Happy Halloween!

I'm always excited when Halloween comes around because it always signifies the coming of Christmas! The day our Lord and Savior was born!  A time to be at peace and love everyone!  First off, we should always love everyone but Christmas brings us to that place.  At lease I hope it does! LOL!  Anyhow, I no longer "celebrate" Halloween as a Born Again, but I do pass out candies and dress the dogs up (^_^) 

OK, if you're wondering why I haven't posted any POTD, well, I got super busy! I missed out on a couple of days.  Like "Around Town" and the "Moon".  I didn't think I'd get that busy but I did.  I'll have to post them tomorrow after Bible Study and start on Nov's POTD.  Are there anyone out there joining in on the fun?  Let me k now!  Here's Nov's list:

Thanks FATMUSMSLIM for this!

PS, keep checking back as I have a sneak ready to peek soon!  All my crafty friends will think it's pretty cute!

PSS - I forgot to mention, if you're looking for Mindy Terasawa's kits, she's no longer is selling them.  As of right now she's on a break and not sure whether or not she'll be selling or designing again.  I will keep you posted of any information I have on when and where she'll be selling her kits.

POTD - 102413 - Weather

Today was the first time since summer started that I was able to walk the dogs.  I hate the heat even if I woke up early it was already hot, so now that fall is here and it's slightly cooler, I decided to take the two rascals out for a walk.  

I always thought I was a summer girl.  I'm finding more and more that I really love Fall and Winter.  I guess living in Hawaii and Cali, we don't really have a proper Fall and Winter and I miss it terribly!  I will only say this once, but I miss the East Coast weather! ha! Anyhow...it was a good walk and I loved how cool and gloomy it was...reminds me of London! Sigh, I miss London!  Moving on...  LOL! Have a great evening everyone!

POTD 102313 - View From Here

Yes, I am still stuck on yesterday's POTD and I guess it'll come to me once I get out of the house.  I don't know about you, but I absolutely love being at home, especially on a semi-cold gloomy day.  If I didn't have some men here cleaning out my dryer ducts, I would have showered and got back into my PJ's! LOL!  

So for today's POTD which is view from here, I decided to show you my view from where I'm at oppose to the view outside my window.

My desktop, yes, got tons of stuff on my desktop and well, I need to clean them up! Ugh! Anyhow, I've been pretty much at my desk today, been working on a sneak that I should have up but waiting to hear what I am suppose to write.  So stay tune...it's gonna be super cute! 

POTD 18 - 21 Oct 2013

I haven't flaked out on this POTD yet. I didn't get a chance to post last Friday.  In-laws came and decided to stay the night so I was in mad rush to clean and launder the bedsheets (the guest room is always the last for me to clean!).  Sat we went and saw a dying aunt (so, so sad!) and then take the in-laws all the way back home; we live in Mexico and they live in north Cali...I joke! It feels that way! Anyhow, here are my POTD from the 18th - 21st.

 

101813 - Something that made me smile:  I'm a sucker for nail polishes and I just bought these for the NEX. Been wanting to get this brand.  I checked the NEX before I left for London and it was definitely cheaper to buy it here in the states. So assoon as I got back, I went and bought a few colors.

 101913 - Letters:  I have tons and tons of Thickers (you can never have enough!) and this is my favorite font and color, one that I use often.

102013 - 4 o'clock:  This is what I was doing at 4 o'clock, having a late lunch early dinner. I was super tired so I slept in till 10, and I started cleaning and fixing some stuff around the house and forgot to eat lunch so the hubby and I went and got In n Out (as I am typing this, I'm really craving for one now! LOL).

 102113 - Calm - This is my calm...Fuji napping.  He was actually on Benedryl as he seems to have some type of allergies (so we think), so the Vet suggested 2 - 4 Benedryl in an 8 hour period, I only gave him 2.  Wonder what 3 would have done? LOL  Giving him 2 tonight, so I can clean his nails and ears (where the infections/irritations are.).

OK, I will try to post today's POTD which is  Something in my Town...not quite sure what that will be...I may have to skip this one as this one is a challenge for me.  Is anyone out there playing along? Let me know!  Have a great day!  Hope to share some crafty things soon!

Daily Photo Challenge

It's been pretty boring on my blog so I thought I'd try to do this photo a day challenge.  I loved looking back on my last photo challenge (which I failed miserably!) and wished I had continued with it.  Oh well, no use crying over spilled milk! I hope some of you (I hope there's someone out there reading this poor pathetic blog of mine...) will join me! If you do, please link me on the comment so I can visit your blog.) I may not be able to post everyday but I will try and post all the pics.  So here's Oct's list; took this from the web and even if it's I think 2012 or 2011...not sure, I liked what was on the list...

