Christmas Goodie Bags

Hi Everyone,

It's so nice to say I'M ON VACATION! Yes, off work for our Christmas Break for 2 whole weeks :). I absolutely love this time of year...spending time with my hubby and kids, presents, celebrating the true meaning of season, Jesus!, and aww sleeping in hehe.

So, on to today's picture. I made these for our staff at school. Some little Snowman goodie bags. Just a small token of appreciation. Sorry for the bad quality of the picture, but I wanted to show you before handing them all out.
The Snowman head and had were created using Stampin' Up! Bigz Die. The googly eyes really added an extra touch of cuteness to these snowmen! Enjoy!

U R Amazing- Mojo Monday #311

Hi Everyone!

Hope your weekend was great! I'm back today with another Mojo Monday sketch. 

Isn't this a great card to give to someone special? It's plain, simple and to the point. U R Amazing! Both sentiments were stamped on white card stock. I used some designer paper behind the sentiments but something that would not take away from the boldness of it. I really like this stamp set, they are so versatile. Since the 'Amazing' stamp took most of the card page, it didn't need much embellishment. Visit Mojo Monday 311 to see many great ideas on this sketch.

Hope you like today's card :)

-Gabby

Paper: CTMH Laughing Lola
Ink: CTMH Gypsy
Ribbon: CTMH Twine
Scallops: SU! Scallop punch

Mojo Monday 310...Although Posted on Sunday!

Hi Everyone!

I really liked this simple sketch from this week over at Mojo Monday. Here's my card for this week's challenge!

At first I thought the background was too busy with those swirls, but I ended up really liking how everything just came together. Most of the supplies used were from the "Laughing Lola" kit from Close To My Heart. The yellow, purple, and black colors really go well together.

Hope you liked today's card!

-Gabby

All the paper, stamps, ink and embellishments are from CTMH (except the white card stock). If you like these items, you can purchase from me through My CTMH Website!

Christmas Card

Hi everyone!

I just have to say one thing... I LOVE Christmas!!! And it's just around the corner. I love the family gatherings, the food, the shopping, the presents and the memories. Although I love Christmas I have to get myself in the mood to make Christmas cards. It seems like every year I make a ton of cards planning on mailing them, then end up not mailing them for some reason! Am I the only one!?

Anyways, if you have any tips, please share and thank you in advance!

On to the card... I used Stampin' Up! Top Note die cut. Then I embossed it with the mistletoe and added red Stickles for the berries. Embossing adds so much detail to a card, it's great. Sponged the die cut some, added the ribbon and done! Oh yes and distressed the card stock layer under the die cut which adds more depth to the card as well. That's it!

Thanks for visiting!
-Gabby

PPA 138- Beautiful Butterflies

Hi All! Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! I enjoyed my day off with my kids :) Too bad I had to go back to work the next day (Thursday). Was weird to have a day off mid week!

With today's card I'm joining Pals Paper Art's Color Challenge (PPA) over at palspaperarts.com. I love the color combo and this is what I came up with. I'm very happy with the result! Hope I'm not the only one haha!
Using the stamp set Beautiful Butterflies from Stampin'Up! I created my own designer paper using the three colors from the PPA's color challenge. The sentiment is from the Much Appreciated stamp set also from SU! I've had that set for a while and I love it.

Hope you like it and head over to PPA to check other wonderful cards!
-Gabby

Distress Ink and Copics

Hi All,
Today I have a card using Copic markers and Distress Inks for the first time! I have lots of practice to do :) Copics are wonderful. I could not believe how great they blend. And there's so much you can do with Distress Inks!
So for today's card I used a Stampin' Up flower stamp to do the coloring with Copics. Then I cut around it with a circle cutter. Behind the flower I cut a 3.5 x 4.5 in of white card stock and then used distress inks... this is another awesome thing! What I did was rubbed some ink on a craft sheet , sprayed some water and laid the piece of card stock right on top. Let air dry or use a heat gun to speed the drying process. I saw this technique at kwernerdesign.com. Kristina has amazing work!
Hope you like it! I'm planning on giving away some candy VERY soon so please visit my blog again soon!!
Gabby

I'm Back! -Cupcake Coupon Book

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's!! Can't believe is already 2012. New Year, new post...so here it goes...

I made this coupon book for my sister Sandy, she absolutely LOVES anything with cupcakes. She recently started couponing, so I thought this would be cute for her.

Sorry for the bad pictures (check out that background lol)...something I have to work on :)

Have a great one!

Reminder Card

Hi Everyone!

I sure have missed the blogging world! Here's something I completed this weekend. I couldn't wait wait to show you all because all though simple ...I really liked the results :)

I made about 50 of these reminders. They measure 3.5" x 4". When I volunteered to make these mini reminders for our church ladies I thought oh I'll be done in no time...wrong! Believe it or not it took me quite a while.

I started by cutting the base cardstock and then stamping the background butterflies. Then using the Big Shot I cut all the butteflies. Finally I put everything together after sponging most of the layers including the butterflies.

