Sweet Pea......

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

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Dear stamping friends, it's time for a new theme at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE so, for the month of July, we want you to create Clean and Simple cards and come and play with us in our gallery.

This is the card I created to inspire you to join us, and I hope you stop by our blog to check out the beautiful creations of my teammates.

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This is the inside.

This is what I used.

"Sweet Peas" from Power Poppy.

SU "Etched in Nature" for the inside sentiment.

Prismacolor pencils.

Kraft cardstock.

I hope you come by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE to get more inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in our gallery.

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

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Snail Ride!!

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

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I used to be very intimidated by CAS cards but, over the years I've come to get more and more comfortable creating them.  Here is one using my other favorite little mice.

This is the inside.

This is what I used.

Penny Black "Critter Party"

Stampin' Up! "Curly Cute" 2010-2011.

I want to play with these challenges.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Transport"

Make My Monday "#177 Colouring-Any Medium"

Perfeclty CAS "Challenge #28, One Quarter"

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they always make my day.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Perfectly CAS with dies.

 Hello, dear blogging friends: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.

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I've been busy giving my house a thorough Spring cleaning, this past 2 days the temperature has been glorious so, we opened all our windows to let the fresh air flow throughout the rooms, we washed drapes, cleaned windows, carpets, etc. you know how it goes.  But anywho, I have this card I finished last night, but I was too tired to take pictures, write the post, etc. but now, here it is, thank you for stopping by.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used:

Memory Box "Chrysanthemum Corner Die"

Penny Black "Critter Party" for the little butterfly.

Stampin' Up! "Artistically Inked" for the sentiment in front.

Washi tape is from Creative By Design, you can find it at Amazon.

I want to play with:

Perfectly CAS #25 "Dies"

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they are so very much appreciated.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Let's Hang Out......

 Hello, everyone: I'm always hoping and praying you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.

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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.

Flourishes "Friendly Reminders" (2009-2010)

Power Poppy "Sassy Succulents" (2014)

Stampin' Up! "Quite Curvy" (2020)

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I want to play with:

CASology

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they are very much appreciated.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Orange Peonies.

 Hello everyone: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and still wearing your masks.

I have this card to share today, I really love this Altenew set. 

I wanted to make sure that there were actually orange peonies so, here is a picture of them, just so beautiful.

I love the bud.

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This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

"Peony Bouquet" from Altenew.

"Poppies" from Power Poppy, for the sentiment in front.

"Everything is Even Rosier" from Power Poppy, for the sentiment inside.

Prismacolor pencils.

Tim Holtz "Spiced Marmalade" for the strip on the side.

I want to play with these challenges.

Perfectly CAS Challenge #15

"Repeat Stamping"

Freshly Made Sketches.

Sketch by Judy.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

A Little Kitty.

Hello dear blogging friends: I always hope and pray you and your families are doing well, staying safe and healthy and wearing your masks, even if you are fully vaccinated.

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I have a card that is super cute and super easy to create to share with you today.

 

This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Grace's Garden (retiring soon)

Power Poppy "Sassy Succulents" (retired😭)

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with:

CASology

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

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Comforts of Home.

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

I created this card with one of my old-time favorite sets from Flourishes, by Marcella Hawley. That comfy chair, the throw and pillow plus a good book to read, that spells COMFORT to me.

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This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

Flourishes "On the Porch", by Marcella Hawley. (2012) 

The little bird perched on the book is from a Stampin' Up! 

set called "Scene in a Garden" (2009)

The inside sentiment and the little succulent are from a 

Power Poppy, by Marcella Hawley, set called "Sassy Succulents" (2014)

The top border is from "Delicate Details" (SU 2017)

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with these challenges.

CASology

Through The Craft Room Door

Anything Goes Challenge Week.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

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Be Yourself.

Hello everyone: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and wearing your masks.

My hubby and I are in the 65+ age group so we took our first shot on March 18th., we go for our second one on April 14th.  We didn't have any side effects except for a sore arm for a couple of days, we are very grateful for that.

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There are some stamp sets that get totally neglected by me even if they are so very awesome, I made this card with one of them.

This is our cat Ivy, 3 years old, she runs this household, I tell you what!! Her bright, yellow eyes are always on the lookout, even if they are closed, she's delightful and she's mischievous, agile, independent, loving, and a charmer.

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This  is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

Kaztlecraft The Furious

Versafine Black Onix ink.

Both sentiments are from Power Poppy's "Sassy Succulents" (retired😢)

I want to play with the following challenges.

Less is More

The Paper Players

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

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Beauty of the Season.

 Hello everyone: I'm always hoping and praying that you and your families are doing well, keeping each other safe and wearing your masks.

