Serenade Inspiration

Serenade Inspiration

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share a scrapbook page that I made using the Serenade papers – one of my favorites for their colors and designs. Take a look at my page: To create this page I used one photo of my daughter Mariantonia, she is very special and funny and I used the quote that she has on her Instagram and one of pre-design postal/cards styles available in my Canon PIXMA TS 9020.  With this option, I just have to select...

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Trick or Treat…the witch is in!

Trick or Treat…the witch is in!

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here with some inspiration for Halloween. I am counting the days for October 31st, first because I can’t wait to eat my candies and second because halloween is the unique celebration that moves me to use different colors and create big contrast in my card creations. Today I have a witch boot shaped card to share with you. Take a look of my new shoe: I made this show card using a SVG file from The Cutting Cafe...

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Favor Bag for Halloween

Favor Bag for Halloween

Hello everyone, in a few minutes you will see this bag that I made as proposal for my Retarte Challenge 107. This is a favor bag for Halloween using a fantastic die cut from Mama Elephant and the amazing papers of Quick Quotes that are perfect for scrapbook pages, cards and packages. Take a look at my favor bag: I cut the bag using two pieces of Muldberry paper collection. I said two pieces because to create the bag you need to cut the layer...

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Looking for Mr. Coffee

Looking for Mr. Coffee

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a card that I made using Quick Quotes papers and inks to participate in the 2017 Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, one the most popular crafting hops. Take a look at my card: I made this using fall colors of decorated paper and we have a lot of these in our different collections. For the base I used the striped side of Honeycomb 102 and then I cut a cross stitched circle using the Orange side. Then...

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A surprise album

A surprise album

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a surprise album that I prepared using Serenade 100 and 103 papers and my Canon PIXMA TS 9020 printer. To create this project I used a tube box that I have from a perfume but you can also use a toilet paper tube. Take a look of my surprise album: Creating the box is very simple, I just covered the tube with Serenade 100 paper and decorated the top with some paper flowers. I just take the...

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Halloween card with spiders

Halloween card with spiders

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a Halloween card that I made using different papers from our collections. Halloween is around the corner and I love to celebrate that day but I don’t like scary nights or scary parties, so I decided to go with “cute” spiders. Take a look at my card: To create this card I selected the Serenade 103 to use as the second layer over the card base. Then I cut a third layer using...

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Back to school with style

Back to school with style

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you an altered composition book that I made to keep my personal notes organized. Since August and September are the official “all kids are back to school” months, I thought I would make something useful…and pretty! I used the Anchors Aweigh Collection and some scraps from others collections. I’m not only addicted to craft products, I also love notebooks and for me,...

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Layered Flowers with Quick Quotes

Layered Flowers with Quick Quotes

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a card that I made using a layer set of die cuts with different collections of Quick Quotes papers. One of the advantages that these have is that you can combine them easily and get amazing colors and designs. Take a look at my card: To create this card I used two die cuts A & B from the Peony Bloom Layer Set from Birch Press. These are amazing flowers that you can use in a single...

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When We Were 5

When We Were 5

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a fun project that I made using a Serenade Collection of decorated papers and the Deflecto Craft Frame 5″x7″ or Beveled Edge Frame. It is a frame with metal knobs and green tinted edge that looks like real glass. I made a frame to remember when we were 5, and when I say we, I am talking about my husband, my daughters and I. The advantage of this frame is that you can open and...

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Easel Frame and Card – Joy Clair & Quick Quotes Day 2

Easel Frame and Card – Joy Clair & Quick Quotes Day 2

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you my second project for the cross promotion between Joy Clair Stamps and Quick Quotes, the perfect combination between stamps and decorated papers!!! This is my second post because I have the pleasure to be part of both Design Teams. If you want to see my first post using both products just CLICK HERE. For today I prepared a Paper Easel Frame & Card using my Canon PIXMA TS 9020. Now...

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