Making time to scrapbook...

How cool is this? I whipped up this little bag for a challenge at Crafty Secrets

and won a new CD!!!

Lately I have been crazy busy with life.

Yes, I can admit that my scrapbooking supplies have been neglected,

sad but true. (I know, it is a shocker to me too.)

I have wanted to, I just haven't had the time.

So glad I made that little gift bag!

I decided I am going to schedule

time to scrap and just make it a part of my daily routine, just like everything else!

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This week I took a lot of photos- here are just a few...

(*These photos have not been edited yet!)

 My mom and I took the little ones to the Dallas Arboretum

 - this place is fantastic if you ever get the chance you should go!

Here you can see that Baby girl lost her first tooth this month!

Abuela (grandmother, my mom) has now relocated to TX.
The kids love it! 

  My night owl just being silly!

 Baby girl knows how to get her Abuela to smile!

I saw this in the gift shop - totally CUTE!

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Stay tuned for lots of fun stuff coming up on my blog!
I am seriously feeling a giveaway coming soon,
I'm just saying!

Giveaways!

Seven Days of Giveaways!

Anybody wanna win those Faber Castell Design Memory Craft products I am always braggng about?(See previous post!)
 Don't miss out on the Seven Days of Giveaways with Brenda Pinnick!  To be entered to win, simply leave a comment on the Design Memory Craft blog, and on Brenda's Blog. Brenda will be giving away some great stamps from her new line, one of a kind pieces of her artwork as well as Design Memory Craft products!

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Have you entered the Clear Scraps contest yet?

Just 4 more days to go.

Clear Scraps is hosting a contest and you could win BIG.

Use Clear Scraps products and create a beautiful project, anything from a layout to an altered project. ANYTHING that inspires you!

Check it out on the Clear Scraps blog!

Good luck

and tell them I sent you!
(not that I get anything - I dont but at least they know I am getting the word out KWIM? thanks!)

Vibrant Colors

Love, love , love my Gelatos!

I am not much of a stamper but I had so

much fun with my Stampers Big Brush and Gelatos that I had to share!

First the card was dry embossed & wet embossed,

 then I used my Gelatos to draw over the entire card.

I blended by misting the card with water and moving the paint around with a paint brush.

After it was dry I used Stampers Big Brush on a stamp, lightly misted it and stamped the card.

I loved the colors so much that I also did it on the ribbon!

I love the vibrant colors!

mini Monday!

Hey bloggers, a while back I gave you a peek to this mini

but I could not post all the pages. Some of you asked about

the rest of the book and today I posted it on the Clear Scraps blog!
The paper is from Ta Da Creative Studios - the Goody Two Shoes collection!

Thanks for stopping by!

Pray

                            

Hey there bloggers. Boy it has been busy around here - I don't know why I thought things would slow down when school started, I think it has just sped up! I cant believe it is the middle of October and with homework, ballet classes, football, youth ministry, bible study and everything else that goes on around here the time just flies by! Is it like that for you too?

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Well I am super excited to share this layout with you today! The papers are from Ta Da, the Just Chillin' collection. It's so hard to find cool boys collection that don't look like they are for toddlers! My little boys are growing up!LOL!  They are both on the same team ( which I was realyy glad with our schedule!) and I am really happy that we found this league. They pray before each game and at practice they hae a quick devotional that deals with real life where they are at. I love that!!!! I was so excited I caught this picture before the game last week!

I am also really thankful I was able to use a sketch from Sketches Creatively Yours - I don't know about you but these days it seems I am lucky to squeeze in some time to scrapbook with my schedule!! Sketches Creatively Yours was the first design team I was ever on and recently they asked if I would come back on the team. Being that I don't have a lot of time on my hands it would seem weird, but it was a blessing! Do you know how much easier it is to do a layout when you have a sketch in front of you! LOL! I am honored that they would think of me and if you have neer been on a DT this is a grat place to start! Thanks Ali and Ann!

Beautiful things

Having girls and boys is a great thing because I get to scrap boyish and very feminine things!

Here are the pages from a very feminine mini I designed for a class. Since that class is over I can share some pages with you! I used the Auntie Brag Bag from Clear Scraps.

 I loved adding all the pearls, ribbon and lace!

I also love leaving the some of the acrylic clear so you can see the next page. 

 Anything you use on a scrapbook page you can use on acrylic,
but somehow the acrylic makes it more beautiful don't you think? 

However you can't use alcohol inks on paper, but you can on acrylic!

I still have to add photos but I think the pink, cream and browns make for a lovely album!
(The papers are My Minds Eye)

What will you create?

Don't you love when a layout just comes together?

I have been waiting to scrap this picture for the longest time!

 I used Sandylion's Rouge de Garance papers

and Fancy Pants "All fall" titles and tags for this layout.

The bling ZVA Crystal Frames and the small flowers are also from ZVA!

 The large flower is Prima, dyed to match with a little Shimmerz mist!

(All of the above I got at Scrap Gal)

A friend sent me the doily ;)

 and the ribbon from Love my Tapes!)

The butterflies were cut from the same paper!

What will you create today?

Working with canvas

 Hey bloggers! Did you know that that you can

use all your Design Memory Crafts products on canvas?

I  used my Art Grip Aquarelle Watercolor pencils to draw the outline.

(This works great because it blends into the background once you get going.) 

 Then I brought in my PITT Artist Pens and drew some more definite lines.

(Did you notice they do NOT bleed on the surface!)

 I filled in the spaces with the Aquarelles and used a blending pen

(this is basically a paintbrush with water inside - you can use a wet

paint brush) to pull the color to all of the hair. Whats nice about

this technique is you can add more, or change the colors adding

highlights to the hair.

 I used Gelatos on the  dress and Aquarelles on the heart, blended with water

 *A little trick I use is the white Gelato. If I want to lighten something up, or I just don't like the color combo I did I go back with  the white Gelato and blend with a wet brush, it gives a tie dye kinda look!

 Ahhhh! Much better! I used Aquarelles for her skin and gave her a little blush with the Gelatos.

I went back with my PITT Artist Pens to doodle and outline.

 Isn't she sweet?