Black Eye Susan Reminder

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

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My teammates and I over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, have arrived at the halfway point of our July challenge so I'm here with a little reminder card to inspire you to play along.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Flourishes "With Gratitude" (2011)

Kraft Card Stock.

Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you can come and join my teammates and me at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, we can't wait to see what you create.

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!!!!!!!

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

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The 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE has arrived at the halfway point so here's our fabulous mood board to inspire you to play along with us. These images are awesome.

I took my inspiration from that delicious looking cake, I found the perfect image among my stamps, what do you think??

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this is the inside.

and this is what I used.

Power Poppy "party time" for the cake.

DSP and ribbon from my stash.

The bat is a gift from my good friend Sonny.

Prismacolor pencils.

the inside sentiment is from stampendous.

The spider web is from Stampin' Up!

I hope you come and play with us over at 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE, we can't wait to see what you create.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Gone With The Wind!!

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

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I have a card to share today that will go into my Christmas stash, I've been creating Holiday cards throughout the year so, when the Season arrives, I'm very confident I will have enough to send out to family and dear friends.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The darling image is from Stamping Bella and it's called 

"Seasons Greetings"

The "Let it Snow" tag is from Flourishes "Warm Winter Wishes"

The sentiment inside is from Power Poppy's "Poinsettia"

The candy canes are from Power Poppy's "Merry Littles"

Prismacolor pencils.

Embossing paste.

I want to play with these challenges.

CASology

Crafty Catz Challenge #603

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges

Thank you for stopping by today and for your comments, they always make my day.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Your Big Day!!!

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

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I think you can't never have enough Birthday cards so, I created this one to add to my stash.

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This is the inside.

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And this is what I used.

Power Poppy "Party Time" (2016)

Stampin' Up! "Curly Cute" (2010-2011)

Penny Black "Cupcakes" 

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from my stash.

I want to play with these challenges.

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Addicted to Stamps and More #433 "Birthdays"

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they always make my day.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Friendship Rose.

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

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The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has this awesome and fun sketch for you to play with, so we hope you come and play along with us in our gallery.

Please don't forget to use stamps that are at least one year old, ok?

This is my card.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Power Poppy's "Everything's Even Rosier" (2016)

Power Poppy "Best Day Ever" (2015)

Prismacolor pencils.

Gina Marie Enamel Dots.

Pattern paper from my stash.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments, they always make my day.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Shells and Memories.

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

The SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge has a new theme for you to play with, we want to see you use your blending tools and inks to create your cards, so this is going to be fun and a great chance for you to practice using this beautiful technique.

I hardly ever use blending on my cards but I have to tell you, I had a lot of fun doing it this time.

Here's my card and I hope it inspires you to come and play along.

Creating this card took me on a memory lane trip back to when our grandkids were little and we took them on Spring Break Vacations to the beaches of Mexico and Florida.  Sitting on a launch chair, watching them run around on the sand with their buckets picking up little shells, and then, dashing over to us to show their little treasures are truly sweet memories that we will hold on to forever.

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This is the inside.

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And this is what I used.

Flourishes "Seaside Life" (2009)

Stampin' Up! "Up, Up and Away" (2011-2012)

Prismacolor pencils for the shells.

Tim Holtz Distress inks for the blending.

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I want to play with the following challenges.

Daring Cardmakers 

I picked the shells, the colors and the blending sky.

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments, they always make my day.

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

PS. I apologize for the comment section being so far down my post, I have no idea why it's like that.  If any of you have experienced this problem and figured out a solution, I would appreciate it so much if you would share it with me. 

Thank you.

Sweet Pea......

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

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Dear stamping friends, it's time for a new theme at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE so, for the month of July, we want you to create Clean and Simple cards and come and play with us in our gallery.

This is the card I created to inspire you to join us, and I hope you stop by our blog to check out the beautiful creations of my teammates.

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This is the inside.

This is what I used.

"Sweet Peas" from Power Poppy.

SU "Etched in Nature" for the inside sentiment.

Prismacolor pencils.

Kraft cardstock.

I hope you come by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE to get more inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments, they always make my day.

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.