Birthday monster!

I had to make a birthday card for a little boy and I thought this Bugaboo stamp could make the trick. The little guy just loved it!

This one is a very easy and simple one: took two pieces of patterned paper and layer them on the front of the card, then I added a rub on stitch at their joint of the two. I colored the image with colored pencils, cut out and placed it on the card with foam tape. And finally I computer generated the sentiment, printed out, cut and placed it also with foam tape (this time I made no mistake while typing the sentiment! whoo hoo!!! ☺).
Thank you for stopping by!

I´m playing at the following challenges
All sorts challenge #156: birthday
Stamp, scrap and doodles: stars and strips
Aud sentiments challenge #55: any sentiment
Party time tuesdays challenge #70: anything goes

Thinking of you

I let myself be inspired by "The cure for the winter blues challenge" at Moxie fab world, in particular by this image:

How gorgeous! love the colors, love the symmetry, love all the elements on it... This is my take on the challenge

a very simple card where I added a few details like the embossed rice paper, rhinestones, ribbon, glitter, a brad and my beautiful stamp as the focal point (thank you Lynne!!!).

I´m also playing at the following challenges:
Stamp, scrap and doodle saturday challenge: use your stash
Stamptacular sunday challenge #14: TEXT me!

Thank you for stopping by!

Summer days...

Love those lazy days of summer... Here is card I made using this cute duck from Bugaboo.

Here you have a closer look, I colored the image with colored pencils and added glitter and clear dimensional so it could shine a bit. I hand drawn a frame directly onto the card with a black marker and printed the sentiment. The waves are cut with my cricut and layered on the image.
I made this one to play at the Sunday´s Clean and Simple and Monday´s Greeting cards challenges at The Outlawz, we are having a summer party! there is lots of fun and prices, why don´t you come and play with us? ☺

I´m playing with this card also at:
Catch the bug: anything goes
Paper Cutz challenge #94:  beach or travel
Sweet stampin´ challenge: playing in the summer fun
Stamp, scrap and doodle: what is on your desk right now?
CES challenge#39: clean and simple

Feliz Día!

Today is Mother´s Day here in Spain, and I made this simple card for my MIL. The base of the card is shimmering cardstock, so beautiful! sadly I can not show you this with a picture...

The flowers are left over flowers from my niece´s birthday place cards (see this post) that I put them in place with hot glue.
As I said, this one is a simple and quick card, as details I added a couple of dollar store leaves, ruffled a piece of sheer ribbon, a hand written sentiment, and ended the card by punching the bottom border.
I´m playing at:
The Outlawz Greetings challenge: anything goes
Little red wagon challenge #74: for Mom
Stamp, scrap and doodle saturdays: Mother´s day

Thanks for stopping, have a great day!

Free digi and Challenge at 2 Cute Rubber Stamps!

2 Cute Rubber Stamps is hosting a challenge!!!!

Heidi made this gorgeous image to use it on your project for free. You can grab the image here and participate on the 2 Cute Rubber Stamp DT blog to win a free rubber stamp! how cool is that?!
This is the inspirational creation I made for you.

I printed the image directly on the card, that was something I wanted to give it a try and this one was the perfect excuse! And also printed it on a scrap of patterned paper that I paper pieced the bottom and glued it to the card. I hand wrote the sentiment on a strip of white paper, cut it in a flag like shape, curled it a bit and attached it to the card with a button from my stash (knotted with a piece of red embroidery floss).

I colored the three cute pumpkins with colored pencils and added green rhinestones to gave them a bit of sparkling.

On the opposite corner of the sentiment I embellished the card with three felt leaves, a clear button that I glued a scrap of green paper on the bottom and tied it with embroidery floss also.
You´ll have until October 31st to upload your creation and a winner will be randomly chosen! lets get creative and good luck to all!

I´m playing with this card at the following challenges:
Digital Tuesdays Challenge #79: ribbon, button or bling
Stamp, scrap and doodle: Halloween or fall
One stitch at a time challenge #34: use your digi stamps
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #80

Get well

I made my first get well card. Don´t have a clue why I din´t make one before, but it´s never late to start!

The cute giraffe is from Melissa Liban, she is an child book illustrator and does cute drawings, love her unique style! and she is giving some of her images for free too! thanks so much Melissa!! I colored the giraffe with colored pencils, applied some crystal glitter glue on its spots to let it sparkle a bit, cut and placed it with foam tape for dimension.
The sketch I´m using here is from Clean & Simple sketch #110, the patterned paper is a digital one from Jaime that I cut with edge scissors and embellished with glitter glue also. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of paper, cut it, place it on the card and doodled a line with a fine black marker. To finish it I added a tiny heart sticker.
So simple, quick and fun card! hope you like it!!

I´m joining the following fun places:
Creative Inspirations Challenge #44: get well soon
Stamp, scrap and doodle: open challenge
Catch the bug: anything goes

Baby cards!

