Monday, December 20, 2010

There are so many presents I want to give during Christmas that I decided to try making some of them myself. Here I show you an altered alarm clock. I bought a couple of clocks at IKEA and altered them with a little white embossing, clear stamps, ribbon, buttons, thread, and stickles. It took me less than half an hour to make both, and they look so cute!

Hay tantos regalos que quiero dar en Navidad que decidí intentar hacer algunos de ellos yo misma. Aquí les muestro un reloj con alarma decorado. Compré un par de relojes en IKEA y los “alteré” con un poco embossing blanco, sellos “clear”, cinta, botones, hilo, y Stickles. Me tomó menos de media hora para hacer ambos, y se ven tan lindos!
original clock- reloj original




Saludos :)

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Amor Layout / Página Amor


Hello!

I made a very quick layout (45 min or so) with some of the leftover stuff I had on my desk from all the Christmas projects I’ve been working on, so I have a bit of different brands, collections…

I wanted to make a layout to hang and display on its own so I tied a ribbon on top, I made it Christmassy but I didn’t want to add a Christmas message because I like the idea of making it an all-year décor, it’s kind of an inspirational piece with a nice message “atesora cada momento” (treasure every moment).

I printed the photo on canvas, it gives a nice touch. I hope you like it.


Hola!

Hice una página muy rápidamente (45 minutos más o menos) con algunas de las cosas que me sobraron y tenía en mi escritorio de todos los proyectos de Navidad en los que he estado trabajando, así que tengo un poco de diferentes marcas, colecciones ...

Quería hacer un diseño para colgarlo en la pared, así que le puse una cinta en la parte superior, lo hice un poco navideño pero no quería agregarle un mensaje de Navidad porque me gusta la idea que sea una decoración de todo el año, es una especie de pieza de inspiración con un bonito mensaje "Atesora Cada Momento".

Imprimí la foto sobre tela, le da un toque especial. Espero que les guste.

Saludos :)






Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Christmas Ornament Swap / Intercambio de adornitos de Navidad

I always wanted to participate in a swap, but had not found the time so far. This year I decided to join a Christmas ornament swap organized by Nathalie Kalbach, when I read about her swap I thought this is the best opportunity to join a swap, because I'll be working on Christmas stuff anyways and the happiness of the season will make it very fun!
I had so many ideas, every day I came up with one, but I had to decide for one that wasn't going to break or too heavy to mail.

After I made it I had my hubby to approve it, he tends to be very honest and I trust his taste, after all he likes me…LOL.
I also asked my friend Catalina to have a look. I just wanted it to be as nice as possible, I'm very happy with the results. Thank you Cata!
I hope Daphne likes it...


 A couple of days ago I received a gorgeous ornament from my Secret Santa, I love it, I was very happy to see a big envelope saying "Spanien" on my address...I really enjoy this all over the world swap! It's a very interesting and kind of elegant tree, I love the idea. Thank you Andrea!!! I haven’t had time to take a good photograph of the Ornament, but Nathalie has a very good one on her blog, is the first picture on her “Secret Santa Ornament Swap 2010 - The Ornaments” post, “Andrea to Gabi”, and the one I made says “Gabi to Daphne” a few pictures down the post, but make sure you have a look at all of them because they are very creative and beautiful.

Merry Christmas!!!!



Hola!

Siempre quise participar en un intercambio, pero no había tenido tiempo hasta ahora. Este año decidí a participar en un intercambio de adornos de Navidad organizado por Nathalie Kalbach, cuando leí acerca de este intercambio pensé que esta era la mejor oportunidad de participar en un intercambio, porque voy a estar trabajando en cosas de Navidad de todos modos y la alegría de la temporada va a hacer que sea muy divertido!

Tenía tantas ideas, cada día se me ocurría algo nuevo, pero tuve que decidir por uno que no se rompiera o fuera demasiado pesado para enviarlo por correo.

Después que hice mi adornito hice que mi esposo lo aprobara, él tiende a ser muy honesto y confío en su gusto, después de todo le gusto yo... jajaja.
También le pedí a mi amiga Catalina que le echara un vistazo. Sólo quería que fuera lo más lindo posible, estoy muy contenta de cómo quedó. Gracias Cata!
Espero que a Daphne le guste...

