I AM SO PROUD TO BE A DOGHOUSE DIVA!!!

Good morning everyone!!! what a great start of the day when i saw

 my layouts over at NIKKI SIVILS blog and

 i am really so proud to say that i am one of the  DOGHOUSE DIVA!

so honoured to be part of one of the most talented team of scrapbookers.

i think most of you who have followed for a while know how much

i love NIKKI SIVILS papers, old and new

they all go together.

please come visit us

over at NIKKI SIVILS blog

and be inspired by the DTs wonderful creations.

and don't forget to grab one of the new NIKKI SIVILS blog badges, post it on

the side of your blog, and maybe become one of the lucky

winners of NIKKI SIVILS collection.

thank you very much for stopping by my blog and leaving me

wonderful comments. i really appreciate all of you

who takes your time to read my blog and leave me comments, your

comments brings joy to my heart...thank you.

have a wonderful day and God bless.

Be kind whenever possible...it is always possible.

-Dalai Lama

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

HAPPY SUNDAY:)

Happy Sunday everyone! February is a short month and i feel like i need to

adjust things to accomplish a lot of things.

Anyhow, i know everything will work out fine.

i wanted to dedicate this post to my Mommy and my Mother-in-law

who's birthdays are coming up.

my Mommy's birthday is tomorrow and then my Mom-in-law is on Tuesday.

double celebration Yayyyy!!!

Happy Birthday Mommy Olive and Nanay Julie!!!

We love you so much and we wish you good health and happiness.

here is a couple of layout i finished for the two birthday moms-

well, that is it for me today. it's SuperBowl but i have to work :(

don't forget to check us out over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES!

thank you very much for stopping by

 and have a wonderful rest of the day!

God Bless.

hugs and lots of love,

Isay :D

WATER FUN - STUCK ON U SKETCHES FEB 3

Happy Friday you all! and you know what it means

new sketch over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES :)
we have a great new 2page sketch this week but i only did
one side of the sketch. i used my January ARTFUL DELIGHT
kit with some bits and and pieces of my own stash.
here it is-

love how my masking turned out. i will definitely purchase more mask
for my future projects.
Please do check us out over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES blog
to see all the beautiful creations of all our wonderful creative DTs
and play along with us.
i hope to see you there.
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend
God bless.

lots of love & hugs,
isay :D

JILLIBEAN JANUARY SKETCH

hi there! i wanted to share my take on JILLIBEAN January sketch.

i used a mix of different JILLIBEAN papers.

here is my finished LO-

thanks for stopping by. have a wonderful day and

God bless.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D



FINALLY GOT TO PLAY ALONG MME SKETCH CHALLENGE

....please vote for my layout HERE.

yes, i did finally got the courage to play along

MY MIND'S EYE Sketch challenge

and i love how it turned out. i honestly don't have a lot of MME's paper.

i have my ABBEY ROAD kit i purchased at MICHAEL'S

and got it very cheap and i also got a few LIME TWIST

papers from ARTFUL DELIGHT kit and some SO SOPHIE papers

from my NOOK kit last year. And, oh yeah,  ARTFUL DELIGHT's January kit

had some MME goodies, too.

well, without further ado here is my take on the sketch-

  The challenge was to design a layout based on this fabulous sketch and use the theme “NEW” on the layout (sketch by Anam Stubbington).

thanks again for stopping by my blog i really appreciate it.

have a wonderful rest of the weekend.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

I MADE IT TO PRACTICAL SCRAPPERS ROUND 2!!! I NEED YOUR VOTES AGAIN!!!

Yehheyyyyy!!! i made it to the PRACTICAL SCRAPPERS Round 2

of their big LO contest!!!

thank you very much for all of you who voted.

Round 2 means voting time again and i need your votes again :D

Please vote for me, please.

using my January ARTFUL DELIGHT kit here is my new layout for Round 2-

Click HERE to vote for me, please!!!

thank you very much for stopping by and for your support.

have a wonderful weekend!

