CT News & Layouts!!

I'm so excited to announce that I am an Enchanted Pixie a.k.a a new member of the Enchanted Studio Scraps Creative Team. I hang out at that site more than any other so this is a dream come true!! My first order of business as an Enchanted Pixie is to introduce the July Mega Kit by the ESS Designers called Love Story.

Isn't it gorgeous? Right now its only $2.99!! What a bargain!!

And now for some new lo's.

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Pretty Paisley Add On by Twin Mom Scraps
Rounders and Shapers Templates by Steel City Scraps
Template 26 by Dunia
Fonts are Good Girl and Complete in Him

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Man in the Moon by Vonnies Digiworld and Dark Pheonix Designs
Word Art from Ride a Dream Add On my Irene Alexeeva
Font is Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

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Man in the Moon by Vonnies Digiworld and Dark Pheonix Designs
Wire Mesh is from Childish Times by Brittbree
Word Art is from Lara's Digi World
I also used Atomic Cupcake's Cardboard Printed Action on the frame

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Sk8er 4 Life Add On by Danielle Corbitt
Font is Bumpy Road

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Oh Daddy! by Christie Lemmon Designs
Font is Metal Up Your Ear
Scraplift of Free by Jennifer Lynn

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Oh Daddy! by Christie Lemmon Designs
Line Me Up Template Set 1 by Christie Lemmon Designs
Font is Brian Scratch

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Ordinary Miracles by The Enchanted Studio Scraps Designers
Painty Alpha by Scarlet Heels Media
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

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Boy Toys by Brittbree
Template by Color by Caryn

The Sickies

We've been a house of sickos for a little while. Nothing major. Just runny noses that never seem to stop running. We've been stuck inside for a while and its kind of driving us crazy! Benjamin had a meltdown of epic proportions earlier today all brought on by string cheese that I couldn't unwrap fast enough. The toddler years are good fun and I get to do it again with Alexander! Woo-hoo!!

So I had a minute of them both sleeping at the same time so I thought I'd show my blog some love! Here are some of my latest lo's!

A couple from our trip to Ocean City last August. We go back up again for 2 weeks this August. I'm looking forward to it!

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Gulf Getaway by Digi Overdose and Vonnies Digiworld
Date Bits and Date Stamps by Trish Jones

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Gulf Getaway by Digi Overdose and Vonnies Digiworld
Word Art by Danimoy Designs
Template by Vanessa from Lauren Grier's Holiday Freebie

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Boy Toys by Brittbree
Template by Color by Caryn

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Funky Monkey by Scrappyweiss Designs
Template 79 by Scrappin with Liz

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Crayon Box by Christie Lemmon Designs
Line Me up Template Set 1 by Christie Lemmon Designs

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Crayon Box by Christie Lemmon Designs
Line Me up Template Set 1 by Christie Lemmon Designs

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Sweet Tooth by Vonnies Digiworld and Suzy Q Scraps
Template by AmyM Designs
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

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Sweet Tooth by Suzy Q Scraps and Vonnies Digiworld

Happy 2nd Birthday Benjamin!!

June 1st was Benjamin's 2nd birthday!! We celebrated with a birthday party last Saturday. A bunch of his little friends came over to celebrate. It was so cute watching all these 2-year-olds running around. What a difference a year makes!

I love this smile. He's such a cheese ball!


Here he is really enjoying his cake!

frame and embellishments are from Birthday Boy by Julie Bullock

Its been a while since I shared some layouts so I have quite a few to share. I've been getting into a bit of groove and have been able to carve out a little bit of time here and there to do fun things for myself.

This lo is from a trip to Key West that Shawn and I took in 2003. We were a brand new couple then. We had no idea that our future was getting married and having 2 beautiful little boys. Sometimes I miss the carefree fun, but even when things get a little rough here with 2 young children, I wouldn't change a thing. I can't wait until they are old enough so we can take them on trips to places like Key West! OK, I totally just went off on a tangent! This lo is for the Pixie Pouch Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. This is a challenge where the host gives you a mini kit and your challenge is to use everything in the mini.

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Put the Lime in the Coconut Mini Freebie by Danimoy Designs
Template 393 by Andrea Gold
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

Brittney Ferguson (a.k.a BrittBree), who's CT was one of the 1st I became part of and I'm so happy to still create for, is hosting her first challenge at Pretty Scrappy. She's hosting the Plant by Numbers Challenge. This is a challenge where you are given a recipe of what to include in your lo. Here is my lo for the challenge. This is my mom on her wedding day.

