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Kat Scrappiness – Guest Designer

Posted by on December 9, 2018 in Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Rinea | 0 comments

Kat Scrappiness – Guest Designer

Hello dear friends! Today I am in Kat Scrappiness as a Guest Designer, and I am so happy to share my creations with you and with their readers using the fabulous products that this store has to offer to all paper lovers. My first projects are using the Christmas Stocking Banner Die from Kat Scrappiness. I used different material to cut them and I am sure that you are loving this die cut for several reasons. One of them the perfect size because it is a large banner that you can use as is or cut in different pieces, just like I made. For my...

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Kat Scrappiness Blog Hop to Benefit Coffee Oasis

Posted by on December 7, 2018 in Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Gina Marie Designs, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Rinea, Techniques | 60 comments

Kat Scrappiness Blog Hop to Benefit Coffee Oasis

Hello dear friends, today I have a special project to share with you. I am participating of Kat Scrappiness Blog Hop to Benefit Coffee Oasis. Coffee Oasis is a coffee shop/organization located in Washington State that provides help for our youth including programs for drug abuse, homelessness, violence and poverty. (You can read more about their programs here Joy Clair Stamps and Rinea are part of the sponsors of this amazing event and I decided to make my card using some of their products in combination with die cuts from Kat Scrappiness....

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Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas with The Cutting Cafe

Posted by on December 6, 2018 in Cards, Christmas, Cricut, Recent Works, The Cutting Cafe | 1 comment

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas with The Cutting Cafe

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas with The Cutting Cafe! Today, I have a fun card that I made using a the  cutting file  Ho Ho Ho Word Shaped card. I cut the Ho Ho Ho word shapped card with my Cricut Explore. First I cut the base of the card using card stock and then I covered the entire base with a layer of decorated paper red. I also cut the letters using a decorated beige paper. I am Santa fan so I decided to decorate the card with one stamp from my stuff and add some pre-cut snowflakes a little inked with green ink. The final touch? a Christmas...

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Christmas Packages with Rinea Foiled Paper

Posted by on December 5, 2018 in 3D, Cards, Die Cutting, Rinea, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Christmas Packages with Rinea Foiled Paper

Hello dear friends, you know that I love to make packages but not always I have time to make these. Well today I made Christmas Packages with Rinea Foiled Paper. They are elegant, beautiful and very easy to make. Let me show you these: You can find plain or decorated paper bags and boxes in craft stores. You only need to add your personal touch and make them really special. My first idea is a chevron paper bag. This design is perfect for Christmas season and I decided to use the Jolly Foiled Paper Variety package of Rinea Foiled paper....

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Blue Ice Technique Card

Posted by on December 4, 2018 in 3D, Cards, Christmas, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Blue Ice Technique Card

Hi there! Today I have something cool to make and feel. I used the Ice Technique and like this month our color challenge was related with winter I decided to use the blue. To make this technique you only need StazOn Ink and metallic paper to obtain a good shine in your project.   I started with a piece of Silver Foil Sheet. I decided in advance which stamps I wanted to use and I cut the paper a little bigger of the stamps to create the ice look. Then I applied the ink directly with the StazOn Ink pad Blue HHawaii from left to right and...

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Coffee House Card

Posted by on December 3, 2018 in Arteza, Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Techniques | 7 comments

Coffee House Card

Good morning friends! Today I am up with a card that I made to celebrate the friendship using two stamp sets from Joy Clair Stamps, Dwelling Place and Coffee Quotes. Take a look at my winter card: The Dwelling Place is a Color by Faith stamp set that include two different designs of houses and amazing sentiments. I decided to use one of this in my card because in my original country is very usual that you take a coffee in your house  with friends. Colombia has one of the best coffees and always the family celebrate moments around a cup of...

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Happy Coloring Series Review

Posted by on December 2, 2018 in Coloring, Recent Works | 0 comments

Happy Coloring Series Review

Hello there! Today I have a Happy Coloring Series review. These books are part of the big collection of Coloring Books from Leisure Arts. I want to share with you my experience and first impressions with these coloring books. To begin these books are focused on the positive things in life, which is an excellent premise to enjoy your coloring. You don’t need to be an artist to color or to feel the satisfaction and relaxation that coloring produce. Just pick any of their titles, a box of color pencils and enjoy, because they include...

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Christmas Coffee Card

Posted by on December 2, 2018 in Cards, Christmas, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Recent Works | 11 comments

Christmas Coffee Card

Hello dear friends! Just popping to share with you another Christmas Card that I made to celebrate the Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This is a clear and simple model that I made using Whisper White card stock. It is a Christmas Cheer digital stamp from Graciellie Design. I printed the coffee image and sentiment over a separate piece of whisper white and colored with Prismacolor Premier color pencils. To decorate the card I dry embossed a tiny piece of Real Read Card stock and then pasted over the colored layer. Thank you for...

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Jesus First Then Coffee

Posted by on December 1, 2018 in Arteza, Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Techniques | 9 comments

Jesus First Then Coffee

Hello crafty friends today I have a new card to share with you. It is for the Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that you know I love it! Normally my cards are regular size but today I decided to create a square card 4-1/4″x 4-1/4″. The card base is Cajun Craze card stock and the second layer is whisper white. I cut the second layer using the Diamond Stripe Square Die Cut from Reverse Confetti. I love the style of this die cut. I used the negative part of the center to stamp my special sentiment Jesus First Then Coffee. The...

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Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with Joy Clair

Posted by on November 30, 2018 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques | 23 comments

Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with Joy Clair

Hello and Welcome to my post for the Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with Joy Clair. Joy Clair is a proud super sponsor of this event that meet crafters and companies to celebrate the coffee love and you know that Joy Clair has a lot of stamps with the coffee theme and today I have a new set to show you. If you want to see the entire collection of Coffee Themed stamps just click HERE. I am using a recently released stamp set Tea Time to create a CAS model, using some fall colors and plenty of details. The base of the card is Rich...

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