More UFO's........

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are doing well.
Some positive changes are taking place after all of the sadness and turmoil, a battle has been won but not the war, not yet.
Justice will prevail, Peace must come, it has to, future generations deserve a world where there's equality regardless of the color of your skin.

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Here's another card created with one more image from my pile of UFO's.
Can you find it?

This image is from an old Flourishes set called "Friendly Reminders".

When I first stamped and colored this image, it had a black border, well, I didn't like that anymore so I cut it off and gave it a blue one. 

The pattern papers are from my stash, I did die cut the leaves and I stamped another little bird, color it and fussy cut it to place it resting on that leaf.

There was not enough room for a sentiment so, I stamped the sign from Purple Onion Designs and handwrote the words, I think it looks really cute.

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This is the INSIDE  

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "On The Porch", the flowers on the corner from another Flourishes set called "Spring Blossoms".

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Daring Cardmakers: Wing It!

Art Impressions Challenge

Thank you for visiting today.

Stay safe and healthy.

XO
Maria.

Thanks a Zinnias Bunch.......

Hello everyone: After so many days of seeing people of all races marching together to protest and demand justice, I'm happy to see some positive changes are being achieved, but this is just the first hurdle, the race is not over, not yet.
I'm thankful for being able to express my feelings to my dear friends in this amazing card-making community, as a Mexican-American immigrant woman, I feel so blessed.

Stay healthy and safe.

God Bless Us All.

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I have another card I created using a stash of partially colored, unfinished images

that have been in this box way too long. Here's a picture of just a "few" of these images, my intention is to use them all.
Today's image in on the left bottom corner.

Here's my card.

This image is from a retired Flourishes set called "Zinnias", it was stamped on Canson watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. The flower vase was colored with a "River Rock" SU marker, I love this color, I wonder what color comes close to it in the new collection.

The sentiments on the front and inside, are from the same set. 

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

I want to play with the following challenges.

TIME OUT CHALLENGES

I'm so grateful for my friends.

Festive Friday Challenges

I have flowers, the colors orange and green.

Create a Smile

Thank you for visiting me today.
Stay healthy and safe.
XO
Maria.

You Are The Iris Of My Eye.......

Hello everyone: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, not only health-wise but also, emotionally wise.
No matter how much I want not to get upset, this situation makes it impossible.

A sleeping giant has been awakened, and now it's up to all of us to deal with it, we must come together and address the feelings of despair and pain, anger and hopelessness that are at the core of the uprising and the demands for change.
We no longer can turn a blind eye to it all, pretend it's not here, hope it will go away "eventually".  Change is hard, any kind of change is really hard but it's not impossible, we just have to have the courage to take that first step, we can't run this race believing we might lose, we owe this to future generations, we can't allow one more single tear to be shed from the eyes of any mother who has to bury her child because of injustice and prejudice.

We are all God's Children.
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This Iris is from an Altenew set called "Enchanted Iris". I stamped the images on Canson watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with Winsor & Newton watercolor markers using a wet brush and added detail and shadows with Prismacolor pencils. Both the flowers and the sentiment are die-cut with the companion dies for these stamps. 

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

The sentiment is from the Iris set, the little Iris in the corner, from a retired Flourishes set called "A Year of Flowers" (2010)

I want to play with the following challenges.

Stamps and Fun=Creativity

Daisy Chains Challenges

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay safe and healthy.

XO

Maria.

Take care, be safe and stay healthy.

XO

Maria.

A Poinsettia for Christmas.......

Hello everyone: I think I've said all I can say (for now) about what is going on in our Country, so all I can say today is that I wish for you Peace, Health and Joy.

God Bless You.

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I have one more Christmas card to add to my stash, this card was created using

one of the panels I showed yesterday on THIS POST, I'm a team member for the Shopping Our Stash Challenge so I'm inviting you to come and play along.

I'm sorry to say that I don't recall where this beautiful image came from.  It's a printed image so I must have downloaded it from somewhere, I couldn't find it on my download folder so, if any of you recognize it, please let me know.

I printed the image on Strathmore Bristol paper and colored it with Winsor&Newton watercolor markers, I just love how vibrant the colors are.

I die cut it with a new Hemstitched Squares, on sale now😉

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Glitter House Village,also on sale now, Woo Hoo!! stamped on a die-cut from a Spellbinders die set called Tranquil Moments, the bow is cut with a SU die from the retired "Balloon Pop-Up" Thinlits set.

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

I cut the panel with the same Spellbinders die extending it to fit the length of the card base, super easy, you just cut the top part, stopping halfway, then you move the die down and kind of lock it in place with the already cut edge, turn your panel clock-wise and finish the cutting.  

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Glistening Paperwhites, the little poinsettia is from another Power Poppy set called Merry Littles.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Stamps & Fun = Creativity

Nature or Flowers.

