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    

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!

The Pals Holiday Hop for Fall is here!

Like last month with our Halloween Hop a group of talented Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are ready to show off their paper crafting skills giving you some ideas for your projects for this Fall season.

If you came directly to this blog, you can still visit our Holiday Hop full circle.  Move with the "previous"  or "next" buttons below the projects and see all we have for our guests.  Feel free to return anytime.  Please, leave your comments, they mean a lot to us!  Mark your calendar for our next Holiday Hop:

• Christmas/Winter – December 1, 2009

For this Hop again, I wanted to make three projects, a card, a 3D Project and a scrapbook page using My Digital Studio.  I have been using MSD very frequently these days.  As a first time digital scrapbooker I really thought it would take much more time to feel at ease with the software but it is really not hard.  But like they say:  "Practice makes perfect".  While I continue practicing to someday make close to  perfect pages I want to share with you this one I made with the Thanksgiving theme in mind.  I was in a trip across the mountains of my beautiful country Puerto Rico.  The sights were splendorous and majestic.  I remembered how lucky I am and how much I must give thanks for.  My page is entitled:  "Dios, te doy gracias"( God, I thank you for..."

My second project is a Thanksgiving card.  I used the Autumn Meadows DSP paper using both sides of the designs.  I made my base with very Vanilla and also use Dusty Durango and Tempting Turquoise for layering.  The birds and the branches were cut with the Birds with leaves and flowers die (113465) and the greeting was punched with the scallop oval  punch (114889) and the large oval punch (107305). The greeting set is "Todos Ovalados".

My last project is a Sachet Envelope.  I used the Autumn DPS from our mini catalog (118769).  I actually cut my envelope using a regular Stampin'up envelope which I opened and used as a template.  I prepared the envelope and poke several holes   with my mat pack (105826) and my piercing tool(116631).  The holes are needed so the fragance of the sachet crystals can flow out.  I embelished the sachet using the flowers from Blossom Party (115971) using the die with the BigShot is a breeze.  I used  Crushed Cury, Tempting Turquoise and Dusty Durango card stock.  I cut the leaves with the exclusive Sizzix die "Little Leaves" (114511) and I attached the Round Tap punch out shape in the top of the sachet in the event the receiver wants to hang it. (108340).  I used a little raffia bow and Alpine ribbon layering the belt made of paper.  I added the  sentiment in Spanish "Gracias por tu amistad" (Thank you for your friendship). I found the project very pretty and the crystals can be purchase individually for close to a buck or buy them in bulk if you plan to do several.   This could be  a wonderfully fragant and pretty give for a special friend during the holidays.

I hope you liked my projects and could take some ideas for your own projects this Fall.  Now, If you came all the way from Kris blog and came here from Gina's this is your last stop.  If not, you can Hop all the way around using the buttons below.  Thanks for visiting and I hope to have you again very soon.  






















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HOLIDAY HOPPER LINE-UP     

1.  Kris (Kween Bee Kreations)
2.  Carla (Carla's Scraps)
3.  Linda (Stampin' Seasons)
4.  Mary (Stampin' Pretty)
5.  Trish (Soul Stamper)
6.  Jill (Stamping Heart) 
7.  Liz (DIY Paper Creations) 
8.  Kim (Stamp, Scrap, Get Kreative) 
9.  Kalshelia (Stampin' Fabulousity) 
10.  Regina (The Stampin' Bean) 
11.  Margaret (Margaret Moody) 
12.  Debbie (Stampin' Sunshine) 
13.  Ann (The Stampin' Schach) 
14.  Gina (Cards by Gina) 
15.  Lourdes (Cozy Crafty Corner)

       




                                                                                                                                                                      

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When I grow up...

Last Friday, the day before Halloween, Jezer's teacher asked the children  to come dressed personifying who they wanted to be when they grow up.  Of course, he wanted to be a Firefighter!  He looked gorgeous among the other nurses, doctors, policemen and  teachers in the classroom.  Here, some pictures of that day, memories immortalized in a scrapbook page made by his Grandma (ME)  who loves him with all her heart!

Cleopatra

Halloween this year was full of fun and characters.  The birthday of my grandson was on the 30th so we celebrated on Halloween's style.  My nephew and his wife also celebrated with her beautiful daughter Ana Victoria of whom I am Godmother.  They sent these photos ideal for a new MDS scrapbook page.  I will be posting some more later showcasing my grandson's costumes.

PPA13 Anything but a card

Recently, my big sister who lives outside of Puerto Rico, sent me to digital pictures of her with her family.  The pictures were beautiful, colorful, clear and that smile in everyone's faces make perfect pictures for a Digital Scrapbook page from MDS!  I love so much my sister and her family and I really miss them everyday. With this page I wanted to tell them not only how much they are loved and missed but that they can count on me always.  I sent her the page first to see if she agreed for me to put it in my blog and she said a big YES!! She loved the page so I wanted to share it with you.  All elements are from MDS.

I am thakful for you

Hi friends, I am recounting my blessings and trying to illustrate them in scrapbook pages for my MDS album.  Frankly, I will need to find another theme for my album because my blessings are so many that 99 pages would not be enough.  God has blessed me greatly and I thank him everyday for good things and bad things that happens in my life because I have learned with all of these events to be stronger, wiser, and my faith had grown.  Today I will portrait one of my big blessings, Jezer Adrian, my grandson.  He makes me laugh, with his curiosity and intelligence. Those grandmas out there know what I am talking about.  So, I make this digital scrapbook page giving thanks for him.  After I posted it, I found that little mouse sitting at the bottom of the page, I do not have any idea what he does there!  But I chose to leave it just like that, like my grandson, it only brings another smile to my face.

Hello, It's Me!

Wow!  I think I am getting hooked with MDS.  I began yesterday trying to make something worth saving and I think I am finding my way through.  When the program first came out for demonstrators I bought it at once.  But I did never used before the digital format for my scrapbooks so, I felt a bit lost.  I began taking the webminars but I had not had time until this week-end to experiment and put into use what I had learned.  It is a formidable program, easy to use, and compatible with other digital images, papers and embellishments I already had but never used.  I think you will seeing many more pages soon.  Thanks for looking and please leave your comments, I always learn from you all.

My Digital Studio Scrapbook Page

Today I was playing and experimenting with MDS and made a page from old photos of my grandson who soon will be 5 years old at the end of this month.  He used to eat Oreo cookies and put a wig on and with his teeth all black with the cookies went to try to scare us.  He looked so funny and he had so much fun when he saw me "terrorized" when I see that Monster, that these photos bring me very happy memories.  This is my very first attempt to make a Digital scrapbook page.  I found the program easy to understand and user's friendly.  But to those experienced with Digital scapbooking it may look too simple.  For me, this page brings smiles and happy thoughts.