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

Give Thanks!

Hello and welcome!! Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving.

I made a card to celebrate Thanksgiving (one of my favorite holidays).

The polka dots background, the word 'thanks' and the edge of the leave were gold heat embossed and the pretty colors on that leave were created blending some distress inks.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card at:

*Time Out Challenge #97: Inspired by Words

Thank you 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

 

Rainbow Butterflies

Hello and welcome!!

Today I want to share a pretty and colorful  birthday card. It's a simple card to make.
I simply stamped the butterfly using three different color combos to create a rainbow effect in my card. Then, I gold embossed the sentiment on a strip of vellum and... that's it!

Here's my card...

A close-up...

For this card I was inspired by the following challenges:

• Time Out Challenge #80: "Inspired by words": 'When it rains look for rainbows, when its dark look for stars'
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make a Rainbow
• Seize the Birthday: The "Toppings" option this time is: Vellum

Thank you so much for visiting and have a colorful day!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah)
• Stamp set: Butterfly Trio (Stampendous) / Greetings SC0586 (Hampton Art)
• Ink pads: Lady Bug, Tangelo, Dandelion, Rose Bud (Memento) / Deep Purple (Archival) / Emerald Isle (Ranger Dye Ink) / Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers (Distress Ink) / Versamark Ink (Tsukineko)
• Embossing powder: Princess Gold (Ranger)
• Vellum

Sealed with a Kiss!

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm sharing another love card, which is simple and easy to make.

First, I stamped the kisses using Versamark ink.
Then die cut a heart from white cardstock and stamped the 'muah!' using black ink. After that, stamped the red kiss and clear heat embossed it to create the glossy lips effect.
Finally, glued the heart in the center of the card base using foam adhesive.

Here's my card...

Here's a close-up of the lips so you can see the glossy effect.

 



I'm sharing this card at:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Young At Heart

Thank you so much for stopping by.
Have a great day!!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White, Desert Storm (Neenah)
• Stamp sets: Sealed with a Kiss (Hero Arts) / Sophisticated Script (Concord & 9th)
• Ink pads: Jet Black (Archival Ink-Ranger) / Love Letter, Versamark (Tsukineko)
• Clear embossing powder

Guest Designer - Inkspirational Challenge #124

Hello and welcome!!

I'm honored and excited to be the Guest Designer for Inkspirational Challenge #124.

This week is a Color challenge using Neutrals Only

My project for this challenge is a Christmas card using the colors: gray and white.

Here is my card...

As this is a Christmas card, I needed to add a bit of sparkle, so the ribbon was the perfect touch.

I love how this card turned out, so I used this design for my Christmas cards 2016.

I made them in red and green, and they look as pretty as the gray version.

Here's a look...

 

How to make this card:
1. Form a card base from gray cardstock and stamp the stars using white pigment ink.
2. Die cut a stitched rectangle panel and heat embossed the sentiment and the tree.
3. Adhere the ribbon to the stitched panel and the die cut star to the tree.
4.Adhere the panel to the card base with foam adhesive.


For more inspiration from the Design Team head over to Inkspirational Challenge blog, and  I hope you'll play along, too!!

Have a great day and thanks so much for visiting!!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Gravel Gray (My Favorite Things) / The Twinkle Glints Stack (DCWV)
• Stamp sets: Hand Lettered Holiday (My Favorite Things) / Tremendous Triangles (Whimsy Stamps)
• Dies: Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn) / Tremendous Triangles (Whimsy Stamps)
• Ink pads: Unicorn Pigment Ink (Hero Arts) / Versa Mark (Tsukineko)
• Embossing powder: WOW! Opaque Bright White
• Ribbon

Tag You're It #57 Reminder

 

Hello there!!

There's still time to play over at Tag You're It #57, using this awesome Tag for inspiration:

I've created another tag for this challenge, where I'm taking part as a Guest Designer, yay!
This time, I was inspired by the tag shape and coffee theme.

I love creating my own stamped backgrounds so for this tag I had so fun coloring all those cute tiny coffee mugs

Here's my tag...

Be sure to join the fun and share your creations inspired by Richard's Tag at Tag You're It #57.
Thanks so much for having me as a guest. It was so much fun!!

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by today!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah) / Latte (My Favorite Things)
• Stamps: Fun Stuff (Hero Arts) / Smitty's ABC's (Lawn Fawn)
• Dies: Tag Collection (Sizzix-Tim Holtz) / Stitched Rounded Rectangle (MFT Die-namics)
• Ink pads: Tuxedo Black (Memento) / VersaMark (Tsukineko)
• Markers: CG3, CG4, CR10,CR11, OR1,OR3 (Spectrum Noir) / E97, E99 (Copic)
• Embossing powder: Opaque Bright White (Wow!)
• Twine: Mandarin, Peapod (The Twinery)
• Green eyelet

Birthday Wishes Tag

Hello and welcome!!

Today I'm sharing a cute tag that I made to play along with Tag You're It #56.
The inspiration tag for this challenge features gradient colors, gold, and a big bold sentiment. So I was inspired by those elements to create my tag.

For my tag... I stamped three chevron using three different tones of teal to give the gradient look.
I heat gold embossed the sentiment and then stamped three cute hearts using the same teal ink colors.

Here's my tag...

This is the inspiration tag:

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah) / Teal glitter cardstock (DCWV)
• Dies: Tag Collection (Sizzix-Tim Holtz)
• Stamps: Big, Bold & Party (Winnie & Walter) / Horizontal Chevrons (Rubbernecker) / Birthday Wishes & Balloons (My Favorite Things)
• Ink pads: Teal Zeal (Memento) / Emerald Isle (Dye Ink -Ranger) / Garden Patina (Archival Ink-Ranger) / VersaMark (Tsukineko)
• Embossing powder: Princess Gold ( Ranger)
• Twine: Caribbean (The Twinery)

Peacock Feathers

Hello there! I've seem some cards on Instagram using the "camouflage" technique, which I really like and wanted to give it a try.

First, I stamped two peacock feathers and then die cut that section using a small stitched rectangle die. To make it pop out, I die cut the same rectangle several times, glued them together into the opening and adhered the original die-cut piece on top.

Then, I die cut the peacock from white cardstock and heat embossed it using green embossing powder for the body. For the tail I wanted a teal, and since I don't have that color, I created my own by mixing green and blue embossing powder.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment using red and orange ink to add a bit of color and to complement the teal color.

My card was inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch #171, and  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this week the challenge is: Emboss it!

Here's my card...

Here is a better look of the tail and the color I managed to get by mixing green and blue embossing powder.

  CAS(E) this Sketch #171                                                           

                   

 

 

 SSS Monday Challenge: EMBOSS IT!

Materials:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White
• Stamps: Cling Peacock Feather (Stampendous) / Greetings SCO586 (Hampton Art)
• Dies: Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn) / Peacock Die (Free gift with Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine,Issue 147)
• Ink Pads: Garden Patina Archival Ink (Ranger) / Love Letter, Tangelo (Memento)
• Green and blue embossing powder

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