TAKE IT EASY WITH TWINKLE TOES

i spent the day yesterday cleaning our master bedroom.

lulu sheds a lot, a lot and she is a full time dog. you have to brush her, and brush her and more brushing and she still sheds like crazy. she sleeps with us and spent most of the day in our bedroom. i do not have to say is like we breath, eat and wear lulu's fur.  i mean, when i have to clean i have to move everything and clean everything with water and a cleanser, clean walls, curtains, ceiling fan, closets and every single thing we have in the room. when the swiffer can't do it any longer, water and soap is indispensable, lol.

you know i can't craft if my house is not clean so it wasn't it was dirty-dirty but it needed immediate attention.

--after popping in a series of pain killers, i was able to finish--

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today is laundry day but in between some loads, i made these two cards.

take it easy with twinkle toes

A2 size

(4.25 by 5.5)

the elephant is the one from twinkle toes

image#11 of the overlay

the elephant was cut at 2.88 inch tall and 3.69 wide.

the crown and skirt were stickled cotton candy and bling was attached on the crown. the tail was covered with orange fuzzy stuff ( i can't remember the proper name right now :()

i also added diamond stickles to the eyes and inked everything, of course.

 the sentiment "take it easy" is from a my pink stamper clear stamp set called 

"more punnylicious" from one her releases last year.

you can click HERE if you would like to see the rest of the sentiments.

i added another piece of patterned paper to the inside.

these elephants were very easy and fun to make.

thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend
love you all

*_*

TAGS

MORE TAGS

i am delighted with tags.

i really love them and making these flowers is a breeze.

the buttons are from a box of vintage buttons i received from one of my neighbors. the dream stamped word from a g-studio clear stamp.

enjoy
and have a beautiful weekend!
it's raining in my neighborhood today which i am happy about because it will melt away some snow.

POP-UP CARDS CHALLENGE AT THE CUTTLEBUG SPOT

i started going back to the gym on monday, president's day, after been out for a month. it was not as bad as i thought it would be. wish me luck in staying put, lol.

i did not post yesterday the cuttlebug spot challenge post since i had the my pink stamper february design team project. 

this week's is a pop-up card challenge and after looking around the web for ideas, i decided to make what they called a 

Free Standing Pop-Up

5.5 inch tall when closed

you can find the instructions on how to make this beauty 

here

it will be better than me trying to explain it, lol.

i bet you will be happy to i sent you there.

 the paper is from dcwv, mi casa collection. such a pretty paper/cardstock.

the sentiment is a clear stamp from a my pink stamper stamps collection called

Faithful Sayings

the butterflies are really pretty. they cost me a dollar for a lot of them but can't remember where i got them :(

the corners were done with a fiskars corner punch, the ones that you twist. isn't that font on the sentiment gorgeous? and the sentiment itself? love it. all we can do is trust in the Lord. that is what i do anyway. :)

my other team mates have their projects up and nilda has them all together HERE for you to get inspired and play along in this weeks challenge.

go and have some fun. 

nilda also has a link up where you can find more tutorials for other types of pop-up cards. 

fun to make. 

love the interaction of these cards.

hugs to all of you!

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MPS FEBRUARY DESIGN TEAM PROJECT

hello my friends

i can't believe we had snow on sunday night :(-- i got up yesterday morning to another winter wonderland sight. it did melt fast and the roads were clear. that was nice! :)

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today we have our second designer team project for my pink stamper. we all know robyn and HERE is the link to her site where she will be posting all her designer projects.

this is my project and it is done with the cricut circle exclusive cart (for now--wink) 

cricut everyday.  

this is our third cartridge received as a circle member.

i used the expression without the gypsy for this project. oh, lala!! hehe

this is the first in months or maybe almost a year. since i bought the g i normally use it with my e.

 these boxes are super cute!

the sentiments are from my pink stamper clear stamp set called 

spanish sayings

this box was cut at 8.25" and when assembled it measures approximately

2.5 inch square  (if counting the top flaps, add an inch or so)

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sorry i forgot to take a pic of the middle box, the black one---oops!!!

but it was cut at 5.5 inch and when assembled it measures approximately 1.5 inch squared.

