I'm actually scrapping????

Why, yes, I am. No enabling today. Can you believe it?

This is my entry for one of the amazing mini books of the circle journal I'm part of.

Since this whole thing was Aleida's idea I just had to include the famous Aleida heart punch from Martha :)

Lots of Martha paper and little bits and pieces that I really like. It's all about faves so I used one of the pics of Nati and I that I love the most.


It's still a work in progress, but I'm almost done with it.

Just trying to figure out a title and the type I want to use.




ETA:
Finished product:



I even have what looks like another LO on my desk, just waiting to happen...



Feels like a cosmic kick in the shin though, since I'm gonna have to leave all my beloved scrap supplies behind for who knows how long...

Oh, well. Off to enjoy them for a little longer.

Have a super duper weekend!!

Circle Journal entries: Done!!!!

I finally got a little mojo and finished my entries into Anne and Greta's beautiful circle journals.
They are off to Michelle today, but I wanted to share the pages I made.


For Greta's I used two of my all time fave patterned papers...





For Anne's I used only stamps. Something I had been wanting to do for a while. I am definitely gonna be using my beautiful stamps more often...



Speaking of beautiful stamps, I got some incredibly cool vintage images and I made lots of cards with them. The light was not cooperating with me so I got only one decent pic, but you get the idea.

The ink color is Stampin Up's taken with teal.




That's all folks!

These are the last. Promise.

Part 3...
























I am definitely gonna try to make one of these at least for each of Natalia's Santa years.

Christmas mini part two: Electric Boogaloo!

Told ya' there were gonna be lots of pics.

I am very proud of my little book, so here they are...
















I really enjoyed making this one since I did not even attempt to make it chronological, or use the same paper line, or worry about catching every single day of December.

The parts I want to remember are there.

It makes it less daunting and I think that's why I didn't get all worked up about it and actually finished it. For once :)

More to come soon.

Later.

Yes, I actually finished it.

Well color me surprised. I actually started AND finished my Christmas 2008 album.




I have all sorts of unfinished mini books that taunt me every time I see them. They want to be finished, but I just ignore the cries...

This time I sat on my desk and just did it. It was very Nike of me, I think.

I took pics of every single page so get ready for lots, and lots of photos.

I am gonna post some every day cause I'm afraid I'll crash my blog if I upload all of them on one post.


Here goes...















I made the cover out of Hambly's super thick transparency sheets. They are about 1/2" larger tan the actual book pages cause I want them to stay protected.

It's about 5x7" and I used all those little bits and pieces I had laying around that I really wanted to use on a page, but had been saving for that mythical project that never happens. No more!!

I have decided to use my stuff and stop saving it. More gorgeous goodies come out all the time, and if I don't start using all these things, they are going to take over my desk.

Stay tuned for part 2...

Toodles!

Never too late, I say.

Since I have been loving all the December Daily albums out there, I decided to start mine.
I am gonna use it to record the stuff we did during the Holidays even if it's not every single day.

My desk hasn't looked like this in ages. It makes me happy...





It's Monday morning, so I'm off to start my day.

Later.

Random

I had this beautiful stack of fresh pics from Scrapbookpictures.com sitting on my desk. They have been turned into a mini for my Disney trip last month.


Here's what I've done with them:








It definitely still is a work in progress. It needs LOTS of journaling and embellishments, but the basic structure of it is done.

I used a Creative Imaginations Creative Cafe 3 ring album and inside pages, and lots and lots of American Crafts Moma letter stickers, which I adore!

The cover is a blatant lift of Laura Kurz, whom I adore.



Now lookie here... My Dad got me a brand spanking new 3G iPhone!!! I was so lusting after it and I am loving it in white.
Such a great little phone. How did I live without it, I'll never know.




Also, finally got my copy of Ali's latest book. Such a cool one. They all outdid them selves with those books.

Tons and tons of inspiration and great ideas. You definitely need it.

I just lifted the cover of a book by Laura Kurz for my Disney mini. Gorgeous stuff!!



I'm off to start the day and exercise a little. I need to move!!!!

Later, homes.

This was her baby.

I just sent out the last circle journal where Aleida made a page.

The whole idea of it was hers, and she used to keep us in line and up to our deadlines.

This is the entry she made for Dawn's journal.

It's all full of passion and color like she was...




I had been putting it off, cause it was hard for me to open the journal again to work on it.

My deadline finally caught up with me, so I made my pages.

It was all about music and what it means to us.




Once I started, it came easy.

I know she was around...

I've been experimenting...

The super talented gals over at The Design Experiment, invited me to host this week's challenge on their blog!



The theme was the soundtrack of your life. Scrapping those songs that mean something to you.

I chose Clocks by Coldplay.





The last time I went to Mexico, I had this song blasting on my iPod as we were preparing for landing.

If you've ever been to Mexico, you know it's a HUGE city. When you get there by night, there is no end to the lights below. It's a spectacle!

This song, always takes me to that window seat on an airplane.

I miss my home, my family...


I loved being a part of their experiment!

Happy Tuesday.