39 years

39 years of love for these two special people:

and since they've already received this card, here it is (used a card sketch #55 from 2S4Y):

and for the lovely 39 years deetz:

(supplies:  American Crafts cardstock, Lily Bee chipboards, Cosmo Cricket papers, EK Success, Martha Stewart punches)

happy anniversary mom & dad!  we love you!

featuring a fashionista

it's that time again to do a nice full reveal, fashion-week-style, on the ScrapTiffany blog today for the Weekly Challenge:  "Brads & Eyelets."  the ScrapTiffany Design Team and I have some fab-o-lous creations to show you today, so go on over and check it out and play along by clicking here: Week #29, Challenge, Part 2.

for my take, i did one on my daughter entitled "She is Maiya the Fashionista."  i used some alpha brads i got from Joann's Fabrics that were on sale as part of the title.  i also used some silver brads at the left top corner of my LO which added extra interest to the hand-cut arrows and it helped move the eyes towards the pictures.  then i decked out punched circles and punched stars with some different colored brads just to add a little texture and a little bling-y-ness to them.  for this LO, i used the Creative Scrappers sketch #112.  i love their sketches!

here it is, featuring of course, my baby boo:

and some close-ups of the brads deetz:

(supplies used:  Sassafras, Joann's, American Crafts, Fiskars, EK Success, Rubberstampede, Basic Grey)

have a beautiful friday and a great weekend!

it's been too long for a sneaky peeky

omigosh!  it's been way too long since i've posted anything.we did not have internet for a few days and finally we do!  yey-yah!

anyhooo....here's a sneaky peeky for next week's challenge on ScrapTiffany.  i'll post the full reveal next week.

i haven't done any pages for one of my fave sketch blogs, Pencil Lines. this is sketch #195.  this is my first layout not using a photo with no peepz in it.  this photo was taken during my time on vacation and having some breakfast with my milk coffee and a fave movie of mine, Juno.

and here are close-ups:

 i used some American Crafts and Cosmo Cricket papers.  i've had the American Crafts papers for quite some time and finally used it for the perfect photo.  i really love this LO because of the bright colors.  my hubby said this one was "so cool."  heeeheee.

here's some updates on a non-scrappy note....

we moved into our house this past wednesday and we've just been busy busy unpacking all the boxes...which we have already done...now we just have to organize organize.  da hubby has started painting just accent walls, the living area is painted.  but here is how it looks...

it took me a day each for our master bath & bedroom and then today all day for my daughter, maiya's room to unpack  everything out of the boxes.  the kitchen was the first to be totally done and everything put in its place.  my scrap area will take the longest i think to organize.  from what the hubby says we may have to do an ikea-run in burbank.  hmmmm...what to get what to get?  that is the question. moving, unpacking and organizing is hard work!

last sunday, i flew maiya out to seattle so she can spend the rest of the summer with her dad.

i am sooooo missing her.  i cried while unpacking and organizing her room.  i'm okay now.  she'll be back home with us on august 15th.  until then i'm gonna keep busy busy.

wow...it's almost midnite...and i'm getting tired.  so it's nitey nite. lataz!!!!!

hello summer and some last minute thangz

weeeeeehhhh it's the 1st day of summer!  yey-yah!  and it's almost time to go on our road trip.  i am not sure but this may be my last post for awhile...well maybe...maybe without photos.  we'll see how things go this week.

gonna try to make this post quick and dirty (well not really).  heehee...

first off, my reveal and take on the Inspired Blueprints sketch #50:

and for lucky luckiez:

(supplies:  American Crafts, Hambly, Webster's, Fiskars, EK Success, Martha Stewart, A Million Memories kit)

i have already done my 1st reveal for Scrap Tiffany which will be out on July 5th.  i'll give you a sneaky peeky at a later date.  i'm trying to get ahead of the game since we are gonna be on the move the next 2 1/2 weeks or less.

here's the full reveal for my hub'z father's day card i made for him:

and the rest of the deetz:

you can find a couple of more the little details by clicking here.  i just love Pink Paislee pp's!

we celebrated father's day a day early at Red Robin:

yes...i know i'm crazy...lol!

here are a few thangz we did this past weekend...some of which we will do again in the future, i.e., when we return back someday...

...a going away party getaway for my hubz (thrown by his now former colleagues):

unfortunately, i don't have any photos from the party.  i had to take off for a bit to drop off maiya with her dad for the weekend.  but i did return to the party about 30 minutes laters.  darn!

...our last lunch stop at one of our fave places to eat, New Sushi Teriyaki, get a load of my fam (w/o maiya since she was with her dad):

 ...our last sibling brunch for awhile...at Shari's...

 

i'm gonna miss these thangz and timez. (most of all i'm gonna miss my family and friends!) i'll just make sure when we do come visit, we do these for sure.

hmmm, i'm not very good at quick posts, am i?!?!?  aaaaaah well!!!

we'll be on our road trip this coming saturday.  the movers are coming today hopefully to start packing our stuff, then hotel it, then we have to take care of a few things before saturday.  i'm taking some scrappiness with me too! i'm gonna try to get some kind of scrappy arts in while staying at the hotels.  hmmm?  we'll see.

well gonna end this post now...hopefully i'll be able to blog a bit the next couple of weeks even if it's short and w/o photos.  until then...happy times!

finally...it's happened to me...

i did a thank you card for a wonderful family who has done so much for my hubby...used almost all American Crafts on this one and Lauren's sketch #54 from 2S4Y:

and for the simple deetz:

i have two "finally's" to announce.  the first i can show and tell, the second will have to wait a bit.

"finally"  #1:

i finished my everyday album...done!  here's a before and after of the whole album:
from thin to thick...

and here are 2 photos for each day from 5.17 thru 5.23 (you can see 5.12 thru 5.16 on this post by clicking here):

a total of 78 pages.  whew!  the things i would do differently next time:  just do an exact week, use page protectors and page protector dividers.  this was a long process but i'm glad i did it and i'm glad it's DONE. most of all i'm glad now that i have something to look back on and not take the little things for granted that happen almost everyday.

"finally" #2:  one of my other scrappy dreams has come true, but i can't say what it is until the announcement has been made on the Scrap Tiffany blog.  all i can say is:  I'M SO EXCITED!!!!  FINALLY IT'S HAPPENED TO ME!


today...

1. i will need to gather a few scrappy stuff to take along our road trip to cali
2. at least clean the toilet bowls (i like to do things little by little)
3. pick up Maiya at the bus stop
4. bake some balsamic rosemary chicken wings for dinner

 before i end this post, i just have to put in a few photos of a lil one getting a new haircut and some curliness:

isn't life grand???  yes...it is...