Saturday, July 23, 2011

Christmas In July Hop Day 3...

Hello my friends...DAY 3 of the Christmas in July Hop.
It runs from July Hop goes from 7/22 – 7/25

This is our hosts'Lynda Jeffs - first ever "Memories in Tyme Christmas in July blog hop!!! We are excited about getting a jump start on Christmas this year and what better than a hop to get you excited about creating gifts and maybe saving some money along the way! We all have been busy creating our lil hearts out and so we hope you will enjoy the projects we are sharing during this hop!

If you happened on my blog you might wanna go to the start click HERE to start from the begining...and hop along! 
For my third project I made some "Christmas Mats" using some a green floral and a brick stripped color cardstock sheets from K& Company...I used a nestability die and the angel is a stamp I stamped 3x's. I cut her up into different pieces and glued her using dim. tape to give her some dimension. Hope you like this project, if you keep some of these readily available; you can use them on the front of cards, or make easy layouts!





The line up...
Lynda: http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/


Now go see what Anita over at-

Now for the totally fun part – Lynda will be giving away a $25 gift card to use at any store to one lucky person… In order to be eligible for the drawing, you must...

1.Leave a comment and become a follower on "every blog" on the hop .. thats it!
The winner will then be randomly chosen from all the comments made throughout the event!!
Have fun and good luck!!!!

and as always...thanks for visitng


Friday, July 22, 2011

Christmas In July Day 2

Hello my friends...I'm at it again...DAY 2 of the Christmas in July Hop, It runs from July Hop goes from 7/22 – 7/25
This is our hosts'Lynda Jeffs - first ever "Memories in Tyme Christmas in July blog hop!!! We are excited about getting a jump start on Christmas this year and what better than a hop to get you excited about creating gifts and maybe saving some money along the way! We all have been busy creating our lil hearts out and so we hope you will enjoy the projects we are sharing during this hop!

If you happened on my blog you might wanna go to the start click HERE to start from the begining...and hop along! 

For my second project I made a "Christmas Card" using black, white and gold solids DCWV papers...I used a dry embossing envelope and some Martha Stewart corner punches. Hope you like it. At this rate I'll have all my cards ready!






The line up...

Now go see what Anita over at-
Now for the totally fun part – Lynda will be giving away a $25 gift card to use at any store to one lucky person… In order to be eligible for the drawing, you must...

1.Leave a comment and become a follower on "every blog" on the hop .. thats it!
The winner will then be randomly chosen from all the comments made throughout the event!!
Have fun and good luck!!!!

and as always...thanks for visitng




Ustream reminder...Scroll down for HOP day 1

Hi all if your hopping with me please click HERE...

Another Reminder...hope you can join me... USTREAM this Saturday as in Tomorrow!!! yay!!
at the usual time 6pm Central...

7pm Eastern
5pm Mountain and
4pm Pacific

You will need
  • 12x12 sheets of paper several...like 8? more? lol Im away from my book so cant count them at the moment.
  • Glue, hot or liquid...you will need double sided strong tape for the acetate window we are going to create
  • Cutting board
  • Scissors
  • Something to score with
  • Ruler
  • Chipboard for covers
  • Hole punch
  • Chalks or ink to highlight/distress or shade your pages...oh so optional
  • Stickles optional also lol
That is about it...hope your in your scraproom just incase I forgot something, but im pretty sure that is it. If you purchased the kits you have all the paper your gonna need and its already precut for you.

Hope to see you guys there!!!
Thanks for watching and as always
heres my reminder video...



ANOTHER hop...another Christmas in July HOP!! Day 1

Hello my friends...I'm at it again...hopping wont you hop too?? This Christmas in July Hop goes from 7/22 – 7/25
This is our hosts'Lynda Jeffs - first ever "Memories in Tyme Christmas in July blog hop!!! We are excited about getting a jump start on Christmas this year and what better than a hop to get you excited about creating gifts and maybe saving some money along the way! We all have been busy creating our lil hearts out and so we hope you will enjoy the projects we are sharing during this hop!

If you happened on my blog you might wanna go to the start click HERE to start from the begining...and hop along! 

For my first project I made a round "Christmas Bear" mini...hope you like it...way fun to make.
I used coasters, my little bears and K&C paper of course, lol...too cute huh???










The line up...

Now go see what Anita over at-
Now for the totally fun part – Lynda will be giving away a $25 gift card to use at any store to one lucky person… In order to be eligible for the drawing, you must...

1.Leave a comment and become a follower on "every blog" on the hop .. thats it!
The winner will then be randomly chosen from all the comments made throughout the event!!
Have fun and good luck!!!!

and as always...thanks for visitng



Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Butterfly Coin Envy Mini Album....will be a USTREAM class!

HI! I hope everyone is doing well and survived their Monday, the rest of the week will be fun now! lol I wanted to share my lil mini album here that I created using coin envelopes...its easy, quick and fun to make and will be the next class I offer after all the kits have sold and been shipped.