God bless.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

YOU'RE 2 FUNNY- THE STUDIO CHALLENGE

i was staring at my blog earlier and thought i need to change my blog.

i need to look for designs that represents "ME".

still unclear on what really represent me but you'll see a few change in my blog soon.

beside this is a new year, everything is going great, and i really do think this

will be an awesome year for me :D

and i have a new layout to share with you.

this layout is inspired by THE STUDIO CHALLENGE

January 8 challenge to scrap a page using 5 or more photos.

 i love the challenge so went right to work and finished this layout

using my January ARTFUL DELIGHT kit-

i love how it turned out! and that is my 3 yr old daughter being her

goofy, silly self! i think she's tooo darn cute (well of course i think that

i'm her mother! LOL!)

if you haven't yet, check out STUCK ON U SKETCHES for this weeks new sketch.

and also hop onto NIKKI SIVILS blog and grab one of the new badges for you blog.

thanks for stopping by.

God bless.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

SWEET GIRL- STUCK ON U SKETCHES JANUARY 20TH SKETCH & NEW NIKKI SIVILS BADGES

happy Friday everyone!!!

first of all, i would like to say thank you for those who took the time to vote for

me over at PRACTICAL SCRAPPERS for the big LO contest.

they are announcing the top 25 tomorrow and

crossing all my fingers and praying really hard that i get through the next round.

thank you all so much again! 

now onto serious bussiness LOL!

it's time for another new sketch over at

STUCK ON U SKETCHES.

and we have the talented Miss Debbie Burns as our GD who also provided

the sketch for this week.

i used my December ARTFUL DELIGHT kit with some of my own stash.

and here is my take-

so please do come by and check out the new sketch

 over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES

be inspired by our wonderfully talented DT's and GDs creations.

also, i would like to give a big shout out and Congratulation to NIKKI SIVILS

for being one of the  2011 CHA Industry Awards Winners for her  Joplin Drive

last summer. we are so proud of her and what a well deserve recognition!

CONGRATULATIONS NIKKI!!!

and check out this super cute new NIKKI SIVILS badges-

 

visit us over at NIKKI SIVILS blog and grab one of this cute badges for your blog!

You never know who might do some blog hopping and if one of these new badges is on your blog you could win that collection!

Have a great, great weekend!

thank you all for stopping by my blog!

don't forget to visit STUCK ON U SKETCHES for the new sketch and

grab a badge over at NIKKI SIVILS blog for the chance to win one of her new collections!

God bless.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

VOTE FOR ME PLEASE!!!

I know I shared this LO before HERE but PRACTICAL SCRAPPERS

is having a big layout contest to enter

they ask to send a layout that you have created in the last two months & if your layout got  chosen you move on to the first round and there are six rounds.

my layout got chosen and i need your votes PLEASE!!!

here is my layout and click HERE to vote

i really, really appreciate your vote and thank you very much.

have a wonderful and God bless.

hugs & lots of love,

isay ;D

THE WAIT IS OVER!

hi everyone!

the wait is over! it's finally here

the full reveal of NIKKI SIVILS four new collections!!!



check them all out over at

NIKKI SIVILS blog and also visit Nikki's Facebook page

for a mini contest.

See you all there!

thank you and God bless.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

PINTEREST INSPIRED CHALLENGE- SKETCHES 4 ALL

it's me again! this is my second post for today. see my earlier post HERE.

i finished another layout 

using my January ARTFUL DELIGHT kit and some of my own stash.

this layout is inspired by Margie's PINTEREST INSPIRED challenge over at

SKETCHES 4 ALL forum.

here it is-

thank you so much for stopping by my blog.

please be sure to check us out at STUCK ON U SKETCHES

for our latest challenges and

hop onto NIKKI SIVILS blog to see more sneak peeks of her

new line "EXIT HERE".

have a wonderful week. Keep smiling!

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

LOVE MY BOYS- SKETCHY THURSDAYS

Happy Monday everyone!

it's been raining here since last night and for some reason

it brings some peace and calmness in me.

i don't know if you've heard the sad news that SKETCHY THURSDAYS

posted their last sketch challenge.

SKETCHY THURSDAYS was one of the very first sketch challenge blog i played along. i was lucky to have been SKETCHY fave more than once and actually won and became a

GDT for the month of April 2011.

and for the last time i created a LO inspired by

their last sketch and by the talented DT's take on the sketch

here is my take-

 

 

i used my January ARTFUL DELIGHT kit (love it sooooo much!)

