No sentiment flower card

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday to you all! Today I have a special card with no sentiment at all. I think I add a sentiment in 99.9% of my cards, outside most of the time and sometimes inside, but this time I decided to leave it sentiment free {wink, wink}

Here are the directions:

• Start with a 6" x  6" card base from White Cardstock.
• Cut a 4.5" x  4.5" piece from Pink Pearl Shimmering cardstock.
• Cut a 4" x  4" of polka dot and strip lace ribbon like paper from Floral Delight Patterned Paper. Add them to pink pearl panel and add zig-zag stitches.
• Adhere panel to card base.
• Die-cut  and emboss flowers from Pretty Petals Die collection in Watercolor paper, then color them with Spectrum Sparkle Markers: Rose Quartz, Solar red, Emerald Green, Crystal Clear. Adhere them to card base
• Add swirl pearls.

Entering this card to:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes

Hope you like it.
Have a fantastic day!

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No sentiment flower card

Ken Oliver Crafts Creative Team Challenge

Hello friends!! Hope you all are having a fantastic day!! Today I have a very special post, the Ken Oliver Crafts Creative Team was challenged to create a floral project, but not a card, tag or journal. I have to confess I got a bit scared at first, since I am a cardmaker and most of my projects are just cards, anyway, then I decided to draw a sunflower. This pretty sunflower is from a couple of years ago, it was the first time I planted sunflowers seeds and I got few of them, they were lovely and very pretty.
This is the picture used as an inspiration for my project, please be nice, I don't draw at all, but sometimes I get curious and try to explore a bit [wink, wink]

Here are a couple of close-up pictures. I used Color Bursts and Liquid Metals to color the image.

This is the 12" x 12" piece.

Products used:

12"x 12" Mixed Media Art Board

Lemon Yellow Color Burst.

Yellow Ochre Color Burst.

Tangerine Color Burst.

Sepia Color Burst.

Pthalo Green Color Burst.

Lime Green Color Burst.

Metallic Sky Liquid Metals

Copper Liquid Metals.

Walnut Click It Ink Pad

PEGz Uppercase Alphabet set.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

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Ken Oliver Crafts Creative Team Challenge

Bonsoir

Hello friends! Hope you all are having a great Friday. I want to share a card I made few days ago using this cute image from Provence Set, I have to confess that I know very little French so I Googled "Bonsoir" meaning and found this:

bon·soir. interjection. The definition of bonsoir is a French word that means good evening, or can be used to say hello or goodbye in the evening time. An example of bonsoir is how someone would greet another when walking into a Paris restaurant for dinner.

This card is super simple, size of it is 6" x 6", the image was colored with the new Spectrum AquaBlend Watercolor Pencils, I highly recommend to get the, they blend beautifully and the colors are very vibrant. Added an embossed background, I think this embossing folder was perfect for this image, finally the sentiment was stamped on a piece of Black Pearl Shimmering cardstock in Versamark Watermark ink and added white embossing powder.. Ribbon and paper flower was added to embellish the card.

Crafter's Companion Products used:

• Provence Set - A little bit Scenic By Sheena Douglas.
• Dry Stone Wall - Texture Embossing Folder.
• Spectrum Aqua Blend Watercolor Pencils: Sky Blue, Blue Marine, Pesto Green, Verdan Green, Ebony, Dark Slate, Asphalt, Gunmetal, Oak, Clay, Oregano, Hyacinth, Eldelberry, Chrom Orange.
• 6" x 6" White Scored Card.
• Rose Pearl Shimmering Cardstock.
• Black Pearl Shimmering Cardstock.

Hope you like it.

Have a fantastic day!!

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Bonsoir

I am happy with you

Hello friends, Happy Thursday! It's almost Friday and I hope you all are having a great week so far.
Today, I want to share a CAS card I made using Latina Crafter Stamps, for this project I used the super cute Flogger, the stamp image is from Flogger Relax and Presentando a nuestro bebé (from this set I used the clouds)

Here are the details:

• Make a card from White Cardstock. A2 size.
• Stamp the clouds with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and the the cloud borders with Broken China Distres Ink. Here I added few die-cuts I had already done from a previous project, These clouds were cut with IO dies and colored with Ultramarine Blue Color Burst.

• Stamp Flogger in Lamp Black Click It Ink, color it with a light color, here I used a Spectrum Aqua Marker, just a little bit since I didn't use watercolor paper but regular white cardstock. 
• For the grass I color a piece of watercolor paper with Kelly Green Click It Ink, I did it twice to add more effect, also added a little butterfly, I used a scrap piece of Candy red Shimmering cardstock.

• Stamp the sentiment in Crimson Click It Ink, I used my MISTI to get a perfect impression.

Hope you like it.
Have a fantastic day!

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I am happy with you

A couple of cards, few days later.

