NOTES FROM THE HOLLER

One of the most prolific designers I have came across has just released an amazing new Digital Scrapbook Kit: Pristine Digital Scrapbook Kit by Lorilei Murphy Pristine has a very shabby chic elegant feel, with heaps of greenery, flowers and some unique elements and clusters to make your pages pop! Included in this gigantic kit are: 12 Papers in shades of white to black Approx 118 elements 13 unique clusters and word art 4 Alphabets I am going to try to complete an entire Pristine album with the hundreds of pictures my niece sent me of her wedding reception! Here are a few I have completed: Pristine is on sale at the introductory price of only $5.99, and it is a HUGE kit so you definitely won't want to miss this one! Happy Scrappin!

I have three of the most wonderful sons any Mother could ever hope for! Each works as hard as he can in his chosen career and does there very best to take of their families. Of course, they are my favorite scrapbook subjects, and I often do use this forum to "Show-Them-Off". Today is another one of those moments, lol! I have two sons in the military, and both really do love it. I always have to ask them what the ever-growing rows of service ribbons means on their uniforms. Recently, Nick's wife helped me take care of this problem, in regards to Nicholas' Service by sending me a list. Thank you Dawn!!! I got it scrapped on a patriotic page for family and friends! Carolyn, you need to do the same so I can do one for Michael! I used the CELEBRATE LIBERTY-2009 Page set and the ALPHA by Rina Kroes I have all his career info on the page including, His Duty Stations: 1999-2004 EN-4303 Assault Craft Unit 1 (ACU-1) 2004-2004 EN-4624 USS Oriole (MHC-55) 20...

I just had to share the news!!!! I received a lovely RAK from Ziggle Designs...her cute LIL LADY kit! I just love the colors in this kit, and I had some photos that I had been needing to do but was waiting to find just the right inspiration. With this adorable kit and a few challenges, I think I came up with a couple of winners! With an old photo of my nieces, I did a Sunshine Studio Challenge Scraplift of CHERISH EVERY MINUTE by MadameWing. (Click on any image to be taken to gallery/store) Above is a scraplift of Dorotka by Veternica for a challenge at Creative Victorian using a portrait of my Grandchildren (the children of my youngest son, Matthew). I really like the way it turned out!! Thank you so much for the wonderful RAK Kami! You can visit Ziggle Designs at Scrap Orchard Happy Scrappin!!

I hope every one enjoyed a wonderful week! As for me, I am glad to start a new one. I don't really know why I say that, its not that last week was so terribly bad...I started to say just insignificant but I can't say that either. It seems like it just went by and I got nothing accomplished but then when I look back, I can't say that... Our yard looks really good. I got closets cleaned out and I cleaned out my kitchen cabinets, and re-organized things. Yesterday, I mopped floors and washed curtains, as well as cleaning all the bed linens. Gary even got the garage and car cleaned this week so our house is pretty much in order! I guess I just miss the kids as I have not seen any of them this month. July is almost over and school will be starting back here in seven days!!! I wish we had the funds to take the kids to one of the theme parks or something. I have not done that in years and all of the grand kids are big enough that they would really enjoy that but there i...

I had major plans of getting so much scrapping done this week but just as I began to download my kits on Monday afternoon, our internet connection was lost. We waited for several hours and then I told my husband that I heard the large tractors mowing up on the main highway, and perhaps he should go check things out. Sure enough, they had mowed over the phone sub-station which served this entire area. Wires and metal were strewn everywhere and evidently, he did not even care and did not report it. We reported it and waited. Finally on Wednesday, my DH went out to see if they were working on it; he said it looked like it was fixed but we still had no service. Wednesday night, he went up to his nephew's house and theirs had been fixed since Tuesday! So we called again. When they finally came on Thursday, we asked them why everyone else's had been fixed on Tuesday and ours and his sister's had not, they said ours had not been reported as being out-of-order!!! Now remem...

