After the hurricane...

Hello:

As you can see if you go back the entries on my blog, the last one before the one posted yesterday, was from October 2017. If you ready that entry which was for a blog hop, I wrote about hurricane María. So I wanted to update you on what happened after... At the moment of that entry I was staying in my parents house. We had no electricity still. Electric service was reactivated in my condo, which is about 20 min from my mom's house, late October. I was able to go back home and try to get back to normal. My son's school had already opened so I wanted to be home as soon as possible. With the lack of electricity, traffic from my parent's house to my son's school was horrible. I spent 2 hours each way to get him to school for what would usually take approximate 20 minutes. My parents home got electricity I think 2 weeks before Thanksgiving. After that, there were many, many blackouts. It's been a while since we have a blackout for longer than 15 minutes. Still... it gets me anxious. I have flashlights in different areas of the apartment.

I haven't been posting since then. Why? The first half of 2018, I was trying to adjust to the new normal here. Did you know that in some areas, they got electric service a year after the hurricane landfall? Sadly, very true. Then, thank God, work. We spent like a month or a bit more without income. We were prepared. Others, not. But after a few months, the real estate area, went back to "normal" and since then I've been working A LOT! I have made some cards and ATCs, but mostly got many orders for custom Tshirts so I had $ for extra crafting supplies :D

Anyway.. with the lack of posting explained. Promise I'll do my best to post more often... Meanwhile, be sure to visit each day next week as I'll be featured in Growing in Unity from Unity Stamp Co.

See you Monday!

A brief come back!

Hi!

I know everytime I post, I say I'll try to keep the blog updated... unfortunately, I've not been able to do so. But for a good reason! Being a mom is a full time job. Being a WAHM (Working at home mom) is like having 3 jobs at the same time!!!! This coming week I'll be participating in the Growing in Unity from Unity Stamp Co. As you may know, it is one of my favorite stamp companies. I don't even know how many stamps from them I own but I sure love all of them. This week I'll be sharing creations with their stamps. Be sure to comment everyday for a chance to win Unity stamps! See you in a few days! :)

Anya Lynet

Growing in Unity Hop!

Hi everyone!

So glad you are joining us on this wonderful Growing in Unity hop from Unity Stamp Company. You should be coming from Vicky's blog. I made a few cards for today's hop since I've had a lot of time to craft these past days. More on that later... Today's 1st card is a bday card. I used the sets "Her Day" and "Your are This". I used regular Crayola coloring pencils to color it (which are about 20 years old!). I had an awesome time making this one since I crafted with my 4 year old son. He did his version. I only helped coloring the flowers.

My card

 

JT coloring with mommy!

My son's version <3

This second card, didn't go as I wanted. Made some technique mistakes: I over inked the stamps, I didn't let the Distress Inks dry completely before heat embossing and well, did you know that embossing powders expire??? Well, it does! So my white embossing powder is in the trash right now! Anyway, why publish the card? For what it means. That sentiment from the set "Storms make deeper Roots" has a special meaning. I live in Puerto Rico. If you haven't seen it in the news, we were hit with back to back Cat 5 hurricanes. Hurricane Irma didn't do too much damage although some people lost their homes. But hurricane María hit us hard. So many people lost their homes, workplaces, churches, schools, etc. Our green scenery is not that green anymore. It is day 17 since the hurricane hit us and only about 10% of the island has electricity and about 50% water service. Communications were down on the entire island. I have internet service just a few hours a day from a land line and using a power generator. The point is: my island will be stronger after this for sure! A lot of help is coming from the outside but it has been so slow. I you wish to help, there are many ways. I wont recommend any specific. My son wanted to do a card using the same sentiment. On this one I only helped with the heating tool for the embossing.

My card

JT's card

Unity Stamp Company will be picking winners from comments so don't forget to do so. Next on the hop is Tami.

Thanks for taking the time to visit!
Love,
Anya

GIU Day 5

Para español, ve al 4to párrafo ;)

It's here!

Sadly, this is my last post for my Growing in Unity week. I really enjoyed this experience and hope to be part of it again next year. Thanks Unity Stamp Company for this opportunity. I had a hard time choosing which card to post today, so I'm sharing two. :)  Both almost share almost the same color palette. For the first one: I scored the background every 1/4 inch diagonally to create the pattern. I used this die on patterned paper. I heat embossed the sentiment from the set "Smile, It's your day" with silver embossing powder. I cut different shaped and sized banners in patterned paper and decorated it with a line of glittered glue. I completed the card with rhinestones.

For this second card I used patterned papers from Pink Paislee, Cedar lane. I heat embossed the circle frame from the set "I Consider You Special" with gold embossing powder. I then cut the center of it and used 3D dots and put on top of another piece of white cardstock were I stamped the sentiment from the same set to give dimension. I decorate with some kraft colored floss and Neat and Tangled sequins.

Well, I really hope you enjoyed my projects presented. Remember to comment on each post from this week for a chance to win random stamps from Unity.

Lamentablemente, esta es la última entrada de mi participación en "Growing in Unity". Realmente me disfruté la experiencia y espero volver a ser parte para el próximo año. Muchas gracias a Unity Stamp Company por esta oportunidad. Tuve dificultad a la hora de escoger qué tarjeta presentarles hoy así que estaré compartiendo dos. :)  Ambas tarjetas tienen casi la misma combinación de colores. Para la primera:  Marqué las líneas diagonales cada 1/4 de pulgada para crear un patron de fondo. Usé este troquel en papel de diseño. Ahí con la técnica de "heat embossed" estampé el pensamiento del set "Smile, It's your day" con polvo plateado. Corté banderines de diferentes formas y tamaños en papel de diseño y lo decoré con una línea de pega con brillo. Completé la tarjeta con imitación de diamantes.

Para la segunda tarjeta usé papeles de "Pink Paislee, Cedar lane". Con la técnica de "heat embossing" estampé el marco circular del set "I Consider You Special" con polvo dorado. Luego corté el centro de este y con "3D dots" lo puse encima de otro pedazo de cartulina blanca donde estampé el pensamiento del mismo set de sellos. Esto me ayudó a darle dimensión a la tarjeta. Decoré la tarjeta con hilo color crema y con lentejuelas de "Neat and Tangled".

Bueno, espero que hayan disfrutado los proyectos que les he presentado esta semana. Recuerden comentar en cada entrada de esta semana para la oportunidad de ganar sellos de Unity.