Yummy Recipe

DSO DOsie Week 7


Create a layout with a favorite *family* recipe.

Mine hasn't been passed down, but now that I found it, I'm definitely passing this one on. It's so yummy!!! {and easy}

{Credits: Andrea Dickinson "My Girl" kit & Addon

Fonts - Times New Roman & CK Ali's Writing}

If you want to participate, create a layout then post it in the DSO Gallery & leave a comment on the blog with a link to your layout! I'd love to see some of your favorite recipes!!

My other hobby & another layout

I forgot to post this earlier in the week. Here's my DSO DOsie Week 6 - Showing you one of my hobbies (other than scrapping). Today's the last day to participate if you want to earn the free mini kit.

{used KimB's "Just Because" kit}

Yes, indeed. I LOVE to BAKE!!! These are some of my fave treats to make, usually during the holidays! I enjoy baking treats for my family, but it gets me in trouble (cuz I'd love to eat it ALL). haha

I also snuck in a little time Thursday night to scrap these pics (taken on Mother's Day 2008).

I Scraplifted "Nursery Rhyme Time" by Sunny1972 for the DSO scraplift challenge.

I used Sueli Colbert's "Kit Delicate"

Isn't it beautiful?! I love the pastel colors & those cute birdies!!

My Mornings & Growing Up

DSO-DOsie Week 4

YAY time for another weekly challenge on the DSO Blog!!

Your challenge, should you accept it....make a layout of a typical morning for YOU!!

Here's mine:

{ I used LPand3dogs "This-N-That" & KimB "card-arrows" blog freebie}

If you take on this challenge, don't forget to leave a comment with a link on the DSO Blog.

I also made this layout for the DSO Book of Me Challenge. I'm not sure I've ever completed a layout for that challenge before, although I've wanted to each month.

Yep, that's me when I was 14 and a Freshman in high school (although we called it 9th grade because we were still at the junior high). Anyway, I had big poofy hair including the bangs!! I used LOTS of hairspray (never liked the aerosol though). I had bad acne (which I spared everyone by cleaning it up in Photoshop..thank goodness - wish I could've done that in real life)! haha And I don't know what happened but seriously, the week I graduated high school...my acne totally cleared up and I only get a couple zits at a time when I get them! I feel as though I deserve some clear skin though, my skin was so bad & I started getting zits when I was like 12. None of my friends had them, I felt so icky. That's what happens when you have oily skin. I even washed my face all the time. Went to the dermatologist, that helped for a while but too expensive to keep it up.

My eyebrows were weird, sparse yet all over. My Mom kept trying to help me use some tweezers but I was so scared that I would do it wrong and it would look BAD! So I didn't tweeze at all. But really, how could they get any worse than they already were?! LOL :) I also used to get perms probably every 6 months! My hair used to be totally straight before perms, but once I stopped getting perms, my hair suddenly started to do a not-very-pretty wavy curl thing, but mostly in the back! It's gotten curlier since I had kids too. Blah! So I have to blow dry my hair straight or use a flat iron once in a while.

Alright, 'nuff about the good ol' days of adolescence! This was a fun layout to make. Just looking at it makes me feel kinda old. I felt so *grown up* at 14 with my makeup and big hair! tee hee

I used my "My Girl" flowered paper {and elements that I'm still working on}. Hopefully I will get them finished, so I can get them in the store. So, this layout is kind of like a little sneaky peek!!

It's all in the Cards

DSO-DOsies Week 3


Yep, DSO is passing around a bug right now… the HYBRID bug! lol… We’ve all been making tons of hybrid goodies, and cards is one of them. So this weeks challenge is to create a card.


To help you out, Sherrie (aka RCMama) made 2 templates that you can use to make your card.


Here's my card {using Sherrie's Template #1}:

I made it all on the computer {using my "My Girl" solids & flowers papers}, then printed it and added the layered flowers & brad. This was so much FUN to create!

For more inspiration & to grab the templates visit the DSO Blog. You will also receive a free bonus (that Luisa made) for participating!

Isn't that beautiful? Now go create some cards!!

A Sign of the Times

DSO-DOsies Week 2

So your challenge this week is to do a layout. It can be of anything, like a "then and now comparison" or a layout of something you think represents "today". Whatever, just think "Sign of the times" and show us what you come up with!

Here's my "DSO-D002 Now & Then"

{credits HERE}

I wanted to show some of the differences in technology in the last 20+ years! Can hardly believe it's been that long since I first played Atari!!


Here's what is in my layout:
One of the earliest personal computers, Atari, screenshot of Atari "Kaboom!" game, and the cool "brick" cell phone all from the early 1980s. Then one of the latest laptops (so much smaller than the big boxes on the desk), XBOX360, screenshot from XBOX360 "Battlefield: Bad Company" game, and my tiny pink cell phone.

For some inspiration, go to the DSO Blog. Now show me what you got! And just as added incentive: Post your layouts for this week Dosies challenge, be sure to put "DSO-D002" somewhere in your description. Go to the DSO Blog and leave a comment with a link to your layout. {you can post your layout in this gallery - July Dosies 2008} Not only will you get a little comment love, but you will get this gifty from Nikki, absolutely free as a thank you for participating!

Isn't it so cute?!! Now go play!!

There's No Place Like HOME

Bunny is at it again!! Letting her creative juices flow...


She's started the first OFFICIAL DSO DOsie [dooo zeeeee]!! The Dosies are the new blog challenge DSO will be hosting every Sunday on the DSO Blog! Each week will be something new and fun, so we really hope you participate along with us! If you do, be sure to post a comment on the DSO Blog linking to your layout! We would LOVE to see what you come up with! There's even an album set up on DSO called July Dosies 2008!


Week One Challenge...


There's No Place Like HOME


"The Internet is such a wonderful thing. I think we sometimes forget how great a thing it really CAN be. One of the best examples of this, is the variety of people you can meet, friends you can make, literally from ALL OVER THE WORLD. So, why not a challenge to demonstrate that. Wouldn’t it be great to see just WHERE your Internet friends call home? Your challenge, should you decide to accept it, is to show us a layout of your home. Don’t be shy now, we really do want to see!"


For some inspiration, you're going to want to click HERE! The DSO Gals have created some BEAUTIFUL layouts showing their wonderful hometowns!!


And here's my participating layout:

{credits: my new "PLAY" kit}

I was born & raised in good ol' ARIZONA!!! When I think of home, I picture big cities & the great outdoors, so that's what you see in my layout! I just LOVE the mountains!! It may be HOT in the summer and barely COOL in the winter, but spring & fall are AMAZING!!! I'm grateful I get to live in my FAVORITE state!!

I would LOVE to see a layout of WHERE YOU LIVE!!! Please join in the challenge! C'mon it's FUN!!! Plus we get to see where everyone calls HOME!!