Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello All!

I have a card to share in honor of Valentine's Day!  I got this fabulous freebie from 

Krista at Saturated Canary and I was just itching to get her done!  Here it is...

She was a lot of fun to color and I'm really happy with how she came out!

The paper is from My Mind's Eye and it's the "Love Me" 6x6 paper pad. The flowers

are from I Am Roses (pink) and Michael's $1.50 bin (red&white.)

The two lovely accent tickets are digis from Beatrice Jennings' etsy shop.

I'm entering it in the Latinas En America RED & PINK Challenge (Reto #56.)

Go check it out if you think you'd like to join in the fun.

Happy Valentine's Day

Yvonne

xo

Challenge Entry for Latinas en America!

Hello there my fellow Scrap-Loving-Blog-Buddies...
Getting ready to close up shop as the weekend concludes, and will be waiting anxiously until I can get back to crafting next weekend!  Secretly wishing for some more "Snow Days" just so I can stay home and craft!  Anywhoo, I was quite productive these last two days, and was able to complete a project for the Latinas En America challenge (Reto #55.)  This week's challenge was to incorporate an image wearing WHITE clothes.  I knew immediately which image I wanted to use, one of my favorites from Kenny K... and here it is:

I further challenged myself to use older papers from my stash, and to make my own flowers! The paper stack is a Six By Six by My Mind's Eye called Dwell.  I believe it came out in 2011, and it has been sitting in my room since! Definitely time to break that baby out! For the flowers I used about 5 different flower punches & 2 different leaf punches.

Well my friends, that's all for now! If you get a chance, hop on over to the Latina en America blog and think about joining the challenge...this week's winner will get FIVE Kenny K digis!!! And WHO doesn't love Kenny!?!?!  Have a great day!

Hugs,

Yvonne

Graphicat Challenge #20

Hello Blog Buddies!!

Glad to be back in action! And what a great way to get started... another awesome Sketch Challenge from our awesome Cheri Cat!!!  She's releasing a new set of digital sentiments for Valentine's Day, and if you know Cheri, you'll agree that we probably should just call them "Anti-Valentine's Day" sentiments! So if you're tired of the same ole - same ole, mushy, gushy stuff, and you're looking to head in a different direction this year... you'll wanna check these out Graphicat Designs!

Here's one of the new sentiments in action...

Isn't it a great sketch? Cheri's just so good at this!  

For this card, I turned the sketch on it's side.

Here's the original Sketch for Challenge #20...

Hope you all join us for this round, 

'cause everyone that participates in this challenge will get a free digi!

So make sure you hop on over to the Challenge Blog for all the deets...

Oh and in case you're wondering about that kick-ass image I found 

to match Cheri's senti so perfectly...

It's a pre-colored image from KennyK.  She's called "Lady Raven."  

I kept the card really simple so that the sketch and digitals could shine through.  

I did however, amp up the shine with a healthy dose of 

Lindy's Stamp Gang Glitz Spritz in Scintillating Sliver.

Well my friends, thanks for stopping by.  I hope you'll have a minute to let me know what you think, love hearing from you guys! And don't forget to give it a shot and get that free digi!

Big Scrappy Hugs!

Yvonne

Vintage Christmas ATCs

Hello my friends...

I just finished going through ALL of my previous blog plots, and deleting a ton of pictures.  As some of you may know, I had reached the max of pics allowed, so deleting was just a quick fix.  I hear I can also remedy this problem by resizing each photo to minimize the space it takes up.  But until I figure out how to do that, I will keep my post short, and maybe just add links to my Facebook.  I guess we'll see how it goes...

Anywhoo, here's a (small) pic of some ATCs I made for a swap over at myscraproom.ning:

I hope my group will like them, they were quick and easy since I didn't have access to all of my goodies.  My room was renovated and I was aching to do something, so this was what I came up with.  And it did put me in the holiday spirit, so I was happy!

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and may the new year bring you many blessing!
Hugs,
Yvonne

Hello Again!

Hey Blog Buddies!
It's been so long... so much has happened, but I've missed my little blog and I just wanted to pop in and say hello!  So I'll try to make a long story short...

Back in October, the plumbing in our entry level bathroom malfunctioned and flooded two levels in my home. Miraculously, nothing of sentimental value was ruined.  And none of my craft supplies were damaged either.  So, all in all it was unfortunate, but certainly nothing truly tragic, and for that I am thankful and feel blessed.

The damage did require the replacing of some floors and some walls. In order to get the revonvations done, I had to pack up three rooms and empty them out. One of the rooms being my "crafty" corner. Since I had to pack up and move my supplies, my ability to craft came to a screeching halt.  I was feeling pretty bummed about that, but I tried to keep everything in it's proper prespective... fully aware that things could have been much worse. Here's a pic of my crafty corner "before" renovations and the "almost after."

Besides the huge hole in the ceiling, the saddest part was seeing my room looking so bare and lonely without the hustle and bustle of paper scraps and Lindy's and paint and glue and punches & dies! LOL!

