Wednesday, March 3

I don't know...

... what title use for this post, so here I go. I decided to give another try into Gina K. Color Challenge, this time I am using "Inside & Out Set" You never know if you win if don't try, right? I was not feeling good today, still a little weak, but when DD was napping and I couldn't take a nap, I decided to move into my craft room and create something simple and pretty.

Each of us: This card is very pretty!! I created the idea in my head, but I didn't think it would turn out so pretty!!, Very easy and pretty fast too!. I used 2 Cuttlebug folder {Textile and Swiss Dots}, a border punch from Fiskar. I sponged the borders with Antique Linen Distress Ink (love it!) The sentiment was stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa.
Part of the challenge is to use 2 of the new colors from the Spring Collection, so I used Ocean Mist and the Lemon Drop Button. The ribbon is Silk from MS.
Happy Birthday: For this card I started cutting my base card (Lovely Lavender) with a Coluzzle System, the Lemon Drop as well as the White CS were cut with Circle Nestabilities. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Sweet Plum, cut and embossed with Circle nestabilities as well. I had a flower from Spring Florals already colored (with Prismacolor pencils and OMS), I tried to position it in one side only, but then I decided to cut the flower in little sections and position it in different places, I love it!! The white CS was embossed with Textile folder and sponged with Color Box Plum Ink. As a final touch I added some Pink Satin Ribbon (Offray) and some Pearls around.




Hope you like my cards.
Have a great day/night!
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Tuesday, March 2

2 challenges, 1 stamp set and a Happy Birthday!!

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day! I woke up today with a tummy ache and it doesn't go away! It is bothering me really bad. I am having a very slow day, I was planning on posting this early, but.. now you know why I couldn't. Anyway, enough of me and moving forward to show you a couple of cards I made for a couple of challenges using "Spring Florals" by Gina K. Designs. and also participating in the Color Challenge Blog Hop.

Easter Blessings: For this card I used Creme de Menthe, Lovely Lavender and a bit of Lemon Drop. I stamp the image on White PL CS in Stazon Black, colored it with Prismacolor Pencils, cut out the second image and positioned it on top for a 3D look. I used my oval Nestabilities to cut and emboss and sponge the image.
I added some CB BG and straight stitches. I based my card on the sketch from 2S4U.

Card recipe:
Card Stock: Creme de menthe, Lovely lavender, Lemon Drop.
Stamp: Srping Florals.
Ink: Stazon Black, Memento Sweet Plum.
Embellishments: Ribbon, Pearls, Diamond Stickles.
Accessories: Sewing machine, Cuttlebug, Embossing folder, Daubers, Sticky foam.

Birthday Wishes: For this card I used Creme de Menthe, Innocent Pink and White PL CS. The image was stamped in White PL CS in Stazon Black, colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with OMS. I added some of the flowers and leaves for a 3D look, after that I added some Diamond Glaze. The image was cut, embossed and sponged using Circle Nestabilities.
I based my card on the Mojo Monday Sketch.

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Creme de Menthe, Innocent Pink, White.
Paper: Baby Girl (Heidi Grace Designs)
Stamps: Spring Florals.
Ink: Stazon Black.
Embellishments: Pink Satin Ribbon (Offray), Pearls.
Accessories: Sewing machine, Cuttlebug, Textile embossing folder, Medium Glue dots, daubers.

Tip, tip: In order to give my image a much real look, I used Glue dots instead of Sticky foam, they work much better!! Hope this tip help you.

