A BIT OF NEWS

Good Morning everyone I woke up and thought it was about 5 am..went to let Gemma out and saw the clock, it was actually 7:30 and raining cats and dogs..Gemma just looked out and went back to her bed! 

I want to thank you all for the sweet comments after the 4share incident.  I’m so glad that you finally got the Hearts downloaded.

I have some news today and you might want to take some notes..DSO is getting ready to get an online make-over. New this and new that. But to do all this Bunny is going to have to tear into some things. FORUMS, PRIVATE MESSAGING AND THE GALLERY AT DSO will be going down for the facelift on FEBRUARY 1ST.

There is no guarantee that all the Gallery will be able to be saved and uploaded again successfully. It must be de-tangled from the forum bits that will not be saved, but the goal is for the entire Gallery to be re-loaded after the new facelift. Just in case, not all makes it back to its place, it is recommended that if do not have your Layouts saved on your computer you back them up before February 1.

This is very simple to do, just go to your gallery, click on EACH layout, right click, and hit saveas. That’s it..you’re all done. Save them to a folder on your computer or back them up and store them on your external drives.  If the gallery makes it back in tact, just re-load them. We realize this is going to be a bit of an inconveniece but the results will be well worth it. Just hang in there, have patience and we will all get thru this together.

The one thing that WON’T be shutting down are the challenges. You will continue to do them in the Challenge Blog.   Please remember FEBRUARY 1st DSO is going down.

Now that the business is taken care of, I want to show you some of the beautiful new products in the DSO stores.

Wow, what a selection of items for your Valentines Day layouts, or for any occasion. We have the best designers at DSO, you can rest assured that all the products have been through Quality Check and are as perfect as they can humanly be!

We can’t forget Digi Scrap Vault for all your commercial use products…you know you can rely on these.

here’s a layout I made using LouCees Creations Love Actually Kit

I love this picture of the kids..someone stuck that red bow in Kaylen’s hair…I was surprised she let it stay there!

I made this for you, the hearts are on separate png files..hope you enjoy!

I had problems with 4shared timing out so I used Media Fire again..I tried the download and it worked…

http://www.mediafire.com/file/oyzerzzgzt3/foreverlove.zip

Don’t forget FEBRUARY 1 hope you have a good day

FANCY HEARTS WOW WHAT A DELIMA

Hello Everyone

Wow, I’ve never had such a problem getting a freebie to you before..wonder if that’s a sign LOL..For those who don’t know, 4shared took my file off saying it had the exact name of a file that had been banned, I changed the name about 10 times and always got the same message..I went in search of an alternate place to upload and found Media Fire, uploaded 2 times and got 2 different URL’s, neither would work…this morning I uploaded again…I logged out and tried many times to download and it worked every time..so maybe you can get it now..I’m so happy you like the hearts and hope the problem is fixed ..

http://www.mediafire.com/?zy3jmmatqw2

I MUST BE STUCK ON MONDAYS!!!

Good morning everyone…hope you all had a great week..

Where did the week go? Here it is Monday again and I didn’t blog all week…My sister so kindly reminded me last night..thanks sis!!

Happy Martin Luther King Day. I admired him and it’s so sad that we lost him just at the time, in our countries history, that  we needed him the most. His dream for peace is one we should all pray for, now especially, when our country is in turmoil and we have so many of out troops on foreign soils..and so many other countries troops are there also.

I think I had the blahs all week..just couldn’t get in the mood to do anything but lay around and watch TV..I had my friend Betty on my mind a lot..I sure miss her.

I played Bejeweled some, but my score never seems to change..LOL..all my friends are way up there in the hundreds of thousands, my sister has gone over 200,000..and Angie always has high scores.. I’ve managed to get over 100,000 one time and wouldn’t you know it, they changed the score the next day and no one saw it! I have to put my face in the monitor to see anyway, and my eyes just miss all the matches…I think that game just drops those jewels where there are no matches on my game!! Getting too old, too slow, but it’s fun and it passes a lot of time..

Friday  I decided to cook spaghetti and called my mom to see if she and Cathy wanted some..they said yes, but mother didn’t feel like getting out.. I decided the easiest way to carry it over would be to make a casserole..ever had a spaghetti casserole..I browned lots of onions, then browned my meat and added the onions back in, put in my sauce.. I broke my spaghetti noodles up in small pieces..then I layered it like I do lasagna..noodles, sauce and mozzarella cheese.. then another layer of the same.. it turned out really well..

