Remember this sneak? Well, over the weekend, the project was posted in the Scrap Freak Forum as part of the May Class...so that means I can SHARE!
I've been meaning to do a bucket list for some time now. And a post over at Carrie's blog gave me the inspiration I needed to get my butt in gear. Thanks Carrie!
Look at all the goodies peeking out here! Don't you wanna reach out and touch it?
I used LOTS of Pink Ninja GOODIES in this one! And once again.....this is my most FAVORITEST kit...Accidentally Kelly Street. I just love the combinations of color, girly and a little tough rock girl in there! Just like ME!
Yah, I KNOW....lots of photos...but I took em...and I have to put my time to good use and share em ALL!
I really love this mini canvas book by Maya Road which I purchased from Simply Obsessed. I want another one to play with. It's so cool because it has two of these wonderful canvas pockets and thick chipboard pages!
So the topic was making a bucket list and I sat for a few minutes just thinking of things I'd like to add. I figure the canvas pockets would be perfect for momentos like ticket stubs or something....little pieces of evidence to show I completed an item on my bucket list.
I used a hot glue gun to glue all these beautiful pieces to my pages. It really works well!
I used lots of my Etsy purchases in this book! This book is also a tribute to my love of Etsy!!!! Even the Pink Ninja Addicts Kit is from Etsy!
This cute little bunny is from my girl Euphoria's Etsy Shop called Random Shenanigans! Love all her beautiful goodies in her store!
Here's a close up! I'm gonna use some of my bunnies for an Easter layout as well!
I LOVE how I layered strips of paper on this page! That pink piece has a velvety soft feel.....gosh I so love this book!
And that beautifully decorated chipboard button is created by London Tierney from her Etsy Store called Such Sweet Tierney! Show her some love and visit my Seattle friend on her blog and Etsy shop! She's such an amazing artist.
I added lots of cute brads to the holes....makes me giggle!
Remember, if you can't read the print, click on the images and you'll get a close up of ALL my photos! I take the time to upload them as LARGE as I can just for you all!
I know, some of them are really simple...go fishing...I have as a child but it's been soooo long that I really need to go again!
I've also left some pages blank to be filled in later as I come up with MORE things to add to my bucket list!
I love that green tulle!
He he...isn't that cloud sooooo stinkin' cute? That's another creation by Euphoria!
Look at those cheeks! I love all the stitching around the edges!
More of those lovely paper strips...and another Random Shenanigans item...that froggy frog is soooo adorable!
giggling....
And a crochet flower from my Pink Ninja Addicts Kit to which I plopped on that cute bunny in the center and secured with some hot glue!
I love all the layers and how you can see items peeking out from behind other items!
This project was sooooo motivating and made me reflect on life and realize that I should keep my sights on some goals I have even though I tend to live life from moment to moment...to enrich it, I really need to remember to make my hopes, dreams and goals come true as well!
Have you worked on YOUR LIST? Do you have one? What's on it? I would LOVE to hear!
Remember how I was talking ON THIS POST about bummin' that I didn't have tickets to see the new Teatro Zinzanni show for Valentine's Day? Well, a couple days after my blog post, I was contacted by the box office who had some seats open up to the sold out show! I scooped those tickets up quick...well, Hubbs did cuz I was on a ski trip! I was ecstatic!
So, Tim, if you happen to read this, Thank You soooooo very much! It really made our Valentine's Day extra special to go to the show! We both enjoyed it tremendously...especially the "Vertical Tango" (that's our favorite part). Thanks you thank you thank you!!!!!!
Lemme tell y'all it was amazing! The food was yummy, the cast was so talented, and the people we met there were fun and spirited! They also have another Teatro Zinzanni in San Francisco! Well, I will just have to see if I can fit that in to my trip to California later this year!
The show is called "License to Kiss" and it goes till April here in Seattle. Then, they change the show. I will soooo have to see the new one! My parents would enjoy it, I just know it! Maybe we'll go for our Anniversary (which is around the same time as my parents'). There is also a brunch show on Sundays which I really wanna catch!
So here's the photo we took.
Gee, am I THAT much shorter than Hubby? Man, I'm wearing heels too!
And here I am taking photos to remember my fun hair and make-up! Hah hah!
Once again I did some doodling on my face. And added some bling! This nice man and his date complimented me on the bling...and asked where I got it. And I fessed up and said it was scrapbooking gems!!! LOL! Yes, it worked! It stayed all night but I was very careful not to touch it. I think that if I had some eyelash adhesive or any skin adhesive it would have been way more secure. I even contemplated on using some glue dots on my face!
