MEET ANDREA

Good Monday Morning Everyone..do you realize there are only 4 more days until Christmas!!!.

I just can’t seem to get into the Christmas spirit this year.  I keep thinking of my friend Betty and how much she loved the holiday..my heart just breaks for her son and her mother who have to  make it thru the holidays without her.  The first year is always so hard..Please say a little prayer for them.  My mother and sister are sick with colds and congestion so say a prayer for them too.

 
I went to a Christmas reunion of my mothers brothers and sisters on Saturday night.  We had a lot of fun and it was great seeing my cousins I haven’t seen in awhile and seeing their children and grand children.  I have pictures to show you but just haven’t gotten them off the camera yet..I’ll show them to you another day.

Angie and her family were here for the weekend. It was great having them here..I got to spend some good quality time with my GS Gage..I couldn’t sleep so I got up and of course headed for the computer. I was playing Bejeweled and he came in..he watched and helped me for awhile, then we looked at short haircuts for me, picked out some we liked and made copies…and then we looked at pictures I had on the computer..we had a lot of laughs at some of them.. we got tired again and went to bed, he  got in bed with me and we snuggled up and in about 2 seconds he was asleep and I was right behind him. I thought we were being quiet but Angie told us the next morning we woke her and Dave up!

As promised, I want to introduce to another of my fellow designers at DSO. Meet Andrea.

I am sure most of you know Andrea. In addition to being a great designer, she is a SAHM of 4 children, there is always something going on in this family and she is kind enough to share great pictures and stories with us.  She always comments on our posts in the Designers Club email..and is so sweet. Andrea lives in Arizona and is a BIG Twilight Fan. Be sure and visit Andrea’s Blog for neat stories and insight, fun and freebies.

Here is a preview of some of what you can find in Andrea’s store at DSO

 

 

You can find these and much much more in her store Here

Don’t forget KimB’s Designs big Sale.

and my new word art A Fresh Start is on Sale now..

A friend to all us designers, Scrapcat, has some  lovely layouts on her Blog including this one that she made and used some of my free word art. Thanks for sharing this and thanks for using my word art in your layout.

Now for some eyecandy from my CT using A Fresh Start

From Lainey

She also used KimB’s Designs A Fresh Start Kit.

From junebugmom68

Thanks girls, those were beautiful.

I have a little something for you today I hope you can use and enjoy.

You can download them here

This will more than likely be my last post until after Christmas. I want thank all of you for being so faithful to my blog and to me,  and for purchasing my word art.  I appreciate each and every one of you. I am so blessed to have met and made so many new friends thru the digi world of scrapbooking.I wish for you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year filled with all the good things you deserve.

I’M LATE I’M LATE

Good Friday Everyone…wow am I ever late this morning or afternoon I should say…I had a terrible headache yesterday and last night..I took a pain pill and went to bed, I woke up earlier and it was cold in the house and raining outside so I turned on the heat and went back to rest while things warmed up and went back to sleep..just woke up and have tons to do today..Angie and her family are coming this afternoon..we are having a Christmas re-union this year for my mother’s family..I am really looking forward to seeing everyone all together.

Yipee my new word art is in the store…

A Fresh Start is designed to accompany the kit of the same name By KimB's..all done in colors to co-ordinate with Kims kit.
It has lots of glitter and glam and a festive look. Not all shown but the phrases are geared toward New Years, parties and a fresh start for the new year. 
There are 25 individual png files and 5 bonus ones, also on their own png file.
Done in 300 dpi for better printing, they can be re-sized and re-colored.
They can also be used for cards or other crafts.  
Any of the Word Arts will give your layouts that WOW factor.

It’s on sale now..

Here’s a few layouts I made with them..

My nephew Jake…hasn’t he grown folks…he’s a senior in college this year, I’m so proud of him..

Another of Jake and his date..

Kim is also having a sale

Now would be the time to get all those goodies you have been drooling over for awhile…

I have some eye candy to show you this morning..

