Quilled Heart Flower

Hello and welcome!!

Here with more Valentine cards... This time I'm sharing a card using one of my favorite techniques: quilling.
First, I stamped the sentiment and the leaves and colored them with colored pencils.
Then die cut the flower vase four times, three from white cardstock and one from polka dots cardstock, and glued them together to give dimension to my flower vase.
Finally, I quilled a pink heart and glued to my card... Simple and beautiful!!

Here's my card...

Here's a closer look of the heart and the vase...

I'm sharing this card at:

♥ Inkspirational Challenge #127: Polka Dots


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


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Desert Storm (Neenah) /  Hello Sunshine paper pad (Doodlebug Design)
• Dies: Beautiful Blooms (My Favorite Things)
• Stamp sets: Flower Patch (Poppy Stamps) / Greetings (Hampton Art)
• Ink pad: Jet Black (Archival Ink-Ranger)
• Quilling paper strips
• Colored Pencils

Love is in the Air!

Hello and welcome!!

Definitely, l♥ve is in the air!! All this love around have inspired me to make a bunch a Valentine's cards.

Today's card was insdpired by Inkspirational Challenge #126 - Word Prompt "Flutter".
My card features a beautiful watercolor butterfly which has been fluttering by... and spreading love everywhere :)

Here is my card...

A closer look of the butterfly...

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


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah) / Distress Watercolor (Tim Holtz-Ranger)
• Die: Happpy Butterfly (Technique Tuesday)
• Stamp set:  Word Critters Spring Birds (Your Next Stamp)
• Ink pads: Jet Black, Deep Purple (Archival Ink-Ranger) / Cracked Pistachio, Mustard Seed (Distress Ink)
• Dylusions Ink Spray: London Blue, White Linen

You're my Sunshine!

Hello and welcome!!

Happy New Year everyone!! I'm so excited because this is my first post of 2017, yay!!

I already sent all the January birthday cards, so now I can start making Valentine's cards, hurrah!!

I'll be posting more Valentine cards the following days, so stay tuned!! :)

Here is my card for today...

A closer look...

It's a simple one layer card. I sponged the sky with distress ink and colored the sun with colored pencils.

I was inspired by Anita's card  at Muse Card Club Challenge #198.
I used the round/ circular element as inspiration. So, for my card the sun it's the circular focal image.

This is Anita's card:

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


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White 110 lb. (Neenah)
• Stamp sets: Things With Wings (My Favorite Things) / Smitty's ABC's (Lawn Fawn) / Sophisticated Script (Concord & 9th)
• Ink pads: Jet Black (Archival Ink-Ranger) / Dandelion (Memento) / Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Ink)
• Yellow and orange colored pencils
• Sponge dauber

Muse Challenge #196

Hello and welcome!!

Today I'm sharing a card I made to play at Muse Card Club Challenge #196.

This week's Muse is Tracey Mcneely. She has created a beautiful clean & simple card, featuring a pink watercolor butterfly and a large sentiment.

 

How was I inspired by Tracey's card?

• The colors. I used watercolor paper and 3 shades of pink to create the gradient effect.
• The insect (instead of a butterfly I used a ladybug).
• Tracey embellished her butterfly with three Nuvo drops, so instead I used three sequins as embellishments.
• The large beautiful sentiment

Here is my card...

I die cut extra wings from vellum and adhered them with small pieces of foam tape to give dimension to my ladybug.

This is Tracey's card:

Thank you so much  for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah) / Distress Watercolor Cardstock (Tim Holtz-Ranger) / Black Textured Cardstock (The Paper Studio) / Vellum (Core'dinations)
• Stamp set: Birthday Wishes & Balloons (My Favorite Things)
• Dies: Ladybug (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
• Ink pad: Jet Black (Archival Ink - Ranger)
• Sequins (Doodlebug Design)

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

Happy Halloween 2016!

Hello and welcome!! I wanted to make Halloween cards but I didn't' have any Halloween stamp, so I got some digital stamps by Mo Manning at Mo's Digital Pencil. Her site has the cutest images and I know you'd love them.