Thank you SKETCHY THURSDAYS for the inspirations.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

MY LITTLE GUY- ARTFUL DELIGHT

thank God it's Friday! it's not my Friday at work but i don't really mind working on weekends :D

i was able to squeezed in some scrappy time so i decided to take on

ARTFUL DELIGHT January sketch challenge.

i love the simplicity of the sketch and together with the lovely sketch

i used my January ARTFUL DELIGHT kit

here is the finished LO-

i really adore this kit! all the Krafty goodies with the splash of yellows, greens, and reds-

so perfect together. i actually had the chance to purchased both the January AD scrapbook kit and card kit and would love to scrap more with this kit. hopefully this weekend i'll have time just to scrap even for a few hours.

thanks for stopping by my blog again. please don't forget to check us out at STUCK ON U SKETCHES and also check out NIKKI SIVILS blog for some more sneak peeks!

have a wonderful weekend and God bless.

hug & lots of love,

isay :D

BEACH PRINCESS- SKETCH INSPIRATION

hello everyone! i have a new layout to share with you today.

this is inspired  by SKETCH INSPIRATION sketch challenge #302

and i used my January ARTFUL DELIGHT kit

i just love, love this kit- full of Krafty goodness :D

i hope you all have a wonderful day! lots of things to do today

and i have work later. hopefully i'll find even a tiny bit of time to start a new layout.

thanks for stopping by my blog and also check out STUCK ON U SKETCHES for our current sketch challenge and hop onto NIKKI SIVILS blog to see some super cute sneak peeks!

God bless and stay happy!

 

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

WOOOOOHOOOOO!!! I MADE IT TO THE TEAM!

I still can't believe it! i made it to the team!

WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!

1. Julie Tucker-Wolek (Blog Coordinator)

2. Sarah Eclavea (Social Media Coordinator)

3. Deana Boston (Retailer Program Coordinator)

4. Stacy Rodriguez

5. Jodi Wilton (who is re-joining us from my original team 3 years ago)

6. Jennie McGarvey
7. Laurel Seabrook

8. Melissa Pablo :D it's my name!

9. Melanie Jarocki

10. Marielle LeBlanc

and Katrina Hunt is their Design Team Leader

this is soooooo exciting!!! Congratulations to all the ladies who made it, too!

Thank you NIKKI SIVILS for picking me!!! still have the biggest smile in my face!

i can't wait to work with all these talented beautiful ladies.

i love, love NIKKI SIVILS papers and i cannot wait for her new collections to come out.

Hop onto NIIKI SIVILS blog and check out her sneaky peekys... i bet you you'll LOVE them!

ENCHANTING- SOUS JANUARY 6 SKETCH

i am so late posting this. i had to give up my laptop for a couple of days

to have it check out just to make sure it's not going to

crash on me again :D

Friday is not over yet  and here is my take on

STUCK ON U SKETCHES January 6 sketch

i used my November ARTFUL DELIGHT kit

that is it for me today. i'm trying to clean up my scrap table and stash.

it's taking me a while but i'm confident i'll be done by tomorrow.

thank you very much for stopping by my blog.

Please check us out over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES

and play along with us, see you there!

i hope you all have a wonderful weekend and maybe i'll be back tomorrow

and some new LO's

God bless.

hugs & lots of love,

isay



FUTURE HEARTTHROB- STUCK ON U SKETCHES DEC 23 SKETCH

almost Christmas!!!

how are you hanging in there?

done with Christmas shopping or still looking for the best gift?

i am done and over with all the crazy shopping spree LOL!

just waiting for the special day to come.

today a new sketch over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES is up

and here is my take on it using my DEC ARTFUL DELIGHT kit-

just love the colors i have here. i think every mom thinks that their son(s)

are future heartthrobs LOL!

come and check us out at STUCK ON U SKETCHES

and be inspired by the wonderful creations by the DT's

play along with us and you'll have a chance to win some yummy

blog candy.

can't wait to see you and your work up there.

thanks for stopping by

have a wonderful day! happy holiday!

God bless.

hugs and lots of love,

isay

SHINE- ARTFUL DELIGHT

Good day to you all!

i wanted to share with you my take on ARTFUL DELIGHT's

monthly sketch challenge and 

of course using my Dec ARTFUL DELIGHT kit

so here it is-

 love, love the this month's kit from ARTFUL DELIGHT and i know, i say this every month

but it's true ARTFUL DELIGHT kits are always filled with yummy goodies.

everything goes perfectly together and you never run out of embellishments.

hope you can check out ARTFUL DELIGHT and i highly recommend 

that you ladies, if you haven't already, subscribe to their monthly kits and you will 

find out yourself how awesome they are!

also, please don't forget to check us out over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES and play along with us. you'll love the inspirations from the DT's, they are all amazing!

thanks again for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful day!

