Christmas Tree

Happy Friday everyone. Every Friday I am very busy. We go to the library, grocery shopping, sometimes laundry, and no time to stamp!!! So I decided to make this post in advance, yes if you check the time I am posting this at 3:00 am, LOL.
I want to share with you this pretty Christmas card. I had an idea on mind, but it didn't work out, so I tried it again and ended up with this precious card. Isn't this card adorable?? Anytime I make a Christmas card I say, this one is for...., so several of my cards have already an owner, of course they don't know it yet :)

For this card I used smARTworks stamps . I used 2 different sets. The sentiment is from Chickadee wishes and the image is from Peace tree.
I pop up the image using 3D dot from EK-Success, this dots are very heavy and come in 2 different sizes (check Walmart).
Do you like the paper?? I hope you are not tired of seeing the DP Bella Rose again, this paper is so pretty that even works on Christmas cards, fabulous!!!!
For the bottom of my card I used the Corner rounder punch and for the little holes the 1/16" circle punch.



Card Recipe:
Card stock: Kraft, Certainly celery.
Paper: SU DP Bella Rose.
Ink: Cranberry Crisp, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss.
Stamps: Chickadee wishes and Peace Tree from smARTworks.
Embellishments: Gold brads, Red Satin ribbon, Gold stickles.
Accessories: Corner rounder punch, 1/16" circle punch, 3D dots from EK-Success, sponges, Mini glue dots.


I hope you like it.
Have a great day.

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Christmas Tree

Happy Birthday Jeremy!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMY!!!!

Today is my nephew's 1st Birthday!!!! . Last year, I traveled all the way from the West Coast to the East Coast to help my sister with her kids while she was in the hospital. I spent there my Birthday and enjoyed so much that time. Rebecca enjoyed that too!!!

Here is Jeremy 20 days old. He was a big boy, almost 9 pounds!!


Here is him now!!! Isn't he a cutie pie.
We love you Jeremy. Many blessing to you. Eat all your food so your mommy doesn't get crazy, LOL.

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Happy Birthday Jeremy!!!

Wish Rak October Card Contest.

HOLA!!! I just wanted to day that, LOL. You know I am homeschooling Rebecca and we have a lot of fun, we are studying about penguins and raccoons, she loves that, she is getting very close to start reading, she can put all the letter sounds together and try the words, that is so cool!!! and she is only 4!!!

OK, enough of school. Today I want to show you 2 cards I made for the Wish Rak group on SCS. Every month we have a Card Contest, that means you have to use an item(s) received through the group.

This is my card for:

Category #2: It's Bella Time. Create a card using a Bella image.

Card Recipe:

Card stock: Pink Pirouette, White, Riding Hood Red.

Paper: SU DP Bella Rose.

Ink: Black, Burgundy (for sponging)

Stamp: Stamping Bella

Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon, Prima flowers, Silver brad, Clear rhinestones, Pink glitter.

Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, 3D dots EK-Success, Mini glue dots, Watercolor pencils, Markers

Category #3: Sketch it. Create a card using Sketch #85 from SCS.

I really love how this card turned out. It is so masculine and I am proud of myself because I hardly create masculine cards. I even used ribbon!!!! Can you see it???

Card Recipe:

Card stock: Chocolate chip, Kraft, Creamy Caramel.

Paper: SU DP Outlaw ( retired)

Stamps: Bronc Buster.

Ink: Chocolate chip, Gray.

Embellishments: Silver brads, Photo corner, twine, Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon.

Accessories: 3D dots EK-Success, 1/16 Circle punch. Mini glue dots, sponges.

I hope you like them.

** Don't forget about my birthday blog candy**

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Wish Rak October Card Contest.

Mothers and Daughters Creations Thursday Challenge

Hi everybody, It is Thursday and that means MDC Blog Challenge. This week our challenge was to create a card with a window or a card that uses acetate. I kind of combine both in 1. I follow this tutorial from the TV Weekly.
I made a Shake Box Window card using acetate. This card is really pretty and my DD loves to shake it, I bet little kids can have a lot of fun with a card like this.

The front of my card has several layers. The DP is Frosty Christmas by Best Creations Inc., The cute image is Santa in Chimney by Serendipity. Inside the card the sentiment is from A gift of Christmas Set by Serendipity .
The shake box has a mixture of red, green, white and few gold beads. The image was colored with Watercolor pencils and Markers. I added some Fur around the frame. On the acetate I added some Bo Bunny Rub-Ons. Inside, on the upper right side I added a snow flake and a Clear rhinestone. I sponged the sentiment borders with Bashful Blue.

