A couple of things...

I can't believe I actually scrapped something other than DT kits! These were made a couple weeks ago with some of the scraps from the Color Me Miki and The Scrapping Spot Dec. kits.

I gave these cards away as part of a set for teacher's gifts this year.

And finally, the last layout for 2009....and it's all about eating! YUM! LOL...

I can't believe the year is coming to an end. Just a few more days of 2009. It's been quite a year. We didn't go anywhere except a couple of trips to LA to visit Heintje's family and 1 week in Orange County to see Mickey! Next year will be a crazy year...our long awaited 1 month trip to the Philippines! I haven't been there since 1994 (I think??) and Heintje since 1989!! We are all so excited and counting down the days!!

Also, this past week has brought about 2 deaths in our family. If you can please keep in your thoughts and prayers Lolo Berto and Uncle John. Both passed away after months of battling cancer. They have both touched the lives of so many people around them. Their legacy will continue in our hearts. They will be missed so much.

Eternal rest grant unto them oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of Lolo Berto and Uncle John rest in peace. Amen...

The Scrapping Spot--Dec kit!!!

Hello everyone!! WOW..can you believe on a few short days until Christmas! I am almost done with all the shopping, only a few more gifts to get then finish wrapping them. I still have not sent out our Christmas tags! I have been slacking on that big time. I really just need to sit down and sign them, stick them in an envie, and call it done. But....I need to get started, YIKES! LOL...

Check out this kit from The Scrapping Spot...this kit features the beautiful Fancy Pants Christmas Magic collection. I've always been a fan of Fancy Pants and this kit has me drooling over them even more! It's also full of embellies like an acrylic Christmas tree, Kaiser Craft wood ornament, and SHIMMERZ! Man, this stuff was fun. I've never used it, but I painted the ornament and it's gorgeous. I LOVE it!!

For some gifts this year, I packaged a few handmade cards, wrapped it up in tissue paper and tied a pretty bow. Here are some of the cards I gave.... I used the quotes on the Fancy Pants patterned paers. It's cut in scallop because I cut the scallop border from it..LOL. It's the "Merry Merry" layout below...

For this card, I cut up the quote into strips--inking the edges and staggered them. I also added bling...can't forget that..LOL! Cut circles from scraps and added the tiny buttons.

More bling and a quote from the sticker sheet. I LOVE easy!

The gem tree is so cute! Added that extra umph for this card.

Here is the "Merry Merry" layout that used the scalloped border from the card earlier. We celebrate with our immediate family on Christmas Eve. We have a yummy feast and open gifts. This year Jasmin saved up all her gifts and piled them up high. While her brothers were ripping them op as they got them! I think she still had a few unwrapped gifts for a few days even after Christmas..LOL!

These pictures are from Christmas day. For event scrapping, I like to keep them pretty simple since I ALWAYS have tons of photos and unless I want 20 layouts for each year...I load my pages with pictures! My parents with the kids....

I had Jasmin write the journaling on here. She has AMAZING writing skills at 6 years old. She writes better than me! LOL! Check out the wooden ornament. The paint from the SHIMMERZ is awesome. I added some of the bling to jazz it up...

Finally, the kiddos....day in, day out, happiness, stress, joy, laughter, and tears...no matter whay...they will always be our precious gifts.

Wow, I can't believe it's almost Christmas and it's almost the end of another year. This year surely flew by...I think I say that every year! I was really busy with life and creating took a back seat. I hope next year life will slow down even just a little bit. I miss crafting, scrapping, and just overall fondling of papers, buttons, flowers, and bling..LOL....

Thank you so much for visiting....until next time...hugs!

Color Me Miki Dec. kit---Festival of Trees

It's the most wonderful time of the year!! I love all the festivities, the get-togethers with family and friends...and yummy food!..and the shopping! Oh my, I've been livng at Walgreens the past few weeks. And searching for online deals, so fun! But all of these events requre time! I wish there were more hours in the day, and double that time during the holidays!

One thing is for sure, if you are a fan of scrapbooking, using kits help with the time. They are already mixed and matched with fun manufacturers, papers, and embellies! Oh how I love embellies..they add so much to personality and depth to layouts. Here is the December kit--Festival of Trees from Color Me Miki. The kit is so festive and perfect for you holiday scrapping. I love the vintage feel to this kit with the rustic greens and sparkling gold.

I created a different shaped card for this sample. I esp like how it fits in a regular envie!! LOL. I added the bling from my stash of Prima Crystals...LOVE them! I also used scrap strips of PP and the packaging from the Prima flowers.

