Feliz Cumple!!

Hello and welcome!!

For today's post I'm sharing a colorful-summery birthday card I made for my brother.

I created my background scene using distress inks. The cute images from Sweet Stamp Shop were colored with colored pencils and stamped the greeting "feliz cumple" (which is a short way to say happy birthday in Spanish) using red and orange Memento ink.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

• Inkspirational Challenge 145 : One Layer Card
• Seize the Birthday: Script or Text Background

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Hugs,
Raquel

In Praise of Sunflowers

Hello and welcome!!

Today I want to share a card I made for my sister's birthday. She loves sunflowers, so the stamp set In Praise of Sunflowers from Power Poppy was perfect to create her card.

I colored the beautiful sunflower and the sky using watercolors and colored pencils. I die cut the word 'happy'  from orange and light blue cardstock and stamped 'birthday' with grey ink.

Here's my card...





I'm sharing this card at:

• Seize the Birthday: "Anything Goes" Birthday

Thanks so much 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

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