quickie but goodie layout

doing a quick post of another wedding scrap layout i did this past saturday early morning....
this one is of our 2 daughters, maiya & ashley.
the photo was taken on 10/24/2009.
so they pretty much look real different now.

anyway...

sharing is caring...

i used a coaster from somewhere i can't remember where from to use as a template for the circles.
then drew a couple of freeform circles in a couple of those circles.
dotted around a couple of circles too.
used some silver ink from stampcraft and clear stamps from7gypsies on top of my circles.
used the clear arrows in that set too.
i cut up the patterned papers by basic grey & colorbok using my cutter and my scissors on opposite sides of them
i kinda like that not so straight edge look.
i'll be using that technique again.
then the scraps from those, i adhered them above my photos.
can't waste anything right?
a few punched shapes here and there, stickles glitter glue, doodled border, and very little journaling finished it up.
i had fun doing this one because of all of the freeform stuff.
that's why i love scrapbooking...anything goes!

continuing my photo-a-day, project life, and life in general.

what's a bummer is my external drive went caput the other day and i freaked out a bit.
beeping sound and flickering light and not responding onto my laptop or any computer in the house.
but i know it'll get resolved.
it will.
it betta.
wish me luck and hope for the best.

thanks for stopping by!

3 in a row in 3 days

started this from friday til early sunday....
ooohhhh.....my....

these first two are framed & displayed in our living...

(all layouts done using cocoa daisy kits)....

and this last one...
better late than never, huh?
i never got a chance to do one last year for my 40th bday....
save the best for last, ey?
gotta say that this one is my fave this past weekend....

in 3 days, i will be forty-1!!!!!
yey-yah!
i'll be doing a scrap page on that day too!
see ya soon!
gotta go for a quick run!

happy birthday ashley...12, 12, 12!

happy birthday to our daughter ashley!
she turned 12 today.

this was a pre-celeb of her bday on 4th of july.
she loves that bieber boy.
she love the color purple too,
just like i do.

and this is a card that i made for her...

happy birthday hunny!

these peepz are my lovez

yey-yah!
got some scrapping done!
i did 3 in one day!
wow!
that's a record for me!
but you know what?
i'm gonna share 2 of them for now.
the other one later.

i used the cocoa daisy november 2011 kit "bed & breakfast for all 3.

1st one up is of my lil baby boo, maiya, tha "poser"

i just love the amy tangerine line from american crafts.
i'm so happy they got some of her style into their style.
finally!
she is one of my fave scrapperz!

cut out the 'frames' from one of her papers & adhered all over the place.
overlapped the black letter stickers and doodled on them to give 'em my style.
and for the final touch, i doodled borders on the cardstock.
i tend to doodle things out since i don't own a sewing machine.
(if i did, then i'd be sewing like crazy on my layouts!)

the photos are of my daughter, maiya, at the park spending time with her cousins during the summer 2011.
she's so beautiful and growing so fast!

and the 2nd layout...
my hubby and my stepdaughter, when we were all at universal studios for her birthday...

tore pieces out of the green pp to expose more of the background pp.
cut out patterns from a cosmo cricket pp.
used a doily that i swooped up from the falls terrace restaurant in olympia we had eaten at for my 40th birthday.
i don't usually really dig doilies very much, but this was an exception and i think it went well matting the photo.
and the final touch for this one:  doodling of course!
doodled on & around the letter stickers and all around the layout.
can you tell i love to doodle?
heehee.

i'll have to mail these out to cali as i don't want to squeeze these into my suitcase.
afterall, i packed for 3!
tomorrow, mailing it out!

one and a half days til we fly back home!
i don't want to..
but then again i want to.
i'll miss my family
but i do miss my hubby and our doggie, sierra.

home is where the heart is.
i'm glad i have 2.