RENEW......

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

Today's card is very simple and sweet, created with some of my most favorite little critters.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

House Mouse "Violet Nap"

Flourishes "Friendly Reminders" (2009-2010)

for the front sentiment.

Flourishes "Botanical Bookplates" (2012)

for the inside sentiment.

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with:

CASology

This word to me means "Sleep", for us adults but especially for little babies.  When you wake up after a good nap, you totally feel RENEWED.

Thank you for visiting me today, please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

Sunflowers......

 Hello everyone: I hope your Holiday celebrations were sweet and fun, I hope you were able to get together with family and friends and enjoy each other's company, ringing in the New Year.

I wish for you health and joy throughout 2022.

Welcome to our first challenge for 2022 at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE.

The theme is "Monochrome" so pick your favorite color in all its shades and come and play along with us at our gallery.

Here's my card, I chose a few shades of yellow because I think it's a very warm, sunny and cheerful color and since we're in the middle of a very cold January, looking at this vase full of beautiful Sun Flowers, just warms my heart.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Power Poppy "In Praise of Sun Flowers"

Power Poppy "Dynamic Duos, Peonies and Tulips" for the front sentiment.

Stampin' Up! "Free as a Bird" for the inside sentiment.

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from my stash.

I hope you find a bit of time to come and join my teammates and me in our gallery, we can't wait to see what you create.

Please read our rules, they are simple but important, and don't forget to make flowers the focal point of your cards.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

A Sticky Celebration.......

Hello everyone: I hope your Holiday Celebrations were full of love, good company and delicious food, and I hope also all of you are staying healthy and safe.

The SHOPPING OUR STASH first challenge of 2022 is to create something that uses something that starts with the letter "S" so, this time I really went "Shopping at my Stash" to look for some stickers I knew I had somewhere in this craft room.

I found a few and these are some of them.  I don't know where they came from, I probably bought them at one of my local craft stores, the kitty one probably I bought it because it's so darn cute, the frame is Ancient and so is that label sticker where I stamped the "Celebrate" sentiment.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The stickers have been in a box with odds and ends for a long time, the kitty one is so cute and it's perfect for a little girl's Birthday.

The label where I stamped the sentiment is also very old, I think I bought them maybe before I started buying dies.

The frame is also very old, the sticky foam squares on the back were not sticking anymore, the glue was totally useless so I had to apply a sticky strip to all four corners, but it worked so well to frame this kitty, don't you think?

Anyway, I hope you come and play along with us over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we can't wait to see what you create using the letter "S".

Thank you for stopping by today.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.