It's Happened!!!

I promised some exciting news and finally it has happened!! My first full kit is in (wait for it) my store at Digiridoo Scraps! Blessed is the result of a color pallette which reminded me of all the amazing, wonderful things I have in my life.

I am oh so very excited! It's awesome to see it in the store :)

To celebrate, I have a freebie mini kit for you guys.

You can grab Bright Side of Life here. I hope you like it! And don't forget to check out Scrappy Bits 'n Pieces by Becky (and buy my kit ;)

Here are some LOs using Blessed

by Jane

by Mumeroo

"Kiss Me""

After we came home from our time away with my family James and I noticed Ellie had started saying "Kiss me." It was so adorable, neither one of us could resist giving her a smooch on the cheek whenever she said it, and really, who could? Then, one day I noticed that, while she was quite happy (or maybe the word I want is reserved) to let us give her a kiss, she did seem somewhat annoyed at the same time. I gave her a quick kiss and then asked her if that was what she wanted. She shook her head and said no, so I asked her to repeat what she was saying so I could try and translate.

Eventually, I realised her "Kiss me" was, infact, "Excuse me". How cute is that? I sometimes still laugh when I think about the poor thing saying excuse me and getting kisses - I wonder what she thought? Probably something along the lines of  'Silly Mum/Dad' with an appropriate sigh, of course!!!

I think it's beautiful that she has manners. I remember reading somewhere that children don't use or understand manners until they're older, but I disagree. Ellie understands manners are the nice way to say something/ask for something. She's even started saying "Your welcon" to James and I when we say thank you to her. It warms my heart :)

And Kahlei said Ta that other day! It was some unnatural time of morning and she was in our bed, meant to be sleeping and she took out her dummy and gave it to me, saying "Ta" and then she took it back and said it again. Ahh, I love manners!

Not that they don't have they're moments - Ellie loves to tell me "Give me it. Now!" when she's in a mood. Thankfully, that's not the only way she speaks! She understands that I will not respond when she speaks like this, but that doesn't stop her trying it!

Before I go, I created a template today for a tutorial on using them, so I thought I would share it.



You can download it here. Please leave some love if you grab it and I would love to see how you use it!

As Promised :)

Here is my newest freebie!!!



You can download it here. I'd love to hear what you think.

Now, I am looking for some creative people to join me as a sorf of  'Creative Team' to get my designs out there and to give me feedback on my products. I hope to have a full kit finished sometime soon and will give the people that help me out now the opportunity to stay on as permanent CT if they decide they want to. If you're interested, email me a little bit about yourself at beckyandjames @ beckyandjames DOT com.

An old school friend was lovely enough to whip me up a gorgeous LO of her daughter. I'm thrilled to have her aboard!

My First Mini!!

I have just finished my very first mini kit! It's for the August Color Challenge over at Enchanted Studio Scraps. I really loved doing it, once I got into it anyway. At the start I struggled to get going until I made a paper I really liked and from there I was able to complete the rest!

You can download it here. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think if you download it - thanks :)

Ellie is sick now, too. James is a little under the weather and I can feel something coming on. It's so annoying! I still haven't looked thru the photos from Ellie's birthday, but here's one from that day at the park.



We gave her a doll's house with a barbie and some In The Night Garden figurines to play with and she loves it. She has all her little people sitting or sleeping - or going to the potty, lol. She has a wonderful imagination.

Sounds like Kahlei is awake already, so I had better go and get her.

It's That Time Again!

For round three of BOTCT we had to come up with and work to a formula as a team.

Our formula was;
10 – flowers
9 – buttons
8 – staples
7 – leaves
6 – ribbons
5 – stitches
4 – papers
3 - swirls
2 - pics
1 - Alpha

And here is my Layout



I really struggled with this, I simply do not scrap this way. I start with a kit or a photo and go from there - adding what I feel is needed as I see fit. Starting with a list and creating to fit that really put me off, but in the end I actually love what I finished with.

Check out the amazing layouts Erin, Jenn, Sarah and Brenda created here.

In keeping with the last two weeks I have another freebie for you to pick up and all I ask in return is that you vote COLOR ME CRAZY!



You can download it here. I'd love to hear what you think!

