Birthday Wishes

Okay, so it's been bee like what, two weeks since I've last updated? Hmph, and I thought I was getting better! Well anywho, these last two weeks have been go go go! I have managed to squeeze in a couple of projects though, which are featured as well, on our blog " if the shoe fits scrap it". Heehee.

This first project was a project hosted by Lesley. I had to make a card that had at least been embossed twice, so I tried something a little out of my element, I used coasters, embroidery thread, embossed with my cuddle bug and heat embossed using a stamp. I used the thread to hold the two pieces together and covered the thread with flowers. Here is what I came up with.

I am going to add more to this, hopefully this week such as distressing. I believe besides sewing, distressing has got to be one of my most favorite techniques. So when I finish, I will be sure to upload a pic of how it turned out.

Now, for a little non scrap talk; the Ipod touch has got to be one of the coolest MP3 players out there! I have just upgraded from my Zune(microsoft) and spoiled myself with this all in one gadget. I recommend that if you decide to get one, DO NOT get the 8GB, spluge a little and pay a little extra for a 16GB. This little gadget is really cool and lets you hook up wi-fi to the internet, check email, play games, keep notes, phone numbers, calendar, and thats just the tip of the iceberg! I am telling you, normally I would say"GOOGLE IT" no this time "YOU TUBE IT"! No unfortunately I am not being paid for this little ad, darn it!

New future experiments, endeavors; I will be working with grunge board (finally), Tim Holtzs Masks, Sizzix embossing folders, CTMH "Bunny Love" stamps, Distress crackle paint, also from Tim.

Note: Glimmer mist + Grunge Board = Fabulosity!

All right I just got home from a trip I originaly was not supposed to go on, (North Carolina), so I am going to bed, so I can have a fine Navy day in morning, LOL!!!

Ciao~Tanisha.

It's been a long week! Whew, here's another one.

So this week has been so freakin hectic, I tell ya! Too much to even really talk about, l0l, so I will not bore you with too many details. Just know that the military life and the scrapbooking life are two different animals that mix like oil and water!

~Side Note~ My Pics are starting to cut off for some crazy reason, more than likely it's called "Operator Error" if you know how I can fix it, please, please help me!

It seems as if I just do not have enough time in the day to do what I want and need to do. I have help (mom & mil), but still, that does not totally get me off being a parent to my children and tending to their needs. But, they are a great help!

Next Topic~ So, I have been talking about this blog " http://www.iftheshoefitsscrapit.blogspot.com/" and speaking of, I am hosting a new ATC challenge just for St. patty's day! So what if you aren't Irish, this will really fun for to try if you have not already and have not gotten totally addicted. ATC's, what can I say, they are unique and so your own style and the only rule is that the card be between 2 1/2 and 3 and 1/2 inches. Voila, that's it! So come over and check out this challenge, and guess what it puts you in a drawing for a prize at the end of the month!

Next Topic~ So as promised I said I would try and post pics from my Orlando trip, so here are a few ~

This is Nya on the balcony. Don't really remember what she was looking at though.

It's very rare to get Morgan to take a non silly pose, so he was my little angel here.

A really cool trident at Islands of adventure!

Next Topic ~ My card! So this is another challenge I am hosting on "if the shoe fits...Scrap it" ! It is a friendship card. The challenge is to have the word Friend or Friendship and also have the color yellow in it, since yellow is the color for friendship. You can still get in on this challenge until Wednesday, March 18 th. Here was my take on it.
Next Topic ~ So don't forget to come back later this week for more of my projects, which you can also catch on the blog, lol, and thanks for looking! Mwah!!

Another day in the life of moi!

So I get a fab award from my friend Lesley yesterday. Talk about too excited! It's my first so I could not help it. Pretty cool huh? Here it is.

Next Topic~ My mom is here! Yay me! I love my mom with my heart and soul, and knows she feels the same about me. So it's pretty cool for her close up her home to come live with us for about a year. We can all keep each other company no matter how crazy we may drive each other, lol. She has already started on a war path, but, in a good way. Today, she covered up the evidence of mydaughters first wall art! Go mom! Oh don't even let me get started on my room! I felt like I was living in her house. But my mom is reat, she keeps me focus and clutter free (which is our next project).

Next Topic~ So I went on Vacation a few weeks back, so my goal is to show at least one pic from the vacation in every post. Enjoy ~ Leave a comment if ya don't mind, I'd love to hear what you think.

Next Topic~ I love my Kids, know matter how bad they pluck that last nerve (especially when I am trying to scrap, lol! I guess thats the best time for them.

Next Topic~ So I am on a mission to lose weight, I am sooo winning so far, thats all I am saying for now. Will definitely keep my progress posted!

Next topic~ So there is great new blog (So I hear) lol, called "If the shoe fits...scrap it I think you should check it out!

Next topic~ I mean it!

Next Topic~ So, did I mention that the blog was started by four friends of mine and myself? Well, Kristy had a challenge this past Monday. It was a sketch challenge and I had sooo much fun with it! This was my take on it.

Next Topic~ There is a Wenesday card challenge that I am hosting now!!! Come check it out, we would love to see you there.

