Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Autobots Roll Out!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

I hope you all have a great time today with family and friends.  Please stay safe out there!  I have a real quick post for you, this is a Halloween layout but I've taken my color ques from my son's costume:


I'm gonna try and post again this evening once we get our costumes on :D

Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your sweet comments!!

WELCOME MARY, it's such a treat ;D having you follow along!!

Monday, October 29, 2012

Sunshine Award

I had a very sweet surprise from Karon today, she gave me the Sunshine Blog Award.  Karon thank you so much for thinking of me, you really made my day.   

If you don't know Karon yet, I encourage you to visit her blog and get to know her.  Besides being super talented, she's also a very kind and sweet person.


This is a really fun award because you have to ask and answer 10 questions about yourself.  Then pick some friends to pass the award on to.  Here are the official Sunshine Award rules:

1.  Include award logo in blog post.
2. Thank the blogger who gave it to you and include a link back to them.
3. Answer 10 questions about yourself, that you have made up yourself. 
4. Nominate 10-12 bloggers and contact them at their blog site to inform them

Okay let's get started :D

1.  Where are you from?
I'm born and raised in beautiful San Antonio, Texas.

2.  Have you always lived there?
No, I lived in Germany for three years and then in Colorado for two while I served in the U.S. Army.

3.  What did you want to be when you were young?
I wanted to be a Psychiatrist or FBI profiler.  I'm so fascinated with the criminal mind and trying to figure out why they do what they do.

4.  What is your favorite TV show?
I don't get to watch TV that often but when I do my favorite show to watch is Criminal Minds.  I love how they start and end with a quote and all of the profiling and crime solving.  Reed is my favorite character because he reminds me so much of my youngest son.

5.  What inspired your love of art?
My big brother Frank.  I'm the youngest of 5 and I totally looked up to everything my big brother Frank did.  He's 11 years older than me and when he was in high school he took an art class.  He drew so good and was able to draw things from his imagination.  I remember this one sketch in particular, it was of the earth and it had a face and arms.  It was covering it's ears and was making an angry face.  I guess the earth was unhappy with the way we treat it.

6.  When did you start scrapbooking?
I started scrapbooking after the birth of my youngest son.

7.  Why did you start scrapbooking?
I started scrapbooking because I wanted preserve my family's memories.  I've always been crafty but was never interested in scrapbooking until my mother passed away.  When she passed, I received a lot of old photos that she held on to and I had no idea who the people in the photos were or why she had saved them.  So I wanna make sure that my children and grandchildren get know me better through the photos and stories that are important to me.  I want them to know about our family and where we come from.

8.  How old were you when you started driving?
I didn't start driving until I was 20 years old.  I taught myself to drive when I was in the military.  I was deployed to the Middle East and they needed my to have a driver's licence so I was given a licence without any kind of test.  I bought my very first car when I came back from Saudi and didn't know how to turn on the lights or put gas.  I picked it up at a port 6 hrs away from where I lived and had to drive back home in the dark.  This was in Germany, so the first time I really drove was on the autobahn, at night, in rain and snow (yikes, scary).

9.  Are you shy or very outgoing?
I would definitely have to say shy especially in large groups but I can be outgoing too.  It just depends on how comfortable I feel at the time.

10.  Where is your favorite place to be?
The beach, it's so beautiful and peaceful.  Whenever I'm there I feel like all my problems are gone and everything is just perfect.  Especially when my family is there with me.

Alright enough about me, lol!  Here are my bloggie friends that I'm passing the award onto:

Heather Lynn - Random Recipes, Paper Crafts and Photos by HL
Mary Pat - Siehled With A Kiss
Ashli (AKA soapHOUSE Mama) - Purplemailbox.com
Jessica - Jessica's Craft Shaque
Jessica - Chick-n-Scrap
Fleur - FleursbyDesign
Debbie P. - Telling Our Story
Tanya - Creative Endeavors
Karenliz - It's Time for Tea and Art

Ladies, I hope you'll all play along so we can get to know you even better!!



Mixed Media Monday - PWP

Happy Monday everyone!  Before I start, I want to send out well wishes to everyone out on the Eastern seaboard and in the storm's path.  My thoughts and prayers are with you, please be safe my friends.

Today I'm posting a new mixed media collage over at The Aviary.  Here's a peak at my project:


Click HERE to see the complete canvas.  

Have a beautiful day and thank you so much for stopping by today.  I appreciate each and everyone of you :D

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Blog Candy - One Last Call!


