Birthday Challenge

Yes, it is my birthday today! Spending it at home. Yesterday, I was checking Lindsay's blog and found she has this 3 challenges, you can participate in one or all three . You can click here to check for more info.

On the first card I made it for the challenge # 1 Technique: Where I am try to keep stamps and embellishments short by not stamping at all . I was inspired by a great artist paper in Etsy. I used a paper piercing and as letter molds I used Chipboard Alphabet from Jo-Ann Scrap Essentials. It was easy and therapeutic.

just a different view of the same card.

This card, I made for Challenge # 2 Color: Making a card with none Christmasy colors!? Holy cow! Well, I did my best and I think I pull it off. Let me think, for this one I used a lot of tiny little things specially color. I used all Stampin Up colors from the Bold brights set of ink pads ( Tempting turquoise, Orchid Opulence, Yoyo Yellow) I usedPunch Pals stamp set, Bassil purplish cardstock and my mind's eye designer paper. Ufff... I think I got them all. If you have any questions about any of the materials please let me know!

I have made other Christmas cards but I have always used, you kow the regular colors, greens and reds, etc. I like how this one turned out, what do you think? Do you think you can make a Christmas card with non-traditional colors? Give it a try!

This is the inside of the card. Enjoy it and don't forget to let me know what you think.

In the mean time, I am going to keep making some more cards or even better I will keep checking blogs for ideas!

Hugs!

An 8 year Old Girly Card

Not much hapening this week, after being on a great Hike in Merida. I wanted to also show a card I made before traveling.

It was made for an 7 year girly girl who was turning 8. I loved covering the chipboard I need to get better files to give them a better finish. I used a regular small file and I was soooooo tempted to use embossing powder... (sigh) didn't have the time and I thought it would have riund the kind of vintage look of it.

Anyway, here it is. I used DCWV paper and My mind's eye paper. I enjoyed using Best ocassion chipboard punched board, I loved using 2 way glue, Defining Alphabet, Wood Stamps from the paper studio/stampabiities.

Hope you like it and hope you enjoy it!

Kristina Werner Color Inspiration # 27

I have not been very inspired lately! I keep looking at gorgeous card makers, I am soooooooo impress with everything they create and then I checked on Kristina's blog and there it was, a Color Inpsiration, I am a bit sad there isn't going to be Top Ten but instead, we get something greater not only we can check each other's submissions but also get Blog Candies... yummmmmy! and so here are the colors for this week and my submissions.

Babies! How cute they are!!!! I keep making baby cards for invitations or just for congratulations. This one is for a baby girl.

Yes, This one was inspire in one of the soooo many Cards Kristina made some time ago! I looooooved that card and so I decided to give it a try. It is definitely not as super dupper cute as hers but I still think it is cute what do you guys think?

This one I have made taking the template from the card I posted some time ago. I couldn't help but adding a brown ribbon and make it yummy. You can also see the tiny little line I was going to use to add a message but I just didn't think it would look very good. Pretty simple yet again cute!

Hope you like them and help you get inspired to keep creating.

Sweet Tooth!?

I admit it! I do have a sweet tooth. I need to have something sweet everyday a cookie, a cup cake, crakers and yam... anything sweet but I think this time it isn't going to be just sweet it will be RICH!!! uhmmm... check out Julie's blog: Scrapping away She has this great Blog Candy giveaway!

Click here if you are in the mood for something sweet and super crafty!

See yah!

Baby Shower

Hello everyone!

A lot of the poeple I know are having babies or getting pregnant! I am wondering if it is contagious hehehe not that I don't ever want to have kids but not just yet... Anyway here are some examples of Baby Shower Cards!

These are postcard-like invitation. Used SU stamps and colors, 220 gr. white paper base, vellum printed, an My mind's eye.

The birdie on this card I made my self I wihs I have a cuttlebug ( sniff sniff).

So here they are, what do you think? does it make you want to have a baby!? hehehe... look away then! ehejeje

Have a good one!

World Card Making Day!!!!!

Did you know there was a worldwide card making day? there IS one!!! and there soooooo many people in the world celebrating for a whole week!!!

wanted to be part of it no matter what! So I went to my most visited blogs and kept checking and learning from their cards, videos and most important.. their Giveaways!!! amazing things were given away!!! I wanted them all!!!! But there were sooooo many people participating that I was just a drop in a huge sea! I tried it alll week long... posting here, posting there, things were given away and none was for me.... Until today when I got back from work.. Ta daaaaaa!!!! I wan one!!! super 25$ GC from 2Peas from Jana Millen!! I love Jana and all of her creations! I also loooooooooooove 2 Peas in a Bucket!!!!

