Happy Chinese New Year!

My family celebrated Chinese New Year this week with lots of food & family time!

& of course the New Year wouldn't be complete without some lucky red envelopes for my son, nieces & nephew. It's the Year of the Goat, but unfortunately I didn't have any goat stamps or images to put on them! But how can you go wrong with some sweet little panda bears?



This adorable panda is Shin Shin from Sister Stamps- I just adore him!

Here's my son all decked out in his Chinese outfit wishing you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year!



Can't wait for the next New Years when we will have another addition to our family... our little baby girl is due to arrive in April!  I can't believe how fast time is flying!

Off to enjoy the gorgeous weather we're having today in AZ!

More SD Layouts!

Just popping in to share a couple more scrapbook layouts that I did over the weekend, really trying to do some catch up! I'm likely about a year behind still! YIKES!

I'm working backwards with the most recent events first, I finally finished off the last of the layouts from our summer vacation trip in San Diego!

My sisters and I were determined to get some family photos on the beach!

(Unfortunately, 1 of my brother in laws had to travel last minute for work- so he's missing!)

and what's a trip to San Diego without a trip to the Zoo!?



(& see that cute lil Panda stamp? That's Shin-Shin from Sister Stamps!)



Thanks for stopping by! I'll have a few more to share later this week!

Sister Stamps Release Day!

Happy JUNE! (I can't believe it!)

It's release day over at Sister Stamps!!  Go get all the sweet baby stamps & sakuras for your collection now!

I had so much fun creating with these adorable stamps! Here's a review of what I made in case you missed them...

Sakura-chan


Momotaro


Sakuras


Thanks for stopping by.. hoping to squeeze in some more crafty time today to play with these fab stamps!

Crafty Hugs!

Sister Stamps Guest DT: Sakuras!

Happy Friday (again)... 2nd post of the day, 1st post HERE!

So here is my final card of the new Sister Stamps new release: Sakuras! I love sakura flowers and hope that someday I'll be able to see the cherry blossoms festival in D.C.!

I wasn't quite sure of what I wanted to do with this set when I received it.. but it wasn't long after seeing Jennifer McGuire share a new technique of coloring with pigment inks (since I also just acquired some Memento Luxe ink pads) that this idea immediately popped to mind...



I had left a group of the solid sakura rubber stamps together (instead of cutting out each individual one) to stamp the left side using white pigment ink.  I then went back with a paper stump- since that's all I have on hand, and colored this inside of the sakuras in Memento Luxe Ink Lilac Posies & adding dots of Love Letter ink to the centers.  I also colored the leaves in Pear Tart ink. There were still a few bare spots so I went back with some of the open line sakuras stamps to fill in with versamark ink & some more DIY enamel dots! Sentiment is from Winnie & Walter (The Big, the Bold, & the Happy)

Here's another view of the coloring


and it turns out this matches the photo for Winnie & Walter's Playdate #2 challenge too!

Here's more from the Sister Stamps DT:

Debi
Eva
Linda (don't forget her YouTube channel too!)
and of course the Sister Stamps Blog! You have until 11:59 HST TONIGHT to leave a comment THIS POST @Sister Stamps for your chance to win a lil Momotaro for yourself!

Sister Stamps Guest DT- Momotaro

Now what's a little baby girl image (Sakura-chan) without a little boy image to match? Today I'm sharing another one of Sister Stamps' new June release- MOMOTARO!  He's just as sweet as his twin sis...



Now this one definitely made me swoon since I have lil (but really not so little) baby boy (he's 2!) myself!  I'm thinking I might just have to color another one of these up to add to one of his earlier scrapbook pages!
I found the cute special delivery washi tape in the dollar bin at my Joann's and thought it was the perfect little add-on for this sweet baby boy card... now who's having a baby soon?

Here's more from the Sister Stamps DT:

Debi
Eva
Linda (don't forget her YouTube channel too!)
and of course the Sister Stamps Blog! You have until May 31st, 11:59 HST to leave a comment THIS POST @Sister Stamps for your chance to win a lil Momotaro for yourself!

Sister Stamps Guest DT- Sakura-Chan

I was so sweetly asked by Jenni at Sister Stamps if I would guest design for the June release- HOW COULD I SAY NO!?! I love these sweet images and jumped at the opportunity! & being Asian themed they're one of my favorites!

This month's release is totally sweet and I colored them the second I received them! :) So today I'm sharing with you Sakura-Chan. She is a total sweetheart and I absolutely fell in love with her especially with her lil piggy-tails!



I paired her with some pastel pinks and greens, added the sentiment from Hero Arts that I've had in my stash.  Finished it off with a big fat bow, some faux stitching and this card it ready for a new mama & baby! :) (You can actually see a peek of another one of the new releases here too!)

I can't wait to show you the other cards I've created with this release... BUT you'll have to wait til Thursday & Friday for that! :)

Until then, check out out the design team whipped up:

Debi
Eva
Linda (don't forget her YouTube channel too!)
and of course the Sister Stamps Blog! You have until May 31st, 11:59 HST to leave a comment on THIS POST @Sister Stamps for your chance to win a lil Sakura-chan for yourself!

Lucky Red Envelopes

Ok.. one last Chinese New Year post before the weekend is over!

Today we had another delicious Chinese New Year feast at my parents'


My mom is amazing... everything was sooo good!

The past couple of years I have been making my own red "lai si" envelopes to give my nieces. I love finding super cute images to put on them- and this year was no exception. I just *HAD* to use these adorable Sister Stamps Yoshimi on them!



ok.. and one last pic of my sweet boy celebrating his Chinese outfit :) ♥

Happy New Year! Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Enter the Dragon!

By the time my son turned one in May, I  really wanted to have his scrapbook up to date. I whipped out 2-3 pages a day- I was DETERMINED I tell ya! There are still a few pages completed that aren't quite "done" they're still hanging out there for the perfect embellishment to finish them off...Enter the Dragon

When Cayden turned one month old (its a significant celebration in Chinese culture) we had a big dinner to celebrate. Even though he couldn't really enjoy any of the delicious food because he slept through the whole party I had to have a page in his scrapbook for it! :)  Since he was born in the Year of the Dragon, I've been holding out for a perfect little dragon image/embellishment and I finally found one!  The awesome Sister Stamps came out with a dragon stamp and I was lucky enough to win it in a giveaway! Woohoo! I couldn't wait to get it colored up and add it to this layout!

Ok.. enough chit chat here it is!


and it a little closer up of the dragon...

You're the Best!

Happy Father's Day!!

I threw together this quick card to give my dad today!


and just had to share a "photo shoot" I did with my son for his "dada" :) LOVE this boy to pieces!!


Enjoy your Sunday!