Pictures for DADDY!

Since daddy is away for a military training, the only communication is through phone, text, email, blog or Facebook. And since Chabella has been on a fashion craze, daddy wanted to see what all the buzz was about!

Wednesday was a pretty boring day so I decided to take the kids to walk around for a bit, thinking I will pass by Marshalls to see if I could get this dress form that I was eyeing, but walk away from thinking it will be there later. Well that was not the case since all the clearance items have all been taken away. Which made me really sad. So as we were walking out we happened to pass the kids area which is a bad bad place. They have too many cute things. So a last minute walk through at Marshalls became a shopping craze for the kids. Well for Isabella anyway!

So daddy here is the first outfit that your daughter picked out this morning to wear to school! Isabella had gotten up earlier than me, which is nothing new. She usually sits in the living room/dining/kitchen area to watch her cartoon and eat gogurt! But when I got up, she was already dress. I mean with shoes and jacket ready to go. LOL! She was soo excited to go to school to show off her new outfit. It is not fancy or brand name, but my daughter loves skirts. She is a girly girl! And she is Hannah Montana, Barbie Princess and SUPER MODEL in her own little world and we let her! If you could just see the poses she was doing last night as we got home from shopping. Well cuz you know we had to try on all the clothes again with all the new shoes right?

A close up of the skirt she just LOVES! She was jumping and twirling trying to get the skirt to move. hehehe

And these are her new fave boots right now. They are Rachel Ashwell shoes totally bling out baby! I also got her a couple more knee high boots and I am sure I will be taking pics of those tomorrow. Well see what this diva has in store for me tomorrow! Oh she tried to tie her own shoes...can you see?
Wathca think?

*My Little Shoebox* Jan. DT Assignments

For the month of Jan. we got to play with what ever previously release line we wanted. It was a FREE FOR ALL challenge for the team. This was such an awesome challenge, cuz I got to use all my scraps to create my layered flowers. You know how sometimes you cut your 12x12 paper and you end up with strips of paper. Well that's exactly what I used for my flowers and they turned out so good. And even though all the PP are from different lines they all go together so well. I used the cuddlebug to make the flowers and a layer flower sizzix die cut.

Happiness

PP: Little Lady, Little Birdie, Imagine a Forest and In Bloom

Bling: Kaiser Craft

word (Michaels)

Cuddlebug, swiss dots EF and layered flower Sizzix

Photo Shoot Out-takes

PP: Little Robots, Skys the Limit, In Bloom, Little Lady and Imagine a Forest

I pop dotted some of the clouds to give it some dimension.

Flower Card

PP: Imagine a Forest, Little Lady

Kaiser Craft Pearls

Cuddlebug and swiss dots EF

TFL!

WOOT WOOT

I am so excited you guys! I got an email late last night that I was not expecting at all! It was from either Melissa or Miranda (not really sure)...from It's All About Me Challenge Blog asking if I would accept a DT position. WHAT,WHAT??? I applied for the DT call but I did not expect to get picked at all. So you can imagine the surprise look on my face when I read that email. I was totally doing the happy happy joy joy song and HERCULES HERCULES clapping hands thing. If you don't know what I am talking about, then I am a bigger GEEK than I thought! Ha!

I of course wanted to share the news but I for one follow the rules. Since it was not posted on the blog yet I could not share, but thankfully they posted it today and you can see it here: http://www.itsallaboutmechallenge.blogspot.com/ And you can see the rest of the girls that stayed from the original DT, the new DT and of course Guest DT''s. So weird seeing my face on the side panel....hehehe!

Anyway, I am still trying to find my way around the site and hopefully I can soon share all the up and coming events and challenges we come up with. I am excited to meet the girls and get to know them. Find out more info and start getting to work on some stuff. I am excited and nervous! Just need to relax and get comfy, I tend to get geeky and awkward when I am unsure of myself. So wish me luck and thanks for letting me share. I am off to add the blinky on my blog and link to the site. Oy! God help me, I always forget how to do stuff like that!

My Winter 2010 CHA Inspirations

Since I didn't get to go to CHA, I have been browsing the internet like a mad woman looking for inspirations. And thanks to Shopping Diva for posting her pics at Flikr where I found all these inspiring work from many of the manufacturers design team. So just so you know THIS ARE NOT MY PICS! But I am sharing them cuz they inspire me so much I figured one of you will get inspired too. I don't how you cant but anyway!

