Morning Glory, Geraniums and Tulips.......

Hello Everyone: I'm here again wishing all of you health and safety, as the Country slowly attempts to get back to "business as usual", be cautious and safe.

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My RETRO RUBBER teammates and I have another Tic, Tac, Toe challenge for you to play with for the next 10 days, I hope to see you in our gallery.

Here's the card I made using the last horizontal row.

Have you ever lost something in your craft room, gave up looking and then found it again? Well, the little flower pots on this card are from a totally forgotten "Flower Soft" kit I bought maybe 7 or 8 years ago, I still have 2 uncut sheets of flower pots, 3 of glass vases and 3 of urns, so pretty and detailed, all you have to do is fussy cut them.

The flowers are from an old Flourishes set called "From the Garden" (2012), I stamped them on white card stock, colored them with my Prismacolor pencils and then fussy cut them.

The butterfly is from a SU set called "Papillon Potpourri" (2012-2013)

I used an old birch stencil for my background, the pattern paper is from a retired line from Lili of the Valley.

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

 

The sentiment and gardening tools are from the Flourishes set.

I hope you come and play along with us at RETRO RUBBER, please remember to use stamps older than one year, read our rules for more details.

I'm playing along with these challenges.

Dare2BArtzy

May Challenge "In the Garden"

Thank you for visiting today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Painted Harvest Twofer.......

Hello everyone: I'm posted very late today, we were busy trimming bushes and old branches because today was the last day for the service to come and pick them up to make mulch, it rained a bit but we're done, phew!!

I hope all of you are doing well, it felt so good to be outside on this cloudy but warm day, doing something outdoors, it's hard not to be able to go anywhere, even after the "we're open" suggestion, heck NO!! we're staying put, grilling outside is awesome if you want a change of scenery??

Anywho, stay safe and healthy and don't rush into things, just saying.

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I finally finished my cards for the Twofer Challenge with the prompt word FLOWERS.

My cards are created with the retired SU set called "Painted Harvest", love this set, the flowers can be stamped in any color, as you can see in these pictures.

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My first card.

The inside.

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My Twofer.

This little bear was inspired by this card I saw on Pinterest, unfortunately, there's no name to credit, but I want to thank this crafter for the inspiration.

The inside.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

Stamping Sensations

May Challenge "Say it with Flowers"

The Cutie Pie Challenge

#147 "Pretty in Pink"

Stamps & Fun = Creativity

Challenge #368 "Baby"

The card I'm submitting is the pink one.

This is what I used:

Stamps:

SU "Painted Harvest".

SU "Flowering Fields".

SU "Bordering Details".

Power Poppy "Summer Berries"

Inks: 

SU "Daffodil Delight"

SU "Hello Honey"

Altenew "Caramel Toffee"

Altenew "Coral Berry"'

Altenew "Frosty Pink"

Tim Holtz "Peeled Paint"

Tim Holtz "Shabby Shutters"

The sentiments on the baby card are

from a miscellaneous box.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay Healthy and Safe.

Hugs.

Maria. 

Let Freedom Ring.......

Hello everyone: It's my ever-present hope that you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.  We are doing fine up here, my family and I are still in lockdown, venturing out only for groceries, wearing our masks and gloves, this makes me think of how free we felt before this pandemic started, now, even a trip to the store is a worrisome task.

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This card needs no sentiment, I believe the images speak for themselves.

The Flag is from Our Daily Bread and it's called Old Flag, the image of the line of Soldiers is from Deep Red Stamps and it's called Band of Soldiers.

The Flag was stamped on Strathmore Bristol paper with gray Stazon ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils, the Soldiers were stamp on the same paper with Versafine black ink, clear heat embossed and fussy cut.

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Here's the INSIDE.

The sentiment was stamped with a very old alphabet set, the letters are kind of wonky looking and hard to keep from toppling over either side, if it wasn't for the MISTI stamping the letters would have been even harder.

The little Flag waving little girl is from an old Flourishes set called "Patriotism on Parade" (2009)

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

The Card Concept

I was inspired by the Flags and colors to create

my Shabby and Vintage card.

Thank you for visiting.

Stay safe and healthy.

XO

Maria.

Deep Purple Dreams............

Hello again, everyone: I hope all of you and your families are doing well, observing the guidelines and being patient, there's no other way to deal with pandemic if we want to conquer it.

Stay safe and healthy.

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I'm here with my reminder post for THE FLOWER CHALLENGE with a theme of MONOCHROME, this is my card, and I hope to see you in our gallery.

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Inside of my card.

This is what I used to create this card.

Stamps: "SU Petite Petals" (2014)

SU "Apothecary Art" (2012)

SU "Papillon Potpourri" (2012-2013)

SU "Delicate Borders" (2017)

Flourishes "Gerbera Daisies" (2014)

Spellbinders "Tranquil Moments"

SU "Petite Petals Punch"

Prismacolor Pencils.

Inks: Tim Holtz distress ink.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Double D Challenges

I hope you stop by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog to check out my teammates' beautiful creations.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay safe and healthy.

Maria.

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.