Thank You

Hello my friends! Sorry I've been absent for few days. I've been {really} sick, at the point I didn't want to do anything, just lay down and sleep or rest as much as possible. Thank God, I just started feeling a little bit better. I hope I can start stamping soon.
But for now I have a Glitter Thank you card. This is for the smART-word Challenge. This month's word is Glitter. I used the new Vintage Variety Set. (You can get this set with your Smart Bucks !!)

I stamped the flower using Cranberry Crisp, after that I added Gold Stickles (hope you can see it on the picture) and a pink bow. Some red Rhinestones were added on the top right corner. Very simple and pretty card.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White.

Stamps: Vintage variety (smARTworks)

Ink: Cranberry crisp (SU)

Embellishments: Pink Satin Ribbon, Red Rhinestones (Kaisercrafts), Gold Stickles.

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots emb. folder, Circle Nestabilities, Mini glue dots, Dimensionals.

Hope you like it and can play the challenge along with us!

Have a great night!

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Thank You

With Love

Hello my friends, I have 2 more cards to show you. I was not very happy with the card I made for Melanie's Challenge, so I decided to make 1 more and I made 2!!
I am entering these card also to Stamp Something Challenge: Love and Flourishes: Favorite Flourishes set. I don't own any Flourishes stamps, but I really like this set I am using.

For this card I cut and embossed the window with Circle Nestabilities. I punched the corners and then I cuttlebugged the fron with Swiss Dot. This DCWV CS has white core, so after dry embossed it and sanded a bit to get the white spots. The rose was stamped, and cut out 3 times, then added some dimensionals for pop up look.

Card Recipe:
Card stock: Bright Set (DCWV)
Stamps: A year of flowers (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Stazon Black, Riding Red Hood, Pretty in Pink.
Embellishments: Green satin Ribbon (Offray), Pink Rhinestones (Kaisercrafts)
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Corner Punch, pointy scissors, daubers.

For this card I stamped the image twice, color it with SU Markers (Earth Elements), after that I added some Diamond Glaze, it made the sunflower pop up a lot more! I sponged the borders and also added some zig zag stitches.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, White.
Paper: Paperie (Making Memories).
Stamps: A Year of flowers (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Stazon Black, Basic Brown, Ginger (for sponging)
Embellishments: Green satin ribbon (Offray), Gold Stickles.
Accessories: Sewing machine, thread, Border punch (Fiskars), Diamond Glaze, Dimensionals, Daubers.

Hope you like them!
I will post materials and details later, DH is waiting for me to watch a movie.
ETA: Card recipes and info added!!

Have a great night!!

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With Love

A Rose card!

Hello again, I made this card for another challenge at Flourishes: Frames! and also a new challenge posted over at Melanie's Blog, creating a card using one of my favorite's set "A year of flowers". I have to confess something, I am not to fond about this card. I think IRL is much better than the picture, but here I go.

I created the frame using my Cricut Machine and Stretch your Imagination Cartridge. For the rose, I stamped the image 3 times, I colored it with Ink, just sponging the image, it gives a really natural look. I cut out different parts and then added to give it more dimension. As always, I added some zig zag stitches.


Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White, Strawberry (DCWV), Pink Pirouette (SU)
Paper: Petit Collection.
Stamps: A year of flowers (Gina K)
Ink: Stazon Black, Pretty in Pink, Cranberry Crisp.
Embellishments: Sherry Satin Ribbon (Offray), Pink Rhinestones (Kaisercrafts), Diamond Stickles (Rangers)
Accessories: Sewing machine, thread, Mini glue dots, Cricut machine, Strech your imagination Cartridge, Dimensionals.



Hope you like it.
Have a great day/ night.

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A Rose card!

For You

Hello my friends! I just got some stamping time and I am trying to catch up with some challenges I really wanted to play. I am combining this card with 2 challenges, the sketch comes from 2S4U (btw, have you seen who is the blogger of the week?, yes!! it's me!!) and the other challenge comes from Florishes: Cut it out and Pop it up!
My card base is White Pure Luxury CS, it was cut out with Circle Nestabilities, then I added a piece of Kraft, it was cut with Nestabilities, then I added a piece of Patterned Paper and White CS, I used zig zag stitches. I stamped the image with Stazon Black, colored it with Prismacolor Color Pencils, I stamped, colored and cut out another flower and added it on top of the main image, I curled the petals a bit for more dimension, finally I added some Diamond Glaze.

Card recipe:
Card Stock: White Pure Luxury (Gina K), Kraft (SU).
Paper: Out & About (My Mind's Eye).
Stamps : Cone flowers (smARTworks), A year of flowers (Gina K)
Ink: Stazon Black, Memento Desert Sand.
Embellishments: Martha Stewart Ribbon, Yellow button, Cream Embroidery thread.
Accessories: Sewing machine, thread, Diamond Glaze, Prismacolor Pencils, Scallop scissors, Circle Nestabilities, Mini glue dots.