My husband and I will go and get our first vaccine shot this Thursday, March 18th.  We haven't gotten a vaccine since we were little kids, we never got the flu vaccine so this will be a new experience, I'll let you know how it went.

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I have one more Christmas card to add to my stash, I really love this image.

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Beauty of the Season"

Prismacolor pencils.

White acrylic paint for the snow on the branches and the stenciled falling snow.

I want to play with these challenges.

CAS Christmas Card Challenge.

(I hope my "snow" still allows this card to be considered CAS.

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Always Anything Goes.

Make My Monday 

CAS.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

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CAS and Vellum.....

Hello dear friends: Is my wish that you and your families are well, taking care of each other, supporting each other in these very difficult times of uncertainty and pain, I pray for strength and peace.

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Welcome to another SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge, the theme is CAS or KISS=Keep It Simple Sister!!
There was a time when this style of card making was not at all my favorite, I felt that there was a lot of unused card stock and to me, that was kind of wasteful but, since then I've come to appreciate the elegance and simplicity of the CAS style and learned that I can still add some images to utilize the space better.
I browse Pinterest for inspiration and there I found THIS CARD by Janet a.k.a Swanlady 21 and decided to CASE it, thank you, Janet.

Some of the details you can use are a little pop of color, dry and heat embossing and, some thread or ribbon, in my card I added some silver metallic thread.

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

I chose to leave the inside without a sentiment, this could be a Wedding or Aniversary card too.

I hope you come and join the SHOPPING OUR STASH crew in our gallery with your CAS cards, for more inspiration, check what the rest of the team has prepared for you.

I want to play with the following challenges.

The Paper Players

"Less is More"

This is what I used to create this card.

Altenew "Beautiful Day" and "Peony Bouquet".

Stampin' Up! "Flowering Fields"

Stampin' Up! "Delicate Details"

Power Poppy "Dynamic Duos: Peonies and Tulips"

WOW Pearlescent Embossing Powder.

Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots.

Metallic thread from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

A Little, Vintage Bird House..

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are still doing well in these very difficult times.

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I have a quick card using one of my UFO's, (Un-Finished Objects), this image was already colored and framed, I don't know why I didn't complete a card, I just love this little birdhouse.

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This is the inside of my card.

This is what I used:

"Garden Pleasures", Stampin' Up! (2001)

"Whimsical Words" Stampin' Up! (2010)

"Furry Folk" Stampin' Up! (2011-2012)

"Faith in Nature" (2011-2012)

Prismacolor Pencils.

Pattern Papers from my stash.

I want to play with the following challenges.

CAS on Friday

Krafty Chicks Challenge

#514 "Stamp Act"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Ms. Dotty........

Hello everyone: I'm always hoping and praying you and your families are doing well in these troubling times, all I can tell you is to stay safe and healthy.
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I have this really fabulous stamp set from the 2014 kit of the month called "Hey Girl" I haven't used in a while, so here's this card which I will enter in a few challenges, I just love this girl holding this bunch of balloons.

I stamped the image on Strathmore Bristol paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with some SU re-inkers and watercolor pencils, I added some gold paint to her dress and balloons and red glitter to the hearts.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Dynamic Duos: Peonies and Tulips.

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This is the inside.

The sentiment is from the Uniko set, the balloon from Hero Arts.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Less is More

 

AAA Cards

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay safe and healthy.

XO
Maria.

Here Comes Santa Claus!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone: Well, I know Christmas and Santa are a long way off but up here in the Midwest (Crown Point, IN. to be exact) it looks like Winter decided to stick around, sheeesh!! we had about 3" of snow again yesterday, the 2" that fell on Thursday just started to melt and we got a bit more

So here's this card, that I'm adding to my Holiday card stash.

This cute Santa and friend are from a 2011-2012 SU set called "Forest Festivities", all of the other 4 images are just as cute as this one.

The look of concern on Santa's face makes me think he's looking at the "Naughty" list that has my name on it, Yikes!!!!!!!😉 

I used Stazon black ink to stamp Santa and colored him with Prismacolor pencils, the sentiment is from a Flourishes set called "Sweets of the Season" (July of 2011).

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a SU set (SAB 2017) called "Delicate Details", the sentiment is from a 2013 Flourishes set called "Christmas Classics", the little Gingerbread cookies are from a 2014 Flourishes set called "Frosted Gingerbread".

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

CAS Christmas Card Challenges

I picked "Here Comes Santa Claus"

Interpreted by Elvis Presley.

Crimbo Crackers

Challenge #209 "Sentiments"

Sparkles Christmas Challenge

#111 "Christmas Critters"

  

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs.

Maria.