This card is 6x6, but I cut off the top a bit to go with the polka dots. Also the snowflake sticks out a little at the top for added dimnension. I used the Cat's Eye ink for the foam letters, BUT make sure to seal it with something like dimensional glue otherwise it will get on everything!

Next is a super simple card. I used the Prima packaging again and some scrap papers. This time I used Stickles on the Foam letters, love the subtle glitter!

This project is supposed to go on the wall, just haven't figured out where! The photo was taken last Dec. 24. That is when my family opens gifts and eats a FEAST..YUM! I took the Websters' PP and cut the inside out. I added foam pop dots to lift it like a frame. I cut the tree out of another Websters PP, inked it up and added some cut out butterflies. I also used pop dots for the tree and tucked some edges under the frame. Finally I added the little gold trees along the bottom and I inked up the reindeer and added him in the corner. It's also hard to tell, but I added some red Stickles to his nose..LOL.

Family photos with my parents, brother and sister-in-law...

Finally, my parents with all the grandchildren..including RAKO :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you are all staying safe and SANE this holiday season. A couple more weeks and we start counting down the days until the new year!! Take care everyone!

Color Me Miki Nov kit--On the Road Again

Gosh, I wish we were on the road again...how I miss traveling! We haven't had a big trip since The Holy Land...2 years ago! We've been saving for a big, gigantic, super exciting, and long awaiting trip to the Philippines next June!! I can't wait, we'll be gone for 1month...woohoo!!!

This kit is from Color Me Miki, it was from November...yikes! I have Dec all ready to go, and I'll post that soon. Nov. has been a crazy month for me! Planning Jordan and Joey's birthday..I still need to get their pictures up!...and the Thanksgiving Feast for Jasmin's class. Then of course Thanksgiving and Black Friday..haha!! Gotta plan all those shopping sprees!

Now, on to the kit....On the Road Again!!

Even if you don't travel, you can use them for everyday pages! Here are my boys...

Here is Jordan when we went to SF. He had so much fun on the bungee thing. I was so proud of him for trying so hard and making all those flips!!

And one of Ms. Jasmin. This was taken when she was 4 and I'm just now getting around to it..LOL. The journaling is about now. Every night (we try to at least!) we say our prayers and say at least 5 things we are thankful for from that day. She is so cute and says "I'm thank you for..." I wanted to document it now before she says it the grammatical way..LOL! Sorry, my scaner is just getting so so sad lately :(

Another SF layout. I feel like we go there quite often lately! This time we were with my parents. This was Labor Day, the kids were off, and so was Heintje! We planned to go to SJ Japantown, but we headed north to SF to visit my brother and Tina instead. Also had some yummy cheesecake and shopped at Old Navy!! woohoo..I love Old Navy! Oh, in these pictures, were were taking a break and stopped at Blondies, the BEST! pizza ever!!

Finally.....can't do a travel kit without scrapping about the Holy Land! Have I mentioned how I miss it there...LOL.... This was taken at Caesarea. It was a port on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It's so beautiful and you can still see many of the structures still standing. You can see the Med. Sea in the background!

Okay, that's all folks! I totally squeezed every last bit of this kit, I had such a great time with it!! And I just peeked onto the Color Me Miki site. It's a little different and to top it off...there is a SALE!! I haven't shopped for scrap stuff in a while, but I think I might pick up a couple bottles of Maya Road Mist!! Fun stuff!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break and well rested for the busy month ahead.

Happy Dec. 1 everyone :)

The Scrapping Spot Nov Kit

Check out the November kit at The Scrapping Spot! Isnt' it simply beauti-FALL! I fell in love with it when it arrived. The papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle and have a smooth and sheen feel to it. Some even have a metallic look. And to top it off...BLING and STICKLES!! YIPPEE! One can never have enough stickles! Thank you so much Jill and Cathy for a gorgeous kit!

Let's start off with a couple of cards. I plan to send these out for Thanksgiving!


Next is our sweet Joey Boy! We don't have much of a Fall season here so I love that the papers can be used for any season!

Here is another one of our silly boy! This layout was really simple. I used 1 sheet of patterned paper and cut to size. Then I used the die cut transparency under the title sticker for a little dimension. This took me less than 10 minutes!

