A Robin's Mother's Day..............

Hello everyone: I hope all of you are doing well, I keep hoping that soon things will go back to a new "normal" for us, although I feel for all of the thousands of people who have lost loved ones or are sick themselves with this virus.
I also want to thank all of the caring doctors and nurses around the world who are taking care of everyone who's affected, God Bless You!!!!!
I'm thanking also the workers at grocery stores, the post office, pharmacies, gas stations, etc., we are eternally grateful for your selfless service.
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Now, my teammates and I at SHOPPING OUR STASH have a new challenge for you for the next 10 days, with Mother's Day approaching, we want to see cards for Moms, here is mine and I hope it inspires you to play along.

This card was created with 4 different Stampin' Up! sets, I really love it when I can combine my stamps on my cards, I really SHOPPED MY STASH to find each of these sets, they are part of my most cherished ones.

Thank goodness for the MISTI, it helped me position each image to create this sweet, little Spring/Mother's Day scene.

The nest is from a 2009-2010 SU set called "Nature's Nest"

The Robin, the little eggs on the inside of my card  and foliage are from a 2011 SU set called "Nature Walk"

The sentiment is from a 2009-2010 SU set called "Teeny Tiny Wishes"

The butterflies are from a 2012-2013 SU set called "Papillon Potpourri"

Each image is stamped by applying the marker to the rubber stamp on the MISTI using different colors, (Check out this video by Virginia Lu) it's a great way to give your images a watercolored look. 

I added some shading with my Prismacolor pencils.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

 

The sentiment is from a 2012 Stampabilities greetings set called "Card Phrases"

I hope you hop over the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and check out my teammates' creations, get inspired and come join us in our gallery.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Artsystamper Challenge

#14 "Springtime"

Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge

#55 "Spring Things"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.

Sending lots of love and cyber hugs.

Maria.😷

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.