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Winter is (Finally) Here!

2012-01-23T10:27:00.000-05:00

All Bundled Up!

We had our first actual real snowfall this weekend for the season. It snowed about 4/5" and the girls had a great time outside playing a bit:

The girls have been doing the usual January "play inside" thing as it is such a gray, blah month..They have been busy playing dress-up, guitar, tea party, and being cuddly...

With this cold, snowy weather I have FINALLY finished all of my Christmas & Holiday layouts. Here are some of my favorites:

Love them all! But glad to finally move on to some other projects!
Thanks for stopping in..Have a Great week!!!!

2011 Recap

2011-12-29T09:56:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays! Sorry Blog, but it has been so busy around here and I haven't done much of anything crafty lately to share so I thought I would do a 2011 recap of favorite photos, events and memories..
January:

Lot's of Snow this Winter

Ice Skating for the First time with Isabel

Lot's of Cuddle Time!

The Wienermobile Sighting!

February:

My Sweetheart

Little Mermaids

Baking V-Day Cookies

My Big Girl Valentine

Looking for Trouble

March:

Working with Daddy

Happy 6th Birthday Breakfast!

Little Shamrock

My Lucky Charm

Bailey's Faves = Bunnies & Babas

April:

Ice Cream!!

Sister's Sweetest Moments

Daddy's Girls

Easter 2011

May:

This girls loves to accessorize!

Silly Girls!

Izzy Riding her Bicycle

Miss Bailey riding her tricycle

Spring Days

Isabel in "Broadway Kids"

Happy 2nd Birthday Bailey!

June:

Heading to the pool

Too cute for school!

Bathing Suit Divas

LOVE

July:

Hanging at the lake

Happy 4th of July

Too Cool!

Summer Fun

August:

Lazy Hot Days at the Pool

First Pigtails

Visiting the Statue of Liberty

Playing at the Jersey Shore

September:

Going to Amusement Parks

Mommy's Birthday at Quality Meats

Parasol Princesses

Chilling in the Sunshine at Nana's

Back to School (1st Grade)!

October:

Lovely Ladies

Sleepy Mornings

Apple Picking

Hayrides and Pumpkin Patches

Sisters Playing in the Yard

Autumn Beauty

Halloween (& the Bizarre Snow Storm!)

November:

We love owls!

Fall Colors

Thanksgiving Feast at School

Snuggles

Thanksgiving in NYC

December:

Family Time

December Cruising

Eating the Gingerbread House

Under the Tree

My sweet little Monter!


Hanging the Ornaments

It was all in all a great year. Some people sadly, are gone, but their memories live on in our hearts. We had floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, a small plane crash in our neighborhood...crazy stuff!!!! We can't wait to see what 2012 brings to our Family...

Health, Happiness, & Joy to all in the New Year!!!

The Elf Has Arrived!

2011-12-02T09:05:00.000-05:00

Continuing the tradition for the second year, our little Elf friend arrived on December 1st...That sneaky little devil must have been tired from the trip from the North Pole because he decided to sit himself under my Keurig with some coffee!!! My kind of guy!

I have a few layouts to share..Fall themed...Mostly from the Studio Calico November kit, "Handmade":


Love these pics of the girls playing together


Some older Cosmo Cricket & SC stamps

MS Butterfly Punch-an all-time fave


Love this color theme: Black, Kraft, & Gold

Love these colors that coordinate with her sweater

That is all I have for this morning..Have a great Thursday!

Layouts & Layouts,,,

2011-11-21T09:48:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday! It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this week & that Christmas is just around the corner!
The girls have been enjoying Fall..

I love it when they share and play "nice" together...

But, let's be real...They are Sisters!!!!! Patience, Patience....

Summer seems so long ago..But, I love re-living it when I look at this layout from my Studio Calico October Kit:

And this layout using one of my new favorite border punches:

I also finally finished scrapping all of my Halloween layouts using my Noel Mignon "Something Wicked" kit that I showed last post. Here is the finished product:

Phew..that's a lot!!!
Wishing everyone a Delicious Thanksgiving!!!!

Happy Fall!!

2011-10-13T09:31:00.000-04:00

The Sweet Taste of Fall!

Happy Fall!!! It has been busy as usual around here and I have been really slow with my projects so I haven't posted for a while, but I will catch you, Mr. Blog, up to date..

Isabel started First Grade and she loves it!


First Day of First Grade 9/11

This little one is busy as ever!

Playing with toys,

being silly,

organizing/making a mess as she loves to do...When I ask Bailey if she wants to go to school she says, "No! Stay home with Mommy"..so cute!! One day she will be in First Grade just like her sister. Hard to believe..

Since it is Harvest Time, we made our annual trek to the Apple Farm & Pumpkin Patch. The girl had a blast running through the orchards, picking pumpkins and eating apples!

I love watching my two girls together! Sisters!!

I didn't have one so it is so fun to me to watch them together..even if they do "occasionally" fight!! They do love each other and protect each other so much!
My only project to share today is about these two sisters. I used my Studio Calico September kit
for this layout. Love the soft, natural colors in this kit and the woodgrain paper just inspired me to make a tree out of it:

I just got the Halloween-themed Noel Mignon October Kit, so I am excited to used it "one of these days!"

That is all for today..Wishing you a Wonder"Fall" Day!!!

August Days...

2011-08-12T09:07:00.000-04:00

If we could just hold on forever to the warm Summer days...

Well, Summer is almost coming to an end...these August days just seem to fly right by and then Labor Day is right upon us again..(sniff..sniff). It is always a little sad, but I guess the important thing to do is take a little more time to sit back and enjoy these lovely warm weather days and appreciate them more. Isabel is almost finished with her first year of day camp. She loved it!!! Bailey has been busy just playing and swimming in the pool and playing outside with her water table.

My Little Photog!

She is TRULY a Daddy's Girl!

Hot Days = Popsicles!!!

Sisters

Loving the Pool!

Together

First Pigtails

Izzy enjoying nature at camp

I have not been scrapping as much or as quickly as I'd like with all of the nice weather and quite frankly, my little one is too meddling in my stuff..I hope to catch up...one of these days...
But here are a few Summer layouts I did recently:

Happy Friday!! Enjoy your Sweet Summer Day!!!!

Beachside and some layouts

2011-07-29T10:28:00.000-04:00

Summer Silliness!!!

One of the best places to be in the Summer is at the beach and one of the best places to go on a hot day is the Jersey Shore. The girls had a great time swimming in the ocean and playing in the sand. They love it!

She loves the water!

Playing in the sand

Sometimes they even play nice together!

Little Miss Sunshine

Sisters

This is what "Happy" looks like


Beautiful Beach Sunset

I have been working on a few layouts from 4th of July:

Used some great K & Co. holiday embellishments and mixed my Thickers in my title. Fun!


Love the AC paper pinwheels..

I also did a couple of layouts using my July Studio Calico July Kit, "Mind the Gap". Love the oranges, olives, and browns here especially when mixed with kraft paper..

Really fun to create!!!
That is all for this Friday. Have a Splendid weekend!

Summer Fun

2011-07-15T10:58:00.000-04:00

It has been quite a while since I posted, but I finally had a chance to get some layouts completed to share. The Summer always seems to fly by once the 4th of July comes.
The girls have been having quite the busy Summer.
This little one is having a blast:

Sunning

Playing Ball

Being Patriotic

Eating Ice Cream

Playing with her water table


Swinging

This big girl has been very busy too!

Tubing

Sunning

Swinging

Exploring


Swimming like a fish!!

Daddy is busy doing what he does best:

Grilling


And Chilling....

With all of this activity it is sometimes hard to find the time to scrap, but I do have a few June Studio Calico layouts to share:

Love this wood grain butterfly rub-ons

Love these natural colors

Lots of misting and my favorite...Stars

That is all for today. Thanks for stopping by and have a Sunny & Fabulous Weekend!

May Celebrations..

2011-05-31T08:44:00.000-04:00

Happy Tuesday!
I hope that everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend! The weather here was hot, sunny, and glorious! I had a bit of a cold so I wasn't feeling the greatest, but the girls had a great time going swimming in the pool and having bbq's.
This May marks two great celebrations for me. The first is that my little one, Bailey turned 2. We had a great time celebrating and she had lots of fun being the center of attention:

She is really turning into a little girl..He she is when she was turning 1:

Now, she is a little lady:

Isabel has been busy too being her sweet self and performing with her Broadway Kids Class. It is hard to believe she is almost finished with Kindergarten!

