Mommy Brag & a toot.

It was really hot here, so I was not able to take Maanasa for afternoon walks, I hate to be inside the house the whole day. It drives both of us crazy. Thank God, it was a little less warm today & I took her to the nearby park. She wanted to walk in the grass, it was so cute to see her walking a few steps, falling down, getting up again, turning & seeing if I'm looking & repeating the same thing again, lol. She has started repeating words. She says cap, bye bye, car, mam mam (means food), teddy (her lovie), thitha (an abbreviated version of my friend's dd's name), bow bow(dog), amma(mom), appa(dad) & shoe. My girl is totally obsessed with shoes. She can play with them for hours, lol. If I try to take them away from her, she screams bloody murder. The moment she sees Sriram entering into the house in the evenings, she squeals with delight & babbles something that sounds like a welcome note:) for a few minutes, that just melts his heart.She loves to dance, the minute she hears a music her body starts swaying & she really enjoys it so much. I'll see if I can upload a video of her dancing.

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I used 'A lovely mess of doodles' & 'My Funny Valentines' kits by Tracy Blankenship, available at Scrappingdigikreations & Digital Freebies.

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I took this photo of dd today. I can't believe that she's 13 months old now & she can walk, She looks so grown up in this picture I used Jeanine Baechtold's 'Essence' kit available at computerscrapbook.com.

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I used 'Indian summer' kit by Bella Gypsy Designs, available at ACOT.

Oh, I almost forgot this. I won the 'scraplift the Queens' contest at Simply clean Digiscraps', yay. I scraplifted Melany & Jen.
Here are their LO's:
Jen's LO
Melany's LO
Here are mine:

Credits:
Everything from different kits by Melany Violette
Brads, background paper from 'Call me blue'
Yellow Background paper & yellow bow & staple from My Sunshine
Ribbon & Alphas from 'Color Me Happy'

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I used Melany Violette's 'Sweet as cotton candy' kit, the flowers & heart are from her 'Lovies' & one background paper is from her 'Pastelspetals&paisleys'.
Can't wait to spend my GC:)

My little girl started walking, yay..........

Ok, finally got some time to update my poor, neglected blog. Maanasa started walking on friday. She's been holding onto things & walking for quite some time, but on friday she started walking on her own. She was so much excited about it, she couldn't stop smiling, she
would take a few tentative steps, turn & look at me & smile & then continue again, this little girl of mine is a real charmer:)
It's been 3 weeks since we moved into our new apartment,but we're still not done with the unpacking. At this rate, it's going to take a year,lol.
Here are some more LO's:

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I used Jeanine Baechtold's 'Essence' kit available at computerscrapbook.com.

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I used the 'Spring Break' kit by Bella Gypsy Designs, available at ACOT.

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I used 'Notebook Fun'& 'Binder Clips Punched Text' by Merkeley Designs at Digiscrappin.

Why o Why?

I don't know why I keep applying for CT's. No, that's not true, I know why, I think I'm craving for recognition. I know that I scrap to preserve & cherish memories etc etc, but I also look forward to having fun, getting recognized by the other scrapper's out there & more than all that, to find out if I'm good enough. Every time I get a reject email, I get a little depressed & decide not to apply again, but the next time, I apply again. Hmm... I don't know when this is going to stop.
I'm already in some fabulous CT's & I'm quite happy about being in them. So I think I'll stop applying for time being. Of course, I'm waiting to get reject emails from 2 more, lol. I think I'll stop looking at the ads in just digitals, do you think I can do it, lol.
Ok, some new layouts:
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I used Becky Vosburg's Little Miz Beauregarde Paper pack & element, available at PlainDigital Wrapper.

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I love this photo of my dd & dh. I used Robin Cabana's 'Flair - paper pack & elements', available at Scrapdish.

My dd is such a happy child, we are really lucky

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My dd's first bath, at the hospital, she is 1 day old in this picture, I can't believe that she's now 13 months old ):I used 'Faded Laundry Bella Byte', by Bella Gypsy Designs, available at ACOT.

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My dd at 6 months. I used SaraAmarie's One Frog Two Frog Green Frog Blue Frog available at 3 Scrapateers. TFL.

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I used the 'Refresh' kit by Rose Farver, available at Plain Digital Wrapper(PDW). The flowers were cut out from the background papers, the background paper is recolored to match the picture.TFL.

Digipick of the day.

I'm super excited. My 'Explore' LO was the digipick of the day. When Fiona mailed me about it this morning, I couldn't stop jumping up & down. I'm even more happy about it because I used Tracy's 'Creative expression' kit for this LO.

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Creative Expression kit by Tracy Blankenship, available at Scrappindigikreations and digital freebies.
All of us are down with cold, cough, head ache. I'm not able to sit & scrap for a long time. I'm very frustrated about it. I've not been able to properly scrap since May. I went on vacation, then I had to shift to our new apartment, now this cold & cough. Hopefully I should be able to catch up next week.

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Mrs. Schmuck's 'Schweet Schtuff ' - elements & paper pack, available at Scrapdish

Bad Blogger

I've been a bad blogger. So did you miss me??, lol, I think hardly anyone reads my blog. Life has been pretty hectic of late. We had a great vacation. It was really hot, about 40-43 deg.,Maanasa enjoyed herself despite the heat. We didn't take her out much, inside the house it is air conditioned, so it was ok. Maanasa was born on the 9th of June, but we normally celebrate birthdays we celebrated her first birthday on May 31st with about 70 of our relatives & friends. Maanasa was so cooperative, she didn't trouble us at all during the flight & didn't suffer from any jet lag.
After coming back from India, we had to shift to our new apartment in 1 week's time. It's been a week since we shifted, but we have not unpacked completely, I think it's going to take 2 more weeks. With Maanasa, it is next to impossible for me to unpack during the day, she has become so active. She is talking all the time, only thing is I don't understand her language,lol. She walks holding onto something & took about 7,8 steps on her own. I'm waiting for her to start walking. Well, not really, I have mixed emotions about it. She's growing up so fast & I want her to remain as my baby for longer.
I'm so excited. I've bought PSCS2 & I also bought a wacom before I left for holidays. I can't wait to play with it. I've been slacking on my CT work. I'm trying to work on it now, I think I'll catch up in a week.
Finally, some new layouts for you:


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Sara Amarie's 'Fresh Summer Morning' kit, available at 3 scrapateers.


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Cocoa Pop Kit' by Rose Farver, available at Digishoppe.


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Mrs. Schmuck's 'Schweet Schtuff ' - elements & paper pack, available at Scrapdish.