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Puppy Love

2009-08-31T05:57:00.000-07:00

Good Monday morning to all!!! You probably came over from the oh so talented Krista's blog, welcome!! For the BBTB challenge we were asked to use the ribbon cut from Paper Pups. Since I have been wanting to work on my puppy's album, I figured this would be the best opportunity for me to do a LO. So I chose some pictures of his first day home to scrap. I used PP from the Pet Stack from DCWV.

OK, so now it's time to go on over and visit Shelly's blog to continue the blog hop. Please enjoy!!

A Mother's LOVE

2009-06-08T05:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning!!! This week for the BBTB challenge, we were asked to use the flower cut from the George cartridge on a project. Shortcuts sponsored the project and they supplied us with acetate sheets...wow, they are so versatile and can add a beautiful touch to any project. Make sure to go and check them out here!! I decided to make the 2nd page for my Mother's day LO. Since I had a couple of pictures, I decided used the acetate to make a file folder. I put a tab form Fabulous Finds and added ribbon, button, and flowers. Hope you enjoy and make sure to go see everyone else's take on the challenge over at the BBTB!

Blog candy winner

2009-06-04T19:55:00.000-07:00

So it's time to announce the lucky winner of the blog candy! Random.org chose #62- KLW520!! Kayleigh please send me your address so that I can send you the goodies, I hope you enjoy. For everyone else that left a comment I want to thank you for playing along. Please make sure to check back often because I will be offering more blog candy soon!!

Feeling....

2009-06-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken at my cousin's baby shower and I absolutely love it! We are a family of 6 girls and 1 boy so you can imagine when we found out there was another girl on the way!! :o) I made this LO based on a sketch for my LSS Scrapbooks 'N Stuff. The store was bought by 2 girls who have taken it into the online world. Make sure to go check them out...they are carrying the BEST pp lines!!

BBTB Challenge and Blog Hop!!!

2009-06-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

Good Monday morning to all!!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are off to a good Monday morning, especially if you are taking part in the blog hop. This week's challenge over at the BBTB was to use the mushroom from the Tinkerbell cartridge. I had picked these yummy patterned papers at M's from American Crafts and had been dying to use them!!

Now on to show you the blog candy that I will be giving away to a lucky crafter! It's just a couple of things to help embellish a project...good luck to all!! I will be picking a winner on Thursday night 10:00 pm EST!!

I hope you have been enjoying the blog hop so far...but now it's time to hop on over to the very talented Krista's blog. Make sure to leave a comment everywhere you go...you just might be winning something this week!

New Winner

2009-05-31T19:57:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately I never heard from Liz, the winner of last week's blog candy. Soooo, I decided to choose another winner and random.org picked #43 this time. DEBORAH is the lucky winner of Regina's wonderful BABY stamp set!!! Deborah I will be contacting you!

Announcing the Blog Hop Winner!!!!

2009-05-23T06:46:00.001-07:00

This morning I chose the winner of the blog hop who will win the SWEET BABY printable stamps from the Cutting Cafe!!! Ok so random.org chose comment #10...the winner is....

***LIZ***

Liz, please contact me with your e-mail address so I can send you your stamps!

U R A Q T

2009-05-18T05:00:00.000-07:00

It's finally here!!!!! It's Monday and that can only mean the BBTB challenge AND today's blog hop! This week's challenge consisted of using a frame from the Storybook cartridge and one of Regina's printable stamps from her amazing site The Cutting Cafe'. I was asked to use the round "sweet baby" stamp and since there is a new baby in my family, it was perfect! My cousin had her first baby 2 weeks ago and she is just the most precious little thing. The PP is from the Nursery stack by DCWV. I cut the pictures using scalloped border punches and straight circles. The tab was cut from Fabulous Finds, the arrow from Accent Essentials, the rub on is Melissa Frances, and the clear letters are from Heidi Swapp.

Now on to the hop! I know you've been to a couple of blogs by now...but stay with us because there is still a couple more!! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and you will be entered to win the "SWEET BABY" circle printable stamp from The Cutting Cafe' that I used in this LO. The set also comes with phrases: "10 little fingers 10 little toes", "AWWWWW! It's a girl!", "AWWWW! It's a boy!", and "Congrats on your new bundle of joy". These stamps are just perfect to add to any project!! Make sure to leave your comment by Friday at midnight because the winner will be chosen on Saturday morning (EST) using random.org.

Now HOP ON OVER to Sharon's blog to continue playing along. All the designers will be giving away a wonderful printable stamp or cutting file from The Cutting Cafe'. Enjoy the hop and good luck to everyone who participates!!

