A Little Reminder.

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

Well, we've arrived at the half-way point on THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, so I'm here with my reminder card to inspire you to come and play along.  The prompt for this challenge is CAS, I hope to see you in our gallery.

Our Guest Designer this month is the amazing Rachel Alvarado from Rachel Alvarado Designs 

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

The flower image is from our sponsor this month, Joy Claire Designs

Prismacolor pencils.

The "Thanks" sentiment is from Enchanted Iris, there's a coordinated Die Set 

The inside sentiment is also from this stamp set.

Thank you for visiting me today, I hope you go visit THE FLOWER CHALLENGE for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, come and join us in our gallery.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

A Cutie Pie of a Witch.

Hello dear friends: I hope you and your families are still doing well, I also hope you are fully vaccinated, I believe this is the only way to defeat this virus, we need to show IT who is boss!!

Ok, I'm here with a little reminder card for the fun and fabulous 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE.

This is our Inspiration Board.

Here is my card.

This adorable image is from Lili of the Valley, (retired), I figured since I created a really scary WITCH on that post, this time I will go for this cutie pie, seems to me that this pair of friends are going Trick or Treating, how sweet is that?

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This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

The image is from Lily of the Valley, retired, called "Halloween".

Pattern paper and ribbon from my stash.

The punched "Boo" might be from Fiskars, not sure.

Prismacolor pencils.

The inside sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up! set called

"Dark and Dreary" (2010)

So I hope you find some time to come and play with us at 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE.

Creating Halloween cards in June is fun.

For more inspiration, hop over the challenge blog and check out my teammates' awesome cards, then join us in our gallery.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

Seashell Treasures.

Hello everyone: I'm always hoping that you and your families are doing well, we are fully vaccinated up here but we still wear our masks. Best wishes for health and peace.

Well, it's Sunday and it's really hot out there so, my hubby and I have been just chilling inside, watching movies and snacking.  I'm coming a bit late with this card, hoping I can make it before the challenge over at Color Hues closes in a few hours.

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This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

Flourishes "Seaside Life" (2009).

Prismacolor pencils.

Stampin' Up! "Gorgeous Grunge" (2013-2014)

I want to play with:

Color Hues

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Never Too Cute.....

 Hello everybody: I hope you and your families are doing well, staying safe and healthy wearing your masks.

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Welcome to another SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge, this time we want you to create cards featuring your FURRY BABIES.  No matter what you have, if it has fur, we want to see it.  Here's my card, mind you, all through my life, I've had all 3 types of pets on this card, most times at the same time, LOL!!

This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

The adorable fur critters are from 2 Kaztelkraft, The Dogs (Les Chiens)

and The Cats (Les Chats) The little mouse comes in the cat's set.

The bench is from a set from Altenew called Garden Grow 

The masks were "borrowed" from a House Mouse set called Masked Mice, I inked just the mask and altered it a bit to fit the cat, dog and mouse faces, then, I stamped them on a separate piece of card stock color and fussy cut them.😊

The sentiment inside is from a retired Power Poppy set called "Sassy Succulents"

The mask on the lower left corner on the inside was inked up from one of these mice images with a marker, stamped and colored with Prismacolor pencils. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

My teammates and I can't wait to see your "Fur Babies" cards, don't forget to go check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog to get more inspiration from the rest of the Designer Team.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

BEE-a-utiful Friend.

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

A few months ago, my dear friend Patti Willey gifted me with an amazing stamp set from a company I've never heard of before, here's a card I created with the main image on this awesome set.

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This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

The stamp set that my friend gifted me with is from a company called Pink Ink Designs and the set is called "Bee-utiful" from the Wing Series.

I used Versafine black ink and heat clear embossed the bee, the wings were stamped on Vellum and fussy cut.

The sentiment inside is from a Power Poppy set called "Foxglove and Ranunculus"

I have a honeycomb stencil that I used to do the border on the inside.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Double D Challenges.

"BEE Inspired"

Pattie's Creations

"Things that Fly"

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Your comments are always appreciated, Thank You.

XO
Maria.

A CAS card for The Flower Challenge.

 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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CAS is the theme for the Month of June over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE and we have the fabulous Joy Claire Designs as our generous sponsor, she's giving our lucky winner 3 digital stamp sets of their choice up to a value of $25.00 so, please go check out her store and start making a wish list, her designs are beautiful.

The DT was gifted with some digital images and this is one of them.  This set is called "Spring Rose"

This is the INSIDE

And this is what I used.

This Image from Joy Claire Designs.

Prismacolor pencils.

The stencil is from Altenew "Splatter"

Tim Holtz distress inks.

Sentiment in front from Power Poppy "Always Here".

The sentiment inside from Power Poppy "Simply Camelias"

Border from SU retired "Bordering Blooms"

Butterfly corner punch from "The Paper Studio"

I hope you hop over to THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in our gallery, remember that the prize for our winner is a $25.00 gift voucher to the Joy Claire Designs store.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Bewitching.

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

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Welcome to another fun and fabulous 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE, we hope you come and play with us, here's the mood board to give you some inspiration but also, you can hop over our challenge blog page and check out my teammates' awesome creations.

This is the card I made, isn't this gal just gorgeous? I wonder what she's cooking.

I hunted these images after seeing a card on Pinterest that made me fall in love with this Witch back in October of 2017. I found that the Witch and the Cauldron are from a company called "Mostly Animals", which went out of business in 2005.  The spider is from a 2006 Stampin' Up! set called "Best Friends" I also found on eBay. By the way, this set has 4 other amazing images plus 2 sentiments.

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This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

The spider is from a 2006 SU set called "Best friends"

The Witch and Cauldron are from "Mostly Animals" (discontinued)

I used one of the dies on the 2018 SU set called "Cauldron Bubble" 

to stamp the sentiment in front and the broom for the inside. 

The sentiment inside (very fitting for this card, LOL!!) is from a

2012 Flourishes set called "Fresh Baked"

The spider inside is from a 2010 SU set called "Dark and Dreary"

Prismacolor pencils.

I don't know about you but I'm having a blast creating Halloween cards, I have a fabulous stash of fantastic images, from cute to down right scary, but all super fun, I'm so happy to be able to share them with you in an attempt to inspire you to dig out your fun Halloween images and play along, it's sad that all of these stamps are put away for 11 months of the year and only see the light when Halloween is approaching.  Find the kid in you and come and play with us.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.