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

Gift Pillow Box | CCC

I am excited to be included in the Cameo Creations Challenge new DT

Today we are sharing a Christmas creation using our Silhouette Cameo electronic cutting machines.

For my project I created a pillow box which I adorned with a tin pin/button I created using the print and cut Cameo's feature.

This is the print and cut file from the Silhouette online store I used to create my button.

I additionally want to share how you can take "away" the "hash" marks from a design (I personally do not like them or the look of them on my project. I rather leave one or two and score).

 Click on your file and ungroup. Once all the marks are highlighted, you decide which ones to delete and which one to leave on design to guide you when you score.

Hope you can go visit the other creations HERE and enter the challenge for a change at this prize package.

Be back soon to share more of my Project Life
Gaby

Feliz Navidad Card | DEE

There is a challenge over at Dilo En Español and we are calling it Monica-Feliz Navidad so anything Christmas goes! 

I created this card from a Basic Grey kit but with my own twist.  I replaced the regular included buttons with 1 in buttons/tin pins I created by first stamping the images from the Feliz Navidad set on white paper using different color Stampin Up inks.  Additionally I stamped the sentiment "que la magia de la navidad te ilumine con mucho amor" instead of the intended tag towards the bottom of the card.

This month the winner will receive a surprise prize and if you use DEE stamps in your project, your name will be entered 5 times!

Hope you can join us!