My First Template Download Links Are Fixed

Sandie was nice enough to let me know that the download links for my first template weren't working. I have no idea what happened, since I haven't touched those files since I first uploaded them, but I've corrected the links, and made sure they work okay. Thanks for letting me know, Sandie. I hope you pop back in so you can get the file. :)

Hey! My Blog is Back Up!

This whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth, as far as Blogger was concerned. They never even bothered to reply to my email asking why my blog was down and how long it would take to get back up. I was very polite, asked them to tell me if there was anything they wanted me to change, but no, not even the courtesy of something that said, "sorry, but we need to look into it. The standard down time is x days." That's all it would have taken to satisfy me.

So, while I still intend to keep this blog up, I don't intend to use it much. While this one was down, I got really attached to the one over on Wordpress. The formatting options aren't quite as cool, but some of the other features, like seeing where people came over from, and which links they clicked are really neat. And so, here's the link to my new blog. I've still been posting freebie and fun from all over the web over there. Come over and see what you've been missing.

http://thescrappytimes.wordpress.com/

So Much To Do Today

And yet, here I sit. I need to get my tush in gear. Elsie, my 82 year old neighbor, needs to go to the grocery store. I need to run to the library to return some books and pick up others they have waiting for me. I need to run by town hall and pay my electric bill, since I'll be right there when I'm at the library. Then, a few hours later, I need to bring my oldest to his best friend's for a sleep over. What will I do without him? He's my most helpful child. The other three will be wild without him! But enough of my troubles. lol

Yesterday was the start of the ADSR2. Our first challenge was to scrap about a museum that we've either been to, or would like to go see. I thought of doing the Louvre, mostly because I just downloaded this really awesome Paris kit, but someone else did it, and better than I possibly could have. This is what I did instead:

The kit is Tuscany by Punky's Pixels and is available exclusively at Seaside Scraps. The font is Parade. These are all dresses from the clothing exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I just love old dresses, not that I'd ever want to wear one. How uncomfortable!

I didn't find much I wanted to download today, but here's what I did grab:

Princess Pamela has an Asian inspired kit in browns, golds, red and black called Beautiful. That pretty much describes it.

Kirsty has a new overlay called Dance.

There are some curled edges to the Rose Kit on N.B.K.

Mira has an add-on sample of her In the Shade of the Woods kit.

Verena has an incredible template at Digiscrap Boutique. The added elements on the page, which can simply be recolored, really makes it stand out above the rest. Wow! You need to comment if you want to see the download link.

Holly Rose has a HUGE Blueberry Rose kit on her blog. It's password protected, but the password is right in her description of the kit. If you read, you really can't miss it.

What I'm playing:
We had a great time at the Moo Two bingo chat. Everyone who attended got a great attendance gift. They are planning to have another one soon. I'll let you know when as soon as I hear.

No more leaky pipes!

DH fixed the pipes and today he'll patch up the two big holes in the walls and the one in the kitchen ceiling. He had to wait for everything to dry out before he could fix it. The funniest thing (well it's funny now, but it wasn't then) happened yesterday just when he finished. I was FINALLY going to get my shower, but he insisted on going first. While he was in there, the power went out thanks to a pending thunderstorm. We didn't even have a cloud in the sky at the time. It rolled in quickly though. The storm passed, the power came back on, and I was able to get my shower at last.

While I was waiting to get my shower, I was able to get a bunch of scrapping done. I did this one for the lyrics challenge at DSO. I wasn't actually all that thrilled with the lyrics we had to work with, until I made the LO. Then I was sobbing as I typed them onto the tag. I'm such a wimp. The kit is Sherbet Dreams by Punky's Pixels, available at Seaside Scraps. The template is by my ADSR2 partner, Chelsea, and it's still available on her blog for free. The font is my absolute favorite lovey font, Fiolex Girls and the lyrics are by Bill Joel.

This is the float our school PTO built for the town Christmas parade. Every year there is a theme that the floats need to conform to. This year it was Holidays Around the World. So our float had Mt. Rushmore, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, a windmill and St. Basil's Cathedral. My DH made the windmill and it had a motor in it and actually turned. The kit is Shirley Jean by Punky's Pixels (available at Seaside Scraps) and the fonts are Arial and Christmas.

Here's what I'm downloading today:

Teriann Hanks has a beautiful Desert Rain mini kit. These colors are awesome.

Red Black is the new kit on Amelie's blog. There's some white in there too and it's very pretty.

If Melanie Ann's Zesty Summer Mini Kit on Digiscrap Boutique looks familiar, it's because another piece of it was given out on Digital Freebies last week. So you can combine the two to make an even bigger kit! Remember, you need to comment to see the magic download link. This is only available today, July 16.

