Romance in Paris!

Happy Easter you people!  Hope you are having a blast.

Last night I went to the 15th. Birthday Celebration I told you about.  Remember?  I mentioned it when I showed you the card I made for the young lady HERE.

Everything was beautiful.

The girl had this beautiful main area for the photos, where she displayed a big cardboard Eiffel Tower made by her.

There was also a special area for the young friends.

A candy bar... all made using her imagination.

Beautiful centerpieces.

Delicious cake...

And the invitations were also made the way she wanted. She had this idea of the Eiffel Tower as the main image, in a triangle envelope...

So, I cut the Eiffel Tower with a cartridge I borrowed from Gladys Amiroty... a friend from a local scrapbooking group.  Thank you Gladys!!!!  I'm ready to give it back to you... Will call you to coordinate later. 

So I embossed the cut image and placed with 3D foam pieces to the stamped handmade triangle envelope.

The text of the invitation was in a triangle inside, that you pull out through the little flower at the edge.  Just like the girl wanted it.  This is all her idea... I just had to draw until I had a stencil to cut one by one... everything made by hand with lots of love.

I'm glad all came out just as the girl wanted and we really had fun.

Hope you liked what you saw... and tks for your comments.

Happy Easter!

15 Years!

Hello my friends.  Hope you are having an amazing Good Friday.  You could be at Church, at home, working, or at the beach... but still always remember Life is Beautiful and God gave it to us to enjoy, be grateful and leave a mark...  

On a separate topic...  I just stopped by to talk about the 15th. birthday.  In Latin culture is more common to celebrate the 15th birthday with a great ceremony and party... whenever possible.  It is like the equivalent to the Sweet 16 in the American culture, but in our case there are a lot of symbols and protocol that can go on in the party.  Parents feel very proud and basically present the girl as the new young woman.  In Puerto Rico we even have some differences among geographical areas.  In the Metro Area this event is more used for the opportunity to present the girl to society, specially amongst higher socio economic level families.  But in the rest of the Island specially in the center of our beautiful Puerto Rico, the event is more a party to gather with family and friends... but still with lots of symbols.  We have direct influence from US for being part of this nation, so there's an interesting mix of cultures that you could see in our "Fiestas de Quinceañeras".

Anyway, tomorrow's the celebration of my BFF's daughter's 15th bday.  I will be the Master of Ceremony at the party and I also made the invitations...  I will show you the invitations in a near future post but today I want to share the card I made for the girl.

Since the theme of the bday party is about Paris and the invitations have the Eiffel Tower, I kept the same colors used for the invitations and kind of the same romantic look, but using this beautiful stamp I have from Unity Stamp Co.

I also used embossing, ribbons, rhinestones, inks all over, and for the sentiment I used a Latina Crafter stamp I've got from a recent convention locally.  It is part of my first kit of these Spanish stamps.

So, I'm hoping the girl loves the card tomorrow...

Don't forget to leave a comment during the weekend for a chance to win with Unity's Friends with Flair, 'cause I'll link this post there.

But now I have to hurry up and leave... I have to go rehearse the presentation at the party's location...  Tks for you stopping by, and for your comments and your love. :)

Crystal Anniversary!

Hello...

Hope you are having a good weekend.

I told you I was celebrating my wedding anniversary.  It's been 15 years.

Being married is not easy... but it's a blessing.  It's more the good than the "less good" things.  I think love is something very special... but it's not only a feeling... it's a decision.

The tradition says the 15th. anniversary is celebrated with crystal.  Crystals are transparent, very clean... and the more you polish, the more light they radiate.  That's how love is too.

I thank God for the opportunity to have a good husband.

And I made this card.  Tried not to be too girly but still kind of didn't achieve it 100%... LOL.

Hope you like it.