Color Me Miki April kit--Happy Joy Joy

Happy Happy April, everyone! Wow, already into our 4th month of 2010. I'm happy to report today is the first day of Easter break for the kids. Although I have work today and all of next week, I do have tomorrow off..LOL. We were so busy in the month of March. I got some scrapping done in the beginning of the month, then halfway through we had visitors, had outings, and just other life happenings. So last night I busted out most of the layouts here. *yawn*, finally at 2am, I called it quits.

Let's get on with the show, shall we..... I'd like to present Happy Joy Joy from Color Me Miki. Lots of fun stuff from new My Mind's Eye. I esp love the Prima fabric tree and wanted to use it for a special layout. And check out the Thickers....love the glitter action, man!! Here is the kit, click to see a larger image.

Here are a couple quick and easy card. I used the cute die cuts for both and work especially well with children's card. Here's one for a baby shower...this is pretty small, measuring only about 4x4".

This card measures 6x6" and used a play on words...Hoppy Birthday..LOL. What a dork! I used Making Memories tiny alpha found in the Miki Mart!

I was really torn about cutting off the edges, but since I scrap the kids' layouts in the smaller format, I just went with it. The next few layouts were all taken on the same day at the restaurant we ate, Kinders. Yum...BBQ! For this layout I used the Prima packaging from the fabric tree. I also used stickles found in the Miki Mart! I only added ink for the edges and a tiny gem on top of the green button. Oh...the glitter "o" in the flower, that came from the Thickers alpha...LOL!

These two are seriously funny. I love their free spirit, esp Joey! Man, that kid. I used the "frame" from a heart I cut out below. I had used the "frame" to mist a heart, but it didn't work out too well. But I did some misting on a layout below...fun!! Only added ink for the edges, ribbons, and a gem.

Here is the heart I cut out from above. I'm so embarrassed about this photo, but I needed it to complete the family...LOL. Dang, I look like a complete dork, esp right next to my handsome fella! Added some ink for the edges (my signature trademark!), ribbons, and the bling. I also used the Prima packaging for the journaling.

And my final page from this kit....St. Patrick's 2009. This is the layout where I used the Maya Mist, also in the Miki Mart! First I wanted the actual heart misted, but it looked wrong for the layout. So I used the heart and misted around it. Then I outlined the heart to have it stand out a bit more. Added Stickles to the scalloped edges (cut out from the owl paper) also used it on the fabric tree. I love that fabric tree. And this is the perfect layout for it!

I hope all of you enjoy this fine April Fool's day. Fooled or Fooler....whichever you are, have fun and be safe :)

Thanks so much for stopping by....Take care!!

Mount Carmel

I've gone back to scrap more Holy Land pictures. I think I have about 4 more days to go....YES!! It's so wonderful to relive these memories. It's so sweet to see the kids even just 2 years ago how small they were. I still can't believe we managed to take an 8, 4, and 1 year old half way across the world to 4 different countries for a very busy 15 days!! And to think this summer we will be taking a 10, 6, 3 year old to the Philippines for 5 weeks!! Wow, I'm getting so much anxiety just typing that out. It will be fun...but a little bit stressful at times I'm sure! I'm so thankful that we will once again be in a big group and I can't wait to see all our relative back in the PI. The last time I went back was 1994 and Heintje...1989!

Anyway, here are a few layouts from Mount Carmel. This layout was part of The Scrapping Spot's Scrap Your Stash challenge. It's a challenge I hosted using 20+ brads. We arrived a bit early for the gates to open, so we just sat around and rested a few mintues. I so much love this photo of Jasmin and Heintje. Very rarely will she let him hold her anymore..LOL. I plan to enlarge this and stick it in a frame or canvas. It's so beautiful!

We all gathered on the roof where we could see the vast land God promised the people of Israel. While on the roof, we heard and saw fighter planes! It was kinda scary, esp. for the kids. This is another challenge layout, using 5+ ribbons.

Finally, the kids hanging out while Kuya Greg led us all in prayer. Jordan had his own little prayer group going on..LOL. OMG, look how tiny Joey was :( Gosh, these past few years just went by tooooo fast :(

Next stop will be Caesarea....thank so much for passing by!!

A couple random layouts

What the heck? Another post! Yeah for my blog :)

These layouts were just done...no challenge, no DT work...nothing! But I did get a chance to use up a bunch of stuff. Totally random goodies that I found laying around. Do they match? Not really. Are they all the same mfg? No. Does it work all together? I don't know, but as my friend always say....what's done is done! It works for me, the pictures are scrapped, and the memory is saved!

These pictures were taken last year, June. Jasmin, my mom, and I were busy getting treats together for her end of the year class picnic. We put together flower cookies. I saw it on a scrappy blog, but the ones we made are much more simple compared to what I saw. These were for little kinder kids and we had to make 40!! Either way, the kids LOVED them!! All the flower cookies just looked so yummy and colorful. I asked Jordan if he wanted them for his class and he said SURE! But then I told him he had to help....his reply...nevermind! LOL.