So anyways, I ended up resigning from the I Am Roses Design Team.  It was a wonderful experience and an honor to work with some of my favorite crafters. As for the other teams, I'm currently on "sabbatical" (heehee) until I can get my room and supplies operational again.

However, I find myself suffering withdrawal symptoms!  I need to be crafty in some shape, form, or manner or I'm just besides myself with anxiety! I know you all know what I'm saying!!  So I find ways to feed that urge to cut, glue, and create.  I visit my sister, Yvette, and scrap with her.  Or I rummage through boxes at night, once the construction crew has left, and find a few things here and there that I can throw together real quick.  And when true desperation kicks in, I run to Michael's and buy things I'm sure I already have!! Crazy right?  Last week, in a moment of weakness I joined a SWAP!! Let me tell you how creative you can be when you're forced to do without...  take a look at the ATC's I came up with, the theme was Vintage Christmas...

http://pinterest.com/pin/98938523035408607/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=411970705540962&set=a.411970522207647.95112.100001841079406&type=1&theater

Hmm, well I guess I'll have to get back to you with a pic.  Apparently I've run out of room and can no longer post pics unless I purchase more storage space?  When did that policy take effect?  I'll do some research and get back to y'all soon, but if you know more about this, please fill me in, would love to know more about it! In the meanwhile you can see the pic on Pinterest or Facebook.
Hugs...
Yvonne

ScrapBliss

I Am Roses Blog Hop

Hello Again My Friends!

Welcome to the I Am Roses "A Haunting We Will Go..." Blog Hop!  If you're following in order, you should be coming from my sweet friend Patricia's YouTube channel.  It also means that you have reached the end of the blog hop!  Thank you so much for joining us, I hope you enjoyed all of the lovely projects the team has created...  Here is mine:

In keeping with the established theme, Halloween Home Decor, I created this altered frame, and I used the following I Am Roses:

  R 21 - White Paper Flowers

  R 77 - White Paper Roses

Here’s the "how to" for your chance to win:

• Hop along to each of the design team member's blogs and be sure to comment on their individual "A Haunting We Will Go” Blog Post
• There is 1 hidden blog candy prize up for grabs in one of our DT member’s blogs!
• Be sure to subscribe/follow the new I Am Roses Challenge Blog (http://iamroses-challenge.blogspot.com/).
• Commenting along the way highly increases your chance of winning the prize package.
• Comments will be closed on Oct. 31st 11:59am PST
• We will be randomly selecting 1 winner from the comments on one of the DT’s blogs and will announce the winner on the I Am Roses Challenge Blog.

 As you hop along be sure to subscribe/follow to the individual design team member's blogs so you don't miss out on the winner announcement!

 In case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the I Am Roses design team members hopping today:

Arlene: www.butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com

Aliscia: http://iscraphappy1.blogspot.com/

Amy: http://www.myteddyboo.blogspot.com/

Elsa: http://justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/

Jo: www.paperdrama.blogspot.com

Joy: http://artangelsdesigns.blogspot.com/

Leanne: http://luvleescrappin.blogspot.com/

Leslie: http://scrapsofmine.blogspot.com/

Limor: http://chicscrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Marisa: http://maribellscrapsportugal.blogspot.com/

Miranda: http://www.mslibertycreations.blogspot.com/

Patricia: http://www.youtube.com/user/tubeyoumaster1

Well thanks again for hopping along with us today! The Winner will be announced on November 5, on every team member's blog! Good Luck!!

Hugs,

Yvonne

  

Graphicat Sketch #17 & SNSC

Hello My Friends!
I'm so happy to have squeezed in a little crafting time! And just in time for Cheri's next sketch challenge, so timing was perfect!  But not quite as perfect as having the chance to combine two of my favorite digi companies into one sweet card though!  For this week's Graphicat Sketch#17 I incorporated a brand new digi by Lina from the Sweet Nothing's Stamp Company!  Here it is:

The Sketch and the Sentiment are both designed by Cheri.  I used some left over paper I had from last year's Echo Park 6x6 paper pad... The Apothecary Emporium.  I added some gauze, and embossed the orange mat with my new TH brick folder. Cheri's "happy halloween" digital sentiment was colored with copics, and them distressed a bit, you can find it at her store.

The image is Lina's new release, "Hocus Pocus Sophie." If you're familiar with Lina's work you'll know that "Sophie" usually has sassy short hair.  But she decided to grow it out some, LOL! I love it! I think she is adorable either way!

Sophie is also colored with copics, here's the recipe:
Skin: 0, E00, E11, E13
Hair: E08, E09, E13
Outfit: C1, C3, C5, C9 & YR61, YR65, YR68 (stickles on her shoes, belt, and band around hat)

So here's Cheri Sketch #17... and I did change up a tad, just 'cause I couldn't get it to all fit exactly like I wanted it to, so I had to do some compromising, heehee.

Well guys, I've gotta run.  I hope you'll join us for this challenge, and I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I enjoyed making it!  Happy October! Come back soon!

Hugs,

Yvonne