Winter Formal, Cake Balls and Football!

Last night was our high school's winter formal. We also had a 40th anniversary and retirement (combo)party to go to. So I headed out the door and left Mr. Wonderful home with the dogs and headed for town. I stopped at the grocery store for more Oreos and cream cheese since Mr. Wonderful got into the hidden stash. I met my friend and teaching colleague Karin and we were off to the party. Great crowd at the anniversary party and a wonderful opportunity to see many former students and old friends. About 11:00 we decided, with cameras in hand, that it was time to go to the school and embarrass our children! The dance was hoppin, (and grindin') the kids were really having fun. It always makes me feel good at these events when my students come running, or in this case, sort of dancing, up to me to say hi or introduce me to their date. We took several pictures, many of which turned out blurry. Left the camera in the truck when we went to the anniversary party and it kept fogging up in the school commons. I'm sure the kids got some fun pictures that they'll be taggin me in on facebook.

foggy camera lens :(

Cute of Ali but Chase has a "pouty face"

Of course, the couldn't let me get two nice pictures! :)

This morning/afternoon, Ali and I are making Cake Balls (see Bakerella's Blog) and Oreo balls. We've got two batches of Oreo Balls and one batch of Cake Balls "chilling" in the "Big" freezer (outside). We decided on yellow cake and plan to coat them in chocolate coating.

Brownie Balls! Crushed Oreos and cream cheese.

Chill and dip in chocolate

Cake Balls: Bake a package cake according to the directions, cool and crumble.

Stir in one container of cream cheese (or any flavor) prepared frosting.

Roll into balls and chill.

Dip in chocolate

Garnish with more chocolate~!

In between rolling things into balls and dipping them in chocolate I managed to catch some of the football games this afternoon. There's pheasant and rice in the crockpot. All in all, a perfect day!

Yuletide Coupon Hunt!

We're celebrating the holidays at Designs in Digital with a cool little Yuletide Coupon Hunt. Every five days or so, you'll find the five designers have hidden coupons somewhere in their stores. My coupon runs from December 6th through the 11th and is for 40% off your purchase of $6.00 or more. Keep your eyes on this thread for hints and information!

Here's a sample of the image you'll be hunting for!

New wintery goodies!

My latest release is Frosty Mornings! Inspired by the play of the sunrise off of the frost covered grass and trees here on the upland prairie. Frosty Mornings is on sale for 50% off all day Wednesday and will be 30% off Thursday through Saturday!


Pick up your copy of Frosty Mornings here

Frosty Mornings in action from my CT:

The next bit of coolness I have to share with you is Northern Lights, available at Designs in Digital. This kit really reminds me of the colors in the winter sky! This kit is filled with great traditional scrapping elements, and a few not so traditional.

Available here

Northern Lights in action:

I've got a new set of stitching clusters sure to add a little pizazz to any layout! Check them out here!
Be sure to swing by Designs in Digital and check out all the great new challenges for the month of December. We've got Bingo going all month! There's also a great special in the store - you can get a collection of the DID designers favorite recipes with your purchase of $5 or more. There's also a coupon hunt happening in the store. Every five days, five of the DID Designers will hide a coupon somewhere in their store. Be sure to hunt up some great bargains!

CT Call

MrsJayBob Designs is having a CT Call!



Requirements are:



*2-3 layouts per kit posted in my shop gallery and 2 open galleries of your choice. One kit per month minimum.
*participation in at least one challenge per month at Designs in Digital
*Promote MrsJayBob Designs when possible.
Interested? Send an e mail to mrsjaybob at hotmail dot com (subject: ct call) with a link to your most complete gallery, a little about yourself and why you want to be a ct member. Call closses 11/9/09
Can't wait to hear from you!



Be sure to check out the Recycle Bin Challenge at Designs in Digital! This month I've got an interesting collection of "trash" for you to creat a layout with! Stop by the forum here to check out the rules and pick up the kit!
Coupon code and download instructions here

A new mini kit!

I've got a new mini kit out that helps to say so long to summer. It's called Symphony of Summer. Here's what's really exciting, my kit was selected as a featured kit in the DSA Enabler - the monthly newsletter from DigiScrapAddicts! This kit is available exclusively in my store at Designs in Digital for the extremely low price of only $2.00!

Be sure to check back at DID on November 1st to see what all the new challenges will be. I'm hosting the recycle bin challenge again and have some fun goodies in the garbage can for you! Hopefully you've been enjoying the Vintage Circus Train from DID called Come One, Come All. You can still pick up some of the pieces for free for a few more days yet. Here is my portion:

Snag my part here
~or go straight to the DID store and use this Coupon Code: 304e85d7bf

We've got some really fun things planned at Designs in Digital for the Holiday Season - be sure to hop onto the forum and register for the newsletter to stay up to date on all the festivities!

It's time to give my blog a facelift, I've been working on new graphics for the past couple of weeks, if only I can decide which look I like best.....