Oh...the layout...LOL. Since we were getting busy with the cookies, Joey was all over the place trying to get the cookies, the Dots, anything he could get his hands on. So, I enlisted my Dad to help out.

I've been posting a bunch of Santa Cruz pictures from last year's summer album. This layout will go into the big 12x12 album as a 1page summary. Besides, I'm itching to do a 12x12 layout. It's hard to get all the crap you want to get on an 8 1/2 x 11 layout...lol.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Good news, I received the April kit from Color Me Miki. I love, love, LOVE it!! The kit is perfect for boys or girls and filled with new goodies from CHA.....can you guess? Take a peek at the sneak :)

The Scrapping Spot challenges

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to all of you :) I've got quite a bit to show you today. I've been scrapping a bunch with The Scrapping Spot Use Your Stash challenges. I LOVE LOVE the feeling of using up oldies but goodies. It would be great if you can come join us :)

These are new challenges for March. Here is one created for my challenge....use 5+ different ribbons. I tied a bunch along a border die cut I received in the mail. One of those freebies to try to lure you into their club or subscription.

This was actually from Feb's challenge. I combined 2 challenges: use green/yellow/orange on a layout and use frame/glitter/stars. Since I was late with this challenge, I also added a challenge from March...use 20+ brads. It's kinda a double page layout. They do sit side by side in the album and I used similar products on each..LOL. Yes, I'm still finishing up our Summer album from last year..LOL.

Finally, this layout is also for March's challenge: use 20+ brads. Man oh man, after these layouts, my fingers were kinda sore..LOL!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you can come join us at The Scrapping Spot and use up some stash!! Take care and happy scrapping :)

October THAW @ Willow Traders

Oh my word!! These layouts have been sitting in "draft" mode since October! I've been meaning to post, but just kept forgetting...gosh, story of my life lately! Back in October Willow Traders had a bunch of challenges. It was called, THAW: THree A Week. Meaning 3 challenges were posted during the week. I did get a few done, but then...life happens! Here are the few I did get done.

This challenge was to scrap colors of your favorite dessert. Can you guess what mine was?? Choco covered strawberries!! YUM! This picture was taken for a challenge back in March. It was sponsored by the kit club: A Kiss on the Chic. Hence the spelling of the title. OMG, I said, HENCE..LOL.

This challenge was to scrap something sweet?? Candy?? Halloween 2008, Joey was such a FAN of lollipops!! He gave everything up and only wanted those..LOL.

I can't really remember this challenge, maybe to use different fonts for a title? I can't believe how alike these two are!

Finally...just in time for St. Patrick's Day! This challenge was to use 12 of something. I used 12 PP and 12 brads. We saw this fella at Pier 39 and you KNOW Heintje just had to take a picture with him!!

Well, I've got more layouts for you. I've been a scrapping maniac!! I have a couple more in "draft" mode. I have about 5 more that I need to scan...and I'm expecting the APRIL Color Me Miki kit today....woohoo!! GET MY SCRAP ON!! I love it!

Thanks so much for passing by!! Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!!

Color Me Miki--March kit--Going Retro

Hello MARCH!!! I say this every month, but dang, where did the past month go? Maybe because it as a short month, maybe because of all the 3day weekends we had, maybe just because we were so busy living life.... Whatever the case, it's already MARCH!! Two months have passed in 2010. And there seems to be no slowing down.

One thing is for sure, I've been busy with scrapping...my mojo has really been flowing this year. I'm having so much fun with it. I've missed it, I've missed cutting up papers, I've missed embellishing like a crazy person, I've missed fondling all the goodies. It's good to be back :)

I've also been scrapping with this month's kit from Color Me Miki...Going Retro! Terri seriously packs all her kits every month and March is no exception. Check out all the projects I created with the kit.....first up a canvas. I've missed creating these, too!

And a couple close ups of the canvas.... you can also click on any of the images to enlarge...

And some cards....

And the layouts.....

I did use a couple of the die cuts from Feb's kit, but everything else is from March. The picture was taken Dec. 24...right before Christmas.

And this picture was taken on Christmas....this my favorite picture of the kids to date. I want to make a canvas using this picture. I love it!

And now getting back to the Holy Land trip! I know, that was back in Nov. 2007. At least it's finally getting scrapped. And it's wonderful to relive all those amazing memories! Besides, I need to get them finished by June..haha! Our first visit of the day, Cana...the place where Jesus performs his first miracle.

I've been anxiously awaiting April's kit. but I've been keeping busy with actually using up my stash!! Although I've sold or gave away so much of my stuff, I still have so much more. It feels good to be using it. But I still have LOTS more!!

Still to come...more layouts using "antique" scrapping goodies :)

Thanks so much for passing by, have a great day!!!

