Friday, January 27

"Heart" You

Hello my friends!! It's me again :) After writing my previous post, I decided to take a little trip to challenge blogs and I found this cute sketch from Card Patterns and my mojo finally clicked!! Honestly, I got so happy that I had to run to my craft desk and start creating and even better when I saw the new stamps from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and I was allowed to use them :) Yeap! They have not been released yet, BUT you can pre-order them now and maybe you can case my card, wink, wink! You can find all the super amazing deal HERE. I also used the new dies from Sweet 'n Sassy, oh my, can you tell I am excited about this card? I played with my new stuff!!
The new set I used for my card is "You"
Also, this card fits the "Anything goes Challenge" from Simon Says Challenge Blog.



Directions:
  • Die-cut a couple of pieces of Chocolate Brown CS with Scallop Circle Dies and create a card.
  • Die-cut and emboss and piece of Kraft CS. Stamp Flourish image around the edge in Tea Dye Distress Ink.
  • Die-cut Heart Scallop border (x2) and a Big Heart. Adhere Scallop Heart borders to card. Ink all edges of Heart and stamp Flourish image around in Tea Dye Distress Ink.
  • Tie on ribbon and make a bow. Adhere Pink heart to card and add a mini gold head nail.
  • Add paper flowers with glue dots.
  • Stamp YOU in Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
  • Add 3 mini gold head nail.
  • Adhere panel to card base.
Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!
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Mojo, mojo, where are you?

Hello my friends! First, I want to thank all of you who made a comment or sent me e-mails about my daughter's health. She is doing a lot better, she is coughing, but no fever or pain, so that makes me feel much better.
Yesterday, she went back to school and I cleaned and disinfected my house. I do that anytime anybody gets sick here. :)
I also cleaned and organized my craft room, I just needed a little kick so my mojo could flow, but it didn't. After that I was so tired that I rested all night. Today, my craft room still nice and organized, I haven't been able to do anything, so sad.

Here is a picture of my room with the before and after picture.

Before

After
I will try to create something tonight.
Thanks for stopping by!!
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Tuesday, January 24

Giveaway winner!!

Hello my friends! Sorry for the lack of posts, but my daughter is really sick and I need to take care of her.
Also, the winner from my Christmas giveaway never contacted me, so I picked a new winner and it is....
Angie
who wrote:
Angie said...
These Hats are adorable! Great job on making them Giovana! Merry Christmas to you and your family! God Bless You all!
December 25, 2011 5:19 AM

Angie, please contact me at: giovanachavez AT msn DOT com.

Thanks so much for your patience. I am working behind the scenes for two upcoming releases, so a lot of more and new creations coming soon.

God bless.
Giovana
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Sunday, January 22

Love you

Hello my friends! Hope you all are having a great Sunday. I  have another sweet Valentine card using Love from Rhubarb from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I really love this bear and have so much fun coloring it.
For my card I combined few challenges from SCS and used the sketch from Simon Says Challenge.


Directions:
  • Make card base from Kraft CS. Ink all edges with Vintage Photo Distress and add stitches.
  • Stamp sentiment.
  • Die-cut a Circle piece from Patterned Paper and a Scallop Piece from Pink Cardstock. Assembly them together and add zig-zag stitches. Adhere piece to card base.
  • Stamp bear on White CS in Tuxedo Black Ink. Color image with Copic Markers.
  • Die-cut, emboss and stencil piece with Rectangle Nestabilities.
  • Add image to card.
  • Add dew drops with mini glue dots.
  • Add Crystal Lacquer to bear's nose and arrow.
  • Add Star Dust Stickles to bear's wings.
  • Tie on Twine.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!
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Saturday, January 21

You & Me

Hello my friends! Here I am with a sweet card for you today using You & Me Stamp Set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I made this card few days ago when I played the Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.

Here are the details about my card.

