WE ARE TURNING 6!!!!!!!!!!🎉🎂

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

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Well, time sure flies when you're having fun and I can say that, for the past 6 years, I've been having a really good time with my teammates over at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE

I'm so fortunate and grateful to belong to this awesome group of fabulous, talented, caring and sweet crafters, that I can call friends besides being my teammates.

So come and celebrate our 6th. Birthday with us!!

Here's the card I created to inspire you to join my teammates and I at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE gallery, remember, it's our 6th. Birthday and we have lots of prizes to help you celebrate with us.

This is the card I created to inspire you to join the party.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up! "Climbing Roses" (2019 Mini)

Stampin' Up! "Quite Curvy" dies.

The sentiment in front is cut with a Cricut

Stampin' Up! 3D "Dainty Diamonds" EF.

Flourishes "Short Stacks" (205)

Thank you for stopping by today, make sure you hop over to THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog to check out my teammates awesome creations and I hope you decide to participate in celebrating our 6th. Birthday where the gifts will be all for you!!

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Pumpkins and Spiders....Oh My!!!!🎃

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

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Hello again, dear halloween friends:  it's time for another fun theme for you to play with over at the 2 old bats halloween challenge and here's the october mood board to inspire you to play along.

this is my card and I can't wait for you to see what the rest of the team has created at the challenge page. 

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Here's my card.

this is the inside.

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This is what I used.

The pumpkins are from Penny black.

The sentiment is from a flourishes set 

called "witching you a happy halloween"

The die cut piece is done with a Tim holtz die set.

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

Stay healthy and safe.

maria.

Another Autumn/Fall card.....

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

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I've been creating a few Autumn/Fall cards to send to family and friends, this one is one of them.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Power Poppy "Olive and Oak" (2015)

Verve Stamps "Bountiful Harvest"

Stampin' Up! "Scalloped Tag Topper"

Prismacolor pencils.

DSP from my stash.

I want to play with these challenges.

Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge

Crafty Gals Corner #235

"Signs of Fall"

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #557

"Autumn Colors"

The Sisterhood of Crafters

Use "Happy" in your sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments, they always make me smile.

Please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Happy Fall, Y'all!!!!!!

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

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I have this cute Autumn card created with some of my most favorite critters, the House Mouse siblings.  My teammates and I over at SHOPPING OUR STASH hope you can come along and play with us.

This stamp is called "Fall Commuters" (HMTR 1004)

I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored it with Windsor and Newton watercolor markers.

This is the inside.

The greeting is from a Power Poppy set called "Olive and Oak" (2015)

I want to play with these challenges.

Make My Monday

Autumn Flora or Fauna.

House Mouse Challenge

Anything Goes (option something with water)

Dream Valley Challenges

Autumn Colors.

I hope you can come and join my teammates and I over at the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge page and share your beautiful creations with us.

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

Maria.

The Scent of Christmas!!

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

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Christmas will be here in just a little over 2 months so, I have one more card to add to my stash, it's better to have more than you think you need.

This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Power Poppy "Spice it Up" (2015)

Power Poppy "Wreaths Plain and Fancy"(2015)

Power Poppy "Rustic Rejoicing" (2017)

Power Poppy "Glitter House Village" (2017)

I want to play with these challenges.

As You Like It Challenge

"Favorite Metallic or Glitter Card"

I just love the festive look of glitter or mirror paper.

Krafty Chicks

"All Occasions"

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

Please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

                         
 

Eat Your Veggies!!

 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 a very yummy card to share with you today, these veggies are some of my absolute favorites, I especially love Egg Plants, breaded and fried in Olive Oil then, baked with Italian sauce and lots of fresh Mozzarella cheese, yummy, yummy in our tummies.

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This is the inside.

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This is what I used.

Power Poppy "Farmer's Market"

DSP from my stash.

Prismacolor pencils.

I want to play with these challenges.

Power Poppy Eat Your Fruits and Veggies

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

Please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

The Flower Challenge #72 Reminder.

 Hello everyone: Here we are at the half-way point at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, the theme is "Add Sparkle" and here is my card that hope inspires you to come and play in our gallery.  There's still time to join us, this challenge closes on the 25th. 

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Flourishes "Petals and Peace" (2011)

Power Poppy "Poinsettia" (2016) sentiment inside.

Prismacolor pencils.

Glitter Glue.

DSP from my stash.

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

Don't forget to stop by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE to get more inspiration from my fabulous teammates.

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.