2020, Getting back to blogging

 Well, it has been a long time since I have posted. But a lot has changed since I last posted. 2020 was a bad year for my family and me. 2020 took too many people I love away from me. So for me to reflect on my life, I decided I will go back to what I love and where I can find as a better outlet. During this pandemic, I have lost, both my parents, and my amazing husband. Life is not the same without them. Everyday I struggle to find a sense of peace, and comfort. My 2 wonderful children, are my strength through these trying times. Now my kids are 19, 17 and are my rock. My GOD gives me strength to get up and helps me look for better day. I'm currently teacher at a wonderful Preparatory high school, and took a position as a Pre-Med instructor for high schooler. Since the loss of my husband, I have been blessed to take over the clinic. Our patients have been loyal and amazing during these time. I am grateful for my amazing staff to stick it through while I found someone to cover my husband shifts. Managing the clinic, and teaching and taking care of my kids have been a challenge, but with the courage and blessing from God. Life is getting better everyday. 

Rearranging my life is always difficult, so I stopped crafting things. Since I started teaching and just didn't have the time. But Now I have decide to dabble back into it. Since I haven't  posted in years, I will try to find things I have done and start posting again. 

See you soon. 

Harry Potter theme

Here are 2 things did for a fellow science teacher.  Her daughter was having a Harry Potter theme party. So I used my handy dandy Cricut maker and made her birthday banner and a photo booth frame. I thought it turned out nice and I decided to post it. 

I love my Cricut maker

Till Next time.

See YOU 

Diana

School supply cake

Hi everyone, I figure I get my blog back on gear.   Life has been a roller coaster for me in the last year. So I decided to take a small hiatus from my crafting. But now I have gotten organized in my craft room and decided to start back up. Yeah!!!

I recently made a school supply cake for the wonderful teachers at lakeside elementary, we raffled it off to one lucky teacher. 

I figured it was something different and creative. Till my next time. 

Movie theme party

Hi my crafting friends, I know it has been way to long since I have posted anything on my blog. I have been feeling a little overwhelmed. This past year has been pretty crazy. I feel like I am on a roller coster and it hasn't stopped yet. 

Well enough about me, my son graduated from fifth grade this year. The fifth grade PTA sponsored a graduation party. So, of course I couldn't resist on not helping with the festivities. I made these centerpieces for each of the table. It was time consuming, but I had great moms to help. The theme of course is Hollywood. I just wanted to share with you all. 

I used the silhouette cameo( my new favorite machine) Till next time, 

Diana

Thank you Teacher 2

Hello, My friends. I wanted to show you another thank you card, that I made.

I got my inspiration from Mojo Monday 246  with a little twist. 

The colors work with Runway Inspired challenge . Check it out !!

Have a wonderful Day.

Thank you card/ challenge TSG 159

There She Goes Inspiration Challenge

I made this for my Anjali's teacher. I used the There She Goes Stamp, Blossom By Blossom. 

Have a great day.

Mother of All Blogs Hops

Hello, Stampers!

Welcome to the 3rd annual Mother of All Blog Hops sponsored by There She Goes Clears Stamps!   Over the next two days, we  will be featuring some of our favorite There She Goes Clear Stamp sets!   Not only that, we’re going to give YOU a chance to win some fabulous prizes!

To find out how, please go to the There She Goes’ blog and read the simple instructions.

The Stamp Set I used is In All the World.
 This Stamp set made me think of my sweet and wonderful Mom, She is very warm and always  relaxed. 
 To begin with, I used my copic markers to color the image, and some Bling on the Flowers.  I love Flower Soft, so I used the Fushsia Set for the colorful tree.  Glossy Accents  were placed on the Butterfly to give a 3D effect on the Card.   To All the Wonderful Mothers' Out There. Happy Mother's Day. 

I hope you have a Wonderful  and Blessed Day.  And Enjoy the Blog Hop.... ;)

Thanks, For Stopping Bye!! Please click on the InLinkz below and follow it to the next blog!

I'm Back

Hello My Crafting Friends,

I'm Back... I know I have been on a hiatus, I needed a small break for blogging for a while, but now that Christmas is done. I can breathe and focus on my crafts. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. The Kids really enjoyed all their gifts and participated in the Christmas Play at church. We were really busy. But now, that is all over with. I wanted to start off the beginning of the New Year Showing what I made with the Mojo Monday 122 sketch.

I will have more for you tomorrow.

Rock On Birthday

Hi Friends,

Life is good when you are having fun. Been really exhausted recently and feeling a little overwhelmed, Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with my blog. Trying to get myself a little organized with 2 jobs and Dance for Anju, and Soccer for Ro and Church activities for the Sunday School Kids. But slowly getting back to the groove.

Made a birthday card for one of the Xray techs that work with me, he has a side job being in a band, So I figured I would make a Rock on birthday card. He really like it.

Got my inspiration from a Mojo Sketch.

The Stamp Set and Dies are all from Papertrey Ink.

Well, Happy Saturday

Diana

Happy Halloween Cupcakes

Happy Halloween

Made some cute witches and spider cupcake for a friend on mine who was having a Halloween party. They were a hit. I can't believe Halloween has already come and gone. Where does the time go?

These Witches cupcake was vanilla cupcake with fresh strawberry and cheesecake.

Love the Spider cupcake, I know it is not the best picture. I was told they tasted delicious, these were Chocolate cupcake with white chocolate in the center.

Well, I hope everyone had a great Halloween, Till Next time.

Diana

Jay Gee Nook's Challenge #12

Hello, Today wanted to show you a birthday card. I made for a friend on mine. I got my inspiration from Jay Gee Nook blog. I found this layout from an old mojo monday challenge wanted to use it for this card.

The supplies uses for this card is PTI chartreuse, Spring Rain and Melon Berry. The Pattern card stock is from K & Company. The Stamps used is from Flower Fusion.

Have a wonderful day.

Diana

14 year Anniversary

HI Friends,

Wanted to show you a card, I made for my Husband for our Anniversary. I will also enter it in a sketch challenge. I hope you an have a wonderful day.

The Colors cardstock. is from PTI : Smokey Shadow,Pure Poppy, Navy Blue from Gina K

HE loved his card and I was so pleased. He said he loved the 3D effects on the Card. Have a Great day

The Challenge is from Freshly Made. i hope you go by a check it out.

Diana

Lighthouse Card- Mojo Monday

Hello My friend, I know it has been a while since I posted. Sorry about that, with working at 2 jobs and getting the kids ready for school and re-doing my art space. I have been busy. Today, I wanted to show you a card I made for one of the Doctors I work with. He love to sail and hasn't had time and have been busy. So I wanted to make this card. Also, got this layout from Mojomonday 205. I hope I did them proud.

Also and added bonus, I made Carrot cake Cupcake.

Till Next time. Have a wonderful Weekend.

Supplies: Stamps: Gina K designs, Papertrey ink

Cardstock. PTI Aqua mist, Gina K's Navy Blue.

Diana

Raspberry Mixer Giveway

Hi Everyone ! Would you like a chance to win a beautiful Raspberry Kitchenaid Mixer? Well, all you have to click on the link to Sweetopia.net . Read her instruction,and you will have a chance to win a kitchenaid. If you mention that you found out through me then we both can win. Cool UH!!

Thanks.

I know, I have been away for a while. I have still been crafting, but I have been getting ready for school. Shopping. Cleaning out the kid's playroom, and making an area for me to do my crafting. Still Work in progress.

Wanted to show you 2 cards I made, I love the little girl from There She Goes Stamps Set.

Till Next time

Diana

Butterfly Wedding Card

Good Morning, I hope everyone had a great week so far. Today, I wanted to show you a card I made for a friend's wedding.