(Sigh) Doesn't it feel great to win something!? even if your card gets picked among almost 200 submissions...that is why I loooove Kristina Werner Color Challenges. It is feeling your blood running and your heart pumping!!!... I know I am exaggerating, but I am sure you agree with me when I say that it feels great and it is an honor to be picked as a winner designer of a great card!

LOOOOVE IT!Okay I am off to 2Peas and see what I can get for 25 sweet $! Posting new cards later! I wish I could get a bigger logo! Do yo know how? please let me know!

Hugssssssssssssss!

Congratulations You Have Had a Few Baby Cards

I was very productive today, an the whole weekend, not only took care of couple of things at home but was also bursting with creativity. well, not really it took e a while to came up with two baby cards, but here is the other one I made today.

I was sooo happy I had to take a pic and post it. I will change it tomorrow morning!

I am very happy that baby cards does not feel as difficult anymore, after making the second one.

For this one I used SU punch, Fast Note stamps set, Tempting Turquoise ink pad, I have also used Congratulation stamp from stampabilities and Stabilo fine marker (0.4), the design paper. I am not sure who's because this paper and a bunch more I bought it used!

I really loooove the color combination, the window and the ribbon which I don't use often. Very lovely card. Do you think it is lovely too? hehehe I know I have to learn to be more humble hehehe. Still let me know!

Hugs!

So Very Difficult

Hello there!

Sorry I have been absent for a few days, actually I think it was the whole week or at least that is how it feels.

I have been trying to make baby cards, you know, happy new baby, welcome little one, etc. I just find out it is not easy! at least not for me, so I have been around checking people's work on baby cards and some of them have inspired me but I came up with my own design. So.. here it is:

For this card I used: Stamping up colors (Chocolate chip, Positively pink) also SU rubber stamp from the So Very set. Gross grain ribbon, some old book pages for the scallop on the left and a bit to stamp "sweet" trying to make it look vintage!

What do you guys think? Any suggestions? I will take them!Hope you like it, enjoy it and inspire you! See yah. I will be back soon with more baby cards.

Business Cards

So, after Kristina's Color Inspiration I started to think in a design for my business cards. It was not easy, I was actually thinking about just take the logo and the info and get them done somewhere, but then my HH (Handsome Husband) mentioned wouldn't they be better if you make them yourself? I mean you are a paper crafter and have good ideas sure will come up with something.

I said to myself "DUHHHH". Of course I should!!! So after thinking, trials and errors I came up with an original design for my business cards. Check them out!!!

I made them with leftover papers I had from other projects, I think I gave them good use. I made these cards with different paper design on both sides. I made sure they would go together or contrast nicely.

Also after reading and trying so many ways to glue the vellum paper... I decided I would go with the UHU glue stick and use it in very small quantities. Paper is from My minds eye and DCWV. I thought about adding on tiny embellishments but... I was worried it would have been too much and it would not fit in people's wallet or whatever. So I thought about some cute little holes and it looks nice!

What do you think?

Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration # 23

Here we go again!! Lovely Autumn colors

I know I have posted a card for today but you tell me... who can resist one of Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration? I had to participate specially because of the colors!!! they are very Autumnmy! ( does that word exists?) anyway.... I found this pattern on Paper Craft Magazine it is a design from Wendy Sue Anderson and I knew it would go perfect with these colors! So here it is.

It is as usual a very simple card, I meant to write " Gobble til you Wobble" but I wasn't sure and I was afraid it was not going to look so good. Anyway, I hope you like it and enjoy it!

Three Little Hearts

So I've had this idea in my mind for such a long time... but then again, I was thinking it would be a very-busy-looking card, with so many things in it: textures, windows, faux embossing, water mark with Versamark, etc... ahhhhhh but I think that is what I like about it.

Please take a look and let me know what you think!

Ahhhhh, I really like it! I almost forget to mention that this card and the little windows are inspired by Kristina's videos... she made something like this but with cupcakes. Thanks Kristina!!!!!!

Love in Black and White

I hope I am not getting you all bored with my updates on cards specially about love cards! hehehe...

I made this one thinking on making something really simple. It takes a while to get it done cause as you can see it has 6 different stamps from the Little Pieces set from SU. But since I love stamping I don't really care hehehe... what do you guys think?

Great Dinner, Awsome Chutney

Hello there!
Do you guys remember I was soooo proud of my crystallized ginger the other day? Well, I used part of it to make Mango Chutney for an Indian Dinner we were going to host just for another couple friend of us.

I prepared the Chutney the afternoon before and it turned out great. I wish I took pics of everything I prepared for that dinner.

Of course, there is always something that doesn't go as planned, right? There was so much food on our small table and everything looked sooo good and smells blended in so deliciously that I forgot to take out the chutney... I was going to cry next day when I was doing the dishes... and remembered.. But we had left overs and decided to give it a try.... Ohhhhh....you guys have no idea..... It was glorious!! what a fab lunch I had! Anyway, this is the pic I took of the chutney when I finished preparing it, it was hot so I am holding it with a towel I love the colors!

