RETARTE 101 – ANYTHING GOES
Bienvenidas a la una nueva edicion de Retarte. Hoy comenzamos Retarte 101 y estamos muy contentas porque se han unido a nuestro equipo dos nuevas Diseñadoras fabulosas, Nélida Cordón y Norma Pechir Holland, que vienen a darle un nuevo aire a nuestro reto con su creatividad. Bienvenidas!!! Esta semana tenemos un sponsor que nos ha acompañado siempre, Scribbles Designs y entregará como premio a la ganadora tres imagines que ella escoja de su tienda. Antes de seguir con nuestras propuestas de hoy, queremos anunciarles los nombres de las...
read moreHappy Independence Day!!!
Happy Independence Day! I love to create and celebrate this fantastic day, and today I made a card combining Joy Clair Stamps and die cuts. I love these mini envelopes created by Waffle Flower and originally designed for planners but today, I used them in a card. Making this card was very easy and fun. I used the patriotic colors red, blue and white and a new set from Joy Clair Stamps called Stars and Stripes, perfect for this type of celebration. Cut the base of the card using Night of Navy card stock. The size is 8-1/2’x5-1/2 with...
read morePersonalized Pouch With Deflecto
Personalized Pouch With Deflecto: glamour and personality for each one! Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you what I made with the fabulous Deflecto Flexible Pouches 3″x5″ that can be used for many things. Take a look at my idea: I decided to personalized each to be used as name tag on our Simply Charming Bags, the custom bags that we use to carry the scrap tools or materials. Now I have one exclusively to carry my die cuts: The process to make these is very easy: Cut the letters of the name using gold glimmer...
read moreDie Cut Organization with Deflecto
Die Cut organization with Deflecto is now a pleasure! Hello crafty friends Martha Lucia here share with you the most easy and practical way to organize all your die cuts and see exactly what you have and keep them all in one place after each use. It’s a simple and practical solution, take a look: On this project I used three different Deflecto products, the Pear Clip to tie all the Flexible Pouches (7-3/8″x 6″) that I used to storage and carry my different die cuts. To keep all the die cuts in place, I used Magnetic Craft...
read moreMy Favorites from Joy Clair Stamps
Today is the day of favorites. And my favorites from Joy Clair Stamps are hard to choose because this company has the two lines that I love, everyday stamps and the color by faith collection. In today’s project I decided to use the everyday set Music Marker, take a look at my card: I used a watercolor technique to make my card and different colors of distress ink to create the effect. Cut the base of the card using Rich Regal card stock. Cut a second layer using Rich Razzleberry card stock. It is not a complete layer. Cut a third layer...
read moreMy Favorites from So Suzy Stamps
My favorites from So Suzy Stamps are impossible to chose because every month I have new favorites and I still cannot get over the oldies. I have favorites styles of images and one of these are flowers and So Suzy have many styles of these. Today I want to show you two flower stamps, Flower Doodle Single and Flower Doodle Corner that combine perfectly and one sentiment. Take a look at my card: To create this card, I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Copic Markers. Cut the base of the card using Whisper White card stock. The size is...
read moreI’d Never Forget You a2z Scrapbooking Supplies
I’d Never Forget You a2z Scrapbooking Supplies and Hero Arts!!! Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you another shaped card and my last card as a Designer for a2z Scrapbooking Supplies. These two years have been amazing to me but I am leaving the team because I need to take care of some personal things but I want to let you know that I love my time sharing with you and creating with amazing products. To make my card I used a Circle Stitched Die Cut that I cut twice. The first time with the card stock folded to create the...
read moreVITAMIN SEA!
Vitamin Sea!! Summer is here and Tangerine is not only the perfect color, it is the perfect fruit and the perfect inspiration to create a sunset. Today I am sharing a quick way to mix Memento Inks and create an amazing and unique background to enhance your negative die cuts. Enjoy!!! Take the ink pad of Memento Ink and apply the ink directly over the mat. Spray with Ink Potion No. 9 and clean the mix with a piece of whisper white card stock. Let the paper dry. I used three different colors of Memento Ink Dandelion, Tangelo and Lady Bug. ...
read moreCOFFEE PLANNER WITH QUICK QUOTES
Coffee Planner with Quick Quotes, why not? Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a coffee bag that I made using the amazing papers and inks of Quick Quotes and taking advantage of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hope 2017 event. Take a look at my bag: To make this I used brilliant colored papers. For the basic bag I used the Whistlin Dixie 104 and I cut the design using the Mini Thread Bag Thinlits die cuts and my big shot. Then I cut a postage stitched die cut using the Whistlin Dixie 105, it is a green/yellow color, I...
read moreSummer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2017
Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2017 is here and Joy Clair Stamps is a proud Super Sponsor!!! We are celebrating to be part of this wonderful event again and you know that I love to participate in this blog hop and I love Joy Clair Stamps, so matching these brands is a real pleasure for me and I hope for you too!!! To create this card I used the stamp set that Joy Clair created in a pass season exclusively for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, the Coffee Lovers and one stencil. Let me share with you how easy was made this card: Cut the card base...
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