Abby's Anniversary Challenge

Hello my dear followers and visitors!!! Happy 15th Anniversary to me!!!!! Today, 15 years ago I woke up to become Mrs. Grimaldi!! 

Funny thing about that last name.... one of my uncles made a joke about me marrying my hubby just for the last name!! hehehehe 

Well, on the 23rd of December 1995 I got up and started to get ready.... everything was going great...... when it came the time for my dad to give me his blessing...omg!!! I am the oldest and very close to my dad. Just the thought of him giving me his blessing made me cry! Everyone came close to where I was (the den), keep in mind, I was ready for church, my make-up and hair was already done! I saw my dad come and he was already crying!!! He could not even speak!!! I started bawling!!! I don't remember if he did give me his blessing, I just remember all the crying!!! LOL funny, right?? I went to the kitchen to get a drink of water and one of my aunts thought that a sip of COKE would help me better............yep!!! you thought it right!!! I DROPPED IT RIGHT ON MY DRESS!!!!!!! You think that's bad.... wait!!!! We misplaced the keys the to rental car!!!!!! We were 20 minutes late to church!!!

But, after all that Church was the most beautiful thing ever! and the party afterwards, WOW! It was so much fun!!! 

I have to say that we just loved our wedding!!!

Thank you honey for these 15 years and 4 beautiful kids!!!

So without further ado, here is my project celebrating my anniversary!

What do you think?! I liked LOVE how they turned out!!!

I used Make The Cut software and the cuts I bought online.... need to look where! 

Paper is all DCWV and I used a Sixxix embossing folder for the dress.

and I have a little surprise for you guys! 

Joining me on this celebration I have an awesome Guest Designer!!! 

Sandra from 365 Days of Cricut

Isn't that the cutest?!!? I love all that shimmer!!!

Thought I share with you a couple of pictures of the family!

So, in honor of my wedding anniversary I am having an anniversary challenge!! In which you can win a set of Stamps!!!!!

Here are the rules for the challenge!

*** Create ANYTHING for anniversary/wedding

***You have to make sure you link back here and say that it is for 

ABBY'S WEDDING/ANNIVERSARY CHALLENGE

*** You have to link your challenge post to Mr. linky, please make sure you link the specific post. Anyone that doesn't will be disqualified!

*** You have until January 4th to link your post

*** I will announce winners on January 5th so make sure you come back and check!

Little Cute Gift Bags for Sweet Sassy Diva!

Hello all!!! Today, I have for you a pair of cute boxes I am using as gift boxes for my cousins. In them fit a couple of nail polishes, a nail file and a few kiss candies. I found these cute box cuts for free from Freedigitalscrapbooking! Go there and you can find extra things for free too! 

I have to say that these are not my favorite after decorating... But, with everything we have to keep playing and see what hits that happy button! I will definitely use these cuts for another occasion and play with the decoration!

Now, I have a very important tip when cutting these files. I used the Make The Cut program and the cut is set up to cut the little tiny cuts for the folding lines. Well, I stopped the cut after it was done cutting the outer part and did the scoring on my own. If you let the machine do all those little tiny cuts it will look messy. 

Here they are:

These will look great hung on the tree before giving them away!!!

All materials are SEI Kris Kringle Collection

Thanks for taking a peek!!!!

I am a Peachy Keen Stamps Guest Designer!!!!!!

I am the happiest person on this earth!!!!!!!! I am one of the new Peachy Keen Guest Designers!!!!! This is one of my favorite companies and to become a designer is just a dream come true. The first time I saw PK stamps was with Emma. I just thought that they made our cuts so cute!!!

This little post is just to let my followers and viewers know about my happiness that is to be part of the PKS family!!! 

Here are some things I have done using my PKS!!!!

Thanks for taking a peek!!! 

My Peachy Week spot is 

MAY 9-14

Paper Playtime~~Anything Christmas!!

Happy Monday everyone!!! Can you believe we have only 4 more days of shopping?!?! I have only shopped for my 4 kids... I still need my hubby's!!! and the way the economy is..... I don't know if I am getting my siblings and grandmothers. Maybe just a nice card and a little gift card to Starbucks... hmmmm that sounds good.

Well, today is another Paper Playtime Challenge!!! and the theme is super easy! Anything Christmas!!!  Here is my card for the challenge:

I used the Create a Critter cart, paper is from K & Company and

Pink By Design Stamps

and if you want to "kill two birds with one stone" why not join the Gaby Abby Challenge with a Santa or Snowman theme?!?! The giveaway for that challenge is a 12x12 Kris Kringle paper pack collection! and the Paper Playtime Challenge is anything Christmas!! and the giveaway there is digi stamps!!!

Come on!! Get your scrappin on!!!!!

Kathy's B-Day Hop Winner and a Market Street and Peachy Keen Card!

Happy Sunday all!!! I am writing to you sitting on my mama's dinning table!!! I am excited because being back here is the best!!! I am also very excited to announce the winner of Kathy's B-Day Blog Hop!!! But, before that I wanted to share a card I created using Market Street and Peachy Keen Stamps.

I used the BFFs set from Market Street Stamps and the Princess Face Assortment from Peachy Keen. I inked the chile stamp and with a Qtips I took off the ink for the eyes and mouth. Then, I used the PK princess face in place of the original! I love it!!! I also inked the chile on a piece of plastic and transfered that so that it was a mirror image of the original one.... need to work on that technique!

I hope you like what you see!!!

and

The winner has until Wednesday to email me with her/his address!

and that person is:

Gretta!!!

Please email me at scrapbookaholicbyabby@yahoo.com