Here's the first LO I made for my CT position at Digiscrapshak:


Credits:

Photo Shop CS2
Paper:
Black Grunge PP by Kris Myers (digiscrapshak.com)
Flowers:
oil painted flowers collaboration kit by Kris Myers & Kari Q(digiscrapshak)
Font:
Bible script from the internet

Journaling:
LOVES clothes! You wear multiple out fits every day all LAYERED. You’ll wear 4 different pairs of Pajamas to bed at once. You love all things girly ~ glitter, skirts, nail polish, foofy dresses, your glitter shoes, pink boots. You love it all. You are brilliant, you taught yourself to write your name all on your own, just showed me you’d written it one day. You love your siblings and especially spend all day playing imagination games with Micah. Your best friend is your cousin Mikayla. You love the shows Oswald, Franklin, and the Backyardigans. You miss preschool and all your friends there. You have a sweet spirit and a smile can often be found on your face. You are also shy and cling to me when we go new places. You have a temper streak and if someon hurts your feeling, it takes a while to get off your bad list. Your one special girl Wingnut

Even more good news!!!!

Today I was picked up a Guest Creative Team member for Melissa Bennett she designs over at scrapbookbytes And she is one of my favorite designers ~ one of the best out there. I will be creating from her designs in December.

I also got a permanant CT spot with digiscrapshak They call their CTs -lifeguards and it flows with the whole Island surfer theme they have going on over there ~ very cute!!! I can't wait to start creating for them right away!

I really can't believe this amazing talent wants lil ole me to create for them! More to come I hope!!!

I'm a guest CT!!!!

I have some exciting news to share with you (my devoted readers, tee hee hee)! I just got an email today to be a guest Creative Team member for Mira designs.

For those of you that don't know what a creative team (CT) is , it's a team that designers put together to make layouts showcasing their products. It's a very, very big deal for me that a designer would value my work enough that she would want me as a CT!!! YIPEEE!!!!!

Check out her link, my name is on her blog announcing her CT Team. Can you tell I'm giddy :)

Mr. Independant

Paper
Autumn breeze kit by Meredith Fenwick (primahybrid.com)

Brushes:
Rhonna Farrer (twopeasinabucket.com)

Journaling:
It hurts to watch you, my bab,y assert your independence. I know in my head how important this time in your life is, but in my heart it hurts. You pulled yourself up on those bales of hay with no problem. You said “I do it mom”. And I was saddened. There’s not much time left with you needing me for tasks. Don’t get me wrong I celebrate your independance and I’m not a mom that has my needs met through you. I guess the fact of the matter is that you’re my baby, the last one for everything and I want to be able to baby you a bit longer.

Photos with the kids

So I'm trying for Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame Contest this year. The deadline for entries is this Monday the 11th (which I highly doubt I'm going to make BTW). It's a pretty huge entry that I have to put together and I'm not allowed to post my entries in any public forum (blogs included)! There are some pretty specific guidelines for pages entered. One of which is a page showcasing a photo (or two or three) that you consider extraordinary. I of course can't use a picture I already have, I have crazy dreams of capturing this extraordinary photo before the contest deadline (MONDAY!!!!!) I've had photo shoot plans but they've all been foiled by the rain we've had for what feels like the past month. So I finally have a clear day for a shoot and dragged (my sick) kids out for a quick shoot. My first mistake was going alone ~ I needed a child wrangler. My second mistake was dragging them out sick and into the cold. I don't have a single picture of Isaiah without his arms wrapped tightly around himself, shivering. My not so gentle coaxing to relax didn't work a bit . . . I wonder why. Of course I couldn't take pictures of them in their winter coats, cuz that's just not cute! I took maybe a total of between 10 and 20 pictures because Micah kept running to the pond and drowning would have seriously RUINED the shoot. Plus the whole freezing thing didn't quite work for any of us. So here are the only two shots worth showing. We'll try again on Thursday :)

Blue Mohawk LO

I know, I know I need to give you an update on what the Williams are up to and I will this week I promise!!!! I've been so busy scrappin lately I had to share:

Patterned paper:
Monoblendz paperie "navy" by Anna Aspnes (designerdigitals.com)

Overlay:
paper reveals by Katie Pertiet (designerdigitals.com)

Brushes:
touch up paint by Katie Pertiet (designerdigitals.com)

Stars:
Altered embellishments by Jackie Eckles (designerdigitals.com)

GLitter spots: sausandesigns.com

Journaling:
Yes, my son had a blue mohawk. Me, the HIGHLY conservative mother of four
allowed her five year old son to shave his hair into a mohawk AND paint it blue. Wow, we got some looks when we were out and about. Some thought it was the coolest thing ever, others looked at me like, I would NEVER allow my son to have a mohawk. You know that look we all gave other mothers BEFORE we had children. Even my best friend jokingly asked me why I as fostering that rebellious spirit in you. I guess what it all boils down to is, you love what you love and I love you - extreme hairdo and all. In the end it’s just a haircut.

Brothers Layout

Papers:
celebrate page set by kiki halbert (scrapbook-elements.com)
la paperie 10 ~ cappucino by Jen Wilson (jenwilsondesigns.com)

Brushes:
On the edge flourishes 3 by katie pertiet (designerdigitals.com)
On the edge flourishes 2 by katie pertiet (designerdigitals.com)
Snap frames by katie pertiet (designerdigitals.com)
Flourish by Jessica Sprague

Fonts:
One fell swoop
Georgia

Actions:
Kevin Kubota (kubotaimagetools.com)

Journaling:
I love the way you poked your arm out the mail slot to greet your little brother and the way he reached for you. You are in a special position, Isaiah. I hope you’ll always reach out in love to your little brother and help him as traverses this journey of life.