Merry Christmas

Hello! I made our Christmas cards three days ago. Before I started them, I went to the craft store with something in mind but, as always I changed my original idea while I was looking around . I bought a patterned paper with lots of fun trees. I thought it would be perfect to use it as a background, and make a big tree as the focal point.  Today, I am posting a card, with two different looks . The first one I made to participate on Cards Blog Weekly Challenge, and I used felt to make the tree. Because I was short of time , and I had to make more than one I made a second version. This one was very easy to make, and actually is the design I used for our Christmas cards.  Please check them out:

First version:

Second version:

Supplies:
Card stock: The Paper Company •
Patterned Paper:  The Paper Studio •
Stamps: Hero Arts (sentiment) •
Ink:  Memento (Rich Cocoa dye ink) •
Tools: Silhouette (tree#2) • Sewing Machine (stitching)
Other: 3M (foam tape) • Bobbin Ribbon • gems • Felt (tree#1) • glitter (tree#1)•

Thank you for stopping by Have a great Holiday Season!

A Card for RSCC#20 & LCC#2

Hi there! I am kind of overwhelmed with so many things I still have to do this week. We will be traveling to Mexico to spend Christmas with my parents, and even though I like to travel, I alway get nervous. By the way, my mom is feeling better now . Trying to gain some time of the few days I have before our trip,  I made a card for two challenges. One of them is Raspberry Suite Color Challenge#20, and the other one is Lucy’s Cards Challenge#2. I Used the colors from the first challenge (rust, light aqua, cream, chocolate and Kraft), and the concept (wings and strings) from the second one. Please take a look:

Supplies:
Card stock: Bazzil • The Paper Company •
Ink: Versamak • Memento (Rich Cocoa dye ink) • StazOn (timber brown) •
Stamps: Hero Arts (Cling Butterfly) (sentiment) • Stampabilities (faded text background) •
Tools: Cuttlebug • Cuttlebug (D’Vine Swirl embossing folder) • Sewing Machine (stitching) •
Other: Pearls • 3M foam tape • Stamp n Stuff (embossing powder) • Wire • Bobbin Ribbon • twine • Grafix clear plastic •

Thanks for stopping by Have a great day!

A Sneak Peek Card

Hi! Today I am sharing a card I made for the weekly challenge over at Hero Arts Blog. The challenge consists of making a project inspired by one of the sneak peeks of the 2010 Catalog that is coming out on Dec 18th . My little card was inspired by the colors used in Sneak Peek # 9 . Of course I used Hero Arts stamps!!! Please check it out:

Supplies:
Card stock: The Paper Company  • Bazzill •
Stamps: Hero Arts (bird, flowers, sentiment) •
Ink:  Memento (black dye ink) • Versamark •
Tools: • Cuttlebug machine •
Other: 3M (foam tape) • Cuttlebug (Distressed Stripes embossing folder) • gems • Glaze pens • Ribbon Trends •

Thanks for visiting!  Thanks for your comments!

Right Outside My Window

Hi. This morning I took some pictures of the little visitors we have everyday. We always have seeds for them, specially when days like today are very cold (-17ºF including the wind chill factor).  From time to time they let me take pictures of them:

The male is kind of shy. I had to wait  a while for this shot. It is so cold outside, that they cover their tiny feet with their bodies.

The females, as good girls… they love to be photographed

Thanks for stopping by Have a great day!

Besides Making Fried Chicken Tacos

Hi there! The first thing I thought when I checked out the latest EBTKS Around the House Challenge was that I was going to skip it .  For this challenge you have to use toothpicks, and other than using them to make fried chicken tacos for my kids… I don’t use them very often, and on a card…ummm… never before.

Some times I think that the shower besides having water flowing through tiny holes… it also pours out ideas . The other day, while I was taking a shower … ka-ching!!!!…A couple of ideas came to my mind. How cool is that? They said toothpicks,  but they did not say how many, right? Well, this is the idea I decided to make using two toothpicks:

I used my MATRYOSHKA doll from this card… and I gave her a make over …something similar to a plastic surgery . I know, I know… she gained some weight, but I thought she looks cuter with some extra pounds…LOL… I am not very sure if she is a chinese or a japanese doll… I guess she just has an oriental look! …LOL… What do you think?

