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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Inspirational Sunday!

Sometimes I seat down here to write my message, but there are a lot of other things that come to my mind to write about it. I know that the Lord has a purpose and there are some of you that need to read what I write, even those messages that has nothing to do with what I plan to write when I start writing. I really appreciate your e-mails because it's a way for me to know that God has a purpose with what I write and there is always someone that read the message and get something about it, I praise the Lord for giving me that opportunity! Everything has a purpose, God has every detail in place for us, even those details that seems that doesn't fit there, those has a purpose as well. Sometimes there are things that make you sad, mad, feeling empty or full of whys, but those are meant to make you stronger, those are there to remember you that He has the control over your life, if you trust Him, He will do those moments just an experience to get you where you should be, to give you what He has in store for you, don't get discourage for those things, just look at them and give Him thanks because you know He has something better for you, trust Him and wait for it. It may take days, weeks, months, years, but someday you will understand why. Give Him thanks now because you know He is with you!

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A veces me siento aquí para escribir mi mensaje, pero me vienen a la mente otras cosas para escribir sobre ellas. Yo sé que el Señor tiene un propósito y hay algunas de ustedes que necesitan leer lo que escribo, incluso aquellos mensajes que no tiene nada que ver con lo que planeaba escribir cuando empiezo a escribir. Realmente aprecio sus e-mails, porque es una manera de saber que Dios tiene un propósito con lo que escribo y siempre hay alguien que lee el mensaje y necesitaba leerlo, le doy la gloria al Señor por darme esa oportunidad! Todo tiene un propósito, Dios tiene todo los detalle en su lugar para nosotros, incluso aquellos detalles que parece que no encajan allí, también tienen un propósito. A veces hay cosas que te ponen triste, molesta, con una sensación de vacío o llena de porqués, pero esos son o para hacerte más fuerte, o para recordarte que Él tiene el control sobre tu vida, si confiamos en Él, Él hará esos momentos sólo una experiencia para llegar a donde debemos estar, o para darte lo que Él ha preparado para ti, no te desalientes por esas cosas, sólo observalos y dale gracias al Señor porque sabes que El tiene algo mejor para ti, confía en El y espera. Puede tomar días, semanas, meses, años, pero algún día entenderás el por qué. Démosle gracias ahora porque sabemos que Él está con nosotros!

Love,


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

{TAC} Chicks Day #2

Welcome back to another {TAC} Chicks' Day!! I love to play with my TAC stamps!!! I just love them and miss them soooo much!! but I am not going to cry is time to celebrate sharing my love for them. That is the reason for the {TAC} Chicks, honor and celebrate TAC all the time!!

This time I used an image designed by Soft Pencil Studios that was in the last catalog! Sentiment is from Latina Crafter and papers I am not sure, I just used some scraps I have on my stash, yikess!!! There is so much crap, excuse me SCRAPS, that I need to use asap!!! For the special touch I added a bit of twine!!! ohhhh, I am in love with this thing now!! so much that I am carrying it in my Latina Crafter's site!!

Hope you like my card and now I invite you to visit the rest of the team for more inspiration and more love!

Diana Maldonado <--- You are here!!
Debra Miller
Laura Nehring
Carol Norby
Missy Owoc
Christine Pennington
Donna Thielke

Love,

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Inspirational Sunday!

What a week I had!! It was full of detours, situations that seems to never end, obstacles that were one after another! but God is good and He helped me go through all of them! and I am extremely grateful! It was funny, because every time I felt overwhelm I took a few minutes to talk to Him and give Him thanks for the experiences, and that is not the funny part, but that when I finished I always get good news! not that everything was over, but tiny bits of hope that told me He was there for me and with me! Once of those moments my girls were right there with me and they just look at me speechless! I tried to talk to them as much as I can, and let them know that even when things look bad they shouldn't never quit without talk to Him first! Not always He will answer quick, not always He will answer what you want, but be sure that He will answer! because He promised to do it and He always do what He say!

If things aren't looking good for you, talk to Him and let your troubles with Him, be sure that if you really trust Him, He will take care of it!

