1st blog post on ScrapTiffany

head on over to ScrapTiffany for my 1st ever blog post for this Wednesday Hijack.  i talk about keeping a gratitude journal.

i think it's so important to remind yourself of what you are grateful for on a daily basis.  write it down...on a piece of scrap paper and stash it away in a nice container, on a sticky note and stick on your computer, your mirror or anywhere you can see it.  you can also blog about it in a private or public blog.... any way is great as long as you have it in writing and you can look back on it and say "so grateful i did this and that."

here's a few sneakz of what's in store at today's ScrapTiffany's Wednesday Hijack (<-----click here!!!):

and a journal i bought a couple of weeks ago from walmart for my future next entries:

don't you think the owl is oh soooo cute!  can hardly wait to start using this. no need to deck out the outside of this one.

what are you grateful for?  today...me...i'm grateful for being on a great design team. 

so go on over to ScrapTiffany and show off the creative side of you on what you're grateful for.  and feel free to leave me a comment and a link...i would love to see what you do!  yey-yah!

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!!!!!

another reveal...

on the ScrapTiffany challenge blog!  it's once again our ScrapTiffany Design Team Weekly Challenge posted every mondays.  this week's challenge was to create something using a "monochromatic" tone.  clicky here:  Week #28 Challenge, Part I "Monochromatic" to check out what we all did for this fun challenge.

and here's my take:

i showed you one of the deetz and here's the rest: 

in case you were curious and i know you are soooooo curious... here's what else is in store every week on the ScrapTiffany blog:

 MONDAYS:  Weekly Challenge - the 9 of 18 DT members show off their talents with a given theme and do it in their own style and interpretation

TUESDAYS:   Tuesday Tutorial - we show you a tutorial on anything scrappy and get your creative juices going

WEDNESDAYS:  Wednesday Hijack - one of the DT members gets a chance to take over the blog and shows you some scrappy inspo

THURSDAYS:  Thrify Thursdays - scrapbooking doesn't have to be expensive....on this day we show you how you can be scrappy-savvy and money-savvy at the same time.

FRIDAYS:  this day we show you the rest of the remaining 9 DT members weekly challenge creations.

SATURDAYS:  is Tiffany's Project 52 where she shows you her fab-o-lous talent and creations.

so don't forget to check out me and the rest of talented ScrapTiffany DT every single day of the week!

tfl and until next time!

a quick-y

i'm gonna make this a short one for today because for one i'm tired and another i'm just feeling a bit sad tonight.  sad because i have to fly out my daughter tomorrow early a.m. to seattle so that she can spend the rest of the summer with her dad.  i'm really gonna miss her.

a quick sneaky peeky for this coming's ScrapTiffany's weekly challenge.  the whole reveal will be posted soon.

did i say i'm gonna miss my baby boo?  at least the rest of summer will fly by and once i know it, she'll be back home with us.  i love you baby boo.

i miss these 2 siblings....photos to share....a special birthday

...yes i do!  especially our sibling brunches... we made this a monthly tradition to play catch up, hella laugh, and just joke around and yes have some serious "life" talks.  i am gonna miss doing this with them, but maybe when i come visit we'll get to do it again someday.

this page layout is dedicated to my sis, jo and bro, josh...

(supplies:  Cosmo Cricket, Studio Calico, American Crafts, EK Success, Fiskars, Aleene's, Maya Road, Ranger, Basic Grey, AMM kit, Jesse James & Co, Janlynn)

and for the sibling love deetz:

here's some of my fave photos during our road trip here and a few so far we've taken here in cali...

BJ's resto, yumm-o grilled chicken pesto flatbread pizza and a strawberry mojito...aaaahhh yeaaaah!:

Fuddrucker's resto, black & bleu burger...a second time...aaaaahhhh yeaaaahhh!:

IHOP breakfast along the way:

Oregon beach time:

home sweet home, edwards afb of cali:

a family fun trip to Mulligan's here at Palmdale:

loving cali so far.

today, is this cutie'z birthday, she's officially 10 today!

we love you and happy birthday!  lunch at red robin's and then the eclipse movie. yey-yah!

a nice first reveal on....

