My children love Chuck E. Cheese. It all happened when we moved down south almost three years ago. We moved the weekend of Easter, just two weeks before our youngest's birthday. We had the thought that our household items would arrive shortly after we arrived. Little did we know that the weekend we'd move down south, a horrible tornado would move through the area knocking out all the computers which had our tracking number of household belongings leaving them lost until the computers were set back up and connected to the mainframe. It was horrible, for two weeks we lived in our new home sleeping on air mattresses. We ended up buying a pot and a pan as well as paper plates, utensils, etc so that we could live in the house until our things were delivered. The day of my daughter's birthday, she had no presents because they were with the moving truck, my husband and I decided to take the girls to Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate! The girls loved it and the youngest completely overlooked no presents because she got to play all dat at Chuck E. Cheese. Since then I've taken the girls back to Chuck E. Cheese and had collected quite a few photos that needed scrapped.
North Meets South Studios teamed up and created Charlie's Arcade, which is perfect for those said photos!
Using this kit and several other products I scrapped a four page spread of the girls at Chuck E. Cheese:
That about sums up our Chuck E. Cheese experience. I am sure we'll go there one more time before we move away from this installation. That also means I'll get more use out of this fabulous kit!
I will not stop writing about the events that happened on September 11, 2001. Last year I wrote from my heart and even gave out a freebie for listening to my words. Imagine my horror to get email after email saying "who cares", "so what" and many other hateful words. I never in my life thought I would hear such negative words towards something that is so dear to not just myself but many Americans and even other citizens of other countries around the world!
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the day the world stood still, clenching on to the news coming from the radios, television and internet. Many couldn't get through to their families as the phone lines were clogged with callers. Parents were picking their children up from school in fear that another terrorist attack would happen. People, who never knew each other, held on tight and prayed together as a family asking God to watch over those people affected in the attacks as well as the rest of the country.
I will not forget that morning, waking to my newborn baby, feeding her while watching the morning news as the events unfolded. I had turned the tv on just minutes after they started airing the information, watching it over and over again thinking "this must be a mistake, not on our soil" But then hearing the news media saying it was a terrorist attack made me second-guess my thoughts and trust in the media. A little bit later watching as the second plane crashed in to the second tower, wondering what those people were thinking the last few minutes of their lives, crying for their families as they watched their loved one crash into a building that held thousands of many other people! The heartache that I felt, the sadness was overwhelming.
I will never forget and neither should you. When you forget or pass on what happened that day, the deaths of all those people were in vain and the terrorist won their victory; just a few years later.
I was looking through a box of photos earlier this week, when I stumbled across photos from a visit to New York when I was a teenager. As I looked at the photos, I remembered that day like it was yesterday; my father telling me "see those towers over there? They are special, they are identical twins" That was the first and last time I ever saw the towers. When I was looking at the photos, I told my girls about my visit to New York with my parents, how when we go back we'll never see them again. Its sad to think of a piece in history, gone forever.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is asking all Americans to observe a moment of silence at 1 p.m. Eastern time to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Americans are asked to "cease all regular activity for one minute to reflect on the lives lost and those affected by the tragedies of 9/11."
We need to give more than just a minute . . . . .
On Friday, I was driving in the car and the country radio station played a song that left me in tears of sadness, remembrance for those who lost their lives, as well as the message of the song ringing through my heart that I need to be diligent in telling others about God.
Listen to this song with an open heart, take heed to the words:
On our news and radio, everyone has been asking "what are you going to do to pass the hope?" For a limited time being, I am passing the hope of our freedom with our Patriotic Pride, that every single American needs to have!
Don't forget those fallen, never lose the memory of that day!
Patriotic Pride includes the following:
5 Textured Papers
Bead Scatter
Border
Box
2 Buttons
Cherry Blossom
Clip
2 Flowers
1 Frame
1 Ivy
2 Leaves
1 Mat
1 Paint Splatter
1 Ribbon
1 Staple
1 Star Cluster
2 Stitches
4 Wordtabs
Complete Upper, Lower and Symbol Alpha
Thank you for taking the time to download this product!
This product is no longer available for free.
If you would like to purchase Patriotic Pride, you will be able to find it in the Neverland Scraps Blog Store in the upcoming days.
Good morning!! I trust you all have had a good night's rest!
I have a surprise for you! Today I am participating in GeniaBeana Scraps Calendar Blog Hop! That's right, if you are following the Blog Hop, you should have come from GeniaBeana Scraps blog as I am the second blog in the blog hop!
Today I have not one, but two calendar pages for you!
I picked the months of February (my favorite month) and October!