(Photo A Day list/pic by @fatmumslim)

Even though it's the middle of the month, I'll start from there.  Oct 16, 2013  Here's my pic for today:

11.11.11 @ 11:11:11 am Challenge

I decided to join in on another challenge.  It's only for today so its just a one time thang (^_^)

CLICK HERE TO LIZ'S BLOG TO PARTICIPATE!

How often does November 11, '11 come around?

You know I like a good challenge, I like taking photos and I like you! So why not incorporate it all... with photo challenge no 02. Take a photo with me this Friday when the clock strikes: 11.11.11 at 11:11:11 am. Then on Friday when I post our picture I will add a techy gadget to my blog and you will be able to share your photo as well. Just like the Self-Timer Challenge.

Rules:

1. Take a photo of whatever in the heck you are doing on 11.11.11 at 11:11:11 am

2. Post the photo as well as the photo challenge button I made to your blog or facebook with a link back here.

3. Last add your photo to the linky tool just like the first photo challenge here: Self-Timer challenge.

Here's a code for a photo I made that says, I took the challenge. You can copy then paste into the html code of your blog. If that is jibberish to you email or leave a comment and I will help ya out. Or feel free to use the above photo.

 
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If you haven't tried Postal Pix before you will love it! It's a free app where your photos are downloaded straight from your phone then delivered right to your mailbox. Happy mail at its finest. So print off your photos from today. Thanks Postal Pix!

I will post my Day 8 - 11 later tonight, sorry for the absence; its been pretty busy for me these last few days.

Day 7 - Everyday + Amy Tangerine T-shirt

Day 7 - Everyday:  This is pretty much my everyday.  I start off the day on the computer and chat with my girl Leslie and then I have lunch and do some house work or whatever needs to be taken care of.  Excuse the mess!

One of the classes I took from Amy Tangerine was how to create her famous tshirts...here are my two takes.  Please keep in mind, I sooo do not know how to sew!  Be kind (^_^)

Day 6 - Looking Down

Thought I'd make this fun! Been wanting to do this ever since I saw it online.  So here's my photo for today:

Day 4 and 5

Sorry folks, I didn't get to post yesterday's photo.  It was pouring rain and well, rain makes me super lazy.  Even though I had two baskets of laundry to fold, I opted to just lay on the couch and catch up on some shows. (^_^)  Of course by the time 6:30 PM came around I was scrambling to get ready to pick up dh from the airport and run a few errands.  Let me tell you, it was not fun driving in the rain at all!  It was that bad!

OK on to the challenge...

Day 4 - what you wore:

Funny about these rain boots...people (and my friends) were going crazy over the designer of these boots.  I forgot what they're called but I've been meaning to get rain boots and when I saw these on sale for only $14 I just had to get them.  Sure they're funky but really, how often would I wear them?  It's not like I'm living in Washington State or London [but hey, if dh gets a job there, I'll be prepared (^_~)]  Anyhow, they really kept my feet and pants from getting wet cause like I said earlier, it was a downpour! 

Day 5 - clouds:

 

After yesterday's weather, it was such a sweet surprised to see the sun again...

Day 3 - Bad Habit

Confession - I don't make my bed everyday. I know I should to prove to the hubby I do some housework while he's at work. But why bother sometimes when I know I'll be taking a nap in it? hahaha! They say (and I have to agree) when you make your bed right when you get up should starts your day in the right direction. I totally agree with that 100%. So with that being said, my days don't go quite right all the time (^_^).   Moving on...here's my picture.

I'm actually using my iPhone for all my pictures.  Yup, I'm THAT lazy to bust out with the DSLR. Plus the 

iPhone 4S has an awesome camera!

Day 2 of Nov Challenge

Today's theme is Orange.  I have a beautiful bouquet of fall flowers on my table and its orange...perfect!  BTW, I choose not to upload my self portrait on the blog...I try not to put too many personal things on my craft blog (yeah, I know it's part of the challenge but I especially don't like posting a pic, especially if it's just of myself.  And yes, I know I have in the past but who really wants or needs to see that? ) (^_^)  Hope there's some of you out there participating!  If you are, would love to see your photo!

A Challenge for you and a chance to win...

Anyone interested in participating?? I've seen this around and never bothered to.  But for some reason, I've decided to participate this month and maybe make a mini journal out of it.  Sounds like fun, don't you think?  If you're interested let me know and I'll include one of those linky thingies on my blog for everyone to upload their pics. 

