Trick or Treat

Hello and welcome!!

To celebrate Halloween I've made a card with purple clouds and cute bats.

I created my own mask die cutting a circle from regular copy paper and then attached it to the card base using low tack tape. I stenciled the clouds using purple Distress Ink.

Then stamped the bats and glued googly eyes for a fun look.

Here's my card...

 

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Halloween / Spooky

♥ Animal Friends Challenge: Autumn / Halloween


Thank you so much for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
♥ Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
♥ Stamp set: Halloween (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
♥ Ink Pad: Seedless Preserves (Distress Ink) / Jet Black (Archival Ink) / Cheese Puff (Ranger Dye Ink)
♥ Googly eyes

Let's Get This Paw-ty Started!

Hello and welcome!!

I've already started making birthday cards for next year. My mom, sister and hubby celebrate their birthdays on August, so I made them a fun and colorful card featuring a cute lion, which represents their Zodiac Sign: Leo.

I used watercolor paper to create my card base. Then, I used my Le Plume markers to watercolor the background and to color the lion, birthday hat and balloon. And as a final touch I glued googly eyes to the critter.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ YNS Fun Friday Challenge #99: What's your sign?

♥ Time Out Challenge #120: Colorful

♥  Size the Birthday: Anything Goes

♥ Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Animal Antics

Thank you for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
♥ Watercolor paper 140 lb. (Canson)
♥ Stamp sets: Smiley Happy Critter Crew Set Two / Silly Monsters Incognito Two (Your Next Stamp)
♥ Ink pads: Archival Ink Jet Black (Ranger)
♥ Le Plume II markers (Marvy Uchida)
♥ Googly eyes

¡Hola little bird!

¡Hola and welcome!

I made a clean &simple card using my new stamp sets from Kinda Cute by Patricia. The sentiments are both in English and Spanish and the images are so cute.

I colored the adorable little bird with colored pencils and tied a bow as a final touch.

I'm sahring this card at:

♥ Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Spots


Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies used:
♥ Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lbs.
♥ Stamp sets: Little Bird / Kids (Kinda Cute by Patricia)
♥ Ink Pads: Tuxedo Black (Memento) / Jet Black (Ranger Archival Ink)
♥ Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils
♥ Twine (The Twinery)

Twinkly Birthday

Hello and welcome!!

Do you love cute colorful unicorns? I love them!! So for today I made a clean and simple card featuring a super cute unicorn.

I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with colored pencils.
Then I stamped the sentiment with black Archival Ink. I adhered the image with foam tape and applied a bit of Wink of Stella to my unicorn's horn.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card at:

♥AAA Cards Challenge #120: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
♥Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Clean & Simple
♥Cute Card Thursday Challenge #541: Anything Goes











Thank you for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies used:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
• Stamp set: Simply Sweet Unicorns rubber stamps (Simply Sweet Stamps)
• Ink pads: Memento Tuxedo Black / Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black
• Colored Pencils
• Zig Wink of Stella

Happy Birthday Friend!

Hello and welcome!!

I've made a simple one layer birthday card using a cute rubber stamp from Lili of the Valley. I colored the image using my Polychromos colored pencils and used some green Copic markers for the grass.

Here's my card...

 

A close-up...

Since the girl is wearing a cute dress with stripes it's perfect to play along in the following challenges:

♥ Seize The Birthday: Stripes

♥ Less is More Challenge #376: One Layer Card - Stripes









Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
• Stamp: Two's Company rubber stamp (Lili of the Valley)
• Ink pad: Memento Tuxedo Black / Ranger Dye Emerald Isle
• Colored pencils
• Markers

100% Fabulous!

Hello and welcome!!

I've made a clean & simple card featuring an adorable unicorn.

I stamped all the elements to create a little scene and colored them with colored pencils. I applied Wink of Stella to add a bit of sparkle to my unicorn's wing and wand.

Finally I die cut the frame (twice) using turquoise cardstock and glue it to my card front to frame my cute little scene.

Here's my card...

 

A close-up...

 

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ AAA Card Challenge #118: Use a Frame




 ♥ Cute Card Thursday Challenge #537: Anything Goes




Thank you so much for visiting!!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:
Cardstock: Solar White 110 lb. (Neenah) / Turquoise Sea (Gina K. Designs)
Stamp set: Fabulous Unicorns rubber stamps (Simply Sweet Stamps)
Ink pads: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Dies: Square Shaker Window & Frame (My Favorite Things)
Colored pencils
Wink of Stella

Tremendous Triangles

Hello and welcome!!