This is my card and a couple of side views:



Card Recipe:
Card stock: Riding Hood Red, Bordering Blue and White.
Paper: Frosty Christmas by Best Creations Inc.
Stamps: Santa in Chimney and A Gift of Christmas by Serendipity.
Ink: Black, Bashful Blue.
Embellishments: Snow flake, Clear rhinestone, assorted beads, White Fur, Bo Bunny rub-ons
Accessories: 3D foam by EK-Success, Mini glue dots, Acetate.

I hope you like it.
Have a great day.

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Mothers and Daughters Creations Thursday Challenge

Tea Party Challenge #5

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a great day. It is Wednesday and that means smARTworks Tea Party Challenge. Last week, Trish challenged us to use this piece as an inspiration for our projects.
I took some of the colors and the flowers as an inspiration for my card. I used the SC94 from SCS.
For my card I used Cone flowers set .First I created the clouds using a scallop circle and sponging around with Bashful Blue ink, the I used a mini stamp to create the BG grass. Then I stamped the flowers using Stazon Black. I stamped the flowers again onto another piece of CS and colored them with Watercolor pencils and Markers. After that I cut them out and positioned them on top of the main image using 3D foam. I applied some Diamond Glaze for the shiny look and some Gold glitter. For the leaves I used mini glue dots only in the center part.

Card Recipe:
Card stock: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Black, White.
Paper: SU DP Bella Rose.
Stamps: Cone flowers by smARTworks.
Ink: Stazon Black, Bashful Blue, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip.
Embellishments: White Satin ribbon, Gold brads.
Accessories: Sewing machine, White thread, 3D foam by EK-Success, Mini glue dots, Diamond Glaze.

Head over the rest of the DT for more inspiration:Susan, Dina, Trish, Donelda.

I would love to see your creations too!! If you play along please post your creations here, so I will link it here.

I hope you like my card.

Have a great day.

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Tea Party Challenge #5

Sympathy card

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great day. I have been feeling under the weather, not much stamping lately, just thinking about my family in Peru and how much I miss them. Yesterday was a hard day, that happens sometimes, I was very sad.
Anyway, today is a new day, feeling a bit (tiny bit) better and with DT work to do. I finally finished my cards for the next challenges on my DT, so have to come back and see them tomorrow and Wednesday.


Today I made a quick Sympathy card. A really nice guy and brother in Christ has lost his sister and few weeks after his granddaughter passed away. He is so nice with everybody, always greeting and giving you nice words. Last Sunday, he shared his story with the whole congregation, he found out his cancer was back and he had to have Chemotherapy again, he went to his doctor appointment and had a very sophisticated test, few days later his doctor told him, I have something to tell you. He went and heard the doctor said, something must be really good because you have NOTHING!!!! You are CANCER FREE!!! God is awesome and Miracles exist. We are so happy for him, but at the same time we feel his sorrow for his lost.

This is the card I made:

Card Recipe:
Card stock: White, Pink Pirouette, Black.
Paper: SU DP Bella Rose.
Stamps:Birdie Fun by smARTworks, Daisy Trio #1 by smARTworks .
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Cranberry Crisp, Burgundy.
Embellishments: Pink Sattin Ribbon, Gold brads.
Accessories: 3D foam by EK-Success, Mini glue dots, sponges.


I hope you like it.
Have a great day.

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Sympathy card

Would you like to win some stamps!!???!!!

Well, Susan the owner of smARTworks is celebrating her birthday giving away not 1, 2 or 3 BUT 4 bag of stamps!!!! Just head over to Susan's blog and wish her a Happy Birthday, you have until October 30th. Let Susan know Giovana sent you :)

Good luck!!!

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Would you like to win some stamps!!???!!!

Virtual Stamping Night

Hello everyone, I hope all of you are having a great Sunday.
Last night I played Virtual Stamping Night on SCS, it is the first time I played the challenges, from 7 I played 6, yahoo for me!!! I didn't play the last because my embossing gun is broken.
Many of the products I used for the challenges are from Mothers & Daughters Creations Store
Anyway, here are my cards:

Challenge #1: Frame your Star: Create a project using a Picture frame.

Frame recipe:
Paper: SU DP Bella Rose.
Embellishments: White ribbon, Pink Ribbon from PTI, Prima flowers , Gold brads.
Accessories: Mini glue dots, tape, glue.

Challenge #2: "Makeshift Costume". Create a card using scraps.
From Previous projects I have been collecting a lot of scraps, these ones are Ambrosia Basic Grey Paper, My Little Yellow Bicycle. The image is Pirate Puppy by Serendipity.

Card Recipe:
Card stock : White, Chocolate chip, Pumpkin Pie.
Ink: Black.
Stamps: Pirate Puppy by Serendipity.
Embellishments: Gold brads.
Accessories:Watercolor pencils, markers, Diamond Glaze, Sewing machine, brown thread, 3D foam by EK Success.

