DEE STAMP RELEASE!!

  TODAY DILO EN ESPAÑOL RELEASED

11 SETS OF STAMPS IN SPANISH

Below is what Abby had to say:

"Un poco diferente la dinamica de este lanzamiento 

puesto que todavia me encuentro de vacaciones!

TODOS los sellos salen a la venta HOYYYY!!! 

Si amigas! HOY pueden comprar sus sellitos!

*** Pero antes de mostrarles los sellitos quiero darle las gracias a mi tremendazo equipo de diseño, por que sin ellas no tuvieramos esta MEGA colección de sellos. TODAS nos compartimos ideas y frases que son las que verán en los sellos.  Asi que de antemano MIL MILLONES de GRACIAS a Julieta, Patty, Gaby, Xochitl y tambien a Monica y Jackie que aunque ya no son parte de nuestro equipo, siguen siendo parte de nuestra familia escrapera.

*** Y tenemos ilustradora nueva e integrante del equipo de diseño, Lizeth de Super-Scrapbook! Ella es la ilustradora de las imagenes de los sellitos de Dilo."

 

 

Basically it says that she is on vacation (has been for almost a month! LOL) reason why we did not create anything... She gave us the whole month off!

 

SETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!

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Para sus agendas y cositas de mas... 
Mi Calendario (4x6)

Tenemos dos set nuevos para el dia del amor y la amistad!!

Me Flechaste (4x6)

Set coordina con los papeles nuevos de Super-Scrapbook

SUPER-SCRAPBOOK FACEBOOK

y Puro Amor (4x6)

A quien no le gusta el cafesito con amor?!!?!?

Les presento:

Me Lattes (4x6)

Y esos super hermosos frasquitos para llenarlos de corazoncitos!?

Dos sets que traen diferentes tamaños:

Rebosando Amor (4x6)

y Lleno de Amor (4x4)

Un set que esta pero super mega lindo!!

Mega Padre

Set renovado de Mi Boda (4x6)

Set renovado de Mi Bebe (4x6)

Sellos de 3x4 y son en conjuncion con la linea de papel de Super-Scrapbook

Coleccion Bebe

Mi Niño

 Mi Niña

"Todos los sellitos estan en nuestra tienda!! Cada set arriba tiene el link para llevarlos a la tienda! Ademas ya tenemos algunas tiendas que ya los tienen en existencia! Una de ellas es JackieScrapbookheaven en Facebook! Asi que si estan en Mexico y quieren sus sellitos pero a la de ya... vayan con Jackie!!!"

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THIS IS MY SECOND POST - FOR MY PROJECT LIFE POST JUST SCROLL DOWN
ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE UPDATED THE REYES MAGOS POST TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS!  contact me at gabycreates @ gmail dot com

Project Life | Weeks 31-35

I decided to quickly share my Project Life pages for 2012 a month at a time in the next few days since I have already started the 2013 album!  This is exciting! more exciting is the fact that when my daughter came over for the holidays, she got to see it in person and got emotional and happy to see it in person.  Even my SIL liked it!

OK on to week 31 which includes the end of July and the beginning of August.

 This was another super exciting Summer week on board a Carnival cruise to México, Honduras and Belize with my daughter and grand daughters!

 For this week I used the Simple Stories Snap collection! love it that it's so bright and cheery!

 I made my own button/tin pin

 Used some BG stickers for the week 31 and purposely stamped the date several times to make it look messy! really!

I used several stamps from different stamp sets (I did not keep track of them but some are from Studio Calico, Hampton Art...I think...)

Week 32
This week starts with us debarking the ship and spending the day in New Orleans.  We had a hotel reserved so we can spend the night and the next day sightseeing, but decided to just take a nap and head back home later that evening.  Let me just say that the French Quarters was just not child friendly/proofed!

 I flew back home on Tuesday and back to the busiest time of the year for me at work! in addition to some incredibly hot days!

 It was super exciting to watch México win its first Soccer Gold Medal!!  Above you can see that I have cut and added a see thru card using my Cameo.

 Most of the journal cards I used here are from the SS Snap collection except the green one above.  It is an Echo Park journal card.

For my title card I used BG Wandered paper and stapled the letter and number stickers.

Weeks 33-35

As I mentioned above I went back to work!! And for me the start of a school year (and the end) are the busiest times so I ended up combining 3 weeks into one!  Not only was it busy for me, but for my daughter who is a teacher to 3rd graders and started a new job!  The result? less pictures!  So I combined three (3) weeks into one.  This is real life! so this SS Snap card was just perfect for my title.

 

It is getting harder to take pictures since my album is so thick, but just LOVE it!!

The above sticker and journal entry is way too funny to me and my daughter... even my SIL laughed when he read it!  You see, he has a thing for the neighbors parking in front of his house!  LOL  In his defense, they party and leave glass bottles behind.....etc.

Well, this sums up the end of July and the month of August.  I will be back soon, maybe even tomorrow to share the pages for the month of September and hopefully by the end of the week I will be done sharing October and November's pages so I can get started with 2013!

Hopefully this has inspired at least one of you to start documenting your life in one way or another!  You should have seen my daughter when she first saw this album!! and I can only imagine how I would feel if my Mom or Grandmother would have left me something remotely similar... sadly, nothing!

Día De Reyes Hop!

