Beautiful Sunday!

Happy Sunday.

I had a great day today.  Went for brunch at Old San Juan (our main city in Puerto Rico), walked around the old city and visited nice shops, had great pizza at rustic pizzeria... and came back home on time enough to visit some friends' blogs, leave some comments and make a quick CAS card for the Outlawz Challenges...  Still more to do tonight... but I think it's been a great Sunday so far.

For the CAS card with a cheer up sentiment, I stamped this one from Unity...  I love it!

Then I masked it to stamp some clouds around it.

It was a nice CAS card as that but...

...I added some color to some clouds to make it better.

Voilá!!! 

Have a beautiful Sunday...

Unity FWF... and I am ready for some WINE!

Oh! I can't believe it's been two weeks since my last post...  Well... such it's life!  I've had to dedicate some time to some other things lately.  But, believe me, I need scrapbooking so bad.

Anyway, it's Friday!  This means fun, weekend, family, resting, and Unity Stamp Co. Friends with Flair!!!!   I made a card last night just because I wanted to post it for FWF today... and because I've got an order yesterday and was dying to use at least one of the new stamps, and also because I am very stressed at work and I needed to relax a little bit.

So I made this CAS card using Unity stamps.  For the background I used these new pens I found at TJ Maxx that are specially for stamping.  I wanted to use only one section of the stamp so I directly inked the section and stamped, instead of having to cover any other part I did not want to use at this moment.  So I love my little multicolor wine glasses.

The new stamp is the sentiment.  Don't you love it?

I framed with cardstock and placed while embellished with a doily, ribbon and some sequins.  I also colored in red and added some glossy accents to the little heart.

I felt better...  but still want to make more cards and layouts and cut papers... just for fun... LOL..

Seriously, finding scrapbooking has been great for me.  Sometimes I want to make something but my body doesn't let me.  Have you felt that way?  Tell me... leave me a comment... and maybe meditate about it while having a glass of wine today...  Have a good one!!!!

Best of Luck... So long... Goodbye!

Hola!

Happy Friday!

I was sooooo waiting for today! LOL... as always.  Friday is a great day, what can I say?

This is a quick post to share with you a card I made for a co-worker who decided to move to New York.  A group of co-workers will sign the card and will give it to him today.  He is such a good person and we will really miss him.  I made the card trying to show a little bit of what we know about him, mixed with our good wishes and thoughts for this new journey he's decided to take.  His name is Juan and he's a Finance guy.

Here are some details.  The bundle of numbers is a stamp from Unity Stamp Co. (I also used it in my previous post; you can see it HERE).   I pretend it to be an obvious reference to Juan's finance background. The circle with the words "choices" and "decisions"was cut using Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge.  I combined two circles with words to be able to have both words in the same circle.

I also used these stamps from Stampin' Up as an advice to him (Enjoy... life, the little things, every moment).

This beautiful sentiment from Unity Stamp Co is also added as an advice... "Scatter Sunshine all along the way", as a reference to the journey he is starting soon.

The works "chicken", "pizza", and "tacos" are a reference to the industry we work for, which is foodservice.  These alphabet stamps are from Inkadinkado.

One of the corners combines a stamp from Inkadinkado (Best of Luck) with another one from Unity Stamp Co (the background with playing cards symbols).

I also added the "think" and "dream big" message from same cartridge "Graphically Speaking", and tried to play with the words adding "NYC" and the apple stamp from Unity Stamp Co.  So it should read "think, dream Big Apple".  An obvious reference to the place he is moving to.

Something very peculiar about this guy is that he works in the finance area, but he actually studied culinary arts too...so he's a chef.  Then I draw this chef hat and cut to add a detail in reference to that fact.  The square background is a stamp from Glitz Designs, and I draw on some of the squares for a crafty drawing look.

There are some other stamps... like the sentiment "wherever you go, go with all your heart" from Unity Stamp Co.; and the heart to which I added glossy accents, from Inkadinkado.

And stickers, ink, washi tape, cardstock, baker's twine, glitter... and lots of love and good wishes.

I like that there's a lot going on in this card but it's all trying to communicate a message or represent something specific.

I hope he likes the card, but mostly I hope he finds success and happiness in NYC!

Tks for your comments.  Have a great weekend.

Tough Week... Finally Friday!

Friday... at last.

A hard working week I had.  I traveled on Sunday morning to Dallas for work and came back Wednesday night. Worked yesterday and today... although today I left a little earlier due to Summer Hours.  I feel like I had not arrived home until now...  and I have not had the chance to BE here, you know?  Home is home.

I took some time to make a card to be able to participate in today's Unity FWF  - but I think they forgot 'cause I didn't see any related post - .... and want to post it before my DH arrives so when he does, we are officially starting the weekend.   I think I deserve some wine, to be honest.  LOL

So I used two stamps I've got thanks to grab bags I've purchased in the past (assorted stamps from Unity Stamp Co.).  Actually, they are having a sale "as we speak"...  I have to control myself and I'm not buying, but if you have the chance... go ahead.

