Let's Play Tic Tac Tow with Retro Rubber!!

 Hello everyone: As always, I pray and hope you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and staying healthy and safe.

The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has a new Tic Tac Toe grid for you to play with.

I chose the first row going vertical, Masculine, Embossing and Stripes.

Here's my card, which I created for my hubby for his 67th. Birthday💕

coming up in August.

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

The image is from Art Impressions, I got it on eBay about a month ago but I think it came out back in 2013 according to some research on Pinterest.

I used a diagonal stripe embossing folder for my background panel.

The sentiment in the front is from Concord & 9th., "Happy Day (2016)

I stamped the cute golfer image on a piece of white card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, then fussy cut it.  I placed a piece of painter's tape behind the golf club to make it a bit more sturdy as I cut it.

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy's "Short Stacks" (2015)

I punched the "golf ball" with a 1.25 circle punch and embossed it with a dot embossing folder, I'm very happy it looks so real, 👍

My teammates and I over at RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE hope you will come and play along with us in our gallery. Don't forget to stop by the challenge to get more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Thank you for visiting me today, I appreciate and read every single comment you leave on my posts.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

I apologize for the comment section being so far below, I just don't know why this happened, I've tried to fix it but I can't.

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.

 

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Twofer Moon or Sun.

Hello everyone: I hope you and your family are doing well in these very trying times.  Take care of yourselves and each other, and wear your masks, I honestly don't understand why some people refuse to do this even knowing it can save your life and the lives of your loved ones.  I mean, you put a seat belt when you get in your car or board an airplane, right? that saves lives so why, oh why not wear a mask, if you think about it, there is no valid reason not to do it.

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Every month I wait patiently for the fabulous gals from The Twofer Challenge Design Team to reveal the theme of the next one and I'm always delighted to participate, the theme for this challenge is "Moon or Sun" so here are my Twofer cards for the new challenge.

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First Card.

This is what I use for my first card.

Art Impressions Beach Babes.

I snipped a little piece of green foil paper for her ginormous Emerald ring.

The birds are from Stampin' Up! "Up, Up & Away. (retired).

The "sand" is from SU "Gorgeous Grunge" (retired).

I used Power Poppy Dynamic Duos: Peonies and Tulips for the words

"happy birthday", the "beach hottie" is from the AI set.

Lawn Fawn "Outside Stitched Scalloped Rectangle" dies.

Inside.

Stampin' Up! "Bordering Blooms".

The sentiment is from the AI set.

The shell is from a retired Flourishes set called "Seaside Memories".

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My Twofer.

This is what I used for my Twofer.

I stamped the sun from the "Beach Babes" set several times on card stock and colored the "flowers" with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut them.

Tim Holtz "Brick" embossing folder.

Stampin' Up! "Beautiful Bouquet" for the steams.

Lace border punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

The sentiment is from a retired Flourishes set called "With Gratitude"

The butterfly is from a retired Flourishes set called "Gerbera Daisies".

Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

Paper Craft Crew Challenges

Crafty Gals Corner

"Summer Fun"

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

XO

Maria.

It's Been Rough!!!!!

Hello everyone: I've been absent for a while taking care of a difficult family situation, things are ok for now, we're taking this day by day doing the best we can to cope until things get resolved. 

I want to thank all of you sweet friends who have sent cards and written to me, I'm so happy to have friends like you.

I'm back here in my craft room, doing some of the things I love so much and now

 I have another card to share with you, this time is for SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge and the theme is "The Dog Days of Summer".

We want to see some doggies on your cards, big dogs, little dogs and everything in between.

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

All images and sentiment are from an Art Impressions stamp set called Doggie Kisses, except the bone, which is from Kaztelkraft's.

I colored the images with Prismacolor pencils.

The brick background is embossed with a Tim Holts EF.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from Art Impressions, the bone from Kaztelkraft.

Hope you stop by the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and join us in our gallery, while you're there, be sure to check out my teammates' blogs for more awesome inspiration.

I would like to play with the following challenges.

Always Fun Challenges
"Create a Scene"


International Art and Soul
Layer it Up.

Beach Babes.....

Hello everyone: My teammates and I at the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog, have a fun challenge for you to play with and it's all about FRIENDSHIP so I hope this card inspires you to come and play along in our gallery.

These sweet and beautiful gals look like they've been friends for years and what can be more fun than to take a vacation to someplace warm with your friends.

Heck, I wish I was sitting there, holding a refreshing beverage, getting a tan and turning heads, LOL!!

This image is from Art Impressions and it's called BEACH BABES, love it.

I stamped it on watercolor paper with Versafine black ink and then clear heat emboss it, I wanted to watercolor it and, as you can see, there are a lot of small areas that might bleed into one another if it wasn't for the little wells that heat embossing creates. I used a set of fine line markers my granddaughter gave me the other day, I love the colors, they are super vibrant.

The yellow background paper was heat embossed in white using one of the stamps on the retired SU set called "Peaceful Petals", the green paper is from my stash. The sentiment is from the AI set, I added a couple of enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs.

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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 sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Sassy Succulents". I masked the little glass at the bottom from the fun image on the front of the "Beach Babes" set.

Please stop by the SHOPPING OUR STASH blog to see my teammates' beautiful creations and come and play along in our gallery.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Path of Positivity "Friendship"

Simon Says Stamp

Feminine or Girly.

The Paper Players

Taking a Leap of Faith  here, I think

I have all the Rainbow colors represented.😉 

Crafty Friends Challenge #105

Ladies/Girls

Thank you for stopping by, your comments always make my day.

XO

Maria.

Ahh!! The Bling!!!

Hello everybody: I have a card to share today made with one of my favorite images from Arts Impressions, this super fun, adorable lady is from the set called Beach Babes and I think she is totally fabulous, love the sentiment and the HUGE rock on  her finger, LOL!!
I'm linking this card to a few challenges at the end of this post.

After arranging my layers, I stamped her onto a piece of water color paper with Stazon black ink and colored her with some neon green water color paint who's origins I can't remember, this little plastic tube of paint is super old but I love that it still works.  I added Dazzling Details to her bathing suit and hat, Glossy Accents to her shades and glass and a bit of Panama City Beach sand under her beach chair. This sand is from those amazing Spring Break vacations my hubby and I took with our grandchildren, when they were younger, sigh!! how we miss those days.😢

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from a retired Flourishes set called "Camellias" and the yummy drink from a retired Stampin' Up! set called "Happy Hour".

I'm linking this card to the following challenges.

Art Impressions Challenge #212 "Bling, Glitter or Glossy"

Creative Knockouts Challenge #201 "Summer Fun"

DL.ART Challenge #207 "Summer Fun"

Making Memories Crafting "Anything Goes/Anything but Square"

Paper Play Sketches

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.