Monday, August 2

Paper Flower Tutorial.

Hello my friends! I hope you are having a great day. My days after surgery have been with up and downs. After surgery I got really sick (I've never felt that sick in my life), then I got fever pretty much every day, after resting and doing nothing, I am feeling much better and trying to be back on my regular daily things.

Now, thanks to all of you who requested a tutorial of my Paper Flowers. I have to be honest with you. I don't do tutorials because English is not my first language and sometimes I don't know the exact words I want to use, but this time my husband helped me a little bit, so I hope this helps and if you have any questions, please leave a comment here and I will try to answer ASAP.

Materials you may need:
  • Scallop circles, plain circles. You can die cut using Nestabilities or punches or even you can draw your own style:)
  • Fine Glitter (I am using Martha Stewart)
  • Diamond Glaze (Liquid Applique, or any nice glue)
  • Distress Ink (Opt)
  • Embellishments: Buttons, Pearls, Rhinestones, etc (any you like to put in the center of your flower)
  • Other: Sponges, Paint brush, wipes (to clean up)

1.- Your basic materials:

 2.- Scallop circle and 2 circle in different sizes.
 3.- Crinkle your card stock until it gets really soft.
 4.- Open them up and start splitting the borders.
5.- Split the borders, keeping the center attach to the base of your card stock.

 6.- Your final result should look like this. Avoid to split the whole piece, remember: do only the borders.
 7.- Apply distress ink in all the borders of your card stock.
 8.- In this flowers I used Shimmerz Paint, apply it only on the borders using a paint brush.
9.- This is a little variation, instead of Shimmerz I used Diamond Glaze and Glitter.
10.- Apply the Diamond Glaze on the borders. Be careful not to glue with the other piece.
 11.- Apply glitter. Shake the excess.
 12.- Apply glitter to the other pieces.
 13.-  Final results. Red flowers is the one I used Shimmerz paint and the pink/purple is the one with Glitter.

Hope this helps you and you can start making your own flowers.!

Here are some card I made using my paper flowers:

Thanks so much!
I will appreciate your comments.
Have a great day!!

PS: My daughter lost her 3rd tooth yesterday. She is extremely happy and wants to show you her new smile :)

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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.
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Friday, July 30

Wishing you Joy...

* This is an auto post, I am recovering from surgery and I hope to be back soon, Thanks!*

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a great day! It's Friday and time for another Christmas Challenge over at Stamp TV!! This week challenge is "Stitches" real or faux, your choice :)

This is the card I made:
The card base is All Spruced Up. I matted together a piece of Ivory and a piece of Cappella Patterned Paper (BasicGrey) and added stitches. The sentiment is from Blessed is the Season Set. I punched a piece of Red Hot and matted it with All Spruced Up and added stitches as well. The paper flower was made by me using Innocent Pink and Ivory CS.
The ribbon is White Organdy.


All materials are Gina K. Designs.

I am submitting this card to
Sketch: 2S4U
1,2,3 Recipe : The Shabby Tea Room
Let's Do Classy & Elegant: Moxie Fab World
Christmas: Stamp Something.
Buttons : Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Hope you are having a great day!

ETA: I am feeling a little bit better and I will be back next week with more projects!! Thanks for visiting :)
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Thursday, July 29

Cute as a button

*This is an auto-post. By now, I am recovering after having surgery. I'll be back as soon as I can. Thanks! *

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a fantastic day. Today I have a cute card I made few weeks ago for a publication call, but it was "rejected", LOL.
Very sweet and pastel colors, ideal for a baby girl :)


Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: White, Innocent Pink, Lemon Drop (GKD)
  • Stamps: Oh Baby! (GKD)
  • Ink: Real red (SU), Pretty in Pink (SU)
  • Embellishments: Buttons (GKD), Gingham Pink Ribbon (GKD), Embroidery thread.
  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Cuttlebug, Embossing folder,  Medium glue dots, Scor-tape.
Hope you like!
Enjoy your day!!
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Wednesday, July 28

Feliz 28 Peru!! + "My friend" Card

Hello my friends! I am having a mix of feelings today, why? because today it's Independence Day in Perú and I am not there. My family there is getting together to celebrate our Independence and eat really nice and yummy Peruvian food!! I am planning to cook some yummy Peruvian dishes today :)
Anyway, if any Peruvian lady or guy is reading this "Felices Fiestras Patrias, Feliz 28 y que Viva el Perú!!


