CHRISTMAS STAR BOX

Hi!!

Before I start cleaning my apartment I want to share a box I made back on April for a Paper Crafts magazine call.  It was rejected but I love it, that's for sure.  To make it I used the Vintage Paper Rosettes SVG Kit from SVG Cuts file.  

I also used the Paper Trey Ink stamp set Tree Trimming Trio with the matching die to cut the tree.  The DP Paper Collection is from Making Memories.  I love the colors and the vintage feeling of these papers!!

For the bow, I used a ribbon from Stampin Up I really love...  My God!  Isn't that a lovely ribbon??  I love how how this bow turned out, just perfect for the box ;)  I also used two pearl trinkets from Maya Road and a wood heart I bought at a local craft store.

You know that I love my projects to be perfectly finished so I cut two stars slightly smaller than the box size, stamped them and cover the inside of the box.  This not only adds a finish touch but gives the box more stability.

Here is the box.

 Thanks for your visit and sweet comments.  Hope you have a great day and I will be back tomorrow with another Christmas project ;)

Off to clean the house yikes!!!

Besitos,
Joan

DYSU # 46 A HINT OF BLUE

Hey everyone! Welcome back to a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?! I'm so glad you could join us! This week we want to see a Splash of Blue on your project!

Our Sponsors:

Mami Doodles 4 Digital Images 

Robyn’s Fetish Winner’s Choice of EITHER 5 digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps and 1 paper pack 

Raindrop Echo Designs Winner’s Choice of 4 Digi Sentiment Sets 

For my card I used a digital stamp from Raindrop Echo Design Christmas Sentiments.  Love that set!!  I added some sparkle to the sentiment but for some reason my camera is not working properly and this is the best pic I could get.

The trees are stitched you know I love stitching!!.

I couldn't resist the urge to play a little more with another set from Raindrop Echo Design.  I will have to show you the project I made later since shame to meeeee I could't find it :(  

Here are a few pics of my working area, Can you see how much fun I have been having lately?

And here is a photo of my assistant Merengue.  She only helps in making the mess bigger :(  But God, she loves to chew stamps :(  Crazy cat!!

Have a great day and hope to see you playing with us this week.

Besitos,

Joan

She Celebrates Life

Hi Friends,

I just got from a crop birthday of one of my friends.  We had a great time laughing and making cards, What better way to spend a day with your friends?  

This is the card I made my friend.  The image is the digital stamp Rosie Frames #2 from Dilli Beans Stamps.  I discovered this store yesterday browsing blogs and was instantly in love with this framed girls.

To paint it I used distress inks, watercolor pencils, India ink and a fine line pen.

I didn't use any embellishment on the card since I love so much the image I wanted it to stand alone.  Here you have a full view of the card.  For sure, I will be buying these girls since I love them and they looks perfect for mixed media projects.

Enjoy what's left of your Sunday.  I am going to take a little nap and then prepare my thing for a new week full of challenges and not so fun things to do ;)

GRAPHIC CHRISTMAS SET

Hi!!

I keep working on my holiday cards.  Yesterday I made one card I will share later, but today I want to show you this set I made for my aunt "Titi Sofy".  I hope she gives them away, it's funny that I give her my cards and she never wants to give them... but why???  I have so much paper and I can always make her new cards.  Oh well, maybe this year...

For the cards I used a file from A Little Hut.  Love her graphic files and this one was very fun to work with.  I cut the image in a 3x3 square, which make it more difficult to deal with, but in the end I love the results.

I printed the sentiment since I wanted the card to be in Spanish and I wanted it to be personalized.

I even made coordinating envelopes with colored copy paper and a file from My Scrapchick and the labels are from My Grafico.

I guess I am goig to take a little break now to watch some TV with my hubby and do some laundry.  Hope you like the set and I will take a pic of it once I wrapped it ;)

Bye!!

HALF CIRCLE CHRISTMAS TREES

Hi!!

Today that I am free at home to make whatever I like to do and my daddy is cooking for us ;)  This is a wonderful day!!!!

Have I told you I am enjoying the Holidays Card Boot-camp of Jennifer and Kristina!!  They are giving me tons of ideas to incorporate into my cards.  Like this Christmas trees made with a half circle.  

