Tag You're It #53

Hello!! Today I'm sharing a tag I made inspired by Tag You're It #53. The inspiration for this challenge it's a beautiful double tag with an embossed dotted background and the focal image is an arrange of  flowers.

So, for my project...  I die cut two tags, one from white cardstock and another one from teal cardstock. I embossed the white tag using a dotted embossing folder.
After that, I stamped and die cut my flowers using a beautiful orchid stamp set and dies from Hero Arts. I stamped the orchid using two tones of teal. Then, I added some Wink of Stella to my flowers and leaves. Finally, I tie both tags with my favorite color of baker's twine.

Here's my tag...

Here's a close-up so you can see the dotted background and the sparkle in the flowers.

I was inspired by this beautiful tag:

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White / MFT Tropical Teal
• Stamp set: Color Layering Orchid in a Pot (Hero Arts)
• Dies: Tag Collection (Sizzix - Tim Holtz) / Orchid In A Pot Frame Cuts (Hero Arts)
• Ink pads: Archival Ink Garden Patina & Leaf Green / Memento Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart & Teal Zeal
• Embossing Folder: Tiny Polka ( The Paper Studio)
• Twine: Caribbean (The Twinery)

Thank you so much for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Summer Tag!

Hello there! Are you enjoying the summer?
Today I'm sharing a colorful summery tag. This tag makes me think of a delicious strawberry cocktail ;)

This is a double tag, so for the firs tag, I stamped the strawberries and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. For the leaves I used: CG1, CG3, CG4; and for the strawberries: CR8, CR9, CR10.

The second tag was die cut from white cardstock and then colored it with a green marker (CG3), then stamped the dot background using red dye ink.

I was inspired by two challenges: Tag You're It #50, which is a red and green double tag featuring a sweet strawberry; and Spectrum Noir July Challenge: which theme is:Summer.

Here's my tag...

I'm entering my tag to these challenges:

• Spectrum Noir July Challenge: Summer
• Tag You're It #50:

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White
• Stamps: Fresh & Fruity (Sunny Studio) / Small Dot (Rubbernecker)
• Dies: Tag Collection (Sizzix / Tim Holtz)
• Ink pads: Jet Black (Archival Ink) / Tuxedo Black, Love Letter ( Memento)
• Spectrum Noir Markers: CG1, CG3, CG4, CR8, CR9, CR10
• Twine: Marigold (The Twinery)

Thank you so much for visiting. Have a great day!

Hugs,

Raquel

Happy Summer!!

Hello there! Today, I'm sharing a card I made to celebrate a summer birthday.
I love the beach!!! So for this card I wanted to create my own 'beach' with a delicious cocktail :)

I used distress inks and sponge daubers for my "mini beach" background. The yummy cocktail was colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.

It's my first time using burlap paper and I thought was a good idea to use this material to match  my beach theme card, so I used it to create the frame for the focal image.

Here's the card...

This card was inspired by the following challenges:

* Spectrum Noir Monthly Challenge: The challenge theme for June 2016 is: Use a die-cut

* YNS Color Challenge #42




* CAS(E) this Sketch #178

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium Cardstock / Neenah Solar white / DCWV Burlap paper
• Stamp set:  Cheers (Your Next Stamp)
• Dies: Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Scalloped Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn) / Cheers (Your Next Stamp)
• Ink Pads: Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Scattered Straw (Distress Ink) / Jet Black (Ranger Archival Ink)
• Spectrum Noir markers: CG1, CG3, CG4, CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CR8, CR9, CR10, TB1, IB1

Thank you so much for visiting. I love reading your nice comments!
Have a great day!
Hugs,
Raquel

Happy Father's Day!!

Hello there!! Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads out there.

I made a shaker card to celebrate this special day. This is my first shaker card and I really how it turned out. Hope you like it too!

I used distress ink to create the sky and colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.

 

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White, MFT Lemon Drop
• Dies: Circle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
• Stamps: Super Striker (Lili of the Valley) / Smitty's ABCs (Lawn Fawn)
• Ink Pads: Jet Black (Ranger Archival Ink) / Peacock Feathers (Distress Ink)
• Spectrum Noir Markers: IG6, IG10, FS1, FS3, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4, CG1, CG3, CG4, OR1, OR2, OR3, BT5
• Doodlebug sequins
• Acetate

Have an amazing day!!
Hugs,
Raquel

Colorful Kindness!!

Hello there!! I'm so excited to be back to my blog after traveling for a month. I visited San Francisco for a week and the I flew out to Costa Rica for vacation and for visiting my family.

During the last month I really missed making cards. So I couldn't wait to start playing with my stamps again, yay!!

Today, I made a colorful one layer card, inspired by YNS Sketch and Color Challenge #41. I used both the sketch and the colors.

I stamped the flowers with VersaMark Ink and white embossed them. Then I created my  own square "stencil" and blended distress inks using the colors suggested for the challenge.

Then stamped the Mini Flower Splatter using the same colors, and finally I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Onix Black.

The Sketch & Colors:

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White
• Stamps: Plant Some Kindness, Mini Flower Splatter (Your Next Stamp)
• Ink Pads: Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn, Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry (Distress Ink) / Leaf Green (Archival Ink) / Emerald Isle (Ranger Dye Ink) / Rose Bud, Lilac Posies (Memento) / Onix Black (Versafine)

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

Raquel

Special Delivery!

Hello there!! Lili of the Valley May Sketch Challenge is alive on their Facebook page until 6 p.m. UK time on Sunday 15th; you only need to follow the sketch and use a LOTV image.

I'm joining this challenge by entering a baby card.

First, I stamped the cute Balloon Basket. Then, I created the sky using a sponge dauber and distress ink. After that, I colored the image with markers and colored pencils.
The sentiment is a rub-on sticker, which fits perfectly with the image.
Finally, I embellished it with two cute heart buttons.

Here is my finished card...

Here's the Sketch

Materials:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White / Ripe Raspberry, Blu Raspberry (MFT)
• Stamp: Balloon Basket (Lili of the Valley)
• Dies: Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
• Ink Pads: Tuxedo Black (Memento) / Peacock Feathers (Distress Ink)
• Spectrum Noir Markers: BP2, BP6, PP5, HB1, HB2, HB3, CT3, CT4, GT2, GT3
• White Rub on Transfers (Paperbilities)
• Colored pencils
• Sponge Dauber (Tsukineko)
• Heart buttons

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

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