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D

TRYING OUT FOR IMAGINARIUM DT CALL

Hello everyone!

i wanted to try out in the IMAGINARIUM DT call

so grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and chillax'

because this will be a long post and

without further ado here are my favorite LO's using chipboards-

1. MUSIC OF MY HEART-in this LO i painted the swirly chipboards

with green acrylic paint and applied glossy accent to it.

 2. YOU ARE THE MUSIC IN ME- another great way of dressing up chipboards

is to cover them with music sheets and apply clear gesso for extra shine

like what i did in the big heart on this lo

 3. SWEET & SILLY- another great way of altering snowflake chipboards

is to again paint them with acrylic paint, rub stickles, top it with

button, and wrapping it with silver twines.

 4. A MOMENT...- here in this layout i used distress ink on the edge, stamp it lightly,

sprayed it with glimmer mist, and added bling in the middle of the butterfly chipboards.

 5. FUNNY FACES- i think this is my favorite way of altering the butterfly chipboards

the first layer i covered the butterfly chipboard with paper, then placing

another butterfly chipboard which i painted with acrylic paint and misted with glimmer mist

on top for some great dimension.

 6. WARM HEARTS FULL OF LOVE- painted the snowflake chipboards again,

applying stickles, and placing a bling in the middle.

 7. STILL IN LOVE- love, love, love alpha chipboards. easy as 1,2,3

painted it with acrylic paint, inked the edges and overlapping

the letters for extra dimension.

 8. SHINE- swirly chipboard- painted with acrylic paint and

applied clear gesso.

 9. SMILE- in this lo i kept one of the frame chipboard plain, inked it a little bit on the edges

but on the other frame chipboard i covered it with doily and applied clear gesso.

10. SANTA'S SWEET ELF-ER - i used the big frame chipboard again painting it

and applying crackle paint to it for texture. and for the snowflake chipboards

i painted the, apply stickles, added strips of papers on the back, and top it off

with brads.

i don't have many chipboards but when i get them i really enjoy

altering and using them in my layouts.

thank you so much for stopping by. have a great day.

Good luck to everyone who applied. i will be crossing all my fingers and toes and

will wait patiently on the result.

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D



SMILE- STUCK ON U SKETCHES DEC 9 SKETCH

hi! i miss my blog! LOL!

i've been sick and very busy so forgive me if i haven't share

anything with you lately.

but today i have a layout to share with you this is for

STUCK ON U SKETCHES DEC 9 sketch

using the wonderful Dec ARTFUL DELIGHT kit-

what are you waiting for? go check us out at STUCK ON U SKETCHES

to see the lovely works of the rest of the DT's and be inspired

play along with us to win some yummy

blog candy.

hope to see you and your creations there.

have a great day and God bless.

hugs & lots of love ,

isay

YOU 3 ARE A HOOT- STUCK ON U SKETCHES NOV 25 SKETCH

Hi there! i hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving and a fun, safe time

shopping this weekend.

as always busy, busy week for me but i had so much fun shopping last Friday.

almost done with my Christmas list.

i have a few good news to share with you.

first up, i won the at MY CREATIVE SKETCHES My Big Sketch Contest

for November (2nd round) with this LO-

thank you MY CREATIVE SCRAPBOOK leaders and DT's for picking my

LO as the winner. i can't wait for my goodies to come in.

check out the announcement HERE.

another good news is my LO's are up for sharing over at NIKKI SIVILS blog-

i love, love NIKKI SIVILS papers! thank you Miss JULIE for giving us the chance to share our LO's and be featured over at NIKKI SIVILS blog for everyone to see.

do come by at NIKKI SIVILS blog to see the rest of the beautiful projects featured. 

and lastly,

the new sketch over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES is up

and here is my take-

 come on over at STUCK ON U SKETCHES and check out the beautiful

creations of our talented DT's.

be inspired and play along with us so see you there.

thank you very  much for stopping by.

God bless.

hugs and lots of love,

isay :D 



HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!
i wish you all have a wonderful time with your love ones!

let me share with you this layout i finished inspired by PENCIL LINES sketch #258.
i used CRATE PAPERS Random collection. in the photo is my dear hubby and my
sweet sis-in-law after their 10K run last July 4th.
here it is-

with some close ups-

that is it for me today. i have to get somethings done in the kitchen.

have a great day!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU!!!

thank you so much for stopping by.

God bless.

 

hugs & lots of love,

isay :D