Color Me Miki--July kit...Cherry Pie

Hello everyone!! I can't believe there is only 1 week left in July! I say this everytime, but man oh man! TIME FLIES!! The kids start school in 1 month and we still have lots to do in the house. We haven't even gone anywhere this summer...hmm...need to find a time share! LOL.

While we are still in July, I wanted to share with you the Color Me Miki July kit--Oh My, Cherry Pie! It's a wonderful mix of Webster's Pages and Jenni Bowlin. And gotta love the 2 alpha sets and STICKLES!! This kit is loaded with fun stuff and perfect for summer!


When I saw the colors, I was inspired to use this photo I had of the kids from last year. Totally being crazy and silly! It's funny to see even Joey joining in on the fun at 1year old! LOL. Heintje has been telling me that there are no canvases with Joey, so I decided to finally make one! This is a 14"x14" canvas, so it's a little bigger than a 12x12 layout. I had to cut up pieces of the patterned paper and piece them together. I also hid the seams with some cut outs. FUN stuff!! So now I finally have 2 pictures of Joey on our walls..LOL. Hopefully I'll get more done soon!

Although I said this kit is perfect for summer, spring works, too! I am starting to have a fondness for yellow and when I saw this paper in the kit, I knew I had to use it as a background! When I took this photo back in March, I don't remember if I meant to just take half their bodies, or I messed up?? But when I saw it later, I LOVED it!! The shorts, the bubbles, the sunshine...this photo just screamed ..IT'S ALMOST SPRING!! (this was back in March). I love sunny days and I'm so thankful I live in CA where we got lots of it!

Finally here is a card sketch with an example.

Other than a birthday party tonight, we have ZERO plans for the weekend!! We do have a have a house full of viruses so we are cleaning up. Then just we finally get to relax and stay home! Jasmin is getting over an ear infection and bronchiolitis. Heintje is getting over the flu, but still has a lingering cough. Hopefully after this weekend of rest, we'll all be 100% again!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT weekend! I know I'll be getting my scrap ON!! Woohoo!!!

Color Me Miki--July kit...He Said/She Said

Happy July everyone! Hope you are having a great summer. We have been busy with family from LA. Spent the past few days in SF, Napa, and Santa Cruz. Throw in BBQ dinners and daily swimming! It's been great! The kids are also having fun in summer school, esp in one of their classes...Cooking! LOL!

Now onto the July Kit from Color Me Miki. This month she had 2 kits again. This post will feature the He Said/She Said kit. I love the mix of goodies and the childhood vintage feel to this kit. The Cosmo Cricket and Sassafrass papers went perfect together! Here is the picture of the kit. I love all the colors together, the reds and the aquas...so pretty!

And here are some projects using the kit. I added the bling flourishes..I'm addicted to that stuff!

My silly daughter is totally an artist. She can even make an apple look amazing! LOL!

Joey Boy enjoying the tire swing at my parents house...he can get some air with that thing!

And the last layout with a sketch...man, I love this kid! Remember that song Cool Rider from Grease 2? LOL...he is my cool rider! The pearls that come in the kit are pink, but I inked them with my favorite Color Box Dark Brown Chalk Ink and it worked wonderfully!

That's all for now. I still need to show you the other June kit! ACK!!

Hope you all have a safe and sane 4th of July!! Thank you so much for passing by! Take care!!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!! Hope all the daddys and daddy figures get all the lovin' they deserve!! We had a long day and the kids are pooped! Not to mention mom and dad! We started the day at Coyote Hills in Fremont. Luckily we saw my brother walking Rako and had him join us. I say "luckily" because he helped out with the kids, esp Jasmin! Rako sure gave Jordan a work out! He was so excited and was totally pulling Jordan down the trails. The kids did really good considering we went up some steep hills, even Joey!

After the hike we all had lunch at a Filipino resturant, Kalesa. The food was yummy and we were stuffed! We all planned to take naps when we got home, but instead we worked on the garage a bit more. Almost DONE! All that is left is a corner and we need to figure out what to do with the bikes.

I also wanted to finally share my projects for Color Me Miki's May kit. I used this kit for Father's Day projects and didn't want Heintje to see them..LOL. The above project is a mini album using the 7Gypsies Vintage Transparencies and the packaging. I created the layouts directly on the transparency and I alternated the pages with cardstock. It was so fun and easy to put together, now I just need to print out some pictures and adhere them. Heintje is so funny. This has been laying around in our office for weeks. He's even moved it when it was in his way. Then I gave it to him yesterday and he was totally surprised! What a dork..LOL!

Next is a card I made for my dad. I totally forgot to give it to him. I'm going to buy a bunch of Lotto tickets and Scratchers.

