Being challenged!!!

Well HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ladies!
Hope y'all are doing great because I am beat like a you know what!
I know I am still being a bad bad blogger but this is why.....

I have been packing, trying to clean this so that we can turn our new house into our new home and let me tell you that it has NOT been easy but it will get done in time. The girls are super excited to finally have a house with a pool especially since it is hot as all hell here : )

So on Monday it was my turn to do a layout for our CHALLENGE AT THE PAPER NICHE and it was about glimmermisting.

This is what I was able to pull off in 1 day between all that packing :D :D :D I found some AC left over scraps and I used my T!M Holtz masks, so if you up for a challenge and want a neat prize please do join us : )

I also managed to do a layout which has taken me one whole week because I would touch it for 5 minutes and have to walk away to do something, touch it for 7 minutes and once again have to walk away because THIS GIRL challenged me to do a boy layout. Can we say challenge of the year???????? But I gave it my all and this is what I got.

This is a page of our daughter and her partner in crime (her cousin) they are 4 months apart and boy oh boy are they a hand full. the journaling will be on the blue tag under their picture.

The flowers and button are left overs from my JUNE KIT

I had to paint and ink my ribbons. I also traced this little boy and little girls from an old OA die cut and then embossed them. BTW this page is as busy as these two are ; )

Well...this is where I say ADIOS ladies and I am so sorry I have not been by your blogs to show you some love but I swear that as soon as this place is 1/2 way decent I will be loving on your stuff like it's no body's business!!!! As always THANK you for your sweet comments, you all know how much I love them and how much they make my day : ) and I apologize for the crazy looking post.

Is it June already???????

Well hellllllo ladies!
I know I have been a bad blogger as much as I have been bad at blog hopping but this has been a couple of busy/crazy weeks. Hopefully we will be settled in soon so that I can get back to playing with papers and stalking your blogs : )

This month's kit at THE PAPER NICHE was fun to work with but a little challenging because I am all about the colorful, busy papers : ) but a challenge is always good right???!!!! And I was able to do layouts that I would not normally do : )


Here we are celebrating my SIL's birthday and her new home....these 2 bring out the goofy in me no matter what kind of mood I'm in, you know that saying "we don't stop playing because we grow old...we grow old because we stop playing" well in our case we will never grow old!


We can look normal when need be : )


Since I started packing I have come across old pictures and love notes and I found this Polaroid picture of 1998, just 8 moths after we got married. Ahhhhhhh! to be young with no worries, those were the days I had time to get my hair, pedi and mani done every Friday! I traded those days for motherhood and I have no regrets......well 1 regret, I regret the fact the I have crazy looking hair these days but that's what hats are for : )


This is my favorite page, we took my mom to go see the planes land and take off, that is one thing the girls love doing with Daddy!

As you can see there is no journalling on my pages, I need to learn to journal on my layouts, most of it is done on the back of the papers, so if anyone has any good tips please share them with me.
As always ladies, THANK you for your sweet comments because they always make my day!
As soon as we are done living in boxes I will be a better blogger and I will be showing my love for your posts. Have a great week!
(((((BIG hugs)))))

It's my turn

Hello ladies and Happy belated Mother's Day!!!!!!!

What a weekend this has been, my birthday was this Saturday and then we had mother's day yesterday so needless to say I am beat today but in a good way : )

I meant to stop by and wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day but I kept having problems with my phone so I was only able to wish it to some of you so as soon as the girls go to sleep I will be stopping by : )

So this week was my turn to make a layout for the new challenge at THE PAPER NICHE which was to make a layout using masks and here is what I did



Y'all remember the infamous so called "washable markers" incident a few weeks back...note to self, washable markers wash off clothes BUT not completely off your child's body so she went to school the next day looking all bruised up from the marker stains : / and I had to explain it to her teachers who already knew it was from the markers because I guess kids other than my kid do it too : )


I was having so much fun with the darn masks that I did another one except this time around instead if using inks I glimmer misted the entire page and used color pencils.




Come on to our BLOG and join in on the fun or just leave me so love :)
As always ladies THANK you for stopping by and for all your beautiful comments, you know they make my day! (((((BIG hugs))))) and have a wonderful week!!!

A Sneak peek

Hello ladies!!!!!

Today is my turn to post a sneak HERE HERE HERE so if you can please stop by and check it out and show a girl some love : )

I really need to learn how to blog better 'cause I kinda think my post over there is a little blah BUT I tried darn it!!!!! : )

Thanks for stopping by and as always THANK you for your sweet comments, you all ROCK!!!

