THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!

Please change your bookmarks...my new blog addy is at:
www.laurenreiddesigns.com/blog

Be sure to pop in I have lots of exciting news coming up!!!!
xoxo
Lauren

New Goodies!

I have a brand new series out, called 365 Remembered!!!!

In a nutshell...it's a monthly template series that will help you record your year quickly!

This whole idea really came out of a personal need... each year, around NOVEMBER, I realize that I need to whip up Holiday presents for my family, but I never have enough time to get my act together in time!

This year I thought, "Well maybe if I start scrapping these pages throughout the year, it would make life easier come Holiday time!"

And 365 Remembered was born!

Here is the first installment! Don't forget to check the shop on March 1st too..that's when February's kit will be released! :)

STORE LINK

oxoxox

Audacious Designs Contest!

OMG!!! THE amazing Aud Neal is hosting a contest to win CUSTOM goods!

You definately don't want to miss out on this contest!

Aud is HOT HOT HOT and every inch of her is filled w/ creativity! So read on and enter NOW!

ox

Did someone say FREE CHOCOLATE?!?!?!

I do believe when i started my reign as Queen ...er...Designer of the Month at Oscraps, that there was some sort of rumor started that I would be handing out some chocolate!

Well, sadly, I will be forced to pass along the crown to the next great O Designer....*sniffle*.... so here you go!

OH and the best part....they are FAT FREE!!!!!



::DOWNLOAD HERE::
(if that link dies, just shout and i'll get a new one!)
Enjoy!
ooxoox

CONTEST

psst...i'm running a little quick contest over in the Oscraps forums to win Queen of Whatever FREE! run over and peek at the details...it's under the "Oscraps Announcements" section!
xooxox

NEW!!!! Queen of Whatever

I PROMISE to do a calm colored kit soon! hahahhahah

Queen of Whatever is officially in the Oscraps store NOW!!!!!!!
LINK TO KIT

OH! AND...you get a bonus 12x12 swirly overlay too....i couldnt for the life of me figure out how to get it on the previews, but i promise that it's HOT! ;)

Hope you love it!

xo

Save the Date! :)

4 Days...

TIL MY BIRTHDAY! woohoo!

There is a sale and a chat in the works for my Birthday on Saturday, so stay tuned!

NEW on the home front....yesterday we had our first snowfall! (the pictures are still in the camera, but I'll try to post those later on) The kiddies were SO excited! They are just beside themselves w/ anticipation waiting on Christmas!

NEW in the Shoppe:

Seal It {dates} and Brush It {paint} at TheDigiShoppe.com

Happy Belated Turkey Day!

Well I did TRY to post on Thanksgiving, but blogger was giving me a hard time! So alas, I'm belated! Hope you all (who celebrate) had a wonderful holiday!

I'm now in full swing Christmas mode....today I'm planning to start decorating the house and then we'll get our tree on my Birthday next weekend! :)

Lo share...so this lo is mostly all Catscrap products (the alpha and the blk dots are by me)....those girls just RAWK so much, I love their artisty style and creativity! If you don't know who they are, be sure to check them out at www.catscrap.com

This is a pic of my brother and my daughter last year after her Baptism. :) xo

Stylin'

Is she the cutest thing ever or what?!!?

This layout was made with my new kits, Bring it! {Lola} & Bring It! {Hannah}, both available NOW at The Digi Shoppe!!! ox

Vendor Night

Thank you to everyone to popped over to my booth at Vendor Night last nice at PPOTC!

Someone requested that I post the holiday cards here, so here they are!

xo

A Little Freebie..

So this was sitting in a folder on the ol' laptop, wishing for a new home... so i dirtied her up and I'm sendin her packin! Enjoy!
Also, if you haven't seen The Digi Shoppe Team Sampler, you MUST go check it out! All the designers got together and threw together a bunch of mini kits so you can get a taste of what TDS has to offer...and it's only $6 something!
xo
Download Link (sorry the link is dead now, but I'm putting this kit up in my shoppe at The Digi Shoppe for $1.50, so you can still snag it there if you want it! :) Thanks for visiting!)

The boys getting ready for their Halloween Party at school - 10/30/06

 

Happy Halloween!!!

