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