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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Whispered Heart

OK, I had to share a few pics that I scrapped from our day yesterday. How cool are these! I just love family pictures :) This one is from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. It was pretty neat. There were 2 bus loads of school kids there at the same time as us, so it was pretty crazy! But the kids had fun looking at the replica boat, and visiting the fort. Pretty cool stuff!


Cardboard paper and frame - Becky Smith - Coffee Ritual
Compass paper

Then, we headed over the river to the Arch. That was awesome. I'd only ever driven by it, but seeing it up close was AWESOME! It's so huge! Very impressive. And under the arch, there's a huge museum. Who knew? It's the Museum of Westward Expansion, and has all sorts of great things inside. We had a good time taking pictures of EVERYTHING! Here's a few pages from us outside on the Arch grounds.


Papers - Shabby Princess - Promise Collection
WordArt by ME!


WordArt by ME!!

Then, we drove into the city and saw Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals play, and the Scottrade Center, where the Blues play, and the Edwards Jones Dome, where the Rams play. Can you tell that someone in the family is into sports? hehehehe. And check out all of our Cardinals shirts. We bought a different one for each of us. Amazing that Wal-mart had that many different choices, eh? We figured we'd save a ton of money buying them there instead of from a touristy place! Aren't we cute :)

We're gonna be heading back to Ohio today, making the LONG DRIVE with a car full of tired kids. But, we're gonna be listening to the 2nd book in our book on CD. I must say, it sure helps the time go by! I would highly recommend it. We're listening to "The Golden Compass", which, I think, is a great story. I was initially scared off, because of all of the bad press about it being "anti-religion". I must say, I didn't see it in there. If by anti-religion, they mean anti-corrupt evil organization, then yeah, it is. But who isn't? That's not what my religion is, and I doubt it's what yours is either :) Anyway, enough about that :)

So, here's the WordArt for today. It's a suggestion from Colette. Isn't it a great quote! Love it :) Hope you all like it. Click on the WordArt below to download, and leave some love if you like my work.




FONTS

Whispered - Tamarillo JF
Heart - Lima Bean

Raise Sons

We have another fun and exciting day planned for St. Louis. First, we're off to see the Louis & Clark Museum (my hubby is a HUGE history buff....hmmm...should explain the civil war reenactor thing!), and then off to see Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals play. We'll also see the Arch Museum, and walk around downtown a bit. Should be a GREAT TIME!

This WordArt is for Jenny. I do like this quote, and am excited to use it on my own layout with my boys! Hope you like it, Jenny!

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Who I Am

Hi from St. Louis! We had a great time yesterday. We went to the St. Louis Science Center, which was awesome! My little one, Jimmy, was terrified by the dinosaurs. So funny :) There were a lot of hands on activities for the kids.


Papers and Elements - Raspberry Roads

We were able to go to Build-A-Bear workshop in the Science Center. Boy they are spendy. Didn't realize how much those little buggers cost. So, we got 1 for the whole family to share :) We picked out a puppy, and he has 7 hearts. Hehehehe. They even made my husband and I do the routine and put in a heart. So funny :)


Paper - Raspberry Roads

Then, we went to Cahokia Mounds. Awesome time :) We live in Southern Ohio, near Chillicothe, where the Hopewell Culture Natural Historical Park - Mound City is. So it was kind of fun to visit Cahokia Mounds too! Great interpretive center! We walked up on top of the mound itself, where I noticed that my kids are sorely out of shape. hehehe.We went out to dinner that night, and it's the first time in a while that we had equal ratio of kids to adults. Usually doesn't happen with our group :) Then, back at the Uncles' house, we had b-day cake and ice cream for my husband. What a great day!!!!!

So, back to WordArt :)

I thought that this one turned out really cute. I went on a "font hunt" the other night, and found quite a few new ones that I like. This is a WordArt request from Gemma. How true it is! Isn't that all we really want. For someone to love us for US! And, isn't that how we should treat those we love. That we love them for THEM. Great sentiment! I think it would make a great layout for kids being goofy.

