Hi there, welcome to my blog! Today I have Oh Snap Christmas Card to share with you. The stamps that I used on my card are part of the most recently release of Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. The base of my card is whisper white card stock and I used the Halftone Stencil from Altenew to create the dotted background with two different blue colors of Distress Ink. I applied the ink with the Clarity Brushes because I love to have a soft look. I also...

Hello crafty friends!  Today I am featuring one fabulous cutting file from The Cutting Cafe. Today’s file is something to give as present that you can made easily with your hands or using an electronic cutting machine like Cricut Explore. The cutting file that I used to make my project is Fun with Crates. I only used one the three models included on the file in today post but I made all the crates to give as present during the season. I...

Hello crafty friends, today I will show you how to create textures with Rinea Foiled Papers in a very special card. The base of my card is very vanilla card stock and I added a second layer using one of the colors included on the Autumn Variety Pack Rinea Foiled Paper. I used the Starstruck Ruby Red. Then using a Crimper tool I textured two different pieces of Rinea Foiled Paper. I cut strips of 1-1/4 and 2″ inches using Glossy Mocha/Gold...

Hello everyone! Ghosting Technique was one of the first techniques that I learned and today I am sharing with you a Ghosting Technique Gingerbread Card that I made using our Imagine Inks. To realize this technique you only need glossy card stock and VersaMark Ink to stamp the ghost image. In my project I am using a Chevron Background from Recollections, but let me show you the process: First, take a piece of white glossy card stock, ink well...

Hi there! Today I have a Happy Thanksgiving card that I made featuring Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps images recently released. Take a look at my card: The base of my card is whisper white card stock and I used a piece of decorated paper to create the second layer. I really like the pattern and glossy finish that this paper has. To make this card I stamped the Holly Branch image over whisper white card stock and colored them with Studio 71...

Hello everyone, today I want to share with you another card that I made using the stamp set Sentimental Words by Spellbinders. I made this card using dye inks over watercolor paper. The Sentimental Words by Spellbindars is a stamp set that include several single words that you can use in individual form or combining them, just like I did on my card. I used watercolor paper and just created and arranged the words in my stamparatus and stamped...

Hello everyone! Today I am featuring the Living Water Stamp Set from Joy Clair Stamps. It is part of the most recently release and includes very beautiful sentiments. Take a look at my card: The base of my card is whisper white card stock and the second layer was originally Lavender but at the last moment I decided to change the color and made something different, like our life is! I cut the second layer using the Marilyn Full Card Wafer Die...

Hi there! Today I am so happy to share with you two cards that I made using the new stamp set Floral Love by Spellbinders.  You know that flowers are my passion but to be honest I never have been using Spellbinders stamps until today and let me tell you that I LOVE all about them: Design, Quality and Price, just to mention a few of details. But let me start with the first card. I made this using watercolor paper and VersaFine Clair Nocturne...

Welcome to Retarte 132 – Dr. Digi Stamps is the sponsor of this edition and I am sure that you will love the images that we are using today. Their designs are unique and plenty of special details for each of us.  As usual our Challenge is Anything Goes and you can participate with us and have the opportunity to win the sponsor prize. Winner Retarte Challenge 131 Before to continue with our inspiration, here is the winner of Retarte 131.  Please...

Hello crafty friends, today I have a quick and easy way to create special effects in your cards with a stamped foil background. During this month we have two challenges, to use Rinea Foiled Paper and to use the gingerbread color. To be honest, it as a little difficult for me to define the gingerbread color because in Imagine we have many options of colors and inks, so I used StazOn Gothic Purple, which is not a gingerbread tone, with papers on...