Love Your Pet Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the LOVE YOUR PET Blog Hop!!! 

I became inspired to do this hop after watching those commercials against cruelty to animals done by the ASPCA. Let me tell you about me and crying.... I cry with any little thing!! Right now the one that just kills me is the one where there is this lady remembering her dad through out the years...Oh my gosh!!! But as soon as I hear the music to the commercials put by the ASPCA I just start!!!! I don't even have to watch it!! 

So, I went and researched a little bit on these commercials and found out that April is their month against animal cruelty. I am not being paid by the ASPCA nor are they aware that I am doing this to raise awareness. What I do want to do is to let you know that you can do something to help fight against this horrible act. If you wish to donate to their foundation you can follow the appropriate links on their website. But, you can also help a lot without monetary donations! If you follow this LINK it will take to some pages that show you what you can do to fight against animal cruelty. Take a peek and see what things you can do in your community to help fight this cause!

The ASPCA asks everyone to GO ORANGE for animals!!! So with that in mind I asked a group of awesome crafters to create something about pets and to use the color orange!!!

We got Sasha (our chocolate lab) 4 years ago during Valentine's week as a surprise for my hubby. We actually had to tell him before because, well it was a pricey tag to hide! 

We had sworn that we would never ever ever ever have a dog inside the house! and when Sasha came.... it was a completely different story!! I have to show you some of my favorite pictures. I hope you don't get bored!!

Bedtime with my older boy!!

Love this picture!!!

Tell me if this is not LOVE!!!

She LOVES the pool!!!

Hubby laying on Sasha's bed!

I created a two-page layout about Sasha and Abby (my three year-old princess).

Materials Used:

Treasure Box Designs " Pampered Pooch" pattern
My Creative Time's ~3 Sets

DCWV Pet Stack

Core'Dinations carstock

And how about some candy??

I have a cute packet full of pet things! and of course many orange things!!!

Too many to list, so here is the pictures! There are other things to make any pet project just beautiful!!

I also have 4 yes!! FOUR patterns from TREASURE BOX DESIGNS 

who is sponsoring this hop!!!

If you can't wait to see if you won these cute patterns go visit

TREASURE BOX DESIGNS! 

They have a 40% off sale going on right now!!!

I will have ONE winner for the TBD patterns and  

ONE winner for all the scrapping goodies!

All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

*** Visit ALL blogs and leave a comment 

***Leave a comment here telling me what you remember 

the most about your first pet 

(I can already see my sister starting to cry!)

I do not require that you become a follower in order to win the candy... 

but if you like what you see, which I hope you do ;) I invite you to do so! 

Next on the hop is my BFF

Gaby

(No, I didn't kick her out this time!! hehehe)

Here is the AWESOME line-up!!!

Abby http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/

Gaby http://www.gabycreates.com/

Kich http://scrappykich.blogspot.com/

Erika http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

Emma http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Nikki http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Glora http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Tanner http://www.mrcricutcrazy.com/

Vicky http://luvmygypsy.blogspot.com/

Katie http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Sandra http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Celeste L http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com/

Liz http://skittles-and-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Christine http://www.scrapbookingtechnique.blogspot.com/

Kristin http://pinkldycrafter.blogspot.com/

Carley http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/

Maria Elena http://mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/

Mari http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

Kristal http://www.gettingcricky.com/

Sorry I am so late on the Blogoversary Hop Winners! and more!

Sorry for this delay!! I completely forgot about this post!!! But here are the winners!!!

TCP Stamps: Amy Mc Collum

8x8 DCWV: Angie Smith

6x6 BG: Anna from mamawann.blogspot.com

BG Chipboard: TuttleTime

ABC Rubons: Jenn from Ontario Canada

Flowers/Pins: Annette A Salinas

Flowers/Gems: TyTyniyasmom

Ribbon/brads: Sharon from meemeescreations.blogspot.com

Gelly Roll Pens: Cindylu2u

SU Brads: SonJan

SEI WB: Bonnie

SEI WB: Kristen

From Emma's Blog Hop the winner of the two White Gelly Roll Pens is KRISTYSCRAPS!!

You guys need to contact me no later that WEDNESDAY MIDNIGHT to claim your price!!!

email me at scrapbookaholicbyabby at yahoo dot com

Thank for all your awesome support!!!