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FONTS:

Who, I, Am - Hyrule
All rest - Incoming Fax AOE

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A Pair of WordArts

Wow, I sure have a lot going on, don't I! Hehehe. Well, here's another fun project that I worked on last night. Crystal has this awesome new Alpha set that she's selling on her site, and wanted me to make 2 new WordArts to promo it! So, all you have to do is pick up the first WordArt at my site, then go to her site to get the other one. Sound like fun? Sure it does! I know you want to play too!

So, here's the first WordArt. Isn't it cute! I do love the Alpha! And the quote is too funny :) I've been meaning to make a WordArt out of it for a while now. Good thing I waited, eh?




See, didn't I say that it was cute :) Just click on the WordArt to download it. Now, see the other cool one below. Well, you have to go to Crystals site to download it. Just click on the WordArt below to go to her site, and get the 2nd WordArt. And be sure to leave her some love for letting me use her COOL NEW ALPHA kit!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Exciting News!

Guess who's the newest designer at ScrapOrchard, my favorite digiscrapping site on the net? It's me!!! Can you believe it? I am so excited! The girls at ScrapOrchard are awesome! And, they're SOOOO funny! It's gonna be so much fun!

So, below are my 2 new kits. One is packed full of baby WordArt, and the other is full of Friends WordArt! I love 'em both!


AND, we're gonna be having a challenge with 3 BRAND NEW FREE WordArts at ScrapOrchard in the next few days. I'll let you know when that starts. But, it's the only place you can get these 3 for free! So, keep watching. And head on over to ScrapOrchard and check it out. You'll love it too!!!

Every Chance

This is a WordArt request from Aimee. What a great saying. I totally agree. I tell this to myself when I'm a "mean mom", or when I mess up. Just take a deep breath, and try again. That's the beauty of life. You can choose how you want to act in every instance. Awesome :)

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FONTS:

Every - Goombella
Chance - EleutheriaDisplaySSK

We're On Vacation!

Yeah, we finally made it to St. Louis :) Sunday, we drove from Southern Ohio to Chicago (Joliet), and stayed the night at our house that's for sale. We turned off the water and the gas last time we were there, but at least spring had come, so it wasn't cold :) But, with no water, and 5 kids, that was a little tricky.

We spent the day in Joliet, going to my favorite thrift store (it was 1/2 price day) and visiting with friends. We headed out for St. Louis at 3:30, stopping at about 5:30 for dinner at Crackle Barrel. It's my hubbys B-day, and had a good time! We do love Crackle Barrel :)

We rolled into St. Louis (Edwardsville) at about 9:30 or so, and am glad to be here! The kids are loving seeing their uncles and aunt, and playing with the cats. We don't have pets, so the kids are having a BLAST!

So, I didn't check my email for over 24 hours, and I got 45 emails from you all! I'm gonna be a while getting back to you all, and posting your layouts, and such. So, please be patient with me :) I did hear that there was a problem with the WordArt for today, and have that fixed now. So, enjoy!

Take care :)

Monday, April 21, 2008

Wash His Face

I know, again with the double posting :) Well, since I have almost all boys, I know how hard it is to find eveything GIRLS! So, I decided to put up a boy quote to match the girl quote. See, it all makes sense :) I know that I have SO MANY pictures of my little boys with their faces dirty. Funny, but it is one of the worst things you can do to them! It's like it takes all the fun of their play away when you "wash it off". Like they're saving it for memories of the good times. hehehe.

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Forever In Bloom

This WordArt request is from LJ. I thought that it was a very nice quote. I'm so glad that I have at least 1 daughter. We have 4 boys, and just 1 little girl. My poor mother-in-law had 6 boys before finally getting her girl. Can you imagine? Girls definitely are special little things. That being said (and that I love my daughter to death), I'm sure glad that I only have one :) My personality type does so much better with boys!!! hehehe.

