The end of the year is normally the time to review your goals, take care of resolutions and design the new goals for the next twelve months. But sometimes we forget the elementary things and work in complicated ways while trying to be successful, when in the reality we have amazing tools that third party companies offer us to reach our goals.  A few days ago I was consulting an email marketing service and I was really impressed with the...

Hello there! Today I have a set of Winter Celebration Cards featuring some die cuts from Kat Scrappiness. If you haven’t seen them you must because they have exclusive and elegant designs that you can use not only in winter creations but in other seasons too. My first card is a Holiday Cheer Card created with the Fancy Floral Coverplate Die. This design is very elegant and detailed so I made a see through card. To make this type of cards...

Hello everyone! Vellum is one of the most delicate and versatile papers. Not all inks work as we want on Velum and today I will share with you a complete card that I made using it in combination with the new Dewlets and our Memento Luxe ink. In my project I am using two different colors of Memento Luxe Ink, Danube Blue and Teal Zeal to create the background and to color each dewelt. Let me share with you the process: First, take a piece of...

A computer can be one of the most valuable items in our creative toolbox! In this post, I will share with you how to create with Paperless Post and add creativity and beauty to everyday crazy life. If there’s two electronic items that I absolutely love, they are my computer and smart phone, even considering the fact that I am more hands on than technological. However, usually when I find programs or products that can make my life easier,...

Hello there! This is the last month of the year and for me is time to decide the best things for me and one of the best things that I found this year were the Spellbinders Month Clubs. If you haven heard about these, today I will show you the December Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club. This month and each month you will receive a kit of small dies. The above photo show you the dies included on December Small Die Club. With them I created...

Hola amigas, hoy les escribo en mi idioma, el idioma de Retarte Challenge y su fabuloso design team. Algunas de ustedes se estaran preguntando porqué? Pues bien, luego de cuatro fantásticos años y de mucho ir y venir he decido poner fin a nuestro Retarte Challenge. Creánme que no ha sido una decisión nada facil, porque no se trata de falta de apoyo por parte de los sponsors, por falta de cretividad del Equipo de Diseño o por falta de...

Hello dear friends! Today I am in Kat Scrappiness as a Guest Designer, and I am so happy to share my creations with you and with their readers using the fabulous products that this store has to offer to all paper lovers. My first projects are using the Christmas Stocking Banner Die from Kat Scrappiness. I used different material to cut them and I am sure that you are loving this die cut for several reasons. One of them the perfect size because...

Hello dear friends, today I have a special project to share with you. I am participating of Kat Scrappiness Blog Hop to Benefit Coffee Oasis. Coffee Oasis is a coffee shop/organization located in Washington State that provides help for our youth including programs for drug abuse, homelessness, violence and poverty. (You can read more about their programs here Joy Clair Stamps and Rinea are part of the sponsors of this amazing event and I...

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas with The Cutting Cafe! Today, I have a fun card that I made using a the  cutting file  Ho Ho Ho Word Shaped card. I cut the Ho Ho Ho word shapped card with my Cricut Explore. First I cut the base of the card using card stock and then I covered the entire base with a layer of decorated paper red. I also cut the letters using a decorated beige paper. I am Santa fan so I decided to decorate the card with one stamp from my...

Hi there! Today I have something cool to make and feel. I used the Ice Technique and like this month our color challenge was related with winter I decided to use the blue. To make this technique you only need StazOn Ink and metallic paper to obtain a good shine in your project.   I started with a piece of Silver Foil Sheet. I decided in advance which stamps I wanted to use and I cut the paper a little bigger of the stamps to create the ice...