Prima Flowers and so much more.......even SU

Ok the Prima Flowers are going as well,

I have 5 little baggies with about 23-30 maybe a lil more of Prima flowers,

I also have some really beautiful Prima Flowers, in a small tin, looks really adorable.

prima flowers

The Colors Are Prima Heavenly Mauve, Black, Green and Blue

These are $6.50 per tin.....
The Black one is sold......................................
Take a Closer Look down here

Aren't they just yummy!!!!

Ok these are the other Prima Flowers, already packaged and ready to ship!

These are $3.50 per baggie, and there are only 5 of these left.

TINKERBELL STAMPS........I HATE TO LET THEM GO BUT ITS TIME THEY GO TO A NEW HOME!!!! This Set will sell for $11, it is a birthday invitation set.

Polka Dot and Paisley was in last years Spring Mini Sale on SU!!!

$10

Totally Cool, with the girls with Cell phones and the sentiment says,

hope your birthday is like totally cool. great for teenage cards..... this set is incomplete cannot find the larger stamp of the girl... so its going for $5

Small Sayings $8.50

great condition

Itty Bitty Backgrounds and Quick Thinking

Both for $15 or $7.50 each

Baby Shower Stamps, brand new set, missing 3 stamps

yours for only $6.50

Package of Stampin Up Invitations for a SU Party!!!

Brand new still in package,,,, $4.00,

there are about 100 invites i think.

SALE item #2

I will be having some Stampin Up Sets for Sale that may or may not be retired, but nonetheless they are just taking up space. Please be mindful that some sets may have some missing stamps, but they are in great condition, some have never been mounted, some are partially mounted, some of slight staining but they are in great condition.

Pricing and shipping for these items are about the same as the

other items that have been placed on sale.

Lexicon of Love $11.00

Heartfelt thanks $15

So Very $ 14

Cant recall the name of this one but its $8

Big Blossom Flower $13

ITEM SOLD & Shipped

Big Deal Alphabets UnMounted only one was used $22

ITEM SOLD

Fancy flexible Sayings $20 partially unmounted, slightly used, no stains

I will return in about an hour with much more stuff, Even Prima Flowers in little bags, approx. 20-30 flowers per bag for $3.50

Will have scrapbook paper, embellishments, etc.... so be sure to come back .......

Paypal payment is preferred and the email address to use is lafresca4109@yahoo.com, contact me if you wish to send check or money order, please note that the items will not ship until payment method has cleared.

SaLe SaLe Sale

ok ladies here is the scoop,

I am going to be having a sale, alot of items are

$1 all the way up $20+.

Shipping will be as follows, if totals come out to

less that $10 shipping will be $2.50

anything over $11.00 will ship priority mail $4.80

Stampin Up Wheels and carriers, I have the

Flitter By, $6

Leaves a La Carte $6,=Sold and Shipped

Water color Joy $4,

Adoring Hearts $6

Small Carrier $3

Large Carrier $4

All Wheels have been cleaned, they may have slight staining, but otherwise in great condition, used a handful of times.

These stamps are all $1 or you can by them in bunches for $10 for 10.

These stamps are all in great condition, smoke free house and slightly or no stains.

WOW, it felt like an eternity.......

First and foremost, let me just say that there are some of you out there and you know who you are, that have kept in contact with me, even it was a little hello , thinking of you and what not.

I am soo very much appreciative of your well wishes.

Ok a little update, my under arm surgery is now almost fully recovered, except for a small

small hole that needs to close, the scar I have on my left underarm is horrendous

it looks like spider legs almost, but anywho, I got that out of the way, hopefully it will not

return so that I dont have to go through all the pain I did.

I would like to get back into the swing of things, but its going to be a while because

now I have to get ready for whatever comes my way with my

Cervical Cancer. Its a huge mess, they cannot seem to find what the problem is, but i am

confident that the oncologist will pinpoint whats wrong.....

Well here is a little update on what I am going to be doing.

I know some of you mentioned about the PHAT Stamps, that will be in the works

and I am going to be having some scrubbers and rubber stamp cleaners.

I wanted to take a poll, on whether to do red rubber stamps, acrylic stamps or DIGI Stamps.

What would you like to see?

Also, Im going to be posting up here and on ebay, some stamps, paper, embelishments, etc......etc.......for sale, simply because I am going to be focusing on my line and

I need to make room for the products that I will be bringing in,

mainly ribbons, and some embellishments, papers, etc...etc....

so please be on the look out for that, I have entirely too much

stuff and not enough time to make cards, I will me getting rid

of alot of stuff and at a great deal, maybe some sets will be made, i just have to figure out

how I am going to make the sets.

