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Merry Christmas!

| cristina
My wonderful husband gave me a beautiful SLR camera for Christmas – better than I could ever dream!! So soon I hope you’ll see much better pics from me. 🙂 In the meantime, this is a pic a took last night with my old camera.
Merry Christmas!

Almost Holiday

| cristina

-8 days to Christmas!

I’m done with exams and major commitments, so it almost feels like I’m on holiday!
I’ve been really busy getting ready for Christmas, though, so I’ve gotten close to zero scrapping done lately! I managed to whip up this LO yesterday while I was proctoring an exam:

Credits:

Green paper from Christmas Whimsy by Polka Dot Plum
Hanger from Hang in There v. 2 by Britt-ish Designs
December 13th Alpha by Cuppycake Designs
Font: Note this

I don’t exactly love this LO, but I cannot figure out why..

At Last

| cristina

Yes, at last!! This isn’t only the title of the only LO I’ve managed to scrap this week, but also what I’m thinking right now!

At last the end of the week is near and I’ve almost done most of the things I had to do this week. And at last I’ve managed to find some time for me this week to scrap!
So here’s what I did for a Word Up! Challenge at SM (we had to create the title using a different alpha for each letter), At last:

Credits:

Almost Forks by April Staker (some recoloring)

Alphas:

a – Little Vixen alpha (recolored) by Britt-ish Designs

t – Spotty Dotty alpha by Misty Cato

l – In Print Black Alpha – Designs by Tater

a – It’s Only Natural alpha (recolored) by Vicki Stegall Designs

s – Razzle Dazzle alpha (recolored) by Britt-ish Designs

t – Gridworks alpha by Misty Cato

Font: Note this!

I like how this one turned out!! I did some recoloring (there was no orange/red originally) and it really changed the feel of it, I like it much better. This was my present for DH’s birthday this year. You should be able to read the story if you click on the picture to enlarge it, anyway, I decided to get him this because it’s something he really needed and even though we’ve been putting off buying it, he really deserved it because he’s been so patient (so this explains the title!)! 🙂
I have still a lot of work to do this week, but finally I’m seeing the end of it! 🙂
-14 to Christmas: two weeks!!!!

Another Thanksgiving LO

| cristina

I did a LO for the Roadmap to Scrap challenge at ScrapMatters.
These were the instructions:

  1. Any number of photos–arranged in a row
  2. One solid piece of paper
  3. One strip of paper
  4. One ribbon, used as many times as you’d like
  5. Ten of the same kind of element
  6. Journaling
  7. Word art as your title
  8. Cluster around your title

So, after the Turkey cake, here’s the actual Turkey we had for Thanksgiving. 🙂

Credits:

Papers and ribbon from Abundantly Blessed by Andilynn Designs

Felt leaves and wordart (recolored) from Thanks Indeed by Britt-ish Designs

Chestnut by Sailor and Lula

Font: Note this

It was really, really yummy! But I am biased because I love chestnuts.. 🙂

First Birthday LO

| cristina

I scrapped the first LO about DH’s birthday. I did it for a template challenge at SM and I used the new Thanksgiving mini-kit by Britt, I love it!

Credits:

Template by Haynay Designs

Thanks Indeed by Britt-ish Designs

Font: Note This

I’m so tired, and it’s only Tuesday! Adjusting to the regular schedule after Thanksgiving break is tough.. 😉

A Call and Black Friday Plans

| cristina

Polka Dot Plum is having a CT call!!!!! Check it out here.

I would love being in their CT.. I’ve been drooling over their kits, especially the seasonal ones!
So I’m keeping my fingers crossed until next week!
DH and I are on a terribly low budget this year, so we don’t really have any Black Friday plans (except we have to buy a futon/sofabed/air mattress for when my family comes to visit us for Christmas!) so it looks like we won’t have much fun tomorrow..
There’s a lot of scrap sales on the web too, and I hope I get my coupon at ScrapMatters (YEAAAH I reached my 60 points so I get a $5.50 coupon) in time for the sales.. Fingers crossed!

One month to Christmas!

| cristina

Wow: -1 month to Christmas! I’m so excited!!

I’m actually happy Thanksgiving is almost here, so this means I can put up the Christmas decorations soon! 😉
I finished the calendar! Here’s the cover I prepared.

Credits:

Welcome home by Erica Zane

Funky Stems by Britt-ish Designs

Today however was a pretty bad day for us! We had a (minor) car accident: DH was driving, and an elderly lady backed up from a driveway directly into our car!! 🙁
Luckily, the damage is minor (we are so glad she didn’t hit the side of the car, but only the fender), and our car is really old, but still we were so upset!
Tomorrow is DH’s birthday!! I did a card tonight but it didn’t really turn out very well.. :-S I’ll post pics tomorrow!

Almost done!

| cristina

I did the missing 2 months for the calendar so I’m almost done now! I just need to finish the cover.

For the month of October I used a LO I did previously and replaced the pictures with a photo of us. I just loved this LO too much and I thought it would be perfect for an autumn month.
Credits:

Green paper from BeautyFall add-on and template by Scrapmuss Designs

Other papers and 2 leaves from Autumn Sweetness add on by Cécile Designs
Leaf from Beautiful Blessings add on by Haynay Designs
Razzle Dazzle Alpha (recolored) by Britt-ish Designs

Finally, May is done too. I did this one from scratch!
Template Inspired by Ashley by Britt-ish Designs

Orchard Blossoms (some recoloring) by Amy Sumrall

Font: Eutemia

If everything goes as planned, tonight I’ll finish the cover and place the order!