New Kit... Great Vacation... and Back to Reality!

Soooo - we are wrapping up Labor Day Wknd and that means an official end to summer vacation, and back to a regular routine! It also means early mornings, bossy schedules, and actual

(semi-enforced) bed times?! That has ALWAYS been my weak point... my girlie is and has always been a night owl! She hates sleep... it is the enemy... there is ALWAYS something better to do! Except - that is - at around 6:30 am on a school day!?

THEN she wants to sleep!? Go figure!?

I got to play a little bit with a new Build A Kit from The Sc

rappy Kat over at Stuff to Scrap. A SUPER fun kit - with lots of goodies/elements for FAIR and Circus pictures! However, our fair isn't for a few more weeks... so I choose to showcase OTHER ways you can use this kit! Here are my two Layouts that I did this evening

(while watching some AMAZING tennis via the US Open!)

Check out this fun new BAK!

We thoroughly enjoyed a full week at the beach this year... went with our best friends again and that is always fun and relaxing. It was hard to come back to face reality this year... just lots of stuff going on! Most of it good - but all of it hectic! The BONUS in coming home was the week long project of redecorating my Living Room! I will post pix soon... it's almost livable again!

Hopefully with the return of routine - I will be more on top of this blogging thing again! Hope to post again soon and just simply chat about life...

Scrap Happy!

~Karrilee~

New Layouts... Summer already almost gone?

I can't even BELIEVE that it is August already!? It barely feels like Summer has started and now we are knee deep in Back to School ads and Class Schedules... ugh - it's just too soon!!?!

I have not been around much mostly because I have been pretty much One Handed all summer... I went out and FINALLY gave Trail Running a go! I was seriously LOVING it! A few friends from out of town were visiting and talked us into going with them... I was somewhat familiar with the hiking trail and as I said - I was loving the run... just going a nice easy pace -

when all of the sudden, I stepped on loose ground, my footing slipped, and I braced myself with my left hand - snapping my wrist. OUCH!? I am pretty tough - and just thought I was in shock a

bit - and kept walking down the trail. It was not swelling much - but it was starting to throb a bit - and I realized I could make it to the bottom - but coming back up would possibly prove to be a problem. So we managed to yell loud enough to get our big group to turn around before reaching the bottom of the trail. That was in June... we iced it and babied it and did all we knew to do... pretty sure it is just a serious sprain! I can move it all around and bend and grip - but I have no strength in it yet - and certain twists give me shoots of pain still! Of course - I am left handed... and you just never really think of how much you USE your hands until you actually CAN'T? Grocery shopping, cooking/chopping food, pouring, scrubbing, folding... yeah - too bad I haven't been able to ENJOY all this laziness?

Luckily for me - most of my digi scrapping is done RIGHT handed (with the mouse!)

Here are a few of my latest Digi LOs using kits by The Scrappy Kat over at Stufftoscrap.com.

These are using her Kit "Hello Spring":

...and these are using her kit "Birds & Blooms":

I actually have quite a few more photo's - but I have yet to scrap them...

Yes - you read that right... I, Karrilee, am not all caught up!?

Enjoy the moment... ya'll know it will not last!

On another note - head on over to STS and participate in the Featured Designer Challenge... each week, a different Designer will host a challenge! It's a fun way to get you back in the swing of things - you know I will be playing along to get all my photo's scrapped again! You can check it out HERE - and don't forget the HUGE Retirement Sale going on...

Scrap Happy!

~Karrilee~

Summer in Full Swing...

Happy July! Can you even believe it? It's crazy how fast this summer is flying by!

I got a LOVELY new gift for my birthday in June but have yet to put it to a LOT of great use... my hubby took all my hints (and my dd simply coming right out and telling him what I wanted!) and he bought me a new camera! I loved my old one... it was just a simple digital camera... an Olympus that actually took AMAZING pictures. However, I think I got it maybe 7 years ago and

about a year after I got it, "someone" (above-mentioned dd I suspect) dropped it and broke the latch to the battery cover. So - ever since then - I have been all Ghetto like and duct taped it closed. It still worked great - but I was getting tired of it... PLUS I had the luxury of borrowing my brother in laws nice camera whenever I was asked to take portraits. Well - he moved away and I was left with no options. So - all of that to say I am now a proud owner of a really nice Nikon SLR that I am still learning how to use! I am REALLY hoping to get to learn and capture some great 4th of July shots... we shall see in a few days!