Mom

2009-05-05T17:34:00.000-07:00

Can I start by saying that this year is simply flying by...it's mother's day this upcoming Sunday already! I love this day because we get to celebrate the most important women in our lives. My mother is such a big part of my life that I don't know what I would do without her. Soooo....I was really happy to find out that Regina had us use the 'mom' word from Beyond Birthdays along with the vase cut. I decided to make a little bag for my mom to fill up with some goodies for a trip that she is planning to Spain. I used the nut cup from TBBM and some yummy paper from a K & Company stack that I have. I used the StoryBook cart to make the scalloped circle and accent to put the word 'mom' on. I hope everyone has a beautiful Mother's Day!

Junk For Your Trunk

2009-04-21T04:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday to all! This week over at the BBTB, we were asked to use the Inch bag from TBBM with an image from PeggyLovesVintage. Make sure to go visit her site because she has some of the most amazing vintage images that you will ever see! I cut some circles out of red felt, stitched, around the window, embossed the saying onto the image, attached an eyelet and used a safety pin to attach it to the ribbon. Then I put some candy in a cellophane bag and voila! Please enjoy:

Sisters 24/7

2009-04-11T10:08:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I am so happy to say that I spent a lot of time thinking, scrapping and creating!!! This week for Regina's BBTB challenge, she had us use the 24/7 cut from Graphically Speaking. I decided to scrap pictures of my sister and I using a scrapbooking kit that I purchased from SweetArts Paperie. This kit is AMAZING; it has great papers from Cosmo Cricket, ribbons, chipboard, rub-ons, buttons, and a cute scalloped square chipboard album.

I also went over to 2 Sketches 4 You to see what wonderful sketch they had for this week since I wanted to make a double page LO. I used Laura's sketch to create it with the same yummy papers from the kit. Enjoy!!

In the kit, Krista sends some printable stamps that Regina creates and sells at The Cuttin' Cafe. They are adorable and can be used in anything!!

Happy Birthday

2009-04-05T22:15:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!! Been busy busy with wedding and baby showers but now that they are over I got some time in to do some scrapping! For Regina's challenge over at the BBTB we were to use the Happy Birthday sign from the Hello Kitty cartridge. I was rummaging through my pictures to try to find some that I could scrap and came across these that we took on my husband's birthday. The PP is from Making Memories, ribbon from CTMH. Please enjoy and I will be back soon!

Blog candy..

2009-02-08T20:46:00.001-08:00

Sharon, a very talented and wonderful person, is giving away some blog candy. Be sure to stop by her blog and see her amazing work! And play along while you are there!

New addition to the familiy...

2009-02-08T19:45:00.000-08:00

While I was MIA for a while we acquired a new addition to the family...a Weimaraner puppy. My DH has been wanting this dog for years and we finally decided to get one. His name is DASH and boy is he a handful!! All you hear us say is "Drop it, leave it, NO!, and come here". We are taking him to puppy training classes and he already knows how to sit, go down, rollover, and crawl. All I can say is that for not being a dog lover, I think I have fallen in love!!

LOVE

2009-02-08T19:28:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody!!! I am finally back...had to take some time off for work but I sure am happy to have time to scrap again! Regina's challenge over at the BBTB was to use the word LOVE cut from Home Accents in brown. The papers used were all from CTMH. I cut three strips and layered them at the top of the page. The word LOVE was cut at 61/2 and the heart to the left was cut at 6". The clear buttons are from Stampin' Up and all I did was cover them with the scraps I had from the strips. the ribbon was courtesy of TeriBeri (my darling sister-in-law...thank you!) and the pin and accent were from my stash. I hope you enjoy... :o)

Warm Winter Wishes

2008-11-19T17:53:00.000-08:00

Wow, I am so excited because it is actually CHILLY here in Miami, WOOHOO!!!! This weather is hard to come by in these parts of the woods so I am enjoying it to the fullest....bringing out my sweaters, driving with my car windows down, and digging for my Christmas decorations! Anyhoo, this week's challenge over at the BBTB was to use the tree from Stretch Your Imagination in a Christmas themed project. I used a different color scheme than the usual red and green...the base of the card is a shimmery Bazzill paper and I got the PP from my LSS (I forgot the line who carries it!) The font is Classy Charm from Scrapnfonts (I am in love with this font!). The snowflakes are cut from a Sizzix die and the ribbon is from American Crafts that my sister got me for my birthday (thanks sis!).

Haulin' the tree!!

2008-11-10T17:56:00.001-08:00

This week's challenge over at the BBTB was to use the car icon from the Mickey and Friends cartridge. I decided to make a LO for to put a picture of my husband and I picking/taking our Christmas tree home. I can't wait to go pick out our tree this year and start decorating for the holidays...it's my all-time favorite time of the year! For the LO I cut a circle from George and free handed the silver part to make it an ornament. The title was cut with All Mixed Up and the x-mas tree was cut from Christmas Cheer. Hope you enjoy!