Nancy made this one using my Christmas Songs word art.

Well Folks I need to close this out and get myself in gear here..have tons to do and its still raining outside YUCK… I made you a little something today

A QP that you can find here Hope you enjoy..Tune in Monday to meet another of my fellow designers..

MEET JODIANN

Good Monday morning everyone..

Yep, Sis, I’m Blogging…but you gave me your bug I think, went to bed feeling Yucky and woke up feeling Yuckier…

Folks, let me tell you about my sis..she is a very kind and thoughtful person..Friday was my birthday, but I had Kaylen from Wed. till Friday and when she left I was so worn out I went to bed and slept off and on for the rest of the day and night..she’s getting close to 2 and you know what that means..yep…she’s not content to just stay and play in the room with Nana, she has to check out kitchen cabinets and things like SOS pads (She brought them to me) and the bookcase with all the pictures and whatnots, she thought she had to pick each one up and carry it around with her…thank goodness she hasn’t learned to open doors yet, so at least I can still confine her to the LR and kitchen which is one big room..She LOVES the computer room…so much for her to get into, she thinks she is in a toy store…needless to say, I don’t get much work done while she is here….so back to my sister, she cooked me the most delicious birthday supper on Sat night.

I had been telling her about cooking Swiss steak one time and how much I loved it but had never cooked it again..so she finds a recipe in one of her many cookbooks and makes it for me, with mashed potatoes, lima beans and red Lobster biscuits. Oh it was soooo good..and I ate so much…but we still had leftovers…you see my sister can NEVER make just enough mashed potatoes for 3 people, she makes enough for 10 or more..EVERYTIME…and when she pounded the steak it grew…so we have enough left over for another 2 meals or more..LOL..thank you sis, you’re the best!

I guess you are wondering about my title today…well I’ve decided that everyone needs to get to know (if you don’t already) my fellow designers at DSO..they are all great ladies and so talented..I am going to feature one of them on a blog until you have met them all..I ‘m going to start with Jodiann..this lady is a HOOT, as she says all the time, she makes me laugh and makes me feel good inside just reading her emails.. she lives in Texas, and besides designing, she Home Schools her sons. This lady can tell a story..believe me.. just visit her Blog and check out her Dec. 9th post…and get ready to laugh and laugh…lol  While you are there just read the rest of her Blog..it’s funny, informative and a mixture of just about everything..She is known to leave a few freebies here and there(wink)

Here’s a preview of some of what you can find in Jodiann’s Store at DSO..

You can find all of these and much more in her store HERE

I have a new kit coming out this week..wanna see a little sneak preview…

It is designed to accompany KimB’s new kit A Fresh Start

Speaking of the holidays, want a great selection of Christmas and New Year products? Well, look no further, DSO has 70 products all picked out for you and grouped together for your shopping convenience. There is EVERYTHING  you need, kits, glitter, borders, bells, and word art to name a few, to make beautiful Christmas and New Year layouts.  Check them out HERE

I have some new pages made with my Christmas Song word art..

Here’s one from crlin

I LOVE this page and the traditional Christmas reds and greens..the black mask really makes everything pop..and that picture is adorable..

Here’s one I made using Kim’s Merry and Bright Kit and my  A Christmas Song Word Art

These are my GS Gage and Zane when they were about 4 years old..I’ve always loved this picture…

Almost done here LOL

I told you I would make you something

There are 10 poems about Christmas and New Years and I added a touch of the Vintage I love so much..you can also use these for Card sentiments..Hope you enjoy them..

http://www.4shared.com/file/172670137/8e363f39/lr-Across_the_Miles.html

Hope you enjoyed today’s blog..leave a little love and let me know…

PS REMEMBER IF YOU BOUGHT A CHRISTMAS SONG BEFORE LAST WEEK, THERE IS A MISTAKE ON #1..PLEASE EMAIL ME at wordstodelite@gmail.com  INCLUDE YOUR ORDER NUMBER AND DATE OF PURCHASE AND I WILL SEND YOU A NEW LINK FOR THE CORRECTED SET..

BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE

Good Friday Morning Everyone…

The first thing I want to talk about is my last set of Word Art, A Christmas Song. One of my CT discovered a spelling mistake on one of the phrases, #1, divine was spelled devine..that got thru about 3 people and none of us caught it..If you have purchased that set, please send me an email at wordstodelite@gmail.com and include the date of purchase and your invoice number…I will immediately send you a link to get the corrected set..I do apologize for this..no matter how hard we try to have everything perfect when it goes in the store, we are all only human and sometime those little things get past us.

I opened the door early this morning to let Gemma out and Wow was it cold out there..needless to say my little “loves to roam” fur baby didn’t tarry long..lol I thought I heard the word “SNOW” on the 10:00 news last night but I didn’t catch all of it..Probably not for here, we never get snow anymore..and I love it..my friend Betty loved it too and if we ever got a prediction for the white stuff she and I would sit up all night waiting for it..we would talk back and forth on the phone asking each other what we thought it was going to do..just like silly kids hoping to get a day out of school..LOL

I have had Kaylen since Wednesday, it’s the first time in awhile she has been here to stay for any length of time..I have really enjoyed her…but she is growing up to fast and is losing her baby looks..and she is into more now than last time, she has learned how to crawl up on the couch and chairs and how to get out of bed…I was in the computer room yesterday morning and I heard this little voice from the doorway, Hey Nana..she was all sleepy eyed and her hair was all over her head and she had the biggest smile on her little face.. I wish I could have gotten her picture..

I’ve been so out of pocket lately that I don’t really know what is going on in the digi world..If you haven’t heard already, DSO will be going thru some major changes starting Jan.1st..If you keep up with the monthly challenges, you have noticed we have already implicated one of those changes..we won’t be having a forum but will have a DSO Challenge Blog..its the same basically, you just post you information to the blog rather than the forum..you post your layout in the gallery as always..

If you haven’t tried it yet, just go to the forum and read  the information in the challenge you chose and you will be on your way..it’s very easy, even I managed to get it..LOL

Here is a preview of my latest word art..A Christmas Song,

A Christmas Song is a collection the best loved carols, plus traditional songs. The names are the standout words, with words of the song being in smaller letters. In the Christmas colors of Red, White, Wine, Green, and Gold these can be used with almost any elements you choose. Each phrase is on it's own png file. The songs are also done in white shadowed velum so you will be getting a total of 40!! The colors can be changed and they can be resized. They are done in 300ppi for better print quality. 
These can also be used for your Christmas cards and other craft projects. A Christmas Song is a must have for you Christmas word art collection.

You can find it here

Well, Miss Kim has done it again..lol her new kit is in the store today and it’s truly awesome as always, here’s a little peek..

Kit Contains.
13 JPG 12x12 papers
55 Elements, and 1 full Alpha- upper,lower,numerals and common punctuation's.

It was designed for your New Years layouts, but it can be used for anything..it’s really beautiful..I am doing coordinating word art which will be in the store the first of the week..I am so behind I wasn’t finished in time to get it in the store at the same time..I think you are going to like it..

I have some beautiful eye candy to show you today from my talented CT using A Christmas Song…but first a layout that my friend Sharon (Scrapcat4914) made using Kim’s Christmas First Kit and my Christmas First Word Art..

I think this is just beautiful..I love all the snow and how she fixed the elements to look like a train..thanks Sharon for purchasing my word art and for showing the layout on your blog..I love seeing what everyone does with my designs and hope you will all send them to me or post them in my gallery at DSO.

Here’s a layout made by O2BNGdHope

Folks, look at that awesome photo, it looks like a Christmas Card …those are 3 of her GC..this layout is just beautiful Melanie..thank you.

