News & a Freebie

Well hello out there!! I have a bit of news.....very soon my youngest son, his wife and their 3 babies, Taylor 7, Caden 4, & Jessi 2...will be coming back to the states to live after living the past 3 years in Germany. I can't wait to have them back on this side of the pond......even if they won't be really close to where I live....at least I won't need a passport to visit them. Can you tell that I am excited about this????

OK...on to other things....I was surfing yesterday on a scrapbooking site that I visit, Scrapadilly and Drea was having her Friday Night Boredom Fighters scrapout...now I know yesterday was not Friday....but this time the challenge will go on for an entire week to allow all of us to maybe be able to do some of them. So today, I was checking out the challenges and saw the Color Challenge....I loved the choices of palettes so...I made a kit that I could use to do the challenge.

Now if you are interested in meeting some really great, friendly people...this would be the place to go!! There are many more challenges for this shindig and you have until August 29 to get them finished. Go check it out....you know you want to!!!

Here is the layout I did with the mini freebie.



Here is what the kit looks like and since I made it just for this challenge...you can have it for free! Now you can't beat that price anywhere!!



Now if you like....you can download the mini kit HERE...Please leave some love here on my blog via a comment if you take the kit. It only takes a moment and all the comments are truly appreciated!

Until Next Time!!!

Come on Over to the Farm

I've been playing some over at the farm.....you know Moo Two Designs! Well, this month I am hosting the Barnyard Bingo and we are having so much fun.

I am also hosting another challenge called Fireside Tales. This one is all about that dreaded thing that most of us have problems with doing on our pages.....you know....the journaling!!!

Oh before I forget, beginning on September 13 at Moo Two, we will have a Designer Challenge will begin at the Moo Two Corral. If you are a budding designer, you might want to jump on over there and sign up before all the spots are taken. Ssshhh....don't tell anybody....but I actually joined this contest. I don't normally do contests because I am not a fan of the ones that go on popularity. I want to be judged based on the quality of my work. That is the beauty of this contest....we are all issued numbers...no one knows who we are. We will be judged on our ability, not our popularity. This is going to be so much fun! I can hardly wait until the fun begins.

I haven't gotten much done in the way of layouts. I have been really busy with the start of school back on August 3....hopefully things will slow down a bit and I will be able to get some pages done to post.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

Until Next Time!

New Layouts

OK...I'm feeling much better now and it is a good thing too....Because on Tuesday I go back to work....summer vacation will be over! It seems like it just began....but alas...We all must return to work.

BTW....I will also be updating my photography blog today as well. So be sure to go check out my photos!

OK...on with the promised layouts.

The first one is of my youngest granddaughter who was caught sleeping on a pallet outside their home in Germany....I believe her Mom took this on July 4, 2010 at a 4th of July party they were having.

This was done using freebie kits for the Garden Rainbow challenge at Digital Scrap Garden. I used freebies kits that were made for the challenge by His Kid Designs & Rumki Designs to make my layout.

This second layout was done for the Digging Up Letters challenge at DSG. I used the freebie kit that has been given away each day as the Petal of the Day. This months kit was provided by On My Own Designs. The photos in this layout were also taken by her Mom, Tanya.

As a kit designer, I haven't done much lately...but I do have a free paper pack that you can get, if you are interested. Just visit my Facebook page and "LIKE" it...leave me a comment and I will send you the link for the paper pack. Here is my Facebook link.

Don't forget to check out my photography blog to see my newest photos.

Until Next Time!!!

Feeling Icky

Sorry. There are no new layouts for this week. I had a week long professional development workshop last week, which was fabulous. I really got a lot of new ideas to try in my classroom for Reading, Math, Science, & Writing.

However, I have been fighting a horrible sinus infection and finally decided I needed to actually do something about it before it was time to head back to the classroom. So, today I am feeling the effects of the drugs....you know how the antihistamines and decongestants make you feel.....YUKKY!! Well that is me today. But, Hopefully it will cure me of my ills and I will be back to right in no time.

Nothing much else going on in this neck of the woods....so.....

Until Next Time.....

New Layouts

I have had quite a bit of fun playing with the challenges over at Digital Scrap Garden this week. I have gotten several layouts finished and a few more in the works.

This one was done for the Font Fun challenge

This one was done for the Scraplift Challenge.

This is for the Template Challenge.

This last one serves two purposes actually. One is for the Garden Salad Challenge and also to try and persuade my oldest son that he needs a new picture for his Facebook page.

OK...that is all I have for right now...so.....

Until Next Time!!!

Two New Layouts

I have been really busy today. I finished two layouts, which are actually challenges at Digital Scrap Garden. I did the usual household engineering stuff....you know...laundry, dishes, floors, etc. Then I worked on my big unit (Japan) for my gifted students for the Fall session of our classes. Now its time to go and see if I can find some spectacular shots to catch with my camera. The light will be just about right.

But, before I go here are the two layouts I finished this morning.

If you have checked out my photography blog, then you will recognize this photo as one I shot on my little run-about yesterday.

This next one is of my beautiful baby granddaughter, Jessi...who currently lives in Germany where this photo was taken by her Mom (Tanya aka taun) using a Canon Rebel xSi.

OK...I have also finished a little paper pack that I have decided to give away to everyone that leaves a comment on this post.(I will need a way to get the link to you...so perhaps an email...could be given)...the two papers that make up my blog background are part of this paper pack...Here is what the pack looks like...

So, if you want the paper pack......please leave a comment....Even if you don't want the paper pack...PLZ leave a comment. I really love reading all the comments.:)

Until Next Time!

New Photography Blog

I have given the issue of combining my scrapping/designing blog with my passion for photography and decided that my photography needs it own area for display.

So, all of my photography will be displayed on a new blog called Dee Bibb Photography. Go ahead....jump on over there an check out my first post.

I took a little drive this afternoon and got some pretty good shots from around my area.

I hope you enjoy them.

Maybe I will get some layouts done by the end of this week and get them posted.

Until Next Time!!