Sorry Everyone

I'm overwhelmed and burnt out. Taking an indefinite break

New Mothers Day Overlay Freebie **CU Okay!

Mothers Day is near and this overlay FREEBIE is the perfect addition to your kits celebrating the most important woman in our lives ~Mom! =) Overlay is 12x12 in png format (300dpi and ppi) Okay for both PU and CU! *Example is not included in the download* Grab the overlay HERE

Remember, a simple "thank you" means a lot =)

Enjoy!

~Jessica

CAH Shout Out! Review & Giveaway From Diana Rambles!

There's something new and exciting over at Diana Rambles Blog called CAH *Cash At Home Shout Out* This is a fun opportunity to win free stuff!

In honor of National Scrapbooking Day on May 2, there's 2 giveaways. The first is a set of 2 QPs (Quick Pages) Freebies made by Diana from my Boop So Cute kit.

The second is a giveaway of my Boop So Cute digital kit to 2 of Diana's lucky blog readers. Be sure to head over to Diana's blog for her full review of my kit and all the info you need to receive your free quick pages and to participate in the giveaway of my kit!

Diana Rambles

As Seen On TV

Okay, some of you who know me well know that I'm an infomerical-aholic. Though I don't buy from them often, I LOVE to watch them. Soooo, of course, I'm already a HUGE fan of Pitchmen on the Discovery Channel. Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan are so much fun to watch. I was surprised to see how grumpy Billy can be though :P They seriously have me wanting to buy hand saws (um, do I have a use for it? NO! lol), Shuffles foot mops to clean my floor, Impact Gel insoles though I pretty much sit all day, and GPS Pal *despite -you guessed it-we don't own a GPS! Am I crazy or do you all have a secret obsession with infomercials like I do? *giggles*

*I've Been Tagged*

I've been tagged By Cora =) Thanks for picking me hun!

My 8 things:

*8 things I am looking forward to*

1. Hubby to be home and finished with his schooling
2. My launch at DSO
3. Moving to a new base
4. Getting my comps networked so I can finally start working on my kits
5. Reading my next book
6. Buying a camera I've had my eye on for a while
7. Making my first sock monkey...I've bought a kit for it woot! lol!
8. My surgery

*8 things I did yesterday*

1. Wrote up a few sig tag tutorials
2. Read
3. Watched tv
4. Cleaned my downstairs
5. Laundry
6. Homework
7. Talked to my sister on the phone
8. Fooled around on my facebook for a bit

*8 things I wish I could do*

1. Make it rain
2. Be more disciplined
3. Speak a second language
4. Cure ailments
5. Overcome my fear of public places
6. Overcome my shyness
7. Have lasik again
8. Visit old friends and family

*8 shows I watch*

1. Dexter
2. True Blood
3. Carnivàle (ended)
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer (ended)
5. Moonlight (ended)
6. Keeping Up With The Kardashians
7. Dollhouse
8. Work Out

8 people I'm tagging

1. Jessica Woods
2. Aqua
3. Sunf
4. Diane
5. Jill
6. Naughty Angel
7. Sara
8. Missy

Second Blog For Tuts

Okay, sooo to keep this blog family friendly I've moved all of my sig tag tuts posts over to a second blog. I hope this move appeals to everyone as I know I have a diverse reader base. Though I've expanded into full digi size kits I'm still very much apart of the tagger side of it all so I still want to promote all of the lovely creations my ct members come up with when using my scraps. The blog layout hasn't been created yet (another thing on my "to-do list" lol) but all of the posts are up to date. Have a look-see and remember it's a pg-13 rated blog ;)

Scraps By Jessica Tutorials

Layout from Boop So Cute

My beeeuuuuteeeful daughter Skye =)

*this and that*

I've been MIA....not because I wanted to be either =/ Hubby's in radio chief school at 29 Palms which is like 3 hours from home. Welllllll, he's been gone during the weekdays and comes home for the weekend. This will go on until the middle of June. Sooooooooo why was I MIA? Because no sooner than a few hours after he left on Monday the internet decided to behave badly and not work for me. Ugh!! I was having some major major MAJOR withdrawals. Anyhoo, he fixed it today and I had, gasps, over 2600+ emails to sift through. Bleck! :P I think I've finally gotten to them all. I have a bunch of catching up to do. My plans for this week are:

1. 
   
   Write up the tut for the taggie I made with Jess Woods' kit Bad Diva -DONE


2. 
   
   Write up the tut for the taggie I made with Gina's Purple Spring kit. -DONE


3. 
   
   Get a good portion of my new fairy sparkles themed kit finished...oh yes and a name for it as well. If you have any ideas for a good name feel free to send them my way *wink*lol


4. 
   
   Stick to diet...UGH...this is going to be HARRRRRRD since I've been eating for my emotions and not my hunger. Food makes quite a loyal companion when you're feeling lonely and I REALLY need to break up with this long time companion.
   -TODAY...GOOD!


5. 
   
   Finish getting all my stuff set up at DSO ~my new, and already much loved, home for my full size kits. I lubbers my DSO gals ;)


6. 
   
   Finish my book. Must finish my book! Seems the only time I get to read it is in the bath =/


7. 
   
   Finish my qp's for Boop So Cute. I really wanna get a tut up with this kit too but it'll have to wait till next week =)

So, if you need anything feel free to email. I'll do my best to respond as soon as a I can. I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Happy Easter And A Giveaway!!

