Out Of My Comfort Zone.

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

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH has a new challenge for you to play with and I have to confess, it got me a little stumped until one of my teammates explain what it was all about so, here's what I came up with. 

The title of our challenge is "WTHeck embellishments" and basically is about those things in your craft stash that were bought for some reason but never really used?? Those stickers or twine or shiny things that you are wondering now, "why did I buy this???" Especially if it's something totally out of your comfort zone.

I have a few sticker sheets in a small drawer that are so very old, the sticky foam on all of them is very dry so I had to put some new sticky tape to be able to use them on my card.  I did very little stamping and absolutely NO coloring, which is not my style but I'm very happy with the way this card turned out.

I really don't remember why I bought these stickers, maybe secretly I wanted to go to Florida and lay about in the sand, under an umbrella, with a drink in my hand listening to the waves crashing on the beach.

The only stamping I did was the word "MERRY", the word "Christmas" and the Holy on the little scalloped tag, which is burgundy but it looks black on the picture, go figure.

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This is the inside.

The sentiment inside is from a Power Poppy set called "Snow Kissed", the little, adorable Flamingo is from the same Florida sticker sheet, I just love it.

I hope you come and check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and come play along with us in our gallery.

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

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

 Maria.

Sticking Together.......

With every post, I keep wishing and hoping you and your families are healthy and safe, I keep telling my grandchildren that we must be patient and don't rush into anything, this virus doesn't discriminate, so caution is of the utmost importance, listening to the experts and scientists who are working diligently to find a solution for all of us.

God Bless every single person who is working on the front lines, from hospitals and clinics to grocery stores and everything in between.

THANK YOU.

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Hello everyone: It's time for another SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge for you to play with, this time we want to see STICKERS on your cards, we can't wait to see what you come up with.

I must confess that it's been a good 4 years since I've used stickers on a card, I went back to see when I created a card with stickers and I found THIS CARD from 2016. I do have a few stickers I bought a long time ago but I just don't use them, I think I buy them because they are either super cute or really beautiful.

So I found this small stash of stickers on a small drawer by my desk, honestly, I haven't opened it in a long while.

But here's my card, hope it inspires you to come and play along.

 

Everything on this card is from my stash, the adorable puppy sticker, musical notes, gift, and sticker tag where the sentiment is stamped.

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

This is what I used.

Stamps:

Power Poppy "Short Stalks, Tea in the Garden.

There She Goes "Wrapped in Joy" (I think it's discontinued)

Dies:

Memory Box "Party Music" (maybe discontinued also)

Prismacolor pencils to color the gift boxes.

I hope you stop by the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and get more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.