Thank you.

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day! Here in this part of WA state the weather is crazy!! WE are having very cold, windy and rainy days. I am really looking forward to those really nice bright and warm Springy days, oh well, I should keep praying for that.

I have a Thank you card for you today. I used the sketch from "Everything but the Kitchen Sink" I love this!! Isn't this tittle amazing? I wish I could spend less time in the kitchen and more time crafting, LOL.

Anyway, here is my take on the sketch. I went into a very Vintage look. I used scraps of PP I had in the plastic container (I am a keeper of pretty paper, even if they are small pieces) ans sponged all the borders, then distressed them. After that I put all the pieces on a White piece of CS and added some stitches. After that, I distressed them a little bit more. I stamped the sentiment in Espresso Ink and matted this piece in a piece of Ocean Mist CS. After that I adhered to my card (Chocolate Brown).
I made a paper flower and a bow in Light Blue Color.

Card recipe:
Card Stock: Chocolate Brown, Ocean Mist (Gina K), White (GP).
Paper: Ancestry.com Collection (K&Company)
Stamps: Inside & Out (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Espresso Adirondack (Ranger), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger).
Embellishments: Light Blue Satin Ribbon (Offray),  Silver brad (Jo Ann's).
Accessories: Sewing machine, Mini glue dots, Scallop Punch (Fiskars), daubers.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day.

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Thank you.

Celebrate Friendship.

Hello my friends. Hope you are having a great day! Here has been rainy and rainy and... Rainy!! We are having a really weird Spring season, the temperatures are below normal and it is cold! I am praying for a better, mild weather. For the first time, since we moved into this town we are having a garden! I suppose the rain helps, but too much rain and cold temperatures... hmm maybe not.

So, that's why I am spending a little more time stamping. I created this pretty card for two challenges. Sketch comes from Card Patterns and also I am submitting this card into the Celebrate Something Challenge over at Stamp Something.

Details about  my card: I started my card with a piece of PL Ivory CS. I matted a piece of Chocolate Brown with a piece of PP from K&Company (Ancestry.com Collection). I sponged the borders of the PP with Tea Dye Distress Ink, also distressed, then I punch the right side of the Chocolate Brown CS using the Threading Water Border Punch. After that I added some straight stitches around. Then I added some Cream Satin Ribbon and the Chocolate Chip Ribbon Flower (handmade by me). It is super easy to make.
The sentiment was stamped in a piece of  Ivory in Espresso Ink, then cut out and embossed with Square Nestabilities.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Ivory, Chocolate Brown (Gina K.)
Paper: Ancestry.com Collection (K&Company)
Stamps: Friends (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Espresso (Ranger), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger)
Embellishments: Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon (SU), Cream Satin Ribbon (Michael's), Liquid Pearls (Ranger)
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, Threading Water Punch Border (Fiskars), Square Nestabilities, Daubers, Foam Tape, Fabri-Tac Adhesive.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day.

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Celebrate Friendship.

Just some random things...

Hello ladies, I am here waiting for some sunshine so I can take a picture of my card. I made a couple yesterday and I love them!! and I hope you too, but while I am waiting for the sun I just want to share few things.

• If you have notice I am close to 100 followers!! Thanks so much, so far I have 98 :) I remember when I started this blog the only one who read it was me, LOL, and now knowing some people read it and check it and leave comments, makes me very happy.
• Also I am getting close to 50,000 visitors!!! Woo-Hoo.
• I don't know if you check CARDS Blog, but my "home Sweet Home" card was featured there, that makes me happy.
• Also I got the Shining Star for my "Best Friend" over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ Blog.
• Some prayer request. I have an aunt who is battling Breast Cancer and a Brain Tumor, please if you could pray for her, it will be appreciate it.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I will post my card as soon as I get good light.

God bless.

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The Lord gives perfect peace.