To celebrate Easter I'd like to do a quick *totally random* giveaway. The first 5 people to email me with "Easter Giveway" in the subject line will get my newest kit Boop So Cute free! I will need to you also include if you'd like the tagger size version or full size as well as your name and email address. This will start now at 12:30 PST and as soon as the first five email me I will update this post and end the giveaway.

Please DO NOT share my gift to you. This is your pressie....and your pressie only. ;)

***All kits have been claimed!! Thank you so much for all the responses. This was a lot of fun and I definitely plan on doing more of these giveaways in the future so stay tuned ;)

To my friends...

Hi gals! I have some tuts to do with your kits and I hope to get them done within the week. I've fallen a bit behind but I promise I haven't forgotten about my lurvlee friends =) xoxo!!

Boop So Cute

I have a new kit finished just in time to enjoy the Easter weekend with my fam. Phew! I didn't want to have to work on a kit while the Easter Bunny was in town lol! :P Anyhoo, I'm positive ya'll are going to LOVE this one! I definitely do! It's way cute =D I've got it available in both full size and tagger size. The full size will be offered in my store and DSO. Tagger size is available in my store, Exquisite Scraps and Stargazer Scraps. ***And there's a big sale going on at all those stores this weekend..woot!***

Contents:
17 papers & 77 elements

1 acrylic doodle, 1 set of assorted tiny beads, 17 different bows and ribbons, 1 bunny, 2 butterflies, 2 buttons, 1 glitter circles border, 1 scalloped page border, 3 clouds, 7 frames, 1 rope frame, 2 cupcakes, 2 fabric flowers, 1 double felt heart, 1 felt leaf, 1 fence, 1 frayed fabric, 1 glass bracket, 1 glitter cloud, 5 glitter flowers, 1 grass, 1 heart sticker, 1 horse, 1 felt/puffy house, 1 ice cream stick, 1 journal pocket, 1 pink kitty, 1 lamb, 1 orange tree, 1 piggy, 1 pretty glass vine, 1 purple glitter prong, 1 puffy sparkly garden, 1 puffy swirl, 1 puppy, 1 rainbow, 1 green stitches, 2 ric racs, 1 stars doodle, 1 sun, 3 tags

New CU Stuff =)

These (CU) cute lil jungle animals are made of wood and felt. They're scanned at 300dpi and about 4 3/4 x 4 inches. Enjoy!

New Brag Book With My Spring Into Happiness Kit!

And don't forget the storewide sale going on at Scraps By Jessica!

New Blog For Tutorials

Today I will be working on a new blog that will be just for showing off tags that have been done with my scraps. The purpose is to keep my main blog family friendly. This will definitely take me a while so please be patient...thanks! =)

Another New Layout!

Julia from Fly Pixel Studio has made me another beautiful layout this time using my Spring Into Happiness kit and a picture of my beautiful "baby girl" Skye =) Thank you so much Julia!!

Gorgeous New FREEBIE For You All!!

I have a wonderful pressie for all my readers....a new full size AND tagger size digital kit called Moments Like This. I started working on it intending it for resell but then I thought it'd be nice to offer a full size freebie since all of my previous freebies have been only tagger size. This kit has a lovely vintage feel -my favorite style of digi kits. Here's a list of the contents (not all are shown in the previews)

13 papers & 61 elements

1 aged journal, 2 beads, 1 bottle, 14 bows and ribbons, 1 bracket, 5 leaves and branches, 1 tattered heart frame, 2 tags, 1 scrolled metal piece, 1 stickpin, 3 satin flowers, 1 butterfly, 2 buttons, 1 charm, 1 postcard, 8 different flowers, 3 frames, 1 frayed fabric, 1 gem, 1 journal block, 1 key, 1 glitter swirl, 1 gold clip, 2 lace bits, 1 metal swirl, 1 old staple, 1 pinked edge paper, 1 vintage card, 1 wrap

The full size is in 4 different parts. Download here:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

You can download the taggers size version HERE

As always, I'd love to see your layouts and tags. And remember, a simple "thank you" means a lot =)
Enjoy! ~Jessica

New Layouts!

The wonderfully talented Julia from Fly Pixel Studio has created some precious layouts for me featuring my Vicky kit using pictures of my hubby our two boys. I'm so excited!! These turned out absolutely beautiful!! Thank you so much Julia!

In Memory Of Chris Tagger Size FREEBIE!

This kit was apart of a charity kit for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society to honor my dear friend Chris who lost his life in Afghanistan last summer. I'm now offering it as a freebie. I hope you all enjoy and I'd love to see your creations.

Download HERE
Don't forget to leave some love if you download. Thanks! =)

And a layout of Chris made by my friend Amanda =)

My New Custom Blog!!

OMG isn't my new blog gorgeous!! Diana from Custom Blog designs created the blog of my dreams =) She was sooo much fun to work with. I highly recommend her...you won't be disappointed! My new layout features the Close To My Heart limited edition scrap kit by Zoe Pearn from Sweet Shoppe Designs. A portion of the proceeds from this beautiful kit will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal. "The Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal was launched to assist individuals and communities affected by these devastating bushfires. To find out more about the Red Cross and how the funds will be distributed, please visit their website at www.redcross.org.au."

Be sure to check out Diana's blog:

Custom Blog Designs

Thank you Diana!! {{HUGS}}

Earth Hour March 28th! Show Your Support!

You can help rally support for Earth. With the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote, Vote Earth is a global call to action for every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. So be sure to take part in this global event and show your support for our planet! =)