Rainbow Crafter

VSL Album Redondo

2011-04-07T21:57:00.004-05:00

Este album se ve medio complicado pero es super fácil de hacer!

He aqui lo que vamos a necesitar:

1. Con un plato grande vamos a trazar circlos en todos nuestros papeles:

2. Nos debe de quedar asi:

3.Vamos a tener 4 circulos del mismo tamaño:

4. Doblamos por la mitad de modo horizontal:

5. Ahora desdoblamos y doblamos de modo vertical:

6. Abrimos, y hacemos un solo dobles de modo transversal o sea inclinado:

7. Con estos dobleces vamos a poder doblar nuestro papel del modo siguiente, metiendo las esquinas hacia adentro y dejandolo como una empanadita:

8. Hacemos esto con todos los circulos y las pegamos una sobre de otra:

9. Trazamos la forma triangular en chipboard, ilustracion o carton para formar las pastas:

10. Pegamos la cinta y cubrimos con papel estampado:

11. Cuando lo abramos nos debe quedar asi y ya esta listo para decorar!!

12. El mio lo decore de este modo listo para ponerle fotos de algun evento especial.

My planner for 2011

2011-01-18T22:16:00.004-06:00

My agenda para el 2011

This is the second year in a row that I make my own daily planner, this way I can add what I´ll use for sure and remove all the things from planners I never use. Plus I add a scrapbooking inspiration section, some to do lists of crafty items and a section for sketches.

Este es el segundo año que hago mi propia agenda, de este modo puedo añadir o remover todas las cosas que me van a servir y las que no. Además añado una sección de scrapbook, listas de cosas de manualidades que quiero hacer y sketches.

On a visit to a local supermarket I saw a Frida Kahlo planner, now you should know that I love Frida, she is one of my idols and love her art, her life, her style etc, ever since I was a little girl I´ve loved all things Frida so I knew I wanted a Frida planner, but not just any....I wanted to make my own.

En una visita al supermercado me tope con una agenda de Frida Kahlo, les voy a contar que yo adoro a Frida, es una de mis idolos y me encanta su arte, su vida su estilo etc, desde que era una niñita me encantaba todo lo que fuera de Frida asi que sabia que queria una agenda de Frida....pero no cualquiera, queria hacer la mia.
So this is my Frida 2011 planner, I used paper by K & Company "Que sera sera" line, and several diecuts also from K& Co, the ribbon is Making Memories and the pictures I found them online printed them and just distress them to look more realistic.

Asi que esta es mi agenda de Frida 2011, use papel de K & Company "Que sera sera" y diferentes paquetitos de "diecuts" tambien de K & Co, los listones son de Making Memories y las fotos las encontre en linea, las imprimi y solo les hice "distressing" para que se vean mas realistas.

To be honest, I love it, it looks exactly as I pictured it and I know I´ll use it trought the year very very happy, hope you like it too and give you some inspiration to create your own planner.

La verdad me encanta como quedo, es exactamente como la imaginaba y se que me va a hacer muy feliz durante todo el año que la use, espero que les guste y sirva de inspiración para crear su propia agenda.

If you want to see each page of the planner visit my 2peas gallery.

Si quieres ver cada una de las fotos, visita mi galeria de 2peas.

My christmas present

2011-01-18T07:00:00.002-06:00

Mi regalo de Navidad

I suck at organizing....there I said it, is not a surprise to many. But I do need my most specific tools organized, I had this pink fabric bucket that was ok, but too deep and I would loose things on the bottom or forget I had them.

Apesto en organización....ya lo dije, probablemente no sorprenda a muchos. Pero en mis cosas de uso de scrap necesito estar organizada. Tenia una cubetita rosa que me funcionaba, pero era muy profunda y perdia cosas en el fondo u olvidaba que las tenia.

Have I mention that I work at an LSS? The cutest, funner with the best teachers (ahem me one of them) and with the best supplies in the Peninsula LSS. Have I mention that I always see first what arrives? and I loooove it. And thats how I came to this bag and I loved it and I had a gift card and I used it lol.

¿He mencionado que trabajo en una tienda de scrap? La mas divertida, con las mejores maestras (yo una de ellas ajem) con el mejor surtido de materiales en la Peninsula. ¿He mencionado que veo todo lo que llega de primero? Me encanta....asi fue como me hice de esta bolsa, me encanto y tenia una tarjeta de regalo para la tienda...y la use jajaja.

And eveything fits!!! My five scissors, my paper modpodge, my pen collection, my glue stick collection, my BG files, my distress inks etc.

¡Y todo le cabe! Mis cinco tijeras, my modpodge para papel, my colección de plumas, my coleccion de barras de pegamento, mis limas de BG, mis tintas de distressing etc.

I tied a rainbow ribbon in case someone else has one and it might be confusing, I´m sure most scrapbookers have eight pens, fourteen glue sticks half used, and a hippo clinging in one of the handles.

Le amarre un listoncito de arcoiris como distintivo, estoy segura que la mayoria de las scrapbookeras, tienen ocho plumas, catorce barras de pegamento usadas y un hipopotamo colgado de la agarradera.

Oh well, is perfect and I love it, thank you for my gift "Santa"
Oh bueno, es perfecta y me encanta, gracias por mi regalo "Santa"

¡¿Y tú, te atreves?!

2011-01-16T20:38:00.000-06:00

Sorry post for spanish speaking crowd, since the forum where this will be posted is in spain and for spanish speaking people
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Cuando hacemos scrap es fácil dedicarnos a lo que nos es sencillo y no nos causa demasiado reto; muchas veces tenemos poco tiempo para hacerlo y aprovechamos cada minuto dedicado a esto en avanzar en las tareas que tenemos; pero luego el Scrap se hace una tarea que tenemos que hacer y olvidamos jugar, experimentar y aprender cosas nuevas.

Mañana, en el foro de Scrápate, podrás encontrar un reto nuevo, en el cual vas a poder experimentar, jugar e incluso ponerte artística. Desde usar cosas que jamás imaginarias en el scrap, usar productos diseñados para otras manualidades, inspirarte en la gente que admiras y explorar tus miedos.

No se te olvide, mañana en Scrápate.....¿Y tu, te atreves?

I want to soak in the.....everything.

2010-12-31T21:05:00.002-06:00

Every year I pick a word to follow during the year. In past years it has been "Focus" and "Bloom", you can blame the super inspiring Ali Edwards for this. I´ve been thinking all week what my word for 2011 was going to be, I wanted something to do with learning, with loving, with creating etc. Not really easy to find, and then a while ago it suddenly came to me. I want all of those things I mentioned and I want a lot of it, I want to find it, feel it and live it. I truly want to soak in the things that are important to me during the year.

This year my word is Soak in: I´ll soak in friendships, in learning new things, in cherishing the ones I care the most. I´ll soak in every little bit of importance in my life. I´ll stop looking at my life as boring or that nothing happens and soak all the mini events that make it fun, crazy and different to all the other lifes out there.

So 2011 is the year I´ll soak in my life.

Quiero empaparme de....todo.

(Cada año escojo una palabra para guiarme durante el año. En años pasados a sido "Focusenfocate)" y "Bloom (brota)", la culpa de esto es la muy inspiradora Ali Edwards. Durante toda la semana he estado pensando en cual iba a ser mi palabra del 2011, queria algo que tuviera que ver con aprender, con amar, con sentirme creativa. No era una palabra muy facil de encontrar y subitamente hace un rato llego a mi. El punto es que quiero todo lo que mencione y quiero mucho de eso, quiero encontrarlo, sentirlo y vivirlo. De verdad que quiero empaparme en las cosas que son importantes para mi durante el año.

Este año mi palabra es Empaparme: Quiero empaparme en amistades, en aprender cosas nuevas, en atesorar a las personas que mas me importan. Voy a empaparme de importancia de mi vida. Voy a dejar de verla como algo aburrido y que nada sucede y empaparme en los pequeños eventos que la hacen divertida, loca y diferente a todas las vidas en cada pedacitoahi afuera.

Asi que el 2011, voy a empaparme de mi vida.

Baby Girl Album

2010-09-22T21:06:00.004-05:00

Album para bebé niña

A friend kindly asked me to make her a baby girl album, and I got super inspired and worked on that for a few days, and today it was finished and delivered. She loved it!

Una amiga me encargo que le hiciera un album de bebé para niña, la verdad me inspire mucho y trabaje en ello durante varios dias, y hoy ya lo termine y entregue. A ella le encanto!

Here are a few pictures of it, hope you like it, I´m proud to say that even the album was handmade by me and I love all the little details.

Aqui hay algunas fotos del album, espero les guste. Orgullosamente puedo decir que incluso el album fue hecho a manita por mi y me encantaron todos los detallitos que tiene.

My friend Sarah is starting "Made by me wednesday" in her blog and I had to join, because she is super sweet and also talented, if you want to join us just click the button and it will take you there.

Y el equipo de Kiki Art en español esta buscando nuevos talentos, asi que si te gusta el scrapbooking, el trabajo en equipo y papeles super lindos y de padrisima calidad, checa el llamado en el blog de Kiki Art.

I have lots of projects, but I can´t show them yet because they are either gifts or work for DT, so tomorrow I´ll have to do something just for me.

Tengo muchos proyectos, pero no los puedo enseñar aún por que o son regalos ó son trabajo para DT, asi que mañana voy a hacer algo solo para mi.

Hope everybody has a very creative week, dont´forget to leave a comment!

Espero que todos tengan una semana muy creativa y no olviden dejar comentario!

So I have a couple of friends.....

2010-09-10T16:11:00.003-05:00

Tengo un par de amigas....

That this week are celebrating major accomplishments: one found a new job in a very good company and that will be really great for her and her future and the other one finished her thesis, a huge task that puts her right on her way to finish her degree.

Que esta semana estan celebrando grandes logros: una encontro trabajo en una muy buena empresa, lo cual va a ser muy bueno para ella y su futuro y la otra, termino sus Tésis, un trabajo muy grande que la pone en el camino para acabar su carrera.

This two friends are the ones I can always count on, to help me, to listen to me and specially to make me laugh cause they are both hilarious, I really hope everyone has at least a couple of friends like Freaka and Poxa.

Estas dos amigas son las cuales siempre se puede contar, te escuchan, te ayudan cuando lo necesitas pero sobre todo te hacen reir, de verdad espero que todos tenga al menos un par de amigas como Freaka y Poxa.

Of course I wanted to give them something to celebrate and thank them for being so super cool friends and considering they will soon be joining the workforce I though a little desk set was perfect!

Por supuesto que quise darles algo para celebrar que sean amigas tan cool, y considerando que muy pronto van a entrar a trabajar pense que un juego de escritorio seria perfecto!!

So here it is, Poxa loves black and red, so I made her a notebook, I altered a little can to use as a pencil holder and added some pens, gum, some oreo cookies and a card.

Asi que aqui esta, Poxa ama el color negro con rojo, asi que le hice una libreta, altere una latita para que use de lapicero y añadi plumas, chicles, galletas oreo y una tarjeta.

I did the exact same thing for Freaka, but in purple (she loooves purple).

Hice exactamente lo mismo para Freaka, solo que en morado (ella ama el morado)

I really hope they like them, use it and enjoy them and even though we might not see you so soon now, we know its just the way it goes and will find a new dinamic very soon.

Realmente espero que les haya gustado y lo usen mucho, aunque proximamente no las podamos ver tan seguido, sabemos que es la ley de la vida y pronto tendremos una nueva dinamica.

Tomorrow I have a crop (wooohoo!!) and I´ll be working on a couple of things for home I have planed and right now I´m off to scrapbook my Scrap U assignments!

Mañana tengo crop (woohoo!!) y estare trabajando en un par de cosas para la casa que tengo planeadas y ahorita me voy a poner a scrappear mis tareas de Scrap U!

Hope you all have a weekend filled with crafts and joy!

Espero tengan un fin de semana lleno de manualidades y alegria!

Tired Tuesday

2010-09-07T12:20:00.003-05:00

Martes cansado

So I´m trying to get on the hang of posting daily, I can do it, just have to apply myself and find out what to say, I mean just to ramble I can do it on twitter on facebook, but my blog is more for sharing interesting stuff.

Estoy intentado poner post diario en el blog, y se que lo puedo hacer solo me tengo que aplicar y encontrar de que hablar, digo solo para poner tonterias tengo el facebook y el twitter, pero mi blog es mas para compartir cosas interesantes.

It doesn´t help that this week is "Deep Cleaning Week" here at home and the deep cleaning is being done, by me so I am tiiiireeeeddd!

Claro que no ayuda que esta semana estamos en "Semana de limpieza profunda" aqui en la casa y la casa la estoy limpiando yo y por lo tanto estoy super cansaaaadaaa.

But I do have some stuff to share. One of my first projects when I started scrapbooking was a baby album for Diana, and one of my projects this year was to re- do it because most of the stuff used wasn´t acid free.

Pero si tengo algo que compartir. Uno de mis primeros proyectos cuando empece a hacer scrap fue un album de bebé de Diana, y uno de mis proyectos este año es volverlo a hacer por que la mayoria de las cosas que use no eran libres de acido.

This are some of the layouts I´ve done so far, they still need some details and the journaling, they are 8x8 (love that size) and I still have some more to do and also need to make the album.

Estos son algunos de los layouts que he hecho hasta el momento, todavia les faltan detallitos y el journaling, son en 8x8 (amo ese tamaño) y aun tengo varios mas para hacer y ademas hacer el album.
I have several things in process, I hope to finish at least a couple of them so I can share them. So what are you working on right now? Any special projects? Getting ready for the holidays? Let me know in the comments!

Tengo varias cosas en proceso, espero acabar un par de ellas para poder compartirlas. Y ustedes en que estan trabajando ahorita? Algun proyecto especial? Alistandose para las fiestas? Dejenme saber en los comentarios!

A+ student!

2010-09-05T17:54:00.006-05:00

¡Estudiante de 10!

Thanks to the Scrap U, I´ve been getting my inspiration back and the result: two layouts and a calendar. All of them assignments from Scrap-Friendzy Scrap U.
Let me show you first the layouts.

Gracias a Scrap U, mi inspiración esta de vuelta y para resultado: dos layouts y un calendario. Todos fueron tarea de Scrap-Friendzy Scrap U.
Les voy a mostrar los layouts.

This was following the Lunchbox Assignmente, I had to pick a lunchbox and get inspired with it and translate it to my layout. Also had to use, three pp, chipboard, mist and some other embellishment.

Esta fue la tarea de Lonchera. Tenia que escoger una lonchera e inspirarme con ella y trasladar eso a mi layout. Ademas tenia que escoger tres papeles, chipbard, algun mist o pintura y otro embellishment.

This one was for the after school assignment and we had to try a new texture I folded my paper vertically and distressed it. Really cool technique

Este otro fue para despues de la escuela y teniamos que usar una textura en un modo nuevo, yo doble mi papel vertical y luego lo lije y pinte. Muy padre técnica.

Then this super cute calendar was for our Schedule class, fun, easy and super fast!

Luego este calendario super lindo para nuestra tarea de Horario, divertido, fácil y super rápido de hacer.

You are still on time to join Scrap U, come and get some inspiration for this fall term.

Todavia estas a tiempo de unirte a Scrap U, ven y usa un poco de inpiración para esta temporada de otoño.

Layouts
So you: PP Dream Street Papers, Paper Paisley "Office Lingo" and Making Memories.
Chipboard: Thickers
Embellishments: Prima Flower, K& Co Stickers.

30 years: PP DCWV Rockstar
Title: Crate Paper Alpha
Embellishments: K& Co butterflies

Calendar:
Paper: K & Co
Stamp: Calendar Autumn Leaves
Embellishments: Prima Flowers & other
Ribbon: Generic

Scrap U

2010-09-04T14:24:00.004-05:00

Maybe its because it seems like everybody is going back to school, but when I saw the add for Scrap-Friendzy, Scrap U, I knew I had to join....and I´m so glad I did, I´m gettign started with the super fun challenges, lovely ladies and very cool inspiration, its just getting started and you can join and be part of this really fun educational and fun month!!

Tal vez es por que todos estan regresando a la escuela, pero cuando vi el anuncio de Scrap-Friendzy Scrap U, supe que me tenia que unir.....y estoy tan contenta que lo hice. Estoy empezando con los retos que son super divertidos, las demas damas super lindas y toda la inspiración tan padre. Esta empezando asi que no tienes pretexto ven y unete y vas a poder ser parte de este mes tan educativo y divertido!!

P.S. If you do join, please mention that Rainbow Crafter sent you so I get a super cute button to show off!

P.D. Si se unen, por favor mencionen que Rainbow Crafter las mando para ahi para que me gane un boton super lindo para presumir!

More Kiki Art sneak peeks!!

2010-07-22T11:48:00.003-05:00

Mas probaditas de Kiki Art!

These two are so cute, specially if you love cats and fun halloween images. Firefighter & friends collection is the Halloween proposal from Kiki Art, fun, bright and pretty images perfect for the layouts, cards or anything special for this fun holiday!

Estas dos colecciones son tan bonitas, especialmente si te gustan los gatos y las imagenes divertidas de Halloween. Firefighter & friends (Bomberos y amigos) es la coleccion que Kiki Art propone para los dias mas tenebrosos del año, imagenes, divertidas, brillantes y muy bonitas perfectas para layouts, tarjetas o cualquier cosa para esta divertida fiesta.

Christmas Beach, is a very unusual collection because most people think of cold weather for winter, but where I live in Merida, we hardly ever put a sweater on and never get snow so is more likely to hit the beach than to hit the slopes. So with images of beach Santas and sunbathing ginger bread man, get ready for a beachy Christmas!

Navidad en la Playa (Christmas Beach) es una coleccion muy inusual, por que la gente piensa en clima frio para invierno, pero donde yo vivo en Merida, dificilmente nos ponemos un sueter y nunca tenemos nieve, asi que es mas probable que vayamos a la playa que a esquiar en las montañas. Asi que con imagenes de Santas en la playa y muñequitos de gengibre bronceandose, nos preparamos para una navidad muy playera!

Sneak Peek Kiki Art

2010-07-20T10:04:00.005-05:00

I´m so excited about the new line by Kiki Art: Party Animal; first of all because I love animals, the collection works perfect for party invitations, cards but I am most excited about all my friends with hamsters as a pet that now can have a chance to make them very personalized scapbooks!.