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this tiny one was cut at 3 inch and when closed is around 1 inch. so tiny and adorable, ;p the little swirl is from one of the first stamp sets from robyn, when i was serving my first term with her. you can find it here, on the products section.

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below is another view of all the boxes again

 hope you like them too. they are a breeze to make and with so many different clear stamp sets from robyn aka my pink stamper, assure yourself  to find the right one for your boxes/projects/cards too. 

(wink-wink infomercial here, lol)

i am planning to use make the middle box as a treat box for my son's graduation :P

 in the school colors. they will be awesome.

if you have any questions about today's project or any other project, and you think i can assist you-- please-please....just shoot me an email or write it in the comments area and i will get back to you asap.

thanks for stopping by and do not forget to stop at

my pink stamper site  

to see what my other team mates have made for your inspiration. these ladies are super talented and you will find tons of inspiration and ideas to play with in your crafting time.

love you all!

*_*

THINKING OF YOU

HOLA 

i have been sewing patches for the high school play-- a bit here and a bit there-- and after i did a few per day i was good for nothing, lol.

but to take my mind away from them ;p, i started working on this set of cards. i made two sets of 6. you will see just one because they are twins, not identical tough :). i am giving one set to my next door neighbor and the other set is for Etsy.

i really do not mind sewing, i love to sew but because everything hurts is not as much fun as it used to be, ;p

Thinking of You

5.50 inch tall

 the card base is from a child's year, image# 15 of the overlay using the card feature.

all the embossing was done using my dear cuttlebug  and a folder called textile from pc too.

(did you know i own the sizzix pink big shot too but still like my cuttlebug much better? wink-wink)

for the base and for the envelope  i used kraft cardstock. i cut the base at 5.5 inch and the patterned papers at .25 inch smaller ---5.25, 5.0. 4.75.

i did not have enough of the patterned paper for the six cards but very similar one from the same collection. this photo shows one design and...

this photo below the other design.

 almost identical--hehe

the yellow strip was made using an older fiskars punch and the flowers are from accent essentials.

the kraft one is image# 46, the greenish one is image#26, and the orange one is image#23.

my son hates those gems i use but i like them, lol.

below is the envelope and it is from wild card cart-- image#2 using shift and it measures on my gypsy a 

width of 10.57 and a high of 5.85.

hope you like them.

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this tuesday we have my pink stamper design team projects and the cuttlebug spot challenge. i will be posting the cuttlebug challenge on wednesday.

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thank again for stopping by!

i love you all.

*_*

POST IT HOLDERS

hello friends

not much going here

just plenty of laziness

lol

 but,

 i wanted to share these post it holders i made for the lime light blog

i finally got my o'wires looking nice. the trick is when closing the wires go slow and do not over close them. 

these post it holders are re-fillables.

thanks for stopping by!!!

GATEFOLD CARD CHALLENGE FOR THE CUTTLEBUG SPOT

hello all

i hope you guys had a great love day yesterday.

it was quite here, but nice.

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the cuttlebug spot challenge this week is making a gatefold card and this is my take on it

 --i still have no name for it-- :(

for now i will call it

Any Occasion Gatefold Card

6 x 7-3/4

pretty big in size- :)

i took a piece of 12 x 7-3/4 inch cardstock

--scored it at 3 and 9 inch--

and that was my gatefold card base.

i used dcwv songbird cardstock.

the gate and the lamp post are from the heritage cricut cartridge, the birds are from an ek mini punch and the grass is from create a critter.

the butterflies are from a martha stewart paper punch.

the clouds are also from create a critter.

on the above pic you see better the dry embossing on the clouds and if you click on the pic it will zoom for a better view.

i used my cuttlebug, of course, and a sizzix texture plate this time.

i had no idea what i wanted to make at all, but as always, all came together at the end,

and i think it turned out really pretty.

what do you think?

 come on, play with us and let us see your take on the gatefold card. remember nilda always have something to give away to a lucky participant. click HERE for more info and for more eye candy from the rest of the design team :P

thanks for stopping by!!

