Still Believe......

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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With all the bad things going on in this World now, I escape to the World of Fairies in my mind, is a soothing and beautiful thing I do every time I color one of them.

The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge's theme for the next 10 days is "Something that Flies", I just love all the little Fairies on this Penny Black set.

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This is the inside.

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This is what I used.

Penny Black Fairy Sweet

Stampin' Up! "Quite Curvy" (for the flowers and the little bird)

Flourishes "Orchids" (for the sentiment inside)

Thank you for stopping by today and for your comments, they are very much appreciated.

Please go to the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and come join us in our gallery.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Pammie's Inky Pinkies "Anything Goes"

Simon Says Stamp "Feminine"

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments, they are very much appreciated.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

  

Pampered Little Fairy........

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

Well, I haven't played with my Fairies in a while so the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE gave me the inspiration to create this card, here's this winged sweetie, getting ready for something very special.

This is the inside.

              And this is what I used.

Lily of the Valley "Positively Pampered".

I stamped the image on Neenah Solar White card stock and fussy cut it.

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy "Party Time" 

Prismacolor pencils.

The DSP is also from Lily of the Valley.

So hop over to the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE and play along with us, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for stopping by today for a visit, I sure appreciate your comments.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

 

Autumn Fairy.

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

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The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE design team has a fun Tic, Tac, Toe grid, design by Jan Clothier that I'm sure you'll want to play with, so come on over our challenge page and get inspired by the cards of my talented teammates, we can't wait for you to show us what you created. 

This is Jan's last post with us, it's very sad for us to bid goodby to this amazingly talented crafter, she's going to be sorely missed.

This is the Tic, Tac, Toe grid.

And this is the card I created to inspire you to join us, following the bottom row: "Something That Flies, Die or Punch and a Bow.

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This is the inside.

Several years ago, I think it was back in 2013-2014, my aunt gifted me with a box of plain red rubber stamps she found at a thrift store, there were 25 in total, and all of them are gorgeous, this "Autumn Fairy" is one of them.

I stamped the image on a panel of vanilla card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I added some gold to the design on her outfit and boots.

I used an old stencil to create the background, my intention was to create the illusion of distance, I hope I achieved that.

The inside sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Orchids", (2011) and I only use it when I make Fairy cards, I think the words are perfectly fitted for them.

I used the "Modern Label Punch" for the sentiment. (SU retired)

I hope you come and check out the RETRO RUBBER challenge page and play with us, it would be really nice if we can thank Jan Clothier for all her years with us and to wish her farewell with a big turnout.

Don't forget that we are a challenge that encourages you to use your old stamp sets, those that we bought many years ago and are being a little bit neglected. If you know the year when you purchased those sets, we would love it if you tell us in your post, the stamps you use must be at least ONE YEAR OLD.

Thank you for visiting me today, your comments are greatly appreciated.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Never Stop Wondering.....

Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well in these uncertain times. 

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I have a Fairy card to share with you today.

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This is the INSIDE of this card.

This is what I used (front)

49 and Market "The Beauty of Jasmin" (Fairy)

Versafine black ink.

SU markers and Aquapainter.

Power Poppy "Orchids Rock" (sentiment)

Cuttle Bug embossing folder.

Distress Inks for sponging.

Gina Marie Designs enamel dots.

Inside:

Fiskars decorating punch.

Flourishes "Orchids" (sentiment)

49 and Market (flower)

I want to play with the following challenges.

Just Add Ink

International Art & Soul

Challenge #87 "Tiny Things"

The Fairy and the Unicorn

Fantasy.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe, please!!

XO

Maria.

Tinkerbell.......

Hello everyone: I have no words to say today about this grim milestone this Country has surpassed, all I'll say is that my heart breaks for each one of those families who have lost their beloveds.
God Bless you all.
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I have a card today that, as I was coloring it and creating the little scene, transported me for a few hours to the sweet realm where Fairies live.

This sweet image is from a 49 and Market stamp set called Friends Forever, I just adore this little scene, I really think Never Land looked like this for Tinkerbell.

Stamped on Bristol Smooth Vellum surface paper with Stazon black ink, I colored with both SU re-inkers for the grass and trees and Prismacolor pencils for the mushrooms, Fairy and her little mouse friend.

I was struggling to find a place for a sentiment but I think it would have looked out of place, I'm letting the image speak for itself.

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This is the INSIDE 

The border is from a SU set called Grace's Garden, the mushroom is from the Fairy set and the sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Orichids", I love it and I always use it when I create a Fairy card.

