A month's worth of layouts and a freebie!

Here's a month's worth of layouts with a little mini kit freebie at the end!

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Plum Silly by A+ Designs
Template is from Templistic: Nature's Way by A+ Designs
Font is Segoe Script

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Plum Silly by A+ Designs
Template is from Templistic: Nature's Way by A+ Designs
Font is Bradley Hand ITC

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Delish by Leslie G. Designs
Template by A+ Designs
Font is One Fell Swoop

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Autumn Day Mini Kit by Twin Mom Scraps
Font is Papyrus

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Honey Pie by Leslie G. Designs
Word Art by Leslie G. Designs
Glitter Style for Word Art by Bannerwoman Designs

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Boy-ish by Trish H. Designs
Font is Green Pillow

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So Seasonal by Leslie G. Designs
Template by Robyn Pali Designs
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

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Kit and Template is Winter Beach Mega Collab Kit by ESS Designers

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Winter Beach Mega Collab Kit by ESS Designers
Photo Mask by Kristin's ScrapDesign
Font is Segoe Script

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Just a Boy by Karyn Robinson
Font is Tempus Sans ITC
Scraplift of Siblings by hollshanson

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Gavin's Toy Box by Danimoy Designs and A+ Designs
Font is Pea Heather Michelle

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Strength by Jeanette Bollinger
Template by jewelscraps
Font is Pea Heather Michelle

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Strength by Jeanette Bollinger Designs
Font is Bradley Hand ITC

I participated in the color challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps this month. Here is the little mini I made.

You can pick up this mini here.

Just the Thing - Dude Style by Flutter Expressions

Look at this cute kit by Flutter Expressions that I got to work with!


Here are my lo's using this kit.

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Just the Thing-Dude Style by Flutter Expressions
Template by Robyn Pali Designs
Font is AR Christy

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Just The Thing-Dude Style by Flutter Expression
Template by Starry Eyed Designs

Mega LO share!

My poor little blog. Its so very random! Its been a while since I posted about the family and I have about a million lo's to share just because its been so long!

My boys are wonderful!! Benjamin is talking more and more everyday and I am constantly proud and awed by how smart he is! We are in 2 classes this fall. One is called Wee Explore where we are meeting at different parks around the area to go on nature walks, explore, do crafts, and other fun stuff. Yesterday was our first class and Benjamin loved it. The other class is called Wonder Years and it is fun, organized playgroup. I really think Benjamin would enjoy preschool so we are thinking about sending him next year. I think it would be hard on Mommy!

Alexander is amazing as well! He will be 6 months old in a couple days!! Wow, what a fast 6 months this has been. He is working hard on crawling and can make it across the room pretty quickly. He is keeping Shawn and I on our toes!!

We are in the middle of home improvements. Our walls are half painted, but the ones that are done look really good. We are attempting organization, but we are at the point that it is more chaotic than organized. I brought a bunch of maternity clothes and baby clothes to a consignment sale and the rest are going to charity. That was a little emotional, but the reasonable part of my brain told me that we can't keep everything. I saved the outfits that both boys came home from the hospital in and that's it.

So, we are keeping busy! I've managed to do some scrapping, but not a ton. I do have a ton of lo's to share though because I haven't posted them in so long!! This is about 2 months worth of lo's.

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Doll by Designs by Helly
Font is French Script
Scraplift of 100% Boy by kistal1027

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Doll by Designs by Helly
Word Art by Designs by Helly
Atomic Cupcake Frayed Fabric Action

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Seaglass by Color With Caryn
Template by AmyM Designs
Font is Mia's Scribblings

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Seaglass by Color With Caryn
Template by Jewelscraps
Font is Bizzy Bee

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Down by the Sea by Designs by Helly
Template is from Sample Pack 7 by Designs by Chrissy W.
Font is Kingthings Slipperylip

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Down by the Sea by Designs by Helly
Template by Robyn Pali Designs
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

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Summer's End Add On by Twin Mom Scraps
Fonts are First Font by Jill D-Zines and KissMeKissMeKissMe

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Live Out Loud by Bucket of Butterflies Designs
Template 009 by JennCK Designs
Font is Angelic War

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Live Out Loud by Bucket of Butterflies Designs
Template by Jewelscraps
Text Path by Just 2 More Things
Font is Papyrus

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Sweet Pea by Bucket of Butterflies Designs
Template 004 by Sugarplum Paperie
Fonts are Kristin ITC, Chubby Cheeks, and KlinkOMite

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Sweet Pea by Bucket of Butterflies Designs
Desktop Template by Eva Marina Designs

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Jingle Bell Bling by Sherri Tierney
Fonts are Curlz MT and Beyond Wonderland

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Fell in Love With a Boy by Trish Jones Designs
Template by Sine
Font is Complete in Him

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ZOO-licious by A+ Designs
Fresh Country by A+ Designs
Bells Will Be Ringing Template by A+ Designs
Font is Cheri