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¡Qué semanita tuve! Estuvo llena de desvíos, situaciones que parecían no tener fin, obstáculos uno tras otro! pero Dios es bueno y me ayudó a pasar por todos ellos! y yo estoy muy agradecida! En ocasiones fue divertido, porque cada vez me sentía a punto de colapsar me tomaba unos minutos para hablar con el Señor y darle gracias por las experiencias, y por supuesto esa no es la parte divertida, jiji! pero que al terminar de hablar con El siempre venían buenas noticias! no que todo había terminado, pero pequeñas porciones de esperanza que me dejaban saber que El estaba allí para mí y conmigo! Uno de esos momentos mis hijas estaban ahí conmigo y simplemente se quedaron sin palabras! Trato de hablar con ellas tanto como puedo, y hacerles saber que, incluso cuando las cosas se ven mal, no debe nunca correr de los problemas sin antes hablar con El directamente y ponerlo en Sus manos! No siempre podemos esperar una respuesta rápida, pues no siempre será así, no siempre será la respuesta que deseas, pero puedes estar segura de que Él responderá! porque Él prometió hacerlo y El siempre cumple sus promesas!

Si las cosas no pintan bien para tí, habla con El y deja tus problemas con El, si de seguro confias en Él y tienes toda tu confianza en Él, El se encargará de ello!

Love,

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Saturday Spotlight!

Have you use the Baker's Twine yet? I have to tell you this "trendy" item is just sooo cute!! you can add that special touch with just a bit of it! and the possibilities are endless, cards, scrapbook pages, gift packaging and so much more!! Here my daughter use it in this card and it looks sooo cool!! don't you think?




Look at this yummy colors!
Don't you love them? Good news, Latina Crafter is going to carry this and you will be able to get this from me! Be sure to keep your eyes open and save for them because you will want to have all 14 colors!!

The image in this card is Michu en Navidad "Michu in Christmas", the phrase is from the Frases Navideñas stamp both from Latina Crafter and you can buy any of them or both here. The image is designed by Soft Pencil Studio, isn't it cute?



Love,

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Update about ME!

As many of you know I am running a new business!! Thanks God is going pretty good and I have been really busy! I am a homeschooling mom, a mother, a wife and a business owner, lol! (this mean the designer, the packaging girl, the one who answer the e-mails, update Facebook page and Latina Crafter site, send the newsletters and everything else!!

I have plans for today and I hope I can do a lot so I can start updating this blog frequently!! I miss it soooo much!!!

Love,

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Blog Candy Winner!!

Just a little note to announce the Blog Candy Winner for the We ♥ Mabelle!!

And the winner is......

Diane H!

Thanks to all who participate!!

Love,

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Inspirational Sunday!

Sometimes we think that something isn't going the way it should or the way we want and that happens a lot, when that happen, I invite you to let it go, move on, do something you love to do and don't even think about it, just enjoy your time and let that in God's hand. When you feel renew go over it with a different mind, with a different spirit, I am sure you will see it differently and you will find the way if you need to find it, it maybe just work out for you while you weren't thinking about it!! The Lord never lets you down, we just need to trust Him and believe Him. If you still can't find the way about it, it must be because it is something that should let it there and move on forever, you will be surprise with what is ahead for you!

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A veces pensamos que algo no va como debería, o de la forma que quisieramos y se que sucede mucho, cierto? cuando eso ocurra, te invito a dejarlo ir, haz algo que te guste hacer y ni siquiera pienses en ello, simplemente disfruta de tu tiempo y déjalo en las manos de Dios. Cuando te sientas renovada ve sobre ello con una mente diferente, con un espíritu diferente, estoy segura de que lo verás de otra manera y encontrarás el camino si es necesario que lo encuentres, pues tal vez se solucuinó mientras no estabas pensando en ello! El Señor nunca te falla, sólo tenemos que confiar y creer en El. Sin embargo si todavía no puedes encontrar el camino, debe ser porque es algo que debes dejar para siempre y seguir adelante, te sorprenderás de ver lo que te espera!

Love ya lots,

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

{TAC} Oct Blog Hop (We ♥ Mabelle R.O.)!

Time to pull out your Mabelle stamp sets, today we are featuring sets that were available through The Angel Company. We would love it if you played along too. Please use Mabelle {TAC} stamps only. Our goal is to keep Mabelle's rubber images inked and used for years to come. {smiles}

I am using one set that is NOW available in Mabelle's Etsy Store here!! I have to admit that I cheat a bit, lol!! This image was colored by my sweet daughter!! Oh please don't tell!! When I decided to do the card for the hop I got busy helping them to do cards for their uncle so I took that image and did my card, lol!!! Don't laugh, probably she is not going to laugh about it! I did the cloud background with chalks and the card using the Latina Crafter's First Sketch!! The paper is also designed by Mabelle R.O. I just love her!