Cathy made a big salad and bread and we had a great meal..we also had it again Sunday night and it was better than it was on Friday.

I finally started back working on some word art Friday night and Saturday and got a new set into Quality Control last night, its the last in my Love Series for Valentines Day..

KimB’s Designs has her beautiful Overlay CU Bag and its still on sale..she has revealed it for you..only 2 more days to get it at this great price!

I do have some beautiful eye candy to show you today.

First I want to show you a beautiful card made by Vanessa. She used LooCees Creations Love Actually Kit..and some of my word art..

You can get this beautiful kit HERE

The word art is from my part of the DSO New Years Day Blog.

From MumaSue

She used KimB’s Kit A Fresh Start and my A Fresh Start Word Art for her new Blog..I think it turned out great.

From Chaos Lounge using Descriptions Teenage Girls

Another from Chaos Lounge also using Descriptions Teenage Girls

From KimB using Tiny Love Notes and her new, soon to be released kit..

From Junebugmom68, also using Descriptions Teenage Girls

From scoobie81 using Grandparents Love

Thank you girls, these are all  just beautiful..I love them!

I promised you a present for the next blog..so I made you something for your Valentine layouts..

You can recolor resize and use them many ways..some could be frames..hope you like them..

http://www.4shared.com/file/200305917/c3f79567/lr-Fancy_Hearts.html

Have a great Monday..see you soon.

Cold Monday

Hello Everyone..hope you had a good weekend..My weekend was good but I tell you I never left the house, I just didn’t want to brave the cold weather. Its only 13 degrees this morning. Josh and Kendra brought Kaylen over late Saturday afternoon to spend the night..Kendra won’t let Jaxon stay overnight..he’s only 5 months old, so for now Kaylen is the only one who comes for overnight visits..I have kept Jaxon before but they always come and get him..He’ such a sweetie..

Kaylen and I had a great time..as usual, she came in and got in her toy basket, she always pulls them out one at a time and acts like she has never seen them before, she hugs all her babies and pats them on the back, then she goes for her books..she LOVES books,she brings them to me one at a time and we have to look at the pictures..when she has it all pulled out and scattered everywhere, she pets Gemma, they love each other…then she gets her little chair and sits down in it and watches some TV..she jabbers ALL the time and she has such a loud little voice..(she inherited that from her MeMe I’m thinking..lol –*) then she says Nana, and more jabber..some words I can make out…and she blows me kisses all the time..and say mwah. So that’s her routine..lol

I was changing her diaper and her clothes for bedtime and she fell asleep while I was doing that..I covered her up and let her sleep on the couch..I layed down with her and fell asleep to, she woke me  up at 2:30 and we got in the bed..I woke up at 8 but she slept until almost 10. They came and got her late Sunday afternoon and I was so tired I layed down on the couch for just a minute and woke up at 11:30..

I have lots to show you today so I will shut up..you know I could ramble all day!!

I have 3 yes 3 new kits in the store this morning..

Descriptions:Teenage Boys is the first in a series. There are twenty word art sets, each on an individual png file. Each set is a new word, with random words highlighted. 
It's a fun and whimsical thing that will definitely add some WOW to you layouts. If you have teen boys in your home or know any, these are must have for your word art collection. You can find them HERE

Descriptions:Teenage Girls is the second in a series. There are twenty word art sets, each on an individual png file. Each set is a new word, with random words highlighted. 
It's a fun and whimsical thing that will definitely add some WOW to you layouts. If you have teen girls in your home or know any, these are must have for your word art collection.  You can find them HERE

Grandparents Love is the first in a series about Love..In time for Valentines Day, this set will give you some darling word art sets for your pages. There are 15 individual png files, each can be re-colored and re-sized. All are done in 300 dpi for better print quality. All have been checked for quality and received the DSO seal of approval. This set can also be used in cards or your other craft projects.These are a must have for your Grandparents word art. You can find them HERE

All are on SALE NOW for a limited time.  There are more sets in the Love Category coming.. just in time for those Valentine layouts..I sent What Love Is to QC yesterday so look for it out this week..maybe LOL depends on what all I have to fix..

Here’s a layout I made from Descriptions-Teenage Boys

My middle GS Chase, he had to wear that shirt that day and I made him let me take his pic before he left for school, and as you can guess, he didn’t want to..lol I used a kit by Chaos Lounge called Apple Pie..

Now for some real eye candy..if you haven’t noticed I have 2 new “Delites” on my CT..Lisa and Karen..welcome girls, so glad to have you join the team..leave them some love..and PK Doll is back and going strong..she has been away for awhile so Welcome Back Paula..

