A Spoon Full of Sugar...Sonja Sketch.

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all are having a great Summer. I miss the beach but that's OK... I will be flying to Miami soon to visit my parents so I will enjoy the blue waters in no time.

We had a break at "A Spoon Full of Sugar" but we are back again with this super cute sketch by Sonja. Sorry that I'm not writing to much this time but I'm in a hurry. To be honest I don't feel happy with the card I made, but it's better to show you guys something rather than nothing.

The super cute penguin is from "Whimsie Doodle" a digital stamp company. I just loooove all her designs. They are adorable.



Hugs,
LIM

ASFS- WK# 95- An Easter card and some pictures of my little princess

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry that I have been so quiet this week but I had my little dog sick. She jumped from the sofa to the floor and injured her back. :(( She had to be in a cage for 10 days until she recovers herself completely, what is not an easy task because she has never been in a cage before :(( She hates it!! and me too...

I'm spending a few hours a day by preparing her new diet (which changed drastically) , administering the medicines (she drives me crazy to take them), and spoiling her a little bit so... bottom line, I currently have no time to make any card. On top of that we are moving in 2 weeks and I still packing and selecting things that I will take with us. Can you tell I'm stressed???!!!!

I have a few cards scheduled for the next weeks and I hope I can settled in the new place soon.

Today I want to show you a card that I made a few weeks ago for ASFS challenge blog. I know that is not the typical "Easter" card, but I made it before the girls picked the last theme. Sorry. I used one of my favorite color combination (green and blue) with this super cute hippo from Magnolia Collection.



And last but not least, here are some pictures of Lara, my little princess not happy at all.... :))





Hugs to all,

LIM :)

A Spoon Full Of Sugar Wk# 88...Free style.

Hi Ladies,

Here is my entry for "A Spoon Full of Sugar". To be honest to you, this is the type of challenge I like the most... free style :)) I can make a card using whatever idea comes to my mind without worrying about sketches or anything else. I like sketches too, don't get me wrong, but I prefer free style :))

I don't use too often this combination of colors but my friend Dawn helped me to see the beauty of these three colors together. She made the most beautiful black and white cards I have ever seen. I noticed that she sometimes applies a little bit of red, so I give it a try using one of my favorite Magnolia stamps.




I don't know if you can see the details in the flowers but I first stamped the beautiful Grunge Collection set from Stempelglede and later on punched it with the EK Success large punch. Finally, I added a bit of glue and some Crystal Diamond Glitter.



Have a great day and the most important...Have FUN!!!

Hugs,
LIM :))

A Spoon Full of Sugar. Wk# 87... Lots of Layering.

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend. Here in Miami we had some rain but it was the perfect time for me to make some cards. I love making cards when the sky is a bit gray during raining days. :))

After taking a break from the "A Spoon Full of Sugar" DT group, I'm back with these amazing and talented ladies and here is my card for this week challenge. If you want to participate just make a card using a lot of layering , easy right? So don't loose any time and play along with us by using all those beautiful papers that I'm sure you have in your collection :))






Stamps: Magnolia and A Muse Art Stamps for sentiment.
Papers: My Mind's Eye (Bohemian Collection) and Bazzill card stock
Ink: Distress Ink from Tim Holtz.
Tools: Nestabilities, charms, Prima flowers, brads, pearls, a lot of stickles and Martha Stewart and SU Punches.

Hugs to all,
LIM :))

Your friendship is the best present...

Hi Ladies!

I hope everyone is having a great summer. Today I want to show you my card for "A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge Blog". This week you have to follow this gorgeous sketch made by our super talented DT Camilla.

I used an old Magnolia and a new Tilda from the lazy days collection. Papers are from Martha Stewart as well as the punch for the butterflies. The flowers are punches and also Prima from ROP store. The pearls, distress ink and stickles are also from Summer's store "Roses on Paper"



Please do not miss the fabulous candy that Elizabeth Bells is offering in her blog. She wants to celebrate the new line of stamps "Belles'n Whistles" by giving away the first complete collection of 6 beautiful stamps made with high quality and a lot of love. You can enter in the candy here.
Good Luck to everyone. :)



Hugs,
LIM :)

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Floral..