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Wonderland by Christie Lemmon Designs
Font is Beyond Wonderland

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Whimsical Winter by Chaos Lounge
Alpha is by Monika 69
Font is Bizzy Bee

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Gavin's Toybox by Danimoy Designs and A+ Designs
Font is AR Christy

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Funky Monkey by Scrappyweiss Designs
Scraplift of Sweet by Scrappyweiss

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It's Me Mini by Danielle Corbitt Designs
Template is from Sample Pack 7 by Designs by Christy W.
Tag Aloha by Teri Merkins Designs
Fonts is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin Designs and Rockwell Bold

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July Pixie Pouch by Chaos Lounge
Curled Corner Template by Melanie Ann Designs
For the Boys by Elemental Scraps
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

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You by Mia Designs
Template from Sample Pack 7 by Designs by Chrissy W.

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Shabby Cottage by Digi Overdose and Amanda Rockwell
Font is Tempus Sans ITC

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Shabby Cottage by Digi Overdose and Amanda Rockwell
Font is Vivaldi

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Day at the Beach by Scrapper's Delights
Font is Mia's Scribblings
Scraplift of Margarita Heaven by kathleena

Virtual Hostess Sale is still on and a photomask freebie

Just a quick reminder about my lia sophia "virtual hostess" sale going on. Do you love fun fashion jewelry? Lia Sophia has high end looks and great prices. Here are the details about the "virtual hostess" sale. If you enjoy my freebies, all I ask is that you take a look at my lia sophia independent advisor personal page (http://www.liasophia.com/michelleblagg). Thanks!!

You will have the opportunity to earn entries. At the end of the contest I will randomly pick 1 entry and that lucky winner will win all the hostess benefits for this virtual show. If the show is qualified at $250 you will win the 4 hostess bonus items, 2 1/2 price items, 20% of the show sales in free jewelry, the September monthly special items (3 more items at 1/2 off) and if the show reaches $600 in sales you will have the opportunity to purchase an exclusive hostess only watch, a $150 value, for only $35!


So here's how to earn entries:

• Make a purchase using the customer save plan during this show (2 items full price, 3rd most expensive item 1/2 price) = 1 entry. Don't forget the September monthly special. Once you purchase your 1st 3 items, your next 3 are all 1/2 off. In other words purchase 6 items and get your 4 most expensive 1/2 off!
• Make a purchase of $100 or more (before tax and shipping) = 3 entries
• Make a purchase of at least the customer save plan, plus book a show (live show if you live in central Florida or catalog show if you live anywhere else in the U.S.) = 5 entries

That's it! Here is how to view the catalog and order:

Go to: www.liasophia.com/michelleblagg
Click: Our Jewelry link
Click: Fall/Winter 2009 Catalog (and/or Kiam Family Signature collection)
Click: How to Purchase
Enter Hostess First Name: Online Last Name: Sale
Click: GO, Make your Selections and Finalize your Order

If you are interested in hosting a live or catalog show or if you have any questions, you can contact me here:http://www.liasophia.com/sites/michelleblagg/contact-me

You must make your purchase and/or set-up your show by the show close date of September 27, 2009. I will randomly pick an entry on the 28th and contact the winner about selecting all their hostess bonuses! If this turns out to be a popular contest I will be doing it again every other month or so. Subscribe to my blog to keep up with contests and other specials and of course freebies!

So, here is another photomask freebie! I want to thank Morfine Doll at Coolestbrushes.com for the cool Halloween brushes that are so fun to play with!

You can pick up this photomask here.

I'm a new Lia Sophia Adviser, win free jewelry and a freebie!

You may have noticed that my CT blinkies have shrunk quite a bit. This is because I recently became a new Lia Sophia Jewelry Adviser!! I was very sad to give up most of my CT's, but I need to devote my very little free time to growing my business.

Have you heard of Lia Sophia before? Lia Sophia is a company that sells high end fashion jewelry for reasonable prices. I've been to 2 Lia Sophia parties and was impressed by a number of things:

1. The quality of the jewelry. Each piece is very well crafted. You can feel the quality when you touch each piece.
2. The guarantee. Lia Sophia believes in its jewelry. So much so that they offer a 100% guarantee on all their jewelry. If you break a piece 10 years from now, you can return it. It you decide you just don't like a piece anymore, you can return it. As long as you keep the white receipt that comes with your purchase, you can return any piece at any time for any reason!!
3. The sale! Lia Sophia jewelry is always on sale and you decide what is on sale. 365 days a year Lia Sophia offers the customer save plan. For every 2 pieces of jewelry you purchase, the 3rd is 1/2 off. And here's the great part. The most expensive piece of your 3 is the 1/2 price item. If you pick out 2 pairs of $16 earrings and a $130 necklace, you'll play full price for the earrings and get the necklace for $65! You'll get all 3 for cheaper than if you just purchase the necklace!!
4. The hostess benefits! With a qualified show ($250 show), the hostess is entitled to 4 hostess bonus items (anything in the catalog $100 and under for $15 or anything over $100 for the hostess bonus price listed in the catalog), 2 items at 1/2 off, 20% of show sales in free jewelry, monthly special items, and a hostess only special item! As a hostess, you receive $100's in jewelry and pay about 20-30% of retail price!

