EXCUSES FOR ABSENTEESIM???

NONE

lol

I just have been busy with family, trips to the hospital to see my MIL who has been in since before the holidays and just getting caught up on things before we hit the New Year. My dear husband will be going back to work soon and I will come back to the swing of things here too.

I also want to follow up on 

THE LIME LIGHT BLOG HOP PRIZES AND WINNERS

--They still working on it since they wanted to make sure the participants followed the requirements--

I also want to wish you a very Happy, Prosperous and Blessed New Year 2011.

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 and here is my most recent photo after achieving to gain some extra undesirable pounds, lol.

Love you all!

HOLIDAY VACATIONS

Hello my friends

I am taking vacations from the blogging land until the 27th.

 I will be browsing the web when I can, but not really posting on this blog.

I wish you the best. 

Enjoy the holidays along with your loved ones.

My Christmas Cards 2010

I realized I was pretty late with the cards so I had be fast making them. ;p
The poinsettia is from Winter Woodlands, the sentiment from G-Studio clear stamp, the ornament border from a set I have at home called "All Decked Out" and the red tapes are from Martha Stewart.

Love you all!
 

From Millan.Net

THE LIME LIGHT BLOG HOP STARTS TONIGHT AT 8PM CST---HAVE FUN!

ETA: 

(edited to add)

BLOG HOP HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL SUNDAY 12PM EST.

THANKS FOR ALL T YOUR SUPPORT---SPREAD THE VOICE---

THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS CHARITABLE BLOG, THE MORE PEOPLE MIGHT GET INVOLVED TO HELP AS NEEDED---

THANKS, THANKS, THANKS.

Hello my dear friends

Finally the day has come where we newbies get to participate too in our first

The Lime Light 

blog hop. 

(so very happy here)

ALL OF YOU
Welcome to my hut, and please feel free to browse it.
My name is Agnes for those of you who are new visiting and I love to making cards and home decor projects. I do to scrapbook but not as much as I make cards. I am married and we have a --soon to be-- 18 years old young man, who we are very proud of. We also have Lulu, our pug fur baby girl. 
I am so very delighted to be here and be able to use a hobby to help others in whatever I can. 

This Cricut cartridge is my donation for the hop.

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This is the card I  made for tonight's hop. I want to say Thank You to all of you who come and support me and to the new bloggers/crafters who will be stopping by tonight.

Thank You card
 4 x 7 inch

 The base was made with Birthday Bash and adjusted on the Gypsy to make it a 4 x 7".

 The top heart was popped up. The mini dots are done with fabric paint.

 The Thank You sentiment is from My Pink Stamper clear stamps sets.

 I think the sentiment font matches my card beautifully.

 The cardstock is from DCWV.

Hope you see what you like and maybe decide to become a follower.

OK...now, back to the hop

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below are the participants blogs in case you missed somebody, and
---You will find more info about this hop HERE---

 Lime Light Charitable Design Team --8:00 PM --Our little home on the net   

1. Gracie ---Imagine That  
2. Sue ---Sue's Cricut & Crafts  
3. Joanne ---TropicLuv
4. Joy --- Everyday Cricut -- she's one of our honored guests on this hop, giving you tons of ideas for your Cricut creative mind.
5. Terry ---Hello From Oregon  
6. Peg --- Peg's Crafting Corner 
7. Kim ---the object of art is to give life a shape
8. Kathy ---The Beautiful Life
9. Agnes ---FLOWERDISCO'S SCRAPHUT -me-
10. Sarah ---Pink Cricut --- she's our other honored guest on this hop, full of inspiration and generously sharing her Cricut talents.  
11. Sandra ---Sandra Wilson Designs
12. Samantha ---Samantha J Designs
13. Sonya ---Appel Quilling Garden  
14. Lime Light Charitable Design Team --- Home sweet home...again!

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Have fun hopping and good luck!

Thank You So Very Much
for hopping along with us today, and for taking the time to stop by!

A CHRISTMAS TREE

  Hello

It's me again...I am on a roll here friends.

Another Peachy Keen Stamps challenge. As you might know, most of these challenges are picked randomly so it is a matter of luck :) But, in the meantime, I keep making these "no-name gifts"...meaning they are ready for whoever comes to visit me ;p

This is the challenge: copied and pasted from here.

