It's On!

I had a tough day yesterday. I have been working on a digital scrapbooking kit & I thought it was going well. It's been a work in progress for awhile now. It includes 10 papers, 2 elements, & a frame. So I thought to myself, "I think I have enough to make a layout, just to see what it looks like together." so I gave it a try......well, let's just say it didn't work out to well. I had a major melt down. It didn't look good, at all. I was so disappointed. I started crying & I was thinking "Gosh I have been working on this for over a year & I can't even make paper look right." I thought maybe I should just give up. Maybe this is a lot harder than I thought & it's just not for me. I was so so heart broken. My dream may never come true. From that point I went to a few of my favorite designers websites and looked in awe of their work, even now more bummed out than I was before. By then I had a huge headache too.
"How do they make this stuff?"
"It looks so good."
"Why can't I do that?"
I started just looking around the web & I ran into a video of Ellen & Oprah of all things! If your familiar with that whole situation, Ellen had a goal to be on the cover of O magazine. So Oprah contacted Ellen live on Ellen's show and this is what she told her:

I started balling. Tears rolling down my face, I thought "I have a dream!!!! A goal, it's a big goal & I WANT IT" & THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!!! Love it, such inspiration! So, yeah I know it's not going to be easy, but I'm more pumped than ever! Financially, it's going to be hard because I need so much, but that's life & I'm in no hurry. I want to do this right this time! So wish me luck, throw in a prayer or two if you want!<3 & Please come back or follow me to keep me going, everyone needs support! Thanks for stopping by, God Bless.

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I'm ready............ok, not really.

I am so anxious to start my own digital scrapbooking line. It is taking forever. I never thought that it would take this long, then again I am such a perfectionist, nothing is good enough. At this rate, the only thing I'll be coming out with is papers! Which is fine, lots of designers give/sell paper packs! My big hold up right now is probably elements. I find inspiration everywhere, but how do you recreate it on photoshop? There are tutorials everywhere, but not really for the type of design I need. Many are for photography & website design. I don't know, I play around, which I think is helpful! I think I would like to take some online classes for digital scrapbooking, we'll see!
I have been working on my name & logo, which is fun! My heart wants this so bad! Like my title, I'm so ready, but I totally am not! The idea is there, but that's all it is! [Sad face]. It's ok, my hard work will pay off, I just know it! I have another goal, which is to get on a CT. I don't know if it would help, but it sure looks fun! Well, that's that, for now! Thank you so much for stopping by! OH, I have FINALLY gotten my very first follower! Thanks Cupcakesniper! If you like my blog, Please Follow me & come back soon to see what is going on with me & my family! God Bless & have a wonderful happy day<3

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Sunday....

Watching Alex play with a big piece of cardboard, while Nick cleans the kitchen! Awww isn't he sweet?! Hopefully I can kick my laziness out the door & hop in the shower so I can go take some pictures of me & my familia! It's such a beautiful day, I just want to get out and make some memories! Have an awsome day & Always, thank you for stopping by! God Bless!<3

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Self-Portrait.

Just wanted to share this LO I did for a challenge @ Oscraps.com. Thanks for stopping by! God Bless Always!

Credits:Fei-fei's stuff - some stuff-temp8
Fei-fei's stuff & Taylor Made Designs- Small talk

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This is Halloween!!!

Yay, it's Halloween! I'm so excited! We have a change in plans this weekend, but I'm still happy! We have to go and get a headband for Alex for her Snow White costume, we have two pumpkins to carve, Halloween Cupcakes to bake, and then of course I must get her ready and myself ready to go Trick or Treating! Woo Hoo, it's gonna be alot of fun! Have a happy and safe Halloween! Before I go I wanted to share a picture I made with Photoshop to go with my blog, I made Nick and I into zombie's, Oooooo, pretty scary, huh?! Thanks for stopping by, God Blees!

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Snow White: AKA Alexandra.

