Silent Night...........

Hello everyone: I'm here to share another Christmas card for my stash, I have a good one but, you can't have too many Christmas cards, right?

I often browse Pinterest for recipes and inspiration for my cards so, when I see something I like, I go for it.  

This image jumped at me when I saw it on a card on Pinterest, all the information I got was that this image was on a stamp set from the Colorado Craft Company and it's called Bethlehem's Light, I think it's one of the sweetest and tender images of Baby Jesus I've ever seen.

I stamped the background with a retired SU stamp called "Hardwood" (2014 Mini), then I cut a window and also cut a piece of night sky pattern paper that I heat embossed with silver embossing powder using the small star in the set, I glue this paper behind the window. The image was stamped with Stazon black ink and colored with SU markers and an aqua painter, then I fussy cut it and attached it with foam squares.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.  

The sentiment is from the set, the little candle from a Power Poppy set called Merry Littles.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Merry Little Christmas

Challenge #21 Anything Christmas Goes.

Christmas Craft Creations

Use a Stamp.

Christmas Crafts All Year Round

Christmas/Winter Holiday

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs.

Maria.

A Little Reminder............

Hello everyone: Once again, I'm here with my reminder post for THE FLOWER CHALLENGE "Spring/Autumn" challenge.  Depending on where you live in our World, you might be experiencing either one of these seasons of the year so, we want to see you come and play along.

We are being sponsored this month by the fun and fabulous Boogaboo Digital Stamps and they kindly have offered a $12.00 gift card to our lucky winner, I urge you to go and check them out, they have lots of fun and beautiful images to choose from, like the one I used to create my card.

I printed this lovely flower spray on regular card stock and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils, I added gold paint to the butterfly wings and the dots on the image, I love the sentiment that came with this image, I think it's inspiring and also very reassuring, especially now that we're going through this difficult time.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

I stamped the border with the retired SU set called "Delicate Details", the sentiment (which I think it's perfect for this card) is from a Power Poppy set called "Sassy Succulents" which sadly is retired. 

The butterfly is from Penny Black.

I hope you feel inspired to come and play along with us at THE FLOWE CHALLENGE blog, where you'll find even more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Stay safe and healthy, be patient and obedient to the new rules, they are there for our safety and well being.

I'm sending lots of love and virtual hugs.

Maria.

No Winter Lasts Forever............

No Spring Skips Its Turn.........

Hello dear friends: I Hope all of you are doing well, especially managing the mandatory confinement, that's really hard for me but, I count my blessings because my family and friends are ok and that's what's important.

The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge for the next 10 days encourages you to focus your imagination on Spring/Passover/Easter so we hope you get inspired to come and play along with us.

This image is from an Inkadinkado stamp I bought about 5 years ago and I can't believe I've used it maybe twice?? I love it, besides the flowers blooming and trees showing off their new greenery, Robin's nests are a sure sign that Spring has arrived, love the soft blue color of the eggs, simply lovely.

I just stamped the image on Strathmore Bristol paper and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I added some enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and some gold paint to the Butterfly wings.

The pattern paper is from a retired line from Lili of the Valley, the corner details are from Cherry Lynn.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

Love, love this sentiment from Elizabeth Craft Designs and it's called "Winter-Spring".

I hope you come along and play with us over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, stop by the blog to check out my teammates' awesome creations.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Artsystamper digital challenges.

Crafting Happiness challenge

Dream Valley Challenges

#223 "Things with Wings"

Thank you for visiting me today, stay healthy and safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs (from a distance).

Maria.

Twofer Umbrella/Rain Challenge..........

Hello everyone: I hope all of you are doing well, handling the necessary confinement the best way possible.  We've been keeping busy Spring Cleaning and doing some yard work and I'm making cards, I'm so happy to have this hobby, it's a great way to forget for a while this situation we're all dealing with.

So, the Twofer Challenge ladies have one for us to play with and here are the cards I made to participate.

Some of my favorite critter stamps are from House Mouse so I made my Twofers with these cute and delightful images.

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This is my first card.

House mouse has other sweet little critters from a line called "Happy Hoppers" and this one called "Umbrella Nap" is one of them. How I wish I could be doing just exactly what this sweetie pie is doing.  I stamped the image with Antique Linnen distress ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, the umbrella is a die from Memory Box called "Pettite Umbrella".

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Best Day Ever", I'm sorry I don't recall where the beach accessories are from, the pattern papers are from my stash.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.    

The sentiment is from the same Power Poppy set.

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This is my Twofer.

The little mouse image is called "Butterflight", and in this stamp, the baby mouse is holding on to the legs of a big butterfly, so to create this card, I inked only the mouse. I wanted the little hand to appear as if it's hanging from the umbrella so I cut around the hand with an Exacto knife and lifting it a bit, placed the umbrella's handle underneath.  The little butterflies are from a Penny Black set called "Critter Party, the baby rattle is from an old Flourishes set called "Baby Love" and the sentiment is from an old Stampin' Up! set called "Curly Cute" (2010-2011)

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

I think the sentiment is from Stampendous (not sure), the teddy bear from the same Flourishes set as the rattle.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

I used the same umbrella die for these cards.

Catch the Bug Spring Challenge

Color My Heart Color Dare

 

Thank you for visiting me today, stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.

Sending lots of virtual hugs and love.

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.

At the Zoo.........

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are doing well, staying home and following the safety guidelines, I know it's hard to be indoors, not being able to see family and friends and live our social life like before this pandemic, but this is the reality we're living now so we need to stay put and endure and find something fun to do indoors, like creating cards.

These fabulous wild animals are from the retired SU set called "Zoo Review" (2011-2012), this set is perfect for making masculine cards. 

I realized the other day when I was organizing all the cards I've been making, that my masculine stash has 4 cards only and that is not acceptable so, this one is happily going to that stash.

I stamped the images with Stazon black ink on Strathmore Bristol paper, I created a mask for the lion and the zebra, and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I found the card base in my "save for later" stash, came in real handy.  I needed a vertical sentiment and sadly, I don't have any so I improvised using the word "Celebrate" was stamped using the MISTI  on a tag die cut.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is the other half of the one in the front of the card, the animals are from the Zoo Review set.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

The Paper Players

Seize the Birthday

Going with both, Birthday and Toppings.

Country View Challenges

April 2020 "Animal Magic"

Alphabet Challenge Blog

"Z is for Zoo Animals"

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Autumn CAS...........

Hello everyone: I'm here again hoping and wishing everyone is doing ok, following the guidelines, washing your hands, staying home and protecting yourselves the best way you can, if you need to go out.

So I have a CAS card to share with you all that I will enter on a few challenges.

I used the "Grove Branch" from Memory Box and the leaves from Impression Obsession, I used SU re-inkers in Tangarine Tango, Peek-a-boo Peach and Wild Wassabi to watercolor the branch and leaves.

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread and it's called "Autumn Blessings".

I don't know if the online store is closed because I couldn't log on.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a retired SU set called "Gorgeous Grunge", the sentiment and the leaf are from the Our Daily Bread set.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

CAS Colours and Sketches

 

Perfectly CAS

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay safe and healthy and be patient.

Sending lots of virtual hugs.

Maria.