Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway!!

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Hello friends! So excited to be participating on the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Last night, I made a card and I am very happy how it turned out.

Here are the details:

• Position your Kraft watercolor card base (Ken Oliver Crafts) on your MISTI, then mask all the edges with painter tape.
• Stamp the coffee image from Coffee Lover set (Joy Clair Stamps) on a watercolor panel in Jet Black Ink, then stamp the leaves around, leaves are from Technique Junkies Autumn Set.
• Color images with Spectrum Aqua markers, then add bits of Spectrum Sparkle (Biscuit, Sage, Crystal Clear)

You can join this super fabulous event HERE 

And as a thank you for stopping by on my blog, I have a little giveaway for you, just leave me a comment and your name will be entered.
This giveaway includes:

• OCD Stamps by Latina Crafter
• Café 1 Wood Veneers 
• Butterflies, Flowers, Umbrellas Wood Veneers 

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you like my card
Have a fantastic day!

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Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway!!

Thanks!

Hello friends!! Hope you are having a fantastic day! Here in the PNW we are dealing with very unhealthy to hazardous air quality :( Hard to go outside, everything looks foggy and the smells is horrible. Praying for rain.

Anyway, I have a very "Fall-y" card for you today, by the way, have you commented on the My Sweet Petunia and Right At Home  blog hop? You still have time to comment and your name will be added, you can be a lucky a winner!! Enter HERE.

For my card I used "Fall Leaves" set, stamped them in Watercolor paper, Versamark ink and White embossing powder, then heat set, cut them out and them added Color Burst Powders! (Sepia, Yellow Ochre, Terra Verte, Tangerine).

The background was created on a Kraft 5"x 7" card, added Copper Liquid Metals , then mist the paper and voila!!

The sentiment is from "Script Greetings" set,  stamped the "thank" from thank you (I cut the clear stamp), then masked the stamp "blessed" and used one of the "s" to add it to the word, I used Jet Black Ink

Finally, I added twine and sequins, ad my card was done!

Entering this card to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Stamp It. 

Hope you like it!

Have a fantastic day!

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Thanks!

Happy Birthday Latina Crafter

Hola hola!! El día de hoy las diseñadoras alumni de Latina Crafter nos hemos reunido para celebrar su 6to Aniversario!! Felicidades Diana, muchos éxitos y muchos años más con Latina Crafter!! Deseo expresar mi gratitud a Diana por haberme permitido ser parte de Latina Crafter por varios años, compartiendo ideas, experiencias y cositas detrás de cámara, largas charlas en Facebook, oraciones y lágrimas también, la amistad continúa aún cuando ya no sea parte del Equipo de Diseño, mucho gracias por todo!!

Mil bendiciones Diana y Latina Crafter!!

Si empezaste a saltar y llegaste aquí a través de Tere, llegaste al lugar correcto.

A continuación les presento el trabajo que he preparado para ustedes con mucho cariño.

• Estampamos los globitos del set "Feliz Cumpleaños" en papel para acuarela o watercolor en Versamark Watermark y luego aplicamos polvos blancos para embosado a calor (heat embossing), coloreamos los globitos con Spectrum Aqua Markers.

• Cortamos un borde en cartulina celeste. TIP: Aquí utilicé mi MISTI y uno de los Creative Borders, así el die queda perfectamente alineado.

•  Luego cortamos el die "Felicidades" en cartulina negra, aquí corté 3 veces, le coloqué Stick It en la parte de atrás de la cartulina, así adherirlo es mucho más fácil.

•  Colocamos las piezas en una base de tarjeta de color blanca. Como toque final, agregué Spectrum Noir Sparkle a los globitos para darle un toque brillante. 

Aquí les presento la tarjeta , una vez más Felicidades Diana y Latina Crafter en tu 6to cumpleaños.

Ahorita te invito a saltar al blog de Betty y disfrutar de la belleza de proyecto que ella ha realizado.

