WITCHY--- A BITTEN BY THE BUG CHALLENGE

HELLO

i have a new BLOG BUTTON not made by me this time, lol. i had chris from http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/p/custom-blog-info.html made it for me. hopefully, you pay her a visit and see how beautiful her work is and how beautiful she can make your blog for a super very reasonable price. i did not want a blog makeover because i like to change things around a lot, but i did want a button that i can always use and that you can grab if you want to.

anyhow, this week at the Bitten by the Bug, we are working with a frog from create a critter, page #24.

let's play along!

this is my project using the cute froggie.

since the witches have already getting ready for their day, i wanted to make my frog fit for the occasion.

Witchy
3.5" x 6"
you might ask what kind of envelopes i use for these sizes...well, with the gypsy, i can maneuver the envelopes in some cartridges and customize them for my cards. ;D

purple is always so hard for me to photograph well, :(
the witchy epoxy circle just added the perfect touch for the spot and, gave me a name for the card. on the back, i just hot glued a piece of black dyed bias ribbon.
the spider web on the left is from october 31st, image #8 on the overlay and,
flipped to fit on the left side of my card. some of the web is behind the background paper.

this cardstock i used for the frog it was a plain cardstock which i stamped with purple ink to give it some substance. i am trying to play more with my stamps and this is a pretty example of what you can do with stamping.
the green bat on her necklace is the negative of a paper punch, i covered it with glossy accents for a bit more of bling.

the fancy right edge border is another paper punch from fiskars, and the orange and black beads i purchased on clearance last year after halloween for this halloween...thrifty/frugal/cheap/smart???...
whatever you want to call me, lol

this is the final card. i just love it so much and i hope you do too and give you a push to participate in this week challenge at Bitten by the Bug.

thanks so much for stopping by 

and, next week is my turn to choose the image you will be working on the challenge. yay! you do not want to miss it, lol.

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NOW...it is my pleasure to announce the winner of last week Bitten by the Bug hop. 
below is a reminder of the rules for the giveaway:

"i have a small giveaway and i will use random.org to choose for me.
you will have three days to claim your prize.

***the small print says you must participate in this BBTB challenge to be able to add your name for my giveaway".

ok, i just had three entries and instead of using random i decided i will choose it myself. The winner is Diana L. she is one of my faithful followers. 
sometimes it does pays to be a follower uh?, lol.
Thanks Diana for being such a sweet friend.
contact me and let me know your addy. we all have so many supplies but when you email me i will ask if you have this or not :D

a BIG thank you to Katieo and Sue for stopping by and also for participating on the wheelbarrow challenge at the BBTB2. anothe HUGE thank you for my other friends who stopped by to comment on my project even they did not have time to participate in the challenge. know that i always read your comments and they really fuel me to keep blogging. :P
XOXO

love you all!

MY PINK STAMPER DESIGN TEAM MONTHLY PROJECT

 today is our monthly design team project for 

my pink stamper. we are using a stamp from the latest release. you can see them all HERE. they are worth the click, trust me!

i decided to use the yummy-licious one for my project.

Welcome

it is a tag

(we are getting a new neighbor on our street and this gorgeous tag will go along some yummy cookies)

i keep using some of the papers i found in my stash. they are so beautiful!

the house is from kate's abc's, image #26 on the overlay and cut at 1.96 x 2.92". i had to manipulated a bit to fit on my skinny tag. i cut it multiple times to get that thickness i am trying to get you to try. :P i am liking it a lot. 

the tree is from every day pop up cards: image #14 on the overlay and adjusted again to fit my tag. the tree dimensions are: 1.5 x 4".

i inked everything of course, lol and attached that twine with a tiny jewelry finding i smashed a bit to fit ;P

the flowers below the house windows are from the first stamp set  i received from my pink stamper: the awesome "simply sweet occasions".  when i lost the "hi" one from this set and i was devastated, :(

anyway, i stamped the flowers on a mat border i cut from paper doll dress up. the image/mat i used for the  "welcome" 

is from gypsy wanderings.

please stop at robyn's blog (My Pink Stamper) to see what my darling team mates have made with their stamps. i bet you you will be having a feast.

thanks you so much for stopping!

JUST ADD WATER...

in my To Do List i have a few Thank You cards i have to make but i haven't have time. my days haven't been too sunny lately but i am trying a new medicine starting today and i am hoping it works better or at least lasts longer.

anyhow, i made one of those thank you cards today, and it is going overseas.

 

Just Add Water...