From Lainey

I love this layout..it’s the story of Christmas and so Child like and after all, children make Christmas…Lainey’s own crèche  is on the shelf behind her GD..it has a lot of special meaning for her.

This one is from crlin

Another of those special children’s Christmas story layouts..I just love it..and the word art goes so good with the theme..

and here’s one that I made

Kaylen got into a box that had old pictures in it and I found  these that I always loved ..so I had to scrap this one..it’s Angie and Josh made in 1989..

These next two are from Chaos Lounge

She used I Thee Wed for this beauty..and a kit by her sister Days gone by: Bonnie van Esch Designs

She used Funky Love Lines on this one..

I’m sorry I haven’t got anything for you today, things have just been hectic but I will have you something next week..

It’s time to say goodbye for today, Kaylen will be awake anytime now and I still have lots to do..hope you all have a great weekend, stay safe…

IT’S BEEN AWHILE

Good Morning Everyone.

It's is a cold, rainy, Tuesday in Gadsden, Alabama and so much has happened since I was here last.  On Thanksgiving Day my mother, sister, Chase and I went to Angie’s.
I woke up that day with a sore throat not feeling well. On the way I started feeling worse and slept almost all the way, when I got there I went to bed and slept until lunch was ready..Angie and Cathy had fixed a huge meal and it was so delicious.
I ate and felt better so Chase and I stayed as planned.On Friday Angie and I watched the big Alabama-Auburn game and Dave and Chase put up Christmas decorations outside.
The game started out with a bang, we were winning, and my best friend Betty, called, we always talked on the phone off and on during Auburn games, and said, Well Sis, how do you think we are going to do, we talked for a few minutes and hung up..to make a long story short, I progressively got worse and on Sat night I ended up in the ER at Huntsville hospital.
They admitted me with pneumonia in both lower lobes..I stayed overnight and was discharged, Chase and I went home..
When I got home from Angie’s, I found out my best friend Betty was in the hospital, she went on Saturday because she thought she had pneumonia only to find out she had Leukemia.. she was going to be Transferred to UAB Cancer Center in Birmingham ..I had called the hospital on Monday morning and talked to Jeff, Betty was talking in the background and she asked me if I wanted her to save me her room as we figured my Dr. would put me back in the hospital..she was laughing and sounded fine.. I went to the Dr. on Tuesday and still had pneumonia and was sent home to bed and rest..I came home and called my sister to tell her what the Dr. said and she told me that Betty had a very fast growing type of Leukemia and her Dr. said it was no use to send her to Birmingham, they would not take her at the hospital, by Wednesday they did not think she would make it thru the night and she wanted to go home..they got her home late that afternoon and by 11:30 that night my friend was gone.
My oldest daughter Lori and Jeff, Betty's son, were almost the same age and when they moved in across the street from us they became good friends, I finally met Betty and her husband Jerry and we became fast friends..Betty and Jeff and my girls and I had some escapades as they were growing up..and for almost 30 years we have remained very close.  We shared so many happy times and stood by each others side during so many bad times, I just can not imagine my life without my friend..she left behind her son Jeff and her aging Mother, whom she took care of..her husband died several years ago.
One thing I am so thankful for is that almost every time we talked we each said "I love you"..we called each other sis, Betty was an only child and she used to tell me I was the only sister she had. I have been sick so much off and on the past few years, Betty would beg me to take care of myself, she would say, "I just don't know what I would do without my sis"..
Betty was such a big hearted person, always thinking of others, and her actions always proved it..for example..several months ago my Microwave went out..a week or so later here came Betty and Jeff with a new microwave for me...She knew my sister was here staying with my mother without her computer..so she got one she did not use.. fixed it up and carried it to Cathy..
I am not sure of the name of the type Leukemia she had, I know it onsets around 66 years of age, (Betty was 65) and is very fast growing..the white blood cells grow so fast eating up the red cells that it causes fluid around your lungs and heart and stops your breathing..Betty had problems with disc in her neck and her back and was in a lot of pain, otherwise she was healthy..always worked hard to stay that way..Her death has been such a shock and getting thru her viewing and funeral was so hard to do..my heart breaks for her son and her mother.
Jeff called me about 3 am on Thursday morning and asked me if would write Betty's obituary..I was honored to do it as it gave me a way to say goodbye to my friend.
The night of her funeral Chase and I were watching TV and I picked up the phone to check my messages, I forget that I have voice mail and forget to check them..I had 9 messages and the last one played and I heard Betty's voice, "Sis, call me when you get home before you leave out..she had called me on Wednesday before I went to Angie’s..!!!
Friends, her sudden death brings home the fact again, that we NEVER know when the Good Lord is going to call us home...we need to ALWAYS be prepared...and above all, tell your loved ones you LOVE them..that might be the last thing you ever get to say to them. If you have had a falling out with a friend or family member, make amends and tell them you love them..don't put it off waiting for the other person to make the first move..else you may never get the chance..tell them you are sorry and that you love them,and how thankful you are for them.. if you never hear back, at least you know you tried...and they will know how you feel.

