I'm a designer! And to celebrate, a freebie Brag Book :)

Who ever woulda thunk it, huh!?!? I'm THRILLED to be an exclusive designer for Enchanted Studio Scraps! Thank you so much to Trish for allowing me to spread my fairy wings and fly!

To celebrate the grand opening of my store I'm following in the lead of my fabulous friend and mentor, Charlie, and, if you come and say hello here, I will send you a coupon for $2 off my store. And there's even something very handy in there for just $2 so it would be free! Or it'll give you 50% off my kits :)

I'm also giving away my "There Was A Little Girl" Brag Book for free for TWO DAYS ONLY (ending Thursday 10pm EST) and then it'll go in my store at it's regular price!

Scroll (or preferably, read ;) all the way down for the download link...

Also, please sign up for my *newsletter* on the right. I will be sending freebies and coupons along with my latest news ;) Promise not to write to you more than once a week at the most! LOL!

I'm THRILLED to be able to release my very first products...

My very first official kit is called "Once Upon A Time." I had such fun doing it because I just love bright, bold color. And my creative team's layouts just blew me away!

My next kit is "There Was A Little Girl" (just to stick with the theme - LOL) As you can tell by it's name, it's a girlie kit! And I'm working on a boy kit which has colors that will compliment this one so that you can used both kits in the same LO for brothers and sisters etc :)

I also have a template pack:

And a hybrid Recipe Book template and tutorial!

And now for "There Was A Little Girl" brag book freebie! Click on the preview to download...

Password: enchanted

Download here

And there's plenty more to come! I have BIG plans ;)

Don't forget to come say hello here and get your $2 coupon for my store - you can get something for free with it, y' know! And don't forget to sign up for my newsletter ;)

Charlie has a new kit....Seabreeze!

I just LOVE the colors of this kit. It's so peaceful and serene. Wonderful kit to work with!

Here's my layout! This photo was taken when I was in South Africa with my then 2 yr old and 1 yr old. My 2 yr old dug in and had a blast, while my 1 yr old wouldn't put his feet down on the sand ;)

Charlie has made a cute desktop freebie for you all from her kit and you can pick it up on her blog. Click the preview to head over to Charlie's blog...

Like bright, bold and fun? Here's a sneak peak...

The Enchanted Studio Scraps girls have been hard at work, and LOOK what you have to look forward to!

This kit is HUGE and you''ll get the scoop on April 1st when it becomes available!

I'm seriously behind with my posting!

OK, this is it, ladies! CATCH UP TIME! LOL!

I'm going to feel horrible if you miss out on a GORGEOUS freebie because I didn't blog about it. So QUIIIICK! Hurry over to Mel's blog and quick, quick, quick grab "Moody Grunge!" I think it's only there till Sunday, when it'll go into the $1 bin at Scrap That Idea.

Papers here
Elements here
Alpha here

She has a new kit out at iScrapbook too - it's called "When Life Gives You Lemons and I LOOOOOVE it!

So here it is! LOL!

Sooooooo???? Whaddaya think!?

I, personally, am surprised with all the pink. Because I'm definitely not a girly girl. But I just love this new look :)

I'm going to be super busy over the next week or so. Until 4/6 <---- HINT HINT ----> when something HUGE is going to happen. And it involved fairy dust and freebies :)

I will be back a little later to blog about my wonderful Melly and Charlie (who are being so lovely to me while I neglect them *gulp* - yeah... I'm feeling a little overwhelmed right now, but it's just a season, right? And and EXCITING one!)

So bear with me while I make some very cool changes. And stay posted...

Pretty QP's from Mel!

Just wanted to let you know about some pretty QP's Mel has in her store...

Aren't they lovely!? They're a bargain too - $1 each and you can get them at her store at Scrap That Idea!

CT Call at Enchanted Studio Scraps!

Some freebies retiring...

Just wanted to let you know that some of the past freebies on my blog will be retiring on Sunday, so if you want them, snag them now!

I'll be back soon with some fantastical news ... ;)

And some other wonderful news is that my brother is ENGAGED! LOL! Of course, I'm sure you can imagine the head injury jokes that are flying left, right and center ;)

He's still not right - vision in his eye is not back properly, etc, but .... well, time will tell.

Love you all and SO appreciate your concern!

Update on my brother...

Thank you SO much for all your emails and well wishes!

My brother hasn't been for the scan yet - he went to the neurologist and because of the financial concerns, the doc said it's not imperative that he goes for the scan, he can just monitor my brother over the next few days.

I don't like that idea since instead of finding out if there are any problems through a scan, they'd be waiting to see it physically!

Anyway, the up side is that although his eye still hurts, he's feeling less nauseous and my Mom says he's sounding perkier.

Things are looking up

My brother has a head injury :(

The digiscrapping community has become like a family to me, so I want to share some news that I got today and I'd like toask that you lift up my brother in prayer!

This is a recent photo I have of him - not the best, but it's the best I have.

My brother, was kicked in the face during a soccer game last Thursday night. He lost consciousness and couldn’t see out of his right eye for 25 minutes, and suffered severe nausea and vomiting. He had bleeding from the nose and was take into the ER. After x-rays of his head, neck and spine he was admitted overnight. A neurosurgeon discharged him the next day. At his follow-up appointment this morning the neurosurgeon said that there should not still be bleeding or nausea, has ruled out the after-effects of a concussion, and has scheduled an MRI.

The MRI will cost the equivalent of about a month’s pay in South Africa, and my brother is hoping to be admitted to hospital to have it covered by his “hospital plan” insurance. He will then have to wait 24 hours for the MRI, so not sure if the doctor will authorize that.

This has all happened within a couple of weeks of his 30^th birthday (the dinner celebration for that on Saturday night was cancelled) and some other exciting news (that is not mine to tell!)

I only found out about this today – my Mom didn’t want to worry me! That's really sweet of her, but it also makes it hard to be so far away. They NEED to tell me these things!

I'm trusting that he's going to get better and this is just a challenge for him to work through. And to learn to not play so hard ;) Work hard, play safe. And that's an order from his sister ;)

Thank you all so much for your encouragement over the months as I've been dabbling in design and sharing life's moments with you - you're all WONDERFUL!

Charlie's Digiscraps new store at ESS!

Charlie's brand new, exclusive store here at ESS is open for business! She is celebrating with the release of her brand new kit Garden Magic, and it is available HERE.

If you come say hello to Charlie HERE , you will get a whole, fabulous brag book free!

Look forward to seeing you there!

More Mel goodies!

Mel has got 2 new kits!

First up is "Walking Down Zoo Lane" - it's too cute! You can get it in her store at Scrap That Idea!

Here's my LO:

The other one is "Seriously Purple" and it's such a pretty kit...

There is a possibility that my brother is getting married, but I don't know that a trip to South Africa is even remotely in our budget for this year :( I'm feeling a little bummed out about it. Will have to come up with a plan to somehow save up for it. I've heard December may be a possibility......so I'm reminding myself to read one post below, and just TRUST! LOL!