Y como no hay blog hop sin premio, que les parece una tarjeta de regalo de $25! Sólo tienes que dejar tu comentario en todos los blogs y tu nombre será incluido!! Tienes hasta el domindo 11 de junio para dejar tu comentario.

Espero que les haya gustado mi proyecto, que tengan un lindo día!!

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Happy Birthday Latina Crafter

A Love card and sharing great news!

Hello friends!! It's Saturday! I hope you are enjoying your weekend and you family or your quiet time. I am taking it easy and craft as much as I can, I am a bit congested again, seriously, I am tired of the cold or allergies or whatever it is.
Anyway, today I have a "Love card" for you, a little bit of mixed media and cute styles together. Remember this card? I saved part of the image I didn't use, perfect for this card.

This card was super easy to put together, here are the details:

• Start making an A2 card base from White cardstock.
• Cut a panel 4" x 5.25" from watercolor cardstock, add Color Burst Powder, spray water and let dry, after that add a Gold Metallic Tape to left side and adhere panel to card base.
• Adhere roses panel to card with foam tape.
• Die-cut a heart in red cardstock, the word "love" in gold glitter and the swirl leaves in Green envy shimmering cardstock. (dies are retired from Crafter's Companion)
• Finally, add pearls.

Entering this card to:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Use more than one punch or die.
• Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes.

Now, sharing my great news! I got invited to join the My Sweet Petunia Design team! I am so excited, you can check it out HERE

Hope you like it!

Have a fantastic day!!

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A Love card and sharing great news!

So very thankful

Hello friends!! Today, I am sharing a very Fall-y card. Fall is my favorite season, love seeing all the leaves changing colors, fresh weather (in the PNW) and a lot of pumpkin everything {wink, wink}

I have a very simple card with Fall colors using this new Lace Leaf set from Concord & 9th, the leaves were stamped in Vintage Photo and Peeled Paint Distress Inks as well as Memento Rich Cocoa and Tangelo Inks.
The background was created with Yellow Ochre, Orchid, Burnt Orange and  Tangerine Color Burst, then I added 1/16" Purple Masking Tape and 1/16" Gold Metallic Tape. I also added a strip of 1/16" Gold Metallic Tape to the brown/orange leaf.
I stamped the sentiment in Crimson Click It Ink.
Finally, I added the white panel to a Yellow Pearl Shimmering Cardstock card base.

I am entering this project to Where Creativity Meets C9 "Celebration" Challenge.  Why not celebrate thankfulness, giving thanks always.


Hope you like it!
Have a fantastic day!

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So very thankful

Relax...

Hello friends! I am back! Sharing with you this super relax card. My dream is one day be able to go to Italy and visit those fun and colorful Café shops, one day I will!! {wink, wink}

The Ken Oliver Creative Team Challenge for this month is "Vacation", I am a little late sharing about the challenge, but you have until July 12th to share your vacation projects and ideas, you can find all the details HERE

For this project I used this pretty image from Crafter's Companion and colored it with Color Burst!

Hope you like it!
Have a fantastic Sunday!

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Relax...

Grace

Hello friends! Hope you are having a great Wednesday. Today I want t show you a card I made using new stamps I got  from Latina Crafter and my super duper Color Burst and Liquid Metals from ken Oliver Crafts!
Latina Crafter recently released more sets part of the "Be a Blessing Collection" I combine 2 sets for this card, "Hope" and "Redemption"

Grace Card

I started stamping the flower on a piece of paper, cut it out and used it for masking. Then I stamped the flower several times on a piece of Water Media Paper in Versamark Ink and added White Embossing powder, I did the same with the leaves. I colored the flowers with Ultramarine Blue and the leaves with Terra Verte Color Burst , the outside areas was colored with Indigo Color Burst.

I stamped the sentiment and the little butterfly with Turquoise Click It Ink Pad. 

