A little bit of this

and a little bit of that.....
A week ago or two THIS PLACE. had a post about altering your paper and I thought that I would try it out... and this is what I created


This was a portable sanitation truck and the sticker read CAUTION, this vehivle is full of political promises!


(see... boring little paper)

I used this old K&C paper that I have had since my Angejolie was born, cut it into a 6 X12 and used the other half to layer a little over the paper, I used my Tim Holtz stamp and 2 more stamps and when I was done stamping & inking I layered the entire paper with medium gel mat to give it some more umph!
I have to say that I silently stalk that blog because they constantly challenge you to try new things. So if you have not checked them out before, I strongly suggest you do.

Now this is a page that I did with my Angejolie last night, she did the painting with a paper towel and some gesso, I layered the papers (all scraps) for her and let her go wild with the little stones.



And this is a little message holder we did for my brother with some scraps. The cute little boy is my nephew. I figure if he wants to look at him on his desk he better make sure he answers his messages pronto!!!!!!! :D :D :D



Well ladies, that is all I have for today, summer kind of makes it hard for me to create and blog as often as I wish I could but a little is better than nothing.
As always, THANK YOU for your sweet comments and have a wonderful weekend.

Road Map

Happy Friday ladies!
And what a better way to start our day than with OCTOBER AFTERNOON. having such a yummy give away. Go check them out. If I win this I am giving it to my girl SASHA. because she has been looking all over the place for this line and because she can ROCK an OA layout like it is no one's business. Have a great weekend, I know I will because I will be scrapping all day tomorrow with 2 old friends whom I have know since Junior High. Yipeeeeeee!

Quick post

My class was freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could NOT have asked for as greater group of ladies.
They loved my work, 1 was inspired to stamp for I believe the 1'st time, she also used Ranger paints and stepped out of her comfort zone and THAT is why I loved teaching this class, because they did something they would not usually do.
So YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

I am off to bed because I was so nervous all day that I am now beat.
As always, THANK you for your kind words and for always being so positive.
Have a wonderful day, Friday is almost here : )

June kit is up for sale

The June kit is up for sale at THE PAPER NICHE. just when I thought LEAH. could not top the past kit, she pulled this one out! Here is what I did.












And as always I did a little frame with all my scraps

Now please go check out LEAH. and MELISA'S. blogs and show them some love because these ladies can ROCK some layouts.

Almost forgot to share..... I got a call from THE PAPER NICHE. telling me that the 3 ladies who had to reschedule my Saturday class because I never made it there want to take my class this Wednesday and they are bringing a 4'th friend. WOOT! WOOT! I was so happy to hear that they forgave me. I know to error is human but some people can not forgive that easily so I am so grateful that they managed to find it in their hearts to forgive silly old me! Now I am off to make them some little goodies as a thank you.

As always ladies, THANK YOU for stooping by to check out my craziness and for your sweet comments, you ladies ROCK!!!!!!

I'm an @$$ and a sneak peek

Today as I was outside with our girls I got a call from THE PAPER NICHE. where I am part of the DT and were I should have been at 1 pm to teach a class, yes I messed up royally, last time I called I was told no one had signed up for my class and with this being the first week of school for Soli and me going back to work my mind has every where and the sad part is that I was there on Friday to turn in this month's kit. I swear I wanted to crawl under a rock when I had them on the phone, the ladies could not wait for me to get there (understandably) and I would not blame them for not wanting to reschedule my class. This is SO not like me, if I say I will be there, I am there early and with bells on. I hope they give me another chance : (

Here are my sneak peeks for this months kit













As always LEAH. has done an amazing job at putting together the kit and she now has her own digi shop RIGHT HERE and I finally decided to put my big girl panties on and quit being so scuuured of the digi thing and bought ny first journalling tags : )
Also stop by THIS GIRL'S. blog and check our her sneak peeks, they look like they are going to be off the chain.

As always ladies THANK YOU for the wonderful message and for always being so positive, have a wonderful weekend.

Did you know.....

that this old dried up paint + this die cut left over



make this cute little girl that kinda feels like a sand block



which then makes this cute layout?



Yeah! You probably did but I just had to share with you that you can use your old dried up paint instead of throwing it away : )

This layout is of my Angejolie on her first day of Summer Camp with her cousin Hallie 3 years ago and yes, if you saw the layout I did yesterday of Solimar, they are wearing the same outfit. I saved it for her to wear it : ) call me cheesy but I think it is cute to see my baby wear the same outfit that her older sister wore once.

Have a great Thursday and I know I sound like a broken record but THANK YOU for your sweet comments...get used to it because I will always end my post with a thank you :D

5 minute layout

Oh how I miss starting my mornings with paint, papers and embellishments but that's my life at least for now, it's going to take a few days to get used to waking up at 6 am to get the girls off to school and get to the office but I am confident that by next week I will have it all figured out : )
Here is a layout of Solimar's first day at summer camp yesterday with cousin Riley. I cut out the little boy, little girl and monster which took but a few minutes this morning and then slapped on the papers this afternoon. Can you tell it was a 5 minute page?



Being back at the office these past 2 days has been so nice, I got to have my coffee without interruption, some adult conversation and by 2:30 I am glad my work has ended and I am off to get my girls. Did I mention that I have the greatest boss in the world? Maybe that's why I have been there for 11 years... she loves my girls I took them to work with me from birth until they were ready for school and when ever I can not go in because they are sick or there is no school she does not give me a hard time about it. I am so blessed to have such a great boss who turned out to be a friend years later.
As always ladies, THANK you for your wonderful messages and supporting emails, they mean the world to me.

History repeats itself

PREPARE FOR A PICTURE HEAVY POST!!!

3 years ago today I was dropping of our Angejolie at her Montessori school for her 1'st day at the tender age of 2 years 8 months, today we dropped of our Solimar at the sanw Montessori school for her 1'st day at the tender age of 2 years 6 months which she will go with eher sister and cousins until the 8'th grade.


The girls ready to conquer the day.


Angejolie and Hallie ready to conquer the day 3 years ago.


Here is Angejolie with her cousin Hallie, they are BFF and partners in crime.


Here is Solimar in the same class with her cousin Riley which also happens to be Hallie's little brother.


The girls playing.


Solimar and Riley playing.


Me doing the ugly cry because for the first time in years my car is empty, there was such a void in my heart...I know, I know, cut the cord right?


15 minutes later I took out the girls CD and put in my favorite Eve CD, I have not listened to it in years because there is a whole lata cursing ;D


This is what I found when I got to my office, hearts that Angejolie must have done for me last week when we stoped by to say hello to my co-workers, it put a huge smile on my face and I looked at it all day long, that is until 2:30 when it was time to go get our girls and go home. So I will now bw working from 9 to 2:30 5 days a week so that means I will not be scrapping as much as I have for the past 2 years : (


The first thing Soli said was "Mommy!!!!!!!! I had I great time, I cry for nap time for you, my Anjojie ruba my back to go to sleep" Gotta love the Montessori way of doing things.


We survived day one and I am sad that our little girls are growing up, but happy that they are getting a phenomenal education and that we are preparing them to be leaders. Well ladies, as always THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all you wonderful messages. Have a great week. I am off to do a layout : )