Showing posts with label smARTworks stamps.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smARTworks stamps.. Show all posts

Friday, September 3

Smart-word Challenge: Juvenile!

Hello my friends! Just a quick post to let you know about the smART-word challenge, this month the word is "JUVENILE" : young, youthful, boys & girls.
I don't have a card yet, I will post my card a little bit later today.

Susan has posted a beautiful creations over the smART- word challenge blog, go and check them out, also it is a wonderful stamp set up for grabs.

In addition of that, Susan is offering 70% OFF!!! in all stamps from the OLD CATALOG! They are super wonderful stamps, you can't beat 70% off!
Check out the old catalog  HERE and all the info about ordering and S&H HERE

I'll come back later with my card.
Have a great day!!


Edited to add: Card and info is here :)  I used the colors from iCopic Lover

Directions:
  • Make card from cardstock.
  • Cut a smaller piece of cardstock, ink edges and stamp background images. Add ribbon.
  • Stamp image onto cardstock. Also, stamp image on patterned paper, cut out and paper pieced image. Stamp a second image on patterned paper, cut out only the skirt piece and adhere to card with glue dots. Add rhinestones.
  • Die-cut image (label 3), emboss and ink.
  • Stamp sentiment. Die-cut and ink edges. Adhere to card.
  • Add mini paper flowers to card, add some stickles.

Celebrate the moment

Celebrate the moment

Card recipe:
  • Cardstock: Real Red, Pink Pirouette (SU), White (GP)
  • Paper: Bo Bunny.
  • Stamps: Life is a Dance, Silhouette Frames, Stella &Co (all smARTworks)
  • Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink (SU)
  • Embellishments: Satin Ribbon (Michael's), Mini Paper Flowers (Recollections), Red Rhinestones (Kaisercraft).
  • Accessories: Label 3 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Sponges, Scor-tape, Medium glue dots.
Hope you like it!
Have a great day.

Sunday, August 1

Wishing you the blessings of the season.

* This is an auto-post. I am recovering from surgery and I'll be back as soon as I can. Thanks! *

Hello my friends! It's time for another fun challenge over at the smART-word Blog Challenge. This month's word is "BIRD".

This is the card I created:

 Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: White (GP), Real Red (SU), Certainly celery (SU).
  • Paper: Cappella (BasicGrey).
  • Stamps:'This the season (smARTworks)
  • Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Antique linen Distress (Ranger)
  • Embellishments: Ribbon (smARTworks).
  • Accessories: Label 3 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Sewing machine, Border Punch (Fiskars), Sponges, 3D-foam.
Hope you like and play along too!
Have a great day!

PS: I am submitting this card to:
Christmas in July Challenge: Our Creative Corner.

Thursday, July 1

Keep up your face to the sun

Hello my friends!! and to all my Canadian friends "Happy Canada Day"!! Can you believe it is July already?? Time flies for sure, pretty sure we are going to be celebrating Thanksgiving and getting ready for Christmas too!!
Well, today as the first day of the month the smART-word Challenge blog is launching another challenge for you. This month's word is "BRIGHT", so get ready for your sunglasses and create something bright and post it "HERE"

This is the card I created for this challenge, nothing brighter than the SUN, so I created a sun shape card. The rays were made with 3 different yellow ribbon, one plain and one with polka dots. The sentiment I chose is from Vintage Variety Set.

Keep your face to the sun

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Orange Textured (Bazzill), White (GP).
Stamps: Vintage Variety Set (smARTworks)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Memento Tangelo (Tsukineko).
Embellishments: Yellow Satin Ribbon (Offray), Yellow Polka Dots (Target).
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Sponge dauber, Scor-tape.

Hope you like it and can play along with us!
Have a great day.

Tuesday, June 1

Thanks!

Hello my friends! I hope you all had a great Memorial Day, we did! We were invited to a BBQ and also a Birthday Celebration. We ate (too much) and came home so tired, just ready for bed :)
Now, the whole Smith family is having Cold-Allergies problems, yikes! SO far, I am doing OK, DD is very congested and DH is doing OK so far, just too many sneezes around is not fun.

