All About Books.......

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and staying healthy and safe.

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH CHALLENGE BLOG has a new one for you to play with, our theme for the next 10 days is "BOOKS", so look in your stash and find some stamps with books and share your card with us in our gallery.

This is the card I made to inspire you to play along, and hop over to the challenge page to see my teammates' awesome inspiration projects.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Flourishes "On the Porch" (2012)

My own DSP stamped with the "Artistically Inked" SU set, I added some gold details to mimic the real one😊

The sentiment in the front is computer-generated.

The one on the inside and the little flower pots are from a Stampin' Up! set called "Garden Pleasures" (2001)

Prismacolor pencils, paper stumps and Gamsol.

I hope you go and SHOPPING OUR STASH, come along and join my teammates and me in our gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria. 

Artistically Inked.

 Hello everyone: I'm always praying and hoping you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other, staying healthy and safe.

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I have a card to share with you today made with a NBUS stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Artistically Inked bundle.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Artistically Inked"

Tim Holtz distress inks.

I created my own DSP for the background using the long stamp from the set and then applying gold ink with a small brush to some areas, I had the picture of the actual DSP from this suite on my screen, I think it came out pretty good if I say so myself😉

I fell in love with this set as soon as I saw it in the catalog, I absolutely love the watercolor look of all the images.

I want to play with:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

"Sparkle and Shine"

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Sweet Peas.

 Hello everyone: I'm always praying that you and your families are doing well, doing whatever it takes to stay healthy and safe.

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The theme for the month of September over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is:

This is a beautiful color and we can't wait to see what you create.

I went looking for some pictures of Turquoise things and I found these beautiful stones:

And these beautiful flowers.

And this is the card I created to inspire you to play with us.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used:

Flourishes "Sweet Peas" (2009)

Prismacolor pencils.

So I hope you come and play along with us over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, please remember to read our rules, they are simple but important. 

Now, the month of October signals our 5th. Birthday, so I hope you guys come and check out our blog and play along, we're going to have some fun and fabulous surprises for you.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

From the Desk Off......

 Hello everyone: I'm always hoping and praying that you and your families are doing well, keeping each other safe and healthy.

I have a second post to share with you today, this card was super fast to create.

This is the inside.

This is a detail of the sweet little inkwell.

This is the very first stamp set I bought from Flourishes back in 2011.

I fell in love with these images the first time I saw them.

I positioned the stamp in a way that allowed me to ink up the image with a marker. I lightly added color with my Prismacolor pencils.

For the inside corner detail, I stamped the inkwell and then, again positioned the stamp with the pen on the MISTI to lean it on the edge of the inkwell.

The spots are heat embossed with WOW Gold embossing powder.

The sentiments are from the set.

The detail on the inside top is from SU "Delicate Details" (2017)

I want to play along with:

Less is More

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

A Gift from a Friend.....

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

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The fun and fabulous "TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE has a new photo inspiration for you in September, we can't wait to see what you create.  Here's my card to inspire you to play along.

this is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The sentiment, which I heat embossed with purple glitter embossing powder, the skull and bones, the creepy tree and the haunted house are a gift from my dear friend Sonny Peterson, whom I've known since 2012, she got these dies at amazon.

The inside sentiment is from flourishes set called "witching you a happy Halloween" (2010)

The flying bats are from a background stamp but I just can't remember where I got it.

This challenge gives you the chance to add to your Halloween cards stash, so if you are like me and still love sending spooky cards to family and friends, this challenge is for you.

my teammates and I can't wait to see what you create.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Be Mice and Stay Masked!!!!!!

 Hello everyone: As always, I hope you and your families are staying healthy and safe, even little Maxwell here is wearing his mask.

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I created this card to gently remind you guys to keep wearing your masks, I know they can be a nuisance, especially because you can't wear lipstick, but this is a small price to pay to stay healthy.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

House Mouse "Masked Mice"

Prismacolor pencils.

I'm playing along with:

CASology

Thank you for stopping by today.

Till next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Take Your selfie to the Beach!!

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are healthy and safe and that you are taking care of each other, this virus does not forgive, the solution is simple, that's all I will say.

The SHOPPING OUR STASH CHALLENGE theme for the next ten days is "Summer Loving", which means make a card with a Summer theme.

Here's the card I made to inspire you to play along.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Mo's Digital Pencil "Beach Baby"

Prismacolor pencils.

Both the sentiment in front and inside are from the Power Poppy set

called "Best Day Ever"

I hope you come and play along with my teammates and me over at

SHOPPING OUR STASH, we can't wait to see what you create.

Till next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.