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Mini Dresser created with empty candy boxes using Prima Romance Novel Collection.

Altered Heart Candy Box and Easel Drawer Box Card

Papertrey Ink and Art Attack supplies haul

Hello there, I hope everyone is doing well and ready for Spring. I know most of us over here in the Mid-West are soooo ready for outdoor activities. As much as I would love to stay in and lock myself in my craft room, It's just not possible. Especially since my Granddaughter is asking everyday to go to the park. So welcome Spring!

So as I was thinking of Spring, I thought of one of my favorite flowers, which is the Millinery flowers. Too bad I can't find them at  the local stores, I usually have to order them online. So I thought I would figure out a way to make them myself. I pulled out one of my Spellbinders die, "Peony", and I was able to make a cute little dup. I had lots of fun making them. Some of the supplies I used were stamens, Tim Holtz distress inks, McGill flower shaping tools, Glossy Accents, Prima chalk edgers in White, and some handmade papers or just regular card stock. I will ad a link to the YouTube tutorial on my channel. If you have time, I hope you will take a looksie. Have fun and be blessed and Thanks for watching. Big hugs, Carmen


Millinery flower dup by Carmen Garcia

Happy New Year to You.

Hello, I know that it has been so long since I last posted. I am so sorry, My new year resolution is to be more active on my blog. I have been extra busy with working at the office. My husband and I Pastor a church and I also work in the office. I also babysit from time to time. I have 4 grand children, what can I say.

I hope everyone is enjoying the new year. My prayer is that The Lord will bless you and your family tremendously. Live, Love and Laugh. Enjoy those around you and cherish every moment with them.

I wanted to share a card that I made for a friend. I know that I am a little late with this card. I colored the image a while ago and I just had to use it. The image is a Whimsy Stamp Art by Mi Ran collection. It is called "Letter to Santa" I just love it. I colored her with copics and added some glimmer with my wink of stella pen. I also added glossy accents to the boots. The papers that I used are from Pinkpaislee, City Sidewalks. The sending happy mail stamp is from Simon Says Stamps and it is called, Sending Happy Thoughts. The base that I used for my card is a corrugated card from Michael's. Love how it turned out. I hope you enjoyed it also. Thanks for stopping by and May God bless you, Big Scrappy hugs, Carmen

Hello

Hello everyone,  I would like to say that I cannot believe it has been so long since my last blog post. For a while there I forgot my password.  It seems that I have to write stuff down now a days. So much has been happening in my life.  I have been super busy working in the church office. I have had a chance here and there to get in a little craft time. I have been active on Facebook, because I find it easy to upload and post a picture If I whip up a card real quick.  I have not uploaded a video to Youtube in awhile. If I am not at the office I am babysitting my Grand daughter Liani, she is almost 3. You can imagine, she keeps me on my toes. I need to find more time, but the truth is. She wears me out. Lol.

Here is a card that I created for a challenge on CreatingTheCraftyLife.ning.com If you have not been there, You really need to check it out. It's a place to share your talent, enter challenges and meet great friends. For this card I used The Stationer's Desk paper collection by Prima Marketing. I used flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and a handmade one that I created with an Ek Success punch. I also used several dies and a stamp from the Princess collection. also by Prima. Hope you love my card. I really enjoyed making it. Thanks so much for stopping by. May God bless you all, hugs Carmen

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a very blessed New Year. I want to share with you my awesome winnings from Spellbinders. I commented on a post back in October and I was the lucky winner of a Fall/Harvest die bundle. I was so excited to win. I love spellbinders. A crafter can never have enough, Right? Here is a video on Youtube where I shared my winnings. Thanks so much for watching and may The Lord bless you and your family, Thanks for stopping by, Hugs Carmen
Spellbinders Paper Arts blog Winnings.

Hello and Happy New Year.

Hello my crafty friends, First of all I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and I pray all of God's goodness and Grace upon your lives. Secondly I do want to say that I have been neglecting this blog for way too long. Sometimes life just happens and we get tied up. So much has happened in the last year. First of all we lost someone who was so dear to me and my Family and Church family. He was the assistant Pastor to my husband and I. We went through a rough time and shortly after my husband began to have liver failure and it all just happened so fast. But God is always faithful, He has since had a transplant and is now doing much better. Thank You Jesus. So as you can see much has happened, but I want to be able to share more with you in 2014. Thanks so much for stopping by and May The Lord watch over you and your family, God bless Carmen

I'm back!

