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Happy Halloween!!!

I hope you have a great day!

We went to Tenerife...

Yes, Oct 12th-19th we spent a week in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, and had tons of fun.

Here you have bits of the 600 pics we took, more or less.

I'll make an album full of color. I've already bought what I need! :)

A big hug.

My scrap-space, 11-sep-2009

I've finally taken the pics!!
I hope you like it...

1. Corner punches and other random shapes, eyelets and circle cutter.
2. More punches: circles, butterflies and hearts.
3. Even more punches: squares, stars and other random shapes.
4. Fiskars border punches and McGill's mini file folder, tab and round tab punches.
5. Metal and plastic embellies.
6. Felt, foam and other stuff.
7. Buttons and ribbons.
8. Ribbons.
9. Fabrics and threads.


1. Buttons and some Basic Grey's ribbons. Color Me Silly.
2. Ribbons (and the buttons that didn't fit above).
3. Chipboard and rub-ons.
4. A few wooden M letters to be altered.
5. Paints.
6. Materials for Shimelle's class and other projects.
7. Adhesives: foam dots, glue dots, double sided tape.
8. Cotton discs and adhesive cork.
9. Paper scraps, stickers and templates.
10. Some classes' info, pics, etc
11. Exta stuff, inks and my tiny Xyron.
12. Fancy scissors. In Ikea small boxes, from L to R and above-below,
findings, flowers, big chipboard letters, big stickers.
13. Albums, not filled!
14. Books about scrapbooking.


A close-up :)


Another close-up :)


1. A cupboard with foam stamps; gesso, Mod Podge and PVA;
journaling stuff: tags, spots, cards, etc; binders with some info, sketches, examples, etc
2. Binding machine and some info from my trip in 1999, my big project!
3. Typewriter rescued from my parents'.
4. Info from other classes. That's not there anymore.
5. Xmas related stuff.
6. A few small boxes with random stuff: altered chipboard,...
7. My stool from Ikea :)




And last, but not least,...
And specially for Liz Gil...

MY COWS!!

Well, the felt ones :)

Thanks if you've made it through here :)
A big hug,

New look :D

I'm finally on vacation!!

So, yes! I'm officially on vacation till Sep 30th, I couldn't wait anymore!!!


After a Summer of high temperatures and hurting legs, now I can relax!!!

I hope to use my time the best way I can... first of all, relax and charge my batteries for the upcoming Fall, and then get ready my apartment for the new season, go back to the gym and take care of my health (I really need it), study a little bit for my nursing exams (hospital stuff) and, of course, scrap! :D

Today Shimelle's class Learn Something New Every Day starts. Since I signed up last year, I don't have to pay again :D That's one of the fun parts of some of Shimelle's classes. If you're reading this before 5 am (UK time), go to her blog and leave a comment for a chance to win a free spot in the class for you and four of your friends.

Another class that I'm thinking about is Ali Edwards' last class for Big Picture Scrapbooking, Yesterday & Today. It's kind of pricey but it lasts 13 weeks. What do you think about it?
It starts next Oct 1st, so I still have time...

Well, now...

I'll be showing you my projects...


A big hug,

P.S. Images from the Internet.

I'm here!!

Well, my last post was about a month ago, time goes by so fast!!

I’ll try to summarize these last weeks…

The Summer is not going too bad after all, although I won’t be on vacation till Sep. As some of you know, I work kind of crazy shifts, and that means days off here and there. My legs hurt a lot because of this hot and my *slight* overweight, but Sep is almost here!! :o)

Jose and I still don’t know if we’ll travel somewhere. Anyways, you’d see the pics hehehe

About a month ago, we went to IKEA and bought a few things to turn my scraproom into our shared hobby room.

He enjoys making models and puzzles but didn’t have where to do it. I told him to re-organize my space to share it with him and it’s almos ready. I just need to put back in some of my stuff.

