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My last winter card

Posted by on December 31, 2018 in Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Hero Arts, Recent Works, Techniques | 1 comment

My last winter card

Hello there! Today I have a card that I made with my heart. I wast part of A2Z Scrapbooking Design Team for several years and they are always in my heart. Today I have the opportunity to share my last winter card as Guest Designer and it is an honor for me because all these ladies and Linda are always in my heart. The base of my card is Highland Heather card stock and the second layer is a piece of decorated paper.  I added a third layer using whisper white card stock and I stamped a combination of winter images from the stamp set Vintage...

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Perfect Love

Posted by on December 25, 2018 in Cards, Die Cutting, Gina Marie Designs, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Techniques, WOW Embossing | 0 comments

Perfect Love

Merry Christmas dear friends!!! Thank you for being with me today to celebrate the perfect love! I am featuring another die cut from Kat Scrappiness and you will love how I used a traditional Christmas Stocking die to create a baby card. I love when I can use the products in different ways and this is one of them. For my first card I used the Build a Stocking Christmas Die. It is a complete set of elements perfect to create a beautiful stocking or to turn it in a baby bottles. The process is simple – you only need to fold the upper part...

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My Favorites from The Cutting Cafe

Posted by on December 21, 2018 in 3D, Cards, Christmas, Cricut, Recent Works, Rinea, Techniques, The Cutting Cafe | 1 comment

My Favorites from The Cutting Cafe

Hello everyone! Today I have a special selection of Cutting Files from The Cutting Cafe. I selected these projects from all that I made during 2018 as part of their Design Team. You can click over each photo or link to find specific details about the project. Welcome to my favorites from The Cutting Cafe! Let me start with this set of Apron Shaped Cards. I made these at the beginning of Fall and I really love how they turned out. The cutting file that I used wasApron Shaped Card and HERE you could find all the details and more photos. The...

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Last minute gifts with Rinea Foiled Paper

Posted by on December 20, 2018 in 3D, Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Rinea, Tutorials | 0 comments

Last minute gifts with Rinea Foiled Paper

Hello friends, Christmas is almost here and today I have a few ideas to last minute gifts with Rinea Foiled Paper. Now that gift cards are very trending, I am sure that you want to impress with your packages! Let me start with this craft bag. You can find them in craft stores or if you want a bag little bigger in dollar stores and supermarkers. Just take the long size of your bag and decide the part that you will fold and the wide of your decoration. To make my project I am using Ruby/Gold Glossy Rinea Foiled paper with a Spellbinders border...

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How to promote your work in 2019

Posted by on December 19, 2018 in Recent Works, Reviews | 0 comments

How to promote your work in 2019

The end of the year is normally the time to review your goals, take care of resolutions and design the new goals for the next twelve months. But sometimes we forget the elementary things and work in complicated ways while trying to be successful, when in the reality we have amazing tools that third party companies offer us to reach our goals.  A few days ago I was consulting an email marketing service and I was really impressed with the information and complete resources that I found on My Emma’s website. They have different articles...

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Winter Celebration Cards

Posted by on December 16, 2018 in Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Gina Marie Designs, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Techniques | 0 comments

Winter Celebration Cards

Hello there! Today I have a set of Winter Celebration Cards featuring some die cuts from Kat Scrappiness. If you haven’t seen them you must because they have exclusive and elegant designs that you can use not only in winter creations but in other seasons too. My first card is a Holiday Cheer Card created with the Fancy Floral Coverplate Die. This design is very elegant and detailed so I made a see through card. To make this type of cards you only need to cut two similar layers and make a score in 1/8 of the top border, fold the line to...

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Believe Card – Only Vellum

Posted by on December 15, 2018 in 3D, Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 1 comment

Believe Card – Only Vellum

Hello everyone! Vellum is one of the most delicate and versatile papers. Not all inks work as we want on Velum and today I will share with you a complete card that I made using it in combination with the new Dewlets and our Memento Luxe ink. In my project I am using two different colors of Memento Luxe Ink, Danube Blue and Teal Zeal to create the background and to color each dewelt. Let me share with you the process: First, take a piece of Vellum card stock and apply the Memento Luxe ink directly with the ink pad. Try to don’t mix the...

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Paperless Post

Posted by on December 13, 2018 in Cards, Recent Works, Reviews, Style | 0 comments

Paperless Post

A computer can be one of the most valuable items in our creative toolbox! In this post, I will share with you how to create with Paperless Post and add creativity and beauty to everyday crazy life. If there’s two electronic items that I absolutely love, they are my computer and smart phone, even considering the fact that I am more hands on than technological. However, usually when I find programs or products that can make my life easier, they are typically related to computers. I am a declared paper lover but I discovered that I can use...

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club

Posted by on December 12, 2018 in Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club

Hello there! This is the last month of the year and for me is time to decide the best things for me and one of the best things that I found this year were the Spellbinders Month Clubs. If you haven heard about these, today I will show you the December Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club. This month and each month you will receive a kit of small dies. The above photo show you the dies included on December Small Die Club. With them I created some cards that I want to share with you. This kit include 2 circle and scallop dies, three...

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Retarte Challenge 134 – Good bye!

Posted by on December 11, 2018 in Cards, Coloring, Friends, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Retarte Challenge | 4 comments

Retarte Challenge 134 – Good bye!

Hola amigas, hoy les escribo en mi idioma, el idioma de Retarte Challenge y su fabuloso design team. Algunas de ustedes se estaran preguntando porqué? Pues bien, luego de cuatro fantásticos años y de mucho ir y venir he decido poner fin a nuestro Retarte Challenge. Creánme que no ha sido una decisión nada facil, porque no se trata de falta de apoyo por parte de los sponsors, por falta de cretividad del Equipo de Diseño o por falta de participantes, simplemente es porque pienso que los proyectos deben evolucionar, las ideas se deben cambiar y...

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