Tarjeta de Niño - LC

Happy Thursday!

This post will be in Spanish to honor Latina Crafter...  Remember you can always read my posts in your language, using the translator in my blog at left.

Hola a todas.  Esta ha sido una semana de muchas emociones...y lo que falta.  Dicen que Dios aprieta pero no ahoga, y que su tiempo es perfecto.  Yo lo creo así y me trato de recordar a mí misma diariamente que no estamos solos, que todo en la vida pasa por una razón y que nada es para siempre...  Así que manos a la obra!!!!  ...y vamos a mostrar una tarjetita.

Esta es una sencilla pero especial.  Es para un buen niño.  No solamente hermoso y talentoso... sino además buen hijo, obediente y apoya a su madre.  Sólo tiene 11 años y es muy especial.  La tarjeta la hice para que su mamá se la diera como agradecimiento al apoyo y aportaciones que le ha dado durante los últimos eventos en su vida...  y medio que también algo de cumpleaños por ahí de una vez...Jajajajaja

La imagen del niño y las estrellas son de unos "cut outs" que tengo hace un tiempo de Me & My Big Ideas.  De esas cosas que compras y luego pasa muuuuuucho tiempo y no las usas... o nunca llegas a usarlas.  Pero no porque no te gusten o porque no sean buenísimas, sino porque la inspiración llega de formas misteriosas... Les pasa a ustedes?

Bueno, y los sellos son de Latina Crafter.  Tanto las palabras como la pincelada que se ve tras las tres palabras principales, son sellos de LC.

Además usé washi tapes de Scotch y Target, y letras de Glitz Designs para los otros toques en la tarjeta.

Espero les guste.  Y espero que tengan un jueves espectacular.  Ténganme en mente hoy que necesito buenas vibras, oraciones y bendiciones...  Siempre.    Hasta la próxima.

Tarjetas de GRACIAS

Hace unos días preparé varias tarjetas personalizadas q una amiga me solicitó.  Era su boda y ella quería agradecer a algunas de las personas. 

Una de esas personas era su hermano, quien fue el caballero en su boda. Ella me indicó q él, entre otras cosas, era amante de los perros y de Batman. Además, es su único hermano y es varón. Así que incluí las siluetas de un perro y del superhéroe junto con un bigote para representarlo. 

Otra de las personas era el padrino. A éste le gusta viajar mucho. Al ser hermano del novio supuse que hablaba más inglés q español pues son jóvenes de generación cubana criada en Miami.  Me pareció adecuado usar papeles de diseño  con mapas representando los lugares viajados y por viajar por este joven que disfruta tanto ver el mundo. Y el mensaje de "gracias" en los tres idiomas me encantó como toque especial. 

Los sellos usados son de Latina Crafter. 

Más adelante les compartiré otras tarjetas que hice para la madrina y la coordinadora de bodas. 

Qué tengan una excelente semana. 

Another Unity Be Inspired...

Hello my friends...

I am posting today my contribution to the Unity Be Inspired challenge from #Unity Stamp Co. 

And notice I said my "contribution" and not only an "entry". It is both. I love when I am able to participate in challenges and contest. They get us inspired, and make us be active in this great hobby. You also get to see other interpretations of the same inspiration, from people around the world who also loves what you love.  I confirm everyday how subjective art and scrapbooking are, and I love that fact.  So, for me, more than an entry in a contest/challenge, it is also a contribution to keep the hobby alive. And it is a support for the brands I love, and the contest/activity they are promoting... So they can keep doing it. 

This is the inspiration combo this month. Great colors and sketches. 

I immediately got captured by the colors, that sunset, and the way you can see different colors in line and mixed at the same time. 

I wanted to make a similar arrangenent of colors but also wanted to soften them. 

So I stamped the main image and covered with a mask. Then painted my colors with pencils. 

Carefully I blended with water brush protecting the image and mask. 

When finished I took out the mask and covered with vellum to soften the colors look. 

The sentiment was stamped on the vellum.  Love that sentiment because it is not only the pure thruth but it goes perfectly with the effect I was trying to achieve. Behind the vellum is the true beauty and there is a butterfly. 

Same thing with people. Beauty inside is the one who reflects the real person. 

Hope you like my card. Comments are always welcome. 

For the Bride

Happy hello to you my friends.

Today is a Holiday in Puerto Rico... and it is one of the few I have the day off...

And today is the wedding of a special friend.  We used to work together and she always was a great and sweet girl...  a good person... who had gone thru a lot...  and those "thru a lot" in our lives make us stronger.

She moved to Miami a few years ago and started to build a different life... We are now so happy to know she's getting married and that she's happy.