 Ok, now to celebrate my country I made a card using the colors from my flag :)
I hope you don't mind looking another card with the pretty paper flowers I've made and still making :)

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Mat a piece of card stock and patterned paper. Stitch together.
  • Add strip of card stock and add stitches.
  • Stamp sentiment and die cut and sponge.
  • Add flowers, ribbon and buttons.
Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: Riding Hood Red (SU), White (GKD), Innocent Pink (GKD).
  • Paper: Lover Letters (SU).
  • Stamps: Seeds of Kindness (GKD)
  • Ink: Riding Hood Red (SU), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger).
  • Embellishments: Green Satin Ribbon (Michael's), Glitter (Martha Stewart), Buttons (LSS).
  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Scallop punch, Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Tags (Spellbinders), Diamond Glaze, Scor-tape, Sponges.
I am submitting this card to:
Sketch: CPS
Flowers: Stamp Something.
1,2,3 Recipe: The Shabby Tea Room.
Color: Color Throwdown.
Shabby & Vintage : Moxie Fab World

Hope you like it!
Feliz 28!!!!
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Tuesday, July 27

Thanks so much!

Hello my friends, hope you are having a great day! Today, I am having a quiet and relax day so far. DD and I spent some time organizing her play room, oh my! that was a HUGE mess!! I helped her a bit and then she finished it, of course after few tears (because she insisted she needed help!) she was happy to have a nice and clean place to play and walk around, LOL.
After that, we tried to do some yard work, but it started to get TOO hot, but we did peek around the garden and we were so happy to see tomatoes and potatoes!! I couldn't resist myself and I dug a bit and I found some pretty red and yellow potatoes, I can't wait to harvest them, and cook  and enjoy them :)

Anyway, enough of my crazy life and now focus on my card. It has a long while since I played SPCC and I decided to give it a try this week. The colors for this week are Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Certainly Celery, it was a challenge for me to mix them in a way they look good and I think I got it :)
I am also combining this with The Shabby Tea Room, this week the challenge is "1,2,3" 1 ribbon, 2 buttons and 3 punches or dies.
I couldn't resist myself and I made a pretty green flower. I love to make them and I have a pile of punches ready to become a pretty flower :)

I am submitting this card to Let's Do Classy & Elegant over at Moxie Fab Blog :) and also to Stamp Something Challenge : Flowers!


Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: Kraft (GKD), Sof Suede (SU), Certainly Celery (SU), Ivorory (GKD)
  • Paper: Capella (Basic Grey)
  • Stamps: Out on a Limb (PTI)
  • Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger)
  • Embellishments: Green Lime SaTin Ribbon (Offray), Pearl (Recollections), Button (from my collection).
  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Label 8 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Tag (Spellbinders), Scallop Punch (Fiskars), Lime Glitter (Martha Stewart), Sponges, Scor-tape.
Hope you like it.
Have a great day!
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Monday, July 26

Missing you

Hello my friends! Hope you are having a great day. Yesterday, I received some sad news, my niece's dog of 14 years died. I got really sad because I got that dog for her when she was only 6, now she is 20. I talked to her last night and she was very sad but feeling better. The saddest part is that her dog has been my dog's (his name is "Bethoven") company for over all these years. My sister told me he was crying and I am pretty sure he is missing "Pelusa" so much. He is 14 years old too. I wish I could bring him here, but I can't. My family there (Peru) is taking care of him now.