Hace unos días recibí mi precioso adorno de mi Santa Secreto, me encanta, me puse muy feliz al ver un sobre grande que decía "Spanien" en mi dirección ... Me gusta mucho todo esto del intercambio por todo el mundo! El adorno que recibí es un arbolito de navidad muy interesante y elegante, me encanta la idea. Gracias Andrea! No he tenido tiempo de tomar una buena fotografía del adornito, pero Nathalie tiene una foto muy buena en su blog, es la primera imagen de su “Secret Santa Ornament Swap 2010 - The Ornaments” post, “Andrea to Gabi", y la que hice yo, dice "Gabi to Daphne" unas cuantas fotos más abajo, pero les recomiendo verlos todos porque son muy creativos y bellos.

Feliz Navidad!!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Christmas Cards / Tarjetas de Navidad

Hello!

Here I show you some cards my daughter and I made; I already mailed most of them… I’m still making some more…I hope you like them.



Hola!

Aquí les muestro algunas tarjetas de Navidad que hicimos mi hija y yo. Ya he enviado la mayoría… todavía estoy haciendo más… espero que les gusten.



Saludos :)

One blog only / Un solo blog

I decided to keep only one blog, I was doing too much work to have this blog in English and another in Spanish, making the same post and the same changes on each one. So I’ll keep this blog but I’ll be including both languages on the same post, it would save me time when uploading and changing things.


He decidido mantener un solo blog, estaba haciendo demasiado trabajo al tener este blog en inglés y otro en español, haciendo los mismos cambios en cada uno. Así que voy a mantener este blog, pero incluyendo los dos idiomas en el mismo post, eso me va a ahorrar mucho tiempo al subir y cambiar cositas.

Saludos :)

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Christmas cards workshop

Christmas Workshop in collaboration with ORDNING & REDA


On Friday I went to La Moraleja Green to participate in the workshop offered by Bambola casa creativa and Ordning & Reda.

It was very good, I got to make 4 nice and simple Christmas cards and practice a bit of calligraphy, and I'm not so bad at it….

I'm glad I went there.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Doodles for my Art Journal



I wanted to add a page to my art journal with one of my favorite ideas: doodling.

I made this page while I was waiting for my kids at the school parking lot, it was a great way to “use” that time I usually waste every afternoon, so maybe I’ll make another one. Or I need to prepare other things I can do sitting in my car.

I’m thinking to add color to this page, but I’m not sure yet… I kind of like as it is but also want to play with watercolors, maybe I should scan it before painting it in case I like it more in black and white.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Just wanted to say I'm thankful for my family and friends, I think that's all that matters.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Scrapbooking a lot!

Hello!
I attended another scrapbooking event, this friday and saturday. It was organized by the girls at chocolate caliente and bambola casa creativa.
It was very interesting and fun, we made lots of christmas decorations, so now I feel like getting out all the christmas stuff and decorate the house.
The workshops were very nice, from cute mini albums to little houses. They also offered many mini projects in between big projects, which was quite nice because I had signed up for the whole event and I usually finish fast.
I ended up really tired and hubby as well because he was home with the 2 lil ones ;).
Photos later on...
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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Mobile phone case

 After the workshops with Donna Downey I felt like painting every day….and experimenting with color and media, so I made a project using the techniques that Donna always uses.


I had a case for my mobile phone that was old and dirty and I totally transformed it, I decided not to add too many embellishments so I could use it, I figured that the more stuff I put the less I would want to use it, to avoid damaging it.

Here I show you pictures of the “before” and “after”.

I hope you like it!





Thursday, October 28, 2010

Baby boy album

Hello!

I finished another project from Scraptastic event, this was the last workshop I took and couldn’t finish it because I needed to get ready and go to the airport.

The workshop was called 'Once upon a time...' and was taught by Evelien Verschelde. She was organizing the event and did a great job, and the workshop was fantastic as well.

I wanted to add a few more pages to fit more photos, so I used almost everything from the kit. I’m very happy with the results.

I made a video with the photos I took of the album…I hope you like it.


Saturday, October 23, 2010

Dani at a scrapbooking class

 Hello!


Today we had a very interesting day; Daniela attended a scrapbooking class at Bambola Casa Creativa and she had a blast. She was so excited that she could not sleep yesterday.

I took her to the class and the girls there were so friendly that she immediately sat down and let me go. When I returned to pick her up she had done a beautiful job and was very proud it. Then she said she wanted to come to many more classes ... here I show you photos. It was a Halloween layout, our picture was not Halloween related but it worked nicely.

I think her work will soon exceed mine ...

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Mini album: Tata's 100 years old

Hello!


Today I’m posting a mini album I made for my husband’s grandmother, she just turned 100 years old and I wanted to give her a special present.

It’s a mini album in a box, which I also decorated. The best part of the album is a page that I added quotes from her, I asked around and we all came up with a list of things she always says…she loved the page, and it was great fun for the family to read it.

Here are a few pictures…




Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Workshops with Donna Downey


Hello!!! I'm so happy to share this new project with you...

I attended 3 workshops with Donna Downey last weekend and I'm extremely happy to have done it. It was worth it!

The event was organized by Bambola Casa Creativa, and they did a great job, thank you girls!

The first workshop was called: Paint.Watercolor.Doodle. And that’s what we did…paint, watercolor…and the doodling was done at home because we didn’t have time to get there.

I really enjoyed it and love the results. I finished it with the help of my 4 year-old daughter, who kept asking me questions about how my teacher knows how to make all this cool stuff.

I made a video to show you the album.

The other 2 workshops were great as well, but I still need to work some more to show you everything.


Scraptastic 2010: You make me smile

 When I signed up for the Scraptastic Event I wanted to try different things, I wanted to paint and try various techniques, that’s why I selected to 2 canvas painting projects: “Wonderland” (which I showed before) and “You make me smile”.


You make me smile” was about using Claudine Hellmuth’s Studio Line paints in different ways to make a pretty background, mixing colors, dripping water adding texture… We also finished painting the beautiful angel.

This workshop was taught by Tanya Watts, she’s great fun. She was in big pain because of a recent surgery, so I really appreciate her being there and sharing her ideas with us. We got to work very relaxed and at our own pace. It’s great to see how we all started with a blank canvas and we got to some pretty impressive results!

My daughter is very excited about hanging it on her bedroom wall.


Sunday, October 10, 2010

Scraptastic 2010: Surprise workshop

 This mini album was a surprise workshop they prepared for us at Scraptastic event.


It was very nice of them to do this, and the best part is that I got to finish it the same night; I can never finish a project during classes.

I really like how it turned out.









Friday, October 8, 2010

Paint.watercolor.doodle

I'm having so much fun at Donna Downey's workshops.
I love all her work and she's great!
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Scraptastic 2010: My indie child



Some more...
This was another workshop took at Scraptastic event. My Indie Child was done by Birgit Koopsen because its original techer, Tracie Hudson, couldn’t make it. Birgit made a cute layout and we all had fun, even though some of were complaining about the hand stitching…hahaha I love the results.

We worked with Sassafras products and made a dimensional layout. We have so much left over in the kit that I think I can make another 2 layouts…yes!

My layout is very similar to Birgit’s, I really liked her idea. But I have to say everybody had told me that the model on my picture makes it perfect ;)


Friday, October 1, 2010

Scraptastic 2010: Wonderland

 This was the first workshop I took at Scraptastic Event, I was very excited and anxious to start. I wanted to have my breakfast as quick as possible and go see everything and start getting paint on my clothes..sorry, my hands…


I was glad to have my first class with Nathalie Kalbach, because I got to meet her the night before on our way from the airport to the hotel, so I already knew someone…She is so nice, as a person and as a teacher.

The workshop was called “Wonderland” , and we were to create a canvas: layers with acrylic paints, glimmer glam, beeswax, Tattered Angels, Prima Marketing, bling…She showed us various techniques and we had lots of fun, got very dirty (I still have some paint under my finger nails that I can’t get rid of…hahaha)

I really enjoyed this class because it made me do things out of my style; it pushed me try different techniques, colors, papers that I wouldn’t have chosen by myself. I’m really pleased with the results.

The best part is that I got to finish it because I had some free time right after this class, so I had my lunch right on the spot and kept working. What a good student! ;)




I’ll keep posting more projects I made at the event….