Thank you to Victoria's Secret for these wonderful "dinners"! (he he) The last time I had real dinners, I just had Gabe...and then...they REALLY were dinners (as well as breakfast, snack and lunch)!!!!!!! CLICK HERE for the DL on the "dinners" term revived by Beth Perry and her Mom! Plus you can see the cool mini she made!
I LOVE playing with make-up. Maybe that's why I enjoy Halloween. I can count on my fingers the amount of times I HAVE NOT had a costume on Halloween! Anyway, I got this idea from this wonderful You Tube channel BY Kandee Johnson. She is so sweet and inspiring and FUN! This look was inspired by Rihanna.
Oh! I also learned how to do that masky looking doodling on my face from her channel. Peep it HERE! Now that video has inspired some scrapping technique which I'll share on another post! It's amazing where you can draw inspiration from!
Sorry if this is a long post, I just have so much to share! I scrapped the photo of us using the prompt over at Scrap That Poetry since the current poem is another love poem in honor of Valentine's Day! PERFECT! The poem is called "Freedom and Love" by Thomas Campbell.
Here's the part which inspired me:
Love's a fire that needs renewal
Of fresh beauty for its fuel:
Love's wing moults when caged and captured,
Only free, he soars enraptured.
Can you keep the bee from ranging
Or the ringdove's neck from changing?
No! nor fetter'd Love from dying
In the knot there's no untying.
So here we are working on renewing our love. I'd like to fall in love with my husband again...and again...and again...
AND! This is also my newest favorite memory and I DON'T want to forget it so I scrapped it REAL FAST! And also, I would be able to submit it for the TAAFOMFT prompt, Favorite Memories. Heh heh!
I used some goodies from Pink Paislee which I purchased from Scrap Freak. I've said it before, the forum is soooo amazing and inspiring! Those ladies work so hard to give us good ideas and challenges FOR FREE. Thrifty Thursdays are a good thing to check out. The last one I shopped, I got Maya Road Mists for 30% off! In April, they will debut embellishment kits which I am soooo excited for! I don't know about you, but I buy kits mostly for the embellishments rather than the papers! So, this should work quite nicely for me! The store inventory is always 10% off and shipping free when you purchase $60. I think they will be getting rid of SOME of the inventory, so you should scope out the clearance items from 50-80% off I believe! DO THE MATH...good prices! Phew, I think I'm done! On to more scrapping! Thanks for visiting! I hope to make my blog visiting rounds today and tomorrow!!!!
Hugs, Mo For more fun scrap booking inspiration, designs, and fabulous sketches, check out my class!
Some of you might know I've been scrappin' up a storm lately.
I used the September 2009 Simply Obsessed Kit (the one I've been hoarding) for this layout. I LOVE this kit because of all the BEAUTIFUL Bo Bunny printed papers! I love all these colors together!
I also played with my stamps and Distressing Inks as well as some gold UTEE!!! Soooo fun! I took my stamp and inked up the trunk of the tree with Vintage Photo, the leaves with that green ink (can't remember what it's called), and touched the edges of the leaves with broken china. Didn't it turn out awesome? I then went in with my glittery stickles and placed dots here and there....too bad you can't see this IRL...the tree is pretty blingy!
I then took a piece of scrap white cardstock and inked it up with some more distressing ink (fired brick). Next, I inked up my stamp with embossing ink and sprinkled the gold UTEE on it and quickly heat embossed it. Because I used the Ultra Think Embossing Enamel, the effect is different and there was some beading...which is what I wanted. The stamped image becomes distorted, but I love the feel of it after it's done!
I used the current prompt at Scrap That Poetry using the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. The journaling consists of part of this poem:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."
This layout expresses the long journey through life. I know how lucky I am to share it with these three. I am truly blessed. Even though family a joy, it is also a sacrifice. Like many of you, there are other things in life I have to spend less or no time doing/experiencing (scrapbooking, going to movies/hanging out, freedom to make decisions that affect only one person, spending money freely, going on trips...partying...etc). But the sacrifice is well worth it all. I cannot imagine life without these three. We are all on a the journey called life and I am honored to be a part of theirs. I love The Ogre and my Monsters!!!! He he....
Oh! I wanted to mention also that I recently got this idea of hand cutting your own scallop border from one of the JSYS Challenges at Scrap Freak! I've used it lots of times in the last week or so...on cards....on a few layouts and I LOVE how IMPERFECT it looks!!!! Can you see it in the photo above? So fun!
Okay, I've started on a mini book for my Mom for Valentines Day...I don't think she reads my blog...so I'll tell YOU! I'll be sharing some pages as I go but I've got a stretch of 4 more days to work before I have a couple days of scrap time at home! I'll work on the MOTW post for Sunday! See you then...maybe sooner if Mommyhood doesn't tire me out too much over the weekend!
