Backyard treasures

I have been busy playing with my camera and learning different things about my lenses. This lesson to myself is about depth of field. See the blurred background. The more I learn the more I realize that I have just scratched the surface.

Tender Moments

A picture of my daughter and grand-daughter sharing a special moment.
Pencil Lines Sketch

One Little Word -

While surfing the net I came across this blog - "One Little Word" (here)
and I was so inspired to create. It started with Gigi's "Tips & Technique #4"
Gigi shares ideas for recycling. As I finished reading the article my family finishes
another box of cereal. So you guessed it - I rescued it.
Then I read her article about time:
Word Up #26: TODAY i have begun to have a love affair with today...seriously...those of you who are Sisters over at Scrap In Style TV know that each day i start a thread called "today i will"...and it has been cool (& a lot of help organization wise) to have someplace where i can sit for a few minutes & create my plan for the day...lots of it is all that mundane house-wife-y stuff...the laundry, the bills, vacuuming, call this person, don't forget that, etc...its all that stuff of the everyday...yeah...not too exciting lots of times...but despite it's lack of luster, I've learned immensely from it...today holds such promise & possibility...today holds such hope...today can be anything you want to create for it...today can hold great power...today can be the start of something big...today can change your life...so I'm thinking now you don't think my love affair is so wacky :)
take this quote for instance...it is sure to help you change your mind about today & your power to use it:

This is the beginning of a new day.
You have been given this day to use as you will.
You can waste it or use it for good.
What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good.
<----Amby Nic Montage
So here is what I came up with:

This necklace was given to me by a friend because she knows I love beads. I've had it for awhile,but it was to bulky to use as is. So I took a strand out of it.

I used it in combination with a few other beads and used it to hang my "Today" sign.

The sign and letters are from my recycled box of cereal.

The hole in the "O" inspired me to pull out my owl stamp. Here is what I came up with:

This one is just for fun

P.S. Check out my cyber friends blog Kim B Vintage Springs

She inspired this necklace.

The "owl" is interchangeable with this: It's a picture tile my friend Heather made and it has a picture on each side.

Thanks for the inspiration "One Little Word"

Caardvarks Challenge - Caliente

My nephew gave me this Hot and Spicy stamp a few years ago and I really loved it but I thought
"What do you do with a "Hot & Spicy" stamp?" Well I found out - You use it for Caardvarks Caliente challenge because it is muy caliente!

Thanks Jose for always thinking of your Titi!



Another great challenge Caardvarks (http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/)

A Blog challenge

Since my friends were coming over tonight to scrapbook I had to think about what to work on. Then I remembered that My cyber friend Alecia posted a challenge - see here
The challenge was to use the phrase "Take Time Everyday to do something silly"
so I used it as the title to this page.


I love challenges - they get me moving! Thanks Alecia!

Lucky Me!

I've had Isabella spend the night with us for the last 4 days and I must say she is full of energy - which really means - I'm tired! LOL
I love her so much and I'm glad that she has been able to stay with us for those days.

Tonight Heather and Jennifer came over to hang out and scrapbook. Isabella was acting a little more rambunctious than usual.

Here we are playing "bubbles" inside the house!
Jennifer took this picture.




Heather bought these pet tit skirts for our photography business and I thought we would use them on Isabella first - just to try them out. She didn't like them - but I think she looks adorable in them.




She probably won't be spending the night with us for a while - I will sure miss these moments and the hugs and the kisses and the cuddles.

Queen of the Ball

Halloween 2007

More cybercrop fun

The challenge here was to use pattern tape, pattern paper and ribbon.
The challenge here was to use different fonts
The challenge was 5 brads, 4 buttons, 3 pattern paper, 2 colored card stock and a chipboard element.

National Scrapbook Day Cyber crop

The challenge was to create a l.o. using 3 different stamps

The challenge was to use 5 different stars

The challenge was to create a2 page l.o. using Beck Flecks page maps (this sketch)
The challenge make a l.o. using 10 flowers
Make and take - following Nathalias tutorial

Card Challenge using Nathalia's 6 simple cards
Embellish a photo
The challenge -use masking tape for journaling strips

Izzy's first prom

He looked so handsome!

With his siblings Khalila & Gabriel
His sport - Golf

His date - she's gorgeous!

With her twin sister and date At the girls home

With the whole group

Check it out -

Two Spotted Dogs (see here) is celebrating National Scrapbook Day CyberCrop 2008 run over there and take a look at some of the challenges and games. It's gonna last all weekend long and they are having prizes.
Here are my first two sketch challenge responses.

I hope to complete more tomorrow and Sunday. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Look who's home!

God Bless America
My son, the Marine, after serving in Iraq is back home. Here he is at home playing the guitar


and Miss Isabella with the gift that her uncle brought her from Iraq. A wrap with lots of sparkle and bling! She just wrapped herself up with it.

LONG UPDATE#3

So, while I was on retreat I made a few layouts. Here they are:
Izzy
"There is never a lost moment in the life of a person who really tries"
Used Becky Fleck Page maps Jan 2008



Easter Egg Hunt - Two spotted dogs kit

Playa Del Carmen Mexico (look at my tan!)
2 Spotted Dogs Kit plus Club Scrap and Becky Fleck Page maps January 2008

Isabella's first Birthday
Club Scrap Kit

A special Bond Isabella and me

Two Spotted Dogs May kit - Becky Fleck page maps Dec 2007