Today is the big day, we are celebrating the So Suzy Stamps New Release Blog Hop and this release is simply spectacular. You know that I love flowers and butterflies and can you believe that these are part of this new collection! For today I selected one of the new butterflies to create my card. It is Butterfly Olesya combined with one of my favorites snarky sentiments, Greatest Revenge. Take a look at my card: I made this card using Whisper...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia is here to share with you a gift box that I decorated with one of my favorite colors of Rinea Foil paper, Emerald/Gold Glossy. I love to alter packages and have them ready to use whenever I need them. To make this I used a pre-made pillow box and created a big belt with the Emerald/Gold Glossy Foil Paper. I measured the box, duplicated the size and added one inch to have the long paper foil. I also measured the...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you my new Craft Caddy from Deflecto.  I am very happy because now we can find the Stackable Caddy in another store, Target. And we can build our own version of craft caddy with all the levels that we want. Take a look at mine: I decided to use the first level to carry my  adhesives, little spray’s and enamels and the second level to store embellishments. I marked one side of the white frame...

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a fun project that I made using a Serenade Collection of decorated papers and the Deflecto Craft Frame 5″x7″ or Beveled Edge Frame. It is a frame with metal knobs and green tinted edge that looks like real glass. I made a frame to remember when we were 5, and when I say we, I am talking about my husband, my daughters and I. The advantage of this frame is that you can open and...

Today is the of Joy Clair Challenge and the theme for the Design Team this month is layers. I chose a fabulous stamp set to create my project, it is the Doodle Flower Background and you will love to color it. To create the layer I used embossing and die cuts – take a look at my card: The base of my card is Whisper White card stock. I stamped the Doodle Flowers Background image over it using VersaMark and Gold Embossing Powder. Then I...

Hello friends, if you aren’t familiar with Memento blending or creating shades with memento this is the perfect moment to start. You only need to select your favorite tone and begin the process. Let me show you how easy it is: The process to make this is very simple. Let me share it with you: Stamp your image over a piece of card stock with the same line of color that you want to use. I used Daffodil Delight because our color this month...

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you my second project for the cross promotion between Joy Clair Stamps and Quick Quotes, the perfect combination between stamps and decorated papers!!! This is my second post because I have the pleasure to be part of both Design Teams. If you want to see my first post using both products just CLICK HERE. For today I prepared a Paper Easel Frame & Card using my Canon PIXMA TS 9020. Now...

Hello crafty friends and welcome to Joy Clair Stamps and Quick Quotes Blog Hop Day 1! During the entire week these companies are working together to bring us amazing projects created for both Designs Teams using their stamps, decorated papers and powderpuff chalk inks. I will be with you the first two days because I have the pleasure to be part of both Design Teams. For today I prepared a set of Card with favors using the 49 Shades of Grey...

Hello everyone, welcome to another day of Imagine & StencilGirl Blog Hop! We love blog hops and today is a great day to show all that we can create combining inks and stencils. As many of you know, stencils are my endless love and for me it was very difficult decide which stencil use in today’s project so I decided to make three different cards. So let me start with my favorite designs, the flowers: I made this using the Heart and...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you my new succulents. I had an idea that has been running through my head for a long time and here it is using Emerald/Gold Glossy Foil Paper and a cube from FloraCraft: To make this I used a 3″x3″ cube from Floracraft. With a plastic knife I cut the lateral borders to change the form a little and then I painted with a sponge using Iridiscent Shimmer Paint Gold from Earth Safe...