Wishing everyone a super spooky day! Our day will be filled with swimming lessons, then some pumpkin carving and who knows what before trick or treating time tonight! The boys are just excited beyond words!!!

A couple Halloween goodies for you at the digi shoppe!

the Spookiest

Spooky Doodles

New Product: Seattle Sunset

Now Available at The Digi Shoppe! Seattle Sunset

Here are some lo's using Seattle Sunset by my Creative Team:
Created by [in order going down] Haley(HaleyW), Jenny (jorgies5), Kristin (wywomankristin), Stephanie

LO Share

Geez, I haven't updated the ol' bloggity in a while! Sorry 'bout that!

Here are a couple of layouts I've done for my Creative Teams recently....

Supplies: "Justin" and "Baby Sam" - all supplies from Catscrap.com, "My Boys" - all from the Licorice Boy kit by Shannon Lee Designs.

Disheartened

I am completely shocked right now....it appears that someone w/in the digi community dupped everyone into thinking her son was very sick w/ Cancer. Fundraisers were put together to raise money for her family....people said prayers...people sent her well wishes and beyond..... Now to find out that it was all false is so disturbing.

Not only did she rip us off financially, she has jaded a whole community. What about all of us who do charity kits to honestly raise funds?! Will people look at us as frauds as well? Will people stop supporting these projects?

Shame on you....thats all I can say. I truely hope this ends up being some big mistake and that I can pop back over and delete this post, because I'm just so appauled right now.

What steps can we take to make sure something like this doesnt happen again?

xo

ScrapArtist Apprentice Challenge - Round 2: Texture

Well first I want to say that I was so excited to be picked to move onto Round 2 in the SA contest! The talent just oozes from the contestants! Such a great challenge regardless of how far I make it! :)
Here is my Round 2 entry, we had to make 2 papers showing off texture....
And since I had a bunch of people ask me if these papers would be available, I decided to offer them as a freebie for a while! So snag em up while you can! ;) DOWNLOAD LINK
Thanks for all the support and encouragement in the contest, I completely appreciate all the kind words!
xoxoox
Lauren

Tagged x 4! geez chicks!

So i got hit not only w/ the 5 wierd things tag, but all the what are you listening to now tag! so here's an all in one list for ya'll!

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether or not they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal/blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.
My Songs:
1. My Wish - Rascall Flatts
2. What Hurts the Most - Rascall Flatts
3. Cool Thing - Rascall Flatts (yeah, so, I *heart* Rascall Flatts!)
4. Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift
5. Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
6. Wasted - Carrie Underwood
7. September - GreenDay

Okay, next, list five weird things about me.
1. I twirl my hair when i'm anxious
2. I have to be the one to load the dishwasher cuz i get annoyed when it's loaded "wrong"
3. I refuse to eat any food that's in the form of a "loaf" (other than bread)
4. I get skeved out by dirty dishes and sinks
5. I can't "sleep in" in the morning or nap (unless i'm super sick and by some miracle DH lets me! ahhah)

5 people I'm gonna tag...hmmm....kristin (wyowoman), renee, danielle, michelle m., terra (justterra)

First Day of School!

The boys were very excited for their first day back to Preschool this week! And of course the Princess had to get into the action too! hee hee xo

New Kit: Abby's Orchard!

Big THANK YOU to Lindy Brown, who won my YOU Design It Contest! She submitted ideas for an apple picking/orchard kit and Abby's Orchard was born! I hope you love it as much as we do! It's available NOW at The Digi Shoppe.

YOU Design It Contest 2 - WINNER!!!

I finally chose a winner for the contest and a round of applause goes to: Lindy Brown!!!!

I can't tell you what her kit is about, but I will say that it's going to be the PERFECT kit for your Fall pics!!!

Congrats Lindy, I'm looking forward to making your kit come alive!

And HUGE thank you to all who submitted ideas, they were all really great kit ideas!
xoxo

The Digi Shoppe!!!

The Digi Shoppe is officially reopened!!! Woohoo! Run over and catch the new look and NEW designers!!! To celebrate....I'm passing out a coupon code (TDSROCKS9) good for 25% off my shoppe! Enjoy!!!
Here's are a couple new goodies you can pick up over there:

A.M. Crop - THANK YOU!