Just a little heads up so be on the look out

Im here and Im alive....and blog candy.....

I will hopefully God willing be back in to full swing next week. I am taking longer to recouperate because of the area that its in.... I may take up to another month or so......

As for my other health issues, I went for my follow up pap and it doesnt look good, I will have to go speak with an oncologist to discuss options and treatments that can be done, before this becomes full blown cancer. Am I scared, yes. Will I get through this? I sure hope so. With the support of my immediate family, I am sure things will go more smoothly, but who am I kidding, we are women, we were meant to have lots of stress and come out on top, right...

So with that said, Heidi

has the most cutest images over there, I think there swedish or

something, could not make out the language but I think thats right......

have a lookey and have some fun.....

Blog Candy and a little hello,,oh yea and HAPPY FREAKING CINCO DE MAYO, !!!!!

hey there chicas, hope all is well

I am slowly recooperating

I would post a pic of my operation but

sincerely, alot of you would

puke at seeing this horrendous cut, needless

to say at all the staples that are in my under arms

oh yea and in my left arm there is a HOLE about

1.5 inches long because hte staples popped open.

Yes Way!

Well enuff of dat! as the kids would say!

Blog Candy Right?

Ila

is having this Blog Candy in honor of her Birthday and so is her daughter.

So head on over and tell her that Stampin-Mami Sent ya......

To all my MEXICANOS, HISPANOS and all LATINOs

Have a great and safe 5 de MAYO!!!!!1

QUE VIVA MEXICO!!!!!

BERE IF YOU SEE THIS TODAY,

TOMATE UNA CORONA POR MI!!!!!!!!!

(HAVE A CORONA FOR ME!!!!!!)

As soon as I get better I will have my self a nice

Sweet, Juicy, Margarita and a Sex on a the Beach!!!!

Well ladies, please take care....

Please note all mailings are being taken care of this week,

as I am finally able to drive around a bit......

Those of you expecting your images, checks, pif's, etc....please

be patient more than you have been, it will arrive..............................

Daily pick today

Hey havent been on much lately getting things ready around the house before surgery

but I have enough time to make the pick for today...

She has the most amazing ideas on her blog, so go give it a whirl....

Valita's Fresh Folds

Have fun blurfing.....

Finally, I got the link to the blog I have been searching for

I knew I had the link somewhere and thankfully Heather wrote to me again,

The other blog pick for today is Heather Huggins

Thanks again chica and remember to watch out for the postman, ok....

(edited to correct the hyperlink)

Would you like to go on a journey.....and my Daily blog pick....

Check out Gina K's Blog today,

its going to talk about a big Reveal. I thought it was soo cool

how they each tell a story..

head over there right now with a nice cup of cappuccino or hot cocoa....

Have Fun...This will also constitue my Daily Blog Picks today because it has

numerous blogs all in one to go thru......

Bloggaversary RAKers, lol.....

Ok Sandie and Lisa Floyd will be receiving the

book marks that I mentioned.

Please forward to me your snail mail

to lafresca4109@yahoo.com

Thank you all for your well wishes and I do hope not to let anyone down.

Bloggaversary... WhooooHooooo!

Just realized that my Bloggaversary is actually

right now, lol.....Stampin-Mami was created one year ago this

April. So in honor of this auspicious occassion,

the first 2 people to comment on this post, will get a little

RAK from me. But please comment away, I would love

to hear from you all......

There is one catch.......you must post a small RAK on your blog

as well and link back to me.

I will be RAK'ing some images and a Bookmark,

since I just finished making some bookmarks, I will

keep in that tradition and make 2 more.....

I 'll post them up here by the end of the week.

OHHHHH yea I also found out that those cute lil fairies

are called Magnolia Stamps, lol... too cutey patoootey.

I am soo loving them, I cannot wait to get that extra refund that

we will be getting because I will be getting some of those...

(edited to add balloons pic)

Finally I got them Done.....

Well you guys remember a few posts agao I was aksing for Doll Pins, well since then, my girlfriend over at SpanishBella was soo very kind enough to send me some pins that she got.

Ok well after twirling my hand over and over and getting a cramp, I finally got the ribbon

on the doll pins, I still have alot more to go ......

Gracias Wendy it helped alot, I dont have the little candy bowls that I orginially

saw the doll pins in, but this is the next best thing for me......

Meet Hailey.......and Amy's Simply Sistah's

Well I have just seen the cutest stamps eva,

Amy over at Sweet Times and Memories has Hailey and Maddison May and a whole new line of Sistah's.

This was my entry for the Design Team, I hope I get chosen to be

on this team, I would love it, love it, love it......