4" x 6"

i do not know why i am liking the thickness on the cuts lately, but i cut 4 layers of the white cardstock for this card. it is a 110lbs. cardstock so it is not flimsy at all. i am just liking the look right now, maybe i change my likes next month, lol.

the stamp is from My Pink Stamper latest release and is called: Yummy-licious. well, flowers are yummy-licious too and i decided to use one of those stamps from my image.

the cut is from Everyday Pop Up Cards (cricut cartridge of course), image #3 on the overlay and page #23 on the handbook. i cut all its layers too.

a close-up of the flower. loving the texture on that paper.

this is another sentiment from the yummy-licious set and i stamped it on the inside.

 i used the Font-abulous set for the shipping envelope

----the bad stamping was my fault, not the stamps fault, i was in a hurry :(----

well, one card to go....many more to make :P

remember you can click on the pics for zooming and you can click on any of the links to go to My Pink Stamper site---even this one,  :)

Big Hugs to all!

NOTES...A BIND IT ALL PROJECT

this is a BIA (Bind It All) project. a small notebook for a young friend friend of my son. T will be going to Connecticut to study theater/film production. she is very smart and already wrote, directed and produced a small play while in high school. T also assisted on the production of Lil' Abner, where my son played Abner.

Notes

5.25 x 3.25

NOTES were stamped with the Font-abulous clear stamp set from My Pink Stamper. the theater faces (sometimes called (Comedy and Tragedy) are from Locker Talk---image #24 with all its layers.

the ticket border is from K&CO. and the faces were stamped with an inkadinkado stamp set i own.

another view so you noticed the thickness of the notebook and the faces. i used modge podge to adhere the paper to a very thick chipboard.

this is how your BIA wires should look when closed. i still can't get a perfect "O" but i am getting much better. i really do not think you can get a perfect "O" but i keep trying. :P

T school colors are red, black and white.

thanks for stopping by and i hope this project reminds you of the dusty BIA in your closet. hehe

(that is where i found mine--LOL)

love you all and have a fab day!

DON'T EAT THESE!

HELLO

this is my second project for the 

Bitten by the Bug 

Design Team

  this week we had to work with the

Paper Dolls Dress Up- and use the pie from page #63,

using shift lock and accessories 2. 

Do you know how many cute images and what a variety of items you can find in this cartridge? it is amazing.

i had also received some new stamps from My Pink Stamper and one of them was 

"SPOOK-ALICIOUS"

from her latest release, and since i totally fell in love with all the sentiments i rapidly developed the urge/itch to use one for this pie. :P

Don't Eat These!

3.5" high

aren't they cute? the cutest ever if you ask me :) and you can find the spider stamp on the same "spook-alicious" set. those adorable spiders were coated with gunmetal stickles.

here you can see the "don't eat these! stamp sentiment. i think is super cute and together with the spider one i thought it would be a "killer" for the BBTB2 challenge---hehe

 to hold the warning sign i used two bronze brads and,

a bit of diamond dust for a nice toxic sugar coating-hee hee!

the patterned papers are so old i will let you recognize them.

if you are up to a fun challenge, please stop at

and play along with us.

(click on their logo to go to take a peak)

my team mates went "out and about" on this challenge and i believe their pies are not as poisonous as mine--hee-hee!

love u all!

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Daily Life: i can't believe is almost school time to remind us autumn is just around the corner with all its fabulous colors and harvesting. i won't be harvesting but "seeding" my son in Boston at the end of the month--:(

BUT, on the sunny side of this matter, we found an awesome scrapbooking store in Conn. when coming back the last time. it is called "papercraftclubhouse" and it is the most supplied store i have seen so far, carrying almost every brand out there and lots of charity work going on. here is the info in case you want to sign-up for the newsletter or to take a trip to see it. be prepared because you will spend some green, lol. hopefully, my dear hubby takes me this time...you know...to take some of the sadness away ;p.

Papercraft Clubhouse
20 Westbrook Place
Westbrook, CT 06498
860-399-4443
http://www.papercraftclubhouse.com

info@papercraftclubhouse.com

well, my sweet friends...this is all for now.

have a good one!

MPS MAY DESIGN TEAM PROJECT

time goes fast when having fun!

it is time for another MPS design team project

this coming month is Father's Day and the team has some awesome projects 

to get your creativity floating...wink :)...

using some of my pink stamper latest releases.

I am using the "spectacular sayings" set for my card.

Dad, you're one of a kind!

4.25" x 5.5"

i used "pack your bags" cricut cartridge for the family. this image was cut at 4.25 using all its layers.

DAD, is from don juan and "you're one of a kind" from "spectacular sayings", one of my pink stamper's latest releases.

i stamped the eyes, noses and eyebrows with a stamp from my stash. i colored in the cheeks with chalk.

the sun was also stamped.

i think this one turned out so cute and i bet my team mates projects are even better. this is a very talented group my pink stamper has in her design team. so hurry if you haven't been there yet, for tons of inspiration.

love you all!

