Special Delivery.....

 

Hello dear blogging friends: My teammates and I have a new challenge over at RETRO RUBBER for you to play with, this time we want to see you create your cards using your older than a year BABY CRITTER STAMPS , we can't wait to see what you create.

Here is my card that I hope inspires you to join us in the gallery.

Most of you know how much I adore the House Mouse siblings, this image is one of the many reasons why I just love them. The stamp is called "Butterflight" and I think it's just adorable, I have had this stamp for at least 5 years.

I colored it with SU markers and Prismacolor pencils for the Butterfly's wings, the pattern paper is from a discontinued line from Lili of the Valley, the sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Hello Baby". The little hearts on that tag are made with an old Stampin' Up! corner punch, I really do not use it to punch corners, I just love the perfect little hearts it punches.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The frame around the CONGRATULATIONS word is from Penny Black and this is discontinued, I couldn't find it to give yoiu the link so it's old, the sentiments are from a Tailored Expressions called "Onsie Twosie", I looked for it but I'm afraid it's discontinued, so it's pretty old too.

So I hope you feel inspired to join my teammates and me in the RETRO RUBBER gallery, please stop by and check their amazing cards and blogs and leave them some comment love.

Please remember that, in order to be considered for Top 5 Picks, the stamps you use must be older than a year, we would love to know how old they are or how long you've had them.

You can use other new products like paper, dies and punches but, at least one of the stamps used should be older than a year, we want you to give those older images a chance to shine again.

Also, you can combine our challenge with up to 10 challenges, INCLUDING OURS.

I'm entering this card onto the following challenges.

2 Crafty Critter Crazies "Must feature a Creature"

Crafting When We Can Challenge #141 "Animals"

Card Mania Challenge #91 "April Showers Bring May Flowers" my little mousy is going to land in a field of Lilies of the Valley.

Crafts and Me April Challenge "Things with Wings"

CCC Digi Creations Challenge #70 "Include and Animal"

Creative with Stamps "Baby" This challenge is celebrating their 1st. Anniversary.

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.

Hello Gorgeous!!!!!

Hello everyone: Today I have a Fairy card to share with you that is not part of the rubber stamps my aunt gave me some years ago, this one is a digital image from Sugar Nellie called "Story Teller", unfortunately they do not have it anymore, I went to look for it and a few others that I wanted but they told me they do not sell those images anymore. Why????? I do not know why they discontinue this lovely images, oh well. Here is my card. (I'm so happy I bought this file)

I had this image for years, my printer is not working and since I really do not need it all that much, this sweetie was just there, in the downloads folder, waiting to be colored and enjoyed.  My youngest daughter, who luckily lives next door, told me to email this files to her to try to print them for me so I did and, VOILA!! it worked, I had so much fun coloring her.

I was afraid that the printer ink was going to bleed when I use water colors but it didn't, woo hoo!! so I colored her with SU markers and Prismacolor pencils.

I added some punched out little dots to the mushrooms because I saw this photo and loved it.

Isn't it just gorgeous? 

Here is a close up picture of my little mushrooms and I hope you can see the glitter on her wings.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Best Day Ever and the little flowers and grass from  Art Impressions. 

I'm entering this card onto the following challenges.

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #44 "Fairy Nice"

Inkspirational Word Prompt "SPRING" hope my flowers fit the theme.

My time To Craft Challenge #343 "No Designer Paper"

Send A Smile 4 Kids (For Moms or Special Females, from the kids.)

For my 13 y/o granddaughter to give to her mom, (my youngest daughter)

Come and Get It Challenges "In The Garden"

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.

Riding Pretty.....

Hello everyone: Well, finally today, after days and days of gray skies, cold temperatures, fierce winds and rain, the sun is shining bright outside, oh!!! it looks so beautiful outside my craft room windows, I have the drapes open and the light is inundating every corner of this room, which makes me so very happy.
It's still a bit chilly for a bike ride, only 38 degrees but non the less, it's a beautiful day.  I would love to go for a bike ride but I'm not to fond of freezing to death so instead, I made this card, wishing and hoping soon I it will be warm enough to go for a spin.  I will enter a few challenges at the end of this post.

This image is from Impression Obsession and the set is called "Riding Pretty". It comes with other images and sentiments, I picked the roses for the basket and the presents to stand on the bike rack.

I stamped all of this images onto Strathmore mixed media paper with Stazon black ink and colored them with SU markers and Prismacolor pencils. The flowers and gift stack were then fussy cut and placed on the bike with foam dimensionals.

The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley (discontinued), the ribbon from my stash.  The little sentiment up there in the corner is from a Power Poppy set called Go Wild, I stamped it vertically on that little tag using the MISTI.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set called "Be Happy Today".

I'm entering this card onto the following challenges.

Simon Says Happy Birthday SSS is celebrating it's 8th. birthday!!!!!

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #117 "3+Layers" my card has 5.

