Scarlet Lime layouts and the lucky WINNER!

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The winner of the Scarlet Lime kit giveaway is user "downtheroad," comment #10. Shoot me an email at keshet.shenkar@gmail.com and I'll hook you up:)

And while we're discussing Scarlet Lime, head over and check the gallery! I still haven't gotten over my disbelief at seeing my projects over there.

First up, the main kit:

I don't know why the photo is so blurry and wonky, but the page is much prettier in person! I just love how this came out--it really "feels like the kit" to me. I used the wood paper to make actual crossroads on the page, to illustrate the crossroads in our lives right now. Job, baby, house, future--if you asked me to describe my life 5 years from now, I would have no idea what to tell you. So much up in the air, so much waiting to be resolved. But, I'm sure, so much good to come.
This one features a photo of my sweet baby sis and a song I love from a new album I can't get enough of, Anchor by Mindy Gledhill. Check it out here. I used one of the album's beautiful songs as the jumpstart for my journaling on this layout.

And, moving right along to the Frugal Fab:

We have here one of the photos I've been holding onto for ages, waiting for the perfect moment to scrap. I took a lot of risks with this one (risks for me, at least!), and I'm mostly happy with how it turned out. Used my Martha Stewart crown punch for the edges and it was not happy with me. Not happy at all. We had to tousle a bit, my punch and I.

And finally, my fave of the bunch:)

S and I took these photobooth pictures as a rest stop on our trip to Boston. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and we were feeling so happy and carefree. Even though the wait for kids is hard, I treasure these wide-open days of just us, our love and adventure and the bright sun overhead.

So there you have it--my first month over at Scarlet Lime.

And out of curiosity--how do YOU use your kits? Work with the current kit? Store them and use whatever kit fits your photo? Break them up into your stash?