From Lainey..

I loved how she used this word art in her heritage layout..it really looks great..shows what  you can do with Word Art when you think about it..

From Lisa

I love the cool wintery feel of this page, love how she has all the photos arranged and they don’t look crowded..the snow man looks adorable..gosh makes my snow pictures look a bit silly..great job Lisa

From PK Doll

 

This is such a fun layout..love how Paula used the word art and that bear is adorable..picture looks like those girls are having a good time..

I don’t see many layouts done with this much yellow in th em, but this looks really great..that belt really makes it..and I love the flash of red she used..

From MumaSue..I love the colors in this one and how she used the mask with her picture..I also like how she used the teenage word art for her little girl..

Thanks to all you girls..leave them some love and let them know you enjoyed their layouts..

My fingers are so cold I can hardly type..I turned the heat up but they I don’t seem to be getting warmer..I think I need to go get back in my warm bed for a nap LOL

I will have you a little gift the next time we meet..so until then have a great day and take care..

Friday and A Little Snow

Good Friday morning everyone..burrr its cold here, wind chill is 12 degrees..Gemma(my fur baby)usually wants out first thing in the morning, she turns circles in front of the door and dances around, well she was going full blast this morning until I opened the door, she turned around and ran to the couch..it was funny..

If you keep up with college football, you know that the University of Alabama won the national Championship game last night..we beat the Texas Longhorns..it got really interesting in the 3rd and 4th quarters but Alabama pulled it out..I am a die hard Auburn fan but I am proud for the state that they won.

Did any of you see the news yesterday about the Iguanas in Florida falling out of the trees because of the cold..they were just falling off like apples..and then they just laid there like they were dead..they said when it warmed up they would wake up..Here’s a url where you can see the video of the news and read the article..

http://www.ktvu.com/health/22166107/detail.html

We did get some snow yesterday, in the day time too! I enjoyed watching it fall..for a few hours it snowed really hard at times, big snowflakes but not much stuck.. I have a few pictures to show you of our “Big” Snow Storm LOL

It really did snow yesterday, date on camera is wrong LOL This was made from my front porch of my neighbors yard..

From my front porch looking at my  yard, not much there at all..but you can see it piled up in the tree across the street.

My garbage can and my neighbors yard

My yard

Now, I realize that to some of  you, that’s not even a snowfall but it’s the first accumulation I’ve seen here in years..we used to get at least one good snowfall a year, sometimes 2 but not any more..global warming I imagine!

Kendra said Kaylen loved it and got to play out in it for a bit with Kendra’s sister and brother..wish she could have gotten pictures, but I had the camera…I let them keep it most of the time so they can catch the cute shots of the kids, I had it for our Christmas and forgot to let them take it home with them.  We are supposed to have a really cold weekend and maybe some more flurries today and tomorrow..

My new word Art Classifieds-Teenagers is till on sale..

Save: 25% off

Classifieds for Teens is the first in a series. These whimsical word arts are designed to look like classified ads that would be typical for a teenager. There are 20 ads and 1 Bonus ad with bright colored highliters. They are on individual png files and can easily be re-sized. Each is done in 300 ppi for better print quality. 
If you have teens in your family these are a must have. They will add something new and unique to your layouts and give them that wow factor we all want. 

Here’s another Lainey made

Love it Lainey, colors are so pretty..and the blending is great..I have a picture of my mother in this almost identical pose in her yard and her hair is fixed almost like  your mothers!

Hey don’t forget that the new Challenges are going on now at DSO http://www.digital-scrapbooking.org/challenges/

Here’s a preview of my Posting Bonus for this month.

There are more Challenges and some beautiful posting bonus you should be sure and check out..

I sure hope all of you have a great weekend..I plan to spend mine inside where it’s nice and warm..Kaylen may come over, not sure yet, it’s been awhile since she has stayed the weekend..They have to call me on the phone for her so she can talk to me..of course that just melts my heart…she gets the phone and says Nana, Nana, then when she hears me, she says NANA NANA, then she jabbers and says Nana again, and so it goes. I asked her the other day if she was being a good girl and she said no, no…I guess someone had told her she was acting bad..LOL Every time their phone rings she runs to it and says Nana, Nana…If there is one thing I know, its that,that little girl loves her Nana! When I start talking to Jaxon he starts smiling and cooing, he is such a precious little boy..I am so blessed to have all of my GC and GGC.