New baby!

Well sort of...I got myself a Cuttlebug!!! I couldn't be more excited from the moment I got the box in the mail on Friday its been a non stop love! I have always drooled over all the beautiful creations you can do with it and it was about time I got one...don't you think?! I only got a few cards done with it because now I'm so excited I can't even choose which die I want to use...the swiss dots or the swirls or the music notes one...aarrgghh! decisions!! but I have to say its a great feeling.
I have a few cards to share with you that have been some of my recent work that you can find on my Etsy Shop. Thanks for visiting me have a wonderful rest of the week.

If you live in California I hope you go out and vote!!!

Cutie Pie

I'm on a roll with pie...or cake this time! This little set was so much fun to create. I made a birthday card to match a slice of cake shaped box using my Tags, bags, boxes and more cricut cartridge and used MS punchies too. I'm in LLOOOVE with everything Cosmo Cricket comes out with and this line "Girl Friday" is adorable. I used lots of pink pearls and felt flowers and a sweet ribbon from my stash.

BTW...hope you had a wonderful National Scrapbooking day. I actually went to a scrapbooking store I had never been to on Saturday! Only about 20 minutes from my house. My husband was taking an exam in Garden Grove on Saturday and while dropping him off I thought hhmm where can I go for the next 4 hours!?! I didn't want to go back home so I began searching "scrap" "scrapbooking" "craft" "stores" on my phone's GPS and what do you know..... I found 3 scrapbooking stores less than 5.3 miles away from my current location! I started to navigate to "Scrapbooking Heaven" ...I thought how cool is that?!"

4.8 miles later Michelle's voice (I just found out that the woman's voice on my phone's gps is set to Michelle) said "Your destination is on your left" And wow...did I find a really cute store with lovely items everywhere! Very pleasant and friendly help as well. They were holding a class that I really wanted to join but couldn't bare thinking my husband slaving behind a desk so I instead participated in a free make and take that only took a few minutes. It was a really cute mother's day card...I just couldn't resist. I bought lots of goodies that I'm sure I'll be working with soon :)

So of course I spent over an hour at the store...by the time I grabbed a bite to eat and coffee I wanted to head to the other 2 stores in Los Alamitos when I got a text from my husband that the class was almost done. Like a good wife I navigated myself back to where I had started my mission and waited patiently as he came out. I CAN'T wait to go and check those other 2 lingering destinations soon!

Have a lovely week everyone! I'm going to enjoy the sun and the heat expected for this week!

Crazy for pie!

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to create a card with the quote "I love you more than pie" and I thought it was just adorable that a mother and a daughter say that to each other! It is so sweet and witty. For the card I used a Parisian patisserie theme with hues of blues, pinks and light greens. I used K&Co. Que sera sera papers and the Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge for the pie and the stand comes from the wedding cake in the Wedding Cartridge. I went crazy with bling and my customer truly loved it. It was a fantastic feeling to know how special it'll be for the two of them. And that is truly what I love about creating cards.

Sketch # 25

I just love Kazan's and Laura's weekly fun over at 2S4Y! they have the most fabulous sketches week after week and I just wish I had more time to play with all of them...but last night I actually sat down and gave this fun sketch a try. When I saw the stars I immediately thought "USA" and the beauty of the colors in our American flag. I used several of my cricut cartridges for the stars, the map, and the letters for a fun but simple card celebrating our country. I think I might use this as a template for a 4th of July BBQ! hhmm something to look forward to :)
Thanks for visiting me and have a wonderful rest of the week! HUGS!

Sorry it's been a while...

I haven't posted anything in over a month!!! OMG! wow I've been super busy with lots of orders and I have been blessed to have recently worked with a really sweet bride. My first bride by the way!!! :) Emily is getting married this Saturday and I wish for her the most beautiful wedding. I worked on her wedding programs and she really loved them. It is so satisfying to have someone like your work specially on their wedding day. I have a few pictures of them for you. Her colors are this gorgeous navy blue and spring green. A light green polka dot ribbon was attached to them to hang from her ceremony chairs.

I'll be posting some more recent projects as well. Have a beautiful weekend!! HUGS

In a Springy mood

I love it when days get longer...I feel more energetic in the evenings. I've gotten so much done lately! My husband and I are on a mission to cleaning and remodeling our backyard and the rest of the condo. We had been working on the living room and now its on to the next room! Sigh...I actually can't wait for the summer but I'm going to enjoy Spring as much as possible! It's been chilly in the mornings and there's only 20% chance of scattered showers today! I know we need the rain here in LA badly but I'm so loving the sun beaming thru my window. Hope everyone is having a great week.

I have some cards to share with you...let me know what you think. Thanks for visiting me today...HUGS!

