For the boys

Finally this is a boy only post !!! long overdue, I was looking for inspiration to work my sons Confirmation pictures.  And decided to go with Sketchabilities,  #72

Confirmation is a Catholic Sacrament of mature Christian commitment and a deepening of baptismal gifts. It is one of the three Sacraments of Initiation for Catholics. It is most often associated with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
 And it is a ceremony done by the Bishop. It is a very special day for us.

 Since I was so inspired by the pics and the papers decided to go to the next one and also worked sketch 71

 here's my version.

 I decided to substitute the cluster of blooms for the canvas and paper banners and move my journal to the side of each photo to document the ceremony.

And I didn't stop at 2, kept scrolling down and working...did #70

 I just love seeing them together, and how about those cute BG envelopes, sweet!

 And you are not gonna believe it but that BG paper kept on giving...this is my last page with whatever I had left



My DD is using the dress I wore for my communion when I was her age, and mom is also in the picture, yeahh!!!

So that's it for this post, sure was a full one, but I still have tons to catch up to , so I will keep on working!

hugs

Milagros

Admit One...

just a note to thank the girls @ CCCB for the Spotlight!

Hi everyone, it is midweek already I do hope you enjoyed your weekend and that inspiration has come your way! It  has been so long since I've done a card...I was itching to make one and decided to join Ros at CCCB for their weekly challenge.  This week it is a ticket to ride and you are required to use some mode of transport and a ticket.  So here's my entry:

 This balloons are just adorable they are hand cut from a BG paper, the ticket is from Prima and the pin is from Websters

And then I have been really busy working my DD Holy Communion so I am sharing a whole set I've done this week, firts one is based on Fi's sketch for the sketch a thon at Colorful Creations

I used papers from Bo Bunny, Prima and MME, flowers from Prima, alphas from AC and even a cameo from Websters

Here's the full view

 Then I worked without a sketch just my inspiration flowing in and I have to tell you I just adore this page, it is almost ethereal, pure

 I decided to go all out with the xacto , the fabric , the pearls I just loved pouring my heart here,

I even inked the resin heart above

 This paper says "my story" and so I drew some swirls to tell the story behind the photo, how mom made her dress and it was part mine's, part hers and all the details of her special day.

 Fe is the word for faith in Spanish, don't you just love that little praying angel!

I have recycled the pearls packaging here to mat my photos.

 And here's the finished page pack full of Prima goodies

I guess I've done a page a day this week, let's see if I can keep it up with the inspiration

Have a blessed week, thanks for stopping by!

Milagros

Cherished

My friend Fi has created a beautiful sketch for the sketch a thon over at  Colorful Creations .  I have given you the links so you can visit her and visit the ning site and participate.  Here's what I worked with

Don't you just love it?  I am already thinking about a masculine version for this! 

I love the hexagon trend and this has given me the chance to play big time! I wanted to work the photo and flipped the hexagon to accomodate the full face of my DD.  That way I could fit her beautiful head piece made by her Grandmother and the vintage fan belonging to her that has already passed on to her.  Her sweet face was when she saw her best frien's little brother Federico. I love seeing her dimple when she smiles, but as you know she doesn't love the camera, LOL!

There was this little piece of the paper from Prima that said "a gentle breeze a quiet laugh" couldn't be more perfect for the photo !!!!!

some of the hand cut hexagons were cut with a puch so they resembled lace and one was embossed with Tim Holtz folder.  I made a gesso background using a Crafter's Companion mask and then painted it with Dylusions and ink. The swirls were cut with the Tim Holtz flourish.  Then after distressing the edges I ran it through the sewing machine.  Some fuzzy handcutting and here's the finished piece:

Thanks Fi for this beautiful inspiration, loved your sketch and I hope you like my interpretaion!

Milagros

This Moment

It is May, a time to celebrate motherhood around the world.  I have been blessed with 2 precious children.  One not so little anymore, another that brightens my days and inspires me tons.  But behind this comes a huge responsibility.  Being entrusted with kids is no easy feast, that is if you want to raise them to be wonderful human beings.  Something not to be taken lightly.  Giving values, manners, love, faith is an ongoing process, one with no ends,  I know because mom still goes at it with me.  And I should just sit down and thank her (well I know she reads this ;) so it is a public THANKS!!!).  And although sometimes you just don't know if you are doing things right, litle surprises come along the way to prove your'e on the right track.
I have twtiched OUAS sketch to make this LO
The prompt this month was you as a mother.  I have chosen what kind of mom I want to be and although I am nowhere in sight on this LO's photo I am just right around the corner.  I journaled so much about those things that they ended up in the back of the page for her to read.  I do hope her faith continues to help her throughout her life as This Moment is just one of many.
I do hope God helps me be a better mother everyday, to give me patience and to guide my steps as I raise them.

the small journaling ;)

 Instead of the banners I chose the birds on a branch

the challenges of light...the top one shows the texture of the page and the next one shows her

I have used the beautiful Songbird collection by Prima , the colors are so soft and sweet they were perfect for this moment!

