Mojo Monday 123 Round or Square? I take both.

I could not decide wich one to make, so I made both.  I had made round cards before and I find them very charming but they are harder to make (mine is a bit crooked).  I liked how Mrs. Tilman and Mrs. Bigelow both made the round and square versions of the sketch, so I followed the lead!  I used SU papers, hearts puch and Stamp from the SAB set Frases Caprichosas.

Mojo Monday 122

It is Almost Monday again, I guess I am a little bit late but here it is may interpretation of Mojo Monday's Challege.  The Sketch design was done by the talented Mary Fish.  I am using Lo Mejor de Todo, Simply Scrappin' set by Stampin'Up which is currently in the Clearance Rack.  The ribbon is also in the Clearance Rack and is from the set District Ribbon Originals.  Both are amazing values and will be available while they last. 

PPA 26 Anything but a card

Welcome again to my blog.  I am always happy to have you and to read the comments you kindly leave for me.  This week PPA challenge us to create anything but a card.  This leave us with a broad range of possibilities and it is when I really cannot decide what to do.  I have a Baskin Robins dilema, 31 ice cream flavors!!.  Well, I think I will have vainilla this time...MDS to the rescue, again.  A digital scrapbook page is always inspiring to me.  I am really a scrapbooker turned cardmaker. And although digital scrapbooking is completely new to me (I have been doing it only since MDS got out) I found it equally calming and refreshing than traditional scrapbooking.  I take a white canvas, choose my photo and begin right there: adding and taking out until I am satisfied. Today  I am using the beautiful digital papers from the Sweet Pea digital set from Stampin'Up, available as a supplement to MDS or as a download to be used with other applications.  Give MDS a try, you will find is easy and fun, if you don't like the results you can just delete the page with no waste of papers or other craft materials, it's just that forgiving.  Here the final result. Two of my beautiful grand-nieces adorn my page.  I am sure their grandmas would love to see them here.  For those of you who are more used to digital scrapbooking I will love to learn more, share ideas and inspiration. 

PPA 25 Inspiration Challenge Follow your Heart

Another week to play with the Pals in the PPA 25 challenge.  This is the photo to draw your inspiration:

Yummy! A chocolate covered cherry! (at least this is what I imagine...and I love them!) I

am using papers from Sweet Pea DSP Stack, a strip of Sending Love DSP, Satin Ribbon in Pretty in Pink and the clear mounted stamp: Palabras caprichosas. The die cut is a Sizzix die.

I hope you play, too.  This week there is Blog Candy!  You can win, sweet, isn't it? 

Mojo Monday 121 Thanks for your friendship

 

 Thanks everybody for your visit and comments on my recent blog postings on the Holiday Hop for Valentine's Day.  I really appreciate your feedback.  Today I am posting my participation on Mojo Monday 121 Challenge.  I made a card with the Beautiful SU DSP Love Always.

For those of you who notice the new link in the top right of my blog I want to tell you that I took the link from the White House site. When you press it it takes you to the different reputable organizations authorized to receive donations on behalf of the Republic of Haiti, who on Tuesday the worst disaster we have seen in many decades.  If you want to help, it is very easy, the link brings you to White House site and advise you on  the different ways you can you can make your help count.  Be sure to contribute only through credible entities such as Red Cross and UNICEF.  You can contribute with 10 dollars sending a text message to the number provided in the site.  It is really easy and can make a very big  difference.  My card title is Gracias por tu Amistad (Thanks for your Friendship), you can show your friendship to our brothers and sisters in need sending your contribution or helping in any way you can.

Holiday Blog Hop "Valentine's Inspiration"

 Hello everyone, today is the day for you to have an exquisite banquet of ideas and inspiration for Valentine's Day.  If you come from Regina's blog, you are in the right track! I am sure you enjoyed her beautiful projects. If you came from elsewhere, you can always go around with the links at the end of this post.  Be sure to visit all 17 blogs participating in this hop. For all the hops I have participated up to date,  I like to make three projects to attempt to include a sample of the many things you can do with Stampin' Up products. 

