Coffee Planner with Quick Quotes, why not? Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a coffee bag that I made using the amazing papers and inks of Quick Quotes and taking advantage of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hope 2017 event. Take a look at my bag: To make this I used brilliant colored papers. For the basic bag I used the Whistlin Dixie 104 and I cut the design using the Mini Thread Bag Thinlits die cuts and my big shot....

Bienvenidas a la celebración del Retarte 100 a big celebration – Anything Goes. De verdad que el tiempo vuela y ya vamos por nuestro desafio numero 100 y todo gracias a su apoyo y al de nuestros sponsors. Durante estos tres años nos han hecho muy felices y ha sido para nosotras muy grato crear y compartir con todos nuestra pasion. Gracias por su compañia, cariño y sobretodo gracias por acompañarnos cada otro martes y dejarnos llegar a sus...

Techniques are my passion and today I want to share with you Ink Coloring with Rinea Foil paper, a quick and easy tip to change the color of your foil using StazOn Ink and the texture created by an embossing folder. It’s easy and quick and you can obtain amazing results when you decide to experiment and combine different colors of inks. Take a look at my card: To create this I used Whisper White card stock for the base, the die cut...

When Live Gives You a Monday… you have to celebrate because you are alive!!! I  love this snarky stamp from So Suzy Stamps and I decided to use it in today’s project combined with a sweet image. Take a look at my card: Is it not a great sentiment? Like it said, I decided to add glitter and sparkle to my creation and I want to share with you how to make this: Cut the base of the card using Rich Razzleberry card stock. The size is...

Welcome to our  Flawless for Summer Highlight featuring Flawless Stamp Set from Joy Clair Stamps! This set is the perfect beauty set for the modern woman and beauty girls. You can use it to create cards, scrapbook or journal pages, bible journaling, coloring pages or with different stamping techniques. Today I have a shimmer card to share with you, here it is: I chose cherry cobbler card stock for the base and Gold Glimmer Paper for the striped...

You Make my Heart Smile with Hero Arts. This is the sentiment that I selected to create my card. It is part of the stamp set Love by Lia and I used a non traditional form in my creations. Welcome to another “Take Shape” inspiration sample. Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you to share a card with banner or tail fish shape. I really love to receive cards with different shapes and this is sample that you can use and put...

Summer has arrived and what better way to celebrate than with a striking tangerine orange project. What a beautiful color! When I saw the challenge, I thought of the neon colors in the Tsukineko’s Radiant Neon Amplify. I made this card using “hello,” cherry blossom and flamingo die cuts but, the best part of this card is the wild background created with Amplify. Amplify reacts to the heat tool and creates a soft look with a 3-D effect. The...

Picture Perfect in God’s Focus! what a great stamp set from Joy Clair… I love it!!! Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a Color by Faith stamp set called God’s Focus that I used to create a card. Take a look at my card and see how simple it is to make this: To create this card, I selected watercolor paper and Cherry Cobbler card stock. Cut the base of the card using Cherry Cobbler card stock. The size is...

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...