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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Thanks for Playing Win WordArt :)

Thanks so much for playing "Win WordArt" with me! We might start doing this each week :) I LOVE giving away stuff - LOL!

So, the winner was Shelli from Sadorus Illinois! Congrats, girl! You just won a $5.00 coupon to my store!!!

Email me at bnbharty@gmail.com to get your prize! Thanks to everyone who bought something and was entered into the drawing!!!

4th of July Treats

So, the other day, I came across this blog that was giving away the most AMAZING 4th of July kit. It is AWESOME!!! So, I kind of hinted that I would LOVE to play with their elements, and guess what? They said YES!!! Yipeeeeeee!

So, you all get to have the FUN WordArt that I made with their AMAZING kit! And, you get their kit too! What could be better :) Amberlee of SuperMom Scrappin and Deb of MajorTiggerScraps and I are hosting these WordArts for you, so you'll have to go to each of our blogs to get them. One from each site. Be sure to leave them some love when you're there :)

ALL LINKS ARE NOW WORKING :)

So, here the first one - Let me just say, I LOVE patriotic stuff. And there were a TON of really great quotes out there to work with. See that awesome heart? That's the heart that got this little collab going - lol. I told you that it ROCKED!!! So, click HERE to go to Deb's site and get the first WordArt.


FONTS:
Free - Augustus
Country - Windsong

Here's the second one. Don't you just LOVE the pinwheel made from the Declaration of Independence? How cool is that!!! And those fireworks in the background rock! ha! Click HERE to go to Amberlee's blog and download the WordArt.
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Liberty - LokiCola

And finally, here's the 3rd one. This one is my FAVORITE!!! Love the vertical movement of the sparklers, and just the way it turned out! I'm DEFINITELY putting some of these on those new family pictures we had taken the other day. It'll be SO cool! Click on the WordArt below to go to my 4shared account and download the PNG file. AND, don't forget to leave some love for these 2 awesome designers!!!!

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Star, Spangled - Al Sandra
Pride - Perpetua Tilting MT

Friday, June 27, 2008

All Man

Yeah! It's Friday :) Are you all ready for the weekend? Do you have any plans? Me, can I just stay home and design? hehehe. I know that my hubby is supposed to have the day off on Saturday, so we'll see if we decide to do anything spur of the moment. He's really a spur of the moment kind of guy :) Makes for a fun and exciting life, let me tell ya :)

This WordArt request is for Maria, and I thought it was fitting, since yesterday we had "girl" WordArt that today we'd have boy WordArt! I thought this would be cute on layouts with little boys, doing big boy things! I know I have a TON of pics I could use it on!

Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account to download the png file, and leave some love if you like my work :)
FONTS:
Man - Stencil
All - TheHammerSlabserif

Jeanealogy Of A Man - Bon Scrapatit Designs/Linda Walton

Thanks so much to Maria for sending in her layout! Wow, you're fast! Same day that it's posted, you grab it and scrap it! You're awesome :) Great page, by the way!!!!!

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Sneak Peek, and a Chance to Win WordArt!!!!

OK, you guys - I have a deal for ya! From now until 10am EST Saturday, every WordArt pack purchased from my ScrapOrchard store will be entered into a drawing to win a $5.00 coupon to my store! If you buy one WordArt pack, you'll be entered 1 time, or if you buy 3 WordArt packs, you'll be entered 3 times. Sound like a plan?

And, I have 3 new WordArt packs releasing on Friday, but you all can see them and buy them EARLY!!! The links below go to my "secret" store :) So what are you waiting for! Click on the price below to go to my store :)

I just LOVE Ellie Lash (she's one of my favorites!), and was SO excited when she said she wanted to do WordArt Collabs with me! Thanks Ellie, your work is AMAZING!!!

Priced at $2.00 until July 3rd

I think this title that Kami came up with is HYSTERICAL! She's so clever! And a GREAT digiscrap designer!


Since my other Attitude wordart packs did SO WELL, I thought that I would make more! lol! Here is my "teen" pack, and be on the look out for more "attitude" wordart to come :)

Click here to go to my store to browse more fun WordArt packs!