A Weekend in Paris

Tink's Trinkets and I have teamed up to bring you a Designs in Digital Designing Duo Collab. A Weekend in Paris features 31 papers and 45 elements as well as a complete upper and lower case alpha with numbers and characters.

Find A Weekend in Paris here

For a limited time, you can pick up two coordinating Weekend in Paris Pagestaerters FREE with your purchase of the Designing Duo Collab A Weekend in Paris. Simply place both the collab and the page starters in your cart and enter the coupon code "Paris0921".

I've got some new sister inspired word art available in the weekly new releases category at DID this week too! Weekly New Releases are 50% off on Wednesday and 30% off from Thursday through Saturday.

Check it out here

Designer Survivor Finals!

That's right, it's the final week of Designer Survivor! What a whirlwind this experience has been. I've had so much fun and gotten to know some really wonderful designers!

My final kit is inspired by the mystical beauty of the East. You can snag it for a very limited time! Voting to choose the "sole survivor" of Designer Survivor will take place by members of the jury - those designers who have already left the island. The final tribal council will be held Friday night! Thanks so much to everyone for your support and following this dynamic design event!

Here's my final Designer Survivor kit; Midnight in Morocco!

Download here

"Project Scrapway" and Week Five Reward Challenge

We're hosting an amazing event at Designs in Digital beginning September 9th! It's going to be the scrapping version of Project Runway - it's all about the layout!

Sign up for the newsletter by clicking this link. You'll find out how to get the August collab " Oh the places you'll go" for FREE by subscribing to the newsletter. You'll need the collab for one of the challenges! This is three week challenge with great fun and prizes! Can't wait to see what you create! Here's a preview of the fun filled Oh the places you'll go kit:

We've arrived at week 5 of Designer Survivor! Wow - what a fun and amazing ride this has been! I've met some of the most amazing and truly loving designers through this competition. I'm pretty sure I'll be a little lonely for all of them when my time on "Extraction Island" comes to an end! Our reward challenge this week was to make a set of at least five word art items following a theme of our choice. As the mother of four daughters, I chose Sisters as my theme. Here's a preview of my contribution for this week's reward challenge.

In order to snag these fun word art pieces here's the scoop:

1. Go to the Designer Survivor Blog

2 . Click on the voting link (voting will open on Wednesday night (September 2, 2009) after 9:00 p.m. PST and remain open through Thursday at 3:00 p.m. PST)

3. Please, please, please - vote for MrsJayBob Designs

4. Follow this link to the gallery where you can pick up all 7 of the competitors contributions!

As always, thanks so much for your support. Your votes have helped myself and the teams that I have been on to win immunity and some awesome rewards each of the last three weeks!

Our Week Five challenge was to create a kit representative of a specific time in history. I chose the era of 1900 for my Victorian Rose kit. This kit contains 12 papers and 15 elements.

You'll be able to download my Victorian Rose kit only until Tribal Council concludes on Friday, so you may want to hurry! While you are at it, you'll be able to check out all 7 of the remaining designers' kits!

Download here

We hope you are enjoying the Designer Survivor competition and creativity as we are. Next week will be the final week with 5 of the remaining 7 designers advancing to the finals! Thanks again for your support!

Be sure to stop in at Designs in Digital tonight (Wednesday, September 2 at 8 p.m. cst for another fabulous speed scrap!

Week 4 Reward Challenge!

Wow - time is flying! School started again this week. For those of you that don't know, I am a high school teacher so I'm busy getting back in the swing of the school year!
It's also reward challenge time again! To bring you up to speed; the Designer Survivor game is full of twists and turns. We're now down to ten designers and instead of working and competing as teams, we are now all on our own! Our regular challenge this week was issued by the folks at Digiridoo. Look for those "white wedding" kits by Thursday of this week! Our reward challenge this week was to create quick pages or a brag book using our kit from last week's emotions challenge. I've got six 8x8 quick pages for you this week. I hope you like purple!

Here's a preview of the quick pages:

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As always, thanks so much for your support! Immunity is getting to be more and more important in this game, so all of your votes mean the world to me!

* Votes needed* Week Three Reward Challenge *Votes needed*

I successfully survived week two's Tribal Council and we are now well into week three! Our challenge this week was given to us by the folks at Brownie Scraps . You'll be seeing that kit very soon. Our third reward challenge was issued by JustDigi Layouts. Our assignment was to create cluster frames using our week one, two and three kits. Each frame also had to include at least one element not found in any of the other kits. The "Eyelet Team" of FlutterBye Faery, EyeOpening Desings, Marni Designs and myself met that challenge and are proud to present these unique, fun and varied cluster frames!

