3 Cheers for You!!!!!!!

Hello everyone: I might sound like a broken record (you know? the LP kind😁) but I keep wishing and hoping all of you are doing ok, staying indoors as much as possible and protecting yourselves when you must go out.
Patience is the key to adjust to this situation, we all want normalcy, that might come in time, all we can do for now is wait.

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So not too long ago, I discovered the Day of the Month Card Club and this time around the DT is inviting us to celebrate "Frog Jumping Day", there's an explanation about how this celebration started on the challenge blog, I didn't know about it but it's fun.

Here is my Froggy card.

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This is how the inside looks.

For some unknown reason, the transparent watermark didn't want to paste, grr!!!

This is what I used to make this card.

Stamps: Frog image is from a company called "Alotastamps" 

I don't think it's still around.

SU "Happy Hour" (2012-2013)

Power Poppy "Peonies and Tulips" (2014)

Altenew "Pyrotechnics"

Dies: Nested Stitched Scalloped die (eBay)

I want to play with the following challenges.

Day of the Month Card Club #15.

Frog Jumping Day.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge

#481 Hand Colored Image.

2 Crafty Critter Crazies

Anything with a Critter.

Thank you for visiting me today

Stay safe and healthy.

Hugs.

Maria.

          

Mini Me.........

Hello everyone: Here again with my constant wish for health and patience for you while we're handling this Pandemic the best way we can, please be cautious, stay safe and healthy.

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I found this unfinished card in my box marked "Unfinished" so I quickly added some details, colored with Prismacolor pencils and added the twine and little envelope, the little butterfly was not supposed to be there, I had to cover a darn smudge, grrrr!!

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This is the inside.

And the things I used to create it.

Stamps.

Penny Black "Critter Party"
The sentiment is from Power Poppy's "Simply Camelias" (2015)

Dies.
My Favorite Things "Peek-a-boo Rectangle Window"

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Just Us Girls


2 Crafty Critter Crazies


Crafty Animals
"Anything Goes"

Thank you for visiting me today.
Stay healthy and safe.
XO
Maria.

Adventure Time......

Hello everyone: I hope all of you are doing well, it's been 2 months and 6 days since we're out having fun, visiting family, friends and neighbors, we're only going out for a few groceries when it's needed so I know how hard it is to stay put but we know it's for the best, let's all be patient and help out the brave soldiers in the front lines of this Pandemic by not getting sick ourselves, let's also pray for every single one of them and for the millions around the world who've lost someone they loved.

Staying apart is the only way to be together again.

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH team has a fun challenge for all of us who have been feeling a bit isolated inside our homes and want to travel somewhere, even if it's only in our minds or through our card making hobby, the theme is TRAVELING, makes you wish, uh?

This is the card I made to inspire you to play along.

These images are from a 2004 Stampin' Up! set called "Loads of Love" and "Loads of Love Accessories", fabulous to create fun cards for any occasion.

The truck, the happy couple inside and the doggies in the back are part of this set, the cute little camper is from a Flourishes set called "S'more Fun", I inked up the trailer only using a gray SU marker, and using the MISTI I stamped the door in front of the open door on the image to make it look like it's closed, because, well....after all, it's supposed to be moving.  

The background was stamped with an old Flourishes set called "Mountain View" (2013), it has a majestic buck in the foreground but I just inked the mountains and pines, doing the "Mirror Stamping" technique for the other side of the panel.

I colored everything with Prismacolor pencils and a bit of sponging for the grass and sky, the birds are from another SU set called "Up, Up and Away" (2011-2012).

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from the same Flourishes set I used to create the mountains, the tree is from the same SU on the front.

I hope you come and visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and get even more inspired by the beautiful creations of my awesome teammates.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Spring Flowers Heart.........

Hello everyone: Every time I post on my blog I'm hoping that each one of you who come to visit me, are doing well, all I can say is that we must observe the guidelines of staying home, protect ourselves and keep our distances, I know it's hard but these guidelines are there for the good of everybody.

Stay healthy and safe.

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My teammates over at RETRO RUBBER want to inspire you to join us in our gallery with lots and lots of Spring flowers, here is the card I made for this challenge.

This stamp is from a 2018 set from Power Poppy called Always Here, a beautiful image with lots of lovely sentiments, and it happens to be on sale right now, just saying.

I stamped this flowery heart with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I love how all of these flowers form a sweet heart and that little snail is just adorable.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a 2017 SU set called "Delicate Borders", the sentiment and the little snail are from the Powe Poppy set, and the tulip leaf from a 2013 Flourishes set called "Tulips for Friends".

