Anything but a card with Hero Arts, es el tema del Challenge del mes de Diciembre de a2z Scrapbooking Supplies y en esta oportunidad decidi hacer un detallito bien curioso, especialmente ahora que es tan dificil comprar regalos y nos hemos inclinado tanto a obsequiar tarjetas o certificados de regalo de diferentes tiendas.  Esa es mi propuesta para hoy y aqui la tienen: Siempre he pensado que los regalos hechos a mano son los mas especiales y...

Hello dear friends, I am here to share with you a fun technique called Distressed Glue. For this technique you will need the Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue. This is an amazing technique to create colorful and unique backgrounds, with single colors or combining differing inks to obtain different looks. This is my card: Creating this card is very easy, so let me show you how: Cut a piece of whisper white card stock and add some spots of Helmar...

Stencils are my passion and endless love and today I want to share a fun technique with you: Embossing with stencil technique! It is easy, fun and beautiful, perfect for impressing our friends with beautiful cards or presents during Christmas time.  Take a look at my card and let me show you how you can make one just like it: Take a piece of card stock and secure your stencil over it using masking tape. Then ink the free areas of your stencil...

Bienvenidas a Retarte 91 Anything Goes, el ultimo del mes de noviembre. En esta edicion tenemos proyectos de navidad con imagenes maravillosas de nuestro sponsor Scribbles Designs, que se caracteriza por tener diseños divertidos, dinamicos y muy variados. Ademas tenemos algo bueno y es que la afortunada ganadora de este challenge podra escoger tres imagenes de su preferencia dentro de toda la coleccion de Scribbles Designs y llevarselas como...

Hello dear friends, welcome to Imagine and Flourishes Blog Hop.  Today we have a great party to show you some creations combining these wonderful products, stamps and papers from Flourishes LC that I really like and the amazing inks from Imagine. What more I can tell you about the Imagine products if you have seen their in my blog during this year and they are simply fabulous! If you came from Shirley Qu, or you are starting here, then you are...

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a very cute card that I made using the Oscar Cut-Outs By Lia stamp set. This is not a Christmas set but I decided to use it during this season because I can’t wait to show you how I can combine it with some details from other stamp sets. Take a look at my card:   The base of my card is Real Red card stock and the stamped layer is Very Vanilla. The first thing I did was stamp...

Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a selection of Clear and Simple cards that I made using stencils and butterflies. I love to combine die cuts and stamps in my cards, and Peek a Boo has all these elements in our store. My first card is a Christmas card that I made using a masking technique with stencils. I used the Grid Stencil and created three pines on it with masking tape. I inked it over the card stock using different...

Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a First Snow Blue and White model of card that I made using what I consider to be the three essential elements when creating a card: Stamps, Die Cut and embossing. Take a look at my card:   During these days for a lot of us the time is too short to make all that we need to do. And Christmas cards are always in our list so with this idea you can create many cards in short time. This...

Welcome to the last day of So Suzy Stamps and The Ton Stamps Day 3 Blog Hop. It was a great experience sharing the products of these two amazing stamping companies. For today card I used a background stamp with foil and one of my favorite sentiments. Take a look at my card: Creating this card was very fun: Cut the base of the card using Crumb Cake card stock. The size is 4-1/4″x11″ with score in 5-1/2″. Cut a Very Vanilla...

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a sweet bakers box that I made and decorated using the WOW Embossing Powders. Take a look at my box: To create this box I used Crumb Cake card stock and Baker’s Box Thinlits by Stampin Up. This box has a perfect size for treat like cupcakes or small presents. So I decided to create my own pattern on it. For this purpose, I used a dot stencil over the pieces of the box, I covered...