...my layout on the ScrapTiffany blog for the july 5th reveal!  my first one for the ScrapTiffany Design Team. come and play along for this week's challenge's theme  "self-portrait."  check out my take along with our other fellow fab-o-lous ladiez from the ScrapTiffany DT by clicking here:  Week #27, Challenge Part I.

more tidbits on me:

• last concert:  Black Eyed Peas
• love hip hop music
• use to breakdance back in the day
• love using circles in my scrappiness land
• been scrapping since high school, but i went all out beginning in january 2007
• some of my fave foodz:  my mom'z spaghetti, sushi, cupcakes, strawberry lemonade
• fave colorz:  red & purple
• can still do a hip hop routine, the last one i did was on 10.29.09, our wedding night; my bro & i danced to Black Eyed Peas' "Pump It" for a surprise number for my hubby.

 and here'z my take:

play play play along with us on SCRAPTIFFANY!!!  click click click here!!!!

on another note, i'll be posting another freestyle layout soon, i'm just gonna let you savor the "JD" flava! 

thanks for your support and checking my work out!  have a great and sunny monday!

a relaxing scrappy saturday and a nice sneaky peeky....

well today was a nice relaxing one.  i got to stay home and got some "me-time" and did a scrappy page while my hubz took our 2 girlies swimming.  but i won't reveal that one after July 12th, but i'll sneak in a peek later next week.  i did it for the ScrapTiffany weekly challenge. 

but... i do have  a sneaky peeky for the july 5th reveal on the ScrapTiffany blog.  the challenge was to do a self-portrait to let all know who the members are on the ScrapTiffany Design Team.  here's the deetz:

 a few tidbits on me:  i love hip hop, a cupcake on occasion, love the beach, sunrises, sunsets.  more to come laterz.

don't forget to check my take and my fellow ScrapTiffany DT ladiez' on the july 5th reveal!!!!!!

tfl!  have a wonderful 4th of july!

first friday in sunny cali

yup yup!  it's our very 1st friday in sunny cali!  hubby is at a housing orientation (sorry babez didn't know what else to call it).  yesterday we looked at a couple of houses and got one.  now we just need all our stuff from storage and hoping to move in next week...hopefully.  then we'll be reunited with all our belongings especially my scrappy stuff... i miss you!  lol!

anyway, i did manage to get some scrapping done while on our road trip.  i got 1 1/2 pages done.  i have yet finished the 2nd one but will do in the very near future.

here's the 1st one i completed which is for our hawaii honeymoon album...on our second day there, we went to north shores.  beautiful, windy and i have to say the biggest and strongest waves i've experienced.  i should know since i was thrown down to the ground by one while taking close photos of the water, my camera almost got soaked.  but i was laughing the whole time!  heehee...anywhooo, here's my page:

and for the lil deetz that make a difference too:

(supplies:  SEI, EK Success, American crafs, Stampcraft, Jesse James & Co, Adtech)

today, we're gonna cruise over to lancaster city to check out the scenery, happenings, the mall, etc.  then head back over here to attend the annual summer bash for the 4th of July weekend.  gonna have to apply lots and lots of sunscreen and have me some fun!

check out this video...the sunny-ness made me think of this song.

well gotta wakey our other princess!  have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!

California Love

we're finally here in edwards afb of cali! and i'm so relieved. we're finally home.

anyway, we're here! it took us approximately 1,240 miles to get here from lacey, wa! wow! the road trip was actually pretty smooth and the scenery was beautiful. there were specks of green over the sandy brownness, the mountains were so gorgeous.

we first stopped in lincoln city, oregon and checked in at surftides. we were able to enjoy the oregon coast beach. dang it was windy, a bit cold and and the water was freezing but the views were spectacular.

 the next day we were on the road and landed in redding, ca:

then the next couple of nights were in concord, ca.  we went to the waterpark near by.  unfortuntately i did not get a chance to take any photos while we were there.  i was going to buy an underwater camera over there, but they were selling them for $14.99 a pop, w/c i felt was a bit of a rip off!  so i settled on a brochure and scrapped in my gratitude journal.  but we did go for some semi-homemade breakfast at the local denny's and took a few pix of our sleepyheads before heading to the waterpark.  we also did the jelly belly bean tour and got lots of jelly beans of all kinds of flavors.

i got sunburnt a bit but not as bad as it was when i went snorkeling in hawaii last year.  thank gosh for major sunscreen applications.

our final road trip was wednesday to our new home...

i love me some california lovin.  check out this video by clicking here.

we are off to do some cruisin of the area.  see ya!