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

It's your day!

Hello and welcome!!

Today I'm sharing a one layer birthday card. The circle background was ink blended using a sponge dauber and three different colors of distress ink. Then stamped the images and lines with black ink.
I love the gradient look of the background.

Here's my card...

A closer look...

My card was inspired by the following challenges:

♥ Sweet Stampin' Challenge: One Layer

♥ Less is More Challenge #317-Sketch 19

Thank you for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah)
• Stamp sets: Wildflowers (Technique Tuesday) / Get in Line (Whimsy Stamps)
• Ink pads: Jet Black (Archival Ink-Ranger) / Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Spun Sugar (Distress Ink)

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

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



Happy Mother's Day!

Hello! Happy mother's day to all mothers out there. May your day be filled with love, joy and laughter.
For today's special occasion I want to share the cards I made for my loved ones.

 

Card #1

Card #2

 

 

Materials:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah) / Daffodil, Blu Raspberry (My Favorite Things)
• Stamp sets: Plant Some Kindness (Your Next Stamp) / Things With Wings (My Favorite Things) / Small Dot Background (Rubbernecker)
• Dies: Stitched Scallop Edges, Things With Wings ( MFT Die-namics) / Circle Stackables, Scalloped Circle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
• Ink Pads: Emerald Isle, Jet Black (Ranger) / Dandelion, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
• Spectrum Noir markers: CT1, CT3, GB6, BT4, BT5, PL1, PL2, PL4
• Twine: Caribbean (The Twinery)

Have an amazing day and thanks for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Ladybugs and Flowers Background

Hello friends! Hope everything is doing well :)
I love creating stamped backgrounds. For that reason, I'm sharing a card I made using my own background.
I colored it with markers and used a white gel pen to accent the center of the flowers and the ladybug's eyes. For a bit of sparkle, I used a glitter gel pen on the spots of the wings.
I'm playing along in the CA(E) this Sketch #169 Challenge.


¡Hola amigos! Espero que estén muy bien :)
Me encanta crear mis propios fondos utilizando sellos. Por tanto, hoy les quiero compartir una tarjeta que hice con mi propio fondo, el cual coloreé con marcadores.
También utilicé un lapicero de gel blanco para resaltar los ojos de las mariquitas y los centros de las flores; y para las manchas de las alas utilicé un lapicero de gel con brillitos ( en la segunda fotografía puedes ver estos detalles).
Estoy participando en el reto de CAS(E) this Sketch #169, me encanta el sketch de esta semana.

 
Here's the card...

 Here's a close up of the ladybugs, so you can see the glitter on the spots of the wings.
 

 

 

This is the CTS #169 

 

 

 

 

 Materials used / Materiales utilizados:

• Cardstock: Neenah Desert Storm; Core'dinations Vellum
• Stamp sets: Things With Wings (MFT) ;  Greetings SC0586 (Hampton Art)
• Dies: Scalloped Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
• Ink Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versamark
• Markers: Spectrum Noir DR3, CR8 / Sharpie fine point markers
• Silver Embossing Powder
• Baker's Twine: Maraschino & Caribbean (The Twinery)
• White & Glitter Gel Pen (Sakura)

 

 

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

Hugs,

Raquel