Cricut Goodness

Hello my Friends. Hope everyone is enjoying thier summer. Mine is good, very quiet and restful. With 75% humidity and 90 degrees here in Cali, it's WAY to hot for anything. We are sooo not used to that, not fun.   

This is a card that I made with the Fabulous  Betsy Veldman's inspiration. This is CASED from a card she made for Mother's Day a few years ago, I believe. Mine pales in comparison to hers but I like the softness of it. I made it using my Cricut and let me tell you, this one was VERY time consuming. I also noticed I already sent this out and it's missing a gem on one corner. I fixed it and forgot to take a new pic. Arrg :-(  Makes the perfectionist in me CRAZY. The glitter paper is Colorbloc, the middle sticker is Flea Market from Colorbloc. This is really pretty line I really have enjoyed working with it. I pretty much bought the whole collection at Joann's. Like love at first sight. The sentiment is TPC and those wonderful butterflies are Martha Stewart. Like I said. NOT a perfect card but soft and pretty just the same. Hope you like it, until next time Amigas.

Unity Goodness!

Hola, hope everyone's Summer is going great. Any plans for this weekend? Hope so. We have a weekend planned of staying in town, our tradition is that we go to a big PowWow that is put on very close by. That's Saturday. It's BIG and the fireworks are GRAND to say the least, they do it both nights of the weekend before the 4th. Most counties in our area have cut down a lot on fireworks and celebrations :-( due to the economy, private richies have actually pitched in to help out, which I think is REALLY cool and Patriotic. So on Monday we'll be finding a cool place to watch those. In my opinion it doesn't matter how old you get, fireworks are AWESOME. It's INSANELY hot here so hopefully nobody passes out! LOL

I have an exciting card to share with you. Oh, yeah it's exciting. It's my first Unity card that I share. The truth is that I ordered my first Unity stamps as a grab bag to test them out and see how it went. Well, let me tell you I LOVE THEM! I fell in love and after that I got the Kit of the Month for my Birthday (Yay hubby). You can see for yourself here . No I don't work for Unity they are just REALLY good stamps. They stamp a really clear image with various types of inks, they seem to clean off well too. Don't know what that means but they do, the rubber seems a little thicker. Since then I've ordered several other things from them and have them stamped and colored but not put together yet.

I made this card with this  Kit of the Month from March. The stickers are Crafty Secrets, Ribbon is American Crafts, the flower is Prima, Patterned Paper is DCWV, Cardstocks are Coordinations (Grandpa's trunk), Wausau Papers, Cuttlebug embossing folder victoria, button is vintage, inks are Ranger antique linen and tea dye, gold Tsukineko Brilliance pigment ink. 

Hope you enjoy it, have a great 4th of July and stay safe. Until next time Amigas.

Pinata Card

I have been looking at the materials to make this card sitting on this desk FOREVER. In my mind it was going to be a little plain and boring but I have to tell you I LOVE it! The Pinata is a sticker that I foam mounted, and the twine looks so cool in person. The sentiment is embossed with a really cool prismatic red embossing powder. I have several types if twine, the one is a really rough thick one from Home Depot. Yeah, I scout out crafty stuff while my husband is torturing me at Home Depot.  It puts a smile on my face, LOL!

Pinata Card 

Recipe: to follow :-)

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.



  

Happy Birthday Rose Card

Hello hope everyone's day is going good. Wanted to share another card with you. Made this one a couple of weeks ago for my Uncle's friend. Favorite Uncle & best customer :-) That rose paper was a little busy for me but I like the result, hope you do too.
Patterned paper is Prima "Little Secret" collection, the cardstocks are Wausau Paper, stamp is G Studio, Black Staz-on, Flower is glimmer misted, although its hard to tell, wanted to make it more pink and red because it was very pink. That, the leaves and ribbon is Recollections.
Oh, you know how you've been doing things for a while a certain way and don't really think about it? Well I've been attaching flowers to ribbon with 2 or 3 dollars worth of Tombow glue to keep them secure (hard on some materials). Maybe I'm exaggerating but not by much. Then it dawned on me duh, hot glue! Well now I use it very sparingly as to not warp the paper and it's great and more secure.

Have a great weekend girlies. :-)
   

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!

Jazz the Scraplifter

Hi Everybody, hope everyone's weekend is going good. Mine is going okay. Just getting back to our normal routine. Hubby goes back to work on Monday and the Girls go back to school Wednesday. So you will see me doing the happy dance EVERYWHERE! Has anyone seen that Staples or Office Depot commercial with the Dad dancing cuz the kids are going back to school? Well that's me!
Today my girls went to the Animal Rescue to volunteer and Harriet was adopted by a really nice older couple within the first hour that they were open! I knew she would go fast and I made the mistake of getting attached to her! Bad me, I know selfish. I admit to being a total girl and getting really sad that she was gone.

So on to card goodness. This card is scraplifted. Problem is I don't know from who. I had a picture of it printed out from FOREVER ago. So if this is yours, my aplogies for not keeping better records and please send me a message to let me know and give you credit or remove mine if that's what you prefer. So any who with all that being said, I love this card! I made this card 1 year ago for my Aunt's Birthday and haven't given it to anybody! Am I the only one that does this? Hum ;-)

The Kraft paper is Recollections, the blue cardstock is Coordinations, the red polka dot is from my stash that I've been hoarding, the music paper is DCWV, all of the die cuts are Cricut from the Storybook cart and the Accent Essentials, stamped sentiment is Doodlebug. 

Be back soon, until next time Amigas :-)



A new little visitor

We are fostering this little girl, Harriet. She was found filthy in a dumpster area. My girls volunteer at the animal rescue that took her in. She is fixed and has just been groomed. Looks much better than this, she is 5 months old. She gets along VERY well with our big dogs. Totally adorable, very good natured, send me a message about pricing, it's VERY reasonable compared to what they usually go for. Let's get her a good home PLEASE.

