Thankfulness

It's a beautiful November, beautiful in so many ways

the weather is cooler, the nights are coming in closer, there's so much to love and so much to be Thankful for .  Today I visited the Prima blog and found the sweetest post devoted to making being Thankful our choice!

I will join in focusing MORE on the positive, LESS on the negative, being HAPPIER, living with a PURPOSE, through-out the month of November. Will you?

 I decided to celebrate the moment with this wooden project I created using Free Spirit

I chose this particular stamp because her face is one of humility, we all could use a little bit of that!

a quirky mix of very vintage Prima alphas!

blooms, old and new, fabric, paper and some Finnabair elements too!

I hope you enjoyed my project and get inspired in celebrating a month of Thankfulness!

Milagros

Grow

Visiting my favorite blogs I found a scraplift challenge over at Prima.!  I immediately grabbed the absence of flowers and the abundance of layers and how the photograph had been cropped or taken.  I decided to use Epiphany as well since it seems I can't get enough of it, so pretty and feminine and easy to use in layers.  I used my flower die and cut some frilly pieces that looked like lace instead of blooms.
So here's my take on the challenge

the details

 I decided to cut my pic so you had the smile intrigue as it isn't full on

and here's the fab inspiration

Thanksgiving Dinner table Tutorial using Tim Holtz dies

Hi everyone!

Today I want to share with you guys something I have been working on the last few weeks.  I was asked to teach a class for the Thanksgiving table, what a creative challenge that was!  I wholeheartedly embraced it and used something that had been on the back burner of my brain for quite some time.  Using one of Tim Holtz Sizzix dies in a very unique way!
 

the napkin ring was done with the tattered florals die, Julie Nuttings kraft tags and Inkadinkado stamps

 this is the hand finished version, more on that later

The maple leaf is a vintage Sizzix die, one of the old red ones, I used a lot of ArtIngredients by Prima to embellish my placecard.  If you follow me on instagram  @milagroscrivera you will see a leaf close up there

Now to the nitty gritty

 here it goes

you will need 7 pieces of felt, your choice of colors (I used dark chocolate) in 2"x20.5" and the Courtyard die, one of my absolute faves

once you have your stripes

you are ready to fold and cut

 

it looks so cozy all together before it unfolds!

Now you have even stripes ready to work by hand or by machine.

If you choose the hand work, as you stitch you can add a sequin to finish it up, it's the way I made mine.  Knowing you out there are not so fond of the hand work I also did a trial run with the sewing machine.   Using a zigzag stitch you can sew it together

they tend to stick together quite easily!

 

these are the settings I used for the machine stitched version

for mine, I'd rather hand stitch, the sequins give it such a beautiful finish, plus they don't interfere with your plates.

I also used the dies to wrap up the glass candles I will use on my table, they look stunning!

I hope this inspires you to craft and invite your friends and family to a beautifully crafted Thanksgiving table!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Milagros

 

 



Coffee Time

Hi everybody! Have you seen the new sketch over at Prima? Jennifer did a superb job once again!

I was dying to use the new Coffee Break Collection and after spending our morning at Buen Vecino Café we had the perfect moment to scrap!

I wanted to use my new Art Extravagance texture paste in gold crackle.  And with the bubble stencil I achieved the look I wanted.  There's a bit of Epiphany here as well, in the form f paper and also on the background stamp on my chipboard.

And isn't this flower spray the coolest? wow the job has been done for you!

And that wooden coffee cup? Adorable I tell you!!!!

Here's the fab sketch for you to be inspired too

and thanks for stopping by!

 

Milagros

 

 



Pink Ribbon tutorial

Hi everyone just in to share a tutorial I created for miriamscraftingblog to celebrate breast cancer awareness month, enjoy!!!

Milagros

Prima PPP

I took a Canvas shoulder bag and altered it all the way around to fit Prima's PPP color scheme.

I was dying to play with the new art Extravagance mediums and I decided to use the gold crackle on my stencil.  I used fabric blooms, Finnabair Mechanicals and 3D Gloss gel on my bag, as well as several trims in gold and burlap.

Here's the result

the Fall colors in Prima's new moodboard are divine!

Thanks for dropping by!

Milagros

Amigas

Hey everyone! there's been plenty of time for you to have seen and maybe played in all those awesome September challenges out there.  I adored the feminine palette of the Scrap Around the World moodboard, although there were technically some steampunk elements to it. 

Inspired by it I used the new Epiphany collection by Prima and Keren's sketch for this months BAP

 Our BFF Ana Maria was in charge of this selfie of us together celebrating Vane's visit from Madrid

 using the gears inspiration inside the heart I heat embossed a gears corner and a heart to add to my page

I also flipped this corner to mimic the binoculars ornate design

here's the moodboard and sketch!

As always thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

Milagros