2009 is upon us...

I have a feeling that even though the economy and things just suck right now that this year will be a good one! I have been thinking alot of what I want and what do I resolute for 2009.
Lately I have been the subject. My whole life has taken such twists and turns that I never in a million years thought would happen. If you had of told me 20 years ago that I was gonna be a mom to 3 I would have laughed your face off! I was never one to really want children and when I found myself pregnant with Brandon at 25 I was quite shocked.... what a huge change... I had Jack at 32 and now that Brandon is starting teendom I really am thinking....
Where did I go?
I read this really wikked beauty blog by a girl named DoeDeere and she actually reminds me alot of Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the city.... Her site is DoeDeere and do check it out... She is smart and witty and has this awesomeness about her that keeps you reading! She is just fantastic with a makeup brush in her hand and I am always so intrigued by her ideas and shoots.... I mention her because at one point in life she was what I aspired to be.....
I was always a beauty and fashion freak and I can still remember sneaking into my mom's makeup and playing for hours with different looks and types of makeup at a very early age... That carried on through my teens and twenties but after the babes I just left it alone....
So I think my resolution this year is going to be to concentrate more on bringing my old self back and feeling good about me.... I cant even remember the last time I went shopping for myself ...just sitting and playing with makeup... going out with friends for a few cocktails... Now its kids clothes, washing my face and make sure I remember to actually brush my hair ( on a side not, I want to wear it down too more this year...always in the dreaded ponytail) and I sit at home night after night living my dreams through Carrie Bradshaw....LOL
I dont want anyone to think I am not happy and fulfilled cause damn I love my family and life but I just miss the little parts of me that meant so much when I was free....
Soooo what are your thoughts for the coming year....
Until next time...
Hugs and Smiles
LoriBear

January Desktop Freebie

Hey there... I told ya I would be back soon...lol I have a January desktop for you today and its a freebie on the Elemental Scrap Blog to download. I have done it 3 sizes 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x960 they are all included in the zip! The kit I used is from Angie Kovac and Chrissy Word 'Slippery Slopes' and its a freakin awesome winter kit!! You can find the kit here and click HERE to go to the desktop download link. Enjoy and I will see ya again soon with more goodies and stuff!

Ohhh goodness! I have soooo much going on and to tell you all about! Get yourself a coffee and come on over and read !!!
First of all Happy holidays to you and your family! I really hope that Santa treated you special!
I got a kick ass new external and am in heaven right now knowing I dont have to worry about how I am going to be able to buy and download anything! Wonderful!!!!! The kids had a fantastic holiday and definitley got alot of what was on their wishlists! Next...
Jen Yurko (Jay) and I have gotten together and entered the Amazing Digi Scrap Race (ADSR) 4....
You can find out more about it here.... ADSR4 , this is actually put together by the great people over at NDISB, In order to enter ya need to get yourself a partner and get scrapping around the web! Its gonna be so much awesome fun! We have officially named our team The Fab Flo's and if you would like to follow our progress and journey on this trek you can bookmark our blog that we will be updating regularly throughout the race. The link is here You can grab our blinkie, look at our galleries, find the sponsors and just hang out! I cant wait for it to start on Jan 4..very exciting.
However not quite as exciting as my next piece of news....... Are you ready?
I applied for the CT Team at Elemental Scraps and I was chosen for the forum team!!! How freakin exciting and awesome is that!!!! Its my first CT Team really and I am gonna be doing challenges and also giving a desktop freebie out for January so make sure you check back here ...
The store has such fantastic designers and recently Angie Kovacs took over as owner and some may remember her from Digital Candy ... well she is doing a fantastic job over there and has rehauled soo much ! The challenge forum is one of my personal favorites and if ya like a chance to grab some excellent products doing these awesome challenges is a great way to do it!
Soooo that is about all my news.... We did get an offer on the house finally buts its a conditional one and we have to wait and see if they sell theirs first! Fingers, toes and whatever else I can do are crossed for luck! hehehe
Here are some of my newest layouts for you to see.... I will be posting all my CT layouts as well here so there will be lots going on... Back soon with your January desktop too...check back for it!