Princess Pamela is on a roll. Her Brady kit has planes, cars, bikes and puzzle pieces. This cute kit is all boy.

Pretty Bluebells are blooming on Lindsay Jane's blog.

Kim B. has a Shabby Elegance overlay today. I thought she already gave us this one, so I had to look back, but that was Grubby Elegance, and it's still available if you scroll down.

Magdalena decided to name her new kit Owl La La. I'd suggested Tootsie Pop because the kit has lots of brown in it, and the owl reminds me of the owl from the old Tootsie Pop commercials. Remember? "Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?" Well no matter what she named it, I call it CUTE.

N.B.K. has more of the Rose Kit available today.

RAK Scraps has started giving out the pieces of the July Mega kit. This one has a red, white and blue patriotic theme. Last month they changed the way they distribute the mega kit. So every few days they post new links and remove the old ones. These were posted yesterday, so you don't want to wait to go snag them. You must be a member to get the freebie.

Miss Vivi has part four of five of her Home Sweet Home kit ready for upload. Scroll down if you didn't get the other three gorgeous parts.

What I'm playing:

I can't forget to fill out my Bingo card and send it in for tonight's Bingo chat on Moo Two. The chat starts at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

There's a new Fun, Funky Mystery number on Gotta Pixel. You can win a cute set of pewter numbers, if you didn't already get them last week.

Today is the start of the ADSR2. I've got my running shoes on and I'm ready to go. See you tomorrow. :)

Leaky Pipes, Falling Ceilings & a Freebie Template

I've been complaining to DH for weeks that the water pressure is too low. We have a well, so I thought something there needed to be cleaned out. He finally listened to me and figured out there was a slow leak in the pipe behind the shower. He had to cut a hole in the wall to repair it. While doing that, he put in a new, high pressure showerhead. Hooray! Right? Wrong. My oldest son was the first to try it out. Five minutes after he yells down, "it's awesome!", water starts dripping from the ceiling. I made him get out and waited for dh to get back from the grocery store. He blamed Brandon and said he must have flooded the floor, but the floor is dry. All night long, the ceiling continued to drip as I sat here scrapping. (When in crisis, scrap?) He came back down at 2 in the morning for a snack and finally listened to me when I said it couldn't possibly be Brandon's shower still making the ceiling leak. So he started poking at the ceiling with a stick to "release the pressure" and whole clumps of it start coming down. So now, I have a gaping whole in my ceiling. I just turned the well pump back on because we had no water without it and the toilets, with four kids, desperately needed flushing. DH is at Home Depot getting what he needs to repair it. Of course the last time he "repaired" something, I ended up in this mess, so let's hope he gets it right this time.

So you want to see what I did while I was up until 3 in the morning? I made three layouts and 2 templates. I'm really not sure about one of the templates, because it's so easy. But since I made it, I guess I'll go ahead and put it here for anyone who might want it. I'm going to save the second one, and my LO with it, for a few days. Just to drag out the suspense.

The kit is Punky's Pixels' brand new Hailey Jo, available exclusively at Seaside Scraps. The font is Christmas Card. I'm thinking of making a template out of this one for you too, but you'll have to do your own extraction. lol

And here's the LO and matching template I do have for you.

The kit is Tuscany by Punky's Pixels and , again, it's available exclusively at Seaside Scraps. The font is Conradasaur. The template is available in two sizes. 5x5 and 12x12.

Here's what else I'm downloading today:

Terriann Hanks as a sweet Strawberry Mint kit available on Digiscrap Boutique. Remember to comment if you want the magic link to appear.

The last of Ambrosia Dawn is posted on Fishin' Mom's blog. There's a lot to this kit, 19 downloads in all. If you don't have it all scroll down to see what you're missing.

There's another piece of The Rose Kit at N.B.K.

My ADSR2 partner, Chelsea, has her own first template up for grabs. Go give her some encouragement for her first effort. I love the circles. I'll make my LO with it and show it off tomorrow.

Nana's Attic has a bunch of QP's that go with Autumn Harmony. I'm going to recommend them to the girls on my mommy board who want to digiscrap but don't feel ready to just dive in.

It's been a while since Mrs. Miles has had new tapes, but today she's offering us some for summer.

Have a good Sunday. The ADSR2 starts tomorrow. Hooray! You can watch how Chelsea and I are doing on our race blog.

Ack! I Can't Think of a Title

I didn't scrap at all yesterday. Once every week, or so, I need to take a break from scrapping and organize the stuff I've been downloading. Yesterday was that day, and I'm still not finished. I'm getting an early start though, so I might have something to show off to you tomorrow.