I always fall short! The complete list of materials used are at the end of the posting.  My first project today is a little card of Hugs and Kisses.  I made this card using my BigShot (wonderful machine)  and some of the dies available for it.  I used the scallop circle die, and two sizes of circle dies.  I also used the BigShot to cut the letters using the alphabet dies.  The hearts are from the punch Heart To Heart and the paper is Sending Love, from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  My second project is a MDS project.  My Digital Studio, from Stampin'Up is really a versatile tool.  You can make scrapbook pages, cards, calendars, video and a great number of amazing things.  The Digital Scrapbook page shown here portraits my beloved daughter Maralisi playing with her adored kitty, Pixie. Aren't day to gorgeous ladies?

 My last project is a 3-D Item that took me a while to figure out but when I did, it was really easy. I used a tag I had as a template. I took Real Red textured card stock and  cut a strip of about 4 times the tag.  I scored it and folded it mountain valley style.  I embellished it using Designer Paper and photos and print-out words.  At first I tried to use real photos, I mean in photo paper.  But with the high humidity here where I live, the photos stuck together when I closed the tags. So, I went and printed all the photos and words using my MDS.  It turned out great.   I made the case last, just using a card stock piece wider for half and inch and longer for 3 and a half times. Here, I used Sending Love Designer Paper and Sending Love Real Red brads as embellishments.

 

 

 

That is all for today.  I hope you liked my projects and can get some inspirations to make yours.  I really love to share them with you.  Your comments make my day, please leave yours.  Now it is time to continue to the next blog: The talented Kris Kylcoyne
Is next!

Materials used for projects: SU Cardstock (Real Red, Very Vainilla, Pretty in Pink, Pink Passion, Whisper White)  SU Punches ( Heart to Heart 113694, Circle Punch 104401, Modern Label 116630, Word Window 105090)  BigShot die cutter and dies (Clear Circle 114533, Scallop Circle 113468, Timeless Type 115951)  From the Occasions Mini (Sending Love Real Red Brads 117270, Sending Love DSP 117153) and from the Clearance Rack (Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon 109862)

1.   Kalshelia Lloyd -- www.stampinfabulousity.com    

2.   Ann Schach -- www.stampinchic.com    

3.   Margaret Moody -- www.margaretmoody.typepad.com    

4.   Debbie Pierce -- www.stampinsunshine.com   

5.   Carla Bazhenow -- www.carlas-scraps.com    

6.   Mary Fish -- www.stampinpretty.com   

7.   Kim Lampone -- www.kjskorner.blogspot.com   

8.   Gina Shaw -- www.cardsbyginashaw.com    

9.   Regina Mangum -- www.thestampinbean.blogspot.com    

10. Lourdes Torres -- www.cozycraftycorner.blogspot.com ( This is me! ) 

11. Kris Kilcoyne -- www.kweenbee.typepad.com   

12. Liz Hughes -- www.diypapercreations.com   

13. Melanie Collins -- www.oopsadaisy.typepad.com    

14. Mike Funke -- www.stampin-style.com   

15. Anne Beale Yancey -- www.mukibug.com  

16. Martha Stewart -- www.SeasonsOfStamping.com  

17. Jason Casper -- www.stampindad.blogspot.com    

Just a reminder

Hello friends!  I just wanted to remind you that on Tuesday we will have our Holiday Hop featuring Valentine's Day projects, ideas and inspiration.  I am so sorry I am not feeling well this weekend so I will post the list of participants.  You will see that you will not be dissapointed!