I want to play with the following challenges.

The Library Challenge

I was totally inspired by Tinkerbell.

Double D Challenge

"Begins with M" Mushrooms.

Thank you for visiting.

Stay safe and healthy.

XO (from a distance)

Maria.

Ferngully, the last Rainforest.....

Hello everyone: It's time for a new and fun challenge from SHOPPING OUR STASH, the theme is "BASED ON A BOOK", which means your cards should be created with a book, any book in mind, whether is fictional or not, we can't wait to see what you come up with.
My card is based on a book by Diana Young called
FernGully, The Last Rainforest, we still have the VHS cassette LOL!! The kids used to watch it all the time.
 Now, most of you know I love Fairies, real or not, these fantastic little creatures have always made me wish I could someday see one.
When my granddaughters were about 10, 7 and 6 years old, I bought them a book on  How To Make Fairy Houses so, during Summer Break, they spent countless hours in my backyard under the oaks and pine trees, collecting little twigs, rocks, moss, leaves, and bark to make little houses and I gave them scraps of glimmer paper, sequences, beads, Rhine Stones, and yarn to attract them, it was so sweet and we all treasure these memories now that these girls are 21, 16 and 15, sigh!!
Here's my card.

This image is from a collection of plain, unmounted red rubber stamps my aunt found at a thrift store a few years ago, they are the most beautiful images of Fairies I've ever seen.

I stamped the image on Strathmore Bristol Vellum Surface paper with Stazon Black ink and colored with my Prismacolor pencils, I used a retired SU set called "Field Flowers" and one from my stash of unknowns to add some greenery in the background. The grass and little flowers are from Arts Impressions.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Orchids" and it's absolutely beautiful, I use it every time I make a Fairy card.

The little mushroom is from a Power Poppy set called Natural Beauties.

So go look for your favorite books, create a card and join us in the SHOPPING OUR STASH gallery.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Digidesign Challenge

"Things with wings or tails"

Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog

Show us your Magical Makes.

The Fairy and the Unicorn

Anything Goes/optional Mermaids.

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

XO

Maria.

Silhouettes for SOS #366.....

Hello dear blogging friends: There is a new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH for you to play with, the theme is SILHOUETTES so look around your craft room for these type of stamps and come join us in the gallery.  This is my card and I hope you get inspired to come and play along.

This image was bought on Ebay but there was no information at all about it from the seller, but I love this sweet Fairy and the rest of the stamps on this set, there are a lot of small butterflies, some flourishes and flowers.  I stamped it on a Ninah Solar White panel with Versafine black ink and clear heat emboss it, then I sponged the paper with Distress Inks, the corners were punched with a "My Paper Studio" punch. The little charm says "believe", I hope you can see the word.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a retired Flourishes set called "Orchids".

So I hope this card inspires you to play along with us at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we can't wait to see what you create.

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.

Opalite.....

Hello everyone: My teammates and I at SHOPPING OUR STASH, have a brand new challenge for you to play with this coming week, the theme is "MYTHICAL AND MAGICAL" so go look in your stash of images for some Fairies, Unicorns, Gnomes, Dragons, Pegasus, Mermaids, etc. and come along and join us in the gallery.

Here is my DT card to inspire you.

This is another image from my fabulous stash of Fairy rubber stamps that my aunt gave me some years ago, she found them at a thrift store, in a cardboard box, dusty, all unmounted, play red rubber, with no names or any indication of where they were purchased, she bought the entire lot of about 25 stamps for $10.00 and gave it to me.

I love coloring this Fairies, all of them are beautiful and totally magical.

This one's name is "Opalite", I found THIS IMAGE on Pinterest and immediately pinned to my Fairies Board, it's rare that there is a name for this beautiful images, I tried to color her with more or less the colors of the picture, I used only Prismacolor pencils and paper stumps lightly dipped in Gamsol.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes stamp set called "Orchids" and it's my favorite to use for my Fairy cards. The butterfly it's I think from Penny Black, I lost the package a long time ago.

So go and check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH blog to see my teammates beautiful creations and get even more inspired.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges.

Just Us Girls

Di's Digi Challenge "Include an Animal" My little animal is the butterfly.

The Fairy and the Unicorn April Challenge "Mythical and Mystical"

Southern Girl Challenge "Fairies/Fantasy"

Fab and Funky Challenges #390 "Fantasy and Fairy Tales"

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.