My latest kit has finally debuted!! :) 
The kit, worn & torn papers, and single paper pack are 20% off today only (Saturday, July 18th)!
20% discount is added at time of check-out, by the way

La Boheme: The Kit

La Boheme: Worn & Torn Papers

La Boheme: Just the Papers

Well…sort of!  I’ve been wanting to get my blog back up and running for quite  a while now, so here I am…not sure how long this little blogging kick will last though…lol

I have a new kit debuting on Saturday!!  I’m SO excited about this one…it took me about two or three weeks to finish it, but I love the colors and it was so much fun to work on   We’re also going to be having a Grab Bag weekend at Inspiration Lane!  I am not participating personally, due to my lack of major designing time, but some of the other chicas have put together some awesome bags that you won’t want to miss out on   If you haven’t already signed up for our newsletter, be sure to head on over to the front page of our site and sign-up there!  We send out a newsletter every Saturday that always includes a FREEBIE!!

I cannot believe we are half way through July already!  The kiddos go back to school on August 14th for a half day, and then their first full day is on the 17th…I’m not sure why they are having them go in for a half day on that Friday…it’s silly, I think   We were originally thinking about homeschooling the kids, but now we have changed our minds and decided to keep them in public school, after all.  I think it will be good for them, in general…I was really nervous about several things with the homeschooling.  One of the down sides will be that the kids won’t be home as often to spend time with Chloe…she loves playing with them, although, I must say that this Summer there has been quite a bit of arguing and fussing, even between Chloe and them! LOL  What we really need to have happen is Chloe finally agree to go potty ON the potty so she can get into a pre-school or possibly the Encore program…that would be awesome   She’s still saying “no thanks” when you ask her to go on the potty…it’s usually either that or she cries.  She is full-on three year old acting now…but she can be so sweet and funny too, which is most of the time

I hurt my bad ankle again, on Friday evening…it is doing quite a bit better now, but I’m still trying to keep off of it as much as I can.  I went in for an X-ray on Monday and nothing was broken, which was great news!  I do have an appointment on my 34th birthday (August 4th) with an ankle specialist…I want to find out if there are any possible surgeries that might help me get more movement and less pain in my ankle, in general…I’m looking forward to finding out

I planned on writing quite a bit more, but I’m tired of looking at the computer screen…lol :P

These were really fun to make, and I plan on doing a few more in the near future   I also have a new pack of Creative Grunge CU overlays

I have a new pack of flowers in the boutique

We also have some awesome news at Inspiration Lane…Holly McCaig is joining us full time!   She is one hilarious and talented chica…I have REALLY enjoyed getting to know her, and am so happy she is back designing digi!   PLUS, fabulous Melissa Bennett is our September Guest Designer!!!   She’s put out this super cute kit:

I’m off to get some more laundry done, and lunch made…

I have a new paper pack in the store!   I would have loved for this to be a full kit, but I just could not bring myself to attempt to make elements for it…not right now, anyway…oh well, maybe I’ll do little add-on packs or something…lol

A Burst of Happy! is on sale for only $2.10!

A Burst of Happy! 14 happy papers

I have a new element pack in the store, and it is only $1 today!

Happy Words - Glass words by Joyful Heart Designs

I also have a few commercial use overlays set to $1, plus all of my All Grunged Up! solid packs are just $1, through the end of today

Creative Grunge 3 - CU overlays - no credit required

Grungin

A few of my solid packs that are on sale…

All Grunged Up! Flamboyant solids

All Grunged Up! Smitten solids

I really need to get back into the habit of blogging!! LOL

Digital Couture and I have opened our own boutique…Inspiration Lane!!   We are having a $1 Extravaganza, right now…

My CU overlays are on sale for 20% off at my Scrapbook Bytes store making them only $4 for 5 overlays…no credit is required   *clickable images below*

We have a few new products at SBB

January has been a busy month, for me!  Chloe has been learning new things, every day, and is saying so many cute things now   She’s also been getting that 2 year old attitude even though she is just going on 23 months! lol  She’s happy and full of energy, for the most part, but when she has her melt-downs…phew…watch out! LOL  She’s such a joy to be around, though

I had my wonderful yearly examination, the Monday before last, and they found a few cysts in my right breast.  I had a mammogram and ultrasound, last Friday, and saw a general surgeon on Monday.  The mammogram and ultrasound didn’t show anything, but the surgeon felt around and found three cysts total.  He thinks I have Fibrocystic Breast Disease.  The main thing to do is to cut back on caffeine and other things that cause the cysts to swell more, and cause pain.  I’m thankful that it isn’t anything too serious…it’s just a pain…literally…LOL

I quit The Digi Chick, this last Monday   Three stores was just too much for me to keep up with, so now I’m just at Elemental Scraps and Scrapbook Bytes.  Speaking of…I’m having a sale at both stores, this weekend!   All of my products at ES are on sale, and we are having a “up to” 50% off sale at SBB: