Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday...

happy birthday...

happy birthday to me!!!

Yep! it´s my birthday today, and NOPE I´m not telling how old I´m now!
It´s very easy for me to think of presents for everybody but I had always a hard time to find something for me, so I made myself this envelope where I put some money as a self-gift and I told to myself to spend it without regrets!

This cute image is Ratiny in a cupcake from Softpencil, Elizabeth has such beautiful images at her shop, you should go and see for yourself, they are completely cute! I started by decorating the envelope using some old patterned papers from my stash that I faux stitched around them with fine markers. Took a brown ribbon and I tied it with a bow, a scrap of the same ribbon and a button are the decoration of the closing.

I printed the image twice, I colored one of them with colored pencils, from the other I cut the frosting of the cupcake that I glittered with my new white crystal glitter (I´m loving this stuff!!!) and placed it with foam tape for dimension on the colored one, do you see the frosty effect? it´s so beautiful in real life! I wish I could take better pictures... Here is another angle picture so you can see Ratiny hidding behind

I decorated the cupcake with a flower and a button (from my stash also) and some heart stickers. I placed the image with foam tape on the envelope, hand wrote the sentiment with fine markers and voilá! very easy and finished in no time.

I´m playing with this envelope at the following challenges:
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #9: glitter, sparkle, gems
Aly´s Sunday Challenge #26: recipe (2 design paper + 2 buttons)
Little Red Wagon Challenge #47: glitter
Cupcake Crafts Chalennge #10: pink and brown
One stitch at a time Challenge#32: anything goes... as you like it!
Stamp, Scraps and Doodle: stitching
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #22: let´s see some dimension

4U

I´m calling this card 4U but I didn´t actually write the sentiment, it could be uses to send it to a friend, b-day, thinking of you, miss you... The images I´m using are Garland from Stef (Glitterbabe) and Hedgie from Christy (Tiddly Inks), I put them together with PS and printed it on cardstock and I colored them with colored pencils.

I wanted to use both images to make a card(s) but I was not thinking in combining them, today it seems I was inspired and suddenly it all come together... I added some rhinestones to the center of the flowers and around the flower where the sentiment will be placed.

Love the colors of the digi papers I used! these are from Jaime and I printed them on cardstock
I´m submitting this card to participate in the following challenges:
Tiddly Inks Challenge blog: anything goes!
Friday Sketchers: sketch #99
Aly´s Sunday Challenge: all about animals
One Stitch at a Time: flowers
Cupcake Craft Challenges: don´t be square (mine is 4.5x6 in)

Baby card and a recipe

Today I got great news a co-worker is pregnant! That´s so wonderful because she is the most sweet person I´ve worked with, competent, intelligent, funny and beautiful inside and outside, I´m so happy for her. The baby will be born by the end of July but I thought to send her an "Expecting" card meanwhile I think of what to make for her when the baby comes...

This card I made following Aly´s sketch for this week. The sketch is really good because it´s so versatile and the main focus is the image and that´s exactly what I needed. I´m for sure going to use it again. Thanks for another great sketch Aly!! The image is a cut I did with my cricut and you can find the svg image here. Paper is an old one from my stash, the sentiment is a dollar clear stamp I found at Michael´s a few years ago. I like the way this card turned out, it´s simple and yet lovely, I´m thinking to give it to her along with something else but I don´t know what... maybe a chocolate...

Most of my dinners are not a main dish, I thinking it might be my age.... I must be turning old because I can not have dinners as I used to.... I need something more light to have a good night sleep after. So, I usually have a tea with milk and something else preferably on a solid state.... sometimes I have a plain yogurt with a fruit cut into pieces or a tea with whole wheat toast... but last Sunday night I preprared this bread

this amazing and wonderfully tasting Seeded Flatbread is made out of seeds and whole wheat flour. The recipe calls for pumkin seeds but I didn´t have them at the time, so I skipped those and replace them (not completely) with sesame seeds. After it came out of the oven, still warm, we have them with some chesse and ham, we never tried it that way and it´s a delicious combination. The way we did have this flatbread before was at breakfast with sourcream and honey but it would make a wonderful brunch with whatever you fancy on top (scrambled eggs, fruit preserves, salads....), it´s good with either salty or sweet toppings.

I just realize we run out of ink in our printer.............. DISASTER!!!!!! we have to replace it.... soon....