Carimañolas (Recipe Swap)

Today is Digital Scrapbooking Day, but also is Panama Independence Day, so I want to share a very traditional dish for us.
We usually ate them as breakfast or a light dinner, but these are great apetizers too.
You can download the full size card HERE

My favorite layout...

Now that I quit all my CTs I have more time and creativity to do the things in the way I want. And recently did this LO for the SUAS contest and even when is not Winning material I'm totally in love with it. I just print it huuuge (well not so huege, just 11x14) and also made some tiles that look pretty cool

An old freebie reloaded

I made this template based on one of my LOs a while ago. But here you have the new version for tiff and png users.

Dowload .tiff version HERE

Download separate .png layers HERE

Queen of the Crop week 4

Well, this is the last LO of the queen of the crop contest... At the en of this week Maya will give us the finalist (I really really really hope to be there) so please, vote for me HERE.

The vote is only $2 and you will get a great loot bag of SBG designer over 100 MB... it totally worth it...

Everyday Moments

This is my Week 3 Queen of the Crop LO... I think life is like an album full of everyday pictures... And what better way than put them on the wall of your heart where everybody can see them...

If you like it... Please vote for me HERE

Queen of the crop - week 2

Ok, still struggling with week 3 theme... but here is the LO for week 2

I really love this LO... so if you love it too, please vote for me HERE. You will get a HUGE grab bag of more than 100 MB of goodies, just for $2

I'm scrapping for UNICEF

"Unite for children, unite against AIDS" is a project of UNICEF that I choose to support with the Queen of the Crop Contest. If I win the first prize $500 will be donated to this cause.

World leaders, from both industrialized and developing countries, have repeatedly made commitments to step up their efforts to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. They are beginning to increase the political leadership and the resources needed to fight the disease. Significant progress is being made in charting the past and future course of the pandemic, in providing free antiretroviral treatment to those who need it, and in expanding the coverage of prevention services.But children are still missing out.

Every day:
- There are nearly 1,800 new HIV infections in children under 15, mostly from mother-to-child transmission
- 1,400 children under 15 die of AIDS-related illness
- More than 6,000 young people aged 15–24 are newly infected with HIV

After more than 20 years
- Less than 10 per cent of pregnant women are being offered services to prevent transmission of HIV to their infants
- Less than 10 per cent of the children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by AIDS receive public support or services
- Less than one third of young women aged 15–24 in sub-Saharan Africa fully understand how to avoid the disease.

Millions of children, adolescents and young people in the path of the pandemic are at risk and in need of protection. AIDS is redefining the very meaning of childhood for millions, depriving children of many of their human rights – of the care, love and affection of their parents; of their teachers and other role models; of education and options for the future; of protection against exploitation and abuse.

The world must act now, urgently and decisively, to ensure that the next generation of children is AIDS-free.
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Even if you choose to not vote for me (of course I'll appreciate if you do...) but you are thinking to make a donation for a charity, consider this an an option. Donate HERE

Queen of the Crop - week 1

Ok, the ballots are here... The Queen of the Crop Contes has oficially started.


For those of you who have plans for some shopping this week, please go to SBG and grab the $2 loot bag to vote (have awsome goodies by Meredith Fenwick, great templates by Studio Janet, a lovely kit from Studio Krista and more great things... BIG things may add, not tini tiny kits... FULL KITS just for $2)

This is my LO for this week... Please vote HERE

My very first Tag!!

My dear friend Kimmy (who hate tags) tagged me for the very first time in my life (I love Tags). So here we go!!!

FOUR JOBS I HAVE HAD
1 – Editor in Chief of a Magazine
2 – PR for Adidas Latin America
3 – Marketing Chief for a Movie Theater
4 – English Teacher for kids (part time)

FOUR MOVIES I HAVE WATCHED OVER AND OVER
1 – Dirty Dancing
2 – The Matrix (all three)
3 – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
4 – Cruel Intentions (I love Ryan Phillippe

FOUR PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1 – Chritré – Herrera in Panama (since born till 2 yo)
2 – David – Chiriquí in Panama (since 2 yo till 17 yo)
3 – Panama City Panama (17 yo till 28 yo)
4 – San Salvador, El Salvador (since 28 yo till now)

FOUR TV SHOWS I LIKE(D) TO WATCH
1 – Lost
2 – Grey’s Anatomy
3 – Two and a Half Men
4 – Friends (reruns… I don’t care)

FOUR PLACES I HAVE BEEN ON VACATION
1 - Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, St. Thomas (on a cruise)
2 – Miami – Ft Lauderdale
3 – Las Vegas
4 – Cancun

FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1 – Bacon
2 – Paella
3 – Shrimp
4 – Pizza

FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW
1 - On a beach in the Caribbean
2 – At my aunt house in Chiriqui
3 – At my friend’s Sona in Panama
4 – On a Spa having a massage

FOUR PEOPLE I WILL TAG
1 – Lena Brandenburg
2 – Angela Sharrow
3 – Robin Cabana
4 – Melanie Colossimo

SDK Monthly Opening Chat

I'm HOTTT!!!