This year I've also challenged myself to participate in Ali Edward's Dec Daily.  I tried last year but for some reason I didn't put an album together.  Although I took pics every day, just didn't have it in me to do it...I may do it later...but we'll see.  So this year, I am crossing my fingers I can complete ONE Dec Daily!  My family will be here so life around this casa will be interesting.  Anyhow, if you wanna win Ali Edward's kit below, visit Dear Lizzy's blog here for a chance to win!  Good luck everyone!

Aloha it's anthoer TGF Challenge!

This week sketch challenge is by Lynda!

Here's my take (I turned it around)

This LO is about our time at Tokyo Disney Sea!  We had just gotten off their water ride, which was so needed cause the humidity in Japan was horrendous!  If I could I would have stayed on that ride the entire day!  We were soaking wet, you could see it on Cyn and Steph's shirt but not on mine since I was wearing black.  We definitely had so much fun that day even if we were all miserable in the humidity!

Of course I used the Sunshine kit for this LO along with Mindy Terasawa's Sun Shiney Day kit.  I stamped the flowers on the bottom, used the stitch stamp along the borders of my LO and I also used the Smiley flowers as embellishments.

Now it's your turn...take the challenge, create a LO based on Lynda's sketch, who knows you could be the lucky winner!!!  Simply upload your LO to  TGF Galleria>Scrapbooking Kits>Contests/Challenges> 7-11 Sketch (I'm not quite sure if that's the exact folder, but you'll see it when you navigate around the gallery...As of right now Jess has not created a folder...will post a new link if it isn't what I posted.

For more inspiration, check out my fellow DT's work:

• Angela Sowell
• Angie Blom
• Claudette San Pedro (that's me!)
• Jacilynn Cox
• Jeannette Siciliani
• Jessica Diedrich
• JoAnn Valderama
• Lysa Rohrer
• Lynda Nielsen

It's FFF at the Farm (TGF)

Aloha!  Today is FFF (Farm Fresh Friday) at the Farm today!!  We're to make a LO using another wonderful sketch from Mercy!  Please feel free to join us on this challenge!!!

Here's my take on the sketch

Doesn't this LO scream SUMMER VACATION?  LOL!  I took this photo when we were visiting the island of Maui.  Love that there weren't anyone in this photo.  Usually the beaches are crowded.  Of course I used the new TGF SB kit Sunshine!  See how versatile this kit is?  I mean yesterday's LO was of Japan, today its of Hawaii! 

Simply upload your LO or card to the following gallery category:  
TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>FFF>Mercy Sketch 6-11

Here's the sketch to follow or grap some inspiration from:

Hope to see your LOs at the gallery!!  Good luck and please stop by my fellow DT's blog and check out what they've created!

• Angela Sowell
• Angie Blom
• Claudette San Pedro (that's me!)
• Jacilynn Cox
• Jeannette Siciliani
• Jessica Diedrich
• JoAnn Valderama
• Lysa Rohrer
• Lynda Nielsen

Happy scrapping!

TGF's New Scrapbook kit - SUNSHINE!

Hey everybody!

We are SO stinkin' excited over at The Greeting Farm...and ready to spread the SUNSHINE!  Why?  Because SUNSHINE is the name of the newest 8 1/2x11 JUMBO KIT of rubber stamps being previewed today on the TGF Blog!

Just in time for summer, SUNSHINE is full of larger sized stamps, perfect for scrapbooking, cardmaking, or any papercrafting!  And ONE LUCKY WINNER just might take one home after hoppin' around the Scrapbooking DT's blogs today!

In addition?  The TGF Scrapbooking Team is THRILLED to welcome LYNDA NIELSEN to our gang!  You may recognize Lynda as one of our Gardeners and now she is back and ready to get scrappin'!   Welcome!

For our Challenge today, (did you KNOW that TGF is doing weekly scrapbooking challenges on the TGF Blog?) I used this great sketch by SB team member Jaci:

My layout today is (what else...JAPAN!) I'm tryin' to finish at least one album this year!  LOL!  And since I have tons of photo's of my trips back home, I thought since they're all still fresh in my memory to finally complete a whole album!  Of course that doesn't mean that all my LOs will be of Japan after all this is a summer kit, but just because it's a summer kit doesn't mean you have to use it for just the summer LOs!!  That's what is so great about these kits!  They're so versatile!  Anyhow, This is my title page of my album. 

I'm so excited to show you more week after week and hope you'll play along with our challenges too!  They are every Thursday for scrapbooking and each week we offer up a GREAT prize!

