Gratitude

  Hello, dear friends!

Today I want to show you a new creation I made, it is a small watercolor painting (A5 size:15 x 21 cm). This one goes together with the previous one I made, same color palette and same frame...

I was inspired by the season of autumn and Thanksgiving. I painted this one with my watercolor set "Sonet" and a few synthetic round art brushes on a 200g watercolor paper. As you can see I am just learning this technique and made a few mistakes but I am very happy with the result. I hope you like it too.

Challenges:

International Art and Soul: Gratitude
Dare2BArtzy: Thankful
Catch the bug: Thankful
Colour Crazy Craft: anything coloring goes
Crafty Gal Corner: Thankful

Give Thanks

 Hello, dear friends!

Today I want to show you a new creation I made, it is a small watercolor painting (A5 size:15 x 21 cm). 

I was inspired by the season of autumn and Thanksgiving. I painted this wreath with my watercolor set "Sonet" and a few synthetic round art brushes on a 200g watercolor paper. As you can see I am just learning this technique and made a few mistakes but I am very happy with the result. I hope you like it too.

Challenges:

International Art and Soul: Gratitude
Dare2BArtzy: Thankful
Catch the bug: Thankful
Colour Crazy Craft: anything coloring goes
Crafty Gal Corner: Thankful

Trying new things

 Hello friends!

After a long time with not blogging at all, I would like to let you know I am still making cards and having fun. A few weeks ago I started to learn watercolor and I feel happy with some of my results... 

A slice of pizza...

Our dog, Chicky

I want to make some cards and I will show you when they are ready. 

CAS cards

*After 18 months of not blogging, I just found I had this draft entry I'd never published...

Hello, friends!
I don't have much time lately to make cards or blog about them because I am preparing to move... I am afraid that I will not be around for a while, as normally happens when we move, it takes time to settle and craft again. Anyways, here a couple of very simple cards I made:

I ink the stamps with Memento tuxedo black inkpad, then colored with watercolor pencils and rounded the corners with a punch. I love lighthouses, they are one of my favorite images for cards.

Challenges:

I ink the stamps with Memento tuxedo black inkpad, then colored with watercolor pencils and rounded the corners with a punch. To embellish it I used some rhinestones (yellow for the sun, red for the flower and purple for the bird.)

CAS cards

Hello!
As I am preparing to move (work traveling for a few months), I don't have much time to craft 😕 that's why today I only have a couple of very simple cards to show you.... I think the last thing to pack would be my crafts' supplies I hope to be able to do more before the move. I am bringing my markers for sure, and my digistamps in the computer with me and don't know if the next months until I am back can do cards, but at least I will color. Anyways, this is what I have today to show you:

Sorry the pictures are not the best today, they look too dim.... I stamped with black tuxedo Memento inkpad both of them. I colored it with Koh-i-noor watercolor pencils. I embellished the first one with three pink little gems, and the second one with a border punch.

Challenges:
Lemon shortbread: Anything goes
Paperminutes: watercolors
Sunny day crafting: always add an animal
2 crafty critters crazies: anything with critters
Crafty animals: anything goes
Kleuren met podloren: animals

How do you do when making a "one layer card" to color with markers? On purpose I colored them with pencils, because the back looks bad when coloring with markers.

Challenges:

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com

Always happy birthday: birthday
Pause, dream, enjoy: any card
DLArt: linky challenge (ATG)
The creative crafter: anything goes
Seize the birthday: anything goes (opt. topping travel)

Special wedding

Hello, dear friends!
Thanks for visiting me today!!!! I would like to show you a wedding card I made for a friend who is getting married in a few days....

The image is a freebie at Becci's. I colored it with copic and kuretake markers. I used an oval die (sizzix) cut for the image and the white mat. I used some blue because the bride told me, she will have some blue details, and blue will be the color in the decorations. To embellish it I used a white ribbon and made a bow, I also used three small pearls. The sentiment I printed it myself using microsoft word.

As the couple is moving after they get married we still don't know if to give a real physical gift or just money for them to buy when they settle, so I prepared a money pocket for the inside but still didn't attach it (we still need to decide). It looks something like this:

Challenges:
Simon says: anything goes
DLArt: linky challenge (ATG)
Fussy and fancy: white on white with a splach of color
Colour crazy: coloring anything goes
QKR Stampede anything goes
Crafty creations: anything goes
Creative moments: anything goes (opt autumn colors)
House that stamps built: anything goes
Becci's place: ATG w/Becci's stamps
Craft Dee's Bowz: ATG w/handmade bow

Wedding card

Hello!
Today I would like to show you a wedding card I made:

The digistamp is a freebie by Sliekje. My daughter colored it with kuretake and copic markers. She is so enthusiastic at learning how to use the markers... I cut it with a Nestabilities Spellbinders die cut (labels 1) and used the same shape for the blue mat. For the background I used a white cardstock and an embossing folder (4 petals flower- Sizzix). To embellish it I used a blue flower ribbon and three blue rhinestones.

Challenges:
Simon says: anything goes
DLArt: linky challenge (ATG)
Fussy and fancy: white on white with a splach of color
Colour crazy: coloring anything goes
QKR Stampede anything goes
Crafty creations: anything goes
Creative moments: anything goes (opt autumn colors)
House that stamps built: anything goes
Dream Valley: gems/pearls
Artistic Inspirations: anything goes

Party birthday card

Hello!
I hope you are doing well. I would like to show you one more card I made:

The image is by Bugaboo and I colored it with Kuretake markers, cut it and placed on a green mat, car with a die cut (Sizzix). I used three different patterned papers for the background and a green mat for the whole card. I used a white jelly pen to give some accents in the image. No embellishments to create a very simple look.

Challenges:
Simon says: anything goes
QKR Stampede: anything goes
DLArt: linky challenge
Di's Digis designs: for the boys
Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper: anything goes
Just us girls: stripes
Art impressions: vibrant colors
Fab n funky: creatures
House of cards: birthday/colors

Say it with flowers

Hello!
Today I want to  show you a new card I made for a friend who is leaving, I don't like to say "bye" but is better if I can give a card for it...

The image is by Birdie Brown and my daughter colored it with copic and kuretake markers. My friend is always full of joy and so fun, I thought this image would work perfect for her, hehehe.... anyways, I used a striped patterned paper and a salmon color mat for the image and the whole card. To embellish it I used a teal flower ribbon and orange rhinestones.

Challenges:
Simon says: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack: anything goes
Let's create: anything goes (opt: friendship)
Polkadoodles: anything goes
QKR Stampede: anything goes
Art impressions: vibrant colors
Word Art Wednesday: anything goes
Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper: anything goes
DLArt: linky challenge
Creative Craft Cottage: ribbon/lace

Christmas donkey

Hello, dear friends!
I am thankful that I am doing better, still have some coughing but much better!!!
I want to show you a new card I made.

The image is by Elisabeth Bell, and it is a freebie for her newsletter readers, isn't it cute? My daughter colored it with kuretake and copic markers. I placed it on a red mat. For the background I used a green plaid patterned paper. To embellish it used a red Christmas ribbon, red twine and three bells.
Hope you like it!

Challenges:
Elisabeth Bell Facebook: Freebie challenges
Simon says: anything goes
Winter wonderland: anything goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas: anything goes (opt. patterned paper)
Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper: anything goes
Brown sugar: all creatures great and small
Christmas sweet stampin': anything goes
Happy little stampers Christmas: anything goes (opt. tree)
Addicted to stamps: Christmas
DLArt: linky challenge

EDITED: I won the challenge at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge!!!!!!!!!