Thanks a Bunch.

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

I have a very CAS card to share with you today.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

My Favorite Things "Harvest Mouse"

Flourishes "With Gratitude" (2011, discontinued)

The border on the inside from SU "Pleasant Pheasants"

The inside sentiment from "Harvest Mouse"

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with:

"Less is More"

AAA Cards

Thank you for stopping by today.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Autumn is here!!

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

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 It's no secret that I love Autumn, from all the four seasons of the year, Autumn is my absolute favorite.  The colors on the trees and bushes are always stunning, it's Mother Nature's gift to us before Winter arrives.

Here's the inside.

And this is what I used.

"Sunny Harvest" from Power Poppy.

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with these challenges.

Addicted to CAS

AAA Cards

Thank you for stopping by, it felt good to create this card and posting it today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Welcome Autumn!!!!!

 Hello everyone: Every day I pray for you and your families to be well in this very difficult times we're living, please stay healthy, safe and wear your masks.

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Yesterday was the day that Autumn officially started, I don't know about you guys but this is my favorite season of the year, I know I've said it before but it's true, I just love everything about it, the colors, the crisp days, apple picking with the grandkids, baking apple pies. 

This is a card to welcome this most beautiful time of the year.

I embossed at piece of Kraft card stock with the retired SU "Birch Trees" embossing folder, then I sponged a little "Spiced Marmalade" and "Peeled Paint" distress inks (Tim Holtz). I stamped the leaves from the retired SU "Vintage Leaves" stamp set (2015-2016) with Versamark ink and gold heat embossed them, I sponged more of the distress inks on them, I made a bow with linnen twine.

I stamped the sentiment from an "Our Daily Bread" set called "Autumn Blessings". I think the company has closed down, I couldn't find this set anywhere.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

Both the sentiment and the acorns are from the Autumn Blessings set.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

The Card Concept

I think my card is a combination of Fancy and clean and layered.

I was inspired by all the beautiful leaves.

Tuesday Morning Sketches

I turned the sketch on the vertical.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

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Say it With Sunflowers.

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are doing ok, I feel blessed that mine is fine, just hanging in there and trying to cope with all the stuff that keeps messing up things. I'm so very worried about my grandchildren who have started school, only one chose to stay home and do the work from home, at least for now.  I pray they will be safe and keep healthy, I miss them so much, we just communicate via texts and phone calls. 

We need to get a hold of our lives again, we need to start on the road to healing in every aspect of our lives, we can't go on living this way for much longer, change is badly needed, 4 more years of this chaos is a very scary thought.

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My favorite season of the year is Autumn, I just love everything about it, the colors, the cooler temperatures and the start of the Holiday Season.

I made this card for the new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, the theme is "Pile it On" so, I did my best to do just that, I'm not too good at layering, it's hard to mix and match papers and embellishments but, well.....here's my card, let me know if it's layered enough, 😉

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Here's a look at the inside.

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And this is what I used.

"Sunny Harvest" from Power Poppy. (on super sale right now)

Fussy cut my image.

Versafine black ink.

Clear embossing powder.

Windsor&Newton watercolors.

Strathmore Bristol paper.

Spellbinders Nestabilities Majestic Elements Rectangles.

Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots.

Paper, ribbon and the wood stamped sentiment from my stash.

Martha Stewart Double Scallop Doilies Edge Paper Punch.

"Everything's Even Rosier" from Power Poppy.

"In Praise of Sunflowers" (on sale now)

I'm playing with the following challenges.

Hand Stamped Sentiments

Challenge #346.

Crafty Cardmakers

Challenge #261 "Lots of Layers"

Artsy Stamper Challenge

Fall Flowers.

Dream Valley Challenges

Challenge #230 "Add gems or pearls"

I hope you come and join my teammates and me in our gallery, we can't wait to see what you create, and remember,  JUST PILE IT ON!!!

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

Hugs.

Maria.

Autumn CAS...........

Hello everyone: I'm here again hoping and wishing everyone is doing ok, following the guidelines, washing your hands, staying home and protecting yourselves the best way you can, if you need to go out.

So I have a CAS card to share with you all that I will enter on a few challenges.