Daily Life: my son made it to the top 20 of his class with high honors all through his school life. he was elected student of the year and he received various awards. saturday was his prom night and his grad will be the 9th. we are so happy for him and i wanted to tell the world about it. i also would like you to join me in wishing him the best in all his future endeavors. it is a tough journey but with God blessings on his side, he can do it.

my husband diabetes still high: almost 300 but he did go to our family doctor and all his diabetes meds were increased. he needs to go back in three weeks and then in july he will go to an endocrinologist.

i am doing "ok" and keep going--- :)

i also want to take the time to thank God for keeping him safe and praise him in all his glory. Amen!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

it has been a while since i posted something but i still around. in my country there is this saying: weeds never die, hehe. that's me!

Happy Mother's Day

5.5" by 3.75"

anyway, i had no idea of what i was doing here, lol, but i knew i wanted to use at least once, the kate's abcs cart.

the mushrooms you will find on page 57----cut them at 3.25".  

the butterfly is from the same page and was cut at one inch.

this frame is from sizzix and the awesome greeting is from mps. 

i love this font.

oh! the dry embossing was done with the script texture folder from cuttlebug.

a bit of inking, a bit of bling.

 

something a bit different but not bad at all :P. 

I hope you guys are doing well.

 

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remember, this saturday is national scrapbooking day (NSD) and robyn will be celebrating with ideas, challenges, giveaways and new stamp releases. mark your calendars so you do not miss all the fun. 

i really enjoy participating in the different challenges and  hope you do too.

love you all!

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TRAVEL MINI CARDS SET

hello to all

i have to tell you guys why i am not around much anymore. since i added the gym to my almost daily routines (and that along takes a lot out of me) i am finding less time to blog. i am fine but i want you all to know it will be like this for a while. sometimes more blogging sometimes less. 

i also have been getting the house in order for spring, doing lots of laundry, taking care of personal things and doctors appointments. 

talking about doctors appointments---my son will be having his wisdom teeth removed sometime in summer. the surgeon was a young doctor and he was very pleasant. it is always nice feeling comfortable with the doctor. it means a lot.

i am also working on a mini album (mostly on-cricut) and i haven't make a mini in a while :(. i want to put it up for sale on etsy and trying to keep my shop going. the extra tiny income will be very well needed when my son starts college since i guess i will be money-less then, lol. so...i said to myself--agnes, better start trying to get some extra cash and the only way you can do it is trying to sell your handmade stuff --. hehe

let's see how it goes. wish me luck. etsy is getting like ebay---very busy and your listing gets buried among other listings very-very fast. i am trying to stay afloat there.

anyway, 

this is something i listed on my shop a few days ago. i made it mostly with kraft cardstock which seems i am in love with for a while now ;p

Travel Mini Card Set

bag 5 inch tall

i love how it came out. this envelope is from just because cards and i added that ticket shaped on the side and it looks so cute. that was done out of necessity to make sure the envelope wouldn't open later on and if it did it was going to be secured.

the paper used is from "me and my big ideas".

below is a collage of pics from the set.

 all vintage looking like me but i hope you still like it--hehe

hey, an inspiration is an inspiration, right?

wink-wink

love you all!

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BOOKMARKS FOR THE LIME LIGHT

rememeber i am a new designer for The Lime Light--charitable blog.

well, i really haven't had much time to make more projects for them but at least i got my quote in for the month of jan and feb. i already posted the cards here and now i am showing you the bookmarks. they have a vintage feeling to them.

Bookmarks

hope you like them and get your juices flowing. 

great for school.

see you on the 4th with gisella's blog-aversary hop!!

remember i have a the "action wobbles" package to give away. you know they are super cool ;p

hugs to all

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PLANT SEEDS OF KINDNESS

hola amigas y amigos

don't you hate when you are almost done with a project and then you mess it up. well, this is exactly what happened here. all was going smooth and i started to have pain and wanted to finish the card before it got too bad and voila--!!----- mess up time her i come------wa-hoo!!

messed up the sentiment ( i wanted to use clear embossing and got the white embossing, then i tried to fix it stamping again with black ink and i got the peppery look on it--not too bad in real life, lol)

then, i started outlining the front in black ink and messed up that one too but it doesn't look too bad. now, the big one is i got stickles on a finger and dragged it by the sun...and that is a big mess up--grrr!

i already had it mounted to the card and well...i spent a while making it and wanted to show it to you--so here it comes.

Plant seeds of Kindness

used birthday bash for the card base

7 x 4.25"

  see the small spot to the top left of the sun on the cloud??? that is where i messed it big time :(

the sentiment is from mps clear stamp set called everyday life

other than my mess up, i think it came out really nice.

thanks for the love!!