Sketch by Jaci:

Be sure to check out the rest of the Scrapbooking Team today:

• Angela Sowell
• Angie Blom
• Claudette San Pedro (that's me!)
• Jacilynn Cox
• Jeannette Siciliani
• Jessica Diedrich
• JoAnn Valderama
• Lysa Rohrer
• Lynda Nielsen!
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Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to spread the SUNSHINE wherever you go :)

TGF Challenge - Color Challenge

Aloha!  We have another TGF Challenge going on! Here's my LO...yes, some of the pics are a bit blurry but hey, sometimes those are the photos you get.  Anyhow this is of my precious Avery on Christmas 2006.  I believe this was his last Christmas where he was himself (Christmas 07 was his last and he wasn't well).  Anyhow, this is about him opening his present...I think I'll make something like this for this year's card...we'll see.  I'll have to change it up a bit but I think it'll be similar to this style.  I used the TGF In the Spotlight butterfly for background, used the arrow stamp for the tree and of course I had to use Christmas Ian! 

These were the colors we had to use.  Upload your Layout or 3D item to TGF GALLERIA>Scrapbooking Kit>Contests/Challenges>Better in Color

Don't forget to check out my fellow DT's blog for more inspiration!

Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro - that's me...sorry no LO!
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
JoAnn Valderama
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo
Jessica Diedrich

TGF Challenge - Mother's Day LO

OK, so today's post was suppose to be my TGF Challenge which was to create a LO for Mother's Day.  I misread the email and did next week's Challenge instead! I worked on it all night last night and was so proud I had it submitted earlier than I normally submit my LOs.  Needless to say, I have no LO (*o*)  So I am posting my Mother's Day card for my mom, I also made one for my MIL but made it in a different color.  I of course lifted this from Splitcoaststampers and need to go back and give credit to the original creator!  I will still be doing a Mother's Day LO but that'll be posted tomorrow (hopefully).  

So even though I wasn't able to post my LO today please still participate in the Challenge in honor or Mother's all around the world and for your own mom!  

Upload your layout  to Tgf Galleria>Scrapbooking>Contests/Challenges>All about Mom

You have until Tuesday, May 12th to enter to WIN a TGF Single of Choice (in stock).!  WINNER will be announced here on the blog next Thursday during the next SB Challenge!

Checkout my fellow DT's work for more inspiration!
Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro - that's me...sorry no LO!
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
JoAnn Valderama
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo
Jessica Diedrich

TGF Challenge - Stitching

Aloha!  TGF is hosting another challenge and the challenge is to use stitches on our LO or cards.  Please join us and upload your creation at the TGF Gallery!

HOW TO PLAY:

Just upload your layout using TGF Stamps and a STITCHING TECHNIQUE to TGF Galleria>Scrapbooking Kits>Contests/Challenges>Scrappin in Stitches.

You have until Tuesday, April 27th to get your scrap on using SEWING, FAUX stitching, Stitched embellishments or rub ons, etc.  Just as long as we can see SOME stitching on the layout!

We'll announce the winner when we come back on Thursday the 29th with our next challenge and ONE LUCKY PARTICIPANT will win THEIR CHOICE of TGF Single!


And without further ado here is my LO using the oh so versatile In the Spotlight kit:

This LO is basically about riding the train in Japan and how much it reminded me of my childhood.  I was so glad to have the opportunity to be able to go back to Japan several times while living in Hawaii.  And of course our means of transportation is the trains so it was great to experience this once again!

Now head on over to my fellow DT's blog to be inspired:


Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro - that's me!
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
JoAnn Valderama
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo
Jessica Diedrich

Aloha!

Please Check back...

Aloha!  Sorry I haven't been posting much or visiting your blogs and leaving comments.  I've been super busy with deadlines and I'm preparing for a mini vacay.  I promise once things slow down I'll be able to visit all the inspiring blogs out there!  Hope everyone is doing well and please check back later today for the TGF Challenge.

Blk & White Challenge

I decided to participate in the Blk & White Challenge that Marie's having, which ends tonight, so if you want to participate, do it now! LOL! Here's my take on the sketch and color theme:

Sketch to use:

Sorry folks, I've been making my cards/projects late at night that when I post, I don't have time or forget to post the links or the supplies. So let me do so now...

I used a combination of DP from Nancy Kubo's and Mindy Terasawa's kit. Nancy's kit was a mini kit that was given free at one point...I tried a search but couldn't find it...I do believe that it has expired. However if I find it and it's not expired I will post a link to it. Mindy's kit is called Noir et Blanc and you can find it at DD.

Basically I just stamped my image (Dress Me set) on a 3.5 white CS, colored her with my gray Copics (I believed I used a combination of C3 and C7), added Martha Stewart glitter and then started to layer with Mindy, Nancy's and black CS. Tied a black SU! ribbon on the side and stamped the "Fabulous Friend" (Oval All stamp set) onto white CS, punched it out with SU! Large Oval punch and then punched out black CS with SU!'s Scallop punch. That's it! HTH! As usual thanks for stopping by!