Directions:
  • Make your card base from White Cardstock.
  • Create a panel from Kraft Light Blue Cardstock, inking all edges. Adhere a piece of Patterned Paper and add stitches. Tie on ribbon and add a White brad.
  • Stamp sentiment. Adhere panel piece to card front.
  • Stamp image on a piece of Kraft Cardstock in Versamark Ink. Add White embossing powder and heat it up with a embossing heat gun.
  • Die-cut, emboss and stencil piece with Square Dies.
  • Add White and Silver Gala Glitz to create the effect of salt on pepper.
  • Adhere image to card base with foam tape.

Hope you like it.
Have  a great day!!
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Friday, January 20

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello my friends! Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I want to show a project I made using Red/White Polka dot Fabric Sheet Tape and your favorite dies! The sweet images are from  Love from Rhubarb Set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.
These fabric tapes give your project more texture and they look really pretty :) I found out you can use it with your dies and cutting machines.

Directions:

Die-cutting fabric sheet tape:

  • Choose your favorite die.
  • Measure it on top of your fabric sheet and cut a piece.
  • Adhere your fabric sheet on thin cardstock.
  • Then run it into your cutting machine like a regular piece of cardstock. You can even emboss it (look at my second picture)
Assembling card:
  • Make card base from White Cardstock.
  • Adhere Beaded Oval piece to card with Foam tape.
  • Stamp image, color it with Copic Markers. Stamp and extra heart, color it and adhere StarDust Stickles, set to dry and adhere it to card with foam tape.
  • Die-cut, emboss and stencil image with Oval Nestabilities.
  • Stamp sentiment.
  • Make a bow and adhere it to card.
  • Add Rubi liquid pearls to beaded oval shape.


Card Recipe:
  • Cardstock: White (GKD)
  • Stamps: Love from Rhubarb (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
  • Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Barn Door Distress (Ranger)
  • Embellishments: Rubi Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Thin Satin Ribbon (Offray), Star Dust Stickles (Ranger)
  • Accessories: Red/White Polka Dot Fabric Sheet (Love My Tapes), Beaded Oval Dies, Oval Dies (Spellbinders), Glue dots, Foam tape, Copic Markers.
Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

Giovana

PS: Looking for a fun sketch challenge to play with, check out the Love My Tapes Sketch Challenge HERE
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Monday, January 16

Love you

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a great Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I had a lot of fun today, a friend of mine came to town from my old town in Cle Elum and we took her kids and mine to McDonald's and Kid's Castle. They played and ran like crazy, then we came to my house and moms talked and kids played more, LOL.
Now, my daughter is playing Monopoly with daddy and I am blogging a bit.

Today, I have a super cute and extremely easy card for you. Once in awhile I like to create CAS cards, so here it's the perfect example of it.



Directions:
  • Make card base from White Cardstock.
  • Emboss bottom part.
  • Stamp cage and sentiment.
  • Add little gold nailheads to bird's cage.


Card recipe:
  • Cardstock: White (Gina K. Designs)
  • Stamps: True Love StampTV Kit (Gina K. Designs)
  • Ink: Memento Sweet Plum (Tsukineko), Aged Mahogany Distress (Ranger)
  • Accessories: Flourish Emboss Border (Provo Craf), Small Gold Nalheads (GKD)
Hope you like it!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.
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Saturday, January 14

Wee Memories "Last Challenge" Sketch

Hello my friends! Hope you all are having a fantastic day! Wee Memories Challenge is coming to an end, Jenny is moving forward and has decided that after 2 years is time to focus on other things, she is designing now for some fantastic companies and I think you are going to be delighted with her new stamps designs.

So, this week our challenge is sponsored by "There She Goes" Stamps, The  Twinery and May Arts Ribbon and we are having a a nice sketch designed by Angie, I flipped the sketch to make my pieces fit :)



For my card I got inspired by 3 challenges: Simon Says "Dot and /or Stripes" and CAS-ual Fridays "Scallops", and the colors from "Touch Twin Markers Challenge"

Here is my card:



The deadline for this challenge is 11.59pm PST on Friday, January 20,  2012. For more details, some fabulous design team inspiration and to link up your projects, click here

Hope you like it and thanks so much for playing this last challenge with us.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Thursday, January 12

A nice frame :)