Your Spicy Score: HOT!

You're confident, sexy, and not afraid to go after any guy you want. You can catch almost any guy's attention, and you're proud of it. And while you may be too smoldering for some men... They're not the type of guy you want anyway!

How Spicy Are You?

Vacations!!!

Here in El Salvador Holly Week is BIG deal. is a middle ground between religion and vacations. Most office are closed all week. And the streets are empty, because everyone is out of town (most of them on the beach)

We don't have any major plans, and since dh works till Wednesday I think to take advantage of ds new mini pool

Full credits HERE

For the Easter weekend we have to choices... go to Guatemala (road trip) or stay here and go to the beach. BTW there is a concert of Carlos Vives (colombian singer) this Saturday on la Costa del Sol and maybe we'll go... but is not for sure...

From my blog to yours...

This is a great tittle for this sharing questions at SSD. Feel free to add them in your blog too.

1. If you could witness one supernatural event–whether you believe in the supernatural or not–what would it be? Why?
Ohhh I’d love to see an angel. I’ll be scare as hell, but I really love to know if they are real.

2. What is your earliest memory? Why do you think you have remembered that particular event or thing. I don’t know if is really the earliest, memory I have but I remember been on my grandma’s house (I should be 2 or 3 yo) ready to go to sleep and I ask her for juice. Then I was drinking my bottle (half sleep) thinking “this juice taste weird” and ask grandma “Mommy this is juice or milk” (since I’m lactose intolerant soy milk taste yucky for me) she said was juice then I sit and say “no mommy this is milk… I want peach juice”… LOL I think my yuckiness to milk haven’t change all this years and that’s why I remember that.

3. Pick a friend or acquaintance with whom you think you would like to start a new business venture. What business? I can go thru a business with dh Victor any day, any time (we have done it before). We are a great team. He is good having ideas and with administration skill and I’m great making his ideas come true (I’m a performer). We made a magazine once, and I’ll love to make a catering or party organization business… maybe something about PR… don’t know!

Home is where the heart is...

Even when will be 3 years in May since I move to El Salvador (dh's business), is very hard for me stop thinking Panama as my home... Is soo different. Ppl are nice, but I have no friends... the city is growing, but I haven't find much to do... Plus all my family and friends are still in Panama. You could say that El Salvador is like Panama 20 year ago (or maybe 30??)

I miss my home deeply... This LO is a sampler of the place where my heart is...

Full credits here

Readers Questionnaire

Since I looove to read, this questionnaire seems very suitable with my personality… hehehe

Amazon or brick and mortar? We don’t have any of those down here but when I’m on USA I like to buy at Barnes and Noble. But to be honest I can buy books wherever I found them

Bookmark or dog ear? I know is destructive, but Dog ear, I always lost my bookmarks

Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random? Neither, my books simply hag around the house… LOL

Keep, throw away, or sell? Keep them, but when I move to El Salvador gave away all my books (too heavy) to my cousin… sniff sniff… I still miss them

Keep dust jacket or toss it? Keep
Read with dust jacket or remove it? Remove it

Short story or novel? Novels.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket? Harry Potter… and who is Lemony Snicket?

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? I try to take breaks at the end of a chapter, but usually is just at the end of a page.

“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”? Both

Buy or Borrow? Buy. I love to read the same book again and again.
New or used? Most likely new, but I’m not opposed to “used”.

Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse? Actually Is a mix of I love the cover and the title plus checking the book review

Tidy ending or cliffhanger? Tidy ending (usually) but I love series like Harry Potter so maybe a little cliffhanging in the hope of a tide ending sometime.

Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading? I can read all the time

Stand-alone or series? I do either.
Favorite series? Probably Harry Potter.

Favorite children’s book? I’m traditional… I can read any story by Hand Christiam Andersen.
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? “Si Eva hubiera sido Adan” by Daniel Samper Pizano. Most ppl who read it is because I point them to the book.
Favorite books of all time? Harry Potter fan over here. My fav was the Prisioner of Azcaban (the movie sucks)

What are you reading right now? “Tras la tumba de Alejandro”. Is about and archeologist looking for Alexander the great tomb.