HOLIDAY VACATIONS

Hello my friends

I am taking vacations from the blogging land until the 27th.

 I will be browsing the web when I can, but not really posting on this blog.

I wish you the best. 

Enjoy the holidays along with your loved ones.

My Christmas Cards 2010

I realized I was pretty late with the cards so I had be fast making them. ;p
The poinsettia is from Winter Woodlands, the sentiment from G-Studio clear stamp, the ornament border from a set I have at home called "All Decked Out" and the red tapes are from Martha Stewart.

Love you all!
 

From Millan.Net

HARVESTING TAG

This tag is for a challenge at 

http://olivejuicestudio.com/

for a chance to win a Wall Decor Cricut cartridge.

Please, visit Kim and have fun participating.

I have called my tag

Harvesting

(Did I say already Autumn is knocking at my door?, lol).

This tag is from the

Winter Woodland cartridge

you can find it on page 46, cut at 

5 and 4.75 inch tall.

(remember you can click on my photos for a bigger view)

Below you will find the requirements for the challenge:
(COPY AND PASTED FROM http://olivejuicestudio.com/

"The Dirty Details:
1.  Your project must include a stamped image – it can be a rubber, clear or digital stamp image OR it may include a clip art image.
2.  It must include at least one Cricut cut.
3.  It must include fiber, a ribbon or fabric somewhere in the project.
4.  It must include at least one piece of bling – such as a bead, pearl, gemstone, glitter, etc.
5.  It needs to include at least one patterned paper.
This challenge can be anything – a card, scrapbook page, tag, altered item, home decor, repurposed/recycled item, etc.  The deadline is 11:59PM, August 31st, 2010.
This contest will be based on a drawing of all participants who enter.  The winner receives a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser!"

These are some supplies I used

Let's start from the beginning:

1-The tag was cut with American Crafts textured cardstock; one time in the deep red and then on beige.

2-The beige cardstock was then colored with those paints you are looking at from Yasutomo and I purchased them in a not so local scrapbook store. They have a nice shine to them and I really love them. I do not have any of those nice misters but this set do its job well. 

3- I then used my Cuttlebug to emboss it with my Perfectly Paisley embossing folder.

4- I have tons of stamps: cheap ones and not so cheap but not as expensive as SU brand (I do not own any SU yet) but this is the second time I use this sunflower from the dollar clear stamps. Isn't gorgeous? 

5- I do not have Copics but Marvy Uchida markers I got at M's once for $5 in clearance. I used the yellow, brown and orange one for the sunflower and then I used the copper Yasutomo paints to give them that deeper and shiny color to them.

6- I took one of my dollar wooden stamps and stamped three leaves with green ink and I used the green Yasutomo on them too.

7-I used another dollar clear stamp for the sentiment and added a small faux jewel from my stash.

8- I added that beautiful button from my button's box.

9- I forgot I had to used patterned paper so I made a button using the Martha Stewart button punch and added some twine and used the same twine for the holder and...

10- Now, that tag hangs on one of my kitchen cabinets. Phew! I do not think I ever explained my projects in so much detail...lol.

Hope you like it and get inspired to make some tags for this coming season. Use them in homemade goodies, hostess gifts, presents, your garden harvest and more.
A couple more pics I forgot to add:

Have fun and I love you all!

A BEAUTY OF A CARD

Hello, I will give you here just the basics for the card and you can embellish it however you desire. For the base of card I cut a piece of cardstock 4-1/2" by 11"; score at 4-1/2". For the insert: another piece of coordinating cardstock cut at 4" by 7". Thanks for stopping by! (You can always subscribe as a follower and/or to RSS feed).

A GRATITUDE CARD

Techniques used in the making of this card:

---embossing---stamping---inking---border punched---

 

Thanks for stopping by!

FALL IS IN THE AIR CARD

You will need the following,

For the card:

-cardstock cut at 4-1/4" x 11" and score at 5-1/2" This will be your card base.

NOTE FOR NEW CARD MAKERS: I normally take an 8-1/2" X 11" and cut in half: 8-1/2 divided into two, equals 4-1/4".

-cardstock cut at 4" x 5-1/4"

-cardstock cut at 3-3/4" x 5" (two times, one for the inside of card)

For the sentiment:

-strip of cardstock cut at 2" x 2-3/4"

-strip of cardstock cut at 1-3/4" x 2-1/2"

-strip of cardstock cut at 1-1/2" x 2-1/4"

Your choice of: glue, stamp, ink, dimensional adhesive and embellishment.

I inked my cardstock edges for more definition and stamp my flower twice on watercolor paper, added a bit of shimmer and an embellishment for the center.

Thanks for looking!