This Christmas in My House

The K-Joi Studios designers have created another beautiful

collaboration now in the shop for only $5 this month!

We hope you enjoy Holidays in My House (http://tinyurl.com/holidaysinmyhouse).

We took inspiration from how we celebrate the holidays in our own way. I incorporated capiz christmas ornaments and my hubby Ron of ZaZoGraphics.com made a really cute Cactus Christmas scene. Here is the preview to my new collaboration contribution.

Here is a little 1/2 page I did while in Yuma for Thanksgiving weekend.

Also want to congratulate Frumpje for winning the *Faces* Nov Lyric Challenge. Your prize info. has been PM'd to you.

Thank you all for sharing your heartfelt memories and pages with us.

For December our song is "This Christmas" by Donny Hathaway. It's been covered by various artists, but his version is still a beloved tune. You can find his song on Amazon.

*This Christmas* Dec Lyric Challenge

Post your creations using lyrics from the song below in the K-Joi Studios Lyric Challenge Gallery here http://kjoistudios.com/gallery2/showgallery.php?cat=528 and reply here http://tinyurl.com/thisxmaslyriccha with a link to your layouts page by December 31st.

This Christmas by Donny Hathaway

Hang all the mistletoe

I'm gonna get to know you better, yeah

This ChristmasAnd as we trim the tree

How much fun it's gonna be together, yeah ha

This Christmas

Fireside is blazing bright

We're caroling through the night

And this Christmas, will be yeah

A very special Christmas, for me yeah

Presents and cards are here

My world is filled with cheer and you, ohh yeah

This ChristmasAnd as I look around

Your eyes outshine the town, they do

This ChristmasFireside is blazing bright

We're caroling through the night

And this Christmas, will be

A very special Christmas, for me yeah

Alright, break it down, ha ha ha

Ooh yeah, yeah yeah, alright

Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeahYeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Alright now, right now, now

Fireside, oh, is blazing bright

We're caroling through the night, yeah

And this Christmas, will be, oh

A very special Christmas, for me yeah

And this Christmas, will be

A very special Christmas, for me oh oh

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Merry Christmas, ooh yeah

Gonna have a merry Christmas, ohh yeah, oh oh

Merry Christmas, oh it will be

Oh, a very very very special Christmas

A very special Christmas (this Christmas)

Alright now, right now, yeah oh

It will be now, oh (this Christmas)

Oh, this will be, this will be, baby

A very special

Have a merry merry Christmas (hey yeah)

And a happy New Year

Oh hey, alright, yeah yeah yeah

Merry Christmas

This Christmas

Oh this will be, this will be, baby

Stayin' Dry In Style & PARTY ON!

Isn't my goddaughter the sweetest little diva you ever did see?! I think so! I am fortunate that my friend Ninette let's me "borrow" her lil' girly for my digi/hybrid scrapbooking. I love how she was able to capture the water sprinklers so clearly and to have caught that perfect pose & smile. She's become an excellent photographer. I did tweek the photo a tad bit in PSCS2, just increased the contrast and decreased the brightness.

Title: Stayin' Dry In Style

Modified Lyrics: "I Will Survive - As long as I stay under my umbrella - I know I'll stay Dry!"

Digital background paper and epoxy "diva" word art - by me - for the K-Joi Birthday Collab Kit. (release date TBA) *Want to say thanks to Dana Conditt for her commercial use Bracket Album Template from Digital Scrapbook Place. I masked it with my red diva paper. Fonts: reprobate & hole-hearted. Join the *I Will Survive* Lyric Challenge to get the Diva Defined word art.

I'm working on the preview right now, for the entire mega birthday bash collaboration with the contestants and K-joi Designers combined! holy moly! seriously...it's gargantuan. There's also a 1st Birthday Card Challenge going on and the winner gets the mega huge birthday collab kit! yowzerz!

Oh and one other thing....the fabulouso contestants are revealing themselves today! They're doing it on their Blog Hop and offering up some fresh FREEBIES! Here's the Blog Hop list in case you don't already know:

21206D Lizard Dau Designs (http://liz-lizarddaudesigns.blogspot.com/)

21845B Labline (http://labline.blogspot.com/)

21879D Digidesigns By Amberbaz (http://weallhavetostartsomewheredigiscraps.blogspot.com/)

22170C Panda Bear Designs (http://www.pandabeardesigns.blogspot.com/)

22181A April Dawn Creations (http://aprildawncreations.blogspot.com/)

22342B Camillas Kitchen (http://camillaskitchen.blogspot.com/)

22596D mITSYBELLE (http://mitsybelle.blogspot.com/)

22611D luvfromindia (http://luvfromindia.blogspot.com/)

22896B Lori Imel (http://living4him2.blogspot.com/)

22978 Schappys Scrapdesign (http://schappys-scrapdesign.blogspot.com/)

23075D Stacey Crossley Designs (http://nicoalgoesdigiscrapping.blogspot.com/)

23494D Cancer Moon Creations (http://cancermooncreations.blogspot.com/)

24074A Tripalee Designs (http://tripaleetalks.blogspot.com/)

24301D KatLen Kreations (http://katlen124.blogspot.com/)

24588B Belanna At Odds (http://atodds.blogspot.com/)

24789C SandEz Creationz (http://sandezcreationz.blogspot.com/)

24864A Biebels Scraps (http://biebies.blogspot.com/)

Also, their are 45-50% off sales going on right now. Including, the gorgeous Crop Dreams, collaboration kit...is only $4.50 until Oct. 19th only!

What a deal AND all proceeds (minus PayPal) is dontated online to Opportunity House. Isn't that awesome!?