New Releases at Inspiration Lane: November 27

Here are the other layouts I promised you, even if I didn't get them posted over the weekend as promised.

The first one is from a kit by Pixel Pisces Designs.

We always loved going to the Ren Faire and this was certainly one of the highlights!


Next up is a kit by Laura Bozeman Designs, love the non traditional colors in this kit!


This layout is of my husband's and my first Christmas together.


I love themed kits and this one by Serene by RW really caught my eye.I thought it was perfect for this layout of my DD's favorite breakfast!


This next kit is by the Inspiration Lane Design Team and is free with a $5 purchase through Nov. 30th.

My DD has a small stuffed pig collection so I did a page about her pig family.


I'll be back tomorrow with two new challenges at Inspiration Lane. See ya then!

This blog has been a wee bit neglected lately. With being sick and then the holiday I haven't been posting near as much as I'd like. I thought I'd ease back into it with a layout I did with a new paper pack by Sir Scrapalot Designs.


Last year my DD wanted to make all the decorations for Christmas. This layout is of a few of the decorations that she made for our tree.



I have a few more layouts to post over the weekend so stay tuned.

Home for the Holidays

Sir Scrapalot Designs has a word art pack out new this week. I just love all the cute holiday sayings.
I'm so excited that we're going to be able to go to my parents home this year for Christmas (we weren't able to last year) so I did a page using the word art, Jolly Little Friends and Jolly Little Friends: Solids and Nearly Solids (also by Sir Scrapalot Designs) about what I love about being home for the holidays.

I'm so excited that not only are we going to be able to be there for Christmas but that most of my siblings will also be there. I can't wait to make new holiday memories this year!

Flavor of Life: Fall

Jen Yurko and Amy Stoffel have done it again...another flavor of life series and this one is just as yummy as the summer one was was.


You can click the preview to go to the page with the full Flavor of Life: Fall series or you can got to Jen Yurko's store to purchase them separately.

Here are a few layouts I did with the kits.


Caramel Appletini

Pear Berry Crush

Pumpkin Spice Latte
Butterscotch KissLove these...I'm really hoping they continue the series with a winter and spring collection.

Jolly Little Friends by Sir Scrapalot Designs

Today is new release day at Polka Dot Plum and as usual Sir Scrapalot Designs has a gorgeous new kit out today. I'm so loving all the cute doodled elements!

There's also a paper pack to match and for a limited time you can get the paper pack free when you order the kit!


Since I was little my family has celebrated St. Nicholas's Day. I've continued that tradition with my daughter and thought this kit was perfect to capture this memory.


I'll be back this afternoon with some more layouts (yeah I know I promised them for yesterday but time got away from me)...plus I'll have another new Sir Scrapalot release to show you tomorrow!

More new stuff from Inspiration Lane

I just realized that I didn't post these layouts yesterday like I had planned.

I don't know if I've mentioned it or not but Christmas is by far my favorite time of year so I was so excited to see this new kit from JennCk Designs.

I'm so glad that my mom gave me these photos she shot of my daughter and baby sister baking cookies together. I love that my daughter will have these pics to cherish of her and her aunt.

Next up is a new kit from shelleyrae designs. I love the colors in this one and all the cute doodled elements.
My daughter had so much fun bouncing a balloon around the living room one day I had to get out my camera and take photos. It definitely took me back to a time when I enjoyed doing the same thing.

I have one more set of layouts that I plan on sharing with you tomorrow. I'm soooo excited about the kits that were used to make them.....pure gorgeousness in action!

New Scrapping the Everyday challenge at Inspiration Lane

It's time for a new Scrapping the Everyday challenge at Inspiration Lane. Click here for the challenge thread.

This challenge is to scrap a recent purchase. I have been wanting to use one of shelleyrae designs templates so I picked one from this set.


Then I paired the template with this kit (also by shelleyrae designs). I thought the colors were so pretty and vibrant and loved the circle embellishment for use with the template I'd selected.



