Freebie Tuesday!!

Hi everyone!! Fiona here to send you all a little Christmas freebie! I made you a cluster frame and some word art using Chelle's awesome new kit "Homemade Christmas" Here is the kit:



and your freebie:


Images are linked.

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!!

Memory Spark Monday

The Monday before Christmas... where oh where did the year go?  In less than 2 weeks it will be 2010. When I got my current ATM card about 6 years ago and I had to say 2010 for the year of expiration it sounded so far away and now here it is.  On to the point of my post today. Liz talked a little about Christmas last week, but since I already had some of this written I am going to go ahead and post this as it goes great with what she had to say.

Family, how is your family time divided?  Do you live near all your relatives? Do you have to travel 3,000 or more miles to see them at the holidays?  We are so blessed to have our immediate family within a 40 minute drive from us.  When my husband and I first got married we worked out a "holiday schedule" and this has worked well for us. It has adjusted a little since our parents have remarried but we just know what days we do what around the holidays. It starts with the first weekend of the month with Making Meatpies - here is a layout I did earlier this year showing us making them last December (did not take the camera this year).

Then the Saturday before Christmas is when we get together with my mom, her husband, and the rest of my family (grandma, aunt, sister, cousins, etc.) - so we just celebrated this past Saturday. Then on Christmas Eve we go to Adam's mom's house - we socialize and eat the meatpies we fixed up earlier in the month - along with other appetizer type foods. Each year we tell the story of Jesus' birth and play games as a group. Christmas morning is now spent at our home with our little girls but then we do head to his mom's again for Santa presents.

What is it that you do each year with family that sticks out? Have you scrapped it? Remember it is not always the big events that need remember the simple things that happen each year are important to remember as well.  May you have a holiday season filled with peace, love and charity.

Krisi

New Releases: Homemade and Homemade Christmas Add On

Hello!  It is another New Release Friday and Chelle has done it again!  She is releasing Homemade and Homemade Christmas.  And Friday through Sunday this weekend, if you purchase Homemade you’ll get the Christmas add-on for free!  What a great bargain.  Here is a look at the kits:

(Previews are linked)

And here are some LOs for the CT girls.  Everyone has really outdone themselves.

By Jen:

By Kelli:

By Jan:

By Bethanny:

By Jan (Take 2):

By Janine:

By Fiona:

By Jan (Take 3!):

By Liz:

Just look at the versatility of this kit!  Jan alone did three layouts and probably would do more if time allowed!  Also if you haven’t checked it out yet, sign up for Chelle’s Journaling Class.  It is starting in January and will include an amazing mega kit, freebies and lessons on how to journal on your pages.  Here is the link to the class:

  

And that is all folks.  Have great weekend and holidays and I will see you later with more goodies! 

Sneak Peek Thursday: Nothing says Lovin’

Hello, Liz here again with Sneak Peek Thursday.  All I can say about this new release is that it is perfect for some of your holiday photos as well as projects throughout the year.  And nothing says lovin’ like something from the oven!

Cute!  Well that is it and come back tomorrow for the big reveal and more LOs!

Memory Spark Monday

Hello all, this is Liz and I am in a holiday mood.  I remember growing up and always looking forward to the holidays.  As a kid, my focus was always on the wish list.  What would Santa bring me this year?  Now at the ripe old age of 29 (almost 30) I can only remember a handful of Christmas presents (books, a bicycle, and a keyboard).  But what really sticks with me are holiday traditions and the family fun that we had every year.  I remember my grandfather doing “Mail Call” with the Christmas cards for all the family.  He would say everyone’s full name as he would hand them out.  And he would always get my Aunt Janice a card with a beautiful Christmas tree on the front which was always the joke that she was trying to get her tree to look identical to the picture.  And inside my card he would always sign it “Fank” which was my nickname for him since I was about 3 or 4.  I love remembering those memories of the holidays.  The obscene amounts of food cooked, the Monopoly tournaments, and the Coke can pyramids.  I challenge you to think beyond the material trappings of the holidays and reflect upon the special and unique things about your family that made the holidays so special.  A special dessert or an aunt that always burned the potatoes.  Think about it.  Happy a great day and I should be back on Thursday with a new sneak peek. 

New Release Friday: Utterly Charming Alpha: Red

Hello.  Here is the newest release from Chelle this week.  It is an alpha called Utterly Charming Alpha: Red.  It is the perfect addition to all those holiday layouts that people are whipping up right now.  I love this alpha it will definitely be making several appearances in my December Daily album.  Here it is and the preview is linked:

And here are some the LOs from the CT:

By Janine:

By Liz:

By Jen:

By Fiona:

By Kelli:

The ladies really outdid themselves this week.  That is all I have for you.  So come back next week and see what great goodies Chelle has in store.  You won’t want to miss it.

Sneak Peek Thursday: Charming

I am a little late but as promised here is a sneak peek of Chelle’s new product for tomorrow.  It is a very charming product and if you have been keeping up with this blog and some of the Speed Scraps over at SM you might already know what it is!  Here is the peek:

 

There you go and come back tomorrow to see the full reveal and the gorgeous LOs from the CT!  Se you tomorrow