Merry Christmas

2008-11-04T20:39:00.000-08:00

Hello to all!!! I am back from my wonderful trip to Greece (it was awesome!)...just in time to take part in the weekly challenge for the BBTB. This week ScrapnFonts sponsored our challenge and we were to use the Classy Charm fonts in our project. I created a x-mas card using the DCWV Christmas stack. The card was cut from Christmas Cheer, I used some hemp from CTMH to attach the ornament from the tag, and the ribbon/buttons are from my stash. Hope you enjoy! Please make sure to visit all the other wonderful creations at the BBTB!

Off to Greece

2008-10-15T07:57:00.000-07:00

Good morning to all! Just wanted to let you know that I will not be posting anything for the next couple of days. My husband and I are leaving to Greece today!! I wish you all well and keep creating your beautiful projects!

California Grown

2008-10-13T05:44:00.000-07:00

For this week's challenge over at the BBTB we had to use Accent 49 from Accent Essentials. I have to tell you...it was a hard cut to use!! Anyhoo, I used it in a LO California grapes. On our trip to Napa I just HAD to stop and take some pictures of the grapes (and have a handful too!) I used StoryBook for the title and the grape bunch accent was from a button pack bought at M's. Please go visit the BBTB to see all the other projects!

A Perfect Pair

2008-10-13T05:40:00.000-07:00

We had to use the pear cut from Home Accents for the BBTB challenge this week so I decided to make a LO of my husband and I at a vineyard in Napa Valley. I used SEI for the PP and cut the green background from Accent Essentials. I also used a yummy Prima flower from a kit that I had bought months ago..yay I finally got around to using it! The title is from Printing 101 and the ribbon is Offray. Enjoy and make sure to go see all the other wonderful creations at the BBTB!

Samantha is here...

2008-10-05T13:05:00.000-07:00

One of my best friends had her first baby and I offered to announce her to the world (I made her birth announcements!) I used brown cardstock and polka dot paper from DCWV. The flower was cut from Plantin Schoolbook, and the ribbon is Offray. Hope you enjoy!

Happy Birthday Banner

2008-10-03T06:00:00.001-07:00

My boss asked me to do a birthday banner for her little girl's 2nd birthday party. Her theme was cow/farm print and I looked all over for cow print cardstock but had no luck. Then I turned to fabric and found the cutest print ever!! I made the triangles from the Celebrations cart and the letters from the Storybook cart. I attached each triangle with striped Offray ribbon.

Simply Beautiful

2008-09-29T05:18:00.000-07:00

I had ordered a card kit from my friends Krista and Penny over at Sweet Arts Paperie and finally picked up from my mom's house where it had been sent! I couldn't wait to use it and figured it would be perfect for the BBTB's challenge this week to use the dress from the Dreams come true cartridge. I must give a special thakns to my friend DeeDee for sending me the cut!! The flowers are from the Brides collection at M's, the ribbon is Offray, and the pearls are from Marcella K.

Boo to you!!

2008-09-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

One of my co-workers asked me to make some invitations for a Halloween party that she is having and this is what a came up with!! I used some yummy metallic orange paper from The Paper Company. The spider web is a Cuttlebug embossing folder which I heat embossed with a Stamp-n Stuff "Marcasite" powder. The ribbon is from M's...they have the cutest Halloween ribbon now!! And the stamp is from the $1 section heat embossed with the powder "Pearlustre Carnelian". Enjoy and have a Happy Sunday!

Oriental Card and Box

2008-09-21T11:09:00.001-07:00

Well I have been pretty busy this weekend with crafting/planning/creating!! I have two very important weddings next year and I have been commissioned to make the invitation, favors, and what nots for the events. This card and matching box was for my cousin's bridal shower. We are doing it with an oriental theme and so I found this beautiful paper to make my first sample. Unfortunately we will not be using it for the party but I still wanted to post it!! The paper is from DCWV (Far east Print) I cut the box with a take out box Sizzix die. For other ideas on how to use this box go visit my wonderful DSIL, TeriBeri's blog.

New Blog Store- SweetArts Paperie

2008-09-16T08:37:00.000-07:00

Hey there! My sweet friends Krista and Penny just opened their new blog store SweetArts Paperie so please stop by and take a look. They will have wonderful kits for sale to make cards, layouts, and anything else you can put your mind to!

Picnic Sausalito Style

2008-09-08T17:20:00.000-07:00

My husband and I went to San Francisco in August for a couple of days. I LOVED everything about that city....One of the "touristy" things we did was rent bikes and cycle across the Golden Gate Bridge to the small town of Sausalito (another super cute town). After sightseeing, we bought some sandwiches and had a picnic in a park overlooking the bay. Now that's the life....:o). Anyhoo, for the BBTB challenge this week we had to use the basket cut from Doodlecharms. I hand cut the bread and added some flower brads to the basket. The title, circle, scallop edges, and flower are from Plantin Schoolbook. Hope you enjoy! To go see all the other AWESOME projects on the BBTB click here!

