Meeting Marlene {4umarlene1} OMG my new Bff!!!

I met with Marlene at her beautiful home in Miami and WoW what a beautiful lady she is inside and out! Marlene greeted me with so much enthusiasm and {cariño}! I was blown away by her charisma and knowledge. We spent some time at her home where she showed me her beautiful and elegant studio and she gave the cutest bag filled with spa goodies. If you haven't done so you must go and check her out as soon as you can! Her work is amazing you guys you can find her on her YT channel and at her Etsy store here!!

Then we went out for a little shopping at this amazing store/warehouse filled to the rim with scrapbooking goodness and then headed out to lunch. She treated me to some fantastic food {yummy} wish we had that here in California!

I can’t wait for us to meet again Marlene and hopefully you can make it out this way soon. Thanks so much for taking the time out to meet with me I feel blessed to call you my friend.

My faubulous bag filled with spa goodies from Marlene

Wall hangings {Christmas gifts for my nieces}

Elegant Quinceañera Card Box

Happy Friday everyone I’m back and here’s a project that I was working on and want to share with you. I created this Elegant Quinceañera Card Box for my daughter’s party.
I covered the box with French Vanilla card stock from Bazzill and accented it throughout with 29th Street Market paper by My Mind’s Eye to make it look like old vintage torn wall paper. I inked all of the edges and corners with Brushed Corduroy and Peeled Paint Distress Ink by Ranger.
All of this I accented with some Prima Pearls and created Rose clusters with Iamroses roses and Prima roses and leaves. I personally hand crafted the stick pins and added a sparkling bead from The Bead Gallery. All in all I think this project turned out amazing and it captured the essence that I was looking for. I hope you enjoy it as well.

Things I’m grateful for this year

As many of you already know Christmas time is my favorite time of the year. This year I have many things to be grateful for.

I have My Mother and she is regaining her health I have my Father and he too is regaining his health. As a family we have lost some special members but I’m grateful because I was blessed enough time be part of their lives.

“BUT” most of all I am grateful for having my own healthy and happy family where unity always reigns so I leave you with this special prayer and hope that you feel the same during this special time of the year.

O Heavenly Father, our loving God, you have given us the Holy Family
as our patron to bless and guide our families that the fruit of the
Holy Spirit - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, humility, and self-control - shall reign in our homes.

Merry Christmas to you all

Ivett

Halloween 3D Swap

YPP "Junk Market Swap" Summer Garden/Encouraging Hidden Messages

YPP "Junk Market Swap" Summer Garden/Encouraging Hidden Messages

3D HALLOWEEN TAG SWAP Group

***Sign-ups are still open as long as I can get groups of five. Leave your request here and I will contact you with updates***

Hi Ladies!

Thank you for joining in on the tag swap. I am sure we will have an awesome time with this one! I will be hosting a video segment on YouTube showing off everyone's tags! So if you don’t have a channel I think this would be a great time to get one started. I will also need for all of you to email me with your name and YT channel if you already have one.

Here is the group and the rules. If you have any questions at all, drop me an email at ivettc@sbcglobal.net.

Make 7 tags, keep 1 for yourself

Krystal
Dana
Lori
Proudpaper
Ivett
Elizabeth

3D HALLOWEEN TAG SWAP

Hi everyone and welcome! I am hosting my first tag swap and what an occasion it is. Let’s let loose the witches, goblins, critters and bats! This swap will consist of making 3D Halloween Tag. No limits as far as you want to take this swap just be creative! I can’t wait to see what we all come up with.

Here’s the info:
• Sign-ups: You will need to sign up by leaving a comment here. Just post your request to join under this post by Monday September 13th. You will be considered part of the swap if you sign up here unless I personally contact you and state otherwise. I will accept international swappers for this swap. International swappers will need a PayPal account and I will send a PayPal invoice for the cost to ship the swapped tags
• Please make your tag with good quality, heavy card stock or back with light chipboard for stability
• Your tag should be sized at 2 ¾ x 5 inches or larger (tag shape can vary)
• All tags should you create should be the same, identical: charms, flowers, ribbon etc.
• Please include at least one embellishment on your tag (flower, charm, bling, ribbon, etc.)
• Include your name and blog/YouTube URL on the back of your work so we all know whose work it is.
• Place your tag in a plastic zipper type bag to prevent losing any parts or water damage during transit.
• Include a self-addressed/self-stamped envelope with your tags for shipment please use USPS only please. Stamps should total at least the same amount of postage as it took to mail the tags to me.

Your tags should be in my hands NO LATER THAN Wednesday October 13th please. I will ship the swapped tags to participants within a week so long as I have everyone’s tags on time. Any delays in receiving the tags will delay shipment for others so please be considerate of the deadline. :-)

If you don't already have my mailing address, email me at ivettc@sbcglobal.net and I will send you my mailing address.

Thank you all for participating, and most importantly HAVE FUN!! Can’t wait to see everyone’s creations!

Hugs,
Ivett

Just a few cards

Cards for MSClaudia

My heart goes out to you Claudia and your family. I hope that this helps you a little bit.

A cute card for my niece

A Few Get Well Cards & Wall Hanging

Here are a few cards and a wall hanging that I created for my niece this past week. She has come a long way from being on life support to breathing on her own now. She gave us quite a scare this week and I am grateful that everything is looking better each day now. She is only twenty-one, and is the sweetest girl you could meet and if that wasn’t enough she has a lovely heart. Hopefully by Monday she will be able to leave ICU and I can spend more time with her. So in the meantime I ask for your prayers. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend everyone.

Whimsical Banner Swap

Post Cards From Paris