Since the Lock Down started...

Hello dear friends. I hope you are all fine and healthy.  We are living a historical pandemia and this is definitely something we will continue telling others for years to come, and remembering as a very special life event.

Well... In my beautiful Puerto Rico the lockdown and social restrictions started on March 16, 2020.  Since then, I hadn't posted anything in my blog.  It's no coincidence.  I really haven't dedicated much time to the hobby, but it's not that I haven't made any projects.  I have actually been working all the time and am one of the lucky ones to have a job.  I know the blog is not as "in" as it is social media (Facebook and Instagram), which are platforms that allow for more immediate sharing; but I'd like to continue "feeding" the blog so we have this one place to see all my creations and remember.  It's a top documenting tool and I am glad it is still available.

So I've made some projects during this time we have been in lock down and I just wanted to show some of them here... even though you have probably seen the in social media :).

This composition was made in a shadow box to remember one highlight event during a trip to Italy on 2018.  Love this visit to Guizzo, and really enjoyed the time with the family.  They gave me all the colors caps they have used so far, so I placed them along with the picture as a memorabilia tribute.

This card was made combining several stamps and I tried to show a girl blooming... I later gave to a coworker on her birthday.  She really is a blooming girl.

During this time, I also shared this page from a traveling journaling book.

I made this card with Covid theme... just for fun.

And for Mother's Day I made several cards with same CAS style, using embossing, stamps and watercoloring.

Another project I made during this time, was this page about me and my brother when we were little.  I don't remember my three years in New York but I sure treasure all the pictures.  Mom always said she we had a very hard time, and I wish I'd remember.

This is an ATC I made for a show and tell group and I later gave it to a coworker friend who loves Panda bears.  :)  She loved it.

This card was for another coworker leaving our company for another job.  We will miss her so.  This was very interesting because when I was making the card I was thinking... what are some of the things she likes so I can make a card she loves????   And I thought ... pizza... decorations... party planning... maybe makeup...  But then I thought to myself... Let's use these cute stamps with succulents... maybe she likes succulents.  Well, long story short... she loved succulents.  Voila!

Then I made this little project with some sparkling wines and champagne caps.  I still have a lot more of different colors... It just happened I used only a few of the gold and black ones for this project.  Tasting the stars was the first impression about champagne, from the man who discovered it... and I agree it is like tasting the stars.  

Another card for a co-worker... I think I am making lots of cards for my coworkers..LOL!  This is a special one.  This girl loves elephants.  Her name is Patricia but we call her PatG to distinguish from another Pat... LOL!   She wasn't at the office on her birthday but we left the card in her desk and she discovered it like a week later... LOL!  She loved it.

This another card just for fun...   It kind of make me thing of all the strong girls and ladies I know... and since she's a mermaid I specially think about my niece. :)  She is a mermaid.

Another coworker's card...   This time my boss.  Made this card with these beautiful new stamps.  I love making it... love this wooden look, and the best part was the watercoloring and the fussy cut.  

Finally, and enough for this long post...   This card I had made for a magazine that paused printing during this time of pandemic lock down.  The card was not actually chosen... I think it could have a good chance.  But the best part is that I really loved making it.  Giving wings to this girl was an awesome feeling... and the background with different inks and distressing...  really liked how it turned out.  Hope you like it too.

Thank you for stopping by.  If you like, leave a comment.  I would like to maintain this blog alive.   Help me a little if you want.  Hope you liked my projects, and found some inspiration.  Keep safe and follow the social distancing rules... They are for our own good.  Don't be stubborn... Be supportive.

See you in our next post.

Unity Be Inspired Challenge

Welcome to a new week and the end of a fabulous weekend, my friends...  This is going to be a great one!!! Let's declare it!

Today's also International Day of Women...  Congratulations to all magnificent ladies from all over the world, specially the creative ones who share this great hobby with me.

Today I am sharing a card made for the current Unity Stamp Co.'s Be Inspired Challenge.  They provide color combination and sketches inspiration so we all can share our passion and learn from each other.