Anyway, I was feeling kind of blue, because I am missing my doggie and my family too! so I decided to make a card to send to my niece and I hope she can feel better soon.

I usually don't use too much black on my cards, but I think this one turned out pretty good. Today, I got  my new SU paper "Love Letters" and I decided to give it a try. I also made more paper flowers in different colors, :) this one is pure ivory, the edges are ink with Antique Linen and Tea Dye, I add some Clear Glitter from MS.

I am combining several challenges and they are:
Sketch: Taylored Expressions SC # 122.
Color : The Play Date Cafe
Recipe 1,2,3 (1 Ribbon, 2 buttons, 3 punches: The Shabby Tea Room.
Vintage : Moxie Fab World.
Stitching: Stamp & Create
Flowers: Stamp Something

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Mat card stock and patterned paper, ink edges and stitch.
  • Die-cut label, sponge and stamp image and sentiment.
  • Add ribbon using scor-tape.
  • Add paper flower and buttons.
Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: Kraft (GKD), White (GKD), Black (LSS)
  • Stamps: On the desk (Cornish Heritage Farm)
  • Paper: Love Letters (SU).
  • Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger).
  • Embellishments: Black Satin Ribbon, Buttons, Glitter (Martha Stewart)
  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Label 8 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scallop punch (Fiskars), Sponge daubers, Scor-tape, Diamond Glaze.
Hope you like it!
Have a great day!

PS: I got some requests about how I make the flowers, I am not making tutorials, but I will try my best and I will post one this week. Thanks!!
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Sunday, July 25

Thank you

Hello my friends, here I am again! It has been so long since I have a two posts in one day :) but I have another card for Gina's Guest Designer Challenge using one of the video techniques form Stamp TV.
For this card I used:

The sketch comes from Limelight Papercrafts and also submitting this card to Stamp & Create: Stitching.
I used again one the handmade flowers I made yesterday.

Card Recipe:
  • Card stock: Crushed Curry (SU), Layering White (GKD), Innocent Pink (GKD), Ivory (GKD)
  • Paper: Fresh Print Clothesline Collection (Little Yellow Bicycle)
  • Stamps: Seeds of Kindness (GKD).
  • Ink: Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko).
  • Embellishments: Pink Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Pearl (Recollections)
  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Circle Nestabilities, Scallop punch, Sponge dauber, Cotton Candy Glitter (Martha Stewart)
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day!
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Happy for you

Hello my friends! Happy Sunday for you all. Hope you are having a great family day. Yesterday, I had the chance to play and made another card for Gina K. Next Guest Designer Challenge. The challenge is just to use one (or more) of you favorite video techniques from Stamp TV! 
For my card I used the sketch from "EBTKS" (Everything but the Kitchen Sink, isn't this name so clever?) and I used the following Stamp TV Video Tutorials to create this card:


Card recipe:

  • Card stock: Innocent Pink, Layering White, Heavy Weight White. (GKD)

  • Stamps: Botanicals (GKD).

  • Ink: Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger), Walnut Stain (Ranger), White Craft (JoAnn's)

  • Embellishments: Pink Gingham Ribbon (GKD), Pink Rhinestones (Kaisercrafts)

  • Accessories: Sewing machine, Book Page, Clear embossing powder, White embossing powder, Embossing gun, Circle Nestabilities, Rectangle Nestabilities, Sponge dauber.

Hope you like it.
Have a great Sunday!! 
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Saturday, July 24

Enjoy your day.

Hello y friends! I hope you are enjoying your Saturday. Today, I spent few hours cleaning my house and organizing my kitchen, I love to clean and organize. I wish I could do the same with my craft stuff too, LOL.

Anyway, today I have a very classy and elegant card. I used the sketch from 2S4Y. I love Laura and Kazan's sketches and I try to play anytime I have an extra time :)
I made these flowers and I love them!, they are a little bit time consuming, but the result is awesome, if you could only see them in person.

