Challenge # 16: Valentine's Day project (not a card) with VIDEO

Happy Wednesday!

It's the start of a new month which means NEW CHALLENGEs and a NEW prize.
Lately it seems everyone has been cranking out Valentine's Themed projects, but I have been seeing alot of cards.


This week's challenge is : Create a Valentine's Day Theme Project, as long as it's not a card.

The February Challenge prize is:
Spring Holiday Cards Cricut Cartridge!!

This is a great chance to catch up with scrapbooking, work on treats for school aged children, as well as decorate mailboxes. Those are some ideas to name a few, but the possibilities are endless.

The Guest Designer for this week is Maria M. from Maria Elena World She created this super adorable altered wooden frame. I absolutely adore the color combination as well as the cluster of flowers.

Amanda
Created this super cute altered mailbox. You can pick these little cuties up at target for a dollar and they are just so fun to decorate. This would make such a great gift for a school aged child to take to school. Just decorate and fill with treats!

Ivette
 Created this super romantic altered wooden frame as well. I love her choice of pattern paper and they way she incorporated the  adhesive rhinestone with the ribbon :) It' came out so perfect.

Elsa

Created this adorable Mailbox from a big shot die. And isn't it to die for :)  I can just imagine a little kid taking this to school and having it stuffed full of letters from their valentines.

for my project I went ahead and a scrapbook page layout.
I went ahead and tried to create a punny themed scrapbook page but i wanted it to be adult and more sophisticated. I decided to use the sentimentals cricut cartridge for that reason.

Dia De Los Muetros Blog Hop

 Hey Friends,

Welcome to the Dia De Los Muetros / Celebration of Life Blog Hop. If You  arrived here from Erika, then you are in the right spot. If not, don't worry, I will have the blog list at the bottom of this post so you can continue to hop along. You do not want to miss anyone on this hop it is FULL of some amazing talent out there.

If you do not know about Dia De Los Muetros, I will explain it to you before I go ahead and show you my project and video. Dia De Los Muetros is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and Latin American Countries on November 1st, where participants honor the dead, and celebrate and remember the lives they lived. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.

As many of you know, I am from Puerto Rico, and unfortunately it is not a holiday that we celebrate there, but we do have All Saints Day which is similar-ish  :)

Today I will be honoring the Life of My Maternal Grandfather who passed away in 2006 

 Don Pablo Garcia

My Grandfather was a great man! When he was young he dropped out of school in the 5th grade and went to work in order to help provide for his family. All his life he was a hardworker, and even though he worked hard for everything that he had, he always gave to those that were in need. In his village in Puerto Rico he had earned the title "Don" which means a man of great respect. The father of 6 Children  (the youngest my mother) he always provided everything he could within his means and made time for each and everyone one of his children no matter how tired he was from working.

My greatest memory of my grandfather was as a child, we would walk around his farm land and he would show me how to take care of all the animals. Together we would feed the chickens and the geese. Then we would collect vegetables and he would sit me on his lap and together we would split the beans.  He literally had a honest heart of gold, and I will always miss his smile, his hugs and the quality time we spent together.

I created this scrapbook page layout in memory of his life. I don't have the picture put on the page just yet because i have to dig through my mother's albums to get the picture i am thinking of, and have it copied.

The title reads Te Recuerdo " I remember you" Please click to view the picture full size, there is alot of detail in this layout.

I cut the skull from Rock Princess at 3 inches, and the roses at 1.5 inches

The candles are from Christmas, and cut at 4 inches,

The marquee shape is from Gypsy wanderings and cut at 7.75 and 8 inches respectively

The Ribbon beneath the photo mat is cut from winter frolic at .80 inches

I pretty much went doodle crazy on the layout.

The pattern paper is Basic Grey- Marrakech- Orchid Oolong (Discontinued)

In celebration of this fun blog hop I will be giving away 2 prizes, one here on my blog and the other on my Facebook Fan Page.

In order to enter to win the prize, followers just leave a comment on this post

American Crafts "Craft Fair"  12 sheets Pattern Paper and  matching Journaling Stickers

for the facebook fan page prize, just go over to my facebook page, "like it" and leave a comment.

KI Memories Pet Shop Paper Paper- 14 sheets

 

I will draw both winners on wednesday via random.org

Also do not forget to make sure you comment on ALL of the posts on each blog in order to be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE PACK

here is the blog list. Have fun hopping!

Abby

Gaby

Celeste

Karla

Erika

Cristina You are here!!!

Carri She's Next

Momo

Agnes

Emma

Donna

Jessica

Episode 47: Naptime Layout

Hey ladies,

My Daughter's Birthday is just around the corner so I've been in a major SCRAPBOOKING mood, actually more of a frenzy. I've been trying to get some of her remaining older pictures scrapped before her party so that her 1 year old scrapbook is as close to completion as possible. So here's a good step in the right direction

I've had a few requests for more "Gypsy" in my videos, so I attempted to film a little explanation of how I design layouts in my gypsy. Which is just the standard 12x24 technique.

I cannot believe how many cricut cartridges I used in this layout. I feel so proud of actually using my cartridge stash!

Cuts Breakdown
NAP cut from Cursive 101 at 3.31 inches (used shadow blackout feature as well), welded together
TIME cut from Winter Woodland at 1 3/4 inches, hide contour  for the inside cuts  (used shadow feature as well), welded together
MUSHROOM/BUTTERFLY cut from Sugar & Spice (lite) at 6 1/2 inches
FLOWERS cut from Sugar & Spice at 4 inches
cut from Pooh & Friends at 3 inches
SUN cut from Create a Critter at 4 inches


Enjoy the video

** i didn't show it in the video but i decided my layout looked a bit empty so I added clusters of buttons tied with hemp cord***

Supplies
DCWV Dot lines Designer Paper
Pink Cardstock We R Memory Keepers Teen Angst Stack
Green 5/8 Grograin Ribbon
Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch
Signio White Gelly Roll Pen
PK-640 Princess Assortment Stamps
Star Dust Stickles
Lots of Buttons
Hemp Cord
ATG, Scotch quick dry, Zig, Zots