Yellow

Hello!
I was playing a little bit with my nesties and different papers based in some ideas I saw browsing Pinterest... I came up with this card that is very unusual for my CAS with image style:

Patterned paper is Folia "Yellow roses", I used yellow cardstock, and cut both with rectangle Nestabilities dies. I tried to have one of the roses in the very middle so something is the focus of the card...

To embellish it I used yellow ribbon and made a bow to hold a yellow paper rose. It is a very simple card that can be handy for any ocassion.

Challenges:
Double D: yellow  Crazy Hazelnuts: patterned paper 
Craft Dee bowz: handmade bow  Catch the bug: AG
Creative card crew: die cut  Cuttlebug mania: monochrome
Lemon Shortbread: AG  Retarte: AG  2 creative chicks: AG
A bit more time to craft: AG  Crafts Galore Encore: AG

A simple birthday card

Hello!
I would like to show you a simple card I made a few days ago:

The image is by Karen Doodles and I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. I cut it with a circle die (Sizzix) and did the same for the turquoise cardstock mat.

I used white cardstock and a circles embossing folder for the background and more turquoise cardstock to mat the card. My only embellishment is a turquoise gingham ribbon and made a knot.

Challenges:
Sieze the birthday: AG/ water (no topping here)  Catch the Bug: AG Simon Says: AG Brown Sugar: AG Crafting 4 all seasons: die cut/punches A Beautiful mess: AG  Crafting with Friends: AG Creative fingers: AG 4 crafty chicks: AG Lil patch of craty friends: AG   Crazy 4 challenges: little critters Little Claire's; AG Left of the center: embossing  Morgan's art world: for the men  The stamping boutique: masculine 


EDITED: This card is one of the CT  favorite cards!!!!!!!

First blooms

Hello, happy Saturday!
This last week is raining and raining... and we are starting seeing the first blooms in our garden. It's not as warm as two weeks ago, but we can feel the spring weather already.
I want to show you a card I made:

The digi is by The East Wind and it is March newsletter freebie. I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. I cut it with an oval die (Sizzix) and did the same for the purple cardstock mat.

The background paper is from a stack called amethyste, the other two pieces come from my stash.

I used a gingham purple ribbon and made a bow to embellish it.

A pic of one of our trees:

Challenges:

Catch the Bug: AG Simon Says: AG Craft Dee Bowz: AG w/bow
Brown Sugar: AG Crafting 4 all seasons: die cut/punches A Beautiful mess: AG
Crafting with Friends: AG Creative fingers: AG 4 crafty chicks: AG
Wonderful Wednesday: AG Art by Miran: AG Chocolate coffee and cards: spring is in the air  The East Wind FB: I've been framed   Patties creations: spring /easter Cardz for galz: springtime DL ART: Anything goes   DRS Designs: spring fling

Bird-day wishes

Hello!
I hope you are having a good week, for me is a busy one and don't have much time to blog around...
I would like to show you a new card I made:

Isn't it cute? I love the sweating bird celebrating one more birthday!!! I colored it with Kurecolor markers and for the background I sponged with the ink from a ink pad and a sponge, I like how it looks, and found out that is a very easy way to make backgrounds for the images... I also made some faux stitches with a fine blue marker.I also used some blue cardstock to mat it.

I used some patterned paper for Folia with balloons. I also used some blue cardstock to mat it. The sentiment is a very simple one I printed because I needed something small. I did not use any embellishment, but considering is for a male, looks quite good.

Challenges:
I heart scketches: #145
Sieze the birthday: AG/ water (no topping here)
Simon says: AG
4 crafty chicks: AG
Aud Sentiments: Birthday sentiment
Crafty girls creations. AG
Unicorn: CA
Inspirations Destination AG
Wonderful Wednesdays: AG
WAW: AG
Creative card crew: CAS
Crafting from the heart: AG

Have a mice birthday!

Hello, dear friends!
I don't know about you, but this week just passed so fast, between the spring break and my daughter's birthday (it was raining but we were prepared with games inside home)... I almost forget to make the card for I heart sketch challenge... I love these sketches. This week the challenge has as twist to make a masculine card, and this is what I did:

I colored the image with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils, I cut it with a circle die (Sizzix), I distressed the edge with a sky bue ink pad. We wished to make the birthday party outside like this mice, but we did it inside and everything went well :)

For the background I used a blue cardstock and Birthday embossing folder (Cuttlebug). I also used some patterned paper from my stash.

