Our 6th. Anniversary Reminder 🎂🎉

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

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THE FLOWER CHALLENGE is celebrating its 6th anniversary and we couldn't be more grateful to all of you who have been participating and sharing your wonderful creations with us since day one.

This is the halfway point for our challenge so I'm inviting you to join my teammates and I in our gallery, we have wonderful prizes for you to win so come and celebrate with us our 6th. Anniversary.

This is the card I created to inspire you to come and celebrate with us, we can't wait to see what you create.

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This is the inside.

And this is what I used.

Stampin' Up "Lovely Lattice" (2019.)

Stampin' Up! "Perfectly Penned" (2011-2012)

Power Poppy "Short Stacks" (2015)

Tim Holtz "Pearlescent Embossing Powder"

Prismacolor pencils.

The strip of beautiful flower paper was cut from 

a pad from "The Paper Studio" that was a gift

from my dear friend Lisa Poe.

I hope you stop by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog and check out my teammates lovely creations and celebrate with us 6 amazing years of creativity and fun.

Don't forget we have fabulous prizes for our participants, we hope to see you in our gallery.

Until next time, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Hattie and Horace❤️

 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 reminder post for "2 old bats halloween challenge", I hope my card inspires you to come and play along with us.

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this is the inside.

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this is what I used.

Kraftin' kimmie "hattie and horace"

flourishes "witching you a happy halloween"

stampin' up! "etched in nature" (inside sentiment)

DsP from Hobby Lobby.

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

please, stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

A Couple of Fun Fold Christmas Cards......🎄

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

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It's time for another RETRO RUBBER challenge and this one is a favorite to all of our participants.

The other day I watched THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL by Connie Stewart (Simply Simple Stamping) and I decided to give it a try for the RETRO RUBBER "Anything Goes" Challenge.  I added some bling in the form of glitter paper and embossing glitter, but the rest is exactly as Connie made it and, I really love the results.  This is a really Fun Fold that will be fabulous on all kinds of occasions.

This is how it looks when it's open.

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Second Card.

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And this is what I used for both cards.

My Favorite Things "Santa's Elves"

Flourishes "Christmas Classics" (2010)

Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you give this super Fun Fold Card a try, it's very easy following Connie's video and I think the recipient of this fun fold will be very happy to display it on the mantel or anywhere in their home.

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

Please stay healthy and safe.

Maria.

Love Bites!!!!!!😶‍🌫️

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

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hello and welcome to another "SHOPPING OUR STASH" challenge. 

the theme is "frightfully delightful", and this is the card I created to inspire you to play along with us.

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this is the inside.

and this is what i used.

kraftin' kimmie "I'm batty for you"

the inside sentiment is from "inkadinkado"

prismacolor pencils.

please hop over to the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates.

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

stay healthy and safe.

maria.

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.