Sparkling Fuchsia. #72 The Flower Challenge.

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

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Welcome to THE FLOWER CHALLENGE September theme.

This time it's SPARKLE in the form of glitter, sequences, Rhine Stones, etc.

Our guest designer for this month is the fabulous Donna Mikasa, I encourage you to go visit her blog, you will be amazed and delighted at her gorgeous creations.

Thank you Donna for accepting our invitation to be our Guest Designer for the month of September.

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

A little note.

I'm having a little trouble with my watermarks, I'm not very savvy when it comes to all of this computer stuff so I'm hoping my youngest daughter can help me out this weekend.

All I can do is to add my watermark to the bottom of my card's pictures, I know it's not the best way but it will have to do for now.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

I'm not sure if the Fuchsia Flower is from Stampendous or from Penny Black.

I used Gansai Tambi watercolors.

WOW White embossing powder.

Glitter Glue.

Rhine Stones.

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

Please hop over to THE FLOWER CHALLENGE for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

White Cat and Black Bats.......

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

We have a new challenge for you to play with over at 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE and here's the mood board for you to get inspired to join the fun.

here's my card.

I took my inspiration from the mood board, that white cat is so cute and the bats fit just perfectly my "scary" little scene.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Katzelkraft "LES CHATS RUSSES "

kATZELKRAFT ACCESORIES

THE BATS ARE A GIFT FROM MY DEAR FRIEND SONNY pETERSON.

THE BACKGROUND PAPER IS FROM "Refined

I hope you stop by the 2 OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE to find more inspiration from my awesome teammates and come and play along.

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

TAGS, TAGS FOR RETRO RUBBER. (August 30th.)

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

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Welcome to a new RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE

Our theme for the next 10 days is TAGS for any occasion, they are the finishing touch to any wrapped gift, so I hope you come and play with us sharing your beautiful TAGS in our gallery.

Here are mine and I hope they inspire you to play along.

The tags with the pile of gifts and the Santa and Deer are from the Power Poppy "Under Glass" stamp set. (2017)

The tag with the candle centerpiece is from Flourishes "Christmas Candles" )2011)

The hanging stockings are from Flourishes "Christmas Classics) (2010)

I stamped the images on Kraft card stock and colored them with Prismacolor pencils, I added some glitter paper for a little bling and some pretty ribbon from my stash.

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I apologize for not having my usual watermark, I have a new laptop and I haven't been able to install the "Paint" app or whatever it's called without my youngest daughter's help, she offered to help me this weekend.

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

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.
 

Cross-stitching Mice......

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

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Welcome to another SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge.

This time around the theme is "Animal Antics" which means that we would love to see critters doing "human" stuff like cooking, reading, skiing, etc.  On my card I have 3 little mice embroidering, how cute are they??

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This is the inside.

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And this is what I used.

Penny Black "Stitch in Time"

The sentiment inside is from a quilt set but I don't have any information on it, I apologize.

Prismacolor pencils.

Cross-stitch rectangular DIES

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

Please stop by the SHOPPING OUR STASH for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and then, join us in our gallery.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Doggie Feel Better Soon.......

 

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

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I created this card for the RETRO RUBBER color challenge #189, I just love this little doggie.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Art Impressions "Doggie Kisses" (2015)

Stampin' Up! "Delicate Details" (2017)

Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you come and play along with my teammates and I over at RETRO RUBBER, and remember to use stamps that are older than one year, and if you can, please let us know what year you got them.

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

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

PS. I just got a this new laptop computer, I still have to download my watermarks for all my DT challenges so please forgive me for not having it on this card.

Circles, Circles, Circles!!!!!!

 

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

Welcome to "THE FLOWER CHALLENGE" August theme, this month we want to see CIRCLES, so I invite you to visit our challenge blog for more inspiration from my amazing teammates.

Here's my card. 

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This is the inside.

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And this is what I used.

Flourishes "Hydrangea" (2012)

Flourishes "A Year in Flowers" (2010)

Flourishes "Camelias" (2012)

Flourishes "Tulips for Friends" (2013)

This month we have the fabulously talented Therese Calvird as our Guest Designer, we are thrilled to have her join us this month, WELCOME BACK THERESE!!

Please, stop by "THE FLOWER CHALLENGE" and play along with us, we are looking forward to seeing your creations.  Don't forget to include our banner in your blog post.

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

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Blue Azaleas.

 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 this card to share with you today but, for the life of me, I just can't remember where this image came from so, so if any of you recognizes it, I would appreciate it so much if you can tell me, thank you in advance.

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This is the inside.  The DSP on top of the inside panel is from a gorgeous block of 6x6 pattern paper that my friend Lisa Poe sent to me a few months ago.  Thank you, Lisa.

And this is what I used.

I don't know where I got this image but I think it's a digi and I suspect it's from Power Poppy.

I colored the flowers with Prismacolor pencils.

The DSP is from AMAZON 

Enamel Dots from Gina Marie Designs.

I want to play with:

Color My Heart Color Dare

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

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

Stay healthy and safe.

Maria.