In the meantime, my Amazing Digi Scrap Race 2 (hereafter referred to as ADSR2, because it's too long to type the other way) partner made this adorable layout with My Very First Template (still available for free). The kit is Sherbet Dreams by Punky's Pixels, available exclusively at Seaside Scraps. And speaking of Sherbet Dreams, you can get it today only for $1.50! Don't forget to head over to Karie's blog, to snag the free QP too.

Here is what I'm downloading elsewhere on the net:

Holli Hobbi has a very pretty Sweet & Sour freebie at Digital Candy. You must be a member to snag it. While you're there, sign up for the Digital Candy newsletter. If you're signed up before the next one comes out, you'll receive a free goodie bag of Candy treats.

Sweetie Pie is the new mini kit up on Angela Niehaus' blog. It's a pink, green, brown and lovely.

Carola Mondini has a pink and green mini kit up for one day only (July 14) at Digiscrap Boutique. You need to be a member and you need to post a comment in order to see the download link on the first post.

Kirsty has a Dune overlay, Spicy Curry Splash papers, and Ticklish All Sorts papers all available for download today.

When you want unique templates, you need to go visit Princess Pamela. She calls this one Broken Template, and she also has the LO she made with it using her Josh kit (scroll down, it's still available).

N.B.K. has more tags to her Rose Kit and she snuck on late last night with Part III of her Rose Kit Papers.

There are more Autumn Harmony papers and frames available at Nana's Attic. Scroll down to make sure you've snagged all of it.

'Til tomorrow!

That'll Teach Him!

I've come up with the perfect revenge for kids who ruin my pictures by making funny faces:

The kit is Design's by Krista's Simply Chic; the wavy frame is by Kari Quinto (recolored to match); the font is Chiquita Banana. I did this LO for the July Font Challenge on Digital Scrapbooking Org (DSO). Go check it out.

I did another challenge layout yesterday. This one was for the Holiday Challenge at Digi by Design. Our goal was to scrap about Chocolate Day. Here's my entry. I just happened to have a picture of my daughter wearing this shirt from last year. Wasn't it perfect? You get a really pretty mini kit just for participating in this challenge. And all the challenge prizes on DBD coordinate, so if you particpate in all of them, you'll end up with a nice sized kit at the end.

The kit is I Love Chocolate by Lindsay Jane Designs; the Word Art is by Carol Abram; the template is by Terriann Hanks.

It's Friday, so there are bound to be a lot of new goodies to be had. Here's what I'm downloading:

Punky's Pixels (The Boss), has a free quick page from her Sherbet Dreams kit by CT member Jamie. You can also pick up the entire Sherbet Dreams kit at Seaside Scraps for only $1.50 tomorrow only. This deal expires at midnight. And if you need another peek at Sherbet Dreams before you decide to buy (as if $1.95 wasn't encouragement enough), scroll back down or click HERE to see the LO I made with it.

Marcee, aka Rose Made Designs, has a simply stunning Japanese inspired kit called Sakura on Digiscrap Boutique. Remember, if you want to download it you need to leave some love for the download link to appear. It's only available on July 13th, so run, don't walk, to get it.

There are just two more days of Ambrosia Dawn on Fishin Mom's blog. She's been putting a piece up every day or two, and I started downloading it before I started my own blog, so I forgot to mention it. You can scroll down to pick up all the pieces, and you won't even have to wait for them all, like I did.

Princess Pamela has done it again. Two great kits in two days! If pink and girly wasn't your style, her new kit, Josh, should get your attention. It's kind of burnt orange, brown, aqua, cream... heck, I can't do it justice. Go look for yourself. You won't be sorry.

There are some cute Crinkled Paper Cluster Frames on Lindsay Jane's blog today.

The little prince or princess in your life really needs a LO made with these charms by Jannidee. She also has the next piece to her baby boy kit up.

Kim B. is celebrating Friday the 13th with her pretty Shabby Classic kit.

You've got to get the BBQ Add On Kit Maria has at Digital Freebies this week. It's awesome!

If you have any little builders, or big builders for that matter, that you want to scrap, you need to pick up Calico's Designs Little Builder Freebie.

Candee has another piece to Sunny Days at Mermaid's Haven. She keeps saying it's a "odd" kit. I think it's pretty. Scroll down if you didn't get the first part.

Creative Apples has a very pretty Oceans Mini-Kit for you.

Game, Games, Games:

I almost missed the sign up for summer Bingo at Go Digital Scrapbooking. What can I say? I like playing Bingo on the web. lol If you want to play this one, you need to go download the free Bingo card and fill it with your words and send it in by July 14th (yes, tomorrow).

See 'ya tomorrow.