The Scrapping Spot challenges

Woohoo! I actually found time to play along with some challenges. It was super fun to just dig into my stash and just start throwing things on the layouts. Man, I have so much s'crap'! I've even been purging alot the past year and have not really bought anything. Either I need to purge somemore or I get my butt into gear and scrap more! I'll take the later :)

Anyway, here are the layouts for The Scrapping Spot's Stash Challenges.

First up, use Flourishes.....I also combined another challenge...use Punches....

This layout, another flourishes layout...sorta..LOL.

This layout, use the colors orange, yellow, green. I ran out of some letters, I made the "t" using an "l" and a swiggly line thing. Hey, it works. And check out my "a"!

Finally, my favorite layout!! This one is to use hearts. And I pretty much loaded up this page with lots and lots of stuff!! The big red outline type heart is actually 2 sorta flourishes from the Pink Paislee alpha. It was actually by accident, but I LOVE LOVE it! Another challenge was to use eyelets, but I can't find any! But in my quest to find some, I unearthed other antique treasures...safety pin, jump ring, and MM metal letters! These were totally the rage back in they day. And man, I still have plenty of that stuff left! Also....MM heart brads, Heidi Swapp clear and chipboard hearts. Even a total old school All My Memories metal heart. I love this layout...the embellies are timeless...just like our love. EWWWWW! That was super cheesy...LOL!

Okay folks, that all for now! Have a great Monday..it's almost March! YIKES!
Thanks so much for passing by :)

The Scrapping Spot--Feb kit

Isn't this kit so pretty!! I love the colors and the mix of greens/blues/brown makes this kit very versatile! I used this kit for everything other than Valentines!! I also wanted to say THANK YOU verryyy much, The Scrapping Spot, for having me on the team these past 6 months. Jill and Cathy, it sure has been a pleasure working with you and your fabulous kits!!

Now, onto the projects....a few cards.....LOVE the cupcake bling!!!

Another Thanks card...again for another staff member at school!! Dude, we had to make 4 cards and 4 gifts. I'll have to share with you the gifts the kids created. It was super cute!!

Awww...how I love my sweetie!! He just turned 3. Don't know if you can tell at the top, but there is hidden journaling that I plan to write stuff about.

My big dude on the beach. Looks serious, man!

Finally a family picture taken at the beginning of the year. This will be the first page in our 2010 album.

Now who said don't have any Valentine pictures. You can use this kit for anything!! Have fun with and get your scrap ON! :)

Color Me Miki--Feb kit--Erin's Folly

Hello everyone! Happy Friday to you! I'm excited to share with you this fun and happy kit from Color Me Miki. I had a blast with this kit and it helped me scrap some of last summer's adventure at Santa Cruz. And boy, I do miss the sunny days of summer!

Here are a couple cards...

This one was given to another of Jasmin's teacher for Staff Appreciation Day.

And this one was given to a friend at their baby shower. They are welcoming their first baby and I thought the birdies were too cute!

And here is my baby! OMG, don't you just want to kiss that face?? NOT! It was super sticky, but boy did he have ALOT of fun!! :)

And my beautiful girl. My cousin took these pictures, THANK YOU, Arleen! They are gorgeous!

And all of us hanging out at the beach.

Finally, my first born. It's getting more and more difficult to get pictures of him. He is such a busy boy. But I'll get them when I can!

Thanks so much for passing by!

Color Me Miki--Jan Valentine Kit--Cupid's Arrow

Hello all!! I can't believe it's already February! And that means almost Valentine's Day!! Here is a kit from Color Me Miki created just for this special day. Cupid's Arrow is a fabulous page kit that you can use to pre-designed layouts or create some of your own! Check out the blog to see the pre-designed layouts. You also have the option to order the kit PRE-CUT!! Recording those memories doesn't get any easier!!

Here is what I created with the kit. 2 cards and 3 layouts :)

No Valentine's Day is complete without the annual "Made with Love" layout..LOL! That reminds me, I still need to take a picture for this year! Here is Jasmin making her Valentines last year for Kinder.

And this layout is kinda like a 2page spread. Last year for Valentine's Day we were going to head over to Santana Row. But as we were driving down 880, we spotted all the snow on Mt. Hamilton. We ended up making a detour to drive over there. Man oh MAN!! The road that goes Mt. Hamilton is very very winding. We ALL got sick, except for Heintje who was driving. We finally made it home and we gave the kids their gifts. YIKES! That reminds me again...I need to get the kids some gifts!!!

And I still have lots of stuff left over from the kit!! I was so spoiled with all 3 of January's kits. All of them loaded with plenty of scrappy goodness to keep you going all month!! I have February's kits all ready to post. She put together 2 kits for February. A fun bright kit that makes me long for sunny days. And a gorgeous muted kit, perfect for documenting memories of the past.

Thanks so much for passing by!