Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 6!

Wow! We are almost to the end of the blog train already! Can you believe it?

Thank you all again for all of the wonderful comments about the pages as well as the advice and well wishes for my health! They are all very much appreciated!

I went shopping today and picked up some cool and creepy Halloween decorations and spent the rest of the day decorating! I still have so far to go but the kids think it's cool. To have a 15 and 17 year old say they think it's cool, must mean it's cool! lol

Since the kids are "grown up", we are going with a bloody skeleton theme this year. It is looking quite spooky in here already!
I have been printing out every cool skeleton photo I can find and putting them in all of my photo frames! lol It's amazing how many skeleton photos you can find that are so cool!
Add to that a bloody stump of a foot hanging from the ceiling, a complete wall mural of a skeleton butcher shop, candles with blood dripping from them and a bloody apron with body parts splattered over it with the saying "The Family Butcher"(my costume! lol) and it is coming right along! I have a lot more skeletons to get up and more "bloody candles" to make but it has been fun! This house will be totally creepy by Halloween night!
The kids wanted a party this year and are they ever going to get one! :o)
(Yes, I do believe I may be a bit deranged!)

Anyway, I have been quite busy with the Halloween stuff today and having a lot of fun in the process. If anyone has any ideas or sees anything on the internet that would fit our theme this year, send it my way! I am looking for anything for food, decorations, games, movies, anything for the party! The kids are all between 15 and 17 so older games and stuff finally! Also, it is a mixed crowd meaning boys and girls.

Ok, the thing you have all come here for! Day 6! (Jody, I hope this one isn't too much for the kids' album!)
This is the page you will be getting today:

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Don't forget to check the other designer blogs for more goodies!
See you tomorrow!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/

Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 5!

Thank you all for the well wishes and the links and ideas!

I do not believe I was bit by a spider of any kind. Why? Because I believe that whatever it was, was attracted to the sweat as I had a bunch of bites on my scalp as well at the same time. I guess it's not to say that whatever bit me in the face was the same as what bit my scalp though!
I am still reading up on spider bites as well as the fibromyalgia (spelling?) and anything else I can find with the symptoms I have. I see the dr again on Tuesday so maybe she will have some more insight or ideas. I doubt it though. The one thing I hate about Dutch medicine is the "give it a few weeks time" attitude. You get that a lot here. Not to say it is always a bad thing as most times, within a few weeks, whatever I have had has gone away but this time, I waited 3 weeks like she said and still had problems. (After having had them for almost a month before that!) At least she ordered tests right away after coming back. Now with the tests showing nothing though, I have the feeling she will say, just give it more time. I find it always hardest to not know what is wrong rather than knowing, even if it is bad. You can't fight what you don't know!

I will be sure to pass on the spider information to my fellow gardener. Perhaps he was bit by a spider.
There is also a sickness from the water in the canals sometimes, I have learned since this started. Since we use the canal water to water the gardens as we have no power in them, that is another possibility but again, I believe that would have showed up in the multitude of blood tests I just had.

I do not recall getting bit by a mosquito ever in the garden so I don't believe it was anything like that but again, I just can't say 100% as I really don't know what bit me!

I am taking a natural approach at the moment. I bought some green tea today (with cranberries! YUM!) and am hoping maybe it will help boost my system anyway, if nothing else. I heard that green, white and oolong tea, even once a week, have some mighty strong healing properties in different ways. We'll see if it helps anything. At least I feel like I am doing something even if I don't know what the problem is. Boosting your system is always good no matter what so what have I got to lose, right?

Anyway, thank you all for the leads! You just never know which one might be the answer!

Today, of course, I have another page from the Halloween Kate album! This page is similar to the quick page I did for a normal, 12x12 album. This one just has a bit less in it as it is smaller.
The quick page is in the store if you are interested! Plus, it's 30% off! :o)
The background on both of these pages (Kate album and regular quick page) is a photo I took of the moon one night.

Here is what you will be getting today:

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Don't forget to check the other designer blogs for more goodies!
See you tomorrow!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/

Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 4!

Well, I received some good and bad news today. I have been having some health problems since being bitten by something in my garden almost 2 months ago. I have had pain lasting a day or two in various places on my body,(in joints and muscles), headaches, hot flashes, nausea and unbelievable fatigue. The kind where it is an effort to lift your arm, not the kind where you sleep all the time. Because the pains were fleeting, always some other joint or muscle, I was beginning to think I was going crazy! My dr finally ordered a whole panel of blood tests: Lyme Disease, red blood cells, white blood cells, kidney, liver.....the works. The results finally came in today and everything is fine. My blood shows I am healthy as a horse! Now, this should be a good thing but since I am still having problems and I KNOW I am not crazy, we have to figure out what is going on! (Good and bad, see?)

