Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a summer card that I made using the fabulous PowderPuff Chalk Inks. Yes, these inks are perfect to create amazing backgrounds and to color or stamp images. Take a look at my card: To create this card I used two different types of images: the woman is a digital image from A Day from Daisies and the sentiment is a rubber stamp that I stamped with PowderPuff Chalk Ink Midnight Confessions....

Bienvenidas a Retarte 99 – Anything Goes. Para hoy hemos preparado proyectos muy dulces y delicados con las fantasticas imagenes de A Day for Daisies, uno de nuestros sponsors mas queridos y a quien agradecemos infinitamente su apoyo durante el ultimo ano de Retarte. A Day for Daisies y Sami Stamps, han hecho un alto en el camino y estaran retirados del mundo creativo por un periodo, pero para fortuna nuestra, podremos seguir comprando sus...

Thinking of You So Suzy!!! Good morning friends, today is a long day and I want to start the week Thinking of You. I created this card using two of the new stamps of the most recently release from So Suzy and I think they are adorable. Take a look at my card: Create this is very simple: Cut the base for the card using Soft Suede card stock. Cut a second layer using decorated paper. I used one of watercolor flowers from my personal collection....

Shaped cards with Hero Arts is the theme for the challenge this month on A2z Scrapbooking Supplies and I have to be honest this was a real challenge for me. Why? I don’t know. Maybe because I was in my comfort zone making the same sized cards all the time and now I had to do something different. Well here it is and let me share with you how I made this: To start I used one of my favorites stamp sets Color Layering Butterflies with...

Love you Birds!!! Today I am sharing with you two stamps from the most recent release from So Suzy Stamps and as I combined the stamps I also combined the title for my post. The two stamps that I used are Love Birds and Simple Love You. Take a look at my card: This is a window card and the first thing that I did was to create the background of the front using the stamp Simple Love You. I took the Memento Morocco Ink and after inking the image I...

Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a sentiment that I love and that comes with a great stamp set Color Layering Flamingo from Hero Arts. This is the month of the sentiments and my card says it all! Take a look: To create my card I used regal rose card stock for the first layer and decorated paper for the second one. To stamp the Flamingo image I used three different colors of pink inks. First I stamped the legs of the...

Welcome to our  Father’s Day Highlight featuring Dad’s Day Stamp Set from Joy Clair Stamps! This set is perfect for honored and celebrate the man of home, and you can use it with different stamping techniques to create beautiful cards or scrapbook layouts in no time! Today I have a card to share with you, here it is: I choose the basic black card stock for the base and whisper white card stock for the second layer. Let me share with you the...

Bienvenidas a Retarte 98 – Anything Goes hemos preparado proyectos maravillosos con las imagenes de uno de nuestros sponsors mas queridos Pickled Potpourri, que también nos acompaño hace un par de meses cuando comensamos esta nueva etapa!!! La ganadora recibirá como premio un certificado de $7 dolares de su tienda con el que podra adquirir las imagenes digitales que desee. Y antes de seguir con todo lo que les tenemos preparado les cuento quien...

Hello dear friends, Polo Sea Horse is here again and you can find it on So Suzy’s Store. This was one of my favorites images that was “retired” for a few months but now is available on the store and I am happy because I can create new cards and projects with this. Take a look at my funny card: Create this card was very fun and as usual I keep my CAS style. Let me share with you how to make this: Cut the base using Sahara Sand...

One of my favorite techniques is embossing, but since I can´t use this technique in all my projects, I can use it partially, don´t you think?  Take a look at my card: Today I want to share with you a partial embossing technique using color layering stamps. It’s very simple and fun and you can get beautiful results on your projects.  Let me tell you how I made my card: Stamp the first layer of the stamps using Memento Ink. For my flowers I...