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day! Here is rainy and a little bit cloudy, but I love it. I like 70F (max) weather , I don't get along very well with hot temperatures, so today is a perfect day :)

Today, I have another card using images from Ministry Mix Set by smARTworks. It is very simple, the colors are very peaceful and the image is one of my favorites. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and blended it with OMS.

Card recipe:
Card Stock: Bashful Blue (SU), Kiwi Kiss (SU), White (Gina K)
Stamps: Ministry Mix (smARTworks)
Ink: Espresso (Ranger)
Embellishments: Green Rhinestones (KaiserCraft)
Accessories: Corner Punch (SU), Paper piecing set, Foam Tape, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS.

Hope you like it!
Have a great and blessed day!

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The Lord gives perfect peace.

Psalm 25:4

Hello my blogger friends! Hope you are having a great day/night! Today I was feeling pretty good and because I didn't have to work I decided to do a major and intense cleaning house work, LOL. I did dust, vacuum, mop and shampoo the whole house. I planned to do everything in 2 hours, yeah probably you are saying no way, and you are right, I finished in 5 hours, after that I was exhausted, but my house is clean and I am happy (and tired too).
So , what is the best therapy after a whole day cleaning?? STAMPING!! I sat in my nice and cleaned craft room and I decided to make a card or two :)

So, I took my Ministry Mix Set by smARTworks and created a card.
Here the details: I stamped the flowers on a piece of White CS in Espresso Ink. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils, cut it and embossed it with Oval Nestabilities. I sponged it inside with Lien Dye Distress Ink.
I cut a piece of Tangerine Tango and stitched it around, then I stamped the sentiment and adhere the Oval piece with some Foam Tape.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White (GP), White (Gina K), Tangerine Tango (SU)
Stamps: Ministry Mix (smARTworks)
Ink: Espresso Adirondack (Ranger), Linen Dye Distress (Ranger)
Embellishments: Sheer Stripe White Ribbon, Stickles.
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Dauber, Sewing machine, Mini glue dots, Foam Tape.


Also I want to remind you about the smART-word Challenge, this month's word is FLOWERS, so submit your flower cards to the challenge, and you can be a lucky winner. Remember, you don't need to use smART-works stamps.

Hope you like my card!
Have a happy and blessed day/ night.

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Psalm 25:4

Friends

Hello my friends! I hope you are having a great Saturday. I am having a busy day today, in the morning we have some Community activities with a parade, games and fun for kids and families, then my husband and I are going to work in our garden, yesterday we got some fertilize soil, the only problem is that the truck has ruined part of my entrance grass, arggg, now I have to fix that too.

Anyway, I am having so much fun with my "Friends" set that I have created another card. I wanted this card to be White, Black and Gray, but for one (or more) reason I was not too happy with the results, so I decided to add some color, first I tried Red  but it was OK, then I tried Orange and I say BOOM!! orange it is!!

My base card is Silver Metallic, I cut a couple of Circles with my Nestabilities, they were embossed as well, in the smaller circle I stamped the sentiment in Black. I added both circles onto my card using Foam Tape for more dimension. Then I added the ribbon, it was stapled direct to the CS, some pearls and finally I cut some leaves with my Cricut machine and Stretch your Imagination cartridge.
Finished card size : 4 1/4 square.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Silver Metallic (Gina K), White (GP)
Stamps: Friends (Gina K)
Ink: Stazon Black (Tsukineko), Memento Tangelo (Tsukineko)
Embellishments: Pearls (Michael's). Orange Satin Ribbon (Offray), Orange Stickles.
Accessories: Staples, daubers, Circle Nestabilities, Foam Tape, Cricut, Stretch your Imagination cartridge.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

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Friends

Let us be grateful

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day. I am getting ready to head to the doctor's office and I hope everything is Ok with me, please if you pray, keep me in your  prayers.

Anyway, in the last Gina K. release I purchased "Friends set" and love it, hard to believe I just started using it. I created this card for Color Challenge over at Stamp TV; this week colors are : White, Black and Gray.

