Tag it Challenge!

I know you have a lot of tags from the paper collections you have and don't know what to do with all of them, right? so here is an idea on how to use it in a card. You know I love to use them, because they can give you just what you need to create a quick card! I love that JOY word, don't you? is just perfect! It comes with the Joyful Ornaments set wich is a great one!! I also used the Script background and my NEW Cuttlebug Strip Embossing Folder, it's sooo cool!! Have you done a lot of scrapbooking shopping lately? Ouch (PLEASE don't tell anyone) I have done a lot and now I need to STOP and create!!! I told you that I was busy with everything and have no time to scrap, BUT shopping doesn't require energy, time or creativity, lol, so that was what I did with the lil time I had!! So I think I am cover for the entire 2009!!! yeahhhh!! No more shopping 'til 2010.

I am off to get together a lil candy to celebrate that I am soooo close to 50,000 hits! Oh, can you beleive it? THANKS for visiting me, THANKS for your comments and THANKS for a great year!! I love to receive your comments and your visits here!! Talk to you tomorrow.

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Sé que, al igual que yo, tienes un montón de etiquetas de las que vienen con las colecciones de papel y no saben qué hacer con tantas, ¿verdad? asi que aquí les presento una idea de cómo usarlo en una tarjeta. Sabes que me encanta usarlas porque con ellas se puede crear una tarjeta rápido! Me encanta esa palabra JOY, ¿no? es simplemente perfecta! Viene con el set "Joyful Ornaments" que es un set que me encanta!! También usé el "Script Background" y mi nuevo Cuttlebug Embossing Folder de Franjas, está SUPER cool!! ¿Has hecho muchas compras últimamente? Ouch (Por favor no le digas a nadie) yo si, jeje!! ahora tengo que parar de comprar y comenzar a crear! Les dije que estaba ocupada con todo y no tenía tiempo para crear, pero ir de compras en la internet no requiere energía, mucho tiempo y mucho menos creatividad, jeje, así que fue lo que hice con el corto tiempo que tenía! Bueno al menos ya creo que no necesito nada mas durante este año 2009, wohoooo ya tengo todo lo que necesito por este año. No más compras hasta el 2010.

Bueno las dejo pues ahora voy a reunir mi "blog candy" para celebrar que estoy cerda de 50,000 visitas! Oh, ¿puedes creerlo? GRACIAS por visitarme, GRACIAS por tus comentarios y GRACIAS por un gran año!! Me encanta recibir sus comentarios y sus visitas aquí! Hablamos mañana.

Love,


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Joyful Ornaments!

They are such a classy image during this Season, right? I have been playing with this set a little bit because my oldest daughter is working with it for the Tree Ornaments! She is doing fabulous with that!! I can't wait to show you, how creative she is!

For this card I just stamped my image in red and then I do a third generation stamping for the background, I just need a little bit of something back there, lol! I embelish the ornament with my white gel pen, such a nice touch! Hope you like it!

Ingredients: Joyful Ornaments, Holiday Cheer, Script Background, White Gel Pen.

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Son super clásicos para esta época, verdad? He estado jugando un poco con este set, pues mi hija mayor está haciendo algunos adornos para el árbol de Navidad con este set! Le están quedando fabulosos!! No puedo esperar para compartir con ustedes lo creativa que es!

Para esta tarjeta simplemente estampé la imagen con tinta roja y luego use la técnica de tercera generación para estampar el fondo de la tarjeta, pues solo quería un leve toquecito, jeje! Terminé añadiendo algunos detallitos a la imagen con mi plumón de gel blanco, le da ese toquecito! Espero que les guste!

Ingredientes: Joyful Ornaments, Holiday Cheer, Script Background, White Gel Pen.

Love,


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NSD - No time to Scrap?

Today we Celebrate the NSD! "National Scrapbooking Day" and one of the things I heard a lot is that "I have no time to Scrap" and when I talked about Stamping to the Scrapbookers is that they don't want to incorporate Stamping into Scrapbooking most of the time because they "are scare". So today I challenge myself to get some time for me and work with some AMAZING pictures I have in a box! Yes, that's me!! lol! I don't have a lot of pictures of me (unless from Seminar, lol) so I picked a bunch of this cute pictures and I sure have fun!

Today, in honor of the NSD! I challenge myself to NOT work with cards today! I don't know if you know, but I start this journey as a Scrapbookers, when I discovered STAMPING! I start making cards and altered stuff! but now I am RE-discovering my passion for using stamps in my scrapbooks again!

I started with something simple for those Stampers that are not yet into scrapbooking and here is the result. A simple page with just a word in stamps. I use Mimi paper collection because I LOVE IT! and because you know something? I love that picture, lol! I was a little cute baby (sadly I can't say that anymore, lol).

Then I decide to keep my pattern paper and add a little bit of stamping what you think? Yes, that's me again (I started looking not so good! lol) with my dear grandma that is with God! I sure miss her! (she died when I was 19) I used to be with her most of the time and it was really sad for me! Anyway not sad stuff today! For this layout I just mount some pattern paper, yep! Catelynne with brown cardstock and I did some piercing in the green cardstock! to add a little bit of stamping I stamped some swirls from the Swirlies set! just as a touch of sweetness!


Since I was thinking about my grandma I picked this picture of her! it match so good with Penelope paper collection that I went to get some scrap pieces! I didn't want to just use the Pattern Paper I want to do some background effect to the Kraft cardstock! I grab my Script Background stamp and stamp it all over the Kraft cardstock! then I just mount the pieces together and finish the layout with a tag from the collection and FLOWERS! you can't go wrong with some flowers, right?

Finally! yes, I am soooo tired! (I did all this stuff while I cooked, did some loads of laundry, answer e-mail and checked the forums and groups, and everything in between! and I spent all morning playing with the girls! and in the afternoon we start learning Latin!) I am using ONLY cardstock to do this layout! I love how using cardstock only, you get the simplicity this old pictures needs! This is me with my cousin Mariela! I just added the Running Stitches stamp (since I don't have a sewing machine yet)and a Scalloped border using my scallop scissors.

Hope you enjoy this ideas! and get to do some scrapbooking, remember Scrapbooking is not about Fancy/Gorgeous pages! is about preserving the treasures of your heart, is about get them in a safe place and out of those boxes! Don't be afraid to get them done in a simply way, don't get scare to incorporate stamps on your layouts! is simple, is cool!! (start stamping in scrap papers! and then try to do some basic stamping!). Have fun and get those pictures out of the box!

If you need/want to buy some products to start, visit my store here, or contact me to help you start!

Love,
Diana