-love you all-

*_*

PINK-A-LICIOUS BLOG HOP WINNER

so....i just came back from the reuma doctor and 

Yee-Haw!!!!

no lupus, no lyme disease, no reuma factors.

i still have my fibro and nerve pain and everything else but nothing was added to my conditions list, ;p

thanks again for all the well wishes.

i am clear to go back to the gym so at least i can keep my muscles and joints moving--since i haven't been successful in loosing any weight--:(

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congrats to kristyscraps!!!

you have won my pack of Action Wobbles!!!

enjoy!

I will contact you and you have three days to contact me or sadly but true---i will have to pick another one.

you email me to

flowerdiscosscraphut at gmail dot com

HAPPY LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP DAY

I want to wish you all a very loving and happy day!

here is my heart for you.

i love you so much and i appreciate your friendship so much.

thanks for being my friend.

thank you-thank you-thank you

love u all

I will be back later on to announce the winner of my pink-a-licious blog hop.

(i have to go to the doctors soon to find out about my last blood work).

now, go on, and have a 

LOVE-A-LICIOUS DAY!

MY PINK STAMPER PINK-A-LICIOUS BLOG HOP

WELCOME

to our monthly

Pink-a-licious Blog Hop

where the MPS designers showcase some of the new releases from robyn, my pink stamper. you can see the variety of clear stamps HERE.

today we are supposed to use black and our favorite color. I chose pink to honor my pink stamper who i admire so much and i am so very proud to be in her design team.

i like making cards and that is what i made for today.

let me introduce you to

Yee-Haw

4.25 x 5.5

(you can click on the pic for a bigger view)

how cool is this?

i love it!

the cuts are from the old west cricut cartridge.

---the black and pink cardstock cuts are the wanted sign from page #44

---the barb wire (super cool) i found on page# 42

---and the cowgirl boot is on page# 54.

very simple and easy to make!!

the stamp set i used is called

Boy Crazy

what do you think? want to give it a try?

you do not have to be a follower to participate and all you have to do is play along with us and make a project with black and your favorite color. 

please, Go to Robyn's site for more info

i have one more Action Wobbles package to giveaway just for leaving me a comment and a way to contact you in case you win.

thanks for hopping along and below is the order for the hop in case you get lost hopping ;p

Thanks so much for participating!

love you all

*_*

   Blog Hop Order

Robyn

Courtney-Court’s Crafts

CarrieAnne

Sonia

Lori

Julie-readysetstamp

Agnes-Flowerdisco (YOU ARE HERE)

Helen

Angela’s Simple Creations

Tracy-Craft Junkie Too

Pam

Cristi

Shelley

Shauna at Craftee She

Edna

Kassidy

Andrea

Raechel

Bling Queen Wendy

Michelle-Meesh’s Pieces

Karlee

Alex-You Had Me At Craft

Maria

i will announce the winner on monday.

MINI CANVAS

i had in my stash a few mini canvas i had purchased a while ago. i took my acrylic paints out of the drawer, my modge podge, some papers and a new set of my pink stamper clear stamp. with the clear stamp sentiments in mind i started playing with my supplies.

Vroom Vroom

on a mini canvas

 i can't remember where the images are from, sorry. i wasn't paying too much attention.

the heart is from some wooden pieces i received from a giveaway.

the brads were plain office brads i sanded and with my stazon brown ink distressed them.

Vroom Vroom is from one of the new releases from my pink stamper called 

Boy Crazy

kind of crazy but had fun with it. it was very therapeutic, :)

i attached some twine to the back to be hung on the wall of my little nephew's room.