This card was made using the "Jars of Love" kit which I love.  

I also used some cut butterflies, enamel dots and spray paint over design paper.  Notice I used a portion of the design paper from Crate Paper, showing the design on the back.  I usually don't cut that part, 'cause love to use paper to the max.

Hope you like my card... Have a beautiful beautiful week...  just as you are!

Don't forget to be imperfect in everything you do.

Sweet Treats

Happy Friday dear friends...  It's Friday the 13th... that doesn't sound right... LOL... but tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day!   Woooohoooo! 

I'm not used to going to dinner or get flowers/chocolates this day, but we were invited to go to a special activity with dinner paired with wine, so we'll go... 

I certainly enjoy the love around me everyday... and enjoy making projects related to Love..

Let me show you this party favor box embellished with design paper, sequins, a punched scalloped circle, baker's twine and offff courrrsssseee... stamps.

The box was hand made and covered with paper.  The stamps are from Unity Stamp Co.  I love that I added some glossy accents to the stamped hearts in the lid of the box...  They look awesome.  There's also another stamp in the front/side panel of the base.  It says "LOVE"

Hope you like my sweet treats for tomorrow.  Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.

 Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win because I'll link this up to Friday Friends with Flair at Unity Stamp Co blog as a second entry. Will also link up to Incy Wincy Challenge - Use a Punch or Die Cut, and also will link to Cosmic Colours Challenge #10 since I used the color palette shown below.

It is ALWAYS about love...

Already celebrating love?  Yeah... It's everyday, I know.  This month, specially, love is relevant... but you know what?  It's all about love.  It really is...  If you think harder, you can notice everything we do or say is linked somehow to love...  and at the end, it's all about it.

This card was made with that sentiment in mind and showing the Unity world stamp, which I literally love!  For me this image, is not only a world with the shape of a heart... but it can mean so many things.  Love for the people, love no matter where you are from, love to our planet, love each other, love being human, love creation, you mean the world to me...  it's all about love...

And this is a CAS card using sprays, stamps, a wood veneer and twine.  Hope you like it and maybe you got some inspiration from it... who knows?  Tks for your visit.

Will be linking this to next Friday's Unity Stamp Co Friends with Flair and also to Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog for Challenge #131 Anything Goes, and to Love Rubber Stamps Blog Challenge #138 (Show Me Some Red).

Unity Be Inspired Challenge

Hello my friends... Today is a good day... everyday has its own magic, don't you think?

I want to share a card I made for a very special co worker whose birthday was a couple of days ago.   A writer, among other things... very talented person... a dreamer.

I used the inspirational colors from the Unity Be Inspired Challenge, and several stamps from different kits.  Used a mask to stamp one image behind another.  The background was made with watercolor pencils and water brush.  The sentiment was heat embossed for a special texture.

Love the card is so unique... never will be one with same design since the watercolor can never be the same over and over... :)

Tks for your visit.. and make today your special day!  Have a great weekend!

Christmas Angel Tapestry!

And.... As I told you last week... I still have a Christmas project to share.  This is a very special project which was also published in a local magazine called "Papeles y Más" (Papers and More...).  This is a canvas made a "tapestry" to hang on a door or special place.

I first designated the area, sewed the borders, and stamped the main image in a center... creating separately a mask and then used paint, sprays, fabrics, embossing and a lot of stamping all over to create a magical Christmas scenery.

When done, removed the mask and also added sentiments.

I separately stamped the same image and colored, and then positioned in the center to stand out.

This was hung in my scrapbooking room's door during Christmas... now still around... I don't want to storage it.. LOL!

Hope you liked it.  I will share with Friday Friends with Flair at Unity Stamp Co. so if you leave me a comment you are participating for some goodies from Unity's blog.

Have a good weekend.

Wine Label Card!

Hello my friends...

It's so cool to welcome the second Friday of 2015!!!

