Showing the Love

Have I mentioned lately that I really do have a great husband?!?! He is sweet and kind, generous to me and others, eve to fault according to his fortune cookie. Very loving and he is crazy about me or some would say just plain, crazy... tee hee. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I decided to whip up a little card for my main squeeze this year. I have to admit I am the gal that actually gets a little hot under the collar and not in a good way, if flowers show up at my door on Valentine's Day. I prefer flowers for no reason at all. I don't want flowers when everyone else is getting flowers... pffttt.  No offense to those of you who will receive and love your flowers on Valentine's Day, I bet they smell lovely. ;-)

So anyhoo, off of that soapbox and on to, the lovely card that I made from the "Hearts of Love" collection from Sonshine Graphic Studios. The lovely pinks and whites are perfect for creating the perfect Valentine creation whether it be for scrapbooking or for cardmaking.

Professional photography courtesy of Lori Boynton of Lori Boynton Photography. Enjoy! And don't forget to show your sweetie some love this Valentine's Day<3.

A Little Morning Sweetness

Good morning and here is hoping and praying that your morning is a little extra sweet. Here is a fun layout that I designed with the "Hearts of Love" digital package from Sonshine Graphic Studios. It is perfect for creating your Valentine pages and I will show you a sweet card that I made for my hubby soon:-)

One of the things that I love, love, LOVE about digital scrapbooking is that I no longer have to drag all of the scrapbooking tools, papers and everything-in-between out just when I wanted to make a page. Plus have the little hands in all the brads, ribbon, adhesive and on the paper cutter. So, I am going to admit that I made this page with my baby girl, Sweet Cheeks, I bet you can pick her out without me telling you she is the baby, with her on my lap.... Did you just shed a tear in your coffee? Ahhhh, hug your babies, or your puppies, or your friends, or your neighbor or your co-worker but for Pete-sake just hug someone.... share the SWEET-HEARTS of LOVE!

 

I have to give a huge shout out to one of my most favorite peeps in the whole wide world and a girlfriend that I could not live without, Lori Boynton of Lori Boynton Photography. She is the wonderful photographer who captured the images featured today as well as the amazing mugshot headshot of me. I promise you she is a magician behind the camera!

 

That's all for today... don't forget those hugs<3!

 

 

 

 

My New Adventure.....

Hi! I am Betsy Bowen and I am a wife to a wonderful, supportive husband and full-time mom to two beautiful girls who were adopted from China. Family fun and everyday life is my primary focus and passion of scrapbooking. I began traditional scrapbooking back in 1998, completing vacation albums that my husband and I took. After becoming parents through adoption, my focus shifted to keeping traditional-annual albums as well as writing our oldest daughter’s lifebook , which is her story of her adoption from China. I love creating memories out of the ordinary and the extraordinary and knowing our daughters will have those memories for many years to come.

Short on time, a busy life and waiting for “The Call” to travel to China for our second daughter, this is what led me to switch to digital scrapbooking.  I have been using solely Creative Memories Storybook Creator Plus 3.0 since 2010. I love the speed and ease of digital but also the creativeness that comes in using different design kits such as Sonshine Graphic Studio. I joined the Design Team of Sonshine Graphic Studio in January 2013.

When not scrapbooking, keeping up the family blog at cupcakeandsweetcheeks.blogspot.com, playing with the kids or taking the girls to dance class, I also enjoy church activities, being with family, spending time with some amazing girlfriends, going to the beach, living a healthier, more active lifestyle and cooking.

So, what does all of this mean? It means that I am wonderfully blessed to be working with Sonshine Graphic Studio and their amazing products and I get to see design some wonderful creations like this one below from their "Panda Love" line. I love the bright colors and versatility of this line along with the cute, cuddly Panda bears.