I'm a Guest Designer at the TWOFER CARD CHALLENGE!!!

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

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Well, I'm very happy to be the Guest Designer at the Twofer Challenge #40, my Twofers for Challenge #38 were picked as the Conventional winner, WooHoo!!

The Prompt for this challenge is:

Twofer Card Challenge

And here are my cards.

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Card # 1,"Friendship"

This is the INSIDE.

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My Twofer. "New Home"

This is the INSIDE.

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This is what I used.

Most times, I like to combine several stamp sets from different companies to achieve the look I want for my cards.

Card #1.

Stampin' Up! "Free as a Bird".

Stampin' Up! "Climbing Roses".

DSP from my stash.

Enamel Dots from Gina Marie Designs.

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Card #2

Stampin' Up! "Free as a Bird". I used the mirror stamping technique to create the two little birds.

Stampin' Up! "Crackle Paint"

The die-cut flower might be from Memory Box, but I'm not sure, I apologize for not having this information, this die is very old.

Flourishes "Friendly Reminders" for the sentiments in the front.

Stampin' Up! "Beautiful Bouquet" for the inside sentiment and the leaves on the branch.

Altenew "Birch Land" for the little birdhouse.

The DSP is from my stash.

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I hope you give this TWOFER CARD CHALLENGE a chance, I love putting my creative mind to the test when I play along with this challenge, I feel grateful to all the ladies in the Design Team for inviting me to be their Guest Designer this time around.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, I appreciate your visit and your comments.

Please stay healthy and safe.

Till next time.

Maria.

Christmas in July!!

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

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July just started and it's been hot and humid this past week, so my teammates and I over at SHOPPING OUR STASH want you to put yourselves in a Christmas kind of mood and create some Holiday cards for our challenge.

This is the card I made to inspire you to come and play along.

This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

Penny Black "In the Manger" (2013)

Power Poppy "Oh Holy Night" (2014), for the sentiments

on the front and inside of the card.

Power Poppy "Glitter Village" (2017) for the pine sprig.

Prismacolor pencils.

Lace punched border from Martha Stewart.

DSP from my stash.

I hope you hop over to the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog to get more

inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in our gallery.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

A Fun Sketch from Retro Rubber.

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

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The RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE has a fun and fabulous sketch for you to play with, designed by our teammate Claire Grantham, we hope you will play along and join us in our gallery.

This is the card I created with the sketch.

This is the INSIDE.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Peace Within" (2009-2010)

The teeny, tiny bird on top of the basket's handle is from an

Altenew set called "Birch Land" (2015)

Stampin' Up! "Gorgeous Grunge" (2013-2014)

Spellbinders "Hemstitched Squares"

Prismacolor pencils.

The strips of paper on the front and inside are cut from

the Power Poppy packages, I love how bright and colorful they are.

I hope you find a bit of time and play along with us at 

RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE

I love sketches, they take the guesswork out of creating your cards, this one is really fun and gives you lots of options on what to use for each part.

Hop over to the challenge page for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Till next time, please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

Seeing Spots.....or Stripes!!!!!

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

It's time for another fun challenge over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, the prompt is "SPOTS OR STRIPES".  This is the card I created to inspire you to play along with us in our gallery, I chose stripes for my card.

This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

Rachel Vass Designs IMAGE 

Prismacolor pencils.

Stampin' Up! "Free as a Bird" for the sentiments

and flowers inside.

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Dies 

We hope you visit THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog to get more inspiration from my amazingly talented teammates and then, join us in our gallery.

Please add our banner to your post.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

In The Mood.....

 Hello everyone: Hope you are all doing well, keeping each other safe and healthy. We've all gone through some very rough and trying times and, even if things are better, we are still taking all the precautions, especially wearing our masks.  Please, take care of yourselves and each other.

So, it's time for another fun Halloween challenge over at 2 OLD BATS, here's the mood board followed by my card, we hope you come and play with us in our gallery, it's so much fun to make Halloween cards in the Summer plus, you'll have a great stash to send out when October rolls along.

This is the INSIDE

This is what I used.

Power Poppy "Feeling Fall" (2016)

Flourishes "Witching you a Happy Halloween" (2010)

Stampin' Up! "Crackle Paint"

Ranger "Lime Green Tinsel" embossing powder.

Martha Stewart Witch punch.

Ribbons from my stash.

Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you find some time to come and play along with us, for more inspiration, fly over to the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE and check out my awesome teammates' cards.

Thank you for stopping to visit me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

You Are My Favorite Perk!!!!!

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

I created a card with one of my favorite Art Impressions stamps.

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This is the INSIDE

THIS IS WHAT I USED

Art Impressions "Coffee BFFs"

Power Poppy "Sassy Succulents" for the inside sentiment (retired)

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

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from Hobby Lobby.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Change is Hard.....

 Hello everyone: I'm trying new fonts just for the fun of it, I hope this one is ok for you guys to read it.

As always, I hope you and your families are doing well, keeping each other healthy and safe, we still wear our masks inside stores and in crowded places.

I made this card today, hope you like it.

The sentiment reads "If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies"

This is so very true, and let me tell you, change, of any kind, is hard, just as a butterfly.

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This is the INSIDE.

This is what I used.

The die cut is possibly from Memory Box, but I'm not sure.

The sentiment in front is from a SU retired set called 

"Flight of the Butterfly" (2008-2009)

The inside sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called 

"Orchids Rock" (Sold out at the moment😢)

The Butterfly on the corner is from "My Art C", 

I think it's retired, it's super old.

I want to play with:

Color Hues

Sweet Stamping

"I Spy Something Beginning with B"

Thank you for visiting me today and thank you for leaving me your comments.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.