Hello friends!! Happy Monday to you all! Hope you all are starting a fantastic today I want to share a couple of weeks I meant to share last week, but I have been so busy I just couldn't.

First card is the one I made for St. Patrick's Day, this set is Crafter's Companion called "Lucky You", this image is adorable, I really love all the Bebunni Collection from Crafter's Collection. I colored the image with Spectrum Aqua Markers.

And the second card is the one I made for my daughter's birthday, she celebrated her 12th birthday last March 18th, goodness gracious, she is becoming a gracious and beautiful young lady, now she believes I have an accent, but she likes it {wink, wink}
For this card I used Color Burst (Ultramarine Blue, Sepia and Alizarin Crimson  for the background and to color the cupcake.
I used the Eat Cake & Celebrate set  and coordinated dies from Concord & 9th

Hope you like them.
Have a fantastic day!

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A couple of cards, few days later.

New Edgeable Dies and HSN!!

Hello friends! Sara Davies from Crafter's Companion is back to the HSN and she will be showcasing new products!! You don't want to miss them.
Here is a project I made just last night before going to bed, just because I really like this edgeable die and this was super quick and easy to make!

Products used:
Edgeable Floral Dance.
Flowers are from Sara David Signature Collection Floral Delight : Pretty Petals.
Flowers colors with Spectrum Noir Sparkle:Pink, Solar Red and Crystal Clear.

And here is the HSN schedule!!

Hope you like it!
Have a great day!

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New Edgeable Dies and HSN!!

Forever friends

Hello friends! Hope you all are having a fantastic day! Today I want to share a card I created for Latina Crafter March challenge, and I hope you can join us too.

We have a sketch + twist, you can follow either or both, you don't need to use Latina Crafter products, but if you have them we would love to see them in action.

For this card I used the set "Amiga", the papers are from Stampin Up, love this one, very pretty!

Entering this project to:

• Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes.

Hope you like it!
Have a fantasic day!!

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Forever friends

Blog Hop con los sellos Esther Cagigal

Hola amigas/os!! El día de hoy tenemos un blog hop inspiracional con los sellos de Esther Cagigal!! El Equipo de Diseño ha preparado unos proyectos fantásticos, ideas y más ideas usando las chicas de Esther!

Y todo blog hop trae sorpresas, en esta ocasión tenemos un SUPER SALE!!! Todos los sellos de Esther están con 50% de descuento!!
Para hacer efectivo el descuento, coloquen el código ESTHER50 en su orden.

Aquí les dejo mi proyecto, la etapa escolar aún sigue aquí en USa, pero los meses pasan tan rápido que segurito en un abrir y cerrar de ojos llegamos al final y a las graduaciones, con eso en mente, cree ésta tarjeta, aquí usé el sello Graduada, la imagen la estampé en watercolor cardstock y la coloree con marcadores Spectrum Aqua, el sentiment lo estampé en Versamark Watermark ink y le agregué polvos para embossing, unas perlitas y la tarjeta quedó lista.

Aquí les deo unos links con proyectos hechos con los sellos de Esther: AQUI, AQUI, AQUI, AQUI, AQUI, AQUI para darles más ideas e inspiración.

Lista de participantes:

Latina Crafter Blog

Giovana 

Pao 

Hilda 

Patry Ro

MO

Karla 

Gracias por acompañarnos en este blog hop, hecho con mucha inspiración y cariño para todos ustedes.

Aquí les dejo el link directo con todos los 

Sellos de Esther

Un abrazo grande.

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Blog Hop con los sellos Esther Cagigal

Lucky tags!

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday to you all! Today, I want to share a couple of tags I made for the Crafter's Companion Blog. You can see the picture tutorial HERE

Submitting these tags to:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: A bit O' Green

Your comments are always appreciated.

Hope you like them.
Have a fantastic day!

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Lucky tags!

CRAFTER'S COMPANION, DOWNTON ABBEY & HSN!

Hello friends!! Happy Tuesday to you all. A couple of days ago Downton Abbey, one of my favorites shows ever, came to an end, I think we are all sad about that, I think I am not the only one starting the show over,  DVDs to the rescue, happy weekends watching my favorite show {wink, wink}

Well there is some good news!  Crafter's Companion will be on HSN next week on March 16th with the Official Downton Abbey Luxury Cardmaking Kit.  It is a beautiful high quality kit with hundreds of pieces included to make over 50 cards!  Every single piece is inspired by the show and you can only get it from HSN.  This is the real deal folks!!  Check out the card I made with this lovely kit.  

More projects coming soon as well as more projects with this fantastic kit.

Hope you like it
Have a fantastic day.

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CRAFTER'S COMPANION, DOWNTON ABBEY & HSN!

Lucky + Tutorial.

Hello friends!! Happy Monday to you all. Last week I got a box full with new goodies from Ken Oliver Crafts, felt like Christmas in March, hehehe. So I decided to use my new crafty goodies to make this super fun St. Patrick's Day card.