Yo estoy super emocionada por la nueva linea de Kiki Art: Party Animal; primero por que me encantan los animales, la colección se presta perfecto para invitaciones de cumpleaños, tarjetas, pero lo que mas me emociona es que; ¡Al fin mis amigas con hamster de mascota van a poder hacerles sus scrapbooks personalizados!

The colors are so beautiful, the patterns perfect for different styles and so versatiles, I think Kiki Art got an A+ with this pretty line.

Los colores estan divinos, los estampados perfectos para varios estilos y super versatiles, creo que Kiki Art se sacó un 10 con esta linea.

Now please visit Dessy, who has another image from the Party Animal Sneak Peek!!

Ahora las invito a visitar a Dessy, que tiene otra imagen de el Sneak Peek de Party Animal!

A blogaversary giveaway

2010-07-03T11:59:00.005-05:00

From my friend Betty!!!

Her blog turned one year old and she is celebrating giving away some goodies, make sure you go and follow the instructions to get it, she has an excelente taste for supplies and is also very talented.

So run and give her some blog love!

¡¡De parte de mi amiga Betty!!

Su blog cumplió un año y esta celebrando con un sorteo de cositas preciosas, asi que vayan a felicitarla sigan las instrucciones para llevarselo, ella tiene excelente gusto y es muy talentosa.

¡Corran para allá y dejenle un poco de amor.!

Scraps & Fun

2010-06-30T19:08:00.002-05:00

Scraps & Fun, is the new scrap store that opened in my city. Merida is certainly turning into a very scrap-friendly place to live, each of the stores we have has something really important to offer, and you gotta love the variety of places to shop around, get new ideas and of course new yummy materials.

Scraps & Fun es la nueva tienda de scrap que ha abierto en mi ciudad. Mérida se está convirtiendo en un lugar muy amigable al scrap, ya que cada día es más fácil encontrar material para scrapbooking. Cada una de las tiendas con que contamos tiene algo muy importante para ofrecer, y pues qué más puedes pedir que una variedad de lugares para comprar, ver nuevas ideas y, por supuesto, nuevos materiales.

Sofia Espinosa, the store owner gaves us a very warm welcome and helped us with any of the questions that we had. The store is very well located in a confortable setting, and even has a small lounge area to wait while you finish shopping, take a little brake or chat with some friends.

En esta nueva tienda, la propietaria Sofía Espinosa nos dió una cálida bienvenida y nos ayudó con las preguntas que teníamos. El local está en una ubicación muy accesible, en un local muy amplio que incluso tiene una cómoda salita para esperar mientras terminas con las compras, tomar un descansito o platicar con las amigas.

I truly loved the selection of materials they have available at the store, from Foof-a-la, Making Memories, Prima, DCWV, their lovely variety of ribbons and trims, and several sets of alphabets ( I looove alphabets!), everything set up in a confortable and eye catching way.

Me encanto la selección de productos que tienen disponibles en la tienda, desde Foof-a-la, Making Memories, Prima, DCWV, su adorable variedad de listones y encajes, y varios juegos de alfabetos (¡¡me encantan los alfabetos!!), todo distribuido de un modo cómodo y llamativo.

On a personal note I also loved that Scraps & Fun, already has a running website and also has a very up to date facebook account, keep up the good work in those areas!!

En una nota personal, tambien me encanto que Scraps & Fun, ya tiene una pagina web activa y mantiene su cuenta de facebook al dia, mantengan el buen trabajo en esas areas!!

Sofia, thank you for the warm welcome to your store, I wish you the best of lucks and you have a really cool selection of supplies, I´ll have to drop by again to pick up some other goodies.

Sofía, gracias por tu calurosa bienvenida a tu tienda, te deseo la mejor de las suertes y espero que continúes con tu selección padrísima de materiales. Voy a tener que regresar por muchas cosas bonitas.

A new LSS in my town....

2010-06-14T17:22:00.003-05:00

Nueva tienda de Scrap en mi ciudad.....

This past saturday I had the opportunity to visit the newest scrapbooking store in town: Scrap Inc. is a small store located in the north side of the city. The owner Gaby was there greeting the costumers and showing the different brands and styles of materials she carries.

El pasado sábado tuve la oportunidad de visitar la tienda de scrapbooking que abrió mas recientemente en Mérida: Scrap Inc., localizada en el norte de la ciudad. La dueña Gaby, estaba ahí para saludar a los clientes y mostrar las diferentes marcas y estilos de los materiales que maneja.

One of the things I really liked was the wide selection of products, some that I saw where: Martha Stewart, Doodlebug, Prima, K&Co, Tim Holtz, Autumn Leaves to name a few.

Una de las cosas que me gustó fue la amplia selección de productos, entre ellos de Martha Stewart, Doodlebug, Prima, K&Co, Tim Holtz y Autumn Leaves, para nombrar algunos.

You can find out more about this very nice store, visiting them in facebook, where you can find where is located and their opening hours.

Pueden averiguar mas de esta bonita tienda, visitandolos en facebook y ahi puedes averiguar sus horarios de atención y dónde se localiza.

WOYWW #53

2010-06-08T18:49:00.006-05:00

Whats on your workdesk wendnesday!

¿Qué hay en tu mesa de trabajo el miercoles? (suena mejor en inglés)

Well since I´ve been actually working and playing I have quite a lot of stuff, my Fiskars trimmer cause I love to use it, on top of that is The Book of Me by Autumn Leaves for inspiration, a basket full of ribbons, stamps, buttons, alphas etc. A Fiskars portable trimmer (just in case) recycled coke bottles that you can use to store buttons and in my case Primas, bling, etc. My notebook wrapped with Sassafras paper, Versamark in sepia, my handy bucket full of adhesives, inks, and the stuff I totally can´t live without. Also the remote control of the mp3 player on top of the sewing machine. You know whats super funny....is so weird the only thing I don´t have in the workspace is a cat.

Bueno ya que he estado trabajando y jugando tengo bastantes cosas, my guillotina Fiskars, por que me encanta usarla, encima tengo El libro de mi de Autumn Leaves para inspiración, una canasta llena de cintas, sellos, botones, alfabetos etc. Una guillotina portatil Fiskars (por cualquier cosa) botellas de coca recicladas para poner botones, y en mi caso tambien Primas, brillitos etc. My libreta cubierta de papel de Sassafrass. Versamark en sepia, my super comoda cubeta llena de adhesivos, tintas y las cosas con las que no puedo vivir sin ellas. Y el control de el mp3 que esta encima de la maquina de coser. ¿Saben que es lo gracioso? Lo unico que veo que no hay en la mesa es un gato.

You can join WOYWW just take a picture of your workspace exactly how it is and upload it to your blog and let us know whats in it.

Tu puedes unirte a WOYWW solo toma una foto de tu espacio de trabajo exactamente como esta, subela a tu blog y dinos que hay en el.

Till next time....

Hasta la proxima....

Cooling off...

2010-06-08T18:16:00.002-05:00

Refrescandome...

My scraproom is one of the coolest rooms in the house and this season I´ve been staying there, organizing, cleaning, sorting and playing. Of course while I organize I find little treasures, like this photo from last year.

Mi scraproom, es uno de los cuartos mas frescos de la casa, y esta temporada he estado pasando mucho tiempo ahi, organizando, limpiando, ordenando y jugando. Claro que mientras organizo me encuentro tesoros como esta foto de el año pasado.

Since I had the scraproom clean and my stuff sorted I decided to make a quick layout. I loved the colors and textures and it is truly one of my favorite pictures.

Ya que tenia el scraproom limpio y mis cosas organizadas decidi hacer este layout rapido. Me encantaron los colores y es una de mis fotos favoritas.

Here you can see the detail of the tag, the initial and the strip with sewing.

Aqui se puede ver el detalle de la incicial y la tira con costura.

Tomorrow a glimpse to my scraproom (you don´t want to miss that!)

Mañana una miradita a mi scraproom (tal y como esta...no se lo pierdan)

Paper: Cardstock Bazzill & Scenic Route Summer Village Drive
Title: Thickers Daydream & K&Co Handmade Lofty Nest Alphabet
Monogram: Jigsaw Alphabet Making Memories
Embellishments: Dotted flower Prima, Small blue flower Making Memories
Kraft Tag, Crate Paper ribbon.

Ya tenemos ganadora!!!

2010-05-04T09:25:00.003-05:00

La ganadora del blog Rayuela de Kiki Art fué, redoble de tambores:

Laura, por favor enviame tus datos a lidikebrimisu@gmail.com para que te pueda enviar tu paquete a la brevedad, mil gracias a todas por sus comentarios y espero que se hayan divertido mucho!

2010-04-28T08:37:00.007-05:00

Bienvenidos a nuestro primer BLOG HOP de KIKI ART ... Nosotros quisimos llamarlo BLOG RAYUELA!

Welcome to our first Blog Hop from Kiki Art. We decided to call it hopscotch!

El bloghop se va a llevar a cabo en el fin de semana del Dia InterNacional del Scrapbooking ,del 29 de abril al 3 de mayo.

The bloghop will take place during National Scrapbooking Day from april 29 to may 3rd.

Kiki Art tiene tres blogs: en español, inglés y francés, visita tantos blogs como puedas para la oportunidad de ganar premios muy padres y no olvides dejar comentario en cada blog.

Kiki Art has three blogs: in spanish, english and french, go visit as many blogs as you can for a chance to win cool prizes and don´t forget to leave comment in every blog.

Cada miembro del equipo de diseño ha elegido una organización que se compromete a ayudar a los demás. Yo elegi el maltrato a los animales por el siguiente motivo:

Desde hace mas de 6 años rescato junto con mi pareja gatos sin hogar, en la actualidad tenemos un santuario con más de 50 gatos, que en su mayoria han sido rescates, y 5 perros. Para nosotras el respeto a la vida es algo muy importante y eso incluye a los animales; queremos ser una voz y una fuerza de acción para los seres que están sufriendo o necesitan ayuda. Sabemos que no toda la gente puede albergar animales en su hogar, pero hay otras maneras de ayudar:

Adopta, no compres... Una mascota adoptada te dará la misma cantidad de amor, sino es que más por darle la oportunidad de un hogar para siempre.
SIEMPRE esteriliza a tus mascotas, es mejor para su salud y eso hace que tengan una mejor calidad de vida; no te creas eso que los animalitos necesitan reproducirse, es un mito.
Si ves a algun animalito sufriendo o siendo maltratado, repórtalo a las autoridades o algún albergue en tu zona; tú puedes cambiar la vida de ese animalito.
Colabora en lo que te sea posible con albergues o grupos que ayudan a los animales.
Por último te invito a conocer a mis Malcriados y cómo viven con nosotras; cada uno tiene una historia que contar y los puedes leer en La Casa de los Gatos Malcriados

Each member of the team chose a cause or organization compromised to help others. I chose Animal Abuse for the following reason.

Adopt don´t buy, a pet will love you the same and maybe even more if he is adopted as you are giving him a forever home.
ALWAYS neuter and spay your pets, they do not need to breed no matter what they tell you, and they have a better life.
If you see an animal suffering or being abused, contact the authorities or a shelter in your area, you could change that animals life
Try to support shelters or help groups so more animals can have the chance of a forever home and a better life.
Now I invite you to visit my bratty kitties at The House of the Bratty Cats

Asegúrense de tomar nota de estos blogs y las causas que va mostrando cada diseñadora.

Make sure you take note of the blogs and what the designers support.

Yo estoy regalando este juego de escritorio, consta de separador, libreta, lápiz, cajita y una tarjeta, para ganártelo no olvides dejar un comentario.

I am giving away this desk set complete with, bookmark, notebook, pencil, box and a card, if you want to win it don´t forget to leave a comment.

Para su oportunidad de ganar, tienes que dejar un comentario en el blog de Kiki Art y hacernos saber cuál o cuáles fueron sus blogs y causas favoritas y ... ¿por qué dejar sólo un mensaje? No te limites a uno solo; puedes elegir tantos blogs como quieras.

For a chance to win something from Kiki Art leave a comment at a Kiki Art blog telling us what was your favorite blog and cause, you can leave more than one message and have many favorite blogs.

El martes, 4 de mayo, todos los ganadores se darán a conocer!
On tuesday, may 4th all the winners will be chosen!

Vamos a comenzar este BLOG rayuela BLOG! ¡Anímate y diviértete! Lets start this Blog Hop in all hopscotch fashion! Have fun and be inspired! El siguiente blog a visitar es de Olgacle, no olvides dejar un comentario! Your next blog to visit is Olgacle´s, don´t forget to leave a comment!

Kiki Art Francés
Kiki Art Inglés
Kiki Art Español

Kiki Art Blog Hop

2010-04-24T18:43:00.003-05:00

¡¡¡Blog Rayela de Kiki Art!!!

From April 29 to May 3, join us at the Blog Hop sponsored by Kiki Art, we are going to have projects, gifts and lots of fun, so come relax and enjoy what we have to offer. Don´t forget to visit and leave comments on our blogs so you can win some yummy stuff from Kiki Art.

De el 29 de abril a el 3 de mayo, unete a nuestro Blog Rayuela, totalmente patrocinado por Kiki Art, vamos a tener proyectos, regalos y muchísima diversión. Asi que ven, relajate y disfruta lo que tenemos para ofrecerte. No olvides visitar los blogs y dejar comentarios para poder ganarte cosas lindas de Kiki Art.

Blossom in 2010

2010-01-03T21:43:00.004-06:00

A florecer en 2010.

Florecer:
Un periodo o etapa de transformación o desarrollo; algo hermoso que da ricas promesas

So sorry for being gone so long, but I´ve been really uninspired, then busy, then sick, then all over again. But I decided that with choosing my word for 2010, I would get my inspiration up and start blogging again.

Mil disculpas por haberme ido tanto tiempo, pero realmente no he estado inspirada, luego me ocupe, luego me enfermé y de nuevo todo lo anterior. Pero decidí que al escoger mi palabra para el 2010, me iba a inspirar y escribir de nuevo en mi blog.

Since 2002 Ali Edwards has helped us get inspired by having a word that guides us trough the year, my word last year was Focus and I chose for 2010: Blossom

I want to Blossom in many ways, in my bussiness, as a person, in my craft and want see changes in my attitude, in some things that I really want to modify about my personality and then at the end Blossom into a healthier person with a total new attitude.

Desde el 2002 Ali Edwards nos ha ayudado a inspirarno invitandonos a escoger una palabra quenos guie durante todo un año, mi palabra del año pasado fue Focus (Enfocarse) y escogí para el 2010: Blossom (Florecer). Quiero Florecer de muchos modos, en mi negocio, como persona, en mis manualidades y me encantaría ver cambios en mi actitud en ciertas cosas que quiero modificar de mi personalidad y luego al final Florecer en una persona mas saludable con una actitud renovada.

2009 was a bitter sweet year, but I still made it work, I really hope 2010 is a much healthier, busier and filled with inspiration and crafting.

El 2009 fue un año agridulce, pero aún asi logre superarlo, espero en verdad que el 2010 estar mucho mas saludable y llena de inspiración y muchas manualidades.

If you are still reading me, thank you so much for your pacience and friendship, I plan to write a lot more on 2010 and have tons of things ready to post. Have an awesome 2010 and hope all your plans come true.

Si aún me estan leyendo, mil gracias por su paciencia y amistad, tengo planes de escribir mucho mas durante el 2010 y tengo muchas cosas listas para escribir. Que tengan un bello 2010 y espero que todos sus planes se vuelvan realidad.

Next post I´ll show you the super-duper-cool planner I made for myself and a couple others!

En el proximo post les voy a mostrar la super-duper-padrísima agenda que hice para mi y un par de personas mas!

And October is OVER!

2009-11-03T21:25:00.004-06:00

¡Y Octubre se ACABÓ!

And it was one of our best months ever, well forgetting the fact I got sick with Dengue fever and I felt horrible for almost a week, the rest was super awesome!

Y fué uno de los mejores meses del año, bueno sin tomar en cuenta el hecho que me dió Dengue y me sentí horrible for casi una semana. ¡El resto fue maravilloso!

Our dear friend Vanessa gave us a chance to be in a corner of her stand during the 13th Craft Fair here in Merida, this was to raise money for our cat shelter "The House of the Brat Cats" so we had to get really busy making stuff to offer.

Nuestra querida amiga Vanessa nos dió la oportunidad de tener un rinconcito en su stand en la 13 Edición de la Ferida de las Manualidades aquí en Mérida. Esto fué con el fin de reunir fondos para nuestro albergue de gatos "La Casa de los Gatos Malcriados" así que tuvimos que poner manos a la obra y apurarnos a hacer cositas para ofrecer.

Vanessa looking pretty during a class - Vanessa viendose linda durante una clase

This was our first time behind the scenes of an Expo show and let me tell you it is not an easy task, my hat goes off to all the ones that make it possible to have such a creative and fun time there.

Esta fué nuestra primera vez detras de bambalinas de una Expo y dejenme decirles que me quito el sombrero con todos los que hacen posible que podamos tener un momento tan creativo y divertido ahí.

Our little corner in the stand- Nuestro rinconcito del stand.

One of the reasons we are so happy is because we got to meet a lot of facebook and internet friends, thanks for your support and specially for your visit, every time we saw someone familiar it brought a huge smile to our faces and made us feel super special.

Una de las razones por las que estamos tan contentas, es por que pudimos conocer a muchos amigos de facebook y del internet. Muchas gracias por su apoyo y en especial por su visita, cada vez que veiamos un rostro familiar nos salía una super sonrisa y nos hacía sentir muy especiales.

We had very good results and sold even more than we thought, and how could we not with such pretty models in our stand!

Tuvimos excelentes resultados y vendimos mas de lo que hubieramos pensado. ¡Y como no, con tan bellas modelos en el stand!

Monse, Valeska and Diana.

We had such good sales that Diana had to make some extra keychains to sell, and we even made t-shirts with the Gatos Malcriados logo.

Tuvimos tan buenas ventas que Diana se tuvo que poner a hacer mas llaveros para vender e incluso tuvimos que mandar a hacer camisetas con el logo de los Malcriados.

We are exhausted, our feet hurts and we are lacking sleep but it really makes it up for all the amazing people we met, the fun we had and the good sales we had. Hopefully this is the beginning of a yearly tradition.

