Tarjetería Solidaria - ♥ - {Cardmaking for a cause}

Hello my blogger friends, today I want to share some cards I made on my first day participating in a wonderful idea Sueli had: Cardmaking for a cause. Sueli´s idea was to make cards to sell them, all the money collected will be donated to charity for those who are struggling on these days here in Spain. In order to participate you only have to bring on one Kg (two pounds) of any non perishable food, and you are rewarded not only with a craft pack to make three cards but also with a beautiful time shared with wonderful people. If you are reading this, live near Madrid and are very interested in participate too just go to Sueli´s blog and be in contact with her ☺ and while you are there enjoy her wonderful creations!

¡Hola a tod@s los hispano parlantes que leen mi blog! muy pocas veces escribo en Español dado que la mayoría de mi público no lo habla, mil disculpas a aquell@s que tienen que recurrir a google para traducir lo que escribo. ¡A ver si puedo de ahora en mas escribir un poco en Español también! me va a costar un poco porque ya no escribo bien ni en Inglés ni en Español... ¡¡¡paciencia por favor!!! ☺

Este "post" es para mostrarles unas tarjetas que hice hace un par de viernes atrás mientras participaba de una campaña que Sueli organizó: Tarjetería Solidaria. España esta pasando momentos difíciles y algunas familias están pasando serias dificultades económicas, entonces el granito de arena que podemos aportar consiste en hacer tarjetas que luego puedan venderse, y así el dinero recaudado poder donarlo a alguna organización de ayuda a los mas necesitados (ONGs). Para participar solo hace falta llevar un Kg de comida no perecedera y muchas ganas de pasar una tarde agradable con gente amable, de corazón generoso y ¡muy simpatica! Si alguien esta interesad@ en participar y/o comprar las tarjetas puede visitar por el blog de Sueli y ponerse en contacto con ella (¡y si estás en la cercanías de Madrid quizás puedas acercarte a hacer algunas también!). ¡Y de paso pueden mirar el resto de su blog y disfrutar con sus hermosas tarjetas y manualidades!

Sueli had prepared for us to make these three cards:

Sueli tenia preparado todos los materiales para hacer estas tres tarjetas:

Image from Sueli´s blog. Imagen tomada prestada del blog de Sueli.

Here is my first one:

Esta es la primera tarjeta que hice:

a very simple one but with a few nice touches you end up with a pretty card! one piece of cardstock, another of patterned paper, a piece of ribbon, two buttons, a die cut (oval), inks and a few stamps. Loving this one!

con solo un trozos de papel, cinta, dos botones, un ovalo, tinta y unos sellos, y el resultado es una tarjeta muy simple ¡pero no por eso menos bonita!

The second one:
La segunda tarjeta:

I really loved this one! very easy to make too, it only needs: two pieces of ric-rac ribbon, a piece of patterned paper, a round corner tool, a black marker, stickles, ink and stamps.

esta también lleva solo unos pocos materiales: un trozo de papel de diseño, dos trozos de cinta, una heramienta para redondear las esquinas, un rotulador negro, brillantina, tinta y sellos. Esta tarjeta es mi preferida ¡me encantó hacerla! 

Here you have a better look of the stamped "cake" and the glitery look the stickles gave to it

Aqui les muestro como usé los sellos para estampar sobre el papel y como brilla despues de darle ese toque con la brillantina

And the third and last one:
Y la tercera y última:

Here I used again some patterned paper (scraps from the first card too!) and the ric-rac ribbon to make presents instead of another cake.

Para esta usé una vez mas un trozo de papel de diseño (y algunos trocitos que me sobraron de la primer tarjeta) junto con un poco de cinta y los transforme en cajas de regalos en vez de otra torta.

I´m so happy to be part of this great idea, I went back to my home with a smile on my face knowing I´m doing something to help others, it´s a wonderful feeling! Can´t wait to this next Friday ☺

¡Estoy encantada de participar de este maravilloso evento! el saber que estoy aportando mi granito de arena para ayudar a personas y familias que estan pasando por un mal momento, me volví a mi casa con una sonrisa en la cara y se siente ¡genial! ¡Ya quiero que sea Viernes otra vez!

Thank you for stopping by, have a  nice day!

Muchas gracias por visitarme, ¡que tengan un buen dia!

Cleanning up!