Market Street Stamps~~ New Challenges!

Hello everyone!! Happy WEDNESDAY!!! Market Street Stamps has a new challenge for us twice a month on Wednesday!! Today is their first challenge and they have a color challenge!! Well, color challenges for me are the hardest!!! I can combine 100 colors in a project, but when you tell me I HAVE to use particular colors... well, I guess that's why it is called a challenge!! :)

I loved being challenged and especially when playing with cute stamps!! I used the Fashionista stamp set from Market Street Stamps.

I also got to use for the very first time twine from The Twinery!!! I have used other twine out there but THIS one... OMG!!! The colors are just so vibrant and just plain BEAUTIFUL!!! No, they are not paying me!! hehehe I just LOVE their twine!!!

Here is my card:

What do you think?? I used a little glitter but ended up not liking it AT ALL!!! But, I can't take it off!

Here is Market Street Stamps' Color Cue for the challenge:

Check out their BLOG for more info and to take a look at the DT's projects!!

Peachy Keen Challenge Entry inspired by Emma!

Hello everyone!! Today is challenge time over at Peachy Keen Stamps and as I was looking at all the AWESOME projects the DT created my eyes were drawn to Emma's card! I love craft color paper with the black and I had to make one!!!

Here is my card using "Vintage Music" and "Hippie Chic" from Market Street Stamps and the banner is from the  "My One and Only" stamp set from My Creative Time.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Birthday Crafty Chica!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON!!!!!

I created a layout for Madison using one of the pictures her mamma put on her blog. 

I saw it and knew I had to create something with it!!!

Here is my project:

Here is what I used:

Glitz Design (patterned paper)

Core'Dinations (cardstock)

Treasure Box Designs (Scrapbooking Bear)

Crafty Chica sign I used MTC and font from computer

I will be sending this LO your way Madison!!

Treasure Box Designs Layout

Hello people!! Hope you are having a nice weekend! 

I made this 2 page LO using Treasure Box Designs Treasure Tots (Easter Fun)! It is just so cute!!! and they have a SALE going on right now!!! 40% off everything!!! If you have never visited them before, well you have to try their files!!! They are so easy to work with and the cuteness is just unbelievable!!!!! 

Here is my project:

Materials used:

TBD Treasure Tots (Easter Fun)

My Creative Time "Color Me Happy" Stamp set

Core'Dination cardstock

Colorbox patterned paper

Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic Pens

Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen

Kich N Bleus Challenge #1

Happy Saturday!!! In a mood to enter a challenge?? KICH N BLEUS DESIGNS has a brand NEW collection and a BRAND NEW challenge just for you!!  

Rules are pretty simple:

*** Link your ORIGINAL post with project up to Inlinks

*** Mention that your project is for 

KICH N BLEUS CHALLENGE #1

*** Deadline for this challenge will be midnight 

April 30th PST

 *** Project of your choice (card, LO, altered item, ect.) 

***You have to use a DIGI image and Spring related!

*** And most importantly, HAVE FUN!!

Here is what I created:

I used:

Kich N Bleus Designs "Kich's Spring" Collection

My Creative Time Stamps " Color Me Happy" set

Now, make sure you visit Kich N Bleus for more info and enter!!! 

You will NOT want to miss it!!! 

and how you combine this challenge with mine!!! Just make sure you look at the details of that challenge too!! Which is pretty much the same rules!!

There is a FREEBIE and some fun news just for those who enter the challenge!!!

Throwback Thursday~~ A Cricut-less one with a sketch!!!

Hello all!!! It is time for another Throwback Thursday!!! and this time we are doing a Cricut-less card!!! But you get to use a beautiful sketch from Pagemaps!!! Have you ever used their sketches?!!? Becky Fleck is just AWESOME at this art!!! If you have never used her pagemaps before, make sure you go and visit her page! It is full of inspiration!!!

Here is my take on the challenge:

Materials used:

My Creative Time Stamps! "Wow! So Many Candles" set

Kich N Bleus "Kich Celebrates" collection

DCWV Songbird Stack

Recollection Cardstock

In Stitchz by Bazzill

Here is the sketch from Pagemaps

Make sure you visit all the other awesome designers!!!

