Father and daugther dance 2010

My husband was finally able to take Isabella to a Father and daughter dance this year. Boy was she excited! Here she was with her hair and make up done. I did it of course. I went to You Tube and watched a couple of HOW TO videos on up-dos. I already had a plan but decided to with this. It was really cute on her and she loved getting ready.

Her dress came with a matching mini dress for a doll. But she wanted it on teddy so that's what we did. Here she was just dying to get into her dress.

Of course we had to take a couple of shots of her and her dress outside before going to the dance. With teddy of course!

We really wanted he to feel special so of course, flowers were in order. Just look at her face. She was so surprise. She just loved all the attention daddy was giving her. She was giddy all day and all night!

She was saying "Thank you for my flowers Daddy!" He adores her.

Proud DADDY!

OMG, I was so happy I found a perfectly matching tie that goes with her dress. It came out so perfect. I am SOOOO good like that! hehehe

It was so funny, my hubby asked her where would she like to go for dinner. And her answer was..."McDonalds please!" We just about died. You see we don't take them to McDees cuz they are just not that healthy. But she knew this was her chance and boy did she take it. And of course, Daddy had to do what she ask. It was her day after all.

Can you see how happy she was and look at my husband's face! Too funny.
This was her right after the dance. She wanted to put her flowers in a vase ASAP and she knew exactly where they would go. She said, "I knew that's what my room needed. It needed flowers! Now it's perfect!" Bwahahahahaha

We really wanted this to be a GREAT experience for her and let her know how special she is. One day she will be a woman and she needs to know how she needs to be treated and the kind of care and love she deserves. We want her to grow up to be a strong and a smart girl that knows her worth. Of course you can never fully control or decide for them or how they should live their lives or who to be with. But what we could do is show her and lead her until that day comes that she decides for herself. And hopefully she makes good decisions for her life.

I thank God that I have a wonderful husband that is willing to do what ever it takes to make our daughter and son feel good and feel special. He loves and adores them. They grow up so fast and we take full advantage of these moments because one day this will be but a distant memory. But for now we will enjoy them as much as we can!

Remember...

this LO? Well I submitted it to Basic Grey Gallery and they accepted it. Woo hoo!

I know, I know! But dang it, it's those small unexpected gifts that I love the most. And it might not be a big deal to most but I must admit it made me smile and feel good about my scrappy pages. So there! Hehehehe just thought I'd share. Now I have to sort through my scrappy pages that I made to see if there's other pages or project they would want.

I mean seriously, I have been hoarding so much of their stuff I am surprise I don't have more pages. Oh, yeah! I forgot...I am a freak and have a hard time cutting up paper or using up products that I love. And then I turn around and there are so many new products I must have and what I have is now considered old and not cool (like myself) hehehehe. I am really trying hard to change this and as you can see I have been working hard creating from my old stash.

Oh, scrappy news! I tried out for a handful of Design Team Calls and I am waiting to see the results. It should be within the next couple of weeks. People....WISH ME LUCK! Sooooo fun! It is fun, even though it might be a hard blow to my ego 99% of the time. But I do enjoy it. It's the excitement of "WHAT IF'S?" I think as long as it does not stop you from enjoying scrapping and it does not make you CRAZY, it's ok to try out for teams. Being in teams should be a BONUS not a MUST HAVE or I WILL DIE if I don't make it kinda thing! You know what I mean?

OK gotta stop blabbing and eat my lunch. Have a good day everyone!

It's official...

I am now a Design Team Member for Creative Charms. They posted it on their Facebook account here. I actually forgot about the call until I opened up my email this morning. Apparently they sent out the email request last night but I just didn't see it or get it until this morning.

So, yeah! I am shock and happy and excited and giddy! I am just always grateful that someone out there like my work enough and trust me to be a part of their team and to represent their company. I will never ever take those kind of things for granted. It's a privilege and a complement for people or companies to want you to be a part of their team. So awesome, thank you so much CC!

Congrats to all the girls and looking forward to getting to know and working with ya'll! Have a great day!

DT call and some cards!

I was ask by my local scrapbook store to make some sample cards for them. So I thought I would share them with ya. I could only show you 2 of them since I used the other one for a DT call. I have not made cards in a while so I am happy with how they turned out.

