Beautiful spring and blog candy alert!

Hello my friends! How's your week going so far? Mine is going great! Today I'm going to meet two friends for dinner to catch up on things, specially wedding things, one of them is getting married in august so right now all she talks about is her wedding lol I guess I'm going to be the same in a couple of months and the other friend got married last year, so we're probably going to talk about wedding stuff and ask a lot of question to my newly married friend lol she now has experience on dealing with vendors, looking for venues, etc.
Anyways, yesterday I decided to make some time and create a spring card, I've seen a lot of beautiful spring cards in every blog I visit, so it wasn't really hard to get inspired. I'm so glad it is spring! Even though I like winter, I think I enjoy spring more because the weather is nice and I can go outside for a hike.

I used Stampin UP! paper and rub-on, some glitter for Tilda's wings, prima flowers, 3D dots for the dimensional look, ribbon from my stash and some sparkly gems. Maybe you can't see it very well but I doodle the stitching, I should probably draw the stitches bigger next time lol

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
- Just Magnolia: sketch
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: purple
- Magnolia Down Under: stitching
- Simon Says Stamp: spring with glimmer
- By the cute and girly: spring
- Cute Card Thursday: dimensions
- Charisma Cardz: spring
- Susie's Sassy Challenge: spring garden
- Stamp Something: doodle
- Papertake Weekly: open theme

And talking about spring, have you visited Kellie Winnell (owner of the fabulous store called Magnolia Down Under)??? If you haven't you need to head over to her blog, she's celebrating 100,000 blog hits with a wonderful giveaway!! Besides Magnolia stamps the other stamps I love are the CC designs stamps, they are adorable and guess what?!?! Kellie is giving away the spring kit!!

The first time I saw this kit I fell completely in love of the stamps, they are soo cute! So if you love CC design stamps as much as I do, I'm sure you don't want to miss this giveaway.


Have fun crafting!

Hazel Q

Friends are the cookies of Life

Hello crafty friends! Today I want to share a birthday card I created yesterday for my boyfriend's best friend. I'm very happy with this card because you know that male cards are really difficult, I got the inspiration from the Sketch and Stash Challenge. The sketch was really easy to follow and the DT did an amazing job by sharing wonderful cards. I decided to use the first clear stamp I ever bought but for some haven't used yet, the stamp is called "Cookies of life" from Inkadinkado and it comes with a fun sentiment that says: "Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookies of life", what a true quote lol.

I used a DCWV design paper, clear stamp "happy birthday" sentiment from Studio G (I love Studio G stamps), some Pop it! shapes for the 3D effect on the furry guy and ribbon from my stash.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
- Fussy and Fancy Challenge: green
- Sketch and Stash Challenge: sketch
- Creative Card Crew: going dotty
- Stamp Something: distress
- Pile it on Challenge: furry friends
- Cupcake Craft Challenge: food and drink (cookies!)

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I love reading your wonderful comments.
Happy crafting!

Hazel Q.

Wedding wishes and good news!

Hello blogging friends!! How are you doing?? Well I've been MIA for awhile, between work and other things I had going on it's been really hard to sit down and create a couple of cards. I've been reading my Google Reader but I haven't had the time to leave many comments. Last week was a really busy week for me because I had to work after hours, I even missed my figure skating classes! Can you believe that? Before last week I got really sick, I had fever for about 2 days and I felt terribly... but I'm glad that this is over now, my work schedule came back to normal, I'm no longer sick and I started going to my figure skating classes! Yey!
Last week a friend from work got married, so everyone at work asked me to create a card for him and his new wife.

This is actually the first wedding card I have created, what do you think? I'm sorry for the picture, but my bf took this picture at the weeding before I gave the card to him, so... we were in a hurry lol. I used the new SEI papers I got for $6 dlls at Michael's! I really like to go to Michael's because you always find nice sales.
I really like what the sentiment says, it's really sweet: "Love is the Beauty of the soul". And because Love is the beauty of the soul and it's a beautiful gift God gave to us, I would like to share with you the good news: I'm getting married!!! Yes! You read that right, by God's will we will get married next year!

We're really excited! We've been dating for 3 years but we've known each other for about 5 years now, we became really good friends in college and at our senior year he asked me to be his girlfriend. I've been reading wedding blogs, wedding magazines and wow there are a lot of beautiful things you can do in a wedding, I really want to be organized and have everything done on time, I don't want to become a bridezilla lol

Anyways, I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
- ABC Challenge: Q for quotation
- Cute Card Thursday: happy anniversary
- Stamping Sisters in Christ: clean and simple
Thank you for visiting me today and may you all have a fun crafting week.
 Hugs,

Hazel

Loved by someone...

Hi girls!! How was your weekend? Did you enjoy the long weekend to celebrate Valentine's day? I sure did!! We had a fabulous weekend, on saturday my bf and I went to a special dinner the church prepared for all the church member in a delicious restaurant, then on sunday we spent time baking cookies! We've been wanting to do that for a looong time but didn't have the chance, after baking cookies we met my parents and brother at a restaurant for lunch and we went to the rink to have fun while figure skating. Even though it is cold outside it feels nice going to the rink and have fun. I was going to share pics of us baking cookies and skating but I forgot to bring my camera to work, so I can only show you the card I created for him.

At the end I decided to create a cute box (I forgot to take a picture) and a lovely card for him. I think I'll never be tired to say this but... I love Magnolia stamps!! They are soo cute, I only own one Magnolia stamp so I'm really careful when I color the stamped images Linda gave me.

