GRAB YOUR SWIM SUITS AND LET'S HEAD FOR THE POOL!!!

>> Wednesday, May 7, 2008

WHAT??? POOL??? Yeah! Why not? We've been "strolling" through the park for weeks now and I thought a little dip in the pool might help to cool us down, refresh us a bit and prepare us to GREET summer, which is JUST around the corner ... and down the street a ways!!! ROFL!

Okay, the truth of the matter is, I'm a bit tired today, have had several distractions and just could not get my idea for your new freebie to flow as planned!!! So, I dug through my archives and found a COOL little mini-kit that I gave as a "freebie" before I had a blog and a layout that I'd created with it. My oldest daughter had come to visit for a week and it was the first time we had seen her "in the flesh" (no pun intended!) for FOUR years!!! I have vowed that will NEVER happen again - God willing!!! That is just WAY too long for this mama (or ANY Mama) to go without seeing one of her kiddos!!! Of course, we did see her again this past Christmas when we took a "road trip" to spend the holidays with her and her sister AND we will be seeing her again this month, I believe, when she comes to meet her VERY first nephew, little Kaleb Jace who is, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, a month old today!!! Where, oh where, has an ENTIRE month gone to SO quickly???

One more month and we SHALL be headed right into summer, so come take a COOL dip with me with tonight's FREEBIE, a "Summer Rocks" scraptit!!! If y'all are interested, I will give you the papers and elements tomorrow if there are enough of you who respond. Just RAISE your hands and SHOUT .... SUMMER ROCKS!!! He, he ... okay, better yet, post a comment below or when you are downloading, either one will work!

In addition to the two papers used in tonight's "scrapatit", there is a yellow one and a few additional elements, which include a jewel and two rick-rack that I am remembering right-off the top of my head! If y'all can use it, I just might add a few more goodies depending on how many of you I hear from. SO, are you READY for SUMMER??? I just have to share with you REALLY quickly that every time I look at this layout of my oldest daughter, April and the youngest of my youngest (twins!), John, I am reminded of the DAILY walks my little brother and I used to take to the either one of our local junior high or high school pools every summer for years!!! Those were the "carefree" (for the most part) days of my youth!

Before I forget, I still have about HALF of the postings in the *Curing The Summertime Blues* challenge gallery to leave comments on so, PLEASE, do not think that I have forsaken y'all. It's just that I like to take my time and leave meaningful comments and I was called away from the computer several times and was not able to get back on track. Have YOU ever had one of THOSE days??? LOL! Of course you have - tis called LIFE HAPPENS!!! Funny how that happens EVERY day, isn't it!!!

Here's hoping that my sleep tonight is REJUVENATING and that I awake with a CLEAR mind that can focus on the task at hand - your FANTABULOUS FRIDAY FREEBIE!!!

Huggins',
Linda :)

P.S. Password is: SUMMER


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JACK RUSSELL AND CONGRATULATONS KRIS!!!

>> Tuesday, May 6, 2008

ROFL!!! GREAT intro, eh??? LOL! Can y'all tell that I am EXHAUSTED, or what? I'm in to REPOST the scrapatit from last night as I was SO late last night that Maria's FABULOUS engine did not snag it AND I've completed my layout that I was just TOO tuckered to finish last night so that y'all can see what I did with this *Saturday In The Park* Scrapatit #10!!!

I've told you before that I "am" a SLOW scrapper and a SLOW designer by nature!!! I will FUSS and FIDGET with things until I am satisfied!!! Anyone else scrap or design that way??? You know, like the artist who splashes a few colors on his/her canvas and works with it until something begins to take formation! That is how I scrap and design!!! Every once in a GREAT while can I get a preconceived idea and go with it, but VERY seldom. Yes, I jot down notes, but for the MOST part, I open a NEW canvas and start playing!!! And, YES, I DO admire those that can look at something, get inspired and immediately create!!! I was BORN to be CHALLENGED and I accept that!!! Like I REALLY have a choice, huh??? ROFL! Seriously though, I DO love to be challenged and it's been a LONG while since I've posted it, but my very own quote that I try to tote around with me from site-to-site is, "Sometimes our MOST difficult challenges produce our GREATEST achievements!"

Yes, Ms. Lisa, I CAN say "JACK RUSSELL" and I can't wait to see what you've done - just LOVE those little sweeties. The boys and I lived, for a brief period of time, on a ranch that bred Tennessee Walkers and Jack Russells!!! Gosh, they are SMART little whipper-snippers!!! CUTE too!

Kris - a BIG congratulations to you on your RANDOM DRAWING win at 3S!!! WOO HOO and YEE HAW!!! That is TOO cool!!! I will have to go and see if I can find your name listed and what you won .... HOW exciting!!!