Lucky Me

Wow, I meant to spend the whole day designing, but only got about 1/2 a day in :) I managed to get a WordArt pack done (Teen Attitude), and a collab with Ziggle Design (b-day themed). I didn't even start on your freebie until 11:30pm. So tired!!! Need sleep. I bet I have photoshop nightmares tonight! (remember I write these the night before - ha!)

This WordArt request is from Kerri - I liked that movie (but I think I liked the new one better - have you seen it - annie has straight hair :) Well, this WordArt is so long, that it gave me troubles :) Remember ladies, the shorter the quote, the better (but not too short - it's hard to make a wordart with just one or two words - lol!)

Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account and download the png file, and leave some love if you like my work - it makes me happy to read all of your sweet comments - thanks you guys!!!
Funky Summer from Digital Diva Designs

This layout is from Kerri, and is fabulous! Love all the white clothes - looks awesome! Great photo :) What a great picture of family!!! Look wonderful :)

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Paradise

Just had to share a pic with you. We went to Wal-mart yesterday and got our family pics taken. We got the $5.00 package special of the group, and then bought the CD with all the images and the copyright to it. I figured I'd use it more than getting prints made. Plus, I could scrap 'em, and change backgrounds, and ADD WORDART! LOL, and whatnot, then send it back to Wal-mart photo center, and print it there. Or to my mom's photo center in Florence, Oregon. Or to my mother-in-law's photo center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Yeah for Wal-Mart!!!


And yes, I know I have a big head, but it's not polite to stare :) hehehe

I normally don't like the blue background, but this one turned out pretty good!

My kids are SO CUTE!!!! Not that I'm biased, or anything :)

Yep, it's Wednesday again! That means it's time to head on over to the Orchard to pick up this weeks challenge WordArt! Just complete a layout using this WordArt, and if I like yours the best, you'll win on of my COOL WordArt packs! So what are you waiting for :) LOL!

This WordArt request is from Lori :)


Click HERE to go to the download thread :)


AND, don't forget, you have to be REGISTERED at Scraporchard in order to download this WONDERFUL wordart :) lol!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

I Learn

WOW, what a great Monday we had! First off, my oldest son (10) Jacob and I went for a little exercise walk around the block. It was about 30 mintues, and 2 miles. I felt good, and I think he was very proud of his efforts.

At 11:45, we walked to the library (only about a 3 minute drive) for the cities "free lunch" program. The kids were SO excited, and had a great time :) We checked out a few books, signed up for the summer reading program, and headed home.

At 2:00, we walked back to the library to see a Magic Show. It was AWESOME! Tom Foolery was the guys name (ha!) and he was a blast! Kids really liked the show.

Then, at 5:15, we headed for Chillicothe, where we saw the Techumseh! Outdoor Drama Performance. WOW! It was amazing. They needed volunteers to come and wash down the seats and be ushers, and they'd give you free admission. So, the kids and I were there at 6pm, washing down the seats. The kids really got into it, and had a good time (well, I could tell that Jacob, 10, was thinking that there was better things he could think of doing - lol!).

My hubby was a bit late in getting there (about 7:00), and joined us as the kids were eating a popcicle in the Food Area after the cleaning was done. He'd been a few weeks previous, and helped out then also. The show started at 8:00, and was FABULOUS!!! We really enjoyed it.

The set was magnificent - they even had a large pond that they used. Horses, guns, cannons, canoes, fire - I was blown away! I'd recommend a trip to anyone coming this direction :) It would be well worth your time :)


We didn't even get home until about 11 pm (yeah, the kids said that they LOVED the show, but asked if next time we could have it start a little earlier, cause they were tired - lol!) So, it's midnight (or past!) as I'm finishing up this post. You all should be lucky that I LIKE YOU so much. I'm gonna be sleepy tomorrow :)

This WordArt request is from Kait. What a great quote it is. LOVE Ben Franklin - we were watching the musical 1776 the other day with the kids (have you seen it?), and we've been singing "Sit Down John, Somebody Open Up A Window" ever since! So funny :) The kids really liked it, and we had a great time watching it :)

Anyway, got a little off track there - lol! Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account and download the png file, and leave some love if you like my work :) Thanks girls!!!