I made two clean and simple cards. I just printed and colored both images using Spectrum Noir markers (colors used are listed on the supplies list at the bottom of the post).

For the second card I stamped "Halloween", and die cut  "happy" from orange and purple cardstock. I glued a giggle eye to the letter "O" for a "spooky' look.

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¡Hola y bienvenidos! Quería hacer tarjetas de Halloween pero no tenia ningún sello de Halloween. Así que, compré unos sellos digitales en la página Mo's Digital Pencil de Mo Mannnig. En esta página encontrarás imágenes super lindas y sé que amarás si la visitas.

Hice dos tarjetas simples. Solamente, imprimí y coloreé ambas imágenes con los marcadores Spectrum Noir (la lista de los colores utillizados la encontrarás en la lista de materiales al final de este post).

Para la segunda trajeta, stampé la palabra 'HALLOWEEN', y troquelé la palabra 'happy' utilizando cartulina anaranjada y morada. Adherí un ojo móvil en lugar de la letra 'O' para darle un toque de misterio . Por ultimo, enmarqué los paneles de las imágenes.

Muchas gracias por pasar y visitar, abrazos!!

Card #1

Card #2

I'm entering these cards to the following challenges:

• Mo's Digital Challenge #268: Anything Mo Goes
• Spectrum Noir October Challenge: Halloween Colors

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


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah) / Green Room, Boysenberry, Orange Zest (MFT)
• Stamps: Hobson on Halloween, Hobson with Treats (Mo's Digital Pencil) / Smitty's ABCs (Lawn Fawn)
• Dies: Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn) / Word Confetti (Momenta)
• Ink pads: Jet Black (Ranger Archival Ink)
• Spectrum Noir markers: Pumpkins (TN6,OR3, OR2, CT4); Face and Hands (LG2, CG4, CG3); Tongue (LV1, LV3); Eyes(LV2,IG1); Sweater (IG2, IG8, IG10, BGR2, BGR3);Sweater Dots (LV3); Elbow Patches (CT4, OR2, OR1); Socks (LV1, LV3,HB3); Shoes (OR1, OR2, OR3); Shoe Soles (IG2, IG4); Floor (IG2, BGR2); Lollipop ( CR1,CR2, CR8); Candies (CR8, CR10, CT1,CT4, IB2, IB3, LG2, CG4)
• Wiggle eyes (Darice)

Butterfly & Flowers

Hello there!!  I made this birthday card for my mother-in -law, she loves butterflies and flowers. So it's perfect to celebrate her special day.

I  stamped the flowers using the masking technique and then colored all the images with my Spectrum Noir markers, all colors used are listed on the supplies list at the bottom of the post.

I added some gold dots to the center of the flowers using a gold glitter pen.

I love this bright combination of colors, especially the butterfly.

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¡Hola! Hice esta tarjeta de cumpleaños para mi suegra, ella ama las mariposas y las flores. Así que, es perfecta para celebrar su día especial.

Estampé las flores usando la técnica de enmascarado y coloreé todas las imágenes con mis marcadores Spectrum Noir. Todos los colores que he utilizado están en la lista de materiales al final de este post.

Me encanta la combinación de estos colores, especialmente los de la mariposa.

Here's a close-up...



I'm entering this card to the following challenges:

• Spectrum Noir Monthly Challenge: October 2016
• Less is More Challenge #298: Spiders or Insects
• Inkspirational Challenge #119: Use 5 (or more) Stamps
• Time Out Challenge #68: CASE Challenge

Inspiration card by Ardyth for Time Out Challenge #68

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:

• Cardstock: Solar White, Desert Storm (Neenah)
• Stamps: Mom's Layered Flowers (Whimsy Stamps)/ Take Flight (Technique Tuesdsay) / GreetingsSCO586 (Hampton Art)
• Dies: Scalloped Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
• Ink pads: Tuxedo Black (Memento) / Jet Black, Garden Patina (Ranger Archival Ink) / Cracked Pistachio (Distress Ink)
• Spectrum Noir markers: IB2, IB3, TB4 (butterfly); CT4, OR2, OR3, GB5, TN9 (flowers)
• Sakura white gel pen