I just love this shot of my son. It currently is my favorite. BTW, those are my legs in the shot and my son is looking up at me saying, Mommy?
Credits: All by Shandy Vogt: Frames is Swass Masks, cardboard letters are Cardboard Charachters, papers used are from Jumperoo and Not So Simple Solids Bold
Programs Used: PSP X
Fonts: 1942 Report

Gotta Pixel Sale

I woke up this morning and found that Gotta Pixel is having a Memorial Day Sale! Check out Gotta Pixel's Blog to see who has great sales. How exciting. I just wish I had money to spend on it but we just bought Peter's new bedroom set. We went up to Costco Home in Kirkland over the weekend and found the perfect bedroom set.

We are excited about this but we still need to clearn out the room that is going to be Peter's new room, which currently is our study, also known as my craft room. That part is a bummer but I am excited to think that Peter may like this room better. He really does not like his nursery. We still need to pick a color and paint but school will be out soon and we will get there.

Moving On Up

I signed up with Top Digi Blogs a few days ago to see where I was in the world of Digi Blogs. I have moved from 640 to 511. That is not bad for the pure fact that I never feel like I have time to blog. I thought this would be a great way to push me to blog more. Hopefully with summer coming, student teaching finishing up, and school almost being out; maybe I will have a chance to blog more. We will see.

Some news. Shandy Vogt, who I am guest CT for this month, has joined the Elemental Scraps Designers.

Other news. Kathryn at Gotta Pixel has been at it again and has made some more of her wonderful charachters. Kikker is her frog who is found in her new kit, Leapfrog.


That is all for now. I have Peter's future room, my former scrap room, to clean out. We have his new "big boy" bed and the other furniture arriving next weekend.

Some of My Favorite New Scrapping Stuff

Kathryn Mhire at Gotta Pixel has a great new kit called Webbed Feet. It is just too cute.


Shandy Vogt has a couple of really cool new items this week. First off she has the Swass Masks and Swass Frames. I love them. That is how I did the frame on the Busy Boy layout. Shandy has directions on her blog on how to make them.

Busy Boy

We had a gorgeous evening the other day and Peter was running all around. He was also singing and dancing. I am amazed at what he can do and he just cracks me up.

Credits: All by Shandy Vogt: Heart from Cardboard Cutouts, Frame is Swass Frames, paper from Fanciful
Programs Used: PSPX
Fonts: Milk & Cereal and Dinosaur Jr.

Mother's Day at the Park (Safeco Field)

We spent Mother's Day at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA watching the Mariner's beat the Yankees!!
Credits: Got Pix? Template and Not So Simple Solids Bold by Shandy Vogt and staple is Brenda Miller's Shades of Spring
Programs Used: PSE 3.0
Fonts: Typewriter, Tom's New Roman, and Cher Font

Easter Decor

My friend had her whole yard decorated for Easter this year and it was just so festive.

This is for the May 2007 Scraplift Challenge. This is a scraplift of Kristmess's Liam in the hospital!

Credits: Template by Michelle Swadling, Shades of Spring by Brenda Miller and twill from Gummy Grins: Sweet by Sarah Meyer
Program: PSP X
Font/s: MA Sexy

Meredith

My niece only gets to visit once a year from Texas. In 2005, she was at the age that she did not want to talk to anyone who was not part of her daily life and all of us diffently were not. She would hide behind mom and dad for the full visit. This is the only picture that I got of her and it was exactly her attitude, "Let me go home!" Now that she is older, we have lots of fun with her.

Credits: Shades of Spring by Brenda Miller
Program: PSP X
Font/s: Susie's Hand and SF-Happiness

My son was a big boy until 6 months. He was so adorable though.

Thank you Tenessa for this wonderful QP that I won tonight at the crop.
Credits: Laundromat QP by Tenessa Allen and Vitual Photographer - Hard Steel
Program: PSP X
Font/s: Susie's Hand

Batter Up

My son was having a fun time in the son when one of the neighbor kids offered him a baseball bat to play with. He knew exactly waht to do with it.

This is my first time doing a template in PSE 3.0. Melinda helped out a lot.

Credits: Stitching - Gummy Grins (Sweet) by Sarah Meyer, The rest by Shandy Vogt Designs: Template - Got Landscape?; Kits Used - Paramount, Fanciful, Jams Mini Kit; Border - Got Frames?
Programs Used: PSE 3.0 (mainly) & PSP

Mother's Day Cards

Now that Mother's Day has passed and the mothers have recieved their cards, I can share them with everyone.



Credits: Adorable Baby by Michelle Pieters, Virtual Photographer - Hollywood (Rob's) and Radiant (mine)
Program Used: PSPX
Fonts: Susie's Hand and MA Simple Pleasure

Sweet Baby

These are some of my favorite pictures of my baby boy. I can't believe it is almost 2 years ago.


