NYC 2003

My husband, mom, and I spent the day (and night) in New York city because of the blackout that was all over the East Coast. We walked from Battery Park (we were on Ellis Island when the power went out) all the way to Penn Station. It was an amazing walk that took us past Ground Zero, Wall Street, and SoHo. We would have never seen all of these things if we had not had the power go out.

Credits: Shandy Vogt: Swass Mask, Swass Frames, Alpha Masks, Not so Simple Solid (Bold), and Paramount Kit; Virtual Photogapher - Photocopy & Classis; tag - Miss Mint

Programs Used: PSPX

Fonts: Typo Upright BT, Angelina, Problem Secretary

A Father's Love

This is my Father's Day card to my husband. I just love this photo of him putting our son to sleep, and himself.
Credits: Shabby Princess Splendid, Festival, and 2006 Seasonal Sampler;
Virtual photographer - radiance and reminicing
Programs Used: PSPX
Fonts: Joyful Juliana, Imprint MT Shadow, MA Sexy

Father's Day - Grandfathers

Happy Father's Day!!

Credits: Shandy Vogt Cardboard Cutouts, Swass Frames, and not so SIMPLE SOLIDS (neutral)
Programs Used: PSP X
Fonts: Billy Bear Crayon

Owen's Beach - Shandy Vogt CT Layout

My class went on a field trip to ride the ferry and play near the water on the Puget Sound yesterday. It was a gorgeous day. I got some amazing photos.

Credits: Virtual Photographer - Radiant; Swass Borders Earth and Island Woods by Shandy Vogt
Font: Marcelle Script

2 More Digital Candy Layouts

Both I am working on a scrapbook about my pregnancy with my son. I thought that I should write these things before I forget them. Both of these are done with Stacy Carlson's 9 Months and Counting (Digital Candy). The fonts are Top Secret, Joyful Juliana, and Angelina.

Gotta Pixel Mega Kit Quick Pages

Have you seen the new Gotta Pixel Mega Kit Quick Pages? They just came out and they look like lots of fun. You should really check them out at Gotta Pixel!

Some fun news and a cute layout!

Credits: Cupcake Cutie by Sarah Meyer (Digital Candy) and Frame is Indexed Memories (Digital Candy) by Michelle Mauch

Program: PSP X

Font/s: Pass the Chex, Joyful Juliana, Stamped Act, and Kindergarten

Other news is that I am now the Advertising Liason at Gotta Pixel. I am very excited about the new position and look forward to finding new ways to promote Gotta Pixel. If you have any ideas, just let me know.

Well, gotta run. Field trip on the fery to Vashon Island today and lunch at Owen's Beach. I am very excited! Of course my camera is coming and I will be taking lots of pictures. I can't wait to share them with you soon.

Birthday Card

My husband's teaching partner had her birthday yesterday and I finally got to make her card.Fonts are Kindergarten and Pass the Chex. The kit is Cupcake Cutie by Sarah Meyer. It can be purchased at Digital Candy. I really love how fun it is. Perfect for those birthday celebrations. To check out more about Sarah, check out her blog, Scraps of Fun.

Lullaby for Chase

I am in love with Sarah Meyer's new kit, Lullaby for Chase. The soft colors are perfect for a sweet little boy. I can't wait to get my hands on this kit because Peter will look adorable with it.

Check it out for yourself at Gotta Pixel or Digital Candy.

Go Ducks!

This was a present that we got for when my son was born. He was probably 9 or 10 weeks here and in 6 month clothing. We didn't mind because he fit in his U of O outfit in time for football season!
Credits: Template is Got Pix? by Shandy Vogt; Paper is not so SIMPLE SOLIDS (neutral) by Shandy Vogt; Staple by Michelle Swadling at Gotta Pixel; and Stitching by Shabby Princess
Programs Used: PSE 3.0
Fonts: Fulton Artistamp and SF-Happiness

Holli Hobbi

Often, when you are a digital scrapbooker, you don't actually ever meet anyone else who does it. There are a bunch of online friends and communities. But to know someone face to face in the "real" world, is rare. Well, one of the Mom's of one of my preschool students is very active in scrapbooking. Her scrapbook name is Holli Hobbi. She has a wonderful blog that even has freebies. Well, yesterday I got the great news that I was going to be a Candy Girl, Creative Team member for Digital Candy. This morning I found out that she too is a CT for them. What a small world? It will be wonderful to still be able to be in touch with her and be able to see her amazing layouts of her children.

Check Holli's blog.

I've got news!!

I e-mailed in about Digital Candy's CT (Creative Team) Call this morning. By this afternoon, I had already been accepted. I am very excited. Plus, there are some designers from Gotta Pixel who are selling there too! Double bonus. I should have some layouts soon.

Muffin

My son likes to stuff his whole muffin in his mouth. I got at the camera and he become mister show off.

Credits: Filters by Virtual Photographer: still life 2 & Ambiance; All else by Shandy Vogt: Paper - Fanciful, Template - Got Swass?, Cardboard Charachter
Fonts: Problem Secretary Normal and Fulton Artistamp Trial
Program: PSE 3.0

King of His Room

We got my son's bedroom set yesterday. He was loving climbing up and down off the bed. For nap, I placed him there once he had fallen asleep.

Credits: All by Shandy Vogt - papers: Not So Simple Solids (Neutral and Bold), Crown: Cardboard Cutouts + Glittery Outlines, Corners: Glittery Cardboard Corners, Swass Masks
Programs Used: PSPX
Fonts: Joyful Julianajavascript:void(0)

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