Be back soon for more projects :)

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Forest Friends

Hi Everyone!

Today's card features Forest Friends from Stampin' Up! A cute little set I just got. It's pretty simple but loved the results.

Hope you all enjoyed!

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Non-Scrap Post (Painting)

Hi Everyone!

Today's post has nothing to do with stamping...but it is my other hobby--- painting! It's actually my first attempt to paint flowers. I need more practice but I think I did pretty good (so I hope LOL) what I normally paint are portraits or stuff I photograph. I pretty much done stuff upon request. So if anyone is intetested in one of my paintings or wants a custom-made painting, please let me know...I can show you more samples because these two are pretty simple compared to other work I've done :)
Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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Butterfly Card

Hi Everyone!

Wow! Has this month been busy! Glad to be back into some crafting though. Well, I have created some projects and cleaned my scrap room some (one day I wish I can show you pictures of it) but I haven't posted any pictures of my projects on my blog. So here's this card I made for a card swap we had last weekend.



It's so super simple but I love the way it turned out :) I absolutely love the colors. I started with a standard (4.25" x 5.5") Sahara Sand cardstock. Then using Bliss stamp set, I stamped the right side of the card. Next, using Whisper White cardstock I cut a 3" x 2.5" and punched the top with a spiral punch. Again, I stamped the lower right side using the same stamp and stamped the butterfly in Pacific Point ink. Then I wrapped blue ribbon around the white cardstock and created a bow. The finishing touch was adding the blue button on top of the bow. The finishing touch was to add a 3-D butterfly on top of the blue stamped butterfly and adding pop-ups to the white cardstock to adhere it to the card base :) Hope you all like it!

PPA 82-CAS Elements of Style- Scallops

Hi All,

Today's project is for Pals Paper Arts and the challenge is to keep it nice and simple using scallops.

I decided to use one of my new stamp sets from Stampin' Up! called "Happy Together" isn't cute? I think it's so simple yet very cute. Hope you like it!

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For You Card

Hi All,

Today's card is for GAB Challenge and this week's challenge is to include scallops somewhere in the project. This is what I came up with :) I really like this two colors together...what do you think? I hope you like it!

What I used:
SU! Sahara Sand cardstock
SU! Melon Mambo cardstock
SU! Pink Passion ink
SU! Scallop punch
SU! Bliss stamp set (butterfly)
SU! Vintage Labels (frame & sentiment )
Ribbons from Michael's

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1st GAB challenge

Hi all!

I'm very excited to participate in this weekly challenge! The first challenge is to create something using the colors Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, and Whisper White.

My card is super simple. I think the ribbon add so much to the card that it doesn't need much more detail...what do you think?

Hope you like it!

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Butterfly Card

Hi Everyone!

Wow, what a month this has been...super busy. Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while but I sure missed blogging! I will be posting more often :)

Now onto the card...
I made this for my husband's niece. Her friend is having her quinceanera (15th b-day celebration) tomorrow and of course she wanted a special card for her best friend. I'm so glad she asked me to do it! So now I'm sharing it with all you! Hope you like it :)

-Gabby

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Scrapbook Challenges Blog Hop

This page layout is for a Blog Hop from Scrapbook Challenges. To view what all the wonderful creations the DT ladies have done start at Pamela's World of Scrap Blog!To view what other members, like me, have created go to Hop On!There's tons of great prizes so you don't want to miss out :)This is my take of the sketch that the talented Pamela has created...hope you like it!

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Hearts Page (Challenge)

Hi Blogger Friends!
Another wonderful challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges (link on left side bar). Challenge is to use the colors pink, white, and what I see, my favorite color CORRAL!! I decided to make this heart page perfect for Valentines Day since the colors flow perfectly for this special day. Hope you like it!

Supplies Used: All Stampin' Up, except ribbon
Cardstock---whisper white, cameo corral, pretty in pink, blush blossom
Stamps---Framed with Love
Punch---heart to heart, scallops
Technique--- Faux stitching using paper piercer and white gel pen

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Birthday Card -- Challenge

Hi Bloggers!
My second post of the day! There are so many great challenges out there and I want to join the fun :D
This is a card for the challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges (blog link is on the left side bar). Hope you like it!

Supplies used:
Cupcakes---Michael's stamps
Birthday stamp---Stampin' Up!
Cardstock---Stampin' Up! (Bermuda Bay, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White)
Ink---Stampin' Up!
Ribbon--- Michael's

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Snow Card

Hi Bloggers!
I made this card for the Tuesday Challenge over at Made by Momo (her blog link is on the left side bar).
All I used for this card was snow-printed paper, a snowman cut-out and blue ink...super simple! Hope you like it!

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New Year, New Challenges!

Hi All,
I just discovered GAB Challenges, an awesome new blog where a new challenge will be posted every Saturday. I'm soooo excited! It will definitely help me get some motivation and get some scrappin' done :)
She's also giving away BLOG CANDY!!! Click here to check it out!