I'm still here

Sorry I've been out of the loop for the past week. It's been rough this last week. My husbands aunt passed away last Tuesday and it's been an emotional roller coaster since. She was an amazing woman and she'll live in our hearts forever. To make things more intense at home, my mom had a fall down her stairs and fractured her clavicle and dislocated her shoulder! I'm praying she recovers soon and we can get back on track. On Friday I sat down and made a card because I was feeling sad and I wanted to cheer up a bit. I kept thinking how lucky I feel to cherish daily life with the ones I love. I couldn't imagine giving that up for the world. I made a Lucky card and here is what I came up with.

I hope everyone is having a good week and I look forward to catching up with everyone's blogs and wonderful creations out there. I think I'll craft tonight after I make some hush puppies for my husband...he had told me a while back he wanted some for Fat Tuesday so I think I'll surprise him. Thanks for visiting me today...have a lovely rest of the week.

I got nominated!

Thanks Rosanne for nominating me for the Kreativ Blogger award. I will share my info before I pass it on. So sweet of you Rosanne thanks!!! :)

7 things I did before

studied at UCLA

lived with my parents

commuted to work for 10 full minutes

diet more often

read more often

volunteered

spent money on shoes

7 things I do now

play with my Cricut

make handmade cards

blog

commute to work for 1hour 45 min (on a good day)

work 2 full time jobs

decorate my home

cook

7 things I want to do

Take another cruise

Go back to school

finish remodeling our place

get a sellers permit in my city

save more money

get a dog

keep in touch with my old friends more

7 people I nominate for this award

Michelle

Jenipher

Donna

Deedee

Regina

Nikki

Michele

You make my heart sing & eye candy

Since I'm back and feeling refreshed from our cruise I wanted to quickly get back to my scrappin! I saw the beautiful sketch at 2sketches4you and decided to give this one a try. I used some scraps from my adorable Splendid papers from Fancy Pants. I used pop up dots to raise the scalloped frame and used this lovely little birdie tag and added some stickles and mini pearls to it. I can't remember where I got this ribbon from but I've been wanting to use it for a long time now and I think I finally made a card where it would fit! I hope the girls like it! You must check out everyones creations...they are amazing every week!!

Also I wanted to share the Eye Candy of my life...my sweet and awesome husband! Hardworking, romantic, attentive and most encouraging...I love you sweetie pie! This is him waiting for me at the altar. Thanks Kazan and Laura for such fun eye candy! Have a happy Valentine's day with your handsome husbands!

Inspiration

I have a card to share with you today...it's the first card I made after coming back from our cruise. Being in love with a wonderful man is what makes me enjoy life and everything surrounding it. I saw a lot of aqua while I was on vacation...the crystal clear water, the skies, the colors of beautiful houses at Nevis all inspired me.

You know what else inspires me? The kindest of messages I received on my etsy this morning! A very talented photographer and jewelry maker Jenipher has a wonderful blog and the sweetest style of jewelry at her etsy shop CherryRunWay. Check it out!

What inspires you?

I almost forgot!!

I've been tagged!!! Most talented Donna has tagged me!! If you haven't visited her blog wow you are for a real treat...her work is amazing and her cards are jaw dropping. I drool over her beautiful work every time! Well I was to look at my 6th picture folder and post my 6th picture. Here it goes:

This is a picture of my husband and I after a busy weekends work. We are still in our uniforms and we stopped by for dinner at San Antonio Winery. (we wear blue uniforms now) We are huge wine lovers and this local winery is just around downtown! It's funny because Donna and I have something else in common!!! :) I love this picture...it was about 3 years ago and I had saved it in my "wedding" picture folder because at this winery we had our rehearsal lunch and all we kept talking about was planning our wine theme wedding which then turned out a complete success.

Thanks Donna...you brought back a really sweet memory and thanks for visiting my blog!! HUGS!

Back and Jazzed up!

Hi everyone! Thank you for all your sweet comments on our voyage and I missed you all very much! My husband and I had the most amazing 2nd honey moon...I really didn't want to come back!! There are sooo many memories of beautiful places, amazing people from all over the world and of course the music...it was fantastic!! I will never forget this trip! I will post a few pictures for you and I can't wait to get back into the swing of crafting and making cards. I have to confess...I didn't think about my cricut until day 7 of our cruise (blush) but now I just can't wait to get my hands on it :)

This is our ship the Westerdam of Holland America cruise liners. It is beautifully parked at their private island Half Moon Cay. The most gorgeous beach I have ever seen. The sand...I swear is not sand is pancake mix!!

This is the cutest little spa and resort at Nevis island in the Bahamas. I think this is where Martha Stewart got her punchies ideas!! The houses are adorable right on a the beach.

If you look closely you'll see why this beach is called "Shell Beach" it has over 690 billion shells!! no sand just shells...it was stunning! This is at St. Barth island and boy was it expensive but absolutely beautiful!

This is a view of El Morro in San Juan Puerto Rico and it is as gorgeous far and near. The views from this tranquil little old town is amazing.

I will post more pictures next week...I hope you all have a marvelous weekend!!! HUGS