Author: cristina

Cuppy Cake Love

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A couple of years I got into making cupcakes. I made only three batches after I lost interest (I’m very proud of how my cupcakes turned out, but making them is quite a bit of work, and I’d rather spend time paper crafting. 🙂 ) So when I saw Jenn Barrette’s contribution to the February BYOC (Build Your Own Collab) at The Lily Pad, I knew just what I’d use it for.

Isn’t this mini kit just adorable? So I made an adorable album about the cupcakes I made.

Cupcake Album

Credits:
Cuppy Cake Love by Jenn Barrette
Alpha from Best Birthday Ever by Jenn Barrette

I used stickles to add sparkle and glossy accents for the title.

Cupcake Album 1

Beads to make sprinkles.

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I colored some white flowers by Prima with worn lipstick distress ink (same color I used to ink all the edges).

Cupcake Album 3

A mix of digital flowers and real flowers. The ribbon from the kit is so cute!

Cupcake Album 4

Sooooo pretty! 😉

Project 52 Cards

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We’re a few weeks into the new year, and I feel it is safe for me to share one of the resolutions I made for 2011. This didn’t start out as a resolution, rather as a “wouldn’t it be nice if…”, but now I want to commit to doing it because I think it’s really cool. 🙂 So, welcome to my Project 52 Cards! This year I will give to DH 52 cards, one per week. Here is a recap of the first 6 weeks.

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See the Week 1 card here.

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See the Week 2 card here.

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See the Week 3 card here.

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See the Week 4 card here.

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See the Week 5 card here.

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See the Week 6 card here.

And yeah, in case you were wondering, I just took the 1-5 pictures today. From now on, I will be taking them right when he opens the card. 🙂 Off to work on a card for next week! 😉

Happy Chinese New Year!

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Last night DH and I celebrated Chinese New Year’s eve. I made him cook a nice Chinese dinner: I don’t know how authentic it was, but I can testify it was absolutely delicious! This is the year of the rabbit, and I’m very happy because I am very fond of bunnies. Here’s the card I made to celebrate the year of the rabbit:

Happy New Chinese Year card

Happy New Chinese Year card

Credits:
Sheng Xiao by ViVa Artistry

A very quick, print only card, but cute!

ETA: well, guess what?!! I got a GSO with this one!! Yipeeee! 🙂

Mad 4 You

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Mari Koegelenberg has a new kit out today. It’s a collab with Elise’s Pieces and it’s totally adorable!

It’s also 20% off right now! I fell in love with this math doodled paper, and with the pretty robots!

Geeks

Journaling:
Is it weird that we sometimes email or skye each other from one room to the next? 🙂

Credits:
Mad 4 You by Mari Koegelenberg Creations and Elise’s Pieces
Font: Firefly Castle

And check out that lamp/heart doodled paper! Sweeeet!

Birthday Sale!

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There’s a great birthday sale going on at the Sweet Shoppe, and all of Jenn Barrette’s store is 35% off for a week! And guess what? She has a new kit today, a birthday kit nonetheless!! 😀

Isn’t this the best birthday kit ever?!? I am in love with it! Luckily, I had some birthday pictures yet to scrap: I hadn’t scrapped these because ALL the pictures DH took of me on my last birthday are really crappy. Yuck. However, thanks to a few photo actions I was able to salvage this pic. Yay! 🙂

Happy Birthday to Me

Credits:
Best Birthday Ever by Jenn Barrette
Font: CK Mama O, karabinE
Photo action by the Pioneer Woman

I am so happy: a week ago I bought online a gorgeous new duvet cover; it arrived this week and we just put it on our bed. It is gorgeous! And now I get to get crafty today with some crafty supplies I bought online. Hmmm, yes, I might have gone a bit crazy with online shopping lately… 😉 Well, as long as DH doesn’t complain… 😀

Always and Forever

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Mari Koegelenberg has a new kit out today – so sweet and romantic!

I felt like scrapping wedding pictures with this gorgeous kit, but since my wedding pictures are all scrapped already (actually, my wedding album is precisely what got me into digital scrapbooking!), I did she next best thing: I scrapped pictures of our cake topper! 🙂 In fact, I took some nice pictures of it over Christmas so the timing was perfect.

My Cake Topper

Credits:
Always and Forever by Mari Koegelenberg
Font: CK Mama O
Photo action by My Four Hens Photography

This kit comes with a fabulous brush set too! I used some stamps to create a bouquet. 🙂

Shabby Sweetheart

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Jenn Barrette has a new collab out today (20% off!) with ScrapKitchen Designs:

Seriously, the preview doesn’t do this kit justice, because it is soooo pretty! The papers are to die for, and the elements are adorable – let me say just this: doilies!
I used it to make another 2 pager for my P365:

P365/2011 Week 3

Credits:
Shabby Sweetheart by Jenn Barrette and ScrapKitchen Designs
Unseamly Alpha by Jenn Barrette
Font: CK Noah

Yeah, I kind of see myself doing an all-Jenn P365, with the rhythm of new kits she’s been putting out lately! 🙂

Jenn’s Rocking the Pad!

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Jenn Barrette is on fire this month! Today she has 2 new collab kits out at the Lilypad, and they’re both just amazing (and 20% off right now, which never hurts!)! First off, a collab with Val Wibbens:

I made this fun card with it:

Be Silly card

Next this all-adorable robot love kit with Jenna Desai:

Isn’t this the cutest robot couple ever? Hehe! 😉

I Love You to Bits card

And, believe it or not, Jenn has another kit coming out tomorrow at the Sweet Shoppe, so be prepared for more cuteness! 🙂

Penguin Cuteness

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My husband loves penguins, so I made him a card using the latest kit by Erica Zane:

Isn’t it adorable? Here’s my card:

Penguin Snow card

Get ready for more cards coming tomorrow. I’m on a card roll! 😉

For a Friend

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A dear friend of ours is fighting with stage IV pancreatic cancer. She has kept her good spirits and she has been a true inspiration throughout this journey. Her sons have started collecting memories about her and have turned to family and friends to ask everyone to share a memory or two about Peggy. So I did what I know best: I scrapped a page with a few memories of mine.

I Remember When

Credits:
Good Mother by Jenn Barrette
Font: Pea Olson, CK Ali’s Hand

We hope she has still many months with us, but in the meantime it’s nice to just celebrate the gift of having her with us.