"Cakes 'n Scraps" - 5 new articles
Not Ordinary
Geez, I've been a bad blogger again...things are getting quite busy at home and we haven't even really started preparing for Christmas! Luis' exams are in 2 weeks and Nadya 2 weeks after that...cutting it too close to Christmas! Here's a LO of Bianca I finished recently -- I know I'm her mother but isn't she just adorable???.
Title: I'm Not Your Average Girl
Materials: Patterned papers - Cosmo Cricket, October Afternoon; Transparency - Hambly; Bling - Heidi Swapp; Ballooons - American Crafts; Chipboard Butterfly - Scenic Route; Paint - Kaisercraft; Glitter - Pink Paislee, Ranger Distressed Stickles; Sticker - 7 Gypsies; Cardstock - DCWV, Bazzill; Pen - American Crafts; Others - Crackle Medium, fiber
Journaling: Bianca turns 2 small green balloons into very girl's must-have accessory! Sept 2009  The Countdowns Start!
Yup, you read it right! In our home, the Christmas decorations start coming up the moment Halloween is over -- in our case, some of the decor was up even before Halloween was over -- and so have the kids started making their wish lists.
If only what Nadya said was true "It's ok to put expensive toys on the wish list because it's free since it's from Santa!" How can you argue with that kind of logic?
I made a Christmas countdown last year but I sent that out for publication (toot for me!) and I haven't gotten it back (I hope I get it back at all since I haven't gotten any responses to my queries..boohoo).
So just in case it doesn't get back in time, and before I get a headache from my kids asking me several times a day "How many more days 'til Christmas?", I decided to make another one...with a twist, of course.
This time there are 3 countdowns -- to Christmas Day, to our wedding anniversary on Dec 30 (10 years this year!) and to New Year's Day.
Check out Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker adorable Christmas line "North Pole Lights" -- not your traditional Christmas colors, so they are very versatile.
And since I'm starting so early this year, here's hoping my kids willactually stop fighting over who gets to change the numbers on the countdown -- since they have 2 months to do it! Please forgive the dark pics, I'll have to take more shots in daylight tomorrow! Update: new photos taken 11-16-2009, in case you start calculating number of days:) Halloween House Tabletop Decoration
Here's another Halloween project using Nikki Sivils Victoria's Street Chipboard album and Boo-tiful stamps. The only difficult part of this project was cutting out the windows since the chipboard is really thick and sturdy. Once the windows were cut out and the whole thing was painted black, everything fell into place.
I'm planning to put a candle inside so it looks all spooky at night with the light coming out through the windows.
Please check out Working Mom magazine's Oct 2009 issue for my article on displaying kids artwork.
 Kiki-Art Toot!
Yipeeee! I made it to the Kiki-Art Design Team! Kiki-Art is a a new scrapbook manufacturer, based in Canada, that debuted at the recent CHA. It is different because having a multi-cultural perspective is a fundamental part of their existence.
It was named Best New Company for the Summer 2009 CHA by http://www.craftcritique.com/ because what they are offering is very different than anything else on the market right now. They are the first trilingual scrapbooking company, but their lines aren't only themed in French, English and Spanish.
It's 1st design team is a huge group divided into 4 categories (combining languages, cultures and countries):
Francophone team - Nathalie Gregoire - QC, Canada - Annie Legace - QC, Canada - Annie Carignan - QC, Canada - Sylvie Sabourin - QC, Canada - Kim Brouillette - QC, Canada - Fabienne Delvaux - QC, Canada - JJ Sobey - QC, Canada - Cathia Leblanc - QC, Canada - Melissa Mercier - QC, Canada Allophone team - Vivi Rahman - Brunei - Ria Van Son - Netherlands - Ann-Katrin - Norway - Ria Mojica - Philippines - Sophia Allison - South Africa - Annika - Sweden Anglophone team - Michelle Galatuik - AB, Canada - Kim Toms - QLD, Australia - Megan Epperly - FL, USA -Keely Yowler - KY, USA - Sarah de Guzman - CA, USA - Nicole Rixon - CA, USA - Carole Stirrat WA, USA - Lynda Lindley - WA, USA - Katrina Hunt - MO, USA - Ellen Sosnoski - PA, USA - Nicole Renee Martin - OK, USA Hispanophone team
I did some research on the word allophone - from Wikipedia:
In Quebec, an allophone is a resident, usually an immigrant, whose mother tongue I'm so excited because Kiki (Arantza) is particularly interested in adding our local flavor into the mix (she's actually been to the Philippines!). I'm also looking forward to practising some of my rusty Spanish! I can't wait to start playing with their bright and colorful products!  Kids @ Heart
Halloween is definitely in the air...gotta start decorating the house. Here's another LO from our trip to HK Disney last year.
That was a really fun trip -- we all went to Disneyland at night wearing costumes. I wanted to be a witch but the kids wouldn't have me be a bad witch so I guess I was a good black witch. Bud went as Elvis -- I swear he loves that shiny red satin costume of his! It was fun to dress up and feel like a kid again.
Title: Kids @ Heart
Journaling: Halloween '08; Nothing brings out the kid in us like a visit to the happiest place on Earth!
Materials: Nikki Sivils patterned papers; Bazzill cardstock; Hambly transparency; Cosmo Cricket, Basic Grey and American Crafts chipboard alpha; Making Memories paint; Zig and Ranger pens  More Recent Articles |