Friendship is a priceless gift
that cannot be bought or sold.
But its value is far greater,
than a mountain made of gold.

For gold is cold and lifeless
it can neither see nor hear,
and in the time of trouble
it is powerless to cheer,
it has no ears to listen nor heart to understand,
It cannot bring you comfort or reach out a helping hand.

So when you ask God for a gift
Be thankful if he sends not diamonds,
pearls or riches but the love of real TRUE FRIENDS.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING USA

Have you got your turkey’s cooked and your pies all made? Or have you already eaten and are stuffed beyond stuffed? If you are reading blogs I bet you are hunting for info on the Black Friday Sales..Well DSO is having a STORE WIDE Black Friday Sale.. My month long sale is still going on so you will get 50% off rather than 30%..

My store is HERE

Kim is having a 3 day sale but BLACK FRIDAY is the only day to get 50% off…

Kim is really on the ball, she is also having a BLACK FRIDAY SALE on her CU Grab Bag..this has some awesome Christmas goodies..

DSO is the best place on line to shop..no lines, no hassles, just lots of great bargins…on and you don’t have to be there at 4 am either..lol

 

Here’s a little hint!

I have a beautiful layout to show you that my friend Benita sent me..thanks for sending it..

I know I am a complainer at times about unimportant things as well as others…I found this on the internet and wanted to share it with you…it really hit home with me.

I Am So Thankful
For the teenager who is not doing dishes but is watching TV,
Because that means he is at home and not on the streets.
For the taxes that I pay,
Because it means that I am employed.
For the mess to clean after a party,
Because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.
For the clothes that fit a little too snug,
Because it means I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me work,
Because it means I am out in the sunshine.
For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that
need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing,
Because it means I have a home.
For all the complaining I hear about the government,
Because it means that we have freedom of speech.
For the parking spot I find at the far end
of the parking lot,
Because it means I am capable of walking
and that I have been blessed with transportation.
For my huge heating bill,
Because it means I am warm.
For the lady behind me in church that sings off key,
Because it means that I can hear.
For the pile of laundry and ironing,
Because it means I have clothes to wear.
For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day,
Because it means I have been capable of working hard.
For the alarm that goes of in the early morning hours,
Because it means that I am alive and have a reason to get up.
And finally...
For too much e-mail,
Because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.

I haven’t made you a freebie in a long time so I made this for you today…it’s a Christmas Cluster with 5 Christmas Tags.

I hope you enjoy these…you can get them HERE

I am off to pack, take a shower and get ready to go to Angie’s.. Mother, Cathy,  Chase and I are going..but Chase and I are staying until Sunday.  I hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving and if you don’t celebrate the holiday, I hope you have a happy Thursday.