Hi Everyone,

Well, here we have another week to play with " A Spoon Full of Sugar". This time you have to make a card using flowers, easy right? I used this beautiful Tilda from the summer collection.
I think this is my #1 favorite Magnolia Stamp so far, maybe because I live in Miami and here the weather allows you going to the beach most of the year :)) After I finished my card I realized that Tilda looks like being under a wave or something, sorry. That was not the idea. LOL.... :)) Opps, too late for regrets now, but I hope she can relax anyways. LOL :))

I hope you all are having a wonderful summer. Here temperatures remains quite high as well as the humidity, to the point that sometimes I think my brain is gonna fried. I bet my friend Rosette will say that this happens because I can't stop looking at Cullen all day long. LOL :)) Right Rosette?

Materials: All the highlited material are from the store "Roses on Papers"
Stamps: Magnolia ( Summer Collection), A Muse Artstamp and Aud Designs.
Papers: Basic Grey and Bazzill.
Inks: Distress re-inkers
Embellishments: Prima flowers, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, stiky mesh ,pearls, and a charm ( send it my friend Heidi, thank you sweetie :)

Take care and behave ;)
Hugs,
LIM

Two challenges and three cards...

Hi Everyone,

It's been more than one month from my last post. I'm sorry for my absence but we had a family member seriously ill who passed away a couple of weeks ago. I have been out of the country because of this reason. Thank you so much for all your emails and support. You guys are the best! I never imagined when I started this blog last year that I would be able to meet so many sweet and nice friends here. THANK YOU!!!

Enough chatting about personal issues, let's talk about cards... Today I have 3 cards to show you. The first one is for our challenge at "Roses on Paper". The theme is hearts... Easy right?...
I used one of my favorite Magnolia stamp. The stamp, flowers and the pearls are from Roses on Paper store.




My second card is for our challenge at "A Spoon Full of Sugar". This time you have to follow this beautiful sketch by Caryn...The stamp is from Gorjuss Girls at Funky Kits and the Paper (Basic Grey) flowers and the pearls again from Roses on Paper store.





And for my last card for today I use this beautiful Hanglar girl. Papers are from stash and the flowers and pearls from Roses on Paper store. This beautiful ribbon was sent to me by my sweet friend Marte. Thank you sweetie!.




I hope you all have a great day!
Hugs,

LIM :))

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Butterflies...

Hi Everyone,

Well, here comes another week to play with "A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge Blog". This week the idea is making a card including at least one butterfly.. Easy right? I love this challenge because is so open to imagination and creativity... You can use a butterfly stamp, or paper, punch or any die. I used mine in the charm and also as one of my favorite Martha Stewart punches. :))
As you can see I can't stop playing with my new Hanglars bees...I'm so in love with these new kids :)) They are so adorable don't you think?..




Materials:
Stamps: "Hanglar & Stamplar" ( Maj Colection) and the sentiment is " A Muse Artstamp"
Ink: Distress re-inekrs
Papers: Bazzill and Martha Stewart Collection
Embellishments: Mesh, charm, Martha Stewart Punch ( for the butterflies), gems, brads and Ofray ribbon.

Hugs,

LIM

ROP Challenge and ASFS Challenge- Flati Sketch

Hi Everyone,

Finally I was able to show you two more cards. It has been so long since I made my last card... Sorry. I felt great making cards again and I have so many wonderful stamps waiting to be inked... I just need more time. :))

Now I'm taking classes with a personal trainer and it's working really good. No more depression.. :)) I get back home sooo tired that I don't even have time to think too much. Actually I'm having a really good time because the classes run everyday for an hour and after my session, I am getting used to taking like 1 extra hour to do cardio... Thank you for all your emails and concern about me. I really appreciated. Well, let's get back making cards now :))

My first card is for ROP Challenge This week you have to create a card using three colors: pink, yellow and green. Easy right?... (All highlighter items in both cards are from Roses on Paper store that by the way is having a great selection of the new Prima flowers. Check out the link to see the beautiful colors and details. I love them all!)





Materials for the first card.
Stamps: Magnolia from Pink Collection and the sentiment is from SU
Ink: Distress Ink
Papers: Martha Stewart Collection and Bazzill.
Embellishments: Prima flowers, buttons, stickles, ribbon, brads, gems, Martha Stewart punch for the butterflies.


My second card is for "A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge". This week you have to follow this amazing sketch from Flati ( Sonja) . I love it!!!
Sorry that the picture is a bit dark but it was raining a lot today..well, actually all the month of May and it gets really dark at just 2:00pm... I will try another picture by tomorrow.