The kits are available now in the KITS FOR SALE section of my blog, just click the button.
Thanks ladies for your support!! Love you guys!!




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Thanks for stopping by Besitos and as always...

Monday, July 18, 2011

A MILLION THANKS!

Hello...just a quickie note to thank everyone who hopped along and left such wonderful comments. I'm in the process of reading them all, taking names and putting them in a hat,
 I'm gonna let Brandon pick a name out...I will post a winner by the end of the week! 
Also thanks so much for those of you who attended my Ustream class this past Sat!!!
It was so much fun!!!
talk to you guys later!!
Love, Besitos and as always...

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Christmas in July Blog Hop July 15-17 DAY 3

Hi all!!! Thank you for helping us celebrate Christmas in July! Lisa, our host, loves all things about Christmas so much she start planning for it soon as the Christmas tree comes down! I on the other hand wait till after Thanksgiving! lol I am so excited to be part of this fun celebration along with bunch of very talented ladies.

Have fun and I hope you enjoy all the wonderful projects!!
For my 3rd project I've made this cute layout using one of Treasure Box Design patterns. I just adore pinguins so I thought this was cute...
**Please note...a photographer I'm not! :( **




If you landed here from Jennifer- then you’re on the right track, if not you might wanna start at the beginning HERE and hop along with us.
Some rules in support of each crafter for all the time they've put into their work and in order to be eligible for the "Grand Prize" you MUST visit each blog, leave a comment for each day of the hop, also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and her Facebook  page: Please let Lisa know if you don't do facebook so she won't count that against you for the grand prize. The grand prizewill be a big grab bag full of scrapbooking supplies related to Christmas! yay!  This hop runs from July 15-17th, so you have plenty of time to make it all the way through the hop. Check out each blog and see what everyone has to offer and see who is offering BLOG CANDY!


Now for my candy...go like my Facebook, become my follower here on my cute lil blog (hehe), send me a cute puppy and a lovley canary lol, just joking about the pet thing, anyway, at the end of the blog I will pick One lucky person who will recieve everything needed to recreate 2 of my Christmas cards, colors may vary.  THANKS!!!

Next please go check out what Carla has to show you all...

Christmas In July Blog Line Up
Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Shawnee- http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
Rachelle- http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
Shannon- http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Lisa Pontious- http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Emily- http://www.createserendipity.net/
Deborah- http://www.scrappingmamma.net/
Tricia- http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/
Janet- http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Theresa- http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Mickie- http://www.littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Jennifer- http://www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
Elsa- http://justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/ << YOU ARE HERE
Carla- http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
Bobbi- http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com/
Ashley- http://www.theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
April- http://www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/
Georgiana- http://www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Besitos! and as always...

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Christmas in July Blog Hop July 15-17 DAY 2

Hi all!!! Thank you for helping us celebrate Christmas in July! Lisa, our host, loves all things about Christmas so much she start planning for it soon as the Christmas tree comes down! I on the other hand wait till after Thanksgiving! lol I am so excited to be part of this fun celebration along with bunch of very talented ladies.

Have fun and I hope you enjoy all the wonderful projects!!
I have chose to take advantage of this hop to create some Christmas cards...hope you like, here is my 2nd card -- I used my new Nestabilities die....
LOVE IT!


If you landed here from Jennifer- then you’re on the right track, if not you might wanna start at the beginning HERE and hop along with us.
Some rules --- in support of each crafter for all the time they've put into their work and in order to be eligible for the "Grand Prize" you MUST visit each blog, leave a comment for each day of the hop, also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and her Facebook  page: Please let Lisa know if you don't do facebook so she won't count that against you for the grand prize. The grand prizewill be a big grab bag full of scrapbooking supplies related to Christmas! yay!  This hop runs from July 15-17th, so you have plenty of time to make it all the way through the hop. Check out each blog and see what everyone has to offer and see who is offering BLOG CANDY!


Now for my candy...go like my Facebook, become my follower here on my cute lil blog (hehe), send me a cute puppy and a lovley canary lol, just joking about the pet thing, anyway, at the end of the blog I will pick One lucky person who will recieve everything needed to recreate 2 of my Christmas cards, colors may vary.  THANKS!!!

Next please go check out what Carla has to show you all...

Christmas In July Blog Line UpLisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Shawnee- http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
Rachelle- http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
Shannon- http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Lisa Pontious- http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Emily- http://www.createserendipity.net/
Deborah- http://www.scrappingmamma.net/
Tricia- http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/
Janet- http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Theresa- http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Mickie- http://www.littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Jennifer- http://www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
Elsa- http://justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/  << YOU ARE HERE
Carla- http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
Bobbi- http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com/
Ashley- http://www.theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
April- http://www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/
Georgiana- http://www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Besitos! and as always...