Summer's Done...

Hello My Friends!
Hope all is well... as for me, I'm crafting away my last weekend of summer break!  It was an awesome summer.  I spent a lot of time visiting my hometown, New York City... I visited with family in New Jersey... remodeled my bathroom... and finally, my culminating activity - I drove my daughter back to school for her senior year of college!!! OMG!!!  We totally enjoyed the 14 hour drive, but boy did that last hour hurt.  Here's the best part of the trip... I found a Scrapbook Convention in a neighboring town! Woohoo!  I was thrilled with all the goodies I found there.  I used some of them to work on some my last projects.  Today I want to share the project I made for Tsunami Rose.  Did I tell you I've joined her Design Team?  Well I have, and here's what I made using her printable Crown Roses (Teal):

  

You can find the printable I used here:

http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose/artwork?artworkId=968013

Isn't it pretty!

Well, bloggin' buddies, thanks you for visiting today.  I hope you enjoyed the pics, and I hope your summer had been as fabulous as mine!

Big Hugs!
Yvonne

Color Challenge!

Hello my blog buddies!

Today I worked on the tag that I'll submit to Iralamija's "Sweet Aqua & Gold" challenge.  

I was really drawn to this challenge for two reasons

One, I love everything Bety Jennings does!

And two, because I don't think it would have 

ever occurred to me to use these two particular colors together.

So what better reason to give it a shot!

Here's the tag I put together:

Another part of the challenge was to use digital items 

purchased from her Etsy store.

I used the following items:

1. Bingo Cards Collage

2. Shabby Tickets

3. Shabby Chic Tags Collage

Well my friends, that's all for now! I hope you'll check out her goodies at

iralamijashop

She's definitely my "shabby chic" hero and if you're a fan of that style,

I'm sure you'll find something you'll love!

Once you do, be sure to join her challenge, I'd love to see what 

you do with this fun and interesting mix!

Happy Scrapping and

Big Hugs,

yvonne

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Thank You Cards & HELLO!!!

My Sweet Blogging Buddies...
It's been too long!!! I hope you are all well, and surviving the last throes of the summer heat wave!  I have a little project I wanted to share with y'all.  It's a collections of "Thank You" cards.  I made them for my daughter.  She completed a summer internship today. It was an incredible experience, and she wanted to thank the people who helped her and mentored her.  Of course, I was happy to obliged - 'cause really, you don't have to ask me twice to make something!  So while I was happily toying around at my scrap desk, I had a chance to reflect on all that I should be thankful for. And boy did I need that... especially since I had had a particularly grumpy week.  My microwave oven, my Keurig, and my toaster all broke down in a span of a few consecutive days... I thought I was being punked! Long story short, sometimes you need to take a minute and forget about all the things that have gone wrong and focus on all the things that are... just right.  Can I get an Amen?!?!

And here they are, my random, albeit therapeutic, assortment of "Thank You" cards...

So if you find yourself needing a little bit of crafting therapy, I highly recommend you start with a visit to your local scrapbook store (LSS) and get yourself started!  If you happen to be in my neighborhood, let me know, 'cause I know a little spot that always has exactly what I need...

Scrapdoodles

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you can leave a comment and let me know how you're doing! Love hearing from y'all!  Big Hugs!!

Yvonne

Lindy's Stamp Gang Birthday Hop & Sale ❤

Hello My Sweet Friends!

Hope all is well, it's been too long!!  But it's Lindy's Birthday Blog Hop and SALE, so I had to come out of my self imposed hiatus, LOL!  I'm sure y'all know how it is... you're sailing along in life, whistling a happy tune, and out of nowhere big, heaping mounds of stuff just land on your plate with a big old "plop!" Not that I'm complaining... 'cause it's all good... all the things I'm happy and grateful to have... keeping my days fun and full of just everyday living! 

 And that's a blessing, right?!?! 

Ab-so-lutely!

So, for the Blog Hop the Design Team has lots of eye candy for you all to feast upon!  And my friends, it wouldn't be a birthday party with out some presents!!!  You're gonna wanna visit us all 'cause Lindy's Stamp Gang is giving YOU guys the presents at this party!

If you happened to visit me first be sure to head back on over to http://lindystampgang.blogspot.com!  Next in the blog hop line-up is Jessica, and you can find her at http://canyoupixelthis.com 

and theennnn... ME

Here's my birthday themed project:

 

I used Salt Water Taffy on this I Am Roses white flower.

My mom crocheted the bigger flower and I sprayed it with Gregarious Grey

The honeycomb skirt was sprayed with Cotton Candy Pink,
and behind the dress is a Laser cut-out accent.

Okay now, let's review, (haha sorry guys-that's the teacher in me talking) Be sure to start at the Lindy's Blog and leave comments along the way to increase your chances of getting a present! After Lindy's, Jessica's blog it next, then my blog is the 3rd stop... and off you go! 

The next blog you should visit is

Ivett's, and you can find her 

here --> http://ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com

And just in case you get lost along the way here's the full list in order :)

LSG blog http://lindystampgang.blogspot.com/

Jessica- http://canyoupixelthis.com/

* (glad you're here!) Yvonne- http://scrappingisbliss.blogspot.com/

Ivett- http://ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com/

Arlene- http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/

Sharon- http://smscrapperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Bona- http://keeponscrappin.blogspot.com/

Kate- http://www.sparkletart.com/rsr/

Jo- http://paperdrama.blogspot.com/

Well My Sweet Friends, that is all for now! 

Take care, enjoy the hop, and I hope YOU win!!

Hugs,

Yvonne

A Lil' Lindy's Love...

Hello Blog Buddies!

I'm ready to share some Lindy Love with you all! Hope you're all doing wonderfully! Yesterday was pretty wonderful for me.  It was President's Day, so I had the day off!  Which meant I got to play with all of the Lindy's goodness in my crafty space.

Last week I had a chance to join Limor, another DT mate, during one of her UStream classes, and I had a blast! As many of you already know, Limor is terribly sweet and tremendously talented.  Well, it definitely put me in the mood for making a tag.  Here it is, along with the three main ingredients:

Moon Shadow Mist in Buccaneer Bay Blue & Mystic Malachite
Magicals in Baby Blue Eyes Aqua

I started with an ordinary size eight tag, chicken wire mask, and some Golden Molding Paste.  I alternated multiple layers of both Moon Shadows and the Magical, heat setting between each layer. For the rolled flowers and the flourish, I used a paintbrush to apply instead of spraying.  

I liked the swirly look of the rolled flower die, so I decided to only roll one.  The rest I used to layer on the tag.  I finished it up with the flourishes, a Jolee butterfly, and an assortment of metal pieces that were all enhanced with the Moon Shadow Mists.

Here's another look:

Well my friends, so glad you were able to stop by!

Hope you'll leave a comment with any thoughts or questions!

Thank you and have a craft~happy day!

Yvonne

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