My card is a 4 1/4 square, I matted the black piece with Silver Metallic CS. I cuttlebugged the silver piece, then I added some stitches. The saying part was cut with Circles Nestabilities, stamped in Stazon Black, then I stamped the rose using Versamark Ink and UTT, after that I sponged the inside with Weathered Wood Distress Ink. I added some Clear Stickles around the rose borders and some tiny pearls.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White Black, Silver Metallic (Gina K)
Stamps: Friends (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Black (Tsukineko), Weathered Wood Distress (Ranger)
Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon (Offray), Pearls (Michael's), Clear Stickles (Ranger)
Accessories: Sewing machine, Cuttlebug, Textile embossing folder, dauber, UTT, Embossing gun, foam tape, Scor-tape.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day.

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Let us be grateful

Best friend.

Hello my friends, how is day going? Mine is slow and quiet, it doesn't happen everyday, but I am enjoying it, while I am writing this post, my daughter is watching "The Wizard of Oz",  she is next to me and so far she hasn't said a word in 15 minutes, LOL, that means she likes the movie :)

Anyway, today I have a very Vintage card. I played 3 challenges together. The sketch comes from TCP, the colors from Stampin' Sisters in Christ: shades of Whites, Brown and Blue and the Friday Blast from the Past "Cracked Glass Technique" over at Stamp TV.

Few things to highlight, I made the paper flowers from some scraps I had left form my previous card, I sponged the borders after they were made and added some Diamond Glaze for some shiny look. For the Cracked Glass I used UTT, I have to say it works 100% much better than Clear embossing powder, it's a little more expensive than EP, but if you use a coupon you can save a lot.

Card recipe:
Card Stock: Ivory, White, Chocolate Brown, Ocean Mist (all Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Ancestry.com collection (K&Company)
Stamps: Friends (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger), Broken China Distress (Ranger).
Embellishments: Pearls (Michaels), Twine.
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Square Nestabilities, UTT, Embossing gun, Sewing machine, white thread, Medium Glue Dots, daubers, Foam Tape.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!

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Best friend.

Favorite Movie: Inspired by UP!

Hello my friends, Hope you are having a wonderful day. Gina K is looking for a new Guest designer, and this month's challenge is to create a card inspired by a movie. Well, lately the only movies I watch are Kids movies, my daughter is a movie fan, and she watches a movie and memorizes it. One of the latest movies we've been watching (more than 50 times) is UP! We love the whole movie especially when the  Carl and Ellie (when they are kids) are talking about Paradise Falls and she says it is in "South America, it's like America, but South" I think that is my favorite line  :) maybe because I am from South America, sadly I've never been in Venezuela.

Anyway, I got this movie as my inspiration and I used Rupa's new set "Welcome Home"
Details: I started my card with a piece of Little Boy Blue. Then I took a piece of White and I started creating the background. I cut some clouds shapes and adhere them to my CS with temporary adhesive, I used Aspen mist Chalk Ink for the clouds, I played with the same clouds in different directions and and between clouds to give it a much more natural look. Then I cut a circle in lemon Drop CS and added some Lemon Drop glitter. I stamped the house and the dog in Ivory CS in Memento Rich Cocoa, colored them with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with OMS. I cut some oval shapes using Basic Grey Paper to create the grass and added some straight stitches. The balloons are dew drops in different colors. I matted this with a piece of Lipstick Red CS

I have to confess I had a lot of fun creating this card!!

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Little Blue Boy, White, Lipstick Red. (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Grow (BasicGrey)
Stamps: Welcome Home (Gina K.)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Real Red (SU), Aspen Mist Chalk (Versa Magic)
Embellishments: Jute Twine, Dew drops, Flower rhinestones (Hero Arts), Lemon Drop Glitter (Martha Stewart)
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, Diamond Glaze, DMC floss, Foam tape, Scor-tape, Circle Nestabilities, daubers, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Hope you like my card.

PS: I am submitting this card in the "Make a scene challenge" at TSG Blog

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Favorite Movie: Inspired by UP!

May your birthday...

Hello ladies, hope you all are having a wonderful day. I am finally stamping again, yeeehhh!! It has been awhile since I had a really nice stamping time, I hope I can finish all the projects I have in mind :)
For today I have a Birthday card to share with you.  This is a 3 in 1 card. I used the sketch from CPS, the colors from Stampin' Sisters in Christ and the theme comes from Stamp Something.

Here are the details of my card. I started my card with a piece of Bordering Blue, I matted a piece of Chocolate (Gina K) with a piece of PP (Ancestry.com Mat Pad) from K&Company. I added some straight stitches. I cut a piece of Chocolate CS and added some Satin Blue Ribbon (ruffled with stitches), I used my border punch "Sunburst"
I used a pin and added some beads in clear and light blue, I think the pin add a little Vintage look to the card.
The sentiment is from Inside & Out (Gina K) and it was stamped in Broken China Distress Ink. I sponged the inside in Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Card recipe:

Card Stock: Bordering Blue (SU), Chocolate and White (Gina K)

Paper: Ancestry.com Mat Pad (K&Company)

Stamps: Inside & Out (Gina K. Designs)

Ink: Broken China Distress, Antique Linen Distress (Ranger)

Embellishments: Pearls (Michaels), Pearl Pin, Paper flower (Prima), Blue Ribbon (Offray)

Accessories: Sewing machine, Brown thread, Square nestabilities, Daubers, Sunburst Border Punch (Fiskars), Foam Tape, Scor-Tape.

Hope you like it.

Have a great day!!

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May your birthday...

Winners, winners!

Hello ladies, I am back from having some good time with my family and  I have the names of the 2 lucky winners!

I used Random.org and the winners are:

Winner of the Oh Baby Set : Theresa Pollack.
Winner of the Bag of Gina K. Products: Kathy H.

Ladies, send me your contact info to: giovanachavez AT msn DOT com.

Thanks so much to all of you who played the challenge.
God bless.
Giovana

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Winners, winners!

Happy Mother's Day.

Hello my friends. I hope all of you are having a great day!! Right now, my husband and daughter are making breakfast for me and they just told me not to go to the kitchen because they have a surprise for me :) All of these makes me happy.

Me and my lovely daughter

Mama Killdeer and one her babies, born on May 5th 2010 (nest made in my front yard)

Last Friday I spent 3 or so hours with a friend from church making card for all the moms to our church, we had a great time stamping, talking and laughing, sadly I didn't take any pictures of the cards, i will try to take some today.

Yesterday I made a Mother's Day Card using the sketch from Mojo Monday (on Saturday).

Card recipe:

Card Stock: White (GP), Black (Gina K)
Paper: Out & About (My Mind's Eye)
Stamps: Mother's Day (Verve Stamps)
Ink: Espresso Adirondack (Ranger), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger)
Embellishments: Cream Ribbon (Offray), Pearls (Michaels)
Accessories: Scor-Tape, Rectangle Nestabilities, Daubers, Foam Tape.

I wish all of you a wonderful day, enjoy time with your family!
God bless you all.

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Happy Mother's Day.

Mother's Day Blog Candy.

Hello again, hope you all are having a great day! Now, it is time for Blog Candy!! I have chosen Mother's Day for the deadline for this. I am a mom of a precious, talkative and crazy girl, she loves to craft with me and her designs are awesome, LOL.
I know moms are very especial and important in our lives. Mine died when I was only 13 and I miss her every day. She was very especial, crafty 100% and very funny. Her laugh made you laugh even if you were sad, she always made you feel happy and welcome. She loved to talk :) (I think Becca got that from grandma Oliden ) especially on the phone. Even though she died almost 24 years ago I can hear her voice, laugh and I remember her and wish she could be here to see her grand kids (10 total) and all her siblings happily married.

So, for this blog candy you have 2 chances to win:

1. Leave a comment and tell me something especial about your mom or any mom you admire. (only 1 comment per person please)
2. Challenge: Make a Mother's Day card, link it here and let others know about this. Here you can submit as many cards you want.(This card doesn't have to be exclusive for this blog candy, you can combine it with other challenges)

Prizes:

1. The winner from the comments will get a bag with assorted Gina K. products (from my collection)
2. The winner from the challenge will win "Oh Baby" Set from Gina K.

Prize #1: For a lucky commenter.

Prize #2: For a Challenge player

Deadline: May 8th, 2010 - 12:00 Pacific Time.
I will post the winner on Mother's Day May 9th.

Hope you can have fun with this.
God bless.
Giovana

PS: Nobody wants to win these?

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Mother's Day Blog Candy.

Pretty Pansies

Hello my friends! I can't believe it has been more than a week since my last stamping creation. What can I tell you, I have been super busy (as always). Last weekend I had a garage sale, even though I didn't have too many people coming I sold quite a bit. The weather didn't help much, it has been horribly windy, we have had in the last 2 days hail, freezing rain and cold cold temperatures. I got a lot of flowers and some that I planted have died, ahhh so frustrating.
My husband  and I are starting a garden and we have not been able to do much due to the weather, I am keeping all my flowers and some veggies inside, I hope they don't grow too much :)

Anyway, today I was finally able to stamp and it feels soooo good! I watched the new tutorial on Stamp TV and I couldn't resist myself and have to try the Basket.

For my basket I used "Spring Florals" for the image  and "Inside & Out" for the sentiment. I got the scallop ovals with scallop scissors. The ribbon on the handle was stitched onto the CS and also I stitched every square and rectangle panel, I love using my sewing machine :)

I am submitting this project to the Stitching Challenge over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ

Here are some pictures of my basket:

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Chocolate, Creme de Menthe, White, Lovely Lavender (All Gina K)
Paper: Paper Cottage (SU)
Stamps: Spring Florals, Inside & Out (Gina K)
Ink: Black Stazon (Tsukineko), Memento Sweet Plum.
Embellishments: Ribbon, Brads.
Accessories: Sewing machine, White thread, Score-Tape, Scallop scissors, Yellow Tissue Paper, PrismaColors, OMS.

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

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Pretty Pansies

smART-word Challenge: Flowers!

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day! My week has been pretty busy, I started Spring cleaning closets and I found out I had tons of stuff, so I planned a Garage Sale for yesterday and today, and so far it is great! God is blessing us with good "garage-yard sailor's" :)

Today we are starting a new month! Wow, May already!! and also time for another smART-word at smART-word challenge. This month's word is "Flowers", so just create something that includes flowers in your project "words, images, embellishments,etc" and link your project HERE. You can use any stamps you own, but if you play with smARTworks stamps you automatically will win one smART-buck.

Here is the project I created for this month's challenge.

For my card I created the Background using one of the images from Frames set, I stamped it using Pretty in Pink Ink (easy way to get a good BG is using the stamp-a-ma jig). Then I stamp the pretty flower from Cookie Plate #1: Botanicals. I stamped the image in Real Red Ink and then cut it out. Finally I used the sentiment from Basket Set (This set is only $2.00!!) I stamped the sentiment in Espresso Adirondack Ink.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White (GP), Pink Pirouette (SU).
Stamps: Frames, Cookie Plate #1 & Basket (All smARTworks)
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Espresso.
Embellishments: Red Satin Ribbon (Offray), Liquid Pearls. Clear Glitter.
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, foam tape, Sunburst Fiskars Border Punch.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

PS: Don't forget about my Blog Candy, click HERE

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smART-word Challenge: Flowers!