As the last few days of my shop draw to a close, I’m getting kind of sad, as I’m really going to miss sharing all of my products with all of you! I’m forever grateful to my loyal customers, especially those whose names I would see on order forms with each new release. All I can say is THANK YOU! Seeing my templates being used to create your own gorgeous layouts is such a joy, and I really hope to have provided at least a bit of inspiration in documenting your own stories.

I’ve just taken the plunge and registered for the Digiscrap*apalooza retreat in Vegas! Are you going? I don’t really know anyone personally that’s going, but do recognize many names from my time in the digi community over the past 5 years, and can’t wait to meet everyone! If any of you will be going, please let me know as I’d love to meet you! 3 days surrounded by people that share the same passion for this art form sounded too good to pass up

I hope you all have a great week, and Happy Scrapping!

It was over a long and yummy dinner at The Melting Pot  with my husband, the weekend before last, that I brought up the subject of closing my template shop.  At that time it was just an occasional thought, and not something I had thought that I’d set my mind on, but the next day I sent in my resignation to the After Five store owner. I immediately felt a sense of relief, and knew it was the right decision for me at this time. Ever since we moved to TN, our days have been much busier than they used to be, and it seems that we’re hardly ever at home. I had been finding it increasingly difficult to work on new products or do any additional advertising, let alone remain caught up on my personal scrapping. I’d been finding myself more and more distracted and scattered feeling throughout the day, using every spare moment I had to hop on the computer and try to work on something, checking my email/sites more frequently throughout the day from my phone, not taking as many pictures as I used to – and realized that it was beginning to interfere with my time with my children. I don’t want them to have a mother that is always rushing through activities to hopefully have more time to work on her store. I want to be fully engaged and present in their lives and finally accepted that while they’re this young, I won’t ever be able to “do it all”. Digi will always be here, but my children will never be this young again, and I don’t want to miss out on those memories that are the reason that I got into digiscrapping to begin with.

I’m fortunate to be able to be a stay at home mom and not have to work at this point in their lives and plan on taking better advantage of that. Instead of watching my boys play and working on the laptop, I need to put the computer away and play with them again. It’s hard to have memories to scrap about if I’m not involved in them, right?

I want to thank all of you for making this such an enjoyable year, and to every customer that has ever used any of my products – THANK YOU! I’ve really enjoyed making After Five Designs my home, and will greatly miss being a part of their wonderfully creative and supportive team. I’m still planning on staying on the team at The Daily Digi, and getting back to really scrapping about what’s most important to me, and not just trying to make layouts that I hope will best showcase my own products.

Please don’t hesitate to take advantage of the 50% off sale in my shop ($2 shots excluded) that will run through the end of this month. After that time, my products will no longer be available anywhere. At that price, the bundles are like getting 3 template sets for barely more than the original cost of just one! I’ll be removing my facebook page and twitter account at that time, too, but will keep my website and update it periodically. I plan on still being able to complete logo design requests as time permits, so please contact me if you’re interested in that service as well.

Hope to see you around digi land and happy scrapping!

Did you pick up my new free template yet? Here’s a layout that I created with it:

Check out my gallery at After Five Designs, or my Facebook fan page for detailed credits. Thanks so much for looking, and have a great weekend!

Check out all of the new template sets that are new in my shop and included in this super sale. There’s sure to be something for everyone! (each image linked to item in my shop)

You can purchase any of these new sets on their own, or save even more money on the bundle:

Do you love single photo layouts? Check out my new line of templates – “Single Me Out”, which will all feature plenty of whitespace, room for journaling, and one well integrated photo placeholder to show off your best shots!

These two sets are also available as a bundled set for even more of a discount:

and last, but certainly not least – I’ve also got a brand new free template in my shop for you to grab and get Back to Scrapping!

Please check out the additional images in my shop to see these templates in action. I’ll also have them posted to my Facebook fan page gallery probably late morning, as it’s pushing midnight here right now so I have to head to bed. Can’t wait for you all to see what my CT has been busy creating with these! Have a great Thursday

and here are a few new items releasing in my shop today:

Beautiful Earth Template Shot ($2 – originally included as part of the Beautiful Earth charity collab)

Paradise Found Template Shot ($2 – originally offered as  part of  the June 555 collab – Paradise Found)

Check out the individual layouts in greater detail on my facebook page later on today. Enjoy the sale, and hope you’re enjoying the summer as well!

We’ve got an End of Summer sale beginning at After Five tomorrow through the weekend. Yay! Now is a great time to stock up if you’ve had your eye on something. I’ll be posting all of the details tomorrow Hope you’ve all been having a great summer! I’ve so enjoyed my time off, but have been seriously itching for my creative outlet again, too!

and here’s some great layouts using these new templates from my wonderful CT: (check out my Facebook page or After Five Designs gallery for more details on these layouts)

We’ve got just under a week left before the movers come and we’re headed to our new home in Nashville! I’m so excited to move, and really looking forward to getting settled into our new house. During the next few weeks I’ll probably be pretty MIA while we’re getting settled in, but I know I’ll be itching to get back to scrapping and designing during that time. My 5 year old is “graduating” from PreK next friday and then we’ll be hitting the road. I’ll keep you all posted about our progress

Happy Scrapping!

and here’s some great layouts created by my CT:

and get a look at this beauty from Diana32 of the A5D Site CT:

I’ll have all of these layouts posted on my FB page later on today if you’d like to get a closer look Happy Scrapping!

Have a great weekend, and happy scrapping!