I hope you stop by the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog and join us in the gallery, remember to use stamps that are older than a year, all our rules are at the top of the page.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

The Paper Girls Challenge

Use Your Stuff

"Flowers and/or Butterflies"

Always Fun Challenges

#161 "Female or Mom"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay safe and healthy.

Cyber hugs.

Maria.

Tulips are Red..........

Hello everyone: I hope you and your family are doing well, I know it's hard to stay indoors and observe all the guidelines that seem so restrictive, but we must remember it's for our own safety and well being and also, to help the amazing caregivers out there who are in the front lines caring for the sick, we help them by staying inside.

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE has a new one for you for the month of May and it's fun and, I think, easy to play with, MONOCHROME so you can choose any color for your images, white, black and cream are also allowed.
This is my card and I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

This is an image from an old Flourishes set called "Tulips for Friends", stamped with Versafine black ink, clear heat embossed it and colored with my still juicy Stampin' Up! Real Red and Basic Black markers. I added some Rhine Stones to the pitcher for a bit of bling.

Some twine for the bow, the sentiment is from the Tulips stamp set and was die cut with the Spellbinders "Hemstitch Squares", (nbus), pattern paper from stash.

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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", the tulip from the "Tulips for Friends" set.

I hope you come and play along with us at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, remember to read our rules and to make Flowers the main focus on your cards.

Visit our blog to get more inspiration from the rest of the awesome DT.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs.

Maria.

The Angry Rat............

Hello everyone: I hope everyone is doing well, I know it's hard to stay inside and not being able to do what we used to do before this whole thing started, but we just have to stay strong and remember that, staying home helps a lot, especially those in the front lines, they are the heroes, God Bless You All.

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I've been having a lot of fun using the rats from the Katzelkraft set called Les Rats des Villes, these critters are a riot, love them all. 

Yes, it is!!! Hahaha!! 

I stamped this fellow on a scrap piece of gray card stock and just added a bit of color with my Prismacolor pencils then fussy cut it, I put painters tape on the delicate parts like the ears, teeth and his tail just to give the paper a bit more sturdiness when I'm cutting it, the hole on the wall is a stamp of unknown origins, I've tried to find it "out there" but I couldn't, I'm sorry.

I stamped it on the brick pattern paper and then cut out the middle and glued my rat in front, I attached this panel to a dark gray panel with foam tape.

The sentiment is handwritten by me. 

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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" (retired), and I stamped the bottom half of another rat to give the illusion it's like running away, LOL!!

I want to play with the following challenges.

Day of the Month Challenge

World Rat Day.

Little Red Wagon

Challenge #547 "White (or any other color) Space.

Try it on Tuesday

Black and White + one color, Pink on my rat.

Unicorn Challenge

#53 "Furry Friends"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.

Cyber hugs.

Maria.

A Robin's Mother's Day..............

Hello everyone: I hope all of you are doing well, I keep hoping that soon things will go back to a new "normal" for us, although I feel for all of the thousands of people who have lost loved ones or are sick themselves with this virus.
I also want to thank all of the caring doctors and nurses around the world who are taking care of everyone who's affected, God Bless You!!!!!
I'm thanking also the workers at grocery stores, the post office, pharmacies, gas stations, etc., we are eternally grateful for your selfless service.
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Now, my teammates and I at SHOPPING OUR STASH have a new challenge for you for the next 10 days, with Mother's Day approaching, we want to see cards for Moms, here is mine and I hope it inspires you to play along.

This card was created with 4 different Stampin' Up! sets, I really love it when I can combine my stamps on my cards, I really SHOPPED MY STASH to find each of these sets, they are part of my most cherished ones.

Thank goodness for the MISTI, it helped me position each image to create this sweet, little Spring/Mother's Day scene.

The nest is from a 2009-2010 SU set called "Nature's Nest"

The Robin, the little eggs on the inside of my card  and foliage are from a 2011 SU set called "Nature Walk"

The sentiment is from a 2009-2010 SU set called "Teeny Tiny Wishes"

The butterflies are from a 2012-2013 SU set called "Papillon Potpourri"

Each image is stamped by applying the marker to the rubber stamp on the MISTI using different colors, (Check out this video by Virginia Lu) it's a great way to give your images a watercolored look. 

I added some shading with my Prismacolor pencils.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

 

The sentiment is from a 2012 Stampabilities greetings set called "Card Phrases"

I hope you hop over the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and check out my teammates' creations, get inspired and come join us in our gallery.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Artsystamper Challenge

#14 "Springtime"

Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge

#55 "Spring Things"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.

Sending lots of love and cyber hugs.

Maria.😷