The Second Big Milestone Celebration this month is that my little Blog "Scrap Candy' is turning 3. I love the fact that I can go back and see all of the changes and fun times our family has had together since I started it back in 2008..Happy 3!!! I am going to get my first 3 years printed and bound in a book to commemorate and keep for years to come. I love having this journal to document our life and also to see how far my passion for scrapbooking has come along over these 3 years..
With that, I am leaving with post with a few layouts that I created using one of my Studio Calico kits.

It has been so fun sharing my life and creations with the world over the past 3 years and I hope to continue on into the future with the same enthusiasm and joy that it has brought to me in my life.
Cheers!!

Spring is in the Air!

2011-05-03T09:50:00.000-04:00

Happy Spring!!!!

It is finally getting a little warmer and the trees are turning green and the flowers are really starting to bloom. It is so nice to get outside and play outdoors again.

The girls had a nice Easter.
Coloring Eggs:

And getting their baskets:

This little one has been busy preparing for the Terrible 2's and let me tell you she is Great at it!!!

And this one is almost finished with Kindergarten and is busy with lots of activities:

They are great girls though, and I love to see them growing together as Sisters and Friends.

That is it for today, Happy Tuesday!! I will leave you with one little layout as I really haven't had the chance to scrap all that much lately. It is from the Studio Calico March kit.

Enjoy your day!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2011!

2011-03-17T08:51:00.000-04:00

Top O' the Morning! I guess I should say. Happy St. Patrick's Day! I sent me DD to school this morning fully outfitted in green..She is 1/8th Irish after all!!
St. Patrick's Day celebrations start early around here. Usually the Saturday before is a huge parade in my town. It is actually one of the biggest in NJ. I read that there are more bands in our little parade than in the Rose Bowl Parade!! Isabel and I marched in the parade this year for the first time with her Daisy Troop. She had a blast!!
Bailey watched the parade with Daddy. She wore her Shamrock T-Shirt and the tutu that I picked up for her in TJ Maxx..How could I resist?

Actually it was a very busy weekend as Isabel also turned 6 on Friday!! Hard to believe!
She started the day with a birthday breakfast:

Got Lots of presents:

And had her favorite meal for Dinner--Hamburgers
and Sprinkles Cupcakes..Yum!!!

Bailey liked them too!!

That's all for the day..Wishing everyone lots of Joy and Luck today!!
Maybe some green beer and corned beef too!!

Winter is Back

2011-02-23T10:09:00.000-05:00

Last Friday it was almost 70 degrees! The snow was melting and you could almost see the grass again. Then on Monday it snowed about 4 inches again and everything is back to cold, gray winter. Please come soon Spring. I thought I would post these Winter layouts since this is the last time I really want to discuss or see Snow layouts.

Wow! A 2 pager!

I love this pic in B&W

My Snow Angel

I used my White Mr. Huey's SC mist..I love it on black cardstock.

I also have some more February Studio Calico layouts to share:

This is definitely one of my all-time favorite layouts..I love the pic. and I can't get enough of this rainbow paper.

I love this photo and these colors together. It just makes me smile.

A "then and now" layout

Lastly, I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day last week. We had a nice day. I did these layouts. I was on a roll with scrapping last week and this week I have done NOTHING but organize some old photos into some albums..

This paper makes me miss Daisy D's..I wish they were still around..

It was so fun to make this heart with JB crepe paper.

Have a great Wednesday..Thanks for stopping in!

Love is in the air!

2011-02-14T09:21:00.000-05:00

Happy Valentine's Day 2011!!!

Being that it is Valentines Day, I thought I would look back and share some of my favorite Valentine pics. from Days gone by. I love this holiday and all of the decorations for the day. The hearts, all of the red and pink, flowers, cupcakes, candy..all of the cute cards. It really is one of the great things we have to make us happy during the cold, gray winter months.. Anyway, here are some of my favorite pics!

Bailey 2011

Isabel 2009

Isabel 2008

Isabel 2007

So sweet..
I have a few layouts to share speaking of sweet, from the Studio Calico February kit, "Candy Shoppe". What a great kit full of bright colors, SC Exclusive paper from Crate Paper, and lots of fun little embellishments. This kit has been so fun to work with. Here are a few layouts:

I added some K&Co. die-cuts to the layout.

