Spring is finally here!

...I am enjoying every minute of it!!!!


Hello there! I spent six long days without Internet…painful I know…especially when you have a sweet card to share! Anyway, I’m soooo glad I am able to open a tiny door on my blog to share what’s inside today! So, come on in…..

Here is today’s card!

This is one of my favorite images from By Lori Designs, I just love it! I have wanted to create a shaped card and this little image was the perfect focal point for it. I created a background by stamping that tiny Easter egg image several times on the craft cardstock layer. It was time consuming, but I do love the end result!

Here are some of the materials and tools I used to create this card: Spellbinder die to create the card’s base, sewing machine, colored pencils, twine, buttons, patterned paper, and of course a touch of glitter.

Images: PTI and By Lori Designs.

I think that’s all for today! Thank you so much for your sweet comments, I truly appreciate them!

Have a fun and lovely day!

Copic markers...or colored pencils?

….that was my dilemma while I was trying to decide what coloring medium I wanted to use to color this super cute image. Well, I went with markers…yes, the super expensive markers!!! I must say that as much as love to color with pencils, I love the fact that I can color my images faster with markers than with my pencils.

Finding the right color combo is super easy; you just need to look at a copic marker color chart and you’ll find the matching colors! With pencils, I do some testing before I even attempt to color something just to make sure I have the right shades.


So, here is today’s card ~ hope you like it!

Don’t be afraid to try something new, get those markers out of the box and start coloring! Just have fun with them and enjoy creating!

Note: If you are considering buying copic markers, I will suggest you focus on one color combo only because you need have at least two or three markers in the same color family to be able to color an image.  For instance, I used BG11, BG13, and BG15 to color the image. Check your local arts and crafts stores to see if they carry copic markers and start using those coupons  ~ *wink*



Thanks for stopping by and for all your sweet comments!

A card and a tip!

Good morning sweet friends!

It has been a while since my last post….I know! Well, I have been having lots of fun changing the appearance of my little blog. I finally got rid of the pink polka dots background and added a new banner and background…etc...that I believe reflects my personality! At the moment, I am super crazy about this light blue color! Don’t know if you have noticed that…I have used it on my cards lately too! I also decided to have only two columns on my blog…it took me a while to learn how to add a third one, but I think that my pictures will look better and there will be less distraction from the sides. I have made some little changes on my html as well…yes. …I have been brave enough to do that on my own! So, hope you like the new look!!!!


Hola queridas amigas! Gracias por visitar mi blog… les comentaba que en los últimos días le he hecho algunos cambios a mi blog y por eso motivo no había tenido la oportunidad de crear algo nuevo. Pero aquí le muestro mi mas reciente creación!

Here is a little card I created…

Tip: In case it happens to you….

While testing ink colors to stamp the letter background on the pink cardstock, I forgot to clean my stamp and contaminated my new blue ink pad with pink ink. For a moment, I was…what have I done!… sure at some point you have made the same mistake! Well, I was able to remove the pink ink with a clean make up sponge… I just rubbed it gently and the pink ink disapeared!


Un pequeño consejo si por error contaminas tu tinta!
Mientras buscaba el mejor color para imprimir las letras en el papel rosado olvide limpiar el sello y transferí tinta rosada en la almohadilla azul… Si eso te sucede, toma una esponjita de maquillaje nueva y remueve la tinta…funciona como borrador!

I was trying to keep this short… not today! Thanks for stopping by…see you next time!

The joy of creating...

Hello dear friends! …It feels great to be back… and to be able to share something that I have created just for me and my little one.  I am really enjoying the fact that I can just sit down and create whatever my heart desires. It has been a while since I felt this way…and trust me it brings me a lot of joy! The other day, I was just visiting the TSG blog and found a gorgeous inspirational photo, so I decided to create a card based on it. Here it is!

I created this little card for my little boy who just turned four yesterday!  He is the sweetest boy …we all adore him!

Below, you will find the materials used to create these cards. Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your sweet comments!



Have a lovely day!


Materials:


Stamps: Bella, PTI, and Recollections

Papers: Cardstock, DP: Pinkpaislee and Imaginise.

Coloring: colored pencils and gamsol.

Other: buttons, glitter, Bella stamps.

Welcome Baby!

 Hello and happy Friday everyone! It's me again...and here is the little card I promissed to share the other day. I tried to keep it simple...hope I accomplished that!

The little image is from By Lori Designs. I colored it with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol...one of my favorite coloring techniques! The patterned paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle. If you noticed, I created  my own background paper by stamping a little baby rattle on the solid light blue cardstock. Hope you can see it!

I also used buttons and a little bit of glitter.



Well, that's all for now!

Have a wonderful weekend...see ya!

Hello again...I am back!

Hello there! It's so good to be back here...at my little blog! We moved again and with all the house hunting...packing...and moving, I didn't have time to really sit down to create. Please know that I really appreciate you decided to stay... and to continue visiting my blog even though I couldn't share something new...this means a lot to me! 


Here is a Clean and Simple card!



I did finish another card but will be back to post it later!  I need to take new pictures of it...don't like the ones I took this morning.





