Ballerina Girl

Just a peek...

Smile and the world will smile with you!

Hi everyone!!! isn't that quote just perfect? it's a cut out from a gorgeous paper by MME

one of their new lines designed by Rhona Farrer, (find your wings and fly » up and away  and sky's the limit) those paper lines just beg you for the scissors...
You can take a peek at the side bar and see what I did with this paper line for my daughter's baby picture and here's the link so you can see detail shots here in the blog.
So I thinks it's a very versatile line, one boy, one girl page coming from the same collection ;)

They have this new challenge at their blog and I have decided to join in the fun using as my guide their sketch and the color challenge from TCR

On Mother's day I got to spend some time with my dear nephew and I have to tell you the camera LOVES this little guy!!!

he was playing with my son and was having a blast!

if I could I would bottle up his laughter

I decided to hand sew the arrows since my sewing machine is out of comission

 

that trendy mustache looks so cool in this page, for a little guy, LOL

i splashed my paper with yummy Dylusions in orange and black

And those adorable enamel dots are so yummy!!!!

that sun on the right hand side was great to cut up

 

 

This was really fun to play with, here's the fab sketch

 

and my palette

 

Hope you find the time to play!!

and as always thanks for stopping by,

 

 

 

Milagros

I will cherish this moment forever

 

My daughter is about to step up on a new level on her Montessori school so she needed to present the class with the timeline of her life.  She asked me for several pictures of her life from me being pregnant to her being 8.  I let her pick and in those we found this precious baby photo.

While she did her work I decided to print a copy for me too and reminisce on this moment when she arrived in our lives for the first time.

For my testimony

I journaled about how much we wanted her, how excited her brother had been of seeing her for the first time on the sonogram and then on real life.

My first pregnancy was so difficult, the birth complications, the month long stay at NICU, my empty hands leaving the hospital with my first born hospitalized...

It took us 8 years to take the courage and my what a worthy wait, you are so precious to us 3, you have filled our life with laughter, joy and pink, so much pink, I wouldn't have it any other way and I want you to know that, you make our life complete!

 

For my scheme I have used all 5 colors, using the palest sweetes pink on my varnished paper

 

for my testimony I chose to tuck my journaling, I took advantage of the MME pp that had the shape of an envelope and created my own with a glassine bag by Webster's.

I made it so it opens and shuts and lined it in papers that matched the scheme

for my evdence I chose those enamel black circles,

this piece of Websters gorgeous trim was the perfect green accent,

Distress background with paints and inks

and vertical strips of patterned paper

 

tons of layered pp

this photo is so precious to me

loved working this case, now you can have a glimpse of the spun sugar distress ink used on my background

my CSI inspiration board

if you know me you know these are MY colors, LOL

 

 

 Milagros

Life Changes for you two

I am happy to say this page got picked as !!!!



And this is what they had to say



"What a beautiful and poignant page Milagros has created to document this important stage in her relationship with her father. There is so much to admire about Milagros's page, from the beautifully crafted text to the symbolic embellishments adorning every part of her page. We love the comparison of her son, a senior, with her father, a different type of senior. The banner with the hand-drawn details that document aspects of her story, are touching and genius. Thank you, Milagros, for sharing this piece of your heart with us."

Today I am sharing a very emotional page I have done to document some recent changes in my life.

I have become a mother again, this time to a 77 yr old

My dad is now closer to me, I can spend time with him everyday,

share a cup of coffee and the newspaper....

and the sorrow of having him uprooted from everything he knows.

I have decided to document these 2 here, half of the page is this new Senior, a High School one

Half of it is this new Senior, Dad

Even the journaling spot is split in 2 to talk about them

these are real coffee stains

In trying to overcome my week I spilled hot coffee on my white jeans this week

it was an accident but it happened again yesterday

so I decided to incorporate it on my page.

It smells like coffee, but I know it will be a reminder of other things

things like having ghanged his home, his town, being uprooted from all he knows

moving closer to another family, to a town where the sun rises, it's the cycle of life in a way

I just hope it all works for the best for the two of you...

I have used this sketch from Page Drafts

Thanks for stopping by

 

Milagros

A bond 4ever

Hi everyone, Friday already in this beautiful island I call home, as we speak my little one is dipping in the tranquil waters of the Caribbean and I am left here to work.

Mother's day is fast approaching and it's all I think about.  Revisiting an old album for a recent project she did at school I decided to reprint this photograph.  The 2 of us the day she came home from the hospital, barely 2 days old.

I have to tell you this bond is forever, this mother daughter live we share is unbreakable

that sweet little thing that slept with me the whole night the day she was born

that loves to paint and create like me

that is hard headed and hot headed like me

that is kind and good natured

This is such a special moment to remember...thanks for sharing it with me!

I have used the colors at CCCB for my paint and pp inspiration

 

and this fabulous sketch over at Scrapfriends to inspire my design

 

 

Have an awesome weekend everyone, as always thanks for stopping by!!!

 

Milagros

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Hi everyone! Sorry I missed you all this past week, my dad was very ill and I took time off to settle some things and be with him. I will catch up with you as the week goes by...

This weeks challenge at TSTR is perfect for Mom's day that is coming pretty soon

Also Sizzix is hosting a Mothers Day challenge


 

 

resin bloom, sequins, lace and ribbon

do you have a shoe fettish like me????

see the inside fabric, makes you want to put your feet in

 

the acqua in the heels and a designer label to wish Mom the best!

side view

Happy Mother's Day!!!

 

Hope you have enjoyed my creation and get you inspired to work too

 

as always thanks for stopping by

 

 

Milagros

 

 



What goes inside?

This week at CSI the palette no.67 is very dear to me

 

those are some sweet boy colors and I just had the most perfect photos of my nephew

I decided to use the sketch to the tee

and using the characters in evidence I stamped this little robot and gears

to me they represent what is going on in his little mind...

 

this gorgeous boy undertands everything you say, yet he still doesn't talk

 

 

so all those doodles inspired by the inspiration photo this week at CSI

inspired me to draw, in a way capturing what he must have in his mind.

 

I am pretty sure that one day, the bubble will burst and he'll just start pouring it all out

We can't wait to listen Lucas!!!!

 

 

 

I was honoured by Em Straface from Page Drafts when asked for consent on featuring this page on their Facebook fan page.  Thanks Em for choosing my page, it means the world to me!

Be sure to check the link as she has amazing sketches to blow your mind and put your mojo to work

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 

Milagros



"Grandmas Garden

is always full of the most amazing flowers. Orchids, bulbs, heliconias, bromeliads...it is paradise on earth"  End quote of my journaling

I took some liberties in creating my page from the April sketch at PaperHaus

that I wrote on the left part of my photos as the sketch

I reduced the area to constrain my photos and to have some white space

Title close up

 

Thanks so much for stopping by again I know it has been one very productive week ;)

 

 

Milagros