A Slice of Heaven

2008-08-26T05:57:00.000-07:00

When Regina over at the BBTB sent out the cut that we had to use for this week...I knew exactly what I was going to do and who it was for!!! I used the SEI stack (again!) for the actual box and Bazzill for the chocolate brown paper. I used water thread punch to scallop the edges and some liquid pearl for the dots around the edges. The title is from OA and the tag is cut with chipboard from Sizzix. And the beautiful crochet flower is from my dear friend Carole....thank you so much girl! And the ribbon is from my stash. Pease be sure to go see all the other cake boxes at BBTB...they are fabulous!! I am so proud to be on the awesome DT!

Surprise....Baby on the Way

2008-08-23T11:45:00.001-07:00

I made these 2 pages for my "friends" album. The first one of us to get pregnant was a HUGE thing and it happened earlier this year! She waited until we were all together celebrating the holidays and new year to give us the news. You can just imagine how elated we were to hear that one of OUR friends was finally preggo!! I used a fabulous paper stack I bought from SEI called Oasis. I used the Storybook cart for the first time and loved it!! All the cuts are from there except the file folder cut that is from Fabulous Finds and small flowers around journaling block that are from WIMG. The ribbon is from my stash and the brown flowers are Prima. Hope you enjoy!

Blog Candy

2008-08-11T19:16:00.000-07:00

A very talented, inspiring blogger and Design Team buddy, Enfys, is celebrating 65,000 hits on her blog and is giving away some yummy blog candy. Be sure to go on over and check out her informational and fun blog here!

I love chu

2008-08-03T18:41:00.000-07:00

This week on the BBTB blog, Regina had us use the train cut from New Arrival. I made this one page LO using PP from DCWV's Nana's Kids. I cut the heart from a Cuttlebug die and the "smoke" is actually a flower die cut from Sizzix. The "I" and "chu" is from Zooballoo and I made the photo corners free hand by cutting 2 X 2 squares. I used black Floss to connect the cabooses together. Hope you enjoy! And please make sure to go over to BBTB and take a peek at all the wonderful projects that AWESOME DT came up!

2008-07-29T07:19:00.000-07:00

I based this card on Kazan's sketch over at 2Sketches4You. My very dear friend is having a baby girl and I made her this card for her baby shower (which by the way came out beautiful and so much fun!) Her color scheme was pink and green that's why I chose those colors. I used the DCWV Nana's stack for the ladybug PP. I cut the flower and the leaf from WIMG. The stamp was from the dollar section at M's. The ribbon on the envelope is from Offray. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday

2008-07-25T14:22:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my boss' birthday and she loved it! I bought this awesome stack from Cloud 9 at J's and just HAD to use it! I used paper from M's as the base of the card, cut some chocolate brown felt free hand and sewed it onto the card. The flower came from the scrap pieces of the envelope along with the two rectangle strips which I sewed onto the felt. I used a pearl button, some stickles, computer fonts, and a chipboard heart which I cut from a Cuttlebug die.

Pool Fun

2008-07-20T12:46:00.001-07:00

For this week's challenge over at BBTB, we were to use the pound sign (#) from the George cart. I decided to scrap alot of pictures together in this LO. I used pattern paper from FLair Designs and Bazzil cardstock. The title "POOL FUN" I cut from George along with the pound sign. I stitched around the pound sign with white thread and added a ribbon, button, and some embellishments. The title from the other page, "cool in the pool" is from AMU and the round tag it's on is from Fabulous Finds. Hope you enjoy!!

Cowgirls RULE!

2008-07-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone...I know I have been MIA, but I am back!! I made this LO for Regina's challenge over at the BBTB. She asked us to use the cowgirl hat from Paper Dolls, so I rummaged through my box full o' pictures and chose this one. Tis a picture of me showing my "wild" side :o)!! I chose the colors based on a Jolee's sticker pack that I had. Hope you enjoy!

Materials used:
Title: BC
Arrows and small scallop circle on hat: AE
Cowgirl hat: Paper Dolls
Jolee's sticker pack for embellies
Stickles, rhinestones, and embroidery floss

I've been tagged!!

2008-06-24T19:08:00.000-07:00

Carole Beath from Paper Arts tagged me...so here are the rules: Answer the questions, then tag 5 or 6 of your friends. Go to their blogs and tell them they've been tagged and ask them to visit your blog for details. Here are my questions and answers:

Ten years ago: I was enjoying the summer before my junior year in high school. I decided to go to summer school for the first time ever, not because I needed to go, but because all my friends were doing it and we were all taking the same classes. So...why stay home when we could be having fun in school?

Five things to do today: Finish writing 2 reports for work that I have been putting off all night. Transfer the load of clothes from the washer to the dryer. Get things ready for tomorrow's lunch....(yes, I pack my lunch everyday, it guarantees that I eat healthier!) Read a couple more pages from the novel on my nightstand. Wait up for my hubby to get back from picking up a friend at the airport.

Snacks: Anything chocolate. I actually went to an early dinner with my hubby tonight and had the most delicious chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Yummy!

If I were (to become) a millionaire: I would pay off my house, my parents', and my in-laws' houses. Since I have a big family, I would give some money to everyone in order to help them with something. I would travel the world because that is my favorite thing to do. Definitely invest money ( I would have to talk to a professional about that because I wouldn't even know where to start!). And of course, take my friends on a small shopping spree!!

Places I have lived: Miami, Florida...born and raised!

Alright, I have shared a little bit of myself..now it's time for TeriBeri, Sonia, Regina, Krista, and Michele to share with us!

Happy Birthday

2008-06-24T18:04:00.000-07:00

Well as you can see my girlfriend was celebrating her birthday and we just had a splendid time!! We went out to a lounge in our dowtown district and had a last. Our challenge this week over at BBTB was to use the banner cut from Celebrations....and I knew exactly what I was going to use it for because I had been wanting to scrap those pictures since March! Be sure to go check out all the other creations our wonderful design team came up with!

Materials used:
PP: Basic Grey
Banner flags, tab, scalloped square, gifts, balloons: Celebrations
Title: All Mixed Up
Embroidery floss, stickles, ribbon, buttons: My Stash!

Help Me and Beach Love

2008-06-23T14:40:00.001-07:00

Hello, I know I have be MIA for a while, but things have been busy!! I took some time to scrap an album that I am doing for a cruise I went on last year. This is what I came up with...kind of simple, but at least it's a couple less pictures left to scrap!

Materials used:
PP: DCWV
Titles: Stamped and AMU
Sun: WIMG
Ribbon: Michael's
Rhinestones and stickles

A popsicle a day keeps the doctor away!

2008-06-09T13:51:00.000-07:00

Someone on our design team has been a little under the weather so I made her this card to try to cheer her up a bit and maybe feel a little better ;o)! The challenge at the BBTB was to use the popsicle cut from DC. This cut was so much fun!! I used real popsicle sticks, Offray ribbon, buttons, stickles, and some stitching. Make sure to go and check out all the other AWESOME projects the girls did over here!

Mommy to be..

2008-06-09T06:56:00.000-07:00

I just finished the card for Kazan's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You! My best friend is pregnant and her baby shower is in a couple of weeks so I figured I'd get her card done early since I will be making something crafty for her shower that will take me some time! (I will post that to show you once it's displayed!) I used the K & Co. mat stack for the PP, Offray ribbon, Marcela K pearls, flowers from my stash, and some buttons from Michael's. The typed sentiment is from the computer and I used liquid pearl and some stitching to spazz it up a bit.

Card Sketches

2008-06-06T08:57:00.000-07:00

Laura & Kazan have teamed up to create a new sketch blog 2 Sketches 4 You! They will each be posting a card sketch every week...and from what I hear there will also be fun challenges and prizes! This first card is from Laura's sketch. I used Daisy D paper, offray ribbon, WIMG for the flowers and Stampin' Up rubber stamp sentiment. I put some Swarovski rhinestones on the sentiment, liquid glassed the edges of the flower base, distressed the edges of the card and did some sewing. Enjoy!

you make me so hoppy

2008-06-02T17:41:00.000-07:00

Hello all! I have to say that I just LOVE how this LO turned out. I found this awesome paper stack at M's from S.E.I. and had to get it! And since my hubby and I were going to a wedding this past weekend...I decided to take some nice black and white pictures to make a LO of us. Our challenge this week over on the BBTB was to use the grasshopper from SYI. To get the scallops on the side I used the scallop edge on PS on the "Fit to Page" feature. I covered the cut with a green zigzag ribbon from American Crafts and put a bow on the top with some heart pins from J's. I used PS for the "you make" and cut the rectangle with edge scissors. The "me" is from a pack of Lil' Davis chipboard letter, "so" is from MM and the cute little grasshopper is from SYI. I made the flower myself using the bug and put an SEI brad in the center.

Baby Leah

2008-05-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

My very dear friend had his first baby girl. I promised him that I would make something special for his little girl Leah. I used the K & Co mat pad to create the border around the page. I cut all the pieces free hand and pieced them together the best I could. I looked through all the cartridges I had to find cherries, but had no luck...sooo, I made my own from different cuts. The stems are actually the sides of a chipboard heart that I had as a scrap piece. The baby girl outfit is from NA. I used the Fiskars water thread punch for the scallops (thanks DSIL!!) For the name I used OA and liquis glassed the shadow part. I put the finished LO into a 12 X 12 framed shadow box.

This is how the finished LO looks inside the shadow box:

Lucky U

2008-05-26T08:50:00.000-07:00

I made this card with so much LOVE! I made it for my little sister (even though she is 20) because she is going to study abroad in Seville, Spain for a month. I am soooo proud of her for making her dreams come true! The challenge for this week over on the BBTB was to use the word "Lucky" from Alphalicious. Be sure to check out all the amazing things the girls did over on the BBTB blog!

