Getting Ready.............

Hello everyone: I just discovered the Festive Friday Challenge and I made this card to play along.

I haven't played with this sweet Faeries from Lili of the Valley, I absolutely love them, I wish I had them all. 

This sweet one is getting ready for Spring or maybe, to go out with friends, but whatever the occasion, she looks so adorable, I do hope you can see the Wink of Stella on her wings and the puff in her hand as she totally pampers herself.

Stamped her on a piece of Strathmore Bristol paper, I should have done it on regular card stock just to be able to fussy cut her easily, thank goodness for my sharp scissors.  I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.

The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley, (discontinued).

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border was stamped with a retired SU set called "Bordering Blooms", the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Tea in the Garden, the butterfly is from a 2004 set from Stampendous called "Butterflies".

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Festive Friday Challenge

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge

Allsorts Challenge

#562 Anything with Wings.

The Fairy and the Unicorn

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs.

Maria.

A Gift From Rachel........

Hello again everyone: The theme at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE for the month of March is the very popular "Anything Goes" and, as a fabulous bonus, our talented teammate Rachel Vass is giving away 2 of her fabulous and beautiful digital images for our winner and she has also given the DT some of these images to use on our cards so, here's a card I made with one of them to inspire you to come and play along with us in our gallery.

This beautiful Peony flower was printed on white card stock and colored with Prismacolor pencils.

I fussy cut it and using foam dimensionals, attached it to a die-cut panel using a Spellbinders die set called......., the pattern paper is from a Lili of the Valley retired line. I added some Gina Marie Designs enamel dots for a little bling, the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called.......

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a SU set called "Delicate Details", the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Cozy Cupfuls", the little candles from a Penny Black set called "Cupcakes"

I hope you stop by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog to get more inspiration from my amazing teammates and come and join us in our gallery.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

AAA Birthday

Unicorn Challenge

Flower Power

Time Out Challenges

Thank you for stopping by today.

Hugs

Maria.

A Little Bird Told Me........

Hello everyone: March is here and with it comes Spring so I pulled out this 2008 Stampin' Up! set called "Spring Song", I haven't inked these beautiful images in a long time and that's not acceptable.

I stamped this little Blue Bird on a die-cut piece of plain white card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, sponged the sky with distress inks and glue it to a scalloped circle. The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley, the white embossed panel was done with a Stampin' Up! EF called  Tufted 3D Embossing Folder, the sentiment is from a retired😢Stampin' Up! set called "Sitting Here"

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Poppies, the little pot with flowers is from the same SU set.

I want to play along with the following challenges.

CAS(E) this Sketch.

Crafty Animals

Challenge #36, must have animals.

The Crafter's Cafe

Stampin' Up! Only Challenges

Coloring with pencils, markers, watercolors, etc.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Hugs.

Maria.

Time to Chill............

Hello everyone: I know it's still Winter in most of the Northern States and all of us are waiting patiently for some signs of Spring and soon, Summer so the DT at SHOPPING OUR STASH want you to think about hot days, beaches, pools, refreshing beverages and ice cream. 

This is the card I made to inspire you to think about Summer.

These images are from two old Flourishes sets, the ice cream cone and the popsicle are from a set called "Pinwheels and Popsicles" (2013), the pitcher with lemonade from one called "On the Porch" (2012). 

I stamped them on white card stock and colored them with Prismacolor pencils, fussy cut them and glue them on a die-cut oval, the pattern papers are from my stash, I added some enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from an old Stapin' Up! set called "Whimsical Words" that came out in the 2010 Sale-a-bration catalog. 

So I hope you start thinking of warm Summer days and come join my SHOPPING OUR STASH teammates and me in our gallery.

Thank you for visiting.

XO

Maria.