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Everyday Jars of Butterflies

Posted by on August 20, 2017 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Imagine, Recent Works, Rinea, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Everyday Jars of Butterflies

Hello dear friends, today I want to share a colorful card that I made using the new released stamps from So Suzy Stamps and the Everyday Jars die cuts that I created using a die cut with Rinea Paper Foil. Take a look at my card: Creating this card was a complete inspiration because I wanted to have a special background for these butterflies. Last week I made a similar background, which you can see HERE. Creating this is very simple, so let me explain the process to you: Take a piece of Whisper White card stock Take Kaleidacolor Inks or any...

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Be careful what you wish

Posted by on August 18, 2017 in 3D, Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 1 comment

Be careful what you wish

Do you believe in mermaids? I am not sure but I adore mermaids and today I have a Z-Fold card with a lot of dimension and a very special mermaid to share with you. I made my card with Kaleidacolor inks and Fireworks, two magic products because with them you can made extraordinary things! I will start with the simplest part, the folding of the card. This model is called Z-Fold and you need a piece of card stock of 4-1/4”x11”. Make a score in 2-3/4”, 5-1/2 and create and mount and valley and voila! Your Z-Fold is created. Now the most...

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Joy Clair Inspirational Blog Hop Day 2

Posted by on August 17, 2017 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Gina Marie Designs, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Tutorials | 14 comments

Joy Clair Inspirational Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Joy Clair Inspirational Blog Hop Day 2. Today you can see all the new stamp sets from the Color by Faith Collection in different projects created by the Design Team. If you are here from Donna’s blog or are starting the hop with me you are in the perfect place to start the fun, so take a look at my card: I made this using one of the new sets from the Color by Faith Collection. This kind of stamps are very versatile and you can create with them cards, bible journal pages, journaling books or any other type of ideas. I used the set...

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Joy Clair Inspirational Blog Hop Day 1

Posted by on August 16, 2017 in Cards, Die Cutting, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 20 comments

Joy Clair Inspirational Blog Hop Day 1

Today is a very special day, it’s the celebration of Joy Clair’s Inspirational Blog Hop Day 1 and you can see all the new stamp sets from the Everyday Collections in different projects created by the Design Team. If you are here from Donna’s blog or are starting the hop with me then you are in the perfect place, so take a look at my card: I made this using one of the new sets, it is called Coffee Quotes and if you are follower of Joy Clair in Social Media then you may have seen some sneak peaks of this but today we will...

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Secret Garden Tag

Posted by on August 16, 2017 in 3D, Cards, Die Cutting, Helmar Adhesives, Recent Works, Rinea, Secret Garden, Tutorials | 3 comments

Secret Garden Tag

Hello crafty friends, today I have wonderful news to share with you: I am part of the Secret Garden Design Team. I am someone who likes challenges and as soon I saw the Secret Garden Store, I knew I wanted to work and play with paper flowers. Today I am here, sharing with you my first project on this Design Team and group of friends, because I am so proud to share with some of the talented partners of one of my previous teams, Creative Color Challenge. Our first week with Secret Garden Crafts is creating tags and I made mine using a...

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Create your Magic Card

Posted by on August 15, 2017 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 2 comments

Create your Magic Card

Who said that you can’t create your own magic? I made my magic card using a combination inks: Encore metallic, Memento Luxe and Memento. It is very easy and fun and you can do the same just using your imagination. Take a look at my card: Take a piece of whisper white card stock and three different colors of Memento Ink. I used Dessert Sand, Peanut Brittle and Teal Zeal. Sponge the Desert Sand Memento ink around the borders of the paper using a jumbo sponge dauber to create a frame. Use, the Peanut Brittle just to enhance some details. Sponge...

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Aztec Background Borders

Posted by on August 14, 2017 in Cards, Die Cutting, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Rinea, Tutorials | 0 comments

Aztec Background Borders

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a very special card. It is special because I made it for you and using the Aztec Background Borders, one of the most versatile stamp sets that we have. Take a look at my card: Making this card was simple: Cut the card base using Night of Navy card stock. The size is 4-1/4″x11″ with score in 5-1/2″ Cut a second layer using Pink Pirouette card stock. The size is 4″x5-1/4″ Paste the second layer directly over the card base using snail adhesive. Cut a third...

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Layered Flowers with Quick Quotes

Posted by on August 12, 2017 in Cards, Die Cutting, Quick Quotes Scrap., Recent Works | 0 comments

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 layer or combine them to obtain a 3D design, just like I made. For the base of my card I used whisper...

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Take a fly with a new butterfly

Posted by on August 9, 2017 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 3 comments

Take a fly with a new butterfly

I love butterflies or better the color of butterflies. This Monarch is part of the new release from So Suzy Stamps and It is perfect to coloring or to use in natural stage. Take a look at my card: To create this card I used Sahara Sand card stock and Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. My best tool to have all the butterflies in position was the MISTI, and for this project I used the regular or large MISTI. I stamped one by one the Monarch butterfly and the sentiment Take Flight over a second layer. In a separate piece of Sahara Sand card stock I...

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RETARTE 103 – ANYTHING GOES

Posted by on August 8, 2017 in 3D, Cards, Cricut, Recent Works, Retarte Challenge, Scrapbooking | 4 comments

RETARTE 103 – ANYTHING GOES

Bienvenidas a una aventura mas con Retarte! Comenzamos Agosto con el Retarte 103 – Anything Goes y tenemos a uno de nuestros sponsors mas queridos The Cutting Cafe, asi que ya pueden ir imaginandose lo que hemos trabajado: Archivos de corte digitales y unos carros de ensueño!!! Como siempre The Cutting Cafe estará entregando a la ganadora de esta edición de Retarte 103 dos archivos de corte de su elección, así que a participar todas porque lo mejor es que los archivos deThe Cutting Cafe vienen tan completos que pueden también ser cortados...

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