The stamps I used are this beautiful salad of numbers, and the lovely cupcake.

I combined with other stamp sentiment from Latina Crafter... and a doily, patterned paper, sequins, bling bling, and more...

I gave a cupcake a little personality by adding glossy accents and glitter.

It's a birthday card... but made just because... not for anybody in particular right now...

I really like the result.  Hope you liked it too.  I'm linking it to FWF Friday if it's up at some point... for a chance to win great stamps.  Leave a comment to have same chance to win as well.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Summer Fun!

This Summer has been very rainy. We've even had tropical storms passing by, and expecting another one for next week.  But we should not complain.  It's Summer all year long in my beautiful Puerto Rico anyway.

I thought I was not going to be able to participate in FWF today, but I remember I had this layout for posting today... I just could not do it earlier but here it is.

I used several stamps from Unity Stamp Co.

This delicious ice cream cone, the Summertime ticket....

"The Perfect day" sentiment, and the word "Fun"... This one I stamped it several times in different colors to match the colorful fun layout.

I placed this photo FPO... I haven't decided if I will use this one.  I probably won't.  I usually make layouts inspired by pictures but this was an exception.

Please... have a great weekend...  I will travel to Dallas for work next week so wish me good luck and good results.

:)

SEM July Sketch Challenge and a Special Thank you!

Hello my friends... Happy day!

Scrapping Everyday Miracles is a blog I really love.  They have great challenges that are very tied to one of the things I love more about scrapbooking... which is you can scrap about ordinary things and document your life...  with all your blessings and things that are not things... you know what I mean?  I really love to scrapbook about special days, and birthdays and so on... but also about the table we've had for so many years, or the feeling I've got when I was sick...  and the blessing to have a house... the acceptance of less positive things you have to live with, and so on.

But anyway... They have a sketch challenge going on and I thought it was cool to participate since it's been a while that I don't contribute to their challenges.  You can find about it here:   July Sketch Challenge, and following is the inspiration sketch:

Ok... putting that aside, I have to tell you that I received all these goodies from friend Tameko.    She's a real artist and I know her from Friday Friends with Flair at Unity Stamp Co. since she usually participates and I do too.... You can know more about her here:  Creating my Peace.

I left a comment on her blog a couple of weeks ago, and I resulted the winner... Isn't it cool to receive these kind of surprises by mail?  I bet every scrapper loves to be surprised with crafty goodies.  Thank you Tameko...  

So...  that was the introduction...  SEM Sketch Challenge + New goodies + need to make a bday card for my boss =  Scrapbooking time...

I made this card for SEM Sketch Challenge using the new goodies that Tameko sent to me.

Loved this concept of circled borders and sentiments from Justrite brand, combined with different images or sentiments in the center...  plus I used Spellbinders and one of other stamps from Inkadinkado she sent. 

The circle at center is popped out in all its layers...  not only because I wanted it to be the main one, but because it is also a twist mandatory for the challenge.  The leaves at left, which I cut from patterned paper, are also popped up with foam.

I decided not to paint the flowers in this image because the card was going to be colorful already and did not want to over-color it...  so I just applied some Glossy Accents in the center of the flowers and added purple glitter.  Love it!

In the sketch there is a proposed sentiment at the bottom left corner, but since I used other sentiments throughout the whole design, I included the "Happy Birthday" wish/sentiment inside the card.

At the end I inked a bit the white background to provide some unity to all the elements...

Hope you all liked it...  My boss' bday is today but she's on vacation so she won't see the card until Monday the 29th.  Hope she likes it then.

Tks for the comments.

Hey Beautiful!... Beautiful people, beautiful friends... beautiful life...  and beautiful Friday!

Sorry for my inactive behavior lately...  I am trying to rest better during the weekdays since I usually work during all day more than the regular 8-hour period, and then I try to exercise, be with my DH, and get some work done at night so the weekends are better... but then when do I get to scrap a little? 

So for the last weeks, I've been away from scrapbooking to be able to go to sleep a little earlier.  This probably is going to last just a few weeks... LOL.

I missed last Friday's Friends with Flair from Unity... and I literally missed it.  I decided to skip exercise last night to be able to make this card to participate today.

I used the frame and sentiment stamps as main elements in the card over a craft embossed base.  This base was also distressed in the edges and pinky inked.  I also used fiber to simulate a flower... and a button covered with glitter.

I confess the button was brownish and matched perfectly with the card but then a little voice ordered me to put some glitter on it.

Here's a flashed photo of the card for a different view.

I think after all my card came out very very very very beautiful... don't you think?  I hope your Friday is very very very beautiful too!!!!!

Don't forget to leave your comment for an opportunity to win goodies from our friends in Unity Stamp Co.