To see all of Lia Sophia's beautiful styles check out the catalog here:

http://www.liasophia.com/sites/michelleblagg/catalog-intro

To celebrate my new job, I am having a "virtual hostess" contest. What does this mean? You will have the opportunity to earn entries. At the end of the contest I will randomly pick 1 entry and that lucky winner will win all the hostess benefits for this virtual show. If the show is qualified at $250 you will win the 4 hostess bonus items, 2 1/2 price items, 20% of the show sales in free jewelry, the September monthly special items (3 more items at 1/2 off) and if the show reaches $600 in sales you will have the opportunity to purchase an exclusive hostess only watch, a $150 value, for only $35!


So here's how to earn entries:

• Make a purchase using the customer save plan during this show (2 items full price, 3rd most expensive item 1/2 price) = 1 entry. Don't forget the September monthly special. Once you purchase your 1st 3 items, your next 3 are all 1/2 off. In other words purchase 6 items and get your 4 most expensive 1/2 off!
• Make a purchase of $100 or more (before tax and shipping) = 3 entries
• Make a purchase of at least the customer save plan, plus book a show (live show if you live in central Florida or catalog show if you live anywhere else in the U.S.) = 5 entries

That's it! Here is how to view the catalog and order:

Go to: www.liasophia.com/michelleblagg
Click: Our Jewelry link
Click: Fall/Winter 2009 Catalog (and/or Kiam Family Signature collection)
Click: How to Purchase
Enter Hostess First Name: Online Last Name: Sale
Click: GO, Make your Selections and Finalize your Order

If you are interested in hosting a live or catalog show or if you have any questions, you can contact me here:

http://www.liasophia.com/sites/michelleblagg/contact-me

You must make your purchase and/or set-up your show by the show close date of September 27, 2009. I will randomly pick an entry on the 28th and contact the winner about selecting all their hostess bonuses! If this turns out to be a popular contest I will be doing it again every other month or so. Subscribe to my blog to keep up with contests and other specials and of course freebies!

OK, so now here's my freebie! Obviously I'm putting up a freebie to attract people to my blog! :) If you like my freebies, please at least take a look at my Lia Sophia website! Here is another photomask freebie for you!

You can pick up this photomask here!

Mini Kit Freebie

We had a great time in New Jersey with my parents. We are flying back to Florida tomorrow. I am looking forward to getting back into a normal-ish routine again.

I participated in the Enchanted Studio Scraps Color Challenge and created a mini kit.

You can pick up this mini here.

Leaving on a jet plane...(plus a freebie!!)

My poor little already neglected blog is going to be even more ignored. We are leaving to visit my parents for 2 weeks. They live on the beach in New Jersey. Its going to be so fun! Benjamin LOVES the beach so he'll have a blast.

So my departing gift (LOL) is the other thing I love besides templates and that is photo masks. How fun are they!! Here is a pic of my cutie Alexander I made using this photomask.
Here is my little preview for it. The cat in the photo on the preview was a little guy we met in Puerto Rico several years ago. I wanted to stuff him in suitcase and take him home with us, but I resisted the urge!


You can pick up this photomask here.

Template Freebie!

I love, love, love templates! I like how they help me scrap outside the box. So I decided to make one. Here is my 1st template. Its pretty simple, but its only my 1st after all!! If I get a good response I'll probably try my hand at more.


You can pick this template up here. Thanks for stopping by!

Look at my new blinkie up there ^^^ !!

**Looking for the blog train? Its one post down. You can read this post too if you want! :)**

I've been published in The Daily Scrapper!! They had a call for summer lo's and I submitted the one below and they picked it to publish!! I used the Digi Overdose and Vonnies Digiworld collab Gulf Getaway for this lo. There's also an article about summer with a quote from me and a photo of me and Benjamin from last summer. I'm so excited about this!!

Here are some of the lo's I've done recently. These 1st 2 are from Christie Lemmon Designs July Grab Bag available exclusively at Inspiration Lane. The font for the 2nd lo is Complete in Him.


And here are some more I've done.

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Pool Side Fun by Scrapper's Delight available soon at Enchanted Studio Scraps
Template #355 by Andrea Gold
Font is Complete in Him

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Friendly Garden Mini Kit by Twin Mom Scraps
Photomask by Vissarah

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Friendly Garden Mini Kit by Twin Mom Scraps
Font are AR Carter and 101! Star Lit Night