THE CHALLENGE

Using a lunch sack or a paper grocery bag, create a winter-inspired project. Some ideas can be a set of ornaments (staple two pieces of the lunch sack together), stamp the paper bag & use as wrapping paper, a holiday gift bag (paint both sides of the bag with gesso first if painting it), spray with archival mist to use as an element in a scrapbook page, crinkle and use distress ink to create an aged element, use the brown bag to wrap a frame or pail, or make a craft that a child could help you create (puppets)! The sky's the limit, and the more creative, the better!

• Design must be new
• Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
• Link to Mr. Linky before December 16th

 A CHRISTMAS TREE

 Standard Size Lunch Bag

and in case you want to know where I got the idea...I got it from

HERE

 and, if you are interested in the steps to make this cutie, you are lucky because 

I felt like taking lots of pics today :P

 I do not know what I am making to put inside but for now I have the Xyron X in order to take the pics, lol

 

OK, see you later.

Stay put and play nice.

Love you all!

A SAD LOVE NOTE

Hola amigas,

this little Teddy Bear card will be enter in a Peachy Keen Stamps challenge.

Peachy Keen Stamps blog 

in case you want to participate.

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THE CHALLENGE:

Create a card or layout using an EMBOSSING technique
You can either HEAT emboss or DRY emboss {or both if you wanna be fancy}
There are no limitations, but if you have Peachy Keen Stamps, 
you are encouraged to use them!

Please link your blog post URL to Mr. Linky before December 21st.(the actual posting closes 12/20 11:59 p.m. PST)

We'll use Random.org to generate our RANDOM WINNER (only one entry per person, please) on 12/20 to receive the prize package posted after all the DT submissions!

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Onto my project now...

 A SAD LOVE NOTE

 using Teddy Bear 2 Sizzix die
card measures 5x5
the colors are so different in real life. i couldn't get a good pic yesterday even if my life depend it on it, lol
so sorry because the colors are vibrant and beautiful.

I used a Peachy Keen stamp for the face called:

Too Much Fun Faces

PK-525

I had most of the cuts in this tote I keep with little things I made that did no work at the moment and, that I know/think  I can use for another project. ;p

frugality...aha!

Example of this: the embossed background is from a project I did for MPS,

the leaves are from a cut that was too long for a card and I had to cut some off. The butterfly, the phrase and the sun were  also in this tote already. 

  The small flowers and the heart I just punched out. I handmade the little yellow note, isn't cute? The grass was cut with deco scissors, the puffy brown stuff on the belly and hair were made with the puffy fabric paint I have in my stash.

You can appreciate the dimension better on this shot. 

The inside of the card.

well, this is it for today and no!!!...I do not know what the note read, lol.  All I know is that it had to be heartbreaking news to make her cry inconsolable. ;p

and....
perhaps you want me to remind you that on  Friday the 17 we will have 
THE LIME LIGHT BLOG HOP.
 You will have to go there first and YES! there are a lot of prizes. The already have some sneak peaks of them in their blog. CLICK HERE to go and see and......
SPREAD the voice/post... hehe

THE LIME LIGHT BLOG HOP

JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET

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BLOG HOP

DEC 17

8PM CST

As you can see by the title, the Lime Light Charitable Design Team, of which I am a DT member is having a blog hop this Friday at 8PM.  We want you to get to know us and what we do as a team, so we are having a blog hop so that you can visit the various team members' sites.  We also have a couple of the top Cricut bloggers on the net -- Everyday Cricut and Pink Cricut, that will be stops along the way.  

The team came together a few years ago because of our love of Cricut, and we wanted to give you a couple of bonus's as these sites are top notch when it comes to Cricut creative inspiration. 

At 8 PM CST on Friday, we'll  be posting the instructions on how you get from blog to blog and what you need to do when you get to each blog (COME TO THE LIME LIGHT BLOG FIRST FOR INSTRUCTIONS).  All simple stuff.  

Now, here's the fun part. We'll be giving away some very nifty prizes, including a grand prize stash worth over $150. And because I can't wait, I'm giving you a peek at the prizes. So sit down, take a look at the goodies, and then join us Friday at 8 CST for a fun time!  

NO EXCUSES ALLOWED!

wink-wink

Love you All!

WELCOMING 2011

Hello my friends
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The season is getting busier and busier and hardly anytime to craft. 

I had to make this project work for two blogs for lack of time. But, this is good in its own way.

Nilda from The Cuttlebug Spot and Sassy from She's a Sassy Lady will have to share the stage today...wink-wink

Because one of my RESOLUTIONS for the New Year is trying to be more FRUGAL...hehe  I am going to start re-purposing what ever I can just because.