I have done so much lately but it will have to wait, but I do hope you enjoyed the little bird on top as it is only found in Puerto Rico, the San Pedrito, so bold and pretty and small! And one more

 some recycled cardboard with a CT mask with gesso and paint

Sharing my Mother's Day photo with my 2 treasures!
Hugs!

Milagros

Growing with us

This is case No 18 from CSI

I have worked an interactive mixed media page as my best friend so perfectly puts it!

There is something to find underneath each petal.  For my evidence I have used an oversized flower.  I drew the flower and hand cut, sewed and inkd each petal.  They all move thanks to a tiny brad at the end.  I used leaves that I painted with Tim Holtz distress markers, it is crepe paper by Melissa Frances and believe me when I say it has a life of its own when you do what  i did, colored it in watercolors, it started to move and turn and I think it gave me a lot to play with in the end.

Hi!!! to all my readers

Here's the opened flower revealing some of his growing phases

I drew some tendrils coming out of the flower to write my testimony, it tells the story about how Solecito (little sun) came home as a newborn.  And how he has grown and given little Miss M a sense of responsibility and nurtured her inner motherhood.  She feeds it, changes him, plays with him.  It is a blessing to have him chirp around the house constantly.

Now you need to be a detective and find the full page here

Big hugs and thanks for being such awesome detectives, yours truly,

Milagros

The Bubble Thief

They have been doing this for quite a while now, my daughter and one of our dogs play with bubbles in the afternoons after work.  While I cook I hear the giggles and the fights between them but in the weekday rush there was never any time to photograph.  Yesterday was another story and the day was beautiful, sunny and bright and I sat down with a cup of coffee to watch, camera in hand.  I tell you the amount of neat photos I took can be translated into countless Lay outs I am sure there will be more than this one out of this day.  Unknowingly they matched CSI's palette so I decided to follow their evidence trail to do my page.   I needed some blank space and drew just the perfect sketch for this one (in a napkin, LOL).  So here's my evidence

 I used Studio Calico's circle mask with a translucent medium, it is iridescent to mimic the bubbles,
sheet music, book page behind my photo, circles in my photos and buttons, pen work for my journaling and white space

for my testimony,  written around in a circle is:

Mercedes declared Isis The Bubble Thief as she stole each and every bubble made!

BEACH

That's right Beach and I am not screaming!!! it is part of a challenge being held at Basic Grey to use patterned paper as your background.  Their new collection PB&J is sooo fun, and my fave is the ABC paper, imagine the possibilities for your titles in those bold, graphic and colorful letters.  I decided to cut out beach and in doing so found out the C & H are linked together and it gave me the idea to stagger the letters and gave me room to include several pictures.

a close up of some yummy layers, don't you just love those fabric blooms and the new pins!!!!

 ANd well I may live in paradise but the Caribbean Sea can be temperamental some times and so we didn't have a blue day, clear as the water was the sun did not come out and we had grey everything....

I loved creating a charm for my B

 And here is the full share, and since I am always roaming around my backyard this twisted babe opened yesterday morning, don't you just love it?

just uploaded to my JPG.

Hope the inspiration finds you this week!

hugs

Milagros

You can Do Magic

You can have anything your heart desires....and so it goes with the beautiful song by America!
This weeks challenge at CSI was pinks and greys...ahhhh back in my senior year of high school a long, long time ago I was dressed in them.  I guess it was fashionable in those days to wear them and my talented mama designed and made me a grey linen dress and she fashioned a beautiful ribbon belt in several shades of pink.  I know you would have loved to see me in my high school years with the nice 80's hairdo, LOL but mama lives far away and by the time I got the color palette there was no time to search for such photo.  SO I give you my little Miss.
here's the file
So, here's the evidence.

 sparkly things, shiny things, sequins, feathers...

Testimony, use a song title to inspire the journaling

it couldn't get any better, she works magic with those eyes I tell you

she can be able to hypnotize me or her dad into anything her heart desires

and so it says wrapped around her photo

she looked so cute with that gap, sigh...Already she has a new smile!

Have an awesome week!!!!!
Milagros

Luna

Once upon a time there was a little homeless dog.
 She was getting wet under the heavy rain,
She was crying from the cold, cold rain
when we heard her.

We went to the backyard to find out where she was
and rescued her.
She had a birthmark wrapped around her neck
in the shape of a moon,
And thus there was her name!

She is now are faithful and loved companion dog.
We love her so much

And poetic as it sounds it is the faithful truth.  She is a part of our home we can not part without!
I had been waiting for a perfect shot of her, since she is so black that was always very hard, this last Sunday there she was just sitting pretty in the sofa and the light was just right and I just photographed away!
Here's my evidence
Moon, that's her translated in Spanish, LOL!!!

stacking layers

 transparent element , there is the ticket underneath the photo

 foliage and metal together.

more scrappy yumminess...

And an update in Solecito

 And some backyard happenings...

Soon I will share my cala lillies they ARE blooming!!!!

Hugs,

Milagros