These are samples using SRM Thanksgiving stickers. I think they came out really cute! Been a while since I've made cards, so very happy. I also played with my cuddlebug and really like the texture. Need to use that machine more!

Anyway, I tried out for a Design Team call and I am crossing my fingers. But at this point I know there are so many amazingly talented people out there that I pretty much accept that not all of us get to be in teams. You just never know until you try. Besides you never know what they are looking for, it might just be you! Wish me luck.

Finally updating...

my blog. And I will tell why it has taken so long. Well I have been putting up with random monster pains in my stomach for so long. I mean waking up in the middle of the night, crying kind of pain. After we got home from our first trip to Cali. I got a check up and found out that I had Gallstones. But my doctor didn't see any inflammation so he didn't think it was serious. Then I had to go back and to Cali for another last minute trip. All went well while there but when I got home, a couple of days I think I had a monster attack and had to go to the ER for it. Finally they said I had to get operation to get my gallbladder removed. So to make a long story short I have been out due to my surgery and now getting back to my normal self. It took a while for me not to get sick when looking at my computer. So peeps, I had a very real reasons for not blogging not just cuz I was lazy!

Now let's move on and let me show you what I have been up to. I was really itching to scrap so of course what do I always say when I need to scrap? Do challenges of course. So thank goodness there are tons of challenges around to motivate me and just kick my butt in to gear. Wanna see?

You pick flowers for me!

This one is my fave. Using all old pp stash to create this LO. Can you believe that this is Sass Hog Heaven. I mean how old is this? I think it looks fresh and clean. One of the first LO I created right after my surgery. It was great just to scrap. Pic is Isabella's first day of Kindergarten last year.

Supplies: Sass Hog Heaven PP, AC yellow thickers, OA mini alpha, scallop scissor, EK Success flower punch, walnut chalk ink and My Little Shoebox.

Wish

This is my second fave. Finally got the nerve to use my Wassail from Basic Grey for this xmas picture. This pic is really old. But I love the grainy look to it. So keeping with my new tradition of using only old pics and old stash I created this LO. I still want to add journaling to it cuz to me it looks empty. So I will add that later. I stayed up one night creating the sheer tulle ribbon thingy. Instead of creating it in every project I just decided to create the ribbon all at once. I just made a long strip of it already sewn and I just cut it up as I use what I need.

Supplies: BG Wassail pp, alpha and stickers, zva pearl, ribbon I think making memories and toole from JoAnn's.

Knott's Berry Farm

Finally got to scrap a page that has lots of pics of our vacation from last year at Knotts. More old stash for this from Little Yellow bicycle travel line. Wow I am doing really good right!

Supplies: Little Yello Bicycle travel pp and stickers, AC red and green thickers and Making Memories blue bling.

ATC Cards

Used My Little Shoebox pp and created my mini shape paper. I just used a small circle punch and punched the edges to create that look. Pretty simple! Then surprise surprise I used scraps to create details. Super simple!

My Kinder Girl

More pics from last years first day of Kinder school here. I use tons of technique to create depth and interest. All old scraps to create this LO. Oh and the best part I used my Cricut which was covered in dust for the first time in many many years. How cool is that? I used my new never used cartridge Storybook. FINALLY!

Beautiful!

I am still unsure on this one. I am thinking I will need to redo it or add to it. I feel like it looks unfinished or just lacking in something. I want to add more lace or fabric of some sort of doodads...something. These papers are from K&Co Que Sera Sera. Yeah that old! But I love these papers and really wanted to use it. I have been using it here and there when ever I can but on this one it was the main paper. I added my ready made sewn tulle ribbon. I want to put it on everything right now. The pink flower I made myself using the technique from Rhonna Farrer and Heidi's show I think for mother's day. They use fabric and fire from candle to create the look of a flower. I was addicted to making them and I have tons of them. I really need to start using all these lil things that I create and then not touch. I create tons of handmade doodads but then afraid to use it. Silly really!

Well there you go!

I think I have been good using old stash and scrapping at that. I really need to get stuff done but besides catching up on house chores I am organizing and purging as well. I am currently going through old magazines so I can get rid of them or donate. I also have tons of stash at a scrapbook store sale going on this weekend. Trying to get rid of stuff not worth holding on to and making a dent in house mess. I really want to get the house clean and finally let go of stuff. JUST LET IT GO!

