Red Poppies.......

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

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THE FLOWER CHALLENGE has arrived at the halfway point and here's where my teammates and I give you a bit more inspiration so hopefully, you will play along with us in our gallery.

This is the card I created for our reminder post, this time I picked RED as my monochromatic color using black and gray card stock.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used:

Power Poppy "Poppies" (2015)

Power Poppy "Always Here" (2018)

Prismacolor pencils.

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I hope you come and play along with us over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Vibrant Thanks

Hello everyone: I'm always praying that you and your families are doing well during these sad and troublesome times, please stay healthy and safe.

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My card today is done with a beautiful Summer flower.  Zinnias come in all the colors of the rainbow, mine is yellow.

I'd like to think that this flower is enjoying a gorgeous sunset, and those busy little bees are having one last nectar drink before going home.

The image and the sentiment are from a Power Poppy set called "Vibrant Thanks", unfortunately, is sold out.

The corner die cut is done with a Tim Holtz Alterations Mixed Media Dies.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

I sponged the top with a honeycomb stencil, the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Pure Prairie Spirit.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Color My Heart Color Dare

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge

"In the Summer Garden"

Thank you for visiting today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Deep Purple Dreams............

Hello again, everyone: I hope all of you and your families are doing well, observing the guidelines and being patient, there's no other way to deal with pandemic if we want to conquer it.

Stay safe and healthy.

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I'm here with my reminder post for THE FLOWER CHALLENGE with a theme of MONOCHROME, this is my card, and I hope to see you in our gallery.

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Inside of my card.

This is what I used to create this card.

Stamps: "SU Petite Petals" (2014)

SU "Apothecary Art" (2012)

SU "Papillon Potpourri" (2012-2013)

SU "Delicate Borders" (2017)

Flourishes "Gerbera Daisies" (2014)

Spellbinders "Tranquil Moments"

SU "Petite Petals Punch"

Prismacolor Pencils.

Inks: Tim Holtz distress ink.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Double D Challenges

I hope you stop by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog to check out my teammates' beautiful creations.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay safe and healthy.

Maria.

Tulips are Red..........

Hello everyone: I hope you and your family are doing well, I know it's hard to stay indoors and observe all the guidelines that seem so restrictive, but we must remember it's for our own safety and well being and also, to help the amazing caregivers out there who are in the front lines caring for the sick, we help them by staying inside.

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE has a new one for you for the month of May and it's fun and, I think, easy to play with, MONOCHROME so you can choose any color for your images, white, black and cream are also allowed.
This is my card and I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

This is an image from an old Flourishes set called "Tulips for Friends", stamped with Versafine black ink, clear heat embossed it and colored with my still juicy Stampin' Up! Real Red and Basic Black markers. I added some Rhine Stones to the pitcher for a bit of bling.

Some twine for the bow, the sentiment is from the Tulips stamp set and was die cut with the Spellbinders "Hemstitch Squares", (nbus), pattern paper from stash.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Sassy Succulents", the tulip from the "Tulips for Friends" set.

I hope you come and play along with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, remember to read our rules and to make Flowers the main focus on your cards.

Visit our blog to get more inspiration from the rest of the awesome DT.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs.

Maria.

Pretty in Pink.....

Hello dear blogging friends: The new challenge over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is all about MONOCHROME, you can use any color and the shades of that color on your cards, you can use black or white as an option and to stamp your sentiment.
Anywho, here is my card for the challenge, I hope it inspires you to create a card using perhaps your favorite color and join my teammates and me in the gallery.

This image is from a Power Poppy set called Countryside Bouquet Delux and I chose to use all kinds of pink shades on it. I saw THIS VIDEO on Pinterest and decided to kind of CASE the card, which is really beautiful. I added a few highlights and shading with a couple of Prismacolor pencils and a few Rhine Stones for bling, the corner die cuts, I found a piece of ribbon, that happens to look exactly as the colors of distress inks I used for the card in a bag where I save the last pieces from the spools, the sentiment was a leftover from another card, the pattern paper is from a discontinued line from Lili of the Valley.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The images and sentiment are from the same set.

I hope this card will inspire you to come and play along with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, for more inspiration, please stop by the challenge to check out my awesome teammates' beautiful cards and check out their blogs to find out how they created them.

Please don't forget to include our banner for this challenge on your blog post when you link your card to the page and please also remember you can enter only 6 challenges including ours.

I would like to play along with the following challenges.

The Paper Nest Dolls ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #319 MONOCHROMATIC

Incy Wincy Designs for July, FLOWERS.

Dream Valley Challenges #182 ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

Crafty Sentiments Designs BRIGHT COLORS CHALLENGE

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.

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.