Papertake Sketch Challege #1

The challenge over on Papertake weekly this week was a sketch, this is my take on it. This is the second time I join a challenge. The paper, bella image was from PIF candy I received from Tracy K. this week. The shoe stamp image is from Danami Designs and the pink felt flower border on top is from Target. I did not add a title or sentiment since it can be for any occassion. I will wait and see what comes up and add a sentiment than. I just love the this bella. Thanks Tracy for sending this great stamped image.

Some Pics!

Are these pics awesome or what. There is not one zoo in the US that will let you get this close to any of the animals. My daughter was able to pet the giraffe and her favorite kangaroo. I can't wait to do some scrapbooking pages with these pics. I have alot more but it takes to long to download them all.

New Blog Look - What do you think?

I want to apologize for not updating my blog since my return from Ocala. Between work, home and preparing for our Easter Event I was left with no time for cards or to even blog. I am sure most of you have notice my new blog layout. I have to give a shout out to Shauna at See My Designs for giving my blog this new look. I wasn't really happy with my other blog look and my daughter was too busy to work on my blog. Shauna worked on one of my other blog friends blog "Stampin Mami" and I just loved it and wanted to change mine right away. So if any of you are looking for a new blog look send Shauna an email and she will be more than happy to set it up for you for a small fee. I know there are alot of free blog templates out there but I wanted a customized blog look and when I last tried those free templates I lost most of my links. It was definitely alot easier having Shauna work on my blog look. Okay, enough with the blog look. I promised to post a few photos of my trip to Ocala, especially the ones with the animals. I'm not sure why, but I keep getting error messages everytime I try to upload the photos to the blog. Once I figure this out I will post the photos. I almost forgot to mention that I received my PIF Candy(Pass It Forward) from Tracy (UK), one of my SBS12 sisters. I was so excited when I received my first PIF candy, she really sent alot of nice things. I took a photo of my pif candy but I am having trouble posting my photos. So ladies the first 3 people to post on my blog today will recieve some PIF from me. Just remember once you receive the PIF candy from me you need to pass on some PIF to the first three people that post on your blog.

I'm Back!

I had a great time in Ocala this past weekend. I did manage to visit Hobby Lobby, I just love that store. I picked up two stamps from House mounse, I have to recharge my camera's battery so I cannot take any pictures of them. I will do this tonight and post them. We visited a house that had their own personal zoo, yes, their own private zoo in their back yard. I took a few pictures with a giraffe and a beautiful zebra. I will definitely post these photos tonight. It was a wonderful experience. You know you go to a zoo and can only take photos of animals and they are always so far away plus you can never touch them. The animals at this private zoo were all tamed. I was able to pet the zebra, giraffe, camel, kangaroo and every animal she had in her yard. The experience was awesome. I'm an animal lover and so is my daughter and this is something we will never forget. I can't wait to put my scrapbooking pages together of these awesome photos. I finally posted the bella swap on the SBS12 site. I hope many of you participate. Also, I am officially a Stampin Up Demonstrator. I am having my first friends and family gathering on Sunday, March 30 and during this gathering we plan to form a stamping and scrapbooking club. I'm really excited about this, this is a great opportunity to hang out with people that enjoy your same hobby and most of them are family so I am really looking forward to seeing them on a regular basis once our group is formed. Well enough chatting for now and I will post some pics tonight.

I received my Scor-Pal!

I was so excited when my husband called me to tell me that I received my Scor-Pal. I just knew there was no way I was going to go to sleep without playing with my Scor-Pal a little bit. I saw this technique on one of the blogs I visited and thought it was the cutest thing. I can't quite remember whose blog I saw this card technique but I will check for it tonight and give the proper credit to the person who designed this technique. I really had fun putting this little card together. I plan to do a few more this weekend as they make cute little thank you cards. I head out to Ocala today and plan to take my laptop, scor-pal and cutter. I plan to pick up some cardstock when I shop at Hobby Lobby. I won't be doing much of card making but do plan to play with my scor-pal and familiarize myself a little more with it. Well girls, I wish you all a great weekend!

Two cards in one day, WOW!

My daughter has been doing great this week with her spelling words and sight words. When this happens, it gives me more time for some me time. My daughter and I did a little coloring together, she really enjoys doing cards with me and I figure if it relaxes me, it must do the same for her. Well after she went to bed I was able to put these two cards together. I really love the bunny card. The other card I plan to give it to a friend today who always mails me Boston Market coupons. She use to work with me but retired this past December. A couple of girls from the office are having lunch with her today and I plan to give her this card with a few postage stamps inside. I guess this is the least I can do since she does use her own postage stamps to mail me my coupons. I'm not sure if I am going to have time to do any stamping tonight. I have to prepare for our mini getaway to Ocala, FL. My sister-in-law moved out there about a year ago and I have only visited once. We plan to spend the weekend there and they have a hobby lobby nearby so I definitely plan to go by Hobby Lobby. We don't have a Hobby Lobby in South Florida. Michaels is great but I love shopping at Hobby Lobby. Hopefully I find a lot of cute stamps on sale.

I can't believe I did it!