I do hope you like this one, I will be working on some of the other ones

later on today or tomorrow....

Ok so Just BEcause I was feeling creative

Here is a card I did last night, and I hope you like, I cannot recall the name of the image but its cute just the same.

I used stickles , SU paper, and lots of love....

Sorry I am not writing too much tonight, im a bit tired.... see you all manana......

God Bless and Sweet Dreams!

My very First Award! I am honored....

Ok so I was awarded the "Arte y Pico Award" from my

friend Bev at Country Frog Creations last Sunday, have not had a

chance to place this up here until now.

Now I am going to be Awarding this to some crafty blog

buddies I have come to admire and love there work....

This award is given to bloggers who share their art creations through blogging and here are the rules...

1. You have to pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself

4. Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
Here are the bloggers I feel are deserving of this award:

Maria over at Card Inspired

MPK aka Penny at MZ Penny Kreations

Christie over at Sweet N Sassy Stamps

Tami at A Walk on the Mild Side

and last but not least

my girlfriend BERE at Berry Bitch Princess

Congratulations to you all, you have all inspired me

in various ways and I love your creations.

Ok So here are the other things I said i would post

All these images came from a small individual swap that I had with Heather Huggins.

I will be doing some cards later on tonight, and I'll post them up here.

So someone asked me where are my latest cards....

Lol, I have been so crazy busy these weeks that I have not been able to create anything new, but I did promise some pics of the images that I was RAK'd, I have been rak'd with some cool cards and images..

I do have a card that I made for my girlfriends son's Birthday. He turned 10 years old on Good Friday and I did this card for him from the Images that Heather Huggins sent me.

Heather thank you once again, I finally packed up your goodies and have them ready to ship out to you. Lastel your package went out too, Please let me know when it arrives.

Ok so here is the card I created for Michael. Only thing is that I do not know the name of the stamped image that I used. But I will name this one Skater Boy......like Avril Lavigne, lol..(edited to change color of text)

Anyway Here it goes......

I used the Rockstar paper from DCWV, colored pencils, some prisma and some just regular color pencils, On the skateboard I used Stickles, (cannot recall the name put its obviously orangey) and its a Tri-Fold Card. Oh yea and I gave it a look as if it was outside somewhere and traced the image itself with the sky blue marker from Martha Stewart, I love that blue color.

Well There you have it, let me go on and get my other posts ready....

This is what you have been waiting for................

This is what you have been waiting for.......

April's Featured Artist

is none other than our very own

Cutey Patootey

Emily.....Stamping Bella

I am sooooo happy to bring this Exclusive Interview to you....

I know you cannot wait for it either soo with out further a do, Here is

Em The Stamping Bella

1. Why the name Stamping Bellas?

>>hmmm good question. Well the company started out as “Emmyz” because everyone called me “emmy” or Em but it wasn’t so catchy and a little “narcissistic” LOL.. so then when my first bella was created I looked at her and said.. OMG SHE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BELLA (beautiful in Italian and no I am not Italian..LOL)! Then the search for a website name came and was found and the rest is history!

2. What other designer or company would you like to work with?

I work with many artists and suppliers.. I have 5 artists I work quite closely with and have created very tight relationships with them. There is no one in particular I strive to meet or work with.. people enter my life on a daily basis and I believe for a reason. I have met many many wonderful “sistahs” on this journey and I plan to meet many more J. With artists or companies I work with, we just for some reason find eachother. It is soo wonderful.

3. Which Bella was your very first creation?
My Bridalpartybellas.. they were my FIRST FIRST FIRST creation and they will forever mean the world to me.

4. Did you ever think that your idea would sky rocket the way that it has?
ABSOLUTELY NOT. I had no confidence, I felt like I had no place in the stamping world..,

I just wanted to bring my hobby to the next level and share the artwork with the people

around me. My most important idea in this adventure was the SISTAHOOD..

THAT sistahood and me being so deeply involved and “out there” was my intention..

more than sales.. to say that I have “met “ people from all over the world

who share my passion?? How CRAZY is that? To have been able to create a

venue where other people meet and become true friends?

Could you beat that??? So even if the business

fails, I will ALWAYS be thankful for this experience.. FOREVAH!

5. If you could say, what are some other plans that your thinking of coming out with?

Now WHYYYYY would I do that? *winks*… All I can say is that I have a PHENOM line of embellishments coming.. something NOT to be believed.. trust me. (ever hear me say that before?)

6. When is your Birthday?
June 25th 1972. I now expect a birthday card from EACH and EVERY one of you J

7. If you could pick a fruit to eat right now at this minute, what would that be and why?
Chocolate covered STRAWBERRY. That’s a fruit no?

