They Call Me a Witch!!

 Hello dear friends: I always hope and pray that each one of you and your families are ok, that you are taking care of yourselves and each other and that you are wearing your masks.

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I'm here again with another theme from TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE and I hope you come and play with us in our gallery.

This is our Mood Board, lots of fabulous images to choose from, colors and ideas (I would love to have that hat) so I hope you get inspired and join my fabulous teammates and me and play along.

And here's the card I made to inspire you, hope to see your creations in our gallery.

This fun and fabulous image is from Whipper Snapper and it's called Hitchin' A Ride, I love it, especially love that kitty hanging on for dear life.

I stamped it on Canson Mixed Media paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with some distress inks and Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up! set called "Tee-Hee-Hee", (2014), the ribbon is from my stash, the pattern paper from "My Paper Studio", from Hobby Lobby.  The "craters" on the moon were stamped with one of the stamps on a Waffle Flower set called "Layering Marble"

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This is how the INSIDE looks like.

The sentiment and accessories are from the SU set.

I hope you come and play along, we can't wait to see what you create.

Stop by the TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE blog to get more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe and PLEASE wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

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Harvest Mice.

 Hello dear friends: As always, I pray that you and your families are healthy and safe in these very difficult times we're living.

Take care of each other and please, wear your masks.

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Many of you know I love mice, as well as spiders.....people find this weird, well maybe it is but that's me. Mind you, I don't have any of these little critters inside my house, especially mice but I do find the occasional spider going up a wall or dashing across the foyer or kitchen floor so, I proceed to catch it with a plastic glass and a piece of cardboard and gently put it outside.

Ok, enough about these critters.  I have a card I've been itching to finish done with another favorite set of little mice.

This is the INSIDE 

And this is what I used.

My Favorite Things "Harvest Mouse"

Pattern Paper from my stash.

Prismacolor pencils. 

Gamsol and paper stumps.

I would like to play with this challenges.

The Paper Players

Cardz 4 Galz

Challenge # 133 "Fall/Autumn"

Not Halloween, please.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe and please wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

Grab a Cup or Two.....

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are safe and healthy, take care of yourselves and each other and please, wear your masks.

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge has a warm and cozy theme for you to play with for the next 10 days.  The theme is "Warm Beverages" so here's the card I made to inspire you to come and play along.

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Here's the INSIDE.

Stuff I used.

Stampin' Up! "Morning Cup" (2010-2011)

Flourishes "Grab a Cup" (2013)

Concord & 9th. "Winter Wear" (2018)

Stazon black ink.

SU markers.

WOW Gold embossing powder.

DSP from Lili of the Valley.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy, safe and PLEASE wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

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A Very Beary Christmas.

 Hello everyone: Every day I pray that you and your families are doing ok in these very difficult times. I hope you are keeping safe and healthy and also, please wear your masks.

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I decided to create a little Christmas card using my stash of uncolored images.

This image is from Lili of the Valley, I have it in plain rubber from years ago, all the papers are also from this company but they are all retired, so sad.

I stamped the image on Canson Mixed Media paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I added some gold details and lots of glitter.

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This is the INSIDE. 

The sentiment and the snowflakes are from Power Poppy set called "Snow Kissed"

I'm playing along with these challenges.

Cheerful Sketches

I used it on the vertical.

Christmas Crafts All Year Round

Creative Sketchy Girls

Thank you for visiting.

Stay healthy and safe and please, wear your masks.

XO

Maria.

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Carve Some Pumpkin Fun!!

 Hello everyone: Every time I post I'm praying and hoping you and your families are healthy and safe, please take care of yourselves and each other.

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Well, Halloween is fast approaching so it's time to add a few more cards to our stash so my teammates and I at the RETRO RUBBER challenge want to inspire you to create your cards using the colors on our inspiration board.

This is the card I made.

This image is from Stampendous (2015) and so is the BOO sentiment, bought almost at the same time. The spider web embossing is from SU (retired).

I stamped the images with Versamark black ink and clear heat embossed them, colored them with Tim Holtz distress inks.

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This is the inside.

Both the sentiment and the pumpkin are from an old Flourishes set called "Witching You a Happy Halloween" (2010)

So I hope you come and check out the RETRO RUBBER challenge page to get more inspiration from my fabulous teammates and come and play along with us in out gallery, we can't wait to see what you create.

Don't forget to read our rules and remember to use at least one of your stamps that is older than one year.

Until next time, stay healthy, safe and please wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

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I believe in Fairies.

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your family are safe and healthy, take care of yourselves and each other and please, wear your masks.

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I haven't used my magical stash of Fairy rubber stamps that I got from my husband's aunt as a gift after she found them at a thrift store all in a box, dirty and stained, I just washed them and now, I have about 25 amazing images of the most gorgeous Faeries I've ever seen on a plain red rubber stamp, this is one of them.

I stamped the image on a piece of Canson Mixed Media paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with SU markers and Prismacolor pencils. I used gold paint for her wings and the dress.

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This is the INSIDE

The sentiment is from a retired Flourishes set called "Orchids" and I always use it when I make my Fairy cards. The little Fairy on the corner is from a stamp set by 49 & Market called "Friends Forever".

I want to play along with the following challenges.

The Dream Factory Challenge

Unicorn Challenge

Spooky and/or Cute

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge

Spooky or Cute

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe and PLEASE wear your masks.

XO
Maria.

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A Pair of Silhouettes.

 Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, take care of yourselves and each other and please, wear your masks.

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I usually create my cards for The Twofer Challenge not very long after I find out what the theme is but, this time around, I got stumped.  The prompt for this challenge is "Silhouettes" and I knew I was in trouble. I only have 2 sets with solid silhouette images so I pulled them out and placed them on my work table, so I could stare at them every day and try to figure out what to create with them.

Here are my Twofers.

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I decided to use this image from an old SU set called "Fabulous Florets" (2011), the little bird was punched with the SU "Bird Builder Punch"

The sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Calla Lilies".

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This is the INSIDE 

The sentiment is from the Flourishes set.

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Here is my Twofer.

Same silhouette plus I added the butterfly from the 2012-2013 "Papillon Potpourri" from SU, I can't recall where the sentiment is from.

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This is the INSIDE 

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Everything's Even Rosier".

I want to play along with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge

Stamping Pals Challenge

Use Punches.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy, safe and PLEASE wear your masks!

XO
Maria.

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