Gone With The Wind!!

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

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I have a card to share today that will go into my Christmas stash, I've been creating Holiday cards throughout the year so, when the Season arrives, I'm very confident I will have enough to send out to family and dear friends.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The darling image is from Stamping Bella and it's called 

"Seasons Greetings"

The "Let it Snow" tag is from Flourishes "Warm Winter Wishes"

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy's "Poinsettia"

The candy canes are from Power Poppy's "Merry Littles"

Prismacolor pencils.

Embossing paste.

I want to play with these challenges.

CASology

Crafty Catz Challenge #603

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges

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

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Cheerful Snowman.

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

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I have a really cute Slimline Card to share with you today, this one is 3"x6".

This is the inside.

This is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Spirited Snowman" (2018 Holiday Catalog)

Flourishes "Sweets of the Season" (2010)

Penny Black "A Bright Tomorrow" (2012)

I want to play with:

Creative Knockouts #453 "Finish the Inside"

Addicted to Stamps and More "Any Occasion"

 

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

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.l

A Doggie and Kitty Tag for LIM.

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

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I have this cute tag to share today, created with some of the most adorable DSP from Stampin' Up! I've ever seen.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The doggie and kitty are fussy cut from "Pampered Pets" DSP.  I'm not too fond of DSP because, as you can see here, I just couldn't bring myself putting these adorable animals under on a card but the other side of this particular DSP has designs I can easily use this way.

Christmas Lights from "Whimsy Stamps"

Power Poppy "Merry Littles" for "Peace"

Power Poppy "Poinsettia" for the sentiment inside

Penny Black "A Bright Tomorrow" for the snowflake.

I want to play with:

"Less is More"

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

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

 

A Very Vintage Christmas!!

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

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I like to make Christmas cards throughout the year, and Christmas cards challenges are a great way to add to your Holiday stash so, that when December comes along, you don't have to be scrambling to make your cards for family and friends.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

SU "Father Christmas" (2016 Holiday Mini)

Power Poppy "Spice it Up" (2015)

I would like to play with these challenges.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

The Card Concept #173

I was inspired by the word "Vintage", and the colors red and green.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, I appreciate them so very much.

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Christmas Candles.

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

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I hope your Easter Celebration was wonderful, and that you enjoyed the company of family and friends sitting around the table sharing love and making memories.

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I'm adding one more card to my Christmas stash, I have a good amount but, you know how it is, especially when you have some last minute requests.

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This is the inside.

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This is what I used.

Flourishes "Christmas Candles" (2011)

Canson 140lb. Watercolor paper.

Windsor & Newton watercolor markers.

WOW Gold embossing powder.

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I want to play with:

Addicted to CAS #218

Perfectly CAS Challenge #26 "Gold"

Thank you for stopping by and for leaving me your lovely comments, I read them all and I very much appreciate them.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Using Scraps for The Flower Challenge #66

 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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Hello again, from THE FLOWER CHALLENGE.  We have a new theme for you to play with, this time is "SCRAPS".

This challenge will give you the chance to use those pieces of DSP you have somewhere in your craft room so, here's what I created to inspire you to play along.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Joyful Christmas" (2013-2014)

Penny Black "Love and Joy"

Inside sentiment "Bright with Promise" Stampabilities.

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Thank you for visiting me today, and please stop by 

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

A Very Chickadee Holiday Card.

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

My card today features some of my favorite Winter Birds, the Chickadee.  These tiny, fluffy little critters are a delight to see when they flock to the bird feeders, they hold their ground when the bigger birds, especially Cardinals, come to eat, they are so sweet and fun to watch.

                 This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Power Poppy "Tweet Tidings" (2017), both sentiments are from this set, I really love the one in the front.

Prismacolor pencils.

Stamping Sensations

 The Four Seasons Challenge

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

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Silver and Gold......

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

I don't know about you but, I have the hardest time photographing cards that are heat embossed in sparkly embossing powders, the light plays with each little glittery thing and it's very difficult to get a good picture so, after about 10 pictures of this card, here's the "best" one of them all.😕

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used:

Power Poppy "Party Time" 2016.

Penny Black "Love and Joy" die set.

Power Poppy "Poinsettia" 2014. (for the sentiment inside)

Power Poppy "Merry Littles" (2014) for the tree on the corner)

I want to play with:

CAS Christmas "Silver and Gold"

Thank you for visiting me today.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Merry Christmas to You and Yours!!!!!

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

So here we are at the last challenge of the year for     RETRO RUBBER, and of course, the theme is Christmas, so we hope you find a bit of time to come and play along.