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FONTS:

Forever - rhino dino
in, bloom - Highland Perk


Page Kit: [url=http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249341]Yellow Glurpee Add-On Pack - Created by Suzanne C. Walker[/url]
WordArt by ME!!!

I must say, I saw this layout on a scrapbook site somewhere, and thought it was AWESOME! I so love how Hayley recolored the WordArt. I SO wish I had those skills! My re-coloring isn't quite so grand!! Wonderful job!!!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Your Life is a Miracle

Hi all! We're off and on our way to Illinois! We should be getting to Joliet around 9pm, then have a busy Monday planned. After all that, we're driving down to St. Louis (4 hours away), and will be there for the rest of the week! Yeah for Spring Break :)

This is a WordArt request from Tanja. I've seen it around for a while now, and haven't yet tackled it. I think it gets the award of most tricky quote to WordArt. Boy did it give me problems. But, I'm satisfied with the finished product. Hopefully you'll like it too!

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Love You

Morning all! So my day is going to be a bit busy. I have to do school with all the kids, pack for all of us for a week, load it in the trailer, clean the house (can't leave a totally trashed house for the week), did I mention we're out of both bread and milk (must plan a trip to Wal-mart in here sometime), and all by myself. My husband won't be home until 9-10 tonight. Fun times. :) But, I bet if everyone works together, we can get it all done. The kids are excited about going to St. Louis, and I bet I can play that up :)

This is a WordArt request from Heidi. She wanted to do a layout with her son and her daughter, and this quote. How sweet is that! I think as parents, we do feel an overwhelming love for our offspring. I think this will make cute layouts for kids, for couples, even for pets (as much as I don't like animals :) Hope you like it!

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FONTS:

Love, You - Stephanie Marie JF

Friday, April 18, 2008

Urban Myth

OK, I know. that I said only 1 post a day, but, well, my husband just left for today and tomorrow to drill (Civil War reenactment), and I'm home alone with the 5 kids (can I really ever be alone?), so I'm watching them play the super nintendo (yeah, we're really up to date on the gaming systems), and designing.

I thought that because the Graduation WordArt was pretty specific, I'd put out another pretty specific one today too. Usually, I try to keep them very generic. But, I've had several friends who struggled to get pregnant (not me, we just have to think the word BABY, and we're pregnant, hence the 5 kids and 7 pregnancies in 11 years). I thought that this would be nice for you all out there who have struggled to get pregnant in the past or in the present. My thoughts are with you all :) This WordArt request is from Ashley.

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FONTS:

Urban, Myth - Goombella

Graduation is the Beginning

This is a WordArt request from Colleen, who wanted something for Graduation, since it's coming up next month! Great for your graduate, or your pictures of going to graduation, or even for a child going up into the next grade. Lots of possibilities :)

We're all getting ready to head out for Illinois on Sunday. We're leaving right from church (Stake Conference, for those of you who know "LDS lingo" ), and driving back to Chicago to check on our house. Then, on Monday, we'll be driving down to St. Louis to spend a late Easter :) with Captain America's brothers. Should be a great trip! One advantage of homeschooling is that we can shift our vacation times to match up with my husbands.

Don't worry, I'll still be putting on the freebies. We have 5 working computers at our house, all hooked up with the internet. Captain America's brothers house is even more technological savvy than us, if you can imagine. I'll be hooked up, and able to get online. Yeah for me! And, maybe with so many grown-ups in the house, I'll even have time to design! That's my goal :) Wish me luck!!!

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FONTS:

Graduation - Castellar
Beginning - Charade JF

This card was sent in by Amanda - Didn't she do a great job! I think it's perfect! Thanks so much for sharing :)

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Baby's First Bath

Yes, I know you thought that this series had finally gone away, but someone suggested this, and I thought it was too good to pass up! So, here it is. Another in your "Baby's First" collection! Enjoy :) .....don't you love my new banner? I used the Maui Breeze kit from the girls over at Scrap Orchard. Go give em a look. They've got great stuff, and they're so much FUN!!!