Any of my Vintage Plum members remember this kit? Yes....I've been hoarding it! I finally busted this baby open and used it! Sigggghhhh.....I miss VP :( Jenny had some kits up for sale at their Etsy site but I don't see anything there anymore. So if you really want one, send her a convo and she just might have some and never renewed the listings on them! They were on sale for a good price. HERE is the link to Vintage Plum's Etsy.
The only items I used NOT in the kit are the distress ink and crackle paint (Ranger)!
I also incorporated some distressing to qualify if for one of my JSYS Challenges on Scrap Freak.
So far I've finished 18 challenges since the 1st of January!!! (They have daily challenges.)
I chose this song for two reasons. My sister Emmy gave me this beautiful music box which played that song when you open it. I was going through a rough time after a break up (yeeeeaaaaarrrrrrs ago...like nearly 15 years ago)...oh yeah...I thought my life was ending...he he! But it touched my heart and I still have it...somewhere.
Then, when I had my kids, I'd sing this song to them every so often. It's a happy song...and a heartfelt one....and my kids love to sing it with me. The lyrics say it all. They are my sunshine and the reason I'm in this world. They make me smile when I'm sad and GET me to smile when I'm angry...especially at them.
I had a brush with death a few years ago where I survived a roll over car accident on the freeway....I hit the concrete barrier and survived....WITHOUT A SCRATCH ON ME. The story about the accident is long and makes me angry (because the driver at fault fled the scene)....but they will "get theirs" one day, if not already.
But I remember right before I hit the barrier, I thought "Oh my God, I'm going to die." I didn't really have that "life flashing before my eyes" thing happen (I was only 24 or so)...I just held my breath and HOPED I survived....I kinda giggle now that I think about it....because I still do that when something happens and I'm on the edge...waiting.....and boom, it's done and you think "COOL!"....HA HA.
The point I'm trying to make is....I get why I survived. I still had things to do. And only 2 months later I met Hubbs....fell in love....and 2 years later my Isabel was born! Then Gabe came along 4 years later. This is what life is. I'm lucky to have so much happiness in mine.
The photos I used were taken at the time of one of my friend's wedding. I was a bridesmaid but Gabe was only 3 weeks old. The photographer was sneaking about taking photos and saw me as a GREAT TARGET....he he...he was right! I bought a bunch of these photos later.....sneaky guy! But what a blessing to have these photos which are so precious to me (SHOOT! I just realized I scrapped the ORIGINALS!....sigh....I'm such a dope sometimes!) Ugh! Oh man! I just realized I never put the dot on the "I" in the title...he he..what is UP with me????
Oh well....it'll work out. Maybe "dude" still has a digital copy somewhere for me to beg off of him!
Yesterday I went to the mall to exchange some clothes...apparently my ass grew over the Holidays and didn't tell me.
I bribe my son all the time! I told him I only had 2 stores to go to. If he can be as well-behaved as he could he would get a chocolate milk or hot chocolate from Starbucks. He did well!
Here is my Monster posing with his milk. He's in this goofy pose phase.
He had an AWESOME time at this fountain because by some sheer luck, I had about 25 pennies in my purse he could throw in the fountain/pool! Yay for me! THAT gave me enough time to make sure the prissy girl from Forever 21 processed my exchanges correctly (ATTITUDE!). I wish I was more bi***y, cuz then she'd get a piece of my mind. Telling me "Did you try them on this time?"....I woulda REALLY said "BI**H, YOU try TOTING around a THREE-YEAR-OLD and see how many clothes YOU are able to F*@$#&%! try on! You're lucky I'm droppin' $200 bones in your effing store!" But no. I bit my tongue, and said my please and thank-yous and left. He he. I don't think they realize how many OTHER "Forever 21-ey" type stores there are in the mall these days....I'll have to exercise my spending habit ELSEWHERE next time. So...for you Washington folk.....that was FOREVER 21 at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood. A NO-GO! I shoulda known after passing 4 employees and not getting ONE greeting (I was the only person in the store) that my experience that day would be underwhelming.
Anyway, I snapped a photo of the fountain. My fear is...one day, I'll turn away for a second and Gabe will have fallen in the dang fountain! He he! Just watch!
See...all he'd have to do is bend over too far! LOL!
Well, that's it for today!
Gabe says "See you way-toe!"
Hope you have a great rest of the week everyone! Thanks for visting!!!
Happy Saturday everyone!!! I forgot to share this one...I've realized that there are more layouts out there I have yet to photograph!!!
This was one of my last layouts for my Guest DT term at Scrap Freak. This layout was part of
a challenge inspired by an ad. If you want to check it out, CLICK HERE and maybe you'll be inspired!
The ad is from "girleffect.org" and there is a quote that says "change starts with a girl". This creation is an interpretation of that ad...and boy did my girl change my life in many ways.
