i created my layout for the design team wall at pink pineapple. i love it!!! its an 8X10 because its gonna go in a frame for the wall. lots of prima working here,,, and of course some flair!!! :-Dlove ~ love ~ love pink pineapple ~ love ~ love ~ love prima and love ~ love ~ love flair!!! oh yeah ~ sorry ~ i love this paper combo sooooo much that i swear youll be seeing it again,, very, very soooooonnn :-D i cant help it!!
~peace~

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

~xoxo~

Dr Seuss:
"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
~loves~

i was peaking around flickr ~ searching tags such as tattoos,,, pin up girl tattoos, rad tattoos,,, all inspired because the other day jess sent me an email saying i gotta check out a list of sewing machine tattoos on flickr. totally inspired me. if i could, i would cover my body in rad tats {sorry mom}, but i really just couldnt do it. i admire those that can. its rad, if you ask me. and you gotta remember ~ to each their own, if you dont agree, thats fine too. :-D these caught my eye,, and i still for some reason cant seem to master the whole upload with credits thing,,, actually i think i might have been able to do it, but my laptop is acting lame right now, so whatever,, click here to see credits from the photos,,, :-Drad ~ right?? i looooove tattoos :-D on a whole different note, i get to play tonight with my BBG girls ~ cant wait ladies ~its on like donkey kong!!!
~love~

sooooo,,,, how do you likey?? my bloggie ~ blog had a little face lift thank you soooooo much shaina for your amazing time and efforts to make my blog rock!!! shaina and i are on the scrap outside the box design team together. i simply asked her how i could add an extra column to my blog and her reply was ~ uh, yeah, let me hook you up, and hook me up she did!!! seriously how rad is that?? thank you ~ thank you ~ thank you shaina!!!!! i will continue to add a few pictures and lists to the columns these next few days, but i think this layout is amazing!! i love it!! ask and you shall receive ~ like ~ big time!!!! :-D
~loves~

there was one little piece of me that hadnt been complete.... till monday!!!! i am far beyond honored to stand amongst these other talented ladies on the pink pineapple design team.

Gloria King, Head of Design Team
Rosie Ard
Heather Barker
Melanie Christie
Carrie Elias
Michelle Hill
Candice McLean
Jennifer Priest
Allyson Serrato
Dawn Tumelty

thank you ladies so much!! i cant wait to get started,,,, :-D

~xoxo~

finally ~ a moment to answer the fun questions i got from you!!!! for starters,,, i got a question asking to share where i store my layouts,,,, i waited a bit for this one hoping that i could give better pictures, but seeing as thought my newest piece of furniture isnt up and stocked yet,,, i gotta *wing* it,,, those of you whom have followed this blog for them very beginning ~ first off *thank YOU* second, bits of this might bring you a tad bit of deja vu from my early 7 march 2008 post ~ my ode to the mini,,,, although now that im back in action rocking out layouts ~ this is simply an updated version,,,, alright, so in my *perfect* world, i would have an album for my punk rock scrappers design team layouts, one for my scrap outside the box design team layouts, 52 sketches 52 weeks,,, and so on,,, you get it right?? well, i kinda *do* do that,,,, i keep my classes from pink pineapple in the same album. i like the *feel* to be consistent in each album. get it?? do you do that too,,, or am i nuts?? i have my layout albums from when i first started scrapping,,, as you can see the dude has got a ton of layouts ~ the girl baby ~ not so much. once i had sofia i fell in love with mini albums and took off from there,,,, the charcoal is *family* yes ~ theyre full,,,,a picture from the inside of my pink pineapple class album. the outside {which i didnt photograph ~ sorry} in ~ PINK!!!!i have a few of the american crafts corduroy albums. some 8 1/2X11 some 12X12. these albums are my fav as of late. super easy to add refill pages to. i have one for my *youer than you* collection, one for my baby brothers navy layouts ive been creating and one for a combo of my punk rock scrappers layouts, effer dares layouts, scrap outside the box layouts. i plan on purchasing more albums so that each *group* has their own album, as of now, they are grouped by challenge blog. :-D
mini albums ~ i store here and there. i have an entry way table that has this cute little bird cage which houses a few minis,,, i also have a few treasure chests that contain more of my minis. its like a treasure chest full of memories and i love it!!! oh ~ and there are totally a few that are stacked up on my desk. they havent found a home yet.... i think i need a scrapmojo album. :-D
nexxxxxxtt,,, jessica had a few questions for me,,, and since i love it ~ ill move right along to hers,,,

1} how did you start scrapping??

well, like *most* of us, i got invited to a creative memories party. didnt know much about scrapping, had a six weeks old baby boy and thought it sounded like fun. i was truly, truly inspired and wanted to dive right in, but daniel didnt let me put him down for long enough to *shop*, *play* whatever,,, i day dreamt about scrapbooking and eventually made it to a scrapbook store and started by taking card classes. i was pregnant with sofia when i really, really started scrapping. i love it,, i always say that i wish i had started sooner,,, i really, really do!!!! oh ~ i just thought of this,,, i shoulda taken pictures of my early layouts too,,, didnt even think of it till now,,, that would have been kinda funny,,,,
2} what inspires you most??

people, music, photos and challenges.
people like elise {i know that you knew that i was gonna say that :-) }

and more people like carrie. :-D totally inspiring. 3} if you could work/design for ANY company line, which one would it be and why??
geezz,,,, jess ~ this is a good one. like design team?? im gonna pick three.
sassafrass lass ~ my favorite line, each and every cha. my favorite ~ favorite,,,,

prima ~ because i love everything they have to embellish ~ i use prima on everything and their papers are getting better and better and more and more amazing after each cha release.
hambly ~ its always been my staple. always. it adds such a different element to each and every creation.