I also used an embossing folder with the letter press technique.  For the snow, I used Tim Holtz clear rock candy crackle paint and after it was dry I added some tumble glass ink to create some shadows.

Today I am working on other cards so soon I will be showing them.

Have a great day!!!

DYSY #45 INSPIRED BY SONG

Hi everyone! Welcome back to a new challenge here at Do You Stack Up?! With the holidays just around the corner, I love using music to set the mood. So, this week, we want your projects to be Inspired by a Song! Please be sure to let us know in your post what your song is. ;)

Sponsors:

Di’s Digi Downloads Winner’s Choice of 5 Digis 

JLJ Designs $10 Gift Certificate

Hi!,

My card for today is based THE VIDEO from British got talent where Susan Boyle auditioned with the song I dreamed a dream from Les Miserable.   There is a quote of C.S. Lewis I love that says “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”.  Dreams are a wonderful part of  my life.  They are the force that keeps me going and fighting.  Some of my dreams have become a reality and others has been shattered along the way, always with a purpose and always because God had something better for me.  

So today I show you this piece I made which will be framed and displayed at my home as a reminder that even when I reach a dream, I need to find another one just to keep going.

Thanks for the visit and have a great day!!

CELEBRATE THE MAGIC

Hi!!

I am still working on building my stash of holiday cards.  I want to show you today the second card I made inspired on Jennifer's first day tutorial.  I am making a bunch of these cute stars in different sizes.  I really love how they look.

For this class I decided to use mostly my stash of holiday papers, which is a LOT of DP ;) For this card I am using an old Stampin Up holiday DP.  After giving shape to my star, I applied a coat of Liquid Laminate to add some shine.  Also, I find that this coat gives the star more stability since the DP I used is very thin.  I also add a rhinestone to the centers of the stars and clored them with a yellow Copic.

I am making three cards of each design which is really helping me build my stash for the Holidays.  I need to make not only for myself, but for all the family and friends that comes to my house asking for "their cards" LOL!

Right now I am finishing a Photo Card ;)  BTW, have you watched today's class? It's amazing!!!

Hope you have a great day!!

HOLIDAY BOOT CAMP HAS STARTED!!!

Yeahhh!!  I have been waiting this day for a while ;)  So I woke up this morning cook :( and then headed to my studio to watch what Kristina and Jennifer had for us today.  This will be a quick post since I have to head to my work,  but I wanted to share my card.

First of all, Thanks Kristina for that wonderful file, I will use it in many many ways... ;)

This is my card:

OK, I LOOOOVED the look that I got on my cardstock using the picket fence distress stain directly on it.  AMAZING!!  Here is a close up look of how the same cardstock looks using the paint.

Here is my completed card.  Since I love details I added some glitter to the ornament a rhinestone to the bow and a little bird to make my card more whimsical.

Hope you like it!!  I am taking two more kits of this card to work and will finish them during my lunch hour ;)

Have a great day!!

ps... I just burned the carrots I was making for my lunch.... hmmm I guess I will be eating burned food again :(

DYSU #44 TEAL

Hey, hey! It's time for a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?! We have a fun and easy challenge this week. We want to see some Teal on your project. You can use a little or a lot!

This week's Sponsors:

6 Copic Ciao Markers (North/South America), Martha Stewart punch (rest of the world)

Winner’s Choice of 4 Digis

Winner’s Choice of 1 Stamp Set 

And here my card:

For today's card I used the digital stamp Trimming the Tree from Stretch and Bubbles.  

For the background I painted a piece of white cardstock with DI in Broken China and stamped the script background with water.  The image was printed on different cardstock and DP and paper pieced.  Then I added some rhinestones, pearls and stickles to give the card some shine and dimension.

The background stamp is French Script from Stampin Up and the stars and little ornament is from the set Ornate Ornaments from Lawn Fawn.   

This is my completed card:

Hope you have a wonderful day and participate in this week challenge ;)

Besitos,

Joan

WINNER DAY!!

Hi!!

Sorry I didn't post the winners from the Pop Up Card tutorial Yesterday.  Here are the winners (in the same order of the posts):

Yesenia (Yesy)
Jannette
Jay
Renee

Here is the Randong.org drawing

The winners, please send me an e-mail to joanscraps@gmail.com to give you the instructions to get your images.

Have a great day!!