FLAG AND 4TH OF JULY BLOG HOP
Welcome to Flag and 4th of July Blog Hop! The members of the Design Team of Joy Clair Stamps are so glad you joined us for this special event. We want to inspire you by using two different new stamp sets that Joy Clair launched recently, specially for this celebration. They are Grungy Flag Background and Happy Fourth. Both stamp set are available in our Joy Clair Store and you can use them to create amazing projects. As usual during this blog hop, Joy Clair is offering amazing prizes to share with you!!! Just be sure to leave comments during...
read moreRETARTE 100 A BIG CELEBRATION!
Bienvenidas a la celebración del Retarte 100 a big celebration – Anything Goes. De verdad que el tiempo vuela y ya vamos por nuestro desafio numero 100 y todo gracias a su apoyo y al de nuestros sponsors. Durante estos tres años nos han hecho muy felices y ha sido para nosotras muy grato crear y compartir con todos nuestra pasion. Gracias por su compañia, cariño y sobretodo gracias por acompañarnos cada otro martes y dejarnos llegar a sus pantallas con nuestras ideas. Para hoy hemos preparado un Retarte un poco especial, sin que se aparte de...
read moreINK COLORING WITH RINEA FOIL PAPER
Techniques are my passion and today I want to share with you Ink Coloring with Rinea Foil paper, a quick and easy tip to change the color of your foil using StazOn Ink and the texture created by an embossing folder. It’s easy and quick and you can obtain amazing results when you decide to experiment and combine different colors of inks. Take a look at my card: To create this I used Whisper White card stock for the base, the die cut message and the complement word. The rest of the card was made with one piece of Rinea Blush/Gold Glossy...
read moreWhen Live Gives You a Monday
When Live Gives You a Monday… you have to celebrate because you are alive!!! I love this snarky stamp from So Suzy Stamps and I decided to use it in today’s project combined with a sweet image. Take a look at my card: Is it not a great sentiment? Like it said, I decided to add glitter and sparkle to my creation and I want to share with you how to make this: Cut the base of the card using Rich Razzleberry card stock. The size is 5-1/2″x8-1/2″ with score in 4-1/4″ Cut a second layer using Whisper White card stock....
read moreLayout for Father’s Day
Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you an inspiration layout for Father’s Day that I made using a great combination of Quick Quotes papers and my Canon PIXMA TS 9020 to print the photo. Take a look at my page: To create this I used 12″x12″ Urban Oasis 102 for the base. Then I cut a second layer using Earth Wind Fire 105 – the size of this layer is 10″x10″ and I pasted it directly over the base. I selected one photo of my daughter to print from my phone and sent it directly to my Canon...
read moreFlawless for Summer Highlight
Welcome to our Flawless for Summer Highlight featuring Flawless Stamp Set from Joy Clair Stamps! This set is the perfect beauty set for the modern woman and beauty girls. You can use it to create cards, scrapbook or journal pages, bible journaling, coloring pages or with different stamping techniques. Today I have a shimmer card to share with you, here it is: I chose cherry cobbler card stock for the base and Gold Glimmer Paper for the striped lines and special details or layer sentiment. Let me share with you the steps that I followed to...
read moreYou Make my Heart Smile with Hero Arts
You Make my Heart Smile with Hero Arts. This is the sentiment that I selected to create my card. It is part of the stamp set Love by Lia and I used a non traditional form in my creations. Welcome to another “Take Shape” inspiration sample. Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you to share a card with banner or tail fish shape. I really love to receive cards with different shapes and this is sample that you can use and put easily in an envelope because it is a regular size. To cut this I used a double stitched banner from...
read moreTexture in hand made cards
Summer has arrived and what better way to celebrate than with a striking tangerine orange project. What a beautiful color! When I saw the challenge, I thought of the neon colors in the Tsukineko’s Radiant Neon Amplify. I made this card using “hello,” cherry blossom and flamingo die cuts but, the best part of this card is the wild background created with Amplify. Amplify reacts to the heat tool and creates a soft look with a 3-D effect. The clean crisp die cuts provide a contrast to the texture craziness in the background. Read more to find...
read morePicture Perfect in God’s Focus
Picture Perfect in God’s Focus! what a great stamp set from Joy Clair… I love it!!! Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a Color by Faith stamp set called God’s Focus that I used to create a card. Take a look at my card and see how simple it is to make this: To create this card, I selected watercolor paper and Cherry Cobbler card stock. Cut the base of the card using Cherry Cobbler card stock. The size is 8-1/2″x5-1/2″ with score in 4-1/4″. Cut a second layer of watercolor paper. Using...
read moreLEAVE A LITTLE SPARKLE
Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a summer card that I made using the fabulous PowderPuff Chalk Inks. Yes, these inks are perfect to create amazing backgrounds and to color or stamp images. Take a look at my card: To create this card I used two different types of images: the woman is a digital image from A Day from Daisies and the sentiment is a rubber stamp that I stamped with PowderPuff Chalk Ink Midnight Confessions. The common part on these images is that I used PowderPuff Chalk Ink to color the digital image using...
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