Next Topic~ Going to bed now, because I do need to work in less than 4 hours!! Goodnight

(((HUGS)))

Tanisha

I'm baaaaaack!

What a couple of months this has been! So much has happened since I last wrote. For one I went on a Disney, Sea World and Universal Studios vacation with my kids, my aunt and my cousin. What a time we had! I have too many pictures to count, lol, so better believe they will end up here, hehehe.

Lets see... hmmm... Myself and some friends of mine have started a new blog called, "If the shoe fits...Scrap it"! It's a challenge blog, and a way for us to show off a few of our talents with the world. So come on over and check us out, lets us know what you think. There are also monthly prizes! Nice right?

The pic that is above in my banner is of my daughter Nya, taken at Hollywood Studios at Disney World. I just love, love the picture. Stay tuned for some cool editing effects to it.

If you would like to see more work from me, check out : http://www.iftheshoefitsscrapit.ning.com/
http://iftheshoefitsscrapit.blogspot.com/

This is a card that I did today for my friend Tracey, her challenge on our blog was to use the colors orange and lime green. Okay, can I say that was seriously challenging for me? But, I managed to pull through, and this is what I came up with.



Here are a few I also a few more pics from the challenges from our blog. So come check us out, tell your friends about us!

This challenge was to alter a notebook. I had a time with this as well, trying to think of something anyway, lol! Well.. this is what I came up with.
This is an ATC Card Challenge that was given by Kristy on our blog, she held this challenge in our group, a prize is being given for this.



This was my challenge, which was to be a LO about shoes, weather they were your or someone else's. These are my daughter's boots, she loves them sooo much.

Happy Birthday to My Mother N Law

This is the inside of the card

This is the outside of the card

Well Today is my mother n laws birthday and at midnight I just could not wait to give her the card I had made her. Needless to say she was suprised and loved it. Now, its back to the hustle and bustle of the holidays, LOL. I have so much to accomplish in this little amount of time. The Christmas shopping is out of the way, now time to catch up with my grocery list. Oh did I mention I have another birthday to celebrate tomorrow? Yes, thats right, my husbands. I need to order him another cake, because the place I ordered it from, called this morning to tell me that their cake decorator was on vacation! Geez! You would think someone would have known. Well, anyway this is the card I made for my Mother n Law, I have not started on my husbands yet.

Back to School in a new place.

So, I can finally post my entry I submitted for a callenge I did. The challenge was faux embossing. I dont know, i love the way it looks in person, but not on camera, it seems as if so much is taken away. Then after it's too late, LOL, I notice that I have placed birds on a leaf as if it was a tree! What was I thinking? But I guess that what you get when you work 12 hour or more days and try to squeeze scrapping in at the last minute.

Well anywho... this was Morgans first day of school in our new home. Hopefully we will be here awhile, I know how hard it is being a military brat with both of my parents being Navy, now I have followed their path, he has gone through what I had to. Making new friends is not always the easiest, so I just hope I can stay in this area for quite awhile.

12 month shots long overdue

Well today Nya had to get immunizations and man was she mad at me! Well, only for a bit, at least until she got the sucker in her mouth. She is going to be even more upset, because we have to go back in six months and get her 6 month shot retaken, because they were not entered into the computer nor her shot record.

But I have a tough little cookie and I know she can make it through.

Live Laugh Love

Okay, so I am in a challenge that is run for so many weeks(not really sure how many, I forgot, LOL), but I came in first with my last project. The one with the butterflies. I was quite surprised because there were a lot of really good projects. So this week we had to work with transparancies. Usually with those, I would just throw them in the printer and print different fonts on them and go from there. Well, I tried to do something a little different and I made a LO out of it. I used some distressing techniques as well and I hope that it is appreciated when the voting comes in. I am nervous, because I am going up against a bunch of great woman. I have not added a pic yet, because I do want to find the right one. Enjoy!

Flower Girl

So, I know it has been a while since I last posted, I have definitely got to get more conviction about doing so. I have done a couple of projects since. I really don't have time like I used to now that I have transfered to a new duty station. So the weekends is when I have a few hours to to try and catch up. Well this LO was done for a challenge that I am in over in cafemom. This is my second week and the callenge was faux stitching. This was the first time I had ever tried that technique, I think it was fairly easy but its hard judging your own work. So let me know what you think. The pics are of my daughter Nya and few months back when we visited my mom down in Florida, my mother bought her the purple outfit, which I thought was so cute on her. I swear Nya is my little diva!

Up Close and Personal

Here is another one of my favorites so far. I think also because this is my first time ever playing with raw chipboard and it was quite as hard as I thought, (once a friend gave me a little tip) Thanks Tracey!

There is a few more touches that I want to add to this LO, before I consider it complete. The LO to me is saying either love me or hate with all my flaws! In a million years would I ever thought about taking a picture of myself that close-up. I would have thought, "Are you crazy, I dont want people to see my freckles"! But over the years, I have learned to embrace them, and hey, I would not be me without them.

I absolutely loved working with the Hambly, it makes you think outside of the box, lol! I have more, just cooking up ideas on how to use them, they will really put your creativity to the test!

Now I know my creator didn't make no mistakes on me. Every Frecles on my face is where it supposed to be. - India Arie