Whew this week totally flew by!  I pretty much spent sunday/monday recovering from my weekend getaway and then I spent Tuesday recovering from a nasty headcold. Boo!  I’m proud though, because I still managed to get something done!  One of my amazing awesome CT members worked together on a totally sweet collaboration:

I had so much fun working with Jennifer, and we were both thrilled with the way our stuff just sorta flowed together, it was a good match.  I’m really just… tickled pink LOL… with how it turned out!

I thought it might be fun too to show off a few layouts from the team! (click on any of them to see it larger)

So there you have it, one sweet little peek!  And for a chance to win it just leave me a comment here – and this week I wanna hear about someone super extra sweet in your life and what makes them that way!  (yeah I know, I’m making you work for it this week!).  After you comment, you may want to post a link to this blog post on twitter or facebook or your blog even, and leave an additional comment to link me to your post so that you can get an extra chance to win! (or three if you go post crazy!)

Tomorrow I’ll be back with a winner and a full preview of this sweet little collab!

I’m back! It was such a nice time with some of my dear friends just relaxing and having a fun together!

here’s a few little photos -

I should probably explain why I’m standing on a chair, or the flower rings… but it’s sort of a long story LOL – just imagine a bunch of overworked tired moms finally getting a chance to let our hair down and getting a little silly…

The place we stay is right on the beach, so we actually could sit back and see the beautiful ocean while sitting on the cozy couch and drinking a glass of wine!

This trip has become an annual tradition for a bunch of us that met in MOMS Club way back when our kids were still little (or should I say way back the older boys were little). Most of us have moved on from moms club and are busy with all sorts of mommy stuff so we rarely see eachother anymore.  It is great to have something once a year to get us all back together and I’m hopeful that we’ll still be doing this when we are all old ladies with big extravagant hats and giant bead necklaces (this is  what I plan to do when I get old anyway)!

Moving on… I wanted to thank everyone for the wonderful comments on my new prodcuts, it’s music to a designers ears to hear that people like their work. As promised, Random.org picked a winner of my new kit now that I’m back home:

Congrats Pricilla!!  I’ll be emailing you! Since I’m pretty sure Pricilla has bought the kit, start thinking about what other kit you wanna pick up from my store at SSD!

I also drew Jenn L (comment 23) as the winner of the quick pages, and Lizzie257 (comment 32) as the winner of the adorable tin album that Jaclyn made!  Both of you can watch for an email from me today.

Ok well, its Monday morning and time to kick off a new week here at home!  Have a nice day everyone!

It’s Friday again and I’m in a bit of a hurry because I have to get ready because I get the weekend away with some girlfriends at the BEACH this weekend!  Ahhhh!  A break sounds oh-so-good!

So, I’m just going to get right to it!

This week I have a new kit, and let me tell you, its a pretty one!  I don’t often do all sweet and soft and flowy, so I’m really thrilled with how this one turned out!

hee! I’m so happy with it!

I also have a quick and easy set of pages made by my awesome CT member Jaclyn Bernardo:

and I’m sure that everyone is just going to go ga-ga over the adorable album she put together:

So!  there you have it for this week, please comment away if you would like a chance to win one of these products – as always just leave a comment and I’ll randomly pick one winner for each new release.  Also, if you want an extra chance just tweet this post, or post a link of facebook or your blog if you’d like – just please post an additional comment for each link you post so I can have an extra chance to win (if your comment with a link doesn’t show up, don’t worry, I always moderate and approve the ones that don’t get through before I pick a winner!

Ok, I have packing to do, and you all have commenting to do! Happy Friday everyone!

Lauren Grier and I are running a little contest through her store and on each of our blogs!

The way you can play is just simply pick up our newest “Shauren” creation That Electric Rat , and create any layout you’d like using mostly the kit.  Then post a link to your layout either here on my blog, or on Lauren’s blog by March 9th, 2010 and you will be entered to win a $5 gift card to both mine and Lauren’s stores!

Easy-peasy lemon squeezy!  Looking forward to seeing everyone’s creations!

ps. lucky you! you can still get That Electric Rat at scrapfastic designs for 20% off if you hurry and get it today or tomorrow!!

So this weekend I decided that it was about time to sit down and take some time to SCRAP! I haven’t scrapped more than a layout here or there in a long time, so I am really proud to say that this morning I just put the finishing touches on my FIFTH layout for the weekend!!  I just figured since I actually made some pages, that I should share ‘um all here! (just click on a layout to see it in the gallery and for supply credits)

Yay! It’s about time!  Every time I scrap I remember how much I miss scrapping pictures and memories of sweet little men.  Plus, this is the whole reason I got in to scrapbooking in the first place!  I’m going to have to make the effort to make a few more pages here and there so I have some more keepsakes from this time in my kiddos’ lives.

Happy Monday everyone – Monday is fast becoming my favorite day of the week, with the older kids all at school, and getting the day to my self and my designing – and my TENNYSON! Hope today is a great start to all of your weeks too!