Happy 4th of July!

The 7th month of the year... Where has the time gone?

Jonah is taking a well-deserved nap and I had some uninterrupted ME time just like everyone previously suggested. I also was overwhelmed with guilt because I have TONS of unused and unopened Studio Calico kits and tons of scrap supplies that haven't even touched.

It's time to use what I have. :)

AND I've been itching to sit down and scrap for quite a while now...

So in the meanwhile I've been making cards. Forgive me, I sometimes don't get a chance to take a picture or scan each one. I'm guessing my card count for the year is pretty awesome. I'll update it when I get a chance.

Here are a few cards I made a couple weeks ago for Nursing Assistant Appreciation Week:

AND, the fun doesn't stop there, party people. I SCRAPPED. Yes, that's right. I scrapped TWO whole layouts. And I'm posting one that I did a few months ago.

The next 2 layouts were inspired by Ali Edwards' Life Artist book. Love that book. I can read it over and over again...

patterned paper: making memories, paper salon
stickers, pen: american crafts
stamps: ck media, october afternoon
ink: StazOn, ColorBox

I was totally inspired a few months ago to create that layout - Jonah was having a good day and I wanted to document it. It's one of my most favorite recent layouts.

And then yesterday I finished up with this one:



cardstock: bazzill
patterned paper: love elsie, fontwerks, scenic route
foam letters: american crafts
pen: uniball signo

I felt like Ali was speaking to me when she scrapped her Christmas cards. I'm such a packrat and I can't bear to throw letters and cards away. I feel like the senders take so much time to send us their cards, I shouldn't hastily throw them in the garbage. So I took Ali's advice, grabbed the biggest square punch I own (in this case, 1 9/16th, wish I had a 2 inch punch) and went to town. Pretty happy with the result. :)

Ok, and my last layout... I just finished it RIGHT NOW. It's my favorite one. Pretty cheeky, but it was fun and I had fun making it with a Studio Calico kit I had never opened or used. Forgive me, I don't know which month it's from...



cardstock: Bazzill
patterned paper: scenic route, sei
journing block: college press
letter stickers: sassafrass lass
stamp: 7gypsies
bling, chipboard heart: heidi swapp
pen: american crafts

And I have to share the journaling because it cracks me up:

"pics: 9/25/07, journaling: 7/4/08
subject: Just so you know...

Dear Justin Timberlake,
You know, watching you perform in concert for what seems to be like the MILLIONTH time makes me wish for an 'NSYNC reunion...
But then again, watching you perform as a solo artist makes me realize it's not going to happen anytime soon.
Just so you know I know...
Sincerely,
JoAnn Valderama
Your #1 Fan"

I hope that brightened your day, everyone. Happy 4th of July! :)

i'm a scrapper... er, collector.

I know. I know. I should use what I have...

But I can't help myself every once in a while with buying scrapping supplies. Listen to me. I haven't scrapped in over a month and I'm still buying stuff to fill my scraproom with more scrapCRAP.


It's an addiction, I tell you... An indulgence... The thing I splurge on.


And this time it was Stampin' Up stuff. I couldn't resist - my demonstrator was having a bit of a sale, so I had to stock up.


Listen to me - "had to". *lol*


But it's getting me thinking about being demonstrator/hobbyist in the future. We'll see...


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And I'm going to get better with blogging... Or at least posting a pic when I blog. Here's Jonah enjoying dinner tonight. Wing Stop. :)




It was a treat tonight for the family... Diet begins tomorrow. :)

summer summer summertime...

I can't believe summer is finally here. The weather is hot (most of the time) and the air is filled with smoke from the California fires. I really pray for everyone affected by the fires. I hope they put all of the fires out soon.

Life has been busy. So busy that there's still no time to scrapbook (believe me, I've tried)... But Carl and I have been taking a ton of pictures...

Having fun with the new fisheye lens:



My family's dog... You can't tell, but he's really sick right now. :(



Celebrating my mom's birthday with an ice cream cake from Cold Stone...



And the main reason why I've been so busy and tired:



He's WALKING. And I'm worn OUT.

must have kit.

The fabulous people at Cocoa Daisy collaborated with my girls Mars and Brooke and they put together an AWESOME digital kit.

What are you waiting for? Go there NOW. :)

we're doomed.

He's 16 months today and for the past 3 or 4 days he's getting better on his feet.

We're in trouble, aren't we? *lol*

time flies.

Time just flies, doesn't it?

Between Corinne's wedding, our mini trip to Reno and then our trip to Disneyland in April, we've just been SO busy! Work has been a little chaotic and tiring. Jonah caught a stomach bug in DL (he's better now). And now we're just getting back to the swing of things.

I can't believe May is almost over.

Mother's Day was good for me. Went to breakfast with our families. Carl gave me an awesome present this year: this lens for our camera. We had rented it for our DL trip and I guess I had so much fun with it, he thought it would be nice to add to our fast growing lens collection.



Super fun lens to play with. :)

Anyway, hope everyone out there is doing well! Hope everyone is creating some awesome stuff - I'll be visiting your blogs soon to check!

happy belated NSD.

It's my normally scheduled weekend to work so I knew that I wouldn't be able to participate in any scrapping activities for NSD.

But above all that, I couldn't participate because Jonah has been sick since Friday... Really sick. Like throwing-up-and-having-diarrhea-all-over-the-place sick.

My poor baby.

I don't know where he could have caught this bug from - probably somewhere in Disneyland - but I just hope he gets rid of it soon. I hate seeing him so miserable.