Monday, June 23, 2008

Not Today

This WordArt request is from Sivan. OK, really, how many of us feel like this at least ONCE A WEEK! Ha! Is it only ME? Hehehe, unfortunately, as a mom to 5 kids, this isn't an option most of the time :) Good ole Dr. Seuss always have a nice quote for us!!!

Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account to download the PNG file, and leave some love if you like my work.


FONTS:

Not - Impact
Today - Scriptorama Markdown JF

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Choose Family

What a busy Saturday we had! We were gone from noon to nine! So much for my day of designing. But, I did manage to design from 10-midnight! We had a fun day as a family, shopping, putting winter clothes in the storage shed, helping a friend clean out his horse stable, and driving around. Nothing too important, except some good old quality family time!

This WordArt request is from Angela - What a great saying! I like it :) I'm really glad that I have the extend family that I have, even if they're all a bit weird. Ha! LOL! If you really knew me, you laugh! I'm the weirdest of the bunch :)

Click on the image below to go to my 4shard account to download the png file, and leave some love if you like my work.

NOTE: The double can has been fixed :) thanks to my Aunt Sue for finding the problem :)


FONTS:

Can, choose - Larger Mime
Family - Mikkel Page 2

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Be Little

Wow, is it already the 21st of JUNE! (Isn't this the first official day of summer?) How did that happen! Time is sure flying by fast at the Harty House :) The kids are having fun just hanging out and having fun. They do chores (yeah, that's not their favorite part), play on the computer, swim in the pool, play in the backyard, card games with mom, coloring and drawing, letters to pen pals, movies - what could be better! Don't ya just love summer!!!

This WordArt request is from Maria - Isn't it cute! I do like my kids at the ages they are right now, and try not to wish too hard that they were older (and less messy). I"m sure i'll look back with fond memories on this time in my life :) The messy, but cute and cuddly, stage!

Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account to download the PNG file, and leave some love if you like my work.


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Amelie


Kit from www.digitalscrapbookplace.com

This layout was sent in by Maria. Always love your stuff! Great job :)


"My Greatest Gift" by Joni Gray

Thanks so much to Rachel for sending in this layout - Didn't she do a GREAT job!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Fish

So, have you all been over to Benevolent Boutique lately? Well, Crystal and I have a new freebie for you! You're gonna want to snag this one! Crystal made this AWESOME ocean alpha! Isn't it cool! Love it!

Click HERE to go to Benevolent Boutique to download the alpha.

I took this AWESOME alpha, and made a neat WordArt for you all. It's SO COOL! If your kids are anything like mine, they LOVE the pool and the water! They spend SO much time in the water, I'm surprised they haven't sprouted gills! Ha! Here's a really cool WordArt to go with all of your pool pictures (or fishing would work too!).

So, just click on the image below to go to my 4shared account and get the PNG file, and leave some love if you like my work! Thanks you guys! (It seems in my haste to post this and lay back down because of my massive migraine, I forgot to link it up - sorry girls! It's all linked up now!!!)

FONTS:
Tingle Institute


This is a pic of my niece, Ella - Isn't she adorable! I think she may be getting ready to flop in the pool. My youngest son, Jimmy, did this too! Must run in the family!


This layout was sent in by Kim - Isn't it sweet! She did a great job :) I LOVE that face that your little girl is making - so adorable!!!! Kids are so much fun :)

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Happy Family

OK, this isn't a request - I TOTALLY ran out of time yesterday to make a freebie (but I did get a lot of designing done!), so I had to give you all this - I was saving it for a WordArt pack, but you get it instead! WooHoo for you!

