Playing with Serenade Week 4

Reminder: If you want to enter GABY ABBY CHALLENGES WITH SEI click HERE! We have an awesome 12x12 SEI Paper Assortment from their new collection!!!

Today I have for you another Serenade project!!! Aren't you loving all that can be done with this one cart?!?!?! So today it was my turn to showcase image #22, one of the flowers. I learned a technique from Luzma. I found her blog thru BoBunny, she is one of their designers. Anyways, I have mentioned her a couple of times, I just LOVE everything she does!

She even sent me the pictures she had on how to do the flowers; which I will share with you but will give her all the credit! And... I ask of you a little favor... If you use her technique can you go to her blog and give her a shout out? Just let her know Abby sent you! :)

So, I present to you my Serenade card:

I used the following for this card:

Recollections white cardstock

Martha Stewart Patterned Paper

Tim Holtz Distress ink in Walnut

Buttons from collection

Cuttlebug-- name?? hmm 

Scrappy Mom's Stamps

Ribbon from Walmart

Now, don't forget to go take a look at the other Serenade ladies!! They created awesome projects!!!

Agnes

Jessica

Gaby

Helen

Melissa

Ohh Snap!

Happy Blogging!!!!

MPS Imagine Challenge

This is my second post for today!!!! Make sure you scroll down to see my Peachy Project!!!

Don't forget that Gaby Abby Challenges with SEI Week 1 is going on right now!!!! Click HERE to enter that challenge!!! You have to use the colors orange, purple and black and do any project you wish!!!!

So, before I go on I have to tell you that I have officially named my Imagine!! Yes, her name is "Friducha" why? Well, I admire a Mexican artist called Frida Kahlo, her paintings are just beautiful the art that came out of her was just astonishing! Well, her nickname was "Friducha" and that's why I named her that! 

Well, as I was playing with Friducha, I remembered that Robyn had a challenge going on for the I. 

One thing I thought about Friducha was that I wasn't just going to play with her... the things that I created had to be for a purpose, so I present to you my very first creation!!! 

What do you think? 

I used the following:

Recollections White Cardstock 

Best Friends Cricut Imagine Cart

Don't forget that I live for your comments!!!

Peachy Keen and Got Scraps? Challenge Entry!

If you would like to enter our first 

GABY ABBY CHALLENGE WITH SEI click HERE!! There is a Paper Assortment Pack as a price!!! You don't want to miss it!!!

Onto my entry for the Peachy Keen and Got Scraps Challenge ? ! This time around the theme is October inspiration for PK and a LO fall/Halloween for Got Scraps. 

I decided to use the same LO sketch I did for my challenges (click here is you want to see instructions). I really love that I get to use so many papers in the LO.

I don't have pictures yet, we will be going to a pumpkin patch next week, so I will take extra pictures!! :) 

Here is what I used:

DCWV The Autumn Splendor Stack

Tim Holts Distress Ink in Spiced Marmalade

Stickles in brown

PKS- 496

Scrappy Mom Stamps- Charmed Life

Pumpkin from Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cart

I really love how it came out!!! 

Thanks for viewing and don't forget about 

GABY ABBY CHALLENGES WITH SEI going on right now!!!  

Gaby Abby Challenges with SEI Week 1

Hello my dear followers and viewers!! Today is the day!!! The first of our challenges featuring our awesome sponsor SEI!!! 

We have some great prices for you and some exciting themes for the next weeks!

  

This week's theme is a 

Color Challenge

Use the colors ORANGE, PURPLE, and BLACK 

anyway you wish!

To qualify for this giveaway, you have to make sure:

** Your project has to be made for this challenge

** You must use the 3 colors, any shade you like!

** Only one entry per person

**You have until Sunday, October 10th 6pm PST

So, without further ado I present to you my project!!

I decided to make this 2 page LO using ONLY SEI paper and embellishments. I wanted to make sure that people that didn't have cutting machines could do this LO too. 

I am a very visual person and too many instructions make me dizzy ;) So I wrote measurements on the picture itself. I hope it helps! I have assigned letters to each different pattern paper to help you even more!

Here is what I used:

*Spooks Assortment Pack 12x12

(The pack comes with borders and letters!!)

*Spooks Sparkling die-cut accents

(ghosts are from die cut pack)

*Halloween Stickers

(journaling oval)

*Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut

*Celebration Ribbon from Michaels

The letters assigned to pattern paper:

A- Boo

B- Gasp!

C- Bwa-ha-ha

D- Growl

E- Screech

F- Yikes!

Don't you love those names!! 

I hope this idea helps you re-create this 2 page LO with easiness. 

Don't forget that these challenges are called Gaby Abby!!

Hop on over to my BFF and take a look at her creation!!!

Don't forget to link your project here! My BFF and I see the same entries, so you only need to enter once!

And lastly please don't forget...

TO HAVE FUN!!!!!

I forgot!!! THE PRICE!!!

SEI SPOOKs Paper Assortment Pack

Included in the pack comes 2 sheets of borders and 1 set of sticker alphas!!

Scraps Challenge @ ScrapTiffany

Hello all! Don't forget about my challenges starting this Monday, October 4th!!! These challenges will run through at least the second week in December!! ALL SEI giveaways!!!! If you haven't seen their 4 new lines, please take a peek and you will get excited about entering our challenges!