• Start die-cutting 9 small square piece from Water Media Paper. Then, add a little drop of Yellow Gold Liquid Metals and then spread the Liquid Metal on the center of the square with a paint brush.



• Cut a piece of Water Media Paper, size 4" x 6", mist it and tap the new Lime Green Color Burst. Cut a couple of strips about 0.5" and painted them with Yellow Gold and Verdi Gris Liquid Metals. Set aside to dry.



• Die-cut the gold piece with a scallop die, add it behind the Verdi Gris piece, add a white strip of Water media paper and adhere them to card panel.



• Stamp the clover leaves and Lucky sentiment in Kelly Green Click It Ink Pad.



• Add a kraft piece of cardstock behind the panel and add stitches. Add all the squares little panels with foam adhesive.



• Embellish your card with a ribbon and twine bow and drops.


And this is the card. I think it turned out super cute!! This is a 5"x7" Water Media Greeting Card.



Remember, you can find Ken Oliver Crafts products in small retailers near you!

Submitting this card to:
• Fusion Card Challenge: Lucky Days. I used the sketch  as an inspiration.
• Tic Tac Toe Challenge: Challenge #5: I used Gold + Green + Inspiration Picture
• The Card Concept: Shamrocks, Patterns and Greens

Hope you like it!

Have a fantastic day!

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Lucky + Tutorial.

Ken Oliver Crafts & Impression Obsession Blog Hop

Welcome to the Ken Oliver Crafts/Impression Obsession Blog Hop!

You should have just come from the very talented artist and also my very good friend Dina! 

We have some beautiful projects to share AND PRIZES to give away!

This is the card I created for this hop, here are the details:

• Tap a little bit of Ultramarine Blue Color Burst on a piece of watercolor cardstock, spray water as much or as little as you want, I wanted a soft ground so I sprayed a good amount of water. 
• Tap a bit of Terra Verte Color Burst  on the bottom area of your watercolor panel, spray water and let it dry. I wanted this side a bit darker, so I didn't add much water.
• On another piece of watercolor repeat the process with both colors. At this point I used the edges of the Ultramarine Blue side, love the little dot and splashes and used it to die-the clouds. 
• I used the green area to die-cut Grass Border, this one was a lot lighter than the main panel to create a contrast.
• I used Alizarin Crimson Color Burst for the heart balloons.
• I stamped the image from Balloon Bouquet and Bunches of Love sentiment on the watercolor panel in Lamp Black Ink, then I stamped it on another piece and cut out the girls and heart balloons.
• I added all the pieces to a 6"x 6" card base. The watercolor panel is 5.5" x 5.5".

The hop will run for 2 days (3/4/16 - 3/5/16) with a list of participants on the Ken Oliver Crafts and Impression Obsession Blogs each day at 8am EST. Visit the fabulous designers from both team’s blogs and leave a comment (please only one comment per person/ per blog) for a chance to win! Winners will randomly be chosen and announced on Monday March 7^th.

The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!! 

Ken Oliver Crafts will be giving away a set of Color Burst and

Impression Obsession will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificates to two lucky winners!

Making the prize package a retail value of $60 a day!!!

Comment entries will be open until 9pm EST on Sunday March 6th and all winners will be announced Monday March 7^th on the Ken Oliver Crafts and Impression Obsession Blogs.

Good luck!

Blog Hop List:

Yvonne Blair 
Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith (You are HERE)
Jenny Gropp
Laurel Beard
Kittie Caracciolo

Zoey Emanuela Scarpelli
Daniela Dobson
Krista Cheryl Riley 

Hope you like it!
Have fun hopping!

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Ken Oliver Crafts & Impression Obsession Blog Hop

You are beautiful

Hello friends! Happy Tuesday and welcome March!! Looks like this year is moving a lot faster than any other, maybe it's me, LOL.
I, finally had the chance to play with my new goodies from Concord & 9th, this stamp set is wonderful and open to many possibilities, plus the die set is amazing!!

So, here are the details:

• Create a card base from Kraft Cardstock. A2 size.
• Cut a panel from Watercolor cardstock 3.75" x 5"
• Stamp images from Wildflower set in Stazon Ink, then color them. Here I used Spectrum Aqua Markers:Dessert, Moss, Scarlet, Blossom, Topaz and Yellow. Then I added Spectum Sparkle Pens: Rose Quartz, Moonlight and Crystal Clear.
• Stamp the "you are" from "Beautiful words set"   in Black Ink and die-cut "Beautiful" from "Beautiful You dies" in Black Shimmering cardstock, I did it twice using Stick It to create  a little bit of dimension.
• Finally add sequins and adhere panel to card base. 

Submitting this project to:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes

Hope you like.

Have a fantastic day!!

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You are beautiful