Music to my ears!!!!!

Hello everyone: I have a card to share made with my favorite little critters, the House Mouse siblings, this time is a Holiday card, hope you like it.  I'm linking this card to a few challenges at the end of this post.

The image is stamped onto a panel of Strathmore Multimedia water color paper with Stazon black ink and colored with SU markers and an aqua painter. The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley and the pine branches and mistletoe from the brand new SU die set called Pretty Pines, just so beautiful.

The little jingle bells are from Memory Box, red twine from my stash.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The pretty image on the top is from the retired SU set called "Bordering Blooms", the sentiment is from Power Poppy Ponsettia stamp set and the little mug from Power Poppy Merry Littles.

I would like to enter this card onto the following challenges.

House Mouse challenge #229 "Christmas"

Christmas Sweet Stamping Challenge, "Anything Christmas Goes"

Crafty Creations Challenge #228 "Animals"

The Paper Shelter Challenge 272 "Christmas is Coming"

Unicorn Challenge Blog Challenge #15 "Snow/Snowflakes"

Thank you for stopping by, I always read all the comments you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Let Us Be Thankful.....

Hello everyone: The Holiday Season is well on it's way, Autumn is also in full swing with it's gorgeous colors and the days are clean and crisp inviting all of us to start thinking Turkeys, Pumpkin pies, warm family gatherings and delicious food but also, about being grateful for all of these Blessings, big and small and how fortunate we are about having family and friends to share them with.  This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH, our theme is "Gobble Til' You Wobble" which means we want to see cards about giving thanks, whether is a Thanksgiving card or just a simple "Thank You" card, please join us in the gallery.  Here is my card, made with this super old and really beautiful stamp from my little stash of Thanksgiving images, I didn't realize it until now, I truly do not have a lot of stamps for this time of the year, I need to remedy that!!

This image is stamped onto Strathmore Multi Media water color paper with Versafine black ink and clear heat embossed then colored with SU markers and an aqua painter.

The pattern paper is from a stash of left overs and the size was just perfect for this card, I didn't even had to measure it. The gold corner die cut was a left over from another project, the little flower is from a pack I bought from the dollar bin and it's been just sitting on my desk for a while.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and it's OLD!! The image on the corner is from a Power Poppy set called Sunny Harvest, both inked up with SU Hello Honey.

I would like to enter this card onto the following challenges.

The Paper Players Challenge by Laurie.

Sunday Stamps Challenge #139 "Autumn Splendor"

The Artistic Stamper November Creative Challenge "Autumnal"

Dragon Fly Dreams "Autumnal Colors"

Stamp Ink Paper "Grateful"

Thank you for stopping by, for more awesome inspiration, please hop over my teammates blogs to see their beautiful creations and then, join us in the gallery, we can't wait to see your cards.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read each comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate this more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Feeling Thankful.....

Hello everyone: This time of the year is a favorite of mine, not only because of the gorgeous colors of the Autumn but because the Holidays are almost here and that means awesome reunions with family and friends, good food, festive colors, love and appreciation for all our Blessings, big and small.
This time over at RETRO RUBBER we want you to share with us your cards with the perfect theme for this time of the year, "Be Thankful", here is my card.

This image is from Inkadinkado, in the process of looking for this stamp to give you a date I found out it's discontinued and it's only available on Ebay listed as RARE, I'm so darn lucky I've had it for a good 8 years. 

I stamped this image onto a piece of Strathmore Muli Media water color paper that I die cut with the retired SU die set called Floral Framelits, with Versafine black ink and clear heat embossed it then, colored it with SU markers and an aqua painter. The pattern papers are from a discontinued line from Lili of the Valley and the sentiment from a Flourishes set called "A Season of Thanks".

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from that Flourishes set also and the corner stamp from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by, for more awesome inspiration hop over my teammates blogs to see their beautiful creations.  Please read our rules before linking your cards, we have a limit of entering only 10 challenges including ours, we've seen cards entered to way to many challenges and we can't consider those beautiful cards for winning spots or top 5. Also, please let us know the age of your stamps, not so much when they were issued but we want to know how long you've had them, the name of this challenge is RETRO RUBBER meaning, we want you to use your old, old stamps, giving them the love and ink they are so deserving of having. 

Most of all, have fun with our challenge.

I would like to enter this card onto the following challenges.

The Artistic Stamper November Challenge "Autumnal"

The Paper Players

Sunday Stamps Challenge #139 "Autumn Splendor"

Great Impressions November Challenge "Anything Goes"

Dragon Fly Challenge November "Autumnal Colors"

Stamp Ink Paper "Grateful"

Thank you for stopping by, I read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate this more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

The Flower Challenge #2.....

Hello everybody: Well, all I can say is that the very first Flower Challenge was a total success!!! our gallery was jam packed with gorgeous creations from all over the world and my dear Design Team teammates and I, couldn't be more happy and grateful to all of you who participated so eagerly in our first challenge.  So here we are, launching THE FLOWER CHALLENGE #2, this time with a theme of OCCASIONS, hoping you join us again in the gallery.
This challenge is all about flowers, flowers of any kind, color, shape, die cut or stamped, but for the second challenge we want to see you create cards CELEBRATING any occasion you choose.....Weddings, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Baby Showers, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Graduations, Bridal Showers, etc. you decide.  Here is my card celebrating Christmas, I hope you like it.