Estamos exhaustas, nos duelen los pies y todavia estamos cortas de sueño, pero realmente lo compensa toda la gente maravillosa que conocimos, la diversión que tuvimos y las ventas a favor de los Malcriados. Espero de verdad que esto sea el principio de una tradición anual.

Im on DT on Kiki Art

2009-10-15T15:52:00.003-05:00

Soy de el ED de Kiki Art.

I applied to be a part of the Kiki Art DT because I believe in her products, her line is simply adorable and so colorfull. I am so happy that I got chosen. Congratulations to all the other members of the DT, can´t wait to meet you and start working with you.

Apliqué para ser parte de este ED por que creo en sus productos, su linea es simplemente adorable y llena de color. Estoy super feliz de que me haya aceptado. Felicidades a mis compañeras en el DT, que emoción conocerlas y trabajar con ustedes.

Halloween is almost here

2009-10-05T11:01:00.002-05:00

El Halloween ya casi esta aqui.

And that means new crafty stuff to do, how exciting!!

Y eso significa nuevas manualidades para hacer, ¡que emoción!

I´ve been a bad blogger, but I can explain, so many stuff has come up and that leaves me uninspired, but here I am still sharing the stuff I´ve made recently.

He sido una mala blogger, pero puedo explicarles, tantas cosas han sucedido que me dejan sin inspiración, pero aqui estoy compartiendo las cosas que he hecho ultimamente.

I promise to get on the wagon and write more, specially since October is a super exciting month (for me at least) we have a crop on October 10, then the Craft Fair on Oct 29-30-31 and Nov 1 where I will be helping my dear friend Vanessa at her booth, a Halloween party on the 31 st and of course my birthday on the 28. See I told you it was an exciting and busy month.

Les prometo ponerme a escribir mas y mas seguido, especialmente por que Octubre es un mes muy emocionante (al menos para mi), tenemos Crop el 10 de Octubre, luego la Feria de las Manualidades el 29-30-31 de Oct y 1 Nov, y ahí voy a estar ayudando a mi amiga Vanessa en su stand. Luego tenemos una fiesta de Halloween el 31 y por supuesto mi cumpleaños el 28. Ven les dije que era un mes emocionante y ocupado.

Have an awesome week and share what your Halloween or Dia de Muertos plans are. Craft tons and have fun.

Que tengan una increible semana y compartan que van a hacer para Halloween o Dia de Muertos. Hagan muchas manualidades y diviertanse.

Winner of RAK

2009-09-16T12:12:00.004-05:00

Ganadora de el RAK

The winner was #18:

Mary I´m emailing you so you can give me your info so I can ship that RAK to you!

Thanks to everybody and continue being NICE!!

And summer is over….

2009-09-08T19:59:00.002-05:00

Y el verano se termino….

And it was fun, we went there:

Fué muy divertido, fuimos a ese lugar:

And saw huge fishies like these:

Y vimos peces grandotes como estos:

Enjoyed the breeze here:

Disfrutamos de la brisa aquí:

And hanged out with these kids:

Y pasamos un rato muy divertido con estos niños:

And took artsy pictures like this one:

Y tomamos fotos artísticas como esta:

Oh it was a good summer, let see what fall brings.

Oh si fué un muy buen verano, a ver que trae el otoño.

I´m nice, are you?

2009-09-03T12:35:00.012-05:00

Welcome to your next stop on the NICE blog hop. I hope that you like my blog and enjoy what I have to offer, now let me tell you a bit about why is important to be nice.

Bienvenid@ a nuestra siguiente para en el blog hop de NICE (Se amable). Espero que disfrutes mi blog y lo que tengo que ofrecer, ahora dejama decirte un poco acerca de por que es importante ser amable.

This is something I made for my best friend a couple of months ago, it wasn´t her birthday or any special date, I made it for her because I thought it will cheer her up and make her feel good and it did, she loved it, she is a huge Hello Kitty fan so this is perfect for her, I loved making her feel happy and being nice always has that reward.

Esto es algo que le hice a mi mejor amiga hace un par de meses, no era su cumpleaños, ni ninguna fecha en especial, se lo hice por que pense que la haría sentir bien, y así fué, le encantó, ella es una fan de Hello Kitty y esto fué perfecto para ella, quedé tan contenta al hacerla sentir feliz, ser amable siempre tiene esa recompensa.

If you want to know more about the NICE movement visit their blog, no matter how do you feel always try to your best to be nice is a win win situation.

Si quieres saber mas acerca de el movimiento NICE (Se amable) visita su blog, no importa lo mal que te sientas siempre haz lo posible por ser amable, es una situación en la que todos ganan.

To make sure we all are nicer and happier today I´m offering some blog candy. Surprise scrapbooking goodies. Only thing you have to do is put in the comments: What makes you NICE? or if you aren´t nice yet, What are you going to do to be NICE? You have a week to sign up, I´ll be making the draw friday september 11th.

Para asegurar que todos estemos felices y seamos mas amables hoy, estoy ofreciendo un blog candy. Material de scrapbooking sorpresa. Lo único que tienes que hacer es poner en los comentarios: ¿Que te hace amable? o si no lo eres aún, ¿Que vas a hacer para ser amable de ahora en adelante? Tienes una semana para apuntarte voy a hacer el sorteo el viernes 11 de septiembre

Please go to the next stop which is 62 Cards with Sammye Jo and enjoy the super cool cards and crafts she makes, I´m sure you are going to have a great time at her blog.

Por favor ve a la siguiente parada que es 62 Cards con Sammye Jo y disfruta de las tarjetas y manualidades tan padres que hace, estoy segura que te la vas a pasar muy bien en su blog.

Ink Applicator Tutorial

2009-08-10T12:53:00.004-05:00

Tutorial para Aplicador de tinta

Several people have asked me if an alcohol ink applicator is a good buy, if you have the money and have the chance to get one easily I guess it is, but if not you can make your own, super easy and best of all with stuff you probably alredy have at home.

Varias personas me han preguntado si un aplicador de tinta es una buena compra, si tienes el dinero y la oportunidad de conseguir uno fácilmente me imagino que si, pero si no, puedes hacer el tuyo de un modo muy fácil y lo mejor con cosas que probablemente ya tienes en casa.

You are going to need:
Van a necesitar:

°Scissors/tijeras
°A wooden block /un bloquecito de madera

°Scratchy side of velcro/Parte que raspa de velcro
°Scrap of foamy/Pedazo de foamy
°Light color felt/Fieltro de color claro
°Glue gun/Pistola de silicón caliente

Step 1/Paso 1: Cover the wooden block with foamy and trim the edges - Cubre el bloquecito de madera con foamy y recorta las orillas.

Step 2/Paso 2: Attach the velcro and trim edges to fit block- Pega el velcro y recorta a la medida del block.
Step 3/Paso 3: Cut several pieces of felt in the size of the block-Corta varias piezas de fieltro en la medida de tu block.

Step 4/Paso 4: Attach to velcro and start using it with your favorite technique- Unelo al velcro y comienza a usarlo en tu técnica favorita.

You can use it to ink your paper and give it a distress look.
Lo puedes usar para aplicarle tinta a tu pápel y darle un look desordenado.

Or you can use it to apply alcohol ink to your favorite project- Ó para aplicar tinta de alcohol a tu proyecto favorito.

Hope this quickie tutorial was helpful to you and can use it to save a bit of money and try new techniques.

Espero que este tutorial rapidito haya sido útil para ti y te sirva para ahorrar un poco de dinero y que pruebes nuevas técnicas.

Woohoo!!!

2009-08-06T09:55:00.004-05:00

¡¡Wooohooo!!

Jackie from Chic Scraps gave me an award and that makes me super happy, she is super cool, talented and a really nice person, I´m really glad I know her.

Jackie de Chic Scraps me dió este premio y eso me hace muy feliz, ella es muy cool, talentosa y una persona muy linda, me da mucho gusto conocerla.

Here are the rules for this award: To pick up the Circle Of Friends Blog Award cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog.Nominate 5 other bloggers you feel have become your circle of friends.Link to your nominees within your blog post.Include these instrucitons on how to pick up your award on your blog post.Link back to the person who gave you this award in your blog post, to show your appreciation.Comment on their blogs to let them know you have received the award.I'm giving this award to: Linda, Janet, Benita, Aimeslee & Ale.

Estas son las reglas para este premio: Copia y pega el logo y usalo en tu blog. Nomina a otros 5 bloguers que sientas se han convertido en tu circulo de amigos. Linkea a tus nominados con un post en tu blog. Incluye las instruccione de como recoger el premio en tu blog post. Linkea a la persona que te dió el premio como agradecimiento. Comenta en sus blogs y diles que tienen un premio para recibir. Yo le doy este premio a: Linda, Janet, Benita, Aimeslee & Ale.

Scraproom done!

2009-07-31T13:58:00.003-05:00

¡Scraproom listo!

At least for the momment, other minor changes will have to happen during the everyday. Need to put up some curtains, even though I love the light during the day, is super bright.

Al menos por el momento; otros cambios mínimos van a continuar en el día a día. Necesito poner cortinas, aunque me encanta la luz durante el día, es super brillante.

I think the birthday girl liked it, I did too, the table is one of my favorite things and I love how close to everything I am.

Creo que a la cumpleañera le gustó, la mesa es una de mis cosas favoritas, y me encanta lo cerca que estoy de todo.

Now we must use it EVERY DAY!!

¡Ahora tenemos que usarlo DIARIO!

Happy Birthday Diana!!!!

2009-07-30T08:31:00.005-05:00

¡Feliz Cumpleaños Diana!

I´m taking a little break from finishing the scraproom to wish you a super happy birthday, you know how very important you are to me and how much you make me happy. Love you a lot and hope this birthday is great.

Estoy tomándo un breve descanso de el arreglo del scraproom para desearte un muy feliz cumpleaños, sabes que importante eres para mí y lo feliz que me haces. Te amo muchísimo y espero que tu cumpleaños sea maravilloso.

Scraproom (almost) ready.

2009-07-27T17:05:00.004-05:00

Scraproom (casi) listo.

Back in february, I think, I decided that my birthday gift for Diana was going to be to redecorate and organize the scraproom, so many times we want to work there and don´t do it because it´s such a mess.

En febrero, me parece, decidí que el regalo de Diana iba a ser que yo redecorara el scraproom, tantas veces queremos trabajar ahi y no lo hacemos por que es un desastre.

Well Diana´s birthday is right around the corner (july 30th) so I have to finish details and some decoration.

Bueno el cumpleaños de Diana esta ya a la vuelta de la esquina (julio 30) y a mi me falta finalizar detalles y algunas decoraciones.

I plan to use this set of drawers to sort small items, like alphabets and such I have three of them and they were not only old but a very ugly black, so I decided they needed a new look.

Planeo usar esta juego de cajoncitos para cosas pequeñas, como alfabetos y cositas así. Tengo tres de ellos y no solamente eran viejos pero de un color negro muy feo, así que decidí que necesitaban un nuevo look.

A little plastic primer and spray paint and they are now the coolest shade of purple, now I only need to decorate the drawers and hang them on the wall. I think they are going to look super cute.

Un poco de spray preparador de plástico y pintura en spray y ahora son el color morado mas padre del mundo, solo tengo que decorar los cajoncitos y colgarlos en la pared. Creo que se van a ver muy cute.

This thursday I have to "giver her" the present, wish me luck I think that between tomorrow and wednesday I´m not going to sleep so I can finish on time.

Este jueves ya lo tengo que entregar deseen me suerte, creo que entre mañana y pasado no voy a dormir para poder terminar a tiempo.

My favorite podcasts

2009-07-20T09:25:00.008-05:00

Mis podcasts favoritos

Lets start with: What is a podcast? A podcast is a series of digital computer files, usually either digital audio or video, that is released periodically and made available for download by means of web syndication. (Thank you Wiki)

Empecemos con: ¿Qué es un podcast? Un podcast es una serie de archivos digitales ,usualmente de audio o video, que son publicados periódicamente y están disponibles para download en algún tipo de servidor (eso dice Wiki).

I subscribe to a lot of podcasts trough iTunes, but you can use other methods and find other podcasts googling them, and if you dont have a mp3 player to downloaded with you can most of the time enjoy it from the website.

Yo estoy suscrita a muchos podcasts a través de iTunes, pero pueden usar otros métodos para encontrarlos, simplemente consultando con Google, y si no tienen un mp3 player para escucharlos la mayoría se pueden disfrutar desde la página web.

I´m going to share with you my 5 favorite podcasts:

Voy a compartir con ustedes mis 5 podcasts favoritos. Mis disculpas, todos, son en inglés, si se topan con podcasts de manualidades en español, diganme, ¡que yo no encuentro ninguno!

1. Craftypod: This is the only one of my favorites that is not video. And you know what? Sister Diane makes it so enjoyable, informative and fun that you wont even miss the fact that you can´t see it, if you can go and listen to all of the podcasts they are full of information and I guarantee you will enjoy them.

1.Craftypod: Este es el único de mis favoritos que no es de video. ¿Y saben qué? La Hermana Diane lo hace tan entretenido, divertido e informativo que no van a extrañar el hecho de que no lo pueden ver; vayan y escuchen todos su podcasts, están llenos de información y les garantizo que los van a disfrutar.

2. Lets Knit Together: I´m a wannabe knitter, I haven´t been able to finish a single product worth wearing, but every time I watch Cat I swear, she makes knitting eeeaaasy, I love the quality, the atmosphere and the great tips she shares, if you are into knitting, go check it out fall in love with the videopodcast she visits all sorts of cool places and has tons of knowledge to share.

2. Lets Knit Together: Soy una wannabe de tejedora, no he podido terminar un producto digno de usarse, pero cada vez que veo a Cat les juro, ella hace que el tejido se vea fáaacil; me encanta la calidad, la atmósfera y los maravillosos tips que comparte. Si les gusta tejer vayan, enamórense de su videopodcast; ella visita muchos lugares padrísimos y tiene mucho conocimiento para compartir.

3. Fork You!: This videopodcast is not only yummy is also super funny, watching Scott and Marissa cook is so much fun I sometimes find myself giggling, if you don´t like cooking they are going to make you like it and if you do they have great tips and awesome recipes.

3. Fork You!: Este videopodcast no solo es delicioso, también es divertidísimo; ver a Scott y Marissa cocinar es tan gracioso, que muchas veces me doy cuenta que me estoy riendo sola. Si no te gusta la cocina ellos van a hacer que te guste y si te gusta tienen grandes tips y maravillosas recetas.

4. Fiskars Tv: I love Fiskars products, so a videopodcast showcasing them is of course going to be one of my favorites, in these podcasts you can see a ton of different things to do, from scrapbooking to home decor and they make it fun, fast and give a freebie at the end, I mean what is not to like, plus you can see your favorite Fiskateers (I saw you Angela!!).

4. Fiskars Tv: Amo los productos Fiskars, así que un videopodcast mostrándolos tiene que ser de mis favoritos. En estos podcast puedes ver muchas cosas diferentes desde scrapbooking hasta decoración del hogar; y lo hacen divertido, rápido y dan freebies al final, o sea, ¿Qué no les puede gustar? Además, puedes ver a tus Fiskateers favoritas (¡¡te ví Ángela!!).

5. Scraptime: I had to leave my favorite for last, I´ve been watching Scraptime since the first episode, is my first videopodcast to watch, the one I daily look for updates, and my go to for doubts, because simply I trust what Christine says, if she likes it then is good if she says it doesn´t work, I don´t even go near it, I like that first of all is relliable: I know I´ll have at least a couple episodes a week, I love how much she shares of herself, tecniques, her style everything, plus she has the most adorable daughter If you are a scrapbooker go and enjoy her blog, then come back and tell me how good it was!

5. Scraptime: Tenía que dejar mi favorito para el final; he estado viendo Scraptime desde el primer episodio. Este es mi principal videopodcast para ver, el cual a diario busco actualizaciones, y a donde voy, si tengo dudas, simplemente porque confío en lo que Christine dice; si le gusta es bueno; si dice que no funciona, ni siquiera me acerco a eso. Me encanta que es confiable: sé que al menos dos veces por semana van a haber episodios nuevos, me encanta cómo comparte acerca de su vida, técnicas nuevas y su estilo. Además, tiene a la niña más adorable del mundo. ¡Si haces scrapbooking, ve y disfruta su blog; luego regresa y dime qué tan bueno es!

All of these podcasts I download them trough iTunes, but you can go to their websites and see the other options, if you have a favorite podcast let me know I´m always on the lookout for stuff to watch or listen to.

Todos estos podcasts los bajo a través de iTunes, pero pueden ir a sus páginas web y ver las otras opciones; si tienen un podcast favorito, díganme, siempre ando en la búsqueda de nuevas cosas para ver o escuchar... especialmente si hay alguno en español.

Ohhh how exciting!!!!

2009-07-19T17:56:00.004-05:00

¡¡¡Qué emocionante!!!

Super quick post just to share with everybody that I was picked as a member in the Design Team for Creatively Green.

Post super rápido para compartir con todos que me escogieron para ser miembro en el Equipo de Diseño de Creatively Green.

Creatively Green is a company that sells exclusively green and ecologically friendly craft supplies; so this is very important to me as I try to be very green and also because the products are super cool.

Creatively Green (Cretivamente Verde) es una compañía que vende materiales para manualidades "verdes" y amigables a la ecología; esto es muy importante para mí ya que trato de ser lo mas verde posible y además por que sus productos son muy cool.

Go check out the huge range of ecological products they offer and where you can also be sure that you are also helping the enviroment.

Vayan y vean la cantidad de productos ecológicos que ofrecen y donde además pueden estar seguros que estan ayudando al ambiente.

So add them to your facebook, and be ready for the gran opening of the message boards where we will be having fun, sharing tips and crafting!

Así que añádelos a tu facebook, y prepárate para la gran inauguración de el foro de mensajes donde nos vamos a divertir, compartir tips y haremos manualidades.

P.S. Congratulations to the other DT members, awesome work !!

P.D. Feliciadades a las otras miembros de el ED, fantástico trabajo!

Order & focus.

2009-07-17T17:42:00.006-05:00

Orden y enfoque.

Back in the begining of 2009, several crafters (me included) picked our word for the year, mine was: Focus. Simply because I thought my life needed a bit more of it, in every sense and I think that I´m trying to be focused and what is even harder to stay that way.

Al principio del 2009, varias personas que hacemos manualidades (yo incluida), escogimos nuestra palabra de el año; la mia fué: Focus (Enfocar), simplemente porque pensaba que mi vida necesitaba un poco más de esto, en todos los sentidos, y siento que estoy intentanto enfocarme y, sobre todo, mantener el enfoque.