Hello everyone,  I know its been awhile but I have been extremely busy to say the lest. Much has happened in the past several months.  We had a death in our church. He was a very special person who was more like a son than just a church member.  He was a big brother to all of my children.  It has been extremely hard. Also my husband has been in and out of the hospital with a couple of close calls. He is on the list for a liver transplant so we have been very busy. On top of that I have had to do alot of the office work at the church.  My hope and my strength is in The Lord. Thank you all for stopping by. I  do hope to find time to post some cards or projects soon. Love you and God bless you, xoxo Carmen

Blogaversary Giveaway at Candy's Craft Corner

Hello everyone, I know it's been a long time. I am so sorry, but I have been going through so many changes around my house. There have been some illnesses. But I just wanted to post a special announcement. CandysCraftCorner.blogspot.com is having a Blogaversary Giveaway. It is an awesome giveaway. So run over to her blog and follow her. She is CandysCraftCorner1 on Youtube.  You can check out her video for all of the details. I know she must be so excited for her 1 year Anniversary. Go on over to help her celebrate. She has some awesome videos and her work is amazing. Don't miss out. Thanks for stopping by, and stayed inspired. God Bless, hugs Carmen

A Simple Hello.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to pop in to say hello to everyone. I have not been feeling well. I have been back and forth to my Dr's office. Just when I think I'm feeling better, all of a sudden I feel dizzy. Guess it doesn't help that I have high blood pressure. But anyway I have been watching videos on Youtube, but I have not been able to create anything. I know, that's sad, right? I hope everyone is having a better time than me. I will keep you updated. I just do not want you to think that I have disappeared. Lol. So thanks for stopping by and talk to you soon, Hugs Carmen

He Is Risen!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter. I pray that you all are very blessed today with Peace, Joy and Love. I am very grateful to have my family and my church family to spend this day with. I also wanted to say hello to everyone of you and wish you all the best of God's blessings.  We went to church today and now that I am at home, I will just rest. I have been trying to recover from an ear infection for sometime now. So I will just be taking it easy today. There will be no crafting for me until I get better, But I will make up for it.Lol  So thank you all for stopping by and have a blessed day,  Happy Easter, Hugs Carmen

A Wedding Card, A Mini, & A Thank You Card.

Hi everyone I'm back. I have not posting in awhile. Sorry about that, I was sick for awhile. I'm better now. I had some problems with my ears and My blood pressure was acting up. But anyway I wanted to share some projects with you. I was in a swap at Life on the scrap beach. It was for an itsy mini album made out of a 6 x 12 Piece of paper. It was fun to make. A little challenging because it was a spring theme and we were supposed to use pastel colors, But my partner likes grundgy so I kind of struggled. Lol I also made a thank you card and a tag, but I didn't get a picture of the tag. Sorry. I also made a wedding card for a swap, but since I was sick I missed the deadline, So I am sending it in this month. I will try my hardest to not let that happen again. I'm still working on my other project. Hope to have that ready soon. I used the Tim Holtz paper for the mini. For the Thank you card I used the Abrianna paper from K & Co. And for the wedding card I started with the Card and envelope pack from Michaels. Its a recollections pack and I believe it has 50 prescored cards and envies. I used a role of wide organza ribbon from Hobby Lobby and some ribbon sliders also from Hobby Lobby. The stamp I used is from Joann's. I recently did a haul and got some awesome deals on clearance. I will have to do a haul video. The stamp was a wedding set by Heidi Grace or Cloud 9. On the front cover I added a shimmery paper from Michaels. I think it turned out pretty. So I would like to know what you think. Thanks for your comments. I really do appreciate it. And thanks for stopping by. Hugs Carmen

Blog Candy at "And that's all she wrote"

Hello everyone, I have not posted anything in awhile. I have not been feeling well. My blood pressure has been acting up and I haven't been feeling so good. But I just wanted to mention about the Blog candy over at And that's all she wrote. She has an awesome give away. You have to check it out. She does some beautiful work, you should check her blog out if you haven't already. I hope to upload some pictures soon of some projects I've been working on. So til then Take Care and thanks for stopping by. Hugs Carmen