Since we are in the mood of wedding... I thought it was appropriate to share this little envelope I made for the Papeles y Más magazine.  It was published in the recent edition of June-July.  

I stamped the image (from Unity Stamp Co.) in vellum, and then cut.

Added pearls for a delicate touch and adhered to the embossed envelope.

Then finished with a sentiment also stamped in vellum and framed with card-stock and a ribbon bow.

The idea was to create a delicate, CAS, but full of feminine details project.  I think I made it.

I am linking this to Unity's Friday Friends with Flair.  You can leave a comment for a chance to win.  Don't forget to visit the other girls.

Have a great fabulous super Friday!

A card for Danny...

Hello friends. 

Sometimes a simple card can be such a great detail.   It can bring happiness, memories, make you feel you are not alone... And more.  They can be fun too. 

A friend shared these news in facebook, about a little boy having a tumor, and wanting to receive lots of cards for his birthday coming up real soon. 

He will be 6 in a few days and I thought it could be fun to send him a card.  His family is actually asking people to do so. 

So I managed to be up earlier this morning to make him a card. I used different design papers, buttons, chipboard elements, bakers twine and stamps. 

I sent the card by mail today and I am hoping to later find out the he received a lot of cards as expected. 

Wanna send him a card?  Read more about it here:    http://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-boy-battling-cancer-birthday-bunch-birthday-cards/story?id=24626702. 

Curtain Call Challenge - Anything Goes

I discover Curtain Call very recently tks to Unity Stamp Co.  Love their inspirational colors and images... And love the projects shared from other followers. 

Here is the latest challenge on. 

They are celebrating their first year. You can get more information here:

http://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.com/?m=1

And here is my take on this challenge. Love the subtle colors in the inspirational image and thought immediately of this new stamps kit i've got from Unity. 

I colored the image with watercolor pencils and cut.  The base was sprayed with color and embellished with sequins. Oh I love sequins. 

Hope you liked my card. Any comments to make my day?

Sketch It

 Hello my friends...  Hope you are having a great weekend.

Let's go "latina"again...

(To read this in English or any other language, use the blog translator at left.)

Hice esta tarjeta usando un "sketch" de Latina Crafter. 

Para la tarjeta usé "cardstock" como base, varios papeles de diseño de My Mind's Eye, flores de Prima Marketing, lentejuelas, tinta y por supuesto sellos de Latina Crafter.

Utilicé círculos con el papel de diseño más grandes abajo, y encima círculos blancos más pequeños para dar la impresión de profundidad.  Además, los coloqué des-alineados, pues me inclino por los trabajos asimétricos, pero manteniendo balance.

Los sentimientos usados son de un kit de Latina Crafter llamado "Simplemente".

Para más información sobre el "sketch" que usé puedes hacer click AQUI.

Gracias por sus comentarios que tanto me alegran el día y me inspiran a continuar...

Hasta la próxima.

BTS Media Mixed Clipboard

Friday Friends... Hello to you!

Another Friday Friends with Flair at Unity Stamp Co...  I love these days.  You can get inspired by other friends's creations, you leave comments to them, you get visits from them and comments as well... It's like a party!  Tks Unity!

In Puerto Rico, Back to School period is early August.  At this date, people have already made all shopping or are in the process of planning to go... as we "speak"...  So it's the topic of the moment.

In the last edition of Papeles y Más magazine, there was a special homework for some of us... it was to embellish a clipboard with the BTS theme.  Oh, I loved to make this.

From day one, I knew I defintely wanted to mix media and stamps, cut, get my hands painted...LOL

So I started with a base of white paint...

... which I then reinforced with paper and modge podge...

... washi tapes in the edges... and continued building layers...

... a teacher needed to be here...

...and the rest is history...

Paint, stamps, rub-ons, washi tapes, flowers, inking, paper piecing...   It was so fun!!!!

I tried to keep all elements as flat as possible because I am thinking this to be functional.   With a finish layer of modge podge you can place papers here with no problem to be "damaging" the project.  But if you want to make a similar one just for decoration, or as a special gift to your kids' teacher, this is a great way to show your appreciation.  You could add 3D elements to it if you do not intend to use it as a traditional clipboard.

Hope you liked it...  I'm linking this to Unity's Friday Friends with Flair.  Leave a comment and tell me if you liked this project... for an opportunity to win.

Latina Crafter

Holaaaaaa.  

No van a creer lo afortunada que soy. Hoy conocí a la dueña y fundadora de Latina Crafter. Sí, Latina Crafter!!!  Esa compañía que fundó esta joven puertorriqueña radicada en Texas, y que nos tiene a todas las latinas (y no latinas), estampando frases en español y hermosas imágenes de excelente calidad. 

