Happiness is...... (Winter Edition)

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Happiness is......

cold days.....

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good days......

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cozy days....

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sweater days....

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thinking of my friend days....

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baking days...

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Christmas day....

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new days....

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and the days....

I have my loved one with me

even it is just for 10 short days....

and the days.....

 I spent with him

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have you found your happiness today?

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I love beautiful things I found on the internet, the beautiful images above are not mine (besides the pictures of me and my family), please click on "source" below each picture to find out the original source or where I get them from. I share them because I think you would enjoy them too. I do have a "Happiness is " (fall edition) post HERE if you missed the post back in November 2012

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 144 ~ It's a small world

One of the amazing blessing of the blogging world is making new friends through cyberspace. In this small space of mine, I "met" people from The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and all over United States, we all share the same love for paper and glue, sometimes the friendship developed further, we email or chat with each other, we share our joy and sorrow with some, it seems like we are closer than a few thousand miles away....

It's a small world 
after all

I am hosting the challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog this week, and that is our theme

It's a small world

to use map or map print patterned paper on your project

I made this card for my husband on our anniversary last week

and it all wrapped up with LOVE....

Please stop by City Crafter Challenge Blog and join in the fun

Our prize this week is sponsored by my little Etsy shop

One more try.....

I never send 2  entries in one challenge before, but I am breaking my record this time since I wasn't too happy with the card I made for 

Jingle Belles Scandinavian Christmas 

Here's one more try Jingle Belles...

I am not saying I am 100% happy with this one, but I guess I have no more time to make another, so I am just going with this...

Thanks for stopping by....

Love in Phoenix

Every time when the year come to an end, I always have the thought of making a album and scrapbook the highlight and event of the year, but that plan always get abandoned because I lost track of the date and always felt like a chores to go find out the little details. So this year, I decided to just scrap the event whenever I have a chance. I bought a little binder from the thrift store a while ago, I need to get the cover done before I show it here, however, I am going to just go ahead and make the pages first.

Our first road trip of 2013

Phoenix Arizona
(January 11, 2013)



I applied the technique I learn from PTI Make it Monday #101 this week - Layered Embossing
You can check out Heather's fun video here.

Stamps from PTI are

- PTI with all my heart stamp set

- PTI all about you stamp set

Frame die cut - PTI frame out #12 die
Stamp (for the dotted square inside the frame) - PTI frame out #12 mini stamp set
Stamp on chipboard heart - PTI polka dots basic 2 stamp set
Stamp for date - PTI calendar basic stamp set

It was a short work trip, we had dinner with a vendor at Rancho di Tia Rosa, Mesa AZ

and the next day, we had lunch at Texaz Grill, Phoenix AZ before we head home

Yummy, yum, yum.....

Just in case you want to check out PTI Make it Monday #101

Here's the link -   MIM#101 -Layered Embossing

I am not too happy....

Do you ever feel this way?

That you have the idea all brewing in your mind for days, but the project did not turn out the way you want, and even after 2 more attempts, you still do not get the result you want, (*sigh.....) I am not too happy with this one



you gotta to pop over to Jingle Belles to look at the inspiration photo and you will know what I mean

Jingle belle scandinavian christmas

Home for the holiday

I make this layout for 

Scrap Africa Challenge #13 - Postage Stamps

My girls both came back during Winter break, I was so happy that they are home for the holiday

I love the postage stamp die cut and stamp set I have here...



I also love the glitters I embossed here....

and glittered doily too...

the patterned paper from Prima is so pretty that I only want to focus on and center of it and not cover up all the loveliness of the paper....

Thanks for stopping by.....

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 143 ~ Forever Mine

Our host this week at City Crafter Challenge Blog is talented Charlene.
Since Valentine's Day is just weeks away, our the theme is

♥ Forever Mine ♥

make a project that include heart(s)

I created the background with misting, masking and stamping....

it is simple but I think I like it....

 please stop by City Crafter and play along with us!

Spring in NYC.....

Thanks for your well wishes my friend, I am feeling better today....


This layout is based on this sketch from

Sketch n Scrap 24

I picked the photos we took at Central Park, NYC during Spring

the girls look so little in the picture, how time flies.....

I just love these little circles in spring colors, they are actually the negative I got from my xoxo borders

 I hope you pop over to Sketch n Scrap and play along, they have a new sketch out (#25), I might try that if I have time in my craft room....

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Presents are small things that make us smile...

Thank you Yvonne for sending me lots of goodies to play with

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Movie night....

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Husband's choice, I can take it or leave it.