For today's post I'm sharing a clean & simple holiday card, featuring geometrics shapes and non- traditional holiday colors.

I've used a stamp set from Whimsy Stamps called Tremendous Triangles, it has three different sizes of triangles and I've used the smallest ones to create my holiday trees. I stamped them using dye inks and then I used Distress inks for the splatters. The sentiment was stamped using gray ink.

I just love these colors and how this card turned out. Hope you like it too!

Here's my card...

A close-up...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Time Out Challenge #111: Holidays

♥ AAA Cards Challenge #117: Geometrics

♥ Christmas Cards All Year 'Round  June Challenge: Non-Traditional Christmas/Holiday colors 


Thanks for visiting and have a great day!!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:
Cardstock: Solar White 110 lb. (Neenah) / Turcoise Sea (Gina K. Designs)
Stamp sets: Tremendous Triangles (Whimsy Stamps) / Holiday Sentiments (My Sentiment Exactly)
Ink pads: Raspberry Sorbet, Lemon Twist, Emerald Isle, Cool Graphite (Ranger Dye Ink) / Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers (Distress Ink)

Have a Screaming Good Time!

Hello and welcome!!

This time I'm sharing a fun and colorful birthday card with cute monsters from Your Next Stamp.

First, I stamped all the images and colored them using my colored pencils.

Then, I die cut the circles and ink sponged them using Distress Inks and glued them to the card base and trimmed off the excess.

After that, I heat embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder and then attached it with foam adhesive. Finally, I glued the monsters and added googly eyes to the bottom rigth monster.

I LOVE this card so much, it makes me smile!!

Here's my card...

A close-up of these cute monsters...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #87
♥ Seize the Birthday: Vibrant Colors

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:
• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 80 & 110 lb. / Black Onyx (Gina K. Designs)
• Stamp set: Silly Monsters 2 (Your Next Stamp)
• Ink pads: Memento Tuxedo Black / Distress Ink: Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Abandoned Coral  / Versamark Ink
• Embossing Powder : Opaque Bright White (WOW!)
• Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils

Party Til The Cows Come Home

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm sharing a one-layer birthday card. I made this card for my sister in-law. She loves cows, so every year I make her a cow themed card.

First, I stamped the cow in the middle and masked it. Then, I stamped the other two cows and masked them. After that, I ink sponged the background using distress inks. Finally, I colored the cute cows and stamped the sentiment with red ink.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Animal Friends Challenge #61: Farm
♥ Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Animals
♥ Seize the Birthday Challenge: "Anything Goes" Birthday

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:
• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
• Stamp set: Funny Farm Crew (Your Next Stamp)
• Ink Pads: Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers (Distress Ink) / Jet Black, Classic Cherry (Archival Ink)
• Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils

Happy Easter!

Hello and welcome!!

I'm back with another Easter card. This time I've used a stamp set from Papertrey Ink called So Sweet. It really is a sweet set and the bunny is the cutest. So, I had to use it on my card.

First, I stamped the bunny with white pigment ink. The nose, cheeks, whiskers, and sentiment were stamped using Archival inks. To finish off my card, I've added a twine bow and glued wiggle eyes.

Here's my card...

I'm linking this card to the following challenges:

♥ Animal Friends Challenge: Easter
♥ Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Happy Easter!!

Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb.
Stamp set: So Sweet (Papertrey Ink)
Ink pads: Unicorn pigment ink (Hero Arts) / Pink Gumball, Raspberry Sorbet, Jet Black, Cool Graphite (Archival Ink)
Baker's twine: Caribbean (The Twinery)
Wiggle eyes

Easter Bunny

Hello and welcome!!

To celebrate Easter I've made a simple card, featuring a cute little bunny with a carrot.
First, I stamped the image and sentiment on Kraft cardstock. Then, I colored the image using my Polychromos. Added the ribbon and attached the panel to the card base.

Here's my card...

I'm linking my card to the following challenges:

♥ Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Easter
♥ Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes


Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb. & 80 lb.
Ink pads: Memento ( Tuxedo Black) / Versafine (Onix Black)
Stamps: Bunny With Carrot (Stampabilities) / A Good Egg (Sunny Studio Stamps)
Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils
Ribbon

Cactus Collection

Hello and welcome!!

Today I'm sharing a card I made to play along at AAA Cards Challenge #111 -Use Only One Third-

For this fun challenge I've chosen some cute cacti to be the protagonists of my card.
First, I stamped the flowers and masked them. Then I stamped all the cacti in different shades of green. As a final touch a glued two tiny pearls to the flowers.

Here's my card...

A close-up...