Alex is going to be Snow White for Halloween! The other day I wanted to try out a tutorial from Kandee Johnson, on Snow White, but Alex's hair is way to thin. I was so bummed because the hair was so dead on! So, I just curled her hair and put a ribbon in it! I think she looks adorable!
I'm so excited for Halloween, Nick's mom, Karla, is coming over and we're going to make Halloween Cupcakes! It should be alot of fun. Friday we are going to go see Michael Jackson's movie "This is it", which I heard is really good from a friend who got to go see it Tuesday night. I'm so excited and I know Alex is going to love it!
So yeah that's what going on for the weekend! My mom is supposed to come over for the first time on Sunday, but I won't hold my breath, being that she rarely follows through on things, but I have my finger's crossed! So, thanks for stopping by, God Bless!


Credits:

Taylor Made-creative outlet Template
Papers from-Katie Pertiet & WM[squared] Designs
Frame- Paislee Press
Spider web- acbdelf Designs
Word Art- Brittish-Designs

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Taylor Made-creative outlet Template Papers from-Katie Pertiet & WM[squared] Designs Frame- Paislee Press Spider web- acbdelf Designs Word Art- Brittish-Designs

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Ahhh Monday.

For some reason the weekend seemed so long and we didn't even really go anywhere or do our "to do" lists! LOL! Oh well, it's over and I'm glad it's Monday! Nick went back to work and it's just me and my daughter! Things are going well, Alex finally got her mattress and we were able to put her new bed together along with the bedspread we bought months ago! I wanted to put the matching curtains up, but we got the measurements wrong, so well wait on that. We also got her these really cute wall sticker's that go with her bedspread, but those didn't make it up yet! It's almost done though!<3
We did manage to go to best buy and get a new DVD player and charger for our laptop, finally!
Let me tell you a bit about this charger.......Originally we had the charger that came with the computer, well it broke, don't remember how though! Anywho, we went down to best buy and looked for a new one. They only had one brand, which was a universal charger. It was up there in price, but we really needed one. So, we bought it. A few months later it broke. So we took it back and they were great and let us exchange it. Five months later we were back with a broken charger. They were kind enough to give us another one, but the price went up and we had to pay the difference. A few months later, to our surprise, it broke. This time I contacted the manufacture and they replied quickly and with in a week I had the part I needed. Well, again a few months later it broke.
I cant' believe that we had gone through 4 charger's in a little over a year. Amazing. At this point, I'm steaming. We use our computer everyday, not to mention, these bad boys are expensive. So, I wrote them again and they are sending me another part, but it they had to wait for their shipment to come in, so I was looking for about a 3 week wait, HA! So, I was looking around the place and found the receipt from the last time we dealt with best buy, and I found it. When Nick got home I told him that we should go to best buy and tell them we need a new charger, since it hadn't even been a year since we got the last one. So, off we went and they gave us a $160 gift card! We bought a new DVD player and Charger! Ha, it was awesome! So we're happy campers!
Designing has really been put on hold due to the charger not working. But now that we have a new one I'd really like to start again. Well that's about it, Thank you for stopping by and God Bless!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Hey, I have been scrapping up a storm and thought I'd post some of my Layouts, what do you think? I have been trying the "minimal" approach & I'm really loving the way it looks, compared to more traditional pages! Hope you like them! Thanks for stopping by, God Bless.

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He did it!

Last night, Nick Graduated! Woo Hoo, he achieved in getting his Associate of Science Degree in Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology! (that was a mouth full)
I'm sooooo Proud of him, I never thought he would have gone this far, but he did and I couldn't be happier! Now that he's got the first half done, he'll be looking to get the second part done as well, but he would like to go to a four year now. So school will continue to be a big part of his life.
It was a really great night for us! His mother and grandmother also came and we were just so proud of him! There were alot of very nice people there, we met some friendly people who cheered for Nick too, it was too fun! We all had dinner after and all in all it was a great night. Can't wait to do it again!<3 Thanks for reading, bye!

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So COOL!

So, I used to go on this website http://www.scrapblog.com/ all the time, but latley Or should I say since I got photoshop I haven't gone on there too much. Well, all of the sudden I started getting all these e-mail about people commenting on my pages...I was like "what's with the love?" Not that it's a bad thing, I love it!....so I guess it seems one of my scrapblogs was a Friday Five! Soooooo Coooool, right! I just wanted to share and congratulate the other girls! So sweet!
Here's the link:

http://blog.scrapblog.com/the-friday-five/friday-five-a-day-at-the-beach/
By-Alex_06ca

Hope it works! Anyways thanks always for stopping by, God Bless<3

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