Black Friday Sale

There's still time for the Stuff to Scrap Black Friday Sale! I went shopping today. We didn't go until around 10 but it was still crazy! That's one of the best things about digi scrapping. You never have to fight a crowd for a sale.

Holiday Sale and new kit

Starting today all holiday and seasonal products are 25% off at Stuff to Scrap. The Scrappy Kat just put this Christmas kit in the store, called Santa's On His Way. With the sale it's only $2.24!

Me And My Kitty

The Scrappy Kat has a new kit in the store called Me And My Kitty. It was inspired by a little kitty named Sebastian. As much as I scrap my cats, I've never actually used a kit specifically made for cats so working with this kit was great. You can get it in the store at Stuff to Scrap.

Here's my layout.

If you like this kit, but don't have much time, there's a quickpage set.

Some New CU Stuff

The Scrappy Kat has some new CU textures in the Stuff to Scrap store. They look awesome and it's 5 textures in each pack for just $1.99. Here's the previews and links to the store.

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Owl-O-Ween QP

Isn't this kit so cute? Here's my quickpage.
And looking back at this post I realized I put QPs on the preview. There's only one so I hope I didn't confuse anyone. :)

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October Road Brag Book Freebie

Here's my brag book freebie. Be sure to go to the other designers' blogs to get their ct's quickpages too. Sorry it's a bit late. Somehow I forgot about it last night and I have a day off from school today, so I went home and slept in my own bed. Apparently it was a really good sleep because I went to bed at about 11 and slept til almost 10! That's an insane anount of sleep compared to what I usually get. Anyway here's my lo for October Road.

And here's the preview for the brag book qp.

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Racer Band

So Friday expect a brag book quickpage using October Road. For now here's video of my band. It's our second show, including Jai Ho which is really cool. This was at our last football game Saturday.

Preschool Days and Other CT Stuff

So Kat's son is going to preschool this year. She made this adorable kit called Preschool Days and there's about a million add-ons to go with it. You can buy the kit, some sparkly papers, plain cardstock, and quickpages in her store. She also has a freebie add-on on her blog.

I didn't have any preschool pictures, but I still had fun with this kit. Here's my layouts.

I made this layout with a template by Scraps N Pieces. It's the template challenge this month at the Stuff to Scrap Forum.

Those cars circled have no significance. The string just happened to fall that way. My car and most people I know's cars are in the other parking lot that's farther away that you can barely see in the picture. The joys of being a freshman. :)
Oh and if you like all this stuff, you can get it for 50% off with this coupon.

Just Something I Needed to Let Out

I wasn't sure if I should post anything about this. I know not very many people read my blog and I don't wanna put things like this up, because I know it makes people sad and this isn't really a personal blog, but I need to get this out somehow. Here we go.
Last Thursday was my first football game (or band performance with football in between depending on how you look at it) My parents came, but left after half time (plus there was a toga party and it would be awkward if they came to my room after and there were people leaving in togas) so I called my mom after the game and asked how we did. She was like Sis you guys were great but I got a call and Bub's been in a car wreck and I'm on my way to the hospital. So I was like ok just call or text when you get there and let me know what's happening.
Ok so Bub is my mom's best friend's son. His name is Donnie but that's his dad's name too so a lot of people call him Bub. I haven't talked to him in years but when we were growing up he was one of my best friends. We kinda drifted apart like a lot of people do, and so did my mom and his mom, but they'd call occasionally. I hadn't talked to him in a while but when his cousin who I'm kinda friends with told me his girlfriend had been cheating on him, I was about as ready to beat the girl up as his cousin was.
I'm sure you know where this is going by now, but I called my boyfriend to reassure me and I was gonna call him anyway. He calmed me down and we got to talking about other things, but I was still worried because it had been about 45 minutes since my mom called and the hospital is only 30 minutes from our house. I knew it couldn't be good, because if he had just broken his arm or something, his dad (who my mom talks to even less than she talks to his mom) wouldn't have called.
So she called me back and she was crying. She told me he died.
I pretty much freaked out. We made arrangements for her and my step-dad to come get me because I was shaking and there was no way I could drive home. I called Josh (my boyfriend) back and he wanted to ride down with me, that way he could drive my car back home so he came too. By the time my mom got away from the hospital and we got back home, it was 2 a.m.
I actually went to sleep ok and I woke up the next morning when my mom called and said she had tried to go to work but couldn't and she was going to their house. She works at a florist, and they got an order for him and she knew she couldn't take orders and type his name over and over again.
So we went over there and we've been at their house a lot since. His mom is doing about as well as you can in a situation like this and his dad is trying to be strong for her, I think. The visitation was tonight and the funeral is tomorrow, then I'm going back to college.
Donnie was a good guy, and I know it's cliche but he really is part of what made me who I am. He introduced me to so many things when we were little, Pokemon, those little finger skateboards, the crocodile hunter. We'd always go to Mcdonald's or Burger King with our moms. He had a girlfriend and they hadn't been going out for long. He was in Florida when he asked her out. He wrote will you go out with me in the sand and took a picture and sent it to her. He also leaves behind a little brother who's 11.
So if you've read all this, thank you. I know I risk sounding cliche again, but through all this you learn that your life can change instantly. I know I'm going to try harder to keep in touch with people after this. I know my mom and his mom are closer now than they've ever been. My area has lost a lot of young people in car accidents and I know I drive a lot more carefully.
Once again, thanks if you read this. Writing it out made me feel better.

Stuff to Scrap Blog Train: Fall Festival

It's time for the Stuff to Scrap blog train! The palette this month was awesome and next month's colors are just as great! If you'd like to join the blog train for next month, you can sign up in the forum. Anyone can join. Here's my contribution. It actually has 5 more papers and 2 more elements. I made them after the preview and haven't bothered to update it. I think this is my best kit yet (granted it is just my second full kit and my third blog train, but still) Here it is.

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Here's the rest of the blogs. There's a thread at STS for people to post their previews and these all look great!
Dreams Inspired
Strawbeary Designs' Blog
Ginger's House
Manda's Scrappin' Creations
Samantha Scraps <<< You Are Here!!!!!!
Adriana's Cafe
Scrappin' Serenity
Scraps by Andrea
Stuff To Scrap
Christins Creations
Elegantly Funky Designs
Ányi + a digitális scrapbooking
A valóság tükre
Nibbles Skribbles
Saphira's Scrapdesign
Shel Belle Scraps
Pretty Pixel Designs
Grandma's Templates
The Scrappy Kat
Tonisha's Playground
Always Be Neighbors Designs
Threeunderfour Designs
Noelle's Little Corner in Scrapland
Every EverAfter Moment
Mommy Me Time Scrapper
Let Me Scrapbook!
Lovin' My Scrappy Life
Becky aka SAHM Scrapper
Seal Scraps
Life is Not a Cereal
Rants N Random Ramblings
Designs By Mel
Borsmustár
Digi-Scrapz by Christi
Scrapping Rainbow
JW-DigiScraps
My Digaddiction
nitasthings
FlowerScrap
Tricia's Treasures