I added a scallop border, twine and rhinestones, finally added the panel to a Ivory card base. 

I am submitting this card to:

• Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes.
• CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: Floral
• Tic Tac Toe Challenge: Garden, Twine, Scallop Border.

Hope you like it!
Have a fantastic day!!

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Grace

Blog for Boobies Blog Hop

Welcome to the 3rd Annual "Blogs 4 boobies" blog hop! This is day 1 of a 7 day event! 

We are so glad that you joined us today. This is a one-of-a-kind-blog (hop)bounce! Every card/project that is show here in the "blogs 4 boobies" blog bounce is up for auction! All of the money raised through the silent auction, on our blogs, will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation. Skipping Stones Design is also donating $2 to the cause for EVER stamp set sold during June 1st-14th. SSD is celebrating "Blogs 4 Boobies" with the release of 6 ALL NEW Stamp sets.

There are 3 ways that you can help, and join in on the fundraising!

1. You can help by Shopping!

For every stamp set that you purchase during June 1st through the 14th SSD will donate $2 to the Komen Foundation. 

2. . You can help by *Biding!

Another way you can help us raise money for the Komen Foundation is to *bid on a project or card along the blog bounce(hop). YES! EVERY Single card/project along the blogs for boobies bounce is up for auction. Bidding starts at $5 or more. Your *Bid not only includes the card or project but shipping to your home as well. * See how to place a bid for more detailed instructions.

If you are the highest bidder 7 days after the first post date 8:00 p.m. mountain time then you WIN the card/project that you bid on.

3. You can help by Telling Your Friends.

Help us spread the word about "blogs 4 boobies" the more people that know, the more money we can raise!!!

So today I have 2 cards for this special blog hop! I used the highest materials for these projects and you are bidding for not 1 but 2 cards, These are 5" x 7" with envelopes included.

I used the new Water Media Cards and Color Bursts by Ken Oliver Crafts. So you are getting great cards for this amazing cause!

Here are the cards:

Card #1:

Card #2:

*"How to place a bid on my card/project"

Step #1: 

Find the comment section of the blog that shows the "Blogs 4 boobies" card or project that you want to buy.

Step #2: Once you are in the "blogs 4 boobies" comment section fill in the dollar and cents amount of what you are willing to pay for the card/project. We recommend a starting bid of $5 or more. 

Step #3: Next to your $ bid please type in your email address. During a silent auction bidders sign their name next to their bid. typing your email address is the electronic equivalent of signing your bid. Also it will help the blogger contact you if you are the highest bidder.

Step #4: Watch and wait.

Once you have entered your bid/comment sit back and wait. If someone out bids you then you may bid again. Bidding will continue until June 8th - 8:00 p.m. Mountain time 

Here is the amazing lineup of designers for day 1:

Skipping Stones Designs

 Connie Mercer
 Ilina Crouse
 Kelly Gettelfinger
 Amy Sheffer
 Deana Benson
  Megan Hoeppner
Giovana Smith
 Stephen Kropf
 Jacquie Marie

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Blog for Boobies Blog Hop

Ken Oliver Crafts May Challenge: Flowers

Hello friends! Happy Monday to you all! Hope you all are starting a fantastic week. The Ken Oliver Creative Team has a new challenge for you, this month our theme is flowers, so this is your time to create anything with flowers and of course Ken Oliver Crafts products if you have them, you can find more details about the challenge HERE and also enjoy the projects made by the team.

This is the project I created for this month's challenge. I used the 6" x 6" Mixed Media Board as the base of my project, stamped the Poppy Mandala stamp direct on the board and added White Embossing powder and heat set it. After that I colored the flowers with Color Burst, I used: Alizarin Crimson, Fuchsia, Lime Green, for the background I used Turquoise. I also added Metallic Sky for the background and Metallic Mandarin on the flowers.

I also added embossing paste and stenciled the corners to give it and extra touch.