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a great day. Today I want to show a project I made a couple of weeks ago, submitted and didn't make the cut. I really love this frame, if you are a regular to my blog, you know I don't make altered work very often, but after this and other projects I will show you in few weeks, I really love them! The only problem is that they are a little bit more expensive to create.
I used a picture of my sweet daughter when she was 3.5 years old. Sure time flies, she is almost 8!!! Love her cute smile and Asian eyes. Believe or not Asian genes are very strong. My great-grandfather was from China (according to my family genealogy) and the gene still present :)

Anyway, the Moxie Fab World Blog is having a Die-Cutting Challenge and I think this project fits it perfectly because I die-cut a lot of things :)

Directions:
  • You need a wood frame. I got this one at Craft Ware House. It's 12" square. Paint all the sides the color of your choice or add some Patterned Paper. I colored it Bright Pink.
  • Mark on you PP where the window frame is going to be and cut it out. Adhere PP to frame and ink all edges with Vintage Photo and Tea Dye Distress Ink.
  • Stamp flowers and leaves onto CS. Die-cut flowers and leaves and ink all edges using the same stamping pad color.(Check out the Frame recipe for the whole list of flower and leave dies) 
  • Rub Perfect Pearls in all flower and leaves, then all Gold Gala Glitz in every edge.
  • Mount flowers and adhere them as well as the leaves to frame.
  • Add picture and you are done :)



Frame Recipe:
  • Cardstock: Core'dinations "Sandtrap, Baby Pink, Basil"
  • Stamps: Daisy Patch Flowers, Posy Patch Flowers. Bella Rose Leaves, Botanical Flower 1 & 2, Open Falling Leaves (All by Heartfelt Creations)
  • Dies: Daisy Patch Dies, Posy Patch Dies, Bella Rose Dies, Falling Leaves Dies (Heartfelt Creations),  Rose Creation Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)
  • Ink: Tea Dye Distress, Vintage Photo Distress, Victorian Velvet Distress (Ranger Industries)
  • Other: Gold Gala Glitz, Zip Paper Glue, Heat glue gun, Crystal Lacquer, Sponges, Gold Brads.
Hope you like it.
Your comments are appreciated.
Have a great day!
Giovana
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Wednesday, January 11

Bear Hugs

Hello my friends! Today I have a really cute card for you. Who doesn't love bears? We all do, stuff or real ones, they are adorable! But looks at this one, isn't Rhubarb the cutest? This image and sentiment is a new one just released last week "Love from Rhubarb from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps :) I had a lot of fun coloring it. I used the sketch from Card Positioning Systems. I also got inspired by the Moxie Fab World: The Die Cutting Challenge.

My card is 5" square and I used yummy papers from Echo Park Paper "Yours Truly" Collection.

Directions:
  • Make card base from White Cardstock.
  • Stamp image on White CS. Color it with Copic Markers and stamp sentiment. Die-cut, emboss and stencil it with Cicle Nestabilities.
  • Die-cut Patterned Paper using Square Nestabilities.
  • Die-cut and emboss Red CS using Square Fleur De Lis Nestabilities.
  • Mat square pieces.
  • Mat a piece of Pink Blush and Red CS.Emboss Pink Blush piece and add stitches.
  • Add square pieces to panel. Add Circle image with foam tape.
  • Add pearls and Crystal Lacquer to heart.


Hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Tuesday, January 10

Thank You

Hello my friends! Hope you all are having a great day! I spent all morning creating and I feel good. This year I want to play a lot of challenges, I wish I could play them all :)
Anyway, today I want to show the card I made using the sketch from Skipping Stones (well, I try to) I used "Victorian Summer Set" I won few weeks ago, I really really (yes, I wrote this twice) love this set!!, the colors are from The Play Date Cafe, yummy colors and also including my card to Simon Says Challenge "Something New" , yeap, my new stamps.



Directions:
  • Make card base from Ivory Cardstock.
  • Stamp image on Ivory Cardstock in Faded Jean Distress Ink. Color it with Inktense Watercolor Pencils.
  • Ink all edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink. Mat image with Patterned Paper and Ocean Mist Cardstock and add stitches. Adhere panels to card base.
  • Add Rosette ribbon (Yummy!!) and pearls.
  • Stamp sentiment in Vintage Photo Distress Ink.