Finally, I wanted to use something with Fall. These are older photos when Jasmin was in preschool. We didn't get a chance to visit the pumpkin patch this year and last year it was closed. Hmm..wonder if it's still open to visitors?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Color Me Miki Nov kit---Harvest Spice

Happy November everyone!! Hope your Fall season is going well and you are taking lots of pictures! Here is fun kit from Color Me Miki that you can use to remember those moments. Say hello to Harvest Spice! I love the cute images of the animals and the color combination from Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg.

Here are a few things I did with the kit....a couple of cards...


And the layouts....
I love this picture of the next generation of cousins! I'm so happy that they get a chance to hang out so often. I hope they will be as close I as I am to the cousins of our generation! I used those cute animals for each kid. Notice how my 3 kids are birds..lol!

This layout shows the sweet relations between Jordan and Joey. I love that they are so close and Jordan takes care of Joey with tenderness. Now if I can figure out a way that he does the same for Jasmin!

Finally my hubs! Here he is trying to figure out the skateboard thing! LOL..

Thanks for taking a peek. So sorry I'm such a slacker on this blog. It's been quite busy in our household. Now that Halloween is over, we have Thanksgiving to look foreward to...and a nice holiday break!

Stay tuned for layouts from another kit from Color Me Miki and from a gorgeous Fall kit from The Scrapping Spot! Take care everyone!!!

The Scrapping Spot--Oct kit!!!

Hey There Delilah! Check out this beautiful kit. This is The Scrapping Spot's October kit! The kit is filled with Bo Bunny Delilah. I already love the mix of pink and brown, but throw in orange! That helps scream FALL! But don't worry, you don't have to have girls to use this kit.

First, here are some cards. I only added the Prima swirls. Everything else was there. Remember, the papers are double sided!

I originally wanted to make an 8x8 page for these photos. But I couldn't fit all the embellies I wanted. You know me, EMbellie freak! So I used a scrap piece of Kraft CS. Although it wasn't wide enough. So the orange 8x8 sticks out a little, but that's OK with me! Check out the glitter action on the trees!

With Jasmin in the photo, I was able to use the pinks in the kit, ever so slightly :)

And here is ALL pink! LOL. Silly Jasmin posing at the top of the stairs at Bloomingdales in SF. She is such a poser!!

Finally, this was taken on my Dad's 65th birthday this past Sept. We had some crab from Boiling Crab, but also made our own steamed crab. YUM! We even had the Boiling Crab atmosphere and ate directly on the table and wore bibs! LOL.

That's all for now, everyone. Thanks for passing by! I have some layouts from Willow Traders' THAW challenge to post. I've actually been keeping up lately. Used only 1 skip so far! I still need to finish #6, but it's not due until Friday. Hope to start on it today!

Have a GREAT day everyone. Stay safe and get your scrap ON!

Color Me Miki--October kits!!

Hello, Welcome FALL everyone!! It's time for cooler weather, pumpkin patches, and Halloween! I'd like to introduce you to Color Me Miki's October kit, Bewitching kit!! I was so excited to receive this kit. I finally started the Halloween album I've been wanting to make since Joey was born! I still have to get the album, I plan on getting a simple SEI landscape album. It's on sale right now at Joann.com for under $6. But I still want to check out good ol' Michael's first.

Without further chit chat, here is Bewitching! Please click on the image to see a larger view!

Sorry, I didn't get a chance to take detail shots. It's been busy with birthday celebrations every week. We've even been celebrating twice for each celebrant! LOL! Let's start off with a card.

Then we'll pretend we're looking at the album. I don't have a title page yet, but here will be the first layout. Joey's First Halloween! Okay, I'm totally ghetto, er, I mean resourceful! I didn't have another "R", so I used a "P" and cut off part of the "X" for the leg! Hey, it worked for me! Joey was only 3 days old when we went to the Halloween parade at school. I was wobbling around and man, I totally paid for that later! My parents, Heintje and I was up until super late putting together Jordan's costume. It was a great idea, but didn't turn out exactly how we hoped. By the end of the day he was left with 80% of his spots. Of course many of his classmates were picking them off! LOL. So later that night, he used his Batman costume from last year. Good thing it still fit.

Here is 2007. We have Zorro, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, and a cute lil' Bumble Bee. I love that the Bumble Bee costume is the same one from when Jordan was a baby!!

Here comes 2008. This year we went to Great America since we had season passes. It changed a little and there was no parade...either that or we were super late! I didn't realize they closed at 4pm and we got there around 1pm! Sorry kids. It was still enough time for them...and us!