Finally a layout created for Joey Boy! Although he's not as hardcore as Jordan was about Thomas, he does enjoy playing with them every once in a while. All other times he just likes to torment the other two...haha!! Man, I LOVE LOVE this kid!

Hope everyone is enjoying summer! I would be enjoying it more if it wasn't so darn windy! It's like we are living in the Windy City or something!! Thanks for passing by and have a GREAT day!

Color Me Miki--June kit--Surf City!

OMG, I totally LOVED this kit. I love the bright colors and the fun goodies Terri included in the kit. This is one of 2 kits she is offering for June at Color Me Miki.

Here is the first layout I created with the kit. I cut out the center of the bracket PP and mounted the "frame" onto the yellow cardstock. I also cut out the waves from the Fancy Pants patterned paper. I used Stickles on lots of things to mimic the glistening effects of the water! These were taken a couple weekends ago. It was our first swim of the season! That weekend was over 90degrees, perfect for taking a dip!

And some close ups. You can see the Stickles better in these photos.

Next is a simple card made with one of the journaling sheets in the kit. Totally simple, just fold it, add a piece of ribbon and embellish. I went with the Stickles again..LOL!

Next up are a couple of crazy kids! I know this is what to expect as the boys get older...more daring, more dangerous. But man, didn't think it would happen so soon....time is just zooming! And I'm sure this is pretty tamed, I don't want to know what they'll be into in a few years! This is Jordan and his best friend Christopher. They have been buddies since Kindergarten. They are more like brothers now, and his family is just like our family!!

And for a change of pace, here is our girlie girl! Used a few pieces from the April kit..the die cut shape and all those flowers along the bottom.

Finally our sweet baby! Man, I love this kid! He is just the sweetest (to me anyway..LOL). I love his zest for life. He enjoys everything, man!! Another simple layout. Strip of PP here, a journaling sheet there. Cut out circles, crumple and adhere with the brad. Outline the circles in Stickles and DONE! Used a couple of add-ons like the My Little Shoebox green mini alphas and the Scrap FX bird. I painted it, then applies Crackle paint on top.


And here is the sketch to go along with the "Pop, Pop, Pop" layout! Hope you can use this. It's a different size compared to my usual 12x12, but you can totally alter it to fit your needs :)

Hope you are enjoying this first day of June! Only 7 more days of school, baby!! Can't wait to sleep in, even if it's for an extra hour!

Color Me Miki--May kit--Webster's Pages

No excuses, just haven't had a chance to blog lately. This will be short and sweet :) Totally loved the Color Me Miki May kits...BOTH of them! Here is the Webster's Pages kit. LOVE the colors and all the pretty patterns in this kit. I used a bunch of it for a Mini Book I'll have a separate post about. Here is the kit:

I created a card for my Mom for Mother's Day. I can post it now since she already recevied it. Happy Mother's Day, Mommy...we LOVE you so much!

And some close ups....man, I had so much fun with this kit and cutting up the PP! Not to mention all the stickles I used!! Bling baby!

And here is a sketch I created for this kit. Really simple. I basically just took 2 pictures (4x6) and plopped (yes, this is a technical term!) them on the PP---Webster's Pages did all the work for me! I also used the alphas from April's kit to help with the title.

And some close ups...Not only do I love Stickles, I love Pop Dots! heehee!

Finally another card using a 7Gyspsies tag and the Webster's Pages sticker sheet. For the flower I basically cut up different sized circles and crumpled them up. Next I snipped the edges randomly and crumpled again. Finally I inked the edges and layered them. Finished it off with the Princess brad. I also used a some Prima bling to add to the vines. This is a great way to use scraps!

Done...told ya, short and sweet! I'll post the Mini Book next :)

Thanks for passing by!

Color Me Miki--April kits!! Home kit

Wow!! I can't believe May is upon us, like TOMORROW!! I wanted to get these in while it was still April. I don't know where these past 4 months have been...like a rocket ship to Mars! What?!?! You know what I mean.

Anyway, just a quickie today....here are layouts created using the Color Me Miki April kits. Used goodies from My Little Shoebox and Prima..LOVE it! I had to do a layout with this picture! Yup, he's only 2. Does he know how to actually play? I have no idea, but he is sure enjoying it! I totally got the title from other layouts I've seen. It was perfect for my silly gamer!

More pictures from last year. These were from Dec, so not too long ago! She sure does have a style of her own! I love love the pretty trim from the kit. I added some Stickles to the petals for extra bling :)


And these 2 sillies! What a nut is my son for wearing the headband. Don't ask?? I don't have an answer for you...ha! The flower was simply made. Just a bunch of crumpled up circles topped with a single flower from the trim.

And a sketch for ya...THANKS for stopping by! Oh...it's almost National Scrapbook Day! Color Me Miki will throw in a special goodies in every order. Wait until you see May's kits...GORGEOUS!!!