I added a cute sentiment inside of the card which says:

I used what was left of my chatterbox pattern paper (so sad, I need to get more lol), Bazzill paper and flowers, rub-on is from Love Quotes by DCWV, border punch by Fiskars and the stamp sentiment is from Michael's. I also used some glitter for the wings, two red heart gems and one heart brad.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
- Oh La La Creations: love
- Simon Says Stamp: love
- Cute Card Thursday: in the name of love
- Susie's Sassy Challenge: hearts and flowers
- Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: dazzle us
- Just Magnolia: love
- Stamp Something: something cute
- Crazy 4 Challenges: red
- Daring cardmakers: have a heart
- Stamping for the weekend: valentine's themed
- Dutch Dare Card: valentine's day card
- Totally Gorjuss: feel the love
- By the cute and girly: love

Thank  you for visiting me today!

Happy Day!

Hi girls!! This week is almost over, just two more days and the Winter Olympics will begin! Did I tell you how excited I am? lol Today I have my figure skating class and I'm sure we will be talking about our favorite skaters, what we like about them and who deserves a medal, it is really hard to pick the best skater because there are many talented athletes going to this Olympics!
Anyways, talking about crafting stuff I want to share with you today another valentine's card I made.

For this card I used a Stamping UP! rub-on, Chatterbox pattern paper, bazzill flowers and ribbon. It is a really simple card, but I just love how the paper looks, I just wish I had bought more. I made this card for a friend, you see he likes this girl but he hasn't asked her out yet so maybe this valentine's day he will have the courage to say something with this card! You know... boys, they get really shy and nervous when they like a girl lol

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
- CRAFT Challenge: valentines or love
- Secret Crafter Challenge: monochrome and white
- Ohh La La Creations: love
- Cupcake Craft Challenges: red and white all over
- Stamp with Fun: hearts
- Tuesday Taggers: love is all around
- Simon Says Stamp: love

Thank you so much for the lovely comments, it really makes my day.
Happy scrapping!

I {heart} you

Hi girls!! This is my second post for today and it is actually the first time I've done that! I'm proud of my self Anyways, today I received a big surprise! I'm going to see one of my childhood friends I haven't seen in like 10 years!! That's a long time right? We talked occasionally through letters, mails, messenger and Facebook after she moved to another country when we were in sixth grade, I've known her since we were in kinder garden, so that means that we have a lot to catch up lol
Anyways, I'd like to share with you two more valentines cards. Since reds and whites are the colors we usually see or use on valentine's season, I tried to think outside of the box and I created this card:

I used my bear stamp from Michaels, Fiskars border punch, Stamping UP pattern paper, some ribbon and my new pop-up heart punch from EK Success, at first I didn't like this punch because when I went to Michael's I was looking for the MS lace heart punch but I couldn't find it so I bought this one and after a few "tests" on paper I'm started to like it, I think the heart looks cute, what do you think?

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
- Creative Belli Challenge: ribbon
- PaperPlay Challenges: love notes
- CRAFT Challenge: valentines or love
- Charisma Cardz: I love you
- Stamp, scrap and doodle: valentines with no RED
- Pink Elephant: mushy, gushy valentine
- Stamp with Fun: hearts
- Tuesday Taggers: love is all around
- By the cute and girly: love
- Papertake weekly: sketch
- Creative Card Crew: valentine's

Well I better go now, I have a few things I need to get done before I meet with my friend.
Happy crafting!

Love notes

Hi crafters! How was your weekend? Mine was relaxing, I had time to do some laundry, clean around and create a few cards... but you know what? I just can't wait for this week to end! I know it's only tuesday but... I just can't wait! This friday the Winter Olympics start in Vancouver!! I just want to see all the figure skating events and you can be sure that I'll be crossing my fingers so my favorite skaters win a medal lol.
Anyways, I have two cards to share with you today and I'm very pleased on how the pictures came out. My bf taught me how to retouch pictures with Photoshop and wow! What difference!

I really like to make red cards, I don't know why lol but I'm sure loving this valentine's season. I used some Chatterbox and Paper Co papers, my Fiskars border punch, a Bazzill flower, some lace ribbon and a cute lace. The sentiment is from Deja Views.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp: photo inspiration
- PaperPlay Challenges: love notes
- Stamp with Fun: hearts
- The Pink Elephant: mushy gushy valentine
- Oh La La Creations: Love
- Creative Card Crew: valentines
- By the Cute and Girly Challenge: love
- C.R.A.F.T. Challenges: valentines or love
- Tuesday Taggers: love is all around (it's true!)

And, here's the other card! I'm really loving this stamp, I think teddy bears are so cute.

I really like to make Clean and Simple cards because they are fast and fun to make, my mom loves to make this kind of cards too, I'll post later the cards she made. For this card I used a bear stamp and sentiment from Michael's, Bazzill paper, my Fiskars border punch and some ribbon.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges too!
- Cupcake Craft Challenges: red and white all over
- Crazy 4 Challenges: Be my valentine
- Creative Belli Challenge: ribbon
- Charisma Cardz: I love you
- Stamp Something Challenge: love something (teddy bears)
- Paper Sundaes: sketch (with a tiny twist lol)

Well that's it for now, I hope you have a wonderful week and make some time this friday to see the Winter Olympics open ceremony!!
Happy crafting!