Something for Dad with Deflecto!!! Hello everyone, I am here today to show you how to decorate an acrylic block for Dad’s Day Gift. It is easy, different and useful!!! Take a look at my blocks: These are Deflecto Acrylic Blocks that come in two different sizes, 3″ square inches and 4″ square inches. I decided to use Vinyl to decorate these. I started with the Deflecto 4″ acrylic square block,  creating a layout in gold...

Today I am a detective for CSI: Case 231, thanks to Imagine that is doing a wonderful cross promotion with this amazing CSI Challenge blog. The CSI Challenge blog uses a very interesting model to create layouts. They give to their designers and Guest Designers like me all the information to create our own projects or conduct our investigations. It’s simple and funny and you can participate too. Just look at the information that I will...

Bienvenidas a Retarte 98 – Anything Goes hemos preparado proyectos maravillosos con las imagenes de uno de nuestros sponsors mas queridos Pickled Potpourri, que también nos acompaño hace un par de meses cuando comensamos esta nueva etapa!!! La ganadora recibirá como premio un certificado de $7 dolares de su tienda con el que podra adquirir las imagenes digitales que desee. Y antes de seguir con todo lo que les tenemos preparado les cuento quien...

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you  to share an Anchors Aweigh Inspiration frame that I made using some summer photos that I printed from my phone. I am so happy because now it is very easy for me because I can do this with my Canon PIXMA TS 9020. Let me show you my frame. This is an 8″x10″ frame and I love to change the photos and design that I have around of my home and since summer is around the corner I found in...

Hello Crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to celebrate the first day of our cross promotion between two fabulous companies: Quick Quotes Scrapbook and Clear Scraps! To make this very special, I decided to make a scrapbook page…yes, no cards today! And I used an Acrylic Shape to create my layout. Take a look at my project: When you have the right elements, it is very easy to develop the creative work, and making this page was very easy and...

Hello crafty friends! Martha Lucia here with a very different idea to use your printer and Quick Quotes Papers.  Are you thinking of printing your photos over these papers? It is easy and quick. You only need a good printer and I don’t mind sharing mine, the Canon PIXMA TS 9020. This is a fabulous printer, and it’s beautiful too! It is wireless and compatible with your tablet, desktop and smartphone! The installation is very simple...

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share my March Club Q Inspiration with you. I created a scrapbook page with some of the products included on this fantastic Club Q. The colors and shapes in March are simply gorgeous and they really inspired me to do something different and not create my usual cards. Take a look at my page: The process to make this was very simple. I started with a beige side of the Windsong 100 included in one of the...

Spring means flowers and frames are always part of my decorations. Today I have an idea to do it yourself: a quick and easy  spring frame with Helmar. You only need a few materials and your favorite style of frame to recreate this idea. Let the creative process begin: Select your frame and remove all the pieces.  Cut a piece of decorated paper with the corresponding size and use this as mat. Assemble your frame again. Cut the flowers that you...

Be Brave Bible Journaling page with Gelatos. Hello crafty friends, today I have a new creation over my bible using one of the Color by Faith sets from Joy Clair Stamps, Be Brave and let me tell you – this is an amazing stamp set that you can use for many layouts over your journal or Bible. In this opportunity I decided to color the background of my page using Gelatos from Faber Castell and I selected the metallic colors. The process was...

Designing and creating my own planner, and personalizing it with embellishments that I make myself is part of the fun. With traditional mailing labels and different inks from Imagine, I made my own “washi tape” and  you can make some for yourself. Let me share with you this easy process: Take a label sheet and place a stencil over it. Secure the stencil with masking tape. If you want you can cover only a section of the sheet with...