We know this month is a busy one, with all the preparations, shopping, cooking, tending to visits from relatives, etc., but, we can all use one more Christmas card for our stash, right? so, I hope you come and play along.  Here's my card, I hope it inspires you to come and join us in our gallery. 

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Beautiful Season" (2011)

Stampin' Up! "Quite Curvy" dies.

Flourishes "Christmas Candles" (2011) for the inside sentiment.

Power Poppy "Bough Wow Wow" (2014) for the holly and berries on the inside corner.

Prismacolor pencils.

Kraft card stock.

I hope you can come and play along with us for the last challenge of the year 2021, please don't forget to use stamps that are older than a year, these stamps are still beautiful, as you can see, I used very, very old sets.

I want to wish all of you a Beautiful Christmas, with dear family and friends, and a happy and healthy 2022.

Thank you for stopping by and for leaving me your comments, I appreciate them so very much.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

 

Snow Much Fun.

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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The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge theme for December is "SNOWMAN" so we hope you find some time to come and play along with us in our gallery.

This is the card I created to inspire you to join us.

 

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Snow Much Fun" (2011-2012)

Power Poppy "Merry Littles" (2010)

Power Poppy "Poinsettia" (2014)

Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you come and visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and check out my teammates' awesome creations then, join us in the gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today and for leaving me your comments, I appreciate them so much.

I want to wish you and your families a very Blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy 2022. 

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE #62 ADD LEAVES.

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

 

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE new theme for the month of November is:  

We know that flowers have leaves but we want you to add a few more to your design.

This is my card.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Creative Expressions "Classic Poinsettia"

The sentiments in the front and inside of the card are from Power Poppy "Glistening Paperwhites".

The leaves are from SU "Poppy Moments" die set.

The silver detail is from SU "Pretty Pines"

The frame is from Spellbinders but I forget the name. 

The inside top border is from SU "Curvy Dies"

The Corner Poinsettia is from Power Poppy's

"Merry Littles".

I hope you hop over to THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog for more inspiration from my talented teammates and then, come and play along with us in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by today and for your comments.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Sweet Stockings Cheer.

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

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A couple of months ago I bought a pack of Stampin' Up! DSP called

"Sweet Stockings", I fell in love with these adorable doggies, kitties, and mice, with beautiful Christmas details.

Most of my card-making friends know I really don't like DSP, and that is not because the designs and images are not beautiful, the paper is DOUBLE SIDED and it's precisely, for this reason, I most times don't buy it, I just can't bring myself to put one of these sides under.  In the case of SWEET STOCKINGS, the underside of the DSP is pretty but I feel it's ok to put it under.

So, I've been fussy cutting these adorable little critters, and here's a card I made with them.  These images are from the ends of the sheet and that's why the images are not complete but they are sweet and beautiful nonetheless.

This is the inside.

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This is what I used.

The little critters are fussy cut from the Stampin' Up! 

SWEET STOCKINGS DSP

The Christmas Tree is from Memory Box.

The Christmas ornament and sentiment are from Penny Black

"A Bright Tomorrow", currently out of stock.

The flower on the wall is from a retired SU die set called

"Succulent Framelits"

The border on the inside is from Power Poppy 

GLITTER HOUSE VILLAGE

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called

"Sweets of the Season"

I'm playing with:

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge

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Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Christmas in July!!

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

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July just started and it's been hot and humid this past week, so my teammates and I over at SHOPPING OUR STASH want you to put yourselves in a Christmas kind of mood and create some Holiday cards for our challenge.

This is the card I made to inspire you to come and play along.

This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

Penny Black "In the Manger" (2013)

Power Poppy "Oh Holy Night" (2014), for the sentiments

on the front and inside of the card.

Power Poppy "Glitter Village" (2017) for the pine sprig.

Prismacolor pencils.

Lace punched border from Martha Stewart.

DSP from my stash.

I hope you hop over to the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog to get more

inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in our gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Twofer Challenge #37.

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

On Wednesday, April 14th. my husband and I went to get our second vaccine shot, I'm happy to say that we didn't have any adverse reactions, only a very sore arm.

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So today I'm sharing a couple of cards to enter one of my favorite challenges.

Here are the cards together.

This is the first card.

This is the INSIDE.

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This is my Twofer.

This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Vintage Leaves" (2015)

Power Poppy "Glistening Paperwhites" (2016)

Power Poppy "Olive and Oak" (2015)

Stampin' Up! "Detailed Bands) die set.

I want to play with these challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

Crafty Catz Challenge

Anything Goes, option Embossing, heat or dry.

I did heat embossing on my Christmas card.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

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