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful weekend! The weather has been so incredible here in the holler...no humidity and even getting down into the 50s at night! That is nothing like July usually is in Kentucky. I am sure my kids have been out enjoying it as I have not seen or heard from any of them! Yes, Granny is whining a little with that remark, lol. That's okay...I remember what it is like to force yourself to take the kids and visit the Grandparents, lol! We worked out in the yard and I did quite a bit of scrapping! I hope you don't mind if I share some with you but I will make it worth your time if you follow me to the end for I have a little reward waiting there! First of all, I would like to show you a couple of the pages I did with Lorilei's SAND PILE . From ROSEY POSEY STUDIO , this is a great mini kit for your summer activities! When you are checking out the great kits by Lor, don't forget to stop by HER BLOG for she has an awesome coordinating alp...

Rina's "Meadow Breeze" collection recalls light and airy mornings spent in the fresh countryside - cool, breezy and unpolluted. Revel in the delicate touches of this kit in its varying shades of silvery sky blue and bright cobalt blue, highlights of crisp whiteness, with kisses of sunny buttercup yellow and lush meadow green. I have had so much fun playing with this breath-taking kit! Don't you just adore those fresh colors! Of course, I could not let you go without a freebie from this new release....I made you a pretty little flower cluster from one of the Meadow Breeze layouts I finished! ***SORRY-NO LONGER AVAILABLE***

A Mother's worries and prayers for her beloved children are never ending, and when my sons were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, I do not think I would have gotten through those days if it had not been for the relationship my family and I have with the Lord. He answered out prayers and brought both of my sons home to us safe and sound from all their tours of duty during these years of war. We pray they never have to return to war for the rest of their days. Rina Kroes has released a new kit to help us scrap our photos of festivities and joy as we continue to pray for the safe return of all our soldiers who continue to fight so that all people can Celebrate Liberty . Here are a few of the pages I have used with this gorgeous new kit. You can click on the images to be taken to my gallery for a full description and list of credits, and I would love it, if you took the time to leave a comment or two! Happy Scrappin!

Recently I received an email asking me to sell quick pages from my previously posted Splash layouts. I would just like to remind every one, According to the TOU of most designers...selling QPs would not be possible as this is considered to be pirating; You maY use and incorporate the Content in scrapbooking layouts you create for others, whether or not you make a profit, provided that the layouts are provided to the client as a flattened, un-editable form either electronic or printed. You may not provide the editable pieces of the kit or quickpages without photos to anyone else under any circumstances . However, I do SCRAP4HIRE which means I would create flattened layouts for you with your photos which are suitable for printing or framing. Just contact me at grannynky@gmail.com for more information To change the subject a bit....I scanned in about 400 photos yesterday from Mama's photos. These were from some bragbooks we found from 1996 and 1997, mostly Christmas...

I have had so much fun today playing with Cathy Krenek's soon-to-be-released SPLASH from Scrapbook-Elements. I was inspired by a few of my favorite summer songs, and I had the perfect photos for this kit from my Grandson Isaac's first swim. I just had to share them with you! I fixed a little play list as well so I hope you enjoy listening as you surf the web today! "The Boys of Summer" is a song by Don Henley, written by Henley and Mike Campbell. It is the lead track and first single from Henley's 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast, and made the perfect page title for this cute page with the boys first experience in the swimming pool. I was inspired by Spotted Dog Designs Template Topography no.7 for the layout design, and I used the Splash Kit as well as the Splash AddOn-a SBE July Posting Bonus Eli (Isaac's little friend) is a very cool little guy! Here he is "Groovin' On A Sunday Afternoon" with that adorable little butt crack ...

Whew! The last couple of weeks have just flew by!! We have been so busy here in the holler that I went for several days and did not even have my computer on, and let me tell you, that has only happened in the case of power outages for quite some time! Our little goldfish pond that my son Matthew dug out for me last summer got damaged and all the water leaked out. We worked for several hours trying to repair it but finally decided it was a lost cause. Since, it involved so much upkeep and we could not get the summer algae growth under control through means we could financially afford we chose to abandon that project. We took the fish to Matthew for his pond, and filled the pond in. We had some really good dirt down behind the garage so we dug it up, filled in the pond and planted flowers. We bought a crepe myrtle tree and a few perennials, and moved the peonies there to create what will next year grow to be quite a beautiful little garden....hopefully! I hope all of you enjoy...