:: Where Did the Day Go? ::
I know - I missed another post. I had the best of intentions - honestly I did! Yesterday seemed to just fly by! I don’t even really have that much that I can show for the day either! Jordan and I folded some laundry, and then we made some Halloween cards. In the afternoon, we went to Wal-Mart for groceries, and next thing I knew it was 4:30! I have no idea where the day went!
The Halloween cards we made came out really cute. I used my Spookarific set to make the front of the cards. Then we used some Halloween stamps that Jordan picked up at Target for the inside. We used gold and silver embossing powder for those. Here’s what the front of the card looks like.
After we finished the cards, I thought it might be nice to put a recent photo of Jordan in the cards when we mail them. So we went out in the front yard where I have all the pumpkins, scarecrows, and Fall foliage for Halloween. Let me just say that I took over 50 photos of this child, and I ended up with only about 5 where she isn’t acting all silly and goofy! Most of them are like this:
Here’s the one that’s going in the cards. She still has a silly. cheesy smile! Oh well, what am I going to do with my little drama queen? She’s still cute as a button though!
Today’s freebie is a sample of one of my CD albums. This is the Beautiful Day one, but I have several to choose from in the YDD store. I don’t know if you any of you have used these, but these are so easy to use, and they make great gifts. I made a couple as Christmas gifts last year, and they were really well recieved. Oriental Trading Company even has the chipboard CD album sets that come with a gift box that you can decorate. With Christmas coming up, I just thought I’d throw out some gift idead - hint, hint! 
HERE is the download link. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK! Have a great Saturday!
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1pbrooks
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 14:21
Traci, the photos are so cute! I love the CD sampler. I’ve never tried one; I am anxious to try yours. Thank you so much.
2Lime
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 14:25
Oh Traci, Jordan is just so gorgeous and I love the little sparkle in her eyes:-) Thanks for the great sampler.
3kimsmith(vkimmycat)
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 14:28
Jordan is a cute girl - and what a ham! Too cool! Love the card you made.
Thanks for the sampler - love it!
4Jeanrx
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 15:03
Traci - thanks for the Cd Sampler. So pretty. Love your pictures too - they are so cute!
5Lottie Essig
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 15:05
Thanks so much for the cool freebies! And I love the layout with your daughter’s picture! She’s so cute — I love it that children are not camera shy and can be themselves! When they older, they become self conscious and shy away from the camera and lose that spontaniety! Enjoy her - I’m wishing I could turn mine back to that age, if even for a day!
6Carla
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 15:10
Love your blog! You are so creative!!! Jordan is so adorable, love the photos!! Thanks for the tip about Oriental Trading Company. I just went back several posts to where you had the door and window project and showed my husband. He said that was a great idea! Also wanted to show him what you had done with those Inspire chipboard letters. Getting him interested in this….that’s a good thing!!! Thanks again for the inspiration and the freebie! Great ideas you have!!!!
7Julie
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 15:29
Oooh! I’ve never seen CD albums before, and I can’t wait to try these. What gorgeous work! Thanks!
8Sharon
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 16:02
Very pretty sampler - thank you!
9Marilyn
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 17:02
Thanks so much for sharing. Jordan is a doll!
10Danielle
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 17:57
Hmmm…. thinking gifts now… thanks.
11PeggyNC
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 18:09
Thank you very much for the sampler! Love your Halloween kit too
especially the spider, witch, and Halloween words paper.
12Bonnie
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 18:13
Very sweet little girl you have, love her “cheesy smile”. Thanks for the Cd sampler!
13marylauda
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 18:31
Dear traci thank you for your nice cd sampler there are so fantastic.
And your daughter is such a witty and cute girl - love the photos!
love, Mary
14Petra
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 18:48
Thanks for the wonderful sampler.
15Rosie
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 18:51
Very pretty, thank you
16Rebecca
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 18:53
Thanks for the beautiful sampler! I love that photo of your DD too… cheesy smile and all… although I don’t think she looks too cheesy.
17teddyprayer
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 19:19
Beautiful colours
18Michele
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 19:44
Thank you, I have never used them before.
Love the photos, but the second is my favorite.
