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VersaFine Clair in a Valentine Card

Posted by on February 7, 2018 in Cards, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

VersaFine Clair in a Valentine Card

When you have the new ink pads of VersaFine Clair in your hands you want to use all the colors at the same time. These are brilliant and give you the opportunity to stamp your images and layer them until you create your perfect design.  Take a look at my card: Directions: Step 1 Stamp the solid images over whisper white card stock. I used Versafine Clair Charming Pink.  Let the ink dry for a few minutes. If you want to speed the process use the heat tool. Step 2 Stamp the detailed image over the first stamped image using VersaFine Clair...

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New Baby Card with Joy Clair

Posted by on February 6, 2018 in Cards, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 1 comment

New Baby Card with Joy Clair

Hello crafty friends, today I want to share with you a cute card that I made combining two stamp sets from Joy Clair, New Baby and Be Brave. They are from different collections, the first one is a new release from Everyday Collection and the second is an “old” set from Color by Faith Collection, but together are perfect to create a New Baby Card with Joy Clair. I made this using the accessories images included on the stamp set New Baby. This is one of my favorites sets from the Everyday Collection because it include different...

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Stars or Flowers with Rinea Paper Foil

Posted by on February 5, 2018 in 3D, Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Rinea, Tutorials | 1 comment

Stars or Flowers with Rinea Paper Foil

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you my first project of the month using Rinea Paper Foil and the 3D Rolled Star Wafer Thin Dies from Rinea, the perfect die cuts created to make the famous Rinea 3D Stars. But today I don’t made stars I made flowers with the same die cuts to show you the versatility of these. I created a modern version of the traditional lunch box using the Card Base Pop’n Cuts from Stampin Up. I cut one piece of this using basic gray card stock, scored the borders part and created the lateral...

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Retarte 114 – Anything Goes

Posted by on January 30, 2018 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Retarte Challenge | 6 comments

Retarte 114 – Anything Goes

Bienvenidas a nuestra celebración creativa con Retarte! Esta es la segunda edición del mes y ya estamos casi a punto de terminar el primer mes del año! Que rápido ha pasado el tiempo y que delicia toda la creatividad y los sponsors tan maravillosos con los que contamos en este 2018. Asi llegamos hoy al Retarte 114 – Anything Goes y tenemos a uno de nuestros sponsors mas queridos Bugaboo Stamps por ustedes y por nosotras!!! Bugaboo entregará a la ganadora de esta edición de Retarte 114 tres imagenes de su elección. Las participantes solo...

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Refuel My Soul with Joy Clair

Posted by on January 29, 2018 in Cards, Journaling, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Refuel My Soul with Joy Clair

Refuel My Soul is a new stamp set from Color by Faith Collection by Joy Clair and it is also a great set to create to create cards or projects inspired on adventures. Today I want to share with you a fun and quick technique that you can use over your Bible or journal to create a colorful background using watercolors and a plastic bag. Take a look at my page: Maybe you are asking a plastic bag? for what? Well it is for smooth the color. It is simple and the plastic remove the excess of water and let the paper dry faster. Take your favorite...

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New Release So Suzy Stamps

Posted by on January 26, 2018 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 12 comments

New Release So Suzy Stamps

Hello crafty friends, today is the big day on So Suzy Stamps. We are celebrating the first So Suzy Stamps New Release Blog Hop of 2018 and this release is simply spectacular and big, we have over 70 new stamps and some of them were designed by Olesya. For today I selected images that I love as soon as I saw. They are perfect for coloring and totally different from the images that usually I have on my cards. The sentiment is a “little” only a “little” snarky and fun to star the day with a smile. These images were...

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Versafine Clair: The Magic of Translucent Pigment Ink

Posted by on January 25, 2018 in Cards, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 2 comments

Versafine Clair: The Magic of Translucent Pigment Ink

Hello everyone! The new Versafine Clair is a fantastic translucent pigment ink that gives you a shiny touch on your projects with vibrant colors. On today’s project I decided to use ink splatters over a designer crumb cake card stock and my big surprise was seeing the prints of the paper through the splatters. Take a look at my card: On this card I used several colors Versafine Clair, Verdant, Purple Delight, Charming Pink, Cheerful, Glamorous and the last one Nocturne. With this one I stamped the hooray message, and to be honest I was...

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Cinderella Shoes

Posted by on January 25, 2018 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Cinderella Shoes

Hello everyone, as always is a great pleasure to share with you my projects using So Suzy Stamps and Crackerbox Palace Stamps.  Today I have something special to you, I am not sure if one of these stamps is part of the snarky collection but it is an adorable sentiment. Take a look at my clear and simple card: This is one layer card that I made using Whisper White card stock and a combination between Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and Versafine Onix Ink. First I used the masking technique to create the side and down border and then started to...

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Cat’s Family with Rinea

Posted by on January 20, 2018 in Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Rinea, Tutorials | 0 comments

Cat’s Family with Rinea

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you very cute card that I made using oval die cuts  and  a combination with some of the colors included on the Spring Pastels Variety Pack and Peacock Variety Pack Rinea Paper Foil. Take a look at the card: Let me share with you the process to make this card: Cut the base of the card. I used Whisper White cardstock. Cut the second layer using Lavander/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper. Make dry embossing over the lavander foiled paper and paste it directly over the card base. I used Helmar Premium...

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Button Flower with color pencils

Posted by on January 19, 2018 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Button Flower with color pencils

Hello everyone, today I have a card that I made using the fantastic flowers designed for Olesya by So Suzy Stamps and colored for me with color pencils. Nooo, seriously, you knew that I love to create my cards using flowers and now that we are near to San Valentine I found the perfect opportunity to make again something special with these images without use the traditional combination of red and white. Take a look at my card: The base of my card is Wisteria Wonder card stock and the second layer is Whisper White card stock. I cut this second...

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