Hello!

Hello crafty friends,

I wanted to pop in to share a card I made for the latest CAS(e) this Sketch Challenge #42. What a fun sketch!

 

I wanted  so badly to 'get inky' when I came home from work tonight, but I haven't stamped at all on this card. (Isn't that weird?) The flower is a stamp and matching die by Hero Arts, and I used a wood veneer speech bubble that I got at Michael's. Very simple card, but it took me a while to choose all the elements. So here is my card.

 Hope your having a great week! Thanks for visiting.
Loly

Card for Aerin

Here is the other card that I made for my friend's daughter. I'm linking this one to Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge 'Back to School, too.

Thanks for visiting!
Loly

Back to School

Hi everybody! I hope all of you are having a great Saturday. I'll be working, yes, the Library opens on Saturdays, that's why I'm posting this early.
Kids went back to school last Monday here in Huntsville. I love everything related to school, I used to be a teacher and I remember the excitement that surrounds the starting of every school year... I still miss that! Anyway I made 2 cards, one for my husband's grandson who is starting 2nd grade and the other for my friend's daughter who is starting 5th grade.
Here are my cards

The papers are Graphic 45, 'An ABC Primer collection', as I don't have any appropriate sentiment, I hand written it with a white pen on black cardstock.
I'm linking my cards to Simon Says Stamps. Wednesday challenge 'Back To School'.

Thanks for visiting.
Enjoy your weekend!
Loly

For a Special Day

Hi everyone! Wow, it's been almost a month since I've blogged...it feels like forever. Anyway, here I am again.
I did make some cards that I'll share soon, but I just didn't have time to post. At the beginning of this month we adopted a puppy, and it's been busy around here (smile).
One of my favorite dies companies "Lil Inker Designs" is celebrating its 3rd birthday, so I made a card  to celebrate with them. Here is the inspiration picture

And here is my card. I chose the colors and wanted to make a bow/flower similar to the one in the center bottom, which was cute but too bulky, so I made a flower using the 'tails' of the 'Mini bow'.
So here it is to Lil Inker Designs and to many more years!

Thanks for your visit! Have a blessed weekend.
Loly

Always a friend

Hi everybody, it's me again. Last night I made another card just using some scraps I had on my basket.
I used the sketch by Retro Sketches and I made a rolled flower to play along with "Less is more" which is a challenge I love but CAS are kind of difficult to me, so I rarely do.

So here is my card. I used the Polaroid frame by Lil' Inker Designs, the sentiment is by Simon Says Stamps (card kit May 2012, You can do anything) embossed in white. I used a SU! embossing folder for the border.

Thanks for visiting, have a blessed day.
Loly

P/S If you have an extra minute please visit my blog friend Loli (El taller de los recuerdos) from Spain, she makes the most beautiful handmade flowers.

Catching up.

Hi everybody! I hope of all you are having a wonderful week.
Mine is not the greatest, but you know... it's life.
Anyway, I can't believe I haven't posted in almost 2 weeks. I've been so busy, now I'm trying to play 'catch up'.
For the last 3 weeks I've been taking an Online Card Class, called Summer Card Camp 2, even though I'm enjoying it very much and learning tons of tips, I'm soooo behind with homework that's kind of embarrassing.
Last Tuesday I made a card as a homework for  week 3, day 2 which was to use a special color combination, and a technique of the several that were demonstrated in class that day, I made a card inspired by one made by Jennifer McGuire, using embossing on a die cut.
 I don't have many dies, so I used the leaves by Sizzix cut in two different shades of brown and embossed 3 times with  Pearlescent embossing powder by Inkadinkado. I stamped the sentiment on a textured circle and finished it with a butterfly stamped on vellum, embossed in gold  and colored with markers.
Loved the challenge, as I wouldn't have used those colors together otherwise.

 

 

Here is a close-up.

 

Sometime last week I made this other  one, just for fun, because I love tags so much

:) and had some scraps on my desk.


Thanks so much for your visit and have a blessed rest of the week.
Loly

Christmas in July

Hi everybody! I have another card to share with you today. I used the sketch by Retro Sketches and the theme at The Paper Players, so here it is.

 

 

The papers and sentiment are SU!, ribbon and button from my stash, I cut out the tree using a die by Hero Arts and Sizzix 3 times and added together to make it 3D and added some star sequins. Pretty easy and I like the result.

I'm also linking this to 'Cas on Sunday'

 

 

Thanks for visiting. Have a blessed weekend!