Joy Clair March Challenge is here this month with a great inspiration and prizes! Today I made a card that looks very simple, and it is to make, but it has a beautiful details that made it very special. Take a look at my card: To make this I combined two of my favorites stamp sets from the Everyday Collection of Joy Clair, the Paisley Bouquet and one of the sentiments from the Butterfly Kisses. Cut the base of the card using Sweet Sugarplum...

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Flowers and spring using So Suzy Stamps. March is the month to use stencils and flowers and to start my creative journey I am using a very special stencil called Eddy Rose 6 from Stencil Girl. This combines the two elements of the month in one. Take a look at my card: I made this card using Whisper White card stock and distress ink in four different colors. First I secured the card stock to the stencil using masking tape and then I secured both...

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Fabulous Shades of Fireworks. Stencils are one of my passions and they’re the best tools when you have to use inks and sprays. In this project I combined these elements to create a dimensional background and keep the shimmer that only the Fireworks can offer me. This is a fun technique where you could use with any kind of stencils  for your cards or journals. Take a look at my card: Directions: Take a piece of card stock and secure it with your...

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Shaving Cream and Fireworks an explosive combination! Experimenting with techniques is my passion and Fireworks bring us many possibilities to design. In this project I am using a very old technique using Shaving cream with a few drops of ink. In this case the ink is Fireworks, a water based craft ink, with sparkly and shimmery effects that coordinate perfectly with  Memento colors. Let me share with you the twist of my technique and the easy...

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Welcome to the masking technique with So Suzy Stamps! You know that I love techniques and this month is really special for me because, by coincidence, in some designs team we are working techniques! Today I have a masking card created with two of my favorite stamps from So Suzy Stamps. Fancy Butterfly and Take Flight. Take a look at my card: Did you notice? I used different colors for the card base!!! And I love it. I am using Crushed Curry and...

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Joyful Noise, embossing in my planner!!! Maybe you are remembering that when I created my planner, I decided to include on it some white pages to use for my inspiration and create my own version of journaling inside of my planner. Today I am sharing with you how I made one of these pages using spray inks and Versafine with clear embossing powder. Take a look of my page: Working with spray ink is a real pleasure because you can’t...

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Planners and journals are unique and personal pieces and, now that they are trending, you can personalize them with different elements. Vertigo sheets are a unique complement for your designs.  Take a look of the details that I made using Vertigo Taffeta design with two different types of ink, Brilliance and StazOn and some die cuts: Creating this is very simple because Vertigo sheets can be used with embossing folders, punches, die cuts or...

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Designing and creating my own planner, and personalizing it with embellishments that I make myself is part of the fun. With traditional mailing labels and different inks from Imagine, I made my own “washi tape” and  you can make some for yourself. Let me share with you this easy process: Take a label sheet and place a stencil over it. Secure the stencil with masking tape. If you want you can cover only a section of the sheet with...

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