The above frame I bought it 5-6 years ago at the Dollar Store. I bought a green one and a blue one. They measure 5 x 5, kind of a shadow box with a plastic flower inside, but like most things from the dollar store, the glue came apart on this one. I took them both down when my husband re-did the half bath in the fr. I never got rid of the frames because I really liked them and thought to fix it but never did :0 until yesterday morning when I had to make a project for Nildas Cutllebug Spot and Sheila's at Sassy Lady. ha! talk about last minute.... hehehe 

Happy 2011

it will be a gift with a name already :)

Did you realized that the first date next year will be

1-11-11

:p

I did not use the glass part but the frame only.

The cardstock used for the whole project is DCWV embossed with the cuttlebug using a Tim Holtz embossing folder called Patchwork. I am loving these Holtz' folders. They are really neat and the embossing comes out perfect.

The "happy 2011" were cut using A Child Year's font
and the embellishments are from a K&Co chipboard set.

The alpha's are metal brads from J's brand. I purchased them what it seems years and years ago, lol. I cut off the prongs and adhered them with my glue gun. They spell the last name of the recipient.

This is the side view.

I hope you enjoy it!
It is so very cute.

I am not sure if Nilda has a sponsor for this week or not (we are not told all the details) but even if she just has the challenge, hop over and play along and enjoy the work of my colleagues. I bet they are awesome as always.

Please, do not forget the Blog Hop for The Lime Light
this Friday December 17. Please, try your best to hop along. I know there will be lots of prizes and myself is finally giving away the Cricut Cartridge I mention a few months ago. I guessed I was waiting for the right time and that time has come.

Love you all!

and keep sane during the holidays, lol.

COOKIE MIX JAR

PLAYING ALONG AGAIN...

this time I am entering this no-name gift to the

FANTABULOUS CRICUT

Challenge #39 Gifts Galore:

Create a handmade gift or gift package.

  I used the From the Kitchen Cricut cart to cut the word with its features and Winter Woodland for the poinsettias.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chippers Mix in a Jar 

(Copied and pasted from HERE)

3/4 cup chopped salted peanuts
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup semi/sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl.

Layer the ingredients in a one-quart wide-mouth jar in the order given; pressing each layer firmly in place before adding the next ingredient

Attach the following gift tag to the jar:
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chippers:

Empty cookie mix into a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Add 1/2 cup softened butter or margarine, 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, 1 beaten egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix until completely blended. Shape dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are slightly brown. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet and remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 3 dozen cookies.

ENJOY!

PAPER CRAFT STAR CHALLENGE

Every year I altered a big matchbox to use in my home. This year was no different but I get to enter it in a challenge. hehe

Challenge 24 - Papercraft Recipe
Begins December 8, 2010

Green Holidays
Create an altered holiday gift, card or scrapbook layout
using recycled or repurposed items you already have on hand.

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I also make sets of them and put them in a big cello bag, add a tag and Voila...the perfect gift for that unexpected visitor. They are so easy and inexpensive to make you will get addicted to them. wink-wink

Play along! 

Click on the link above and read more what is all about.

Have a nice weekend!

THE LIME LIGHT

Let me explain you;

THE LIME LIGHT

 We are a design team with a unique purpose. We use our crafting skills to help and bring light to others. We invite you to visit the site often to find out whom we are crafting for and what we are planning in the months to come. We have exciting plans that include making cards and bookmarks for our men and women in uniform, making journals for families whose children are in the hospital, making cards for baskets that help raise money for playground equipment....and that's just the beginning. Come back soon for pictures and blog entries giving you even deeper insight in to how the team is bringing light to those in need.

These are the news I had in installment for you. 

 Your flowerdisco from flowerdiscosscraphut is now a Design Team Member for this 

charitable blog. I am so honored and ready to help others with my humble projects and hopefully they will be worthy enough for whatever cause they are used for.

Please, Please......visit this blog at

http://limelightscrappers.blogspot.com/ 

and see what this group of amazing people has done and still doing with this blog of theirs.

Like I said, I am so excited about this. 

It makes my crafting time even more precious if I can help somebody with it. 

We will be having a Blog Hop on December 17....mark your calendars and they will be many, many opportunities for you to win some fabulous prizes on each stop (I believe). We need all the exposure we can so if you are so kind to post on your blogs about this Blog Hop I am positive the blog team will appreciate it.  

