Gifts and Cake.

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, these are scary and worrisome times but we can get through them like we've done before.  When things are not working they must get fixed, CHANGES need to be made no matter how hard they might seem right now. 

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Isn't this a gorgeous bouquet of colorful flowers?

Well, my teammates and I over at the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog want you to use these beautiful colors on your cards and come and play along with us in our gallery. 

These festive and delightful images are just perfect for kids and adults alike. 

My card is a CASE of THIS gorgeous card created by my dear friend Leslie Miller, her blog Running With Scissors is jam-packed with beautiful cards, I hope you go and check it out.

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used to create this card.

Front of the card.

"Party Time" from Power Poppy

The sentiment is from Power Poppy "Simply Camellias"

The inside.

The sentiment is from Power Poppy "Best Day Ever" (sold out😢)

Die cut from Spellbinders "Oval Regalia"

Little gift box from There She Goes "Wrapped in Joy"

So I hope you come and check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and join us in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

A Little Reminder.......

The challenge over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE for the month of June is a color one, you must use the color Navy plus another color, just one color, ok?  Here's the card I created to inspire you to join us in our gallery.

This image is from a Power Poppy set called Everything's Even Rosier, which unfortunately is retired.  I stamped the image on Strathmore Bristol paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment is from the set and the corner die-cut is from THIS TIM HOLTZ SET which is on sale now, just saying.

By the way, I was wondering if there were actually blue roses in Nature....well, no, not in Nature but some florists do tint roses blue and they are really beautiful.

Check out this VIDEO.

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

The border is punched with a Martha Stewart punch, the sentiment and the little roses on the corner are from the Power Poppy set.

I hope you get inspired to come and play along with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, please visit our challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Take care, stay healthy, be safe.

XO

Maria.

SOS Color Challenge.....

Hello everyone: The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge has a color challenge for you to play with this coming week, the shades are rich and beautiful so I hope you come along and play with us.

Here is my card that I hope will inspire you to join my teammates and me in the gallery.

I used an image from a set by Art Impressions called SHOPPES, which contains 4 stamps to create a beautiful tri-fold card, I only used one of the images on my card.

I stamped it on a die cut piece of watercolor paper that had been glued to a Terra Cotta die cut piece of card stock that I had in my stash of "I changed my mind" box, colored it with a few SU markers that are still ok with ink. 

The blue layer is done with another piece of card stock from a pad called Kraft Core and sanded out a bit to reveal the undertones, I really like this paper.

The sentiment is from the set.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Perfectly Penned", the little cup on the corner has unknown origins, my 20 y/o granddaughter bought it for me from the bargain bin at the craft store.

So I hope you find some time to come and play along with us at SHOPPING OUR STASH, please visit the blog to check out my teammates awesome projects for your inspiration.

I would like to play along with the following challenges.

Dare2BArtzy June Challenge "Bright Colors"

Happy Little Stampers

Stamping Sensations June Challenge "Anything Goes"

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.