Retarte 110 – Anything Goes
Bienvenidas a Retarte 110- Anything Goes, hoy damos la bienvenida a la gran familia de Retarte a un nuevo sponsor Digistamps4joy. Estamos muy felices de contar con su apoyo y con sus maravillosas imagenes para presentarles a ustedes nuestros proyectos de Retarte Challenge. Digistamps4joy entregará a la ganadora de esta edición de Retarte 110 $10 gift card para ser usados en su tienda. Las participantes solo tienen que crear un proyecto, es decir hacer uno totalmente nuevo y enlazarlo aqui en el link de este post antes del 28 de Noviembre,...
read moreMerry & Bright Emboss Resist Technique
Hello everyone!. The card that I have for today is a very different Christmas card. It is different because I used non traditional colors and maybe some images from Skipping Stones Designs that you don’t see more frequently. To create this card I used the Merry & Bright stamp set. This is a small set that came with two snowflakes and a beautiful sentiment. I stamped the snowflakes randomly over a whisper white cardstock piece using Versamark and White Embossing Powder. After melt the powder I applied three different colors of...
read moreA day filled with happiness
A day filled with happiness should be everyday. I am this kind of person that think that if you do what you love you are happy and I am so happy using this stamp set called Beautiful Blooms – Hydrangea from Kennedy Grace. This month the mood board of Kenny Grace Creations is plenty of inspiration combining gold with rose red colors. It inspires me to use Metallic Gold Embossing Paste and stencil to create the background of my card. I used the Spiral Petals Stencil from Hero Arts over a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and let it dry very...
read morePoinsettia and Jesus is my Jam
Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here with two Christmas cards that I made using new stamps from Joy Clair. You may know that I am Colombian and my primary language is Spanish, so you can guess how happy I am with the new stamp set 3D Christmas Poinsettia because it includes a sentiment in Spanish!!! During the launching blog hop we asked to our readers which was their favorite set and today I am revealing my favorite, so here it is: I love Christmas season, I love to make projects for this season but this year I feel a different emotion because...
read moreRinea Table Decorations
Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a very useful idea for your table settings: Rinea table Decorations. We just started the holiday Season and if you are like me, I love to present a beautiful table to my guests and family. Take a look at these three different decorations to show your silverware: I made these samples to be used on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Eve. I started to make the little bags using a Mini Bag Treat Thinlits with Silver/Silver Starstruck Foil Paper, Ruby/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper and...
read morePinecones for Christmas
Pinecones for Christmas are a real tradition and I love them. So Suzy Stamps has two beautiful options on the most recently collection and in today’s project I am using the big Pinecone to celebrate New Year! I started this card creating the card base on real red cardstock. My favorite color for Christmas projects. Then I dry embossed a second layer of very vanilla cardstock with the Softly Falling Textured Embossing Folder from Stampin Up and pasted directly over the card base. In a separate piece of very vanilla cardstock, I stamped...
read morePattern combination with papers
Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a colorful card that I made using the Winter Bliss paper pack. I want to be sure that you remember that these papers are perfect for the winter season and to be honest it has my favorites colors! I started this card using a piece of cardstock of 12″x5-1/2″. Are you asking why? The answer is very simple, This card has 3 different folds that make it very special. To create these folds I scored on the 12″ side on 4-1/4″, 7-1/4″ and 10-1/4″. Then I covered...
read moreJoy Clair New Release Blog Hop
Joy Clair New Release Blog Hop is for us a big party!!! Welcome to the last celebration of the year, today we are presenting the holiday collection from Everyday and Color by Faith the two lines of Joy Clair stamps. Each designer prepared a project using one of the new sets and I selected one from the Color by Faith Collection. I chose Born is the King and I am sure that you will love the scrip of this fantastic set. Take a look at my card: I started this card by creating the layers. I used whisper white cardstock for the card base and...
read moreMore than enough flowers and stamps
Hello everyone, today I have an special project to share with you. Always I said that the beautiful paper flowers from Secret Garden combine with all, die cuts, stamps, stencils and many more elements. Well today I decided to show you one of this samples. As you know I always participate of Joy Clair Monthly Challenge and I made one single project to show that this is possible. Take a look at my card: This month the Joy Clair Challenge requested to the designers that use a stencil and I started my card using Swirl Stencil, one of my favorites...
read moreHappy Light Merry and Bright with So Suzy Stamps
Happy light, merry and bright with So Suzy Stamps is the name that I gave to the project that I prepared for you today. As traditionally we made, the first day of the month the So Suzy Stamps design team prepare a project to show you the stamps of the season. I decided to use one of my favorites the Bow Large combined with Happy, Light and Merry sentiment. I started this card by stamp the the Large Bow randomly over a Very Vanilla cardstock with Versamark and Gold Embossing Powder. I used the stamp Large Bow to create a complete background...
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