The Flower Challenge #48.

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are still doing well, do your best to stay healthy, safe and please don't forget to wear your masks.

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The new theme for THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is a color one, we would love to see your cards created with PINK and BROWN in our gallery.

This is the card I created to inspire you to come and play along.

We are being sponsored this month by BUGABOO STAMPS who's generously giving a $12.00 gift code to our lucky winner, this is enough to get approximately 4 digital stamps.  They have so many beautiful and fun stamps for you to choose from, my card is made with one of them.

I printed the image on Canson Mixed Media paper and colored it with Prismacolor pencils.  I'm not very sure where the die-cut sentiment comes from, it's either from Elizabeth Craft Designs or Die Cuts & More, I apologize.

I cut the word 5 times, once with pink card stock, 4 times in black to give it dimension, it was a bit of a task to glue all 5 layers.

The frame was cut with the "Hemstitch Squares" from Spellbinders.

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This is the inside.

The border is from a SU set called "Delicate Details" (2017 SAB, retired), the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Sage Advise", on sale now😉

The climbing rose is from a SU set called Grace's Garden.

I hope you go and visit THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog for more inspiration from my teammates and come and join us in the gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria. 

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Gifts and Cake.

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, these are scary and worrisome times but we can get through them like we've done before.  When things are not working they must get fixed, CHANGES need to be made no matter how hard they might seem right now. 

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Isn't this a gorgeous bouquet of colorful flowers?

Well, my teammates and I over at the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog want you to use these beautiful colors on your cards and come and play along with us in our gallery. 

These festive and delightful images are just perfect for kids and adults alike. 

My card is a CASE of THIS gorgeous card created by my dear friend Leslie Miller, her blog Running With Scissors is jam-packed with beautiful cards, I hope you go and check it out.

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used to create this card.

Front of the card.

"Party Time" from Power Poppy

The sentiment is from Power Poppy "Simply Camellias"

The inside.

The sentiment is from Power Poppy "Best Day Ever" (sold out😢)

Die cut from Spellbinders "Oval Regalia"

Little gift box from There She Goes "Wrapped in Joy"

So I hope you come and check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and join us in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Easter Lillies.

Hello everyone: I hope all is good with you and your families, I know it's hard to do what's right, especially when the weather is so hot, wearing a mask is uncomfortable, but being attached to a respirator.....well, you know what I mean.

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I've been working on creating some cards using my UFO's (Un-Finished Objects), you know? those stamped panels and layouts you kind of leave for later but never get around to finish.

I stamped two of this image, I'll make another card with a different design later.

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The image is from "Stampers Best" and was stamped on watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored with SU re-inkers and Prismacolor pencils.

The planter is from a super old kit from "Flower Soft" (I kind of fiddle with this style for a while), the patter paper is from "The Paper Studio" (one-sided), the sentiment (Power Poppy "Natural Beauties") was stamped on a die-cut from a Spellbinders set called "Tranquil Moments", I cut it in half for the sentiment and the decoration on the corner.

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The INSIDE

The sentiment is from Power Poppy "Everything's Even Rosier", the little flower from "Natural Beauties".

I'm playing with these challenges.

Daring Cardmakers

"In The Garden"

Color Crazy Craft Challenge

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

More UFO's Finished.

Hello everyone: I hope all of you and your families are doing ok dealing with these difficult and painful times, we need to pray and hope things will CHANGE soon.  Please don't forget to wear your masks.

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I'm sure most of you guys have a box or a drawer where you put stamped images or card layouts that maybe you weren't too happy with and thought of finishing later but never did?? Well, I have one box filled with these things and today, I'm sharing some of them. The image is the same, I think my original intention was to create some Holiday cards with it but either changed my mind or, most likely, forgotten about it. In any case, here they are.

As you can see, I used the same images changing the colors for each card.

I just love this little Snowman, the stamp doesn't have the ornaments, I just added some Gina Marie Designs enamel dots and some gold pen for the strings.

The sentiments are from a Power Poppy set called "Poinsettia", the ornaments on the inside are from a Penny Black set called "A Bright Tomorrow".

The embossing folder is called "Ornaments Hung" and it's from Darice.

The Snowman is from Inkadinkado, I couldn't get a link to work but here's the serial # if you are interested, 98379-DD.

I want to play with these challenges.

TIME OUT CHALLENGES

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

Hugs.

Maria.

A Purse For Any Occasion.

Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing ok dealing with all the pain and confusion of what's going on lately.  This is not new, every time it happens we feel outraged, claim something must be done to stop it but, other than the protests, nothing really changes.  But CHANGE is what we need, I hope it comes like lightning, and be decisive and just.

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I don't have a card to share today, what I have is an adorable little purse I created following the directions of Julie DiMatteo on THIS POST in here fabulous blog called "The Paper Pixie", as soon as I watched it, I just fell in love with it.

I promise you, this little purse is as beautiful as it is easy to create.

I changed it up a bit by adding a matt for the DSP, some enamel dots from Gina Marie Designs and, since I didn't have the Velcro Dots Julie used, (which I already ordered, 😉) I used little magnets. I also added a stamped little tag, which can be customized for any occasion.

The flower is from a Power Poppy stamp set called "Simply Camellias", which happens to be on sale now. I stamped it on white card stock with Spun Sugar DI from Tim Holtz and added shadows with a pink Prismacolor pencil.

The DSP is from a sadly retired line from Lili of the Valley.

I hope you go and check out Julie's blog and give this little purse a try, you'll love how easy and fun it is to create.

I'm playing along with these challenges.

Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge

Watercooler Wednesday

"All About Occasions"

Through the Craft Room Door

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Simpy Violets.

Hello dear blogging friends: I hope you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe in these very difficult times we're living at the moment.

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Violets and Violas are some of my favorite little flowers, they always seem to be smiling, their colors are beautiful but I love the purple ones the most.

I decided today to get another image from my box of "UFO's" (Un-finished Objects) and create a card with it.

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This is the INSIDE, I left it without a sentiment because more often than not, I need a different sentiment for the cards my family asks me to provide.

This card can very well be a "Birthday" card or a "Get Well" card.

This is what I used to create this card.

"Violets" from Flourishes (2009)

"Crackle Paint" Stampin' Up! 

"Curly Cute" Stampin' Up! (2010-2011)

Prismacolor Pencils.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

Inspire.Create.Challenges

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

A Little Bird Told Me.

Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, I know some children are going back to school, 3 of my grandkids started last week and I must confess I'm terribly worried because, in spite to what "some people" keep saying, children are also at risk of contracting this terrible virus and also, bringing it home to parents and elderly members of their families.

I pray that all children who are going back to school be blessed and kept safe and healthy.

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As you can see, the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has this fun sketch for you to play with for the next 10 days.

Here's the card I made to inspire you to come and play along in our gallery.

I love this image of a little Australian Parrakeet perched on this stack of teacups.

I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored it with Winsor&Newton watercolor markers. 

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This is the inside.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Always Here, the feather is from a Papertry Ink set called "Feather Finery" 

I want to play with the following challenges.

Crafting Happiness Challenges

Anything goes 

Color Crazy Challenge

I hope you go to the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog get more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.