And just to make this even better.... how about a little giveaway??

Leave me a comment telling me how old you "feel" and 

I will pick three lucky people to receive this Kich N Bleus Collection!!!

Thank you for visiting!!!

Market Street Stamps~~ La Guitarra

Hello everyone! I have been in heaven these days!!! I got my new Gypsy! I just LOVE designing for My Creative Time!! and I am the newbie of an awesome DT over at Treasure Box Designs and I am also part of the DT of Angelica's company, Market Street Stamps!!! 

¡Hola a todos! ¡¡¡Qué he tenido buenos días!!! ¡Tengo de nuevo una Gypsy! ¡¡Me encanta diseñar para My Creative Time!! ¡y soy la nueva integrante de un fabuloso equipo de diseño en Treasure Box Designs y también soy parte del equipo de diseño de la compañía de Angélica, Market Street Stamps!!!

Market Street Stamps will be coming out in May with a new line with a lot more Spanish! "La Tiendita" Spanish for the "little Market" is where I will be designing! Can't wait to get started!!!

¡¡Market Street Stamps estará lanzando una linea nueva de sellos con más español! Se llamará "La Tiendita" y es ahi donde estaré diseñando! ¡Ya me muero por comenzar!

In the meantime, Angelica has a new release this month that is just BEAUTIFUL!!! As soon as I saw the Hippie Chic and the background Vintage Music I new I needed them for my brother (who is a musician) and my sister who well..... just plain LOVES music!! But..... as I was looking (smelling) at them last night trying to come up with something, I remembered a poem I studied in college.

Mientras tanto, Angélica acaba de sacar sellos nuevos este mes y están PRECIOSOS! En cuanto vi "Hippie Chic" y el fondo "Vintage Music" supe que los necesitaba para mi hermano ( que es músico) y para mi hermana, que bueno.... simplemente AMA la música!! Pero... mientras las miraba (olía) anoche me acordé de un poema que estudié  cuando iba a la universidad.

Federico Garcia Lorca is the AMAZING writer who wrote this poem called "The Guitar". Now, I don't want to go on about what I think the poem is saying... I am missing teaching my Literature class!!! :) You can find many reviews about the poem online. I will put the poem at the end of the post just in case you do want to venture in reading it and finding out more.

Federico García Lorca es un escritor ASOMBROSO y escribió este poema llamado "La Guitarra". Y bueno no quiero meterme en analizar este poema... como extraño mi salón cuando enseñaba literatura!! :) Pueden encontrar muchísimas cosas del poema en linea. Pondré el poema al final para aquellas personas que quieran aventurarse en leerlo y analizarlo.

Here is my card:

Material used:

Market Street Stamps~ MSS-19 & MSS-BK-08

Tim Holtz Paper Stash Lost & Found

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo

Bling from stash

Walmart Ribbon

Spellbinders-Nestabilities 

And here is the poem:

The Guitar

The weeping of the guitar
begins.
The goblets of dawn
are smashed.
The weeping of the guitar
begins.
Useless
to silence it.
Impossible
to silence it.
It weeps monotonously
as water weeps
as the wind weeps
over snowfields.
Impossible
to silence it.
It weeps for distant
things.
Hot southern sands
yearning for white camellias.
Weeps arrow without target
evening without morning
and the first dead bird
on the branch.
Oh, guitar!
Heart mortally wounded
by five swords.

Y en español

La Guitarra

Empieza el llanto
de la guitarra.
Se rompen las copas de la madrugada.
Empieza el llanto de la guitarra.
Es inútil callarla.
Es imposible callarla.
Llora monótona
como llora el agua,
como llora el viento
sobre la nevada.
Es imposible callarla.
Llora por cosas
lejanas.
Arena del Sur caliente
que pide camelias blancas.
Llora flecha sin blanco,
la tarde sin mañana,
y el primer pájaro muerto
sobre la rama.
!Oh guitarra!
Corazón malherido
por cinco espadas.
  

I added this video I found on YouTube.... beautifully recited with images of Garcia Lorca and videos during the times García Lorca lived.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Añadí este video que me encontré en YouTube.... tan bellamente recitado con imágenes de García Lorca y videos en la época en la que el poeta vivió.

Gracias por visitar!