Materials for my second cards.
Stamps: Hanglar & Stamplar ( I think this is my favorite stamp from them so far. :))) I never get tired of using it. Sentiment was " A Muse Artstamp"
Papers: Bazzill and DCWV
Ink: Distress Re-inkers
Embellishments: Prima flowers, gems, buttons, stickles, Martha Stewart Punch.


Hugs,

LIM

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Celebration!!!!

Hi Everyone,

WOW!!! It's been a long time since my last post. I'm sorry but this month has been a bit sad for me. It was Mother's Day in America on the 10th and also my daughter's birthday on the 12th so I have been feeling a bit down. Hope you all will understand...I want to THANK YOU all the emails that I received from my wonderful friends and also all the sweet comments in my blog. That means a lot to me!!.. THANK YOU!!!

Today I want to show you my card for a "A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge Blog ". This week the theme is "celebration"... I make this card for one of my best friends. Her daughter was graduated from College and my friend asked me for a card using green in different shades because is her daughter's favorite color. She received the card and loved it. ;)) I'm happy with that...






Details Inside...






Back



Hugs,

LIM :))

Two A Spoon Full of Sugar Cards....Challenge # 48 and 49

Hi Everyone,

WOW!!! I'm the worse blogger ever!!

I'm sorry but on last week the grandmother of one of my friends passed away and I took care of her three kids... I didn't even imagine that it could be so demanding taking care of three small children at the same time.. They drove me crazy, but I was happy of helping my friend in this dificult time. On top of that, I'm also having some relatives staying over for a few months and this is taking a lot of my time so that's why I might not be doing a card daily during this time, but will try my best.

Last week I was unavailable to post my card for "A Spoon Full of Sugar" challenge but today I will show you both cards. Last week our talented DT Caryn created this beautiful sketch to follow which I enjoyed much.. Thank you Caryn!!!





And for this week you have to make a card using one of my favorite color combinations: blue and green, so it was so easy making this card with one of my Hanglars. :)



Have fun!
Hugs,

LIM :))

A Spoon Full of Sugar - To die for....

Hi everyone,

WOW!!! I have been out for a few days even if I didn't plan for it, but was so nice just disconnecting from the routine having a good time with my family and friends. I still have one more day because my husband returns to work on Wednesday, so I'm just posting my card for our challenge at "A Spoon Full of Sugar" and will go back to enjoy our time together, but I will be back on Wednesday :))

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. I did :) and that's why I chose this stamp to make my card for this week. This week the theme is easy: you need to use a die or a punch and place it anywhere in your card. I selected the Nestabilities and also the Quickutz for the swirls.

The Magnolia stamp from Easter collection , prima flowers, stickles and the distress ink to color my card are from one of my favorites stores: "Roses on Papers". This card is also part of my DT with ROP. :) The paper is from Martha Stewart and the brads and other embellishments from my own stash.




Hugs,
LIM

A Spoon Full of Sugar - An age card...

Hi Everyone,

WOW!!! I can't believe one week already passed from the last challenge at " A Spoon Full of Sugar". Time flights!! I hope you have the time to play with us this week. The challenge is easy...it consists of an age card.

I wanted also to thank all the ladies for their time spent using my sketch to make beautiful cards last week. Thank you!!!


Hugs,
LIM

A Spoon Full of Sugar ...Easter Wishes...

Hi Everyone,

I'm finally back. I'm much better now:)) Thank you so much for all your emaisl and comments . :)

Today I want to show you my card for this week challenge at " A Spoon Full of Sugar". If you want to play with us, you need to make an Easter card.. Easy right?.

Here is my card using again this beautiful Hanglar Bee stamps



Hugs,

LIM

A Spoon Full of Sugar -Challenge Wk# 42- Michelle Sketch..

Hi ladies,

We have another chance to play along with our challenge at "A Spoon Full of Sugar"... This week the talented Michelle created this awesome sketch to follow. I had so much fun with mine. This card is for my co-worker and friend Maite who loooves the blue color, so... I hope she likes it for her B-day :))

The stamp is from Hanglar (I think this is my favorite stamp from Hanglar together with the old ones.. specially the bees.. :))
Papers: Martha Stewart.
The Prima flowers and the dew drops are from "Roses on Paper"






I also want to let you know that we have initiated a new blog: "Roses on Paper ...Projects and Tutorials by the ROP Design Team". This idea came from Iris, who designed the blog and contributed with the first tutorial. This tutorial guides you to decorate a candle... She puts together a wonderful step-by-step explanation with lots of pictures so that you can easily try out this technique. I will give it a try really soon because I have never decorated a candle before and looks like an interesting challenge for me :)) Thank you so much Iris... All the ROP DT will post their tutorials and projects in this blog so that you all can enjoy them.. Hope seeing you in there :))


Hugs to all and have fun,

LIM :))

A Spoon Full of Sugar -Challenge Wk# 41- Torn Edges

Hi Everyone,

Well, it's time again to play along with "A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge Blog"... This week you should have in your card some torn edges.. Could be a flower, a piece of paper or anything that is torn... Easy right?...





