Friends

The challenge at Scrap and Stamp Saturday this week is anything about friendship!

I scrapped my closest scrapping buddies! The Scrapbook Convention at Spier is the highlight of our year and we always make a weekend of it! I love scrapping and sharing with friends and these two make me smile, let my cry on their shoulders, make me laugh till I cry and inspire me every day! We started out as scrapping buddies but it is official - we are best of friends!

Join us in the challenge and remember to use a stamp somewhere on you LO.

Happy Scrappin'

Today

Playing along with Sophia and her inspiring blog I answered some questions about today...just for fun!!

Today I went surprising a dear friend on her birthday.
Today I hoped my little one's cold will get better soon.
Today I dreamed of a whole weekend scrapbooking.
Today I forgot that it was Friday (with munchkin home thought it was Saturday:)
Today I heard my husband say I love you:) :) - he melts my heart every single day!!!!
Today I read the new Scrapbooking Memories mag
Today I watched NCIS LA and Disney channel - LOTS of Disney Channel:)
Today I said "Unfortunately we cannot have everything we like, otherwise Mommy will have to buy the whole shop!"
Today I believed I am blessed.
Today I felt really tired after a week of the flu!
Today I wondered why we cannot have all the chocolate we can eat!!
Today I bought a piece of scrumptious fudge (and that is why I did not wonder why I do not look like swimsuit model:) and some yummy scrapping goodies
Today I cleaned my teeth, and that is about it:)
Today I was me!................and I loved every second of it!!

What did you do today??? Write in comments or link your blog post just for fun:)

O yeah, almost forgot Today I wished all of my followers, blog hoppers, friends I know (and don't know) a stunning weekend!!

Bookmark

I needed something for a friend to remind her that I care and will be thinking of her when they move to another suburb. A little gift did the trick but I decided to make this bookmark - as she reads every night I knew it would remind her that there will always be friends who care even if they are not just down the road anymore!

The gift was not exactly flat enough to add the bookmark and I added it to the gift as a tag! This way it didn't bend and no need for a card or bow on the gift. A spritz of glimmer mist and voila!!

Happy scrappin'

Scrapbooking Clips

I found these cute ribbon animals browsing and just knew they would look super cool as hair accessories!!

This is the cute little Ladybug...

....and this is the fish!! Isn't it too cute:)

Always amazes me what you can do with your scrapbooking supplies!! Click on the name to follow the tutorial if you want to play:)

Happy scrappin'

PageMaps Punky Sprouts

Hop over to PageMaps for a lovely competition! - and a gorgeous prize!!

They have a stunning sketch to play with...

....and this is my take on the sketch:)

I substituted one photo with three photos and split the title top and bottom to resemble the journaling card on the sketch. I didn't need a lot of journaling space as the photo says it all!

The purple pencil points to my little princess and I've added all the names behind the photo for reference when she is all grown up:)

Love the funky look of the papers and LO!

Happy scrappin'

Parents

Another stunning challenge at Scrap and Stamp Saturday! Creating a LO about Parenting - your parents, being a parent, the feelings and emotions or just how it makes you smile:). Remember to use a stamp somewhere on your LO and play along!!

I decided to use these photos of my mom and dad that I had in my stash for ages. I was blessed with the most awesome parents - what I am today and the way I bring up my little one is a lot thanks to my parents. I always knew I was loved unconditionally - I was always hugged and kissed and praised - I was always prayed for and taught about the love and grace of God - I always knew they'd be there for me NO MATTER WHAT, unconditional support (even if I wasn't always right - which I know now!!:) - witnessing the love between parents and how amazing married life is - freedom to be all I can be but with roots anchored firmly................as I said - I was TRULY BLESSED!! Not only did my parents believe in me - they taught me to believe in myself - I can be all I aspire to be!

This LO is just a little something to remind me how lucky I am - and also remind me to pray for those less fortunate - by no means was it my choosing to be part of such a loving home - it was by the grace of GOD!

Love Kit

OOOh I love the cool feeling of blues and whites! I close my eyes and I can feel the cool summer breeze blowing on my face (yeah, I have a GREAT imagination:). I created this double page LO for Scrapping4Fun and it will be available from Linet as a kit.

I didn't have a lot of prints to play with and used stamps and printed elements to tie the two pages together. The photo on the left page can also be substituted with two 4"x6" portraits or four 2"x3" landscapes, which makes it very versatile to play with to suit your photo requirements.

Don't forget to document the story in your own handwriting (even if it looks like a crab scribbled on your page - our children don't want to know which font we loved - they want to experience us and relive the memories through our handwriting - a little bit of us we leave behind!)

Happy scrappin'