Delightfully Green..........

Hello everyone: I love Fairies, especially baby ones, so here's this one that I'm sure will melt your heart.

This sweetie pie is from a Penny Black set called "Fairy Sweet" and the other images on this set are just as adorable.

I stamped her on a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper with gray ink and colored her with my Prismacolor pencils, I substituted the flower she's holding with a Shamrock sticker. The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Woodland Carpet, the butterfly from a 2011-2012 SU set called "Papillon Potpourri", the ribbon and pattern paper are from my stash.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like. 

The border is from a 2014-2015 SU set called "Bordering Details", the sentiment is from a 2011 Flourishes set called "Orchids", the butterfly in the corner is from, unfortunately, unknown origins.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Sweet Sketch Challenges

Double D Challenges

The Card Concept

I think my card could be in the "Clean and Layered" category,

I really hope so.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Hugs.

Maria.

Twofer Card Challenge #25........

Hello everyone: The fabulous Designer Team over at The Twofer Card Challenge have a new theme for us to play with and I created these two cards to play along.

Both cards were made with the Tiddly Inks stamp set called "For The Birds", I love all of these cute little chicks.

First card.

I made a Birthday card for my granddaughter Olivia for her 16th. Birthday, I love these little chicks each holding a little paper with the letters of her name. 

The balloons are from an old Flourishes from 2009-2010. The flowers are from a set from Art Impressions, the gift bags from another old Flourishes set called "Christmas Borders", all the images are colored with Prismacolor pencils.

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This is how the INSIDE of the first card looks like.

The border is from a retired SU set called "Delicate Details" and the sentiment is from Purple Onion.

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My Twofer.

Same Tiddly Inks stamp set but this time I made an Easter card.

The eggs are hand-drawn and again, I colored the images with Prismacolors.

The HAPPY word is from a Concord & 9th. set called "Winter Wear"

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This is how the inside of my Twofer looks like.

The border is from "Delicate Details", the Sentiment from an Altenew stamp set called "Beautiful Day".

I want to play with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

{PIN}spirational Challenge

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge

Pastel Colors.

Hand Stamped Sentiments

Challenge #334.

Thank you for visiting me today and for your comments.

Hugs.

Maria.

Coffee with a Friend.......

Hello everyone: My teammates and I over at the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog, have a sketch challenge for you to play with, we hope you can come and play along.

This card is made with a Stampin' Up! set called "Morning Cup"  (2010-2011), the cups and teapot are colored with Prismacolor pencils, the sentiment is from the set and I added a little enamel dot from Gina Marie Designs to the lid of the teapot.

The "ledge" this cute cups and teapot are sitting on is stamped with the "Delicate Details" stamp set (2017 SAB).

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from the "Delicate Details" set, the sentiment is from an old Flourishes set called "Coffee With Friends" and the little staked cups from the "Morning Cup" set.

I hope you come and play with my teammates and me at the RETRO RUBBER gallery.  Remember to use stamps that are at least 1 year old, if you have the date when you bought them or when they were released, we would love you to share that with us.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Stampin' Up! Only Challenge

#244 COLORING.

Thank you for visiting today.

Hugs.

Maria.

Be Well.......

Hello everyone: I have a really cute card made with a sweet House Mouse stamp called "Mouse Drops".

I stamped the image on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils.

I used some of my Lili of the Valley scraps of DSP, which took me forever to arrange, I've always had a tough time mixing pattern papers.

The flowers and leaves are from a retired SU die set called "Botanical Blooms"

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Tea in the Garden", the enamel dots are from Gina Marie Designs.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Daffodils".

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

"Just Us Girls"

Inkspirational

My Time to Craft

Farm Yard Animals.

I think field mice live there.

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

Thank you for visiting me today.

Hugs.

Maria.

Getting Ready.............

Hello everyone: I just discovered the Festive Friday Challenge and I made this card to play along.

I haven't played with this sweet Faeries from Lili of the Valley, I absolutely love them, I wish I had them all. 

This sweet one is getting ready for Spring or maybe, to go out with friends, but whatever the occasion, she looks so adorable, I do hope you can see the Wink of Stella on her wings and the puff in her hand as she totally pampers herself.

Stamped her on a piece of Strathmore Bristol paper, I should have done it on regular card stock just to be able to fussy cut her easily, thank goodness for my sharp scissors.  I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.

The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley, (discontinued).

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border was stamped with a retired SU set called "Bordering Blooms", the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Tea in the Garden, the butterfly is from a 2004 set from Stampendous called "Butterflies".

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Festive Friday Challenge

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge

Allsorts Challenge

#562 Anything with Wings.

The Fairy and the Unicorn

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs.

Maria.

A Gift From Rachel........

Hello again everyone: The theme at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE for the month of March is the very popular "Anything Goes" and, as a fabulous bonus, our talented teammate Rachel Vass is giving away 2 of her fabulous and beautiful digital images for our winner and she has also given the DT some of these images to use on our cards so, here's a card I made with one of them to inspire you to come and play along with us in our gallery.

This beautiful Peony flower was printed on white card stock and colored with Prismacolor pencils.

I fussy cut it and using foam dimensionals, attached it to a die-cut panel using a Spellbinders die set called......., the pattern paper is from a Lili of the Valley retired line. I added some Gina Marie Designs enamel dots for a little bling, the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called.......

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from a SU set called "Delicate Details", the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called "Cozy Cupfuls", the little candles from a Penny Black set called "Cupcakes"

I hope you stop by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog to get more inspiration from my amazing teammates and come and join us in our gallery.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

AAA Birthday

Unicorn Challenge

Flower Power

Time Out Challenges

Thank you for stopping by today.

Hugs

Maria.

A Little Bird Told Me........

Hello everyone: March is here and with it comes Spring so I pulled out this 2008 Stampin' Up! set called "Spring Song", I haven't inked these beautiful images in a long time and that's not acceptable.

I stamped this little Blue Bird on a die-cut piece of plain white card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, sponged the sky with distress inks and glue it to a scalloped circle. The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley, the white embossed panel was done with a Stampin' Up! EF called  Tufted 3D Embossing Folder, the sentiment is from a retired😢Stampin' Up! set called "Sitting Here"

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Poppies, the little pot with flowers is from the same SU set.

I want to play along with the following challenges.

CAS(E) this Sketch.

Crafty Animals

Challenge #36, must have animals.

The Crafter's Cafe

Stampin' Up! Only Challenges

Coloring with pencils, markers, watercolors, etc.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Hugs.

Maria.