And finally, I want to wish my beautiful niece Johanna a Happy Birthday! She is turning 17 today! WOW, I can't believe it. It looks like yesterday when she was born, sadly the same day my uncle passed away. It is amazing how dead also bring life.
I love my niece very much and I miss her a lot!! She is very funny, sweet and the most honest person. Anytime I talk to her, we laugh a lot!! Happy Birthday Johy!! Wishing you the best!
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Monday, March 1

Hope is Faith

Hello my friends, Hoping you all are having a great day/night wherever you are. I have another card for Gina K. Color Challenge, you can find all the info "here".
This time for my card I used Lovely Lavender and Lemon Drop.
I stamped the butterfly 4 times in White PL CS using Espresso Ink, then I colored them with Prismacolor Pencils, the colors I used are: PC916 Canary Yellow, PC1008 Parma Violet and PC932 Violet. I started coloring the outside with PC1008, then I added the PC916 and blended with OMS, finally I added PC932 to the borders and blended again. After that I cut them out and glued them together with Diamond Glaze and added some Diamond Glaze on the top butterfly for a shiny look.
The sentiment was stamped also in White PL CS using Espresso Ink and I matted it with Lemon Drop PL CS. I used my Fiskar Border Punch and I added some pearls. Straight stitched were added around all the borders. I used the sketch from CPS.
Final size card: 4" x 6".


Card recipe:
Card Stock: Lemon Drop, Lovely Lavender and White PL (Gina K. Designs)
Stamps: Hope is Faith.
Ink: Espresso (Adirondack), Memento Sweet Plum (for sponging PP)
Embellishments: Pearls (KaiserCraft)
Accessories: Sewing machine, white thread, Border Punch (Fiskars), Diamond Glaze, Medium Glue dots.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!
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Sunday, February 28

Gina K Card Kit!

Hello my friends, here I go again. I want to show the cards I made with the Free Card Kit set I got with the Spring Florals set from Gina K. I see myself making a lot of cards with this set!!

So here are my cards: (All Materials Gina K. Designs)



ETA: Tonight at 10:00 pm (Central Time) the Card Kit Blog Hop will go live!!
For even more ideas with the Spring Florals stamp set, please check out these links:


There are many more projects that can be found in the StampTV gallery by clicking on this tag: springflorals

Enjoy all the samples tonight! If you haven't purchased this stamp set yet, please take note that the free Card Kit will be included with each purchase until March 18th. At that time, the next card kit stamp set will be released.
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In a "Baby" Mood.

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day! I had all the intentions to make a post yesterday, but to be honest after I watched the news and heard about the earthquake in Chile I felt so sad and even sick. I called my family in Peru and Thank God they are fine, just scared.
Sorry if you came here and didn't find anything, but now that you are here, you are going to enjoy some pretty baby cards! I always enjoy creating Baby Cards, they are always so sweet and delicate. I created these cards with Rupa's newest set Oh Baby! (Gina K. Designs), and also joining GinaK. Illustrator's Blog Hop, creating a card using 2 of the newest Spring colors (CS, ribbon or buttons) and newest sets released.
I really love this set, 17 images and sentiments that can make you create the most beautiful baby cards!
So without any further ado, here are my cards:

It's a girl: For this card I used Innocent Pink CS and a Lemon Drop Button. This is the first time I created a Onesie Card. It was a fun card to make. The bib image was stamped in White PL CS and colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with OMS. I added few tiny pearls and some Diamond Stickles. I also added pearls around and some stitches.

Inside the card:

Cute as a button: For this card I created a BG using the button stamp onto the Innocent Pink CS. I added a stripe and embossed it (Swiss Dots), sponged the borders and also added some stitches. I cut little squares using Square Nestabilities (White, Innocent Pink, Lemon Drop and Creme de Menthe). Last, I added 3 buttons (some embroidery floss attached {MFW Challenge}) from the Spring Button Collection.



Rocking Horse: For this card I started with White PL as a card base. I used the sketch form Card patterns. I added to my card base a piece of Ocean Mist, White. I added some Lemon Drop stripes and also embossed them (Swiss Dots) and sponged the borders, stitches were added. The image was stamped in White PL CS in Memento Rich Cocoa, colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with OMS. It was matted with Lemon Drop and Ocean Mist CS and stitches were added. As a embellishment I added a paper flower and in the center I added a Ocean Mist Button. As petals I added some scraps of MS Silk Ribbon. Also tiny pearls were added in the corner.