Kit used is Sweet Slumber -Mandy Mystique

Available here for purchase

Kit used High Fidelty - Cori Gammon
Word Title by Manda Bean

Kit used - Cheese-a-lini by Ziggle Designs
Various elements by Jannalynn, Melissa Bennett and Anne DeJong

Another few new layouts...

Howdy everyone!
I hope that you are all getting excited and geared for the holidays. We have been pretty busy here with tons of stuff other than Christmas and as usual will be pulling it all together at the last darn minute! Every year I have the best of intentions to get everything ready and rolling way before hand but somehow my plans NEVER work out!
Watched the finale of Survivor last nite and have to say I was glad that Bob won but was really disappointed Sugar didn't ... I thought she was a great player and she made it right to the end...Its funny cause the final three were the least favored and totally the underdogs coming into this season...
I have a few new layouts to post and I am working on a few more. I am also working on a set of QP's and desktops for you.... Hope you like em... Thanks for looking!

Kit - Fish in the Sea by Madame Mim

Kit used - ES Dec Mega Kit Collab from Elemental Scraps Designers

Lots Going on Here!

LMAO...What a title! Soo Yes I do have lots to tell you .... hmmm but where to start? Well the house is still on the block! No buyers yet! We are looking forward to this weekend as we have some people coming for a 2nd look! That is the most interest so far..hehe I think it sucks cause the market is horrible and has almost just dropped flat. We shall see though!
On the Creative news.....
I WON MY ENTIRE WISHLIST FROM ELEMENTAL SCRAPS.
Check out their AWESOME store right here ... Elementals
Itwas such an awesome surprise! It was for the Grand Reopening of ES and the celebration of the new owner Angie Kovacs... Who I just adore and love! Its great cause its some of the best ones from Digital Candy's old days! So I am very happy and excited to be a winner, I have been participating in alot of challenges in the forum and its really great fun! You should check it out!
Another great forum is the Color Line Design Forum. I haave been doing the challenges there as well... so that brings me to some news.... I applied this morning to the CT Call at Elemental Scraps. I figured what is the worst that can happen? I could be told no thank you or I could get a spot... So with out trying I would never know... if I dont then I keep working on the blog and my galleries... Here are a few of my newest layouts... Thanks for looking and reading... I will let ya know what happens with Ct Call... Wish me the best of luck, I have never applied for a team before... who knows...LOL

Blue Winter

Meet "Chester" the Snowman.

GingerDreams

Thank You Valerie Brown!

Wow, oh wow! I am having a great week for layouts! LOL I need to be away from an internet connection more often! Then I cant check email all day! LOL
Anyhoooo, I want to say a huge thank you to Valerie Brown and to Jen from Chaos Lounge!
These wonderful and very generous designers have gifted me with one of their kits. Valerie RAK'ed me with Sweet Noel and it just a fantastic kit! I love the non traditional colors, makes it more versatile and I cant wait t0 use it! I want to also say another thank you to Jen for the beautiful winter kit Winter Whimsical. Thanks Jen!, Its a fantastic and just awesome kit and I had a wonderful time making my layout below. You can be assured this will be used again!
So with that I shall post my new layout and let you know that I am working on a desktop for December and should have that posted for you over the weekend. I also have a great idea for a minikit and hope to be able to get that out too! As long as I can be at home...LOL We still have not sold the house and are getting discouraged and working on things for here really takes the pressure off for just for a few hours anyways! So thanks for looking and thank you for stopping by, hope to have you back here for some goodies soon!
Huggs and Kisses
LoriBear
xoxox

Oh Christmas Tree - Kit by Chaos Lounge.
This is a picture of our tree last year, we do different themes each year and last year was burgundy and gold... I am thinking about pink and silver this year which will be soooo pretty! Then I can use all the pretty pinks kit too...LOL

2 new layouts and some news...

