Not as soon as I had hoped...

...but my new templates are up in my SHOP.  I was hoping to have it all ready to go this morning but life got in the way.  However, where I am it is still Friday (with 35 minutes to spare) so I still got them in when I wanted :)  Two new sets for you...

I had fun with these...some of them started as a scrapbook page and then I turned it into a template.  On others, I made the template first and then had fun watching it "come alive" as I used the template to make my page.  Here the pages you haven't seen...

I used Shabby Princess's ISLAND CHIC kit with this and Michelle Coleman's Hand-stamped brushes.

When I started this page I new I wanted some yummy warm orange colors.  Gina Miller and Holly McCaig's SPICED LATTE kit was perfect, so I went shopping at 6:30 this morning!

This is Nancie Rowe Janitz's OUTER BANKS kit (alpha recolored).

So today was a good day.  For the past month we have not had more than three straight hours of family time.  In a MONTH!  It has been crazy.  So Jason took some of today off and we spent almost the whole day out as a family.  It was WONDERFUL.  First, we took the kids to McDonald's for a snack and to the playland (the snack was so we didn't feel guilty for using the playland!)  Then we headed to our favorite place -- FAZOLI'S.  Man do we love that place!  YUMMY breadsticks!  Then we took the kids to the gym where Alaina takes gymnastics.  On Fridays they have a one and a half hour play time for kids.  For $5 the kids and play on all the equipment -- trampolines, pits, and big blow-up toys.  Not bad for $5.  So while they were playing Jason dropped me off at Hobby Lobby.  Now that is MY KIND of play place!  So much fun stuff.  I picked up a whole bunch of craft stuff that I want to do for gifts.  Oh, and by the way, did someone forget to tell the stores that it is SEPTEMBER.  Summer is not even officially over and there is a HUGE Christmas section out already.  I've seen trees, ornaments, stocking, etc. at MULTIPLE stores!  My goodness, Christmas is THREE MONTHS away.  That is ONE QUARTER of the year to go.  I am NOT ready for Christmas.  Okay, back to our day.  After Hobby Lobby and play time at the gym we stopped by a pet store and had a great time looking at puppies, fish, snakes, pigs (hey, it's Nebraska!), and bunnies.  The kids loved it.  Then home it was to welcome the girls back from school.

Then, Alaina and I made these yummy cake balls that Andrea recommended.  It was fun for the kids because they got to dig their hands into a cooked cake and crumble it up.  They had a blast!

Finally, about 8:30 tonight, I was able to sit down and get some work done.  So, it was busy but it was good to just be together as a family.  We needed it so much!

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In other news, I got VERY fun email yesterday...one of my layouts will be in the Inaugural Edition of the SIMPLE SCRAPBOOKS Digital Scrapbooking Magazine!  This is a huge thing for digital scrappers...our own magazine published on a regular basis.  I am so excited that I get to be in the first edition.  Not all of the calls have gone out yet so I am sure that we will be hearing from many more talented ladies who get to show off their talent.  Not to mention all the awesome ladies that make up the editorial and creative boards.  WOO HOO!  Yea Digi!

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My Creative team call is going well.  I am so excited to put this team together.  The talent of applicants just oozes and it will be SO HARD to narrow it down.  I am dreading the task!  There are so many factors involved with trying to put together a great team.  I have no doubt that it will be an AWESOME team!  And, obviously they are there to promote my products, but I really just want them to have fun and to get some pages scrapped.  If my templates can do that for them then I am happy.  The call ends on Sunday so if you are still deciding, come on!  Send in your application!  I'll be making my announcement on Tuesday.

Okay...ten minutes until midnight.  Check email, put the girls to bed, shut down the house, SLEEP!

Have a great day (night!)

Comments

[LauraKaye]

Loving the new templates - you work fast! Or do you just have a few more hours in your day than the normal person? Congrats on the SS publication too!

[Margie]

I love your templates!! Just trying to figure out if I can use them with PSP8 easily. I had to laugh about your Christmas comments!! I was in the states this summer and so hoping that Christmas stuff would be out so I could get some nice stuff to bring back to HU with me!!! Not much luck though-needed an extra two weeks!!!

[jeannie]

I love your templates, they are so versatile!!

[Lindy Keffer]

Janet Lynn, you are in NEBRASKA and I am in COLORADO. Last time I checked those were neighboring states. And I have not seen you in two years. We need to do something about this! Love you!