Addicted to Stamps and More! "Anything Goes"

(PIN)spirational Challenges #187 (I was thrilled to see this picture, looks like my bike)

Tuesday Morning Sketches

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.

Alleluia.....

Hello dear blogging friends: Easter is fast approaching so I pulled out an old stamp that I haven't used in a long time.  It's simple but beautiful, I will link this card to a few challenges at the end of this post, here is my card.

This stamp is from Stampabilities and it's called "Resurrection Cross", I think it's discontinued.

I stamped it with Stazon black ink onto a panel of Strathmore mixed media paper that I die cut with the Wonky Stitched dies and colored it with SU markers and an aqua painter, the background is sponged with Hello Honey and Baked Brown Sugar. The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "He Is Risen". Didn't put any embellishments on this card, I think it doesn't need any.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

Both the sentiment and the Easter Lily are from the same set.

I'm entering this card onto the following challenges.

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #236 "Anything Goes"

Creative Moments Challenge #115 "Anything Goes, optional twist "Easter"

Cards und More Challenge #181 "Cards for Easter"

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #164 "Easter or Spring"

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.

Just Keep Swimming.....

Hello dear blogging friends: Some time ago I won this Beta Fish stamp with THIS CARD at the Designs by Ryn October challenge, I used to be very shy about putting my cards out there but my friends convinced me to share them and now, I love participating in challenges, this gives me a chance to push myself to be creative and also, I meet a lot of fabulous card makers out there sharing their love for this craft.
I have a card to share with you today and I will link it up to several challenges at the end of this post.

This beautiful image of a Beta Fish is being inked for the first time, I don't know why I waited so long to play with it.

I stamped my image onto a die cut panel of Strathmore mixed media paper with Versafine black ink and clear heat emboss it, then colored it with SU markers, an aqua painter an did some highlights with Prismacolor pencils. The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley (retired), the sentiment form THIS Hero Arts clear stamp set.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The bubbles are from another Designs by Ryn stamp called Rising Bubbles and the sentiment from an old Flourishes set called "Magnolias".

I'm entering this card onto the following challenges.

Designs by Ryn April Customer Creation Challenge.

LiveLoveCards April Challenge "Sea Life", this fish doesn't live in the sea so I'm taking a leap of faith here with this card.

Crafting When We Can "Animals"

The Crazy Challenge #245 "Bingo" I picked the bottom choices, hope the shades of pink are ok.

My Creative Scoop Color Inspiration Monday.

2 Crafty Critter Crazies, your card MUST have a critter.

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.

Pretty in Blue.....

Hello everyone: This month, at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, we have a sketch challenge for you to play with so, come and join my teammates and me in the gallery. 

Here it's the sketch and the card I made with it, hope it will inspire you to play along.

This image is from a Power Poppy set called Potted Primroses, the sentiment is from the set too.

I Google'd this pretty flowers to see what colors they come in and I was amazed at the huge array of shades and variations so, I picked the blue ones for my card.

I stamped them onto a die cut piece of Strathmore mixed media paper with Stazon black ink and colored them with SU markers, an aqua painter and Prismacolor pencils. 

Now, about that beautiful green/silver paper.....I save every single piece of pattern paper Marcella Hawley, the owner of Power Poppy, wraps my purchased stamp sets with, I used a piece of one of this papers for my card,  she also always writes little personal notes for us, I've also saved them all. 

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Sweet Peas", the potted flower from Power Poppy's "Potted Primroses".

I hope you get inspired by the sketch and my card, for more inspiration, hop over THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog and check out my teammates amazing creations, don't forget to leave them some comment love.

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.

Braided Ribbon for Baby.....

Hello dear blog friends: I've been absent for a while due to having both hubby and grandchildren on Spring Break, fun but at the same time, hectic. From taking them to their sports practices to picking them up, making lunch and dinner for them, etc. My MOJO was put on the shelf until I could get a bit of peace and quiet to do the other things I love.  So today, I have a card for you that hopefully will inspire you to join my teammates and me in the SHOPPING OUR STASH gallery, this week we want to see RIBBONS, LACE, CORD, TWINE, YARN.....you get the idea, right?  I was able to dig into my stash of ribbon to create this card using THIS TUTORIAL I saw on Utube.  Here is my card.

The braided ribbon technique is super easy to do, once you get your rhythm, you can finish in no time.  The bassinet image is from an old Flourishes set called "Baby Love" and the sentiment is from another Flourishes set called "Hello Baby", stamped with Stazon black ink onto water color paper and colored with SU markers, an aqua painter and Prismacolor pencils. I fussy cut it and taped it onto a piece of vellum so the pretty design of the Lili of the Valley pattern paper (sadly discontinued) wouldn't be covered.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

Both sentiment and baby rattle are from the same sets.

I hope you give the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge a try, please stop by my teammates blogs to see their beautiful creations and leave them some comment love.

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.