Inside the card:
It's a Boy! I really love this card. I started with Creme de Menthe for my card base. I added a smaller piece of White CS and Lemon drop CS (embossed with Swiss Dots) After that I added a piece of embossed Creme de Menthe, stitches added. The cute Teddy Bear was stamped in a piece of White CS using Chocolate Craft Ink and heat embossed. Then I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils, I colored and extra head and feet and added for more dimension. Creme de Menthe and ocean Mist button were added. I cut the cute Star Tag using my Cricut Machine and George Cartridge, the tag was attached to the ribbon with some embroidery floss (MFW Challenge)

WOW! I feel tired already, LOL. Hope you enjoy all my cards. If I skipped something and you need extra info, please let me know.

Have a great day!!
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Friday, February 26

Crochet flowers

Hello my friends, this is my second post and maybe another coming later. First, I have to say "Thank you" for all the e-mails I have received about the crochet flowers I mentioned I was making. I didn't think that many people wanted to learn the "how to make" process.
I am posting the link here: Crochet Flower Tutorial, I have to say that I am not and never been a crochet person, and in order to make this I have watched the video many times, LOL, repeated several times the same stitch and start and redo the whole thing. Just be patient and you will see the results.



Here is a picture of the flowers I have made so far, some are single and some are double :) I am so proud of myself.



Hope you enjoy it and have fun!
Have a great day!
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Welcome Little One

Hello my friends, I am so happy it is Friday! LOL, I don't have any exciting plans for the weekend, but I love weekends, maybe because I can sleep a little bit longer. Anyway, I was in the mood for a baby card, and I decided to use "Noah's Ark" by smARtworks. I love this stamp, it is a lot of fun to color. I used Prismacolor pencils to color it. The saying inside is from "Combo Sentiments".



Inside:

I hope you like it.
Card recipe coming later.

Have a great day!!
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Thursday, February 25

May He lead you..

Good morning my friends!! I hope you all are having a great day! Yesterday I had all the intentions to post a card, but I found a video on YouTube how to make crochet flowers, so I decided to give it a try, my first attempt was not the best, but I kept practicing and I finally did it!! So last night, I sat comfortly and I made few flowers, I am not the fastest on eart, but I am getting better and better, LOL. Maybe later I will post the flowers I made, soon they are going to be in my cards, woo hoo!

Any way, today I have an Inspirational card, this comes from one of the newest smARTworks set "Ministry Mix". This is a very CAS card. I just combine inks to create a nice a relax backgorund

Card Recipe:
Card Stock: Soft Suede, White.
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Adironndack Ginger, Memento Desert Sand.
Embellishments: Clear Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), White Satin Ribbon (Offray).
Accessories: Square Nestabilities, Sticky foam, daubers.

Hope you like it.
Have a great day!
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Tuesday, February 23

Happy Birthday

Hello my friends, today I have a pretty card for you. I made this card for Stamp TV Inspiration Challenge " What's your Style?, also for Cuttlebug Challenge "Using Stitches" and for Moxie Fab World "Tuesday Trigger"

I cut 3/4 inch stripes of Pure Luxury Card Stock "Lemon Drop". , then put it through the Cuttlebug, I used Textile Folder. After that I sponged the border with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I positioned the stripes and stitched them onto a piece of White Pure Luxury CS. Then stitched this piece onto a piece of Lemon Drop PL CS. I added some Prima flowers an in the center I put some paper flowers I made!!! They are super easy to make!! Finally I added some Pearls.
I stamped the sentiment in White PL CS, I used Memento Rich Cocoa, sponged the borders .
The stamp set is "Inside & Out" by Gina K. Designs.



Side view:

Paper Flowers I made:


Inside saying:
Hope you like it. Your comments are appreciated.
Have a great day!!
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Sunday, February 21

For you

I have a cute card to share with you today before we head to church. I made this card a couple of weeks ago when I attended a Stampin' Up Party.

All materials used SU.