Friday again! my turn to inspire you at 2 Cute Rubber Stamps. I saw this image and fell in love with it... look at that cute face!!!

I made a boy and a girl version of the same card. As you can see I used the same patterned paper on both of them, stitched glass seed beads with embroidery floss, added buttons with coordinating colors, and a piece of light blue and white fiber paper from my stash.
Do you by chance stopped by Canon Creative Park once? if you didn´t you should, there is plenty of free digital stuff to use on your cards as well as on your scrap pages, I found the patterned paper there.

I colored the Baby Pumpkin Apple images with colored pencils, cut and placed them on the cards with foam tape. To finish it I stamped the sentiment (clear stamp).
The sketch is very simple, I wanted to use a simple one in case you have to make several of the same card, you can substitute the stitching with a layer of paper or glitter glue to save time.

These two cards fit the following challenges:
Catch the bug: anything goes
Stamp, scrap and doodle: open challenge
Sundays with Crissy Challenge #10: buttons and bows
Digital Tuesdays Challenge #79: ribbon, button or bling
My Grafico Challenge #69: pop it up, add dimension

A calendar for {MOM}

The third Sunday of October (the 17th this year) is Mother´s day in my country. I made a calendar to give as a present on that day.

I´m using Thanks Mum from Michelle Perkett, I colored the image with colored pencils (and blended with gamsol the skin parts) and placed it on the calendar with foam tape. I added glitter glue on the child dress and glued some blue glass seed beads on the mother´s dress.

The calendar was computer generated, I used Stamp III from Sueli Colbert and I made a flower with some tulle, felt, paper flower and glass seed beads, and I finished it with a heart pin. I pierced around the calendar with a thin needle and draw a heart with pencils on the 17th to highlight the date.

here is a front view to show the last details: rhinestones on the calendar flower swirl and glitter glue to framing it.

I´m playing at the following challenges:
Michelle Perkett Studio Challenge #47: girly with bling
Little red wagon Challenge #48: make your own embellishments
The creative Cottage #24: bling it on
Catch the bug Challenge: anything goes
Stamp, scrap and doodle: open challenge

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday...

happy birthday...

happy birthday to me!!!

Yep! it´s my birthday today, and NOPE I´m not telling how old I´m now!
It´s very easy for me to think of presents for everybody but I had always a hard time to find something for me, so I made myself this envelope where I put some money as a self-gift and I told to myself to spend it without regrets!

This cute image is Ratiny in a cupcake from Softpencil, Elizabeth has such beautiful images at her shop, you should go and see for yourself, they are completely cute! I started by decorating the envelope using some old patterned papers from my stash that I faux stitched around them with fine markers. Took a brown ribbon and I tied it with a bow, a scrap of the same ribbon and a button are the decoration of the closing.

I printed the image twice, I colored one of them with colored pencils, from the other I cut the frosting of the cupcake that I glittered with my new white crystal glitter (I´m loving this stuff!!!) and placed it with foam tape for dimension on the colored one, do you see the frosty effect? it´s so beautiful in real life! I wish I could take better pictures... Here is another angle picture so you can see Ratiny hidding behind

I decorated the cupcake with a flower and a button (from my stash also) and some heart stickers. I placed the image with foam tape on the envelope, hand wrote the sentiment with fine markers and voilá! very easy and finished in no time.

I´m playing with this envelope at the following challenges:
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #9: glitter, sparkle, gems
Aly´s Sunday Challenge #26: recipe (2 design paper + 2 buttons)
Little Red Wagon Challenge #47: glitter
Cupcake Crafts Chalennge #10: pink and brown
One stitch at a time Challenge#32: anything goes... as you like it!
Stamp, Scraps and Doodle: stitching
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #22: let´s see some dimension

glittery day

At first glance this card doesn´t look like it has much glitter, true, the one I used this time is so thin that sticks everywhere like if I´d used tons of it... but I love it, it sparkles and shines a lot!

The image is Flower girl from Glitterbabe, I colored it with colored pencils in shades of soft pink and a bit of green. I added white crystal glitter that I found in a craft store a few days ago and I really had to have it.
I used some digital papers from Summer Driggs, the sentiment is from Jaime (I love it! and I used it before here) that I mat it with a scrap of black paper. I pierced around the central circle, stitched black glass seed beads with embroidery floss and glued some pink seed beads on the centers of some flowers on the paper. I embellished the card with a heart, a flower and three punch butterflies, all of them I decorated with white crystal glitter and that thin pink glitter I told you about. I placed the embellishments and the image with foam tape on the card and I glued the butterflies here and there...

I´m very pleased how this card turned out, hope you like it too!

I´m playing with this one at the following places:
Glitterbabe´s Challenge #13: sketch
Creative inspirations Challenge #43: pink and black
Digital Tuesdays Challenge #77: it´s all about the girls
Flutter by Wednesdays #123: all winged things!
Stamp, scrap and doodle: stitching
One Stitch at a Time #32: anything goes... as you like it!
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #9: glitter, sparkle, gems