Star Studded!!!!!

 Hello everyone: As always, I pray you and your families are doing well in these very difficult times. Please don't forget to wear your masks.

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I'm coming in with only a few hours to spare to join the ladies at The Twofer Challenge, who have a fun theme for us to play with.  The theme is STARS, so Here are my Twofers together.

Card #1

The inside.

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Card #2

The inside.

This is what I used.

Card #1

The star dies are from Poppy Stamps.

 I used the swirls from a Flourishes set called 

"Witching You a Happy Halloween"

The "Filigree Frame" from Stampin' Up! (retired)

The sentiments both inside and on the front are from 

a Power Poppy set called "Glistening Paperwhites"

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Card #2

The star dies are from Poppy Stamps.

Sentiments on the front and the little girl waving the flag are from

a Flourishes set called "Patriotism on Parade" (2009)

The die with the swirls on the front is from another Flourishes

set called "Very Sweet Frames" (2013)

The sentiment inside is from a Stampin' Up! set called 

"Perfectly Penned" (2011-2012)

DSP from "My Paper Studio"

I'm playing with the TWOFER CARD CHALLENGE

Thank you for visiting.

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

when you go out into public spaces.

Hugs.
Maria.

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Let Freedom Ring.......

Hello everyone: It's my ever-present hope that you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.  We are doing fine up here, my family and I are still in lockdown, venturing out only for groceries, wearing our masks and gloves, this makes me think of how free we felt before this pandemic started, now, even a trip to the store is a worrisome task.

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This card needs no sentiment, I believe the images speak for themselves.

The Flag is from Our Daily Bread and it's called Old Flag, the image of the line of Soldiers is from Deep Red Stamps and it's called Band of Soldiers.

The Flag was stamped on Strathmore Bristol paper with gray Stazon ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils, the Soldiers were stamp on the same paper with Versafine black ink, clear heat embossed and fussy cut.

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Here's the INSIDE.

The sentiment was stamped with a very old alphabet set, the letters are kind of wonky looking and hard to keep from toppling over either side, if it wasn't for the MISTI stamping the letters would have been even harder.

The little Flag waving little girl is from an old Flourishes set called "Patriotism on Parade" (2009)

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

The Card Concept

I was inspired by the Flags and colors to create

my Shabby and Vintage card.

Thank you for visiting.

Stay safe and healthy.

XO

Maria.

CELEBRATE!!!!! with Retro Rubber.....

Hello crafty friends: I had so much fun creating this card that I'm so glad the day arrived to share it with you today as inspiration for the RETRO RUBBER challenge, I hope you find some time to join my teammates and me in our gallery.



I have this super old stamp set from Flourishes (sadly discontinued) that dates back from 2013 when it was finally released, I couldn't wait to buy it and I did as soon as it was available, tee hee!!
The images are simply adorable, as you can see here with this sweet and vintage RV camper trailer.
I love every detail on this image and I placed it on a warm Summer's night, with a starry sky and fun and festive Fireworks to celebrate Independence Day.
I stamped this image on watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with SU markers and ink pads, I love the glow that I was able to achieve coming out of the little door.
Then I fussy cut it and placed it on the panel after I stamped it again with white ink to have the grass under it, I just colored the pole holding the little awning with a silver gel pen and then, using part of an image from another Flourishes set called "Patriotism on Parade", I stamped the little American Flag, colored it and fussy cut it to place it on top of that pole, I was amazed how perfect the size was.
The fireworks are from a The Ton set called PYROTECHNICS and they are heat embossed with glitter embossing powders.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Perfectly Penned", the image on the bottom form the Flourishes set.

So I hope you get inspired to come and play along with us at RETRO RUBBER, please make sure at least one of your stamps is older than a year, we would love to know it's age.

Stop by the blog to check out my teammates' amazing creations and then, play along with us, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Happy Birthday, USA!!!!!

Hello crafting friends: My teammates and I at SHOPPING OUR STASH have a new challenge for you to play with that is just in time for the fast approaching 4th. of July celebrations.

Here is my card to inspire you join us in the gallery.

This sweet image is from a 2009 Flourishes stamp set called "Patriotism on Parade", I love all the images on this set but this one is my favorite. 

I stamped it on watercolor paper with Versafine black ink and clear heat embossed it then, colored it with SU markers, the pattern paper is from a small stash of patriotic papers, the ribbon was a left over piece that I died with some thread, the flower is a sticker.  The fireworks are from a set by The Ton called PYROTECHNICS  which I heat embossed with glitter embossing powder and the white heat embossed sentiment from a Power Poppy set called "Marcella's Mixed Tape Vol. 1"

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a retired SU set called "Bordering Blooms", the little girl waving the Flag is from the Patriotism on Parade set.

I would like to play along with the following challenges.

Cute and Crafty Challenge #3 "Birthday"

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #214 "Embossing Wet or Dry"

Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #121 "Stars and Stripes"

A Gem of a Challenge Challenge #222 "Red, White and Blue"

Simply Papercraft "Anything Goes"

I hope you get inspired to play along with us at SHOPPING OUR STASH, visit the blog for more inspiration from my  fabulously creative teammates.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.