BOLD FLORAL STENCIL OF HERO ARTS
Bold Floral Stencil of Hero Arts is one of my favorites and today I am happy to share this card with you. Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with a colorful textured card created with one of the most beautiful stencils from Hero Arts, the Bold Floral. Take a look at my card: Working with stencils is very fun and you can explore different techniques with them. On this opportunity I used Creative Medium Iridescent to create this effect that is more evident over dark card stocks. The base of my card is Whisper White and the second layer,...
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Quienes hacen Retarte? es algo que muchas de nuestras seguidoras se han preguntado, sobre todo ahora que estamos próximas a comenzar una nueva temporada de este Challenge que en Junio próximo cumplira 3 años. Si hago un poco de memoria hemos pasado por diferentes etapas. Empezamos siendo un reto semanal sin sponsors y con cuatro diseñadoras. Luego de unos meses, nuestro grupo de diseño crecio un poco y empezamos a internacionalizarnos y llego a la familia de Stampartpapel y a Retarte el sabor Europeo con el toque hispano. Asi nacio una gran...
read moreDIY SPRING FRAME WITH HELMAR
Spring means flowers and frames are always part of my decorations. Today I have an idea to do it yourself: a quick and easy spring frame with Helmar. You only need a few materials and your favorite style of frame to recreate this idea. Let the creative process begin: Select your frame and remove all the pieces. Cut a piece of decorated paper with the corresponding size and use this as mat. Assemble your frame again. Cut the flowers that you want to use to decorate the frame. You can use plain or 3D flowers, for this purpose you can cut them...
read moreGOD’S LOVE BIBLE JOURNALING
God’s Love Bible Journaling page is the project that I have to share with you today. Step by step I am working more on my bible and experimenting different techniques on it. Today I want to show you how I worked with Glimmer Mist and Simply Sheer from Tattered Angels and stencils combined with the fabulous God’s Love stamp set. Take a look at my page: Creating this was really simple, the first thing that I did was to protect the pages of my bible using a piece of wax paper behind the working page and over the side page. Then I...
read moreBRAS ARE LIKE FRIENDS
Bras are like friends is the card that I have to share with you today. I made this card using the stamp set Bras Volume #1 from Skipping Stones and this is definitely a special set. Take a look at my card: To create this card I used Versafine Onix Ink and Clear Embossing Powder. Take a piece of Whisper White card stock and stamp the images of two of the bras from the stamp set Bras Volume #1 using Versafine Onix ink. Cover the images with clear embossing powder and melt the powder with the heat tool. Color the details of bras using a pink...
read morePERSONALIZED FRAME WITH MAKINS CLAY
Hi everyone, Martha Lucia here today with a personalized frame that I created using different designs of flowers that I made with White Makin’s Clay® . I love to create my own embellishments with Makin’s Clay® , this makes all my projects unique and I never know how my project will turn out because it is so easy to change the colors and shapes of the clay. They are also very safe for my crafts. Supplies: Makin’s® Clay – White Makin’s Professional® Cutting Mat Makin’s® Push Mold – Florals Beacon...
read moreSTENCILING WITH CREATIVE MEDIUM
Stenciling with a Creative Medium. I am fascinated by the colors and designs that you can get with this combination of stencils and creative mediums, but the Iridescent tones are simple amazing! Today I am over at So Suzy Stamps blog and I created a card that you will love for many reasons. Take a look at my card: I think the first reason you will love my card is because I rarely use the black card stock for the entire background and today projects was created in Basic Black card stock. Let me share the process with you. Cut the base of the...
read moreMAGNETIC DIE KEEPER FRAME
Magnetic Die Keeper Frame, what amazing tool!!! Hello everyone, Martha Lucia from Stampartpapel here with a very practical and creative idea to use the Deflecto Craft Frame Green and to keep your die cuts safe when you are working on a special project. Take a look at my creative solution: I love frames and photos but to be honest sometimes I feel that I need to make my frames more special or practical and when I saw this Deflecto Craft Frame Green immediately I thought that this was the perfect opportunity because it has a great size,...
read moreSHAPES IN MY CARDS
Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here with the March Friday Challenge of Quick Quotes!!! Shapes in my cards is something that I use frequently but today this shapes are really special. Why? Because I used the new paper collection to create this and die cuts with different forms just to inspired you to participate this month with your creation using our theme. Here is my card and take a look at the shapes: To create this card I used a mix of papers that I love. For the base I used Honeycomb 105, for the Cross Stitched Die Circle I used Winter...
read moreDOUBLE EMBOSSING TECHNIQUE CARD
Embossing is the easy way to create texture on our paper crafts but double embossing is the cherry on top! Today I want to share a card using this fabulous technique. It is simple and fun and you only need a background stamp and two different colors of embossing powder plus the essential material to make the regular embossing. Let the fun begin: Directions: Take a piece of glossy card stock and rub with the embossing buddy to avoid the static of the paper. Ink the glossy paper using Versamark Ink. Press the ink pad directly over the card...
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