Today we are starting a new month (unbelievable!) and also a new challenge over at the smART-word Challenge. This month's word is "Ribbon", just create a project using ribbon on your card and you then post it here for your chance to win some pretty stamps. You can use any stamps, but if you use smARTworks stamps, you get 1 smART-Buck reward.
So here is the card I created. I used the image from Garden Tea and the sentiment from Mama Goo Goo. The weave BG is from FS-006 Backgrounds . The ribbons are also form smARTworks Store; I used Black Dot and Sheer Stripe White (they are 0.39 per yard!!)


Card recipe:
Card Stock: Tangerine Tango (SU), Black, White (GP).
Stamps: Garden Tea, Backgrounds, Mama Goo Goo (All smARTworks)
Ink: Espresso Adirondack (Ranger), Tea Dye and Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Stazon Black (Tsukineko)
Embellishments: Black Dots and Sheer Stripe White (smARTworks), Gold Rhinestones (Recollections)
Accessories: Scor-Tape, Mini glue dots, foam tape, daubers.

Hope you like it and have  the chance to play with us!
Have a great day!

Wednesday, May 19

The Lord gives perfect peace.

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day! Here is rainy and a little bit cloudy, but I love it. I like 70F (max) weather , I don't get along very well with hot temperatures, so today is a perfect day :)

Today, I have another card using images from Ministry Mix Set by smARTworks. It is very simple, the colors are very peaceful and the image is one of my favorites. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and blended it with OMS.



Card recipe:
Card Stock: Bashful Blue (SU), Kiwi Kiss (SU), White (Gina K)
Stamps: Ministry Mix (smARTworks)
Ink: Espresso (Ranger)
Embellishments: Green Rhinestones (KaiserCraft)
Accessories: Corner Punch (SU), Paper piecing set, Foam Tape, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS.

Hope you like it!
Have a great and blessed day!

Tuesday, May 18

Psalm 25:4

Hello my blogger friends! Hope you are having a great day/night! Today I was feeling pretty good and because I didn't have to work I decided to do a major and intense cleaning house work, LOL. I did dust, vacuum, mop and shampoo the whole house. I planned to do everything in 2 hours, yeah probably you are saying no way, and you are right, I finished in 5 hours, after that I was exhausted, but my house is clean and I am happy (and tired too).
So , what is the best therapy after a whole day cleaning?? STAMPING!! I sat in my nice and cleaned craft room and I decided to make a card or two :)

So, I took my Ministry Mix Set by smARTworks and created a card.
Here the details: I stamped the flowers on a piece of White CS in Espresso Ink. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils, cut it and embossed it with Oval Nestabilities. I sponged it inside with Lien Dye Distress Ink.
I cut a piece of Tangerine Tango and stitched it around, then I stamped the sentiment and adhere the Oval piece with some Foam Tape.



Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White (GP), White (Gina K), Tangerine Tango (SU)
Stamps: Ministry Mix (smARTworks)
Ink: Espresso Adirondack (Ranger), Linen Dye Distress (Ranger)
Embellishments: Sheer Stripe White Ribbon, Stickles.
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Dauber, Sewing machine, Mini glue dots, Foam Tape.


Also I want to remind you about the smART-word Challenge, this month's word is FLOWERS, so submit your flower cards to the challenge, and you can be a lucky winner. Remember, you don't need to use smART-works stamps.

Hope you like my card!
Have a happy and blessed day/ night.

Saturday, May 1

smART-word Challenge: Flowers!

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day! My week has been pretty busy, I started Spring cleaning closets and I found out I had tons of stuff, so I planned a Garage Sale for yesterday and today, and so far it is great! God is blessing us with good "garage-yard sailor's" :)

Today we are starting a new month! Wow, May already!! and also time for another smART-word at smART-word challenge. This month's word is "Flowers", so just create something that includes flowers in your project "words, images, embellishments,etc" and link your project HERE. You can use any stamps you own, but if you play with smARTworks stamps you automatically will win one smART-buck.