I'm still trying to leave comments on layouts submitted for my *Curing The Summertime Blues* challenge. I finished up all the layouts posted in the *S.O.S. for Summer Layouts* gallery just a bit ago. Y'all know me, I can't just leave a post of a few words, I just have to write a novel!!! He, he ...

Y'all have a SPECTACULAR "hump" day tomorrow and I am going to TRY and have something new to share tomorrow night. I have REALLY enjoyed getting a few layouts completed with *Saturday In The Park* but I can't help feel that y'all are ready for something NEW, something FRESH, something ... mmmmm .... something ....

Baci e abbracci,
Linda :)

Password is: Chicago


Layout of our family gathering on Easter Sunday, 2008, created by MOI using my
*Saturday In The Park* Scrapatit #10. Fonts used are: Tektron Pro and Monterey BT.


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The time is 12:20 am PST - link has been tested and is in
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the slideshow y'all - your layouts are ALL so VERY lovely!

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NOTHING THAT A STROLL IN THE PARK WON'T CURE!!!

>> Monday, May 5, 2008

WOO HOO and HOO WEEEEEE!!! NSD was a FABULOUS success at 3S and we are all SO thrilled that y'all had such a GOOD time with us!!! I had a BLAST even though my body was giving out at the end!!! Ahhh, nothing that a STROLL through the park won't cure!!! Better yet ... on a Saturday!!! He, he ... I am SO loving all the layouts that are still being added to the slide show! Y'all are spoiling ME! (JODI - I received an e-mail notification that you were trying to add to the slideshow and after several attempts to accept it I gave up as it was not showing up anywhere. :( Would you mind trying to add it one more time for me pretty please :)

Thank you SO much to ALL of you who participated in either Carole's and my *S.O.S for Summer Layouts* Chat and Challenge and/or my *Curing The Summertime Blues* Challenge!!! I was SO totally OVERWHELMED not only with the amount of submissions but with the AWESOME scrapping talent y'all possess!!! Hmmm .... wondering if I should have a CT call!!! Well, I shall do that in the near future, but right now I'd better get some scrapkits made first, ya think??? ROFL!

All POSTING BONUSES for both chat and challenge have been PM'd to those of you who have layouts in the appropriate galleries or who have posted your links in the forum threads and/or PM'd or e-mailed me if you were new and having trouble uploading.

IF I have missed anyone, will you please either PM me on the 3S site or shoot me an e-mail: lindawalton at 3scrapateers dot com and let me know how I may locate your layout. I'm thinking that it's possible for a few to have been uploaded to member galleries so I am just double-checking so that no one is forgotten! Thank you!

Before I forget, my VERY dear friend, Dawn Mills aka Snowsmoon Designs, is offering a BEAUTIFUL bracket album (one piece each day this week) on her blog for Mother's Day!!! Y'all need to go check it out! Make sure to leave her some of your FAMOUS lovin' and tell her that I sent you over to visit. Dawn has LOTS of goodies on her blog most all the time, so you've got to "bookmark" her or subscribe to her feed so that you don't miss out!!! You may find her listed under DESIGNERS in my sidebar to your right or HERE! Thank you girlfriend!!!

If you check back a post or two on Dawn's blog, you will also find some downloads that are still active for some ADORABLE keychain albums. I snagged them hoping to put a couple together as Mother's Day gifts. This will be my grandson, Kaleb's mommy's VERY first Mother's Day!!! I just have to do something special now don't I??? Uh, huh ... you KNOW I do!!!

Tonight's FREEBIE is another "scrapatit" to add to your *Saturday In The Park* collection! Yes, I DO love the chain-link fencing, don't I??? Well, I had a COOL idea for a layout. It will be titled something like, "On Both Sides of the Fence" ... something along that line!!! This scrapatit kind of lets you do EXACTLY that - you can place a photo BEHIND the fencing and one in the frame on the OTHER side of the FENCE!!! Or, you can use either empty space for journaling of whatever your SWEET little heart's desire!!! Be CREATIVE and above all, HAVE FUN!!! Oh, and don't forget to add your layouts to the slideshow so I can FEAST my eyes upon them each day!!! I feel like I have my own PRIVATE art gallery that I can stroll through at any given time of the day - I LOVE IT and YOU!

Okay, I'm off to bed so that I can CRUISE the 3S gallery tomorrow and finish leavin' my LOVIN' on those AWESOME layouts y'all left for me!!! GOSH, I REALLY am spoiled!!! Thank you SO much and SWEET DREAMS to all those getting ready to retire for the night. GOOD MORNING to those of you just starting your day!!!

Hugs,
Linda

P.S. The password is: Chicago!



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