I took my dd out with her 2 bff's and we had a photo shoot... I took the fam' out to the Arboretum and we shot some Roses... I WANTED to take it out on a hike, but got talked into trail running and leaving it behind. Well - I should have insisted on walking and taking the camera because then I would have not slipped and fell, spraining my left (dominant) wrist... which has proved to pretty much immobilize me all week long!

I will update again soon but I wanted to let you all know about the July Build A Kit over at Stuff to Scrap!

It's super cute - a gardening/farming BAK - perfect for summer fun! Here are a couple of Layouts made from The Scrappy Kats offering to the BAK this month:

Check her out here: The Scrappy Kat - July BAK

And here are just a few of my fav shots from my new camera (to date!) :

Scrap Happy!
~Karrilee~

A little Update

Wow... I can't believe it is JUNE already!? This year is flying by!

I suspect that confirms that I am, in fact, now officially old?! sigh...

I did complete one round of P90X.

I did NOT get the results I hoped for

(no loss in weight & a slight gain in measurements?)

I know - right? However - I am stronger & I am firmer.

I will go again for Round 2 in the Fall

when it is not so fun to be outside

& I will go the P90X LEAN route next time!

Right now, I am attempting the Four Hour Body...

which is basically a Slow Carb Diet.

I am starting Week 2 & we'll see if it helps me to get off this plateau!

Anyway this year has been great - busy, & full of activity

- but not so many photo's - thus - not a lot of scrapping?

I have had a few great client jobs & of course our daughters tennis season

kept us going (& clicking)! I think the lack of photo's is a combination of

really REALLY suffering from camera-envy... & the lack of nicer weather!

That is my story anyway & I am sticking to it!

So - here are the few personal Family Album digital LOs

I have been working on so far this year...

they say a picture is worth a 1000 words -

so - I will let them do my talkin'!

(Hoping to 'catch up' soon!

I have birthday pix & a trip or two to work on next!)

Scrap Happy!

~Karrilee~

Recent Projects & June's BAK at Stuff to Scrap!

I hope you all made it over to Stuff to Scrap & were able to join in on some of the fun!

There is yet another SPEED SCRAP going EARLY tomorrow morning - check it out:

...& as if that is not enough fun - next up over at STS... a play on America's Got Talent!

"This Scrappers Got Talent" is gearing up to start

& you can head on over to learn more & sign up here:

One final Stuff to Scrap piece of business...

this months Build A Kit is all about Slumber Parties! So fun!

The Scrappy Kat created a super cute Video Game Boys' Night kit

& while I don't have any boys - or gamers - in the house,

the colors just so happened to match great with a

recent photo taken of me & a great friend!

We had 'met' on SparkPeople & became fast friends

- but had never met in person - until last weekend!

Here is the BAK "Boys' Night" by The Scrappy Kat:

I am hoping to come back tomorrow & post some of my own projects

& just blog about my own personal stuff...

like the old days!

Scrap Happy!
~Karrilee~

Stuff To Scrap Festivities - Speed Scraps, Sales, & Fun - Oh My!

So - I am L-O-N-G overdue in updating this blog both of my own stuff

- & in telling ya'll about all the happenings going on over at Stuff To Scrap

...& let me tell ya - there is a LOT going on right now!

So - I will just post about all the fun you can be having right now - over there...

& update my own projects (soon but) later!

Happy 2nd Birthday STS!

This weekend - there is a great sale on all the BAKs... $1.00 each

- so if you have been thinking of trying out Digital Scrapping for the first time

- this is a great time to pick a few kits & give it a shot!

...& for more fun - today AND tomorrow

there are some super fun Speed Scraps going on!

Scrap Happy!
~Karrilee~