And, on a side note, my oldest did end up sick. But, luckily his aim is much better than the other kids, and I didn't have to clean up after him. He was mostly puny on the couch all day long. Good news, though, is everyone else seems to be feeling fine. I'll take a 12 hour virus any day of the week! Yeah for us!!!

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Credits for this page:
In Dreams kit - Birgit Ker
Template by MadeByMitzie
Elegant Wordart by Bethany Harty
Simple Spots - Katie Pertiet
Font - CK Footnote


This layout is from Trina, and is exactly what I had in mind when I made this wordart. Isn't it adorable! What a cute tiny baby!!!!

Mommy In Training

Wow, I must tell you, it's amazing how we just keep on learning, day after day! I learned a new trick in CS2 the other night. Did you know that if you have an element, like, say, a WordArt, in PNG format, with lots of extra loose space around it, you can go IMAGE, then TRIM, then ok, and it'll take all of the extra space out of it. Who knew! And, I've been saving my files as PNG files AND JPG files so that I could put up a preview here in blogger. Well, I forgot to do that with this WordArt, and accidentally tried to upload the PNG file. Well, lookie here! The PNG file works just fine. I'll have to remember that. I no longer have to save it as a JPG. Just think of all the time I've been wasting. heheheh.

I hope today finds me with less "fun" than last night did. At about 11:30 pm, I had a child puking in his bed. That was fun. But, he managed to aim for his sheets and blankets, so we just removed the bedding to the back yard to clean up this morning. I went right back to sleep. Then, at about 3:00 am, another child came saying there was more puking. Her aim wasn't so good. All over the carpet, her brothers bed, and his blanket. The 2 older boys were downstairs, trying to stay away from the puke smell. They were saying how bad she was for not making it to the toilet. My 8 year old, Tom, even said, I puked, but I at least made it to the toilet. Great, so there was more puke? After scrubbing the carpet, I went to the bathroom, and yep, he sure did make it to the toilet. ALL OVER IT! Gross. So, I only have 1 out of the 5 who hasn't puked in the past 24 hours. I wonder if he can make it IN the toilet, or if there will be more "fun" to clean up? Wish me luck!

Today's WordArt request come from Kim, who's daughter loves to "take care" of her baby doll. I know that I have a lot of pictures that this would be appropriate for. Even with my boys. Wouldn't that be a silly layout! Mommy in training. Yeah, they'd like that. I may have to make one, just because it sounds so silly to me :)

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FONTS:

Mommy - AnnabelleJF
in, training - Well, hmmm, can't seem to find that one again. so sorry :(

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Heavens Flowers

Yes, I know there's only one, but I'm afraid that I'm having to cut back to one freebie a day. I knew that eventually, it would all catch up with me, and, well, it has. Life is WAY too busy in the springtime to spend all my time on the laptop. So, it's one a day. Hope you all understand :)

Yesterday, we had a ton of fun at Cub Scouts, despite a few "setbacks". We were all loaded up in the truck, and on our way, when suddenly, I heard coughing noises. You know, THOSE kind of coughing noises. The ones that say that PUKE is shortly following. Nice. I look back just in time to see chocolate vomit coming from the 2 year old, Jimmy. Heavens! Luckily, it was just a little bit, and it was only on him.

I look for a handy place to pull over and clean up the mess. Then the projectile chocolate vomit starts. NASTY! We find a place, and stop the truck. I get out at a gas station, and survey the mess. It was pretty nasty. The kids had found a big chocolate bunny in the freezer that afternoon, and had eaten it together. Hence, the chocolate vomit.

So, I managed to get his car seat unbuckled, and pulled out onto the ground. From there, I got him out of the seat, and stripped. We cleaned him up with Wendy's napkins as best we could, and let him ride in the back seat with the big kids. If the police pulled us over, the proof was in the trunk as to why my 2 year old was out of his seat :)

Only his socks were salvageable. He'd taken off his Sunday shoes after church, and they were still in the truck, so he had shoes and socks and diaper. Lovely. I made the 4 year old, Joe, give up his undershirt, so Jimmy wouldn't be totally naked.