I love Fridays.  They are very special because they represent the transition to the weekend and a review of great things during the week...  I've been loving Fridays for a while and sometimes we do a "Viernazo D'vino"... which is like a "Great Friday of Wine" kind of thing.  No big deal... just sharing a little wine with my DH and talk about the week ending, and the weekend plans.

Anyway... a couple of weeks ago, we were at home on a Saturday and were thinking of tasting this wine I love.  Its name is Cadus and the grape is Bonarda.  It's Argentinian and it's a great wine..  robust but fruity... very balanced.

We called our neighbor friends and they came.  It wasn't a planned activity but we had such a good time.  And they loved the wine too!

So at the following day I made a quick card to say thanks for their company.  I used the wine label in the card.  By the way, this is something I've done before... There are some cards I've made for a local magazine and I haven't shown them to you yet... so this is material for a following up future post.  Stay tuned...LOL!

I used some color bloom from Prima and Shimmer Mist from Tattered Angels, plus great stamps from Unity Stamp Co. to make the card.

I hope you like it.

I will share this at Friday Friends with Flair with Unity Stamp Co.. so leave a message for a chance to win with Unity.

And one more thing... remember you can follow me in Facebook under Scrapper Myra...

Finally, if you love wine and you are in Puerto Rico needing to learn more or receive related services, I recommend this page Descorches Du Vin...  It's a new project in the family.  Like the page and stay connected.

Have a great Weekend!

Happy Birthday to You!

Hello friends...

Today's a special co-worker and friend's birthday.  She will celebrate next Saturday, but today IS THE DAY!  So, I gave her a little something (a certificate for a local sushi restaurant she likes), and of course I had to embellish an envelope to give it to her.

I used design paper as base, and sprayed some color before stamping the sentiment.

I made a small envelope for a tag and embellished with washi tapes and sequins.   Separately I stamped the image, colored and cut, to place next to the envelope.

She loved it!  And I loved making it for her last night! :)

I will link this to Unity Stamp Co Friday Friends with Flair next Friday... the first Friday of the new year... so if you leave a comment you are participating to win some goodies from Unity!

Thanks for stopping by!

After Xmas Friends with Flair Party!

Dear friends.  Happy Friday, and I hope your Christmas day yesterday was a good one.

I had a good time... very relaxing with my husband and mom in Holy Night, and then with my Mother in Law and my husband's family yesterday.

Today is a regular day at work but expected to be a very quiet one since there's a lot of people who took the day off... 

I'm sharing this CAS card...  it's very similar to one I already showed you before (CLICK HERE), but I loved the fun way to create a background with watercolor pencils, and stamp an image on it. 

I am linking this to Friday Friends with Flair at Unity Stamp Co so make sure to leave a comment for a chance to win some goodies...  Every Friday we share projects made with Unity stamps.  One entry and one commenter win.

I'm also linking two other cards I made and posted this week, so go there and while you leave comments under those posts of mine too,  please find all entries for all Unity Friends and give them some love.

Have a great weekend and continue celebrating the season!

Unity (be inspired)

 Every month, Unity Stamp Co shares a color inspiration image and two sketches (layout and card), along with a release of a new sentiment kit.  This is something all Unity lovers look forward each month.   It's called Unity (be inspired) Challenge.  The current challenge is #23.

I usually go with the color combo inspiration...  I really love the result of getting inspired by a photo or image and love how Unity gets out all the colors from the image and put them together very clearly so we can follow.

Here's the card I made inspired by this one.  It is a CAS style card using all the colors from the challenge and a sentiment by Unity Stamp Co.

I used stencils for the background, with some sprayed mist and color.  The sentiment is stamped in a darker color to stand out.

The gold sequins are perfect for a final touch and were inspired by the lights in the reference image.

The based where all is inked and stamped is gray, but all is over a kraft card base, which I've been using a lot lately.

Hope you like it.  I will share with Unity Be Inspired, and also with Unity Friends with Flair next Friday, so leave a comment for a chance to win with Unity.

I'm Dreaming of a WINE Christmas!

 Happy Sunday my friends.