Happy Fisrt Birthday

Helloooooooooo ladies!
How's your week going so far? Mine could not be going any better : )
Slowly but surely my dreams are coming true and I am so excited about the changes that will be happening....WOOHOO!!!!!! Now to scrappy stuff. CREATIVE SCRAPPERS has their 100'th sketch up and I could not help myself but to play along.

I got my hands on the new FANCY PANTS RUSTED SUN papers from the PAPER NICHE and decided I was going to scrap a picture of our daughter on her 1'st birthday.
So what do you get when you add

and

You get this





You get your own embellishment at a fraction of the cost : ) and a cool looking page, well...at least in my eyes ; )
I still can not believe that our Princess is no longer our tiny little baby, look at her holding her layout



It feels like I blinked and 6 years years passed me by, next thing I know she will be 13 and talking about boys. Oh my!!!! Let me NOT even think that because I am SO not ready to deal with boys ; O
Ok, I need to keep this post short because I now have to go play with the May kit for The Niche and all I'mma say is HOLLY SHMOLLY it's a nice one.
As always THANK you for all your sweet comments, you ladies rock!!! Have a wonderful week.

Happy 90'th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello ladies!!! How was your week? Mine has been crazy crazy crazy but it's all good, at least I had a week right? I always say, any day with my feet above ground is a great day : )
On Monday we celebrated my husband's grandfather's 90'th birthday, yes ladies 90 and let it be known that Abuelo (that's granpa in el spanish) is in better health then a lot of younger people I know. He is on no meds, he still drives and he takes out everyone's garbage and gets all our mail daily, what a blessing!!! He celebrated his birthday surrounded by his children, grandchildren & their spouses, his great grandchildren and his wife aka Abuela whom he's been married to for at least 60 years, one more thing about Abuelo, his mom lived to be 106 years old and recently passed away 3 or 4 years ago in Cuba... can we say WOW? Here is a layout I did of him blowing his candles


I used A PROPER GENTLEMEN, FASHIONISTA and ON THE BOARDWALK, papers by G45, remember that they are double sided so on so pieces I used the back part.


For these cute little swirls, I stamped them on the back of a pizza box and stikled them : )
This is what the stamp set looks like


The set is by Inkadinkadoo that I got at THE NICHE a while ago as well as the papers. One thing about me... I buy buy buy some call it hoarding) and even though I may not use it right away I know sooner or later I will use it, my pages are mostly a reflection of my moods : ) and I don't care if the paper is 1 week old or 1 year old. he heeeee!

Here is another layout I did, it's of me and Mr. Hubby hanging at the park with our girls, our 6 year old snapped this picture of us, she captured us cuddling up on the bench while they were playing. I journaled on the back



YOU!
You make me smile, you make me laugh, you make me mad but most of all you make me happy!
YOU!
You are loving, you are kind, you are understanding, you are patient, you are a great father and a great husband, you are an awesome person and a wonderful son.
I want to grow old with YOU by my side!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

Don't get me wrong, my marriage is not perfect but dang it it is close to it ; )
There are days when a want to choke a brother out but for the 1 day that I feel that way there are 10 days that I love him to death.
The papers are by The Girls Paperie from where else but THE NICHE, I used the MAYA ROAD STAMP for the sewing machine and embossed it with Zing embossing powder.
Well ladies, this is all I have for now, I am still trying to find my groove, I used to be able to make 1 layout a day and somewhere down the line I lost the ability to do so. How do some of you all do it. I see you blog at least 2 to 3 times a week with fabulous layouts. Help a sistah out and share your secret with me : )
As always THANK you for your wonderful comments, they always make my day.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Got wood?

Hello ladies!
How is your weekend so far? Mine has been great/horrible but no need to bore you with the horrible details, all I'm gonna say is that I have enjoyed spending time with family and the horrible part was that I had to make a decision that could have affected my family in a negative way but it was the right decision for my family, I know it makes no sense : )
Anythoot, enough with the boring stuff. Here is what I did for the WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE at entrARTistes. You had to use wood and this challenge could not have come at a better time because I just got my hands on that wood paper by Creative Imaginations at THE PAPER NICHE.




And how cuuuuuuuuute is this fairy???? I got her and the new "the girl's paperie" papers at The Niche too. Not for nothing but that store rocks my world!!! We keep getting new goodies in almost every day and that makes me one happy camper, I don't know if Mr. Hubby feels the same way ; )

OK, this is where I say adios because I need to go get everything ready for tomorrow.
Have a HAPPY EASTER and my your day fantastic!
As always THANK YOU for your sweet comments, you ladies are the best!