with her blocks. Jessica also apparently has some of her Mama in her, because even though she doesn’t line up lunch boxes at Mother’s Day Out, she lines up little people at home.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Let’s Play
Sketch: SketchAbilities #51 (very loosely)
Alpha: Shel Belle Scraps – Ariel Glass Alpha
Font: Copa Sharp BTN

Next up is Moon Dough. Journaling reads: We started off the day by playing with Jessica’s two Moon Dough sets, first the farm and then the food set. We began with me helping her make the animals and hay, but she soon got into it and it kept her occupied for almost two hours.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Let’s Play
Sketch: Scrapbookbytes June #1
Font: Kiddish

I made you a freebie page starter. You can download by clicking here. I would love to know if you find this useful.

Don’t forget Amy puts her kits on sale the first week they are released, so make sure you stop by the SNP store to pick it up at a great price. To see other layouts created with this kit, check out this album on Amy’s Designs facebook page.