Yay for LOVE!!

I'm back today. A record for me, two days in a row of sharing. Here are some more detailed cards that I really put a lot of love into. They are very soft and romantic, probably not a card I would give my Husband. He's a Man's Man for sure, so all of this soft ribbon and sweet stuffs would make his head explode! Haha. There is a LOOOONG materials list for all of these cards. I will post that later. Today there isn't much going on around here. I'm home sick with no voice and what feels like a sinus infection. So when I'm less cloudy I'll get it together and share the goodies. Hope you have a wonderful day of love. Until next time Amigas.  

Love in Bloom

Hello there friends. I haven't posted any cards to share in forever but I've been creating away. It seems that January just completely skipped me and we went straight to February. The best part of this Valentine's Day is that my girls decided that they would hand out Valentines this year! I almost jumped out of my chair when I heard that! They are 16 and 14 so I haven't been asked to help with Valentines in YEARS!! There is something super awesome about this holiday. No big pressure at all, just little trinkets and goodies to the ones you love. no holiday crowds and pressure.  I just love it. Here are some fairly simple cards I put together. All of the bases are Kraft cardstock by Co'ordinations.

That chipboard is Martha Stewart, everything else is Colorbloc, ribbon is Hobby Lobby.

These monkeys are DCWV. So cute!

All of this is Colorbloc, the white cardstock is Wausau papers, twine is Martha Stewart.

I have more cards to share tomorrow. For now I'm off to buy some treats for my 4 Valentines. My sweet Hubby and my 3 sweet girls. Hope you have a super sweet day. Until next time amigas.

Wild Card Goodness

Hi Friends, Just popping by on a BUSY Saturday to share a couple of cards. I made these using my Cricut Wild Card Cartridge. I scored this for like 17 dollars at Target when they stop carrying Cricut stuff. The top one uses DCWV paper and a Martha Stewart cupcake sticker. Ther lower one has the same DCWV paper with a Making Memories center thingy  (yes that's a technical term), a Wilton's doily, Jolees circle lace thingy and some Joann chiffon ribbon. I inked everything with chalk inks and Tada!!

That's it for now just wanted to share some goodness. I actually had some time to craft yesterday and will be sharing that with you next week. Hope you have a great weekend, until next time Amigas :-)

Gratitude is homemade Day 1-8 Aunt Teresa

The center can is Crafty Secrets, the other stickers are Recollections (Michaels)

The white cardstock is Wausau Papers (love it!) it's a bit shimmery and holds the embossing well. The pink gingham and twine is Martha Stewart, the kraft is Coordinations.

Hello Friends, today I have a sweet card that I made for my Aunt Teresa. I was raised by my Grandmother so my Aunts and Uncles are like big sisters/Aunts all in one. I have to say that although I really didn't have my Mom in my life I always felt like I had a bunch of Moms. Sometimes that's good, sometimes (like in my teens) it isn't so good. I am so very blessed that I have 6 Aunts and 2 Uncles that I grew up with. With a family that big you really get all kinds of personalities. Every one of them has an AMAZING talent, they are ALL amazing mothers, sisters and daughters. Like many other very close, very big families we are each other's best friends. For sure there are times we don't always get along. Duh, anyone who says their family doesn't disagree sometimes are TOTALLY fibbing! But we ALWAYS love each other.

I am so grateful that I know during the most difficult times in my life I have these BEAUTIFUL women there by my side. Actually there was a day in my life that I was in a very critical situation and was living 12 hours away from my family. I made a phone call to my cousin at 4 pm one day and all of my aunts and uncles were there the next day! Like at 11 am. They had rented a big old van and went to get me. In the dead of winter. Ready to bring me and my girls home. Those are the things that make you love your family forever and ever. Yeah lucky me right?  