Now some exciting news!! there is Blog Candy for this hop!! so be sure to participate!!

Blog Candy: One winner will receive 2 digis from Mabelle's Digi Etsy Store! The winner will be randomly chosen from those who link a TAC {only} Mabelle card/project.

Go to check the rest of the team cards!!

Diana <--- You are here! Debra
Laura
Carol
Missy
Christine
Donna






Love,

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

TAC Chicks Day!!

Today is the first day for the {TAC} Chicks Design Team!! wohooo!! I wasn't sure what to do if Christmas or Pink! (you know October is the Pink Month for Awareness!) but I have done quite a few Pink card for my other blog (Latina Crafter, my New Line of Stamps!) so I decided for Christmas, but Pink Christmas sounds better, right? lol!! The banner was hand cut, yikes!!! I just want to add a banner, because it looks cute, at least I think so!!

TAC Products: Stamp: Joy of Christmas, Paper: More Mimi
Sentiment: Frases Navideñas - Latina Crafter

Hope you like my card and go visit the rest of the team!!

Diana Maldonado <--- You are here!!
Debra Miller
Laura Nehring
Carol Norby
Missy Owoc
Christine Pennington
Donna Thielke

Love,
Diana


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Sunday, October 09, 2011

Inspirational Sunday!

Today I am really late, ohhhh no!! again? Anyway I want to share why does this happened today!!! since it was a miracle from above!! You already know that we were selling our house in PR and hey it has been more than a year now and I remembered when we start selling the house (DH moved in August 2010) I told him don't worry, we will sell the house by October and everything is going to be alright!! LOL that was October 2010 I was talking about, here we are a YEAR later and we haven't sell the house!! We have done everything, we fixed everything the house need it, we listed for sell, we showed it to prospect and nothing, later we hired a realtor and nothing, we asked everyone that pray for us, we pray day and night and nothing you see what I am talking about? Yes, it is in the Lord's time, not my time!! Today we received an offer from a lady, omg!! we have the house for sell really under price!! and her offer is 12k less that our asking price that have a REALLY BIG discount!! plus all the money we have spent in the monthly mortgage payment!!! yikes!!

I cried, I prayed and I tell the Lord, I know this is the answer to our prayers, PLEASE let me do it, I know it's better to sell that keep loosing money, but ohhhh this is too much!! I trust you and I know it's the best for us, let me believe it!! but how painful is to giveaway all that money, time and love we put into the house to a stranger!! We asked you for the right person, but I am not sure why I don't feel she is the right person!! My husband told me okay, let it go and we will talk later about this! don't rush anything, just let pray and see! A few hours later my BIL called us and we found out that one of my DH's nieces is looking for a house and the place she likes the most is where our house is!!! They called us to know if we sell the house already and she went to see the house! (thanks to my BFF that is always there for me, thank you my sister!!) and tomorrow they will start the process, she is already qualified so hopefully she is the one!! Please pray for the deal, I know God is in control and we have pray for the right time, the right price and the right person, I think everything is in, and I am grateful for that! Now we feel better, we still going to loose a lot of money, but we will bless a new family (they have a boy!) to start building their dreams and that's such a blessing for us!!! I praise the Lord about it!!

Love,

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Sunday, October 02, 2011

Inspirational Sunday!

