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Santa’s Favorite Slimline Card

Posted by on December 10, 2021 in Cards, Christmas, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Santa’s Favorite Slimline Card

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a fun Santa’s Favorite Slimline Card created with the images from the digital stamp Santa’s Favorite and sentiment from Christmas Joy, both from Joy Clair Designs.     You know my passion for slimline size cards. And this is one of these cards that I really enjoy made. First, I selected some of the images included on the digital stamp Santa’s Favorite. Second, I resized them to can create my layout. All in a single layer.     I colored the images with TriBlend  Markers from Spectrum Noir....

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Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month

Posted by on December 7, 2021 in Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month

Hello crafty friends, today I have the new December 2021 Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month Kit. This  month the kit is Enchanting Pocket Card Tag & Envelope, is and let me tell you it is absolutely gorgeous!     This month the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is a massive set of 14 dies that can be used in so many different ways.  To make my first card, I cut a pocket using double sided designer paper and used card stock for the insert.     Then, I decorated the insert with the pretty blooms...

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Spellbinders Glimmer Kit of the Month

Posted by on December 6, 2021 in Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Hot Foil, Recent Works, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Spellbinders Glimmer Kit of the Month

Hello there, this month’s Spellbinders Glimmer Kit of the Month is the “Botanical Crest“. This is a gorgeous set of 3 Glimmer plates and 5 cutting dies that foils a pretty leafy crest and two sentiment. I prepared two different cards to share with you.     On my first card, I foiled green card stock using the kit Polished Brass Hot Foil and die cut the tiny flowers in rose read card stock to make the wreath more special.       The Glimmer Kit includes two different sentiments that can be also easily die cut and placed...

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Winter Snarky Card

Posted by on December 2, 2021 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Winter Snarky Card

Hello there is December and today I have a winter snarky card. Well honestly winter it’s not yet but all of us are prepared to receive it. My card is featuring Crackerbox  Stamps colored with Spectrum Noir Markers.     I used the images included on the Chuck the Squirrel Set of 3. These images are also available individually. First, I stamped the Chuck the Squirrel and the Winter Sucks sentiment onto white smooth card stock. Then in a separate piece of card stock I stamped the  Acorns.     I colored the Acorns with...

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Holiday Dragon Christmas Card

Posted by on November 24, 2021 in Cards, Christmas, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Gina Marie Designs, Joy Clair Designs, Passionate Paper Creations, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Holiday Dragon Christmas Card

Hi friends, today I have a Holiday Dragon Christmas Card to share with you. I am featuring an image from Lee Holland Design called Dragon on Christmas Bauble and it is simply adorable.     I printed my image onto white smooth card stock, my favorite paper to coloring with alcohol markers. Then, I colored the image with TriBlend Brush Markers from Spectrum Noir. The colors that I used were True Blue Blend TB1+TB4+TB8, True Blue Extend TB3+TB5+TB7; Citrus Blend CT1+CT3+CT4; Purple Blend PL1+PL3+PL5; Light Green Blend LG1+LG3+LG5; Dark...

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Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

Posted by on November 23, 2021 in Cards, Christmas, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

Hello friends, I just pop up to share a card with the Card Kit 18 from Crackerbox Stamps. This a Rockin’Around the Christmas Tree Card using the Grinch collection stamps.     This is a real simple card that features the Bib Overlay Kit. This shape of the card works great with the Grinch images. Today I am using some of the additional images released with the Card Kit 18 or Grinch Kit. The additional images are part of the Grinch Hand Set of 5 and/or Grinch Ornaments Set of 3.     First, I stamped the Grinch Face onto...

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Love Santa Christmas Card

Posted by on November 20, 2021 in Cards, Christmas, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Passionate Paper Creations, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Love Santa Christmas Card

Hello there, I have a Love Santa Christmas Card to share with you. I am featuring the Love Santa Digital Stamp from Joy Clair Designs as sponsor of the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends!     Love Santa is one of my favorites stamp sets for Christmas Cards. It is part of the most recently release of Joy Clair Designs, Wonderfully 2021. This set includes 3 different Santa images that I am sure you will love. You can find all the details about the stamps HERE.     To create my card, I used the Petal Connection Cover...

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Sweet Serenade Notecards Collection by Becca Feeken

Posted by on November 16, 2021 in 3D, Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Sweet Serenade Notecards Collection by Becca Feeken

Hi there, Today I’m sharing three cards made with the new Sweet Serenade Notecards Collection by Becca Feeken.  There are many beautiful stamps and dies in this collection, but I chose to work with just one of the gorgeous stamp sets that includes their own dies and two Etched Dies. The stamp set and dies is Lyrical Layered Florals Clear Stamp & Die Set. This includes 13 stamps and 5 dies.   My first project is a gift card holder. It features the Lyrical Layered Florals Clear Stamps and Dies in addition with the Flourished Sonata...

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Spellbinders Club Kits Blog Hop

Posted by on November 15, 2021 in 3D, Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Hot Foil, Recent Works, Spellbinders, Techniques | 23 comments

Spellbinders Club Kits Blog Hop

Hello friends!  Today I’m so excited to be participating in a blog hop celebrating the gorgeous November 2021 Club Kits from Spellbinders.  If you’re a new visitor to my blog, I’m Martha Lucia and I love all things paper, inks and dies.  You should have arrived here from Alanna’s blog, but if this is your first stop, you can click here to start back at the beginning.  Don’t forget to leave a comment on the blog for a chance to win a $25 store credit for Spellbinders products!     I love how some of the kits of this month can...

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November Perfectly CAS Challenge

Posted by on November 14, 2021 in Cards, Coloring, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Perfectly CAS, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 1 comment

November Perfectly CAS Challenge

Hi there! I just pop up to share the November Perfectly CAS Challenge . The theme of this month is Tropical and I am featuring flowers included on the digital stamp set You Make Me Proud from Joy Clair Designs.     I used white smooth card stock to create the base of the card. In a separate piece of cardstock, I printed one of the flowers included on the You Make Me Proud Stamps and colored them with TriBlend Markers from Spectrum Noir. Then, I fussy cut the image with scissors and pasted it directly with E-Z Runner Adhesive Tape....

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