Hope you like it and have a wonderful Sunday!
God bless you.
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Saturday, February 20

Find the wonder

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great day!! We are planning something fun for today and DD is so excited that she can't wait!
For today I have a CAS or KISS card (I love both names). I used Wonder Set by smARTworks. I stamped the image in Crushed Curry (SU) and Sweet Plum (Memento) Ink. The sentiment was stamped in Stazon Black. Then I embossed it with Rectangle Nestabilities, sponged the borders with Plum Craft Ink (Color Box) and added some Gold and Purple Rhinestones (KaiserCrafts) in the center of each flower. As a final touch I added some Sheer Stripe White Ribbon.
I am submitting this card for PPA Challenge: KISS and for the fun challenge over at Kim Hughes blog, she asked to make a card inspired by something on the Paper Craft Connection Blog, well, I saw these colors in the blog: White, Purple and Yellow!!


Hope you like it.
Have a great day!
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Thursday, February 18

Hope is Faith Blog Hop

Feelings of Hope
Gina challenged the CenterStage Spotlight team to make a card with the new Hope is Faith stamp set using the photo above for inspiration. Check out Gina's blog for all the details on this special stamp set.

Then, stop by these designer's participating in the hop tonight:

Giovana Smith ---> You are here



It is time for another Center Stage Spotlight Blog Hop, this time is Gina's new set "Hope is Faith". I got my new set today!! and I started stamping just after I finished school with DD. So my cards are a Quick & Easy, but I have lots of ideas for this set.

For my first card I was inspired by the colors of the inspiration picture. I used the new Pure Luxury Spring Colors Card Stock!! Oh my, they are yummy colors!! I color the butterfly with Pearlscent Watercolor Paint, very shimmery look. I used my daughter's sketch for this card.


For my second card I stamped the butterfly using Memento Rich Cocoa and I colored it with Distress Inks : Tea Dye & Broken Linen. The paper is from MME, ribbon from Offray and Tiny Pearls from KaiserCrafts.


For my last card I used Pure Luxury White, Chocolate and Kraft!! The butterfly was stamped in Cranberry Craft Ink (Adirondack) and cut out.


I am so happy I managed to make 3 cards! This is a great set!!
Hope you enjoy my cards and the hop too!!
Have a great night.
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CAS Birthday Card.

Hello my friends, tonight I have a CAS card for you. The color combo comes from SPCC:Green Galore, Only Orange & Summer Sun. Very summery colors!! I was also inspired by a KISS (keep it Simple, Sweetie) Challenge over at Pals Paper Arts.


So, here is my card:



Card recipe:
Card Stock: White, Green Galore, Only Orange, Summer Sun.
Stamps: Hip to be Square (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Tangerine, Certainly Celery.
Embellishments: SU Ribbon (retired), Flower Rhinestones (Hero Arts).
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Medium Glue dots.


Hope you like it.

PS: Don't forget about my daughter's sketch challenge. She told me it's going to be difficult to choose a winner, she likes all the cards so far, that makes me giggle :)
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Wednesday, February 17

A Butterfly card and a Sketch Challenge for you.

Hello my friends, I hope you all are having a great day! I have a cute butterfly that my daughter has created for all of you and also she has created her first sketch challenge and she hopes you can play along. She is giving a little gift away too!! You can not believe how excited she is.

So here is her card and the sketch:

Her little prize for a lucky winner, some fiber and felt flowers.

I haven't had time yet to create a card with DD's sketch, I will posted it later. If you play along with us, please post your creation in the comment section and if you could spread the word, that would be awesome too!!

Have a great day!!

PS: Thanks for your sweet comments and for playing along!! The deadline is Saturaday 8:00 pm (Pacific Time)

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Tuesday, February 16

It's a Boy

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great Tuesday! I have a baby card for you today. I played the sketch from Pals Paper Arts.
For my card I used paper from My Mind's Eye and painted the chipboard stars with Gold Acrylic paint.


Hope you like it.
Have a great day!!
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