The Holly and Ivy Christmas

Addicted to Stamps and More

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Scrapity Scraps........

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are doing well in these turbulent and difficult times. All we can do is pray for justice to be really served so healing can really start. Discrimination hurts us all, it divides us, deprives us of opportunities, it feeds fear, mistrust, hate.
We need to celebrate our differences, we need to appreciate the cultural and economic contributions all immigrants bring when we arrive here, this enriches the fabric of this amazing Country, this compels us to learn about each other, we all have a history, rich in culture, traditions, amazing music, delicious foods.

Ignorance=Fear.

Stay safe and healthy.
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The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge this time around is asking you to use your SCRAPS, you know? stamped images and die-cut sentiments that were put away just because you changed your mind, pieces of ribbon and yarn, buttons, scraps of pattern papers or card stock, etc.

Here's a picture of some of my unfinished images.

This is just the first layer on the box, I probably can create a card every single day for a few months using all of this stuff.  Why do we stamp the images, begin to color them and then just say: "Nah, I don't know......." So I'm going to be busy for a while finishing the process of creating a card with all of these really beautiful images.

Here are a couple of cards.

This image is from a retired Flourishes set called "Zenias", I stamped it on yellow card stock with Versafine black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, the pattern paper is from a stash of leftover pieces.

The enamel dots are from Gina Marie Designs.

This is the INSIDE of this card.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Always Here, the butterfly from another Power Poppy set called Pure Prairie Spirit.

Second card.

 

This image is from a beautiful Stampin' Up! set, forgotten and neglected by me, (for shame!!) called "Faith in Nature" (2011-2012), the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Simply Camelias, which happens to be on sale now.
I just love the font on this set's sentiments.

 This is the INSIDE of this card.

So we at SHOPPING OUR STASH hope you guys go to your drawers, boxes, bags, or wherever you put those bits and pieces of ribbon, stamped panels, sentiments, etc. (you know you have them) and create something to share with us in our gallery.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

✌💖

Maria.

Frosty's Family and Friends.......

Hello everyone: I've said a lot about my very personal feelings and experiences about the tragic and impossibly sad events we are living every day.
I've heard from my dear card making friends words of compassion and understanding and that makes me feel so loved.
All can say today is that I hope the outcry of thousands upon thousands of people marching for justice and much needed change, not only here at home but all over the world,  can reach the ears of the people who are in positions of power in our government and that they are willing to listen to our voices, if not, then we must look elsewhere for people who have the compassion and the willingness to work hard for that change.
XO
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This super cute image is part of a 2004 Stampin' Up! set called "Best Borders", I bought it on eBay about 4 years ago.
On Yesterday's Post, I featured one of the other images, which is also adorable.

I just stamped the image on white card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I stamped some snowflakes with a Power Poppy image from a set called Glitter House Village which happens to be on sale now.

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Warm Winter Wishes".

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

The sentiment and the corner image are from an old Flourishes set called "Warm Winter Wishes"

I want to play along with these challenges.

Less is More

 

The 12 Months of Christmas #66

Optional Twist "Gingham"

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay safe and healthy.

XO
Maria.

Tea for two, three, four, five.......

Hello again, everyone: Yesterday I shared for the first time on THIS POST my own experiences with discrimination as a woman born and raised in Mexico City.

What's happening now is a reaction to all the injustices of the past and, unless we ALL pull together to seriously try to solve these problems, I honestly think we as a Country, will be consumed in a sea of discontent and pain.

".......AND IN THE END, THE LOVE YOU TAKE IS EQUAL TO THE LOVE YOU MAKE......."

John Lennon & Paul McCartney.

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I often browse Pinterest for inspiration for my cards as well as recipes, pictures, etc.  Sometimes, a handmade card catches my eye and, if I'm lucky enough that the person who made that card left information about it, I go to that post, find what stamp sets were used to create it and then, go on a hunt until I find it, usually eBay and Etsy.

This sweet row of teapots is from a 2004 Stampin' Up! stamp set called "Best Borders", and let me tell you, the other 3 images are just as adorable as this one.
The year this set was available was about 4 years before I started stamping, otherwise I would have bought it on the spot!!!!
I stamped the image with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, the lace border is from Martha Stewart.
The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Tea Together".
The rubber part on each row is just about 5 3/4" so, if you want to mail them, you will need to make a special envelope, which is not a problem if you have an envelope maker.
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This is the INSIDE of my card.

The border is from a retired SU set called "Delicate Details" (2017), the sentiment is from a Flourishes set called "Grab a Cup" (2013) and the stalk of teacups are from another retired SU set called "Morning Cup"(2010-2011).

I want to play with the following challenges.

Less is More

Crazy 4 Challenges

Include Lace, real of faux.

Color Crazy Challenges

Week 21 "AG coloring challenge"

Crafty Catz Challenge

#509 AG option of CAS

Thank you for visiting.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.