The latest...

Life has forced me to slow down a bit, so there isn't as much to share as there would normally be. I am still a part of 4 amazing teams and feel so lucky to be working with designers that understand my pokiness right now. Before I begin, I MUST rave about my newest love, ADOBE LIGHTROOM. This is an amazing program that allows transformation of photos in a way I never knew possible. Here's a great example for you... I was making a LO yesterday that I knew would require an old picture from the 40's or 50ish era. Nothing I could find would suffice. Well, Lightroom to the rescue! All I did was take a few snapshots of myself in the living room and let one of my Andie Smith presets work its magic and BAM....

It was THAT simple! Now, the program can be kind of pricey, but if you have a spouse or child who attends school you can pick it up at journeyed.com at a FRACTION of the price. Totally worth it IMO.

Here's my LO that materialized from the photo... I made this with a fabulous new collab kit called Cocktail Hour by Christina Renee and AH! Designs (Amy Hutchinson)

Dream

Another I did with the kit:
A Kick out of You

While I'm talking about Christina Renee, I want to mention there are some great freebies in her shoppe right now. A sample of the Cocktail Hour kit, as well as a great label alpha, so don't miss it. More from Christina's designs:
Rub-a-dub

This is using Christina's dirty notebook paper:

Christina's grab bag: Big Sister Duties

More Christina stuff, with Emily Merritt thrown into the mix!
Balloon Fun

This is using the cool zoo collab kit from Christina Renee/Emily Merritt/Tiff Brady/Nancy Comelab called Exotic Adventure. My favorite kit for zoo pics hands down!

Most of this is Emily Merritt goodness... for those of you reading this who know Kristy Hunsaker, Emily is her sister and a super talented scrapper/designer. Small world!

Still more from Emily... this LO is documenting Kira's love for Booker! :)
Stuffed Doggie Love

I already put this one on the family blog-- but I did this through song inspiration. I believe it was for a Hodge Podge challenge.
Vivir Sin Aire

My sweet baby sleeping!! Sweet Dreams

Noah and his cute faces: Mr. Personality

I used Adobe Lightroom for this photo!!! I love the way it turned out. I also used my favorite new product on this LO-- Emily Merritt's bubble wrap stamps. So versatile, they really add interest to the page!

Another Booker LO! I used Joana's latest Seed of Life kit.

This is a really fun kit Dani Mogstad put out today. It's for Halloween pics, but not the normal Halloweeny type kit. This was our pumpkin picking experience last year before Halloween.

These last 2 LO's I did for a fellow teammate who has now started up her own shoppe. I mentioned her briefly at the beginning-- Amy Hutchinson (Ah! Designs) She is so talented and I think she has cornered the market on some very unique ideas. Plus, her stuff is on sale at the moment! Go check her out!! (BTW, do you notice Emily's bubble wrap stamp on this?-- I wasn't kidding when I said it is my new favorite product!)

Another Amy LO.

For complete credits, check my gallery here.

So, I'm going to end this lengthy post with a few products that I am loving right now. I already started this off with Emily's bubble wrap... the other thing I wanted to share with you is Christina's Shooting Stars

My final pick isn't really a product, and that would be Andie's Roadtrip Lightroom Presets. All I can say is, WOW!!