My First Cloisonne attempt.....

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

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I'm a person who loves to try new things at least once if anything, just to see if I can do them.  Recently I heard of a new (to me) technique called "Cloisonne", I saw a few video tutorials on how to do it and, to my delight, it's really simple, what took a little longer was to find my magazines and browse through the pages looking for the best images with lots of colors, to use.  So, here's my first ever "Cloisonne" card, please let me know what you think, ok?

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Peaceful Petals" (2014)

Flourishes "Tulips for Friends" (2013)

Tim Holtz "Alterations" Die set.

Flourishes "Hydrangea" (2012)

I want to play with:

CAS Mix Up Challenge 

For my added elements I added "Fussy Cutting", "Dry Embossing"

and "Heat Eembossing"

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they are very much appreciated.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Happily Ever After.......

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

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We've come to the halfway point on THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, the theme is "Occasions" and my card is celebrating a Wedding Day.

I had a dental appointment last week and, while waiting to be called, I was browsing a magazine and found this amazing bouquet of Pink Calla Lillies, I've never seen these flowers in person but they are gorgeous.

So I decided to make a sort of CAS Wedding card, with these flowers before they are tied up into a bouquet with the ribbon.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Flourishes "Calla Lillies" (2012)

Concord & 9th. "Happy Day" (2016)

Altenew "Beautiful Day" (2015)

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Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they are very much appreciated.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Botanical Plates for RR #176

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

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The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has a fun sketch for you to play with, here's my card and I hope you come and play along with us in our gallery.

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This is the inside.

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And this is what I used.

Flourishes "Botanical Plates" (2013)

Stampin' Up! "Quite Curvy" (2020)

Flourishes "Camelias" (2012)

Flourishes "Hydrangea" (2012)

Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you get inspired to come and play with my teammates and me over at the RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE BLOG, we can't wait to see what you create.

For more inspiration, check out my teammates' beautiful cards in our gallery.

Don't forget to use stamps that are older than one year, if you are like me, you most definitely have some.  We would love it if you please add our inspiration board to your blog post and, if you can, tell us the age of your stamps.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they are very much appreciated.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Hats Off To You!!!!!!!

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

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH#464 challenge for the next 10 days theme is "You Deserve a Hand" so, create a card with hands or a Congratulations card, as you can see, mine is a Graduation card, what better time to give "Hands Up" to someone achieving this milestone. 

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The Graduation caps are from a set of dies but I forget where they came from,

I apologize.

The sentiments are from a little stamp set from "Fiskars".

The little horn is from a 2014 Power Poppy set called "Marcella's Mixtape Vol. 1"

DSP and embellishments from my stash.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments.

For more inspiration to play along, please visit the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and check out my teammates' fabulous creations.

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Miss Batty Princess......

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

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Today is the reminder day for the "2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE" so here's my card and I hope it inspires you to play along.

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this is the inside

and this is what I used.

Kraftin' Kimmie "Batty princess", she is a cutie pie!!

the inside sentiment is from "inkadinkado"

the little tombstone is also from Kraftin' kimmie.

Prismacolor pencils.

so i hope you decide to get a head start on your halloween cards and come and join my teammates and me in our gallery, go check out the rest of the team's fabulous creations.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

xo

maria.

Coffee With a Friend......

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

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I have a few stamp sets with coffee and teapots, little cups, and mugs and the one I used for today's card is one of my favorites.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

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

Stampin' Up! "Quite Curvy" stamp set (2020) retired.

The inside sentiment from Flourishes "Coffee With Friends" (2007-2008)

SU Pinking Hearts Punch. (retired) for the teeny, tiny hearts.

Prismacolor Pencils.

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I want to play with these challenges.

CAS Colours& Sketches

 Hand Stamped Sentiments

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they are very much appreciated.

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Carrot Nose......

 Hello everyone: As always, I'm hoping you and your families are doing well, staying healthy and safe.

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I'm sharing this card today created with some of the cutest Snowman around, I haven't played with these stamps from Purple Onion in ages, shame on me, but you can be sure you will see more cards featuring these adorable images from Stacy Yacula.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Purple Onion Winterberry (Stacey Yacula)

Purple Onion Winter Bird (Stacey Yacula)

Inside sentiment from Power Poppy "Serene Scenes"

Prismacolor pencils.

Gena Marie Designs Rhine Stones and Enamel Dot.

I want to play with these challenges.

Peace on Earth

My Time To Craft "Christmas"

 Addicted to Stamps and More

Challenge #422 "Christmas"

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they are greatly appreciated.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.