Journaling reads:
My life would have been different if you left me that day. I may live each day with guilt and fear...but at least I never take for granted every single day I have with you.
Love, Mommy
So, I've been trying to scrap not only the happy things...but the not so happy. This is a reminder of a life lesson which has impacted my life in many ways....a little negatively...but definitely mostly positively...I'll explain.
For those of you that may not yet know...the story is, my daughter had an accident at the age of 2. She survived a 15 foot fall from our second story window and landed on the concrete driveway. It was something I never thought could happen. The doctors said it happens more often than people think.
We have low windows, and the bottom of the window came up to about Isabel's neck at the time. This I explained to the doctors who said that she must have peered over the window and toppled right over or somehow climbed up onto the window sill.
Isabel was out of my sight for only a few minutes. We have a loft upstairs and that's where her toys are. When I walked upstairs to check on her, I was hit with an awful feeling. You know, that horrible feeling that something is VERY WRONG. It was quiet...much too quiet when you have a chatty two-year-old. I reached the top of the stairs and saw the door to my brother-in-law's bedroom was open. (The previous day was extremely hot.) Then, I remembered the window was open when I came home from work earlier. I drew closer to the bedroom and to my horror, the screen was gone. I realized that one of my biggest nightmares had come true. I started screaming uncontrollably and didn't stop until I had Isabel in my arms.
I screamed so loud that the construction workers 2 blocks away heard me and called 911. The ambulance took her there (they thought it wasn't a good idea for me to be in the ambulance, so hmmmm....it was a good idea for me to DRIVE THERE...oh well, they meant well). My neighbor was so kind to drive my husband and I to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. My daughter's care was exceptional and the man running the CT scanner saw my grief and looked into my eyes and told me not to beat myself up too much over what happened....I really needed to hear that.
Many doctors saw her to make sure all areas were "all clear"...a pediatrician, and ear nose and throat specialist, an opthalmologist...maybe some others. But there were at least two of those doctors who took the time to remind me that it was an accident...they meant well, but that wouldn't stop the guilt.
Miraculously, other than a badly bruised right eye, a couple scars, and an orbital fracture which healed on its own...there was nothing else wrong.
Isabel is nearly 7 now, and the vivid flashbacks which used to make me cry and cringe are much less frequent. I still feel panicky when my children stand or sit next to a window...either closed or open. I developed a fear of flying and my fear of heights got more pronounced to the point that I can't even watch someone on tv who is in a building looking down without feeling sick to my stomach and on the verge of a pannick attack.
Isabel doesn't remember what happened, thankfully. I feel guilty every day...and comments from certain unnamed family members (let's just say, not any of my blood relatives) have cemented that guilt. Hmmmm....I suppose feeling guilty every day for the rest of my life was not punishment enough...I needed a shaking head and look that said "bad Mo" to remember as well. Thanks for the visual...yes...THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
So the point of this awful story? Sooo sorry to tell it, but you had to understand what happened to make sense of the journaling. And also I wanted to say, that I have been guilty of the head shaking (prior to Isabel's accident) when I heard on the news that a kid fell out of a window. I wondered why that child's parent's didn't prevent it....now I know...and now I understand that I shouldn't judge because I don't know what really happened. And I try not to judge when I hear an awful story on the news and remember that accident's happen to children of the most watchful parents. Leave the judgement to God, right? I'm sure the parent will punish themeselves enough.
But I've got some uplifting news to share!!!! Diego (my doggy nephew) pulled through!!! He's still weak (it's been a week since he was discharged from the hospital) but he's better. He's on some medication for his stomach and some antibiotics. It seems that he might have gotten into something that did not agree at all with his stomach (to put it mildly). He's a little bitty Chihuaua, so it didn't take much for him to become dehydrated to the point of near death when my father found him. He's a picky eater too...so that didn't help him at all...he just got more and more dehydrated. My poor poor baby Diego!!! Boy, if I thought that little guy was spoiled before....wow, he's really spoiled now! He get's shuttled to his "great-grandparent's" house and picked up after his grandma or mommy get's home from work. I offered to babysit, but he REALLY doesn't like hanging out with Gabe, my toddler!!!! Yay! Yay! I'm so relieved he's home!
Thank you for all the prayers and blessings and support! You guys are awesome and I so love reading your comments. Thank you for taking the time to visit and comment...and making my day!
Okay, another more peaceful share.....I came across a cool song on YouTube with a nice message. It's called "My Constant" and its written and sung by a great artist, Bridget Hermano (from Seattle). Go Seattle! Go Philippines!! He he!!!
What's the song about? Bridget leaves this quote:
Hebrews 13:8
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."
If you'd like the lyrics, CLICK HERE. It's in the video description.
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