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Mandala Boho from RG Avenue

Posted by on October 9, 2019 in Cards, Coloring, Digital Art, Recent Works, RG Avenue, Techniques | 0 comments

Mandala Boho from RG Avenue

Hello there! I am super excited because it’s the first day of RG Avenue Convention 2019, Share your Heart! Today, I am sharing with you one of the stamp sets released for this special event, Mandala Boho from RG Avenue. This is one of the most beautiful stamp sets released this year. To make my card I just used one of the images included on the stamp set and colored it with Prismacolor Color Pencils. I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto Powdered Sugar card stock from RG Avenue. To enhance the details of my card, I...

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Halloween Card

Posted by on October 9, 2019 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Kat Scrappiness, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Halloween Card

Hi friends, today I want to share a Halloween Card that I made featuring the stamps released a few days ago by Crackerbox and Suzy Stamps! The new release of Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, arrived in perfect time to create our Halloween cards and projects. To make my card, I stamped the Witch’s Hat with Flowers onto a whisper white piece of card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Then, I colored it with Tri-Blend Markers from Spectrum Noir. On the top of the same layer, I stamped the sentiment Pointy Hat with VersaFine Clair Purple...

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HLS Challenge of October

Posted by on October 8, 2019 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Happy Little Stampers Challenge, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 2 comments

HLS Challenge of October

Hi there! I just pop up to share with you my proposal for the HLS Challenge of October. Fall is one of my favorite seasons  and today I am featuring a fall card created with die cuts and stamps. The base of my card is basic black cardstock and the second layer is a piece of designer paper that bring me the opportunity to use different color combos in my card. I pasted the designer paper directly over the black base. Then I die cut the Thanks Square Confetti Die Cut from Reverse Confetti over a basic black piece of card stock. I die cut a pink...

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Bible Journaling with Leisure Arts

Posted by on October 8, 2019 in Journaling, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Bible Journaling with Leisure Arts

Hi there, I just pop up to share an easy and quick bible journaling page that I made using on of the Gather Together  stamp set by Color by Faith from Joy Clair and colored with the Double Ended Markers from Leisure Arts. I have a package of 60 color Double Ended Markers from Leisure Arts. They are good to color over coloring books or hard paper surfaces but for the bible paper they are very strong hindering the mixture of colors. This does not mean that you can not use them, you can use and enjoy your markers, just taking care of your bible...

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Rita Barakat & Plaid Blog Hop

Posted by on October 8, 2019 in 3D, Cards, Imagine, Recent Works, Rita Barakat, Techniques, Tutorials | 16 comments

Rita Barakat & Plaid Blog Hop

Hi there, Today I’m excited to join Rita Barakat & Plaid Blog Hop. Today we are featuring a great combination of styles and designs and the design team is exited with that. Welcome! My first project is a set of book marks that I made combining the paints from Plaid with the stamps of Rita Barakat.  To create these I used gelli plates and stencils. As I told you, to make the backgrounds I used gelli plates with two different colors of Folk Art Color Shift Metallic Paints from Plaid. I used the Yellow Flash and the Pink Flash, my favorite...

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Coloring & Embossing Tutorial

Posted by on October 7, 2019 in Cards, Coloring, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Coloring & Embossing Tutorial

Hi there! Today I’m sharing this Coloring & Embossing Tutorial project over on the Spectrum Noir site. I had some fun playing with the Illustrator Coloring Markers and the stamp set Have Courage from Neat & Tangled. Check out the complete tutorial HERE on Spectrum Noir site. Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Die Cut Card

Posted by on October 7, 2019 in Cards, Die Cutting, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Rita Barakat, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Die Cut Card

Hello crafty friends! Today I am up with a Die Cut Card featuring the amazing Die Cuts from Rita Barakat. The base of my card is Night of Navy card stock and the size is 4-1/4″ x 8-1/2″ with score in 4-1/4″. The second layer is a piece of Watercolor paper that I use to create a faux watercolor technique. To make this I used Double Ended Markers from Leisure Arts and water to mix the colors over the craft mat. Then I passed the watercolor piece over the diluted color and let the paper dry naturally. When the watercolor paper...

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Stamp on Fabric Decoration

Posted by on October 5, 2019 in 3D, Cards, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques | 0 comments

Stamp on Fabric Decoration

Hi there! I just pop up to show you a simple idea to stamp on fabric decoration. The last challenge for the World Card Making Day Celebration with Joy Clair is very suggestive: Break the rules and Open your window! I love to use frames and change the photos or decorations that I have frequently and I found this idea simple and inspired. Stamp on Fabric using quotes o bible verses. You can change it and decorate with additional elements if you want. To stamp the images, I used VersaColor Ink but keep in mind the texture of your fabric to have...

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Rubber Stamp Storage

Posted by on October 5, 2019 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Promotions, Recent Works | 3 comments

Rubber Stamp Storage

Hi there, do you have a lot rubber stamps? How do you storage them? Today I want to share an amazing product that I found for Rubber Stamp Storage in one of my favorite houses, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps.   I have been designer for Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps since 2015. They produce the most amazing rubber stamps and the amount of stamps that I have from them is a huge number. Through the years, I storage them in a different ways but only now I am totally satisfied with my storage because it is clear, flat, and useful at the same...

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Craft Organization

Posted by on October 5, 2019 in Cards, Coloring, Deflecto, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Spectrum Noir, Style | 1 comment

Craft Organization

This is an excited day for all of us! We are celebrating the World Card Making Day with Joy Clair and I will sharing with you some of my tips for Craft Organization. As tradition, along of the day Joy Clair will be announcing new challenges and the first is very easy: Show your work space or craft desk. My Atelier is very small and with the years the craft material is growing very fast. Let me start with a collage of how it looks right now. If you want to compare the growing you can see the 2018 publication here and the 2015 here. In addition...

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