Gingerbread Man

Credits: Cooking For Santa by Scrappamondo; Font: Digs My Hart and Alabama

 

Who You Are LO

Credits: Glam by Blue Heart Scraps; Adorable Wordart by Inspired Designs

 

Tis The Season LO

Credits: Winter Chill by Blue Heart Scraps; I Love Templates: Template Pack 8 by Inspired Designs; Wordart: Holiday Sentiments by Inspired Designs; Font: Impact Label Reversed

 

 

December LO

Credits: Dear Santa by Scrappamondo by Monica; I love Templates: Template Pack 2 by Inspired Designs; Font: Elfish by Lisa Sisneros

Journaling reads: 
December 2010
This was our third Christmas together and our second one here in Anchorage, Alaska. This year was pretty special for us because baby Jesse would be arriving in a few short months. This Christmas was also unique in that I not only made Christmas cards but actually mailed them out... seriously a first!

 

Chilly Days LO

Here in Anchorage, Alaska there is no mistaking the fact that it is winter.  We have already gotten more than 3 feet of snow and have had temperatures as low as -20 (which is NOT a regular event in this area of Alaska)!!  We joke that this is one of the few places that you can go outside in 10-15 degree weather an comment on how warm it feels that day!!  In spite of these chilly days, I know that I am not alone in being in awe of the beauty of this time of year.  Everything is blanketed in pristine white mounds of snow and the sky appears to be extra blue and everything shimmers as if it's been doused with heavy sprinklings of glitter!  As much as I dreaded the end of summer here in Anchorage, once the snow finally arrived and couldn't help but be excited over the amazing changes in the landscape.  This is truly a wondrous place to live!


The picture in this LO was taken from my sliding glass door.  Our neighbors love birds and have several bird feeders around their yard.  I get to look out of this window and see Blue Jays, pigeons (lol), squirrels, and other random birds go in and out of this bird feeder...so neat and exciting to see nature so alive even in such cold!

Credits: Winter Woodland kit by Lisa Sisneros; My Life a Cat Scrap Collab Template by Roadside Designs; Font: Pea Kensey, Mary Jane's Shoes, and Dear Mom by Lisa Sisneros

 

Credits: Who Village Element Pack and Paper Pack by Inspired Designs; I Love Templates: Template Pack 9 by Inspired Designs; Font: Elfish by Lisa Sisneros

 

High Expectations LO and No Looking Back...Or Down LO

Hi everyone!  I sure hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!  We had a great time, in spite of not feeling so great!  I don't know about you, but I sure have a lot to be thankful for!!  So while I've been sick and dealing with holiday stuff, I've kind of had to put scrapping on the back burner.  Well, I'm back and on the mend and here with a couple new layouts!!

Credits: L8ter Sk8ter by Blue Heart Scraps; Children Wordart by Inspired Designs; I Love Templates: Template Pack 4 by Inspired Designs

Credits: Relax Mini Kit by Blue Heart Scraps; I Love Templates: Template Pack 6 by Inspired Designs; Font: Pea Croxford, Typewriterhand, and Too Much Paper

 

So Sad LO

Credits: Moody by Sanko Studios; Moody Template #4 by Sanko Studios; Font: Jake by Lisa Sisneros and Traveling_Typewriter

 

Bright Future LO

Inspired Designs has come out with another awesome grab bag sale!  Her new grab bag is on sale for $3.99 and you get a new kit: A Brand New Day, the coordinating stacked paper pack, cluster pack, and wordart pack!

Credits: A Brand New Day kit, Wordart Clusters, and Stacked Papers by Inspired Designs 

 

I enjoyed cooking when I was a teenager, however, once my dad "required" that I cook, I immediately refused!  I was learning so much from my grandmother at the time, but you know how it is...as soon as some one tells you that you have to do something, your first response is to do the opposite.  

Well, I am now older, wiser, a wife, and a mommy, oh and HUNGRY!!  I've become more "domesticated" now that I'm a stay at home wife and I'm loving it.  I actually enjoy cooking once again and I love trying new recipes - especially goodies!!  

So anyways, for my husband's birthday I wanted to make him a homemade cake (not one from a box).  I ended up making a mocha cake with homemade espresso buttercream frosting.  It was kind of a pain because I don't have a standing mixer, so I had hold the egg beater for the longest time, but it was SO worth it!  It ended up being the best cake and frosting I've ever had and I'm totally making it again...now to convince my husband to let me get the KitchenAid standing mixer that I've been dreaming about...

Credits: In The Kitchen kit and Cluster Set by Inspired Designs; I Love Templates: Template Pack 5 by Inspired Designs; Font: Pea Smashtastic; Recipe from www.browneyedbaker.com

 

Road Trip LO

In 2009, my husband and I decided to move from Southern California to Anchorage, Alaska.  We also decided to drive and pack all of our worldly possessions into our vehicles!!  It was a crazy road trip and we did it in less than a week!  By the time we made it to Anchorage, we were so stressed out and exhausted!  We needed a few days to recover from our move!  Well, as I said that was in '09 and I've yet to scrap anything from that adventure!!  Thankfully, I was able to use Monica's new kit "Road Trip" to scrap some about this crazy week from 2009.

Credits: Road Trip by Scrappamondo by Monica; Font: Pea Kensey

Here's Monica's fun new kit - AND - she has a new store opening up at With Love Studio!!  Get 40% off of everything in her new store from November 18-22!!

 

Chance to win new kit Road Trip from Scrappamondo

Who out there doesn't enjoy having the opportunity to win something??  I know I do!  In fact for DSD I won a game of blackout scrap bingo over at GingerScraps, which got me 1 free kit a month for a year!!!  Man that was a fun game and an amazing prize...

...So as I was saying, who doesn't like getting some awesome digi product for free??  Well, Monica is such a gracious designer that she is giving you all ANOTHER chance to get her new kit for FREE!!  WooHOo!!  All you have to do is stop by her BLOG and leave some love for her.  On November 19th she will pick a random winner and that's right, you just may be getting her new kit Road Trip for free!

Here's a sneak peek of what's to come!!

 

Silver Lining LO

Credits: Gray Skies by Lisa Sisneros; Font: Quirky by Lisa Sisneros

 

Through Your Eyes LO

Credits: Autumn Colors by Scrappamondo by Monica; I Love You Templates: Template Pack 4 by Inspired Designs; Wordart: Autumn Pt 1 by Inspired Designs; Font: Dear Mom by Lisa Sisneros

 

Dreamer LO

Credits: Technicolor Dream by Lisa Sisneros; Font: Quirky by Lisa Sisneros

Here's a look at Lisa's kit Technicolor Dreams: