Monday, August 16

Twinkle, twinkle little star



Hell my friends! Hope you had a great weekend! I had a couple of days to relax and enjoy my family. We went to watch "Despicable Me" My daughter loved it very much, now she is asking to get it on DVD for Christmas, LOL.
Anyway, this past weekend I didn't stamp at all, and today I found some time when Miss. E was napping.

Anyway, this is my card.
I am submitting this card to:

Sketch : "Verve Sketch Challenge"
Color Inspiration:  "I love my Tapes"
Buttons, Brads & Bling : Wee Memories.
Sewing : Sew many challenges

Directions:
  • Ink all edges.
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Using label 8 Nestabilities, die cut a piece of Patterned paper and 2 pieces of card stock in different colors.
  • Cut 1/2" in each side of second layer of card stock. Adhere to label.
  • Cut 3/4" in each side of patterned paper. Adhere on top of second label.
  • Add a rectangle piece of card stock 2.5" x 1.5".
  • Add zig-zag  and straight stitches.
  • Stamp sentiment, die-cut using Circle Nestabilities. Color little stars. Add Gold brad in letter "o".
  • Adhere ribbon to card. Add sentiment with foam tape.
  • Add buttons and brads.

Card recipe:
  • Card Stock: White, Creme de menthe, Innocent Pink (all Gina K. Designs)
  • Paper: Material Girl Collection (Cosmo Cricket)
  • Stamps: Twinkle, twinkle (Verve Stamps)
  • Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger )
  • Embellishments: Pink Mix (Gina K. Designs), Gold Brads (JoAnn's), Green Satin Ribbon (Offray)
  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Yellow thread, Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Label 8 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Sponges, 1/4" Scor-tape, Scor-buddy, Foam tape.
Hope you like it.
Your comments are always welcome :)

Have a great day!!
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Sunday, August 15

And the winner is...

Theresa P!! Thanks so much to all of you who play Becca's challenge . She had a hard time picking a winner.
Theresa, please e-mail me you info at: giovanachavez AT msn DOT com

Thanks so much!!
Giovana
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Friday, August 13

CSS Alumni Sketch Challenge

Hello my friends! It is time for another fun CSS Alumni Blog Hop. This time is a Sketch Challenge. If you have come here from Cheri's blog, you are in the right place, if not come back to Stamp TV to start the hop.
I have to confess as soon as I saw the sketch I knew what I wanted to do, an "Envelope Card" hmm. what is that? It is a card and a envelope together, LOL. It is super easy to make.

Directions:
Inside of card:
  • Mat together 2 pieces of card stock and add stitches all around
  • Stamp image twice, color them. Cut out one and die cut the other one, adding some ink inside the borders.
  • Adhere the other image with Foam tape.
  • Add a scallop only in the top part.
  • Stamp sentiment.
  • Add image to card.
Envelope.
  • Cut a piece of card stock: 8.5" x 4.5"
  • Scor in half and fold. 
  • Using Circle Nestabilities, die cut a half circle. Emboss only front part.
  • Add a strip of card stock to the front and add stitches.
  • Add ribbon using Scor-tape and buttons.
Tips:
  •  If you want a flat folded ribbon add tiny drops of Fabric glue, press it and let it dry.
  • In order to have the perfect circle die-cut, put the inside piece through, make a little mark where you think the cut will match with the inside. (hope this makes sense)
Here is my "Baby Congratulations Card":


Card recipe:
Miss you card: I made this card for my dad! I miss him so much, I haven't seen him in almost 6 years and I wish I could go and just talk and talk. He loves to talk, travel and eat good food (just like me), also he is very funny!!

Anyway, for this card I didn't turn the sketch around.

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Cut piece of Patterned Paper. Die cut semi-circle using Circle Nestabilities. Ink edges.
  • Mat the piece of PP with card stock, add zig zag-stitches.
  • Add buttons with twine.
  •  Stamp sentiment, ink and emboss. Adhere to card with foam tape.

Card recipe:
Hope you like them!!

Now, hop over to Jen's blog to see her wonderful creation.

Have a great day!
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Gift of Christmas

Hello my friends! It's Friday!! and I hope you are having a great day! I have a really cute card for you today. Well, I have to say I like my cards, but this one is really especial :)
I made this for StampTV Christmas Challenge, I hope you can join me and play along there. You can find all the information there.

For my card I used the sketch from CPS and one of my favorite techniques "Embossing resist". I used my Scor-buddy to create those perfect score lines on my card.

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Using a Scor-Buddy, score lines on your front card.
  • Using your stamp-a-ma-jig stamp background, then stamp images in clear embossing ink, add clear embossing powder, heat and then sponge around to reveal the image.
  • Add stitches. Adhere to card.
  • Add ribbon and button.


Card recipe:
  • Card stock: White (heavyweight), Red Hot (Gina K. Designs)
  • Stamp: Blessed is the season (Gina K. Designs)
  • Ink: Real Red (SU), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger)
  • Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon (GKD), Button (Holiday Collection (GKD).
  • Accessories: Scor-buddy, Sewing machine, Clear embossing powder, Heat embossing gun, sponges, Medium glue dot.
Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!
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Thursday, August 12

Get Well

Hello ladies! Hope you are having a great day! Here we are doing much better. My daughter's allergies are getting better, especially her eyes, they are not too swollen and her nose is not as bad as was before, also she finally slept all night and so did I!!

Last night I made this card thinking about my daughter. She loves butterflies and bling bling, LOL. I really wanted to created a big scallop border, I don't own any of those new cute punches or die cuts, so I decided to create one my own way. I just die cut lots of circles (using the smallest size from Circle Nestabilities). I add a strip of 1/4" Scor-Tape and add the circles, after that I curled up the ends and Voila!! If you would like a picture tutorial, let me know and I will make one for you !!

For this card I got inspired by:
Inspiration Picture: Love my Tapes.
Butterflies: Wee Memories
Anything goes: Penny's Paper Crafty.

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Cut a smaller piece of card stock, add circle using Scor-Tape. Curled up ends.
  • Create a scored-frame.
  • Adhere ribbon.
  • Stamp butterflies. Cut them out and adhere to card.
  • Stamp sentiment and add mini gold rhinestones.

Card recipe:
  • Card stock: White, Lovely Lavender. (GKD)
  • Paper: Fresh print Clothesline Collection (Little Yellow Bicycle)
  • Stamps: Hope is Faith, Versatile Verses (GKD)
  • Ink: Memento Sweet Plum (Tsukineko).
  • Embellishments: Ribbon (MFT), Gold rhinestones (Recollections).
  • Accessories: Scor-Buddy, Scor-tape, Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Mini glue dots.
Hope you like it!
Have a great day!

PS: Don't forget about my daughter's challenge. She loves when you play her challenge. Click HERE to check it out.
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Wednesday, August 11

With heartfelt Sympathy

Hello my friends!! I have had a quite busy morning today, I cleaned my house, LOL. Due to my daughter's allergies, I mop and vacuum everyday, yess, sounds crazy, but my poor girl is suffering a lot. Yesterday, she went to a sleepover, I called my friend this morning to know if she had a good night and she told me DD got up around 4:00 am and she took more of her medicine, but she send them back to bed. When she came home this morning, her eyes were puffed and only 1 was red. I was glad she came home when the house was pretty much dust-free. Right now, she is napping and I hope she gets up feeling better.

Anyway, now on to my card. I found some new blog challenges in blog land and I decided to give their challenges a try.

For this card I used:
Sketch : Oz-somestamps.
Colors: iCopic Lover.
Theme + Spotlighting technique: Tuesday Throwdown.
Anything goes : Penny's Paper Crafty.
It's Embossable: Our Creative Corner

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • In a square 3"x3" piece, stamp BG image, Heat emboss image in Clear EP. Sponge around image.
  • Adhere this to a piece of card stock. Add stitches. Stamp saying.
  • Add ribbon and paper flower


Card recipe:
  • Card stock: Chocolate Brown, Ivory, Metallic Good as Gold (Gina K. Designs)
  • Stamps: Botanicals, Hugs & Prayers (Gina K. Designs)
  • Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger)
  • Embellishments: Antique White Satin Ribbon (Offray), Gold Rhinestone (Recollections), Gold Glitter (Studio G).
  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Foam Tape, Sponges, Scallop punch (Fiskars).
Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!
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Tuesday, August 10

Merry & Bright

Hello my friends! Hope you all are having a great day! Yesterday, I had all the intentions to write a post, but I had a really bad night, my daughter is having really bad allergy problems, pretty much her eyes and throat. She is highly allergic to tumbleweeds and we had a lot around, so even though we clean around land, the allergens are all over the place. Poor girl, breaks my heart to see her having so many problems. So yesterday, I decided to spent all my time with her and also had a nap. After that, I felt much better and I think she did too.

Ok, now onto my card. I have been in Christmas mood lately :) so I decided to create a Wintery Christmas card.

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Punch bottom border of the Ivory piece.
  • Dry emboss a piece of card stock, ink edges. Add to Ivory piece and add stitches.
  • Stamp image and heat emboss. Die cut and sponge. Add Diamond Glaze and crushed glaze to create ice/snow effect.
  • Stamp saying. Using a tag, die cut. Cut out one side of the tag and ink edges.
  • Add dew drops and rhinestones.
Card recipe:
I am submitting this card to:
Sketch: Card Patterns Sketch #76
It's Embossable : Our Creative Corner.
Whateva: Cute Card Thursday
Anything goes : Penny's Paper Crafty
Anyhting goes: Dutch Dare Card


Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

PS: Don't forget about my daughter's challenge :)
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Sunday, August 8

Enjoy your day!

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a great Sunday. We just came back from church and we got some shopping done too! I have a CAS card I made last night for several challenges in blog land.
You can check HERE on how to create the Paper flowers.

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Adhere strip of Patterned paper to card stock. Add stitches.
  • Stamp sentiment.
  •  Adhere paper flowers using foam tape/pop up.


Card recipe:
  • Card stock: Lemon Drop, Layering White, Innocent Pink, Ivory, Bubblegum Pink (All Gina K. Designs), Purple (SU).
  • Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle.
  • Stamps: Hope Grows (Gina K. Designs)
  • Ink: Real Red (SU), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger)
  • Embellishments: Buttons, Clear Glitter (Studio G)
  • Accessories: Scallop punch (Fiskars), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Sponges, Sewing machine, white thread.
Submitting this card to:
The Classroom: Flower Parade & Color Challenge.
EBTKS : Buttons.
DeNami Designs : Glitter.
Limelight Papercrafts: Sketch + Pop dots.
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge: Create own embellishments.
Stamp & create : Flowers.


Hope you like my card.
Have a great day!
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Saturday, August 7

Oh Baby!


 Hello ladies and happy Saturday! I hope you are having a great day! Here is haze due to the Fires in British Columbia, Canada, crazy, ha?

Anyway, today I sat down and create a card for my daughter's challenge. I decided to do a cute baby card. I also used the colors from Off the Wall Craftiness and the "Embossable Challenge" from Our Creative Corner

The card is very simple, few details; I stamped the bear twice and colored them the same way. One was die cut with Circle Nestabilities, the other image was cut out to create a 3D effect. The paper flower at the bottom is one I created, you can check the tutorial HERE



Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: White (GP), Lemon Drop (GKD), Creme de Menthe (GKD), Innocent Pink (GKD)
  • Stamps: Oh Baby! (GKD)
  • Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger).
  • Embellishments: Dew drop, Sparkle Flower Gems (Hero Arts), Green Satin Ribbon (Offray).
  • Accessories: Cuttlebug, Spots & Dots Folder, Label 8 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Foam tape.
Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!
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Friday, August 6

Becca's challenge #3

Hello my friends! It has been awhile since Becca asked me to post another of her sketch challenges. She is so excited to show you her new sketch and her pretty card.

Note: She made her card without any help, she took the picture and mommy edited for her :) She loves Gina K. and she used one of the sets I have on my craft desk "A Very Merry Christmas" by Theresa.
Just a fun thing to share, as I said she loves Stamp TV and Gina K. Every tutorial is a "MOVIE" and she just told we should travel and visit Gina K. because she looks really nice :)

Anyway, as always she used card stock, ink and embellishments from my stuff.

Here is her sketch and card and I hope you can play along.

Her pretty card.

Her sketch #3

I hope you can play along. I will post the prize tomorrow. I have some fun goodies I know you will enjoy. I can tell I have a July-August Paper Craft magazine for one lucky winner!!

Have a great night!

ETA: Here is the prize:
Includes:
  • A Paper crafts magazine (July-August 2010)
  • 6 White Crocheted flowers.
  • 6 Chipboard Buttons (Little Yellow Bicycle)
  • 6 Chipboard Stickers (Little Yellow Bicycle)
The Prize!!
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Some news to share!!

Hello my friends! I hope you are having a great day. I am so happy to share this with you. Today, I got my Paper Crafts Magazine in the mail and I my first card ever published is in there :)
It feels really good :) My daughter and I couldn't stop looking at it. LOL. Just in case you have got your PCM my card is on page 63.

My daughter couldn't stop smiling for mommy :) Poor girl, she is a little bit sick.

Here is my card :)

Also I want to show you some Acrylic Blocks I got from "smARTworks Store! I have to say they are awesome, they are not too heavy and you hold them perfectly. Also they are more affordable than the ones from the Craft Stores :) And just in case you are in the mood for new stamps, smARTworks have new sets, you can see them HERE.

These are the ones I just got and I love them :)
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Merry Christmas

Hello my friends! It 's Friday and time for another fun challenge over at StampTV!!
This week's challenge is  just to incorporate "Punch/Dies" on your project. It can be ny kind, few or tons :)

This is the card I created. I used the Poinsettia from Melanie's "A Year of Flowers" set (love this set) and the sentiment is from Theresa's  "A Very Merry Christmas" set. I used a Fiskars border punch and Circle and Fancy Tags Dies. The ribbon is Christmas Plaid. I ink all the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. The card stock colors I used are Ivory (base), Kraft, Red Hot and White Layering.




Submitting this card to:
Mojo Monday: Sketch
Our Creative Corner : Christmas in July
Just for Fun: Color Challenge "White, Kraft, Red"


I hope you can play along with me.
Hope you like my card.
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Thursday, August 5

Happiness is...

Hello my friends! Are you having a great day! I hope you do!! My days after surgery have been really slowwwwww, and I don't like it a little bit. I think all the fever I've been having is not because of an infection or surgery related, it is a COLD!! Yeap, one thing after another, the good thing is I've been coloring images while resting, LOL and making some crocheted flowers (Yes, I don't rest, I don't like to :)

Anyway, yesterday I made this card, but I was feeling so sick I didn't have more energy to make a post, so here I go today. 

This card includes several challenges:
Sketch: Card Patterns.
Colors: Off the Wall Craftiness.
Flower Parade : The Classroom.
Glitter : DeNami Design.
Button(s): EBTKS
Color: Flourishes.

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Emboss a piece of card stock, ink edges. Mat it with a bigger piece. Add Ribbon, button and strip of patterned paper and card stock.
  • Stamp and colored Image. Stamp sentiment. Die cut using Nestabilities, sponges inside.
  • Stamp an extra image, color and cut out. Add the flowers to give an extra dimension, apply glitter.
  • Adhere to card.


Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: Lemon Drop, White Layering, In the Navy (all Gina K. Designs)
  • Paper: Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)
  • Stamps: Friends are Forever (Gina K. Designs)
  • Ink: Broken China Distress (Ranger), Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Prismacolor Pencils.
  • Embellishments: Light Blue Satin Ribbon (Offray), Blue Button (GKD), Waterfall Stickles (Ranger).
  • Accessories: Label 4 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Medium glue dots, Cuttlebug, Distressed Stripes folder, Sponges, Foam tape.
Hope you like it!!
Have a great day!
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Wednesday, August 4

Great news!

Hello ladies! Just a quick post to let you knoe my Flower Tutorial was spotted !! I am so happy to be included with a great group of ladies who also shared their flower tutorials!!

Just click the button to check it out!!

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Tuesday, August 3

Happy Birthday

Hello my friends, thanks so much for all your comments and e-mails about my Paper Flower Tutorial. I am so happy you liked it and some of you have tried it already :)
Today I stamped!! yes, I know, I think I should rest for a couple of more days 'cause being on a chair for too long causes me a little bit of pain, I can't wait to get the stitches removed and feel free.

Anyway, I combined few challenges in this card.
Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Cut a smaller piece, ink edges. Cut squares of 1.25". Adhere to card.
  • Add a piece of scor-tape. Add the ribbon .
  • Stamp sentiment. Die cut. Adhere to card.
  • Add flower and dew drops.


Card recipe:
  • Card stock: Chocolate Brown, Ivory (GKD), Pumpkin Pie (SU).
  • Stamps: Versatile Verses (Gina K. Designs)
  • Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Memento Tangelo (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger)
  • Paper: Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)
  • Embellishments: Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon (SU), Dew drops, Button (Holiday Collection GKD), Embroidery thread (DCM)
  • Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Sponges, Scor-tape, Foam tape.
Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!
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