Memorial Day Weekend

Can you believe it? Summer is coming. Not too much going on here. My youngest daughter left Friday night to visit with my oldest daughter. My son in law came to pick her up and will bring her back home on Monday. They live upstate which is about 2 1/2 to 3 hours away. So I have the weekend to myself. Well, not really. Sunday I am going to pick up my granddaughters and bring them to a BBQ. I am sure they will have a ball, I am charging my camera right now. lol. I did some more layouts and got some idea's from my sister. I am now putting the names and credits under each layout, like my sister does. And, if you just so happen to also visit my sisters blog you will notice that I got the idea for my hats layout from one of her layouts.

Binky
Credits: Stone Washed Bluez by Julie Olree available at
Stone Accents Studio

Zipper
Credits: Stone Washed Bluez by Julie Olree available at
Stone Accents Studio

New Hats
Credits: Mother Mega Kit by BooLand Designs available at
Stone Accents Studio

Easter

Credits: Mother Mega Kit by BooLand Designs available at Stone Accents Studio

Big Sister

Credits: Retro Crush by Sweet Made, Available at Ashalee And Sweet

Big Sister 2
Credits: Retro Crush by Sweet Made Available at Ashalee And Sweet

Well blogger is acting really weird now so I better publish this before I lose it. I will have more for you soon.

Busy Busy!

Oh yes, thats me, busy, busy. I have two new layouts to show you. I really really like the first one. The kit I used for these two layouts is Little Miss Retro by Ashalee Wall and Sweet Made. I know that all my layouts lately have been of my oldest granddaughter, but thats because I am trying to put together a book of her from the time she was born. I am up to 19 months old.


So tonight we find out who the American Idol will be. It's betweet David A. and David C. They are both great, but after last nights performance I think David A. will be the American Idol. I just love this show. I have watched it every season. Oh and my Sister has made it to the next round in the Supreem team contest at Go Digital Scrapbooking. I am just so proud of her. Well, thats it for today, see you soon.

Some new layouts and more news

I have a few more layouts to show. These first two layouts I made from the May Mega kit by the Stone Accents Studio designers. I don't have a link to the kit yet, but when I do I will update this post. The pictures I used were taken on Mothers day. I like the second layout better than the first but I think that is because I don't much like pictures of myself. Truthfully I never did like to have my picture taken. I always thought that any picture taken of me came out awful. But then when I look back on those pictures, I think they look great. lol, and now that I am older, I realize that these pictures, someday, will be memories for my children and their children.




For these next two layouts, I used the freebie kits Cuddly ducky and Bubble bath kit by Kristin Aagard. I got them from her blog about 2 weeks ago. Saying that, I must comment on all the wonderful, talented, generous ladies out there that just give away their beautiful kits. Thank you so much. I started making a book of my oldest granddaughter who will be 5 in July. I am making the layouts in chronological order. For these 2 layouts she is 1 1/2 years old.

Now for my news. Well, my Sister did it again. What did she do now? you ask. Well, on May 9th while we were talking over the internet, she said "did you notice on sweetmade's blog, that Ashalee and Sweet.com is having a creative team call?" I told her that no I hadn't been to Sweetmade's blog that day. She told me I should apply. Well to make a long story short, I applied and on Friday, I got an email back telling me that I was choosen. What a thrill. I can't believe it. So pretty soon you will be seeing layouts made with their kits. I can't wait.

I'm back!! With something new to view.

Hello world, here I am, bringing you some good news and some bad news. Well the bad news is that I didn't make it to the next round in the Supreme team contest. But really, that's ok. I just do it for the fun of it. There were some really awesome layouts. The only thing that I was a little disappointed about was that no one commented on how I cut out the word dream from a piece of paper and used both the cut out word and the paper I cut it out from. I saw that technique a while ago and thought it was so cool. So I tried to do it myself and I was able to. My first try and I thought it looked so neat, but no one noticed. Oh well. The good news is that my Sis Patchas made it to the next round. She is just so good. I love everything she does.

Well, I said I have something new to view and I do. I got a new kit from Stone Accents Studio and I made 2 layouts with it. The kit is Midnight Silhouette by Cathy C. She is one of the new designers at SAS. I really loved this kit. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had the perfect picture for it. I had fun working with the kit and I just love how my second layout came out. (Well actually it was the one I made first but is listed here second). All the pictures are of my oldest grandaughter and were taken last year, the day after her 4th birthday. She is a real girly girl. Her favorite color is pink and she whines if she doesn't have something pink to wear. And she just adores cinderella. I think she must have every single cinderella thing that was ever made. Even her bedroom is cinderella decorated. She has a cinderella border around the room with a giant cinderella castle on one wall. So when I saw these cinderella things for her I was thrilled.



Well, that's it for today. Talk to you soon.

WOW!!! and a contest

Wow, did you see all those comments I got on my first post? I just couldn't believe it. Well... I know... It was all my Sisters doing. lol. She is just so sweet, the best Sister anyone could every hope for. She is my inspiration. I could go on and on about the beautiful layouts she creates but why don't you go to her blog, Scraps of Sunshine, and see for yourself? While your there, she has a couple of freebie quickpages you can snag. If you haven't already been to her blog make sure you go to her older posts as she has more freebies.

Now on to the contest I mentioned. Go Digital Scrapbooking (GDS) is having their 5th Supreme Team contest. I think this is the 3rd time I have entered it. The first time I made it to the 2nd round and last time I wasn't picked at all. The way they work it is they give you a kit to work with, and you have one week to make a layout and post it in their supreem team gallery. The judges then decide who goes on to the next round. The kit they provided for the first round is Spring Bling by Christy Skaggs. This is my layout


Here is the link to my entry. Why don't you go take a peek and leave me a comment. Actually that is the fun of this contest. I make a layout and post it to the gallery, then I keep going back to read all the comments left for my layout. I also look at all the other layouts that have been submitted to see the different techniques used. The picture I used for my layout is of my girlfriends grandson. He just turned five. Can you see the look of determination on his face?

Well, thats it for today. I will be back!

My first blog, my first post

Hello world! My name is Elaine and this is my first blog. Why you ask? Well its all my Sister's doing. She made me do it all. She was the one who came to visit (I don't remember how many years ago but it has to be close to 20) and pushed me to get my first computer. She is the one who held my hand while I learned to navigate within the computer and spent countless hours on the phone with me when I was afraid to push the enter button when I got an error message. She talked me into getting internet access when I thought that I didn't need it. She then intoduced me to the wonderful world of digital scrapbooking and even bought me my first scrapbooking program (fotofusion). Well, what has she done now? She talked me into joining a creative team. So now I am a Sassy girl, that is, I am now on the creative team for Stone Accent Studio. So this is the reason for my blog, that is, so I can showcase my layouts for the world to see.
I hope if you found me and actually read this far, you say hello. These are my first layouts made as a Sassy girl, I hope you like them. I used the April Mega Kit "April Showers". The kit has such beautiful papers and awesome elements, and is currently on sale so take a look for yourself.