Fly Away & Bumbershoot &Into the Woods

But I probably wouldn't fly away into the woods on a bumbershoot.

It's abundantly clear that I'm a horrible blogger. But I really have started a number of posts since April and either something came up, or blogger glitched and I got frustrated.

So here are a few things that I've done since April...
Bumbershoot (another word for umbrella) came about because we had a rainy spring that seemed to last forever, and I needed something to cheer myself up. I especially love the frog, I just had so much fun drawing him!



The papers...


And a little inspiration...







Fly Away started as a mini kit for Inspiration Lane's daily download. But I loved the colors and decided to make it a full kit...


The papers...


And a fewLOs done with it...




I also re-released Spangled, one of my favorite kits. I went through it with a fine-toothed comb for quality control, took out a few dated elements and papers that weren't up to par and added some new, great ones. I hope you love it as much as I do...


The papers...


And the best-selling alpha...


A little inspiration...

And now the sneak peek, and a special code for you...
This is "Into the Woods," inspired by our recent family reunion. I am absolutely in love with it! It releases on Saturday at Inspiration Lane.


The papers...


Another peek at the papers...


And finally, the code for you... DielleIs39. Yep, I'm not just saying that to hide my age, I really am turning that old this month. So that code is good for, you guessed it, 39% off everything in my store, through the month of August. I hope you find something you really love, to scrap your art and memories! Enjoy!!!

Flittery steps... er, I mean Flittery and First Steps

I have a new kit out, called Flittery. See those fabulous, painted butterflies? Sage painted them. Then I scanned them in and based the kit around them. I love how it turned out!!! You can get it in individual paper, element and alpha packs, or as a combined kit (to save $!). Oh, and check out a few great layouts created with it. And today, in honor of the fact that my baby boy took his very first steps yesterday, I'm handing out a coupon code for 30% off (use it on anything in my store). Code is FlitterySteps, good through Monday.





And my cutie...

Coming soon...

Become a fan of mine on Facebook, and you could win it before it's even out in stores. I'll randomly pick a winner, this weekend.

Out for a Drive

Do you have a zillion photos of road trips, go kart races or your children's Hotwheels? Bright and playful, here's the perfect kit for you! I actually released this last week, but that same day one of my 4 year olds dumped water on my router, screwing things up with my ability to get online. So it's a tad delayed. Since I didn't post about it in time to get it at the new release price, here's a coupon code to pick it up for 40% off. DriveAway40 Grab it quick, the code is good until Saturday night.


And the included alpha:


Here are a few layouts done with it. Aren't they fun?

A quilt-a-long

I decided to join Vicki's quilt-a-long. I bought some fabric (a jelly roll and some fat quarters) on black Friday that I'd been trying do figure out how I wanted to use. When I saw her Simple Squares quilt-a-long, it seemed perfect. Vicki's fabulous! She's a super talented mom of 3, who sews, quilts and knits beautifully. Oh, and we've been friends for about forever. We met in college and have stayed good friends across years and miles. If you like to sew, check out her blog, with tons of inspiration and some nice tutorials, too. Here are my fabrics (I think there are a couple missing in this photo)...

and my 1st three blocks...

A winner, and a CT ending

First off, by very scientific method of letting my son pick a paper out of a bowl, jenn33199 won my little give-away. It was fun to read about everyone's good things happening recently! Thanks for playing along. Jenn, drop me an email (dielledl AT gmail DOT com) or leave a comment with your email address and let me know which of the kits/packs you wanted and I'll send you a download link.

Now on to sadder things (but a good deal for template lovers), Sine is quitting designing. I've been on her CT for about a year and a half or more. I love her templates, they're playful and fun. And using templates makes my scrapping so much faster. Plus, being on a CT and having a monthly scrapping requirement has been really good for keeping me scrapping when I could otherwise put it on the back burner with designing and other stuff. So I'm just sad all around. But the benefit to all of you is that EVERYTHING in her shop is just $1. And she's even brought back her older, retired stuff. So check it out! Click on the graphic above to go to her shop.

So I was reading my blog...

My daughter Sage is so incredibly creative. She's always making up wonderful drawings, crocheting this or that, etc. So she decided she wanted a blog to show off to friends and family. I helped her set it all up, then she was looking through my blog to see how I've done stuff and get ideas. Watching her reading my blog, I realized I haven't posted about most of the recent scrapbook designs I've created. I think I'm just out of the habit of things, creating less than I was before Spencer was born. So here are a few things, for those who've been wondering what I was up to design-wise... (click in the previews to go to them in the store)

ETA: I'm turning this into a give-away. Leave a message telling me what's the best thing that's happened to you this week and I'll randomly pick one to get the kit/pack of their choice from this blog post.

Kickin' Around, a playful soccer (football for those not in the US) kit I created to show off my cutie Adam's soccer photos.


Here are the papers...


And the start of my Live Wire series... a fun, new series of wire bits of this and that. These are actually my most recent creations, and I have at least 3 more sets coming. The date elements are only available in Club Click right now, at Inspiration Lane. What a deal that is. For just $5, you get 10 exclusive products from 5 IL designers. It's like a giant grab bag, only you get to see what's in it. Half the things are available on the 1st of the month and the rest by the 20th. Plus you also get the current Daily Download kit, all at once. For an even better deal, you can subscribe for 3 months for just $12.


Coming in an IL storewide grab bag this weekend (sh, don't tell I told), is the set of coordinating frames. These will be for sale on their own next week. Isn't Spencer a doll in that Santa hat?


Driving down the freeway I saw a billboard that looked nothing like these Date Jumbles, but somehow it sparked the idea of them. I remember the moment, but for the life of me I can't remember the billboard.


And I think I posted about one of these sets, but I have a series of Painted Papers that I just love...