Hmmm...so this isn't quite turning out to be...

the diary I had planned it to be. Oh well. Haven't had time lately. Mommy's day was fun. BBQ'd with the neighbors and Phoenix played a bit with "real toys". So far, he seems he'll be a Tonka fan! I gave him a Tonka truck and he enjoyed it and then took it away and replaced it with a football, (these being the neighbors toys) and he seemed forever distracted by the Tonka though. Can't believe that it won't be much longer and he'll be 6 months! Big boy! The neighbor just had a baby and I look at her and think to myself, my goodness, this darling boy of mine was once that tiny. Now he's a big ball of energy waiting to happen. I dread the day he learns to walk because there is no going back then! Already with his Army crawl he's getting pretty speedy! And oh can you say determined? Can't hold him down! He will let you hear it! Anywho, I guess right now would be a good place and time to post my first LO (For the non scrapeteers that happen upon this blog, this is shorthand for layout...as in scrap layout. Anywho. I'm thinkin of using my scrap materials mainly for "signature" making and the like over on CafeMom, gonna debut a group maybe. I really enjoy doing this stuff when I can get the time. We'll see what happens with that. If I do start up a group I'll have to be sure and post some of my favorites over here for your viewing pleasure (this is being spoken to my non-existent audience) (Who says I can't pretend right? Anywho, on with the layout, which by the way is already posted in the Sweet Shoppe gallery. Don't get me wrong, I'm not outright new to making things with Paint Shop Pro and not altogether new to the scrap concept itself, this is just my first real layout I suppose. Hard to explain. Oh well. Here it is.

(clicking on it will take you to the fuller version)

And the credits of course! I used a template from Armina whom you can find here

The background white paper was in Flerg's (Scrapbook Graphics) kit Fancy Pants which can be found at her shop here.

The rest of the papers in this layout are from Shawna Clingerman and Krista Cronin Barrow's kit Beep Chugga Zoom. The felt stars were from Robin Carlton and Melissa Bennet's kit Imagine That, the felt Yield sign was from Dani Mogstad's kit Road Trip and the white sparkles are Krista Cronin Barrow's shimmer dust. The awesome alpha which I can honestly say is a favorite of mine already, is Robin Carlton's dressed up dots. These things are sooo awesome and so incredibly versatile! The possibilities are endless. All of this stuff can be found at Sweet Shoppe Designs of course which is here! :) Oh right right and the font! It's Pea Aleesa. :)

Boy. That's a lot to credit for just a single layout huh? I like to blend my kits. Heh. And this is why it is necessary that I be such a kit piggy. I need as much as I can to make sure I have all that I need to create any layout that should cross my pretty little head. Oh and also so I can spend my other time browsing them and deciding how/when I'll make whatever I decide to make next. Honestly. This scrapping thing has taken over already!