I have to tried to categorized them with what company they go to as best as I can. Shopping Diva did not have names but I could kinda tell who goes to what company. The rest that I am not sure of I have left at the bottom as to not make any body mad! ;) So here we go.,..lets get inspired and want to shop! hee

Dear Lizzy

Websters Pages

Prima

Teresa Collins

Nikki Sivils

Random pics

GCD Studios

Cosmo Cricket

Tim Holtz/Ranger

Jenni Bowlin

More random pics, not really sure where they go!

Spellbinders

7 Gypsies

Darcies Stamps

More Tim Holtz/Ranger

The Girls Paperie

Little Yellow Bicycle

Pink Paislee

Glitz

Whew...that was alot of hard work, posting and trying to make sure they go in the right manu order. I hope you enjoyed looking through all the inspiration. Please visit Shopping Diva in her flikr to see TONS more pics with tons of products. I only wanted to show some inspiring work vs products. Since we all want to see ideas anyway! If I messed up with any of the pics please forgive, it took way longer than I thought posting them and I think I will just leave it alone. I hate it when my OCD kicks in. heee. TFL!

My LATE Dec. Daily

Like I have already said, I am way late on posting a lot of work due to my computer crashing and all. We were finally able to buy a new computer but my editing software is still not added to it since hubby is in a military training of some sort in Georgia. So please excuse the bad pictures.

I really wanted to post my December Daily while I was doing it but, that was not possible with a crash computer. So even though it is late I still wanted to post it here. I am sure I am not the only one in the scrappy world that not done with their Dec. Daily....am I right? Even though the whole album is done (without pics yet I am doing that this week) here are some of the pages I wanted to share with ya guys. Hope you guys enjoy it.

P. S. It is rare to have sunny days here in Washington so there are times it takes me a while to take pics of my projects cuz they just do not look good at all. These pics are a sample of that. Hopefully once I figure out the editing software thing I might replace the pics with better ones. So for now...bare with me kay! HOpe you guys enjoy seeing my Dec. Daily and will post my finished one when....well I get it done!

(Products)

I used mainly my Scrapbook Nook Kit which had all Making Memories Mistletoe collections. I did add some envelopes from my stash and more Making Memories shape paper and some Teresa Collins.

My Little Shoebox Dec. Assignments

I created those flowers using the scallop shape paper. All you have to do is cut out the main circle area leaving the scallop ends. Fold and tuck to create a circle flower. Its as simple as that! Giant white buttons for center and Martha Stewart strings to finish it up! Luv that purple butterfly that I got from downtown LA. I swear I never get tired of them!

Well I had to create a 2010 resolution page. I love how it turned out, kinda cutesy but that's how I wanted it. Nothing too serious ya know! I plan on making other pages with the same resolutions so I can put them everywhere so I can see them and keep up with them! HOPEFULLY!

Part of my Resolution for 2009 and now up to 2010 is to scrap old pics that I have already. Although they are not perfect I should scrap them since I paid the money to get them developed. These were the days before digital camera and editing was available to me. So I make do! I am happy every time I finish a page that has old pics. This in particular is a pic of my son when he was only 2 years old!

A simple card but I am happy with it!

I know I am way late but my computer decided to crash on me and I could not download anything for a while. I finally got brave enough to figure this new computer out. So since I have not been able to post anything I figured my first post should be something I have done scrapping wise.

I got to play with Whoo Loves you line and I must say I had fun making these LO. They are fun, cheery and bright. Perfect for kid pics ya know. I am really looking forward to seeing the new lines in person and getting to play with them. Too bad the products were delayed from China so hopefully I will be able to share some work once I get them.

P.S. who ever is going to CHA make sure to check My Little Shoebox and take tons of pics for me!

Top 10 of 2009

I know this is my second post for today but I really wanted to do this before I get sidetrack and totally forget about it. So without further a do here are my pics:

Last LO is picked not just cuz I love its simplicity, but it is my ONLY two page LO for 2009 so I am very proud of creating it. : ) Wow! I cant believe how much I love my pages. There were others that I would chosen but since it is only top 10, these were it. Sorry other pages! I have grown so much this year as a scrapper and looking forward to creating more, learning more and growing as an artist in my own right. TFL! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did creating them.