Michelle
19hosanhelwa
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 19:58
Jordan looks so cute in those pictures!! And they’ll make such a great addition to the gorgeous cards you made!! Fantastic job on those!
Never tried a CD album before, but it looks like fun! Thanks so much for the sampler!
20Sharon aka Scrapcat4914
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 20:52
Thank You for today’s beautiful CD album DL and a great idea! Now I’ve got to go find my Oreintal Magazine or find it online LOL
21valj
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 20:55
These are beautiful.:) Thanks for sharing them with me:-)
22Cruizenz
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 21:06
Thank You so much for sharing your talents. Beautiful as ALWAYS!!! Jordan is such a cutie pie in these pics.
23Joy
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 21:43
Traci… I love your card… sooo cute.. and the pictures of your daughter.. priceless.. everyone will love them. what do you print the cards out on.. glossy or matt? Thank you for sharing the CD sample.. I have always wanted to try one.. can you give me an idea on how to make one.. or where I can go to find out how to do it.. I think it is a great idea.
Thank you ..Joy
24Dixie
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 21:48
Beautiful - thanks so much. Love that butterfly
25cindiaskew
wrote on 14 October 2006 at 23:29
love the pixs of jordan. thanks for sharing
snagged your freebie. appreciate your talents.
26Liz
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 0:47
Thanks for this latest freebie, it’s beautiful and Jordan is just too cute.
27grammyscraps
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 1:19
Love the CD samplers and Jordan looks really cute. I have discovered that it is really hard to get “candid” shots of the kids when we have the camera on them all the time. Have to try to keep it hidden when I “shoot” my grand-daughters…
28charlotf
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 3:14
THANK YOU for this great gift !
29sharitas
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 3:50
Thankyou Traci, I haven’t tried the CD albums yet, so this will be great
XX Sharon
30Patsy
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 4:07
Your work is just lovely. I only wish I were as talented as you!
Thanks for sharing your work.
31Pam
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 4:28
Love the sampler! Thank you!
32TJ
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 4:31
Ha ha, kids. But you’re right. She is really cute.
Thank you for the CD layouts. I haven’t tried them yet.
33Desertmoo
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 5:07
Oh she’s a doll! They are all special pics. Believe me you’ll miss the days when she would pose and be silly! Treasure them all! Thanks for sharing!
34tandrea40
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 5:16
Thanks for the wonderful gift today, I always wanted to try these but haven’t to date. I am off to hunt down Oriental Trading to see the albums, they sound fantastic! TFS!
35severine
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 12:10
Thank you ! It’s beautifull !
36Kathy
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 14:02
Thanks for the sampler, I’ve never tried one of those. And those are great photos of Jordan! She’s a doll! You know, to me in the one you’re going to use, she looks like a cute young Hermione (from Harry Potter movies).
37Cindy
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 14:20
Traci, thanks so much for this CD sampler. I made a CD album a couple of weeks ago and it turned out really cute. Yay for the cropodile to cut holes in the CD’s! Enjoy your day with your little “ham”! We love to see your photos and crafts.
38Tammie
wrote on 15 October 2006 at 15:11
What a cutie! Thank you for sharing the freebie and the tip about the chipboard cd album.
39Lilaclady/Chrystina
wrote on 16 October 2006 at 1:54
very cute cd layouts and thanks for the freebies as always, hope you have a great holloween, love that card you made, as I am in Australia we won’t really be celebrating, but we sorta do…for the kids….I am just making some orange cup cakes with licorice of some sort on top to hand out if we get any trick or treaters,,,it’s rare but we did 2 years ago, so it’s nice to give something and cup cakes will be happily eaten here if not….how do you deal with all the sugar rushing that the kids must go through over there, lol. we don’t get dressed up or anything, but we do try and hire kids scarey vidoes to watch…and eat lollies, no candy corn here tho, lol
40smileyface_108
wrote on 16 October 2006 at 15:40
Jordan is just a doll. I love the colors and the butterfly. Thank you!
41AJ
wrote on 17 October 2006 at 5:26
Thank you Traci (:
42Susan
wrote on 18 October 2006 at 2:35
These are neat, Traci. Thanks,
Susan