Grab this button if you will and display it proudly on your blog and let others know what you are all about.

 

and Thank You 

 for stopping by to read about my super great news.

Hugs to all!

STAMP BY STEP WINNER

This is a nice week here at Flowerdisco's Scrap Hut.

Yesterday Crystal won a Scrabble Pendant due to random.org and her amazing 

Jingle Bell ornament

THEN,

I won a Peachy Keen Face stamp set

from dear and so very talented friend Joanna from

ScrapMaking.

Yay! I can't wait to get those, hehe

and today I am announcing the 

Stamp by Step 

winner.

Stamp by Step
is also running a discount for the whole month of December that the winner will be ALSO entitled to
 WoHooo!

now onto the giveaway:

and...........this is a copy and paste for the requirements from Dec 1st:

Requirements: 

1- Must be a FOLLOWER for this one

2- Must leave a comment today and tomorrow telling me which project is your favorite

3- Must leave me a way to contact you

This is why I had to cut off the ones who did not fulfilled the above, so sorry.

Congratulations to #8

who happens to be
Just2Ducky
from
2Ducky Designs
yay!

I will be contacting you and remember that
Stamp by Step 
is running a discount for the month of December that you are entitled to.
You can use your GF, the Discount and the Free Shipping BEFORE December 31st.
and you know the drill of contacting me within 3 days to claim your prize if not you loose it.

So, like I said in the beginning:
"This is a nice week here at Flowerdisco's Scrap Hut".

and I have one more very nice thing to share but I have to wait a bit to let you know.

Love you all!

A HOLIDAY CARD

  WOOHOOOOOOOOO!

Nilda from The Cuttlebug Spot asked us to stay 3 more months designing for her blog. We all said yes, of course! It has been so much fun working with this design team. All are so friendly and loving.

This time we were asked to make a:

Christmas card using your favorite embossing technique such as sanding, inking, etc.

 Just right down my alley, hohoho

A Holiday Card

4 by 5.5"

(remember to click on the image for a bigger view)

The base of the card is American Crafts textured cardstock: distressed and inked.

The green cardstock is from Core-dinations and it has been embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder, distressed and also inked to the max, hohoho! ;)

The reindeer is a chipboard accent from K&CO.

The lace ribbon it is a remnant of what I used last year to make this Holiday Wreath.

A view from the side.

and this is the inside....a bit distressed.

Don't forget to stop at THE CUTTLEBUG SPOT and enter you project for a chance 

to win 

CANDY-CANDY-CANDY.
Custom Crops are sponsoring the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and for the love left for me

Ho-Ho-Ho

wink-wink

WINNERS-WINNERS-WINNERS

Hello all!

I forgot yesterday to post the winner for the Jingle Bell Challenge. I did not expect too many entries and I did not get too many entries, lol.

For your enjoyment I will post the ones I got because they are just gorgeous...even more than mine and I thought mine was pretty, ha!

TR

(TR doesn't have a blog any longer :(

I think TR should start a new one).

TR used another cut, but isn't it gorgeous too? Look at that paper/cs she used, wow!

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NADIA'S

 What are you thinking....Awwww's and Ahhhh's.

Stunning!

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MINTA's

 What about this one?

Super pretty and she did not even have the cart.

This is what Minta told me:

"I didn't have any carts with jingle bells on them so I cut out a circle and a bow at 5" from Christmas Cheer. and made my little x on the bottom by drawing it..hopefully if looks like a jingle bell then I used some ribbon that I got at (Michaels) to make it a ornament".

Isn't wonderful....a handcut one! 

Kuddos to Minta!

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CRYSTAL

WOW! 

and Crystal says the medallion it is handmade. We are going to need a tut for that one!

Just gorgeous!

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JEN'S

Jen's was a discovery, haha. I was browsing blogs for a bit and I saw this one on hers and invited her to participate. Too cute to leave this cutie out of the challenge.

Now, this is the last 

Scrabble pendant 

I bought from 

WickedlyModPendants 

and that randomly will pick an owner. 

wink-wink

Here is Random.org

Congrats to #4 who is...

Tadda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Tadda!!!!!!!!!!!

Crystal

Congrats Crystal...

I will leave a comment on your blog for you to send me your address and you will have to contact me within three days to claim your prize...you know the drill, ;p

Thank You to the FIVE of you who participated in this tiny challenge. It does warms my heart you guys thought enough of me to participate. 

Big Hug to all!