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Sugar Plum Dancers

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Come into the magical world of the ! This fabulous new holiday kit from Wendy Tunison Designs will entice you with it’s bright colors and sparkly accents! You’ll find Clara and a variety of your other favorite characters from the Nutcracker in this huge kit! It’s perfectly suited for scrapping your Nutcracker experience, ballet and any holiday celebrating you might be doing this season. Most of all, it’s full of whimsy and you’ll find yourself falling hard for this kit! Wendy included the mouse king and of course you’ll find a plethora of Nutcrackers to make your prince! It will become a favorite because it’s such a versatile kit to work with! You’ll find you can create many different layouts and of course, it is packed full of ellies and papers to make it even more versatile!

I made this year’s Christmas card using this kit. It has a front and back. I’m ordering it from Staples.

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Tomorrow you can find even more inspiration from the Creative Team, plus two freebies on Wendy’s blog.

DSD Grab Bags from Connie Prince

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For international Digital Scrapbooking Day (first Saturday in November), Connie Prince had two grab bags available. Unfortunately, my computer turned off by itself and wouldn’t turn back on right before iDSD, so I wasn’t able to share the layouts I created while the grab bags were available. You can still pick up the kits and coordinating pieces and they’re even on sale currently, but you can’t purchase the steal of a deal grab bag anymore.

The first grab bag I worked with is called Happy Holiday. I really love the blue with the traditional red, white and green Christmas colors.

I made two layouts with this one, both are from our 2013 visit with Santa. Journaling reads: Initially, Janette didn’t want anything to do with Santa Claus. After the hay ride to look at Christmas lights, we went back inside the community center to try one more time to talk to Santa. This time, a conversation about the jingle bells allowed her to get comfortable next to Santa. Janette still didn’t want to sit on his lap, but she at least smiled for a picture.

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Holiday Happy (kit, extra paper)
Template: Connie Prince – Holiday Happy
Font: Hockey is Lif

Journaling reads: It is always fun going to our neighborhood’s Christmas party. Santa and Mrs. Claus pay a visit and unlike the mall, there are very little lines to chat with Santa. After showing Santa Claus how her shoes lit up, Jessica was ready to sit on his lap and tell him what she wanted: an alarm clock and furniture for her “little critters,” aka her Calico Critters.

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Holiday Happy (kit, inked bits, extra papers, flair pack, word art)
Template: Connie Prince – Holiday Happy
Font: Hockey is Lif

I also worked with the other grab bag, Looking Back.

I really loved the scarecrow and fall elements and decided to scrap this year’s trip to the pumpkin patch. Journaling reads: After picking Jessica up from kindergarten, we headed to Manchaca Methodist Church to visit their pumpkin patch. With it so close to Halloween, the selection wasn’t the greatest, but Jessica and Janette both found pumpkins they liked. We even saw a ladybug while we searched for the best pumpkin. After paying for the two pumpkins, we took them over to their photo spot and the girls humored me by smiling.

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Looking Back (kit, embossed papers, extra papers)
Template: Connie Prince – White Space Vol. 12
Font: KG When Oceans Rise (journal/date)

Winter Elegance Part 2

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I told you about Winter Elegance on the first. The three pieces are available only at Scraps N Pieces store right now. They’re $1 each through Jan. 7th. After that, the pieces will be combined and will be priced at full price.

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I finally had some time to play with Winter Elegance and I have three layouts for you. First up are two pages that will be side by side in my album, so basically a double page; however, I made them individually. Journaling on the first page reads: “January 2007 was one of the wetter Januarys of record for Austin. A winter precipitation making weather system brought feezing rain and sleet. Coupled with lows near or below freezing, the city was blanketed with ice. Schools closed and officials recommended staying off the road. James and I stayed home from work. That night, when it appeared that the low wouldn’t be freezing, James and I defrosted and scrapped the ice from my Sonoma so I wouldn’t have as much to do in the morning.” I actually used the same template for both of them, but modified it heavily for the second page.2015-01-04_LO_Ice-Storm-1 2015-01-04_LO_Ice-Storm-2

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Winter Elegance
Template: AK Designs – Scrap by Numbers 4
Fonts: KG When Oceans Rise (date/journal)

This third layout is from this past Christmas. We always take pictures by the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Usually, the one of James and I is taken after the girls go to bed.2015-01-04_LO_James-and-Jennifer

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Winter Elegance
Template: AK Designs – Our Life in a Year: April
Fonts: Penguin Attack (subtitle/date)

Pretty Packages

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I’m excited to be guesting for Connie Prince again this month. Today’s release, Pretty Packages, is a fun kit perfect for Christmas presents. You can pick up the kit and cooridinating pieces at the following stores. Currently, they are 40% off.

Ginger Scraps
Gotta Pixel
Scrapbook Bytes
Go Digital

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 I have two layouts of last year’s Christmas present opening with my side of the family.

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Pretty Packages (kit and extra papers)
Template: Connie Prince – Pretty Packages
Fonts: Mountains of Christmas (journal/date)

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Digikit: Connie Prince – Pretty Packages (kit and extra papers)
Template: Connie Prince – Follow Your Heart Freebie
Fonts: Mountains of Christmas (journal/date)

 

Misc. Layouts

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I have a number of layouts to share today. These were created for challenges or just because and I haven’t had a chance to share them yet.

This first one was my week 1 entry for the Scrap It to Win It contest this past August. It garnered me an honorable mention.

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Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Here We Come A Caroling
Font: expressions of love

This next one is James and his sister.2014-09-22_LO_1980-Fall-James-and-Tamara

Digikit: Connie Prince – Project 2013 November
Mask: SNP Store CU Grab Bag Collab – September 2012 Masks (edited some)
Fonts: Carrington; Cutie Patootie Skinny

This next one of my two cutie patooties was created for a template challenge in July.2014-09-22_LO_Janette-and-Jessica

Digikit: Word Art World – Adorable Girl
Template: Marie H designs – SNP Template Challenge July 2014
Font: Expressions of Soul

And this one is of Jessica and her friend Lana, created for a template challenge in March.2014-09-22_LO_Lana-and-Jessica

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Simplicity and Simply Raspberry
Template: Wendy Tunison Designs – GS Template Challenge March 2014
Wordart: Word Art World – Friends for Life
Font: You Wont Bring Me Down (date/names)

Here’s one from a speed scrap of my sister, Mom and I.2014-09-22_LO_Mary-Ann-with-Sarah-and-Jennifer

Digikit: SNP Store Collab – Sweet & Sassy
Font: Seriously

This next one showcases photos from a girls night with my MOPS friends. It was also a template challenge from March.2014-09-22_LO_MOPS-Night-Out

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Chaos plus leaves from Sassifrass
Template: Just for Fun Designs – SNP Template Challenge March 2014
Fonts: Anderson the Secret Service; Humble Beginnings (journal/names)

This layout about my memories of my maternal grandmother was for the journaling challenge of Scrap It to Win It.2014-09-22_LO_Nanny

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Ethel, Sam
Alpha: Wendy Tunison Designs – Sam & Ethel Alpha
Fonts: Another Typewriter (obit); KG When Oceans Rise (journal)

This last one is of my mother-in-law as a little girl. It was done for a speed scrap quite a while back. 2014-09-22_LO_Olivia-Ann-Elliott

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Tickle the Earth, brown string from Queen Wild Scraps – Fabulous February
Mask: SNP Collab – September CU Grab Bag Masks
Font: Monterey BT