I have been wanting to scrap these photos since forever and I finally found the right kit for it.


I just love those polka dots and the floral paper.

And here's a layout I did using some Valentine's paper from Fancy Pants that has been sitting in my stash for quite a while.. I am glad I finally used it!

I hope you and yours have a wonderful Valentines Day!!!

Winter Fun!

2011-02-07T09:15:00.000-05:00

With all this cold, crummy weather and nonstop snowy days, the girls at least have had a lot of time this year to play in the snow.

Isabel also got to go ice skating for the first time. She was a little nervous, but I think she had fun!

We saw this the other day..It always makes me smile when I see Mr Weinermobile, I just had to get a picture!

I have also been working on a few layouts from the Studio Calico January kit, "Who's Who"


I've scrapped this pic before, but this time I blew it up to 8x10 as I thought it worked so pretty with the tree paper

I always love some butterflies.

Loved the bookshelf stamp with this kit and it went so well with these pics about Clifford, the Big red dog.

I can't get enough of the blue/yellow color combo.

Just so fun to do with the circles and the Sass. flowers.

That is all for this Monday. Hope everyone has a great week and the chance to "Dream Big" today...

Metropolitan Layouts

2011-01-20T11:32:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday! Another chilly, gray day here again.....
Hope everyone has exciting plans..all I know is that I need a manicure bad!!! Maybe this weekend.
I wanted to post my layouts that I did using the Studio Calico December kit, "Metropolitan". Loved the colors here...Green, Blue, Yellow, with Black..So cool and fresh. Then I got one of the add-ons that had those great Maya Road kraft doilies and lots of Basic Grey "Jovial".

Loved this "cityscape" paper!

That is it for Holiday layouts!!! I loved making them, but this time of year I want to move on to Spring and fresh, bright colors! Have a great day!

Post #101..

2011-01-18T10:04:00.000-05:00

This is my 101st post! I know that some Bloggers post daily, but I am neither the writer nor have the time. It only took me about three years to get to this point, but it is quite the milestone for me. You would think I would have something more exciting to say, but it is January and cold and post-holiday blahs..
Isabel has been enjoying all the snow we've had around here..

Bailey likes to watch her...

We've had lots of tea parties....

And impromptu photo sessions....

And when I have time, I have been completing my holiday layouts. I always think I don't take enough photos and then I end up with an album full..
Here are some of my favorites:

Love this photo and the Echo Park Paper here!


I used a Lot Of Martha Stewart Paper this year..Loved the bright red and green.


October Afternoon is always good too!

So is Dear Lizzy from AC!

Love this picture of our Elf!

Adhesive Paper Ribbons are so great and easy to use and LOVE, LOVE these Girl's Paperie snowflakes!

I Finally used this Hambly transparency from my stash! Loved these glitter Dear Lizzy Thickers too!

So love the look of neutral/kraft colored papers with the red and green colors of Christmas.


Working on my "night" pictures...

That is it for today..my little one is begging for some attention..Thanks for stopping by!!!

Happy 2011 (Early)

2010-12-30T16:39:00.000-05:00

With less than 48 hours left in 2010, I thought I would take a moment to wish all of my blog friends a healthy, happy, and inspired New Year!
Bring on 2011!!!

Memories of 2010!

It's beginning to look like Christmas..

2010-12-14T09:45:00.000-05:00

The girls had a great time and were a wonderful help this year decorating the Christmas tree.

Bailey has been loving looking (and touching!) all of the holiday ornaments and decorations. Good thing she has some little things that she can play with too!

Isabel took this photo, my little "Paparatzgi" (that what she calls it!)

We also had the chance last week to make our annual visit to the Gingerbread Wonderland at the arboretum. Such fun!

Good enough to eat!

In scrappy news, My December Studio Calico kit arrived. That always makes for a good mail day!

And I have a few layouts from the SC November Kit, "Napa Valley" to share..

lots of Maya Mist going on..fun!

This one is a layout I made using my Cricut from when we went to the Bronx Zoo. I love using it, but sometimes hate getting it out and the labor involved, but I love the clean look it gives to layouts. Plus, it gives me the chance to use up scrap cardstock I have laying around.

Oh and I almost forgot the best for last..My little Izzy lost her 1st tooth!

It was loose and it fell out as she was biting into an apple at school. She was so excited!!
Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful day!