REPRISE - all FLASHBACK designers

I've had a busy month of playing, and an even busier time while prepping for this series!  During the month of May I have posted FLASHBACK kits from the following Designers:

PattyB Scraps

YOU'RE STILL THE ONE

template - Connie Prince freebie

HEARTLAND

template - made by me 

SONG AT DUSK

template freebie Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs 

Over the Fence Designs

GEORGIA ON MY MIND

template freebie Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs 

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING

template - Lissy Kay Designs freebie

Jen C Designs

ABOUT A BOY

template - Jen C Designs MEMORY MAKERS Vol 3

MOODY BLUES

template Jen C Designs POTPOURRI

La Belle Vie Designs

HAPPY

template La Belle Vie Designs MIX & MATCH Vol 4

DAYS GO BY

template freebie Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs

Ginger's Scraps N Pixels

FINAL DAYS OF SUMMER

template freebie Lissy Kay Designs

YOU SHOULD DREAM

template - Brenian Designs LAYER IT ON THICK

K-Joi Studios

BUZY BEE
template - Brenian Designs A DISTANT MEMORY

SUMMER DREAMS
template - A Fish Designs DOWNTIME

Sherwood Studio

CELESTIAL
template - made by me

TATTERDEMALION
template freebie Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs

Altered Amanda's Studio

BEACH RENTAL
template - made by me

IT IS WELL
template - made by me

I hope you enjoyed my FLASHBACKS this month!  Although I enjoyed looking at my old work, I'm ready to work with something new from these talented designers!  NEW work coming soon!

June edition LIFE BASIXX from Altered Amanda's Studio

Altered Amanda's Studio has had an early release of the June edition of her series

LIFE BASIXX

at Go Digital Scrapbooking

Love the bright colors in this kit!  The series is "filling up fast" with fun & funky elements and papers.  Be sure to check out the entire collection in Altered Amanda's store.

Here's my layout for the June edition:

Not sure the boys really know how to use a telescope yet!

COURAGEOUS from PattyB Scraps

PattyB Scraps has a brand new kit at Go Digital Scrapbooking called

COURAGEOUS

I love the mix of dark and light colors that play off each other well!

In my life there is a young woman who has proven herself COURAGEOUS over the last 22 months ... in a battle with brain cancer, she has continued to be active as the Associate Pastor at my church, through surgery, radiation and a year's worth of chemotherapy!  And, I happily read her news from her first check up following all the chemo:  perfectly CLEAR, no sign of return of the tumor!  We rejoiced in the blessing she has received (and we have also!)

I did a photo shoot for the family last summer when her step-daughter was visiting (she was 5 months into chemo at the time!)  

Hop over to Go Digital Scrapbooking and take a look at PattyB Scraps store .

More May Mixology - OUTSIDE FUN

PattyB Scraps has some fun packs in the May Mixology at Go Digital Scrapbooking as well:

OUTSIDE FUN

Here's my layout using this fun kit OUTDOOR FUN

Be sure to check out all the fun packs in this Mixology

 - on sale until 6/2/2016.

May Mixology at Go Digital Scrapbooking

It's Mixology time at Go Digital Scrapbooking, and I'm playing catch-up after being unplugged for almost the entire month of May.

Ginger's Scraps N Pixels 

OUTSIDE FUN

There is still time to grab these fun packs - on sale until 6/2/2016

Here's my layout featuring Ginger's Scraps N Pixels OUTSIDE FUN and a template from Jen C Designs (altered) LIFE'S SNAPSHOTS Set 1.

FLASHBACK Monday 5/30/2016

FLASHBACK - PattyB Scraps

SONG AT DUSK

available at Go Digital Scrapbooking 

PattyB released this lovely kit just days after I returned from a trip to Galveston, Texas.  We spent a rainy afternoon following a "trail" of historic homes in the East End historical district of Galveston.  Many of these lovely homes were impacted by the most recent hurricane "Ike" in September, 2008.  There are still lots of homes being remodeled due to damages incurred during the storm.  Many of the home show "high water marks."  Many of the trees damaged by the wind and water have been turned into amazing works of art!  I love the indomitable spirit of Galveston Island, Texas.

Here is one of the beautiful East End homes, sitting serenely on a corner, and not revealing any secrets from the past!

Check out PattyB Scraps stores at Go Digital Scrapbooking 

and ADB Designs 

FLASHBACK Friday 5/27/2016

It's Friday - and here's a FLASHBACK from Sherwood Studio

TATTERDEMALION

available exclusively at Scrapbook Graphics

Julie does the Autumn color palette so well in this kit, and many others too!  (I love to use Autumn colors, so I'm always pleased with other subdued color palette kits like this one!)

Layout #1 features TATTERDEMALION and a freebie template from Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs.  The colors of this kit so perfectly compliment my butterfly collection!  (Butterflies and flowers are always my best "models")  Photo taken in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, TX in November 2011 ... yes, the flowers were still blooming and the garden was green, and this Monarch loved his stop by the garden on his long migration route!

Layout #2 features Sherwood Studios TATTERDEMALION and Sherwood Studio template THE PHOTO PROJECT - ALPHA TRAYS 

 I just couldn't resist honoring my favorite models with "B is for butterfly!"

