I do "Believe" in Fairies!

It was quite a night last night with the storms, wind, and flooding in our area.  The power was out until almost midnight and I had two kids curled up on the couch with glow sticks near their pillows.  It reminded me of the most magical place and made me think that fairies were laying beside them keeping them safe.  I do "Believe" in fairies!!  What a perfect way to introduce a wonderful new kit from Natalie's Place Designs which is first in a series of mini kits....Believe!

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The colors are fabulous and the elements are a perfect compliment.  I was so excited to use this kit to create a layout for our Tinkerbell magic shots.  I used a wonderful template offered at MouseScrappers during template challenge #77 hosted by Britt-ish Designs for my first layout!

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It is a Disney Must Do to find a photopass photography and get a picture with Tinkerbell.  It was great this time because my daughter and I did it together.  The guys decided to sit this photo out...he-he.



I also love visiting the Polynesian Resort every trip to walk around and take some pictures.  The landscape is amazing and perfect for portraits.  I used another template challenge offered at MouseScrappers this week hosted by Wendy from Wlyd Peas Designs.

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I took the template and rotated it to allow for portrait photos and then went to work with all those wondeful Mickey heads!  I absolutely love the colors and pixie elements!

I do "Believe" you will love this kit.  The details and textures in all of Natalie's kits are so amazing and I know you won't be disappointed.  Be sure to stop by Natalie's Place Designs to add this to your collection and don't forget to grab her terrific freebie!  Be sure to stop by the rest of the Creative Team for their inspirational layouts and great freebies.

MJ-AJ Designs

Lisa Campbell Designs

Sandy and 2 Pearls Designs

Oh I almost forgot I have a freebie for you as well.  I thought I would share the frame cluster from my Polynesian layout.  I hope you like it and as always I love to hear your feedback.

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Wishing you all a magical day filled with pixie dust!

Rays of Light Templates

It seems like forever since I've done a post.  Guess what it has been forever!  I've been so busy with work, school starting, tumbling and soccer!  In the meantime Natalie's Place Designs has been creating up a storm in the midst of a storm, vacation, and school starting.  Fall is in the air and I'm so excited! 

Natalie has created some great new easy and wonderful templates.  Here is her first release entitled "Ray of Light" Vol 1.  The blending of the rays and the ease of use has made them perfect for my new journaling pages for our Summer Disney Vacation book I'm working on.  I have two more parks to go, my traditional journaling and then I'm done...woohoo!  Natalie always comes up with some terrific templates that I can use over and over again.  Here they are....

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 Here our my journaling pages that I created with these simply and easy templates.  I love them!  I've been out of town all week so I was working this morning at 6:00 am at the airport on my Hollywood Studios layout so stay tuned I hope to have it done soon as well! Here is my Magic Kingdom layout.

I thought the second template was perfect for Animal Kingdom.

Be sure to stop over at Natalie's Place Designs to grab these great templates as well as see more amazing inspiration for the terrific layouts of the rest of us on the creative team. 

Stay tuned there is more to come soon!  Here is a sneak peek of her first mini kit soon to be released.  Oh My Goodness you won't want to miss this kit!

Wishing you all a magical and safe Labor Day weekend!

Bountiful Harvest Released

I've been waiting to share Bountiful Harvest a new kit from Natalie's Place Designs as it has so many possibilities.  The Land is one of our favorite places to visit while at EPCOT.  It has a great dining, rides, and attractions.  Adrianna's favorite ride is Living with the Land.  She is always amazed by all the different plants and the way that Disney expertiments with growing techniques as you travel through the greenhouses.  This kit is perfect for just those memories.

The colors are so stunning and the elements are spectacular!  The vegetables in this kit look good enough to eat!  Although my daughter loves Living with the Land my favorite thing to do is to eat at the Garden Grill.  No vacation is complete without at least one dining reservation.  In June we went to celebrate 3 birthdays at The Garden Grill so our server sang Happy Birthday to all three of him.  If you ever get a chance to eat at The Garden Grill ask for Patrick he is amazing and always makes the kids laugh.  I used this great template from Wyld Peas Designs for a MouseScrappers Template challenge for my layout!  Click HERE to go to the template challenge.  I LOVE how it turned out!

