Home

Home is the theme this month at OUAS I have been debating about the subject for a while, thinking about that beautiful word home.  Actually the minute I saw the sketch I went to work and did it.  In my creating process I usually begin with a photo but I didn't have one of my physical house but I did have a photo of Mercedes in front of me.  And then it hit me, home is something else, it is what we create around us, it is our significant others, home can be anywhere in the world as long as I have my family.  You see in my younger life I moved far away to go to college and that town became my home, then I married and moved far away again and this new town also became my hometown.

     In our married life we have moved 3 times, so the permanence of a physical place can not be home.  This last place had 4 bedrooms for the 3 of us.  I don't know if it was the 4 bedrooms or my approaching the big 4 oh, but we planned on having another baby.  It was a very thought through decision, there is an 8 year gap in between them because of the complications in my first pregnancy.   I am telling you then and there this little one completed the circle of what I call home.  She completes our family and makes it a home and that is why I have used her picture for my LO. 

 journaling:  With you life is more beautiful and home is complete.

 I incorporated some home touches using the gorgeous windows from Imaginarium Design, although I disected them into 5 pieces, LOL I wanted to fit the whole picture in it and make a balcony for her.

 I lifted my leaves and my butterflies to make them pop from the page

With you!

Now this one is a fun one, we had fun one Sunday afternoon after going to a Bella Boulevard workshop here in San Juan, PR

 This one was done using the CSI colors, I had been waiting for the right picture to scrap a packaging from ID, yummy!

 sugared chipboard

 clusters and pearls

 Miss M was modeling accesories for a store, that's why she is all dolled up!
And lastly, because I didn't blogged last week is my entry for this week's palette at the Color Room

 yummy Prima blooms, Heidi Swapp paper and Imaginarium chipboards, guess I am hooked on those...

Here she is at our last escape to Culebra Island, ahhh paradise I tell you!

And Solecito has all the feathers out in all its glorious yellow, so I will be using the color more and more, he looks like a sunset.

Hope your Easter was blessed and beautiful,

Hugs

Milagros

Solecito

There is a spring fling challenge over at CCCB and since I am in full Easter mode here is a little banner I whipped for my home.  Using canvas,  some Sizzix dies, Spellbinders and some recycled papers.

 New baby birdie updates, he is a golden sun color, hence his name, Sol is sun in Spanish.  He is also getting some blue feathers on the tail, very cool!!!

By Friday he had some more feathers so, here he is as of yesterday on this LO. I couldn't resist, after comjng from school Mercedes was wearing yellow and orange and she matched perfectly with the bird!

Have a gorgeous weekend!!!

Milagros

Gentle Beauty

Hi all, wanted to keep you posted on birdie happenings, it is growing and changing so fast, this one was a week after you met him or her, dont know yet... wait till you see it next week, so much has happened in 4 days after this photo, but its turning out to be a chirpie character, making us all really happy!!!

 HI!!!!

 mentor...

 Yummy Textures using TCR palette

Finished page

Have a fun weekend, this one was short and sweet!

Milagros

Our not so little man!

This week was full of surprises, the biggest one was this, my son shaved his head for the cancer cause.  It shows a lot of courage, to say the least when a 15 year old takes a leap like that regardless of vanity.  It makes my heart burst with proudness!!   Then he posted on his facebook wall the photo with a dedication to both of his grandparents, both cancer survivors, you go my boy!!! turning up into such a conscious man, I am P-R-O-U-D of you!

As said in the Tim Holtz tokens he is Unique, Corageous and Genuine!

Have an awesome weekend and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Milagros

unique, &

Hola!!!

Much to share today, I've been BUSY, creating that is, and I now have a new responsability as member number 8 of our home's menagerie is in our house!

So here's my first share, the new CSI case, very dramatic palette to work with this week

for the study in contrast and textures and fabric, I hand rolled this felt roses and used fabric Prima leaves, for the metal there is some wire for my beads

all five colors and shades

she is a study in contrast all by herself, she never ceases to amaze me...

and here is the full reveal.

Next is today's sunrise, I seldom get to see how it all begins in the morning it so gives you a sense of well being and you definately get in touch with the wonders God created for us!!!  So many blessings in the everyday!

Here is member # 8, if you know me you know, there are 3 dogs in the house, 1 cat, 2 guinea pigs,1 hamster and it seems we were missing a bird, according to little Miss M who needs to have one of every species, or more....

I'll share more photos as it develops its feathers, who knows what it will look like?

And here is another LO I created with the fabulous Imaginarium chipboard and gorgeous Pink Paislee.  London Market is just delish
I used the new palette at TCR to use the colors

Both of my LO's were done with my own sketches so I hope you enjoy!

Can you spot the gesso with the new mask?

loving all the textures here, layer upon layer of old and new, recycled packaging  and more

Isn't that envelope the cutest!!! one of my fave's from the new CHA from Maya Road

So thank you for visiting a while with me!!!

Hugs

Milagros

Befor I leave I have to say THANKS to Sharon for giving me the Liebster Award

This award is for bloggers who have less than 200 followers. It is to bring attention to their blog and to increase their following. So, I am passing this award to five blog friends. Please stop by and visit their blogs and become a follower.

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4. Bask in the love from the supportive people out there in blog land.

5. Finally, and the best rule of all.......have fun and spread the love!

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1. Anupama

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4.Audrey

5.Shaunery

Our Family and some more

This past weekend we were celebrating our anniversary and went island hoping from the main island to Culebra. If you have been coming here for a while you know about this gorgeous tiny island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico.  It is pristine and oh so turquoise...
I made the following LO for the TCR palette 100, could not work them in color, too blue

my daughter picked up a sea fan, that I misted on the page and then decided to keep it because it was so pretty!

the tiny shell was added with the needle.

Then Monday came and she went to school with a box full of rocks and shells and tons of stories and in the afternoon when I went to pick her up, she gave me this:

 a priceless work of art about her weekend happenings and all about the hermit crab she picked up at the beach

 I needed to scrap the full thing and today my friend Myriam brought me the new Scrapbooks etc, the April issue has a LO by Stephanie Howell that I decided to scraplift, it had the perfect file for me to put my own treasure.  And so here is my version of Ms. Howell's LO

 I used the new Simple Stories collection Fabulous, that is what she is amazing!

Next I decided to play at a new ning site called CSI it is a color challenge with ,as the name implies, a detective inspired theme

 this is the color version of my photos at the beggining of my post see the turquoise I told you about?

 And then I scraplifted again, using the March issue of Scrapbooks etc again. this time I loved the OFP project of a heart out of spools they had, but I decided to make a scrappy version out of it.

What do you think?

 And to finish this oh so long post I leave you to your scraps...I made this tag out of the random pieces I had at my table and love it! maybe I will use it for a page, maybe I will use it in my book, don't know, I just had some fun and wanted to share that no piece is too small to make a great impact!

Enjoy your week!

Milagros