Gina from Gina K. designs is looking for the next Guest Designer and I decide to give this a try. The challenge is to use any of the video tutorials from Stamp TV!
So my card includes the following videos:

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Cut slightly piece of patterned paper, ink edges. Adhere smaller piece on top, punch bottom border, ink edges and stitch.
  • Stamp leaves and heat emboss with Clear Embossing powder. Stamp sentiment.
  • Adhere flowers and ribbon.
Card recipe:
  • Card stock: Ivory, Innocent Pink (Both GKD)
  • Stamps: Hope grows (GKD).
  • Paper: Capella (BasicGrey)
  • Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Tea dye Distress (Ranger).
  • Embellishments: Antique White Satin Ribbon (Offray), Mini Pearls (Recollections).
  • Accessories: Border Punch (Fiskars), Scallop Punch (Fiskars), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Sewing machine, Diamond Glaze, Bubble Gum Glitter (Martha Stewart), Sponge dauber, Medium Glue dots.
I am entering this card to Card Style Challenge : Let's Do Classy & Elegant over at Moxie Fab World !

Thanks so much for stopping by.
I appreciate your comments.
Have a great day!!
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Friday, July 23

CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Welcome to another fun blog hop being hosted by members of StampTV Center Stage Alumni. A group of us have decided to get together a couple of times a month and host a themed hop in order to share our love for Gina K. Stamps.

If you've arrived from Cheri's blog: Stamp'n Boomer then you're at the right place! To start the fun blog hop, please go to StampTV and hop from there.

The challenge for this hop is an Inspiration one,coming from one of the yummy pictures from 1-800- Flowers.


And these are the cards I created:

Baby Congratulations Card: For this card I got inspired by the colors and the circles. I thought a baby card with this colors could be a lot of fun to make, so this is the result.

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Cut a slightly smaller piece, dry emboss, ink edges and add stitches.
  • Stamp sentiment, die cut with label, sponge. Adhere to card.
  • Cut or punch small circles and adhere to a thin (1/8 inch) strip of card stock. Adhere to card. Add pearls.
  • Add paper flowers , ribbon as a leaf and a brad.

Card Recipe:

Birthday Wishes Card: For this card I got inspired by the colors, circles and theme!!

Directions:
  • Make card from card stock.
  • Mat together pieces of card stock. Punch corners on yellow piece, dry emboss, ink edges and add stitches.
  • Stamp image twice, color them. Die cut, emboss and sponge. Cut flowers from second image and adhere. Add to card.
  • Stamp sentiment, die cut, emboss and sponge.
  • Add bow.
Card recipe:
Hope you like my cards!
Now get ready to hop to Jen Charboneau and enjoy her creations!!

Have fun hopping.
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Merry & Bright

Hello my friends! It's Friday and time for another fun Christmas Challenge over at Stamp TV!! This week is a fun and easy challenge, it all about Shapes!! Any shape of card, but A2 size.
So for this week I created a "Circle Card" and I used All Spruced Up , Cranberry tart and Ivory CS. I love this color combo, it is very Christmas-y!! I stamped the stocking in Ivory CS in Pearlescent Poppy Ink. I added 3 buttons from Holiday Assortment Collection. I threaded one of the buttons with some Jute Twine 


Hope you can play along with me over at Stamp TV!

Thanks so much!
Have a great day!
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Wednesday, July 21

Your Next Stamp (DTC)

Hello my friends! I want to everyone know that Your next Stamp is having a Design Team Call through July 31st!!  When I read about it, I went to checked out their stamps and they are adorable!! If you love to color as much as I do, you will love them. I spent quite long time just having an eye candy, honestly, their images are super sweet!


So, I've decided to give it a try :). These are the cards I chose to showcase ! Good luck to everyone!!

 



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