 We always have a birthday to attend, wedding getting planned or a baby being born. Being a member of my family is a full time job! So a little about Aunt Teresa. She is an amazing strong woman. She has the most kids of all of us, 5! She is the diplomat of the family, she has the kindest personality, she is the definition of grace under pressure. She is a great baker, an AWESOME Mom, and a loving devoted follower of Christ. One of the things I notice about her is she is such a sweet wife. You never see her talking down to her husband or being disrespectful. Her and my Uncle's marriage is an example to me, they just are a great couple. So this is for you Aunt Teresa. Thanks for being an example of awesomeness and grace.  

In honor of this month of gratitude I will post a month of gratitude. I have 8 aunts and uncles,  so they are my first 8 things to be grateful for.

Friends with Flair Sweets

Hello Friends, today is Unity Stamp Company Friends with Flair. Do I need to gush more about Unity than I usually do? Well I say YES! They have some new releases coming up and I am beyond excited.  Go HERE   to check out all of the lovely Ladies creations for today. Fun stuff Girlies.

I made this card and did some crazy emobossing. Love it. This sentiment is AMAZING! How many things does it fit for? LOTS I say.  Take a look at the June 2011 KOM it came from HERE.  The patterned papers are DCWV Sweet Stack (candy/sweets) and Summer Stack (green), the cardstock is Coordinations Foundations. I have to say they sell this line at Joann's and I love the very dark pigment of them. They are colored to the core and so nice to work with, a total fave! The cherry rhinestone is Michael's. The ribbons are all Joann, the twine is Martha Stewart, and the button is Dritz.

Most IMPORTANT, please leave a COMMENT here. Unity is giving away a prize to one random commenter on one random blog and one random participant. Thank you so much for visiting my little blog and sharing my LOVE of all things paper and Unity. Have a great weekend. Until next time Amigas.

Got Scraps???

Hello friends. Here is a card I made with scraps. I just read the Papercrafts Connection Blog post about scraps and another Go-To-Gal challenge with Cosmo Cricket. Yeah click on that and take a looksie. Well I combined BOTH in this card. All of the Gals are AMAZING! So I got some lovely eye candy on all of their blogs. Check it out here, you will not be disappointed. I am really really a spaz about combining patterns but this was pretty darn easy. This card was one that I was so happy with I almost didn't want to drop it in the mail.

My paper organizing is still a work in progress since my crafty area is in my bedroom. In that was I am very limited. So I try to keep everything as organized as possible. I VERY recently realized I have 2 different drawers for scraps. One that I had started a year ago, then I redid my space and started a second. Well Whoohoo because there were plenty of scraps to work with. The best advice I have is look at Betsy Veldman's blog, she has some great ideas. I cut my scraps down to 6x6 or 3x3, separate them by patterned or solid and go from there.

The base is Kraft Recollections, green and beige is American Crafts, the pokie paper is Paper Pizazz and the hounds tooth is DCWV retro stack, the ledger and yellow rose paper is Colorbok Flea Market Collection. The doilies are Martha Stewart and Wilton, the sentiment stamp is TPC and that very sweet bow with pearls is Jolee's, always gotta add a little Jolee's it seems. Last, but not least, the super-duper cute sticker is Cosmo Cricket "Ever After" collection. Unfortunately it has been discontinued. Super thumbs down. But I kinda went crazy hoarding it when I found out and have bought a buncha packs of it.
Thanks again for looking and until next time Amigas.

A few cards to share, FINALLY!

Beach Goodness

Recipe: cardstock Kraft: Recollections, Brown: Wassau, All other DCWV, Sticker: Jollee's Boutique Beach Leisure, Ink: Ranger, Tools: Tim Holtz Distresser, Martha Stewart Score Board

Sweet Birthday Cake Goodness

Recipe: Cardstock: Co'ordinations and Recollections, Stamp: TPC Sticker is Martha Stewart, Ribbon: Recollections and American Crafts, Doily: Wilton, Ink: Martha Stewart

I haven't posted in a very long while. Lots going on here as usual. Right now I have been sick the last 10 days. First one of the worst cold I've ever had, now a sinus and ear infection. I have to tell you that when Mom isn't up and running the whole house is in chaos. My little family knew that it was serious business if I wasn't after them about keeping the house tidy (they would call it nagging) LOL. Still all of you can relate that the laundry still got done, everyone got driven to school, and there was still food in the kitchen and dinner made. I am grateful I didn't run into anyone I know during one of my sweatpants wearing, hair in ponytail, no make up, red nosed grocery store runs. Yes, I'm a total spaz.