I was cleanning up my craft space and I found these items

and under a layer of stuff there were: 4 paper bags I embossed with a couple of embossing folders, digital images I pirnted out and colored some of them, a paper napking from IKEA, some paper from an advertisement I liked and saved it to make something with it.

an hour, and a few clear stamps and ink later, I ended up with this set of four (sorry about the pictures but it´s night already here...) I changed my mind a bit while making them and took a few items from my stash so they won´t look the same, but I like how they turned out!

here you have a close up of the embellishments for each of them. What do you think?
Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by! ☺

{i love you}

As school has started and most of you are back to rutine, I wanted to get back to some of my rutines too but I´m having a very hard time organizing myself to reach my goals (some of them here): keeping my house organized and clean; and crafting almost everyday.
So, for the first one I´m participating at a wonderful challenge set by Katrina, it´s amazing at how well organized this lady is! when I came across this challenge I felt a bit intimidated by it, but I know I´m a brave girl and finaly I singed up to the challenges, so far I´m not able to complete the task everyday (as I work full time) but I´m doing more than I thought I could do after work (horray for me!) and trying to finish the rest during weekends. I´ll posting my progress here ☺
For the second, I signed up to this (so far wonderful!) online class Kristina and Jennifer are teaching. Yesterday we had our first class and I was completely blown up by the quality of it, by the degree of detail involved, I know this class is going to be a turning point in my crafting life ☺ Then, after taking the lesson, and being inspired by the teachers, I did this card:

my stamping is not good yet, it has to be improved (a lot!!) but for now it´s ok... I wanted a masculine card (the most challenging for me), and I used all supplies I had in my stash. Here you have a front view

Thank you for stopping by!

¡Felices Fiestas!

Hello friends! Here I am showing you a Christmas card I made yesterday after the cleaning bash I had at home...

First I embossed it with this fun design, I chalked the trees that bulge with lilac chalk and glittered those depressed. I placed a strip of tissue paper on the bottom, hand wrote the sentiment and faux stitched bottom and top. Then I made the embellishment out of a piece of lace, a button, a sequin snowflake and a circle of white paper.

Put the embellishment in place and added three iridescent sequins (finished them with a tiny rhinestone), can you see how they sparkle? they look better in real life though...
Hope you Sunday is going great! thank you for stopping by ☺


I´m playing at the following challenges:
Clean and simple sketch #208
Christmas stamping challenge #28: snow
Cupcake craft challenge # 209: stitches
Winter wonderland: lilac and lace

Para Ti {For You}

And here is the third one!

How gorgeous is this image??!! it´s from Floppy Latte´s that I printed it on a scrap of pearled paper and colored with colored pencils.

I took a piece of paint chip sample paper, pierced and faux stitched with black gel pen. Cut the image around and placed it with foam tape. Then I handwrote the sentiment with white gel pen and added a handmade dew drops on top, they look better in real life, sorry about the picture! they were hard to take...
Have a wonderful day!

I´m playing with it at:
Clean and Simple sketch #207
Bearly mine challenge #52: anything goes
Try it on Tusday: anything goes for september
Paperminutes challenge #234: no design paper allowed

Thinking of you

Here is my second card today. Another simple one! I stamped the image with gray ink and the sentiment with black, added a few dots of silver paint and silver glitter glue to add a bit of glam to it ☺

Thank you for stopping by!

I´m playing at:

Make it Monday challenge #106

Through the craft room door challenge #35: anything goes

Hello!

This is the first out of three cards I made this week (horray for me!), but because I did them at night it was not until this afternoon I had the chance to picture them...

This is a very, very (did I say "very"?) easy card to make, I just simply stamped the image with gray ink and the sentiment in black, colored it after with colored pencils, faux stitched and here you have it! love how it looks, so soft and cute...
Have a wonderful day!

I´m playing at:
Less is more challenge #84: one layer card
Just keep creating challenge #3: anything goes

forever {LOVE}

I saw some challenges yesterday and they inspired me to make this card with supplies I had in my stash for a while...

clean, simple and ready in less than 10 minutes!
have a wonderful day, sending a bit of  ☼  your way...

I´m playing at:
In{k}spire_me challenge #61: sketch
10 min craft dash challenge #2
Moxie Fab World: the focal point challenge

just because...

Here I am with another card I finished last night

also with a CAS look: not much to say that inks, clear stamps, rhinestones and (old) patterned paper are the components for this one.

Two posts in a row! you should have noticed it by now, I´m very VERY busy with my studies since a year ago, that´s why I can not create as much as I want, truth is it won´t get unbusy for another year... so I hope I can keep on crafting as often as I did in the past, mainly because it keeps my sanity at bay, so please... cross your fingers I can do both my PhD and papercrafting ☺

Have a nice day and thank you for stopping by!

I´m playing at the following challenges:
ColourQ challenge #153: color combo
Waltzingmouse sketch challenge #113
Fat pages and cards with attitude challenge #21: anything goes

♥ Mom ♥

What a beautiful day we had today: clear skyes, warm sun... and on top of that I had a nice day at work so that inspired me to post a card I made a few days ago

The image is from Beccy, wonderful images by the way! pay her a visit here and you won´t be dissapointed.
I printed the flowers on an old book page and colored them with colored pencils. I added a few glass seed beads on their centers, scraps of sheer ribbon and paper, arranged them in a very clean and simple way and here you have it! ready to be sent to celebrate moms ☺ We´ll be cellebrating mother´s day next month in my country, I´ll need to make a few more for those wonderful mothers in my life

I want to play with this card in the following challenges:
Beccy´s Place: September challenge
Less is more challenge #83 : pink and brown
CYP Monday challenge #126: floral images
Atc´s and cards with attitude challenge #21: anything goes

And I also wanted to share with you a painted stone I made to a wonderful friend for his birthday

I don´t know if you´ll be reading this but thank you again Javi! you are such an amazing and caring friend.

