Double duty... Gallery Standouts and the Friday Freebie!!

It's my turn to post the Friday freebie (on Sunday).. oops, I had it ready just didn't publish it! SO here's a preview of this weeks freebie... This is a pack of 5 papers from my new Who Needs Frogs kit... The full kit is not in the store yet but very soon! For now you can get the Papers here..

OK on with this weeks gallery standouts!

This is just so pretty... I love the pop of color on a white Lo.... The journaling is even beautiful!!

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This is not your typical newborn LO... that's' what makes it so interesting! I love the clock showing Gabriel's time of birth... a very nice touch!

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OK so Steph did a whole series of these month by month LO's... I only chose the first one to show you... head over to the DSM gallery to see them all!! What a clever idea!


I think Missi did a fabulous job picking colors and editing her photo for this LO... I love the black with a splash of color!! Fab!
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Here is another fabulous LO by Steph... I really Looooove this LO... such a great idea to scrap a year in review!!

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I am in love with this photo... so very pretty... I have a real soft spot for vintage photos... I especially love the journaling...

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Well I'm a busy girl these days... so I'm off to work on my house and maybe squeeze in a little scrapping time as well...

Good morning all.... and to some, good afternoon! I'm looking at my calendar, Christmas is now 12 shopping days away and I still haven't even started! Today is the day! I finally have a free day, no work, no driving kids anywhere and the housework can wait. Only it's -42 without the windchill..... so guess what.... I'm staying home and staying cozy!!

I drove into town last night to pick my daughter up from her Christmas party... not sure how cold it was, it was cold enough that I couldn't even feel it and the tires on my car were frozen square!! Bumpity... bumpity.... bumpity...

all the way to town.... So I hope everyone is fine with money this year:) I'll even fold the bills into interesting origami shapes;)

A Sunday isn't a bad day to put my feet up, grab a cup of coffee and browse through the DSM gallery.... here are a couple of standouts I found from this past week...

Here is a simple yet beautiful LO... sometimes less is more....

Created by Mistimus

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I love this next LO... but I'm a collector of vintage photos... I love all the little touches especially the bead scatter. Nicely done!

Created by Delia

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The following is a beautiful winter LO paired with a non winter picture and using a pretty color combo... and it all works!
Created by Kateinoz

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I'm a fan of Steph's work. I seem to choose at least one of her LO's every week. She seems to have endless ideas... and lately she's been creating two pagers.... makes for a nice flow when you put together an album.
Created by Blessedby3qtz
Credits: Sugar Plum Twist by Modern June Creations at DSM

I love the pink/green combo and the clustering.... this sure looks like a fun kit!
Created by Tomosia
Credits: Sugar Plum Twist by ModernJune Creations.

I love this next LO... the kit matches the photo perfectly!!
Created by Ajrsmomma07
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OK here's another from Steph... I just loved it so it has to be posted here... she created this for her Speed Scrap this past week...
Created by Blessedby3qtz
Credits: Sugar Plum Twist by Modern June Creations at DSM


This LO sums up how I feel today..

Created by Twimomma2

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Ok I has to scoot and post the link for 25 days of Holiday Hoopla over at DSM...

It's that time of year again!! Are yo done your shopping yet?? I haven't even started! I can't seem to find enough time to drive the hour and a half to the city without my kids. That's the tricky part .... if I go shopping they always want to come, they have their own Christmas shopping to do so we have to work in every ones needs. If I would have been on the ball, I could have bought everything on the net... but I never think of it till it's too late... maybe next year! Do any of you buy your presents on-line?

I love my Sunday mornings... here I am drinking coffee and snooping through our gallery... here's a few neat LO's I found...

First up is Athena. I love her kits choice here and she has a real talent for layering!
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And while were at it, here's another from Athena... this would make a great Christmas card!

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Next is Twimomma2 She had a set of Christmas photos taken... and they are all beautiful. It's tricky getting a great photo of both kids... but she has quite a few... she must have good kids!

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The next two Lo's are by mom2twoangels... she used my Flip Flop kit for both LO's. They are similar LO's but changing the bits sure gave them each their own style! And again she had just the right photos!!
Check out Flip Flop here.

