Hello everyone, thank you for joining me today and celebrate with us the fabulous Fall Coffee Lovers Blog 2017! Secret Garden Crafts is a proud super sponsor of this event and I prepared a special card just for this event. Flowers are my favorite and coffee is always a delicious drink so why not create a card mixing these elements and the fabulous colors of the fall season! For this project I decided to use my favorite color of card stock,...

The new colors of Delicata are simply amazing and if you want to use them for layer stamping, you will obtain shiny images with great texture. Take a look at my card: To create this I used only Delicata Ink, including four of the new colors and a butterfly layering stamp set. On this opportunity I selected Crum Cake cardstock to enhance the radiant look of the ink. I started with the lightest color, white shimmer and the solid image of the...

Hello everyone, thank you for joining me today! Our challenge this week on Secret Garden is very special: we need to use a stencil, texture paste or embossing paste, and color spray and of course a lot of paper flowers. I really enjoy creating this project because texture and flowers are my obsessions. Take a look at my card: To create this I used Calypso Coral card base and  Very Vanilla card stock for the decorated layer. I created my texture...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you two projects that I made combining Joy Clair Stamps with Rinea Paper Foil, a unique combination that I really Love.  As you know, Joy Clair Stamps has a line of stamps called Color by Faith. This line is normally used for bible journaling and today I will show you how I made one page on my bible using paper foil and Be a Flamingo stamp set, and how I made a card using a combination of these...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a Halloween card that I made using different papers from our collections. Halloween is around the corner and I love to celebrate that day but I don’t like scary nights or scary parties, so I decided to go with “cute” spiders. Take a look at my card: To create this card I selected the Serenade 103 to use as the second layer over the card base. Then I cut a third layer using...

Today is the of Joy Clair Challenge and the theme for the Design Team this month is one of two options: to create a one layer card or a textured card. I chose the first option, a one layer card using Fall Leaves, one of the sets included in the most recent release. Of course, since I love techniques, I tried to create some texture over my card, take a look of this: To make this I used only the card base. It is Whisper White card stock and the...

Fly with me from Joy Clair is one of the new stamp sets from the Everyday Collection and today I want to show you a Clear and Simple card that I made using this stamp set in natural stage or, in other words, without coloring. Take a look at my card: Let me share with you how to make this card because as you may have noticed it has colors: Cut the base of the card using Crumb Cake or Kraft Card stock. The size is 5-1/2″x8-1/2″ with...

Welcome to Joy Clair Inspirational Blog Hop Day 2. Today you can see all the new stamp sets from the Color by Faith Collection in different projects created by the Design Team. If you are here from Donna’s blog or are starting the hop with me you are in the perfect place to start the fun, so take a look at my card: I made this using one of the new sets from the Color by Faith Collection. This kind of stamps are very versatile and you can create...

Today is a very special day, it’s the celebration of Joy Clair’s Inspirational Blog Hop Day 1 and you can see all the new stamp sets from the Everyday Collections in different projects created by the Design Team. If you are here from Donna’s blog or are starting the hop with me then you are in the perfect place, so take a look at my card: I made this using one of the new sets, it is called Coffee Quotes and if you are follower...

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a very special card. It is special because I made it for you and using the Aztec Background Borders, one of the most versatile stamp sets that we have. Take a look at my card: Making this card was simple: Cut the card base using Night of Navy card stock. The size is 4-1/4″x11″ with score in 5-1/2″ Cut a second layer using Pink Pirouette card stock. The size is...