A PUMPKIN SPICE BLOG HOP...a happy birthday card

hello my dear friends, 

i am happy to welcome you to our first

 "Shop Pumpkin Spice"

 blog hop of 2013.

as you might know i am one of the new ladies in the team and...i am so delighted to be part of this awesome and so very friendly group.

we had to make a project that made us think of the new year. my mother's birthday is on january 1st and that is the very first thing i think of when we are welcoming a new year.

 "Happy Birthday mami, happy birthday to you"

and because i looove making cards, this is what i made for today's hop.

Mom's Special Day

Jan. 1st

 the beautiful paper i used is from a basic gray 6x6 pad called Lucille.
i got it at the "shop pumpkin spice".
 i hand cut the flowers from another paper in the same collection. i then dusted them with some diamond dust (i am getting better at it). don't they look pretty?

 the sentiment and the card base were cut using my electronic die cutting machine: the cricut expression and i used the lyrical letters cart for the font. the brown insert strip is where i put the gift card.

and an entire view of the card here.
(remember you can click on the pics for zooming)

Now, the pumpkin spice blog will start weekly challenges this year and they will be every saturday. our hops will be the first saturday of the month. this week's challenge coincides with the theme we have going on about the new year.
click here to go to the pumpkin spice blog for more information about how to enter, requirements and prizes of our weekly fun adventure.

have lots of fun and if you want to sign for the post feed or google reader, do so . you won't regret it and you won't miss a thing. :D

thanks so much for stopping by!

blogged by:
flowerdisco from flowerdiscosscraphut

A SWEET JAR MINI ALBUM....mason jar shape

here is a collage of the finished project.

i love how it turned out so

AWESOME!

(THE COSITASDPAPIER IS MY ETSY SHOP WATERMARK, SORRY!)

SEE YOU AROUND!

MASON JAR...trendy mini album

hello to all,

again, i want to start thanking you all who still visit my blog and those who have the time to comment.

i know i have been neglecting this blog for a while now and even i thought i would have more time now that my son went back to college, i have not.

i have also neglected so many things in my household and bit by bits i am getting to them. i know you all understand we must have our priorities in order.

BUT,

in the bits of time i have for my lovely hobby, i like to share what i make with you all.

this is an album i have been working on. you all know i am not too trendy, but i like these jars and they seem to be popping all over. i chose this die cut from the doodlecharms cartridge (the same die cut i used HERE) to make the base for my album.

i do not have a title yet for my album cover but i am leaning towards

"Sweet Jar"

hehe

7 inches tall

the patterned papers are from dcwv berry street farmer's market. i like this paper texture very much. it resembles fabric and even when you touch it you get a different feel than regular cardstock. i thought it was ideal for the album's style of a mason jar.

the cherries are from lyrical letters, image#47 of the overlay, and it was cut at 3.25" high.

the cherries are mounted on thick chipboard, the brown stems were covered with puffy paint and heated up. the leaves were wet embossed with clear thick embossing powder.

the pocket was traced and cut by hand, and if you take a closer look, you will see i have machine stitched on all the paper edges. a bit of diamond stickle was added to the cherries.

those tags are from a jolee's collection called french general and they too have the look and feel of fabric. actually, i think they have a fabric lining on them.

the album was bounded using the bind it all.

the album has 4 pages you can use front and back what makes it 8 pages PLUS the back of the cover and the front of the back cover  makes it a 10 pages in total. Plenty of room for pictures, journaling and memorabilia.

i am happy how is turning out and i will post more pics when finished.

in the meantime,

  this is how my craft room looks while in the process of making a project. :P

but at the end, i organize everything and start all over. lol.

can't leave it a mess.

my curtains at this time are two gray t-shirts, lol. they filter the light just right until i get something else or make them into real curtains and not "wanna be's". 

(this window faces west and i get so much sunlight, it hurts my eyes).

i know i can change the furniture around but i am really happy so far, with this layout.

well, this is it for now.

i hope you get some ideas from this album and maybe make some and share the love.

take care!

and thank you for stopping by the hut.