Cheery Disposition by Girl Boy Girl Designs

I have the opportunity to work with this wonderfully bright kit by Girl Boy Girl Designs.  The colors in this kit really put a smile on your face and remind you of the summer days we are all waiting for.  The cute elements included are fantastic from the bee and the butterfly to the fantastic scalloped edges and funky frames.

This is available to purchase at Funky Playground designs




and here are my two pages with it.

Be Happy scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Cherry Disposition by Girl Boy Girl Designs

Happy Smile scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
Cherry Disposition by Girl Boy Girl Designs
 

 

February PU Grab Bag

What a great grab bag this is, you get 2 full kits, 1 element set and 1 template set all for the bargain price of $3.50.  and the kits inside are fantastic no hearts for valentines, just some totally universal kits.

This is going into the stores shortly







here is my first one, a fantastic picture of my three monkeys.

My Memories scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Making Memories by SAS Designs

and here is another great photo of JJ

My little hat scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 So Classical by SAS Designs

Falling Melody by MScraps

the colors in this kit are fantastic, i love all the neutral colors with the splashes of orange to brighten up your pages.

This is available to purchase at MScraps








This months journaling challenge was to  to write about 10 things you would like to change for 2011

 journaling reads -

2011 What do i really
want to change this year?


That is quite a hard question.

I know i am not perfect but i am really happy with the way my life is moving, i am happy and healthy and have a wonderful family who love and support me.

1) I would like to read more books, i love to read but finding the time to do so is hard.

2) Learn something new, i don’t mind what it is just something i don’t already know.

3) spend some more quality with the children, they are growing up so fast and i really don’t want to miss it

4) Have some more time to myself, the only time i ever spend on my own is probably in the bathroom, i would like to have a bit of time out just so i can do nothing in peace.

5) quit smoking, ok i know i wont stick to that so cutting down would be great.

6) and talking about cutting down, cutting down the amount of coffee i drink.

7) switch off the tv and listen to the radio more, i love music and really don’t listen to it enough

8) Stop shouting at the children so much, i think listening and talking might be the better approach.

9) spend less time lurking and more time talking, i always lurk around the forums and never join in, i must start talking more.

10) Spend less time of facebook, i might get more time to work if i stopped playing the games and checking out all the news

What to change in 2011 scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Falling melody by MScraps 

Natural symphony by SAS Designs

All the natural colors and embellishments in this kelp really help you make some beautiful pages. I just love the natural browns, greens and creams that have been included.









This layout is one of my all time favorites,  I love the circles and all the different parts of JJ's face you can see,

Natural digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Natural symphony (now retired) by SAS Designs
 

Year in Review by SAS Designs

I just love this freebie, there are so many possibilities to create many different layouts with just the one template.  All the photos are on separate layers so you only need to clip your photo on and you are ready to go.

This is a free download and you can grab it here







Here's what i created.

journaling reads

So much has happened this year and these photos show how you have all changed throughout the year.

We have had broken arms, to beautiful sunny holidays. An extra brother to share and some amazing fun times.

From silly hats to wacky hairstyles you all have seemed to enjoy yourselves so much.

This year we have had the hottest summer and the coldest winter, sumer hats and thick winter suits to keep you warm.

we have had fun times, happy times and a few sad times but all of this has help you to keep strong.

Next year will dawn, some more things for us to experience but we will take it all in our stride and plod on as we always do. With the love we have for each other we can get through anything.
 

2010 digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 year in review templates and Could this be by SAS Designs
 

Tranquility by SAS Designs

If you are looking for cool calming colors then this is the kit you need.  With soft greys and greens the colors work perfectly together to create stunning pages.

This is available to purchase at B2K's, 2LP and ACOT







I just love this photo of Ben, it really captured the cheekiness in his face.

 Journaling reads

Normally it takes lots of shots to get a
nice photo of you. i am so happy this is
the first one and i think it is PERFECT

innocent cheekiness digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Tranquility by SAS Designs

This Year I will By Bits2Kits

This is such a versatile kit, you can use it for creating wonderful pages about your resolutions for the coming year or as i have you can use it to create great pages with not real theme.