Welcome to the Third Annual Día De Reyes Hop!
Today not only do I celebrate Día De Reyes, but the most important date in my life!
Today is my only child's birthday!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MI REINA!!!!!!

On to the hop!
The Magi, or Three Wise Men or Three Kings as it is traditionally called today and is refereed to as "El Día de los Reyes" or "Día de Reyes" or "Los (3) Reyes Magos" in most Hispanic countries (Most countries celebrate this day) were three distinguished foreigners that traveled from the East to bring the new born KING gifts. (lots of history on this...)

As a child to celebrate our parents would have us place a shoe outside the kitchen or back door on the night of the 5th and the morning of the 6th "Los Reyes" would bring us gifts!  --There are so many ways different countries and families celebrate this day (a lot a countries/families do not share gifts on Dec 25, but on this day).  You will read several different stories on this hop, enjoy!

I created my first Home Décor project using vinyl.

 I used brown vinyl and my Silhouette Cameo to cut the files from Lori Whitlock and Silhoutte Online.
I adhered to a square green (of course!) charger plate.  The colors match my home's décor.

These are the files I used:

I am thinking on using the nativity and star on another charger plate to have the matching pair.

GIVEAWAY!! Dilo En Español is sponsoring with four (4) sets of stamps = 4 winners

I will be giving a Echo Park "Everyday Eclectic" Collection... but that is not all!
-starting at 1PM PST I will be adding an additional item to the giveaway for every 20 comments left on ALL blogs and will stop adding items at 6PM.
(included on the count will be the comments already left on our blogs!! It is just that I will stop adding items at 6PM). It can be a stamp from Hero Arts, Stickles, Punches more paper, more collections! you never know!! This can grow to be a huge box!
update: as of 6PM there were only 15 comments  
Hop ends at midnight today January 6th

Update Winners: 
Cathy D - Echo Collection
Monica - FB Echo Collection
Angel Miguélez - stamps
Carmen Lucero - stamps
Jennifer Partridge -stamps
Becky -stamps
  Thanks for helping me celebrate my daughter's Birthday!!

Now onto the next Hop!... my BFF and Comadrita Abby  -HERE

Here is the line up in case you get lost (short but oh so much talent!)

Gaby - www.gabycreates.com
Next-Abby- www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com
Ruthie - www.septemberninthdesigns.com
Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/
Donna Mundinger - http://donnamundinger-popsicletoes.blogspot.com/
Patty Tanúz - http://cardsbypattytanuz.blogspot.mx/
Yolie - http://www.justyolie.com

 

Happy New Year!!

Just stopping by to wish everyone a

 Happy New Year  - Feliz Año Nuevo!

and to invite you to stop by on January 6 so you can hop with us!
in celebration of my only daughter's birthday
and Día De Reyes - Día De Los Reyes Magos - Three Kings - Wise Men

There will be some very talented ladies with great projects and of course some surprise prizes! Wishing you a safe and healthy New Year 2013!!
~Gaby

Abby's Surprise Birthday Hop!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMADRITA!!

TODAY IS MY BEST FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY!

She is more than a best friend, she is my comadre (I am her daughter's godmother and that makes us comadres), she is like my sister!

Her friends invited me to be part of this surprise Mexican inspired hop and I am super happy to be part of it!

Just when I thought I was so proud of my heritage, 13 years ago I met Abby... a Spanish teacher that had her house decorated with a Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo theme and often wears dresses and blouses so typical of our beautiful culture/heritage!  So this hop's theme is really a good fit for her.

Hope you just arrived from Jamie's blog, if not please start at the beginning HERE at Michelle's blog.

I only have a not so good picture of what her gift looked like....

So you must be thinking this is supposed to be a Mexican themed hop, where is the Mexican stuff... well, I am here to tell you that the poinsettia is native of México and that there are over 100 cultivated varieties and that we call  this beautiful flower "Noche Buena" (Christmas Eve).  The Aztecs used it for medicinal purposes and as a red dye. And legend of the association of the poinsettia and Christmas date back to the 16th century.

... I had shared on a FB group that she is part of what I had created for my sisters, but could not share the fact that one of these envelopes was for her (these are or were for my sisters) and was not able to take a good picture or even decorate her envelope containing a gift certificate because we were not supposed to meet until after Christmas and her birthday.... she surprised me by stopping by my house at the wee hours this past Sunday...  I gave her her gift (combination Christmas and Birthday, I know, she always suffers with the fact of getting a combo gift, LOL) without having decorated it or having taken the picture to share here.  She knows I love her! it's all that matters! right Abby?  She will forgive me once she is at Glen Ivy Spa receiving her massage or facial, or both!

Enough blah blah
On to the hop!

Blog Candy!

One lucky person will be selected to win the Mexican Food set from Jaded Blossom. The winner will be selected from all blogs so be sure to comment on everyones. Plus get an extra entry by visiting and liking the Jaded Blossom Facebook page, and let them know you came from the hop.

NEXT is Kate HERE

Here is the complete line up in case you get lost ~

 Michelle www.scrappinwithmybug.com
Candace www.papercraftsbycandace.com 
Jamie www.jamiek711designs.blogspot.com
 Gaby ~ You are HERE

 Kate http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com
 Xochitl http://cricutcritter.blogspot.com
Jaymie www.thisandthatscraps.com
 Trixie www.pinkglitterstudio.blogspot.com
 Jenny www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com
 Crystal www.crystalscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Ashley http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com