Discovering America

Hey guys..long time no see...
I don't seem to have much time to update my blog unless is to show you my CT work....well, lets say these are not the easiest of times, with my daughter growing into a young lady (14 years old, going on 24!) and despite the friendship and love....well, I was a teenager once (probably a lot more of a headache to my parents than she is to me) so I know I need to take one day at the time...only sometimes one does not have much energy to write things down....thank God for scrapping.

So, Karen has a new (wonderful!) kit available, and the kit touches one subject I always like making a point at: the American thing....because I am an American too, right?
I maybe from the South, but American nevertheless :)
So, here are the pages I made with it, some more coming up.
The kit is available now @ DigitalDesignDen and @ DigiScrapsDriveIn
There are super saving with the bundle & biggie bundle in both stores.
Be sure to go to her blog, not only to see the rest of the CT work (amazing!!!!!!!!!!) but also to get your freebie :)

I have some other good news, so I maybe posting soon, thanks for popping in and apologies for not having much time to go see your blogs, the ones of you who have teenagers I m sure will understand, but will catch up soon, thanks for your visit!

Outside my Window

Hi guys...
I know I have been a bit lost in the daily dramas of life (which you will only know if you are or have been mom or dad to a teenager) and have not had much time to visit blogs or email people, not even visit you @ Facebook pages....:(
It seems like I'm permanently trying to catch up, as I am also late with this post....but better late than never, right?
Let me show you what I have done with the newest kit from SnickerdoodleDesigns....

this is such a wonderful kit, with elements and papers so amazing I had to find some amazing, especial photos for it...
so here is my aunt Sarita (shortening for Sara in Spanish) after whom I have named my daughter.
She was one of my mum's sisters, sadly died long time ago, in her late 50s...but she left me one of the best legacies anyone can inherit: the passion for traveling.

In this next LO is my cousin Lily, who has been present in my mum's life since way before she met my dad. She was brides maid at their wedding, and is still helping hugely

Here is where you can find this amazing kit:
@ Digital Design Den
or @ DigiScrapsDriveIn
you can also find it (budles et all!) @ AhhScraps

there is a bundle and a bigie bundle, all worth good savings, the kit is amazing, hope you enjoy it :)
don't forget to keep an eye on Karen's Blog for freebies and remember that if you sign up for her newsletter, you will get some freebies too!

as I said,I'm having some *real life* (is the net life not real then? LOL) problems apart from my health conditions, so I wont promise anything but I will most degfinitely try visiting your blogs and pages.
Huggzzz to you all and until the next one !

All is Smooth & we are Sailing!!!!!!!

Hello wonderful people...
I have lots to tell, countless LOs to post, but as Karen's new kit was just released today, I'm gonna leave the rest for later, here is what I made for our CT:

kit ca be found HERE at DigiScrapsDriveIn
and also HERE at DigitalDesignDen


The freebies will be posted in Karen's blog, SnickerdoodleDesignsByKaren tonight, so be sure you will check tomorrow!
My health isn't getting any better, but I'm on the case, in case you are wondering why I haven't been around your blogs or write emails or..well, you know....
Thanks so much for looking, leave us a little Love here if you are passing by, is always nice to see it written down, apart from the hit count :)

The Merrier, the Better.....

...don't you think?
well, apparently they call May the Merry Month....and to me it couldn't be better than the arrival of summer, warm weather and...well,even if one lives in England the prospect is there :)
And for this month Karen has such beautiful kit, great deal in $$$ too...here is my CT work for a bit of inspiration, but the kit is so complete, you wanna go to her blog and see not only what the rest of the CT girls have done, but also the kit preview and then head of to the stores to buy....great deal indeed ...because as if the kit wasn't full of wonderful stuff, she is giving away an alpha (apart from the included in the kit) and a QP...trust me, not a deal to be missed...
To get there just click HERE

Puppy Love!!!!

is the new kit, wonderful kit from SnickerdoodleDesignsByKaren
these are my take on this great kit,which is very complete and also has a great alpha...
there is also a freebie Quick Page, just visit the blog by cliking in the highlighted link to get it..!
I tried to use the alpha in this next LO, but my program started behaving a bit weirdly...
The kids here are my cousin's daughter's children, aren't they just the cutest!!!????

and this is Lua, *daughter* to my friends Dilma & Lars, who own the place where we have stayed in North East Brazil the past trips, you can have a look at their place by clicking in the highlighted link...place is called Pousada Mundo Verde.
Pousada means small hotel,though this has nothing of *small*, it is, indeed, the most amazing *Green World*

aren't they cute?
yeah, I know, I just said that again!
things are relatively calm around here,,,so not only had I have time do to my CT *homework* for Snickerdoodle, but also found a couple of amazing places, will be back soon to share with you!

Waiting for Spring...

..literally, as the weather isn't collaborating here in London.
That is also the title of SnickerDoodleDesignsByKaren's last kit, a gorgeous one, and there is a freebie QP in her blog, if you would like to have it, just click in her link, visit her blog.
Here are a couple of pages I made with it...