When we got to Scouts (which was at a school with a really nice playground), the 10 year old, Jacob, played with all the kids in the playground, while the 8 year old, Tom, and I went into the meeting (the door faced the playground). When Tom was done, he came out to play with the little kids, and Jacob went to his Scout meeting.

Really, it was great. The kids got 1 1/2 hours at the playground, and there was no more puking. It was a great trip, and I'm glad that we kept on going, and didn't turn around. What's a little chocolate vomit, right? hehehe.

This WordArt request is from Allison. What a sweet saying it is. I'd never heard this one, but think it's so precious. I can image how sweet a flower in heaven must be, and that's just as cute as my little girl is!

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FONTS:

Heavens - An Unfortunate Font DeWarped
Little Girls - Luxury Royale JF



Credits: Template, Scrappers Guide, Kit is RakScraps April Mega Kit

Thanks so much to Allison for sending in this WONDERFUL layout! Great colors, an love the subdued colors in the photo! Great effect!

Ellie Lash "heart song mini"
JulieO stoneaccents

Thanks so much to Maria for sending in this layout. I LOVE the pinks and the greens. What an adorable little girl you have!!!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

No Place Like Nana's AND Granny's

OK, for all of you who wanted to see this variation of the Grandma's house WordArt, it's finally up. Just scroll down to Sunday, and look under the pic of the Grandma WordArt. It's all ready for you!!!

And, I just added a variation to the Call Me Mom WordArt that reads "My greatest blessing calls me Mom", for Mom's of only one child.

Joyfully Embraces

This is a WordArt request from Jane. She's been trying for a while to come up with a WordArt for this saying of hers, and said she just couldn't get it right. So, does this work for ya, Jane? Hopefully it does :)

I thought that this would be great for ocean, beach, or lake pictures. Well, anything with waves. It would also be good for "wave pool" pictures, for big splashes in the swimming pool, or basically any time that people get really wet when they aren't expecting it.

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FONTS -
Joyfully - Juliet
embraces - impact


Credits:Kit Summertime Cocktail-
http://lalilounet.canalblog.com/
Butterfly trail--Bunny S Cates bunny@digital-scrapbooking.org
WordArt by ME!

Thanks so much to Deb and her daughter (4) for sending in this layout! Didn't they do a great job! I think that I'm gonna do this with my kids, let them pick the "fancy stuff" to add to a page. What a great project to do! Love how you guys made the words Pop off the page. Especially Joyfully. It looks like toothpaste! Little ole me, still learning Photoshop doesn't have a clue how to do something like that yet. Just give me time, though, and someone will show me how ;)

You're So Corny

Ha! If I had a quarter for every time I said this to my family, I'd be rich. OK, not really. Do you know how many times you'd have to say that to really be rich. Anyway, you get the idea. We sure have a lot of corn-i-ness going on around here!

This is a WordArt request for Nancy, who wanted this to go with the pictures of her kids and their Uncle's playing with the Corn On The Cob thingys, sword fighting. I thought that this would be perfect for 1) Eating Corn; 2) Being in a corn field; 3) Being in a Corn Maze; 4) Doing something dorky. Yep, any of these should work :) Personally, I'd go with the being dorky. hehehe

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FONTS:
Corny - Earwig Factory
You're so - Designers

Monday, April 14, 2008

Family Stitched Together With Love

This is a WordArt request from Angie. I thought that it turned out very nice. Very simple, but I think it gets it's point across. It's so important to spend time with our families, and let bonds of love develop. I know that my husband works really long hours, and we don't see him as often as we would like to, but I know that my kids love him. I know that they so enjoy their time with daddy. And, I'm glad that I can be home with my kids. I know that a lot of families don't have that option. Money's always been a struggle for us, especially with my decision to stay home, but I think we're better off for it :) Anyway, hope you like the WordArt :)

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FONTS:
f,a,m,i,l,y - Smargana
other - Swing Set BB