If you are not following the blog hop, I think you should check it out as GeniaBeana Scraps Creative Team have created a twelve month 5x7 brag book album for you! To find all the stops in the hop, run over to GeniaBeana Scraps Blog or just continue from my blog to AussieGirl Scraps Blog
Did you know that GeniaBeana Scraps is having a CREATIVE TEAM CALL?
Not sure if you are a good fit with GeniaBeana Scraps style of design? I got more good news for you! If you check out this blog post, you'll find a beautiful anniversary freebie!
I have been an active member at ScrapMatters for over three years; I know long time! During my three years I always joked with the admins that I always wanted to be an admin when I grew up; hinting that I wanted a position as admin! Imagine my shock, during my Summer vacation to get an email asking if I would like to contribute articles and whatnot to a new feature at ScrapMatters! I was estactic! I accepted almost immediately and found that my first assignment to be an article on Road Trips and somehow applying a scrapbooking twist. After just going on a majore road trip, I knew the angle of my article and immediately wrote my thoughts.
What is ScrapMatters newest feature?
You know each month they have been doing newsletters? Now, they have done away with the newsletters and they will be doing a quartely magazine (e-zine) That's right, starting with this month, September, you should have gotten the first edition of ScrapMatters Magazine!
I hope you have because if you turn to page 30-something, you'll see my very first published article!
And yes, those are my photos that I took while at Yellowstone National Park! There are other photos and layouts throughout my article, which is a few pages long! You need to check it out.
If you haven't already, sign up for the magazine because the next edition will be coming out in December! I am already putting together my next article, which I think you will really enjoy!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, not only am I writing articles for the ScrapMatters Magazine, I am now considered Admin at the site! I was thrilled the day I noticed my byline had been changed from "when I grow up I want to be admin" to "Admin" almost as if I had grown into my new role!
You all know I am a Paint Shop Pro girl when I scrap. I love my program, love how easy it is, love that I dont have to think about how to do something when I am scrapping in Paint Shop Pro. Well earlier this week, I heard some awesome reviews about a style called Shadow Like Tanya
At first I never thought I would pick this style set up since I dont scrap in Photoshop. Dont get me wrong, I own Photoshop, I just dont scrap using the program. When I used to design, I used to design using Photoshop, unless I was creating a template, that was done in Paint Shop Pro!
One day I decided to go ahead and get it, since I am not happy with the way that Paint Shop shadows. I figured I could scrap using Paint Shop Pro, save as a working PSD and open in Photoshop where I could apply the shadows. I did this for one layout and thought it was a huge pain to save, close, open and shadow, especially since I like to shadow as I go! I got really brave and decided to scrap using just Photoshop and let me tell you, since getting this style set and scrapping with just Photoshop, I've been going nuts with the layouts! I can't believe the shadows, the look, the depth of the layouts, its amazing!
Here is just one example of my layouts using this style set
Isn't it amazing?! I love this style set and had to tell you about it because let's face it, it is worth the money because not only will your shadowing improve, but your layouts will look so much better!
Every month the ScrapMatters designers get together and use one color pallate and create a handful of matching products! This month's Mix a Kit had an overwhelming amount of products uploaded to the store! I was amazed and downloaded at least five designers Mix a Kits! I am not going to show you all their products, go to the store, check them out! But what I am going to show you are my layouts created with some of the Mix a Kit products!!
And you know that last one, it was picked for Gallery Standout at ScrapMatters!
I tell you I've been on a scrapping roll lately and its always good for your ego when your layouts get noticed like Gallery Standout or Layout of the Week! I dont know what it was, but last month I was thinking my layouts were dull, boring, the same old, but this month I've been "feeling" it and scrapping with my heart and soul. I guess it has been paying off because people have been noticing too!!
I dont know what is up with me, maybe it is my old age, but I am starting to see the benefit of using Photoshop more and more! Earlier last week, I contacted a new for me designer, Monkey Mesh Designs, about a Photo Action Testing Call. If you know me, you know I test actions in Photoshop CS2 for Wendyzine Scraps over at Scrapbook Graphics and have been for quite some time! When I applied for Monkey Mesh Designs team, I didn't expect to get accepted. Imagine my excitement when she replied almost instantly with a "yes" response!! Since then I've been happily testing out her photo actions and let me tell you they are AMAZING! She just recently started selling her actions in her personal store. Even though she just recently started selling them, you should really check out her beautiful photo actions!!
I really like this action and have used it in a couple layouts of mine. Sadly, because the designer hasn't released the product, I cannot post the layout online. However, I believe tomorrow I can post my layout using this photo action, showing you how beautiful the action plays!
Do you want to check out Monkey Mesh Designs photo action, but afraid to spend money? Well have no fear because Monkey Mesh Designs currently has this photo action as a freebie for a limited time allowing you a chance at playing with her fast, easy and affordable photo actions!
I can't give you the link here, but you have to go to her store to get it!