Hope you like it!
Have a great day/night.

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For You

Every day is a gift

Hello my friends. I hope you are having a great day. I've been having really busy and crazy days, first my daughter got sick, then my husband and I pray I don't get sick.
Anyways, I have a very pink-y card. I was inspired by the Flourishes Challenge "Pink" as a basic color. I made it for a friend of mine whose birthday was yesterday. This is a 4.75 " square card. I made an embossed frame using Square Nestabilities. Then I cut and embossed a smaller square, stamp the image and sentiment and added a couple of Pink Rhinestones. The scallop frame was cut with my Cricut Machine. I added some White Satin Ribbon around. I created a Paper flower and added as an embellishment.


Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Pretty in Pink (SU), White (GP)
Stamps: Cookie Set:Botanicals (smARTworks), Out on a limb (PTI)
Ink: Pretty in Pink (SU), Real Red (SU), Ginger (Adirondack)
Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon (Offray), Pink Rhinestones (Kaiser Crafts)
Accessories: Cricut Machine, Stretch your Imagination Cartridge, 3D-Foam, Mini glue dots, Daubers.


I hope my friend likes it and you too.
Have a great day!

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Every day is a gift

Masculine Valentine Day 3

Hello my friends, sorry for the late post. My husband is sick and my days are now busier than ever.

Here is my last Masculine Valentine. For this card I used : Mellow Moss, Not Quite Navy and Kraft. The paper is from SU.

All three cards:

Hope you like it!!

Have a great day!

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Masculine Valentine Day 3

Masculine valentine card Day 2.

Hello my friends and welcome to Day 2 to Masculine Valentine cards. I have another CAS, similar as the one from yesterday, but different color. For this card I used Not Quite Navy, Kraft and the paper is from SU.

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Kraft.

Paper: SU

Stamps: Hearts & Love (Inkadinkado)

Ink: Ginger, Chocolate Chip Craft.

Embellishments: Twill tape (Martha Stewart), Brads (SU)

Accessories: Daubers, Clear embossing powder, embossing gun, Dimensionals.

Hope you like it.

Have a great day!!

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Masculine valentine card Day 2.

Masculine Valentine: Day 1

Hello my friends!! Today, I will start posting Masculine Valentine cards. I created these cards for the class I gave last Friday. They are very simple and look very similar.
For today's card I have a "You & Me". The colors I used for this card are Pure Luxury Chocolate Kiss & Kraft. The Designed Paper is from last Paper Collection from Stampin' Up.

The borders of the Kraft piece were sponged with Ginger Ink.

The doves were stamped with Ginger as well and the sentiment was stamped in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and then I added some Clear e.p. and heat embossed. I added a couple of brads and some Twill Tape from Martha Stewart.

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: Pure Luxury Chocolate Kiss, Kraft (SU)

Paper: Designer Collection (SU)

Stamps: Hearts & Love (Inkadinkado)

Ink: Ginger (Adirondack), Chocolate Chip Craft (SU).

Embellishments: Brads (SU), Twill Tape (Martha Stewart)

Accessories: Clear embossing powder, embossing gun, Dimensionals, Daubers.

Hope you like it!

Tomorrow, it is Day 2.

Have a great day!!

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Masculine Valentine: Day 1

smARTworks February Challenge: Glitter.

Hello my friends and welcome February!! Are you ready for another smARTword Challenge?? Well, this month our creative and talented Donelda has chosen another great word: Glitter!! Who doesn't like glitter?! I think I use glitter in every card I make. Just create a project using Glitter in it and you can enter the challenge. You can use any stamps you own, but if you own smARTworks stamps, why not use them up.

You have until February 24th to participate !!

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smARTworks February Challenge: Glitter.

Nothing special..

Hello my friends!! Hope you all are having a great night. Yesterday, I taught a stamping class, 11 ladies from church came to my house and we stamped for more than 3 hours. It was a lot of fun.
Here is one of the cards I taught yesterday. I used the sketch from 2S4U and I made an Easel card.

The stamps I used are from smARTworks. I stamped the butterfly(from Cone flowers Set) in a white piece of CS, then cut it out and glue (I used Diamond Glaze) all three, making a 3D butterfly. The saying is from Daisy Trio #2.

What do you think? Do you like it?

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: White (SU), Riding Hood Red (SU).

Paper: Making Memories.

Stamps: Daisy Trio #2, Cone Flowers (smARTworks).

Ink: Riding Hood Red (SU), Ginger (Adirondack).

Embellishments: Sherry Satin Ribbon (Offray), Pink Rhinestones (Kaiser Crafts).

Accessories: Border Punch (Fiskars), Square Nestabilities, Pointy scissors, Diamond Glaze, Mini glue dots, Square foam, daubers.

Hope you like my card.

Have a great and blessed day!

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Nothing special..

And the winner is..

Marianne!!! Congrats Marianne. Please e-mail your address and I will send your goodies right away!
Thanks so much to all who entered the Blog Candy. I am very thankful for all your kind comments.

