St. Patrick's Day Flower Basket.

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

It's been a while since I posted anything on my blog, I think my subconscious and my hubby being retired, has a lot to do with this, I don't know if any of you are experiencing this too, if you do, I know you'd understand what I'm talking about.

But anyway, I have a card I want to share with you today that is just in time for St. Patrick's Day, hope you like it.

The stamp set I used is called "Blossoming Basket" from Stampin' Up! (2018)

This is a very versatile image; this basket of flowers is just perfect for any kind of celebration.

The sentiment is from another Stampin' Up! set called "Free as a Bird" (2019-2020).

This is the inside.

I want to play with these challenges.

Inspired By......

I was inspired by the green little shamrock.

Well, my friends, it took me a while to remember how to put my watermark on the card, it's amazing how quickly things get pushed to the back of your mind if you don't use them often.

Anyway, thank you for stopping by today and for your comments, have a wonderful day.

XO

Maria.

Orchids......

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

I have a card to share with you today created with one of my oldest stamp sets from Flourishes.  Those of you who've been stamping for a while will remember this brand of gorgeous flower images illustrated by the amazing Marcella Howley.

This is the inside.

This is what I used.

Flourishes "Orchids" (2011)

Prismacolor pencils.

Gamsol.

Paper stumps.

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

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

                                          

Snail Ride!!

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

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I used to be very intimidated by CAS cards but, over the years I've come to get more and more comfortable creating them.  Here is one using my other favorite little mice.

This is the inside.

This is what I used.

Penny Black "Critter Party"

Stampin' Up! "Curly Cute" 2010-2011.

I want to play with these challenges.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Transport"

Make My Monday "#177 Colouring-Any Medium"

Perfeclty CAS "Challenge #28, One Quarter"

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they always make my day.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Isn't she sweet?

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.

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I'm scheduling ahead a few posts, I'm going to be a bit busy for the next few weeks.

I'm sharing this card today that has been patiently waiting to see the light for a while, from my box of "unfinished" projects, where I put panels and images when I change my mind, and now that I see this sweet puppy finished, I'm very glad I'm sharing her smiling face with you today.

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This is the inside.

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This is what I used.

Penny Black "Critter Party" 

Stampin' Up! "Grace's Garden" (2020)

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with these challenges.

Addicted to CAS #217

Allsorts Challenge #670 "Real Animals"

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, I love reading them and I appreciate them more than words can express.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

  

Merry Christmas to You and Yours!!!!!

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

So here we are at the last challenge of the year for     RETRO RUBBER, and of course, the theme is Christmas, so we hope you find a bit of time to come and play along.

We know this month is a busy one, with all the preparations, shopping, cooking, tending to visits from relatives, etc., but, we can all use one more Christmas card for our stash, right? so, I hope you come and play along.  Here's my card, I hope it inspires you to come and join us in our gallery. 

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Beautiful Season" (2011)

Stampin' Up! "Quite Curvy" dies.

Flourishes "Christmas Candles" (2011) for the inside sentiment.

Power Poppy "Bough Wow Wow" (2014) for the holly and berries on the inside corner.

Prismacolor pencils.

Kraft card stock.

I hope you can come and play along with us for the last challenge of the year 2021, please don't forget to use stamps that are older than a year, these stamps are still beautiful, as you can see, I used very, very old sets.

I want to wish all of you a Beautiful Christmas, with dear family and friends, and a happy and healthy 2022.

Thank you for stopping by and for leaving me your comments, I appreciate them so very much.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

 

Oval Elegant Rose.......

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

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Well, finally October is here and Autumn has started, this is my most favorite time of the year, mainly because of the glorious colors and cooler temperatures, it's as if Mother Nature is gifting us with one last color blast before Winter arrives.

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE has a new challenge for you to play in October, here's our banner with the theme, which is "Shaped Cards", we hope you help us celebrate our 5th. Birthday, from someone who's been here from the start, I hope for many more years with this wonderful team of talented and fabulous ladies.

   This is the card I created to inspire you to play along.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used:

The rose image was purchased on Ebay.

The sentiment on the front of the card is from a Power Poppy set called "Dynamic Duos: Foxglove and Ranunculus", at the moment it's sold out.

The sentiment on the inside is from an Altenew set called "Beautiful Day

I stamped the rose on a separate piece of pink card stock with "Spun Sugar" from Tim Holtz, and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, paper stumps and Gamsol.

I fussy cut it and used glue dots to place it on the steam that I had stamped on the scalloped panel. The leaves are from the same Altenew set.

The die I used is from Spellbinders, the scalloped one is from Kaisercraft and it's called "Nesting Scalloped Stitched Ovals".

So I hope you come and join the fun and celebrate with us our 5th. Birthday.

Ok, to thank all of you for being a part of our Flower Challenge, we have not one, not two but ELEVEN fantastic prices so, go check out THE FLOWER CHALLENGE BLOG to see what's up for grabs for you.

Also, I encourage you to READ OUR RULES so your beautiful creation can be in the run for a prize.