Well, what are you up to? I hope I can encourage you to use up all that old stash and quit buying new stuff. You can create beautiful pages with your old stash as much as new stuff. This has been my mantra for a year now and I am really proud of myself. Slowly making a dent and feeling good about it. Now don't go rolling your eyes at me, I know it's always fun to have new stuff. I'm just saying use some old stuff first to create more room for new stuff late. Yeah? Ok, got's to go people hope you like this post. Sorry for the long post and tons of pics. Trying to catch up on one post. hehehehehe later!

We are waiting for the TOOTH FAIRY!

Isabella is BEYOND excited that she had a loose tooth. She couldn't wait to pull that sucker off. Until of course when it was really time to do it. All she could talk about was her tooth being loose. So the other day (Aug. 28, 2010) we finally came to a decision it was time to pull the tooth out. At first she was game, then she realize PAIN might be involved.

So daddy, being the funny and crazy man that he is, asked if she wanted to do it the way he did it for our son Isaac. Which was tying a thread to the tooth...attached to the door and shutting the door and pulling the tooth out. Surprisingly she agreed! But as soon as daddy started tying the thread to the tooth she started to cry and get nervous. We tried a handful of times to get it tied up but she kept using her tongue to push the thread out. So, that plan was scrapped. We decided on the old method which was just pulling the tooth out by hand.

That sucker was holding on for dear life, even though looking at it it looked like it was about to fall off. We gave it a couple of try and finally after going back and forth daddy successfully pulled it out. Isabella did not even cry, she didn't even realize it was already out until daddy showed her the tooth. She went nuts! She had to make it a point to tell everyone in the house how brave she was and that she didn't cry and that she did way better than Isaac did when we pulled his tooth out. That girl was showing off and we finally had to tell her that being humble is also a good trait. We had to tell her be careful, Tooth Fairy might not like show offs! LOL!

She was so excited for the tooth fairy to come get her tooth and get money that she did not wait for me to put the tooth under her blanket. She did it on her own without telling me. Now, I put the tooth inside a tiny Ziploc baggy to keep it safe but she decided that it was better to take it out. This tooth was tiny. So when the Tooth Fairy came to check under the pillow and leave little Isabella money.....the Tooth Fairy could not find it. That Fairy was very worried and was looking all over the place. The problem was Isabella was holding on for dear life on the pillow. She had put her whole arm under the pillow, I think trying to catch the Tooth Fairy on the act! Silly silly little girl! After much searching, the tooth fairy had to give up. And will have to come back at a later time to collect Isabella's first tooth. Poor Isabella, she was so disappointed when she woke up and realize there was NO MONEY and worst the tooth was missing. I had to calm her down and tell her that the Tooth Fairy must have not come and we had to figure out why. I then told her the tooth must have been knocked off of the bed and we had to look for it.

Daddy, Isaac and Isabella looked and looked for it but no luck. Finally Mommy had to step in, with patience and determination I found that LITTLE SUCKER and rescued the day. We have yet to put the tooth under the pillow. Mommy had a 7:30 am app today and could not properly capture the moment without rushing the kids so I politely asked Isabella if we could do it tonight. Thank goodness she is a sweetie and agreed. So Tooth Fairy make sure you come over tonight and don't forget to leave chabella a lil somethin somethin for her extra patience. ;)

13th Year Anniversary!

Every year I cant help but be grateful for the wonderful & not so wonderful, sometimes stressful, mostly great, boring also fun, lonely sometimes overwhelming, loving & fighting and crazy time I have spent with my hubby. (No marriage is perfect and anyone that says theirs is...they are liars.) I can say that I could not picture or imagine myself with anyone else. So here are my 13 reasons why I love this man but sometimes want to kill him too.

1.No matter how much my hubby annoys or irritate or sometimes even the pain in my ASS.....I would not trade him for anyone else. Because he is also the first one to kiss it!

2. I love him for all that he is and all that he is not. I love him AS IS like the SALE items! Like I always say (Just as you are!)