I am the worlds shittiest blogger.... LOL . I am not sure if it the total lack of mojo or if its the stress of trying to sell this house, get the new one ready and take care of my 3 children and my big suck hubby! I am a very very laidback and easy going person, but this last 6 weeks have totally put me into orbit on the stress train! I need a stop so I can get the hell off! LOL
So anyways I had a bit mojo going and I must say that I have totally been enjoying the creativity!
I have made a few layouts in the last 2 weeks and I also won a FANTASTIC kit from Jen of Chaos Lounge! I won her whimsical Whimsy kit and my goodness this is just simply gorgeous! I will be tackling some layouts with that one next! Thank you so much Jen, that really was a fantastic surprise and I really couldnt be more thankful and appreciative! Please give this girl some love for her fantastic kit, it is just packed with all kinds of great stuff for all your snow and winter projects.
You can find her blog here and the kit here.
Now on to my new layouts. These are all done for various challenges.

Made with JBarrettes "Pretty Please" Kit

Made with Spazzy by Melissa Bennett

Credits: 'Chunky Monkey' by Carlton/Bean, 'monsterous' by KateF,
leaf accent from 'Dawn Mini' by Flergs

I know...I am a bad blogger...LOL

Well...it has been a very busy past few months as well .....
I have had another death in my family. My 96 yr old grandfather passed 2 days ago and its just weird not having any grandparents anymore...
All have passed now and one generation is gone.
Kids are doing okay ...
Brandon is much better and is going to a school program that
he is enjoying and that is a blessing!
Jack is in full day now and he doesnt like it so much! hehehe
But he will adjust ..he just likes to be home with Mommy having fun, cant blame him really!!
Things are going to be VERY hectic the next 3 months as I will be packing and staging this house to sell as we will be moving to my parents home...
This has been the biggest godsend in my life...
I have always said to Kelly that we have everything but money! LOL
Well that will change with this move ... We finally wont have to struggle for every penny, I can stay home permantley with kids and I get to be back in my family with my parents...
It is a duplex house so it will be my family in the upper house and my parents in the main level...
We have an inground pool in the backyard and beautiful park just behind.
I cant wait I am sooooo excited! This will be a HUGE weight lifted from us.
We are sad about leaving our first home but its not our dream home by any means.
So I am getting the creative swing again but not really sure how much time I will have to dedicate right now! So I am gonna try to and I stress try to keep some stuff happening here!
I also think that finding a great forum will help with that as well! LOL
Have you been over to Color Line Design?
There forum looks fantastic! They have a beautiful collab each month that you can recieve FREE if you do only 3 of their forum challenges! Not much really for what you will be recieving! This months kit is just jawdropping gorgous!
Anyhoo of course anything I do or make will be posted here...time to dust of my PSP and PS and get cracking!
Hope to have something very soon for everyone .. talk to you real soon!
Huggs

Well I got a few new layouts made last night...
I used Fridays Child from Bitz n Pieces ...
This is a great kit! The papers are just awesome and I totally loved working with them!
The red blingy one is my favorite I think.. Looks likes its raining love from heaven...LOL
Anyhoo I think they turned out nice...
The first one is of Myself, Kelly and my boys both when they were smaller
and the next one is my sweet step daughter who really is an angel, Laryssa...
A woman couldnt ask for a better 12 yr old girl that is for sure!
Well my next mission will be of course a desktop for August
and I am hoping to get some QP's made from various kits that I have bought...
I hope you have a great day and thanks for taking a peek.
Dont foget that you can get the kits below or at least take a peek at them HERE.
Oh and they are a set of 7 kits.. well they will be ...LOL
You know the poem Mondays child, Tuesdays Child,
well Jennifer has made an entire kit of each day of the poem and
based each kit around what day that child stands for!
Pretty dang creative if you ask me!...
Go take a look, you will be pleasantly surprised by them!
Huggs until next time..