This can be purchased here






Since my best mate had her little girl it has been great being able to scrap pages for little girls.

sweetie smile digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah

This year i will by Bits2Kits 

Ready for Spring by MScraps

I really do love mega kits, you get some wonderful elements and papers from so many different designers and this is another fantastic one.  ready for Spring by the designers at Mscraps worked on a wonderful scheme of yellows and browns with a hint of blue thrown in resulting in some wonderful creations.

You can purchase this kit here





the soft colors in this kit really work well to create pages with great impact.

Three Cheeky Monkeys digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Ready for Spring by MScraps 

 This is another page I created, I love the circles on this and the wonderful hint of blue.

Journalling reads

Today was not the day to take a photo of you, I don't know if it was because your mouth hurt so much or if you were just grumpy but this was the best i could get.
 

Mr Grumpy digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
Ready for Spring by MScraps
 

Vintage Christmas by MScraps

I just love the colors in this kit, the beautiful combination of Christmas colors and the unique elements really make this kit special.  The only thing is the papers are all sized at 2840 x 3508, so they do need resizing for a standard page.

This amazing mega kit is FREE and you can get it here





I have never tried a journalling page before so I jumped at this challenge, you had to create a page for Santa explaining if you had been naughty or nice.

journalling reads

Dear Santa,

I am writing this to you on behalf of my children Tj, Ben and J.J, I know they will all be on your naughty list because they are the most mis behaved children ever, they hardly ever sleep, they shout, fight and bicker all the time, they are rude to me and their father, the mess they leave everywhere is unbelievable.

But i do have this to say in their defense.They are the most loving children ever, they work very hard at school and always try their hardest. T.J helps as much and as often as he can, Ben has really tried had this year with his reading and is now on level 3 with 2 book s a week, compared to level 1 and 1 book that he was on at the beginning of the year.Finally JJ, well he is trying ( very trying )but he is trying so hard to speak and loves his brothers so much.

So this year it would be lovely for them to have some wonderful presents, all the mis behaving they do makes them unique and show they are only being
children.

Love
Sarah

 Dear Santa digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Vintage Christmas by MScraps

here is another challenge page, this time it was to create a page based upon your Christmas tree

journalling reads -

We have had lots of trees and have never been totally satisfied, but this year we finally have the one i love. The tree has white snowy parts all over it and is already decorated with natural pine cones
and berries, on top of that we add our own red and gold ornaments, soldiers, beads rocking horses and doves. It looks the best at night when the lights are shining bright.

My Tree digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
Vintage Christmas by MScraps

 And another page, this was for a theme challenge and very open Christmas

It's Christmas digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
Vintage Christmas by MScraps

And one final page from this kit, this was an Ad challenge and you had to take what inspiried you the most to create a page, mine was the movement of the photos 

Merry Christmas digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
Vintage Christmas by MScraps

 
 

Persistent by Anita

I got to work with this fantastic kit by Anita, the colors in it are just wonderful, I really like the natural feel with the warming brown and greens and the elements she has created really give you loads of potentially for creating some super pages.

You can purchase this kit here






I loved this challenge, although I did find it hard to start with, we were given this prompt.

If I could go back in time, this is what I would tell you about your future... Journal directly to the subject of the photo as if you have gone back in time to share something with them about the future.

The journaling reads-

 There are many things i would like to prepare you for, just after this photo was taken you were rushed down to the operating theatre where you weren’t expected to pull through, but after a long 7 days battle you were allowed home. You have had so many troubles through your five years of life but you are a very strong little boy and over come them with great ease.

You will be a fantastic big brother to JJ and a great little brother to Thomas. You have had many ups and downs and always come through them smiling.

You start nursery when you are 3 and have a great time and make some wonderful friends, and
at 4 you go to the same school as Thomas, you love the school and you love thomas being there
to look after you. You struggle to begin with with your reading but try and you will succeed.

Spend as much time as you can with Grand dad Tony he isn’t with us for long and you have always been his favorite and you love being with him.

Please promise me you will sleep the right way around in your bed, because falling out of it resulted in a broken arm.

I hope you have many more adventures and i really do hope you keep your cheery smile and the wonderful way you see the best in everyone.

