Credits:
Cindy Schneider Template Set 56
Lauren Grier Forever Moments
Lauren Reid Love
Fonts: DJB Jenna; Junction Regular
Sharing some new pages – actually the single page I have done in two weeks. I have been extremely busy with the kids going back to school – the youngest in nursery and me waiting for her – I even had to sacrifice some exercise time with the pull up bar because when I get home I need to work!
This is one of the few instances I created a double page layout and was lucky enough to have the page qualify for Gallery Standouts 
Thanks Kate for the vote of confidence!
Credits:
Cindy Schneider Double It Up Template 3
Fee Jardine Bikin, Bikin Extras, Bikin Words
Misty Cato Blending Masks
Font: DJB Jenna Lobster
Anybody can relate with me here?
Credits:
Libby Weifenbach A Jean and TShirt Kind of Girl
Cindy Schneider Template Set 45
FOnt: CK Journaling
Seriously? Martha is a t-shirt and jeans kind of girl. She would rather die than wear a dress, and I am not exaggerating here. Everytime I let her wear one, it has always been a constant struggle – starting with me cajoling her how pretty the dress is, her telling me the dress is itchy, ugly, not liking it. Repeat 100 times. Until I lose my patience and force her to wear it. Then she cries. And throws a temper. And the whole purpose of her wearing the dress is defeated because she looks like a rag doll, all sweaty and crying. Yet I still do it. I actually dress her five minutes into leaving the house so she has no choice. She cries it out in the car, and gets over it. At four, she is all girly and into make-up, manicure, Barbie and Disney Princesses, but she would still rather die than wear a dress.
Actually, Martha is like me when I was little. I also used to throw a fit everytime my mom would let me wear a dress and there was one time I barfed at a Saniflo toilet in a hotel because I didn’t like to wear my flowergirl dress to a wedding!
I have so many pictures I want to scrap right now and albums I want to finish in time for my credits to expire over at Artscow but work had the insane good timing to pile up and make itself known so it would be another week without any chance for a long 8 hour sleep for me. I think after this week is over, I would be needing an eye cream for dark circles. But hey, I am not complaining.
I really love the kits I’ve used on the two pages below. It’s the perfect blue color combination I love and we happen to be in blue last Mother’s Day (coincidence, you think?)
Credits:
Traci Reed Dandelion Fluff
MandaBean And I Quote..Girls
Cindy Schneider Template Set 43
Font: DJB Jenna
Credits:
Everything from SSD:
Susan Bartolini Breath of Fresh Air
Cindy Schneider Template Set 52
Font: DJB All the Cool Chicks.
Even if I was busy the past few weeks writing articles, taking care of the kids because our househelp went on vacation, and browsing for jobs in philadelphia pa for a friend who recently migrated, I took time out to scrap our Mother’s Day pictures. It is the best Mother’s Day celebration I have had in 10 years – save for 2006 because Martha was born on Mother’s Day.
I’ve been meaning to give my Mom a book about her children and while I am keeping the album easy, collating all our childhood pictures and choosing from them is one hard task. I will aim for it for her 60th birthday in November.
I didn’t get to check out the latest releases last weekend as we were out on a family trip and we were busy with my daughter’s birthday celebration (I pigged out too much that I definitely need the help of a fat burner to burn all the calories away!), but I checked out the new stuff this morning and checked out a lot of new kits I think this week will be allotted for scrapping!
I finally was able to scrap after two weeks and it only took me three seconds after I saw the kit to realize that I needed to scrap with it right away. So even if work has piled up past my head last Friday, I took time to scrap with this amazing beauty. Even if it almost ruined my day when I was 90% done when my PS stopped working and closed itself – and I havent been able to save anything!
I had to sleep it off before I worked on it again. I was so angry at myself
They have an offer going on with a discount on this bundle:
Who would have thought that this was actually a maternity/pregnancy kit?
This was taken when we took a good friend out for lunch and coffee and she happens to be an online friend and Martha’s godmother. I have been friends with her since 2005 and I am happy that our friendship is still going strong. I even scored an amazing deal with her iPhone last month (it is now an unlocked phone). Add to that all the other big favors and I am really thankful for her and her friendship!
Credits:
Here We Grow! by Dani Mogstad
Cindy Schneider Template Set 45
Traci Reed Kleen Stitches
Fonts: CK Regal, Teen
(Brush from Fee Jardine’s Happy Days)
But it really is!
I have always loved Dani Mogstad’s work, her color palettes are always a knock out and her elements are one of a kind.
The weekend was spent treating my son to the mall, buying him what he wants (since he had awards at his end of school year recognition day) and having a molar extracted as his permanent one was kicking in and it was painful already. So far, he has three teeth out and we are scheduled to have another one extracted as the permanent tooth has no space to come out anymore. I think we are in a very expensive future with a Plano cosmetic dentist as he has very big teeth!
I missed Cindy’s opening at SSD but I am sure everyone was thrilled to have her designs at SSD! I have always been a fan of her pages and her work, and truth be told I have all her templates (some were bought and some were RAKed by Cindy herself) – you can see most of my pages are using her templates :0
I made a page with her newest set and there is more to come – I just need to finish some more Artscow albums
I think I did a good job documenting my little boy this month. Actually, he really is not a little boy anymore. He eats like a wolf and still does not gain a ounce of weight. If he continues to be like this, he will be a tall and lanky teenager needing muscle supplements!
These pages are part of his school album that I finished this month.
SSD really has awesome boy kits – it’s quite a misconception that SSD only has pretty girly kits. While that is true, there are an abundance of boy kits all the time. They only tend to get overshadowed because who couldn’t resist cute girly stuff?