I wanted to use some fabric that I had gotten at J's so I cut a strip and stitched it onto the base of the card. I made a butterfly with WIMG, stickled it, liquid glassed the middle, and added some rhinestones. I used one of the scalloped accents from AE to give the butterfly an accent. The copper brad is from my LSS (I forgot who makes it) and the ribbon is from Sweet Sassy. I made the "U" out of fabric-covered chipboard using the Cuttlebug Red Tag. And my DSIL (thank you!) added the Swarovski crystals on the fabric piece!!! I used the recently discovered feature on my sewing machine to stitch around the front of the envelope, the word "sister" was done with AMU, and the accents are from AE.

Guess WHO loves you?

2008-05-19T16:11:00.001-07:00

I have to say this is one of the cutest cuts I've used by far!! This week over at the BBTB, Regina asked us to use the OWL cut from Happily Ever After. I decided to make a card for my hubby to remind him how much I love him! The picture distorted the colors...but the card is black and white. I used the owl cut from Happily Ever After and the stamp cut from Base Camp. The words "guess" and "WHO" are from Microsoft Word. The ribbon is Offray and the safety pin and buttons are from my stash.

Engagement party at my house!!

2008-05-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

For those of you who read my previous posts you know that I have been busy preparing for an engagement party that I hosted at my house for my cousin and her fiance. She has always wanted a beach wedding, but now that wedding plans are underway, she realized it was not going to be possible to have the wedding on the beach. So we decided to bring the beach to her for the party. And since I live close to the Florida Keys (less than 1 hour away) we drove down there and bought some real starfish and sand dollars to use as decorations! My cousin was thrilled to say the least and we all had a wonderful time! Here are some pictures of the decorations!

There's no party without you

2008-05-12T09:06:00.000-07:00

I used the same sketch for this LO. I made it for the challenge at BBTB where we had to use the wreath from JOTS. The ladies over on the site made wonderful projects using this cut, go check it out BBTB !! I haven't done a x-mas theme in a while so I was really excited...especially since I had this really good pic of my grammy. I have to say that my creative talent (if that's what you call it!) came from her because she is always inventing cute crafty ideas. This present was for a secret santa gift exchange that we had. She even put lights on the package!!!!

Materials used:
Title: OA, PP, ZB, AE
Wreath: JOTS
Rhinestones: Misc.
PP: DCWV
Ribbon: Offray

2008-05-11T18:34:00.000-07:00

Hello!! I was looking through a Scrapbook Trends magazine and found this really nice sketch to use so I gave it a try. Amazingly enough, this is the first time that I use the green/pink combination...and I LOVE it!!! I made the flowers with different with sizzix flower dies, WIMG cart, stickles, and rhinestones. (The picture in the LO actually looks alot better!)

Sonrisas Felices (Happy Smiles)

2008-05-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

I was able to finish another LO for my grammy's album. With the move at work, a party at my house this weekend, and Mother's Day on Sunday, I haven't had much time to squeeze in scrapping!

Materials used-
PP: Basic Grey
Cardstock: The Paper Company
Clear flowers: Heidi Swapp
Ribbon: Offray
Pewter bracket: Stampin' Up
Title: Plantin Schoolbook
Liquid Pearl: Petal Pink
Rhinestones, pearls, hanging tag: Misc

Nuestra Familia (Our Family)

2008-05-02T05:53:00.000-07:00

This is yet another LO I did for one of my grammy's albums. Mother's Day is right around the corner....I have to hurry!! Hope you enjoy!

Materials used:
PP- We R Memory Keepers- White Out Collection
Cardstock: DCWV
Ribbon: American Crafts
Star die cuts: Cuttlebug
Title: AMU
Scalloped edges: Accent Essentials
Journaling stamp: CTMH
Parenthesis: George

Bitten By the Bug Designer!!!!!

2008-04-27T15:24:00.001-07:00

Woohoo!!! I just went on the BBTB site and realized that I have been chosen by Regina to be on her design team. Thank you so much Regina! This has totally made my weekend! I am so excited to be part of a group of ladies with so much talent. Every week, I am anxious to look on BBTB to see the new creations. Now I can't believe that I'll be seeing mine on there too!

Celebrating Love

2008-04-22T04:19:00.000-07:00

Hello!! I am finally back...it's been a busy couple of weeks! I have been working on this LO for a while now and I finally finished it.

For Valentine's Day we go to a moonlight jazz concert at an old estate by our house. It's so much fun...you get to take your own picnic blankets, food, candles, etc and just lay out. I go with my cousins and we usually end up drinking the night away and eating some yummy crepes. And amazingly, this year we had a cold day in February here in the sunshine state!

My favorite part of the LO is the little picture book that I made...I sewed it together using a really neat scallop function on the sewing machine that I discovered! I made the tabs out of chip board and just added some sewing, rhinestones, and button. And... I finally got to use some grungeboard! I painted it brown and traced the swirl marks with stickles.

