Marco para cuadro

Hoy Tere y Wilma estuvieron en la tienda con un reto para mi, crear un "matting board" para enmarcar una página.  Mano libre a la creación que finalmente terminó con mas cosas que este, quedo hermoso, estas son las fotos que Tere puso en Facebook donde nos tomó a todas trabajando!

Con supervisión en el trabajo, LOL!

Que hermoso poder compartir el talento de mi hija que trabaja con tanta delicadeza y esmero los pequeños detalles!

M & J 4 ever

I have been working non stop on this card, you could say it is miniature week for me.  Everything is little.  I started working with Kazan's sketch,  first thinking it looked like the beach with fish all around, and then forcing me to work in a different direction.   Making a garden, with a picket fence and all to mimic the scallops. Inspired by The Shabby Tearoom challenge.   There are 3 elements in Kazans sketch, I wanted to use flowers, the bird and something else so I made "graffiti" on the fence. And "carved" our initials inside a heart, LOL, and inside there is another bird with 4-ever!!!

I also think this qualifies as shabby chic

 for the Moxie Fab World style challenge.

 

            Here is the little Maya Road bird all deckled up in papers and pearls and embossing...

and the tiny organza blooms, handstitched to the card, some of them were a speckle in my index finger!

handstitched grass...

 And my favorite stitch the French Knot on the making...

Enjoy!

Funny, all the work involved in a 4x6 card! you should see my scrap table!

Thinking of you

Woohooo I just realized I made the Cream @  TPDC!!!! Thank you girls for stirring me in your cup on my first try!

A close up for Laura's sketch this week, had a lot of fun playing with "Olivia" today!

I hand dyed the ribbon using Maya Mist and rinsing it to get just the slightest hint of pink to match the card

Here's the full card, pretty cool sketch.

Next one is the colors of Provence , France

This one is inspired by the Provence challenge @ the Play Date Cafe, a while ago Julie asked me to come over and play...I guess this colors inspired me beyond words. The sketch for this one is mine, I took advantage of the Sassafras PP and just played along! The ribbon is hand dyed using Tiger Lilly Gimmer Mist to match the challenge colors. And the stamp is Inkadinkado.



Here is my sweetie who just celebrated her B-Day yesterday, dressed and "tatooed" as
Barbie Merliah!

Sew Special

I had a recent visit from Nerina http://nerinasserendipity.blogspot.com/ @ my blog and she suggested I played at The Shabby Tea Room. Go visit her, her work is amazing! The challenge was to work with embossing , it could be dry or heat, I used both.
With the embossing folders from the Cuttlebug I embossed the background, then I stamped and embossed the image, including the needle and thread from Crafty Secrets. Of course I couldn't help but visit Kazan, it was her sketch this week, and I used it as the inspiration for my wall hanging. I may try and post this again, because there is pink and acqua in the backgrounds and I see neither
This did photograph all bright and cheery, the way it is! All the way to the Citycrafter some like it HOT and RED!

Good Times

Good Times under the sizzling sun. It is Hot here. This is a tag I made reusing a store coupon. It had the coolest tag form and the coolest size, it's roughly a 4x6 I can actually use this to create a tag album or maybe use it as an embellie in a LO. I think it turned out juicy and nice. Those colors from Bo Bunny make me happy, the background color makes me happy, lime green has an effect on me... Anywho this is my entry for Laura's sketch, all flipped around my way!

I am telling you, yummy...

Sonia @ http://sonia-studio60.blogspot.com/ asked i we could make her a wedding card. I did a 50 yr anniversary card for her challenge. Not many people fall into that category and the commitment....

This is one of Becky's sketches for this months Page Maps and my entry below can be found here http://www.pagemaps.com/july10maps.htm

Here is my son in a pic with Carlos Alomar while the Mets were playing the Marlins here in Puerto Rico this past Monday. What a blast having a Mayour Leagues game here. It was the perfect Father's Day for them.

Enjoy your 4th of July!

Won't you join us?

Angel de mi guarda

The Guardian Angel prayer for my DD birthay. A little shadow box 4 her bedroom, to remind her of the really important things in life. My version of Kazan's sketch.
Hope you all had a wonderful father's day!
PS I am so proud Paige from the Cards blog pick my fathers day card!
http://northridgemedia.net/blogs/cards/challenge/challenge-gallery-and-new-challenge-36/

Abuelita con todo mi cariño

Una tarjeta para una abuela especial con la plantilla de Laura. Dos paginas de mis dos amores, una romantica y una de puro verano!

This pretty paper from Kaisercraft was a joy to play with. I felt like a kid with the butterflies, birds and flowers, made for Kazan's lovely sketch. The bird cage is in chipboard inked with Tim Holtz new olive and then embossed clear.
Next is Pink Paislee with my DD, tons of beading and stitching in this one for TCR.

2 takes 1 sketch

I loved Laura's sketch so much I wanted to try my hand 2 different ways. First is a trio of hand embroidered hot air ballons. There is a Fun with Fabric Challenge at Moxie Fab World and I wanted to try my hand with it. Pure wool cut with a die from Papertry Ink, you just have to touch this to feel them, so rich to the touch of one's hand! I think they will not stay permanently on this card and will instead end gracing a teeshirt for my DD.
Next one is inspired by a tutorial on wings by Ingvild Bolme I so wanted to try, it was really fun making them out of recycled materials, there is a lot of green in this card, the hearts were cut with the slice feom a recycled book and just were lying around waiting to be used!
And last a LO with my DD for TCR, all in Spanish, titled Your Serious Side!
Have a fun week

Happy Birthday

I created this birthday bag inspired by the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World. I loved the grid on the original card and I had these yummy buttons by KI Memories just lying around. I think they worked perfect with the Jenni Bowlin cabbage rose stamp as a background in black. I decided to flip the design to make it into a bag I could readily have available for the next B-Day!

Cherish

This week the sketch is going off the card and into the wall!
Tons of Webster's goodness into this, papers given to me by my friend Jackie, thanks!
and a LO with new BG Capella.

Devotion

Devotion is what a parent feels forever in their hearts for their children. For Laura's sketch I was inspired by this vintage image of a father pulling the curtain to see his baby. Not often do we see the tender side of men, but it's there specially when it comes to their children. This is the perfect father's day card for my husband, who is devoted to his children beyond belief. I am so lucky he's mine.
This is also the perfect card for the Cards challenge, this Sunday he will have a special sentiment inside by the kids!

Haute Couture

Senior proms are coming, and girls all over high schools are looking for what to wear. I just couldn't resist with only one choice so I ended up making 2, rows and rows of punched scallops...maybe I am not finished yet and will whip up another batch...who knows, inspired by Kazan's sketch this week!
Next is my mothers day LO, with my kids, blessed day with the grandmas, what more can we ask for! Hope you had a wonderful one with your mamas too.