Feather Finnery.

Hello everyone: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well dealing with these very worrisome and disconcerting times.

Stay healthy, safe and please, wear your masks.

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It's time for another challenge over at RETRO RUBBER, this one is a very popular one, you can create anything you want provided that the stamps you use are older than one year, we can't wait to see you in our gallery.

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

This is a gorgeous stamp set from Papertray Ink and it's called "Feather Finery", I bought it just about 3 years ago on Ebay for a song, I love all of the feathers in the set and it's very versatile, you can really create all kinds of cards, this one goes to my youngest daughter's Pastor, his birthday was on Sunday.

I stamped the feathers with Versamark ink and heat embossed them, one in gold, the other one in black, the specks are also gold embossed.

The green panel is sponged with a very old pad of Color Box Copper ink, it's a bit dry so I just sprayed a little water on it, waited a few minutes and then added the color with a sponge dauber, I really like how the ink shines.

I think the sentiment is from Penny Black but I'm not sure, it's old and with no packaging.

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This is the INSIDE 

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Party Time".

I hope you come and play along with us at the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE, please remember to use stamps that are older than a year.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

Between Friends

Hello everyone: I'm continually praying and hoping you and your families are doing well as we go through these trying times.

Stay healthy and safe.

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So I've been busy with my efforts to use my UFO's, which were just there in a box waiting for some color or to be used on a card. These panels were relegated to the "unfinished" box because I either changed my mind or I didn't like the way the image was stamped so now, thanks to the Shopping Our Stash challenge, in which I'm a member of the Designer Team, I finally gave all of this images one more try and created cards with them.

Here's yet another one of these images.

I adore the House Mouse siblings, they are mischievous and adorable at the same time, this card is one super cute example. The image is called "Feathered Friends", stamped on watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored with SU markers, the sentiment and the feather are from a Papertrey Ink stamp and die set called Feather Finery.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Language of Friendship" (2011-2012), the branch and the little bird are from an Altenew set called Birch Land.

I want to play along with the following challenges.

Little Red Wagon

Challenge #554 "Animal Antics"

Simon Says Stamp

"Summer Fun"

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge

"Things With Wings"

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

Thank you for visiting today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Birds of a Feather.....

Hello blogging friends: I have another card to add to my MASCULINE stash, I made a point to have a good amount at hand for family and friends. I'll link up to a few challenges at the end of this post.

This images are from a Paper Tray Ink stamp and die set called Feather Finery, it has a companion die set that really comes in handy to cut this beautiful feathers.

I stamped the big one on black card stock with Versamark ink and heat embossed it in white, I did the same with the sentiment and the little bird.  The small feather is stamped on vellum with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I made a bow with a bit of white twine.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment and birds are from the same set.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Less is More

International Art and Soul Challenge #28 "Emboss and use a die"

Crafting With Dragonflies

My Time To Craft Challenge #365 "Monochromatic"

Crafter's Castle Challenge #3 "Anything Goes or Share your favorite Technique"

I love the look of HEAT EMBOSSING.

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.