Here is a mini kit freebie that I created recently for the April Designer Challenge at Hummie's World (www.hummiesworld.com). I love the palette that Christine Smith chose for this challenge. I am definitely drawn to bright happy colors this spring and my garden and yard are cooperating. The azaleas are now in bloom along with the dogwoods and I am enjoying every minute of it.

Amanda has been busy lately. These layouts are done from her newest kit, Spring Flowers. It's filled with lots and lots of gorgeous flowers and greenery. You can get it at: www.digiscrapaganza.com

I just finished up the challenges at Creative Victorian Designs (www.creativevictorian.com) for the month of April with this layout. I had just purchased the kit Ma Passion by Marta and all of the elements and the background are from it. I'm always so excited to scrap with a new kit as soon as I get it.

Well, it's been a long wait for my new office at work to be finished, but it was more than worth waiting for. I moved in today and absolutely love it. Lots of space, lots of light and everything is shiny new. I'll be moving stuff and re-arranging for many days to come but right now I'm just enjoying it. I especially love all the sun and light of a southern facing office after the years that I spent on the north side of the building. My dog, Vinnie, who comes to work with me everyday is delighted with the new quarters as well. I put his motorcycle bed (a Christmas gift from my neighbor) against the wall behind my desk, a position very similar to the one it had in the old office. However the new office is much larger so he was further away from my chair. He promptly grabbed the handle of the motorcycle and pushed, pulled and barked at it until he had it positioned right behind my chair.

It was my day off today. A gorgeous, warm sunny day with temperatures in the high 70's. The flowers are in bloom and there are colors and blossoms everywhere. And the most amazing thing is that I just noticed that my camilla is in full bloom. I bought a tiny camilla bush at the Philadelphia Flower Show five years ago. I absolutely fell in love with its gorgeous red blooms. So even though I knew it couldn't make it in my growing region, I decided I would simply consider it an annual and enjoy it. I put it in the ground and it survived. Twice it set buds in late fall, but frost came before it could bloom. And still it held on and grew. And today, I walked over to that part of the yard and was amazed to find over two dozen blossoms and buds on it. Absolutely gorgeous!