Ooopsss!! We are having technical difficulty at DigitalArts-Cafe.com and our boutique is down 😦  darn…. but our galleries and forums and the blog are still up so please feel free to still visit them, catch up on your gallery submissions and comments, and come back because we have an awesome new kit planned for July and some SUPER freebies that you WON’T want to miss!!

My husband says it takes a real King to raise Queens, that’s what he was told at work. He was also told that in some cultures it is good luck to have 3 girls and that it will bring good fortune 🙂 Well that is good news!

So the other night I am putting my 4 year old to bed… and she is my most difficult child to get to sleep. She defies sleep to everyone’s astonishment, she can stay awake longer than most adults 🙂 Anyway, so I am putting her to bed and we are laying in bed, winding down. Finally, thinking it’s time she starts learning it, I say “okay, it’s time, close your eyes and I’ll say a special prayer for you.” so I proceed to tell her the Lord’s prayer. After I’m done she says this to me “okay Mommy, now close your eyes, I’m gonna say a prayer…” and her prayer was this, “I love you through and through, through my heart and EVERYWHERE. Goodnight. Amen.”  Kids just say the cutest things! I loved that!

I’ll ask my 2 year old (birthday in July), “Are you Mommy’s girl?” and she’ll say “No, I’m Daddy’s girl.” She also loves crepes so much when Daddy is off and asks her what she wants for breakfast, she’ll ask for crepes! A 2 year old asking for crepes, lol… They both love to swim, they are out back right now swimming. I’d be out there too except you shouldn’t swim this soon after having a baby. Their cousin Alexis stayed the night last night & just left. They love to have her, we love to have her. Thay have so much fun with her & she’s always a big help. We are planning our daughters 2 year birthday and my Grandmother is coming to Vegas for her 80th birthday and we are expecting Jason’s Mom and my Aunt Cindy for the early part of July. Guess we’ll be pretty busy planning parties and visiting with everyone 🙂 The girls just came in from the pool. My 2 year old is sitting on Daddy’s lap and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to our newborn right now. Here sweet little voice is so precious. Well, I better go, I’ll write more later…. Bye for now!

I had my baby.  She was born at home – 8 lbs 4 oz and 20 3/4 long. Her name is Haayllee Sable. Everything went very well and we were able to have much of our family with us. I started having small contractions on the afternoon of June 15th. On the morning of the 16th they intensified.  She was born on Tues, June 16th at 11:36 pm. She’s eating like a champ, has 10 fingers and 10 toes 🙂 I am feeling better now, although my muscles are still a little sore. My other two girls just adore her. If she fusses, I just let my 4 year old hold her and she calms right down. My 2 year old  just kisses her non stop, it’s really sweet.

Here are some pictures for everyone to enjoy… keep in mind we were all super tired!!.. and they are only 72 dpi and very small (not for printing).  We’ll share larger files with family 🙂

I have made a new kit called Songs of the Sea. It’s not released yet, however I’d like to share a layout with you – to give you a little sneak peak. I made this with my new kit and I will release this page as a Free QP for you. Hope you like it 🙂 This is my first daughter on a trip to Cabo San Lucas in 2006.

I have made a new kit called Island Paradise exclusively for DigitalArts-Cafe.com. Now available at my shop.

Making digital layouts look gorgeous is simple with this digital scrapbooking kit! What’s even better is that the colors are perfect for all your travel, vacation, seaside and summer holiday pictures… Especially if you been vacationing in paradise! This kit is great for honeymoon layouts as well! The textured floral papers are elegant and the elements are fun! You can pick up Island Paradise at DigitalArts-Cafe.com

Here is the kit preview:

The Papers:

The Elements:

Hi all, I have decided to take a small step back to my scrapbooking roots 🙂 I have been so busy doing digital scrapbook designing  that I have not made a traditional (or paper layout) in probably 6 months. I still cling to all of my old supplies, but haven’t pulled them out recently enough to justify keeping them 🙂  So when my 4 year old daughter asked me “Mommy can we please do something special, like craft with your papers?” and her picture was just sitting there on my desk calling to me…I couldn’t resist! We picked out the papers together, she has great taste, right! Since I always share my digital layouts, I had to share this one that we made… (quality is not the best – photo is from camera phone)

I do have to admit, it was kind of difficult getting back in the swing of things, but I’m so glad I did it!
Papers are Provo Craft, photo corners are Joanns brand, brads not sure, flowers are from a stem of silks, and ink is versamagic Tsukinek.

And here is what my daughter made!

Thanks for looking, have a great day!

I just wanted to share with everyone this absolutely fantastic digital scrapbooking GALLERY. It has the best of the best layouts nominated and submitted from all over the internet. If you are looking for digital scrapbooking ideas, different digital scrapbooking styles and inspirational layouts, you MUST go look at these winning layouts!!

I was the judge for the BEST OF BLENDING TECHNIQUE. While there were several absolutely gorgeous and stunning layouts, this one just gripped my heart… So I will share it with you today.

Be sure to stop in and congratulate SeattleSheri for her win and for sharing this heartfelt layout.

These were my comments:
This is the layout that my heart wants to choose… especially since I am a mother. Right away the kiss between mother and child stands out and captures the heart… Those sweet little lips, the feel of a child’s lips when they kiss you, it’s like heaven… And what a most beautiful and special moment to capture forever in a layout. For some reason, the blending or the actual photo – the emotion, the relationship is captured completely. Then the eye is pulled to the black and white picture where you can see this boy is just embracing the moment and the love! And finally your eyes glance around and see the journaling where you find that this precious layout has captured moments between a mother and child that will never happen again… It’s heartbreaking and beautiful and bittersweet… to me the best use of digital scrapbooking –relaying a message, evoking a feeling, capturing forever a moment and leaving it as the heritage for those who will follow. Well done!