Here is the project I created for this month's challenge.

For my card I created the Background using one of the images from Frames set, I stamped it using Pretty in Pink Ink (easy way to get a good BG is using the stamp-a-ma jig). Then I stamp the pretty flower from Cookie Plate #1: Botanicals. I stamped the image in Real Red Ink and then cut it out. Finally I used the sentiment from Basket Set (This set is only $2.00!!) I stamped the sentiment in Espresso Adirondack Ink.



Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White (GP), Pink Pirouette (SU).
Stamps: Frames, Cookie Plate #1 & Basket (All smARTworks)
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Espresso.
Embellishments: Red Satin Ribbon (Offray), Liquid Pearls. Clear Glitter.
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, foam tape, Sunburst Fiskars Border Punch.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

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Friday, April 23

Psalm 119:165

Hello my friends! Here is a gorgeous day, sunny and bright, hope to stay this way so I can go for a walk later. Anyway, I have an inspirational card for you today. I used one of the sayings from Ministry Mix Set from smARTworks. I really like this Bible verse, in hard times I know who I should trust.
For my card I created the circle window using a couple of Circle Nestabilities, then I embossed them using Swiss Dots embossing folder. The pretty paper is from Out & About Collection from My Mind's Eyes. The flowers are from Prima.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Sketch: From Rebecca's Sketch (yes!! that my little daughter's challenge)
Monochromatic : Caarvarks.



Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Pink Pirouette (SU), White (GP).
Paper: Out & About (My Mind's Eye).
Stamps: Ministry Mix (smARTworks).
Ink: Espresso Adirondack (Ranger), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger)
Embellishments: Pink Satin Ribbon (Offray), Prima flowers, Silver brads (JoAnn's).
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss dots folder, daubers, foam tape.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

Tuesday, April 20

A note of Thanks.

Hello my friends, here I come again, my second post for today. This time I am playing Kristina Warner Challenge: One Layer Card. I am not a OLC maker, but once in a while I challenge myself to try it, I love embellishments too much :)

Anyway, for my card I used 7 different ink colors!!! I started stamping the Weave BG from smARTworks (now 50% off while sullies lasts!!) in Ginger, Tangelo and Walnut Stain Ink. Then I stamped the images from On The desk set (Cornish Heritage Farms) in Espresso Ink. Then I stamped the side pen in Peeled Paint Distress Ink. Finally I sponged the borders, I started with Tea Dye, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock" White (GP)
Stamps: On the Desk  (CHF), Weave BG (smARTworks).
Ink: Ginger (Adirondack), Espresso (Adirondack), Tangelo (Memento), Peeled Paint, Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain (all Distress Ink by Ranger)
Accessories: Daubers.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!

Find the wonder and a rainbow!

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a wonderful day. Today my day started with a beautiful rainbow. to be honest I was feeling down, tired and sleepy, but then when I was doing some early dishes I saw a very bright light coming from the backyard, to my surprise it was a lovely tall and thin rainbow. Oh! my spirit brights and my day has been so great so far. Then after a little over an hour after the first rainbow, my daughter told me it was another one!! it was small and wide and beautiful as well.


Anyway, I have a bright card for you. I just found another blog challenge "The Play Date Cafe", its has a "Color Splash Challenge" : Black, White and Orange.
For my card I used Find the Wonder set (now 50% off while supply lasts!!). First I started with my background, I used a Rectangle piece I cut with Rectangle Nestabilities. I used the border frame and  started sponging inside using Memento Tangelo Ink. I stamped the flower in Black and White; I really wanted to create a 3D effect, I think I need to practice more about this technique.
I added a couple of Pearls and some ribbon at the bottom using staples.


Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White (Gina K.)
Stamps: Find the wonder (smARTworks)
Ink: Tangelo (Memento), Stazon Black (Tsukineko), White Craft.
Embellishments: Orange Ribbon (Offray), Pearls (Michael's).
Accessories: Staples, Dauber, Rectangle nestabilities.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!

Saturday, April 17

Challenge cards! and a serious conversation.

Hello my friends and happy Saturday! Today it was a busy day, but great at the same time. My daughter had a soccer game this afternoon and she and her team had a great game (even though her team didn't win). The funny thing is I was sitting on the ground cheering up the team and a little boy was talking to me. He told me he liked his team and his school teacher
So, our conversation went like this:

Me: So, what's your teacher name?
Dylan: Teacher.
Me: Ok,... she must have a name, right?
Dylan: Shis name is teacher of the kids! (He said Shis, :)
Me: Great! You must love her a lot.
Dylan: My teacher is good :)

I smiled, looked at him and said, you are funny. He saw me taking pictures, so he wanted a picture too and I did. Then, he told he wanted to go into the field and play because Rebecca was there, PLOP! I think he didn't know Becca's is my daughter. He whispered to me and said, She is nice!! After the game, we had a potluck and he just wanted to be with Becca, he sat next to her and played to her in the playground, even when he left, he told Becca, "I am leaving, Bye Becca" I was surprised!! Aren't kids sweet, well, it's sweet now they are little, LOL.

Becca and Dylan eating together :)

Anyway, I have 2 cards for you today.
My first card is for 2Sketches 4 You Sketch Challenge. I made this card for my good friend from church whose birthday was last Wednesday. She loves handmade things and I hope she likes my card.
I included a lot of stitching in this card; straight stitches fort he borders and zig zag for the ribbon area.
The flowers are from Spring Florals Set (Gina K. Designs) and they were colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. The sentiment is from Inside & Out Set (Gina K. Designs)

Card recipe:
Card Stock: White, Chocolate Brown (Gina K. Designed)
Paper: Out & About (My Mind's Eye)
Stamps: Inside & Out, Spring Florals (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Stazon Black (Tsukineko), Ginger (Ranger)
Embellishments: Satin White (Michael's), Satin Light Blue (Offray), Pearls (Michael's).
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, Rectangle Nestabilities, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, Daubers, Foam Tape.

My second card is for Stampin' Sisters in Christ , this week challenge is to create a card about prayer and/or peace. For this card I used Ministry Mix from smARTworks. I stamped the sentiment in Cranberry Pigment Ink and heat embossed it with Clear embossing powder. I sponged the inside with Pretty in Pink Ink. I also added some straight stitches.



Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Pink Pirouette (SU), Purple ( LSS), White (GP)
Paper: Postcards from paris & Sweet Cherry Pie (Webster's Pages)
Stamps: Ministry Mix (smARTworks)
Ink: Cranberry Pigment Ink (Ranger), Pretty in Pink (SU)
Embellishments: Green Rhinestones (KaiserCraft).
Accessories: Sewing machine, White thread, Circle Nestabilities, Daubers, Clear embossing powder, foam tape.

I am submitting both card also to Lucy's Cards Challenge #9: Stitching.

Hope you like them.
Have a great and blessed day.

Friday, April 16

Cookie Challenge: Watch Parts.

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a great day! I am having a better day today, you may not known, but I have been having really bad sinus problems, believe me really bad, fever, headache, earache, tiredness, you name it, I have it. But today is a new day and it is beautiful here, sunny and warm (66F), the perfect temperature to do some yard work, LOL. I mowed half of my yard because the mower run out of gas :), I sat on the fresh grass and drank some cold water and enjoyed time talking to my daughter. I feel much better and I am planning on having a good stamping time today. I haven't stamped in days ( you know why) and even though my desk needs to be cleaned, I am planning to ink my fingers today :)


Anyway, today is time for another Cookie Challenge (the last one) and Susan challenged the DT to create a card using Watch Parts Set. I created a CAS card. I used Kraft CS, sponged borders  and stamped the watch. The number area was cut with Circle Nestabilities and adhered with Foam Tape. I added a Silver brad in the center and also some Pearls in the right corner.