Thanks for stopping by...see you!

SCRSC 58~ ABC Challenge

Hello there!  So happy to be here to share a little something I have created for this week’s challenge over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.  The challenge was to create ABC~ Anything but a card. Well, I kind of created a card and turned into something else!

Here is what I created...

 

I took a few pictures to capture the little details on the card before I placed it in the shadow box!

The sweet little image is called Daffodil Charlotte. I colored it with prismacolor pencils and OMS. I had a lot of fun coloring her beautiful dress and apron!  Now is ready to be hung on  my little princess bedroom.  It does look perfect there...can't wait to see her little face when she comes back from school!!!

I used papers from October afternoon. The buttons,rustic white CS, twine, sentiment, and little butterfly image are from PTI.

Off to go to bed and get some rest! It has been such a super busy but fun day!

Please be sure to visit SCRS blog to see all the beautiful creations by the rest of the design team...enjoy!

SCRS Design Team:

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog

Alice Wertz

Amber Hight

Elena Joldersma

Kadie Ensley

Kim Yu

Mary Johnson

Piali Biswas

Shaela Odd

Silvia Rodriguez ~ August Guess Designer

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

Thank you for stopping by and for taking the time to write your sweet comments. I truly appreciate that!

See ya!

SCRSC 57~ Primary Colors Challenge!

Hello there! Just dropping by today to share with all of you a little card I created for this week’s challenge over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. This week’s challenge consists in creating a card using the following colors...

Fun isn't it?  So, here is what I created!

Love the fact that I had the choice to work with just one color… or two like I did with my card. I decided to use yellow and red as the main colors and beige for the neutral. What do you think about this super cute image?  Adorable…isn’t it? Backpack Oliver is the perfect image for this card!

I colored Oliver with Prismacolor pencils and copics. I love to mix and match papers, this is my favorite part when designing a card. I used papers from October Afternoon, Simple Stories, and Pink Paislee. All of these were pieces of papers I had from other projects. The sentiment came with the image. To embellish the card, I tied a bow and topped off with a red button.


I think that’ all for today! Thanks you so much for stopping by again!


Please be sure to stop by SCRS blog to see all the beautiful samples from the rest of the DT.

SCRS Design Team:

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog

Alice Wertz

Amber Hight

Elena Joldersma

Kadie Ensley

Kim Yu

Mary Johnson

Piali Biswas

Shaela Odd

Silvia Rodriguez ~ Guess Designer!

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

Have a wonderful day!!!
 

SCRSC 56~ Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone! I am popping in today to share a card I created for this week’s challenge over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps blog. The challenge is to create a card using the sketch below. Don’t you love sketches? Such a great starting point when creating a card!

Here is the sketch….

...and here is what I came up with!

…closer look!

For today’s card, I used Cruisin' Chloe image. I colored her with Prisma pencils and copics. It was so much fun coloring Chloe! I have used several papers for the card’s matting…I mean this little card has lots of layers on it. The cute patterned paper is from My Little Shoe Box. To complete the card, I also used a piece of light blue trim, white pearls, glitter, and tiny clear gems.

Well, that’s all for now! I hope you will find the time to play along this week. Thank so much for all the comments you left on my blog during the SCRS previews! I appreciate your kind words!

SCRS Design Team:

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog

Alice Wertz

Amber Hight

Elena Joldersma

Kadie Ensley

Kim Yu

Mary Johnson

Piali Biswas

Shaela Odd

Silvia Rodriguez ~ me!

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

Sparkle Creations August Preview~ Cheerleading Emily

Hello everyone! Here to share one more creation featuring a brand new image from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.  So happy to introduce Cheerleading Emily!!!  Such a cute little image…..just love it!

Here is what I have created with it!

I had a lot of fun coloring Emily!  I colored the image the prismacolor pencils and copic markers. The lovely papers are from My Mind’s Eye, Echo Park, and Yellow Bicycle. To finish off my card, I used twine, buttons, a white peal, and a little bit of glitter.   The sentiment comes with the image!

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Cheerleading Emily. Sparkle will be giving away a Cheerleading Emily to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Emily post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Kim Yu
Shaela Odd
Silvia Rodriguez ~ You're here!
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Sparkle Creations August Preview ~ Football Josh!

Hello there! I am ready to share another card I made for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. If you missed yesterday’s post, here is the link! Anyway, I created this card with one of the two new images Sparkle will be releasing during this month. I am delighted to introduce FOOTBALL JOSH image!!! This is the new kid on the block…handsome… isn’t he?

Here is my card ~ enjoy!!!

…and here is a closer look!!!

Should I skip the part where I mention the coloring medium? Better not… in case you are visiting my blog for the first time!!! All the coloring was done with prismacolor pencils. I used copic markers to color Josh’s skin! The pretty papers are from Lily bee design and Crate. The image comes with two sentiments and the “TOUCHDOWN” is one of them.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Football Josh. Sparkle will be giving away a Football Josh to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Josh post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Kim Yu
Shaela Odd
Silvia Rodriguez ~ You're here!
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Thanks for stopping by!!

See ya!