Next up is our own Ashlee. I love the present LO it's even finished off with a great bow in the center!! She used Christmas Traditions Coming Soon to DSM by Designs by Ashlee.

Can't wait, this should be a great kit!!

And here's one from me.... I used my new kit Powder Fresh.... you can't buy this kit anywhere. I've been giving it away in chunks since the beginning of Dec... at DSM.

Here's another from Ashlee... I love the photo cluster!!! Very creative!! She used her kit Wild Cherry... you can find it here.

Here's one from Blessedby3qtz... This is a pretty Lo for a pretty girl!! I love the blend!! She used Scrap Manics Chill Out kit.... found here.

And our final LO is by Simply Susan... I love the colors and a wonderful moment captured!!

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Well time for a new coffee... and I have the rest of the day to scrap my little heart out seeing as we are kinda snowed in... I LOVE being snowed in!! See you all next week!! Wonderful work ladies!!

First up is Digilicious with this fabulous LO!

This is a fun kit paired with a priceless photo and top it off with a creative photo edit!!

Works every time!
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I love this LO... not only because the subject is near and dear to my own heart...

but I love the idea of scrapping anything and everything!! And the photo placement here really works!

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Here's a fun LO by mom2twoangels... wonderful use of color and ellies placement!!

She used Rock on by Riley Creations


Here's a wonderful LO by jrzybchmom... I love the use of the ribbon as a frame not to mention great ellie clusters coupled with a very cute baby... works for me every time!!
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Here's a very pretty fall LO by Delia... I really love here work, she takes some of the best nature/artsy fartsy <---- hehe photos and creates beautiful LO's!

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I had to try really hard to only choose one of blessedby3qtz Lo's for this weeks gallery Standouts!! Every LO was wonderful! Her daughter is taking gymnastics and from what I hear is a natural! She asked me to make a gymnastics kit so I did and she's been creating so many beautiful LO's.. I love them all! Here is just one...

Kit used is Flip Flops by Mandymade.

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I am a fan of Buzybee... here is another LO she created for her weight loss album. I think it's a great idea!! I LOVE the title!!

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And finally a LO by our own Simply Susan... I love the clean look and group photo!!
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Well I started this blog post 3 1/2 hours ago... I have since done dishes, washed my bedding, face booked, watched Airplane, ate breaky and visited with my girls.... something tells me that I may be a little distracted today... no worries I know how to fix this... more COFFEE!!! See ya next week ttfn!

First up is mom2twoangels with these fun LO's. The second she submitted for our Font Challenge. She used

Peppermint Tree Studio - Frogs N' Toadstools Kit (for both) and the font used Soul Stalker.

Blessedby3qtz created this wonderful LO all about the technology that keeps her connected with her friends and family!! What a wonderful idea!!

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And here's a LO by our own Bev a.k.a. Scrapmaniac using her new kit Chill Out!! The photo absolutely cracked me up!!! By the way drop by DSM today and wish Bev a Happy Birthday.... Happy Birhday to you.... Happy Birthday to yooou.... Happy Birthday to yoooouuuuuu...... Happy Birthday to you!!


Here's a LO created by Delia... I'm such a sucker for vintage photos!!! She used a template by Scrapznbitz.

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And another from Delia...
Kit: Scrapznbitz_Forever Autumn

And how about one more from Delia.... she sure has been busy this week!!! Here she used Scrapznbitz's Forever Autumn
Here's another LO from Steph a.k.a. Blessed by3qtz.... I love her photo placement and journaling not to mention a really awesome title!
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Here's a fab LO from digilicious!! Love the clustering and colors!!!

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Here's a beautiful LO by Mistimus.... I love everything about it!! Fabulous crop and photo edit... she made a technical LO look effortless!! This is one of my top picks!!

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And finally here's Tomosia with a fun LO all about naps!! Who doesn't love a Sunday nap... especially with a sleepy puppy!!!! She used Modern Junes new kit Cozy Embrace.
There are so many more fabulous LO's in our gallery check them out here...