Card recipe:
Card Stock: Kraft (SU)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Ginger (Adirondack)for sponging.
Embellishments: Pearls, Silver brad.
Accessories: Circles Nestabilities, Foam Tape, Dauber.

Now, head over to Susan's blog and answer the question posted there to have the chance to win this set!

Good luck.
Have a great day!

Wednesday, April 7

So happy for you!

Hello my friends, I have a card for you today, yeah!! I am in the process to create more cards right now, but before I want to show you this card. I created this card for April's smART-word Challenge: Fresh. I love butterflies and for me that is Fresh!! They are so pretty and now you can start seeing them around your flowers.
Remember, you can use any stamps you own, but if you play with smARTworks stamps, you will earn 1 smARTbuck instantly and also get the chance to win a fabulous prize.
Hope you can get this challenge a try!


Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Real Red, Crushed Curry, White.
Stamps: Cone flowers, LOL (smARTworks)
Ink: Real red, Crushed Curry, Certainly Celery.
Embellishments: Pink Rhinestones
Accessories: Sewing machines, white thread, foam tape.

Have a great day!

Tuesday, March 30

Now & Forever

Hello my friends, Hope you are having a great day. Wedding season just started, in fact I have been invited to attend a wedding on April 10th. I love wedding, they are so romantic and fun at the same time. So, being in the wedding spirit I created these cards. They are CAS, easy to make and mass produce too. I used "Now & Forever Set" from smARTworks. I really love this penguin couple, aren't they adorable?? To make the images pop I used Black Embossing powder  and heat embossing gun, it looks much better than just a black ink, {personal opinion}, I also used Gold Embossing powder.

Card #1:

Card #2:

Card #3: Using Gold Embossing powder.

Hope you like them.
If you have any question about these cards, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Have a great day/night.

Monday, March 29

Playing with scraps

Hello my friends, I have a couple of cards for you today, this time I am using scraps. These cards are very simple and easy to make. I used "Find the Wonder "Set  from smARTworks. Perfect time because Melanie is having a Challenge using scraps :)

First card: I started my card base with a piece of White CS.  The other pieces are scraps, they were almost the same size , so they worked out perfect for my BG. The punch part was also a scrap piece.

Card recipe:
Card Stock: White (GP), Ocean Mist, Lovely Lavender & Lemon Drop (Gina K)
Ink: Sweet Plum (Memento), Summer Sky (Memento)
Embellishments: Flower Rhinestone (Hero Arts), Lilac Gingham.
Accessories: Corner Punch (SU), Threading Water Border Punch (Fiskars), Foam tape, Daubers. 

Second card:  Everything is from my scrap pile (except the card base).


Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Real Red (SU), White (GP), Chocolate Brown & Lemon Drop (Gina K)
Ink: Desert Sand, Rich Cocoa (Memento), Real Red (SU)
Embellishments: Red Rhinestone (Hero Arts), White Ribbon (smARTworks)
Accessories: Corner punch (SU), Sunburst Border Punch (Fiskars), Foam Tape, daubers.

Hope you like them!
Have a great day/ night.

Friday, March 26

Thinking Pink.

Hello my friends, today I have a couple of "pink cards". Do you love pink? I do!! This week I found a lot of inspiration in blogland, one of them was Heather Scott at Oz-somestamps. I love her sketches and her video tutorials, so this week I decided to play her sketch and her Modified Retiform Technique.
Shall we start?

Heather's Sketch: I made a baby card, to be honest I struggled with the sketch, I don't know if I really like this card, maybe because I like to add a lot of layers and use my sewing machine, but at the end I convinced myself the card is pretty :)
The images I used are from "Oh Baby" by Gina K. Designs. The white shape was made using my Cricut machine and "A Child's year" cartridge.


Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Pure Luxury White, Lemon Drop, Innocent Pink (All Gina K.)
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Real Red.
Embellishments: Pink Button (Spring Collection GinaK), White Organdy Ribbon (Gina K)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss dots folder, Cricut, A Child's year cartridge, SU Corner punch, Fiskar's border punch, daubers, Circle Nestabilities, Sticky foam, Mini glue dots.

Modified Retiform Technique: I really like this card, :) For the technique I used Pretty in Pink (SU) and Desert Sand (Memento Ink). I followed the video step by step, it is very easy!! For the BG I used smARTworks stamps: "Stella" and "Weave" . The sentiment is from "Inside & Out" by Gina K. Designs. The scallop shape was cut using my Cricut Machine and "A child's year" cartridge. I added some Satin ribbon and tiny pearls.
I played the sketch challenge from Paper Crafts Connection Blog

Card Recipe:
Card stock: White Pure Luxury, Innocent Pink (both Gina K.. Designs)
Stamps: Stella, Weave (smARTworks), Inside & Out (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Pretty in Pink (SU), Desert Sand (Memento)
Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon (Offray), Pearls.
Accessories: Cricut machine, A child's year cartridge, daubers.

Hope you like them!
Your comments are always appreciated.
Have a great day!

Wednesday, March 24

Clean & Simple + 3 in 1!

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day/night. I have had a very busy day and I was just waiting for a quiet time so I could sit here and write my post.
The other day I was checking some Blog Challenges and I found Stampin' Sisters in Christ and their challenge is to create CAS cards! I thought this is fantastic, having now very short stamping time I played the challenge and I didn't make 1, nor 2 but 3 cards!! The last one is my 3 in 1 using: Cricut, Cutlebug and stamps.
The stamps I used are "Prayer" from smARTworks.

Joy:

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Kraft (SU), Lemon Drop & Creme de Menthe (Gina K), White (GP)
Ink:Memento Rich Cocoa.
Embellishments: Clear Rhinestones (Kaiser crafts).
Accessories: Sticky foam, dauber, Corner punch (SU)

I thank God..
Card Recipe:
Card Stock: White (GP)
Ink: Real Red (SU), Espresso (Adirondack)
Embellishments: Red Rhinestones (Kaiser Crafts)

Prayer: 3 in 1 card: Using Cricut, Cutlebug, Stamps. The embossed shape was cut with the Cricut machine (then embossed) and the borders were sponged.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Kraft, Chocolate Brown & Ocean Mist (Gina K. Design)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ginger (Adirondack)
Embellishments: Turquoise Rhinestones (Kaiser Crafts)
Accessories: Cricut machine, A child's year cartridge, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Folder, daubers, Paper piercing set.

Hope you like my cards.
Have a great and blessed day/night.

Wednesday, March 17

Monochromatic card.

Hello my friends, I hope you all are having a great day! I want to show you the card I made for the monochromatic challenge over at the smART-word Challenge Blog. For my card I used 3 smARTworks sets:
Background made with "Stella set", Butterfly from " Cone flowers set" and the sentiment is from "Daisy Trio 2 set"

Card Recipe:
Card stock: White.
Ink: Memento Tangelo, Memento Rich Cocoa.
Embellishments: Rhinestone (Kaisercrafts)
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, daubers, chipboard template (for scallop shape)

Hope you like it!
Have a great day!

Thursday, March 11

Happy Birthday

Hello my friends, sorry for my lack of posts, my week off at work is gone and now I am back into the swing of working, homeschooling and house stuff. DD is practicing soccer again and also she is in other activities, so my afternoons that used to be kind of quiet are busy again, but that is OK, I have a card for you today {wink, wink}.
I made this card few days ago following "A Year in Cards" tutorial I found on Kristina Werner's blog. She has awesome tutorials and her cards are always so much fun!
The tutorial shows 3 different cards, but I just made 1, maybe later I will make the rest :)
I used smARTworks stamps, the inside is the pocket for a pair of earrings I bought to send to my sister!! I hope she likes this card.



Inside:

Have a great day!!