Tractor Cake

Nathan got to pick out his cake this year for his birthday. We went to talk with the cake lady & found out she has made tractor cakes before. Nathan’s request was a green John Deere tractor with a bucket. He was thrilled with this cake for his fourth birthday.

I made this layout using a template from Kristin's new set: Template Pack 20 . It's available at Kristin's Scrap Design. I love how easy it was to use, since it automatically blended the large photo.

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Calls at Bits2Kits.com

As you may know, I'm the head CT at http://www.bits2kits.com/. We are looking for some new people to join our creative team & the design team.

If this is for you, send an email to admin@bits2kits.com. Sarah is a lovely person to work with & I enjoy being at this site very much!

Journaling Challenge at Bits2Kits.com

I'm hosting a journaling challenge at Bits2Kits.com during May.

I know journaling is not one of the favorite things to do on layouts, but I feel it really helps us capture & preserve our thoughts for our children & other loved ones.

This month's challenge is to journal about a challenge that we've overcome. We have challenges every days, some are big some are small, some are quick while others take years. With graduation right around the corner, I see that as a perfect challenge that may have taken 13 years for high school & an unknown amount of time for college. Young children have many challenges their first year, learning to sit, learning to stand, learning to walk, learning how to . . . the list goes on & on.

The layout I created is called Nathan's hair cut. His hair grows so fast, but he hates to sit to get it cut. It always ends with him looking so incredibly cute, but getting to this end always involves a struggle & many tears.

As always, you can use kits from any designers to complete your challenge. This month you will earn points as well as an awesome posting bonus.

SYTYCD contest at DSA

I've been having great fun following the contest at DigiScrapAddicts. It's cool to see designers layed out like scrappers. I've always known that we all have different styles, but it's really fun to see & pick up the type of designers I like.

I also think that sometimes kits look pretty in previews, but may not work when I try to use them in my layouts. I enjoyed using the mini kit by Ilona Havenaar - Life Is Beautiful.

This was the first time I've used a kit by her & I found her designs to be very usable. I love the word art she included.

It fit perfectly for my layout of me & my sisters. I also used a new template by Kristin's Scrap Design called Template pack no 20. It's great because it automatically comes with the blended photo.

Speaking of Kristin, she's featured in the current DailyScrapper. You can find her interview HERE.

You can click on the Lucky Draw section at the DailyScrapper for your chance to win one of her kits.

Build A Page Challenge at bits2kits.com

I'm playing along at Bits2Kits all month to earn Garden Soft kit by playing the Build A Page Challenge.






I added a piece each day this week to my layout. Today I uploaded my layout. Here's my layout for this week.

Surprise Challenge at ElementalScraps

Elemental Scraps has a really cool Surprise Challenge. You go to this link: http://photofunia.com/ & create an avatar.

B2K Mega Kit

Bits2Kits May Mega kit is called For You Mother. It's 40% off this weekend (May 1-4th).

This is also my layout for the B2K Follow My Recipe challenge that I'm hosting. Here's the details: I'll give you a recipe of items to include on your layout. These are items that need to be on your layout. You can then add more to your layout as you wish. You CAN create your layout using other designers (although we love to see your layouts with B2K kits).