L'Amour...

"L'AMOUR..." 

So guess what...

I met someone while in Ecuador.  Mmmm... I didn't just meet him. I met him last year, in August, but we didn't become friends until a few months after. And now we are a couple. His name is Henry and he's really nice :) I mean, super nice and wonderfullllll <3 Soooo....I usually only put card stuff on here but I wanted to put some pix of us up. 

The following two pictures are of a church in Baños that has a Virgin Mary that everyone goes to see and take pictures in front of. There is a little section next to this where you light candles and leave them on a mantle. We did this as a show of our pure love.  This was in January of this year.

 This was for our Carnaval in February. A fun time in Ecuador where people wet each other and sometimes use colored flour and other stuff. No one gets offended even though I think I would! Probably because I'm not used to this tradition. Henry and I were riding around on Henry's cousin's bike. And yup, I was soaked.

 On March 2nd, we became proud owners of this little guy, Hank. He's two months old in this pic. Now, we're a family of three!

Christmas Calendar Magnet Postcards

Okay, so next up are some Christmas Calendar Magnet postcards. I made these for a few people in Ecuador, one for myself, and one for my best-friend, Marjorie. I used Lili of the Valley cute squares on all postcards. I swear I love that store!!! I have so many stamps and cute squares from them! I really miss buying from them since I'm not in the states all the time now.

This is Marjorie's postcard:

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This is my postcard:

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Christmas Calendar Magnet Cards

Before I go back to Ecuador I have to make my dad's calendar magnet cards. I'm leaving in a few weeks and this task is not that easy and is time-consuming soooo..... to make a long story short, I turned to my trusty Cricut machine. I used my cricut to make ALL of my cards. Well all except for 8 of them which I made into postcards. In total I  made 97 of these cards.

I made calendar magnets in the shape of presents:

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calendar magnets in the shape of snowmen:

calendar magnets in the shape of ornaments:

as well as Santa hats:

Welcome Miss Vicki!!!!

I left for Ecuador in June of this year (hence no card posting) and this past October I came back for the birth of my niece, Victoria. She was born on October 22nd at Stamford Hospital and boy does she look like my brother! Holy moly! Anywho, she's my little sweet pea. I decided to make an easel card to mark her arrival into this world. Being that her mother loves the color purple and she has purple elements in her nursery, I decided to maker her a color-themed card. I used a cute square from Lily of the Valley (my favorite store), different patterned paper, and glitter, flowers, and lace. Glady said it almost looked like Vicki was on a bed :) 

I also had a picture taken of her and I, desaturated it and added pink elements. Then I typed a small sentiment on the photo, printed it and framed it in.... a purple frame. I made the same frame for myself but in blue. Behold, little Miss Vicki's first card made by her auntie Jackie.

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New York Yankees Birthday Card For Amy

Before leaving my editing job of 6 years, my co-worker Amy asked me to make a birthday card for her for her boyfriend. She knew exactly what she wanted: a New York Yankees' themed design. She had seen the Sporty New York Bulls card I had made for Mal awhile back so she asked me to do something similar. Below is my creation. She loved it

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