WINNERS!!!!

Good Morning Everyone!!
I have a couple of Winners to announce this morning.

The Winner of The Designer's Calendar Cart  from Dia de Reyes Blog Hop is..........

JONI of COUNTING THE DAYS!!!

The Winner of the Simply Charmed Cart from Flaunt it Fridays Hello Kitty Hop is.........

BUZZY BEE DESIGNS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!

 WooHoo!! I will be emailing you shortly!!

Have a great day Everyone!!

Fantabulous Cricut #42 Winter Warmies

Hey friends, 

So happy that you've joined me today. For this weeks challenge at Fantabulous Cricut, you are  

to use some type of winter clothing or accessory on your project.

For my project, I made a layout.  Layouts are my first love! This is what I started out making and then went onto cards and crafts.  My other love are digital layouts. Most recently, I have combined the two to make a hybrid layout.  I feel like I get the best of both worlds by using the digital technique and then adding the traditional technique of scrapping!!

First, I start off by printing my pictures on my 12x12 photo paper with the background colors/pattern

that I want to use.  The program that I like to use, which is super easy is ArcSoft Print Creations.  As you can see it is very plain with no titles or embellishments.

Then comes the fun part.  I get to embellish it and dress it up just like any traditional

scrapbook layout.  It really is super easy to do.  I really like that I can do more with my pictures this way by cropping, resizing and using different types of borders.

I cut the him using Simply Charmed.  

Also used PKS stamp (Happy Lashes), blue stickles and white gel pen.

I cut the mittens with Simply Charmed as well.

The letters were cut with Disney Pooh Font.

This is such a fun technique.  If anyone wants to know more let me know!

I hope you will join us for FCCB's challenge this week. 

Don't forget there is also a winner every week, so make sure you enter your project. 

Challenges I will submit this to:

Made by Momo

Cooking with Cricut

Good Luck Everyone!!

Thank You 4 Lov'n Me

***For Flaunt It Fridays Hello Kitty Blog Hop, click HERE.***
***For Dia de Reyes Blog Hop, click HERE.***

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you guys are all having a great weekend so far.  It is actually 1am right now.  I got started on this card and before I knew it, it is super late. I'm planning on going to Micheal's early in the morning to try and get some $9.99 Cricut Carts so I should be going to bed soon.  By the way, wish me luck tomorrow! I hope its not too bad!

I made this card for a few challenges.  So happy to see all the new 2011 challenges posted this week.

I cut my cute lit' pup with SweetHearts cart.
The scalloped circles were cut with Gypsy Wanderings.
The ribbon is Celebrate It from Micheal's.
It's hard to see, but the bg paper is embossed with
Sizzix hearts folder.

Cut the bone out with Create A Critter.
The stamped sentiment is by Heidi Grace.
The sentiment in the bone, I wrote with gel pens
and Disney Pooh Font & Calligraphy Coll. Carts.
I also used my PKS stamps for his face.

Challenges:

Paper Cutz Challenge

The Cuttlebug Spot

My Creative Time

PKS LFIF Challenge
Music Mondays

Thank you for coming by today. Have a great Sunday!

My Blog has Attitude!!

***For the Flaunt it Fridays Hello Kitty Blog Hop***
                              and
***Dia De Reyes Blog Hop, please scroll down.***

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to share with you what I received from the sweet and super talented Norma at Pink Bling Crafter.  I just wanted to say Thank you Norma so much for thinking of me!! You are such a good friend!
Everyone, please show her some love by stopping by and saying hi.  Also, if anyone needs any scrapbooking supplies, she is a STAMPIN' UP DEMONSTRATOR so make sure you hit her up for all of your scrapbooking needs!!

To qualify for the $5.00 Digi's 'With Attitude!' Gift Certificate you must state 3 things that makes you different from everyone else, then nominate 5 blogs and let those 5 blogs know you've nominated them. Lastly, you must display the Blog Award Badge in your sidebar and link it back to the Digi's with Attitude!

3 things that make me different:
1. I am such a perfectionist!! Sometimes the easiest project will take longer because I just won't settle for   ok.
2. I was crazy enough to go on the show WIPEOUT!! My kids love that show and kept asking me to go, so I did!! Fun and certainly very challenging, but so worth it.  My time in the first round was 5min2sec.
3. If I could go back 15 years, I would have taken up boxing, wrestling, and martial arts.  I would love to be able to fight in a UFC match!!!