Yay a CARD! How I missed sharing.

Hurray! I am so extremely excited to tell you I have the camera and computer situation under control. Yay!!! That says a lot since one of my Husband nicknames is Jazz the Spazz. Hmm. So many things have gone on here since I have last posted.
But first I have a Christmas card to share. I know, that has come and gone. But I feel deprived of Christmas card goodness. Along with a new camera, which Santa knew he would get choked if he didn't bring, since Santa is the one that broke my old one. I got my first sewing machine. Yep, pretty excited over that. Seems complicated, don't know if I'm the sewing type. We'll see how that adventure goes, my little mind is spinning with the possibilities.
So here is one of my Christmas cards that I am very excited to share with you.

I'm still working on the settings on my camera and the backgrounds. This camera is a bit more elaborate than my last one, so bear with me. I purchased 3 different DCWV stacks from Joann along with stamps and other loose papers. This is my first year making homemade cards to send out I needed to start my collection. I love how this card turned out. The recipe is below but basically I matted this a few times. The fancy trim with the pearls are vintage from a friend, the pointsettias are old, old Making Memories and the brads are cream colored ones that I covered with gold Stickels. That bow is Jolees and I've totally been hoarding them because I didn't buy all of the packages that Michael's had when I saw them, which I totally should have I LOVE THEM! The sentiment is Recollections gold embossed.  I made various different cards including 4 of these. I can't find the pointsettias anymore so this is definitely not one I would try to submit to Papercrafts Mag for publication. Which is my ultimate goal in life or at least 2011, or at least one of them HAHA.

 Last but certainly not least, Melissa again is having an amazing giveaway. Which I would LOVE. Here is her blog, go take a looksie http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2010/12/end-of-year-giveaway.html. She is amazingly crafty!   

Super cute giveaway!

Mellisa has the cutest snowglobe on her blog! I have no idea how she made it, even with the instructions it's beyond me! Anyway she is giving away one of them. Go here and check it out. Very talented I think, I drooled!  http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/

Scissor Review

Hello out there. Still no card pictures but today I thought I would share a review of the Tim Holtz Micro Serrated Scissors By Tonic. I have to say I have tried a million different pair of scissors and I'm in LOVE with these. I have the Cutterbee yellow ones as well and I found that they get very gunky and are not as heavy duty. I do a lot of fussy cutting and these have a great micro serrated edge on one side, then you flip them over and they are smooth edged. I have very small hands and I thought this would be a problem but they are not at all. They have a soft cushion handle so they are great. In short, I would highly recommend these scissors. They have made my crafting easier. Hope this helps everyone. Until next time Amigas ;-)





Ridiculously Cute

I am so excited to share this link with you. http://inspireco.blogspot.com/ if it doesn't link because I'm still learning just click on the post title. I got it from the Live learn Craft Blog and I spent a good part of my morning looking at these amazing ideas. Let me tell you I'm Hooked. Yay Christmas Crafts.

Great Blog

Hello back again still no card :-( But working on it. All kinds of fabulous things are going on here and I can't share them, Sigh. However I have has some time to look at other blogs for inspiration. I get so excited when I see some cool work. I am always looking to learn more and I realize you really never stop learning new techniques and card crafty ladies are VERY generous to share tips. I have a list of blogs like everyone else and love looking at all of the pretty things. I have a few I'm still looking for but I found this blog from some link. I can't believe the beautiful work she does. I see she make mostly embellies but I will have fun looking at her amazing work. Here's a link. http://craftbrulee.blogspot.com/ Hope you enjoy it. Until next time amigas :-)

The Blog Gods :-(

Hi guys. Just stopped to say hi to everyone. I have been neglecting my poor little blog that I love so much lately. The blog Gods have been playing with me lately. Everytime I am planning on sharing something comes up, today we had no electricity power outage for 7 hours!! Just came on and my husband reminded me :-)On my daughter's birthday we had a mishap and my camera was dropped by a mysterious offender. HE knows who he is and he is also Santa so hopefully I get a new one for Christmas. Right before that our laptop started acting up and it's the only computer with a card reader. AAAAAAHHHH what the heck. So we've had a lot of things going on and have been having a great last few weeks, but there are always those things that you don't count on happening. Like a broken laptop and camera. I think I saved a few picts on a memory stick and will show you these from before the incident. I'm crossing my fingers.
As a family we have been really blessed, this last month my husband got baptized. Always a good thing no matter what your faith right? YAY. We have been making new goals as a family and things are really good. I feel so blessed. I am definitely not one of those ladies that says everything is perfect. We have 3 teens and TRUST ME this is NO Brady Bunch! We have struggles, debates, financial concerns, mishaps, stubborness (mostly from me) but we love each other and every step towards being a family forever makes my heart want to burst. I wouldn't want to do this crazy life thing with any others than my little monkeys.
I have been making lotsa lotsa cards. I made some save-the-date cards for my cousin, who is like my little sister. She is getting married in April YAY. I made some for Church people (lotsa babies at church) whom I really love, and I ALWAYS need birthday cards for my Family. I have 6 aunts, 2 uncles, parents, 35 first cousins and thier respective spouses and kids and most of us live within 20 miles of each other. That's just on my Mom's side, it's insane (like my Big Fat Greek Wedding) but also a great blessing.
Tomorrow I will try to upload a card that I really want to share, I am sad that I can't share my current cards but hopefully I can find a stand in for mean while. I have some Halloween cards I want to share! So thanks for my long rambling update. Until next time Amigas :-)

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.