This week I saw at another blog (wish I could remember which one) some lists to plan your blog topics ahead of time and I simply loved the idea, so many times I know I want to talk about something and then I forget; or I sit here and talk about nothing in particular, well I downloaded the really adorable lists by Erin Vale; check her out she is an amazing designer and has all kinds of freebies in her blog.
Esta semana ví en otro blog (ojalá pudiera recordar cuál) unas listas para planear tus tópicos de el blog con anticipación y me encantó la idea. Tantas veces sé que quiero hablar de algo y se me olvida; o me siento y hablo de nada en particular. Así que bajé las listas super lindas de Erin Vale; chequen su blog, es una diseñadora maravillosa y tiene todo tipo de cosas lindas y gratis en su blog.

And today I made this cute little folder for our lists (me and Diana´s) so we can plan ahead our blog topics, and do more to our blogs hers of course is with cats and mine is with birds but I didn´t take a picture oops.

Y hoy hice este lindo folder para nuestras listas (la mia y la de Diana) para que podamos planear nuestros blogs con anticipación y hagamos más por ellos; el de ella, por supuesto es con gatos, el mio es con aves pero olvide por completo tomarle fotos; oops.

I used some cat and dog paper kit not sure of the brand, my adored fiskars border punch and some alphabet stickers and ribbon, easy peasy, fun and functional.

Use unos papeles de un kit de perros y gatos, no estoy segura de la marca, mi adorado punche de borders Fiskars, unas letras y listón, facilito, divertido y funcional.

Nothing better...

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to get new and fresh crafty ideas than new material and tools.

Nada mejor para tener nuevas y frescas ideas para manualidades que material y herramientas nuevos.

Hope everybody is having a great weekend!

Espero que todos esten teniendo un gran fin de semana.

I'm back!

2009-07-09T16:21:00.006-05:00

¡Estoy de vuelta!

From my self imposed break simply because I wasn´t crafting much, now I´m working on a couple of things so I feel better about coming and sharing.

De mi auto-impuesto descanso y sólo porque no había estado haciendo gran cosa,a hora ya estoy haciendo manualidades nuevamente, así que me siento mejor para compartir algo.

One of the things I´ve been working on for the last month was the rehabilitation of our scraproom/woorkroom and I wanted to have it ready for Diana´s birthday on july 30th and I am sure is going to be ready even if I dont sleep the previous days to that!

Una de las cosas en las que he estado trabajando el pasado mes ha sido la rehabilitación del scraproom/taller y quería tenerlo listo para el cumpleaños de Diana, el 30 de julio, y estoy segura que va a estar listo, así yo no duerma los días previos a eso!

So part of the decoration is ready only need to place it and one of them is this altered canvas that I made with a Sizzix big die (borrowed from Laura, thanks Laura!) I cut the cupcake and set it on the recycled canvas, I just unglued the old stuff, covered in black gesso and then attached the cupcake and added the button, bling and stickles just to give it a more polished look. I have another canvas and plan to make a different kind of cupcake so I´ll show you that.

Parte de lo que está listo es la decoración; sólo necesito ver dónde acomodarla. Una de tantas cosas es este canvas alterado que hice con un dado big de Sizzix (que amablemente me presto Laura, ¡Gracias de nuevo, Laura!) Lo corté y lo puse en mi canvas reciclado, al cual solo le quité lo que tenia anteriormente y cubrí con Gesso negro, luego le añadí el botón, los brillitos y stickles para que se viera mas pulido. Tengo otro canvas y planeo hacer otro tipo de cupcake en él, así que tendré eso para mostrarles.

Hope everybody has a super summery weekend with tons of fun activities and cool stuff to do.

Espero que todos tengan un fin de semana super veraniego con muchas actividades y cosas padres para hacer.

In memorian...

2009-06-18T12:21:00.005-05:00

I´m sitting here thinking what to post about the great lady that left us this morning, somehow nothing seems enough, how can I say in a few lines what her friendship meant to us, how lucky we we´re to know her, to be part of her world and her crafts.

Estoy sentada aquí, pensando que escribir acerca de la gran dama que nos ha abandonado esta mañana. De algún modo nada parece suficiente. ¿Cómo puedo decir en unas cuantas líneas lo que significó para nosotros su amistad y lo afortunadas que fuimos en conocerla y ser parte de su mundo y sus manualidades?

She was always very kind and sweet, and loved to share her knowledge, always eager to try something, to welcome us in her home and specially to help us.

Ella siempre fue muy amable y dulce; le encantaba compartir sus conocimientos, siempre dispuesta a probar algo nuevo, acogernos en su hogar y, sobre todo, ayudarnos.

My deepest condolences to her family, friends and everybody else that loved her.

Mis condolencias a su familia, amigos y todos aquellos que la amaron.

She will always be in our hearts and will be greatly missed.

Siempre estará en nuestros corazones y será extrañada por todos nosotros.

“No te pares al lado de mi tumba a llorar

No estoy ahí, yo no duermo

Soy mil vientos que soplan,

Soy el destello del diamante sobre la nieve.

Soy el sol que brilla sobre el grano maduro,

Soy la suave lluvia del otoño.

Cuando despiertes en la quietud de la mañana,

Soy la exaltante prisa elevada

de pájaritos en vuelo circular.

Soy las estrellas suaves que brillan en la noche.

No te pares al lado de mi tumba y llores

No estoy ahí…pues no morí”

Mary Elizabeth Frye...(eng version here)

New Blog!

2009-06-17T19:31:00.008-05:00

¡Nuevo blog!

My very talented friend Laura is taking the plunge and opening her own blog, she writes in spanish, but take a minute to check all the pretty thing she makes.

Mi muy talentosa amiga Laura esta inaugurando su blog; ella escribe en español y hace cosas bellísimas. Dénse un minuto para ver las cosas lindas que hace, conocerla un poquito y estar pendientes de sus publicaciones.

The name of her blog is The First Impresion because a lot of her work is printing and making stationery and pretty notebooks and cards.

Su blog se llama La Primera Impresión, porque mucho de su trabajo es imprimir y hacer libretitas y tarjetas hermosas.

So please give her a big welcome to the blogsphere and visit her blog.

Asi que por favor denle la bienvenida a la blogosfera y visiten su blog.

A color challenge...

2009-06-14T20:00:00.005-05:00

Un reto de color...

Rosie-Dee´s Challenge is one of my favorite challenge blogs and is having a DT call, so I made something for them to take me into consideration ( I should be soo lucky).

Rosie-Dee´s Challenges (Rosie-Dee Retos) es uno de mis blogs de retos favoritos y está teniendo una búsqueda de ED (Equipo de Diseño), así que hice algo para que me tomen en consideración (ojala tuviera tanta suerte).

The challenge was to mae something with the colors turquoise and brown, yummy combination until I realized I lack turquoise materials, still I searched and searched and found somethings and some other I added some color and voilá my challenge was done!

El reto era hacer algo con los colores turquesa y café, deliciosa combinación, hasta que me dí cuenta que no tengo materiales en color turquesa, aún asi busque y busque y encontré algo y otras cosas las volví color turquesa y voilá mi reto estaba listo!

I made this heart box since I am hooked on altering them and love how it looks, I think it looks romantic and sweet. Hope Rosie and Dee like it enough so I can be on the DT, no pressure though, just saying it would be awesome!

Hice esta cajita en forma de corazón por que estoy enviciada haciendolas y me encanta como se ve, creo que es romántica y dulce. Espero que a Rosie y Dee les guste lo suficiente para permitirme estar en el ED, sin presión eh, solo digo que sería fabuloso.

This week was really lazy mostly because it´s been soo super hot and we want to be still so we don´t sweat, hope everybody is having great weather and enjoying summer.

Esta semana la tuvimos un poco floja por que el calor ha estado terrible y queremos estar quietas para no sudar tanto, espero que donde esten haya buen tiempo y esten disfrutando de el verano.

Supplies used: DCWV Garden Party Paper and Nana´s Nursery Making memories Watering Can Assorted Ribbon, lace and flowers

This...

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...kept me busy last week:

Esto... me mantuvo ocupada la semana pasada:

I´m happy to report that the person who I make them for loves them and plans to wear them as much as possible.

Con mucha alegria puedo reportar que a la persona a la que se los hice le encantaron y planea usarlos tooodo el tiempo.

I´ll be back tomorrow with more stuff.

Regreso mañana con otras cosas.

A month of color...

2009-06-01T20:11:00.006-05:00

Un mes de color

Many of you know Shimelle, and those who don´t you are going to love the stuff she makes, her classes, tutorials and projects are lots of fun and super cool. This month she has a very cool thing called "A month of color" she is going to have tons of fun stuff to do all about color!!

Muchos de ustedes conocen a Shimelle, y aquellos que no la conozcan les va a encantar las cosas que hace; sus tutoriales, clases y proyectos son padrísimos y divertidos. Este mes, ella tiene un proyecto muy cool que se llama "Un mes de color", donde habrán montones de cosas, todas relativas al color.

The first project was "Scrapbook your favorite color" and I made a little collage with some tags and used ribbon, scraps of paper and some other embellishments I had pretty much all in pink.

El primer proyecto fue "Scrapbook tu color favorito", y yo hice este collage con unas tags, utilizando listones, pedazos de papel y otros adornos que tenía; todo con mucho rosado

I can´t wait to check what is the next project and what do we get to use but I´m sure is going to be really fun, if you want to join just check out her blog.

No puedo esperar para ver cuál será el siguiente proyecto y qué vamos a usar, pero estoy segura que va a ser divertido. Si te quieres unir, sólo checa su blog.

Altered heart box

2009-06-01T09:34:00.003-05:00

Caja de corazón alterada.

My latest project for the My Grafico challenge blog, I altered this simple but super cute heart box, using the Tyka Patterns by Mujka Designs, I only used one but all four of them are super cute, if you check the projects of the DT you can check them out.

Mi último proyecto para el blog de retos de My Grafico: alteré una simple, pero hermosa cajita en forma de corazón, usando el Tyka Patterns de Mujka Designs. Sólo usé un papel, pero los cuatro son hermosos. Si checan los proyectos de las demás participantes de el ED pueden verlos.

Don´t forget to stop at the My Grafico Challenge Blog and check the other creations from the DT, check out this lovely set of papers at the My Grafico Store and follow the discussions at MyGrafico Challenge PCP Group.

No olviden ir a ver las demás creaciones de el ED en My Grafico Challenge Blog; vean este hermoso juego de papeles en My Grafico Store y sigan las discusiones en MyGrafico Challenge PCP Group.

Get caught reading

2009-05-26T16:57:00.004-05:00

Que te agarren leyendo

The My Grafico Challenge for this week was using the Bookworm Princess Kit and it is such a cute kit and the only thing I didnt like was the many options of things to create since I could only make one (at least for now) wich is way there are soo many pictures.

El reto de My Grafico esta semana era usar el kit Bookworm Princess, y está hermoso! Lo único que no me gustó es que da demasiadas opciones para hacer cosas y solo podía hacer una al menos por el momento, por eso es que ven tantas fotos.

What I made was two origami corner bookmarks decorated with the bookworm princess and a card that you could use to put a gift card to a bookstore and also attach the book marks. I just accented the details with some stickles and the paper is from a pet kit I got long time ago and ribbon from Fantasias Miguel.

Lo que hice fue un par de esquineros para marcar hojas en origami y los decoré con la chica, y una tarjeta que puede servir para poner una tarjeta de regalo a una tienda de libros, y en la cual puedes poner los esquineros. Acentué los detalles con Stickles y el papel es de un kit que compré para mascotas y listón de Fantasias Miguel.

Don´t forget to stop at the My Grafico Challenge Blog and check the other creations from the DT, check out this lovely kit at the My Grafico Store and follow the discussions at MyGrafico Challenge PCP Group.

No olviden ir a ver las demas creaciones de el ED en My Grafico Challenge Blog, vean este hermoso kit en My Grafico Store y sigan las discusiones en MyGrafico Challenge PCP Group.

Thank you to all the wonderful people who was part of the CFH bloghop and left me such amazing comments and also to the ones that left me a comment about my baby that cross the rainbow bridge.

Mil gracias a las maravillosas personas que me dejaron comentarios por el CFH bloghop y también a los que me dejaron comentario por mi niña que cruzo el puente de arcoiris.

RIP Mara

2009-05-25T17:43:00.005-05:00

Marita Tutú 2004-2009

I hardly ever write about our cats here because this is not a cat blog, we have one for it, but
Marita was my baby girl and one of the cats with most personality I would ever know and today she left us to go to a better place full of yummy bread for her to eat and where she can meow and hiss to every cat she dislikes.

Normalmente no escribo de nuestros gatos aqui por que no es un blog de gatos, tenemos uno para eso pero Marita era mi niña y una de las gatas con mas personalidad que he conocido y hoy nos dejo para ir a un lugar lleno de pan dulce para que coma y donde puede maullar y gruñir a todos los gatos que no le caigan bien.

My heart is beyond broken, I wanted Mara since the first time I saw her and convinced Diana to get it for me for our anniversary, she was weird and loved food, and was really a very unconventional kitty but she was simply perfect, she was our first black cat and she was beautiful.

Mi corazón esta mas allá de roto, quise a Mara desde la primera vez que la vi y convencí a Diana que me la diera para nuestro aniversario, ella era rara le fascinaba la comida y era una gatita poco convencional pero era perfecta, fue nuestra primera gata negra y era hermosa.

Marita you are not gone, you are in every corner of this house, you are keeping me company in the kitchen to see what can you get, you are in the hearts of all of us, the ones you liked and the ones you didnt like so much and there is some bread in the fridge just for you, saying that I´m going to miss you is an understatement.

Marita no te has ido, estas en cada rincón de esta casa, me estas haciendo compañia en la cocina para ver que te toca, estas en los corazones de todos, los que te quisimos y los que no te caian tan bien y hay un pedazo de pan dulce solo para ti y decir que te voy a extrañar ni si quiera se acerca a la verdad.

"I'll keep you locked in my head until we meet again, and I wont forget you my friend, what happened"

"Te mantendré encerrada en mi cabeza hasta que nos volvamos a ver, y nunca te olvidaré mi amiga, que paso"

Who knew - Pink

Crossposted at Gatos Malcriados

Real Heroes

2009-05-23T07:25:00.000-05:00

Heroes Reales

Welcome to the next stop in the CFH bloghop, thank you for visiting my blog, hope you like it and enjoy what I do, say and share.

Bienvenidos a la siguiente parada en el bloghop de CFH (Cards for Heroes, Tarjetas para Heroes). Gracias por visitar mi blog, espero que les guste lo que hago, digo y comparto.

If you don´t know yet what CFH does I suggest you go and check out their website, they do an amazing job at sending cards to guys in troops to either write home or to thank them for the awesome and heroic work they do.

Si aún no conocen la hermosa labor que hace CFH, les recomiendo que visiten su página web, ellos hacen un increíble trabajo enviando tarjetas a miembros de tropas lejos de casa para poder escribir a su hogar o felicitarlos por el maravilloso y heroíco trabajo que hacen.

By now most people must be wondering why a chick that lives in Mexico is taking part of this and I will tell you. I´ve had the amazing opportunity to live in the USA, I was part of their population when 9/11 hit, I was as shocked and sad as the rest of the population, I was scared and didnt know what was going to happen next....I think we all were. But we were protected, every single one of us in the country felt a huge respect and pride on all armed forces, of all the real heroes that event showed and I guess this is my way of saying: Thank you!

En este momento la mayor parte de la gente se ha de estar preguntando porqué una chica que vive en México es parte de esto y les voy a decir el porqué. He tenido la maravillosa oportunidad de vivir en los Estados Unidos, yo era parte de la población cuando sucedió el 11 de septiembre. Estuve en shock y triste tanto como el resto de la población; tuve miedo y no sabía qué iba a pasar después... Nadie lo sabía. Pero estábamos protegidos; cada uno de nosotros sintió orgullo y respeto hacia las fuerzas armadas, hacia todos los héroes verdaderos que ese evento nos mostró y ésta es mi manera de decir: ¡Muchas gracias!

So please be a part of it, learn more about CFH and consider joining and send cards, next time you make cards make two extras for some people what will need them even more, if you dont agree with war, well neither do I but war still exist and there is people fighting do it for them.

Así que sé una parte de esta organización, averigua más acerca de CFH y considera unirte y enviar tarjetas; la próxima vez que hagas tarjetas haz un par extra para gente que las necesitará aún más; si no estás acuerdo con la guerra, bueno, yo tampoco; pero existe y ahí hay gente peleando. Hazlo por ellos.

This is the card I created for the ocassion, I really wanted to make something patriotic and very red white and blue and I love how it turned out.

Esta es la tarjeta que hice la para la ocasión y quise hacer algo muy patriótico, con rojo, azul y blanco, y la verdad me encanta como quedó.

I used DCWV cant remember what stack and the rest of the stuff is not brand name, some star ribbon and pins I already had and super fast I had a pretty card.

Use papel de DCWV, aunque no recuerdo de cual block, y el resto de las cosas no son de marca: una cinta con estrellas y alfileres que ya tenía... y listo, rapidito ya tenia una linda tarjeta.

Now go to your next stop on the bloghop to Megans blog: Life is Beautiful, you are going to looove her blog, she is super nice and post really positive and cute stuff on her blog, and I´m sure you are going to enjoy it.

Ahora vayan a la siguiente parada en el bloghop al blog de Megan: Life is Beautiful, les va a encantar porque ella es super linda; sus posts tienen muchas cosas positivas y tiernas, estoy segura que lo van a disfrutar.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, have a great weekend!

¡Gracias por visitar mi blog hoy, que tengan un excelente fin de semana!

This is what I did today...

2009-05-22T12:32:00.005-05:00

Esto hice hoy...

French vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, with pink, green, blue and yellow buttercream frosting, ohh and edible confetti, for my friend Julia.

Cupcakes de vainilla francesa y chocolate con cubierta de buttercream en rosa, verde, azul y amarillo ahh y con confeti comestible para mi amiga Julia.

In this house we all love cupcakes:

En esta casa a todos nos gustan los cupcakes:

P.S. Before people and PETA say I put Ralphie in danger for letting him eat sugar and red coloring I have to say, he only licked a little bit of frosting, besides he eats bugs and lizards, believe me a little frosting is nothing for him.

