Hi everyone! Today I have to be honest with you.  I love cupcakes but during the last three months I have been in a very strong diet and I am dreaming with a cupcake or chocolate. The good news is that the diet is working, slowly but working. The good thing is that at least I can enjoy stamping and painting cup cakes. The base of my card is basic black cardstock and I added a second layer using decorated paper. I combined two different designs,...

Hello there! Today I am featuring Light House stamp set from Joy Clair and The Watercolor Pencils from Leisure Arts. Like you know, this month we will share with you the different Joy Clair Stamps colored with the fabulous pencils. Take a look at my card: I started my card stamping the light house and sentiment images from the stamp set Light House over watercolor cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and my Stamparatus or  MISTI. Then with...

Hello everyone!!! Today I am back with  Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps,  featuring some Christmas stamps because this month our Challenge is Christmas in July!!!! I love to make Christmas Cards but for my multiple occupations sometimes I don’t have enough time to create my Christmas cards. I consider that this idea of work in advance is simple fabulous. To make this card I used traditional colors. The base is real red cardstock and the...

Hi everyone, Martha Lucia from Stampartpapel here. Miss Kate Cuttables SVG Files: Flowers & Christmas are the projects that I prepared for you. I am so happy because today is my day to post on Miss Kate Cuttables Blog!!! This is the third year that I have had this opportunity and honor and I love to share with you. Miss Katte Cuttables has an excelent promotion in their store everyday. It is free and wonderful! So, I want to make sure you...

Hi there! Today I want to share a fun card created with  the fantastic Whoop De Do by Creative Vision Stamps. It’s easy and fun! To make this card I used real red card stock and designer paper with the inlaid technique. This design of paper work perfectly when you are celebrating or when you are tired of crazy days, so I decided that it works wonderful with the fun sentiment Whoop De Do by Creative Vision Stamps. Before to paste the second...

Hi there! I’m back highlighting the Foilables Toner Sheets by Creative Vision Stamps. I am fascinated with the versatility of these foilable sheets. To create my card I made a card base using Elegant Eggplant card stock. I dry embossed the top layer using the basked wave embossing folder from Darice. I use my minc to make all the foils. First I foiled a panel created with the FOILable Toner Sheet – Pattern 3 with the Pirate’s Chest Transfer...

Welcome to Retarte Challenge 125 – Anything Goes! Always our challenge is Anything Goes. Feel free to be inspired by a fun. We’re sponsored on this edition by Bugaboo Stamps  and one lucky participant will receive $10 Gift Card from their store. This edition will be a little long because the Design Team will take a vacation, to enjoy with the family and be inspired! Thee prize winner will be announced on August 21. So you will have until August...

Hello everyone!!! Today I am back with  Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps,  featuring some Drink & Food Crackerbox & Suzy stamps that are in promotion this month. I am so happy because the Clarity Brushes comeback to the Store and I love to use them with my stencils. But let me tell you how to make this card. Create a card base. I used whisper white cardstock in regular size, 4-1/4″x11″ with score in 5-1/2″ Secure your...

Hi there! I love Clear and simple cards and this is a perfect model of that. However my card has three layers of paper! White and Gold an elegant combination. Directions: 1. With masking tape create a border on your card base. The white of the border depend of the size of the die cut letters that you want to use. In my project I created a 1″ border because the size of my die cuts is Jumbo. 2. Ink the masked area directly with the...

Hello everyone! Today I am featuring a Patriotic Banner with Rinea Foiled Paper.  This is a very easy idea and you can personalize it with your own celebratios! To make this patriotic banner I used the Patriotic Foiled Paper Variety Pack.  This variety package includes two designs in three different colors of Rinea Foiled Paper. The starstruck and glossy designs and two sheets each of this colors: Starstruck Sapphire Blue, Starstruck Silver,...