This image is from a set from Power Poppy by Marcella Hawley called Ponsettia, I love the gorgeous, realistic petals of this image, surrounded by all that greenery.

I stamped this image onto a panel of Canson water color paper with Versafine black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. This has become my favorite way to water color my images because the embossed edges keep the colors contained so they don't bleed out to the next section. I decided to color this flower pink, so I went looking for pink Poinsettias on Google and they are just lovely. I used SU markers and the aqua painter, the sentiment is from another Power Poppy set called Cozy Cupfuls, I didn't want to add a big sentiment and this one I was able to bend it a little to accommodate it on the curve of the flower.  I added some pink and white Rhine Stones for a bit of bling, both ribbons are from my stash.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

I would like to enter this card onto the following challenges.

Power Poppy Power and Spark November "Dreaming of a Pink Christmas" Challenge.

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #174 "Must use ribbons"

CRAFT ROCKET CHALLENGES #27 "Pretty Pinks"

The Card Concept Challenge #61 "Pretty in Pink". My card might fall into the "Classy and Elegant"?

The Merry Christmas Challenge #5 "Anything Christmas Goes"

Crafty Boots Challenges "In the Pink" for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Thank you for stopping by, please head out to THE FLOWER CHALLENGE  and join us in the gallery. For more amazing inspiration, please visit my teammates blogs to see their gorgeous creations.  Don't forget to read our rules, they are few and they are simple.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read all the comments you so kindly leave me on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate this more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Gobble Gobble!!!!!

Hello dear friends: I'm very late posting this card, I had to take two of my grandkids to the Orthodontist and that took most of my morning, after I dropped them back at school, I went grocery shopping and I came home about an hour ago to finish this card that I will link to a few challenges at the end of this post.

This adorable little Turkey is from a Verve Stamps set called Bountiful Harvest, which happens to be on sale now. Love all of this adorable pumpkin and Turkey images.

I stamped it onto a piece of Canva paper with Versafine black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and then colored it with SU markers and an aqua painter.

The pattern paper is from a discontinued line from Lili of the Valley, (I was lucky I grabbed the last of the 8x8" pads and packages), the ribbon from my stash and the wooden banner from SU with a sentiment from a retired Flourishes set called "A Season of Thanks".

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from the same Verve Stamps set and the image from my stash.

I would like to enter this card onto the following challenges.

Paper Craft Crew challenge #217

The Sisterhood of Crafters "Pumpkins or the color Orange"

Little Red Wagon challenge #366 "Happy Fall Y'all"

Double D challenge "Harvest Blessings/Give Thanks"

Crafty Creations Challenge #327 "Water Color"

Thank you for stopping by, I read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate this more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

Holiday Homes.....

Hello everyone: It's time for another challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, this week we want to inspire you to create a card or project featuring a HOUSE or BUILDING, it could be a doggie's house, a bird's house or a people's house, you decide. Here is a card I made that I hope will inspire you to join us in the gallery and, for more fabulous inspiration, hop over to my teammates' blogs to see their awesome cards.

All of this adorable little houses are from a retired Stampin Up! set called "Holiday Home", it came out in the 2014 Holiday Mini Catalog, it has images for all of the end of the year celebrations. I love this houses and I wanted to use all 3 of them so I created this "Screen Divider" card using THIS tutorial, this stamps allow you to create truly awesome scenes and using this fun fold it's fabulous way to make a card that can be displayed through the season.  I stamped the house images onto Canson water color paper and colored them with SU markers and the aqua painter. 

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Here is a picture of the back of this card, you can decorate it too, I just cut some pattern paper and glue it to 3 panels and left one blank with just a short greeting and enough space for a little hand written message.

I hope you are inspired and join us in the gallery and, for more awesome inspiration, please visit my teammates' blogs.

Thank you for stopping by, I read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate this more than words can express,

Until next time, happy stamping,

Hugs from Maria.

The Little Mermaid.....

Hello everyone: For those of you who doesn't know, a bit of information.  Some 2 years ago, my aunt was at a thrift store and came across a cardboard box full of plain rubber, dirty, dusty, stained rubber stamps. She knows how much I love stamping so, without hesitation, bought the entire lot of 25 for $10.00 and gave it to me. I couldn't tell what the images were of, they looked very dirty so I soaked them overnight in some soapy water and washed and dried them the next day. After I did this, I ink them up, one by one and to my total amazement, gorgeous, amazing images of Fairies and Mermaids started to appear. This image is one of them, I hope you like it.

Isn't she lovely? This rubber stamps had no name so I didn't know where they came from, I'm so lucky to own them and grateful to my aunt for her generosity.  A long time passed until I came across one of this images on Pinterest and that is how I found out they were from a company called Sweet Pea Designs but, when I went to look of it, sadly they had gone out of business.

I stamped my image onto a panel of Canson water color paper with Versafine black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder then, colored it with SU Markers, an aqua painter and some Prismacolor pencils. 

The Bubbles on the background are from Designs by Ryn and the shells from an old Flourishes set called "Seaside Life".

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

The sentiment is from another retired Flourishes set called "Orchids" and the shells from the Seaside Life set.

I would like to enter this card onto the following challenges.

Designs by Ryn October Customer Creation Challenge.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge "Inspired by a book/a film or a song" I'm inspired by "The Little Mermaid" 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #71 "W is for Watercolor"

MFP Stamps Challenge #44 "Anything Goes"

Amusing Challenges "Anything Goes"

Thank you for stopping by, I read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate this more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.