P.D. Antes que la gente y PETA digan que pongo a Ralphie en peligro por dejarlo comer azúcar y colorante rojo, tengo que decir que sólo lamió un poquito de la cubierta; ¡además come bichos y lagartijas! Créanme, un poco de frosting es nada para él.

My first layout!

2009-05-17T14:01:00.005-05:00

For My Grafico Guess DT. I really love the kit they provided: Drive me crazy by Scrapbooking Seasons because to me it worked perfect and it reminds me why hybrid scrapbooking is so cool. Cause you never run out of supplies, you need more, you print more thats it!

¡¡Mi primer layout!! Para el Equipo de Diseño de My Grafico. Realmente me encanto el kit que nos dieron para trabajar: Drive me crazy de Scrapbooking Seasons, porque me funcionó perfecto y me recuerda por qué el scrapbooking híbrido es tan cool: nunca te quedas sin material y si se te gasta, imprimes más y listo.

To make this layout I used: The Drive me crazy kit by Scrapbook Seasons, some stickles, foam letters and felt flowers and heart.

Para hacer este layout use: El kit Drive me crazy de Scrapbook Seasons, Stickles, letras de fomy, flores y corazón de fieltro.

All other embellishments are part of the kit, even the frame of the pictures is one of the papers that I just resized to fit, and the journaling block is one of the circles that comes in the kit and I put some dotted lines and voilá a journaling circle.

Todos los demás adornos son parte de el kit, incluso el marco de la foto es uno de los papeles al que sólo le cambié el tamaño para que funcionara, y el block de journaling es uno de los círculos incluidos en el kit, al cual le agregué unas líneas punteadas.

Remember to go to the challenge blog and see what the great work of the DT in many other ways to use the kit and join the challenge, make a stop at the My Grafico store to see the other very cool things you can find there including freebies and join our discussions at Paper Craft Planet.

Recuerda ir al blog de retos y ver el gran trabajo del Equipo de Diseño mostrando otras maneras de utilizar el kit y únete al reto, haz una parada en la tienda de My Grafico y vé los artículos padres que tiene, incluyendo cosas gratis, y únete a nuestras discusiones en Paper Craft Planet.

Have a great and crafty week, thanks for your comments and congratulations!!

¡Que tengan una semana maravillosa llena de manualidades, gracias por sus comentarios y felicitaciones!

Good news (finally!)

2009-05-14T19:31:00.006-05:00

Buenas noticias (¡al fin!)

So I´ve had a very rough couple of weeks since the passing of Boris, and I´ve been under a lot of stress, this caused me some tummy issues that kept me down for a few days, I´m happy to say that I´m better and even thought I´m still not over Boris I´m pulling trough.

He estado teniendo un par de semanas difíciles desde el fallecimiento de Boris; he estado bajo mucho estrés y éste me causó problemas en mi pancita, los cuales me dejaron botada por unos dias. Me da alegría decir que ya me siento mejor, y aunque todavía no siento haber superado lo de Boris, ahí la llevo.

But good news at last!! I applied to be on the DT (Design Team) at My Grafico and I am now a guest DT all trought the month of june and I´m super happy. I applied there because I really love all the products they offer and I love how sweet and nice the people are starting with Sarabeth. So I´m very excited and I´m sure is going to be a blast.

Pero al fin, buenas noticias. Apliqué para estar en un ED (Equipo de Diseño) en My Grafico y ahora soy una ED Invitada hasta el mes de junio, ¡y estoy muy emocionada! Decidí aplicar ahí porque me encantan los productos que ofrecen y la gente es super linda, empezando con Sarabeth. Asi que estoy muy emocionada y estoy segura va a ser super divertido.

So be on the lookout for all the really cool things the Design Team at My Grafico challenge blog, I´m sure they wont dissapoint you.

Asi que esten pendientes por las cosas lindas que el Equipo de Diseño va a publicar en el blog de Retos de My Grafico, estoy segura que no te decepcionarán.

Got a PIF!

2009-05-06T12:19:00.003-05:00

¡¡Recibí un PIF (Pay It Forward)!!

So excited because I saw Diana working on these and thought they were super cute and then she gave them to me and told me they were my PIF.

Muy emocionada porque vi a Diana trabajando en estos y me parecieron super lindos, pues me los dió y me dijo que eran mi PIF (Cadenita de Regalos)

So today I made this card with the pink one and I love how it looks, I used a Prima 6x6 paper some Crate Paper crushed velvet ribbon added some stickles, the heart and a couple of Prima flowers to finish it off.

Así que hoy hice esta tarjeta con el corazón rosado, ¡y me encanta cómo se vé! Usé un papel de Prima de 6x6, Crate Paper, listón de terciopelo y añadí unos Stickles, el corazón y un par de flores Prima para darle el toque final.

The sentiment is a Fiskars stamp, that I stamped in acrylic and cut with a scallop scissor so I think it looks super cute.

El sentimiento es un sello de Fiskars que sellé en acrílico, y corté con una tijera de ondas para que se viera más cute.

Hope she likes what I made with the cute stuff she gave me and thanks again Diana!

Espero que le guste lo que hice con lo que me dió y de nuevo, ¡gracias Diana!

Layout frenzy

2009-05-03T19:13:00.003-05:00

Locura de layouts

Like I mentioned in the last post I was super excited about NSD and the challenges at twopeas, well I did manage to finish at least 3 challenges:

Como mencione en el último post, estaba muy emocionada por el DNS y los retos que iban a haber en Twopeas, bueno pues logré terminar al menos 3 retos:

Challenge: mmmm cupcakes, in which you had to make a project with something cupcake, as you can see I have a cupcake die cut made with a Sizzix die and a picture of some cupcakes cause I really do love cupcakes yum!

Reto: mmmm cupcakes, en el cual tenías que hacer un proyecto con algo de cupcake; como pueden ver, en mi layout hay un cupcake decorativo, que corté con un dado Sizzix y unas fotos de cupcakes, porque me encantan yum!

Supplies/Materiales: DCWV PP Sweet, Urban Rhapsody by K& Company, foam letters, and MS border punch.

Challenge: Glitter girl you had to use something with glitter. That was easy cause I had several supplies with glitter, so I used this chipboard letters and created a layout about my best friend Julia.

Reto: Glitter girl. Consistía en usar algo con glitter. Eso fue fácil, porque tenía varios materiales con glitter; utilicé unas letras de chipboard y creé un layout acerca de mi mejor amiga, Julia.

Supplies/Materiales: DCWV PP Sweet, Around the block PP, K& Company vintage diecuts, DCWV glitter chipboard letters.

Challenge: Create diecuts with other than paper. Easy peasy I had some felt flowers that I cut from Sizzix sizzlits a while ago, also I scraplifted the layout from the uber talented Tara Anderson and well I think she rocks and when I saw her layout I had to do something similar. So this is Us and love the fuxicos which I am hooked making.

Reto: Crea diecuts con otra cosa que no sea papel. Facilito; tenía unas flores de fieltro que corté con unos Sizzlits de Sizzix hace un tiempito, también me inspiré en el layout de la super talentosa Tara Anderson, la cual pienso que es una maravilla, y cuando vi su layout sabía que tenía que hacer algo similar, así que estas somos Nosotras (Us). Me encanta cómo se ven los fuxicos; estoy super adicta a hacerlos.

Supplies/Materiales: K& Company Smitten PP, Smitten glitter stickers, and other supplies not bought specifically for scrapbooking.

I also posted a picture of why I need a ribbon organizer and a clip it up, worth the shot!

También puse foto de porqué necesito un organizador de listones y un clip it up; digo, una no pierde nada con intentar!!

Have a great and crafty week!

¡Que tengan muy feliz semana y hagan muuuuchas manualidades!

Thanks to the caring people that leave me comments I truly love reading them

Mil gracias a todas esas personitas especiales que me dejan comentarios, me encanta leerlos.

{Inter} National Scrapbooking Day

2009-05-01T17:41:00.007-05:00

Día {Inter}Nacional de Scrapbooking.

As many of you know specially if you scrapbook, this is our day, is celebrated on the first saturday of may. ALL scrapbooking stores, websites and forums help us celebrate and above all, encourge us to shop. I remember about 3-4 years ago when there was practically no scrapbooking supplies here, going to Office Depot (on NSD) to celebrate by buying some Fiskars products, that by the way I still use.

Como muchos de nosotros sabemos, sobre todo si haces scrapbooking, éste es nuestro Día, y se celebra cada primer sábado de mayo. TODOS los foros, páginas web o tiendas nos ayudan a celebrar y, sobre todo, nos alientan a comprar. Recuerdo que hace como 3-4 años, cuando no había prácticamente ningún producto de scrapbooking en Mérida, fui a Office Depot en (DNS) a comprar algunos productos Fiskars, que, a propósito, aún uso.

This week has been madness to us, roller coaster of feeling due the passing of one of our kitties (Boris) and I decided to stay home and hang on websites, check for online crops and have a low key day, in the evening we have a party at my friend Julia´s house to celebrate her bf birthday (Happy Brithday Jorge!) and we are really excited about going.

Esta semana ha sido una locura para nosotras, una montaña rusa de emociones debido al fallecimiento de uno de nuestros gatitos (Boris), así que decidí quedarme en casa y visitar páginas web, crops en línea y tener un día tranquilo, ya que en la noche tenemos una fiesta en casa de mi amiga Julia para celebrar el cumpleaños de su novio Jorge (¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Jorge!) y tenemos muuchas ganas de ir.

So tomorrow I´ll be here, hanging out probably on Two Peas and checking other online crops, so if you want to online crop with me twit me and we can do some challenge together and maybe I can convince Diana to join too.

Asi que mañana, voy a estar aquí, probablemente en la página de Two Peas y checando otros crops en línea, así que si quieres hacer scrapbooking conmigo, mandame un twit y podemos hacer algun reto juntas, y tal vez convenza a Diana a unirse.

Today was a Labor day here in Mexico, but since we had some errands to do we decided to finish the day going to our favorite cantina here in Merida, and it was yummy, relaxing and fun!

Hoy fue el Día del Trabajo en Mexico, pero como teníamos algunos pendientes fuera de casa decidimos finalizar el día con una visita a nuestra cantina favorita en Mérida, con un resultado rico, relajante y divertido!

P.S. Thanks for everyones well wishes and concern about the Influenza virus, here where I reside we have 0 cases so far so we hope it stays that way.

P.D. Gracias a todos por sus buenos deseos y preocuparse por nosotros debido al virus de la Influenza. Aqui, donde vivo, no tenemos casos de que preocuparnos y esperamos se mantenga así.

P.S.2 Thank you for your condolences, prayers and well wishes when Boris got sick and finally passed away, having your support means the world to us.

P.D. 2 Gracias por sus condolencias, rezos y buenos deseos cuando Boris enfermó y finalmente falleció; contar con su apoyo significó mucho para nosotros.

Tutorial: Create a scoop for glitter

2009-04-30T12:56:00.010-05:00

Or flock, microbeads or anything powdery.

Tutorial:
Haz una cuchara para glitter, flocking, microcuentas o cualquier cosa semipolvorosa.

Here in Mexico glitter comes in bags, this is because the places that retail it buy a huuuge bucket of the before mentioned product and bag it into individual servings. So when you want to use is a mess which makes some people hate glitter, me included, I hate having glitter all over my fingers, clothes, stuff etc. But this is a very useful and easy way to fix the problem.

Aquí, en México, la diamantina/escarcha o como le digan viene en bolsitas, esto es porque los lugares que la venden compran un bote y la ponen en bolsitas en proporciones más pequeñas. Así que cuando quieres usarla es un desastre y hace que la gente la odie (incluyéndome), ya que cae muy mal tener diamantina en los dedos, ropa, cosas etc. Pero este es un modo muy sencillo y útil para resolver el problema.

You´ll need:
Vas a necesitar:

*A long container / Un recipiente alargado
*A scoop straw / Un popote con cucharita
*Silicon glue / Silicón líquido
*Scissors / Tijeras
*Glitter-Microbeads-Flocking / Diamantina-Microcuentas-Flock

1. Cut the straw a little smaller than the jar or bottle you plan to use, making sure the cut on the top is straight.

1. Corta el popote un poco más pequeño que el frasquito o botella que vayas a usar, asegurándote que el corte esté bien derecho.

2. Put some silicon glue in the center of the cap and attach the straw, leave it up drying overnight so is well attached.

2. Pon un poco de silicón en el centro de la tapa y pega el popote; déjalo secar durante la noche para que se pegue bien.

3. Cut a corner of your glitter baggie and carefully pour on bottle.

3. Con cuidado, corta una de las esquinas de la bolsita de diamantina y vierte el contenido en la botellita, cuidando de no derramarlo.

4. Attach the cap to the bottle and screw, as you can see part of the scoop is dipped in the bottle and you can use it anytime you want.

4. Ponle la tapita a la botella; como podrás ver, parte de la cucharita está dentro del glitter y de este modo lo puedes usar cuando quieras.

And now you are ready to pour glitter in anything you want without worriying of getting it on your fingers to pour it, after my experiment I checked and I had no glitter in sight but in my letter.

Y ahora estás lista para echarle diamantina a lo que quieras sin preocuparte en que se te pegue en los dedos; cuando hice la prueba noté que sólo había diamantina en mi letra y en ningún otro lugar.

Tada glittery and sparkly stuff without the mess!

¡Tadá, adornos brillantes y escarchaditos sin el desastre!

P.S. I added some micro beads to my glitter to give it a bit more texture and add some other color, but you can skip this, if you are not sure what micro beads are here is a picture.

P.D. Yo le añadí unas cuantas micro cuentas a mi diamantina para darle más textura y añadir otro color, pero puedes saltarte este paso. Si no sabes qué son las micro cuentas, aquí te las presento.

Hope you liked this tutorial and this is useful to you, next post NSD!!!

Ojalá les haya gustado el tutorial y te haya sido útil. Próximo post: DNS!!!

Earth Day....Today and Everyday

2009-04-22T19:18:00.005-05:00

Día de la Tierra... Hoy y todos los días.

Super fast post today mostly because I don´t want ED to pass without recognition, I meant to post very early but woke up with the worst tummy ache and started to feel human again around 3 pm.

Post super rápido hoy y sólo por que no quiero que el Día de la Tierra pase sin reconocimiento. Tuve la intención de escribir temprano pero desperté con un dolor de estómago fatal y comencé a sentirme humana aproximadamente a las 3 de la tarde.

Our home is trying to be as green as posible, both Diana and me are big advocates about the care of the earth and animals so we not only do stuff but share with our friends so they realice all they can do.

Nuestro hogar está tratando de ser tan verde como es posible. Tanto Diana como yo estamos muy a favor del cuidado de la Tierra y los animales, y no sólo hacemos algo, sino que compartimos con nuestros amigos y conocidos para intentar que se den cuenta todo lo que pueden hacer.

Some of the things that we don in our home are/Algunas de las cosas que hacemos en nuestro hogar son:

Use rechargable batteries / Usar baterías recargables
Use reusable bags to go shopping/ Usar bolsas reusables para ir de compras
Even do is hot as hades here in Merida we don´t have an AC/ Aunque vivir en Mérida es como vivir en el Hades, no tenemos AC
We (well mostly Diana) recycle cans, can tabs, bottle caps, cardboard boxes like cereal and cookies, to use in craft projects. / Reciclamos (bueno sobre todo Diana) latas de aluminio, las lengüetas de las latas de aluminio, tapas de botella, corcholatas, cajas de cartón como las de cereal y galletas para proyectos a futuro.

We know is so little but still more than most people do and is really not difficult at all, hopefully more and more people will join to keep Earth healthy and happy, remember is the only one we have, lets take care of it.

Sabemos que es muy poco, pero es más de lo que mucha gente hace y no se nos es difícil para nada. Ojala que más y más gente se una para mantener a la Tierra saludable y feliz. Recuerden que es la única que tenemos, vamos a cuidarla.

Oh so much stuff going on ...

2009-04-18T19:54:00.006-05:00

¡Muchas cosas sucediendo!

But all good so I can´t complain, some mild changes, updates and a really cool idea for a share that I joined at my dear friend Aimeslee blog.

Pero todo es bueno, no me puedo quejar; algunos cambios pequeños, cosas nuevas y una idea muy padre a la que me uní en el blog de mi buena amiga Aimeslee.

So, this is what I´ve done lately, yes only these cause taking care of the tiny feline keeps me quite busy, I´m happy to announce that he is starting to eat cat food so I´ll be free soon.

Cuidar de mi pequeño felino me mantiene bastante ocupada, pero me da mucha alegría anunciar que ya está comiendo alimento sólido y pronto voy a ser libre.

Well this is a PBA (paper bag album) made with a kit from Oriental Trading with skulls and I love how it looks I think is super cute and I´ll eventually use it for something.

Esto es un álbum hecho con bolsas de papel y use un kit de Oriental Trading con calaveras ,y la verdad me encanta como se vé. Está muy lindo y eventualmente lo usaré para algo.

Next in the agenda is that as I mentioned before my friend Aimeslee had this really cool project in her blog and I joined and I think is very exciting.

Lo siguiente en mi agenda es, como les mencioné anteriormente, un proyecto muy padre que vi en el blog de mi amiga Aimeslee y al que me uní por que siento que es muy emocionante.

I´m copying what she said 'cause it was very clear to me:
Lo estoy copiando tal como lo puso ella pero la traducción es mia:

Here's how it works:
Funciona asi:

The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something handmade by me! I will choose, but it will be made with you in mind. Could be any kind or size of card, bookmark, an altered object, but it will be something that can fit in an envelope or padded envelope for receipients in the USA, and in an envelope for those of you in foreign countries. Like I said, just a little sump-sump! :-))

¡Las primeras 5 personas en responder a este post van a recibir algo hecho por mi! Yo voy a escoger que será, pero va a ser algo pensando en tí. Podrá ser una tarjeta, separador u objeto alterado, pero que quepa en un sobre, sobre todo por el envío internacional. Como quien dice, un detallito :)

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

Esta oferta tiene algunas restricciones y reglas:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make, but I will try hard for that goal and I'll do my best work, too.