Card recipe:
  • Cardstock: Ivory, Ocean Mist (GKD)
  • Patterned Paper: Butterfly Garden (Pink Paislee)
  • Ink: Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans (Ranger), Inktense Watercolor Pencils.
  • Embellishments: Rosette Ribbon, Pearls
  • Accessories: Sponges, Scor-tape, Sewing machine, Water brush.
Hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Saturday, January 7

Wee Memories Challenge #82: Mini Cards

Hello my friends! Happy Saturday to you all!! Wee Memories has a new challenge for you and I hope you can play along with us.
This week our challenge is "Mini Cards" and it is sponsored by "My Favorite Things"


I have a couple of cute cards I made for this challenge. My "Mini Cards" are 3.5" square. I colored my images with Copic Markers.

For my cards I got inspired by the Touch Twin Markers Color Challenge.



Being Cute is What I do Set

You Take The Cake Set
For my second card I used the sketch #4 from Lucy's Cards.


The deadline for this challenge is 11.59pm PST on Friday, January 13,  2012. For more details, some fabulous design team inspiration and to link up your projects, click here

Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
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Friday, January 6

My heart blooms

Hello my friends!! Hope you are having a great day. I am almost finished with all my CHA projects fro Love My Tapes, that makes me very happy because I will have more time to play my favorite challenges. Talking about challenges, Love My Tapes Blog is inviting you to play its first challenge of 2012, this time is a Sketch Challenge and the winner is going to be very happy "wink, wink"


Here is the card I created, the images are from the new True Love StampTV Kit by Gina K. Designs and Tapes and Fabric are from Love My Tapes.

My Heart Blooms:

Directions:
  •  Make card base from White cardstock. 5" square card.
  • Cut a panel from White Cardstock. 4.25" square. Score every side at 1/4".
  • Add White Lace Tape Ribbon and overlap some Light Pink Lace Tape Ribbon.
  • Stamp label image and sentiment on White Cardstock in Red Barn Distress Ink. Die-cut and emboss piece and add it to card panel with Large Pop Dots. Add a couple of Mini Clear Rhinestones.
  • Add a piece of Pink/White Polka Dot Fabric Sheet on White CS. Stamp hearts in Vintage Photo Distress, cut them out and ink all edges carefully.
  • Add hearts to card with Medium Pop dots. Add some Star Dust Stickles to make them shine :)


Hope you like it.

I am submitting this card to Simon Says Challenge: Something New. I used new stamps and my new Star Dust Stickles :)

Thanks for stopping by.
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Thursday, January 5

Sweet 'n Sassy January Release!!


Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has an amazing release planned for this month, and the Design Divas are so excited about it!  Eight new clear stamp sets and three new sets of dies will be available in the store tonight.  Make sure you've got a warm, tasty beverage and some donuts ready....you won't want to miss a bit of the inspiration we have for you today!

Here are the projects I made for my first Sweet 'n Sassy Release!! I worked with 2 super and cute sets: "Love from Rhubard" and "You & Me"

You & Me: For one reason I kept this card CAS. I hope you like it. This card actually made me laugh, I always tell my husband he is the milk and I am his chocolate, LOL. I am a Latina skin color, so my husband loves when I say that.

Directions:
  • Make crad base from White CS. A2 size.
  • Die-cut and emboss a piece of Red CS using a die from Fancy Tags Two. Adhere it to card.
  • Stamp saying onto White CS in Red Barn Distress Ink. Die-cut, emboss and distress piece using Fancy Tags Die. Adhere it to card front with Pop Dots.
  • Stamp image on White CS, color it with Copic Markers. Die-cut, emboss and stencil piece cir Circle Dies.
  • Mount image with with a scallop circle piece.
  • Adhere to inside of card.
  • Stamp sentiment.

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Be Mine: The image and sentiment are from "Love from Rhubard" set. Isn't this bear so cute and adorable too? I had a lot of fun coloring and cutting.

