MIA - an explanation

Wow - can't believe it's been over amonth since I last posted anything! July was super busy with contributions to be made to mega kits at three stores, trying to help a friend get her products in stores again (& my apologies that I haven't been able to do more), working on collaboration kits with my partner, running challenges, yada, yada. And that's just the scrapbooking world.

On the home front, we worked on re-modeling our dining room, finding new furniture to fit the small room (it's 10 ft. square with two doorways), and other lesser chores.

At the end of the month, I was pleased to have a visit from my friends, Sandi & Gary Tice. Many people know Sandi as Sandi's Scraps. She was at Scrapbookerplayground until December of 2007 when lung cancer forced her to briefly retire. Now she's beginning to add her products to ScrappersZone. If you haven't seen any of Sandi's work, you really must check it out. Below is a layout I made with her Sewing Snippets 2 kit.



Here are some previews of her Petit Fours Quick Page sets. These are absolutely darling!



Do visit her store here:
http://74.220.215.69/~scrappe1/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_101&zenid=fb6d5b5bf08a81b9947a400d0b380ac1

Vintage Vixens _ New Product Previews

Vintage Vixens_Faded Glory Kit
Elements and Papers sold separately too.

Available at
Scrapping Whispers:
http://scrappingwhispers.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=2696
ScrappersZone:
http://74.220.215.69/~scrappe1/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_119&products_id=1170&zenid=e6815720a3be649b218c7a864642ee19

Vintage Vixens_Faded Glory_ USA Bragbook

Available at
Scrapping Whispers:
http://scrappingwhispers.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=2697
ScrappersZone:
http://74.220.215.69/~scrappe1/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_119&products_id=1171&zenid=e6815720a3be649b218c7a864642ee19

Vintage Vixens_FadedGlory Candian BragBook

Available at
Scrapping Whispers:
http://scrappingwhispers.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=58&zenid=14673fd886176c137f570f86bcd22ee3
ScrappersZone:
http://74.220.215.69/~scrappe1/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_119&products_id=1172&zenid=e6815720a3be649b218c7a864642ee19

Vintage Vixens_Art Nouveau Dragonfly BracketBook

Available at
Scrapping Whispers:
http://scrappingwhispers.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=2693
ScrappersZone:
http://74.220.215.69/~scrappe1/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_119&products_id=1167&zenid=e6815720a3be649b218c7a864642ee19

Vintage Vixens _ Art Nouveau Dragonfly Kit

Available at Scrapping Whispers:
http://scrappingwhispers.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=2692
ScrappersZone:
http://74.220.215.69/~scrappe1/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_119&produc20a3be649b218c7a864642ee19ts_id=1166&zenid=e68157
Please note: Papers and elements are also available separately.

Hot Summer Sale At ScrappersZone

ScrappersZone is having a hot summer sale. Almost everything in the store is 60% off this week! Here are just a few of the things you can see.
Luscious Berry by Cindy Ritter

Daydreams by MoveFearlessly

Generous Soul paper pack by Eirene

Military Girl by DigiHeaven

CU Grab Bag #4 by Designs by Moo

Pretty Pearls by Cindy Ritter

Textures Set 1 by Scrappy Cats

Smitten by Rose McDigital

Flower by JadensMama

Jack by D'Ambrosio Arts


Want to see more? Visit ScrappersZone:
http://www.scrapperszone.com/

Be sure to check out our July Mega kit:



And do you know about the Mystery Shopper Giveaway?
Scrapper's Zone Customers are in for a treat - for the next few weeks, our talented and generous designers will be sponsoring a series of MYSTERY GIFTS. Each week, one lucky shopper will be randomly selected to receive a GIFT WITH PURCHASE.

Last week's winner was LINDA HANSEN
She received Cindy Ritter's new kit, Luscious Berry.


This week's winner will be randomly selected from all qualifying store purchases made from 12am CST today (July 6th) through 12 noon CST July 12th.


The winner (and gift) will be announced Sunday.

Scrapping Baby Photos

Lately I've been scrapping my son's baby photos and wanted to share some layouts.
This one is of him taking a bubble bath in the kitchen sink. Scrapped with Delightful Dreams by Echo's Scraps.

These photos date from the first summer he could toddle around in the garden "helping" his father. He was fascinated by all the growing things. Helped pick tomatoes and when the first slices went on a sandwich, he had to give it a try. Look at that expression. Scrapped with Delightful Dreams by Echo's Scraps.


Jeremy is always my shining star. Scrapped these pics with Royal Garden by Sweetmade.


At times every baby seems like a little queen or king holding court with his/her subjects. Here's Jeremy on his second Christmas holding court with his grandfather and aunt. Scraped with SweetMade's Fantasia.

When you're a baby, every day is an adventure, every place a fantasy land. So what better to scrap my little explorer with than Fantasia by SweetMade?

Big News! Super Sale

Scraphead is having a fabulous sale. For the next 24 hours, everything will be 75% off throughout the entire store. Every day, the discount price will drop by 2%. This sale will last 7 days. Don't miss out on the huge savings to be had.

Visit my store here: http://scraphead.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=3&zenid=dc1e94645a72caf68121abcbb5413da2

Check out all the Scraphead designers - lots of great bargains.

Medical Information

For those of you who suffer from CFIDS or fibromyalgia, I am passing along links to some research articles you might find interesting. These were in the most recent issue of CFIDSLink.

Comorbid Conditions Receive Focus:
http://www.cfids.org/cfidslink/2008/070904.asp?tr=y&auid=3806474

New Findings about Comorbid Conditions
http://www.cfids.org/cfidslink/2008/070905.asp?tr=y&auid=3806480

*Pearls of Wisdom from a CFS Physician
http://www.cfids.org/cfidslink/2008/070906.pdf?tr=y&auid=3806483

Good information in these!

July Mega Kit at Scrapping Whispers

The designers at Scrapping Whispers have a great summer camping mega kit for you this month. Here's a preview:



Well, that's just the Qps. For some reason, blogger isn't taking the gif for the whole kit. Will try again later. Meanwhile, it can be seen here: http://scrappingwhispers.com/store/