family time + a card

well my sis and her family are here in town for the next 2 weeks!
yey-yah!
i'm so happy they're here.
my bro-in-law and niece and nephews finally met selene for the 1st time.
and they love her much.

they're also in time here for ashley's birthday, w/c is tomorrow.
i secretly made a card for her this a.m.
here it is:

and a bunch of da deetz:

supplies:  american crafts, uniball signo, fiskars, marvy uchida, aleene's, therm o web

and a few family photo love:

meeting the rest of the familia:

slip & slidin:

having so much fun!

well i'm off with da hubby on a dirt road bike ride in the desert!

c-ya!

5 - five - cinco - lima

well this past saturday my lil boo, maiya, went to WA for 6 wks to visit her dad.
she'll also be visiting my family for 5 nights.
i already miss this lil girl.
the night before we went to red robin at her request.
she ordered of course her usual...
banzai burger, no mayo, no pineapple, no cheese.

and before we headed over to red robin...
we finally did a photo shoot of the 5 of us together.
i took so many  since i had my camera to shoot continous.
i didn't have a tripod...
so the top of the bbq grill had to do.

the test shots of....

1 & 2 people i love...

3 people i love....

4 people i love...

and the final 5...a complete familia....

i had to crop some of the photos...
because the darn bbq grill top was showing up at the corner of them.
oh well.

i miss maiya.
i miss us 5 all together.

on a scrappy-note...
i made a card for a baby shower.
i wasn't able to attend because that was the day my lil boo left for WA.

here's the quick and simple card:

and for the close-ups:

materials:  american crafts, prima, webster's pages, fiskars, marvy uchida, martha stewart, amm kit, stickles by ranger

got my siggy of course.
tone-on-tone, punches, glitter.
and i never ever forget to deck out the inside too.
used an old kit from amm.
been trying to use older kits for cards.
i've got lots and lots of older kits that have been barely used or have leftovers.
a real easy, quicky, and simple card.

hopefully i can get some more scrap time sometime this week.
even if it's just decking out a container.
i've accumulated quite a bit of baby formula containers that i'm thinking of putting to good use for scrap supplies or maybe for something else.
we'll see how that goes!

have a good monday!

chill day

today is a chill day.
not going anywhere.
just staying home day.
going places costs $$$.
being on a tight budget = chill day.

sharing some project lovez i did for this past father'z day.
these were made for my hubby.
he loved them so much.

an album:

and the deetz:

materials:  american crafts, 7gysies, tattered angeles glimmer mists, fiskars, ek success, uniball signo, sassafras, maya road, daisyd, ranger, martha stewart

used my nifty punches, stamping, tearing, distressing, spray misting, doodling, and all that fun stuff that makes this album special.

and now for a canvas layout of my hubby and our youngest chickadee, selene...

used a tim holtz alpha grungeboard as a template.
spray misted it.
then used a gel pen to outline the "S" for selene.
tore the bottom and top edges of the photo, adhered.
then decked out the canvas with scraps, buttons, chipboard that was crackle painted & spray misted.

here's the process:

and what it looks like:

and the intricate lil deetz:

materials:  tattered angels glimmer mists, ranger, jesse james & co, basic grey, fiskars gel pens, crate paper, maya road

i rarely get a chance to do altered projects.
gotta do more of them.
don't cha think?
me think so.

and to save the best for last...
some photo love of all 3 of our girlies together.
finally got a few done of the 3 of them.
must not forget to do one or more of the whole family of 5.
must do it before lil boo leaves for WA for the rest of the summer.

so so so pretty.
i love you.