November 2010

Back in time digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Persistent by Anita

Here is another page i create with this beautiful kit, this time a scraplift challenge 

So Wonderful digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Persistent by Anita 

And another page, this is for another scraplift.

Your So Persistent digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Persistent by Anita  

So Thankful by MScraps Collab

I just love the collabs that mscraps create, they include so many wonderful unique elements in them you can create so many different pages with ease.  This kit seemed to have an autumn theme to it with a bit of a twist, the purples really worked well with the oranges and greens and just gave an extra warmth to the pages.

You can grab this whole kit for FREE here





 This page was another challenge page this time we had to re create the title work using swirls.

Your smile digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 So Thankful by MScraps collab 

Falling Melody - MScraps collab

The colors in this kit are fantastic, with the warm oranges and green you can create so many beautiful pages.  And the elements boy there are so many included, you can keep creating those page with easy.

This is available to purchase here








I created this page for another challenge this time it was a theme one and we needed to use clustering on our pages.

So Thankful digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Falling Melody by MScraps collab 

 This page was created for a recipe challenge

Run Away digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
Falling Melody by MScraps collab

Here is another page created with this kit, but i recolored some of the elements so they would work with Ben's shirt

Little Melody digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
Falling Melody by MScraps collab

Pumpkin Pie by Designs by J

This is a wonderful freebie from Designs by J, the colors are a great combination for any page but especially your autumn / fall ones with the warming oranges and the colling blues.

If you want a copy of this kit yourself you can get it from Designs by J's website.






I made this page for a challenge at MScraps it was a white space challenge and i just love making white space layouts,

Let's go Outside digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Pumpkin Pie by Designs by J

Colors by SAS Designs

Looking for a kit with lots of bright bold colors? Well this is for you, the base papers are all black and white but then you can add so many bright  colors with the elements.  With purples, blues, red, yellow, green there are so many different possibilites with this kit and can be used over and over

This is available to purchase at B2K, 2 LP and ACOT




I have never created a page without any photos before but i really enjoyed layering all the elements up into the shape of a heart in this page.

Colorful Love digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Colors kit by SAS Designs

Love Birds By Lilleyscrap

Whew, if you are looking for a cute valentines kit then this it the one you want.  The colors are really bold and exciting, with some great elements.  the birds have been repeated on so many different things they all blend in really well. There are also lots of different ways of purchasing it, buying the bundle, just the flower, papers, or the kit.

This is available to purchase at scrapbook graphics




This photo was taken at a family barbecue the little girl followed my TJ round for ever and constantly wanted to be with him.  So the question is Is this Love?

 Is this love? digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
  Love Birds By Lilleyscrap

Simply Loved By Lilleyscrap

I really like using black in my layouts just recently and this kit has a wonderful combination of black, white and green's.  There are also so many wonderful elements included, with some totally unique ways of adding journalling to your pages.

This is available to purchase at Scrapbook Graphics






This photo is wonderful of my youngest to have a sweet cuddle.

 Simply Loved digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
  Simply Loved By Lilleyscrap

Mapped 19-20 By Lilleyscrap

I love using templates, you can get a great achievement after playing around and there are so many different possibilities with just one template.

These are a set of 2 from LilleyScrap available at Scrapbook Graphics. I also used LilleyScraps kit Simply Loved to create this page.







Brothers : - you can fight, argue and call each other nasty names, but when i ask for 1 photo i do get a lovely one.

 Brothers digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Mapped 19-20 and Simply Loved By Lilleyscrap
 

This Photograph By Lilleyscrap

what a beautiful collection of natural colors, this kit has great brown hues and a wonderful splash of green

available to purchase at scrapbook graphics








This was a wonderful quite moment while the kids were watching tv

 

 Cuddle up digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 This Photograph By Lilleyscrap

Sweetest days by SAS Designs

With all the rain a gloom that has been about recently this kit brought a wonderful change to brighten up my pages.  the neural colors work wonderfully and then add a splash of yellow or orange really put the sun shine on the page.

This kit is available to purchase at B2K's, 2LP and ACOT






This is a great photo of the kids take a Christmas

 

 Brothers digital scrapbooking layouts by Sarah
 Sweetest Day by SAS Designs