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tomorrow night we are having our monthly my pink stamper blog hop called 

my pinkalicious blog hop

way cool!

9PM EST

we will be showcasing more of robyn's new stamp releases.

you can see more of them HERE.

thanks for stopping by even i have not been around much.

our families must always come first.

*_*

love you all

STEP CARD CHALLENGE FOR THE CUTTLEBUG SPOT

 hello my friends

 today we start another week at 

The Cuttlebug Spot 

and this month challenge is making different shape cards.

last week was the tri-fold and this week we have to make a step card. i do not think i have ever made a step card and while looking on the internet i realized there are a few variations on the step card. i chose the easiest one or i did think it was the easiest, but because i enjoy every minute still took me almost half a day to complete.

Sweet Dreams

5.5 x 4.25

A2 standard invitation size

you can use a standard A2 envelope for it

if you never made a step card before you know you can google it and to will give you many tutorials but i will try to give you the basics here.

you need:

a 5.5 x 10.5 piece of sturdy cardstock

you will score it at:

1.25, 2.5, 4.25 and 6

 and fold as picture above 

then you cut some pretty pretty:

5.5 x 1.25

5.5 x 1.75

5.5 x 2.25

adhere as pictured above and embellish as desired.

the baby bottle is from the cricut wrap it up cartridge, image #13 on the overlay. i did my dry embossing with a small cuttlebug folder i had like forever :). the sentiment is from another new release of my pink stamper called sweet baby and as the tittle implies, it is mostly baby sentiments. i did not take a pic of it and it is not on robyn's product page yet, but i know it does have a lot of nice sentiments on it and i am loving it. keep your eyes open for this one and for another awesome one she just showed HERE today. we are all going to love that one.

the onesies is also from wrap it up, image #33. it was embossed with another small cuttlebug folder and a tiny flower rub-on was added too.

the sweet dreams is from a pack of store bought embellishments i have...you must know i am addicted to them too... wink-wink... and it was popped up with foam tape.

i had to go outside to take a decent picture (thank goodness it was not too cold) but this is a nice side view photo of the card.

i had to make a stand for it because it kept falling backwards. i found this stand on the happy hauntings cartridge and twisted it a bit with the gypsy for almost the perfect size ;p... you can find it on page #68 of the happy hauntings handbook.

hope you like it and inspire you to participate in this week challenge and you even might win some candy.

please, click here to see what my teammates made for this week. i bet you will be delighted to see the different takes on this step card.

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--the winner of the action wobbles contacted me and i will be sending the tiny package to Norway this week.

--this FRIDAY, feb.11th. we are having our monthly my pink stamper blog hop starting at 8PM central/9PM eastern time. this one will be lots of fun too.

see you tomorrow 

and 

love you all--!!

*_*

LOVE IS IN THE AIR WINNER

 thank you to all of you who stopped during gisella's "Love is in the Air" Blog Hop and a 

HUGE thank you 

to the ones who chose to become followers of my blog...

thank you-thank you-thank you!!! 

 i read and appreciated them all...they are fuel for the soul.

i have close the comments area because we need to pick a winner.

 i used random. org

and....

CONGRATS to the Crazy Cardmaker!!

lilli...i like your online name :P

lilli...you have three days to contact me..hope you do :P

and this is it for today!!!

i will be back tomorrow with my take of this month challenge for 

The Cuttlebug Spot,

which is: different style of cards.

last week we had tri-folds.

the snow has been melting bits by bits but we still have tons of it. can't find salt anywhere :( 

hopefully, this past storm was the end of it.

lulu hates going out to do her business in this kind of weather and it has been funny watching her sliding all over the ice...poor baby!!

i ended up putting potty pads in our bathroom so she can go, but she still afraid she will get in trouble. she did used it a few times tough :P

see you tomorrow

and love you all!!