Neighborly Love...

So here is yet ANOTHER flower card... though I can't promise my next card won't have any flowers in it, I have a very good reason to have flowers on this one...

The other day while on my occasional walk around the block, I passed in front of a house that had 'millions' of Zinnias in on both sides of the house all the way to the front door. Now I adore zinnias and can't keep my mouth shut, so I said: "Oh my God, that is the most beautiful garden!!!" The couple, owners of the house, and their dog, were right there and immediately offered me a bouquet to take home. So I just had to make this card to thank them.

I used WIMG for the vase and sentiment, CB 'Thank You' folder and a cute butterfly ribbon
I was going to make the flowers too, but I found these flowers ready made and they had a strong resemblance to the real flowers. So I decided to take a short cut and use them.

Hope you all like it!

Happy Birthday Bouquet...

I made this card a couple of days ago.

I used a little cricut... a little CB, some really cool papers and some premade flowers.

Too bad the pictures suck!

Welcome To The World Izzy!!!

This little guy, "IZZY", was born in Philadelphia. last August.

I made 40 of these baby announcements to welcome him to the world and to let everyone know of his arrival.

I am very happy with the result, especially since it's been a hit!

I wish the camera could capture all of the texture and the beauty of the card.

40 cards... 21 layers x 40... just imagine... lol...

Unfortunately I just thought of taking a picture of the cards after 30 of them were already packed. So here are the last 10
I just love this tiny baby feet charm...

After all of the sweetness, a little unexpected rudeness... lol

Inside of the card

Hawaii Themed Birthday Card...

This card was an order... My bosse's friend was turning 60 and the party was Hawaii themed. This is what I came up with. Some cricut... some MS edge punch... and some Jolie's.

Cute, Huh?!

and on the inside of the card:

HEARTS, HEARTS... LOVE...

This is a special one... And I will tell you why...

The day I made this card I was totally uninspired. I had this heart paper... I had the cricut "love" word already cut for a while and decided to try my tiny sewing machine... As I talked to a friend I started cutting hearts from this heart paper and gluing then on the same paper with dimensional glue. So nothing special there right?

Well... the special part happened a couple of weeks later when I showed the card for the first time and got a very positive reaction... so far I have had 8... really... EIGHT orders for this card.

So there you go... Ya never know!

A FEW CARDS I MADE A WHILE AGO...

This magnolia card came out so adorable! My friend Eliana and I combined our papers, supplies and imagination and created this together.

Oh this bird card... It was in my mind for a long time. So simple...I love it!

These were papers that I put to use as soon as I bought them, for a change. I made a couple of look alikes.

This gorgeous card was inspired by my friend Eliana (aka MyScrapCorner). I used her tools and stamps. Thanks for sharing Cu!!!

This card is so pink and so cute! It is one of my very favorites.

The day I made this card I had gotten terrible news... yet I was very happy with what I was able to create that day.

I love this card!

This card was inspired by my friend Eliana Kaplan, aka MyScrapCorner.

I was soooo bored when I made this card, I made it as a challenge. I picked some matching papers that were sitting in my paper stack for months and made this. I kind'a like it.

This was another paper that was sitting in my paper stack for a while, and after coloring the little doll these colors I was able to match with this paper. I also used cuttlebug tinny dots folder.

Thanks for looking!!!

MY NIECE SOPHIA, 6

This is my beautiful 6 year old niece Sophia, modeling her new bikini and her new smile.

Sophia's favorite things are:

• Horses, horses and more horses
• Anything and everything "Princess".
• Color: PINK (are there any others?)
• Sparkly everything...
• Cupcakes and Ice cream WITH sprinkles
• Panda... (the animal and the Chinese food... yeah... I know... lol)
• School

and a lot more stuff

Sometimes I get a phone call and I say "hello"... and all I hear from the other side is "MEOW" and then a little laugh... and that's how I know that is Sophia trying to trick "Tia Rosana"... than I respond "QUACK"... and that is how we communicate for a little while... Until I say: "Hey Sophia, want to go to Michael's?" And then the conversation gets real serious and she is ready to go in minutes.

Loro, 41 Year Old Bird

This is my familie's bird fom when I was a little girl. I remember as if it was today, the day that we adopted him into our family. I was a 7 year old little girl. One evening after school, in Brazil, my mom (deceased), my middle brother Edson (deceased) and I walked a couple of miles over to the home of some friends to pick him up and bring him home. I was wearing my school uniforme, and running so excited about adopting "Lourinho". He had just a few gray feathers. That was 41 years ago. This picture was taken a few months ago by the new family that is taking care of him, since he is in Brazil and I am in USA.

He sings and speaks and calls my name and used to call my mom.

What memories I have of those times.

Scruff, 15

Picture by: Eliana Kaplan

This is my boy Scruff. He is 15 years old. He's been my buddy for the last 12 years. Lately his health has been weak, but he is a fighter and is hanging on for dear life. I am pretty sure he already used up all of his 9 lives plus a couple. The vet diagnosed him with liver cancer, probably very serious pancreatic problems too. But trough it all I often catch him playing with his little toys under the bed or in the closet, and still knows how to demand being petted 'the right way'.

Picture by: Eliana Kaplan

ONLINE TV IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

AND THESE ARE MY GUILTY PLEASURES...

BIRTHDAY CARD

I LOVE THESE PRE-MADE FLOWERS
(too bad more than half of the flowers in the package are unusable and a total waste of money. let the maker know it.)

I USED THE FISKAS FLOWER EMBOSSING PLATE, A MINI E.K. PUNCH FOR THE EDGE, A CUTE RIBBON AND SOME REALLY COOL SHINNY PAPERS.

I ALSO USED RUBONS FOR THE SENTIMENTS IN AND OUT OF THE CARD, CRICUT (WIMG) FOR THE VASE, DIMENSIONAL ADHESIVE AND A MATCHING ENVELOPE.

ENJOY!

SOME OF MY CHRISTMAS CARDS

When I made these cards I didn't have my tools or space to work on. I just wanted to work on Christmas cards so badly, so they are quite simple. My cricut and CB were in storage and very hard to get to. My friend Eliana Kaplan very generously invited me numerous times to scrap with her at her home. She let me use her CB and folders and cricut (last card's snow flakes). Shared paper and suplies. Gave me lots of boxes of square sticky glue, and LOTS of inspiration.

Thanks Cu!