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Delicate Blossom by BrittBree
Sonny by BrittBree
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

My June desktop of course featuring my cute boys!

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A Breath of Fresh Air by Steel City Scraps
CD Calendar Templates by Aja Abney
Desktop Calendar Template by Pixie Perfect Designs

The photo in this lo was from Benjamin's 2nd birthday party. It was an attempt at a family photo. Benjamin wasn't in the mood to be held so this was as successful as we were going to get. Can you blame a 2-year-old when all his friends were there and there were toys and fun everywhere? This lo is for the Template Challenge at Inspiration Lane.

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Covered in Red Mini by Christie Lemmon Designs
Template 4 by Aussie Caz
Font is Holiday Home

This lo is for another mini kit challenge. This one is at Scappity-Doo-Dah and is being hosted by Tam of Digi Overdose. The photo is of Benjamin on the beach at Daytona Beach last year when his daddy biked the MS 150.

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Gulf Getaway Sampler by Digi Overdose
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

This is a lo for the Font Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. I love this lo! This is Benjamin in an interesting ensemble of a sea animal onsie and spiderman pajama bottoms. Yes, he was dressed by his Daddy, but in his defense, we have to switch Benjamin to a onsie at naptime because he has gotten into this wonderful habit of pooping only at naptime and then playing with the poop. I'm hoping this is one habit he will soon outgrow because its just nasty. There are a couple times recently that we haven't changed him and he's pooped and he hasn't played with it so I'm thinking this phase is almost over (hopefully!!) Anyway, we need to potty train this kid already!!

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iRock Collaboration w/ Steel City Scraps and Simply Scraps
Font is Home Remedy

This lo is a collage of photos of Shawn and his boys. It is for the Fairy Essence Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. This is a word definition challenge and of course for June the word is father.

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iRock Collaboration w/ Steel Studio Scraps and Simply Scraps
Word Art by Becca

This lo was for the May Scraplift Challenge at Inspiration Lane. My little man on the beach at Ocean City, NJ says, "Save the Planet for me!"

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A Better Day by Christie Lemmon Designs
Font is Pristina

This lo was for a really fun challenge and something totally different for me. The challenge is Artist Challenge at Inspiration Lane. This lo was for the May Artist Challenge where we were supposed to create a lo inspired by Anne Geddes.

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A Better Day by Christie Lemmon Designs
Modern Neutrals by Christie Lemmon Designs
By Chance by Steel City Scraps

This is a lo of Alexander in one of those truly adorable newborn moments. He had basically passed out in the middle of nursing and I didn't have the heart to try and move him. So he blissfully slept on his boppy pillow curled up on me. I know I need to cherish these moments because as I'm finding out with Benjamin, when they are 2, they are too busy to cuddle with mommy! This lo was for the May Scraplift Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps.

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A Breath of Fresh Air by Steel City Scraps
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

And finally, you can never have enough wedding lo's, right? Maybe one of these days I'll actually print out a few of my favorites and make an album out of them. This lo is for the Nesting Challenge at Scrappity-Doo-Dah. This is another fun and different challenge where you get a mini kit and a template and then you get a list of instructions on how to make your lo. Its interesting to see all the different lo's you get when everyone is working on the same kit and the same set of instructions.

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Template and Natural Neutrals Mini Kit by Artistic Leanings
Flower, Foil Accent and Ribbon are from Bold and Beautiful by Trish H. Designs
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

New lo's

Here are some lo's I've worked on in the last couple weeks.

These first 2 I used Champagne by Candleworks Scraps. The word art in the 1st is by Bekah E for the Magical Moments Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. The second is for the Build a Fairy Treehouse Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. The template is by Brenda Smith Designs and the font is Wendy Medium.



These next 2 lo's are made with Mud Puddles by Christie Lemmon Designs. The 1st is for the Charmer's Time Dance Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. The desktop template is by Danielle Corbitt. The 2nd I also used CT Inspired Templates: Hillary by Christie Lemmon Designs and Tiny Vellum Dates by Ellie Lash.



This lo is for the Pixie Pouch Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. I used Pixie Pouch #2 by Chaos Lounge and the font is Vagabond.

This lo is for the Sprite's Spell Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps (yep, I've been hanging out there quite a bit!) I used A New Day Collab by Steel City Scraps and Monkey See, Monkey Do, Sugar Shack Template Pack by Steel City Scraps, Take Me To Neverland by Steel City Scraps and the font is Tall Paul.

