Sweet idea for you and who you love

Watch this video to see this new idea and product that is really sweet....

:)

Have a great day!

Our little valentines[cards}

Mommy & me {ed.}

:)

My 5 y-o woke up today asking to make "something" for daddy - who's working just like any other day of the week - so I came up with making valentine cards*, I mean little cards.

This is what we "made together".

*stamps images from CTMH.

SO simple, so sweet.

Happy Valentines,

Winter Thoughts Mini Accordion Album

This is a 6" x 6" accordion style album, basically with 8 pages including the cover and backcover.

Some pages background were made from Art Philosophy die cut collection.

I also used the CTMH new [big] snowflake overlay to embellish the cover with a shiny rhinestones-filled brad. Love these.

Simple color scheme and accents.

Blue and chocolate, way to go!

White Dream in July

I'd like to share today one cute gift I received from Terri ( our Christian Paper Artist Group ) who made and sent this beautiful vintage match box, in last December.

She used everything white in a rich combination of whites which gave the project an amazingly pretty effect of textures.

Loved how she used different materials and fibers. So classy and sweet.

Inside of the box there are lots of little treats and vintage goodies that made my day when it arrived to me. So thoughtful gift for a scrapbooker, from a very talented mixed media artist.

:)

Again, the wonderful feeling of a white Christmas in July.

Sharing with you - :),

Hooligans from CTMH. Color fun!

Hi there:

I have to say that my eyes for colors changed to a wider and sharper "it is about..." concept since I started to scrapbook and now I know, as scrapbooker instructor myself, how amazing can be when it comes to speak about the combination, a well seen coordination of colors and color shades per se.

Here is a layout I made featuring some of the colors I do no use often. But I really liked its result as can be seen above.

The paper collection is Hooligans from Close To My Heart, you can click HERE to find more about it. It's all about the cute monsters and bright colors!

Supplies:

papers, "stickease", black hemp, metal accessories, buttons(from Close To My Heart CTMH), journaling pen(ZIG memory system), plaid ribbon(Offray).

Have a colorful day!

gift giving: a scrapbook layout for Laura

Hi everyone:

At this time I'd like to share this two pages layout I made recently as a gift for Susan, one of the brazilian mommies I met last year. The layout title "bebe Laura" (bebe=baby)which is the name of her baby girl born in February.

I wanted to use a subtle combo of colors for this layout. And I liked the outcome of it.

The right page of the layout has few matted spots where features messages from four of the mommies of the Mamaes Brasil group. I found this such a wonderful way to spread the love and welcome the arrival of a new baby.

This layout has no predetermined blocks for photos so this means there are many ways to size and to hold the pictures. It could be a big 5"x 7" or 6"x 6", few traditional 4"x 6" or multiple 3"x 3". Or anything in between.

Supplies:

papers: CTMH; flowers: Prima, CTMH; brads:CTMH; stamp and ink:CTMH; kraft border: CTMH; Liquid Glass (CTMH); ribbon(misc.).

Sending sunshines,

12 tags of Christmas { 7 }

Hi,

Today I used some "unusual" color scheme for my tag #7 of the "12 tags of Christmas". We all know so well the traditional colors for this most celebrated Holiday of the year, but hey! A little bit of variation and imagination can be a fun thing to do to spark creativity...

So here is this tag, with colors in shades of purple, lilac, light blue and yellow.

The Bible verse is:

"Thanks be to God, who gives us the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ."

1 Corinthians 15:57

Supplies:

paper - CTMH, Basic Grey

stamp - Verve

spray mist - Clearsnap

ink pads - CTMH, Tsukineko

liquid glass - CTMH

paper flower - Prima

mini envelope and accents - miscellaneous

Blessings to you all,

12 tags of Christmas - Day { 2 }

Day { 2 } of the 12 tags of Christmas - This tag was made with monochromatics of BLUE as main color choice. The stars were colored by COPIC sketch markers ( B00, B04, B21, B24).

Today's Bible Verse:

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Luke2:14

Supplies:

Scripture and Star Stamp, ink pad, shimmer brad (CTMH)

pearls (Recollections)

pearlized finishing (Clearsnap)

Glittered glue (Studio G)

metallic ribbons (Offray)

This tag's also entered to the ICopic Challenge #9.

:)

Blessings,

Christmas Matchbox - swap " limited edition "

Good morning...

I'm glad to share these matchboxes I made from the "scratch" - yes, I scored the paper, made the box and decorated it, then filled it with some cute pieces and goodies for crafting - anything else beyond scrapbooking and card making.

The two ladies who received the boxes/goodies are from the Christian Paper Artists Group.

I'm member of the group for a while and now swapping for the very first time.

I'm happy I joined this one, the boxes I received from them are both very creative and cute.

The swap was 2 weeks ago.

Supplies: box - paper( Basic Grey, CTMH), glitter glitz, ribbons, brads, stamp and ink pad (CTMH) flowers (Prima), punch(Fiskars).

*Note: The stamp set I used is the brand new ones from Close To My Heart Autumn/Winter collection/idea book. See Image above. It's called Everlasting Life and became one of my favorite right after the CTMH D.C. 2010 Convention. through the letter form, the words, the beauty of these Scriptures. Love this set.

Have a blessed day!

3" x 3" mini album - Scriptures Inspirations

Hi everyone...

Today I'd like to share the 3" x 3" mini album set I made a time ago.

Except for the Scripture words (from Verve stamps), all the supplies I used are from CTMH.

The papers and the flower stamp are from the Topstitch Collection - workshop kit.

These albums are perfect to hold my Bible verse stamps or stamped word pieces as well. And because they are hand size and quite small, they are also perfect to be carried around in the purse or bag like a mini photo album.

Just love them, so versatile and cute.

Happy Day!

a COPIC colored card review

Hello everyone:

This is to show one of the cards I made a time ago for our local SPCA beneficent event.

Supplies: COPIC sketch markers, CTMH stamp, hemp and papers, Offray ribbon.

Just a quick review,

COPIC colored cards

Here I have 2 cute cards featuring some of my loved COPIC markers colors!

All pet images are from Penny Black and words stamps are from both CTMH and SU'.

Have a great day!

Ready for the COPIC!

SO excited we are getting ready for the COPIC certification week.

We'll be heading to Portland - Oregon by next weekend.

I like Oregon and I'm glad to be able to go back for this exciting event!

PS*the cute dog(Inkadinkado Stamp) you see above was colored with my first COPIC markers!

Happy week for you too!

Baby Jar Sweet Treat

I made these as part of a party's favors, so each guest could get one as little treat - as my "THANK YOU" for joining that event.

Each jar was filled inside with assorted chocolate candies and embellished outside with stripes patterned paper from Paper Garden Collection (CTMH), and a knot in grosgrain pinky ribbon along with the scallop border. A mini round tag carries the THANK YOU simply tied with natural hemp(CTMH). A scallop punched die cut covers partially the lid.

Sorry for the yellowish images!

Do you like to decorate glasses and jars too? If not, think again! You may find something new and different from them! Try it out!

Good night!