Just Chill.......

Hello everyone: I'm always praying and hoping you and your families are doing well, taking care of yourselves and each other. 

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We are in the middle of Summer and one of the things I enjoy more when it's hot outside is a nice, big scoop of Ice Cream, Strawberry is my favorite.

I'm sharing this card with you and a few challenges too.

These yummy ice cream cones are from a 2013 Flourishes stamp set called "Pinwheels and Popsicles". I stamped the images on white card stock with Stazon black ink, colored them with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut them, I gave the plump cherries twine steams.

The canopy was punched with a retired SU punch called "Word Window", the embossing folder is called "Confetti", the sentiment is from the Flourishes set.

I added some enamel dots and sequences for a little bling.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Short Stacks", the little gift bag from a Flourishes set called "Christmas Borders" (2009).

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Day of the Month Card Club #17

"Ice Cream Day"

As You Like It

Summer or Autumn

I love Autumn for the magnificent colors and crisp days.

But Summer is fun too, now that we are sheltering in place, 

Ice Cream is our reward.

Krafty Chicks Challenge

All Occasions

Daring Cardmakers

The Three Musketeers

The Power of Three.

Festive Friday Challenge

I picked "Pink, Ice Cream Image and Summer Fun" 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

"Summer"

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Flowers Feed the Soul.

Hello everyone: Every time I post on my little blog I say to all of you who come here that I pray and hope you and your families are doing well in these difficult times. Unfortunately, we as a Country are not doing well at all, the Pandemic and the civil unrest are getting worse, our leaders are NOT leading and that is a FACT!!!!! That's all I can say about that.

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I'm sharing this card with you and a few challenges.

These images are from 2 Flourishes sets, the garden hat and rack are from "Friendly Reminders" (2010) all the rest are from "From the Garden" (2010)

The brick wall was added after I had already stamped the table and hat with a Tim Holtz embossing folder but I didn't run it through the Big Shot, all I did was to sponge the ink on it, placed my panel on top and just rub the parts that didn't have the images, it worked perfectly. The little bird was stamped on the table, the rest of the images were stamped, colored with Prismacolor pencils and a few watercolors then, fussy cut.

The sentiment is from the set.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

The garland of roses is from a new Stampin' Up set called "Grace's Garden", which is so beautiful, I just got it, love it!!, the rest of the images are from the Flourishes set.

I want to play with the following challenges.

The Library Challenge

Penny Black and More

"In the Garden"

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

I'm going with "Create a Scene"

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Black Calla Lilies.......

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are well in these very difficult times, please take care of yourselves and each other.

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH new challenge is one of my favorites, so I hope it will be one of yours too.  For the next ten days, my teammates and I want to see cards with BLACK AND WHITE images.

I was going to stamp this image from an old Flourishes set called "Calla Lilies" on white card stock with Black ink and just add shading with a black pencil but, I felt a bit adventurous and decided to do the opposite, stamp the image in white ink and color it with a white Prismacolor pencil, to me it looks like the negative of a picture. This is a Sympathy card, we don't like to create these cards but it's good to have some at hand.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

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This is what I used to create this card.

Flourishes "Calla Lilies"

Memento white ink.

White Prismacolor pencil.

Spellbinders Oval Regalia die.

The sentiments both in front and inside, as well as the

Calla Lily image are from the Flourishes set.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Allsorts challenges

"Flowers all over"

Dragonfly Dreams

No Pattern Paper.

I hope you come and play along with us over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we can't wait to see your creations in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Sweet Memories.......

Hello everyone: Every day I pray that you and your families are doing well in these difficult times, please take care of yourselves and each other.

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When my brothers, my sister and me were growing up, we had the blessing of having our maternal grandma moving in to live with us. When she arrived at our house and from that day forward, we all enjoyed her amazing baking and cooking, which had a big influence in my life, but also, her sweet disposition, her warmth and caring ways, her positive attitude and infinite patience, which was always present, especially when she was teaching me to sew, to knit and crochet, skills that I have now thanks to her. Those were beautiful years, with no Internet, hardly any TV either, we kids spent our days in school, playing outside, reading and being spoiled by our grammy. 

This beautiful image reminds me of her bedroom, where I learned to sew, crochet and knit, wonderful memories of those years enjoying the abundant love of my sweet, amazing grandma.

I stamped the image from an old Flourishes set called "Stitched for You" on white card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I added a little Rhine Stone to the sewing basket for the loop on the lid that holds it closed. I can't remember where the flower die cut came from, it kind of looks like a Memory Box die.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

The lace border is from a Martha Stewart punch, the sentiment is from unknown origins, the stamp set is super old and I'm afraid I threw away the package.

The spool is from THIS STAMP SET from Stampabilities.

I want to play along with the following challenges.

Crazy 4 Challenges

 

Cute Card Thursday

#643 "Stitching"

Inkspirational #217

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.