Challenges:

I heart sketches: #144 + twist, Art by Miran: AG, The stamping boutique: masculine, Crafting with friends: AG, Cardz 4 galz: cute and cuddly, Critters and creatures: AG, Fantastic Tuesday: cute critters, Creative Fingers: AG, Sieze the birthday: birthday (no topping), Jo's scrap shack: AG, Fresh Brewed Designs: Happy Birthday, Simply papercraft: AG, Crafty time: birthday, WAW: AG, Digistamp 4 joy: add an animal, Little Miss Muffet: AG, Wonderful Wednesday: AG, Simon says: come rain or shine, OSATT: AG w/ embossing, Creative Playground: birthday


EDITED: I won at I heart sketches!!!!

Spring/Easter Mini Shadow Box

Hello, everyone!
I would like to thank and give a warm welcome to my new followers, I feel honored that you are part of my blogging friends!!!
Today we have a new challenge at Cre8tive Hands Friends and Cre8tive Hands Fans at Facebook (come and join - lots of fun, tips and freebies), two challenges!!!!. And look at what I did:

Yes, a mini shadow box for spring!!!
The image is Chick painting Easter egg and I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. I cut it with a scallop circle die (Sizzix).

To make the shadow box/frame, I used an empty box of Armenian candies and with pastel green cardstock I wrapped it and here you can see how it looked.



To decorate it I used some Prima flowers from my stash. Everything is in Spring colors and now is decorating my home. You can see a picture with natural light bellow.  I hope you like it!!!

This challenge is ANYTHING GOES!!  You can find all sorts of amazing Digis over at CRE8TIVE HANDS SHOP and you will probably find some FREEBIES over on the Cre8tive Hands Blog

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NEW!!!

There are some exciting things going on!!!

Cre8tive Hands have a fun Facebook Page for Fans, for more challenges, Freebies, discussions and more chances to win!!  Hope you can join us!!  Request to join.

BLOG HOP

 Cre8tive Hands with the help of Create With TLC have a blog hop coming up that will be FANTASTIC! The theme will be Fairy Tale Dreams. There will be a winner at every stop PLUS, we will have one GRAND PRIZE winner who will get all of the new releases AND all of the sentiments Create With TLC have created for these new adorable images! Don’t miss out on all the fun and inspiration! Starts April 9th and runs to April 15th!

ALSO!!

Can't get enough of Cre8tive Hands Digi's???   
We have a Monthly Digi Club for only $5 a month.  Lots of Freebies and goodies!!
Read more here.  You would not want to miss out :)

Challenges:
Digi Choosday: flower frenzy  Cuttlebug Mania: happy Easter  Everybody art: AG  Fairy Tale: easter eggs  Fantastic Tuesday: cute critters  Going grey with scrap creations: go green  Inky chicks. happy easter  Lemon shortbread: AG  Artistic Inspirations: AG/easter  Crafty boots: easter  Critters and creatures: AG  Ooh LaLa: Spring is in the air  Crazy challenge: flowers  A gem of a challenge. easter 
All sorts: easter  Brown sugar: spring  Animal friends. easter  Lunagirl: spring flowers and birds   Double click skittles: bunny/egg/basket

Cre8tive Hands Friends Challenge card

Hello, dear friends!
I would like to thank and give a warm welcome to my new followers, I feel honored that you are part of my blogging friends!!! 
Today we have a new challenge at Cre8tive Hands Friends and Cre8tive Hands Fans at Facebook (come and join - lots of fun, tips and freebies), two challenges!!!!. And this is my card:

The image is Bear Easter Fun and I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. I cut with Nestabilities Labels 1 and used pastel yellow cardstock for mat and cut it with the same die shape.

The paper is from my stash (Easter rabbits) and I also used more pastel yellow cardstock for the mat. I used yellow ribbon and made a bow to embellish it.

This challenge is ANYTHING GOES!!  You can find all sorts of amazing Digis over at CRE8TIVE HANDS SHOP and you will probably find some FREEBIES over on the Cre8tive Hands Blog

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NEW!!!

There are some exciting things going on!!!

Cre8tive Hands have a fun Facebook Page for Fans, for more challenges, Freebies, discussions and more chances to win!!  Hope you can join us!!  Request to join.