Have a great day everyone.

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And the winner is..

Happy Blogoversary to me and Blog Candy!!

Hello my friends!! I am still here, just finishing organizing my craft room. I will post pictures and my whole adventure tomorrow.
But, today is my blogoversary!!! I can't believe it has been 2 years blogging. Thanks so much for all your support and for all the great friends I have met here. You are the best.

Well, cleaning my craft area, I have found tons of stuff I haven't used and I will be giving a great giveaway! I haven't taken the picture yet, but just post a comment here about what you like about my blog, or what would you like to see or maybe not see and I will be including your name in the drawing. Believe me, it is great!! I will be keeping this post until Jan. 28 and on the 29th I will be announcing the winner!!

This blog candy is closed now, winner has been posted, Thanks!

This blog candy includes:
{un}dressed Basic Grey Tags (Self-adhesive - 120 pieces)
Wall Hanger.
Designer Chipboard Accents by KI Memories (40 pieces)
Soft Spoken Embellishments (me & my BIG Ideas)
Dimensional Stickers
Felt Ornament
Teacher Percy Stamp Set (H&M Stamps)
Made by Stamp Set ( Penguin Pants)
Sentiments (PTI)
Clear Rhinestones.
2 spool of ribbon
Assorted Patterned paper.

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Happy Blogoversary to me and Blog Candy!!

A card and a Greek delish!

Hello my friends, hope your day is much better than mine, I don't want to bore you with my things, so we go direct with the card i have for you today.
I made this card few weeks ago and never posted it. It is a Birthday card with not the colors I like to use often, but I think it turned out pretty good! Actually, I really like it.
For this card I used the Flourish images from Flourishes Set by Inkadinkado, I stamped the image in Broken China Distress Ink and immediately added some Clear embossing powder, heated and you get a really shiny and pretty image. The sentiment is from Verve.
The colors I used are: White, Gray, Turquoise and Black, nice color combo, what do you think? Do you like it?

Card recipe:
Card Stock: White, Turquoise, Black, Gray.
Stamps: Flourishes (inkadinkado). Verve.
Ink: Broken China (Tim Holtz), Stazon Black.
Embellishments: Light blue ribbon (Offray), Turquoise Rhinestones (Kaiser Crafts)
Accessories: Border Punch (Fiskars), Clear embossing powder, embossing gun, mini glue dots.

Now, I want to share with you a recipe I tried last night, it is delicious!! It is Gyro Meat with Tzatziki Sauce. My husband was in the mood for Greek food, got this recipe from Food Network and even though it is a little of work with all the mixing stuff, it is worthy!! The taste is yummy!! Here a picture of the Gyro Meat and my plate ;)
Just a note, I used chicken instead of lamb, I grounded the chicken on my Bullet express. (I hesitated at first about this machine, but it really works)

This is my plate:

Gyro Meat (Chicken):

Have a great day!!

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A card and a Greek delish!

I'm nuts about you!

Hello my friends, it feels great to be back into the blog world. I have been busy as always, and then when things were looking more relaxed, my daughter got sick, so she is feeling much better now, although she still has the runny nose and cough. Today, after many many days, she is back into her nap time routine, I wish she could take them more often.

Anyway, I have managed some time to stamp during the night in the last 2 days, but sadly I can't show you those projects yet, but I think you are going to like them. Instead, I have a quick and pretty card. Few weeks ago, I got the next smARTworks Cookie Sheet #2: Vintage Variety. This sheet has cute and cool images, and with Valentine's Day coming soon, I thought this card would be perfect.

I stamped the cute squirrel onto a piece of PP in Espresso Ink. Then I took a piece of Mellow Moss CS and stitched them together. I added a piece of the same PP (back side), punch the borders and added some Liquid pearls. Finally I stamped the sentiment on the Twill Tape.

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: Naturals (SU), Mellow Moss (SU)

Paper: from my stash.

Stamps: Cookie Plate #2 (smARTworks)

Ink: Espresso (Adirondack).

Embellishments: Twill tape (Martha Stewart), Liquid pearls (Rangers)

Accessories: Border Punch (Fiskars), Sewing machine, white thread, Dimensionals.

I hope you like it.

Have a great day!

PS: Don't forget about my Blog Candy Giveaway!!

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I'm nuts about you!

My new craft area

Hello my friends, I just took some pictures of my "new craft area". We have divided our office in half, half is the office and the other half is my craft area. I haven't finished moving all my stuff yet, but I have some pictures to share with you. Just in case, I bought all the craft storage at Michael's and I spent only $134.00!!! (This price doesn't include the embellishment center, I got that for my birthday last Nov.) All the craft storage units are on 50% off! It was a great deal. I think I will wait until next sale and buy more units. :)

Anyway, here is my new and remodeled craft area.

Hope you like it.

Don't forget about the Blog Candy, I will post the picture of it later.

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My new craft area