I used the "Grove Branch" from Memory Box and the leaves from Impression Obsession, I used SU re-inkers in Tangarine Tango, Peek-a-boo Peach and Wild Wassabi to watercolor the branch and leaves.

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread and it's called "Autumn Blessings".

I don't know if the online store is closed because I couldn't log on.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a retired SU set called "Gorgeous Grunge", the sentiment and the leaf are from the Our Daily Bread set.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

CAS Colours and Sketches

 

Perfectly CAS

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay safe and healthy and be patient.

Sending lots of virtual hugs.

Maria.

Leaves for SOS.....

Hello, blogging friends: Autumn is kind of around the corner, which is fine with me since it's my most favorite Season of the Year. I love the cooler temperatures but most of all, I love the glorious colors on the trees.
The theme over at SHOPPING OUR STASH is LEAVES so here is the card I made to inspire you to come and play along with us.

These leaves were stamped and then heat embossed with gold and copper embossing powder with the "Vintage Leaves" stamp set from the 2015-2016 Stampin' Up! catalog (sadly retired) then I die cut them with the coordinating die set, (also retired😞), I sponged the leaves with distress inks to add color to them.

The panel with the gold design is from SU and the wood pattern paper from MODA SCRAP "WOOD EFFECTS" I adore this amazing paper and the great thing about it is that it's ONE SIDED!! so you don't have to struggle picking what side to use.

The ribbons are from my stash of bits and pieces, I was lucky I had that gold cord in the bag which was just about enough to make a bow, I need to get more, I really love how easy it is to make a bow with it.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Dahlias", the leaf from the same set.

I hope this card inspires you to come along and play with us at SHOPPING OUR STASH, for more inspiration stop by the blog and check out my teammates' beautiful creations.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Southern Girls Challenge "Make your mark with Team Lou"

Try it on Tuesday "Inspired by a Song" 

The song that inspired my card is Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy.

The Paper Players

Cut It Up "Your Favorite Color" Mine are the colors of Autumn.

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.

Wonderful Autumn.....

Hello dear blogging friends: Here I am with a really fun TIC TAC TOE challenge at RETRO RUBBER, love this challenges because you have a lot of options to choose from.
I made my card with the vertical line on the far right, MASCULINE, ONE WORD, LEAVES. 
Here is my card, hope it inspires you to play along.

This leaves where die cut with a die set from Memory Box using watercolor paper and then sponged with distress inks, the branches were hand drawn and then fussy cut.

The sentiment both inside and out are from a 2013 set called Dahlias from Flourishes.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Dahlias" and the Acorns are from a set from Our Daily Bread called "Autumn Blessings"

I hope you stop by the RETRO RUBBER blog and check out what my awesome teammates have created to inspire you and come and play along with us.

Remember that at least one of the stamps you use has to be 1 year old or older. 

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Southern Girls Challenge Make your mark with Team Lou.

Try it on Tuesday "Inspired by a song" 

The song that inspired my card is Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy.

Happy Little Stampers August Challenge

Scrap from your Heart Challenge #24

"One for the Guys"

Craftaholics R Us Challenge #32 "Use Yellow"

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

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Happy Fall Y'ALL!!!!!.....

Hello everyone: I'm all in Autumn mode so I made this card to add to my stash, I love to work with this colors, I can see them all around my backyard from my craft room windows.

I will link this card to a few challenges at the end of this post.

This sweet image is from a Power Poppy set called Feeling Fall, I stamped it on a die cut panel of watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with SU markers, the sentiment is from the set, the two little leaves are from an Impression Obsession die set, the pattern paper from my cherished and sadly discontinued stash from Lili of the Valley. I embossed the background panel with an embossing folder from SU called "Woodland".

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I always finish the inside of all my cards, it saves me tons of time when I mail them.

The sentiment and leaf are from a stamp set by Our Daily Bread called "Autumn Blessings"

I'm playing along with this challenges.

Challenge Up Your Life

Inkspirational Challenges #146 "Autumn Photo"

Hiding In My Craftroom Challenge #324 "Any Holiday"

A Vintage Journey "Crazy for Autumn Color"

Brown Sugar Challenges #271 "Colors Orange, Brown and Green"

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.