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

LOVE WELLIES...using "freshly picked" and "paper doll dress up"

i was watching two peas in a bucket you tube video: personal shopper and maya road came out with a chipboard album in a shape of rain boots.

 it was the inspiration for my card. 

and....i do too have a pair of wellies for my yard work. :)

Love Wellies

4 x 9.5

this is a tall card

 i used freshly picked for the rain boots, wellies word and the umbrella is from pddu.

the heart and umbrella base were stamped with g-studio clear stamps.

a few more pics...

the clouds were made using a fiskars paper punch and the wet embossing is from all night media.

 

the boots patterned paper is from my mind's eye: fine and dandy. 

the yellow and the blue backgorund ones are from my stash, and at the time, i did not keep brands, sorry :(

see the rain drops??? made from the liquid embossing. 

so cool!

 the maya road mini album could be easily replicated with these boots from "freshly picked", if you want to, that is.

well, this is my inspiration for you today.

hope it does the job!

hehe

-love u all-

--thanks for stopping by--

NOTE: you still have until tonight midnight to win the awesome digital software: my memories. remember is a giveaway and you can do so many things with it, even print elements for your projects. you have nothing to loose. i know the banner on my side is an ad but i am not interested in making money but in sharing this software with you. you can make it into a business if you want to but that is not my intention. if it comes good and if not is good too

. 

all you have to do is go to their website clicking here, check the freebies and let me know which one you liked best..that is all. not many entries so your chances to win the software are incredibly good. what are you afraid of?...... move out of the box a bit and enjoy.  hehe

A VALENTINE’S CARD with a handmade background

hello to all who still visiting my blog.

I have made a background for this my card and since normally I used already patterned paper, I though to practice with something “out of the box”.

My Valentine

   the size of this card is the standard A2 or 4.25” by 5.5”.

I used a fiskars clear background stamp called “vintage farmhouse” and a a wooden one for the script called “italian poetry” from hero arts. these stamps have been with me for a long while and I do not know if you can find them in the stores.

anyhow, I used some acrylic ink from pebbles and brushed it on the vintage farmhouse. I then inked my italian poetry with a staz on black ink pad--- and what you see is what I got---not bad at all.

not my usual colors but I like how it turned out.

the border strip, the scalloped circle, and the plain circle are from my fiskars punches. the little heart and tag are from a new k&co die cut assortment I just got at michael’s. the leaves I had them from some cricut cut and the stamped sentiments from g-studio dollar stamps.

I hope you like it and get inspire to make your own background for you project.

thanks for stopping by!

note: I have been feeling better. all my tests came back good and that is including my stress test. when the office called me to let me know I told them because the tests were coming back good it did not mean I magically got better. I then told them if it was not my heart, must be my lungs then. the doctor prescribed an inhaler for asthma and I think is doing the trick. I am hardly out of breath despite today it just has been 4 days since I started it. I had my heart surgery way back on 2007 and since then I have been suffering from this shortness of breath/fast heart beats and until now, after many test in between, I have thought of it must my my lungs/bronchia. I still suffer from the gerd but even that is a bit better with the addition of some tums and minor changes to my diet/portions and eating times. we do have to think out of the box sometimes, just like I did with my card today. the norm do not always work I guess.

thanks to all who pray for my health. I am very grateful and I give the praise to the Lord.

MISS YOU

MISS YOU-MISS YOU-MISS YOU

i miss my son so much it is heartbreaking :( and when we were asked to use this image, i thought let me make it to show how i am feeling right now.

my son is doing very well and BU had planned lots of events for their students, especially for their freshmen. this weekend was packed with different activities and i bet you he was having a blast :). 

he has also decided to continue marching band, and on sunday he had his first rehearsal/meeting.

 as we all know life goes on and i will do my best to keep myself busy. i still have lots to do in the house and that will help me--  :)

anyhow as, i said the  

Bitten by the Bug

  challenge for this week is the winged heart from rock princess. you can find it on page #44 of the handbook. i cut this heart at 2.18 using my gypsy.

Miss You

4.25" x 5.5"

the background is kraft paper textured with the fiskars crimper and inked dirty with black ink.

the spiders and the sentiment are from my pink stamper stamps. the splashes of blood are a dollar stamp. the wings were dry embossed.

the script paper is from martha stewart and it also already had the splashes of blood. you can see some on the heart but on the bottom strip and top left, were stamped on.

the border is from an EK paper punch called binding edge.

     please, come to the 

 

clicking HERE, 

and have fun with us. you have to link your project there and when you post it on your blog don't forget to mention us. this will help others wanting to participate know where they have to go ;)

i will come back tomorrow with another project. hope you come back!

Love you all

MOTHER DEAR, I LOVE YOU SO

My Pink Stamper Challenge number one

( I won't have time to do them all but I wanted to participate on this one,

I used the Mother's Day Solutions cartridge and cut the word Mama at 

1.50 inches high and the flowers at 

3.25 inches high.

The sentiment is a clear stamp from Fiskars.

This will be my mother's card.

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

MY PINK STAMPERS COLOR CHALLENGE

ETA: NEW PHOTOS:
 PHOTOS #22, #24 AND #26 re the new ones for you to see the colors better. The older ones were taken on a cloudy day and no matter what I tried I couldn't get them the way I like them.

#22

 #24

 #26

See the difference?
Now you can enjoy them better
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 We were asked by Robyn to make a project for today, April 10th Color Challenge.

We all, the My Pink Stamper's Designers, submitted our projects and we are to invite you to 

Robyn's MPS site

to participate and join us on this super cool color challenge.

See Robyn's post below...

"Happy Saturday Everyone!!!
Are you ready for a challenge??  My Pink Designers and I have put together a WONDERFUL color challenge for you.  The best part is.....  everyone who participates will have the chance to win Create a Critter and also be in My Pink Gallery!!
Here is the Color Challenge.....  
Make a project using your Cricut and the colors Pink, Green, and Black!!  Then upload it to your blog, a message board or online storage and share the link in the comments of this post.  Super simple!!  You will have until Monday morning to complete the challenge.  I will be drawing the winner first thing Monday morning.

Now...run to MPS to join us.  

This is the card I submitted for the Color Challenge

1- card base: paper studio co...cut at 4.5 x 4.5 inches...embossed in the cuttlebug using the swiss dots embossing folder.

2- black scallop: american crafts textured cardstock...cut at 4 x 4 inches using mini monograms cricut cartridge.

3- patterned paper square with rounded corners: (houndstooth): prima marketing-rock out bro collection...cut at 3 x 3 inches using mimi monograms cricut cartridge.

4- hi word: cut at 1 inch using all mixed up cricut cartridge and popped up with foam adhesive. i used the cricut markers for more definition.

5- butterfly: punched using a fiskars paper punch. I used the cricut markers, manually this time, also for more definition. Popped it up with foam adhesive too.

6- button, ribbons, rhinestones: from my stash...all the patterned paper is from prima marketing/rock out bro collection.

Hugs and have a beautiful day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!