Layout #3 features Sherwood Studio TATTERDEMALION and a challenge freebie template from ViVa.  Surprise ... another butterfly layout ... this time I featured a favorite butterfly quote!

Head on over to Studio Sherwood store at Scrapbook Graphics to check out  

TATTERDEMALION and her other fine product!

FLASHBACK Thursday 5/26/2016

Altered Amanda's Studio has a great selection of faith-based/art journaling style kits to choose from, like her collection

IT IS WELL

available exclusively at Go Digital Scrapbooking

This collection is based on the old hymn "It is Well with my Soul" - check out the hymn here .  I am personally connected to the hymn, having sung it at my grandmother's funeral, and also at several other family member funerals!

When choosing a photo from my archive to use with this kit, I remembered a serene float through the swamp at Cypress Gardens in Monck's Corner, South Carolina ... this is probably the most "zen" like experience I have ever had on vacation!

I love how the photo blended so beautifully into the background here!  This bridge is called the Wedding Bridge, as many wedding portraits are taken here, as well as being a scenic backdrop for many weddings which take place each year on an island just the other side of the bridge!  I love how the bridge reflected so perfectly into the water of the swamp!

You know I love the ocean/beach ... I used IT IS WELL for a challenge at Go Digital Scrapbooking when Altered Amanda's Studio was the Designer Spotlight!  

I love the flower cluster I was able to make with the IT IS WELL collection!

Go see Altered Amanda's Studio store at Go Digital Scrapbooking for 

IT IS WELL and many other fine products!

FLASHBACK Wednesday 5/25/2016

Today let's focus on a fabulous collection from Dana's Footprint Digital Design called

ABANDONED SPRING

available exclusively at 

Go Digital Scrapbooking

I had a great time working with this beautiful kit and have 3 layouts to share.

Layout #2 

features my photo of the Wedding Bridge at Cypress Gardens, Monck's Corners, South Carolina (not Florida), Dana's Footprint Digital Design  ABANDONED SPRING, and a template made by me ... love those stacked papers and the blended photo!

Layout #2

features a photo of Bradford pear tree and Red Admiral butterflies in the neighborhood March 2012, ABANDONED SPRING and a freebie template from Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs:

Layout #3

features mixed Texas Wildflowers, ABANDONED SPRING and a freebie template from Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs.  I love Spring when the wildflowers grow!

Be sure to visit Dana's Footprint Digital Design store at

Go Digital Scrapbooking.

FLASHBACK Tuseday 5/24/2016

Summer is almost here!  What a perfect time to pick up K-Joi Studios

SUMMER DREAMS

exclusively at Go Digital Scrapbooking!

Just in time to save all your memories of summer fun!

I love my Texas sage when it blooms - it predicts an upcoming rainstorm!  Those are very popular in a Texas summer!

Layout includes K-Joi Studio SUMMER DREAMS and template from A Fish Desisgns DOWNTIME (also available at Go Digital Scrapbooking)

Come on over to Go Digital Scrapbooking to check out K-Joi Studios store -

you'll find SUMMER DREAMS and loads of other great product from K-Joi Studios!

FLASHBACK Monday 5/23/2016

Today the FLASHBACK feature is Over the Fence Designs

LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING

Available at

Go Digital Scrapbooking

Digital Scrapbooking Studio

My Memories and

ADB Designs

Layout #1 features a favorite family photo (Thanksgiving 2014), Over the Fence Designs LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING and a freebie template from Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs.

Layout #2 features individual photos of my great nephews taken 12/6/2014, Over the Fence Designs LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING, and a freebie template from Lissy Kay Designs.

Be sure to visit Over the Fence Designs stores at

Go Digital Scrapbooking (in PattyB Scraps store)

Digital Scrapbooking Studio

My Memories and

ADB Designs

FLASH BACK Friday 5/20/2016

Today's FLASHBACK focuses on Dana's Footprint Digital Design

LAVENDER BLUE

There are so many beautiful papers and elements in this collection , along with clusters, splatters and stacked papers, too!

Both of my layouts feature LAVENDER BLUE and template

Dana's Footprint Digital Design THIS MOMENT

The photo was taken on my Great Grandparents' wedding day on October 31, 1897.  I feel blessed to own a digital copy of that amazing photo! (Their son born in 1898 was my mom's father!)

These photos were taken in the Tree Peony collection at Linwood Gardens, Pavilion, New York.

Be sure to visit Dana's Footprint Digital Design store 

- exclusively at Go Digital Scrapbooking

FLASHBACK Thursday 5/19/2016

I'm heading to the beach soon!  And I have the perfect kit to help me preserve my sandy memories - Altered Amanda's Studio

BEACH RENTAL

This was my very first kit in my AAS collection - I love the beach, so this was a great addition to my collection.

On a recent vacation to North Carolina, I had a friend snap this memorable photo of Mike and I walking on the beach at Ocracoke Island (we stayed there for a week ... it was heavenly! ... even when it rained!)

Working with Amanda's art journaling style was a real stretch for me!  I keep working at it ... it's still a stretch!

Check out Altered Amanda's Studio store at Go Digital Scrapbooking for 

BEACH RENTAL and other sweet art journaling kits!