Saturday, January 24, 2009

another pimped card/ otra tarjeta enchulada


As a matter of fact this was the first I redid, but I just didn't take a before pic. It looked like the one on my before on my previous post.
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De hecho, ésta fue la primera que rehice, pero no se me ocurrió tirar una foto del antes. Se parecía mucho al "antes" en mi entrada anterior.

I even added a little something to the interior.
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Hasta le agregué algo a la parte interior:





Later people, there are some other ugly cards that need my help. :)

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Hasta luego amigos, hay otras tarjetas feas que requieren mi ayuda. :)

time to pimp my card/ tiempo de "enchular" una tarjeta

I was going throught my box of cards and found that many of them, which I made when I first started, are just not of my linking anymore. Knowing me, those cards will never get sent and will sit in there forever. It broke my heart to think that the paper I used in them would pretty much go to waste.
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Estaba revisando mi caja de tarjetas ay me di cuenta que muchas de ellas, las que hice cuando empecé, ya no me gustan para nada. Conociendome, esas tarjetas no iban nunca a ser regaladas, si no a vivir para siempre ahí. Me dio pena pensar que el papel usado en ellas sería básicamente un desperdicio.

As I sorted the bad ones and tried to decide what to do with them, it hit my like a rock: I just had to "pimp" them!.
Don't get me wrong, I am completely against redoing scrapbook pages as they are a reflection of me at the time I made them, but cards are a whole different story, if they are going to be hand out they better be cute!
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Mientras las sorteaba y decidia que hacer con la tarjetas feas, se me prendió el bombillo: sólo tenía que "enchularlas".
No me malinterpreten, estoy totalmente en contra de rehacer páginas de scrapbook, ya que son un reflejo de mi en ese momento, pero las tarjetas son una historia diferente. Si quiero regalarlas mejor que sean bonitas!
So, I started with this one:
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Así que empecé con esta:

the concept is not bad, but the whole thing had me yawning. This is the pimped out version:
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El concepto no está mal, pero la verdad es que me dan ganas de bostezar sólo de verla. Esta es la versión "enchulada":

Much better looking indeed, with very little effort and a minimun use of new resources (only scraps, yay!).
The combination of baby cards and scallops is oh-so-right. I also turned the center into a window (thank God for the Coluzzle) and decorated the onesie. Seems like this one will find its way into an envelope.
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Ahora tiene mucho mejor aspecto, con muy poco esfuerzo y con un uso mínimo de nuevos recursos (sólo los pedacitos de otros proyectos).
La Combinación de tarjetas de bebé y festones queda muy bien y me ocupé de hacer el centro una ventana (gracias a Dios por el Coluzzle). Igualmente decoré el monito. Parece que ésta si encontrará el camino hacia un sobre.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Yes, you can actually use your Studio G stamps/ Si, de verdad se pueden usar los sellos de Studio G


We all know and love those cute little Studio G stamps. They are tiny, they are adorable and they are cheap, hence it's huge succes.
What most people, me included, usually don't do is actually using them. I know, I know, we all love to just look at them, but you gotta use 'em to justify it's irresistible price.
Which is why I came up with this tiny 2.7x4" card. I colored the cupcakes using my good ol' and just as cheap Maped colour pencils and my Dove blender pen.
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Todos conocemos y amamos los sellos de Studio G. Son chiquitos, adorales y muy baratos, de ahí su gran éxito.
Lo que la mayoria de personas no hacemos es usarlos. Lo sé, lo sé, a todos nos gusta sólo mirarlos, pero hay que usarlos para justificar su irresistble precio.
Es por eso que me ocupé de hacer esta tarjetica de 2.7x4 pulgadas. Coloreé los bizcochitos con mis igualmente baratos lapices de colores de Maped y mi lapiz mezcaldor de la marca Dove.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Too cool not to share/ Demasiado bueno para no compartir

Two peas in a bucket is giving away $20 in scrappy product to whoever posts 20 projects (cards, layouts, altered items) before january 31. SERIOUSLY.

For those of you who don't know, Two Peas is one of the biggest, better known scrapbook stores online, they also have message boards, galleries and so on. So, believe me, this not a scam :)

You have to sign in to be able to upload. I was already a member but had only added one LO to my gallery. Boy, am I happy I neglected to post my work before.

