Grace’s Little Note Romantic Style
Hello dear friends! Martha Lucia here to share a romantic style of card using the Grace’s Little Note stamp set! This is one of my favorites sets because it has three different forms of flowers that I can use alone or combined on my creations. On today’s project I used the medium size of the flowers, take a look of the card: The base of my card is crumb cake card stock and the second layer is piece of Everyday Spring collection paper from Limoncraft papers. I pasted the decorated paper directly over the cardbase using snail adhesive....
read moreJoy Clair March Challenge
Hi there! Today is a new beginning for our Joy Clair Challenge and I have a new card to share with you. I am featuring the stamp set Bandana Bits one oldie set that I didn’t used before, but keep always in mind waiting for a special creation. The base of my card is Whisper White card stock and I decided to create a CAS design using one of the corners and some single images included on the stamp set Bandana Bits. I stamped all of these using VersaFine Ink in color Deep Lagoon, because this month our inspirational images have a soft...
read moreCards made with ADORNit Coloring Books
Hi there! I’m back with ADORNit and today I’m sharing a set of cards that I made using some illustrations included on the ADORNit Art Play Coloring Books. I am featuring the Art Play Coloring Book Girlfriends created by Lyndsay Ostrom and the Art Play Coloring Book Gnome Life created by Carolee McMullin. I love these Art Play Coloring Books for many reasons, some of them are very simple. First because my best relaxing time is when I am painting or learning painting and with the ADORNit you don’t need to be an artist to...
read moreQueen of a lot of stuff!!!
Are you a Queen of a lot of stuff?? YES…. and you too!!! Hi there, today I am sharing this project over the So Suzy Stamps Blog featuring the adorable Queen O and the sentiment Queen of along with a fun technique that I made using a stencil with Amplify. To begin, I select one stencil to create the background design. I am used the Swirl Stencil from Hero Arts, a brayer and some colors of Amplify to create a design with texture over the card stock. The process is very simple. Just secure the stencil over the card stock and apply a few...
read moreRetarte 118 – Anything Goes
Feliz Martes de Retarte!!! que alegria poder compartir con ustedes y con el Equipo de Diseño de Retarte cada semana y traerles siempre algo diferente con nuestro challenge, hoy el Retarte 118 – Anything Goes. Esta semana le damos la bienvenida a un nuevo sponsor, muy reconocido por la belleza de sus images, All Dressed Up que a partir de hoy forma parte de nuestra familia. Recuerden que ustedes pueden ver nuestros fabulosos sponsors AQUI y ver mas detalles about All Dressed Up AQUI. y sobre su propio Challenge AQUI All Dressed Up entregará...
read moreUsing Clear Stamps
Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you my experience using Clear Stamps and some tips. Not all clear stamps are identically produced, the polymers vary and with them the quality of the stamps and the quality of the stamping. We have the privilege to use the best clear stamps produced on USA because if you notice, the Joy Clair Stamps are completely clear. They are designed and produced for the printing industry, so they are perfect to carry and transfer ink. Low quality stamps are produced to be clear but not to provide a...
read moreGift Card Holder with ADORNit Paintables
Hi there!!! Today I’m sharing a set of Gift Card Holders that I decorated using one of the Paintables Designs of ADORNit. They have the most complete collection of images that you can use in unlimited ways with your creativity. For example the page that I used is a 12″x12″ page that you can simply colored or cut in rectangles to create different projects with them. The first thing that I made was select one of the Paintables Designs from the entire ADORNit collection. They have more than 70 different pages, with special designs...
read moreFaux inlaid Technique with Paper Foil
Hello everyone, today I want to share a layout with a faux inlaid technique with Paper Foil. I used the Pastels Rinea Foiled Variety Pack because I think these are the perfect colors for this season and when I started to create texture over the piece I loved! Take a look at my page: This is a 12″x12″ page that I made with Quick Quotes Scrapbooking Papers, I love the designs and quality of this papers and it combine perfectly with my idea. I created a mad of 10″x10″ and over it I paste the main photo. Then I decorated...
read moreDistress Oxide and Metal Embossing
Hi there! Today I’m sharing this project over on the So Suzy Stamps Blog featuring three stamps from the last collection. These are part of my favorites because feathers can be used for any occasion and always are great for develop techniques. On this card I am using Feather & Birds, Feather Small and Feathers & Angels. I used three different colors of embossing powder. I randomly stamped the feathers over a piece of watercolor paper using Versamark Ink and then heat emboss them with WOW Gold Rose, Silver and Gold Embossing Powder. I...
read moreWatercolor with Fireworks
One of the advantages of the watercolor technique is that you will never obtain two identical pieces, but with Fireworks you can control and keep your design just the way that you want. Today I will show how easy it is to use the watercolor technique to make a Congratulations Wedding Card. Welcome! Directions: Stamp the sentiment over watercolor paper using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I used a Congratulations word from the Every Day Sentiments stamp set by Joy Clair. Take a detailed stencil and secure it over your watercolor paper. I used the...
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