Hope you can join the challenge too!

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies used:
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
Stamps: Build your own Cactus (Momenta) / Sentiment (Stampabilities)
Ink pads: Ranger Dye Ink (Lily Pad, Electric Lime, Classic Cherry, Cheese Puff, Lemon Twist) / Memento ( Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart ) / Archival Ink (Leaf Green, Garden Patina, Jet Black)

Birthday Bear

Hello and welcome!!

I made this clean and simple birthday card for my niece, who is turning 12.
I've used one of the cute bears from Present Trio from Lili of the Valley and colored it with colored pencils.

Here's my card...

A close-up ...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

* Lili of the Valley November Challenge is: B is For... So, my B is for: Birthday & Bear

* Sweet Stamping Challenge: Birthday. They are celebrating 8 years, so I'm excited to play along and celebrate with them on this week special challenge.

* Seize the Birthday: Circles / 'Anything goes' Birthday



Thanks for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Raquel

Christmas Candlelight

Hello and welcome!!

For today's post I made a Christmas card, which is clean & simple, and one layer.

I used the stamp named Christmas Candlelight from Elizabeth Craft Designs, and colored it with colored pencils. The sentiment was stamped with black ink and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder. I mixed gesso and a bit of water for the white splashes.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing my card in the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Clean and Simple
• Less is More Challenge #345: One Layer Card - Coloring In
• Christmas Cards All Year Round September Challenge: Use Leaves

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day!
Hugs,
Raquel

 

Spring blooms!

Hello and welcome!!

Spring is in the air, yay!! So, I made a card with some fresh Spring blooms.

First, I die cut and glued the scalloped panel to my card base. Then die cut the heart from burlap paper and the flowers from patterned paper.

The sentiment was gold embossed on a piece of teal cardstock, then glued to the heart.

Finally, I embellished the flowers with gemstones and adhered them to the heart.

Here's my card...

 

A closer look...

I'm sharing this card at:

• Inkspirational Challenge #132: Word Prompt "Spring"

 

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Spring Color Inspiration

• Seize the Birthday Challenge: "Two Patterned Papers"

 



Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Desert Storm (Neenah) / Burlap Paper (DCWV) / Patterned paper (free paper inside Take Ten Magazine)
• Stamp set: Greetings SC0586 (Hampton Art)
• Dies: Bunch of Flowers 2 (Elizabeth Crafts Designs) / Love & 5 Hearts (Paper Artist)
• Ink pad: Versamark Ink
• Embossing powder: Princess Gold (Ranger)
• Gemstones

Easter Chicks!

Hello and welcome!!

Today I'm sharing a cute and colorful Easter card, featuring two cheerful chicks!!

I used Distress Inks to color the eggs, the 'Easter' letters and the grass. The chicks were colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Here's my card...

A close-up...

This card was inspired by:

Inspired by all the Little Things #51

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah) / Black Onix (Gina K. Designs)
• Stamp sets: A Good Egg, Easter Wishes (Sunny Studios)
• Dies: A Good Egg, Easter Wishes (Sunny Studio) / Uppercase Handwritten Alphas (Momenta) / Grassy Fields (MFT)
• Ink pads: Mowed Lawn, Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Shaded Lilac, Mustard Seed, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Ink)
• Spectrum Noir markers:CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, IB3, BT7, CR8, CR10
• Colored pencils

HB2U Card

Hello and welcome!!

Hope you all are doing great and enjoying warmer Spring weather.

For today's project I have a birthday card featuring a sweet cow. I made this card for my sister-in law who loves cows.

Here's my card...

A close-up...

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday. The Wednesday Challenge is celebrating its 8th birthday, so a huge Happy Birthday to them!!
• Seize the Birthday Challenge: This is the second card that I'm sharing at Seize the Birthday but this time I chose to play with the "Anything Goes" theme.

Thank you very much for stopping by.
Hugs,
Raquel



Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White, Dessert Storm (Neenah) / Green Room (My Favorite Things) /  Hello Sunshine paper pad (Doodlebug Design)
• Stamp sets: Hogs and Kisses (Avery Elle) / Easter Wishes (Sunny Studio) /
• Dies: Stitched Rectangles (Lawn Fawn) / Grassy Fields (MFT) / Hogs and Kisses (Avery Elle) / Easter Wishes (Sunny Studio)
• Ink pad: Tuxedo Black (Memento) / Memaid Lagoon (Distress Ink)
• Spectrum Noir markers: EB2, EB1, GB10, GB9, PP2, PP4, CT2, IG4,BGR3
• Colored pencils