Sieze the day

Suzy has the cute little mini kit hitting the stores this weekend - Live for Today.  How can you resist this?  Awesome colors!  Great journal cards! I just makes me so happy to just look at.   The page is from a pic I caught of Sam when we started her orthopedic journey - she started this with such a positive attitude!

catch the complete kit here....

Can you see the Lightbulb?

true story: I have been listening to The DigiShow (The Daily Digi podcasts) for years, since they were part of the Paperclipping Roundtable, yeah... way back then! I was listening when Steph announced that her lightbulb went off and she switched to manual (after a class in Vegas with katrina Kennedy).  I believe Katie had the same experience after taking Katrina's Capture Your Life Through The Lens class.  (Sorry Peppermint, I cant recall when you switched to manual :().

I have the camera I bought 3 years ago to make me a better photographer. I would have a few good shots, but I wasn't satisfied yet. Maybe I need a cannon or Nikon vs. my Sony?  What is wrong?  Then Katrina announced she was retiring the Capture Your Life Through The Lens class  NOOOOOO!  I need that class! What is she thinking??

I think enough of the public griped (so I am not alone - whew!)  The class has started and yes I a enrolled and learning a lot, but it was actually Kelly Buss' hour of the Capture Your 365 Birthday party (yesterday) that did it.  Somewhere in the 7pm EST hour (8 hours into the 12 hour class/educational/fun/learning marathon) I got it!  I switched to manual, played with the buttons - and I GOT IT!!  It's a great feeling of confidence to learn something new. (I hope my kids can forgive me for missing their cheer competition and my son's hockey game so that I could stay home and learn).

Just FYI - Katrina's class Capture Your Life Through The Lens has just started we are only in the 2nd week and I think people are still enrolling - If you have ever guessed or wondered what you need to know to flip that dial to M - come check out the class - Hurry - I think there is a webinar coming up in the next week - you will not want to miss your lightbulb moment! (tell her dawn sent ya)

#38 (Suzy Q Scraps new Simple Story templates #13)

I love Suzy's templates.  In fact I plan on using all of them for my next vacation book.  There are so many options and I love the clean grid design.  But you dont need to always stay in the lines.

I combined the watercolor effect I learned from The Lily-pad's MOC, into Suzy's newest template to create a great (simple story) page about my son.

(I used Suzy's kit Make lemonade for the elements and stitching.)

2 more things to share...

1. I was so bombarded in jan I missed that I made the gallery Standouts for my Suzy Q Scraps page "Emotions".  the link to the GSO is here.  i am so excited!

2. New page for The Painted Nest challenge over at Scrapbook Graphics.  Feb Challenge #23 - if you want to play - hurry up!

Bloom - a kit from the past by Meghan Mullens & The Traci Reed

Loved this kit - great word art for my girls.... when this photo and text came over this week from my little girl away at college, I added this kit and a little scrap therapy to get over watching my little girl grow up... Traci's houses her designs over at Sweet Shoppe Designs, she rocks!

Make lemonade - SQS

I cant believe it has been almost a month since I have posted anything.  Crazy!  I have been scrapping still (although not as much as January).  And Suzy Q Scraps has put out this awesome kit that can be for so many great fun pages - just look at these awesome colors!  Get it in the store here!

I have been watching what I eat and have been working out.  I am on a mission to lose 20 more pounds for our vacation come May.  I have good days and bad ones.... good weekends and bad ones... but I cant give up now.

MOC31_Gram

What a great way to end this challenge by scrapping the one person who meant the most to me.  Gram.
It's a scrap your old photos challenge and these are all the photos of Gram that I have.

Kit & template is Sahlin Studio (template is a freebie from Last year, April) and the kit is Storytelling.  the edge overlay is from K Lewis.