Policemen & SHINES baby!

yep.. you guessed it! It's SHINE time again here at SVdesigns! I already showcased several throughout the week (so if you missed them.. feel free to scroll down and browse :) Before I begin.. remember 2 weeks ago I mentioned how I went to traffic court for driving on a closed road? and how the judge said that he would have probably done the exact same thing? and then he STILL fined me - LOL... well.. I had 2 weeks to pay the fine. I've been so preoccupied with my new store and CT call and everything.. that I TOTALLY FORGOT!!!! so.. I remembered this morning during Nathan's nap and I start freaking out... so as soon as he gets up, I get him and Ben (my 5 year old) dressed up all cute and stuff and have me get all "done up" (ya know.. so we look like respectable people going to the courthouse to pay a late fine...) so we get there and as I'm unloading the boys.. Ben says "can I tell the policeman that you tie me up?" I was like "WHAT?!@?!??" Where on earth did you get that from??? I was like "um.. no, that's probably not the best thing we can say." He doesn't drop it and goes on to say "what do you think the policeman will say?" I was like "Ben!.. we CAN NOT say that to the policeman... ok, sweetie?!" then he says "oh, it will be funny, mom!" Thankfully he decided maybe it wouldn't be so funny and did not say that to them... and yeah.. I have NO CLUE where he came up with that.. and for the record -- I DO NOT TIE UP MY CHILDREN - LOL. Oh, but the whole point of this was so I pay it and guess what... the county clerk says that since it was due yesterday and I'm a day late... my liscence has been suspended!! what??!?! more fees? can I even drive home? am I stranded?? I was NOT a happy lady.. but I was sweet as honey to the clerk - hee hee... anyway.. long story short.. I call the DOT (or whoever the clerk told me to call) and they actually give an extra week before they suspend the liscense.. so I was fine :) PHEW! I was relieved!! so yeah.. moral of the story... don't pay your tickets late -eeeks!

alright.. onto a lighter note here are the AWESOME SHINES for the week!!!

First up...gotta give it up for the SWASSness of these 4! they each use one of the Swass borders. Top left is by JoANN... top right is LYNN L. bottom left is CHRISTY S. and bottom right is by DALE ANN C.

alright.. now how FUN are these!!! all 4 of these are using all papers/kits by me and each is using a template of shandy vogt designs as well :) In the top left LYNN L. used the new Paramount kit to showcase these cool pics of her dh. top right is CHRISSY W. bottom left is LOUANN and bottom right is JULIE -- :)

these next 3 are using some other talented designers papers/elements but each are made with a template of mine...

Here are some more AWESOME LO's! The top 2 are both by the talented LYNN L. (top left is using Pink Candy and top right is Paramount)... and both bottom LO's were craeted by the talented LISA H. (bottom left featuring Island Woods and bottom right using If You Dare and Nature Papers and the Cardboard Cutout Arrow).

and how fun are these 8.5x11 pages! and how much more fun that all 3 of them used the CONFIDENCE paper pack!

alright... wow! are you guys all inspired yet??? yeah.. me too!! :) here's the SHINES gift that each of this weeks participants will be receiving - it's from the paper I used to make the DOUBLE THE LOVE chipboard hearts freebie from earlier this week -- so check your emails ladies!!! thanks again soooo much for sending me these awesome LO's!