It's been a very quite weekend... washing clothes, cooking, just at home... and some crafting too.  Good for a change, since I've been very active in work related activities and parties lately.  But still, think I need to do something today.  Maybe I will be hanging out later today... but for now wanted to share a card I made yesterday following a nice sketch I found recently in this blog called Deconstructed Jen.  This gal shares her work and sketches just for fun.

This is the sketch DS181:

And this is my take!  

I combined Unity Stamps from two different itty bitties kits... one related to wine and one related to Christmas... and why not?  I'm dreaming on a wine Christmas...LOL!

I used baker's twine, cork, washi tapes, cardstock and design paper, over a kraft base.

For the multicolor stamped image, I just added the inks directly to the areas of the stamp I wanted to cover and wanted to be as imperfect as possible so tried to apply so there were no specific sections for each color.  The circles int he background were made with a stencil from Crafters Workshop.

Hope you like it.

Besides linking this to Deconstructed Sketch No. 181, I will share this also in facebook (Scrapper Myra), Unity Show & Tell, and Unity Friends with Flair.

A card for a Cowgirl!

I have a friend turning 50 on Christmas day.  She's a very active woman, strong character and always happy... with a lot of faith in God.  She also likes all kind of country things, work with nature, and especially the horses.  She could be a Puerto Rican cowgirl!  LOL!

She celebrated her birthday last week because she won't be available the very same day of her birthday so I made her this card.

I like this image from Unity Stamp Co. shows strength and beauty.  I combined with some sentiments from other kit...

Used corrugated paper and cork, not only for the rustic look, but also 'cause this girl also loves wine.

Tks for your comments.  I will link this to Unity Friday Friends with Flair so if you comment, you have a chance to win.

A wedding jar!

Dear friends...

I have a very special coworker who will get married tomorrow.  He is a great man and has a beautiful girlfriend.  I wish them the best in this new path in life.

I wanted to show you the card I made for them.

Their wedding is going to be celebrated in outdoors and as far as I know they will have key vintage country elements in the decoration and theme of the wedding, such as mason jars, photos, etc...   So I thought it would be appropriate to use this beautiful stamp from Unity Stamp Co. showing this big jar.

I used the word "love" in Spanish to fill the jar (this is a wood embellishment from Latina Crafter), and added the wedding colors with embossed cardstock and paper straws.

I will give this to them tomorrow, since I have the honor to be one of the guests... :)  Actually, I made their wedding invitations and I will share them with you tomorrow.  Stay tuned.

Leave a message today since I will be linking this to Unity Friday Friends with Flair.  And come back tomorrow to see the invitations.

Ice Bucket Challenge in a sketch challenge...

Hello...  Just passing by a little later than usual during the day to share with you a layout I made for a challenge... It's for a local store called "The Scrapbook Store".  They post a sketch every two weeks in facebook and this is the current one:

I used it to scrapbook some photos from my ice bucket challenge.  I did it with my coworkers team last August and it was fun.  Plus, more importantly, some people donated to ALS even though we accepted the challenge.

I used some stamps here and there (Unity Stamp Co.) and used even some photos as part of the embellishments at right...  It was my way to include all the photos I had printed from this day. :)

Hope you liked it.  I'm going to link it as a second post to Unity Friends with Flair Friday. So, make sure to leave a comment for a chance to win.

Have a great weekend.

Broken

And today is Friday again...  my favorite day.  But I have to admit the older you get, the more you learn to appreciate everyday... even if it's not a Friday.  Everyday has a special something and today you are probably at your best.  Enjoy it!

This weekend many things will happen... celebrations, gatherings, birthdays!  A friend's birthday is tomorrow.  But she's been sad lately.  Hope she continues getting better and understanding life is made of happiness and sadness... both are important.

This card was specially made for her.

Have you been broken?  Don't you think it's made you stronger?  Have you felt it is the end of the World and then time passes by, and you remember that feeling and understand it wasn't the end at all?  It was probably the beginning of more beautiful things!  I've told her.  Hope she knows it.

And hope you have a great weekend... a tear here and there... it's ok!  :)