8. What is your favorite food recipe and would you mind sharing that with me and our readers?
Hmmmmm… I honestly love everything.. I don’t really have a favorite recipe…

9. What is your all time favorite Elvis song, if there is one? Lol….
Hmmmm you know the one that starts the show “LAS VEGAS?”.. a little bit something.. (oh am I ignorant)..LOL. Is that even ELVIS?? OMG

10. Ok I ask all my featured artist this question and some of us may know but there are many who don’t like me, What is your favorite drink? Cosmos (lol), Tini’s wines?
I honestly don’t drink… I have other vices..LOL. If I HAD to choose, it would be red wine.

11. You had a little snafu with a little button that sent out lots of $$$$$ as Gift Certificates, you mentioned that you would honor your mistake, could you roughly state how much that set you back?
I didn’t do the final “tally” but it had a potential loss of approximately $ 70,000 but all is ok J

12. I know a lot of the ladies in the group did not want to take you up on the offer for fear that it would hurt you financially, What would you like to tell the ladies who decided not to take the G.C.?
I thank them from the BOTTOM of my heart and appreciate their thoughts and actions ,you have no idea. BUT by the same token, I cannot “blame” anyone who used it as I did honor it

Mwah!
Em

And there you have it, Isn't she like the most coolest person, I had

lots of fun doing this and most of all I got to share it with you. Thank you for reading, Em thank you for the interview and I do hope to work with

you in the near future...... Thank you again and Readers I do hope enjoy...

See ya later.....

Whewwwwww There is alot going on around here today!

Hey there its been crazy around here this week with the start of

the new quarter at college, the kids returning to school from spring break,

Pageants, Rehearsals, you name it, it was done this week. Not to mention all the cooking and cleaning, etc. etc....

Well lets see we have a lot of interesting things to post today.....

I wanted to say thank you to the Stamp Crazy Group

I was Queen of the Group last week.

Incase your wondering what that is, the girls in the group decided

that all the girls in the group would be Queen for the Week, so names are picked

every week for that respective week and the name chosen gets to be

the "Queen". The other ladies from the group get to send out images to the one picked. So I was chosen last week and I had no idea, lol.

I received a TAC catalog and some images from Danni, Bere sent me a stack of Bellas, I think there is one of each bella in there, lol . Gracias Chica,

Im sorry but there were a few others that sent me some images, but

I am not at home right now, so I cant look at the envies to give them there due

credit. I also got lots of buttons,I cannot wait to get some cards done,

But please for any of you that sent me images,

Well ladies I loved my images that I got and I thank you from the

bottom of my heart. I am very grateful . ok so on to the next post.

Todays Daily Blog Pick

Well since I have been away for a few days and have not chose some blogs, I have chosen one now and the other 2 I will post later.

For today's pick I chose the ever so cool

JULIE

She is a very girly chic, She has a gorgeous New Home out in the

country, her designs are to DYE for, lol....

Julie take a bow, I so do envy you cause you have great ideas

a great home and a great everything, lol.. I faithfully read your postings everyday

Thank you for all you show us.

Maria

Todays the Day!

Well last week's appt for my daughter got cancelled because the doctor had to leave because her lil girl got really sick. So the appt was switched to today,

so we will be asking all sorts of questions regarding her boob and if there is any

relation to this "NEW to me" IBF Cancer. I am hoping and praying that her situation

is just that of having one bigger than the other, because then we can live with that,

for it to be anything else, whewwwww that will definitely put a damper on things.

But I have to be strong and think positive because

we dont want to jump the gun on anything.

Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes, I will post about the visit to the doctors

later on in the day.

Lastel if your reading this, please check your email I responded. Sorry I took so long..

Happy Easter to all my readers!!!

Lets remember to keep HIM in our Hearts and in our Prayers,

for he is the Reason that we are all here!!!!!!!

May your children enjoy there baskets full of Goodies,

and your family be kept safe!

Have a great Easter all!

Calling all Ladies, Do you know what IBC is

It is Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and I have never in my whole life heard of this,

well I for one am worried for my daughter as I am writing this

my eyes are swelling up because my lil girl was scared to tell me

that she felt awkward about one of her breast, and not to put this out

there but it concerned us as well as THANK God the day has come

for her to meet with a specialist tomorrow and I will definitely raise this

comment to him so we can rule everything out....

Please watch this video

IBC

Please dont let this pass you by if its the only thing you read.