How the LO was made:
Title "Celebrating": Sizzlits alphabet and hearts- Stamped cart
Title "LOVE": Zooballoo cart
Tall flowers: Stamped cart
Chipboard and felt hearts: Cuttlebug hearts
Ribbon: American Crafts
PP: Stemma- Lots of Love
Cardstock- Bazzil Basics

Arte y Pico

2008-04-12T15:23:00.000-07:00

I was always a little hesitant about starting a blog because then I knew that I would REALLY be addicted not only to scrapbooking, but to a wonderful world of amazing people. And boy am I glad to have started it!

I opened my comments yesterday and much to my surprise I had been awarded this by Michelle! She totally made my day! Thank you sooo much Michelle, this is the first award that I have ever received! Please be sure to go check out her blog so you can see all of her amazing talent at Michelle's blog.

I now have to award this to five other people, they in turn will do the following...
1) Pick 5 blogs who deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material and also contributes to the blogging community no matter what language.

2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to the blog to be visited by everyone.

3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award .

4) Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "arte y pico" blog (linked in my title) so everyone will know the origin of this award. (Cut and paste the info into your blog to make things easier)

And the amazing blogs that I would like to award are:
TeriBeri
Regina
DeeDee
Sonia
Betty

Please make sure to visit all these ladies' blogs. You will definitely want to go back for more!

The 7 Grandkids!!

2008-04-07T16:48:00.000-07:00

This is another LO that I finished last week. It is for my maternal grandmother and it has all of her grandkids with their significant others. It's always so hard to get the whole family together that she will be thrilled to see these pictures with ALL 7 of her grandchildren!

***Behind the picture on the first page is another picture pull-out tab!

Materials used:
Cardstock: Bazzil Basics
PP: DCWV spring stack
Flowers, leaves, and butterfly: WIMG cart
Title: Lil' Davis Designs
Buttons: Walmart

"Mis Hijos" ("My Sons")

2008-04-06T15:49:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited because I finally got my computer back! I was on vacation for Spring Break and I stayed home and SCRAPPED soooo much! I was in heaven! I worked on both my grammy's albums for Mother's Day. This is one LO about my dad's mom with her 3 boys (the oldest being my Dad!) Hope you enjoy!!

Materials used:
Paper: DCWV, Bazzil Basics and I forgot to check for the PP
"mis hijos" ("my sons"): AMU
"amor eterno" ("eternal love"): Cuttlebug alphabet Red Tag
Photo corners: Jasmine
Hearts: DC cut at 1/2 inch difference
Tabs on pics: Fabulous Finds
Cuttlebug embossing folder: Swiss dots
Buttons and flowers: Misc.

Enter at your own risk

2008-04-01T14:15:00.000-07:00

I made this LO to finish scrapping my '07 Halloween pictures. The party we went to was just so much fun!! We had to use the sign cut from George cartridge for the BBTB challenge ....and this was my take on it! Make sure to go and check out all the awesome projects all those talented ladies made http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/.

Materials used:

Sign (George cartridge)
"Enter at your own risk" and tag (Stamped cartridge)
Spider, web, bat, skeleton, pumpkin (Paper Dolls cartridge)
Scalloped edges (Accent Essentials cartridge)
Corners (Jasmine cartridge)
Scrapper's Floss
Ribbon and stickles

2008-03-26T18:33:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to scrap these pictures for a while now....I had to take care of my nephew, Dylan, one day and it happened to be only his second time eating baby food. I knew they'd be some fun pictures to scrap! So here it is...hope you enjoy!

Materials:
Title- "Yummy baby food": Zoobaloo
Patterned Paper from LSS
Buttons: Misc
Journaling: computer font

Thinking of you

2008-03-23T19:35:00.000-07:00

My aunt just had back surgery to remove a tumor that was wrapped around her spinal cord. Fortunately, it was benign and her recovery has been incredible! Her birthday is coming and I decided to make her something special. So I made her card for Regina's challenge over on the BBTB. http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/ She wanted us to use the tall ball grass from the Doodlecharms cart. With that said, here is my card!

One little thing....I made the fabric flower on this card myself! Thanks DSIL for the idea! I had been dying to make my own flower using the fabric and this was the perfect project to use it on.

Materials used-

Cardstock and PP: DCWV
Ribbon: Offray
Button: Walmart
Stickles and embroidery floss

Inspire....Bunny card

2008-03-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

Regina had us use the bunny from Doodlecharms for this week’s challenge. I knew exactly what I was going to do and who it was going to be for! I made a card for a very special person who truly is an inspiration to me.

I had been dying to use embroidery on something so I bought the CutterBee Piercing Bugs and some thread and got to work! I love those little tools, I can’t wait to use them on other things! I also used acetate paper and stamped the inside of the card with the actual stamp because I wanted to incorporate it in my writing. And of course, the card needed an envelope to go with it so I used some more embroidery on that as well!

