Hello friends, today I have a very fun technique to share with you, how to create your backgrounds using plastic and Fireworks. You will love how easy it is and how versatile it can be. Simple and delightful!!! Make this is very easy: 1. Cut the pineapple die cut using whisper white card stock, but don’t discard the negative parts – keep all the pieces in place. Apply Electric Yellow Radian Neon Ink directly over the body of the...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a double gate fold card inspiration that I made using the new Serenade papers from Quick Quotes that you will find available on the store very soon and I am sure you will love!. Take a look at my card: Don’t think that this is a complicated card. It is very easy to make and I will try to explain to you how to make it: Cut a piece of Serenade 101 or any other decorated paper. The size...

Shapes and texture in one card is the project that I have to share with you today.  Sometimes I want to enhance a great sentiment and need to create a special “background” for it. This is the perfect sample to do this: I made my card using very vanilla card stock for the base but the rest of elements are very special. Let me share with you: Cut a second layer using Rinea Foil Sapphire/Gold Glossy. I used part of the sheet included...

Bienvenidas a la una nueva edicion de Retarte. Hoy comenzamos Retarte 101 y estamos muy contentas porque se han unido a nuestro equipo dos nuevas Diseñadoras fabulosas, Nélida Cordón y Norma Pechir Holland, que vienen a darle un nuevo aire a nuestro reto con su creatividad. Bienvenidas!!! Esta semana tenemos un sponsor que nos ha acompañado siempre, Scribbles Designs y entregará como premio a la ganadora tres imagines que ella escoja de su...

Happy Independence Day! I love to create and celebrate this fantastic day, and today I made a card combining Joy Clair Stamps and die cuts. I love these mini envelopes created by Waffle Flower and originally designed for planners but today, I used them in a card. Making this card was very easy and fun. I used the patriotic colors red, blue and white and a new set from Joy Clair Stamps called Stars and Stripes, perfect for this type of...

Personalized Pouch With Deflecto: glamour and personality for each one! Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you what I made with the fabulous Deflecto Flexible Pouches 3″x5″ that can be used for many things. Take a look at my idea: I decided to personalized each to be used as name tag on our Simply Charming Bags, the custom bags that we use to carry  the scrap tools or materials.  Now I have one exclusively to carry my...

Die Cut organization with Deflecto is now a pleasure! Hello crafty friends Martha Lucia here share with you the most easy and practical way to organize all your die cuts and see exactly what you have and keep them all in one place after each use. It’s a simple and practical solution, take a look: On this project I used three different Deflecto products, the  Pear Clip to tie all the Flexible Pouches  (7-3/8″x 6″) that I used...

Today is the day of favorites. And my favorites from Joy Clair Stamps are hard to choose because this company has the two lines that I love, everyday stamps and the color by faith collection. In today’s project I decided to use the everyday set Music Marker, take a look at my card: I used a watercolor technique to make my card and different colors of distress ink to create the effect. Cut the base of the card using Rich Regal card stock....

I’d Never Forget You a2z Scrapbooking Supplies and Hero Arts!!! Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you another shaped card and my last card as a Designer for a2z Scrapbooking Supplies. These two years have been amazing to me but I am leaving the team because I need to take care of some personal things but I want to let you know that I love my time sharing with you and creating with amazing products. To make my card I used...

Vitamin Sea!! Summer is here and Tangerine is not only the perfect color, it is the perfect fruit and the perfect inspiration to create a sunset. Today I am sharing a quick way to mix Memento Inks and create an amazing and unique background to enhance your negative die cuts.  Enjoy!!! Take the ink pad of Memento Ink and apply the ink directly over the mat. Spray with Ink Potion No. 9 and clean the mix with a piece of whisper white card stock....