1. No puedo garantizar que te va a gustar lo que haga, voy a tratar que sea algo que te guste y daré mi mejor esfuerzo.

2. What I create will be made with you in mind so it will be unique.

2. Lo que cree va ser pensado para ti asi que será unico.

3. It'll be done sometime this year.

3. Va a ser enviado en algún momento de este año.

4. I will not tell you what it's going to be. It will hopefully be a surprise.

4. No te voy a decir que es lo que te voy a enviar, espero que sea una sorpresa.

5. The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must offer this blog candy on your blog! This is how we expand the love.

5. Lo más importante? Ohhh tienes que hacer lo mismo tú en tu blog, ya que de esta manera vamos a expandir el amor!

Re-post this on your blog, offer handmade creations to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog (then come here and post).

Repostea esto en tu blog y ofrece 5 cositas hechas a mano a las 5 primeras personas que hagan lo mismo en tu blog y luego me avisas.

Add my name to the #1 slot on your card- I am your first participant. When you create your give away, you will become the first participant on the new list for the people who participate with you. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment here telling me they did (I will go to your blog to check that you have this posted) win a handmade gift by me.

Añade mi nombre al espacio #1 en tu blog ya que yo soy tu primera participante. Cuando crees algo para dar tu vas a ser la primera participante en la lista de la de las que participen contigo. Las primeras 5 personas que lo hagan y me dejen un comentario que lo hicieron (Ire a tu blog a checar que tienes publicado esto) van a tener un bonito regalo hecho por mi.

Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Por favor toma una foto de que es cuando te llegue.

So my first participant is of course Aimeslee:

Así que mi primera participante es Aimeslee:

1. Aimeslee
2. Diana
3.
4.
5.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T10:55:00.004-05:00

¡Felices Pascuas!

Hope everyone has a great Easter sunday, enjoy the time with family and friend and of course eat tons of chocolate eggs.

Espero que todos tengan una maravilloso domingo de Pascua con familia y amigos, y por supuesto coman muuuchos huevitos de chocolate.

I´ve been away from the blog because of this:

He estado un poco lejos del blog debido a esto:

Yep thats a tiny kitty, a tiny bottle fed every two and a half hours adorable kitty. We rescued him and his sister about two weeks ago but sadly his sister passed away and I´m raising this little one, he is doing great his name is Elliott in honor of Elliott Stabler from Law & Order SVU. He keeps me busy and either I craft or I blog all the rest of my time is with him, but he is growing really fast and before I know it hell be on his own bugging the rest of the cats and not needing me as much.

Si es un gatito, un gatito que hay que alimentar con biberón cada dos horas y media. Lo rescatamos junto con su hermana, pero tristemente ella falleció. Él está muy bien; se llama Elliot, en honor del Det. Ellitot Stabler de Law & Order UVS. Me mantiene super ocupada, así que hago manualidades o escribo blog; el resto de mi tiempo es con él, pero está creciendo rapidísimo y muy pronto va a estar molestando a los otros gatos y no me va a necesitar tanto.

So please bear with me and wish Elliott good wishes so he stays strong and healthy, I´ll post as soon as I find 10 min to get inspired.

Así que, por favor, ténganme paciencia y manden buenos deseos a Elliot para que se mantenga fuerte y saludable. Pongo post tan pronto como tenga 10 minutos para inspirarme.

I want..

2009-04-03T15:59:00.008-06:00

Yo quiero...

Its not a whine is a wish, these are a few things that have caught my eye lately and would love to try and use, they look fun, versatile, and different. I would love to see how they look irl (in real life)

No es un berrinche, es un deseo. Estas son algunas cosas que han captado mi atención ultimamente y me encantaría probar, porque se vé que son divertidas, versátiles y diferentes.

1.- Rainbow Cookie Cutter Die Shape by Quickutz: Lets forget for a second its a rainbow (OMG!!) I think is seriously cute and would use it a ton of times, starting with the decoration of my supplies containers.

1.- Cortador de Quickutz Arcoiris: Vamos a olvidar por un segundo que es un arcoiris (ODM!!) Me parece simplemente adorable, lo usaria un montón de veces, empezando con la decoracion de mis contenedores de material.

2.- Memory Blackboard Album by Cosmo Cricket: I think is cute and would love to see one finished because I love the black base to start with and the blackboard is a cool material.

2.-Album de Memorias Blackboard de Cosmo Cricket: Me parece que está bonito y me encantaría ver uno completo. Me encanta la base negra para empezar y el blackboard is un material muy padre.

3.- Girls Just Chillin Stamps by Making Memories: I think you could use each stamp a thousand times in different projects and still manage to make everything look different.

3.- Girls Just Chillin Sellos de Making Memories: Yo opino que puedes usar cada sello mil veces en proyectos distintos y aun asi lograr que todo se vea diferente.

4.-Storage Desktop Carousel by Making Memories: I realize this is not exactly a newbie but I used to thing that I didn´t need one because most of my stuff is in my tool box, but lately I´ve been working so much at home that I would love to leave some stuff in the tool box and the stuff I use the most in the carousel.

4.- Carrusel de Almacenamiento para Escritorio de Making Memories: Yo se que esto no es muy nuevo que digamos, pero solía pensar que no lo necesitaba, sobre todo porque la mayor parte de mis cosas están en mi caja de herramietnas. Pero últimamente he estado trabajando tanto en la casa, que me encantaría dejar las cosas de mi caja ahí y tener unas para mi escritorio, sobre todo lo que uso más.

5.- Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers by Ranger: I´ve always been curious as to how this works, and since I love paint so much I would love to give it a try and want one of each color, you know just to check if they all work well.

5.- Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers de Ranger: Siempre me han causado curisidad saber cómo funcionan éstos, ya que me gusta tanto la pintura. Me encantaría probarlos y quiero uno de cada color; ustedes saben, sólo para checar que todos los colores funcionan bien.

So, Are there any products you want to try? Anything caught your eye earlier and want to check it out? If there is leave me a comment I would love to know what is it.

Entonces ¿Ha habido algo que te llame la atencion ultimamente? ¿Algo que hayas visto y te gustaria probar? Si lo hay, déjame un comentario, me encantaría saber qué es.

I was tagged!

2009-03-27T09:36:00.006-06:00

¡Me taguearon!

Aimeslee from Paper Pasleys tagged me in her latest post and the isntructions are super easy and fun:

1. Go to the photo folder in your computer.
2. Go to the seventh folder of photos.
3. Go to the seventh picture.
4. Put the picture on your blog along with a description of it.
5. Invite seven friends to join the challenge.

Aimeslee de Paper Pasleys me tagueó en su ultimo post y las instrucciones son super fáciles y divertidas:

1. Ve a tu folder de fotos en tu computadora 2. Ve a la séptima carpeta de fotos 3. Ahora ve a la séptima foto 4. Pon esa foto en tu blog con una breve descripción de ella. 5. Invita a siete amigos a unirse a este reto.

This is my sweetie Diana we went to do some christmas shopping and had lunch and decided she needed a picture with the christmas trees, I think she looks awesome!

Esta es mi nena Diana, fuimos de compras Navideñas y comimos ahi y a la salida decidi que tenia que tomarle una foto con los arbolitos de navidad, creo que se ve fabulosa!

And I´m tagging:
Y voy a taguear:
-Sandra
-Stefanie
-Manzanita
-Nayheli
-Ana Paola
-Diana
-Ivana

My first Easter project

2009-03-26T15:15:00.005-06:00

Mi primer proyecto de Pascua

Really! In Mexico Easter is celebrated very different than in other parts of the world, so we have very little Easter bunny and eggs interaction while growing up (or well at least I did)

¡De verdad! En México Pascua se celebra muy distinto que en otras partes de el mundo, así que tenemos muy poca interaccion con el Conejo y Huevos de Pascua mientras crecia (bueno yo al menos).

But I had to make this baskets because when I saw these plastic eggs at Walmart I loved them, and knew this was the year to make easter goodies.

Pero tuve que hacer estas canastitas porque cuando vi los huevos tornasoles en Walmart me fascinaron y dije este es el año que voy a hacer cositas para Pascua.

The basket is inspired by this one from Dawn Griffith and I made it with DCWV "Spring Gliter Stack" and the egg inside has easter candy and some crafty goodies.

La canasta esta inspirada en esta de Dawn Griffith y la hice con DCWV "Spring Glitter Stack" y el huevo por dentro tiene dulces de pascua y unos detallitos de manualidades.

I´m making these for some of my crafty friends to share on Easter and even do is not so expensive is so cute and everybody likes a little candy and some crafty bits.

I think they are going to like them.....

Creo que les van a gustar....

My latest projects

2009-03-26T14:42:00.004-06:00

Mis ultimos proyectos...

I love it when I sit down to make a project and ideas just flow and I get to finish the project, like last night at our friend Vanessa scrapbooking store I started making a project that my friend Liz saw on a blog (wish I could remember wich one!) and was able to finish it.

Me encanta cuando me siento a hacer un proyecto y las ideas brotan y puedo terminarlo, eso sucedió anoche en la tienda de scrapbooking de mi amiga Vanessa, donde comencé a hacer un proyecto que compartió conmigo mi amiga Liz, (ella lo vió en un blog, pero no recuerdo cuál).

I had never done anything for our dogs, so this was a very easy choice and the "Pet Stack" DCWV paper worked great for it, I only used coasters and put it together super fast.

Nunca le habia hecho nada a nuestros perros, asi que fue una decisión bastante fácil y junto con el papel "The pet stack" de DCWV use protectores de vasos y lo terminé rapidísimo.

Here you can see how pretty it is and I´m already looking for some pictures of my dogs to put on them and were to hang it.

Aqui pueden ver que bonito quedo, ya estoy buscando qué fotos de mis perros usar y dónde lo voy a colgar.

P.S. Yes I changed the blog....yet again.

P.D. Si, cambié el look de el blog... una vez más.

Flickr Fun Friday

2009-03-19T22:19:00.011-06:00

Viernes Divertido de Flickr (sorry, se oye mucho mejor en inglés -:) )

I´m devoting my friday post to flickr fun stuff, things that I like, that I think are cute, fun, different or all of the above.

Voy a dedicar my post de el viernes a cosas de Flickr, cosas que me gusta y que pienso que son divertidas, bonitas, diferentes o todas las anteriores.

This week: Cupcakes.- Who doesn´t love cupcakes?, I swear, they are adorable, versatile and so cute; so here are some of my favorite cupcake themed flickr finds.

Esta semana: Cupcakes.- ¿A quien no le gustan los cupcakes?, O sea son adorables, versatiles y preciosos, asi que aqui tienen algunas de mis imagenes favoritas de Flickr.

1.-This incredibly pink, sweet and functional pin cushion jar is from Chelstastic, she has the most beautiful and inspiring stuff, so talented and so artistic I love everything she makes, please go visit her blog and drool about all the pretties she makes.

1.-Este alfiletero increiblemente rosado, dulce y funcional es de Chelstastic, ella tiene las cosas más inspiradoras y hermosas, es super talentosa y artística a mi me encanta todo lo que hace, por favor vaya a visitar su blog y babeen con las cosas bonitas que hace.

2.-These crocheted cupcakes are from StripeyBlue, she makes amigurumi pieces and takes them to a new level since all her deigns are original, if you like these you are going to love what she has in her Etsy shop.

2.- Estos cupcakes en crochet son de StripeyBlue, ella hace piezas de amigurumi y los lleva a otro nivel ya que sus diseños son originales, si te gustaron estos te va a fascinar lo que tiene es su tienda Etsy.

3.- How cute are these cupcake cards, the glittery frosting, the buttons, the paper everything makes this cards work, visit her blog and get to know Michelle and all the pretty stuff she makes.

3.- Estas tarjetas de cupcakes son preciosas, el merengue con gliter, los botones, el papel todo hace que estas tarjetas se vean bellas, visita su blog y conoce a Michelle y todas las cosas bonitas que hace.

4.- Pencil topers by Nikki, I would love to have these no matter your age, you have to agree they are super cute and not only that Nikki has a tutorial to make them.

4.- Cubiertas de lápiz de Nikki, Me encantaria tener estas, sin importar la edad estarán de acuerdo que son super simpáticas y no solo eso, Niki tiene un tutorial para poder hacerlas.

5.- And to finish up this post the most perfect cupcake clutch made by notes, love the button detail, love that is pink and super love that has cupcakes, she has so many amazing stuff in her Etsy shop and her blog that visiting her is a must.

5. Y para terminar la bolsa más perfecta hecha por notes, me encanta el botón, me encanta que es rosada y me super encanta que tiene cupcakes, ella tiene tantas cosas increibles en su tienda Etsy y su blog que visitarla es casi obligatorio.

Hope you like the cupcake stuff shared her don´t forget to visit these talented women and show them some love. Hope you have a great weekend full of crafting.

Espero que les haya gustado las cosas que compartí con ustedes hoy, no olviden visitar a estas talentosas mujeres y darles cariñitos. Espero que tengan un maravillos fin de semana lleno de manualidades.

Girly skulls rock!

2009-03-18T12:01:00.007-06:00

¡¡¡¡Las calaveras nenonas son divinas!!!!

I love girly skulls, I don´t know why but the fact is that I do, eventually I would love to have one tattoed but I still haven´t found "the one" I try to get stuff with girlys skulls whenever I can and I even altered my shoes with skulls.

Me encantan las calaveras ñoñas, no sé porqué, pero el hecho es que me encantan. Eventualmente me encantaría tatuarme una, pero aún no encuentro "el tatuaje". Trato de conseguir calaveritas donde sea, e incluso alteré mis zapatos con calaveras.

Yesterday Diana and I went downtown for some light shopping and we saw some stuff that we can´t get anywhere else in town and bumped into these:

Ayer, Diana y yo fuimos al centro para comprar algunas cosas y vimos chucherías que no se encuentran en ningun otro lado, y nos topamos con esto:

Now I thought they were cute but Diana... well not so much.

Yo pensé que eren divinas, Diana... no tanto.

And I thought: Well duh of course not everybody likes skulls, some think they are creepy, trashy and well who am I to tell them otherwise.

Y luego pensé: Bueno, claro que no a todos les gustan las calaveras, algunas personas piensan que dan miedo, o que son de mala facha y quién soy yo para decirles lo contrario.

That is unless they see these blingie skulls all covered in cuteness, now tell me who can resist such a cute earring, forget the skull; is shimmery pink and it has bling.....a lot of bling.

Eso es a menos que se topen con estas calaveritas con piedritas cubiertas en cute, díganme quién puede resistir aretes tan bonitos; olvida la calavera por un momento, es rosada con brillitos y tiene piedritas brillosas.... muchas piedritas!

I like skulls because they are so cute, and if you like them too come and sit by me!

Me gustan las calaveras porque son super lindas, y si te gustan a tí tambien, ven y sientate a mi lado!

Oh how time flies!

2009-03-17T10:31:00.006-06:00

¡Oh como vuela el tiempo!

Today I decided to deep clean my kitchen and among the things I found were 3 baby kitten bottles that I used with Sach when our little neighbor gave him to us, Sachy was about 2 days old, he even had his umbilical cord attached.

Hoy decidí hacer limpieza profunda en la cocina y entre las cosas que encontré habian 3 biberones de gatito que use con Sach cuando nuestro vecinito nos lo entregó. Sachy tenía aproximadamente 2 días de nacido y aún tenía su cordón umbilical pegado.

Wasn´t he adorable? This is the first picture I took of him and yes I knitted that blankie and he loved it.

¿No era adorable? Esta es la primera foto que le tomé, y yo le teji esa cobijita que a él le encantaba.

Look at him with his eyes closed and his little paws all pink and cute! This was right after bottle time.

¡Vean qué lindo con sus patitas rosaditas y preciosas! Esta foto fue tomada enseguida después de comer.

Here he was about one month old, eyes wide open and wanting to play with everything.

Aquí ya tenía como un mes, sus ojotes abiertos y queriendo jugar con todo.

It was so hard to believe that he was ever going to grow up, but all the night feeding and tushy wiping, and tummy rubbing paid off and my baby Sach is a handsome feline now.

Era tan difícil creer que alguna vez iba a crecer, pero todas las alimentadas en la noche y limpiezas de traserito y sobadas de pancita pagaron y ahora mi bebé Sach es un guapo felino.

I really love all my cats, bue Sach well he has a special place in my heart, cause he was my real baby, the one that for a while depended on me for everything, and I´m so happy I didn´t let him down.

Realmente adoro a todos mis gatos, pero Sach... bueno, él tiene un lugar especial en mi corazón, porque él fue mi bebé de verdad y por un tiempo dependió de mi para todo, y estoy tan contenta que no lo dejé mal.

(Awww mommy I don´t need a bottle now, I want Whiskas!) (Aww mamiii, ya no tomo en biberon, quiero mis Whiskas!)

Boxes, boxes and more boxes....

2009-03-15T19:16:00.010-06:00

Cajas, cajas y más cajas...

I think I posted before that I love altering boxes, it relaxes me and lets me go, I´ve noticed that when I have a lot to think about (like last couple of days) I alter boxes.....by the ton.

Creo que ya había comentado con anterioridad que me encanta alterar cajas, me relaja y me ayuda a dejarme ir y he notado que cuando tengo mucho que pensar (como en días pasados) altero cajas.... por montones.

Exhibit A: Nesting boxes for Diana - I bought these super cheap boxes at Parisina (local craft and fabric store) and I thought about altering them for Diana, so I asked what theme and surprise she said: cats. So here they are, she picked vintage images from cats and I printed them and use them for the boxes, in addition they also have some bling and stickles.

Prueba A: Cajas Apilables para Diana - compré estas cajas super baratas en Parisina (tienda local de manualidades y telas) y en seguida pensé en alterarlas para ella, así que como siempre, le pregunté qué tema quería y "sorpresa", dijo gatos. Pues aqui lss tiene. Escogió unas imágenes vintage, divinas, de gatos y las imprimí y usé en las cajas; además, tienen bling y stickles.

Exhibit B: My oh my is Hello Kitty: I´m not a huge Hello Kitty fan, I mean I like her but I´m not crazy about her but my friend Julia is, she also loves pink all kinds of pink even Pepto Bismol pink, and her house is decorated in blush and bashful (pink and pink) if you don´t remember who Julia is this post can refresh your memory. So since I tend to like her a lot I made this for her, no other reason but that she is crazy and I love her.