Challenge #3: The Understudy. Create a card using a minimum of 5 layers.
The pretty paper is Swirl & Holly by Best Creations Inc. , the sweet image is Snowperson with wreath by Serendipity.

Card Recipe:
Card stock: White, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze.
Paper: Swirl & Holly by Best Creations.
Stamp: Snowperson with wreath by Serendipity.
Embellishments; Gold brads, Snow flake, clear rhinestones.
Accessories: Watercolor pencils, Markers, Diamond Glaze, Gold stickles, 3D foam by EK-Success.

Challenge #4: Inspired by Moulin Rouge.
I took this piece as an inspiration. The grays colors and the bling are so pretty.
The paper is from Ambrosia Basic Grey Paper, the sentiment is Titmouse by Serendipity.

Card recipe:
Card Stock: Bordering Blue, Gray, White.
Paper: Ambrosia Basic Grey paper.
Stamps: Titmouse by Serendipity.
Ink: Black, Bashful blue (for sponging)
Embellishments: White ribbon, Snow flake, Blue rhinestones, Waterfall stickles.
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread. mini glue dots, 3D foam by EK-Success.

Challenge #5: All that Jazz. Make a card using feathers, boas, fringe. I didn't have any of these, but I found some Fur, so I used that.
The designer paper is Ornament by Best Creations Inc, the image is Snowman with Birdhouse by Serendipity
Card Recipe:
Card stock: Kiwi Kiss, White, Riding Hood Red.
Paper: Ornament by Best Creations Inc.
Stamps: Snowman with birdhouse by Serendipity.
Embellishments: Snow flake, mini rhinestone, Fur.
Accessories; Mini glue dots, tape.

Challenge #6: Play The Accordion. Create a card using the Accordion technique.
The DP is Ornament by Best Creations Inc, the image inside is Gift of Christmas by Serendipity.

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, White, Barely Banana.

Paper: Ornament by Best Creations Inc.

Stamps: Gift of Christmas by Serendipity.
Ink: Black, Pretty in Pink (for sponging inside)

Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon, Blue rhinestone.

Accessories: Tacky glue.

I hope you like my projects. Just click on the links and you will go direct to the product.

Have a great day/night.

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Virtual Stamping Night

Gina K. Land Cruiser Challenges.

Happy Saturday everyone. I want to share with you a couple of cards I made yesterday fro Gina K. Land Cruiser Challenges on SCS forum.


As easy as 1, 2, 3: This challenge was to create a card using 1 piece of ribbon, 2 pieces if CS (the CS base counted as 1) and 3 embellishments (all the same kind).
I stamped my image n my SU natural, and also on my white CS, I colored it with watercolor pencils and markers. then I added some Diamond glaze for the shiny touch. After that I cut it out and positioned it over the image stamped on my base CS. I knew the challenge was to use only 2 pieces of CS, but I couldn't resist and I stamped the image again onto another piece of white CS and cut out only the daisy flower.



Card Recipe:
Card stock: SU Naturals, White.
Ink: Stazon black, Cranberry Crisp.
Stamps: ABC-Fresh picked by smARTworks, SU Polka Dots and Paisley.
Embellishments: Red Satin Ribbon, Gold brads.
Accessories: Mini glue dots, 3D foam by EK-Success, Diamond Glaze.


Catch the Wave!!! This challenge was to create a card with some kind of water included: ocean, rain, rain dots, snow,vase, bath.
I found this cute image in my stack on Wish Rak images I have received. This is a Suzy's Zoo stamp. I colored it with watercolor pencils, markers and sponges the sun and clouds using some ink. After colored, I used my sewing machine, zig zag stitch on the image and straight stitch on the second and third layer.

After that I added some Diamond glaze on the duck and on the water.


Card recipe:
Card stock: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, White.
Paper: SU DP Bella Rose.
Stamps: Suzy's Zoo.
Embellishments: White Satin ribbon, PTI ribbon, Drew drops.
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, Mini glue dots, 3D foam by EK-Success, Watercolor pencils, Markers, Diamond Glaze.


I hope you like them.
Have a great day.

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Gina K. Land Cruiser Challenges.

And the winner is...

Berenice, I had 6 comments on my card give away, thanks so much!!

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Berenice, send me your address so I can send you your card and some other little goodies.

God bless

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And the winner is...

What!!!!

Hi!!! Not a good for me today. First, who on earth makes a phone call at 1:18 am??? I was sleeping so good and I heard something, I thought I was having a dream, but not it was my phone ringing and ringing, it lasted the 20 seconds or so, finally when I said hello, this "person" hanged up.WHAT??!!! I was so upset, gladly neither Rebecca nor David heard the phone. After that I couldn't sleep. I was rolling on my bed, finally I fell asleep around 4:30 am {insert sleepy face}. I got up at 6:30 am and I was so tired, I tried to make a card and guess WHAT, my lovely embossing heat gun didn't work, oh my what a lovely day. I tried everything, :( oh well, right now I can't afford to buy a new one, and I love to emboss.