4. I love him cuz he is a GREAT father and for giving me 2 wonderful kids.

5. He is also a GREAT husband.

6. He provides for us not just financially but physically and emotionally.

7. He sings to me and dedicates love songs for me! ;)

8. Never hesitates to hug, kiss, dance with me and love on me. NO matter who is around. Love that!

9.Makes my coffee on the weekends and lets me sleep in.

10. Puts up with my craziness and always tries to do it with a smile. hehehehe

11. He always says I LOVE YOU before going to bed and never leaves the house for work without giving me a kiss.

12. Gives me puppy eyes and puffy lips technique when he is in trouble or thinks he's in trouble. And no matter how much trouble he gets I cant stay mad long enough and always forgive him. He is the pain in my ass.

13. I can go on, but since I am only doing 13 reason here's my last one. I love that he LOVES me. He is my other half. He is everything I am not and without him I am incomplete. Every time he is away I feel sad and lonely. So for all the good times and the bad I wouldn't want anyone else there by my side but him. He makes me mad but the one that makes me the most happy and put a smile on my face. He is still the one that makes my heart skip a bit. And he is still the only one I see myself getting old with.

So baby besides the joking around, I am looking forward to many many more years together. My LOVE, Mi Amor, Mi Vida y Mi Rey....Happy 13th Year Wedding Anniversary. Thank you for everything. I love you with all my heart and soul. I miss ya! Can't wait for you come home soon!

My Minds Eye Sketch Challenge #14

Could not help myself, so I had to do another sketch challenge. Lucky for me My Minds Eye is having one of their challenges. I really like how the papers match these pics of my son riding his bike for the first time without training wheels. Yes! It took him a while to get the courage to ride a big bike but as soon as he got a hang of it, it was cake. He is a very careful boy, he does not like getting hurt! I don't blame him, he gets it from his mama! Pics were from summer of last year. They go so perfectly with the papers don't they?

I am so glad I am making a dent with my old pics. Slowly but surely baby! I am also happy to be scrappin again and using old stash. Well not really old, but I have made it a point not to buy anything new until I use up most of my stash lying around. Small victories my friends...small victories. ; p

Here is the Sketch below:

My take on the sketch:
Supplies: My Minds Eye So Sophie collection and American Crafts brown thickers.

*YSS* Sketch Challenge

So honestly I have not touched any of my scrappbooking stuff for months. And worst, I should say a good thing is that I have not bought anything new in almost a year. So what's the best way to get my mojo going you might ask???? Doing CHALLENGES of course! I really think it gets me moving and scrapping. Nothing like a deadline to get my blood going. I LOVE challenges!

After getting back from my trip to Cali I decided to have a scrappy weekend. In fact it is still happening right now as we speak. Had to go online and see whats going and I happened to pass by Your Scrapbook Stash Kit Club and Store and saw that they are having a Sketch Challenge and decided to participate in all the fun. But I only have today to get this LO done and posted so I needed to stop scrapping and make a quick post. Here is my take on the challenge, I used the sketch from March 18th *(see below)*. I changed it up a bit to make it work for my pics but mostly stayed with the sketch as much as I could. Sorry for the bad pic, getting used to playing with my camera again and really need to get in gear as far picture taking and editing.

Here are some detailed pics of the LO.

Supplies: Jenni Bowlin PP, AC Thickers and Adorn It mini alphas. Created the flowers from JB pp also and cut out some flowers from another JB pp.

I almost forgot.....

about my LO featured at Scrapstreet Magazine. They did a feature story about All About Me Challenge Blog for the month of July. I was lucky enough to be a part of the DT so my LO is one of the featured LO's along with all the DT's. You can see the article here, my LO is the last LO on the page tittled " MY BIGGEST FEAR."

Supplies: Lily Bee rubons, PP and mini shape paper. Prima flowers, American Crafts black mini alphas and green thickers. Making Memories vintage finding and tattered angels green glimmer mist.

This is the first time I am featured in any kind of magazine....paper or online. And I am hoping it is not the last. Hehehehe one can keep hoping right. Anyway, I thought I would share about it. I wanna give a big shout out to All About Me Challenge Blog for being great to us DT and always looking for ways to show off our work. Thanks for the opportunity AAM, love ya'll!