My second card is another Valentine stamp from Hanglar.. You know that I ADORE Hanglars. So far this is my favorite company and I can't resist when my wonderful friends send me some stamps or even stamped images... :)) Thank you!!!





I also wanted to mention that I noticed in my candy blog several ladies claiming being following my blog, don't be shy... leave me some comment when you visit my blog so that I can visit yours and enjoy your cards and creations.. I don't bite, promise. I want to meet you ... :)))

Now a sad news... I don't know if you heard about it, but LuminArte is going out of business :-( That means no more Twinkling H2O's... There is a huge sale going on at their website... everything is 40% off. Place your order today because I'm sure their inventory will be sold out really fast.

http://www.luminart einc.com/ index.asp

Hugs,

LIM :)

A Spoon Full of Sugar -Challenge Wk# 40 A Shape card..

Hi Everyone,

WOW!! I almost miss my entry for "A Spoon Full of Sugar" this week... I'm having Internet problems for the last couple of days and finally a few minutes ago was back, so I decided to hurry up and post these cards now..

The first one is as part of my DT for " A Spoon Full of Sugar"... This week the theme is " A shape card".. I decided to make this house because a friend of mine moved to her first new house ... ( I hope this look like a house to you too. LOL) Inside there is a cute "house stamp" from Magnolia but I will keep this part as a secret until my friend receives her card... ( All highlighted items can be purchased from "Roses on Paper ".... )






The other 2 cards are for friends who are celebrating their birthdays this month. :))









Materials...
Stamps: Magnolia ( Love Collection)
Papers: Bazzill, Basic Gray ( Bittersweet Collection) and Cosmo Cricket.
Ink: Distress re-inkers
Embellishments: Prima flowers, sticky mesh, punchinella, charms, brads, buttons, dew drops (silver bells bottle)
Tools: Nestabilities.

Hugs,

LIM

A Spoon Full of Sugar -Challenge Wk# 39- Sketch by Debbie

Hi,

Today we have another great week of our challenge at " A Spoon Full Of Sugar" . This time the talented and sweet Debbie put together for us a wonderful sketch to follow. I was having so much fun using my new stamps from "The Greeting Farm", which by the way is available at Summer's store "Roses on Papers". If you want to buy this set hurry up because this collection is going out fast. It's perfect for either girly or boy cards because the set brings 2 big stamps and a few sentiments. ( All highlighted items can be purchased at "Roses on Paper store)

For my second card is also the same set.. I love this cute little girl!! :))





Materials:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm ( Rock the farm set)
Papers: Cosmo Cricket from stash
Inks: Distress re-inkers.
Embellishments: Brads, dew drops (silver bells bottle), Prima Flowers
Tools: Nestabilities.

A Spoon Full of Sugar -Challenge Wk# 38- Doodle Doo

Hi Friends! :))

Today I want to show you my card as part of the DT for "A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge blog".Our Challenge this week is Doodle Doo. We would love to see some doodling on your cards. This could be hand drawn or if you have scrolls and swirl stamps you can also use these.
( I'm not sure is mine was doodling or faux stitching...I'm always a little confuse about this...sorry) The card I show here was made using one of the Magnolia stamps from Halloween Collection-2008 but as you can see you can use it for any other occasion. I love this stamp!! :))

Oh.....and about my cold/flu...I'm feeling a little bit better..Thank you for your emails.. :))





Details inside the card...








Hugs to all,

LIM

A Spoon Full of Sugar -Challenge Wk# 37

Hi,

Today I want to show you my card as part of the DT for "A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge blog".
This week you have to follow the wonderful sketch by Tina. The card I show here was made using one of the old Magnolia stamps (I think it is from 2005 or 2006). Even though I love the new Magnolia's collections and I believe Tilda is getting better with the years, I still love very much the older ones too. The sentiment is from the SU set called "Seasonal Whimsy" and states:
"Hope everything's going well in your little corner of the world"

Hugs to all,

LIM