I’ll show you some pics when I’m done. I’ve tried to use what I had but we’ve bought a few things: I already had this drawer unit, and this is its new sister, a Expedit, of course! And Jose's delight.

I’ve had a hard time with my computer lately…

My hard disk died a few weeks ago and I’m OK with it. I didn’t lose any important info but it wasn’t funny at all… I still hope we can save something but don’t think too much about it. I already have a new one :o)

The Internet has been fooling me lately… I had to set up a new email account because I couldn’t work with mine. Anyways, everything was going wrong and I don’t know if it was my computer, Mozzila, or what! But it’s working OK now, great!!

As for my scrap, as you can imagine, I haven’t done anything. Well, I’ve been preparing myself to start a big project: an album for a great trip I went to before I came back home from the USA when I was an aupair, back in July 1999.

I’ve enlarged a few pics and organized memorabilia, I’ve bought some travel/vacation themed stuff, etc I’ll keep you posted.

Between all this reorganization, there’s just one thing left… reorganize myself… my apartment, my job, my nursing exams from the hospital I’m working in, myself (my scrap, exercising,…)…

I hope to finish this Summer relaxed and go “back to school” with energy, enjoying my vacation time and get ready for Fall/Winter :o)

Thanks if you’ve made it through here.

I hope to come back soon with some stuff to show you.

A big hug, enjoy your Summer, and Happy Scrap!!

Can you believe this blog is a year old??!!

Yes, it's my blog-birthday!!!

It's amazing how time goes by...

I started writing this post last year so, if I don't remember my blog's first b-day on July 9th, this will be post automatically :-)

So, today is Aug 11th, 2008, and I'm starting this post at 2:25PM. I hope I update it from time to time. I think it will be fun to see the bits I write through the year...

Aug 18th, 2008, on vacation in my boyfriend's hometown (12th-22nd) :-)

Aug 25th, 2008, my blog in Spanish Atrévete a Crear... was born a few minutes ago :-)

Sep 6th, 2008, I went back to work after the Summer on the 1st and started working out again at the gym this week too. I'll be making several scrapbooking projects in the next weeks... it feels great to be back on roll.

I totally forgot about this!!!! I've just seen it :o)

So, today is the day...

After reading what I wrote last year I must say:
1st. not too much working out,
2nd. not too much scrapbooking neither.

It's Summer again, and it's so hot!!!! I'm feeling so tired this year :o( but I'll try to survive till my vacation time in Sep... I'll have a few days off here and there though.

Jose just started working in a great place but with a weird schedule, so I'll have plenty of time off through the Summer to relax, scrap and study for some nursing exams,... in no particular order...

Those exams are to get a lifetime place in the hospital I'm working in now... difficult business...

Well, I'll be around :o)


Just one more thing. I've read this, I mean, I needed to read this. I need to pay attention to this:

Kwerner Design Blog: Use it, sister!

Enjoy!!


A big hug,

Our First Saint Valentine's at Home.

I wanted to make a Saint Valentine's page not full with reds, pinks and hearts.

- 12"x12", desaturated pic.

What do you think?

A 2.5" circular mini with the first pics of Claudia, my friend's baby girl.

Here it is!! Sorry about the bad lighting but the room was dark.

Thanks for looking!!

New stuff...

Hello!!

It's been a long time...

I made some more pages for my Xmas 08 album last month (just click on each line):

- Day 4,
- Day 5,
- The whole album so far...


These last days I've been working in the title page for one of my albums, a kind of "just for fun" album for random LOs, what do you think??

Flowers are made with old jeans :o)

I've also received some stuff I've bought in Ebay, a dragonfly stamp, and Etsy, some cute ribbon, round playing cards and metal butterfly clasps. I'm waiting for a few more goodies :o)

Thanks for looking!!

My little "niece", Claudia, May 5th, 2009.

One of my best friends', Yolanda, just gave birth to Claudia. Congratulations!!

Let me introduce you to Claudia:

Weekend getaway... April 24th-26th, 2009.