I had soooo much fun playing with you a the crop this morning! Hope you had a good time too!

Reminder: if you won a prize...email me w/ your real name and chat name .... 3peaspress@gmail.com

Extra goodies: Be sure to check out the details on the Use it ALL Contest: http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=7250
You can win MORE goodies!!!

BONUS Question: What color was the original American Express credit card? (answer was purple)
(prize...2 kits of your choice from any of my stores!)

See you tonight the next BH crop at the DST chat room... 8-9pm (EST)!!!

EDIT: okay so this bonus question was way too tricky....i didnt realize it til i actually tried to search the answer! So let's have a do-over? okay? And to make it fair...I will post the new ? at 4pm (EST)....so come on back over! xo SORRY ABOUT THAT! ox

NEW BONUS QUESTION: A mosquito has HOW MANY teeth?

Lo Share: {All Mine}

I love this photo of my cutie pie....why does she keep growing up on me?!
Credits: All pieces from my Kinda Krafty {starlight} kit available at Oscraps.com & Digiscrappin.biz

Freebie & MORE PRIZES!

Yup, I DO have a freebie for ya! ;) It's in honor of the Beautiful Heart Charity Kit CROP at DST on Saturday (8/19)!!!

I have about 50 prizes to give out, but only those who purchase one of the charity kits is eligable to win, so go snag one at Oscraps.com NOW! :)

Crop Schedule:

11am-12noon (EST) and 8-9pm

at the Digishoptalk.com chat room

We're talking gift certifcates from HOT designers, free kits, custom scrapped layouts, and more freebies just for attending!!! WOOOT!

This was created by Marie Windt for the BH Charity Kit project!

EDIT: Sorry ladies....I didn't forget the link....blogger isn't letting me post it for some reason, so check the comments on this post and I'll try to stick it there! xo

NEW! Chip Rac & Chip Trim!

For all the chipboard lovers out there! ;) Pick up yours today at Oscraps!.... The chip trim also comes in the {Lexi} and {Kennedy} color lines as well!

YOU Design It Contest 2!!!

I had so much fun when I ran this contest the first time, I thought it would be fun to do again! Julie Billingsley won last time around...maybe she'll pop in to give her opinion on the contest!

Please let me know if you have ANY questions!!!

The more explicit you are the better...anything goes here...but as noted, this time around it's theme based...so it needs to fall into the Fall/Winter theme (holidays, snow fun, new years, etc.). oxox

You're Invited!

Fun, right?! So run over to Oscraps.com and snag one (or ALL) of the kits! Come on, it's for a GREAT cause & the kits range in price from $3-$10!

Special THANK YOU to the designers who offered prizes for the crop!
Miss Mint, Dianne Rigdon, Mirranda Reinhardt, Theresa Hernandez, DebF, Carrie Stephens, Kimberly Geswein, Diamante/Lori, Royanna Frischmann, Stacey Mann, Tina Williams, SaraAmarie, Victoria Feemster, Mari K, Eva Kipler, Jen Caputo, Sandra Boddington, and Me! (plus MORE not posted yet!!!!)

There will also be giveways from pieces created for the kit itself, so they'll go perfectly with your other purchases!
For more info on the Beautiful Heart Charity Kit and Josh's story, log onto: www.freewebs.com/beautifulheartkit

Freebie & Nostalgic Moment

For those of you who missed out on the freebie yesterday (i can't believe you all killed TWO stinkin' links! That's a WHOLE lota downloads!) So here's the deal, I will send you the link to that freebie IF you already purchased one of the BH Charity kits or if you go and pick one up now, then email me your receipt....come on it's for a GREAT cause!) If you wanna be a stinker and not buy it, then you can still peek back in here later this week for another freebie....