God Bless

I know you cant wait to hear who the next Featured Artist is..........

hahahaha, I know you are going to flip out when you find out who

is my next Featured ArtiST. I cAnnot reveal the identity yet

because I aM waiting to get the Questions back from

our Artist, but I can tell you this she is great, she is a sassy sistah,

she is really making a killing with her stamPs

and I just lovey her designs.

Go on and leave a comment on who you think

could be my Featured Artist for April 2008.

We just might be offerING some Blog candy too, I cant wait to

hEar from my artist, so I can give aLL the juicy detAils!!!!

(**hint--hint**) some letters have been capitalized, lol

Oh yea My Daily Blog pick for Today

Almost forgot, but glad I didn't

ok so in doing a quick search around the blogosphere, and on my

new found blog buddies page Spanishbella, I found

Arquitectura en Papel a.k.a. Architecture on Paper, lol cute

right I thought so too.....she is also having

a little blog candy going on, so head on over and tell

her Stampin-Mami sent ya over there...

She has really cutey stuff there........

A few things to tell ya today!!!!

Spanishbella, I got your package yesterday, Wonderfull RAK, thank you chica, it was cool of you to send those famous Doll Pins

lol, I'll be posting a bunch of pics later on today

with the ribbon spooled inside my jars,

also I got RAK'd thank you Kathy Page from Bellaholics

that card was too cute, and I think those were the

Baubles right, they came off the card and i think some 2 got lost

but i fixed the ones that were in the envelope already

Thank you Chica,

Also I got my Naked Bella Swaps back as well,

the cards look wonderful, like I said I will be

posting pics of all this a little later, I am goin to try

and get a good picture because its Raining her in Jersey today

and the house is totally dark, lol....

Question, Do you like the rain? I love when the days are rainy,

gloomy, and bland, it feels like there is

a calm and the world just slows down around you...

How about you? Leave me a comment and tell me, take a

minute to reflect on how a rainy day makes you feel!!!!

Cant wait to read your comments......

clip it tutorial on a new version.... i may have posted this before

but I wanted to post again because this way i will not lose it since I am planning on doing this...... hope you gals enjoy...

http://outtathisfunk.blogspot.com/2008/01/sticker-gripper.html

To Katestamps 716

Thank you dear for trying to place me on blast,

but I have not forgotten you,

I lost all emails and addresses when my computer crashed and

i also lost dominiques address because I had communicated with her,

but your $50 will be forwarded to you once you send me your snail mail

because in your search of my blog you would have found that I had a

crane hit my van and I cannot drive to you. So please send your snail mail address to lafresca4109 at yahoo dot com.

in the future any comments you wish to direct to me you can do so by leaving

me an email at the above stated address. I hope there are no hard feelings,

I wish you much success and my apologies for taking so long to get this to you, life gets in the way and I apologize sincerely.

thank you and you have a wonderful day!

Featured Daily Blog

Great new blog that I found,

check this out......Divine Domesticity

and also her other blog

Blissfully Domestic

She has some great looking yummo recipes, take a quick peek

Check back later to see if your the Winner of.......

The Ultimate Blog Party

I'll be choosing the winner sometime tonight, so check back

often to see if you were the winner of my

Card Set, and Ill get them out to you in about a week or so.....

So, come back later ok ........

See ya later....

Ok so how Much is your Blog worth....

Take a look over there>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

towards the bottom of the page you will see,

this website you can link to, and find out exactly how much yours is worth, I havent checked it in such a long time and I just

did and right now its worth a little over $11,000. My jaw dropped

wide opened.... lol ... i am like in shock...

in little than a few months it sky rocketed

about $5000 more... wow.......

See how much yours is worth, right now!

Makeovers are soo much fun

Im loving my new makeover thanks to Shauna over at See My Designs did this great job on my blog, I am soo loving it, Head on over to her blog and see her stuff. She is awesome.....

Gracias Shauna, I am sooo loving this ...... thank you thank you thank you ......

Ladies, I need some help here

Do any of you ladies have any pictures on your blogs or on any forums for Book marks...? I have 2 packs of bookmarks that are just laughing at me cause I have not inked them up yet.

Let me hear from you ladies out there with bookmarks, I want to get inspired, so I can create some great ones as well........

thanks all for reading

Hoppy Sightingss.........

ok here is my creation of the day

I used Melanie's "Just so Hoppy" set,

I saw the chick and thought back to when my mom

took us to Puerto Rico one Easter, and I was sooo excited

to see that the little chicks were different colors,

they had pinks, purple, blues and of course yellow.

So I colored my little chickee pink and I added some pink stickles

to the Chickee and now she looks like the little peeps with sugar coating and all...........

There you have it , hope you all enjoy it.....