Also, I have a couple of Blog Hops coming up in November:


November 1st- Dia de los Muertos Blog Hop (It will start HERE!!)


November 8-9- ScrapTiffany Holiday Blog Hop


So, on to today's ScrapTiffany challenge. If you saw my other posts during the week you have probably noticed I used the new SEI collection "Monsterville" for two different challenges and so I had some left overs... 


I decided to create an invitation explosion box. I have had Halloween Bday parties for my boy Sebastian since he was born (11 years!) and this year since we moved.... well, it will be the first time we don't have a huge celebration :(


I still felt inspired to create an invitation...

I got inspired to create this box from Mary from Made by Momo. 


Hope you like what you see!!!


Oh! Did you notice something I did wrong on my project?? If you do I just might send you a little something! 


Comment about it!! Have fun!!

1st Ever Bottle Swap/ Winter~Christmas Theme CLOSING SUNDAY OCT. 3rd!

Good morning my dear followers and viewers! I was facebooking yesterday and I commented on someone’s post. They were asking if we knew about a bottle swap going on.

So, to not bore you with all the chit-chat Tanya and I had, I decided to host my very first bottle swap!!

Here is what you have to do:

• Send an email to me, scrapbookaholicbyabby@yahoo.com and put "Bottle Swap Sign  Up" in the subject line.
• Please include your full name, blog address and your full street address.
• U.S. swappers only, sorry. It can be very pricey to ship internationally.
• 2 Liter bottle 
• You must spend at least $25.00
• Value of things will be retail, for example, if you use a 40% coupon for a Tim Holtz distress ink, you will count the retail value of it, not the discounted price. 
• I will be contacting everyone as a group when sign ups close on Sunday October 3^th.
• I will have a survey/questioneer asking about your favorites and other things to help your partner choose/buy your goodies.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP IF YOU CAN'T 

COMMIT TO SENDING THE BOTTLE WITH $25 WORTH OF 

GOODIES!!!

I have Mr. Linky up so that we can start visiting our blogs and get to see our styles.

Don’t forget to send me that email no later than October 3^th.

Week 3 of Playing with Serenade

Hello my dear followers!! Before I show you my newest creation with the Serenade cartridge I want to remind you of my BFF, Gaby and yours truly Weekly challenges starting this Monday, October 4th. We have an AWESOME sponsor, SEI!!!!! We will have SEI paper and embellishments EVERY week!!! For at least 10 weeks!!! Don't forget to join in the fun!!!!

Today it was my turn to play with image #15/a vase with a swirly thingy in it J

I found another awesome phrase and used it here. But, after printing the phrase I thought it sounded a bit negative… I wouldn’t want to receive a card with this phrase… hehehe

Here is the phrase:

“Trust is like a vase… once it’s broken, though it can be fixed, it will never be the same” Unknown

With that in mind I used Crackle Accents from Inkssentials to make the vase look cracked. I loved the way it came out!


Paper is from K and Company and I used a MS border punch.

SO I thought I could ask you to interpret this phrase for me…… and I will have my BFF help me choose whose interpretation we like the best and I will send you the card! YEP! You get to win the card!!

You have until next Monday night to comment about your interpretation on the phrase!

SO now you get to hop along and see more creations from Serenade from this group of talented ladies!

Have fun!!!!

Agnes

Jessica

Gaby

Helen

Melissa

Ohh Snap!

Momo's Challenge!!!

¡¡Hola a todos!! Hello all!! Quick reminder that my BFF and I will be hosting our very first Blog Hop!!! Dia de los Muertos/A Celebration of Life Blog Hop will be on November 1^st!! Write it in your calendars! If you go HERE you can read more about the Blog Hop and a bit of history of what El Dia de los Muertos is. And I have a little giveaway going on if you grab my Blog Hop button!!

Today is challenge day over Made by Momo. She is a really talented chica! I just love to see all of her creations and for some reason, that I don’t even know why, I had not entered her challenges!  BUT, there is always a first… right?? And I know I will be doing this challenge all the time!!!

All the supplies used were from my new sponsor for the new challenges that will start here!! SEI!! This is the Monsterville collection and it is very colorful and fun!!!

Hope you like what you see!!

Dia de los Muertos Blog Hop/ A Celebration of life and a GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello friends!! My BFF and I will be hosting our very own BLOG HOP!!! and we have some very talented ladies joining in the fun too. For those of you that just love Halloween time.... and well, just need more of it... what a better way to continue celebrating this time!!

Here is a little history about what Day of the Dead is:

Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and other countries. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration occurs on November 2. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. The Day of the Dead is a time of celebration. (www.wikipedia.org) 

(keep reading for GIVEAWAY)

Here are some pictures about the Day of the Dead. You can see how colorful and festive it is. 

I see it as a celebration of life, a beautiful life that our loved ones had when they were here. 

So in honor of this day, my BFF and I will be doing a Blog Hop to celebrate the life of our loved ones. 

Don't forget to come back for more info later in the month.

Grab my button about the Blog Hop and help us start passing the word! It will be fun!!!

OH! And there will be nice CANDY!! 

SEI products and much more!!!

IF YOU GRAB MY BLOG HOP BLINKIE... AND ADD YOUR BLOG ON MR.LINKY.... 

YOU GET A CHANCE TO WIN 

MARTHA STEWART CIRCLE CUTTER!!

I will leave this open until the night before the BLOG HOP!!! 

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