Sabía que visitaría Texas esta semana por razones de trabajo pero se trata de un viaje de corta duración en el que voy a reuniones y no hay tiempo para mucho más. Sin embargo, leyendo en Latina Crafter la entrevista realizada a Diana Maldonado en el blog "Libres de Ácido", me percato que habría la oportunidad de conocerla mientras estuviera de visita en territorio de cowboys. 

(Si no has leído la entrevista, puedes accederla aquí:   http://latinacrafter.blogspot.com/2014/07/entrevista-de-latina-crafter-para.html?m=1).

Estuve con Diana unas pocas horas y por supuesto ... primero lo primero!  Diana me llevó a varias tiendas donde dar rienda suelta al hobby (o debería decir "vicio"?).   Suerte que estoy muy limitada en mis gastos, y esto ayudó para que Diana tuviera buena impresion sobre mí, así que me comporté bastante bien.  Jajaja. 

Jmmm... Sobre la foto....Mi dedo en este selfie no debía estar incluido...LOL. 

El caso es que esas pocas horas fueron suficientes para conocer un poco sobre Diana... O al menos de lo que pude percibir en este maravilloso ser humano.

Diana es sencilla, ama a Dios y a su familia, es emprendedora, disciplinada, auténtica, apasionada, trabajadora,  creativa, sincera, transparente, agradecida, justa, amistosa,y servicial. 

Todo eso?  Pues sí!  En esas pocas horas pude darme cuenta de todo esto por los temas que hablamos, por la forma en que interactuamos, y porque una se da cuenta cuando las cosas son de corazón.  O no?

Agradezco enormemente el gesto de Diana, por haberme recibido en su "vecindario".  Debemos estar orgullosos del trabajo que está haciendo Diana en Texas, y cómo está representando a nuestra Isla a través de su empresa que impacta a tantos a través del mundo... sobre todo de Latinoamérica. 

Les invito a conocer más sobte Latina Crafter, a visitar el blog y a apoyar a esta empresa de la forma que puedan. Aquí enlace del blog:

http://latinacrafter.blogspot.com/?m=1

Estoy profundamente agradecida, Diana. Pasé un muy buen rato contigo y espero sigas teniendo éxito en todo lo que te propongas.  

This Day... layout

HOLA!

It's Friday again and it's special...it always is.  There's always a reason to find a day special, don't you think?  We, as imperfect humans, usually notice very easily when something goes wrong or just unexpected...  but the truth is that there's always a good thing around all our happenings... and everything happens for a reason.  Believe me, if I don't remind myself about this everyday, I would be a different person.

So, I want to show you a layout I made about a weekend at a beach resort a year ago.  This project was published in the June-July edition of the magazine "Papeles y Más".  I used Unity Stamp Co stamps, combined with Teresa Collins papers and elements.

This stay was very special.  We were with our goddaughter and her dad, and we could bring our dogson with us to this place.  We love this place because of that. 

I wanted to create a page that denotes this is a good memory so the use of black and white photo with all the wood, and brownish elements, gave me that.

I combined clusters of elements and balanced the page by assembling them diagonally, with the photo in the center.   I love how the stamps went perfectly with the pre-made elements and they seem to be part of a same kit.

Hope you like my page.  Go get your magazine if you haven't.  It is full of great ideas and there are a few publications from Scrapper Myra... :)

Also, let me remind you that you may follow me in facebook HERE.  Just for fun... to share our imperfect world and great hobby...

Remember to leave a comment in this post to be part of the Unity Friday Friends with Flair and have the opportunity to win fabulous high quality stamps.

Have a great weekend.

Manly card

Hello dear friends. 

Welcome to the middle of the week. 

Let me share a card I made for Father's Day and had not shown you. 

I used design paper and inked tags as background and frame for the stamped image and sentiment. 

I love this image with the 4 men and ties. It is from Unity Stamp Co.

Tks for stopping by and for your comments.  Those make my day. 

You are Wonderful - card

Happy 4th of July!!!!  Today is a good day to finish your scrapbooking projects (I am talking to myself here...). LOL. The thruth is this day is usually dedicated to BBQ's, Am I right?  That is not going to happen for me 'cause my DH does not like to do it. I know it is weird but nobody is perfect. In that case, scrapbooking would do it. And after another crazy week, a Friday off is great!!!!

For today's Friends with Flair, I am sharing this card. 

Used layers of gold and pink, with sequins and this beautiful Prima flower. 

Stamps are from Unity Stamp Co. ... Of course! 

Tks for stopping by.  Have a great long weekend.