Last weekend, the 2nd part of my b-day present was waiting for me and Jose drove me to our destination on Friday afternoon... I didn't know where we were going...

Destination: Peñíscola, Ágora Hotel Spa & Resort.

Here you can see some of the pics of our getaway, enjoy!! Pics taken in the castle of Peñíscola:















I hope you've enjoyed the pics :o)

A big hug,

It's my b-day!!

It's my b-day!!

33!!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!

Fallas 2009. Part 2.

Fallas 2009. Part 2.

19.03.2009

This is the "ninot indultat",
it won't be burned by popular voting:

Another element,

but this one will be burned:

The two of us:

Our Lady of the Helpless
with her mantle of flowers:

My dad and I,
Happy Father's Day!!!

Video of the "Mascletá", March 19th, the end.

Jose and I:

A very funny street artist:

The "cremà" on the TV:

See you next year!!

Fallas 2009. Part 1.

I Know it's kind of late, but...

Fallas 2009. Part 1.

The Fallas web page.
What are Fallas?

17.03.2009

A few Fallas:

My first horchata of the season:

More Fallas:

The Townhall of Valencia:

1st prize of lighted streets:

More Fallas:

Me eating "churros":

Jose eating "buñuelos":

The "Nit de Foc" (Night of Fire) 18.03.2009. Last night fireworks of the Fallas:

A great Saturday :o)

Yesterday was a great Sat :o)

In the morning, my mom and I went to the gym I go (she went as a guest) to some swimming and spa-ing, oh my!!

When I got home in the afternoon, a package!! I'm in a USA Yahoo! group and one of the ladies, Benjji, got me a present (it's a wish chain and she granted mine). I didn't ask for anything in special, just stuff in bright colors, whatever!!

This is what I got:

And, at night, I received an email... I've won a set of Ali Edwards' stamps in a Studio Calico's blog giveaway!!

Yesterday was a great-great day and I just can say:

THANKS!!

Helloooooooooooooo!!

Time goes by so fast!!!

Well, as my last post was for Valentine's Day, here you have a pic! :o)

Since I was on double shift the day before, we had a romantic dinner at home and went for a short walk after that, it was so cold!

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This month I've felt kind of blue but it seems I'm feeling better now, although tomorrow I'm going to the dentist since my teeth are giving me a hard time lately :oS

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Last Sunday, Pequeñús, my friend's scrapbook store, held a crop but I was on duty :oS But, as I was on morning shift, I was able to stop by for a while to meet my favourite scrappers, great!!

Andrea and I conspired to give Mayte, the owner, and Mireia a surprise since they thought I wasn't joining them hehehe

I loved to be there!!! I wasn't tired anymore! :o) My friend's husband was there too helping them with the hinges for the canvases they where painting, beautiful stuff!!

Here you can see a few pictures...

From right to left, Mireia, Mayte, the owner, and I.

From right to left, Àurea, Mayte, the owner, Mireia and I.

The girls working.

The group pic, although most of them had left already.

I must thank them for letting me joinning the group after the coffe :oD
And the next time we hope we can go up north to Barcelona to meet our friends over there, thanks for your visit!


Now I just have to get my hands on my stuff, once and for all!!



A big hug from Spain,

Happy Valentine's Day

A month ago...

Wow!! It's been a month since my last post, time goes by so fast!

Not much going on here but, you know!

Starting at that Dec 31st, we had so much fun! and the Three Wise Men were so nice to me. You'll see the pics as I made and post the pages of my Xmas album, which I hope I make sooner this year... I still haven't made last year's...

These days, I've been just getting ready to make its first pages soon. I've read and underlined some of the first lessons and everything is kind of ready.


As for work, we've had a few horrible days but it seems all it's better now, great!


I hope I can enjoy my next days off in my scraproom :o)


One more thing, we've bought a year round membership for the new zoo of Valencia, the Bioparc. We hope the weather gets better so we can enjoy it :o)


A big hug and "see" you soon,