More Thanks!

Let's continue giving thanks!  It's a nice feeling to be grateful and feel somebody is thanking you and appreciate what you've done.

This is a tag I recently made for the Papeles y Más magazine.  I loved making it.

Used stencils, embossing folders, sequins, distress inks, flowers, stamps (of course!), fiber, and more...  and used a plastic circle as shadow box (from a packaging).

I think it came out as a nice thank you tag...  Do you like it?  Thank you!

And thank you for stopping by!  :)  Leave a comment for a chance to win with Unity Stamp Co. I'm linking this to Friday Friends with Flair.

Have a great weekend.

Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias!

Hoy es día de dar gracias... Bueno, Día de dar gracias es todos los días, pero a veces es bueno que existan días especiales que recuerden a todos lo importante que es ser agradecido.

Hoy les comparto la portada de un mini álbum muy especial.  Es mi mini álbum de gracias, el cual fue publicado en la Revista Papeles y Más.  Cada página de este mini álbum fue dedicada a diferentes cosas por las cuales yo estoy agradecida de Dios... familia, salud, trabajo, y más...  Está repletito de sellos de Latina Crafter en todas sus páginas.

Si ya tienen la revista (espero que sí), ya lo vieron, pero aquí les cuento un poco del fondo que trabajé para la portada y así pueden verlo en más detalle.

Primero que todo yo estampé la imagen que ven aquí, pero luego la tapé con una máscara, porque quería que cuando la coloreara se viera como parte de la portada misma, y no pegada.

Así que con la máscara protegiendo la imagen, pinté el fondo con diferentes stencils de Latina Crafter.  También incluí pintura en spray y de distressing en los bordes.

Luego pinté la imagen en la portada y como ven sobresale mucho del resto y se ve espectacular porque es parte de la misma base. No es una imagen cortada y pegada encima de un fondo.

También estampé el resto de los mensajes, usé letras de cartón, lentejuelas y flores.

Como les dije, adentro tiene fotos y sellos mostrando todas las cosas por las que estoy agradecida.  

También anadí fibras y un tag con la palabra "Gracias" en los anillos que unen las páginas del álbum.  Este es un die también de Latina Crafter.

Espero les haya gustado y que también les inspire para dedicar un álbum a todas las cosas por las cuales están agradecidas de Dios.

Que tengan un día fabuloso!  Gracias por sus mensajes.

Happy Halloween

It's Halloween!  And, it's Friday!  Wooohoo!  One of my favorite "holidays" and my favorite day combined...  Great!

I'm determined to have a good day today...  I have a backache that has been trying to ruin that determination during the whole week, but even though I will probably have to continue being careful with my movements, I really want to enjoy this day.

We usually dress up at work and have a get together in the afternoon.  Best costumes are chosen and we really have fun.  So, wish me luck!

Then I was thinking that even though we are really struggling in our country with some economy and politics issue, and the unemployment of lots of people have affected us all, I am lucky to have a good job.  I know nobody is "secure" in any job, as people say, but still I have to thank God because at least I have a job, and work around wonderful people who care for providing a little afternoon to share Halloween.  :)

So, let's give thanks.  Let's not wait until Thanksgiving Day to give thanks.

For this card I stamped the big jar with brown ink, and then applied "red" with sponge for a background.  Then stamped this great sentiment stamp about Thanksgiving.  Tied some baker's twine around neck/cap and positioned with dimensional adhesives on top of distressed patterned paper.

I know... it's Halloween and I am sharing a Thanksgiving card.  This is Scrapper Myra LOL!  I promise to share in future posts more of Halloween projects I have pending to share and photos of today's craziness.

For now, leave a comment for the chance to win with Unity Stamp Co, because I am linking this to Friday Friends with Flair.

Have a great weekend and don't forget to give thanks.

Oh, The Turkey!

Are you still eating turkey leftovers? I bet some families are... if the turkey was too big for the quantity of people, turkey sandwiches are going to last for about 3 to 4 days...hahahaha...

I made this little party favors for the kids at Thanksgiving... very simple and friendly to assemble and share...

I used 3" scalloped circle punch, 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" circles, and scalloped oval.

... Folded the big one in half, slightly to the edge so you can still see both. I inked them to notice better.

Placed the oval in front, leaving about the same space from edge to edge...

Placed the biggest circle and added an upside down heart. I cut mine from the same scalloped oval and shaped but any other regular upside down heart will do.

I attached to the pops...

... and placed another big scalloped circle in the back for support...

Assemble a face in the small circle (just two eyes and a triangle), and place right over the upside down heart like this:

Tadda!!!! Funny lollypops for kids...

I also made another turkey party favor using 3"x 9" strips of patterned paper..., which I scored at 3 3/4", 4 1/2" and 8 3/4".

I used the turkey image from Stretch Your Imagination cricut cartridge...

The 3" scalloped circle is used again... I cut in half and stamped the sentiment...

Then on the inside of the strip already cut and scored, I placed glue strip on both edges...

In the single edge I placed the candy...

On the other side I also put glue in the flap inside and closed...

Once closed I inked the edges...

... positioned the message on top, and made two holes...

... to tie a ribbon...

Little turkeys were placed at front of party favor...

And these are the final results:

Thank you for your visit and I appreciate your comments... Take care.

Thank You.... and a tag!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Don't forget to thank God for the little things... those who might pass without notice... like being able to see, walk, and smell... Thank you God for the wind... when I feel it I know I am alive... and it's cool in this tropic too.... And how we are able to express our feelings... we can talk, touch and just listen... Not only thanks for the materials things, which we appreciate a lot, but also for the emotional things that only each one of us feel inside...

So cool...

And I made this tag for a SWAP with the Thank You and Thanksgiving theme... and wanted to share how it was made...

I used some of the patterned paper from a free digital kit (Fall Digital Kit by Summer Driggs). Remember to always be true using these free kits from internet only for personal use.

So I printed some of the images and cut strips of about 1" x 9"...

I scored on each 1/4" to be able to have this fan effect...

Then glued at the ends...

When dried, assembled to simulate the flower and...

... attached to a cardstock circle as base...

I placed a button in the center and placed the flower in another shape behind to create layers.

I also stamped the words "Thank You" in a strip, which I scored to stand out the message... and added some bling bling...

The tag shape was cut from a cricut cartridge... and the leaves were stamped in patterned paper and then cut to add some interest and finish the illusion of the "flower".

I used more of the digital patterned paper to add a nice border at the bottom.

I hope you liked my tags... and I specially hope the SWAP gals could find use for them... I can see them in a layout about being thankful... or about a person you thank God for... or maybe use it with a gift for someone you like as a token of appreciation...

(cardstock: Bazzill, AC; stamps: Martha Stweart, Inkadinkado; patterned papers: Basic Grey, Summer Driggs; ink: Color Box; bling: Reflections; others: Calligraphy Collection cricut cartridge, Scotch adhesives, Spellbinders, Cuttlebug, buttons)