Shaker Card.....

Hello Blogging friends: Today I have a fun shaker card I created for THE FLOWER CHALLENGE Anything Goes Challenge #18.  I love this types of cards and I should make them more often, they are really fun to create and receive.

This card was made with one of the  beautiful images donated by the very talented Eunji Jung, to my teammates and I to inspire you to come and play with us in the gallery.

She also has generously offered these two images to one lucky winner so, we all hope you come and join us.

I printed the flowers on a piece of Bristol paper and colored it with my Prismacolor Pencils, then I fussy cut them and glued them to my shaker window. I added some beads and a sentiment from the Power Poppy set called Dynamic Duos: Peonies and Tulips, the pattern paper is from a retired line from Lili of the Valley.

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

This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The decorative edge is from a retired SU set called "Delicate Details", the sentiment is from another Power Poppy set called Potted Primroses, I also printed the smallest flower on this trio, colored it and fussy cut too.

I hope you get inspired to come and play with us in THE FLOWER CHALLENGE gallery and, while you are there, check out my teammates amazing projects.

Please read our rules carefully, you need to follow them to be eligible to win the prize and don't forget to add the challenge banner when you upload your card to the gallery.

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.

Give Thanks.....

Hello everyone: One of my New Year Resolutions was to build up a good stash of Holiday cards, not only Christmas but Thanksgiving, Halloween, Patriotic, Valentine's Day to mention a few so, here is my very first Thanksgiving card for this year, I will link it to a few challenges at the end of this post.

This image is from a SU set called "Painted Harvest" from the 2017 Holiday catalog, love this layered set, all of the images are beautiful and so easy to stamp.

I stamped the flower with Daffodil Delight and Tangelo Twist, the center with Early Espresso marker.

The sentiment is from the set and was heat embossed on vellum with gold powder, the detail on the side is from another SU set called "Fresh Vintage" from the 2012 SAB catalog.

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

This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The detail on the top was stamped with the "Bordering Blooms" from SU, the sentiment and the leaves are from the Painted Harvest set.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

CAS(E) this Sketch

Poppy Stamp Challenge #42 "CAS"

SheepSki Designs Challenge #12 "Flowers"

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #101 "CAS"

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #3 "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.

Kindness Matters.....

Hello everyone: The other day my youngest daughter, who happily lives next door to us, ask for 3 birthday cards, two of them for her nieces in law, both adult young ladies and one for her brother in law, who was turning 52 and I said "no problem....." but, there was a problem, I had plenty of cards for ladies but just a couple for men and both of them were for Father's Day so, I had to tweak one of them changing the sentiment and that was it but, this made me realize I really never make cards for guys, I have some sets that I can use for this purpose but I just don't do it so, I will make a sincere effort to create at least one masculine card a week so I can start building up my meager stash. 

Here is this card that I will link up to a few challenges at the end of this post.

This sweet little squirrel stamp has been with me for a long, long time but I rarely use it, I think it's from North Woods but I'm not really sure.  She looks just like the squirrels that run around in my back yard trying to climb the bird feeders even if I do put food for them.

I stamped this image on watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I sponged some Tumbled Glass distress ink for the sky and added a couple of leaves and acorns I colored and fussy cut from a retired SU set called "Gently Falling" that came out back in the 2011-2012 Holiday Catalog, I embossed the background panel with the also retired SU embossing folder called "Woodland", the sentiment is from SU "Kindness Matters" (retired).

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

This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from my stash of unknown quotes, the branch is from the squirrel stamp.

I would like to play with the following challenges.

Double D Challenge "Woodland Creatures"

Inspire Create Challenges #012 "Animals"

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges #9 Use a stamped image.

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.

EUNICE!!!!!

Hello blogging friends: I have a fun card to share today made with one of the most hilarious images I've ever seen from Art Impressions called "Santa's Helper Eunice", I mean, just look at her, from the top of her Santa's hat to the tip of her Elf shoes, she is a vision, love her.

