Monday, October 31, 2011

Dia De los Muertos Blog Hop



Welcome to Abby's 2nd Annual
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS BLOG HOP

If you stop by to show me some live and visit my blog, thank you! But you might want to go back to Abby's blog and start hoppin there, there is lots of super CUTE projects along the way. If you are here from Sandra's blog you are in the right track and you are at your final stop.

For my project I created a monochrome card with an cute little flower that my buddy Celeste so kindly made for me. I used a black and white image for the skeleton and used RECOLLECTIONS elegance pack, which has some really cute cream and black paper, perfect to add an elegant look to any project.






To get the paper to match perfectly I used the reverse to print the image on and as the mat for the skull. I inked the edges with black Tim holtz ink and added black velvet accents and a cute little ribbon I had.

This card is in honor of my little Sister Jenny:



She left us 8 years ago at the tender age of 17, but to me it seems like yesterday that we were hanging out and enjoying life together. Although she is in our thoughts daily, on Dia De Los Muertos we like to visit her grave, decorated it and remember her vibrant smile and carefree spirit and think that one day we will be able to party in heaven with her. Love you and miss you tons Sisi!






Blog Hope Line up:




Abby: http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/  <----- Start HERE

Patty: http://www.mynameisscrappy.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria: http://www.shortycreations.com/

Angelica: http://handmadebyangelica.com/

Monica: http://simplycricutting.blogspot.com/

Donna: http://donnamundinger-popsicletoes.blogspot.com/

Michelle: http://scrappinwithmybug-scrappinwithmybug.blogspot.com/

Joanna: http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

Sandra: http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Xochitl http://cricutcritter.blogspot.com/  < ------ you are here


Saturday, October 22, 2011

El Cucuy AKA Boogie Man Blog Hop

Thanks to my buddy Yolanda for inviting me to another wonderful hop. In the spirit of Halloween we are making cards to remind us of EL CUCUY this is the boogie man for some of the latin american cultures.

I wanted to do something scary but also cute, and what a better way to show scary cute than using a cute Catrina inspired card. I saw this graphic in one of my cousins profile pictures and I just knew I wanted to make it into a card or vinyl cutting or something it was just TOO CUTE. So here it is, I made it into an SVG and made a cute little card. Death is not only scary but elegant in Mexican traditions, and is often represented as LA CATRINA which is a well dressed skeleton that is very popular during this time of year.

For my Katrina Card I kept it simple black and white cardstock with dark pink/red for the flower and accents. I used black glitter for the nose and curled up the eye lashes.








If you will like to create your own scary cute calavera card click HERE to download the svg. Now onto your next stop, to the one that made this great hop possible Yolie. Thanks for the wonderful hops Yolanda!

Here is the full line up in case you get lost along the way:

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Name Collage: Alyssa Jade


I have been SUPER busy at work, so I have not had much time to play with my bugs. But I had been working on a couple of gifts for several babies that coming in the next few months. This was was overdue as I was supposed to gift it as a shower present, but since it took me longer than expected it turned out to be a welcome baby present LOL.

This was made for my niece, and was created using the DCWV animal crackers paper pack and the Verana Alpha from Lettering Delights. I really like the look of this alphabet and have used it quite a bit. I like the nice thick font and the really cute flower/vines that come with the Alpha. The little monkey is my own creation, I made it using the pictures from the nursery decor that she is using:



Thanks to Amy the "Collage Queen" for inspiring me, these name collages are a humble attempt to scraplift some of her creations. I am getting better at these, but she is the QUEEN!






Friday, September 23, 2011

Dilo En Español! ~ Releases Today

Thank you for stopping by for the worldwide release of Dilo en Español. If you are here from Gaby's  blog you are in the right spot, if you came here to check my blog out, you want to go and stop at Abby's so you can see all the wonderful creations along the way.


Today is a wonderful day for my dear Friend Abby as today is the official release of her new stamp sets

 D I L O    E N   E S P A ñ O L 

I was honored to be asked to help pass the word on these wonderful new stamps which are completely in Spanish, ideal for those of us that like to share our cards with our Spanish speaking family and friends. When she first told me about her idea I was ecstatic to hear that there would be such a product, the Spanish speaking population is HUGE and there is hardly any stamps that cater exclusively to the Spanish speaking market. I am very thankful that I was able to get a sneak peek of her 3 first new sets Suspirando con Tina (looove the title), Que Siga la fiesta and Queremos Pastel.


For my first card I used the "Que Siga la fiesta" set which has stamps for all major holidays and events (fiestas). For my first card I used the FELIZ DIA stamp combined with DE LAS BRUJAS which translates to Happy Witch's Day (Halloween).




For my card I used AC card stock in matching Halloween colors. I made a tent card, which is hard to appreciate in the picture, but this card opens up and the the cute little witch dangles from the middle of the card. Very cute! The little witch was from a digital set from an Argentinian artist, but she no longer has a website, so I can't give her credit :( because her link is no longer working and I don't know her name ). But is cute anyway so THANK U my Argentinian friend! I accented the card with yummy twine from The Twinnery. Which Abby also sells, so check out her store. And the stamps are so cute that I would not stop at one..... I saw this Freebie over at Peggy Loves Vintage Blog and I knew that I wanted to make a Thanksgiving card...to early you say... not at all! Fall and Halloween colors are interchangeable so since I already had my orange paper out .......here is what I made:







Here I used the FELIZ DIA stamp again and combined it with DE ACCION DE GRACIAS (Thanksgiving). The vintage image is just so cute it does not need much to make it stand out. I again used my fabulous TWINE and accented it with a cute little leaf brad. Hope you all liked what I made and come back later this week as I am already working on some other cards in ESPAñOL of course.

Now here is the blog hop list for you to follow, the next stop is Candance.


Xochitl http://cricutcritter.blogspot.com/   <------ You Are HERE

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Scrapbookaholic By Abby: Dilo en Español Release Info!!

Scrapbookaholic By Abby: Dilo en Español Release Info!!

My Friend Abby is coming out with SPANISH all occasion stamps for those of you that could use Spanish sentiments, being in California you either speak Spanish or know someone that does. It can also be fun to send Spanish sentiments to non-speakers as a way to teach the recipient some phrases... I like to do that all the time!

Her release is this Friday so check out Abby's blog to see all the sets this Friday.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Barney SVG

Someone over at SVGcuts was looking for a Barney SVG. I looked around and did not find any detailed Barneys. As much as I was traumatized by this big purple fuzz ball, it was nice to make it for someone else and help them out. So here you go Charlee hope you can use.

Here is a the picure I used for the SVG:


You will need to draw the nose and details on the eyes as they are way too small to cut. Click H E R E to download. Enjoy!