A Forgotten Rhododendron.

Hello dear friends: I hope all of you and your families are doing well, things are getting better out there, but I believe we are not out of the woods yet, so we still have to be cautious, keep our distance and keep wearing our masks.

I have a card I created with a forgotten, NBUS stamp from "Technique Tuesday" called RHODODENDRON, I don't recall buying this set, the date on the stamp says 2014 so, if I bought it, it's been waiting patiently for me to wake up and see it, sheeesh!!

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This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

The Rhododendron is from "Technique Tuesday"

The sentiment in front is from the same set.

The sentiment inside is from Flourishes "Hydrangea" (2012)

Prismacolor Pencils.

I'm playing with.....

My Time To Craft

#458 "Floral"

Color Crazy Challenge

Week #21 "Anything Goes Coloring"

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

My Little Drummer Boy.

 Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and still wearing your masks.

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DEAR FRIENDS: YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW THAT FEEDBURNER WON'T BE MANAGING EMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS STARTING IN JULY SO, MY DEAR FRIEND VIVIEN HODGE, A TEAMMATE FROM "THE FLOWER CHALLENGE" WAS KIND AND SWEET TO HELP ME ADD THE "FOLLOW" TAB THAT IS LOCATED RIGHT UNDER MY TRIATHLON PICTURE. YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND SIGN UP AS A FOLLOWER.

I MUST CONFESS THAT I REALLY DON'T LIKE THESE CHANGES, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THINGS WERE BUT, LIKE WITH EVERYTHING IN LIFE, CHANGES HAPPEN.  

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My almost 14 year old grandson, Steven Michael was recently awarded "Most Accomplished and Dedicated Band Member" at his Middle School, he plays the drums.    

So this is a card I made to congratulate my sweet grandson, we feel so blessed and grateful to have our grandchildren in our lives from the moment they were born.

This is the INSIDE.

This is a quote I found on the internet, I attached it to the inside flap of the card.

And this is what I used.

The image is from the Internet, it's just the black silhouette of the drummer, I added gold paint to the edges of the drum set, I punched out the front of the big drum and replaced it with gold glimmer paper.

The "rays" around this drummer are also cut from glimmer paper, the initials of Steven Michael's name are die cut from blue foil paper.  The school colors at Steven's school are blue and white.

The quote on the inside is also from the Internet, I really love what it says.

As many of you know already, it's really, really hard to create cards for teenage boys, so I'm happy to have an abundance of images and quotes from famous drummers to help me make cards that are suitable for this amazing young man.

I want to play with these challenges.

Allsorts Challenge

Di's Digi Challenge

"Show Sparkle"

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

A Friend Like No One Elf.

 Hello everyone: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and still wearing your masks.

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I'm counting the minutes to post this card, this challenge almost escaped me so, without further ado, here it is.

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This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

My Favorite Things "Santa's Elves"

Sentiments both in front and inside and the little gifts

are from the same set.

Sakura Koi watercolors.

Prismacolor pencils for the Elf's little face.

I want to play with these challenges.

Color Hues.

Cute Card Thursday

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

A Mousey Birthday.

 Hello dear friends: As always, I hope and pray that you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and still wearing your masks.

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I have a few Whipper Snapper plain rubber stamps that I haven't used in a long while so, here's a card created with one of them.

This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

The Mouse is from Whipper Snapper Designs but I think this particular

image is discontinued.

I colored it with Prismacolor pencils.

I die cut the image and then, stamped the candle, colored it

and glued it to the image.

The sentiments are from Power Poppy's "Party Time" and

"Tea in the Garden".

The balloon is from Hero Arts "Be Happy Today". 

The pattern papers are from my stash.

Now, for some unknown reason, my usual "swimbikerunandstamp" watermark that I use for my non-Designer Team's cards, is not working, I don't know why, it just doesn't want to stick to my image so, I resorted to putting the watermark from  "The Flower Challenge" which is one of my Designer Teams.

I hope I can figure out what the heck is going on with my regular watermark.

Anyway, I want to play with the following challenges.

The Paper Players 

A Sketch Challenge from Jaydee.

AAA Birthday

Game #25 "Happy Birthday"

Crafting Happiness Challenges

Anything Goes, option "Color It"

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Antique Silver Teapot.

Hello every one: I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and still wearing your masks.

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Welcome to a new RETRO RUBBER challenge, this time is the ever so popular "Anything Goes" so, we hope you come over and play with us in our gallery.

This is what I made to inspire you to join us.

Ok, this might look to you like just a rectangle, but in reality is a box that could hold just about whatever you want to put in it, I chose to put tea bags, I can fit 20 or more of someone's favorite teas.

I followed the directions on THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL by the fabulous Julie DiMatteo on her blog called THE PAPER PIXIE.  She created this box back in February of 2020, I'm so addicted to her videos!!

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This is a picture of the inside and the sides of the lid, you can fit 20+ bags of tea inside this box.

This is what I used.

The teapot image is from Lizzie Anne Designs but I bought it from E-bay 4 years ago.

The black ornamental image is from a retired SU die set called "Detail Bands" (2020)

The sentiment and little teacup on top of the box are from a 2010 Flourishes set called "Christmas Tea"

The ribbon is from my stash.

So I hope you hop over Julie's video tutorial and give this fun and easy box a try and then, come and join my teammates and I at our gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today, be sure to visit the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria. 

Under the Sea.....

 Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other safe and wearing your masks. 

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Welcome to another challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, the theme for the next 10 days is "Gnome about it", you can use a Gnome or any other Magical Creature, I chose this sweet Mermaid because I don't have any Gnomes, this is something I need to fix ASAP.

This is the INSIDE

And this is what I used.

The Mermaid is from Stampendous

The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

The bubbles are from Memory Box

The "pebbles" on the ocean floor are stamped

with SU "Gorgeous Grunge" (retired)

The enamel dots are from Gina Marie Designs.

The sentiment in front is from Power Poppy "Best Day Ever"

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy "Sassy Succulents"

The banner is from Spellbinders Shapablilities

I used Prismacolor pencils and shimmer watercolor paints.

I hope you'll hop over the SHOPPING OUR STASH Challenge blog and check out my teammates' awesome inspirational cards and then, come and play along with us in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Butterfly Wishes.

 Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe.

I have a nice collection of Butterfly dies, this card was created with one of my favorite images.

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This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

The butterfly is from Cherry Lynn.

"Quilt Top" embossing folder, from SU (retired)

"Ornate Borders" dies from SU (retired)

"Hemstitch Squares" from Spellbinders.

The sentiment on the front is from Power Poppy "Dynamic Duos, Peonies and Tulips"

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy "Always Here"

I want to play with these challenges.

Fab Friday

Stamps & Fun

Gold/Silver.

Creatalicious Challenge

Anything Goes/optional for a woman.

Thank you so much for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.