Did I mention that this is Survivor and this is a Reward Challenge? Of course I did! In order for our Eyelet Team to win the Reward Challenge, we need your votes. What's in it for you, you ask -If the "Eyelet Team" earns enough votes to win the reward challenge, you'll find a little something extra for all of you on our blogs later this week! So, please come vote for the "Eyelet Team"! There could be goodies in store for you!

So how do you get these gorgeous cluster frames?

Here's the deal:
Step 1. Go to the Designer Survivor Blog and click on the voting link
Step 2. Vote for the Eyelet Team - the voting link may not be active before midnight August 18th, so if you visit prior to the link being posted, please make a trip back to vote for the Eyelet Team. Cast your vote by 3 p.m. PST Wednesday afternoon.
Step 3. Go to the Brownie Scraps Gallery and Download here

I also would like you all to join us for a great Speed Scrap at Designs in Digital on Wednesday night August 19th at 9:00 p.m. EST. There's a great participation prize from Page Frocks Designs!

Thanks so much for your support in Designer Survivor!

Thank you!

Thank you so much to all of you that voted for our Autumn Afternoon paper pack in the Designer Survivor Reward Challenge! Your votes helped our team to win the reward challenge as well as immunity at the next tribal council! We won a fabulous prize from the great folks at Pretty Scrappy! We are very thankful to them for their generosity! So - I said that there would be goodies in it for you if you put us over the top. Well, I'm a woman of my word. I got a great coordinating page starter to go with our Autumn Afternoon Paper Pack!

Tommorrow all of the full challenge kits are due and will be posted at Brownie Scraps in the gallery. Be sure to check them out and stay tuned to the Designer Survivor Blog for more updates in the game!Link Expred

Many of you may have known that Designs in Digital suffered from a hacker a few weeks back. Well we are totally up and running and better then ever. Our weekly new releases are on sale for 30% off on Thursday, Friday and Saturday! I've got my Celebrate Reload kit on sale right now too! Find it here

Inspiration from my wonderful CT

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Ohana>Once again, thanks for your support in Designer Survivor!

Designer Survivor - week 2 - Votes needed! Bribes possible:)

I successfully survived week one's Tribal Council and we are now well into week two. Our challenge this week was given to us by the folks at Moo Two Designs. You'll be seeing that kit very soon. Our second reward challenge was issued by Pretty Scrappy. Our assignment was to chose a color scheme and develop a fall themed paper pack. The "Ribbon Team" of FlutterBye Faery, Tootlebugz, Punky Princess, Joe G, Mad Genius Designs and myself met that challenge and are proud to present this beautiful Autumn Afternoon paper pack for you!

Here's a preview of the papers:

Did I mention that this is Survivor and this is a Reward Challenge? Of course I did! In order for our Ribbon Team to win the Reward Challenge, we need your votes. What's in it for you, you ask -If the "Ribbon Team" earns enough votes to win the reward challenge, you'll find a little something extra for all of you on our blogs later this week! So, please come vote for the "Autumn Afternoon"! There could be goodies in store for you!

So how do you get these gorgeous papers? Here's the deal:

Step 1. Go to the Designer Survivor Blog and click on the voting link

Step 2. Vote for the Ribbon Team - "Autumn Afternoon"
the voting link may not be active before midnight August 11th, so if you visit prior to the link being posted, please make a trip back to vote for the Ribbon Team. Cast your vote by 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

Step 3. Go to the Brownie Scraps Gallery and Download here


Make sure to check out Mad Genius' blog for a great coordinating freebie!

Thanks so much for your support!

Be sure to check out the Speed Scrap Wednesday , August 12 at 9:00 p.m. EST at Designs in Digital hosted by Cara of Sweet Tomato Designs. She's got a great participation prize from Page Frocks just fpor playing along!

CT Call

I need a few more ct members
Requirements are:
*2-3 layouts per kit posted in my shop galleries and 2 open galleries of your choice- one kit per month minimum
*participation in at least one challenge per month at Designs in Digital
*Promote MrsJayBob Designs when possible
Interested? Send an email to mrsjaybob at hotmail dot com(subject: CT Call) with a link to your most complete gallery, a little bit about yourself, and why you want to be a CT member.Call closes 8/5/09
Can't wait to hear from you!

New Release - Celebrate Reload Kit!

I've reloaded my Celelbrate mini kit from the NDIDDS warm up challenge. The original mini had only five papers and a few elements. I've more than tripled this kit for you! It now boasts 18 papers and 38 elements! All great pastels with super textures and great details for scrapping all types of celebrations. Here's a preview of Celebrate Reload:You can find this kit, only in my Designs in Digital Store. Or click on the image to go straight to my Celebrate Reload kit! I'm hosting the Recycle Bin Challenge at Designs in Digital. Each month I place some scrapping items in the "trash can" for you to scrap with. Follow a few simple rules and post your layout to the gallery. We'd love to have you join us for the July Recycle Bin Challenge!
Download here
Here is a layout that I did with the goodies in the recyle bin! Can't wait to see what you will do!