The great thing about Natalie's kits is that they are so versatile and can be used for many different layouts.  The great colors and elements also remind me of the fall which is just around the corner and Halloween.  Last year we attended the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party and this kit was perfect to create a title page for the party! I used another great template challenge from Mousescrappers by Dreamscrapper Designs. Click HERE to go to template challenge.

I love the orange in this kit and the textures of Natalie's papers are always stunning.  The pumpkins were just what I needed to make this layout perfect.  Don't forget to stop by Natalie's Place Designs to pick up this wonderful kit!  Since The Garden Grill is one of my favorites I thought I would share a word art of two, or three with all of you.  I wanted to provide some versatility with it so I created 3 versions in case you wanted Chip and Dale in there as well.  I thought a few mickey buttons with her wonderful papers would be a great added touch.  I hope you like it.

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Don't forget to stop by the creative team and check out their amazing layouts.  They are so stunning and they have some great freebies as well.

MJ AJ Designs

Lisa Campbell Designs

Sand and 2 Pearls Designs

I hope you stop by Natalie' Place Designs and check out this amazing new kit.   I'd love to hear what you think about my freebies and can't wait to see what everyone creates with this new kit.  Wishing you all a magical day!

It's Harvest time...stay tuned

Natalie's Place Designs has a a great new harvest of a kit coming your way.  Stay tuned your not going to want to miss the one!  It's awesome!

World of Laughter Released!

I'm so excited about the newest kit from Natalie's Place Designs.  She has really out done herself with this kit as there are so many wonderful colors and elements.  It's a Small World is a family favorite and this kit hits it totally on the mark.  The amazing glitter detail in each element and papers is stunning.  The children are absolutely my favorite as they are so perfect.  The boat and clock are spot on!!  Just check it out...


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I naturally wanted to create layouts for It's a Small World but I really wanted to so the versatility in this kit.  In 2008 we attended the Spirit of Aloha Luau at The Polynesian.  If you've never attended it's definitely worth going to see.  The food is amazing and the performers are wonderful.  When I saw the wonderful children in this kit along with all the gorgeous elements I knew this kit would be perfect to highlight our evening of portraits. 


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When I create each of my books I develop an actually layout before I design to ensure I don't miss a moment.  I always create a title page for each park with lots of journaling but then I also create a page of portraits that symbolize each park.  I really love how this layout turned out. 

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Be sure to jump on over to Natalie's Place Designs to get the terrific details of her new kit along with a wonderful freebie.  Don't forget to check out the rest of the Creative Team to download their amazing freebies as well.

MJ AJ Designs

Lisa Campbell Designs

Sand and 2 Pearls Designs

 Thank you for stopping by.  As always I wanted to provide you with a little freebie as well.  I mentioned early you must check out the Luau well now you have an excuse if you haven't already.  Here is a wordart freebie to assist with your layout designs. 

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I hope everyone likes it.  Wishing you all a magical evening!

MouseScrappers Template Challange - Freebie

A few weeks ago on MouseScrappers ShalinaO hosted a wonderful template challenge provided by Wyld Peas Designs.  When I saw this template I thought how terrific it would be to use it for our Birthday lunch at Bubba Gump.  While visiting Disney my son celebrated his 11th birthday and all he talked about while planning our Disney Adventure was celebrating his birthday at Bubba Gump.  Here is the template...


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Here is what I did with the template with a slight modification by doubling the picture square to allow for more photos.

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I thought with this layout I would provide the items I created as freebies from my layout along with some extras to share with all of you.  

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I hope you like it. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.  Wishing you all a magical evening.

Proud to Serve

Good Morning!  It's hard to believe but 26 years ago today I was getting on an airplane heading to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas for Air Force Basic Training.  I was very young and scared but it was the best decision I ever made!

The Airman's Creed

I am an American Airman.

I am a Warrior.

I have answered my nation's call.

I am an American Airman.

My mission is to fly, fight, and win.

I am faithful to a proud heritage,

a tradition of honor,

and a legacy of valor.

I am an American Airman,

Guardian of freedom and justice,

My nation's sword and shield,

Its sentry and avenger.

I defend my country with my life.

I am an American Airman:

Wingman, Leader, Warrior.

I will never leave an Airman behind.

I will never falter,

and I will not fail.

Go Air Force and the Alabama Air National Guard!!

Wishing all of you a magical day!