Tomorrow early in the morning I have a doctor's appointment, my blood tests are all good, but one is showing some kind of high hormones something, I have no idea, so tomorrow I have to go and check what kind of treatment I need. Maybe that's why I can't get pregnant.

I hope tomorrow I get a better day, maybe I will get a hair cut so that will make me feel better.

I hope you are having a great day.
God bless you
Giovana

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What!!!!

Prayer request for Marcus

Today, browsing into blogland I stopped at Melanie's blog, "Hands, head and heart" and when I was just enjoying all her creations I rolled down and I found this post that touch my heart. I realized how blessed we are having our love ones around us with good health and happiness. Many time we take everything for granted.
I read about Marcus and my heart cried, he has terminal brain cancer, he is blind and partial paralyzed, he knows he is leaving this earth soon, he loves to listen music and loves Batman. I am just writing this to keep in your prayers, I don't know him neither his family, but in our blog land we all are friends and support each other.
You can read more about Marcus and also his cousin Jessica, who has cancer as well, at Nancy's blog Are we having fun yet.

God bless you

Have a great day

Don't forget to give a hug and tell your love one you care and love.

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Prayer request for Marcus

Mothers and Daughters Creations Challenge

It is Thursday and it means another Mothers and Daughters Creations Blog Challenge. This week our challenge was to create a card with glitter accents. So I created two cards for this challenge.

Porch with Pumpkins
For this card I used the Sketch from "Our Creative Corner", the patterned paper is Harvest Stripe from Best Creation Inc , this paper has a lot of glitter accent, excellent for your Fall or Thanksgiving cards. The pretty image is Porch with Pumpkins by Serendipity . I colored the image with Watercolor pencils and Watercolor crayons, I added then a little bit of markers to dark only few areas, after the image was dry I applied some Diamond Glaze to make a shiny image.
I zig zag stitched my second a third layer and the image has also some stitches.
Card Recipe:
Card stock: Kraft, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, White.
Paper: Harvest Stripes by Best Creations Inc.
Ink: Black, Cranberry Crisp (for sponging)
Stamps: Porch with pumpkins by Serendipity.
Embellishments: Clear Rhinestones, Gold ribbon.
Accessories: Sewing machine, brown thread, 3D foam by EK-Success, Diamond Glaze, Watercolor Pencils, Watercolor crayons, Markers.

October:
For this card I followed Debbie Olson's tutorial from The CLASSroom, this card is really pretty IRL. I used scraps from other projects, I always keep the paper because is so pretty to throw it away, LOL. So when I saw Debbie's tutorial I decided to give it a try and I love it.
The papers I used are Christmas Ornaments (I used both sides of this paper), Harvest Stripe (the scraps from my previous card) both paper are from Best Creations Inc.
The image is from Serendipity Illustrated Months.
Each square is 1 3/8".
Card Recipe:
Card stock: Bravo burgundy, White.
Paper: Christmas Ornaments and Harvest Stripe by Best Creations Inc.
Ink: Black.
Stamps: Illustrated Months by Serendipity
Embellishments: Christmas gold ribbon from Walmart, brown button,.
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, gold stickles, 3D foam by EK-Success, Watercolor pencils.

I hope you like them.
God bless

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Mothers and Daughters Creations Challenge

Pumpkin Patch

We had a lot of fun today!! Rebecca enjoyed the Hay Ride, goodness hay everywhere, LOL, picking the perfect punpkin, the slides, anyways, she is so easy to please.

Here some pictures:

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Pumpkin Patch

Christmas card

Hello everyone, this is going to be a short post because we are getting ready to go Pumpkin Patch. While I am waiting I cased a card from Rebecca Oehlers , she has an awesome blog and her creations are breathtaking.
Yesterday I used my Peace Tree set from smARTworks and because I have it sitting on my desk I decided to use it again.
The image was stamped in Chocolate Chip craft ink and embossed in Gold embossing powder. The lines in the Certainly Celery Cs are embossed as well with Gold e.p.

Card Recipe:
Card stock: Certainly Celery, Real Red, White.
Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft ink.
Stamps: ABC- Peace Tree by smARTworks.
Embellishments; Green Satin Ribbon, Organdy Red Ribbon and Red Satin Ribbon.
Accessories: Gold ep, Embossing gun, Mini glue dots, 3D foam by EK-Success, Gold brad, Versa Marker, Embossing buddy.

I hope you like it.
Have a great day.

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Christmas card