Kelly& Bubba, Me, Kelly, Me & Jack

My stepdaughter Laryssa... Beautyiful girl!

Well I have some goodies on the way finally! I am not sure where in the world my muse left too but I can certainly say I am glad that she is back!
I have a great desktop for you for July and I have 2 more that I am just finishing and will post shortly! This months was made from the just too cute kit from Misty Cato - Adorable Me available at Sweet Shoppe Designs. She is just pumping out amazing kits and they are sooo much fun to use !!! It makes it hard to decide what to use that is for sure! LOL This one is made 1024x768 and I really hope you like it! I am off now to finish some new layouts I making with some really fabbie kits from I recieved from Jennifer over at Bitz N Pieces. Damn she is a great gal! If you havent seen her work please check her out, she ALWAYS has terrific freebies including some commercial use ones too! Visit her blog here and her store here.
Download link is below the desktop.

Download Here

Been Away Far too Long....

Ohhhh My poor lonely bloggie! I must say that after a few mishaps in May I hope to get back on track and start creating and posting again... I apologize to anyone who may have visited and didn't find anything here. I will try my hardest to make up for that and get some freebies and QP's posted for you!
I am working on a really great new set now and should have them posted by the weekend. I am gonna aim for Friday Freebies and see what else I can think of that will be fun to get this little wee blog going!
Thanks to my very good friend Jennifer or Jay as some know here over at Bitz N Pieces Designs cause she trys hard to get this butt motivated and creating! Thanks girl, you know how much ya mean to me and I am ever thankful that your a part of my daily life. If your not sure who she is and what she does, get over to her blog and store and see, she has some fantastic kits over there and is ALWAYS got a great freebie or 2 or 3..LOL You can visit her blog here. Speaking of that wild chickie ..she tagged me! Not only did she tag me but Kirsty over at Kirsty's Scraps tagged me as well so I am gonna do both here! Kirsty is another of my most favorite designers! She has some wicked stuff and I just love her, she is a great gal! She is the Queen of the Pink and Black I must say and to me that grabbed my heartstrings.. I am a sucker for Black & Pink. You can find her blog here.
So it is basically the same tag really and here are the rules for it!

This is what you must do if you've been tagged :

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Okay...7 random facts huh...lets see...
1. I am pierced and tattooed.
I have 4 tatt's and 6 piecrcings and there are more coming for sure!
2. I have a love affair going with Dare Cinnamon Danish cookies...ohh they're so yummy
3. I have a thing with keeping in between my toes absolutely squeaky clean!
4. I was a Burlesque dancer in my early twenties.
I featured and traveled all over North America
5. I went to College in my late twenties to become a Microsoft certified Computer Support Specialist.
6. I love strawberries and brown sugar on my rice krispies
7. I have a HUGE collection of scrap paper that I wont ever use, its just really pretty and I love it!

New Freebie Desktop

Hello everyone!
Well I made desktop for you all to use for May.. I am going to be making some more this afternoon. I wanted to get this one done first as its a challenge doe the DC Forum and I am trying to get them all done this month! LOL Good Luck! Ha!
I had soooo much fun this weekend shopping and buying all kinds of great things !!!! Its too bad the scrapping community only comes together like that once a year! It was fun hopping from store to store. I participated in a few chats and crops and had a great time talking to some of my favorite designers like Eva Kipler and Misty Cato, both from my favorite store The Sweet Shoppe. They were super nice and there were sooo many ladies all chatting! LOL
Anyhoo I am off now to back and get some new Layouts, desktops and a few freebies finished. I got some really great commercial use items I want to play with. Check back soon for more goodies! Download link is below the preview. The size is 1024 x 768. You may resize to fit if you like.. It is in PNG form as well so the picture spots are blank.

