You are special...

Love how this card turned out, not only because I´m loving the CAS look of my cards lately but also because I´m starting to learn how to stamp images (not only print them!). I´m not very good at it yet but I´ll make it better every time... besides it´s a wonderful excuse to start spoiling myself a bit with new and colorful inks pads!

This card was very easy and quick to make, as you can see. Here you have a front view to show you a few details like some glass seed beads on the center of the flowers, glittered the butterfly wings and added a trio of pearled paint dots on the bottom left corner.
Thank you for stoppping by!

I´m playing at the following challenges:
The Outlawz Wednesday´s Sketch challenge
Color Throwdown #182
CES challenges #75: flower frenzy
Sweet Stampin challenge: nature, bugs and bees
Lollipop crafts challenge #70: Clean and simple

Just for you

 solo para ti

I finished this envelope today and I wanted to share it with you. Loving the result! I printed directly on the paper envelope, a very fun technique...
I started by opening a PS file of the size of the envelope, I stamped a scroll (a PS brush) in gray and added some touches of a distressing brush and the sentiment on the bottom, when I was happy with the design I printed it out. Then I colored the roses and leaves with colored pencils and added stickles to some of the flurishes.

I took this beautiful bird image (from The Graphics Fairy) and printed it two of them, one the mirror image of the other, cut ehtm out and placed them with foam tape.
I cut with edge scissors the clousure of the envelope and made a flower with scraps of ribbon, glued it in place and voilà! you have a nice, easy, and fast decorated envelope.

 Thank you for stopping by today!

I´m playing at the following challenges:
All sorts challenge #122: keep it simple
Raise the bar challenge #76: things with wings
Alphabet challenge: Q is for quick and simple
Little red wagon: repeat after me
Sweet stampin`: anything goes
Lollipop crafts challenge #49: anything but a card

Summer Fun!

It´s summer fun at The Outlawz! and here is my inspirational creation for the Thursday´s Prismas and other medium (POM) challenge.

this was really fun to make. I took a very inexpensive wooden frame and painted it with acrylic paint, gave it first a smooth coat and then I used the dried brush technique to add the clouds and shade the green grass.

The image is from Melissa Liban (you can find them in her Etsy shop here) and I colored them with colored pencils. How cute are these little guys enjoying their summer afternoon... I placed them on the frame with foam tape and finished it with a sun and bees.
Would you like to join us? there are wonderful prizes if you play with us ☺
Thank you for stopping and I hope you like this project as much as I do!

I´m playing at:
Sweet Stampin´: platying in the summer fun
Digital Tuesday challenge #114: in the garden/outdoors
Deep Ocean challenge #1: anything goes

Life´s a beach!

Don´t you agree this image is cute, cute, cute??!!! love the tiny toes... It´s Penny from Michelle Perkett. I wanted this card to be as clean and simple as I could make it, I´m still wondering if it´s too clean and simple... anyway I like it a lot!

I colored the image with colored pencils and tried to give Penny a little tan since she is enjoying summer already. I glittered her swimming suit (because she is cute and therefore she has to sparkle).

And I applied that dimensional clear glue to the rubber ring, looks like the real one. After it dried I cut the image and placed it with foam tape to the card. Finally I glued the sentiment that is from another cute image from Michelle Perkett: Olive.
Thank you for stopping!

I´m playing at the following challenges:
Deep Ocean challenge #1: anything goes
Pile it on: summer heaven
Penny´s challenge #54: here comes summer
Truly Scumptiouns #58: summer sparkle
Digital Tuesdays #114: in the garden/outdoors
Paper Cutz #94: beach or travel
Sweet stampin´: playing in the summer sun

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

It´s your day!

I love this image and it was waiting to be colored some time now... This card took me no time at all to put it together!

I took scraps of paper and punched their borders, layer them and completed them with (also) a scrap of ribbon. Then I colored the image (Cupcake Roses from Designed to Delight) with colored pencil and added glitter glue on the flame and dimensional paint on the roses, cut it around and placed it with foam tape.

On the inside I used one of those great sentiments from TLcCreations and finished it with another tiny cupcake colored with colored pencils too. My first time coloring an entire image using just one pencil! but I like the result so far ☺ I might try to do the same again to the main image...

With this one I´m playing at:
Cupcake Craft challenge blog: something biginning with C (cupcake)
Pollycraft Monday challenge #91: anything goes
Paper cutz challenge #89: anything goes
Totally Paper crafts challenge #64: glitter
Catch the bug: bring those may flowers and pastel colors
Sweet stampin: try something new
Cupcake inspirations challenge #109: photo inspiration

Snowman of ♥Love♥

This card was made in just a few minutes, I´ll try to remember this day next year when I start to make Christmas cards, maybe once in my life I won´t be late!

I opened the image (Snowman Love from Designed to Delight) and sentiment (from Elisa) in PS, open a new file with the dimension of the card and dragged the images in, resizing them to have them in the right position. Took a blank card and printed the file right on the cardstock and voilá! ready to color and embellish!

To color the image I used just colored pencils. Added a bit of decoupage glue on the hearts to give them a nice shiny look, and glittered the snow and the center of the snowflake to add sparkle. This one is for my sweetheart, hope he is not reading this!

I´m playing with this card at:
Delightful Inspiration challenge: December week 3
CES challenge #17: anything goes
Allsorts challenge #83: anything goes
Sweet stampin: celebrations
Fussy and fancy: snow
The corrosive challenge blog #95: non traditional Christmas colors