When you submit your card to our gallery, we're asking you to write the country you live in next to your name, that way we know who will be assigned to send your prize.  Some of our team members live in Europe and Australia, the rest of us live here in the USA or Canada.

This month we have a fabulous Guest Designer join us in this celebration, her name is Emily Midgett and her Blog is Sixth Street Sundries, I encourage you to visit her blog and check out her amazing stamp designs.

So I hope you come and play along with us and join the party celebrating 5 fabulous years of 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.

 

Down on the Farm.

 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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Well, I have this super cute stamp set that I haven't use in a long while, I'm sure you will recognize these cute farm critters.

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This is the inside.

This is what I used.

My Favorite Things "The Whole Herd"

Memory Box "Precious Hearts"

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from my stash, this one I think it was from "Lily of the Valley"

I want to play with these challenges.

Little Red Wagon Challenge

"Old Mc. Donald's Farm"

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Thank you for stopping by and thank you for your comments.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Another Autumn Card.

 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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I have another colorful Autumn card to share with you today.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Pampered Pets" Stamp set.

Stampin' Up! Pampered Pets Die Set.

DSP from my stash.

Prismacolor pencils.

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Thank you for stopping by today, and leaving me your sweet comments.

I want to play with these challenges.

Crafty Sentiment Designs

Through The Craft Room Door

Anything Goes.

Crafting Happiness Challenge

Anything Goes.

Thank you for visiting me today and for leaving your sweet comments.

Till next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Autumn is here!!

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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 It's no secret that I love Autumn, from all the four seasons of the year, Autumn is my absolute favorite.  The colors on the trees and bushes are always stunning, it's Mother Nature's gift to us before Winter arrives.

Here's the inside.

And this is what I used.

"Sunny Harvest" from Power Poppy.

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with these challenges.

Addicted to CAS

AAA Cards

Thank you for stopping by, it felt good to create this card and posting it today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

From the Desk Off......

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

I have a second post to share with you today, this card was super fast to create.

This is the inside.

This is a detail of the sweet little inkwell.

This is the very first stamp set I bought from Flourishes back in 2011.

I fell in love with these images the first time I saw them.

I positioned the stamp in a way that allowed me to ink up the image with a marker. I lightly added color with my Prismacolor pencils.

For the inside corner detail, I stamped the inkwell and then, again positioned the stamp with the pen on the MISTI to lean it on the edge of the inkwell.

The spots are heat embossed with WOW Gold embossing powder.

The sentiments are from the set.

The detail on the inside top is from SU "Delicate Details" (2017)

I want to play along with:

Less is More

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Be Mice and Stay Masked!!!!!!

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope you and your families are staying healthy and safe, even little Maxwell here is wearing his mask.

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I created this card to gently remind you guys to keep wearing your masks, I know they can be a nuisance, especially because you can't wear lipstick, but this is a small price to pay to stay healthy.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

House Mouse "Masked Mice"

Prismacolor pencils.

I'm playing along with:

CASology

Thank you for stopping by today.

Till next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Woodland Carpet.

Hello everyone: I'm always hoping and praying you and your families are doing well, doing everything you can to stay healthy and safe.

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I love the outdoors, walking on Nature Trails, especially after a rainfall, the aromas surrounding you are beautiful and fresh.

This card is a little piece that represents those peaceful trails, I miss those Spring Break vacations we took with our grandchildren when they were little, walking on beautiful forests, watching them being amazed at everything they were seeing.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Power Poppy " Woodland Carpet. (2019)

Prismacolor pencils.

Kraft Card Stock.

I want to play with:

Addicted to CAS

Challenge # 205 "Nature"

Thank you for stopping by, your comments are dearly appreciated.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

A Fun Sketch from Retro Rubber.

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

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The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has a fun and fabulous sketch for you to play with, designed by our teammate Claire Grantham, we hope you will play along and join us in our gallery.

This is the card I created with the sketch.

This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Peace Within" (2009-2010)

The teeny, tiny bird on top of the basket's handle is from an

Altenew set called "Birch Land" (2015)

Stampin' Up! "Gorgeous Grunge" (2013-2014)

Spellbinders "Hemstitched Squares"

Prismacolor pencils.

The strips of paper on the front and inside are cut from

the Power Poppy packages, I love how bright and colorful they are.

I hope you find a bit of time and play along with us at 

RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE

I love sketches, they take the guesswork out of creating your cards, this one is really fun and gives you lots of options on what to use for each part.

Hop over to the challenge page for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Till next time, please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

Tulips and Dragonflies, plus little boy blue.

 Hello everyone: I hope and pray that you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and still wearing your masks.

I found a few beautiful images on Pinterest the other day, from coloring book pages, have you heard or seen these pages? The sketches are amazing but they don't have the name of the artist, I wish I knew who drew this one so I could give that artist their due credit. 

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

I printed the image on white card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils.

The inside sentiment and small tulip are from an old 

Flourishes set called "Tulips for Friends", by Marcella Hawley.

I want to play with these challenges.

Just Us Girls

A Place To Start

Rectangle.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

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