http://www.4shared.com/file/46646511/d8056088/MayDesktopDC_LB.html

New Kit Freebie - Dirty Girl

Finally I was able to get caught up and finish the 2nd kit! Whhooo Hooooo! LOL
It is packed full of all kinds of really great elements, there is more than what is shown in the preview like some great glitter slide frames, some cute brackets and more... Sorry about the crappy element preview too... I got sick of trying to figure out spots for everything and had deleted it like 10 times LOL If I didnt just do it I would still be in there trying to figure it out...
There are 3 parts to download and each link is under the preview!
Please let me know what you think! Enjoy it ...
Huggs
LoriBear


Alpha Here




Paper Pack Here



Element Pack Here
There are some really nice big bows as well that are not in the preview!
Sorry!

New Layout

Well things have finally settled done! I am starting to get back into the swing and damn I missed it! Brandon is doing much better and we have him signed up for a program in September that really will help him I think! I hope!
Anyways... I am working on a new kit that I hope will be finished this week. I have a new layout for a challenge at Digital Candy .. It is an ABC challenge with B being the letter to use... I used the word Busted...LOL and I think the picture says it all!

Other news as well... I was RAK'ed by EdelineM at DST and won her debut kit Awakening of Spring... It is a HUGE kit and I just soooo love it! You can see it here. Thank you so much Edeline for making my day!
I also applied for Clarey's creative team and hope that I make her cut... She is such an awesome designer and I always have such great fun using her kits! I should know soon about it... I know I only started posting layouts recently but I know they arent bad! LOL
Anyhoo should have some freebies shortly and a new May desktop!
Thanks for stopping by and looking!

New Layouts and Where I have Been...

Well I started the blog with the total intention to stay on top of what I am doing!!!
Well that all went out the window in the last few weeks...

I have made a few layouts for Digital Candy.
They have a great forum with lots of awesome challenges and
I am totally loving it so far!!! I have done 2 challenges already!
One for a Template and the other was to make a layout showing where your refuge was...
Of course we all know where mine is....right here!
Here they are ... Please leave a comment if you like them!
I am gonna be working on some freebies today as well so hopefully
I will have some stuff either today or tomorrow to post ...Have a great weekend!

Jack
'Girls in Black' Kit by Gina Miller and Amanda Rockwell

My Desk Area..My sweet Refuge.

Free Desktop for March

Here is another goodie I made and forgot to post,
A March Desktop...lol
Even though its almost over, I have new ones coming though for April and May.
This one was made with a few kits from Flerg at Flergalicious.
She is the most awesome scrap creator and I just adore her stuff!
It is so beautiful and I am pretty sure that if you are in the digi scrap world,
for sure you know her work!
Here is the desktop anyhoo .... Preview is not the best but the desktop itself is gorgeous!
Download is here
Huggs LoriBear

My First Kit for you...Free

Well I finally finished it! It was so much fun to make and create and it started a whole bunch of new ideas in my little head! I had a hard time picking a palette but settled with the pastels .. not sure if I like but hey its my first!
I hope you all enjoy it and will be able to use some of it!
I have many more goodies in store so please check back when you can!
Click on the preview to take you to the download link
Huggs and much thanks
LoriBear

http://www.4shared.com/account/file/41824116/9b8c3f22/PastelPretties_LB.html

My First Ever Blog

Well I must say that I never thought I would be blogging but here I am .. making my first blog. I am going to be putting up my scrapkits here shortly and anything else that I may create like my desktops, computer themes....whatever. I am like a butterfly with my creativity and find myself floating from one thing to the next. I can assure you though that no matter what there will always be something I have created and want to share with all of you... and maybe if I am lucky I will put smiles on some faces! I am almost finished my very first kit and cant wait to get it posted, please come back when you can cause you never know what may be here..hopefully I will be! Thanks for peeking in, Huggs LoriBear