Finally, is a layout from the school parade. Sorry, I scribbled out the name. Can you believe we got that costume for Joey...FREE! We went to Old Navy right before we went to Great America (hence the reason we were so late). We got free t-shirts for the kids and a $5 coupon. There was a sale for costumes, $5! We didn't even have to pay tax...totally exciting! And he loved it! I still have to make another layout with the before/after. Only Jordan kept the same costume, you can see what the other 2 were before Old Navy....LOL. Hey, check out the dots at the bottom right corner of the layout. I used the mesh in the kit and used my trusty old Cat's Eye Chalk ink pad! I actually did a technique! haha!

Well, that's all I've done with this kit. I feel bad I didn't touch the Amber Road part of the kit. I'm sure I'll use it later, but I was determined to start on the Halloween album.

In other scrapping news, I started Willow Traders' October THAW challenge! THAW--THree A Week. We create 3 layouts a week. Guess what, I actually scrapped! I think I got my mojo back and since they announce all 3 of the week's challenges on a Friday, I have the weekend to at least think about or even get scrapping on it. I'm so excited. I'll post along the way. Yay...get to dig into the scrap stash again!

Thanks so much for passing by. Have a great week, everyone!

Color Me Miki--more SEPT ideas!

WOW! I can't believe it's almost the end of September. This school thing and after school activities is kicking my butt! I really need to learn the art of time management!

Before the month ends I wanted to show you a few more layouts using the Color Me Miki September kit. I pretty much used this kit up to pieces, it was just soo much fun!! Thanks for putting together such great kits, Terri!

First up is Jasmin and Hazel back in July. Jasmin got a cupcake maker thing for her birthday and the kids have been anxious to use it. We finally busted it open and had some fun.

Next, this photo was taken in March when Heintje's family came up for a visit. It was pretty chilly!!

Finally, a layout when some girlfriends and I went to watch a movie then hung out at Denny's until 1am! GNO=Girls Night Out. For the longest time I couldn't figure it out...LOL. I was like, how in the world do you pronouce that?!?!

Thanks so much for looking! I have October layouts from both Color Me Miki and The Scrapping Spot up next. You guys will LOVE both kits!!

The Scrapping Spot--Sept kit!!!

Hello hello!! Wow, where in the world has Sept gone? It's almost the end of the month and I'm now just getting around to posting this!

I am completely honored to have been asked to design for The Scrapping Spot!!! I have been oogling their kits for some time and now I can play with them!! Look how fun this kit is, esp with all the stars! I'm constantly looking for boyish kits filled with stars. LOVE it!! What a perfect kit to start designing with. THANK YOU so much, Jill and Cathy for this wonderful opportunity!!

Let's star off with a couple of cards....perfect for boy birthdays!


Next is our little "Thinker". I have no idea how this all started, but he looks too adorable! I edited the photo in PS and added the journaling directly onto the photo. I love the gears..makes me think of his sweet brain spinning it's gears as he's thinking!

Next a couple of layouts for Jordan! I don't get very many photos of him anymore since he's not into the picture thing! But a few is better than nothing! I'm so glad that this kit came, great way to scrap Jordan for a change!! Here he is at the Viva la Vida concert. This was at Shoreline in Mountain View. It was the first time we had lawn seating, fun fun! But toward and middle of the concert, Jasmin fell asleep and Jordan was getting bored. At least he had his Bakugan to keep him occupied..haha!

Yay! Another one of Jordan! He is not much of a skater, but I've always wanted to use this title...haha. He does dabble in skateboarding, so he is improving. He still looks "cool" though! I love this kid, even though he's been a stinker lately! ugh!

Here are both kids at the Viva la Vida concert. I also included the tickets. They are paper clipped to the little pocket in the background. I had fun with the little pebbles in the kit. I used the chipboard stars, added a bunch of glue and adhered each pebble, one by one! Took some time, but it was worth it!

Finally, here is a canvas for Joey! Since I haven't worked with Canvas Concepts in years, I hardly create with canvases anymore. I really wanted to make something for Joey to hang in his room...whenever he will get one. For now, it hangs in our room--he calls it his room anyway, haha! I love love love how this turned out. I was originally thinking of using the spaceship as a mobile and have stars hang from it, but then decided on this. And I'm so glad I did!! I love it and this photo of him was just PERFECT!! I also used one of my favorite quotes: Reach for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.

Thanks so much for stopping by. And THANK YOU, Scrapping Spot for this wonderful opportunity to design with your kits. I just received the October kit and you guys are going to flip when you see them!! I'll have some layouts for you soon!!