Techniques are my passion and Imagine has the best products to develop techniques. On today’s project I am using the Mother Pearl Technique. The secret: All-purpose Ink in Frost White color. Come with me and see how easy it is to create this effect in your background or stamped images. Take a look at my card: Take a piece of regular card stock and sponge it with two or three tones of Memento Ink . I selected two tones Lulu Lavender and...

Bienvenidas a un nuevo Retarte! Hoy vamos con Retarte 97 – Anything Goes y tenemos a uno de nuestros sponsors mas antiguos y queridos The Cutting Cafe, asi que ya pueden ir imaginandose lo que hemos trabajado: Archivos de corte digitales!!! Como siempre The Cutting Cafe estara entregando a la ganadora de esta edición de Retarte 97 dos archivos de corte de su elección, así que a participar todas porque lo mejor es que los archivos de The...

Versamark is one of the most versatile inks for crafting. I use it for embossing, stamping tone to tone, watermark, chalking and for ghosting. Today, I am focusing on the Ghosting technique with Love Lace Card. Take a look at my card: Use VersaMark to stamp the images that you want to use over a glossy card stock. I am using a border set called Delicate Details from Stampin Up. Let the ink dry for a few seconds. Ink  the brayer with Memento Ink...

Marbled flowers, or better, marbled paper is the project that I have to share with you today. I made this using one of the new flowers from So Suzy Stamps, I used the Olesya Bloom and I have to confess that these flowers have me crazy! Take a look at my card: I made this card using two different techniques, the marbled background and the masking technique. To create the background I used a piece of Whisper White card stock, but to obtain these...

Imagine Stamp Set from Skipping Stones is one of my favorites and I decided to use it for my today’s card. It is a CAS model but I love this combination of colors and style. Take a look at my card: The base of my card is Whisper White card stock and I created an inked or masking area using post it. I used classic ink and not distress inks as usual to have other option of colors. I used Melon Mambo, Rich Razzeberry and Elegant Eggplant and...

Hello dear crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you my organization experience. My atelier or craft room is very small and as usual I have a lot of things that “I need to have” or  use to create my paper crafts but because I have problems remembering where I put things, I love to have them visible to don’t forget them or duplicate. After experimenting with many things and looking around a lot I found on Deflecto...

Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to show you a project that I made using a 4″x6″ Purple Deflecto Craft Frame. If you know me you know that I love to work with frames and a few months ago I created an Herbal Acrylic Frame and I received a lot of messages and comments asking me about this project. I made this using die cuts and the wonderful Rinea Double Sided paper foil. You can see this project HERE. Today I have a similar...

Today is the day to launch the Joy Clair May Challenge and we are celebrating Mother’s Day. The best part is this Challenge is that Anything Goes but we have an inspiration photo to invite us to create something special. This is my card: I don’t know if you understand in English the concept of “Mama Pollito” but in Spanish that means a mother that always is watchful of her daughters and sons and always near them to love...

YOU + ME Love Hero Arts, is the card that I have to share with you today. This month the a2z Challenge has as theme Sentiments and I found YOU + ME to be the perfect sentiment and inspiration to create. Take a look at my card: To create this card I used Pool Party card stock for the base, Whisper White card stock for the second layer and a die cut frame. Yes, the second layer was originally white but I transformed this using the ink pad Ombre...

Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a little sweets that I made for Mother’s Day using the wonderful papers of Quick Quotes Scrapbook company and a new bag die cut. Take a look at these cuties: You know I love bags and these are perfect for little treats, chocolates and small jewelry pieces. To create each bag I used two pieces of 4.5″x 4.5″paper and my big shot. I selected papers from different collections...