Products used:

Color Burst: Alizarin Crimson, Fuchsia, Lime Green, Turquoise.

Liquid Metals: Metallic Sky and Metallic Mandarin..

6" x 6" Mixed Media Board.

Poppy Mandala Stamp.

Hope you like my project.

We hope you can join us and play along.

Have a fantastic day!

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Ken Oliver Crafts May Challenge: Flowers

Poppy card using Color Burst!

Hello friends! I finally have time to sit down and write a post, I just want to share a card with picture tutorial I am sharing over at the Ken Oliver Crafts Blog, you can check it out HERE.

For this card I used the one of the new Cut n Color Stamps and Dies from Ken Oliver Crafts, this one is the poppy one, I used several Color Burst to color the image and the background.
I love poppies and this one of my favorites.

I am entering this card to:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Flowers.

Hope you like it!
Have a fantastic day/night!!

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Poppy card using Color Burst!

Ken Oliver Creative Team April Challenge

Hello friends!! How you all are doing well. The Ken Oliver Creative Team was challenged this month to create a project based on the theme "Family" and also we were challenged to used 3 Color Burst, 1 Metallic, Stick It, stamp and/or dies.

So, I decided to do a baby picture frame! I made this for a friend who recently had a baby girl, she is more like family to me. I've been wanting to visit her, but I am recovering now from a horrible cold/cough bug so I will have to wait until I get 100% better to give it to her.

The project was done in about 90 minutes!!

Here are the details:

• Start with a wooden frame, paint it with white acrylic paint and then add a couple of layers of gesso, here I used clear gesso to keep the deep white color from the acrylic paint.
• While the frame dries, paint a piece of Water Color Media paper with Liquid Metal Rose and Saffron. Set aside to dry. Apply Stick It to both colors and die-cut the banner in rose and the baby in Saffron. (After it dried I decided to cover the Saffron color with Metallic Rose, that's why the color looks a little bit darker) I die-cut the baby 3x and the banner 2x. Peel the Stick it and adhere them together.
• Mist 4 pieces of Water Color Media Paper in Fuchsia, Orchid, Yellow Ochre and Merlot and Pthalo Green and Terra Verte. Die-cut flowers and leaves.
• Spray flowers and leaves to give them more textures and shape them.
• Add pink buttons around the frame window.
• Glue flowers together and add them to frame.
• Add banner and baby die-cuts.
• Embellish with pearls and twine.

Ken Oliver Products used:

• Color Burst: Pthalo Green, Terra Verte, Fuchsia, Orchid, Yellow Ochre, Merlot.
• Metallics: Saffron, Rose, Amethyts, Yellow Gold
• Water Media Paper.
• Stick It.

Other products:

• Baby Die : Sugar Pea Designs.
• Banner and leaves die: Crafter's Companion.
• Flower die: Heartfelt Creations
• Picture frame.

Now, it is your turn to play along!! Create a project based on the theme and use as many of the products listed for the challenge and post your creation on Facebook using the hashtag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.

Hope you like my project!

Have a fantastic day!

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Ken Oliver Creative Team April Challenge

For you

Hello friends! Happy Tuesday to you. Today I have a very different card for you today, this project started with a completely different concept, but didn't work out the way I wanted it to, so since I had the image colored and ready to go and decided to die-cut it and create a window with the extra border piece, never wasting ;) I took a slightly bigger die-cut circle and die-cut a piece of shimmering black cardstock to create a contrast and show a little bit of the 3D effect.

The image is from "Wildflower" set and the sentiment is created with this super amazing set "Sophisticated script", with this set you can create pretty much anything you want to say.

The flowers were colored with the new Liquid Metals Metallic: Mandarin, Saffron, Jade, Rose and Verdi Gris, and for the background I used the new Color Burst Chartreuse and Lime Green. The sentiment was inked in Click It Walnut Ink.

The card base is a Kraft Water Media card, they come already stitched and includes kraft envelopes!

 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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For you