BLOG HOP

 Cre8tive Hands with the help of Create With TLC have a blog hop coming up that will be FANTASTIC! The theme will be Fairy Tale Dreams. There will be a winner at every stop PLUS, we will have one GRAND PRIZE winner who will get all of the new releases AND all of the sentiments Create With TLC have created for these new adorable images! Don’t miss out on all the fun and inspiration! Starts April 9th and runs to April 15th!

ALSO!!

Can't get enough of Cre8tive Hands Digi's???   
We have a Monthly Digi Club for only $5 a month.  Lots of Freebies and goodies!!
Read more here.  You would not want to miss out :)

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments: any shape  Cuttlebug Mania: happy Easter  Everybody art: AG
Fairy Tale: easter eggs (in the basket)  Fantastic Tuesday: cute critters  Inky chicks. happy easter
Lemon shortbread: AG  Artistic Inspirations: AG/easter  Crafty boots: easter  Crafty Dee Bowz: AG w/ handmade bow  A gem of a challenge. easter  All sorts: easter  Chocolate coffee and cards: ribbon
Really reasonable ribbons: spring with ribbon/trim  Cut it up: easter  Animal friends. easter
Crafts galore encore: make a card  Crafty hazelnuts: patterned paper  Double click skittles: bunny/egg/basket

I drink coffee and you?

Hello, dear friends!
As in the title of this post, I am a coffee drinker, for hot drinks it's my favorite :)
I don't drink much when crafting, I don't like to bring the cup to my working place because I am afraid to  make a mess if the coffee spills... But between cutting, glueing and this and that, I go to the kitchen and drink some coffee!

I made this card specially to participate in the Spring Coffe Lovers Hop:

The image is by Bugaboo Stamps and I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. I made some green details with a glitter glue and I think look nice. I cut it with Labels 2 Spellbinders die cut. The same for the craft cardstock mat.

I used Folia patterned paper, it's all about coffee on a green background. I used a brown ribbon (Crafty Ribbons). With a black fine marker I made some faux statiches around the image and around the background.

Challenges:
Spring coffee lovers: coffee creation 
Catch the Bug: Bingo (green - bling - ribbon)
Color your world: AG
Come and get it: add stitching
Glitter and sparkle: AG
Lil patch of crafty friends. AG
Pile it on: stitching
Quirky crafts: quirky masculine
Robyn's Fetish: square/recatangular cards
The Ribbon Girls: any image

Pot of flowers

Hello, dear friends!
This last week we had rain almost every day, this morning we woke up with some falling snow, but fortunately it's gone, and we hope for a new week with sunny days, as Nauruz festival (Central Asian New Year) will be held on 21st, 22nd and 23rd of March.... I also hope that this rain will bring lots of flowers and green grass. Wishing good weather and spring and flowers I made two cards:

I used white cardstock as background and embossing folders. I used flower dies (Sizzix) and made some flowers combining colors. I cut the pots, I didn't have a pattern at hand, that's why they look different, hahaha... For the first one I used two shades of green and two of yellow cardstock. For the second one, two purples, one green and one pink cardstock.

Challenges:
Brown Sugar: spring
Creative Fingers: AG
The Stamping Boutique: countdown to spring
Moving along with the times: in the garden
Crafting with friends. AG
Star stamps: think spring
Crafty enjoyments: spring/easter
Simply Papercraft: AG
Die Cuts Divas: something spring
Tinker dream: garden / nature / rainbow
Scrap n challenge. AG
Crafty Creations: spring fever
Crafty gals corner: show me the green
Fresh Brewed Designs: AG

Pink tulips

Hello, again!
Where I live tulis are the flower for March. You start seeing them for Women's day and the rest of the month, they decorate the whole city... you have them in many colors, I did these ones for my card in pink:

The image is From the Heart Stamps and I colored it with alcohol based markers and some details with pencils. I did some faux stitches around the image with a pink fine marker.

I used pink cardstock and an embossing folder for the background and the dp in the layout is from a My mind eyes stack.

The only embellishment is a pink glitter tulip that my friend Maryann gave me a bag with many long ago and I save them, so today I used one!

Challenges:
I heart sketches: #143
Simon says: cute and cuddly
Art by Miran: AG
Brown sugar: spring
Creative fingers: AG
The stamping boutique: countdawn to spring
Card 4 galz: cute and cuddly
In the pink: spring flowers
Moving along with the times. in the garden
Crafts and me: spring
Crafty enjoyments: spring/easter
Crafty Hazelnuts: patterned paper
Digistamp 4 joy: AG + animal
Paradise of stamps: spring
Sunsational stamps: critters