"It's Earth Day, It's My Birthday" Blog Hop {Closed}

Happy Birthday Gaby!

Welcome to my blog and to "It's Earth Day, It's My Birthday" blog hop. It's dual celebration, as we toast to Gaby's birthday and Earth day.
If you arrived from It's Tori's Time, you're on track, if you wish to participate in the hop, please start in the beginning with Gaby.
Gaby requested we create any project with the color green, her fave, so here's a birthday card.

Cardbase is TPC all other K&Co.  I used Banners4All stamp set by Stamps of Life.  The "enjoy today" stamp is by Studio G.  Ribbon, twine and brads from my stash.  You can see some shimmer on the picture below.

Here's a little blog candy for you, just leave a comment and I will choose a winner on Tuesday, April 26th.

Your next stop is the talented Liz from Liz's Paper Loft.

"I have a story to tell" Warning: Post is a wee bit long :)

I  have a story to tell...I was born to Socorro and Roberto, both immigrants from Michoacan, Mexico...I am child number 5.....my little brother is a year younger than me, he stole my thunder...I grew up in a drug and gang infested neighborhood in East Los Angeles....I have a story to tell....we grew up poor and my mom sewed some of my clothes out of remnants...my Mom was diagnosed with lupus when I was about 7 years old, I was young and I wish I could have done more to help her...I have a story to tell....I am now 42 and I had my share of mistakes, trials and tribulations, but with God by my side whom shall I fear?

Boy oh boy did I ever struggle with this challenge.  Above is just an excerpt of my hidden journaling.  I'm sure most of you have seen shirts with the saying "Scrap booking is cheaper than therapy"?  I don't know if that is true but I can tell you it IS therapy. :) 

I'm entering this layout in Jessica's challenge over at CSDivas.  You can hop on over and check it out.
I was flipping through House Beautiful May '11 issue, searching for a color combo for a different challenge, when I came across this silohoutte overlay.  It's an ad for KraftMaid kitchen cabinetry.

And here's what I did with it:

The pink butterfly paper with "jolie" written on it is by SEI Chocolat, a gift for my birthday from Gaby. (gracias Gaby).  All other paper is from K & Company including the title block and flower die-cuts.  Flowers are from Prima and bling by Darice.  Part of the challenge was to include lyrics of your favorite song or one that inspires you, I printed excerpts of Who am I by Casting Crowns.  This is the first layout about me.  I hope you join the challenge and create a layout about you and Tell Your Story. :):)

PCW Challenge #1 - Easter Theme

Today I'm sharing my first project AND for the first challenge at  Paper Crafting World.

Each Monday there will be a new challenge reveal. One week will be a “Crafting-Die Cut” challenge and the next week will be a digi stamp challenge.
You will have almost two weeks to complete your challenge and enter your projects.  Please visit PCW for all the details and check what the other design members created.


Here's the cutting file I used and my project:

The Easter bunny is my niece Irene.  I used Creative Imaginations paper as the background.  The green flower paper is by Martha Stewart.  All other paper is from scraps. 

Ribbon: American Crafts

Bling: Stickles and Hotfix stones

Button: is an extra button from a sweater, if I ever loose one I know where to find it. :)

I'm also submitting this layout to Paper Cutz Challenge #88, the challenge was to create using pink, green, blue, purple, and white ONLY!  Hard to see but on the ribbon there are a few purple chicks. :)

39 & Fabulous Blog Hop {Closed}

First things first, Happy Birthday Bonnie!!  Welcome to my blog and to Bonnie's My 39 & Glamorous Blog Hop. If you happen to pop in here then make sure you start with Bonnie.   If you arrived from Cooking with Cricut you're on the right track.
You have from today until Sunday to come back and finish the hop!

The zebra print paper is from Making Memories Reverie collection.  I used DCWV Black Currant to cut the Happy Birthday.  The title is a SVG file I shared last summer and can be found here.  Of course you can't see it on the picture but the zebra print and the pink paper have glitter.  I also sprayed pink homemade shimmer mist on the white label.  The bling are hotfix stones I purchased on eBay.

Please leave a comment for the chance to win the following stamp set.

Your next stop is Ellen! (my blog does not contain a clue)

Birthday Bear & Announcement

I have an exciting announcement, I made Melin's Design Team at PaperCrafting World.  Stay tuned as our first challenge will be April 18th.  Meanwhile you can still take advantage of her 50% off of your $20 purchase.

Here's a birthday card I made using one of the Paper Crafting World bear cut file.  She was designed holding a pie, but I replaced it with a cake.  The cake is from the stamp set Cake2Build from the Stamps of Life.  The bear was cut out of scraps and the polka dot paper is from Target's dollar spot.  I used Fiskars' Party Hats stamp set to create my own pattern paper.