For this lo I used Stacker 1 by Brittney Ferguson Designs and the font is Sceptre.

And finally, these last 2 lo's I used Cruisin' by Steel City Scraps and Sugar Shack Template Pack by Steel City Scraps. The fonts in both are Complete in Him and Bumpy Road.

Some new lo's

Here are 2 lo's using SIS Designs In The Dirt. They are both of Benjamin's fun with his new truck he got from Mom Mom and Pop Pop for Christmas.


This is a lo for Enchanted Studio Scraps Font Challenge. I used Take Me To Neverland from Steel Studio Scraps. The fonts are Fantastic Pete and Prophecy Script.

This is a lo using Childish Times by Brittney Ferguson. It is a freebie on her blog. The date stamp is from Agawa.

Been so MIA! Bunch of new lo's!

I have been having such a hard time finding time to update this blog! I'm grateful for the busy life, but sometimes its crazy! My mom and dad are spending the month of January out at the beach so we have been visiting them out there. That has been lots of fun! Benjamin just loves his Mom Mom and Pop Pop!

I have been able to crank out quite a few layouts in the last couple of weeks. I'm trying to stay on top of my CT duties and even doing the occasional non-CT layout! Mostly those are for challenges though which I'll talk about a fabulous new site for challenges and fun in a minute.

These first 2 lo's I used Heart of Glass by Diva Designz. The 1st lo is a pic of my boys watching squirrels in the backyard. I thought they looked so cute! The font is Fiolex Girls. The 2nd is from Valentine's Day almost a year ago of Benjamin smelling (although I really think he wanted to eat) the roses. The font is Calligrapher.


Now, about that new website. Enchanted Studio Scraps is now open. Well, the forums and gallery are and the store will be opening very soon. The challenges there are great and you can earn points for credit in the store!

This first lo was for their Color Sorcery Challenge which is their color challenge. The color swatch for this month comes from the Warmth of Friends Blog Train the ESS designers had not too long ago. So that's the kit I used along with Date Bits 8 by Misty Cato and the font is Tristan. The photo is of Benjamin helping us sweep leaves in the backyard. He is so helpful!

This lo is for their Elf Excerpt challenge. This is a song lyric challenge. This month is "Do you believe in magic." This lo is me and my niece on my wedding day. The kit is Soft Whisper by Steel City Scraps. The template is called The Gift of Friends and is a blog freebie from Steel City Scraps. The font is Tristan.

This next lo is for the Magical Moments word art challenge. I used The Overstuffed Stocking by Digi Overdose and the word art is also by Digi Overdose.

The next 2 lo's are for the Fairytale Storybook challenge. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it and have a complete ABC book for Benjamin. I used Digitreats Run ABC and the font Batik on both these lo's.

This next lo is for the Charmer's Time Dance Desktop Challenge. The desktop template is by Danielle Corbitt. The kit is Mid Morning by Danielle Corbitt and Brenda Smith.

This next lo is for the Pixie Pouch challenge. You get a freebie mini kit from Trish H Designs and have to create a lo using all parts of the mini kit. This months mini kit from Trish H Designs is an add on to her kit Winter Flurry. The font is Occidental.

The Build a Fairy Treehouse challenge is the template challenge. The template is by Brenda Smith Designs. The kits are Kale and the Kale add on by Brenda Smith Designs. I also used Birthday Labels from Misty Cato and the font is Occidental.

That's it for challenge lo's for now. I have a few more challenges to complete for this month. If you complete all the challenges you get a bonus freebie kit so that my goal for the end of this month!

These next 2 lo's I used Italian Cottage by Litterbox Creations. The template is by Templates by Linz. The 1st, of course, is of my belly. I'm now at almost 30 weeks and even bigger! Eeek! The 2nd is just me showing off my beautiful family. Shawn and I will be celebrating 2 years of marriage in a couple weeks. It sure has been and eventful 2 years!! The font on the 2nd lo is Blackadder ITC.


And last, but certainly not least, a couple lo's for Brittney Ferguson's Designs. The 1st is a 2 pager showing a fun day at the park with Benjamin. I used Circle Obsession by Brittney Ferguson Designs. The template is from Liz Designs and the fonts are How Cute Am I from Darcy Baldwin and Cuckoo. The 2nd lo are pics from the cute little hotel Shawn and I stayed at in Puerto Rico a couple years ago. I used Hotel Charm from Brittney Ferguson Designs. I also used Grunge Masks from Tracy Murphy Designs and the font is Charlemagne Std.