Anyway today is the last day of school! That means I will be able to sleep in until 7:30! I still have a husband to see off and dogs to take out. The twins turned 16 during my blog absence. Yes, I am the proud Momma of 16 year old twins now (eeek). They are still my babies and in my eyes I see 5 year old little girls that hold each other's hand to walk into their classroom together. Then they remind me that they are 16 and teenagers (grrrr). But that's okay, all part of the growing process right?

So here is my cards for today I have many and will be sharing a few over the next few days. The first one is once again one of my favorites. I made a version of this to sell but it was very girly had seam binding and a button. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it but once I make it again I will post it. I thought this one would be good for a male of female. Hard for me to make non-girly fluffy cards so I am happy how it came out. Don't know if you can tell but the background is scored with my Martha score board and distressed it with my fancy Tim Holtz tool (love it!).

Second is a very girlie birthday card I made using my Wild Card cartridge. I got my hot little hands on Wild Card a couple of months ago for like $17 at Target on clearance and was ecstatic. Also the sentiment is TPC a stamp company that really never caught my eye but I have to tell you they are doing some really cute stamps for card makers. You can pick these up at Joann's. The sticker is Martha Stewart. To say pretty much everything she puts out in her paper crafting sticker line is awesome is an understatement.

Thanks so much for looking at my little creations. Until next time Amigas.



  

Hello I'm alive!

Hi Everybody. It's been forever since I've shared a card with you. Life's busy as always but I really enjoy sharing with you.
This one has an AMAZING rub on flower from Me and My Big Ideas, patterned paper from Autumn Leaves, Bazzill grey and white cardstock, Sentiment is Creative Stamp company, Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch and ink is also Martha's, small butterflies are fiskars, glitter cardstock is Colorblock, bling is Jolee's and all of the trims are an awesome Valentines gift from my new super talented friend Michelle Philippi  .
Love this card not cuz of me, but because those rub ons are soft to the touch and so pretty and easy to use. Hope you like it!

Oh Baby!

Hello all! Hope all is well. My week has been extra super duper busy as usual. We are counting down to the 13th Birthday Sleepover extravaganza. There are going to be 14 little girls screaming and giggling at my house this weekend. To prepare for the party I went to the laundry mat a while ago to wash some big sleeping bags because they are too big for a normal washer. I had just gotten them home and of course the puppy peed on the whole pile of them! How did she get up there? Good question. Anyone wanna switch? Just kidding (I think) LOL.
I'm also trying to get my etsy shop up and running. I have definitely been overthinking everything and I'm also married to an overthinker so we were not making any progress. Then my Aunt reminded me of the Nike slogan, "Just do it", another Duh Jasmine moment.
In honor of our new baby (AKA Demon puppy) I am sharing a baby card that I make a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago I found some seam binding in my stash. I have been seeing it all over the place and have been looking for it at stores and what do you know? I already had some. Duh!? Well let me tell you I love seam binding! Fun stuff and it's so soft and pliable. The card needed to be unisex, I think the colors came together very well. I used stamps and things I forgot I had and had never used. It was like when you find a twenty dollar bill in your coat, YAY !!!! :-) Until next time amigas.



Card Recipe: Kraft Cardstock: Recollections, Yellow cardstock: Coordinations, Patterned paper: DCWV Summer Stack, Sheep Die Cut: Martha Stewart, Baby Stamp: Martha Stewart, Pearl flowers: Making Memories, Seam binding: Martha Stewart, Border punch: Fiskars, Embossing folder: Swiss dots Provo Craft, Ranger Pop Its.