I received my credit today and (after a little hapy dance) ordered all this:
-Green Daiquiri foam thickers
-Orange Platforms Chipboard Thickers Stickers (american crafts)
-Punctuation Printed Journal Tickets (jenni bowlin)
-Secret Garden 12x12 Pocket Full of Rosies Paper (Sassafras Lass)
-Taffy Vera Vinyl Thickers (American Crafts)
-Picking Pumpkins Weathervane patterned paper (October Afternoon)
- Sweater Weather Weathervane patterned paper (October Afternoon)
- Chilly Mornings Weathervane patterned paper (October Afternoon)

Of course, some rules must be followed (such as adding tags, linking 3 products to each project and so) but they are not a big deal and fairly easy to accomplish.

Good luck and happy posting!

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Two peas in a bucket está dando $20 dólares en productos de scrapbook a quienes publiquen 20 proyectos nuevos (tarejetas, páginas de scrapbook, items decorados) antes de enero 31. EN SERIO

Para los que puedan no saberlo,
Two Peas es una de las mas grandes y mejor conocidas tiendas de scrapbook en linea. Tambien tienen tablones de mensajes, galerias, etc. Así que, creanme, no es un engaño :)

Tienes que suscribirte para poder subir tus fotos. Yo ya era miembro, pero sólo había subido una página a
mi galeria. Caray, si que me alegro de haber sido negligente en subir mis páginas antes, :D.

Yo recibí mi crédito hoy, y despues de un bailecito de felicidad, ordené todo esto:
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Green Daiquiri foam thickers
-Orange Platforms Chipboard Thickers Stickers (american crafts)
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Punctuation Printed Journal Tickets (jenni bowlin)
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Secret Garden 12x12 Pocket Full of Rosies Paper (Sassafras Lass)
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Taffy Vera Vinyl Thickers (American Crafts)
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Picking Pumpkins Weathervane patterned paper (October Afternoon)
- Sweater Weather Weathervane patterned paper (October Afternoon)
- Chilly Mornings Weathervane patterned paper (October Afternoon)

Por supuesto, algunas
reglas deben ser seguidas (como añadir etiquetas, relacionar tres productos con tu proyecto, etc.) pero son en realidad fáciles de seguir

Buena suerte y feliz posteo!

Monday, January 12, 2009

yeah, right...


Here in the DR we do gift exchanges we call "angelitos" or little angels. It is sort of like a secret santa but some people do them also onValentines, end of school year and other special ocassions.

The Britos, my maternal family, have been playing an angelito for the past two years on Epiphany, but before the actual exchange we all know who is whose angel and who is getting what. We just cant keep secrets.

Journaling reads:

"The Britos can not keep a secret. The day of the gift exchange, everybody knew who was his/her secret gift giver or knew what the gift was.

That's why the surprise faces we make are rather funny.

Here's the proof:

a- Mom already knew that dad was her secret santa. She even "suggested" what he coud buy for her;

b-Tanya already knew that her angel was either Gaby or Quico who

c-Double show: Penny fakes surprise, Tanya fakes that she didn't know (by elimination) that Quico was Penny's angel;

d-Jared knew exactly what he was getting

e-Quico fakes surprise while receiving what is obvioulsly a basketball"


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Aqui en la República Dominicana tenemos lo que se llama "angelito", que es un

intercambio de regalos que la gente hace en ocasiones especiales como navidad, dia de san Valentin, el final del año escolar, etc.

Los Brito, mi familia materna, ha estado haciendo uno los últimos dos años el dia de Reyes, pero antes del intercambio todo el mundo sabe quien le deja a quien o que regalos recibirá el otro. Simplemente somos terribles guardando secretos.

el journaling lo pueden leer aumentando la foto (dando click)

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy year 2009!/ Feliz año 2009!

Happy new year!
One of my resolutions for this year is get a new punch that I like as much as the butterfly punch from EK Success, so that, maybe, I can stop putting butterflies on every single card I make :)

I made this card for Kristina's challenge.
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Feliz año nuevo!
Una de mis metas para este año es comprar un punch que me guste tanto como el de mariposa de EK Success, para cer si así, quizás, pueda dejar de poner una mariposa en cada tarjeta que hago :)

Hice esta tarjeta para el reto de color de Kristina.