Directions:
  • Make card base from Ocean Mist Cardstock.
  • Cut a panel from White Cardstock (3 7/8" x 5 1/8"), ink all edges and dry emboss it. Adhere it to card base.
  • Stamp image and color it with Copic Markers. Color extra wings and heart, cut them out.
  • Die-cut, emboss and stencil image with Circle Dies. Add extra wings and heart with mini pop dots.
  • Die-cut and emboss a piece of Ocean Mist CS using Scallop Circle Dies. Add Image to it with pop dots and adhere it to card.
  • Stamp sentiment, die-cut, emboss and stencil it with Circle Dies.
  • Using some Fabric Tape, die-cut a scallop border and adhere it to card. Add Liquid Pearls.  



      And now take a look at the rest of the Design Divas (and our very special January guest)...they've all whipped up some gorgeousness today!

      Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog

    We hope you can make plans to join us tonight in our Member Company forums over on Splitcoaststampers.  We're having a Release Party, and it is full of great activities, stamp set reveals, and fun with friends!  All of the partying will take place in our Release Party forum, so be sure to bookmark it!  Hope to see you there!

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    Tuesday, January 3

    Gina K. Designs Inspiration Blog Hop Day 3 "True Love StampTV Kit"

    Hello my friends! Welcome to Day 3 of Gina K. Designs Inspiration Blog Hop. Today, we are showing you lots of ideas with the new "True Love StampTV Kit".
    I have two cards to show you today. So, let's get started.

    I'll always love you: I stamped the wreath heart image several times, I love the effect, looks like a partial Patterned Paper.

    Directions:
    • Make card base from White CS. 5" square card.
    • Stamp wreath heart repeatedly. Color the little tiny hearts with Pink Copic Marker.
    • Stamp sentiment in Red Barn Distress Ink, distress all edges.
    • Cut a panel from Red Hot CS, distress all edges. Mat panel together and add straight stitches.
    • Tie on ribbon and add a big brad.
    • Adhere panel to card base with large pop dots.
    • Add gold nailheads to center of each wreath.

    Card recipe:
    • Cardstock: White, Hot Red (Gina K. Designs)
    • Ink: Red Barn Distress (Ranger).
    • Embellishments: Gold Nailhead (GKD), Seam Binding Ribbon, Brad (AC).
    • Accessories: Pop Dots, Distresser, Sewing machine.


    You're just my type! : This card is super cute, I really like this one, I think I will make more of this kind. Love the Kraft/Pink/White combo!! Isn't it pretty?

    Directions:
    • Make card base from Kraft CS. A2 size.
    • Stamp image onto Innocent Pink CS. Die-cut this piece with Circle Dies..
    • Stamp same image onto Vellum CS, cut it out and position it on top of main Pink CS image using Mini glue dots, (I mounted 3 glue dots together and added them behind the behind the heart and behind "you" word) this way, it will give it more dimension.
    • Create a frame in White CS using  Labels Three and Circle Nestabilities.
    • Add frame to Circle piece with mini pops dots.
    • Add piece to card base with Large Pop Dots.
    • Add a crocheted flower and paper rose to side of frame.
    • Add White and Pink Lace Ribbon tape to bottom part. Add Mini pearls.



    Card Recipe:
    • Cardstock: Kraft, Innocent Pink, White (Gina K. Designs)
    • Ink: Vintage Photo Distress (Ranger)
    • Accessories: Label Three Dies, Circle Dies (Spellbinders), Mini glue dots, Mini and Large Pop Dots, Red Copic Marker.
    • Embellishments: Mini pearls (GKD), Pink and White Lace Tape Ribbon (Love My Tapes), Crochet flower (By me), Pink Paper flower (Recollections) 
    All the items in bold can be found at Gina K. Designs Store

    Now, are you ready for more inspiration?! Visit the DT blogs listed below and leave a comment for your chance to win, Gina will be choosing a winner from all the comments who will win a fabulous Gina K. Designs grab bag filled with a least a dozen individual precut images!

    Have fun hopping.
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