Anniversary Bash... HUGE SUCCESS!!!

Oh my God... I was so worried to end alone at the chat room... LOL But It wasn't... actually we had a blast!!! But I'm pretty tired now, so I'll give you the details later.
To know the winners, please check this thread at DST

Anniversary Bash Contest

I have sooo many prizes to give away on my Anniversary Bash that is not fair that those who have problems with the schedule and can't go to the chat leave empty handed. So I decided to make a contes where EVERYONE WINS plus a couple of lucky ppl who also will get extra goodies. Just need to sport the blinkie down here at DigiShopTalk and sign in on THIS THREAD

After the chat I'll send the prizes and choose the extra winners.
To see more information about my super Anniversary Bash scroll down a bit.
And to the awsome prizes, please link on the blinkies on the left
See you Friday!!! Don't let me hanging!!!

Aniversary Bash!!!

As some of you already know... this week is my First Anniversary since I switch to digi scrappinga and became an addict... hehehe

Everyone have been so nice with me that I decided to do something to thank the comunity, AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN A CHAT LOADED WITH GIFTS.

I can't design, but I ask for help to several of friends. At the begining I though... well one or two would say yes to one gift, but for my great surprise almost everyone said yes for more than one gift. Now I have MORE THAN 25 GIFTS.

So please join me this Friday 23 at the DigiShopTalk Chat Room 10 pm EST to celebrate friendship and have lots of fun.

Please don't let me hanging with all these prizes or I should keep them for myself... hehehe

Kim Smith Designs - Closeout Sale - 50% off

My friend Kim is having an awsome sale until the end of the month.

Go to check her store HERE

Pop Weekly updates!

This is a cut out from Pop Weekly magazine (more info check HERE)

Full Credits HERE

(English version) Who said water can’t be HOT??? The mystery is solved ladies and gentleman. The reason for the un-air of the pilot of Aquaman after a very good feedback of the iTunes views has nothing to do with money as the network want us to believe, but a sex scandal.
Apparently the yummy (and married) actor Justin Hartley is currently engage on a very physical relationship with a mysterious actress who was originally casted for the pilot. Pop weekly rescue some very incriminatory pictures of the illicit couple, even at the set of Smallville, where Justin was a guest actor on the rol of Green Arrow. Rumor has it that the actress is quite a doll…

(Version en Español) Quien dijo que el agua no puede ser candente?? El misterio está resuelto damas y caballeros… El verdadero motivo por el cual el piloto de Aquaman no fue puesto al aire tras la gran acogida del público de atunes no tiene nada que ver con dinero, como la televisora ha hecho creer, sino con un escándalo.
Aparentemente el guapo (y casado) actor Justin Hartley se encuentra enredado en una relación bastante física con una misteriosa actriz que se presume formaba parte del elenco original de Aquaman. Pop Weekly rescató algunas fotos bastante incriminatorias de la polémica pareja, incluso en el set de Smallville donde Justin estaba de actor invitado. Incluso se rumora que la actriz en cuestión es toda una muñeca…

What kind of coffee are you??

You Are a Frappacino

At your best, you are: fun loving, sweet, and modern At your worst, you are: childish and over indulgent You drink coffee when: you're craving something sweet Your caffeine addiction level: low

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

As you may know I have a new friend who actually is a great designer and I'm very proud to be on her CT. I'm one of Melanie Colosimo's lemonheads... (I love the tag). And this is my first 2 page LO using her templates...

Kit: B3 by Amy Blesser available at ACOT

And to celebrate she is joining me at the select group of the $29.95 plus taxes girls, she is having an amazing Birthday Bash...

If you can't see the image above, she have 30% off in all her Products at her store... amazing challenges in her blog (see the link at your right)... and on the top of all this amazing wwwk of surprises will end with a great chat at Digi Shop Talk this Friday 10pm EST... See you there

Malenie aka lemonyr have a BIRTHDAY

Latest news

This is a cut out from a "local publication" after the amazing concert of the HOT HOT HOT Pop Star Ricky Martin in El Salvador past Friday...