The 5 blogs that I nominate are:

Jess My Scrap Diary

Rose Pink Lemonade

Jenifer HoneyBean Creations

Stacey Stacey's Creative Corner

Amy Perfectly Unperfect Cards

 Congratz! Ladies, you all deserve it!! Thanks again Norma!!

Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop

**If you are looking for Dia de Reyes Blog Hop, then Click HERE.**

WooHoo, Happy Friday Everyone!!

Welcome to the 

Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop.

If you just hopped over from the super talented Laurel, then you're in the right place.

If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play from the beginning of the hop, then click HERE to go straight over to Flaunt It Friday's.

I can't tell you how excited and honored I am to be joining the Flaunt It Friday's Design Team and to be joining them today for this fun and inspiring blog hop.  All of these talented and amazing ladies have made some amazing projects for you.  For this week's challenge we were asked to flaunt the Hello Kitty with Airplane on page 65 from the Hello Kitty Greetings cart. 

For my project, I made a picture frame for my niece who is also my goddaughter! Since I have 3 boys, I rarely get a chance to make girlie things, so I can't tell you how much fun it was to dig into all the pink and purple!!  So here is my 1st project.....

The background paper is from Heidi Grace Designs.
The cute lit' flowers are from PaperTrayInk.

Isn't my goddaughter the cutest?? 

I just love her!!!

I cut out the name using the Robotz cart. I just love this font.
The butterfly I cut using my MarvyUchida punch.
The purple butterly and pink flowers are rub-ons.

And of course I cut out my cute plane and HelloKitty using the
HelloKitty Greetings cart!!  Isn't she cute?
The little swirly thing on the end and the stars are also rub-ons.
I also added some stickles to her bow for a little more glitz.

Now for our second project, we got to choose any cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings cart and I chose to make these cute little binder clips.  

Aren't these just adorable?  Perfect for Valentine's too!!

I'm going to give these to my younger boys' teachers with a card and some 

candy for their Valentine's Celebration at school.

This cut is HK9 and can be found on page 49.

This cut is HK10 and can be found on page 50.

So these were my first two projects as a Flaunt It Friday's Girl!  I hope you guys liked them and have been inspired as well.

Now for some GiveAways!!

If you want to be entered for the Grand Prize, you must leave a comment on everyone's blog.  The hop will run all weekend long, so you have plenty of time to visit everyone, find some great ideas and leave a comment.  

Now, speaking of prizes........I have some yummy blog candy for you too!  I will be giving away the 

Simply Charmed Cricut Cart. WooHoo!!

 I will announce the winner on Tuesday morning, January 11th.

To enter, you must:

1. Leave me a comment

2. Be a Follower

3. US shipping addresses only (I apologize for this)

4. One entry per person

Thank you everyone for taking the time to hop with us for the

  Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop!!!

We are super excited to see how you "Flaunt" your Hello Kitty this week at Flaunt It Fridays.

Your next stop is Saundra.

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!!

WINNER!

Hey Everyone!!

I have a winner for my TOP 10 CARDS OF 2010.

Drum roll please.......
The winner is..........HEATHER FROM HEATHER'S KRAFTY KORNER!!

Congratz!! I will be emailing you for your info!!

Don't forget to join me on the Dia de Reyes hop going on right now.  Giving away another Cricut Cart so go on over and enter by clicking HERE.

Dia de Reyes Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Dia de Reyes Blog Hop!  

If you just hopped over from the super talented Karla, then you're in the right place.  If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Dia de Reyes Hop,hosted by the Amazing Gaby Creates, then click HERE

to start from the beginning.

January 6th is a very special day in the Latin World.  It is a very special day for me as well because my son Danny (my 1st born) was delivered on this special day 14 years ago!! Wow, I cannot believe my oldest turned 14 today!!  Happy Birthday Danny!!

For my project I made this layout.  I love making layouts!  It's what I started out making and then jumped into cards and crafts.  The other thing I like making are digital layouts.  Just recently I started combining both digital and traditional scrapbooking to make a hybrid layout.  

I started off by printing my pictures on my 12x12 photo paper with the background that I want to use.

The program I like to use is Arcsoft Print Creations.

As you can see, it is very plain with no titles or embellishments.