1.   Kalshelia Lloyd -- www.stampinfabulousity.com    

2.   Ann Schach -- www.stampinchic.com    

3.   Margaret Moody -- www.margaretmoody.typepad.com    

4.   Debbie Pierce -- www.stampinsunshine.com   

5.   Carla Bazhenow -- www.carlas-scraps.com    

6.   Mary Fish -- www.stampinpretty.com   

7.   Kim Lampone -- www.kjskorner.blogspot.com   

8.   Gina Shaw -- www.cardsbyginashaw.com     Cards by Gina

9.   Regina Mangum -- www.thestampinbean.blogspot.com    

10. Lourdes Torres -- www.cozycraftycorner.blogspot.com ( This is me! ) 

11. Kris Kilcoyne -- www.kweenbee.typepad.com   

12. Liz Hughes -- www.diypapercreations.com   

13. Melanie Collins -- www.oopsadaisy.typepad.com    

14. Mike Funke -- www.stampin-style.com   

15. Anne Beale Yancey -- www.mukibug.com  

16. Martha Stewart -- www.SeasonsOfStamping.com  

17. Jason Casper -- www.stampindad.blogspot.com    

PPA 24 Happiness Always

For the PPA 24 Simple Sketch challenge, Margaret Moody created this wonderful and clean sketch that inspired the card I am showing today.  I used papers from the hostess Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack 3 and a sentiment from the new SAB set "Palabras Caprichosas" (Whimsical Words") available in Spanish, English and French.

Feliz Dia de Reyes (Happy Three Kings Day)

In Puerto Rico, like in many other countries we celebrate  January 6, as the day the Three Wise men from the Orient visited baby Jesus guided by a bright star in the heaven.  They brought him presents fit for a king  and adored him, acknowledging him as King of Kings.  This date we remember that event and our children receive presents brought by theThree Kings, just like baby Jesus did. In the Eve, the children collect grass and put it in little boxes under their beds.  The purpose is to feed the king's camels that come from so far away.  The Kings then leave toys and presents under the children's beds.  In the morning, the children look under their beds and there will be the presents!!  The adults celebrate with music and traditional food and relatives and friends often visit and share.  It is a beautiful tradition and one very close to our hearts.  Here in the MDS page I made for Jezer Adrian, my grandson, he is collecting some "tasty" grass for the camels.  Tomorrow he will surely find some treats under his bed at grandma's home!  Happy Three Kings Day everywhere!

Mojo Monday 120

It has been some time since my last participation in Mojo Monday challenge.  I hope this one, the first of the year 2010 would be one of many for this year.

Coming Next to a Computer near you

Here we come again!   Demonstrators from the Pretty Pals group are ready to show off their paper crafting skills again, this time with inspirational ideas for Valentine's Day using Stampin' Up! products!

Join us on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 5:00 AM CST for a Holiday Hop as we showcase all that Stampin' Up! has to offer - from rubber stamps, designer paper, MDS, and much more!  Mark your calendar now!  You don't want to miss out!

PPA 23 A Chick to the rescue!!

Happy New Year to all my friends and visitors!  I really hope this year will bring many blessings to our families and our countries.  Last week I made my card for the PPA 23 Challenge and forgot to post the link in Mr. Linky!!!  Today I felt like playing with my papers and stamps again, now that they all are in their place and readily available. (At last!).  The PPA challenge for this week is :Anything but a Card.  Browsing the internet looking for ideas I landed in the Splitcoaststampers blog where I frequently find ideas, tutorials and inspiration.  This week tutorial was a Matchbox Post it Note holder. (Tutorial Here)  I liked it a lot but wanted to make something else with the template. I came up with a mini sewing kit to carry in my purse or have it in my office desk's drawer, readily available for those accidents in which you loose a button or need a needle and thread. I used SU retired designer paper and the very versatile stamp set "Notas Rapidas y Divertidas"  also available in English.  I liked  a lot how it turned out.  I think I will be making some more for the pals in my office.  Don't forget to check out the other inspiration projects on the Pals Paper Arts web site! Thanks for visiting and for your comments, they mean a lot, really, A LOT to me.