swimbikerunandstamp: 2021-02-28

Friday, March 5, 2021

Lucky Me.

Hello everyone: As always, (and I'm sorry if I sound like a broken record) I pray that you and your families are still doing well, keeping each other safe and wearing your masks.

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I have a cute card to add to my stash for St. Patrick's Day.

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This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

House Mouse Hummingbird Feeder

I masked the flower this little mouse is holding.

SU "Teeny Tiny Wishes" (2009-2010)

Altenew Recollections

I want to play with these challenges.

CASology

The House That Stamps Built

"Going GREEN"

The Card Concept

I was inspired by the Theme and the color green

to create my Clean and Simple card.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Bird of Paradise in Purples.

Hello everyone: As always, I hope you and your families are doing well in these difficult times. The Pandemic is not over so please, keep wearing your masks.

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The new theme over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is "Shades of PURPLE and I'm really thrilled because this is my most favorite color.

This month we are welcoming the awesome and creative Michele Ferguson, her blog I Card Everyone is a feast for the eyes, I hope you go and visit her, you won't be disappointed. Welcome, Michele!!💖

Also, this month, we are being sponsored by Beccy's Place and she is generously donating a $10.00 AU gift code voucher for you to go shop at her online store, so go and take a look, there are lots of awesome images to choose from.

Beccy also provided our team with all the digital stamps we used for this challenge.

We have a fabulous Guest Designer this month, her name is Colleen Balija, please go check out her blog irishrosecreations, her cards are beautiful.

Here's the card I created to invite you to play along.

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This is what I used.

Beccy's Place beautiful "Bird of Paradise" digital image.

Prismacolor pencils.

The die-cut words "Beautiful" and "Friend" are part of a set my dear friend Sonny Peterson gave me as a gift for Valentine's Day, thank you, Sonny.

SU "Bordering Blooms"

SU "Papillion Potpourri" butterfly stamp and punch.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you hop over THE FLOWER CHALLENGE to get more inspiration from my fabulous teammates. Don't forget to read our rules, they are few but important.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Homemade Just For You.

Hello everyone: Every time I post something, I feel really lucky I have this craft to keep me busy. My hubby and I have been confined to our home for a year now, venturing out just to get groceries and postage stamps.

I hope that you and your families are keeping healthy and safe, the only thing I can do is remind you to always wear your masks.

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I have a really cute card to share with you today.

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This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

Flourishes "Fresh Baked" (2012)

Prismacolor pencils.

The pattern paper on the apron is from Lili of the Valley.

Stamped and fussy cut.

I want to play with these challenges.

The Paper Players

A Place To Start

Rectangle

Through The Craft Room Door

Anything Goes.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Tic, Tac, Toe Fun.

Hello everyone: As always, I pray that you and your families are healthy and safe, please keep wearing your masks and keeping your distance, this pandemic is still here and we still need to do our part to contain it in the best way possible.

God Bless us all.

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I really like the Tic Tac Toe challenges, you have a lot of choices to play around with, I picked the first vertical row on the RETRO RUBBER grid, "Birthday, Neutrals and Die or Punch".

Here's my card and I hope you get inspired to play along.

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This is the inside.

This is what I used.

All the images and sentiments are from the Altenew "Beautiful Day" stamp set. (2015)

Stampin' Up "Papillion Potpourri" stamp set and punch (2012)

Prismacolor pencils.

My Favorite Things "Wonky Stitched Rectangles"

I would like to play with these challenges.

Challenge Up Your Life.

Try it on Tuesday

"Say it with Flowers"

Everybody-Art-Challenge

Thank you for visiting today, please hop over the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog to check out my teammates' beautiful projects for more inspiration.

Stay healthy and safe and please don't forget to wear your masks.

Hugs.

Maria.

A Jar of Haunts.

Hello, Hello!!! I hope you and your families are doing well, I'm amazed it's been over a year already that we're dealing with this pandemic, it's not over yet so, please keep wearing your masks and observing all the other guidelines.

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So, here we go again, my TWO OLD BATS teammates' and I took a little break over the Holidays but now, we're back and so ready to have some scary fun creating Halloween cards so, I had put away all my Holiday and Valentine-themed stuff and I'm ready for a change of venue.

Here's my card, I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

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And this is what I used.

"Jar of Haunts", Stampin' Up!

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from my stash.

Confetti spiders.

So I hope you come and visit the TWO OLD BATS challenge blog for some more spooky inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in the gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Age is a Matter of the Mind.

Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other safe and wearing your masks.

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH is inviting you to create your cards sharing the places you would love to visit once the Pandemic is under control. For me, I would love to go lay down on a beach, like these gals, ohhh!! how I wish....., so, let us know what you would like to do or the places you would love to go to and come and join us in our gallery. This is the card I made to inspire you to play along.

I don't know about you but, these 3 friends from Art Impressions make me feel so darn jealous, how I wish I was at the beach with them.

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Art Impressions "Beach Babes"

CAS-ual Fridays "Foxy" for the flower detail.

Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment in front is from the Internet, I just hand wrote it.

So we hope to see all the places you would love to visit when this Pandemic is under control and share that in the next 10 days in our SHOPPING OUR STASH gallery, I can't wait to see one for real outside my windows.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Hello Foxy.

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are doing well, keeping each other safe and wearing your masks.

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I finally was able to finish a card using this NBUS stamp called "Foxy", I had other things going on here at home and, well.....I had to see them completed. So, with that out of the way, I'm happily back in my craft room, doing one of the things I love, the other things will have to wait till is safe to go back in the pool.

Here's my card.