Spooky Indeed!!!!!!

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

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It's no secret I love Halloween, the cards you make are always fun and you can be a little spooky or a lot cute, my card today is a little of both, I think.

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This is the inside.

                     And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Best Friends" (2006)

Stampin' Up! "Bite Me" (2013)

Memory Box "Grove Branch"

I want to play with these challenges.

Less is More

Addicted to CAS #208

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

The View.

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

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I want to thank you for stopping by today, I have a new card to share.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Grace's Garden" (2020)

Power Poppy "Woodlands Carpet" 2019)

Stampin' Up! "Serene Silhouettes" (2012-2013)

Su "Bordering Blossoms" (2014-2015)

Prismacolor pencils.

Tim Holtz distress inks.

I want to play with:

CASology

Crafty Sentiment Designs

(Anything Goes)

Thanks again for stopping by today, your comments are always appreciated.

Please stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Botanical Prints.

 Hello everyone: 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 using a technique I've never used before, I had fun and the best part is that I got to see and appreciate even the most humble of plants......WEEDS, they too have pretty patterns and shapes and their flowers are really beautiful. 

You might think these images came from stamps but they are from a couple of leaves I found outside, here's a picture of them after I passed them through the Big Shot to get the impressions.

Talk about Mother Natures' beauty, even if they are weeds.

Here is the inside.

And this is what I used.

The sentiments are from a Power Poppy set called "Nature's Carpet"

I want to play with these challenges.

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge.

Besides the leaf imprints, I used a stamp for the sentiment and I scored the leaf frames, I hope you can see the lines in the corners of the images.

Try it on Tuesday

Autumn Blessings.

Thank you for visiting me today, and please, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Oval Elegant Rose.......

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

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Well, finally October is here and Autumn has started, this is my most favorite time of the year, mainly because of the glorious colors and cooler temperatures, it's as if Mother Nature is gifting us with one last color blast before Winter arrives.

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE has a new challenge for you to play in October, here's our banner with the theme, which is "Shaped Cards", we hope you help us celebrate our 5th. Birthday, from someone who's been here from the start, I hope for many more years with this wonderful team of talented and fabulous ladies.

   This is the card I created to inspire you to play along.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used:

The rose image was purchased on Ebay.

The sentiment on the front of the card is from a Power Poppy set called "Dynamic Duos: Foxglove and Ranunculus", at the moment it's sold out.

The sentiment on the inside is from an Altenew set called "Beautiful Day

I stamped the rose on a separate piece of pink card stock with "Spun Sugar" from Tim Holtz, and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, paper stumps and Gamsol.

I fussy cut it and used glue dots to place it on the steam that I had stamped on the scalloped panel. The leaves are from the same Altenew set.

The die I used is from Spellbinders, the scalloped one is from Kaisercraft and it's called "Nesting Scalloped Stitched Ovals".

So I hope you come and join the fun and celebrate with us our 5th. Birthday.

Ok, to thank all of you for being a part of our Flower Challenge, we have not one, not two but ELEVEN fantastic prices so, go check out THE FLOWER CHALLENGE BLOG to see what's up for grabs for you.

Also, I encourage you to READ OUR RULES so your beautiful creation can be in the run for a prize.

When you submit your card to our gallery, we're asking you to write the country you live in next to your name, that way we know who will be assigned to send your prize.  Some of our team members live in Europe and Australia, the rest of us live here in the USA or Canada.

This month we have a fabulous Guest Designer join us in this celebration, her name is Emily Midgett and her Blog is Sixth Street Sundries, I encourage you to visit her blog and check out her amazing stamp designs.

So I hope you come and play along with us and join the party celebrating 5 fabulous years of THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

NOSFERATMEW.

 hELLO EVERYONE: aS ALWAYS, i HOPE AND PRAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE WELL, KEEPING EACH OTHER HEALTHY AND SAFE.

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Hello to all Halloween fans out there!! I have a card I've been saving for this month's 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE and believe me, it's been really hard not to give up and post it months ago, I got this digi from Mo manning'S DIGITAL PENCIL called NOSFERATMEW, I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS CAT THE MOMENT i LAID MY EYES ON IT, I WAS WAITING FOR OCTOBER SINCE MARCH, WHEN I BOUGHT IT, AND NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY.

i THINK THIS IMAGE NEEDS NO SENTIMENT, I didn't want to crowd this very cool scene.

I colored this vampire kitty with prismacolor pencils, I sponged the moon and the hazy sky with tim holtz distress inks.

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this is the inside.

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This is what I used

Mo meaning digital pencil nosferatmew

memory box "grove branch" die (I think it's discontinued😢)

Stampin' up! "best friends" for the stamping inside

this set dates back from 2006!! found it on e-bay.

I really love making Halloween cards, I think it's my favorite holiday, it's super fun, and you can go from cute to scary and have loads of fun doing it. 

I hope you come and join my teammates and me at the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE, we can't wait to see what you create.

here's the mood board but that is just to inspire you, ours is always an "anything goes Halloween" challenge.

Thank you for stopping by today.

stay healthy and safe.

xo

Maria.

Down on the Farm.

 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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Well, I have this super cute stamp set that I haven't use in a long while, I'm sure you will recognize these cute farm critters.

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This is the inside.

This is what I used.

My Favorite Things "The Whole Herd"

Memory Box "Precious Hearts"

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from my stash, this one I think it was from "Lily of the Valley"

I want to play with these challenges.

Little Red Wagon Challenge

"Old Mc. Donald's Farm"

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Thank you for stopping by and thank you for your comments.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Another Autumn Card.

 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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I have another colorful Autumn card to share with you today.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Pampered Pets" Stamp set.

Stampin' Up! Pampered Pets Die Set.

DSP from my stash.

Prismacolor pencils.

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Thank you for stopping by today, and leaving me your sweet comments.

I want to play with these challenges.

Crafty Sentiment Designs

Through The Craft Room Door

Anything Goes.

Crafting Happiness Challenge

Anything Goes.

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

Till next time, stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.