Do you guys have a favorite kind of food? I love Indian, Japanese, Thai and Venezuelan of course.

Be back with a card I am making!
Hugs!

Kristina Color Inspiration #22

These are some amazing Color Kristina has introduced us to, ah? After checking some of the creations I have to say I am glad I am not the only one having a hard time putting these colors together and it was soooo hard I only used two colors.

Lately I have been all about windows hehehe... so here it is ... well uhmmm.... it is not a window, well sort of uhmmm. I am not sure what do you guys would say it is!?

just used 200gr. weight Mavi Card stock, SU colors and Fast Notes stam set from SU. Super simple design, two cool colors, one great stamp, that was my entry, what do you guys think?

Something Different

Hello you guys,

I have had tons of free time and between getting cards made and other things, I have been cooking a lot for the past few days.

I come from a family of great cooks, not famous but with great hands for cooking, buenas manos para la cocina, meaning good at seasoning and putting things together and make them work, cooking without measurements and adding things to the eye.

I remember telling my mom I wanted to become a chef when I grew up and even though I am not a chef I love cooking. Anyway, today I was preparing Mango Chutney to eat with super YUMMY Indian food we prepare at home. The recipe requires crystallized ginger and I had to make it from scratch (I don't think I could find it here and if I did I wouldn't buy something I can make myself.) I was so proud of it and how it turned out that I decided it would be a great pic and that I should share it here with you.

Here it is:

From this very fresh root of ginger to this scrumptious preserved:



I am not very good at taking pics but I really like this one!

So I didn't know how to make crystallized ginger before so I looked it up on the Internet and HERE is the link to the recipe.

I am not as good as my mom or my aunts about eye measuring hehehe... specially if it has to do with things I don't do often!

This is not only easy but super simple, you can use ginger in this form, for sooo many recipes or even eat it as candy it is really good. Can you tell I really like ginger? hehehe!!!

See yah!

Now... a birthday card!

So... liking the window sooo very much I am posting these birthday cards, but before I want you to look at the inside of the Window Christmas card, just because I was asked about it at SCS and so I thought... uhmmmm maybe I should show it here too... so take a look:

Sorry I don't have a better picture of the inside of this card but it gives you an idea, right? anyway...what do you think?

And here are the Birthday cards:

I used My minds eye paper. I am sorry I keep using it. I just really like it. I used SU stamps and inks! ( I heard you can now place your order online now, how dangerous is that? hehehe... so... uhmmm. I think I went very simply on these ones!

So, What do you guys think? Working on more "love" cards! I will show you soon, probably tomorrow afternoon.

Early Christmas Cards

Good day, Creative People, I made this cards not too long ago and decided I should share them with you since I keep pulling them out and look at them and actually play with them. I am posting all three separate because I love them soo much.

So I used My minds eye paper, Punch Pal Stampin Up set along with the earth colors ink pads from the same company. I loooooove the way it turn out this card and most of all I love the window hehehe. I am sure you have noticed that from the previous post, hehehehe.

Same materials on this card except for the design paper! Don't you love these little fellas?! This set and this penguin was the first stamp I got to use, just one of the some I got this past Summer.

This one right here!!! Is my favorite ever. Can you see the round decoration? it spins!!! yes it does, back and forth!!!!!!! I really like it!

All these card were inspired by the members of the galleries on SCS to whom I want to give tons of Thanks for sharing all your wonderful work, but this one I saw it in You tube. I was looking for the person responsible of my inspiration but can't find it now, I guess it was one of those things you go through, look, enjoy, learn from and don't ever tag or add to your favorites.

I am right now working on other and may post them soon!

So, these are my Early Christmas cards, what do you think?

P.S. I just found the video in YouTube, hehehe, it is not mine so I don't think I can post it here but... I can tell you the video is called: Owl Spinner Card. Enjoy it! I wish I could see all your creations!

Later!!!

Hugs and Kisses

Happy Sunday guys!

So I keep having ideas for cards and different sentiments with the exception of keep using this sketch that I loooooove so much. What are your feelings about windows in a card? I am in love with it and last night I stayed up and worked on this card. What do you guys think?

For this card I have used Painted Garden Stampin Up set. I really like it. Ruby Red stamping pad, Defining Alphabet Stamping up set, Versamark and clear embossing powder, design paper from My mind's Eye. BTW, I am so in love with this paper I am using it in all the cards I have been making!

I had such a hard time about picking a pic that I had to post both! hehehe.

So I hope this inspires you, can't wait to hear your opinion about this one. Enjoy!!!