Bloggaversary!!! & Candy!!!

Okay so my bloggaversary has come and gone, yup one FULL year of blogging and I have totally missed the cool day when it all began!...Boo hiss I'm so upset I missed it, but I wasn't feeling well, my highschool BFF came out to visit me from California and I had a class last night and another one tomorrow! And so there you have it! No blogging for me until now!

But since I did miss the actual day I do have a WONDERFUL make up for it! I have BLOG CANDY up for grabs!!! Not just any blog candy...a FREE STAMP SET from the LITTLE PAPER SHOP. That's right...the awesome Julia told me that I could let one lucky person win a FREE stamp set up to an $8 dollar value of your choice!

What do you have to do to win this AWESOME prize? Well leave a comment...and that's it! And since I was late I will actually let everyone leave 2 comments...doubling your chances to win! So go tell all your friends and leave me a comment!

You have until the Monday the 15th...the day we post our Design Team challenge...to leav me a comment! Good luck and happy Stamping to all!

May God Bless you today and always,

Silvia

Retirement Sets and a SALE!!!

Okay so SU! just released their retiring sets list...and it's a pretty short list as far as lists go...only 65 sets we'll be loosing this time! Horay! can't wait to see what goodies thay have cominbg out on Jan 19th!!!

Here is the list for you!

Click Here for the Numerical page order

Click Here for the 10% off Pricing

Now for the most totally awesome special there ever was...are you sitting down...okay, each and everyone of you can get 10% off your order of retiring stamps from now until the 23rd of December...but hurry sale ends the 23rd!!! Now as if that wasn't enough...they are also giving you FREE shipping with any order over $70...so buy yourself something nice and get something for your mom, sister, daughter, cousin, friendly neighbor...who cares who it's for...you get FREE shipping!!!

Remember you can order directly from me at my Stampin' Up! buisness website and you will still recieve the awesome specials! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Happy Stampin!

May God bless you today and always!

Silvia

I've been away...but very busy!

My friend Nikki asked me if I wanted to do a craft fair with her this Friday evening and I couldn't pass it up...We have 2 tables and I am jazzed...although I think hers will be a little more jazzy than mine! LOL I have been super busy making things for that and really no time to post much. I have also been working on some samples for a customer who's son will be 1 on Valentines day...so that's what I've been up to...I would like to share something with you though...

I made these last year, but they are good for a little revisit...they are ornaments made from Laminate counter top samples that you can get at any major home improvement store...I actually have a whole bunch of them! LOL I think they are super cute and they already have a hole in them for the ribbon...what couls be better?

For the ornaments above I used wild wasabi cardstock and ink, baroqu motif stamp set and holidays and wishes stamp set...once stamped I covered the whole thing with versamark powder and embossed with Irridescent Ice EP.

For the ornaments below I used just red and black cardstock and whisper white craft inkand embossed with clear embossing powder. The buckles are from the hodge podge hardware kits that are no longer available.poo poo! Easy peasy and super cute...way to recycle!

I hope you enjoyed these little cuties! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you today and always,

Silvia

Kusudama balls

I am totally and hopelessly addicted to origami right now! Useful origami...I know most origami is useful to look at, but these Kusudama balls can be ornaments! Who wouldn't love a glorious handmade ornament? These ornaments are not for the faint of heart...they take some time and dedication, but they sure are worth the effort!

To make some of these Kusudama balls you will need:

**60 pieces of 3x3 paper

**glue

**patience

And here is a close up of the ornament...pretty neat looking huh?

I know you will all want to see how it's made....soooo

Here is the link to part one of the tutorial and here is the link to part two of the tutorial.

I have been trying to post this all weekend...my darn computer is super slow!!! I will be posting my Little Paper Shop Monday DT challenge a little later today! Thanks for stopping by!

If you do try to make these lovely ornaments please leave me a comment with a link...I would love to see them!

Have a super stamping day!

May God Bless you today and always!

Silvia

Hosting LSC

Okay this is my second time typing this up and I am a bit sad because I had it all totally and completely typed in and it somehow dissapeared into lala land! I will start woth some pictures of my sweet little Emelia...who is turning THREE today! I can not believe how fast time has gone by! This is a picture that some of you might be familiar with...it's my Avatar from Splitcoaststampers and I just can't seem to part with it! I have 2 other kids and I know they are feeling neglected cuz I won't change my avatar...but look how sweet she looks! Plus, now that it's been up for 3 years people might not know who I am if I change it! LOL


This next picture was taken a few months ago, but doesn't she just look the cutest! I will post more pictures from her 3rd birthday party in a few weeks...thanks for going down memory lane with me!

Now for the card! I knew it was my turn to host on her birthday so I took the oppertunity to let her inspire my Challenge LSC196. Her favorite color is pink...so you are to use pink somewhere on your card or project, she's turning 3 so what better than to limit the layers and embelishments to 3! Last but not least...she loves animals, so an animal must be used in the card or project! Here is my card! (her birthday card!)

I used pretty in pink for the card base, I then stamped the little kitty on a piece of 2.25 x 2.5 piece of whisper white cardstock and colored it in using blender pens and pretty in pinjk and certainly celery inks...added glitter and was done with that. Next I used a piece of designer paper scrap and cut a circle using my creative memories circle cutter and added it to the base and tied a pink gingham ribbon around it...for my last step I added a #3 chipboard number 3 and that's all...super simple and super cute for my super cute 3 year old!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps: Pun Fun

Ink: Pretty in pink, certainly celery, stazon black

Accessories: Ribbon, bigshot, creative memories ircle cutter, glitter

HAppy Thanksgiving!

I have been super busy these past few days! With house work, getting ready for Thanksgiving, a craft fair and taking care of the family I have barely had time to breathe! Today I would like to share with you a card that I recieved from a friend on SCS...her name is MIchelle Redman and her card is just absolutely GORGEOUS! look at her wonderful coloring! Thank you so much Michelle for this wonderful card and for thinking of me on Thanksgiving!


I will share with you a card I made tomorrow...Until then enjoy your thanksgiving! May it be blessed!


Have a blessed day today and always!

Silvia

Chocolate Satin Oragami Frame

I stink at blog header titles! LOL So today's SCS challenge is the Limited Supplies Challenge LSC195...hosted by my good friend Judy from Joy in a Jar... So today's challenge was to use chocolate of some sort on your card/project!

So I am totally in LOVE with the Ski Slope designer paper from the mini catalog and I also really like the chocolate satin ribbon and I thought I would use it to make something...I went into my alterables bin and found a super cute frame shadow box and used that to make a little something...

What do you think of my little something? I used a bunch of papers and accessories, but I really like how it turned out...okay so maybe not a bunch! Just 2 pieces of paer! hahaha LOL I also used one of my VERY favorite stam sets (Baroque motifs) and I love the sentiment from Holidays and wishes. I used the Oragami medalion fold again from the TLC challenge from monday (can you tell I love these little guys?)

Now for the baroque motiofs I just knew that I had to use Ridding Hood Red ink and it wouldn't dry to well, so I used my brain and poured clear embossing powder over the ink just after stamping and heat set it. Sheer gorgeousness and it's even raised! To finish off this project I used some Hodge Podeg Hardware and one of my mini snowflake dies for the big shot available from Stampin' Up! and no project is ever complete without some dazzling diamonds glitter!

Supplies:

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Holidays and Hugs

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Stazon black

Paper: Bella Rose designer paper, Ski Slope Designer paper, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Hodge Podge Hardware, Big Shot, snow flakes dies, satin ribbon (retired), dazzling Diamonds glitter

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God bless you today and always,

Silvia