happy thanksgiving & new release!

hey everyone... I know I've been quiet here for a while, but I've been busy! I'll post in more detail later to update about everything we've been up to :)  anyway... happy thanksgiving everyone!  before I show you the new release, I'd like to tell each & every one of you how very very thankful I am that you're part of my life.  Big or small, far or near, family, friends, whether I've met you or not.  Each of you have touched my life, even if it's very small & I thank you for that!  I'm thankful for my ability to design & the fact that I've been able to be part of both the digital & paper scrapbooking communities this year & can't wait to see what more is to come!  & so, with that, here are my new releases...they came last minute & with the holiday, none of us were able to get anything done, but I'm seeing this in my December Daily plan :)

you can also get the full kit here

Shannon used the label brushes to make up a special envelope for her girls' Santa letter

{by Shannon}

remember that everything new in the store is on sale today... so grab it up! really great stuff this week!

{robyn}

Digital Scrapbooking Day Freebie!

hey everyone & happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!!! I'll be hosting a chat later tonight in the DHD chat room {6-7 pm Central} & I hope you all stop by!  Until then, I thought I'd share a couple freebies with you...

{click on the images to go to download}

enjoy!

{robyn}

we were believers & breakin' out the paper...

source: MLB

first of all... World Series Champions... our beloved St Louis Cardinals!  We believed so hard in this team... each & every one of the pieces & parts of it.  But we still are in awe of what they've accomplished in these last few months!  What manager Tony LaRussa said a few days ago is so true "some say we're not good enough but our heart is always good enough".  Love it. I love how every single one of these guys is a great person as well as a great player & they all combine to make up the best.team.ever! Congrats Cards on #11 in '11... it was well deserved & you fought for it like true champs!

& now... to calm my nerves a little last night at the beginning of the game I decided to play with some of my paper stash I just received from My Mind's Eye!  I was super excited earlier in the week when I got a big box of my newest releases... Kraft Funday & Love Me :)

I haven't paper scrapped in a LONG time, but had fun playing with my new goodies! I forgot that it was a little nerve-racking having to make final decisons of paper cutting & embellishments without the convenience of photoshop :)  I do love seeing all the dimension & feeling the paper again though!

this was a pic of Lydia the day of her school pictures.  Most everything is from Kraft Funday... there are so many fun goodies in this line! love it all... I can't pick my favorite!

these pics were just taken yesterday of Lydia's owl costume.  On this one I used Kraft Funday, Love Me & Mischievous! also notice on both layouts I used pictures I printed from my Instagram!  I love how they turned out... I can't get enough of that app! So fun to put it all together! Hoping to play some more this weekend too... I might as well, I already have the mess started! lol

Thanks for looking :)

{robyn}

have a healthy halloween

ok, so I'm changing up the final week of the 7 ways to a healthier you this week in celebration of Halloween!  If you love candy as much as I do, you have to figure out some way to fit it into your plan... so here are points values of tons of Halloween goodies that I snatched from the Hungry girl email I received this morning :)... who, by the way, I found out is a huge Cardinals fan... anyone else see that game last night? UNBELIEVABLE!!! I'm still reeling!

I <3 you David Freese :) hometown hero! this guy has quite a career ahead of him!

anyway... back  to the candy! 

Each one has 20 - 35 calories and 0.5 - 1.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*).

3 Musketeers Minis
Hershey's Kisses
Sixlets 8-piece tubes
Tootsie Roll Midgees
Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 3-piece tubes

Minis are the small, typically square morsels. The kinds below have 35 - 55 calories and 1.5 - 3g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*) per piece.

Baby Ruth
Butterfinger
Hershey's Special Dark, Krackel, Milk Chocolate, and Mr. Goodbar
Kit Kat
Milky Way
Nestlé Crunch
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Snickers
Twix
 
Snack-size and fun-size candies are usually about 2 inches long and weigh in at around half an ounce. The ones listed here have 60 - 85 calories and 1 - 4g fat (PointsPlus® value 2*) per piece, pack, bag, or box.

3 Musketeers
Baby Ruth  
Butterfinger
Hershey's Milk Chocolate
Junior Mints
Kit Kat (one 2-piece bar)
M&M's Milk Chocolate
Milky Way
Nestlé Crunch
Raisinets
Snickers
York Peppermint Patties

Same specifics as the last list of snack-size/fun-size treats (about 2 inches long and half an ounce in weight), but these are a little higher in stats. Each bar or pack has 90 - 95 calories and 4 - 6g fat (PointsPlus® value 3*).

100 Grand
M&M's Peanut
Mr. Goodbar
PayDay

30 - 50 calories and 0 - 1g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*) each.

AirHeads mini bars
Laffy Taffy mini bars
Now and Later (2 pieces)
SpongeBob SquarePants Gummy Krabby Patties
Starburst (2 pieces)
SweeTarts Chews
Twizzlers Cherry Pull 'n' Peel snack-sized pieces
Twizzlers Strawberry Twists snack-sized pieces

Each of these small sacks has 50 - 55 calories and 0g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*).

Brach’s Candy Corn
Hot Tamales
Mike and Ike
Sour Patch Kids
Swedish Fish

Each  pack has a reasonable 60 - 75 calories and 0 - 1g fat (PointsPlus® value 2*).

Dots
Mini Chewy SweeTarts
Skittles Fun Size

Just around 20 - 25 calories and 0g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*) each.

Dum Dums
Everlasting Gobstopper mini pouches
Pixy Stix (3 straws)
Smarties rolls
 
50 - 60 calories and 0 - 0.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 2*) per pop.

Blow Pop
Ring Pop Halloween
Tootsie Caramel Apple Pops
Tootsie Pops

35 - 50 calories and 0 - 1g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*).

Fruit by the Foot Mini Feet
Fruit Roll-Ups Mini Rolls
Jet-Puffed BooMallows
Pop-Tarts Mini Crisps Fun Size pouches
Rice Krispies Treats Mini Squares
Snyder's of Hanover 1/2-oz. bags
 
Each one has 60 - 70 calories and 2 - 3.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 2*).

Angie's Artisan Treats Authentic Kettle Corn Halloween Snack Packs
Pirate's Booty Aged White Cheddar 1/2-oz. bags
Quaker Chewy Fright Night Chocolate Chip mini granola bars
Sun-Maid Vanilla Yogurt Raisins Mini-Snacks

100 - 120 calories and 3 - 3.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 3*).

Herr’s Chocolate Mini Pretzels Halloween Treat Size bags
Keebler Scooby-Doo! Baked Graham Cracker Sticks packages
Peeps Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Pumpkin

180 - 200 calories and 9 - 10.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 5*) if you indulge in one of these tricky treats.

Cheez-It Baked Snack Crackers packages
Keebler Mini Fudge Stripes packages
Reese's Peanut Butter King Size Pumpkins (1 pumpkin, half of package)

happy {almost} Halloween! I'll be attending 2 school halloween parties today, how about you?

{robyn}

new release for My Mind's Eye: Love Me

so this is what I've been up to in between digi designing, mommy-hood & all the other good stuff!  i'm so excited about this line!  i can't wait to see how you all use it for valentine's & just everyday!  speaking  of, check out how Amber used it on the My Mind's Eye blog... such a beautiful layout! & guess what? if you comment on her post... you have a chance to win the entire line!  yay!  good luck :)