I saw a card on Pinterest with this image so, I went looking for the stamp at the Art Impressions online store only to find out this fun image is discontinued, Arghh!! 😢, I don't know why something this fabulous is just gone.  But, I was determined to find it and so I went hunting for it and, as in most cases when I'm looking for discontinued or retired stamps, I went to Ebay and, well.....there she is, Ms. Eunice, looking simply fabulous.

I stamped the image on a piece of watercolor paper and colored it with SU markers, but the hat and the pants were stamped on red cardstock and fussy cut, I was not too happy about how the Real Red marker was behaving on her pants, but I did color her mittens and her shoes with it. The green stripes on her blouse and stockings are done with the Garden Green SU marker, her earrings, the bells on her shoes and mittens were colored with a gold gel pen.  Her face was colored with a "Peach" Crayola Marker that was part of a pack of 24 markers that belonged to my grandchildren when they were little.   The pattern paper is from my stash and so is the ribbon.

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

Here is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Beautiful Season", the little Poinsettia is from a Power Poppy set called Merry Littles 

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

The Paper Players

Christmas at Sweet Stamping "Anything Christmas Goes"

The Merry Christmas Challenge #9 "Anything Christmas Goes"

Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge #341 "Any Holiday"

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.

Ahh!! Summer Afternoon.....

Hello blogging friends: The RETRO RUBBER challenge has a new one for you to play with, this time is a great sketch by Claire Grantham that has tons of possibilities. So here is my card that I hope you like and find inspiration with to come join us in the gallery.

This image is from a retired stamp set by Stampin' Up! called "Summer Afternoon", it was released back in the 2012-2013 Idea Book and Catalog.  Love, love all the images on this set.

I stamped this one on some watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with SU markers and Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from the same set and the pattern paper is from a retired line by Lili of the Valley.

Here is Claire's fun sketch.

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

This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The decorative image on the top is from a set by SU called "Delicate Details" which was in the 2017 SAB catty, the sentiment is from a retired Flourishes set called "Around the Arbor" and the little basket of flowers on the corner is from another retired Flourishes set called "Zinnias".

I hope you feel inspired to come and play with us at RETRO RUBBER and for more inspiration, stop by the blog and check out my teammates creations.

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.

A Honey of a Day!!

Hello dear blogging friends: It's time for another fun challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH and the theme is STENCILS. This fun tools are not often used, at least by me, I have a few now and I used one of them to create this card. I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

This images are from a retired SU set called "Just Buzzin' By" that came out in the Spring-Summer catty in 2009 and it's one of my most favorites, this little bees are adorable and super cute.

I stamped the images on watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils and then, I sponged Hello Honey ink using a honey comb stencil.  I also sponged a bit of Peel Paint distress ink for the grass and stamped a few sprigs with a little stamp from Art Impressions.

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

This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment and the little bee are also from the set.

So I hope you go to your Stencil Stash and come and join us at the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog. Don't forget to stop by my teammates blogs to check out their awesome creations.

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.

Made With Love.....

Hello everyone: I have a late card to share with you today, I was busy all morning and I didn't have time to finish this post but, here it is and I hope you like it. I will play along with a few challenges and the end of this post. 

This image is from an old Flourishes set called "Stitched for You".  I stamped the image with Stazon Black ink on a die cut oval from the Spellbinders "Oval Regalia" die set and colored it with SU markers, I love the Real Red Stampin' Up! color, it's so intense and rich. The little pair of scissors are from a Power Poppy set called SAGE ADVISE, stamped on watercolor paper, colored and fussy cut, the pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley.

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

This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from the same set.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

The Paper Players

Card Mania Challenge #101 "Red and Hearts"

Craft-Dee Bowz February Challenge "Anything Goes plus a handmade bow"

Hope you can see the little red Gingham bow tied to the scissors.

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.