CHA 2010

Wow! Can you believe it is 2010? It seemed like 2009 has come and gone way too fast, but I am not complaining becuz I am looking forward to what 2010 has in store for me. So with the new year comes CHA. Who else is excited to see all the new products coming out? ME...ME...ME! I know you saw my post about the New My Little Shoebox down below. But I am looking forward to play with new goodies from other manus I love as well...even though I should really use the products I still have in their original packages yet to be used up. So what products am I excited about you might ask? Well this post is all about that so here we go. : )

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Glimmer Glaze

You can see their post about the new product on their blog. But how exciting is that? I must admit I love playing with glimmer mist but due to shortage of stores and products available in my area I only have like 3 colors and now they are coming out with new products. Waaa I totally need to catch up. :( Looking forward to see how this works. KUDOS to tattered angels for collaborating with Heidi Swapp. She is one of my fave scrapper and enjoyed the video she did about glimmer mist. Perfect combo in my opinion.

PRIMA

Who can ever say NO to some Prima goodness to begin with. Not me! OMG! The new flowers are to die for. MUST HAVE THEM ALL! I am so gonna get in trouble if I ever see these in person. YIKES! Yea not much of a review when all I do is oooh and aah but that's how good they are. You have to see them ok! You can see their new paperline on the blog and flowers on their blog header here. YUMMY!

Graphic 45

A Proper Gentleman, Le' Romantique and On the Boardwalk.

Ok, I am in love with On the Boardwalk and A Proper Gentlemen. I have to see Le'Romantique in person to really tell how much I love it. But then again I always say that and I end up falling in love as I see it in person. Check out some samples they created on their blog to show you how you can use it. I know Graphic 45 can be intimidating but I always get them anyway. I do need to use up my old ones and quit buying everything they make. LOl! Yeah I know, I say it all the time. I need to quit saying and actually touch my new stuff. hehehehe

I think those are the only ones that I have seen previews for. Unless there's some more coming up then I will add to this list with blog link so you can see it for yourself. Here are a few more manus that I am looking forward to seeing what they have created for us crazy, hoarding and paper lovin scrappers out there...speaking for myself of course.

Pink Paislee

Lilybee

Jenni Bowlin

Websters Pages

October Afternoon

Maya Road

Sass

Kaisercraft (love their pearl blings)

Basic Grey

Making Memories

Cosmo

Ok I am drawing a blank now. So I guess that would be my list for now. Until I see or remember more. Bye for now!

My Little Shoebox NEW RELEASE

Oooh la la! I am so luvin all these colors. What a great release and I am so excited to get to play with them. My faves are Imaginary Friends and Away we go! Although I love all the new release these faves would work perfectly with some of my pics. About my two lil monsters and about us moving all the time. Hehehehe

Unfortunately I will not be able to work on projects for Winter CHA 2010 due to delay's in the products. But will be looking forward to create some projects for assignments.

*My Little Shoebox December Assignments*

Here are my assignments for the month of December for My Little Shoebox. I must admit that I was playing catch up this month due to some family matters, holidays, kids and my hubby's birthday. I am happy that I was able to finish my work even at these stressful time.

We had a lot of stuff going on for this month for MLS. We got to play with some Shimmerz and My Acrylic Album provided us with mini that spelled our names. This is a first for me! We were also challenge to scraplift one of Michelle Lanning's fab LO. See my take below! I love love the Blingz they were so much fun to play with and very addicting as well. So...here we go!

It's Your Cake!

Fourth B-day

*My scraplift of Michelle Lanning's LO Challenge*

Happy hellos

Hi!

My Acrylic Album and Shimmerz Assignment.

This is the first time I was able to play with a mini album that spells out my name. I thought for a long while what I will use this mini for and finally came up with this concept:

All About Me on 2009

Here are some of the pages!

I used the Hottie Pink Blingz for the flowers. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Blingz!

I also added the hottie pink on my butterflies!

I just want to say HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my baby Jorge! It was his Birthday yesterday and we spent the day with our friends Cheryl, John and their daughter in Seattle after picking them up from the airport. They took us for lunch at Mizo Japanese Steak house. I only have a couple of pics but John will post a video of Jorge dancing while they sang him a japanese version of Happy Birthday on Facebook . Hahahaha! It was a simple but happy day. I wish you many many more birthday baby! Well that is it folks. Thanks for coming by and checking out my work, blurbs and what ever else you get out of this lil ole blog of mine! Have a great day!