Shadow with color pencils
Hello crafty friends, today I have a CAS card that I made using some of my favorites stamps from So Suzy Stamps: the Flower Flourish as the main image and Hello Friend as the sentiment. First take a look at my card and then I will share with you how to make it: This is one layer created over Pool Party card stock. The first thing that I did was stamp the image of the Flower Flourish using Versamark and White Embossing Powder. This is a big image but I partially stamped it over the card base to have two different looks of this. I embossed the...
read moreAre you ready for Christmas?
Are you ready for Christmas? Am I crazy? It’s July and it’s the perfect time to prepare my craft tools and make my plans for the best time of the year. The difference is that this time Joy Clair is helping me with this amazing promotion… all Christmas sets are on sale for just ONE WEEK!!! With this in mind I couldn’t resist the temptation and I made a cute project just to show you how easy and simple it is to combine your stuff and start you Christmas projects with enough time. I decided to make a lot of Christmas Tags...
read moreRETARTE 102 – ANYTHING GOES
Bienvenidas a Retarte 102 Anything Goes. Que tal les parecio nuestro Retarte 101 con el tema de navidad? Verdad que nos refresco un poco la temporada y todas las ideas estaban muy lindas? Hoy estamos de vuelta con un gran sponsor, se trata de Lacy Sunshine que tiene unos personajes un su colección encantadores y que en verdad a las que estamos aprendiendo a colorear, o las que ya lo hacen muy bien, nos encanta trabajar. Gracias Lacy Sunshine por apoyar nuestro reto y por ofrecer a la ganadora de Retarte 102 como premio tres imagenes...
read moreChristmas in July with Club Q from Quick Quotes
Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a Christmas in July project that I made using July Club Q from Quick Quotes! This month the kits came perfectly for Independence or patriotic celebrations but they can also be used for other things, so I decided to use the red and white paper to make tree decorated frames with tridimentional die cuts all with Christmas theme. Basically this is a 12×12 page of the red and white paper included on July Club Q. The size of the each frame is 5″x7″ and I cut a piece of the paper...
read moreMiss Kate Cuttables SVG Files
Hi everyone, Martha Lucia from Stampartpapel here. I am so happy because today is my day to post on Miss Kate Cuttables Blog!!! This is the second year that I have had this opportunity and honor and I love to share with you. But FIRST I want to make sure you go grab the FREEBIE of the day! As a designer I had the opportunity to choose the SVG that I want to use, which was hard work because playing with the Miss Kate Cuttables SVG Files is a real pleasure. So I decided to make two different projects, one for summer and one for Christmas in...
read moreAZTECA EMBOSSING WITH OMBRE LOOK
Embossing is one of the most elegant and sophisticated techniques. Today I combined embossing and ombre technique in a single project. It was easy; for this I only used Versamark Ink and Memento Ink, in other words pigment ink and dye ink. Come with me and see how this Clear and simple model of a card can be easily made. Take a piece of very vanilla card stock and stamp a border image using Versamark Ink and Gold Embossing Powder. Melt the powder with the heat tool. Sponge over the stamped images using Tangerine Memento Ink and a Jumbo...
read moreHello Autumn on Green
Hello Autumn on Green! I know that we are in summer, but since this month is the month to use our favorites stamps, I decided to use Hello Autumn from Joy Clair stamped with green inks. Take a look at my card: Hello Autumn is a great stamp set that can be used not only during autumn or fall season, but also whenever you want. Just use your imagination and the colors of ink that you love. I stamped two of the leaves included on the stamp set using three different colors of green. But let me share with you how to make this card: Cut the base of...
read moreYou are delightful
Hello friends, today I have a very fun technique to share with you, how to create your backgrounds using plastic and Fireworks. You will love how easy it is and how versatile it can be. Simple and delightful!!! Make this is very easy: 1. Cut the pineapple die cut using whisper white card stock, but don’t discard the negative parts – keep all the pieces in place. Apply Electric Yellow Radian Neon Ink directly over the body of the pineapple. Cover the pineapple with Clear Embossing Powder. Remove the excess and melt the powder with...
read moreDouble Gate Fold Card Inspiration
Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a double gate fold card inspiration that I made using the new Serenade papers from Quick Quotes that you will find available on the store very soon and I am sure you will love!. Take a look at my card: Don’t think that this is a complicated card. It is very easy to make and I will try to explain to you how to make it: Cut a piece of Serenade 101 or any other decorated paper. The size needs to be 5-1/2″ x 12″ Make score lines on 2″, 4″, 8″ and 10″...
read moreSHAPES AND TEXTURE IN ONE CARD
Shapes and texture in one card is the project that I have to share with you today. Sometimes I want to enhance a great sentiment and need to create a special “background” for it. This is the perfect sample to do this: I made my card using very vanilla card stock for the base but the rest of elements are very special. Let me share with you: Cut a second layer using Rinea Foil Sapphire/Gold Glossy. I used part of the sheet included on the Jewels Foiled Variety Package. Pass this layer through the big shot using the 3D Dynamic...
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