4} When your not scrappin', what else do ya do??

another good one. i chase two crazy monkeys that call me mama :-D. i love to work out ~ love it!! i have never been much of a home body. i love disneyland, the wild animal park, sea world the zoo,,, everything. if i want to stay local ill take the kiddos to bates nut farm. its a local joint here in VC and we feed the goats, sheep and geese. ill often bring apples to feed to the mini horses so they arent left out because they cant eat the corn. i love shopping and i love, love pink pineapple. like crazy, i love them!!! :-D i like to take my kids to the duck pond in temec and we also have some fun neighbors that have a wild collection of animals that the kids and i will go visit as often as we can with out wearing out our welcome. whatever it is, i love to do stuff outside, but i like to keep busy. i cant go outside and *sit*. i cant go back inside and sit either for that matter,,,, i always go, go, go,,,, always have been that way,,,, oh, and i loooove cooking. always up for some new recipes if you have any ~ share!!!
alright ~ finally missy toni.

When do you find time to work all this scrapping in?

heee,,, :-D my mother in law and my mom help out with the kids. before this past friday {my mother in law left this last friday for a coast to coast bike ride}, but before that shed watch the kids for me at least one day a week. that day i would scrap!!! my mom helps me with the children when i need her too. in between the grandmas, ill also scrap at home. i often have my children help out. they cut the paper for me, count buttons or sit with me at the kitchen table. while i scrap, they put together puzzles. its a great system and we have so much fun together!! they kids love it ~ and to be completely honest, i love it too!!! i do.

this was so much fun!!!! i love it, and i love YOU!!! thank you!! :-D did i miss anything??~peace~

its that time again,,,, 52 sketches 52 weeks latest sketch is up and waiting,,, for you!!! sketch number fourteen,,,, here is the sketch,,,, followed by my take ~ *backyard babe* have a rad week ~ its just the beginning,,,, :-D
~peace~

i totally adore 52 sketches 52 weeks. i love everything about it. the design team members and julie who has put it all together. im so honored to be a part of their team. truly honored. i was able to make my deadlines that i have for other design team {and this design team} so then i went a head and played *catch up* with the past two sketches that i hadnt come up with yet,,,, sketch number twelve ~ again the sketch followed by my take,,,, *rock stars*,,,sketch number thirteen followed by my take,,,, *angel eyes*,,,

have a great day!!!!

~loves~

so carrie and i got to play at pink pineapple yesterday even though they were prepping for their big ol garage sale today. let me tell you ~ they have got so goooooood stuff!!! i wanted to sneak little goodies here and there to have first *dibs* of for tomorrow because i wont be able to go to the store, but they keep it fair ~ and across the board,,,, i, myself even dropped off some goodies to sell. its such a great system ,,, i already cant wait for the next one in the fall!!! i took some ninja pictures of the goodies before they started organizing and before they got all the goods!!! way to go ladies ~ looks like a tough job!!! if youre local you should *totally* go by the pink tomorrow ~ there will definitely be some treasure waiting for you to find,,,,

thanks for making room for carrie and i to play!! another reason why pink is the BEST SCRAPBOOKING STORE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!! :-D

~loves~

in case you were wondering about my most recent progress,,, :-D



hopping along,,,,
~cheers~

new challenge is up at punk rock scrappers,,, this one is soooo freaking funny!!! heres mine,,, go play!!!! *WTF*,,,,,funny ~ right??
~ciao~

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!! dont let anybody play tricks on you,,,, :-D
a few pieces of my *youer than you* collection that i love!! i still create for this on a *mostly* regular basis,,, it was hard for a minute not having my laptop/printer available for me,,, but now we are back in business baby!!! i am still offering these kits but on a more *exclusive* personal level. they wont be in my etsy shop any longer, {actually for the time being, im slowly gonna let that take a break. :-D } but if youd like to join in the group that has been rolling with me on the *youer than you* journey, email me and we can set you up as well. its a ton of fun, but i no longer wanna create items that dont already have a home. you know kinda like ~ is it ~ rubios ~ "we dont make it till you order it"!!! :-D so anyway, here are a few peaks,,,
email me if you wanna join in,,, xoxoallyserrato@aol.com
oh ~ and im pregnant,,,, APRIL FOOLS!!! :-D
~loves~