Trick or Treat

Hello and welcome!!

To celebrate Halloween I've made a card with purple clouds and cute bats.

I created my own mask die cutting a circle from regular copy paper and then attached it to the card base using low tack tape. I stenciled the clouds using purple Distress Ink.

Then stamped the bats and glued googly eyes for a fun look.

Here's my card...

 

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Halloween / Spooky

♥ Animal Friends Challenge: Autumn / Halloween


Thank you so much for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
♥ Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
♥ Stamp set: Halloween (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
♥ Ink Pad: Seedless Preserves (Distress Ink) / Jet Black (Archival Ink) / Cheese Puff (Ranger Dye Ink)
♥ Googly eyes

Let's Get This Paw-ty Started!

Hello and welcome!!

I've already started making birthday cards for next year. My mom, sister and hubby celebrate their birthdays on August, so I made them a fun and colorful card featuring a cute lion, which represents their Zodiac Sign: Leo.

I used watercolor paper to create my card base. Then, I used my Le Plume markers to watercolor the background and to color the lion, birthday hat and balloon. And as a final touch I glued googly eyes to the critter.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ YNS Fun Friday Challenge #99: What's your sign?

♥ Time Out Challenge #120: Colorful

♥  Size the Birthday: Anything Goes

♥ Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Animal Antics

Thank you for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
♥ Watercolor paper 140 lb. (Canson)
♥ Stamp sets: Smiley Happy Critter Crew Set Two / Silly Monsters Incognito Two (Your Next Stamp)
♥ Ink pads: Archival Ink Jet Black (Ranger)
♥ Le Plume II markers (Marvy Uchida)
♥ Googly eyes

Christmas Flowers

Hello and welcome!!

I've made a Christmas card using stamps from a new stamp company called Evermore DiCor, their stamps are high quality photopolymer and the best part … the sentiments are in Spanish. So this year I'll send Christmas cards to my loved ones in Spanish, yay!!

First, I white heat embossed the 'Feliz Navidad' sentiment and Christmas flowers. Then, I colored them with my colored pencils. I love how this card turned out … simple and beautiful!

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Merry Little Christmas Challenge #3: October Anything Christmas Goes

♥ Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge: October Anything Christmas Goes


Thanks for visiting!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
♥ Cardstock: Turquoise Sea (Gina K. Designs)
♥ Stamp Sets: Christmas Flower, My Greatest Gift (EvermoreDiCor)
♥ Ink Pads: VersaMark
♥ Embossing Powder: Wow! Opaque Bright White
♥ Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils.

¡Hola little bird!

¡Hola and welcome!

I made a clean &simple card using my new stamp sets from Kinda Cute by Patricia. The sentiments are both in English and Spanish and the images are so cute.

I colored the adorable little bird with colored pencils and tied a bow as a final touch.

I'm sahring this card at:

♥ Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Spots


Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies used:
♥ Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lbs.
♥ Stamp sets: Little Bird / Kids (Kinda Cute by Patricia)
♥ Ink Pads: Tuxedo Black (Memento) / Jet Black (Ranger Archival Ink)
♥ Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils
♥ Twine (The Twinery)

Twinkly Birthday

Hello and welcome!!

Do you love cute colorful unicorns? I love them!! So for today I made a clean and simple card featuring a super cute unicorn.

I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with colored pencils.
Then I stamped the sentiment with black Archival Ink. I adhered the image with foam tape and applied a bit of Wink of Stella to my unicorn's horn.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card at:

♥AAA Cards Challenge #120: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
♥Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Clean & Simple
♥Cute Card Thursday Challenge #541: Anything Goes











Thank you for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies used:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
• Stamp set: Simply Sweet Unicorns rubber stamps (Simply Sweet Stamps)
• Ink pads: Memento Tuxedo Black / Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black
• Colored Pencils
• Zig Wink of Stella

Happy Birthday Friend!

Hello and welcome!!

I've made a simple one layer birthday card using a cute rubber stamp from Lili of the Valley. I colored the image using my Polychromos colored pencils and used some green Copic markers for the grass.

Here's my card...

 

A close-up...

Since the girl is wearing a cute dress with stripes it's perfect to play along in the following challenges:

♥ Seize The Birthday: Stripes

♥ Less is More Challenge #376: One Layer Card - Stripes









Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
• Stamp: Two's Company rubber stamp (Lili of the Valley)
• Ink pad: Memento Tuxedo Black / Ranger Dye Emerald Isle
• Colored pencils
• Markers

100% Fabulous!

Hello and welcome!!

I've made a clean & simple card featuring an adorable unicorn.

I stamped all the elements to create a little scene and colored them with colored pencils. I applied Wink of Stella to add a bit of sparkle to my unicorn's wing and wand.

Finally I die cut the frame (twice) using turquoise cardstock and glue it to my card front to frame my cute little scene.

Here's my card...

 

A close-up...

 

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ AAA Card Challenge #118: Use a Frame




 ♥ Cute Card Thursday Challenge #537: Anything Goes




Thank you so much for visiting!!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:
Cardstock: Solar White 110 lb. (Neenah) / Turquoise Sea (Gina K. Designs)
Stamp set: Fabulous Unicorns rubber stamps (Simply Sweet Stamps)
Ink pads: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Dies: Square Shaker Window & Frame (My Favorite Things)
Colored pencils
Wink of Stella

Tremendous Triangles

Hello and welcome!!

For today's post I'm sharing a clean & simple holiday card, featuring geometrics shapes and non- traditional holiday colors.

I've used a stamp set from Whimsy Stamps called Tremendous Triangles, it has three different sizes of triangles and I've used the smallest ones to create my holiday trees. I stamped them using dye inks and then I used Distress inks for the splatters. The sentiment was stamped using gray ink.