Well ladies, remember yesterday I mentioned I was going to meet with a demonstrator from Stampin up. Well I did, and guess what, I signed up as a demonstrator. I am now a Stampin Up Demonstrator. I haven't received my ID yet, but once I do, I will officially be a Stampin Up Demonstrator. It was such a great deal I couldn't resist. I will be getting a bunch of scrapbooking demo stuff worth $330 for $159. On top of that Stampin up threw in a set of stamps valued at $47 and the recruiter threw in another set herself. I get discounts on all my orders plus I can a little extra money on a hobby that I really enjoy. I am not going to stress to much on workshops or classes. I did this more for myself. I am already spending alot of money on stamps and stuff, why not get it at a discount. I'm not too concern on meeting my quarterly quota as my daughter and I are really into this hobby so I am sure between both of us we will be fine. Anything extra is always welcomed. Last night I did not get a chance to do anything with cards due to the meeting with the stampin up recruiter. On another note, I was happy to see that one of my blogger friends from Scrappy Latin Bloggers awarded me with an award "El Blogger del Dia", which means "Blogger of the Day". I'm glad Yanitza thought of me and I appreciate this award very much. Thanks, Yani.

Its Tuesday!

I just love that we are back to daylight savings time. I get to enjoy the evenings better now. After work when I got home it was only 6:30pm and the sun was still shining. I try to do whatever I can outdoors so I can enjoy the fresh air. My husband did a BBQ yesterday while I helped my daughter with her homework and spelling words(We did this outside in the patio). For some reason, not sure why, we were done early and I was able to get a card done and was in bed by 10pm. I haven't been to bed this early in months. I felt so rested when I got up this morning. Well today I am going to meet with a Stampin Up demonstrator. She lady has been calling me and sending me emails for some time now, I figured let me see what she has to offer. Well I will keep you all posted after I meet with the SU Demonstrator.
Attached is another Easter card I made for my niece. Oh, I forgot to mention, I finally finshed getting all my stamped images together for the SBS12 swap and it finally went out in the mail today.

I've been tagged!

OK, I've been tagged!

The rules of the game:
• Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
• Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog, we all want to know them.
• Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
• Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

7 things about myself.... UMMMM......

1. I have no sence of direction( I always seem to get lost whenever I have to drive to a new location).
2. I am definitely not a morning person, those who know me can vouch for me.
3. I love to shop!
4. My husband says I snore, but I don't believe him.
5. I have a habit of putting my cell phone on silent and than I forget about it.
6. I love hot weather, I cannot stand the cold.
7. I cannot work or clean without listening to some kind of music.


1. Ruby
2. Tracy K
3. Maria
4. Yanitza
5. Tracy
6. Melissia
7. Elisabeth

Happy Monday!

I was so excited when I checked my blog this morning and found out I won some Pif candy. One of my SBS12 sisters (Tracy K)was offering some Pif candy and the first three to post on her blog receives the candy. I was one of the three. At times I can be just like a kid and get excited over the smallest things. This was the first time I ever won Pif candy so I was very excited. Once I receive it I have to offer Pif candy to the first 3 people that post on my blog so make sure you all stay tuned. By the way Pif stands for Pass It Forward. Once you receive some Pif candy you need to pass on some pif candy of your own to the first 3 that post on your blog. On Friday, I found the doll pins and purchased a few packs for my ribbon storage. I also picked up two candy jars from Target and started on my little project. I haven't finished but I was sure glad I started. I plan to continue tonight. Attached is a photo. I also got a chance to start on my Easter cards for my nieces and nephew. The one I posted is for my 11 year old niece. I wanted something fun, colorful and cute. I plan to do two more that will be very similar to send to my other two nieces. I need to come up with an Easter card for boys that is not too girly looking. Let's see what I can come up with tonight. I finally ordered the Scor-Pal. I've read so much on the scor-pal that I had to get one. I also purchased the cuttlebug this weekend, it was on sale for $49.99 plus I had a $10gift card from Joann's so I figured why not. I used the cuttlebug to make my Easter card. I really think I am going to love my cuttlebug. The possibilities are endless!

I'm back!

I am so happy to be back in Sunny Florida. Boy did I miss my home, my family and definitely the warm weather. My event went very well considering some bad weather on Sunday. I have to say that was probably my most stressful day. I had people stranded in Salt Lake City, Denver and Grand Junckion. The airport in Aspen was shut down due to the weather (lots of snow) and I had to make a bunch of travel arrangements to get our people into Aspen that evening. We end up using private jets and a couple of buses. Everyone was exhansted when they finally made it in and I was mentally drained. Monday through Wednesday went pretty smooth. Everyone was happy the big boss was happy and I went home happy. I am sure glad its over. I have another big event in May but I am not going to worry about it till the end of April. I want to start working on some Easter cards for my nieces and nephews. I want these to be fun for them. After I am done with that project I will begin on Mother's Day cards. While on my event, I did not get a chance to make any cards or even color any of my stamped images. I did visit a few sites and bumped into a neat link for storing ribbon. One of my cyber friends posted it on her blog and I am now posting it on my blog. For any of you that are looking for neat ideas in storing your ribbon this site is very helpful. I plan to put all my ribbon on clothes pins this weekend. I currently have them in a draw. I just love this idea, its alot more organized than what I have and you can keep them out where you can see them. I have alot of catching up to do at home but will definitely visit my SBS12 to see how you are all doing. Thanks stampin mama for posting the link for the ribbon storage. I just love this idea!