I have followed Karen to the DigiScrapsDrive store & forums, a great place to be if you like freebies, challenges, talent and great company,so, maybe I'll see you there?

You can find Waiting for Spring HERE and the word art HERE , or you can save some money by getting the BUNDLE

There is a SnickerDoodleDesignsByKaren's gallery @ the DigiScrapsDriveIn, so, if you are looking for more inspiration, there are some ladies there that can provide some really good one (inspiration!)

See you there!

Valentines sale(kits under £1!!), discount coupons & freebies

Well, it seems I spoke a bit too soon when I said my sleeping patterns were getting better: all sleep I got in the past 48 hours is just a couple...and when I thought tiredness would win..well, I know a lot of you out there know what I'm talking about.

Remember the Love is All We Need kit form Karen @ SnickerddodleDesigns(byHer!), well, I fell in love so much with it, that I got on making cards for my friends...here is some of what I made..




Like it? want some? well, you can just go get a lot of material made by these two extremely talented girls, Karen,of SnickerdoodleDesignsByKaren author of the kit used above and most of my latest creations, and Katie, of JustSoScrappy are having a sale to celebrate the opening of their new store: JustSoScrappyToo

Following Katie (JustSoScrappy's) line of prices, everything in the store is U$1.50, plus so many freebies you will have to make time to download. There are brag books , tags kits...and, just because they are soooooo nice, they are giving you guys even more discount....(if you are in the UK...this means well under a quid!!!) So, I would say go shopping!!!!
The girls have generated a *Get to Know Me* coupon, which will give you a further 25% in your total shopping...an unmissable bargain, me thinks!
Here are the coupon's codes (which you will be entering before total checkout
For SnickerDoodleDesignsByKaren: SDD_25
For JustSoScrappy: JSS25
Note that these are to use at JustSoScrappyToo
Just enter the coupon before your final checkout...and don't forget to grab the freebies , amazing stuff!!!!
Now, I'm seriously gonna try sleep...

LOve is All We Need!!!

I have always said that.
Over & over again, love will heal, bring back a smile to your face, make days more beautiful and, at times, bearable.
And I'm talking here about all kind of love, not just the Valentine one which is now in the air...
We even contemplated the possibility of becoming a foster family at some point last year, it did not happen because of burocracy & ridiculous laws, which end up depriving children of it (love)...but that will be the subject of a much longer post.

Love is All We Need is the new Valentine kit by SnickerdoodleDesignsByKaren , on sale now at the ScrapProfessor store, with discount.
Though I haven't had a good experience with the site (I had huge problems to post LOs, contacted the owner 3 or 4 days agio and I am STILL waiting for a reply) the kit is well worth it. Yes, I know, the store does not price kits the way we like it....they are no Digital Crea and certainly have not the heart of PixelScrapbooking or Cajoline (who give us everything for free), but is discounted at U$4, and if you look at the contents, it's worth the money.
Karen has includeed 3 (three!!!) Alphas, all with upper, lower cases & numbers & simbols....apart from the most delightful elements & papers...so much that I have not included in these LO's not even a quarter of what the kit brings....

So, here is what I have done with it as soon as I could (meaning when Sarita gave up to tiredness and called me to put her to bed....at 20:00hs!!! wow, that's a record!):



There will be more coming, there is also another LO I ve made earlier today with the Word Art & kit from the previous post, will come back with time to show you that because is HR image and now I need to finish some chores...yes, I stil have a life, and quiet a full one, outside this computer...can you believe that?
LOL
Ihave edited this because I got to make two more LOs.
One is because there are a lot of people who (like me) don't have and are not even thinking on the Valentine coupley love, but have another subject of their attention to love...so, why not show it? and pet's scraps are always the same so...I thought this would make a different thing...after all, Love Is Really All We Need!, no matter where or whom it comes from if it is in harmony with our hearts.
The second one is to show you that, even if you are a fan of quick pages, this kit has everything: the other LO is purely a background and a cluster frame from the kit, only thing I did was stick my photos & write a bit of text...gotta love that frame!!!
OK, now I'm really, REALLY of! LOL

Early Valentine

Well, mainly because I can but, really? because I just got the most amazing kit from Katie Castillo together with SnickerdoodleDesigns WordArt, the most amazing pink thing you can imagine, and couldn't wait to make something with it.

So here is the result, these done in DSA by Serif





is a bit weird to make Valentine cards when you have no Valentine (or no intention to have one for the time being LOL)
but as you can see, Karen (of SnickerdoodleDesigns) has created a beautiful word art for a daughter, one feels she is creating directly for us! Cpuldn't wait to make something with this kit, I also made some LOs with ScrapbookMax, but as my sleeping patterns have been a bit mixed and we have had visitors non stop, I'll be posting those later.

My general health is still a constant fight, but then again, when has life not been one (fight) to us?
I haven't been much motivated to write but I can feel some updating coming...
For now, just head of to the girl's blogs and get your freebies, they are well worth it!

Fly Me to the Moon....

..is the new kit by SnickerdoodleDesignsByKaren. the WordArt is to die for, will post links to the other stores in a bit, for now here are my LO's
got a couple more which I ll be posting later...