I'm taking all 5 kids to the doctor today for check-ups, immunizations, camp physicals, regular physicals, a wart to be checked out, and an undescended testicle (yes, I'm sure you're SO glad that I shared). Hopefully they're on their BEST behavior, and it goes QUICKLY! I may have to resort to "If you do good, we'll go to the dollar store, and you can pick something FABULOUS out!" That might just work with this lot!


FONT: Pharmacy

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Who Wants a Sale?????




So basically, it's almost 50% off your purchase! WOW!!!

And, I have a few NEW products in my Secret Store (ok, so it's not really SECRET, but the products aren't officially released until Friday, so you can snag them NOW, and on SALE!!!)


secret store here
$2.00 for the first week!

secret store here
$2.00 for the first week!

secret store here
$2.00 for the first week.

Ok, so stay with me here. If you went to my store, and put these 3 new WordArt packs in your cart, then added 2 more WordArt packs (at $2.50 each), you'd have a total of $11.00 - Then, you'd get $4.06 off, so you'd only pay $6.94 (or $1.38 a pack - or $0.34 a WordArt - hey, maybe I need to re-think this sale - lol)

I'm just saying - wanna save a little bit of money on my really cool WordArt packs, now would be the time :) LOL!!!

And yeah, this is ORCHARD-WIDE, so feel free to browse the other stores (after mine, of course - LOL!!)

WordArt Wednesday Week 2

Yah! It's WordArt Wednesday again at the Orchard! Here's the COOL WordArt you'll be getting this week - a request from Judy. I'm so glad that I have a sister! She's the best :) She's 10 years younger than me (so we weren't too close growing up - I mean, come on, when your 15, the last thing you want in your room is a 5 year old), and just starting her family, while I'm just getting done. I do wish that we lived closer together so we could hang out! She's in Utah, and I'm in Ohio, so gmail chat is as close as we get. Miss ya, Madi!!!!

So, head on over to the Orchard to get these fun new WordArts (yeah, I had to put more than one in there - can you tell i'm a people pleaser? always trying to make it fit for everyone!). Just be sure that you're LOGGED INTO THE ORCHARD to be able to download the freebie - One more thing, if for some reason, it takes you to the main page (with the apple tree), just click on WEBLOG to see their post about the WordArt- Thanks everyone :)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Remember You

The kids and I get to go to a bowling party today at noon for our homeschool group. We're all non-bowlers, but have a LOT of fun doing it. I'll try and get a few pics (for you, MOM!)

This WordArt request is for Laura. What a nice scripture! I thought that it would be GREAT for all of those "friends" layouts. Well, it would work for even more than friends, wouldn't it.


Remembrance, Remember - Minya Nouvelle
You - LainieDaySH

Monday, June 16, 2008

Family Friends

Hope everyone had a WONDEFUL Father's Day yesterday! We had a little Father's Day party on Saturday night, since we usually don't see my husband much on Sunday's. He was out the door at 7:30am (no breakfast in bed :(), and didn't get home until about 3. He took a nap (that's always my favorite part of Mothers day!), then had to turn around and got out Home Teaching. The 2 oldest boys, and Captain America, and I did get a chance to play some games tonight, though. That was a lot of fun. We played "Magic, the Gathering", a card game. We'd just recently bought some new decks at Wal-Mart, and wanted to try them out and teach the boys how to play also. I won, and that always makes the game seem more fun! lol!

This WordArt request is for Dania, who's working on her parent's 50th anniversary scrapbook. She thought that this quote would be perfect for a photo of family and friends. I bet it would! Love this saying :) Thanks for the request!

Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account to download the PNG file, and leave some love if you like my work. :)


FONTS:
Friends - Al Sandra
Family - SectionIntersection


Thanks so much to Lynnette for sending in this layout - Didn't she do a fabulous job? She couldn't remember the credits, but if you recognize some, just post it in the comment box! Thanks :)

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Thin Feels

This WordArt request is from urgrlfrdy. She's doing Weight Watchers, and says that it's her favorite new thing they say there. I've heard it a few times, and also think it's great. I have to keep this in mind when I'm watching my kids eat things like Wendy's Frosty's, and fried chicken, and quesidellas (yeah, it's definitely not spelled right!) with ranch. While my food is tasty and satisfying, sometimes my brain likes to feel sorry for itself. I just need to repeat this saying more :) But, something is working, cause I'm 14 lbs down. Yeah for me :)

