Summer Flowers.

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are doing well in these troubling times. 

Common sense and justice and change in our thinking must prevail if we all want to go back to our normal times, just saying.

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Well, we are just starting Summer and, up here in the MidWest, we are feeling it.
The theme for the Month of July over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is SUMMER/WINTER.  We have friends all over the world and that means that for some of us it's Summer but for some it's Winter.
I created these cards depicting some beautiful Summer flowers.

I have this very old Flourishes set called "A Year In Flowers" (2013), it has a flower for every month of the year.  Since Summer officially starts June 20th., I picked these two flowers for June and July.

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I stamped these roses with Stampin' Up! markers on Strathmore Watercolor paper and colored them using a damp brush, then fussy cut them. The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Go Wild" (on sale now), the pattern paper is from my Lili of the Valley stash.

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This is the INSIDE of this card.

Patter paper from Lili of the Valley, sentiment from a Flourishes set, I forgot the name but it's from 2009-2010.

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My Twofer.

Another Summer Flower from this set is the Tiger Lily for the month of July.

Stamped in Spiced Marmalade for the flowers and Old Olive for the stems and colored with Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Poppies" also on sale now.

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This is the INSIDE of this card.

The sentiment and the flower basket are from "Around the Harbor" (Flourishes)

I want to play along with the following challenges.

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Anything Goes Coloring Challenge.

Aud Sentiments Challenge

Summer +A Sentiment.

I hope you are inspired to come and play along with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE , stop by and check out my teammates' awesome creations.

Remember to use flowers as your main image and please remember to read our rules.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

A Little, Vintage Bird House..

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are still doing well in these very difficult times.

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I have a quick card using one of my UFO's, (Un-Finished Objects), this image was already colored and framed, I don't know why I didn't complete a card, I just love this little birdhouse.

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This is the inside of my card.

This is what I used:

"Garden Pleasures", Stampin' Up! (2001)

"Whimsical Words" Stampin' Up! (2010)

"Furry Folk" Stampin' Up! (2011-2012)

"Faith in Nature" (2011-2012)

Prismacolor Pencils.

Pattern Papers from my stash.

I want to play with the following challenges.

CAS on Friday

Krafty Chicks Challenge

#514 "Stamp Act"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Poppy Moments.

Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe, wearing a mask and keeping your distance.
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I recently purchased the "Poppy Moments" die set from Stampin' Up!, I love these dies, they are so beautiful and detailed.

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I'm playing along with the following challenges.

CAS(E) this Sketch

Fun Friday/Your Next Stamp

Color My Heart Color Dare

Festive Friday
I used geometric shape (Hexagon), birthday theme and flower theme.

This is what I used: 

Poppy Moments (SU) 

Crackle Paint background stamp (SU)

Hexagon dies (Unknown)

Power Poppy "Tea in the Garden"

Power Poppy "Dynamic Duos: Peonies and Tulips"

Impression Obsession "Butterfly"

Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots.

Prismacolor pencils.
Pattern paper from my stash.

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

Bewitched.....

Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, I know I say this to you guys every time I post on my blog but it's my most sincere and heartfelt prayer and hope, in these very difficult times.

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I know all of us have in our craft room, very old stamp sets that we love but, for no particular reason, don't use as often as we should so, we keep buying new ones neglecting our old ones that have every right to be inked up.
That's what my teammates and I over at RETRO RUBBER want to encourage you to do, so go and dig out your old favorites and share your cards with us at our gallery, if you can, please let us know how old your stamp sets are.

I just love, love all of the images on this set from Stampin' Up! called "Cauldron Bubble" (2018 Holiday Mini). I must confess that the little critters and the ghost were the ones that caught my eye first.  I stamped all of these images on Strathmore Bristol paper with Stazon black ink and colored them with Windsor&Newton watercolor markers, I stamped the bubbles and the fire separately colored them and fussy cut them to add some dimension, I sponged some Spiced Marmalade ink on the cauldron to give the illusion of the light of the fire reflecting on it.

The window was cut with a Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz XL Die. 

The pattern papers are from my stash, the sentiment, from the set.

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This is the INSIDE of this card.

The sentiment and the little broom are from the set.

I hope you stop by the RETRO RUBBER challenge page to check out my teammates' fabulous creations and then, come and play along with us.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Get Creative Challenge #92

Fantasy.

Use Your Stuff

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.