I just love these colors and how this card turned out. Hope you like it too!

Here's my card...

A close-up...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Time Out Challenge #111: Holidays

♥ AAA Cards Challenge #117: Geometrics

♥ Christmas Cards All Year 'Round  June Challenge: Non-Traditional Christmas/Holiday colors 


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


Supplies:
Cardstock: Solar White 110 lb. (Neenah) / Turcoise Sea (Gina K. Designs)
Stamp sets: Tremendous Triangles (Whimsy Stamps) / Holiday Sentiments (My Sentiment Exactly)
Ink pads: Raspberry Sorbet, Lemon Twist, Emerald Isle, Cool Graphite (Ranger Dye Ink) / Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers (Distress Ink)

Darling Daisy

Hello and welcome!!

Today I want to share one of the cards I made for Mother's Day using a beautiful daisy from a stamp set called Darling Daisies from Whimsy Stamps.

I stamped the flower with black ink and then colored it with my colored pencils.
The sentiment  was stamped with Garden Patina Archival Ink and finally I tied a bow using natural twine... Clean & simple beauty!!

Here's my card...

A close-up...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Cute Card Thursday Challenge #529: Flowers

♥ Time Out Challenge #109: 'Inspired by Words'  My card was inspired by de words: gardeners and blossom



♥ AAA Card Challenge #115: Inspired by Nature





Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!
Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies used:
• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110lb.
• Stamp sets: Darling Daisies (Whimsy Stamps) / Keep It Simple: Mother Mini (Papertrey Ink)
• Ink pads: Mememto Tuxedo Black / Garden Patina (Archival Ink)
• Colored pencils: Faber-Castell Polychromos
• Twine

Have a Screaming Good Time!

Hello and welcome!!

This time I'm sharing a fun and colorful birthday card with cute monsters from Your Next Stamp.

First, I stamped all the images and colored them using my colored pencils.

Then, I die cut the circles and ink sponged them using Distress Inks and glued them to the card base and trimmed off the excess.

After that, I heat embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder and then attached it with foam adhesive. Finally, I glued the monsters and added googly eyes to the bottom rigth monster.

I LOVE this card so much, it makes me smile!!

Here's my card...

A close-up of these cute monsters...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #87
♥ Seize the Birthday: Vibrant Colors

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Hugs,
Raquel


Supplies:
• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 80 & 110 lb. / Black Onyx (Gina K. Designs)
• Stamp set: Silly Monsters 2 (Your Next Stamp)
• Ink pads: Memento Tuxedo Black / Distress Ink: Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Abandoned Coral  / Versamark Ink
• Embossing Powder : Opaque Bright White (WOW!)
• Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils

Party Til The Cows Come Home

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm sharing a one-layer birthday card. I made this card for my sister in-law. She loves cows, so every year I make her a cow themed card.

First, I stamped the cow in the middle and masked it. Then, I stamped the other two cows and masked them. After that, I ink sponged the background using distress inks. Finally, I colored the cute cows and stamped the sentiment with red ink.

Here's my card...

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

♥ Animal Friends Challenge #61: Farm
♥ Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Animals
♥ Seize the Birthday Challenge: "Anything Goes" Birthday

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies:
• Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
• Stamp set: Funny Farm Crew (Your Next Stamp)
• Ink Pads: Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers (Distress Ink) / Jet Black, Classic Cherry (Archival Ink)
• Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils

Happy Easter!

Hello and welcome!!

I'm back with another Easter card. This time I've used a stamp set from Papertrey Ink called So Sweet. It really is a sweet set and the bunny is the cutest. So, I had to use it on my card.

First, I stamped the bunny with white pigment ink. The nose, cheeks, whiskers, and sentiment were stamped using Archival inks. To finish off my card, I've added a twine bow and glued wiggle eyes.

Here's my card...

I'm linking this card to the following challenges:

♥ Animal Friends Challenge: Easter
♥ Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Happy Easter!!

Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb.
Stamp set: So Sweet (Papertrey Ink)
Ink pads: Unicorn pigment ink (Hero Arts) / Pink Gumball, Raspberry Sorbet, Jet Black, Cool Graphite (Archival Ink)
Baker's twine: Caribbean (The Twinery)
Wiggle eyes

Easter Bunny

Hello and welcome!!

To celebrate Easter I've made a simple card, featuring a cute little bunny with a carrot.
First, I stamped the image and sentiment on Kraft cardstock. Then, I colored the image using my Polychromos. Added the ribbon and attached the panel to the card base.

Here's my card...

I'm linking my card to the following challenges:

♥ Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Easter
♥ Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes


Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Raquel

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb. & 80 lb.
Ink pads: Memento ( Tuxedo Black) / Versafine (Onix Black)
Stamps: Bunny With Carrot (Stampabilities) / A Good Egg (Sunny Studio Stamps)
Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils
Ribbon

Cactus Collection

Hello and welcome!!

Today I'm sharing a card I made to play along at AAA Cards Challenge #111 -Use Only One Third-

For this fun challenge I've chosen some cute cacti to be the protagonists of my card.
First, I stamped the flowers and masked them. Then I stamped all the cacti in different shades of green. As a final touch a glued two tiny pearls to the flowers.

Here's my card...

A close-up...

Hope you can join the challenge too!

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


Supplies used:
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 110 lb.
Stamps: Build your own Cactus (Momenta) / Sentiment (Stampabilities)
Ink pads: Ranger Dye Ink (Lily Pad, Electric Lime, Classic Cherry, Cheese Puff, Lemon Twist) / Memento ( Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart ) / Archival Ink (Leaf Green, Garden Patina, Jet Black)