Last night hubby was talking to a woman whose garden butts up to mine. He was telling her how sick I have been and all the problems and she said her husband was bit by something in the garden as well and not long after I was, and he, too, has been really sick ever since! Now, not that him being sick makes me happy but in a way, it does! If he is having the same problems, then it is NOT in my head, I am NOT crazy and there is a reason why we both are having these problems but what the heck is it? At least I can rest easy knowing it's not Lyme Disease which is what everyone was afraid it might be.
I do know when I got bit, I swelled up and it stayed swollen for about 3 days. It has left a small spot on my face that to look at it, you would think it was just a pimple. I also had a bunch of bites on my scalp that left scabs for weeks. My neighbor's hubby had swelling as well but it sounds like his was even worse!
So why am I writing this here? Perhaps someone else has gone through this and maybe they have some ideas for me (us) on what this could be. Neither of us has any idea what bit us! Our gardens are out in the middle of farm land, in a community garden. Nothing around us but dirt, dirt and more dirt. We are surrounded by sloots (ummm, canals), where we get our water from.
There are quite a few gardens here but I haven't heard of anyone else being bitten or having these problems until last night.
Anyone else ever have this or have any ideas? It would be greatly appreciated if you could pass them my way if so!

Ok, on to the day's freebie!
Can you believe we are already half way through the blog train? I think next time I will take a slower train so I can enjoy the scenery along the way! :o)

I hope you all are enjoying the train ride so far! Thank you for the wonderful comments! They are much appreciated, even just a "thank you"! They all make me smile!

I want to remind everyone that my store is on sale for 30% off everything through Oct 8! If you have had your eye on something, now would be the time to grab it! Who knows when the next sale will be!
You can find my store HERE

I have another album page for you today. This is what you will be getting:

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Can you tell I love the haunted house and the old fence? lol

Don't forget to check the other designer blogs for more goodies!
See you tomorrow!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/

Thank you all again for all of the wonderful comments you have been leaving! It really is such a joy to read them!

We are on Day 3. Nothing special to say today so I will just get right to your download!
This is what you will get today:

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Remember, each link is only available for 24 hours so grab them while you can! The complete album will be for sale in the store after the blog train has arrived at it's final destination.

Be sure to check the other blogs for more goodies!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/

Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 2!

Thank you so much to everyone that left such great comments here and on 4shared! I enjoy reading them and am so happy you like the album!

Before we get to today's freebie, I would like to show you some new products I added to the store yesterday. With the big sale going on, they are all 30% off!
I am hoping to have 31 new Halloween products in the store by Halloween. Will I make it? I guess only time will tell, huh? Here is what I added today:

First up, a Hallows Eve Quick page. 12"x12" and png. A little bit spooky and a little bit cute, don't you think?



You can grab the quick page for just $1.05 now through Oct 8!
Check it out HERE

Next up we have the HallowTreats set. This set is perfect for the Trick-R-Treaters or your Halloween party! You get a 7" bag topper, 4 mini candy wrappers and 4 (3"x4") sucker cards. Just print, fill and you are ready to go!




You can grab this set for just $1.75 through Oct 8!
Check it out HERE

And one more little goodie. This isn't Halloween but it is in celebration of Digitals 4th birthday!
An adorable Birthday Times Magazine Cover! Just slide your photo behind the "cover", add the date and you are done! A great way to show off the birthday boy or girl!



You can grab this magazine cover for just $1.40 through Oct 8! Is that a steal or what?
Check it out HERE

Now for your Day 2 freebie......
I have another page for you today in the Halloween Kate album.
This is what you will get today:


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Don't forget to check out the other Digital blogs for even more goodies!
See you tomorrow!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/

Sale: http://www.digitalscrapbookpages.com/digitals/

Grab Bags: http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/digitals/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=182

Blog Links, Game, and Crop Info: http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=135

Free Downloads: http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/digitals/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=104

Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 1!!

We are back! A Birthday celebration blog train from many of the Digitals designers!
This train is in celebration of our 4th birthday! Be sure to stop by Digitals and pass on your birthday wishes in the forum! Be sure to check out all of the activities going on as well, Oct 1-8! You don't want to miss out!

Each link will be available for 24 hours, except for Day 1, which will be available for 48 hours.
If you miss a link, the album will be in the store after the train reaches it's final destination.

I have made a Cosmo Cricket Kate album in a Halloween theme. I used bits from my old Halloween kit as well as a new one I am almost finished with.
Here is the album you will end up with if you stop by each day!



The album has 6 photo pages, 6 matching backs, and a front and back cover! The tombstone on the back cover is left blank so you can add the year if you want or anything else you might want to add!

Today, you will get the front and back covers to get your album started!



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Be sure to check out all of the other designer blogs for even more goodies from the Birthday Blog Blowout Train!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/