Monday, November 28, 2011

Bird is the word.."Trust", OUAS and The Color Room#86

Hi my blogger friends!  I hope all of you are doing well.  The last two weeks were very hard for me I got my two babies very sick with Dengue(it 's a virus transmitted by the mosquitoes) and Alexander got worse than Paola, he was dehydrated by much fever...  so no school for two weeks, no work for me, everything a little complicated here.   But now they're fine and started school today and I'm trying to get back to normal again. So I put my skates...trying to catch up!

I made this page for Bird is the Word challenge and the new word is....."Trust" .  I used an old photo of Paola when she was taking ballet classes. I remembered that she always asked me if she was dancing well and this word is perfect to this memory.
I used My Creative Scrapbook August main kit for this page.

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Once Upon a Sketch and The Color Room

I combined the Once Upon a Sketch challenge with The Color Room #86 palette and Nadia's sketch and this was my inspiration......

In OUAS this time the journaling criteria focuses in "YOU" as a woman or any female in your life. I love to be a woman... love to wear and make dresses, use lipstick, being feminine but  for me the most treasure that I have like woman is being a Mother, there's  no words to describe how deep the love a mother feels for her kids...! It's priceless!!!
But at the same time we need to be wonder woman many time if not all the time, trying to make everything perfect, therefore I love this quote that I read...

Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.
JAMIE LEE CURTIS




Nadia's sketch




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Basic Grey papers

Imaginarium Design Chipboards
Butterflies from Prima










Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker

I made this next page with the lovely and colorful line of papers "Buttterfly Dance" from Nikki Silvils.  The versatility of her paper's line is fantastic..they are double side papers with different fun designs that you can cut and use like embellishments, you can see an example on my page with all the lovely butterflies that I cut from "Flamingo Butterfly" paper.  This was my inspiration...





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You can see all Nikki Sivils' collections...HERE










So happy with two of my pages Featured the same week!!!!!






Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments, you always make my day!!!
Until next time!!!
Take Care!!!
Hugs!!
Marilyn

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Scrapfit Workout #56 & The Color Room #84

Hi my sweet friends!!  First at all, Thank you so much for all the lovely comments you left me in my last post.  And this is the second page that I made last Sunday.  This one is for the workout #56- Technically Inclined at Scrapfit.  We all love our technical gadgets like Computer, iPods, iPads, Wii, DS, Smart Phone, Digital SLR Camera and some many more!  What technical gadget do you hold dear to your heart?   I can't live without my camera, I used to take photos of every moment..lol!!!
I combined my workout with TCR Palette #84, I love these colors looks like home to me, these are the decor colors that I have right now at home.  You could see it in the photo, behind me...the curtain and the walls are the same lovely colors.


More details of my page....
I used Bo Bunny papers and American Craft cardstocks.  Jillibean alphabet.

I also used tulle, lace and feathers.   The butterfly is from Dusty Attic. 





Now it's your turn to show what technical gadget you can't live without.   You will have until November 30...go HERE

The sponsor...Burlap & Buttercups. 



Well my friends thanks for stopping by and for your  sweet comments.  Until next time!
Take Care!!
Hugs!!!
Marilyn

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Once Upon a Sketch..and Good News!!!

Hi! Today I have a little time to make two pages and I'm going to show you the one that I made for Once Upon a Sketch.  The Journalling  criteria is when you started scrapping and why?... and you must combine it with the sketch.   Well if you see my page I turned the sketch a little to the left  and the reason why I started scrapping is a little sad for me but I would like to share with all of you.


This is Nadia's sketch.



This is my journal I started scrapping four years ago in a Hard Time in my life...



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I took some photos during the night and honestly, I'm not good taking indoor photos but I think today is the last day for this challenge.   I used Bo Bunny, My Mind's eye papers that came in My Creative Scrapbook Kit of November..it's Gorgeous!!!




I also used Petaloo flowers, Glitz- Whatnot scarlett, Bazzill Chips-key, Kaisercraft- Wooden Flourishes.



Ohhh, I love this...make me laugh!!




Good News!!!!
I've been invited to be a Guest Designer for My Creative Scrapbook, again!!!  So excited when I saw my name HERE !!  and Congratulations to all the ladies that made the Guest Design Team!!! Yesss!!! I'm so happy to work with all these talented ladies!!!

So glad that you stop by and thanks for your lovely comments!  Until next time!!!
Take Care !!!
With Love!
Marilyn

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

BIRD IS THE WORD..."ADORE" & SCRAFIT #55...TIS' THE SEASON

Hello!!!  ADORE....is the new word for Bird is the Word challenge, a lovely word!!  I adore many things but one of these things is Christmas time, the family traditions...all together reunited, all the good vibes to  be with our loved ones.  I love to see the kids waiting for Santa, their sweet innocence...it's priceless!!!
What do you Adore?... make a page using the adore word  and if your page is the winner you can win a fabulous TIDBITZ IN TIME KIT  go....HERE

The sketch by Mary Thomas

I submitted my page to SCRAP-IT-LAH, this month the challenge is by the sweet Debbie Tehrani and for her challenge you need to incorporate in your layout:
1- Layers(at least 6)..Love it!!!!
2- Stamping and/ or embossing
3- Tags or journaling tags....all done!

more details on my page....
I used Scenic Route, American Craft, Pink Paislee  and K & Company papers.

Tags- K & Company,  Bingo- Maya Roads

Christmas tag- Jenni Bowlin



SCRAPFIT#55-WORKOUT
TIS' THE SEASON!
We know Christmas will be here before we know it so lets start spreading ideas for Christmas Cards and Tags!  Show us what your putting in the mail or attaching to a gift this year!!  I made this card with Bo Bunny papers.


You have until November 31st to load your hand made card or tag on SCRAFIT and you can win this fabulous BURLAP & BUTTERCUPS KIT 



So happy!! my page about the barc, lol!! was one of the winners(3) at Once Upon A Sketch,  Congratulations to the winners and featured ...Bravo girls!!!
Also my "You're so Beautiful to me!" layout was featured two weeks ago at Scrapbookchallenges
and this last week it was featured again at The Boxx.
So happy!! thanks to all the girls on the Design Teams that voted for my pages!


Well girls thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!  Until next time!!
Take Care!!   With Love....
Marilyn