chayoooo

Friday, October 29, 2010

WATCH ME GO

Not too good here :( husband is sick and we all know how that goes. I have to chaperon tonight for him and I really hope he feels better tomorrow because we have a competition on Saturday and another one on Sunday. I can't do the competitions because they are too long and my health does not allow it.

Anyhow,

I got at ACM the other day 3 new carts, each one for 35$. I couldn't let that sale just go by me, lol.

I had to borrow money from my son....now...isn't that bad? lol.

Watch me Go

is the card I made with

Boys will be Boys.

The truck was cut at 3 inches high and so was the inside phrase too.

This cartridge is really nice. Easy to layer and the images are very cool.

As boys will say..."Cool Mom, Cool" not cute :)

The truck was popped on foam squares and I used all the layers from the image.

The "Watch me Go" is from a stamp set I own from Recollections,

Enjoy!

Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps

Welcome trick or treaters to the Halloween Blog Hop collision of Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps. Both Christy and Betty are big Halloween fans and thought it would be fun to put together a blog hop full of fun and prizes. The list of DT participants is on the Simply Betty Stamps blog HERE. Each of us will have a trick or treat to share.

If YOU would like to be in on the hop and eligible for prizes, visit the Simply Betty Stamps Blog and read the rules and regs. There is also the list of DT participants for your viewing pleasure.

For my entry I'm using the adorable Tootsie from the Punky Teens Halloween digis at Simply Betty Stamps. Tell me she isn't the cutest little zombie EVER! She's colored with Copics and mounted on one of the coolest card folds I've seen in a long time. I have my new Cuttlebug Spot DT sister Meredith to thank for this. She's done a fab video explaining how it's done so be sure to view it HERE. The scene is done with a variety of Nesties, punches, Cuttlebug and Cricut and it was so much fun to put together. That fab little Glow Skull is also available HERE at Simply Betty Stamps or HERE at Etsy.

The sentiment is computer generated and adorable spider is from SandyLion. And now for my treat! One lucky commenter will receive the Tiddly Inks Harmony at Home set I used on my Tiddly Inks Spinner card HERE. Please check back on Wednesday, November 3rd for the random winner. Now on to Eulanda's fabulous blog!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

i have never been so honored

there is not much greater honor than to be made into a halloween costume.
melina you are wonderful

NON-CRICUT CARDS

I made these cards just because I have so many supplies from other companies I need to use. Of course, I will be listing them on Etsy not that I have been having a great response there. There are so many new sellers, the listings get buried among others super fast. If you have an Etsy shop, you know what I am talking about. I have been blogging for a year now and I did not listed anything on Etsy during that time. It is like starting new again.

It is nice making cards the old fashion way, when I did not have my cricut and I had fun with them.

ETA: I should clarify I love my cricut and I love using it but I do love making NON-CRICUT cards too and I just made this cards, they are new.............but just made the old-fashion way........when I did not have my cricut yet, lol

Anyhow,

These are the cards I just made.

A Card Set

(non-cricut)

A2 size

and these are some pics of my neighborhood so you can see some of the beautiful and rich colors of the leaves at this time of the year. They were taken today.

Autumn Splendor

in Agnes' neighborhood :)

Enjoy!

and Thanks for all the sweet comments on "Playing with Serenade" finale.

It will take me a few days to go back and see who commented the most here on my blog. I am sorry but I can not take in account the comments you left to my friends on their blogs.

We will do something together again but it will be after the holidays.

Love you all!

Why use an unknown when you can use a celebrity?

I have been trying to work on some fashion illustration in Photoshop and also get to grips with using a graphic tablet. I scanned in one of my designs and this is what I came up with. OK, so La GaGa might not exactly be my target market at the moment, but I would be in heaven were she to strut her stuff in one of my designs. So if Lady Gaga's agent is looking in the blogosphere ...... Naturally I don't put my BEST designs on the blog as I want them to be snapped up at New Designers in June 2011.

Design development

I've been playing around with fabric manipulation and design development. Sometimes the reverse of a piee of work is as interesting as the front.

"PLAYING WITH SERENADE" by flowerdisco & friends FINALE

HERE WE ARE

on our last round of

"PLAYING WITH SERENADE"

This is our

"GRAND FINALE"

Thanks so much for the support received.

It is what kept/keep us going.

I hope you guys found some inspiration with our projects. We kept the series "short and sweet" and we are very happy of how well we managed to have the posts ready for Wednesday's without any delays.This was a very busy time for all of us with our own blogs, design teams and life itself.

A big applause and a big bravo to

Abby, Gaby, Helen, Jessica, Melissa and Sally

for helping me make this series a success.

Thanks to you again for being there for us.

Your lovely comments and encouraging words warmed our hearts.

(remember that all who commented on my series more than two times, will be given a number as an ID and I will use that # on Random.org to select a winner for a little surprise in appreciation).

This is the "POST" where I mentioned something about it (wink-wink)

I now will present my card for today.

I had images #44 and 50

and both were used in the making of this project.

SERENADE FINALE

5.75"high by 6.5" wide

(I still have to make a customized envelope for this one:))

The cage is image #44 and the flourishes is image #50.

The papers/cardstocks are absolutely adorable. They are from "Mi Casa" a DCWV collection. Gorgeous colors and textures in this stack.

Just beautiful!

The birdcage was cut at 3.5 inches high. It has its shadow but I did not use it for this card.

I embellished the birdcage with some bling I have in my supplies and the little golden dots were done with a metallic fabric paint.

This is just another view of the card front and if you want to see it closer, remember you can click on the photos themselves for a bigger view.

This is the inside of the card. I normally don't do the inside left side but when I did the card swap, I liked how Melissa covers both panels and it really adds a nice touch to the inside. The black cardstock is from my stash and not from the Mi Casa collection.