Hydrangea in Bloom

Hello everyone: As always, I'm hoping from the bottom of my heart that you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.

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This card is entirely made out of scraps, even the image that I found, already stamped and colored, inside the "Best Thoughts" stamp set case from Stampin' Up! (2015-2016), I probably meant to finish it, put it away and forgot it, sheeesh!

I stamped and gold heat embossed the flower and then, colored it with SU markers, I'm really so happy they are still with enough ink to help me color my images.  I cut the top and bottom panels with a scalloped die, I used the Spellbinders Hemstitched Squares, the DSP might be from SU but I'm not sure.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Poppies, the banner is from Spellbinders die set called Ribbon Banners Etched Dies.

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This is the INSIDE of this card.

The sentiment is from the Power Poppy "Poppies" set, I inked it up with markers in each of the colors of the rainbow.

The butterfly is from a Stampendous set called "Butterflies"

I want to play along with the following challenges.

Ellibelle Crafty Wednesday

June Challenge "In the Summer Garden"

(My Hydrangeas have started to bloom, so beautifully.

The Paper Girls Challenge

#202 "Circles"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Another Fairy for RRC #132............

Hello everyone: I hope all of you are coping well with this new "normal", I know it can be frustrating and infuriating, and that's ok. but we must stay calm and focused on staying safe and healthy, we also must be patient and understanding and, most of all, we must obey the rules, they are there to keep us healthy so, NO complaining, just DO IT!!!!!!

Ok, the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE for the next 10 days is to use Squares on your card so I created a square base and layers for this sweet little Fairy.

I'm a sucker for Fairies, I just can't get enough of them, especially when they are babies, like this sweetie pie.

I stamped the image from a Penny Black stamp set called Fairy Sweet (released back in 2006) on a piece of Strathmore Bristol watercolor paper with Versafine black ink and clear heat embossed it, colored it with Windsor & Newton watercolor markers, then I went over the lines of the wings with a gold gel pen, I added some shading with Prismacolor pencils. The swirls on the upper corner are from a die called "Paisley Edge Dot & Drop Die" (Scrapbook.com), I bought it at Hobby Lobby in the bargain bin early last year.

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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 that unfortunately is retired.

So I hope you are inspired to come and play along with us at RETRO RUBBER, please remember to use stamps that are at least 1 YEAR OLD and, if you can, please let us know how old yours are.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay safe and healthy.

Hugs.

Maria.