Ears to You..........

Hello everyone: Here's a fun Tic Tac Toe board from the  RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE with lots of fun options for Easter, and here's the card I made to inspire you to come and play along, I picked the diagonal line with Easter, die-cut or punch and baby animals.

These little bunnies are from a 2013 Stampin' Up! set called "Ears to You", I just love them, especially when they are stamped in pastel colors.

I used an old Darice EF to emboss the back panel, I sponged it with distress inks.

I stamped the bunnies and fussy cut them and gave each a little bunny tail.

I stamped a bunch of flowers and grass with some Art Impressions stamps and added a little butterfly from Penny Black. 

I die cut a flower and it's center with the retired SU die set "Botanical Builder", the leaves are punched with a retired SU punch called "Bird Builder Punch".

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Signs of Spring" (2009)

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is stamped with a retired SU set called "Bordering Blooms" (2014-2015), the sentiment is from another old Flourishes set called "He Is Risen" (2012) and the eggs are from a retired SU set called "Nature Walk" (2011 Occasions Mini).

I hope you stop by the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog for more inspiration from my fabulous teammates.

Remember to use at least one stamps that is one year old or older and, if you can, please tell us the year you purchased it or the year it was released, that will give you a good idea of when you bought it.

I also go to the Splitcoaststampers page when I need to know the year my Stampin' Up! stamps were released, it's in alphabetical order, you just click on the picture with the letters your set start with and just scroll down till you get to your stamp set.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Hugs.

Maria.

Twofer Card Challenge #25........

Hello everyone: The fabulous Designer Team over at The Twofer Card Challenge have a new theme for us to play with and I created these two cards to play along.

Both cards were made with the Tiddly Inks stamp set called "For The Birds", I love all of these cute little chicks.

First card.

I made a Birthday card for my granddaughter Olivia for her 16th. Birthday, I love these little chicks each holding a little paper with the letters of her name. 

The balloons are from an old Flourishes from 2009-2010. The flowers are from a set from Art Impressions, the gift bags from another old Flourishes set called "Christmas Borders", all the images are colored with Prismacolor pencils.

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This is how the INSIDE of the first card looks like.

The border is from a retired SU set called "Delicate Details" and the sentiment is from Purple Onion.

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My Twofer.

Same Tiddly Inks stamp set but this time I made an Easter card.

The eggs are hand-drawn and again, I colored the images with Prismacolors.

The HAPPY word is from a Concord & 9th. set called "Winter Wear"

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This is how the inside of my Twofer looks like.

The border is from "Delicate Details", the Sentiment from an Altenew stamp set called "Beautiful Day".

I want to play with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

{PIN}spirational Challenge

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge

Pastel Colors.

Hand Stamped Sentiments

Challenge #334.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments.

Hugs.

Maria.

CASology Guest Designer.....

Hello everyone: Today I'm very happy to announce that I've been invited to be the Guest Designer for the CASology challenge this week, Woo Hoo!!

This is the new CUE CARD for this challenge.

This happened because THIS CARD was picked as a winner on their "BOUQUET" Challenge on February 12th.

The current Cue Card this time at CASology is "BURST" so, with Easter in mind, I created this card to inspire you to come along and play.
Please stop by the CASology Challenge blog to see the awesome cards the Designer Team have there for your inspiration.

I created this card with a very old and truly beautiful Cross from Stampabilities called "Resurrection Cross".

I stamped it on a panel of Ninah Solar White card stock with Stazon black ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils, then I stamped it again to create a mask so I could sponge the background with a bit of Hello Honey ink.

I found this tutorial on Pinterest by Geri that worked beautifully for my card so, thank you for sharing.

I stamped the word Alleluia with Versafine black ink and using the scoring board, scored a couple of short lines on the sides.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is made with a piece of stamped brown paper using the retired SU background stamp called "Hardwood",  the sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "He is Risen" and the little decoration in the corner from other old Flourishes set called "Signs of Spring".

I want to thank the Designer Team at CASology for inviting me to be their Guest Designer this week. 

And as always, I thank you all for stopping by, your comments always make my day.

XO

Maria.

Easter Greetings.....

Hello everyone: The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge has a new one for you to play with this coming week, the theme is EASTER.  Time sure flies and, before you know it, IT will be here so, this is a great opportunity for you to start creating some cards to send out to family and friends.

Here is mine and I hope it will inspire you to come and play along.

This image is from an old Flourishes stamp set called "He is Risen", I inked it with Stazon black ink and stamped it on a die cut panel of watercolor paper, colored it with a Derwent brown watercolor pencil for the Cross and SU markers in Daffodil Delight for the centers of the flowers and Certainly Celery for the petals, the leaves were colored with Always Artichoke and the little flowers with Pink Pirouette, the sentiment is from the set, the patter paper from Lili of the Valley (retired line), the ribbons are from my stash.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a SU set called Delicate Details, the sentiment and the corner flower are from the same set as in the front.

I hope you get inspired and come to play along with us at SHOPPING OUR STASH, make sure you stop by the blog to get more inspiration from my teammates beautiful creations.

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.

Alleluia.....

Hello dear blogging friends: Easter is fast approaching so I pulled out an old stamp that I haven't used in a long time.  It's simple but beautiful, I will link this card to a few challenges at the end of this post, here is my card.

This stamp is from Stampabilities and it's called "Resurrection Cross", I think it's discontinued.

I stamped it with Stazon black ink onto a panel of Strathmore mixed media paper that I die cut with the Wonky Stitched dies and colored it with SU markers and an aqua painter, the background is sponged with Hello Honey and Baked Brown Sugar. The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "He Is Risen". Didn't put any embellishments on this card, I think it doesn't need any.

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

Both the sentiment and the Easter Lily are from the same set.

I'm entering this card onto the following challenges.

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #236 "Anything Goes"

Creative Moments Challenge #115 "Anything Goes, optional twist "Easter"

Cards und More Challenge #181 "Cards for Easter"

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #164 "Easter or Spring"

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.