Tank Full of Love......

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

***********************************************

It's time to start creating some sweet Valentines, so the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has this romantic mood board to inspire you to play along.

And this is the card I created, to inspire you a little more to join my teammates and me in our gallery.

**********************************************

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Flourishes "Tokens of Affection" (2014)

Flourishes "Love Sweet Love" (2012) Sentiment in front.

Sentiment inside (unknown)

Stampin' Up! enamel hearts.

I hope you can get inspired to create some beautiful Valentines for family and friends, February 14th. will be here before you know it.

Thank you for stoping by today, your comments are very much appreciated,

please hop over the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE, to get more inspiration from my fabulous teammates.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Curtain Call for The Twofer Challenge.

 Hello everyone: It's been a while since I posted anything on my blog.  I don't know about you guys but for me, having to deal with this virus and the confinement for over a year, has taken a toll on me, and now, we have a new threat, this variant is causing the hospitals to be overwhelmed with new people horribly sick and that is so sad, especially because this could be avoided if more people get vaccinated and wear their masks, this is a small price to pay in exchange for staying healthy and safe.

***********************************************************

As you probably know, The Twofer Challenge will be gone at the end of this month, it's so sad to see it go, this is one of my most favorite challenges, one that truly made us reach deep into the creative corners of our brains and come up with two different cards, for two different occasions using the same stamp.  I must say that, when I participated in the very first challenge, I got this totally wrong, but Darnell, who is one of the sweetest persons I know in blog land, lovingly and with infinite patience, guided me until I got it right, she is a gem.  I'm going to miss this challenge!!!!!

So, here are my Twofer cards to bid farewell to all of the amazing ladies on the Design Team, you guys inspired us for almost 4 wonderful years, this was one of the most creative groups of crafters, ever.

Twofer #1

This is the inside.

Twofer #2

This is the inside

This is what I used:

The first card is a Valentine

Stampin' Up! "Pampered Pets" stamps and dies.

The sentiment in front is from Stampin' Up! " Itty Bitty Banners" (2013)

The sentiment inside is from Flourishes " Tokens of my Affection" (2014)

Card # 2, I gave my little kitty a doggie friend.

Stampin' Up! "Pampered Pets" stamps and dies. 

The sentiment in front is from Power Poppy "Simply Camelias" (2015)

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy "Feeling Fall" (2016)

The leaves are also from this set.

I want to play with:

The Twofer Challenge

Thank you again dear ladies of the Designer Team, it was a pleasure and amazing fun to play along with you.  I wish you all the best.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

My Favorite Rats Love Message.

 Hello dear friends: I hope and pray you and your families are doing ok, staying healthy and safe, in these difficult times.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Valentine's Day is just around the corner so the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge's theme is LOVE IS IN THE AIR.  Here's my card and I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

**************************************************

This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Kaztlekraft "Les Rats de Villes" (I used the mirror stamping technique

to stamp the rat on the left, then I fussy cut both of them)

Flourishes "Love is in the Air" (fussy cut too)

The sentiment inside from Stampabilities.

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from a retired Lili of the Valley line.

I hope you hop over to the SHOPPING OUR STASH blog for more inspiration from my talented teammates.

Thank you for visiting.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
or reload the browserDisable in this text fieldEditEdit in GingerEdit in Ginger×Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
or reload the browserDisable in this text fieldEditEdit in GingerEdit in Ginger×Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
or reload the browserDisable in this text fieldEditEdit in GingerEdit in Ginger×Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
or reload the browserDisable in this text fieldEditEdit in GingerEdit in Ginger×

From the Heart.

 Hello everyone: As always, I pray you and your families are doing ok in these difficult times, please take care of each other and never forget to wear your masks when you go out in public spaces.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Welcome to the new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we're calling it "What's Black, White and Red All Over?"  I thought of making a Christmas card but all of my cards are already on their merry way to my family and my friends so I thought it would be a great idea to start making a few Valentine's Day cards.

******************************************************

This is the INSIDE 

This is what I used:

Flourishes "Love Sweet Love" (2012 Basket of Tulips)

Flourishes "From the Heart" (Banner and sentiment, 2012)

The background panel was created with SU "Gorgeous Grunge" (2013-2014)

Prismacolor pencils.

Ribbons from my stash.

I hope you go visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge and get more inspiration from my fabulous teammates.

Thank you for visiting.

Stay healthy and safe and don't forget to wear your masks.

Hugs.

Maria.

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
or reload the browserDisable in this text fieldEditEdit in GingerEdit in Ginger×Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
or reload the browserDisable in this text fieldEditEdit in GingerEdit in Ginger×

A Sweet Color Challenge........

Hello everyone: With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the RETRO RUBBER challenge has this super sweet Color Challenge for you, I hope you come and play along in our gallery.

This beautiful image is from a 2016 Power Poppy set called "Everything's Even Rosier" 

I stamped the image with Versafine black ink and, after I dried it with my heat gun, I colored it with Prismacolor pencils. 

I wanted to have Pink, Red and White roses so I hope the ones that are supposed to be white look white. I saw a few pictures of white roses and they all seem to have a tinge of light green at the base of the petals.

The sentiment is from another Power Poppy set called "Natural Beauties"

********************************************************************

This is the INSIDE of my card.

The sentiment and petals are from the Power Poppy set.

I hope you come and play along with us at the RETRO RUBBER color challenge.

Please remember to use at least one stamp that is ONE YEAR OLD and if you know the year you bought it or when it was released, we would love to know.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Hugs.

Maria.

Hearts and Ribbon.....

Hello everyone: Well, Valentine's Day is almost here so my teammates and I over at RETRO RUBBER want to inspire you to create some pretty cards to send to those you love.  This time around we want to see you use ribbons on your love themed cards.  Here's my card and I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

This image is from a retired Stampin' Up set called "Take It to Heart" from the 2012 Occasions Mini.

I stamped the image on watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with SU markers and Prismacolor pencils. I found some heart-shaped doilies in my embellishment drawer that were the perfect size for my card.  The ribbon on the top is also from SU and it's retired.

*********************************************************

This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like. 

The sentiment and the token are from a Flourishes stamp set called "Token of my Affection.

So come along and play with us, check out the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog and be even more inspired by my teammates' creations.

Thank you for stopping by, I sure appreciate your kind comments.

Hugs.

Maria.💐

A Rosy Valentine.....

Hello dear blogging friends: Valentine's Day is just around the corner so the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge have a great one for you to play with and help you create some Valentines for your sweetie, friends and family, this is the card I made to get you in the mood, hope you join my teammies and me in our gallery.

I have a large stash of glorious Power Poppy stamp sets and this one is called Go Wild.

I stamped this image on watercolor paper with Versafine black ink and colored it with SU markers, the pitcher was colored with some very old shimmer paints.

The pattern paper is from a discontinued line from Lili of the Valley, ribbon and sentiment from my stash.

**********************************************************************

As always, I finished the inside of my card, the line of little hearts, the sentiment and the very pink flamingos are from a retired SU set called "Valentine Defined"

So here is your chance o create some Valentines for friends and family, for more inspiration stop by the SHOPPING OUR STASH blog and check out my teammies awesome creations.

I'm playing along with Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge #133 "Anything Goes" option "Valentine"

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.