Making a wedding cards are fun, and sometimes a challenge. The colors I chose for this card, was inspired by the Wedding invitation card. I love how the the butterfly has the two tone colors. I learned this technique from a Make it Monday video from PTI. The Rose was made from PTI Dies blossom 1. The Paper is from DCWV. The Beautiful Stamp set is from Gina K Designs.

Well , I hope you have a great rest of the day.

Till Next time.

Diana

Good Luck Nurse

This is the cutest little nurse I could find. She is from the Whiff of Joy Set. I love the way this little girl looks. I really had fun making this card. I made this card for a friend of mine, who I work with in the Orthopedic office. She is leaving us and getting a job at the hospital.

Good Luck Laura.

For the coloring I used the Copic markers, I need to start taking a picture of colors I used for the blog. The ribbon is from my PTI ribbon collection. The The background paper is from K& C company.

I was on vacation for the past 2 weeks , I am back and ready to do some crafting. Write to you tomorrow.

Diana

Anniversary card

Happy Wednesday

Making this card is for a special person to me, she is what I call my second mom. When my mom was at work, she would take care of me when I was a little girl. I was actually her flower girl when she got married in India 35 years ago. Wow, besides being cousins, her daughter and me are like sisters. I love them both.

To make this card, I wanted to do something fairly simple. I found the cardstock from Joanna DCWV Lemon stack, combined it with PTI lemon Tart, Used the Simply Chartreuse card used the Spellbinder Parisian motif. I love this die cut. For an extra touch, I put liquid pearl around it.PTI stamp: Mixed Messages.

Have a wonderful day

Diana

Flower Power

Happy Sunday,

I hope everyone will have a wonderful Fourth of July. Just showing you a card I made for an employee of my for her birthday. I found this Stamp I bought about 3 years ago.It is a great Impression Stamp. I stamped it 3 times and colored it with my copic marker, then I layered it .

I loved the way it turned out. the Embossing was done on my score board. I learned this technique from Gina K Design. The Happy Birthday Stamp is from PTI.

Cardstock; Melon Berry and Lemon Tart from PTI

Have a great Weekend.

Till Next Time.

Diana

Swan Birthday Card/Make Monday # 21

I made this Card for my aunt's birthday using a masking technique. Papertrey showed on their video a 2 step masking. You should check it out. Also entering in this challenge http://www.blogquickquotes.com/

Making this card was fun to do.

The supplied used:

Cardstock:PTI Kraft, Pure Poppy, KC company pattern paper.

Stamp: PTI: Inside& Out: Birthday; Gina K Design:Warm with Love

PTI: Button, Ribbon; Sponging colors were:Memento Ink: Cantalope,Dandelion, Bahama blue; summer sky ,White Pen, Black Pen.

I know I have been away for a while, my father has been in the hospital. He is doing well now.

Diana

Mojo Monday 195

Wanted to show you the card I made for the lady I work with, she needed a mother's Day card. I saw the challenge for Mojo Monday 195, I loved the sketch so I decided to play along.

Diana

Happy Father's Day

Wanted to show this card I made for a co worker. She found out that I made handmade cards. So she asked me to make 2 cards, 1 Father's Day card and a Mother's Day card. I was like, you know mother's day is over, she told me it was for her husband mother that just came back into town. I really don't know this person very well, so it was hard to get a feel for this person, on what she liked. So, I just fiddle with some stuff and this is what I came up with.

Tomorrow I will put up the other card.

Supplies used;

Cardstock: PTI Aqua Mist. Gina K Navy Blue

Stamps: PTI: Masculine Motif,Woodgrain

Cuttlebug: Forest Embossing Folder

The technique I used was a sponging effect for the sky and grass.

I hope you have a fabulous night.

I am also putting this card in 3 challenges.

Scrappin with cricut

Crafty Spot

Cooking with Cricut

Diana