Credits: Stolen Kisses by Dani Mogstad - Sewin Box (Pin and Patches) by Karen Hunt - Template by Sherry Tierney *** For more juicy secrets of the famous scrappers go to SSD Pop Weekly

(english version) Even when the 35 years old Latin pop star Ricky Martin don’t have any “official” relation, rumor has it of the pretty intense emotion showed in his last performance at San Salvador was related with a “special one” from his past who lives in the city and was in the audience “incognito”

(versión en español) "A pesar que a sus 35 años no se le conoce ninguna relación formal al astro del pop Ricky Martin, se rumora que el secreto de la intensa emotividad su pasada presentación en la ciudad de San Salvador puede estar relacionada a un personaje de su pasado que actualmente radica en la ciudad y se encontraba entre la audiencia de incógnito"

My plans for the weekend...

First of all I'm planning to use the Valentines Gift from DH...

Well... of course I'll love to have Ricky Martin in a box wearing only a red bow, but... let's go to next best thing... LOL!!!

I have tickets for Ricky Martin's concert here in El Salvador this Friday 23rd... 9pm Central Time... 9th row... and I'm not missing it for anything on the world and I'll turn totally wild!!!

For those who are pointin that he probabbly is 99% gay... I have to tell you that I don't care!!! Gay or not I don't have a chance with him... so if I can fatasize of having him shaking his bom bom on my face, can fantasize that he is straight too... LOL!!!

Saturday and Sunday I'll drop my insane groupy and will be back to my usual mom and wife roll... LOL
DH and I have plans to check some houses to hopefully find something near to our dream house but in the limits of our budget to buy it.

And if the weather is nice enough we should go to the pool on Sunday. That's the best way to keep my lil Taz busy and tired him fast... hehehehe

Another Special Hobby

You maybe think my life runs around scrapping... well I do... LOL but also have an all time hobbie: COOKING!! And to kick it up a notch (as Emeril will say) I'm starting an herb garden.

I'm so tired to buy herbs at the grocery store and then see how they gone bad in a flash inside the fridge. So why not having them at home and harvest them fresh... But after the semi disaster of the Basil and Parsley plants last year... I decided to trust the replanting to the gardener.... LOL

So far they are looking good... Also bought some daysies to put some color in the garden... Let's see how it goes...

You Are a Black and White Cookie

You're often conflicted in life, and you feel pulled in two opposite directions. When you're good, you're sweet as sugar. And when you're bad, you're wicked!

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

I am a Bold Boot

You’re a Bold Boot! You’ve got an enviable edge about you, much like this fearless form of footwear. Sturdy and stylish enough to go kicking around town, yet still able to lasso in stares when dressed up, you have an intrepid quality that is complemented by your undeniable charisma and fun-loving energy. You’re also not afraid to walk on the wild side, which shows that your bond with the boot is all stitched up. TAKE THE QUIZ SEE ALL PRODUCT MATCHES Share with Friends | More Glam Quizzes | Shop at Glam | Celebrity Photos

Feeling less PINK

Well, things are getting better. Marc's allergy is gone and finally I took a whole hour to myself (long shower, wax legs, lots of batha and Body Works stuff...)

On the bright side... even when I can't drink because of the medicines, my friend Lena have this "drink" on her blog, so I had to make my own... hehehe

If OrianaVianey were a drink they would be: 1 parts kindness 4 parts reckless 1 parts flashy Get Your RECIPE Here!

I'm feeling PINK

I always though that the expression "I'm feeling blue" was a curious way to describe when someone is sad... But I'm changing that...
I use this for Stop 4 at the Amazing Digi Scrapping Race

Kaos!!!

These couple of day have been truly awfull...
Baby Marc is sick and this is the very first time he has been ill for so long. It start like a regular cold, but he was feeling worst and the congestionated nose is gaving him a hard time to sleep...
Yesterday, like 2 am, he woke up crying and touching his ears and nothing stop the screaming, so I took him to the ER. The doctor on cold say "ear infection" and gave us some antibiotics and cataflam drops plus the medicine he was already tooking (by our regular doctor)...
Between one thing and another I went to sleep like 7 am when the nanny came home. So I stay asleep until noon. When I woke up I say a very bad allergy in his skinn... Wow... go to the doctor again (our head doctor this time). Apparently there was no ear infection and Marc is allergic to cataflam... so... changing medicines again...
I'm exhausted... I've been scrapping because is the only thing that keep me relax...
I need to do 8 more layouts today... but I'll better go to bed, because I'm running out of inspiration...

I'm superwoman....

I already knew it... LOL
But is nice to take a test that confirmed it....

Your results:
You are Supergirl

Supergirl 85% Wonder Woman 80% Iron Man 75% Green Lantern 70% Superman 65% Spider-Man 65% Robin 62% Hulk 60% Catwoman 60% Batman 55% The Flash 45%

Lean, muscular and feminine. Honest and a defender of the innocent.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...