Life is complicated, right? Sometimes we feel like is unfair, that there is too many things going on, that there is nothing good, but I invite you to think again! Nothing good, too many bad things going on? Hmmmm, when things like that comes to my mind, and it happens frequently, lol! I just smile, because I know that God is looking at me, I know God has something in store for me, the moment I stop thinking that everything is looking bad, why? because is not true, not everything is bad! you still breathing, you still can see and read, you can smile and smell, God gives us sooo many blessings but we can't see them, we are too busy to see what He is doing for us! When something bad happen, you can re-think and look all the possibilities that will be worst than that! I remembered my first car accident, I couldn't walk for almost half of a year and I was 16, can you think something worst than that, been a teenager and couldn't do everything you use to do? Yes, I can think of something worst, not been able to have my daughters! but God protected me that day and I am here sharing this with you! That was just my first one, lol! I had some others that I will share later, lol! The thing is that by that moment, I thought that was the worst that can happen to me! but lucky for me I didn't I kept trying to do everything by myself, even when I couldn't and even when I wasn't a christian. I knew that God protected me and my friends and family that were in that car. I was unconscious, but God woke me up when someone shout the car is going to burn! I thought my sister, my cousin and a friend were in the back seat and I was in the front seat, if I didn't move they couldn't escape, but they were already out of the car, lol! Anyway, think about all the bad things and spin them up a bit, it could be worst, but the Lord have you in His hands, trust Him always!

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La vida es complicada, ¿verdad? A veces sentimos que es injusto, que hay demasiadas cosas pasando, que no hay nada bueno, pero te invito a pensar de nuevo! Nada bueno, demasiadas cosas malas pasando? Hmmmm, cuando cosas como estas me vienen a la mente, y me pasa con frecuencia, jeje! simplemente sonrío, porque sé que Dios me está mirando, sé que Dios tiene algo preparado para mí, en el momento que deje de pensar que todo va mal, ¿por qué? porque no es cierto, no todo es malo! aún respiras, aún puedes ver y leer, puedes sonreír y oler, porque Dios nos da muchas bendiciones, que no podemos ver, pues estamos demasiado ocupadas para ver lo que El está haciendo por nosotras! Cuando algo malo sucede, puedes volver a pensar y ver todas las cosas que pudieron haber pasado que serían peor que eso! Me acuerdo de mi primer accidente de carro, no pude caminar casi la mitad de un año y tenía 16 en ese momento, puedes pensar algo peor que eso a esa edad? una adolescente que no podía hacer todo lo que solía hacer por si misma? sin contar la humillación de una persona altamente orgullosa, jeje!! Pero sí, se me ocurre algo peor, que no hubiese podido tener a mis hijas! pero el Señor me protegió de ese día, y estoy aquí compartiendo esto contigo! y eso fue solo el primer accidente, jeje! pues tuve algunos otros que compartiré más tarde, talvez! La cosa es que en ese momento, pensé que era lo peor que me pudo pasar a mí! pero por suerte seguí tratando de hacer todo por mí, no me detuve, incluso cuando no podía, e incluso cuando yo no era cristianam sabía que Dios me protegió a mí ya mis amigos y familiares que estaban en el carro ese día. Quedé inconsciente, pero Dios me despertó cuando alguien gritó que el carro se iba a quemar! Yo pensé en mi hermana, mi prima y un amigo que estaban en el asiento de atrás y yo estaba en el asiento delantero, si no me movía, no podían salir, pero GAD ya estaban fuera, jeje!

Así que te invito a pensar en todas las cosas malas y miralas desde otro angulo apra que veas que podría ser peor, pero el Señor te tiene en sus manos, confía en Él siempre!

Love,

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Saturday, October 01, 2011

Saturday Spotlight and TAC Chicks!!

Today Spotlight is about TAC images!! Yes, you know that TAC is gone, but their images will last forever. I am a TAC lover and I decided to join the {TAC}: Totally Awesome Chicks design team.







This design team is an effort to keep images from The Angel Company (the original TAC) out there and inked!! That is the least I can do for a company that gave me sooooo much!!! and today is the debut of the {TAC}; Totally Awesome Chicks DT, so here are the Chicks...




Diana Maldonado
Debra Miller
Laura Nehring
Carol Norby
Missy Owoc
Christine Pennington (Coordinator)
Donna Thielker


See Christine's blog for more info about the team.

Our team will be posting the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. There will be a Blog Hop on the 3rd Saturday of the month open to everyone. Create a card that fits the theme, post and link in to the hop to win blog candy!

October Schedule:
Wednesday, October 12th - Any TAC image
Saturday, October 15th Hop - Theme: Mabelle RO image from any TAC catalog
(Blog Candy to hoppers!)
Wednesday, October 26th - Any TAC image

This is a 3 month commitment, so if you are a former "Angel", have lots of TAC images you would love to use again and are interested in being on the next design team starting in January - contact Christine. We will love to see you aboard and TAC images inked!!

Love,

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