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Monday, September 23, 2013

"Celebrando DOS AÑOS de Dilo En Español" BLOG HOP!!



Estamos celebrando DOS AÑOS de Dilo En Español!! 
Join us in celebrating Dilo En Español's Two Year Anniversary!
Thank you for stopping by my friends! If you've come here first
I hope will take a few moments to visit the other lovely blogs.
You will love the projects, and will increase your chances of
possibly winning some awesome prizes.

I was very fortunate to have been asked to join Abby's DT at the
very beginning of this exciting venture. And although my time on the
team came to an end, I am still one of Abby's biggest fans. 

Here's a card I made to celebrate her success, and to
thank her for her friendship and kindness.
I wish her all the best...

And here's a little stroll down memory lane...







Tendremos UNA ganadora POR blog que se llevara 
un MINI set y 10 metros de twine. 
Each blog will have a random winner selected
to win one mini set and ten meters of twine.
SO BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT AT EACH BLOG!

TENDREMOS UN RETO!!! Este reto es de TEMA LIBRE! Y TIENEN QUE USAR 
SELLOS DE DILO EN ESPAÑOL SOLAMENTE!!!
We will also be hosting a Challenge
The theme will be: Anything Goes, but you must
use any Dilo En Español stamp.

Para el reto tendremos DOS GANADORAS! Una por medio de random.org 
There will be two winners for the Challenge.
The first winner will be selected by random.org and
will get the entire MINIs collection!

Y otra chica por votaciones en FACEBOOK!! La ganadora de los MAS LIKES 
The second winner will be based on Facebook likes,
and will be awarded the entire selection of "Besitos"

El reto estara abierto solamente 10 dias! 
Y solamente UNA entrada por blog!
The challenge will be open for ten days
and only one entry per blog will be considered.

Dilo En Español- www.retosabby.com

Yvonne - YOU ARE HERE - AQUI ESTAS!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!
HAPPY BLOG HOPPING!
ENJOY ALL THE PROJECTS,
and DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE COMMENTS
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!
BIG HUGS!
GRACIAS POR VISITAR
BESOS & ABRAZOS!
Yvonne 

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Challenge #32 @ Tsunami Rose

Hey there my friends!
Time for another challenge at Tsunami Rose's blog! The theme is "Anything But a Card!"
So I made a tag!
And here it is:


Again, it's from the Mechanical Error collection, and it's just a lot of fun to work with and beautiful to look at.  Hope you have time to check it out, and maybe even join us for this round... "Anything But a Card," so lets get hopping!!!


Tsunami Rose Designs Links

Saturday, September 7, 2013

More from Tsunami Rose...

Happy Saturday my Sweet Friends!

So I checked out Daisy's store again and I found another printable to love!  It's composed of some of my favorite elements... clocks, flowers, and text. The vibe is kind of grungy so I really wanted to try it out.  I made another tag... the printable is called "Grandiloquence" - I don't even know how to pronounce that but, nonetheless, I love it! Hahaha... I rummaged through my stash and found some metal pieces, flowers and embellies and hoped to pull it all together.  I didn't want to overdo it with the embellishments, cause I really wanted to showcase the paper...  here's how it turned out:



Isn't it just really pretty paper? The sentiment is also from Daisy's store. Once I purchased it, I saved it to my thumb drive and took it to Office Depot to print. For only 20 cents I got the whole sheet of banner sentiments printed on smooth shiny cardstock, and saved myself quite of bit of my own ink.  Plus my printer in NOT laser, and would never give me the look of the fancy schmancy copier at the store.  Daisy also had several other senti printables, some with the "white on black" print that I'm currently obsessing over!  
Here's the paper:

Here's the sentiments printable:

Thanks for stopping by guys!! Please come back soon, and if you have a chance to shop at Daisy's store, please post whatever you make on the Facebook Fan Page!  
We'd love to see it!!!
Big Hugs,
Yvonne 






Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Challenge #31 @ Tsunami Rose

Hello my dear blog buddies!
If you are up for a challenge, here's a great one to take on!  It's Challenge #31 "Anything Goes!" with Tsunami Rose! This month Daisy is showcasing her Mechanical Error Printable Journal Kit.  I used one of the printables from that collection. 
Here's what I created... a 6x6 canvas:


I enjoyed making this little canvas and found Daisy's design easy to work with and elegantly beautiful.  Please check out Daisy's blog HERE!
Hope you'll join us for this challenge! It's a great opportunity to play, and a chance to win some pretty fabulous prizes:  


Tsunami Rose Designs Links
Well my friends, as always I'm so grateful that you've stopped by (please leave a comment so I know you've been!) Have a great day and I can't wait to see what beautiful works of ART you'll be sharing next!

Have a Scrappy Good time!!!
Big Hugs,

Yvonne 

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

First Day of School...

Hi Guys!
So you know that Staples commercial that ran right before school started a few years ago, the one where the Dad is singing "it's the most wonderful time of the year..." and the kids are miserable while shopping for school supplies...

Well, that's how I feel about the first day of the school! Next to Christmas, it really is the most wonderful time of the year!  I LOVE everything about the first day of school! The freshly waxed floors, the brand new crayons, super pointy pencils... the list goes on and on!  Best of all, I love my new students!  A new set to love, and another chance to impact a little life!  The next best thing... is my co-teacher Noel.  We have been team teaching for several years, and after feeling a little worn out in our third grade classrooms, we decided it was time to try something new.  We talked to our principal, and asked if something came up (where we could still teach together) to please let us know.  Long story short, the very next day we were offered a spot in kindergarten.  It'd be the two of us, an aid, and 35 little darlin's!  Today we start our second year as kindergarten teachers, and we couldn't be happier!  Frankly, I attribute my happiness and my renewed enthusiasm for teaching to Noel.  We have a very easy relationship, we share the same work ethic, and the same vision for our students. I seriously cannot image doing this job with anyone else.  I consider myself blessed to have her as my work day companion and friend.  This year Noel will be the BIG 3-0, so I've made her a little mini album to commemorate the occasion.  

 Here it is:



I used Heidi Swapp's Sugar Chic collection, and made my first attempt at Kathy Orta's hinge binding. 
I hope Noel loves it!

Thanks for visiting, and thanks for your patience with my long-winded story, lol!!

Have a great day my friends!
Big Hugs,

Yvonne




Friday, August 30, 2013

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:
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

Sunday, August 11, 2013

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:

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