Credits: Frames are Got Frames?, Plain Hearts are Cardboard Cutouts and Glitter Collection, Paper and Elements are Utopia all by Shandy Vogt

Fonts: Angelina

CT Guest Spot for the Month of May

I have been honored with a Creative Team Guest Spot with Shandy Vogt. Here is a layout that I did today.My son has his old sunglasses that he has never liked because it straps around his head. He has been wearing them and then putting them on other family members.

Blueprints by Brenda Challenge for May 2007 at Gotta Pixel.

Credits: Template by Brenda Miller, Kit is Paramount by Shandy Vogt, staple by Michelle Swaddling

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: MA Brownie, Agent Orange, SF Happiness

Catch Up Time

I cut Peter's hair today and I couldn't remember if the 1/2" was for the top or back. I goofed and did it on the top and it was quiet short.

Credits: Brenda Miller Font Fever April 2007 Kit

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Sandals, Susie's Hand, Space Woozies

I just love this photo of Peter riding my old rocking horse. Of course he is drinking from his strawed cup.

Credits: Going West Kit by Weeds and Wildflowers Designs, Filters Virtual Photographer and PSPX

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Cowboy

Credits: Calendar by Heather Roselli

Programs Used: PSE 3.0

Fonts: SandraOh and MA Sexy

Credits: Picture - bigfoto.com, papers and elements are Shabby Princess's Urban Kiwi and Sweet Sprinkles, Template are Swirl Template #6 by Lynne Simmons

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Susie's Hand

This is for the April 2007 "I Wanna Talk About You Challenge" at Gotta Pixel. We were supposed to show off one favorite digi scrapping thing that we love. I showed one element along with some other favorites. I love stitching, selective coloring, filters, my son, and my laptop computer (which obviously my son loves too). Sorry Colleen I couldn't just do one but I featured only one element.

Credits: Paper - In Memories of Miles by Amy Knepper, stitching is from Colored Chirstmas II by Michelle Swadling

Program: PSPX

Font: Stays in a Cave

This is for the April 2007 By the Numbers Challenge at Gotta Pixel. There are 4 papers, 3 photos, 1 Word Art and 1 Monogram. This is my dh and I almost 5 years ago on our wedding day.

Credits:: Shabby Princess Urban Kiwi and Sweet Sprinkles, Word Art and Monogram made by Katie F. (me), Photos by Liz Francis

Program:: PSPX

Font/s:: MA Sexy, MA Simple Pleasure, Lynda

My son had a great time on Easter day finding Easter eggs and blowing bubbles with his cousins and dad.

Credits: Sarah Meyer April 2007 Gotta Be Quick Challenge Kit and Cutesy Doodle Doo April by Miss Mint

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Black Boys on Mopeds

This is for the April 2007 Quote Challenge at Gotta Pixel and the April 2007 Doodle Challenge at Digital Freebies.

I was trying to take some interesting shots of my friends flowers and the sun made the flowers dark. I love the effect that it had. You can also see the eggs hanging from the tree if you look caredfully. I love spring days.

Credits: Spring Dreams by Maria LaFrance, Vellum by Katie F.

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Harrington

This is my son having a temper tantrum a few weeks ago. Aren't toddlers fun!

This is a scraplift of Jen Beschinksi from Lifts with a Twist Blog.

Credits: Chocoholics Anonymous by Colleen's Creations, Playground Pop and Craft Jar by Miss Mint

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Will & Grace, Problem Secretary, Juice

Last week I had made a card and envelope. I wanted to show what it looked like.

Credits: Gummy Grins (Boyish and Sweet) by Sarah Meyer

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Susie's Hand

This is for a digi-dare. The theme was what you love about yourself. I don't have photos of my eyes but everyone tells me that my son's eyes are mine.

The text says "His eyes are
what everyone tells me
are from me. Everything else
they say is from my husband. I don't
mind this one bit because I LOVE his eyes.
Just like me his eyelashes are so long and beautiful
and his eyes are an amazing color. I love that my son and
I share this wonderful trait. That is what I love about myself too."

Credits: doodle (recolored) by Amy Fennell, overlay by Brenda Miller at Gotta Pixel, frame from PSPX, paper by me

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Patterns and Dots and MA Brownie TOO

This is for the April 2007 Scraplift Challenge at Gotta Pixel. This month the scraplift is of TenSGal's Checking Things Out! ( http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/46853/cat/500/ppuser/3826 )This template was a lot of fun and perfect for this series of photos. I had lots of fun.

Credits: Welcome Back DF by Tracy Collins; template by Michelle Swadling; PSE Watercolor Filter

Program: PSPX & PSE 2.0

Font: Cher Font

I went to the store and could not find anything for my Grandmother so I made my own.

Credits: Easter Freebie by Jamie Rousselle, Paper made by Katie F. (me)

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Susie's Hand