Another great thing about this is you can crop, resize and add any kind of border to 

your pictures to get them just perfect. 

Next comes the fun part!  I get to embellish my page with the traditional technique of scrapping.

Just like any traditional layout, you add anything you like to it...titles, die cuts, journaling, flowers,etc.

I cut the title using Calligraphy Collection (the,gift) and Robots (Perfect).

The flowers are Prima and Recollections.

My 3 Wise Men are cut using my Imagine and Winter Frolic cart.

Added some Stickles here and there for a little bit of bling.

I cut the tag with Tags, Bags,Boxes and More cart.

The journaling is computer generated.

For your next stop, you will be hopping over to the amazing Jessica.  Go check out her amazing project for more inspiration.

My word for Gaby's Grand Prize is  STOP.  

Now, if you are looking for some blog candy, you have come to the right place!

I will be giving away a Designer's Calendar Cart to one lucky follower!!

All you need to do is leave me a comment and you must be a follower! Easy peasy!! (must have a US shipping address).

I will announce the winner using Random.org on Tuesday morning, January 11th (one entry per person).

Good luck to Everyone and thank you so much for stopping by!!

Crafting with Cristina's Companion Challenge #14 Resolutions & Memories

Hey Everyone,

Thanks so much for joining us today for another Companion Challenge hosted by the super talented Cristina of Crafting with Cristina.  

This is my first challenge with her since joining her new Companion Challenge Design Team!! I'm as so excited to be here today and designing for her!!  

For this week's challenge, you are to make a layout of your 2011 New Year's Resolutions or a page about your past special memories.  In other words, a page about your life, things you want to accomplish or have accomplished.

So for my page I decided to make it about my top 5 sweet moments of 2010!!  These are very special and some were a huge personal accomplishment (making it onto WipeOut)!!!

I used my Imagine Yummy cart for the background paper.

I used several carts for the title since it's all mixed....
Disney Pooh Font (5,memories, 2010), Creat A Critter (Sweet), Office Help (Summer & Stars),
Designer's Cal (Vacation). Whew, I think I got them all.
Also, used Gypsy Wandering for the scalloped circle.

I used Alphalicious for "made it on wipeout" using the gel pens.

Be sure to head on over to Crafting with Cristina to enter your layouts and a chance to win some great prizes!!

Good Luck Everyone!!

GingerScrapsStreet Magazine

Good morning Everyone!

I wanted to share some fun and exciting news!!
GingerScrapsStreet Magazine just released their January 2011 issue and my Snowman & Snowflakes card was featured!!  I'm so excited and so flattered.  You can view my card on pg 36 or by clicking HERE.

I want to give a big thank you to K Andrews for choosing my card and for her sweet comments!!
Thank you Kristal!! You are Awesome!!!

There are a few open calls for future issues so go on over and check it out! Also, subscription to the magazine  is free!!

Before I go, a few reminders.....

Dia de Reyes Blog Hop is this Thursday, Jan. 6!! Make sure you come by for that.  It all starts with Gaby Creates.

Also, Flaunt It Fridays is having their 1st Blog Hop on Friday, Jan.7th!!

I hope to see you guys there!! 

Have a great week Everyone!!

Come Join the Fun!!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Wow, it is going to be so hard to get back into our regular routine after the Holidays.  It will be nice to get back to normal though.

I wanted to let you know of a couple of fun things that are coming up this week!!

First, Cristina from Crafting With Cristina will be back on Wednesday with her first Challenge of the year!!
Make sure you come by and enter for a chance to win some great prizes!!  It is also my first Challenge with her as a new DT member, so I can't tell you how excited I am about that!!

Second, on Thursday, Jan.6  I will be participating in Gaby Creates' Dia de los Reyes Blog Hop!! She has a whole list of talented and amazing ladies that will have some great and inspiring projects for you.  Plus, there will be some awesome prizes as well.

Finally, on Friday, Jan.7 I will be joining in on another fun Blog Hop with Flaunt It Fridays.  These talented ladies have been working on some super cute and amazing projects for you as well.  Come join the fun and check out the awesome giveaways too!!

I hope to see you all for these.  So much fun and so much inspiration!!

Also, if you haven't entered my Top 10 Cards Giveaway yet, you still have time.  Go HERE to enter!
I will be announcing the winner Thursday morning.

Have a great week Everyone!!