FONTS :
sorry, too tired, maybe tomorrow :)

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Customized WordArt

I've gotten quite a few requests in the past little bit for Customized WordArt. You know, those quotes that wouldn't be good all the blog readers. Or that had specific names in the Quote. Well, rather than just turn you away (because I so HATE to do that), I decided to give you another choice! This new "WordArt" is in my Scraporchard store. All you need to do is purchase this "WordArt" (really, it's just a Word Document that gives you further instructions on how to get me the quote) to get started. Within a day or so, you'll have your own, personalized, customized WordArt that you can't get anywhere else! (I'm so smart - lol!)

Click here to go to my Scraporchard store and get started! Aren't you so excited! COST: $2.50 each

Tee Ball

Just had to say, Happy Anniversary to Me and My Hubby, 12 years today!!!! Woohoo!

We went to Cub Scout camp yesterday for a few hours, and it was just enough to make me sick from the heat. Well, not totally sick. But i started to feel yucky on the way home, and I didn't really recover from it. I'm definitely taking the day easy today, in my nice cold AC.

OH YEAH! I forgot to tell you all that it's FINALLY FIXED! Cold air once again :) We had to call different repair men, since the one from last time messed it up. When the new guy went into the attic, he found that the...um...unit? was not level, so the run off water wasn't going through the pipe. And , the drain pan wasn't level, so it was overflowing, right onto my bed. Nice. But, the new guy fixed it all, and we've had cold air since Thursday. THANK YOU REPAIR MAN! You're my hero!!!!

This WordArt request is from Darci - She wanted something to do with Tee Ball. Hope you like it, girl! My kids aren't in Tee Ball. We put my oldest in Tee-Ball when he was in Kindergarten, and it wasn't a good time. He just sat in the outfield and picked dandelions the whole time. Shame, too, because he has a naturally big body that would be PERFECT for sports, but doesn't seem interested. Oh well. What do ya do?

Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account and download the PNG file, and leave some love if you like my work.


FONTS:
Tee-ball - Dear Joe Four
All rest - Pharmacy

yeah, it's sad when I can just look at a font and know it's name. hehehe. didn't even have to go and look these up!

Friday, June 13, 2008

Sibling Relationships

We get to go out to Scout Camp for the morning today! Should be fun. Since my hubby is the District Director, he can show up at events and bring us with, and we can just walk around and have fun without having to be there all day long. Sometimes that's just the right amount for my gang! Ha! We're a little camped out right now. Our pack is there for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but Friday morning works perfect for me!

Oh yeah, it's Friday the 13th! Almost forgot. So, are any of you superstitious? Isn't it supposed to be a bad day? (I only knock on wood, no other superstitions - although hubby WON'T cross a black cat - lol!)

This WordArt is for Katie, who wanted something for siblings, but something more formal. Hope you like it, girl! When you're not specific, you get whatever my crazy brain comes up with! Ha! I like it :) Maybe you will too :)

Click on the image below to go to my 4shared account to download the PNG file, and leave some love if you like my work.

AND, in case you didn't see, the EXTRA World's Greatest ______ are finished! I decided to put them all into a giant download together, and YOU can sort out which ones you want. I know. I'm not nice, but individually linking and uploading 35 different wordarts last night didn't sound like a good way to spend the evening. lol!


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Sibling, closeness, warmth, loyalty - Al Sandra (I know, I've used it a lot, but it SO COOL!)
here, you should have it too!


Flower - Shabby Princess Promise Collection
WordArt by um, er, i forget - oh yeah , by ME!!!!!

I actually made a layout! Can you believe it? Those of you who were here in the early days of the blog will remember that I always tried to make a layout to go with the new WordArt, but then I just got WAY too busy. So, I rely on you all to send me in layouts :) But, here's one that I made, of my mom (on the right) and my aunt (on the left).