In Tribute to my Pawpaw

Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of the loss of my grandfather.

He was the most amazing man and I miss him so much.

These are some layouts of him that I did right after his passing.

Working on them really helped me work through some of my grief and I thought

that it would only be right for me to use them to help me

get through a rough spot!

So, here they are!

The above and below layouts were done using a kit by BooLand Designs. I no longer have the kit, external hard drive crash!! So, I can't give the proper credit unfortunately.

The top layout was done right after his passing and was posted at his memorial.

My cousins and siblings either called him Poppy or Pops, but from the time that I was a very little girl, I always called him Pawpaw.

The below layout is of him and my grandma. They were taking pics together for their 40th wedding anniversary, when they renewed their vows.

This last layout was done using my Retro Funk kit. It is of my grandfather and my oldest son.

The last summer that my grandfather was with us, my oldest 2 children spent the summer in Arkansas and got to spend some time with him. I am so glad that they got to enjoy him that last summer. This picture was so funny because they hadn't seen my grandparents in about 8 or 9 months and my son was shorter than my grandfather the last time they had seen each other before this pic. Thanks for looking.

New freebies and announcements on the way!!!!

I've been busy and FREEBIES!!!!

So I am done with my first quarter of classes and have some time to scrap!!!! And let me tell you.....I have been sooooo busy scrapping and designing the last few days, I can barely believe it myself.

The first thing that I want to announce (and show off) are my very first ever collections of Commercial Use Templates. I have 4 sets right now. 2 sets are Bracket Templates and 2 sets are 12x12 Page Layout Templates. All sets come with a full set in .png format as well as a full set in .psd format. Each of these sets are currently on sale for only $3.oo each. They are all available in my boutique at Divine Digital.

I also decided to keep my Winter Blues kit (which was the Divine Diva Deal last week) on sale for only $2.00 until after Christmas. So be sure to grab it while you can at this great low price.

Another promotion that I am having through Christmas is that if you make ANY purchase in my store for at least $3.00, you get my brand new 4-page Bracket Quickies set made from my Winter Blues kit for FREE!! All you have to do is add the Bracket Quickies to your cart along with at least $3.00 in other items and it's free. It will reflect at checkout!

Be sure to grab my freebie in my previous post that was made with the Winter Blues kit!!!

New Kit and Divine Diva Deal plus a FREEBIE!!

It's been forever since I posted on my blog! But I've got a new kit and it's the current week's Divine Diva Deal at Divine Digital. You can get this great new kit of mine for only $2.00 Today thru Dec. 17.

Here's a preview of WINTER BLUES. Best of all, if you purchase this kit and post a layout using this kit....you'll get a GREAT freebie. The freebie preview will be posted here tomorrow along with more information on where you need to post your layout to be able to get the freebie!

Plus, I've got a QP freebie made from this kit available right here....RIGHT NOW!! :)

Click on the page to start your download!!!

Blogging for Breast Cancer....and FREEBIES

First of all, let me apologize to all the Divine Digital members that were expecting these on the 15th and 16th. I somehow got the dates wrong and am soooooo sorry!!

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As many of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Everywhere you turn, I am sure that you are finding some of your favorite products in new pink packaging. At Divine Digital, we decided that we also wanted to help raise awareness. We are calling our event the "Passionately Pink" Event. Be sure to check out what we have going in the forums at Divine Digital. We have many activities this month focused on helping raise awareness. Many of the designers at Divine Digital have contributed to a HUGE MEGA KIT. ALL the proceeds from the sale of this kit will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

We are also having a HUGE BLOG PARTY and blogging for the cure as well. Many designers at Divine Digital are offering freebies on their blogs during this great big BLOG PARTY.

In keeping with the theme of "Passionately Pink"....

Here are a few of my pink things that I am passionate about....

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Buttons for BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

I know that pink isn't normally a color that you would associate with a teenage boy, I know I don't. I don't like pink on men and boys at all either. Before I finished this LO, I even made sure that it was ok with him that I use it. I actually decided that I wanted to do this LO when he came home from school wearing the Breast Cancer Awareness buttons that are shown in the LO. I was very proud of him that he would wear the buttons and show his support for such a great cause.

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I'm not sure how many people know this, because I haven't really talked about it much, except to my immediate family, but I just started back to school on October 2. I have been out of high school for 16 years. I have wanted to go back to school for a very long time. When I first decided just to do it, I really thought that I would just take some online classes here and there and then eventually get my degree over a fairly long period of time. But, my husband encouraged me to go ahead and take real classes on campus and to go FULL TIME! He thought that I should go and get the whole experience of going to college. I'm glad that he encouraged me to, because I am really enjoying "the whole experience"!! Since I am now going back to school, that is something that I am passionate about. And to show this off, I decided to make a couple of LO's to show off all my PINK SCHOOL SUPPLIES!!!

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Last but certainly NOT LEAST, one of my most important passions is my family. So, I decided to do a LO showing this passion. Since I'm staying with the pink theme, I decided to include my girls and niece (all wearing some pink) and then some flowers in our garden.

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Now, the part you've been waiting for.....

If you like these layouts, I have created quick pages for all of them.

You can download them for free

HERE

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ALSO be sure to check back tomorrow because I have a few more that I am going to post. I feel REALLY bad about not getting these posted on time.....and want to make it up to EVERYONE!

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Blog Me Challenge Freebies

There's a great challenge at Divine Digital called the Blog Me Challenge. Basically, at the beginning of the challenge all that wish to participate get a free mini kit. With that mini kit, everyone is to create either (2) 12x12 quick pages or (2) 4x6 brag book quick pages. Then all the participants post their pages on their blogs as FREEBIES....how fun is that? Not only do you get all the other pages, but if you participate, then you also get the full kit for FREE!!!!

This round, we got to use the Spooky Fun mini kit by Wetfish Designs. Here are the pages that I created.



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You can download them HERE.

You can get all the other participants' pages that they created by checking out their blogs:

http://tessthescrapper.blogspot.com/
http://claysmommy.blogspot.com/
http://www.digiskrapnmomma.blogspot.com/
http://sublimetoridiculous-kayjaybee.blogspot.com/
http://kiden.blogspot.com/
http://mandyraedesigns.blogspot.com/
http://angmag55.blogspot.com/
http://scrappinhillbilly.blogspot.com/

Hope you have fun!!!!

GRRRR...

Just wanted to post a quick update. We had decided to switch back to our old internet provider. Well...our current one got switched off too soon and now we dont have service until next week at home. Make sure to check back because I have been busy and will have a bunch new freebies when I get back on full throttle....

Until then...keep scrapping!

Divine Diva Deal

I am so excited that I have the Divine Diva Deal spot this week.

Check out this weeks AMAZING DEAL!
"Whispering Moments!"

Divine Diva Deal for the Week of August 7th to August 13
On Sale for Just $2.00

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I've also decided to extend my "Buy My Store" sale through

Thursday, August 14

Buy every personal use item in my store at Divine Digital for only $30.00!!!

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***FREEBIE TIME***

Here's a couple of 12x12 quick pages made by Wendi (aka ScrapMavin) of my CT.

She made them using my Oh Say Can You See kit.