BUT REMEMBER...anyone who buys one of the kits is entered to win TONS of prizes at the BH crop/chat on August 19th!!! (again you dont need to be present to win) :)

As of last night we've raised over $336!!! woohoo!
oxxo

Oh, and onto the nostalgic moment....my boys have been playing PAC MAN this afternoon!!!! We bought one of those joysticks you plug into the tv and it plays certain games. SOO neat to see them play an 80s classic!!! :) ox

Beautiful Heart Charity Kit - FREEBIE

Thank you to everyone who has already purchased the BH kits (yup there's 4 plus an add-on, all available at Oscraps.com!). You can see all the previews and Josh's story at: www.freewebs.com/beautifulheartkit

During my last check in, the kit had raised over $260 dollars! Let's keep that number rising!!!

Remember...anyone who buys a kit has a chance to win TONS of prizes at the August 19th crops at DST! (you don't need to be present to win)

Enjoy your freebie....this set was contributed by the amazing Stacie Prinzo!

*EDIT*
Holy Cow...so many people took this freebie that the link died....but not ONE person said thank you! Not nice ladies! Don't forget to leave me some lovin' or I'll be so sad! :( <----okay, I'm an idiot, i had the comments turned to some weird setting cuz i had a stinkin' spammer hitting here, but it's changed now! sorry girlies! xoxoox
Here's a new download link:
DOWNLOAD HERE

Beautiful Heart Charity Kit

Get your paypal accounts ready girls! August 1st is the big day!!!! The Beautiful Heart Charity Kit will (fingers crossed) be hitting the Oscraps store! YEA! If you don't know what the heck I'm talking about (and even if you do), log onto the kits website at: www.freewebs.com/beautifulheartkit to find previews of the FOUR kits, plus info on Josh's store, freebies, crops, etc.

Be sure to check back here for more coordinating freebies!

My Beautiful Heart add-on kit will also be in my PDW store this week, so be sure to peek in over there!

Thank you in advance for supporting this great cause! The money will go to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America in honor of my son Josh, who was diagnosed w/ Ulcerative Colitis on his 3rd birthday.
xo

My Princess

Is she just the absolute sweetest thing EVER or what?! I will SO be scrappin' those pigtails! :)a 

Up for a little CONTEST?!

All you have to do is answer one little question... WHO am I "secretely" in love with? (there are hints here on the blog!) CT girls...NO givin' it away!!!
The first person to post the right answer will recieve my new kit Kinda Krafty {starlight} for FREE! :) Hmmm...... oxoxox

Kinda Krafty {starlight}

Kinda Krafty {starlight} is available NOW at the Digiscrappin.biz store!And an lo share from CT Member Stephanie (cj3377)...Isn't it amazing?!

The paper MUST go!

It's true....I'm a convert....I loooooove digi scrappin' SO much that I'm going to be having a scrap sale to get rid of a LARGE amount of my paper scrappin' stash! (paper, sizzix dies, sizzlets, embellies galore, etc.!And not a bunch of hokey stuff.....the YUMMY hot stuff!!!) Not all of it, since I still love to work with paper, but most of for sure!

If you are local to me, stay tuned to the blog for the date! It will be sometime in August. :) (looking for something in particular, email me!)
ox

It's Official!

I cannot believe the response I got for this CT call! I had over 30 applications....& honestly, I would been honored to have ANY one of them be on my team! What amazing scrappers! Please do not be discouraged if you did not make the team this time around...don't be a stranger.... spots always open up as well as future guest spots! (Plus if you pop over to the blog now and then you'll also run into some good coupons & freebies!) Also, keep an eye on your inboxes because there will be a little something from me coming soon! xoxo
Drum roll please............
I'm so excited to welcome these EIGHT wonderful ladies to the team!

Mary-Ann (maybeyousee) Karen (lindse) stephanie (cj3377)
Kristin (wyowoman)
Terra (just terra)
Kimberly (mamakimberly)
Cammy (*cammy*)
Haley (haleyw)
Guest CT Members TBA!!!

Grandpa & the boys

We miss you Grandpa! xoxo - Love, Josh, Justin & Jessica
PS...can we come see Mickey's house soon?! 

Beautiful

Here's an lo of my cutie pie from this past 4th of July....I used my Cottagey Day kit (PDW). Wouldn't you just kill for those curls?!
Today is the LAST day you can apply for my CT call...after this evening, I should be able to post the new team sometime over the weekend!