Prueba B: ¡Oh, Dios mío! ¡Es Hello Kitty! No soy una gran fan de Hello Kitty; me gusta pero no vuelvo loca por ella. Pero mi amiga Julia sí lo es, y también le encanta el color rosado: todos tipos de rosado, incluyendo el rosado Pepto Bismol (su casa esta decorada en tono blush y palo de rosa, o sea, rosa y rosa). Si no se acuerdan quién es Julia este post les va a refrescar la memoria. Así que como me cae muy bien le hice este juego de escritorio, sin ninguna otra razón más que está loca y la quiero mucho.

Exhibit C: The pink jewelry box for ???: I made this last night, I used Basic Grey paper to alter this box and is going to be for a very special friend who reads this blog so I can´t tell. Hope she likes it. Again tons of stickles and please check out the little feet in the box, that is a first for me and I´m so proud I did it. Diana is going to make some quilling embellishments to go on the top of the box and then is going to be covered with a glass to protect it. I totally looove this box.

Prueba C: El joyerito rosado para ????: Alteré esta cajita anoche con papel de Basic Grey y va a ser para una amiga muy especial que lee este blog, así que no puedo decir aún. Espero le guste. De nuevo, utilicé mucho stickles y, por favor, chequen las patitas de la cajita; es la primera vez que hago eso y estoy super orgullosa. Diana me va a ayudar a hacer unos adornitos de quilling que van a ir en la parte de arriba y va a cubrirse de cristal para protegerlo. ¡Me fascina esta cajita!

So that's what I´ve been up to this last days, really crafty. Tomorrow I´m going to do some more crafts since is a holiday and we can always use some craft time.

Also I have a huge project for Diana's birthday and that is to redecorate our scraproom/workshop in time for her birthday so I have 4 and a half months to finish and that is not going to be enough time believe me!

Así que esto es lo que he estado haciendo los estos últimos dias; mañana voy a hacer manualidades ya que es día inhábil y puedo usar un ratito para ponerme creativa.

También tengo un super proyecto para el cumpleaños de Diana y es redecorar el scraproom/taller a tiempo para su cumpleaños, para lo cual tengo sólo 4 meses y medio para terminar y, créanme, eso no es suficiente tiempo.

So have a great week and be really crafty, hope to write very soon.

Tengan una excelente semana y hagan muchas manualidades, espero escribir muy pronto.

Album Alejandra

2009-03-09T18:03:00.007-06:00

It´s funny how you think since I get to stay at home I´m going to blog a lot more and then realize that you are super busy and forget or do something else or you are simply not inspired and not because you are being lazy.

Es gracioso cómo una llega a pensar que como no tiene que salir a trabajar y sólo estar en la casa, va a tener más tiempo de escribir en su blog; luego se da cuenta que está o muy ocupada o se le olvida o simplemente no está inspirada... pero nunca por que estés flojeando.

This past two weeks I´ve been working on and off in this birthday present for Alejandra the daughter of dear friends, she turned 15 and as it is traditionally done she had a huge party and wore the purplest (is that a word?) dress I´ve ever seen, she looked great and danced awesome and hope she likes what I made for her.

Las últimas dos semanas estuve trabajando en un regalo de cumpleaños para Alejandra, la hija de unos queridos amigos, quien cumplió 15 años y como es tradición, tuvo una super fiesta y usó el vestido más morado que he visto en mi vida; se veia super bien y bailó fabuloso. Espero de verdad que le guste su regalo.

I made this album with DCWV Pocket full of poisies and the Glitter Stack, I also used tons of Primas a whole bunch of blings and a lot of Stickles and is not much of my style but I really love how it looks.

Hice el album con Pocket Full of Poisies de DCWV y el Glitter Stack; también utilicé un buen de flores Prima, mucho bling y Stickles, y aunque no es mucho mi estilo, realmente me gusta como se vé.

I have a lot of projects to do on the following weeks so I´ll be blogging about that, and I promise to write more since is taking me a while to post.

Tengo muchos proyectos pendientes para las próxima semanas y voy a estar blogueando acerca de eso, así que debo escribir más, ya que me está tomando un rato escribir.

Off to cut with the Silhoutte since she is behaving tonight.

Me voy a cortar con la Silhoutte ya que hoy está de buenas y se está portando bien.

What I've been up to...

2009-02-26T19:40:00.006-06:00

Qué he estado haciendo...

First of all changing my eating habits a lot! Diana and I are trying (real hard) to be vegetarians, first because of health issues and also because we both love animals and feel is the next step to respect and protect them.

¡Primero que nada cambiando mis hábitos alimenticios! Diana y yo estamos tratando (con muchas ganas) de ser vegetarianas, primero por motivos de salud y también por que ambas amamos a los animales y sentimos que es el siguiente paso para respetarlos y protegerlos.

So I´ve been busy but around the kitchen, creating menus, going to the supermarket, finding ways to replace meat and since Diana is not allowed to eat too much protein or sodium is being a real challenge to eat this last week, hard but not impossible.

Así que he estado ocupada pero en la cocina, creando menúes, yendo al supermercado, buscando maneras de remplazar la carne, y ya que Diana no debe comer mucha proteína o sodio ha sido un verdadero reto el alimentarnos esta semana, difícil pero no imposible.

Wish us luck and if you are a vegetarian and are reading this, please share tips, ideas, recipes and please tell me the hole I feel in my stomach after eating is going away some day, please tell me so!!

Por favor mándenos mucha suerte y si eres vegetariano y lees esto, siéntete libre de compartir tips, recetas, ideas y por favor dime que el hueco que siento en el estómago de comer va a irse algun día, dímelo por favor!

In other crafty news I´ve been busy creating this, is a resin necklace charm and also my latest trimph because is not very easy to do and also because is super pretty and is the kind of thing I never thought I would do.

En cuestión de manualidades he estado ocupada creando algo de joyería, es un dije de resina y mi triunfo más reciente, porque no son muy sencillos de hacer pero se ven super lindos y son el tipo de cosa que jamás me imagine lograr.

I plan to create a whole line of these and use them for scrapbooking, personal use and also give them as presents from time to time, the cool thing is that you can personalize them.

Planeo hacer una linea de éstos y usarlos en scrapbooking, para mi uso personal y dar algunos de regalo de tiempo en tiempo; lo padre es que se pueden personalizar.

Right now I´m working on a gift album for a quinceañera (girl turning 15 and getting a huge party very popular in Mexico), in shades of purple with the line of DCWV Pocket full of Posies, I want to have it ready over the weekend so next week I can focus on something else. We want to try and do polymer clay so thats another project.

En este momento estoy trabajando en un álbum para dar de regalo a una quinceañera, en tonos morados con la linea de DCWV Pocket Full of Posies; me gustaría tenerlo listo para el fin de semana para poderme enfocar en otras cosas. Queremos intentar hacer fimo, así que he ahí otro proyecto.

Have a great week and hope to blog more frequently, I miss doing it but somedays don´t have too much too share.

Que tengan un muy buen fin de semana y espero escribir más frecuentemente, extraño hacerlo pero hay días que no tengo mucho que compartir.

2nd Annual Latin American Bloggers Meet & Greet

2009-02-18T20:10:00.005-06:00

Are you a latin american blogger? Would you like to meet other bloggers like you? Then this is going to be so cool. The 2nd Annual Latin American Bloggers Meet & Greet is going to be right here in the city of Merida. So if you want more information about this please go visit Theresa´s blog and read all the details.

¿Eres un blogger latinoamericano? ¿Te gustaría conocer otros bloggers como tú? Entonces esto te va a parecer padrísimo. La 2da. Reunión Anual de Bloggers Latinoamericanos va a ser este año en la hermosa ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán. Si deseas más información, visita el blog de Theresa para obtener más detalles.

Rainbow crafts!

2009-02-16T17:34:00.010-06:00

Isn´t it funny that I love rainbows and had never ever made any sort of rainbow styled craft? Well, that is in the past because last week at the request of my cousin Adriana, who owns a Pride store here in town, I made a few rainbow themed things.

¿No les parece gracioso que me encanten los arcoiris pero nunca haya hecho ningún tipo de manualidad con esa temática? Bueno, eso fue en el pasado, porque la semana pasada, a pedido de mi prima Adriana, que tiene una tienda Pride aquí, en Mérida, hice algunas cosas con tema del arcoiris.

This is a set of cards I made with felt hearts cut with my Sizzix machine (that I love!) pp from DCWV and white cardstock, a little glitter and some ribbon I had in my stash.

Estas son una serie de tarjetas que hice con corazones de fieltro, cortados con mi Sizzix (que amo!), papel de DCWV y Bristol blanca, un poquito de glitter y listón que tenia entre mis materiales.
And here I made a journal, a little explosion box and a Maze Book. All with rainbow theme and most of them made only with cardstock and stuff I already had.

Aqui hice un diario, una cajita de explosión y un libro de laberinto. Todos con temática de arcoiris y la mayoria hechos solo con cardstock y cosas que ya tenía a la mano.

Right now I´m making inchies. These are some I made a little while ago for a swap and the theme is animals. Right now I´m making some with Love theme and Birthday.

Ahora estoy haciendo inchies, los cuales son cuadritos de exactamente 1"x 1" y los decoras con un tema; estos son de animales y los que estoy haciendo ahorita son de amor y cumpleaños.

And last a serious case of altering stuff addiction... I altered my shoes! I cut some fabric scraps with my Sizzix skull die and hearts and did that. I love how they look!

Y ya de último, un serio caso de adicción a alterar cosas.... alteré mis zapatos! Corté unos retazos de tela con mi dado de Calavera de Sizzix, y corazones, e hice eso. ¡Me encanta cómo se ven!

Hope to see you around and thanks for all your comments. Last week I had the busiest week ever because of some invitations I made but is a bit normal now. See you around in the blogosphere!

Espero verlos por aquí y ¡gracias por sus comentarios! La semana pasada estuve ocupadísima debido a unas invitaciones que hice, pero la tormenta ya se va calmando. ¡Les veo en la blogosfera!

Sizzix shopping

2009-02-04T20:17:00.009-06:00

Most crafters (scrapbookers, knitters, beaders etc) love shopping and I´m sure thats because of all the things we mentally plan as we see new materials, tools, textures and colors. One of my favorite places to shop is at Taller Mg y Ep, partly because they carry a very complete line of Sizzix products but mostly because the owners are incredibly crafty, talented and super sweet.

La mayoría de las personas que hacemos manualidades (scrapbookers, tejedoras, bisutería, etc.) amamos ir de compras y estoy segura que eso se debe a todas las cosas que planeamos mentalmente cuando vemos materiales nuevos, herramientas, texturas y colores. Uno de mis lugares favoritos para comprar es en el Taller Mg y Ep, en parte porque traen una línea muy completa de productos Sizzix, pero sobre todo por que las dueñas son muy afectas a las manualidades, talentosas y muy lindas.

Today I had the chance to go and check out the new products specially for Valentine´s day and as always they have beautiful stuff and I took some pictures to show you how cool their little "atelier" is.

Hoy tuve la oportunidad de ir y ver los nuevos productos especialmente para día de San Valentín y como siempre tienen cosas muy bellas así que tome algunas fotos pare mostrarles lo padre que es su pequeño "atelier".

Erika and her mom Doña Mary the artists of the Taller Mg y Ep.
Erika y su mami Doña Mary las artistas de el Taller Mg y Ep.

A beautiful selection of ribbons.
Una selección muy linda de cintas.

Some of her many many Sizzix machines.
Algunas de sus muchas máquinas Sizzix.

Textures and stamps.
Texturas y sellos.

Many Sizzix dies (that I would love to own one day).
Muchos dados Sizzix (que me encantaría tener algun dia).

We left with a few dies and a couple of other cute things and can´t wait until we can meet with them again and do something crafty.

Nos quitamos con algunos dados y un par de cosillas extras y ojalá muy pronto nos podamos ver para hacer alguna manualidad.

Thing-a-day

2009-02-03T17:39:00.005-06:00

Thing-a-day is a challenge during the month of february to battle the winter blues, you are suppoused to make one thing a day every day for 28 days.

Thing-a-day o en español, "Una cosa al día" es un reto durante el mes de febrero para batallar en contra de la depresión de invierno; se supone que debes hacer una cosa al día, cada día, por 28 dias.

Last year I signed up but life got in the way and didn´t do a single thing for february or at least it seemed that way. I was not going to let that happen this year, so actually day one was finishing my blog, day two a couple of topiarys and finally day three, today: Glass etching.

El año pasado me inscribí pero la vida se cruzó en mi camino y al parecer no hice nada en febrero, pero no iba a permitir que me pasara eso otra vez. Así que el día uno fue terminar el nuevo look de mi blog, el día dos unos topiarios, y finalmente, día tres, hoy: Grabado en cristal.

Now I´ve never done glass etching before so this was a real challenge. Diana got me a Dremmel kit and it included a Dremmel engraver to use on wood, glass etc. and today I decided my thing a day was glass etching.

Ahora, yo nunca he hecho grabado en cristal, así que esto era un verdadero reto. Diana me compro un kit de herramienta Dremmel, la cual incluía un grabador para usar en madera, vidrio etc. Y hoy decidí que mi "Una cosa al dia" sería grabado en cristal.

The truth is that it was fairly easy, the tool vibrates a lot wich feels funny in your hand but the result is great, if you ever wanted to try this is super fun you should totally do it.

La verdad es que fue bastante sencillo, la herramienta vibra mucho, lo cual se siente raro en la mano, pero el resultado es excelente. Si alguna vez quisieron probar lo recomiendo, es muy divertido.

You can check my post on Thing-a-day right here, where I posted a mini-tutorial of what I did today. Hope you like it!

Pueden checar mi post en Thing-a-day justo AQUI, donde puse un mini-tutorial de lo que hice hoy. Espero que les guste.

Now I only have one question: What am I doing tomorrow??????!!!!!

Ahora sólo tengo una pregunta: ¡¡¡¡¿¿¿¿Qué voy a hacer mañana??????!!!!!

The new look of my blog

2009-02-01T22:55:00.003-06:00

And I´m done!

¡Al fin terminé!

Well I tried to creat an atmosphere in my blog that I would liked and other people would like too and I really like it.

Bueno pues traté de crear una atmósfera agradable en mi blog, que me gustara y que le gustara a los demas y me gusta mucho.

There are a few changes, basically on the layout but also yes the biggest one is that my blog is now bilingual (in english and in spanish) a lot of people have told me "I don´t read your blog beause I don´t understand it" well excuse over now you can so come to visit me.

Hay algunos cambios, básicamente en la presentación, pero el más grande es que ahora es bilingüe (en inglés y en español). Mucha gente me ha dicho "No leo tu blog porque no lo entiendo". Bueno, ya no tienen excusa, así que vengan a visitarme.

I´ve been so super busy with projects that really have left me with little time to blog about them but I promise to post them either tomorrow or the next day.

He estado muy ocupada con proyectos los cuales me han dejado con muy poco tiempo para bloguear acerca de ellos, pero les prometo que mañana o el dia siguiente los pongo.

So I hope you enjoy how the blog looks and if you want to practice your spanish now I also provide that service he, I´m going to bed because my eyes hurt for all the moving and changing hope you have a great week and thanks for coming to read me.

En fin espero que les guste como se vé el blog y si quieren practicar su inglés, ahora también ofrezco ese servicio, je. Me voy a dormir porque me duelen mis ojitos de tanto moverle y cambiarle a esto, espero tengan una muy padre semana y muchas gracias por venir a leerme.

This blog is under construction

2009-01-28T21:28:00.003-06:00

I´ll be back as soon as it is done, hopefully thats super soon!

My Hello Kitty Big Shot

2009-01-13T17:16:00.006-06:00

As many crafters know the Hello Kitty Big Shot is the latest product released by Sizzix , it does the exact same things that a regular Big Shot but with the characteristic of being pink and having very famous Hello Kitty.

Well I decided that I was going to alter my Bigshot to match the Hello Kitty version so look below.

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Ok so is not as functional as the other models but you can't find a cuter model at least in my opinion.

Disclaimer: No kitties were harmed in the making of this post, Big Shot by Sizzix, adorable kitty not included

Feliz Dia de Reyes

2009-01-06T12:00:00.002-06:00

Today here in Mexico and different parts of America we celebrate Dia de Reyes (Three Wise Men day) so if you leave your shoe out of the house they will bring you goodies, I didn´t get anything because probably some cat stole my shoe but thats ok because I´m getting the best part (in my opinion).

Part of the celebration is eating Rosca de Reyes wich is a bread with dried fruits sugar and is super yummy. The fun part is that inside it has little figures in the shape of a kid called "el muñequito" the little doll. And the person who gets them (depending on the size of the rosca you get around 3) they have to buy tamales for February 2nd which is the Virgin of the Candelaria day and you celebrate by eating. That is one of the things I love about Mexico every celebration you get to eat.

We are going to two celebrations of Rosca tonight one with our friend Vanessa at her scrapbook store and one with our friend Julia at her mom´s house. So we have a fun and yummy evening ahead of us and I leave you with a recipe to make your own Rosca de Reyes.

Happy New Year!!

2009-01-03T21:13:00.004-06:00

Yes a bit late, but still hoping you had a great New Years Eve and are enjoying this final days before going back to the swing of things next week.

My week was great Diana was on home most of the time since she had time off from work and she has been incredibly crafty folding and trimming and glueing itty bitty strips of paper for several projects and I was a bit less crafty but a lot more organizational.

So far one of my "craft" drawers has been cleaned and organized, we are really hoping it stays that way, since we got tons of supplies this year we really need to find a place to store and don´t forget that we have them and use them.

Also trying to chill for a bit because tomorrow is the start of the ADSR4 and can´t wait to get started, I love the challenges they post and it is so much fun.

I also picked a word for 2009, this is my first year so I picked something that I really need to do so my word is Focus:

Focus on the stuff that really matters.
Focus on the things I need to finish and don´t leave them hanging.
Focus on day to day life.
Focus on things that make me happy.
Focus on things that make my other half happy.
Focus on being better.

Is not going to be easy since I loose track of stuff on a day to day basis but I will give it my best. Tomorrow I plan to have a crafty day with the challenges from the calendar girls, the ADSR4 and some other challenges that I can´t wait to try.

So what are your crafty plans for 2009? Do you have any resolutions?

Thank you so much for all the nice comments you leave I totally love them!

Box fun

2008-12-29T21:23:00.005-06:00

Boxes are so much fun to alter, I think. I´ve altered more boxes than anything else, I love boxes because they are functional, look great and you can add tons of things to make them look pretty, of course the main recepient of my boxes is Diana, I know she loves her boxes and she uses them all.