Thank you for stopping, have a great day!

Faux Toile

I was reading some blogs I follow and always I´m completely amazed by all the talented people who share the same passion as I do, all of you are really AWESOME, inspiring and creative... I decided then to give a try to this fabulous technique. I read it first on this post by the overly talented Maureen (you can pay her a visit and be inspired by her wonderful cards too).
After learning what was this about, I made these three cards following the directions you can find here. I started by using some yellow cardstock I had for ages on my stash (so it wouldn´t hurt if I messed them up...) and different stamp pads, finish them in no time at all and with a few little touches I found myself smiling at such nice cards after a overwhelming and tiring day.

Stamping does good to the soul

I should paint this in huge letters somewhere in my house so I don´t forget it... here are my cards individually, I´m going to make more and more and more of them... loving this technique!

Have a wonderful day!

thinking of {YOU}

A few days ago I saw a challenge with this color combo and at first sight I found it very challenging...

but then I gave it a try (sadly it took me more time and I couldn´t play in the challenge... maybe next time?).

The card looks better IRL but I think you can see the details OK. I took a pretty patterned paper from my stash and cut two strips with an edge scissor that I layered them with a tulle ruffled ribbon. I stamped the sentiment and placed the image with foam tape.

The image is from Michelle Perkett colored with colored pencils and added a few details, glitter glue on the roses, dots of pearled paint on her hair and glossy accent on her lips. I really love the soft look all this colors together and the white background make, so pretty...

Today is my daughter 13th birthday, I think I said this last year too: where did the time go??? I can see in her a sprouting bud eager to bloom... what a blessing!

Hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday too!

I want to enter my card in the following challenges:
The shabby tea room challenge #118: shabby beautiful
Craft your passion challenge #114: anything goes
Paper crafting journey: color it up
Try it on Tuesday: anything goes

Hola!

Hello my blogland friends! here I have a card to show you, another CAS one, very easy and full of color, makes me smile ☺

I took a piece of sheer fabric from my stash and ruffled a bit before gluing it to the card, Then I embellished my handmade ribbon with a few buttons, some pearls and dots of pearled paint and glitter glue.
I finished my card by stamping the sentiment (a very old clear stamp alphabet).
Thank you so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

I´m playing at the following challenges:
Bambola casa creativa: reto de Junio
Love to create challenge #19: use something recycled
Raise the bar challenge #107: Hello summer
Craft your days away challenge #47: bingo (pearls, ribbon, glitter)

Horray!

It´s your day!

another birthday card, and this one was extra fun!

I printed the sentiment directly on the card (by TlcCreations), I took a few sea figures from a bag of confetti I have had on my stash for a while now... glueded some of them and used foam tape on others. And finished the card tying a piece of yellow raffia.
Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!

I´m playing at the following challenges:
Party time Tuesdays challenge #70: anything goes
Fab ´n´ funky challenge #123: celebrations
Perfect sentiments challenge #34: anything goes with a sentiment
Penny´s challenge #80: anything goes

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

my friend ♥

I was playing with my clear stamps and ended up with another clean and simple card. Not much to say on how I made it, just stamped in a row four different stamps from the same set with different inks, then I added a few stitches with embroidery floss. The sentiment is a dollar rubber stamp I had for ages...

I finished my card with an embellishent I like a lot: used a crushed expresso coffee cup, a flower, a tiny button and a few puched butterflies.

Thank you so much for stopping by, wishing all moms a wonderful day! (hopefully not so hot as here, we were around 100F/35C this week.... we are in May, please!!!!)

I´m playing at:
Cards and Things challenge #119: sketch
Raise the bar challenge #104: mother´s day cards
For fun challenge: my favorite girl
Simply create too challenge #13: mother´s day or feminine

just Because...

I wanted to use this image from the day I got it but... so I took it out of my folder of printed-ready-to-use-images and used it on this card, how cute! I also took my folder of paper scraps and made this card in no time, love the result and love the feeling of using paper I don´t want to throw away ☺

The image is from Bugaboo stamps, I colored it with colored pencils, cut it around and placed it on the card with foam tape.
I finished the card by stamping the sentiment and adding three gorgeous sequins. Thank you for stopping by!

I´m playing at the following challenges:
Catch the bug challenge blog: anything goes
Cards and things challenge #119
CES challenge #84: no squares allowed

I {love} you

Hello my friends! here I have another card to share with you. Very simple as you can see but I really love how it turned out.
The typewritter is from The Graphics Fairy that I placed it on the card with foam tape, I added a thin strip of paper behind it where I hand wrote the sentiment. To finish the card I pleated a paper measuring tape (thank you again IKEA!) and a piece of ribbon from my stash.
Thank you for stopping by and have a nice day!

I´m playing with my card at:
Cute card Thursday challenge #215: for the boys
Raise the bar challenge #103: report cards (letters, text)