I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I wanted to pop in real quick to re-posting my Blog Candy announcement for one last call.      If I don't hear from my winner by Friday,  November 2nd, I'll redraw and post the new winner on Saturday, November 3rd.  Here is the original announcement:

Hello Hello, it's giveaway time!!!  
Thanks again for helping us celebrate Jenn's 2yr Blogaversary!!  Okay so lets see who won this fabulous Industrial Chic blog candy


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Kristi said "Beautiful colors!"

Congrats Kristi!  You can send me your address at artist.normagomez@yahoo.com or message me on FB.

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments, I really appreciate them!!!

Did you miss yesterday's post?!  I shared a link to my post over at The Avairy and I'd love for you to go check it out :D  Here is the link to my post: CLICK HERE

Friday, October 26, 2012

The Aviary: Halloween Greetings from Norma G

Project posted after all, go check it out!




The Aviary: Halloween Greetings from Norma G: Hey there goblins & ghouls, Norma G here!! Are you ready for all of the Halloween festivities?!  I know I am, I can't wait to show ever...

TMNT

We made it to the weekend YIPPIE!!!  Is it 5 o'clock yet, lol, no okay on to some scrapbooking then.  This is a really quick post because I should be linking up to PWP later on today so stay tuned for that.  You won't wanna miss my new project ;D  

Anyway, I had this really cute pic of my nephew so I just had to scrap it:


Isn't that fun, he made an awesome turtle dude don't you think!  Okay folks I'll be back in a jiffy with that new PWP project.

See ya in a bit!!!

UPDATE.....UPDATE
My PWP post has been rescheduled to next week but they do have some very cool projects made by Julie up today so go check them out: PWP Feature Friday

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!!!!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

A Hunting We Will Go

Remember how I was telling you about my awesome Tuesday in yesterday's post?  Well, I should have kept my mouth shut cuz Wednesday was horrible, lol.  Mostly because I'm having to set up a new project for my DH's business and there are a lot of new requirements that we have to follow.  So I'm having to figure out the new system and it's way more work than the old one (BOO).  It's also gonna force me implement new policies and procedures.  No fun at all....I'd much rather be crafting up something pretty.

I'm still working through my Halloween album so today I have a layout of us doing some Trick or Treating with family and friends:

My youngest is totally a mamma's boy and he did not like the pic of me and nephew at all.  He kept asking me why I took that pic, lol.  My little one is the Power Ranger :D

I can't wait to get all dressed up this year.  My DH has a funny costume and mine is kinda spooky.  I'm gonna try and do a practice makeup run this weekend to make sure I have everything I need.  Are you getting dressed up for Halloween?  We try to dress up every year but some years I'm just to busy to get costumes for me & my honey bun so only my son dresses up.

Well, I better go!  I have a project to get turned in to my friends over at PWP.  

Have a Awesome Day!!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

SALE over at PWP!!

Did you see the new blog design over at the Aviary?  It's beautiful but don't take my word for it, go check it out for yourself!!  

They're also running a sale on their AWESOME stamps.  Click the link below to find out more!!

The Aviary: Mixed Media Monday - Sticky Back Canvas Transfer: Happy Monday Peeps! It's yet another new week, are you ready for it?  Today I would like to share one of my favorite techniques wit...

All Dressed Up!

Happy Hump Day!!  
Can you believe the week is half way gone?!  Time just needs to slow down already don't you think, lol.  Well, I hope your week has been going smoothly.  I've been taking it slow and just catching my breath a bit.  When things get real busy I usually need to take a little break to regroup.  I have been creating but I can't share anything with you just yet.  I also have some exciting news to share with you but I have to wait til I get the okay before I fill you in.  Sorry........:D

Well yesterday was a really great day.  I finished shopping for my costume and my son had his very first choir performance.  My DH even treated me to my favorite Chinese restaurant, I tell ya....life doesn't get much better than this ;D

Alright on to some scrapbooking!  Today I'm sharing another Halloween layout:

I dressed up as a Greek goddess (you can't tell right, lol) and my DH was a Roman Soldier.  Do you see that pumpkin pinata?  My sister and I spent a lot of time making that for her big Halloween party.   When her DH was stringing it up for the kids, it fell and broke, lol.  I guess we didn't make it thick enough!

This is a little file folder for some hidden journaling (oops...guess I never wrote in the pumpkin story).

Well, that's it for today my friends.  Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a fabulous day!!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Pinque Peacock: Welcome to the Pinque Peacock

Have you guys seen Jessica & Heather Lynn's new blog?!  They're launching a new crafty business & I would love for you to go check it out!!!



Pinque Peacock: Welcome to the Pinque Peacock: WELCOME TO THE  PINQUE PEACOCK Owned and Operated by Jessica Shelton of Jessica's Craft Shaque in partnership with Heather N...
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