Okay, it seems Ellie isn't going to sleep again today (the neighbours are having work done and it's noisy). It's going to be a loooonnnggg week!

VOTE COLOR ME CRAZY!!
Thank you :)

Design Me This Freebie

This month's Design Me This challenge at Digiridoo Scraps has been more of a stretch for me than the previous months. I really struggled with the way my elements were coming out and with the coloring of certain things. Anyways, I finally finished a few that I was kinda happy with:



You can download it here. I would love to hear what you think and if you use them, see what you come up with!

Now - here are my newest LOs

Digiridoo Scraps:

Tough Stuff by Jscrapbug

Zoolander by Scrap'it Designs

Twilight by Sarah Barber Design

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Sláinte! by Jeanette Bollinger

Tomorrow I will be back to post my BOTCT layout and probably another freebie :) Goodnight all.

BOTCT Week 2 Freebies

It's that time again! This competition sure goes fast, as soon as you've uploaded a layout you're thinking about the next one. This week the theme was to incorporate a musical theme into our layouts. We - team Color Me Crazy - decided on the song 1, 2, 3, 4 by Plain White Tee's. Each of us used a different verse on our layout, for which we used Color With Caryn's Happily kit and scrapped our significant other. Only them. No kiddos, no wives just our lovely men.

Here is what I came up with



Pop on over to the Color Me Crazy thread to check out the awesome work Brenda, Erin, Jenn and Sarah have turned in for this round. Don't forget to leave them some love. Once you've had a look-see don't forget to vote for us!!

This week I have created my first ever template and wordart. I hope you like it :)

Download

Download

Caryn's Happily kit is currently 50% off, so be quick to pick it up and make your own layout about your significant other!! And don't forget to VOTE for us! Thanks guys :)

Freebie Alert

Battle of the Creative Teams is in full swing and all our layouts have been uploaded to round 1. Let me just say these girls are rocking! Their Layouts are AMAZING and you can find them below. ALSO, we've all made you some freebies with the kit we've used for this round, Color With Caryn's Earthy Crunchy. I am your last stop :) If you've come straight to me then the links to the other freebies are below.

If the freebies haven't yet been posted, keep checking back because the girls have some gorgeous things on offer!

Brenda
Caryn
Erin
Jenn
Maz
Sarah
Becky <------- you are here

Please go and VOTE for Color Me Crazy! at DSA!

I know I showed you yesterday, and she's not doing BOTCT, but I think Maz made a lovely LO, so I'm showing you again ;) Besides, the AWESOME woman did a FREEBIE for you!!!

This is the kit we decided to (mostly) use (and it's 40% off in my store right now!) along with a nature theme:

I have a freebie for you today too!

I have made a cluster frame for you guys.

Download here

A New Day is Here

I am all alone in a very quiet house. No husband, no babies. Just me. It's weird and not at all exciting or relaxing as I imagine it should be. I'm still here, while my family is roaming the town with Grandma, because it's my sleep-in day. Every morning when Ellie gets me up early after a shocking night with Kahlei I look to Saturday, I yearn for my time to sleep while someone else gets up. So, I am feeling ripped off right now, as by the time James got the girls dressed and ready I was well and truly awake and once they had gone my neighbour started making a racket and I just couldn't get back to sleep. So, now I am just a tad grumpy with a killer headache, waiting for James to call. I don't want to call him, as he'll probably think I am checking up on him after I kept reminding him about things he would need to take last night and I think he was insulted. It's not that I don't think he can take care of the girls, it's just that he's not done this before and I know for experience what you need to make an outing bareable!

Now, I want to share Caryn's new release, A New Day.



Let me tell you, I have been amazed, inspired and touched by the layouts Caryn's CT have made with this kit. Something about this kit encouraged the most beautiful, heartfelt and honest pages. I already knew these women were awesome but the things that were shared - just wow. I strongly encourage you to visit Caryn's Blog and check out what everyone has created.

Here are my LOs



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If you're inspired and ready to create something beautiful and touching grab this kit from one of Caryn's stores Digiridoo Scraps, ESS, SDD and and, to make it even more tempting it is currently 40% off till SUNDAY ONLY!

To top it all off Erin of Scrappyweiss Designs has created an awesome freebie to co-ordinate with A New Day. You can get it here. Make sure you leave Erin some love when you download it!