Supplies:
Card stock: The Paper Company  • Bazzill •
Patterned Paper:  The Paper Studio •
Stamps: Hero Arts (sentiment) •
Ink:  Colorbox (black) •
Tools: Silhouette (doll) • Cuttlebug (D’Vine Swirl embossing folder) • Fiskars (apron lace border punch) •
Other: All Night Media (pop dots) • American Crafts (ribbon) • Stamp n Stuff (clear embossing powder) • Prima (flower) • gems • beads • toothpicks •

Thanks for visiting . Have a great day!

A Card for MFW: Tuesday Trigger

Hi there! I made a card to play along on this week’s Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World. The inspiration image is a  fun Reindeer Platter, and you can check it out  here.  This is the card I created:

Supplies:
Card stock: The Paper Company  • Bazzill •
Stamps: Hero Arts (tree, reindeer, sentiment)•
Ink:  Colorbox (black pigment ink) • Versamark •
Tools: • Cuttlebug machine • Quickutz (nesting squares) •  Sewing Machine (stitching) •
Other: 3M (foam tape) • Stamp n Stuff (clear  and white embossing powder) • Cuttlebug (Snowflakes embossing folder) • gems •

Thanks for visiting! Thanks for your comments!

Did somebody say “Blog Candy”?… Where?

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to tell you about this: Jennifer Biederman is generouly giving away some yummy blog candy to one lucky person . Please head on over to Jenn’s blog by clicking on the image below,  and while you are there, please check out  her wonderful work. Thanks Jenn for the chance to win!

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Thank You!

Hello everyone. Lately, my blog has been receiving lots of visits. So I need to say THANKS to ALL of  YOU who have…

… visited my blog constantly
… mentioned my work on their blogs
… left me a sweet comment
… added me on their Google Reader
… bookmarked my blog
… added my blog to their inspiration blog list.
… visited for the first time.

I hope I am not forgetting anyone . You have to know that I really, really appreciate all that . Well, today I am sharing a Thank You card, and I made it inspired by  Embellish Leaves, Acorns and Pine Cones Color Challenge , and the  fun sketch from CPS144:

Supplies:
Card stock: The Paper Company  • Bazzill •
Stamps: Hero Arts (Happy Thanksgiving)  (sentiment)•
Ink:  Stampabilities (brown pigment ink) • Versamark •
Tools: • Cuttlebug machine • Quickutz (nesting circles) • Score-Pal •
Other: 3M (foam tape) • Stamp n Stuff (clear embossing powder) • gems.

Thanks for visiting  Have a great weekend!

Christmas Tags

Hi! Today I am posting some Christmas tags I made for my gifts. Because I had to make a bunch of them, and lately, I am kind of short of time,  I thought the tags should be easy to make I got the inspiration from Nicole Heady’s bird house ornament from last year Trim the Tree Challenge. You can check out her beautiful design here. Well, at that point I knew I wanted to make bird houses as tags, but I needed to make a few. For that reason, I used my computer to make an easy design, I cut it out several times with my Silhouette using different colors of card stock, and then, using stamps, a circle punch, glue, twine, buttons and gems… fiu!.. I finished them . Please take a look:

The button on the top helps to keep the tag closed.

Thanks for peeking Have a wonderful day!

One Card for Two Challenges

Hello everyone! This it has been a long weekend, so far, nice and tranquil. We never go shopping on Black Friday, so we stayed home But as usual, I could not be far away from my computer, and my scrapy-table I made some time yesterday to make a card for two challenges. One of them is over at Moxie Fab World, and is called Christmas in the World Country World Challenge . The other one is the first color challenge on Lucy’s Blog . I had the main idea from one of the beautiful images that Cath shared on Moxie Fab, and the color combo from Lucy’s blog. Here is what I came up with:

Supplies:
Card stock: The Paper Company (Kraft) • Bazzill •
Patterned Paper:  Kraft White Lattice •
Stamps: Hero Arts (snowflake) • Martha Stewart (sentiment)•
Ink:  Colorbox (Robin’s Egg) •
Tools: Silhouette (doll) • Sewing Machine (stitching)
Other: All Night Media (pop dots) • Cuttlebug (Swiss Dots embossing folder) • Offray (ribbon) • Stamp n Stuff (white embossing powder) •

Thanks for visiting Have a great rest of the weekend!