Materials used:

Cardstock: Color Mates
Patterned paper: DCWV (Spring Stack….it’s awesome this year!)
Bunny paper: DCWV Glitter mini Spring Stack
Stamp: CTMH
Embroidery thread, ribbon, and felt for paws: Michael’s

Original Country Style

2008-03-10T18:27:00.000-07:00

Hey ya’ll! Regina’s challenge over at BBTB was to use the “Original” from PP….so I decided to put my Halloween pictures into a LO ( I did it mostly for my hubbie, because that has been his favorite Halloween ever!). If he could, he would move to a ranch in Montana, ride his horses everyday, sing sappy country love songs, and chew tobacco like the good ol’ boys!

Materials used:
Bandana fabric and brown fringe- Walmart
Bandana paper- Karen Foster
Print paper- Flair Designs
Cowboy- Paper dolls
"Country"- Sizzlets alphabet (I forgot the name)
"C": I stitched the fabric together and made it myself!

2008-03-03T09:53:00.000-08:00

I am sooooo excited because I have been asked by Regina (thank you, it’s been an honor) to be a guest designer over on her blog http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/! The first challenge of the month was to use the crown from the Happily Ever After cartridge. I decided to do another page for one of my grandmothers’ album. The writing is in Spanish but I’ll summarize in a nutshell: My grandmother always says that I am her precious jewels. She calls me her diamond, her pearl, her ruby, and her emerald. So I decided to make a page telling her that in truth, she is my jewels.

Materials used
Scalloped square: Accent Essentials cart
Rhinestones: misc
Ribbon: American Crafts
Stars: Sizzix
Chipboard
Patterned paper: Basic Grey

The Gift of Friendship

2008-03-02T17:25:00.000-08:00

This is the card I made for Regina's Shape Contest a couple of weeks back. I was a joint winner for first place!!!

Ever since we graduated high school, my friends and I have really tried to stay close and hang out every chance we get. Lately we have been calling these gatherings our "Gift of friendship". It just so happens to be that we had met the weekend prior to the contest and so I decided to make a card for the hostess, my best friend. I hope you enjoy!

Present: CC at 8 1/2
Patterned paper: DCWV
Ribbon: Offray
Jumbo eyelets: Offray
Flower: PS 2"
Ribbon on present: CC 6"
Tag: Sizzix
Black string: Scrapper's Floss

The Beat of My Heart

2008-03-02T15:43:00.001-08:00

Betty was hosting a challenge over on her blog a couple of weeks ago and this was my entry. I made the card for my husband for Valentine's Day.

I sanded the edges of the heart, stickled the word love, and put a rhinestone on the "o" in "boy". The arrow and the tag have liquid glass. And I tried to use as many different carts as I could!

Heart and “you”: Plantin Schoolbook
“R”: Stamped
“OF”: Beyond Birthdays (Laugh Often)
“my”: Opposites Attract
Arrow: Accent Essentials
Rhinestones: Precious Finds
Ribbon: American Crafts Stickles

Mother

2008-03-02T15:23:00.000-08:00

I am making an album for each of my grandmothers for mother's day. So...I will be posting each layout as I finish. This is one that I completed that has and will have more pictures of my mom and her sisters. This is the first time that I have ever done anything with older pictures and I'm really excited. Unfortunately, when my parents came to Miami as exiles, they were forced to leave everything behind. Therefore, we treasure every picture that is from long ago.

I was able to find some paper with spanish print from Spanish Memories.com along with the sticker embellishments.

Frame: Accent Essentials
Ribbon: American Crafts
Silf flowers: Walmart
Stickles
Cuttlebug embossing folder for middle of flower: Bubbles

Live, Love, Laugh

2008-02-17T17:24:00.000-08:00

My sister's friend (20 years old) was diagnosed with cancer during the holidays and he underwent his first chemo therapy this past weekend. She asked me to make a card for him and her only request was that I used the 3 words: live, love, and laugh. The rest was up to me!

Materials used:

Letters: AMU
Cardstock for letters: DCWV
Liquid glass from CTMH for letters
Ribbon: Offray
Stickles: black dots on each rectangle
Misc: rhinestones, thread

Tinkerbell Birthday Card

2008-02-17T15:44:00.000-08:00

I made this card for my cousin's daughter who turned two today. Her birthday theme was Tinkerbell so of course, I made her a Tinkerbell card! Hope you enjoy!

I made the envelope myself because I could not get the Expression to make an envelope big enough for the card.

Materials used: Card was cut from New Arrival at "Fit to Page" (11 1/2)
Star sparkle paper: EK Success (Thank you DSIL)
Cardstock: Basill Basics
Ribbon: CTMH
Tinkerbell and butterflies: Jolee's Boutique
Flowers: SF cartridge Star and "2": PS
Misc: Stickles, floss, safety pin, thread