This is a box I altered this weekend, first I created my own acrylic paint color I used a very light aqua and added a couple of dorps of gold metalic paint which gave the paint a very shimmery look, then I used Doodlebug´s Kitty Essentials to cover it and embellish it.

The sides with the pink solid cardstock are stamped with embossing ink and some cats just to give it some cute image.

As you can see the top has some space to put some heavier thicker embellishments that I think are going to be a couple of quilled kitties, somethink like this, but in the same colors as the box so it looks cuter.

This little box I made it with K& Company Brenda Walton Sweet Talk Heart Stripped Flat paper, and I´ve never been so careful matching the lines and making it pretty, then I just rubbed some red and pink ink on the edges and stamped the top.

And the tiny chest is covered with K&Company Urban Rhapsody paper pack and is adorable paper with butterflies, that pack is one of my favorites right now I think is super cool and edgy and vintagy.

For New Years Eve we are going to Julia´s again, Christmas was so much fun we want to do it again and this time I´m making chamoy margaritas, chamoy is a sweet-spicy-sour paste, liquid or powder that most of us love to eat, you can find it in gum, put in on fruit and even find some with ice cream, Julia and I love it, Diana despises it.

Need to print tons of photos of the holidays so I can get started making layouts, specially since I joined the Calendar Girls at 2Peas. Also have huge plans of doing some decoration in the house, wich is tricky with our monsters, I mean cats.

Be safe and stay warm, off to post comments on my favorite blogs!

Santa was here!

2008-12-25T15:01:00.007-06:00

And the gifts were awesome, tons of scrapbooking supplies, Diana got a popcorn maker and a few goodies to go with it (she looooves popcorn), and I got......an Amy Butler scrapbooking bag!!!!! In Pink and with goodies inside!!!!!!

We had a blast at Julia´s last night, the food was incredible and we got gifts from her and she and her mom loved the gifts we gave them.

It was an awesome Christmas and not because of the gifts, we spent the time having fun, trying to not get so stressed about the season and really and focusing in the future and present, the best gift this Christmas for me was knowing I´m in love with someone that is in love with me.

¡¡¡Feliz Navidad!!!

2008-12-24T19:34:00.006-06:00

Merry Christmas everybody!!

In a while we´ll be getting ready to go with our friend Julia and her family to spend Christmas eve with them and then tomorrow just stay here and eat yummy food and relax and enjoy what Santa brought us.

I finished my final gifts really late last night, this is a mini accordion album for Julia and her boyfriend Jorge so they can put special pictures of them during 2009. I used DCWV Pocket full of Posies and Old World, and some cut and paste vintage images from K&Company.

And this is for Julia´s mom Nina (her name is also Julia but no one calls her that) so I made this for her to put on her dresser or wherever she could need it, she loves those colors and owls and this paper Urban Rhapsody from K&Co. have owls and birds and vintage stuff and colors.

Hope you have an awesome time with your family and friends that you eat yummy, stay warm, drive safely and Santa brings you all the things you wanted.

I leave you with my favorite performers of the season dancing one of my favorite Christmas song.

The sweet part of Christmas

2008-12-22T20:51:00.006-06:00

One thing you probably don´t about me is that I love to cook and bake etc, I don´t do it much cause well I´m creative in some other ways, but I really do like the process of baking and measuring the ingredients and then the yummy result.

Every year we give Christmas cookies to our friends and family, is something we enjoy doing (even if by the end we are exhausted) and I think they like them too, this year our cookie "repertoire" included:

Some of the ingredients to make oreo balls. I think Oreo Balls are so easy and fun to make and once you get the hang of them they are a blast to make.

This is the making balls process, I know mine are not that round but once you cover them in chocolate it you don´t even notice it.

Oreo Balls in the making

Oreo Balls finished and I put a bit of shreded coconut on top and used the little gold paper cups.

Coconut macaroons are not my favorite thing to do at all, my mix was runny, they would not bake and they were simply not fun at all, I managed to save a few of them but really not trying that again unless I find a video of how they should be done or someone comes and shows me how!

The cheese fudge is Diana´s favorite is super easy to make and very yummy, the ones that have tried it really like it, I love Paula Deen´s recipes.

This is the pepermint bark and that was the easiest one to do, basically melt chocolate, and crush candy and thats it, and is super good.

This is what our goodie plate looks like

A view of the plates ready to be wrapped.

We made 15 plates and 15 baggies, this is what the baskets looked at the end.

And this is a baggie.

Last but not least, I really didn´t have time to do some proper tags so this ones by K& Company from their Swell Noel collection worked awesome I simply but some bling or stickles and that was it, the name was stamped with a basic office stamp that you can make your own phrases.

So now we´ve been delivering them and hoping they enjoy them and makes them have a sweet Christmas, to the ones that will get one hope you like them and know we made them with tons of love, care and above all chocolate.

Fun evening at Scrapbookit

2008-12-21T11:49:00.006-06:00

Last week we went to Scrapbookit our favorite lss. Why is it our favorite? Well first of all the owner Vanessa is super nice, has lots of knowledge about the products and always makes us feel welcomed.

On friday she had an open house where on top of everything she gave us freebies, delicious bread and coffee, the bread was incredible and it had her logo on top of it and you could eat it so cool.

Yummy banana bread and carrot cake.

Some K & Company, really cute stuff the paper packs are simply adorable.

7 Gypsies stuff (love all the products!)

more 7 gypsies (Oh I want that hand held punch!)

Vanessa makes these awesome vintage inspired purses that are absolutely adorable, and also you can see some albums and mini books made by friends.

Vanessa (the owner), Diana, Celia and Liz enjoying bread and checking out the super cute products on display.

So as you can see I love this lss, I think is exactly what we need and I wish Vanessa a ton of success, and I think she will since she has the attitude, knowledge and will to create and awesome scrapping environment.

A fast tour to....

2008-12-17T21:21:00.004-06:00

the supermarket.... wait make that the mexican supermarket!

I´ve been a little lost because the holidays bring extra stuff to do and well cyber life has to suffer because of it, but on my latest trip to the supermarket I thought "I bet everybody wants to know what our supermarket looks like" ok make that everybody that doesn´t live in Mexico. So I said is the holidays they need to check one out; and with this I give you, my favorite supermarket in the world: La Comer

So La Comer isn´t the real name is just the short version of Comercial Mexicana, and the reason is my favorite supermarket is that the fruit, vegetables, breads and everything else they sell is super fresh, yummy and looks awesome and also you can buy on the internet and 2 hours later you get your shopping right in your doorstep (doesn´t get better than that!)

The bakery section assorted yummy cakes and pies that I should try soon.

Very cute stuffed animals in the way of the aisle with snacks.

The pet food aisle, we have Dog Chow and Whiskas and Pedigree, how exciting right!?

The bread section (one of my favorites by the way!)

Apples, pears and other fruity goodness.

My shopping cart with stuff to make oreo balls, coconut macaroons, sugar cookies and fudge (there will be a post about the candy makin).

Self portrait of the shopping/candy making/girl (in other words me).

Wouldn´t that pink suitcase be great to take to crops and stuff? I so love it!

Here in Mexico we have the tradition that in New Years eve you have to wear red panties to find love or yellow to have money, so here is a very nice selection of red undies to pick.

My very personal opinion is that is luckier for me to not wear any at all... just kidding!

Hope you enjoyed the little tour to La Comer and please stay tunned for the "Please may all my cookies and candies be tasty" post to come in a couple of days, until then drink tons of egg nog, hot cocoa and stay warm.

Happy sunday!

2008-12-07T17:37:00.004-06:00

We had a very nice weekend, yesterday Diana, Julia and I went to do a little craft shopping to a new store open in town that has oh my god all kinds of supplies to craft, except of course scrapbooking they only have a few not so nice looking scrap supplies but you are set for all the other crafts you might want, I was able to get a picture cause those girls are fierce about you not taking any pictures inside the store. I was feeling extra christmassy cause I found the perfect hat for me and demanded to be called mother christmas.

Before that we went to have very yummy lebanese food for lunch wich Julia pretty much hated and we loved it oh well but after shopping we stopped at a very cool bakery that had cupcakes I bought a couple, well more like 3 and they were delicious!!!! They have meringue frosting because I´ve realized that either I don´t like buttercream or my buttercream frosting sucks.

We were going to the dog walk this morning but got super lazy because the cats where obnoxious all night long and we didn´t get much sleep, so we worked on our christmas list of yummie goodies and on being lazy.

Hope everybody has a great week and thank you for all your lovely comments, you have no idea how much I appreciate them.

What a busy week...

2008-12-05T16:34:00.003-06:00

Of doing basically nothing!!

But the pictures in my album prove the opposite, we´ve had a lot of stuff to do, I´ve been cleaning, purging, re-organizing, going shopping, drinking hot chocolate and yesterday Diana got a new toy.

Jorge our friend that writes here, had a laptop on sale and Diana was really interested about it so last night he went to the office where Diana works and showed it to her and she bought it, I have to say that Jorge is as funny and clever in real life as he writes in his blog.

You can see Diana with her new toy and Jorge. I´m a scrapbooker of course I got a picture!!

Thank you so so much for all the nice comments about the album I really like it too and it was so easy to make, just grabbed a few things and voilá it was done.

Anyway we have a fun weekend full of activities and I´ll be blogging about them of course, tomorrow we are going to the nicest craft store we have and on sunday we have a walkathon with our dogs (that be fun!)

Hope everybody has a great weekend and do tons of Christmassy stuff!

♪ It´s the most wonderful time of the year ♫

2008-11-29T19:50:00.003-06:00

And besides kids jingle belling and everyone telling you "be a good cheer" we have parties and get togethers and presents to wrap, cookies to bake, people to remember and way too many stuff to do and keep track of all activities, so when I saw this album in Ali Edwards blog I thought it was a great idea to write down and document all the important stuff we have during this busy holiday month.

I just finished with mine, now I only need to decide what goes in it, of course there are some days that will be very easy going but some will have activities and I plan to use my album to document all we did and then after is over read it over and remember how much fun we had.

I made my book with an acrylic album and I just added enough pages to cover 25 days until Christmas, I used all kinds of papers, some acetate sheets, journal blocks and even felt and a starbucks cup and sleeve, some of the pages have pockets, some have hidden space and some have stuff that makes me happy, I added flocking and rub ons and stamps and basically I did it to fit my needs.

I´ll try to explain if I did something with each of the pages I fill, even if I don´t plan to take a picture every day in december the ones I do take I want them to go in the album and I´ll make sure to show them to you.

Can´t wait to start filling it and showing it around, and let me know what you think.

Thankful for....

2008-11-26T13:35:00.003-06:00

One of the things I miss the most about living in the States is Thanksgiving, I think is the holiday with the most meaning, you don´t have to buy presents and is focused on two fun things: cooking and eating (a lot!)

But even if we don´t get to eat turkey with cranberry sauce and mashed potatos (yummy!!) still I´m very thankful for many things in my life so here is a little list.

I´m thankful:

That I have a place to call home, that just got painted in the colors we wanted and that now that I am home can clean it and leave it looking a lot better than in recent years.
For my furbabies, that even though we lost a couple of them this year (and miss them like crazy) we still have a herd of happy and obnoxiously spolied kitties and puppies.
That I have nice clothes and shoes to wear and look good in them and makeup and fancy organic soaps and lotions.
For food and that I never go hungry to bed, that I get to eat foods I enjoy and that I can cook them too.
That I have toys (craft supplies: scrapbooking, knitting, sewing, beading etc) and that I can use them and have the hability to know what are they for and have tons of fun using them.
That I´m healthy, happy and a little crazy.
For my friends, that make me laugh, make me happy and support me and are always there for me.
Last and more important I´m so thankful that I´m in a healthy relationship, where I am loved and love, supported, spoiled, pampered and that even now that we lived the hardest test of our lives we are pulling trough because we don´t ever want to loose what we have.

Hope everybody has a very fun and happy Thanksgiving, that you really are thankful for all you have and that you eat like there is no tomorrow and then shop like crazy on black friday.

P.S. Send over some turkey please!!!! LOL!

Hi!!!!

2008-11-23T21:18:00.002-06:00

Its been like ages since I don´t blog and the blog challenge at twopeas was perfect for my "comeback" to blogworld.

Aaahh so many things have happened and yet I have done so little that I look back and say; What the heck happened in six months? Well let me tell you:

I got a new job wich now I don´t have because many many reasons. Lets just say my life at the time is not meant for a job that takes me away for so many hours (about 13 hrs a day) and many of my other responsabilities were suffering because of this, plus we realized that instead of making money we were sort of loosing because of lunch, gas etc.

So as of right now I´m a SAHKPM (Stay At Home Kitty and Puppy Mommy) I would not mind it if it changes but I wont have a job that takes me away from home so long.

I´ll certainly be posting more but I wont make the internet my home, I like that the way it is now that we go out more, and are starting to craft again and also getting some goodies (wich we didn´t do for a long time) and plan to be much more involved in some other issues that are important to me.

One thing I don´t plan to stop doing is reading blogs and reading what my blog buddies have to say, I missed you so so so much!!!!

So I´ll see you around the blogosphere and I can´t wait to show you what I´m working on right now.

Take care and have a fun week!

I´m alive....

2008-08-23T09:57:00.003-05:00

I am!!

Just busy, tired and a bit sentimental. While work has been a real blessing because I totally love it and passing that ackward first month of now knowing very well what was I doing right now I feel like I´m exactly where I should be, I have a very good work team and we seem to solve any sort of issue that comes our way.

Well things at home are not exactly "perfect" I realize that hardly any relationship is perfect but ours needs a little of work from both sides and we are working on this, hanging in there and doing our best every day. Since I´m an optimist I think we are going to be ok we just need to get pass this.

Also we had a couple of very sad events in the past month first came the death of one of our cats which for most people could think "Well it´s just one cat, you still have 44 left" but not to us, it was the very sad and abrupt passing of one of our babies that we loved and took care for over 4 years and that left our hearts shattered to bits for the pain of loosing her and are still mourning over our Sugar baby.

We also had the passing of a very good friend of ours; Dorita our friend and also a scrapbook enthusiast lost her husband Mauro due health complications and that left us very very sad, Mauro was an amazing man, caring and always there when you needed him and loved by many many people. We still hurt over the idea of not seeing him again, talk to him and taste his delicious salad.

I haven´t crafted at all, I feel so bad I plan to start something today or tomorrow cause I have a couple of birthdays that I want to give something to and must do it soon.

This is some of the things that have caught my eye during the time that I´ve been away from the blogoshpere.

The Olympic Games I haven´t seen ANY events, I´ve heard the opening was stunning. I don´t mind my goal is to go to London 2012 and actually BE at the opening ceremony, so there!
I´m about two months and five days from turning 31.
I miss all of my blog friends and can´t wait to check your blogs today, how are you all?!
I watched The other Boleyn girl and it was fantastic, two thumbs up!
Big Girl you are beautiful by Mika is my new mantra ;)
Tell me whats new on blog land!

So I´ll try to write soon hopefully with something crafty to post but believe me I miss you tons and hope everything is well with your lifes, take care and hope you had an awesome summer!

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

2008-06-18T21:42:00.003-05:00

Oh wow so much to tell and write but also don´t want to bore you to death if its not exciting enough, but yes tons of changes mostly good ones but this new stage in my life is been really cool so far.

So I´ve been working at Monty for almost a month wow time sure flies when you are having and and are really busy, so where to start:

I work in the administration department I´m the company vicepresident´s and general manager assistant, since the vice president a chinese lady who is 95 pounds of terror only comes about 3 times a year for a month I can handle both of them, I work in the same office as three other people all of them accountants and they are the most hilarious people in the world, I swear they crack me up at least once a day, I also have a friend there Leslie and she is super nice and we´ve become good buddies and help each other out since she is in HR and I´m in Adm.

I have to get up at 6 am to catch the bus that takes us to Motul since is about 30 min from Merida and work 8.15-6-15 monday to friday and well it gets super busy my first week I was like oh this is a piece of cake but this week I´ve been like what the heck is that!

I haven´t done any scrapbooking at all I did make a card for both Gaby (one of the accountants) and my boss not the chinese one the other one and also made them two bookmarks since I know they both enjoy reading and thats about it!

This weekend I plan to take out my stuff and play and scrapbook and plain relax, and blog too hopefully photubucket is up again and I can upload the pics and post them so you can see the cards.

Tracy I have not forgotten about your gift just haven´t made it to finish shopping for it and then the post office but bear with me I will send it.

Thank you so much for caring about me, sorry if I worried you and I am so happy to be back I missed you all so much, now I´m off to check out whats up with you guys!!!

The correct answer is.......

2008-05-21T20:37:00.004-05:00

D!!!

All of the above!!

I got a haircut on friday, we got that adorable yellow and white kitty earlier the week before and I have a new job, wich makes me a very happy person I´ll explain now.....

Well as you can say in exhibit A (the picture) my hair was starting to look hedious so I said off with it, and went across the street from where I work and got it chopped and love it, everybody says I look very cute and I actually like it a lot, it feels very me.

That adorable kitty in the picture arrived to our lifes a little before last week, we go to a burger joint around the corner from home and he was there, super tiny and looked a bit sick, well I went a few days after we saw him and he was there all alone, hungry and the place wasn´t going to open in a few days more so I did what any person in her right mind would do and took him home where he is the baby of the house Zachy loves him to death and smothers him too and he is a joy of kitty.

And about the job, the current job I had had no benefits and a very small salary, well I applied to this company over two months ago and they called me last week for an interview and it went so well that they called me for another on friday and on monday I received a final phone call telling me I had the job.

So next week I´ll start working on Monty Industries, is a factory that makes jeans and I´ll be working in the area of traveling arranging for all travel arrangements that the company might have, I have full benefits, bonuses every three months, and just starting out, the double of what I currently make, of course I´ll be working longer hours and adjusting to a different enviroment but I´m very excited if you have any advice I´m all ears I haven´t work like that in a long time and I need all the help I can get.

And now for the winnero of the blog candy I have a video selecting the winner:

So since this post involved Yoyito he picked a winner and it was #6 and the winner was Tracy, Congratulations Tracy and in birthday week that is cool, so email me your snail mail address and I´ll send you a little something on the mail.

Thank you to everybody for playing and for your well wishes and I´ll tell you more about this job as soon as I know more!