And here's my layout for the challenge.


The best thing about this challenge and the others at Inspiration Lane is that you can earn points for free product at IL. 5 points gets you $1 and this challenge alone can earn you 3 points if you use IL product and there are plenty of other challenges to choose from to earn even more points. For the complete rules on challenges click here. Hope to see you there!

New Releases at Inspiration Lane November 14

Another big release day at IL today. There are tons of great products and you can see them all here.

I created so many layouts that I'm going to be posting them all over the next few days.

First up is a mini kit by Laura Bozeman Designs. Love the green and silver together. So pretty!

In 2003 my husband and I hosted our first Christmas. It was lots of fun and I was so thankful for our family.


I can't believe Thanksgiving is only a couple of weeks away. This year has flown by. I just love this Thanksgiving kit by Jennifer Schmitt. This kit is huge. Lots of papers and embellishments to play with!


A couple of years ago I was sick over Thanksgiving so we had to cancel our Thanksgiving plans. This is what we did instead.


Next up is a new two page template by Jill DZines. Love the wavy paper in the background!

I took the right page and this kit (also by Jill DZines).

And scrapped this layout. Look at all those presents. What a fun day it was for her.


My last one for today uses this fun new kit by LemmonCity Productions.


We were lucky enough last spring to be rolling into town while my nephew was playing his t-ball game. We decided to go watch a few innings before heading to my parents house.


I'll have lots more of the next couple of days so stay tuned.

Spoonful of Sugar by Sir Scrapalot Designs

Since Aaron didn't have any new releases this week I decided to do a page with a kit that was released a couple of weeks ago that I didn't have in my stash yet.

Love the colors in this one and great glittery embellishments also!

In August we took a trip to South Bend and walked around the campus of the University of Notre Dame. It was really cool to see all the great architecture that I've been seeing on television all these years. This is my daughter taking a break after walking around most of the campus.

My first Christmas layouts of the season.

I'm so excited....designers are starting to release winter and Christmas kits galore. I can't wait to see what they've got in store for us over the next couple of months. I love it!

Here are the Christmas layouts I've done this past week.

Everything from Winter Chill by Laura Bozeman Designs.

Everything from yesterday's Inspiration Lane newsletter freebie, Vintage Girl by Joyful Heart Designs.

Everything from Happy Holidays Digital Kit and Happy Holiday Solids by Sarah Morgan Designs.

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday so I'm really excited to see these new products in the store. I'm hoping that over the next month and a half I will have plenty of Christmas layouts and hybrid projects to show y'all on the blog.

Happy DSD...lots of specials and new release day at Inspiration Lane

Check out this awesome special in honor of Digital Scrapbooking Day!

The grab bag looks awesome! If you want to see all the things you get in it click here.

Pixel Pisces Designs has two new kits out today. Yaay for a boy kit!


Of course I don't have a boy...but I found that the colors were great for this picture of DH and DD at the Science Center.


Tamara also has a very girlie kit this week!

I just love the papers in this kit! Here's my DD doing her math lesson last month.


Not only can you get the grab bag for $1 with a purchase but look what you can get free with purchase this weekend as well...these two very fun and adorable kits.


I actually managed to get a layout done with both of them.

First is from when we lived in Washington. DD had such a fun time at the local petting zoo.



This next one is from my DD's 3rd birthday. It's amazing...doesn't seem like 5 years have passed!


Stay tuned because tomorrow I'll have a few other IL new releases to share with you. Happy DSD shopping!

Sweater Weather

It's officially starting to get cold here in the midwest and I'm so excited to see all of the winter kits starting to be released. Sir Scrapalot Designs has this fun kit that is new today at Polka Dot Plum.


The colors were so perfect for these photos that I have of my daughter when she was about 9 months old and love love love the alphabets that come with the kit. Fun stuff! I also did something with this layout that I haven't done in forever...I pulled out a sketch by Becky Higgins. I forgot how much I love working with her sketches.