Graciellie Design

Good afternoon! I must say even I am surprised to be here, ready to post a new card so soon. But truth be told, now that I have my Grand Calibur back I'm extra inspired, making cards with lots of dies on them. Also today, I'm feeling full of energy and I didn't want to waste the opportunity to make a card for some other challenges I had been planning to submit to. I absolutely love the theme of this card, the color palette, and the white background... It looks so fresh and colorful. It was inspired by many challenges... That's right! I combined a sketch, an inspiration photo and some element challenges... Yes, I know, multitasking at it's most with my cardmaking.   Here is my card for today: Materials Spellbinders: - Peony - Carnation Creations - Rose Creations - Bitty Blossoms - A2 Matting Basics - Enchanted embossing folder DoCrafts Xcut Large Dies - Leafy Flourishes Inkadinkado: - Personal Impressions stamp set - E...

Hello! It's great to be back so soon with a new design to share with you. Today I have a card to show you in a very soft color combination. Using peach, beige, and a vintage floral paper, I managed to create a project for some of the challenges I've been wanting to link to. Please take a look at what I came up with: Materials Justrite stamps - Ooh La La French Frills Spellbinders: - Gold Circles One - Bitty Blossoms - Rose Creations - A2 Matting Basics - Grand Calibur die cutting machine Craft Concepts embossing folder - More Dots Haj Designs paper - Absolute Floral Bazic: - Double Sided Foam Mounting Tape - Double Sided Tape Merletto: - Crystal Stickers - Pearl Stickers Other generic materials Textured cardstock in salmon and sand Linen cardstock in white 7/8" peach satin ribbon I used a sketch to get started from Justrite's current challenge. I was able to incorporate all these elements and somehow keep harmony w...

Hi dear friends! It's wonderful to be back with so much to share. We just came back from a little weekend retreat at the beach, and we had a great time. Also, I finally received my Grand Calibur's new handle and I must thank Karen Haas from Spellbinders for also sending me another internal part that needed to be fixed.  I've been wanting to make a nice vintage project for a while. I love making cards but I really wanted to try something different. Materials Flourishes stamps - Flowers for Jan Sweet n' Sassy stamps - Vintage Seed Packet Haj Designs paper - Gorgeous Roses Inkadinkado embossing powder - Glam Gold Ranger: - Embossing ink - Distress inks in: Old Paper, Vintage Photo, Spun Sugar Zap! heat tool Memento dye ink - Rich Cocoa Spectrum Noir markers - Pinks UHU Stic glue stick Bazic mounting tape Merletto crystals Stanley GR10 glue gun Other generic materials 1/4" satin with gold edge ribbon in Old Gold 7/8" gross grai...

Hi everyone! I feel like it's been a long time since I posted my last card, but I'm here with a new vintage project to show you. I've been wanting to make a male card, since my husband's birthday is approaching, but for some reason I'm always thinking I should start all over and make a new design. I just want it to be perfect! Another reason for me wanting to create a male project is that tomorrow, March 19, is Father's Day here. My dear dad passed away a few years ago, and he is missed greatly. He was so charismatic, outgoing, kind-hearted, very smart and proffesional, a great teacher and mentor. He was there for anyone and everyone. A great father. He contributed very much to our country's agricultural and livestock industry, to education both rural and academic, and most of all he was loved by everyone who knew him. I had to write about him today, because he was a very important part of what I am doing now. Before he passed he told me I should write, h...

It's Thursday already... And I am thankful and hopeful of what is yet to come. I am believing that everything will be alright. I just feel the need to pray and be thankful today.  I have a lovely vintage card to share with you. Here it is: Materials Sweet 'n Sassy stamps - Vintage Postcard Penny Black stamps - Flower Gallery Docrafts Papermania stamps - Happy Days (Ticket Stubs) Prima Marketing stamps - Mini Background Polka Dot Hero Arts Cleardesign Block - Large Letter Brilliance pigment ink - Tiramisu Colorbox pigment ink - Pink Ranger: - Embossing ink - Distress ink in Old Paper, Spun Sugar, Vintage Photo - Blending tool Inkadinkado embossing powder - Glam Gold, Copper, Pearlescent Spectrum Noir markers - PP5, PP3 Shery K. Designs paper:  - Antoinnette (vintage handwriting) - Alia Merletto crystals Bazic two sided tape & mounting tape Other generic materials: Specialty metallic cardstock in pink Linen cardstock in...

Hello my dear friends. I recently posted a floral card with Zinnias (here) and mentioned that I not only love to stamp and color flowers, but that I also have flowers at my house. So, I was asked by my sweet cyber friend Juanita Estrada, aka Blue Rose, to post pictures of my flowers. And I thought I would take a moment to share with you some of the plants I have. I have flower beds outside my gate and around the corner of my house and also on my front and back porch. And I wish I had even more space to plant.   Welcome to my small garden. I do hope you enjoy the little tour... Desert Rose   It is a little exotic to our region, but because of how much sunlight we have here, it adapts well. It's root looks like a potato, and this is because it absorbs all the water it has a chance to get and keeps it inside. A very clever plant, a survivor really. Doesn't need much care, so if it died, I would be a very, very bad gardener. It flowers with me around 4 times a year, and i...

Hi everyone! I hope you've had a nice weekend so far... As for me, I actually challenged myself to use green on a card. And I went clean & layered too. It's a bit traumatic to go from vintage to green CAL all of a sudden, I don't recommend it... LOL. But I'm one of those who sets on an idea and goes for it whatever it takes... That sounded drastic! Actually, I'm in a place in my creative life where I need to discover more of what I am capable of, and challenges help me with that. Below is my personal inspiration photo for this card (not that I wasn't inspired by the challenges' photos or color boards too :D)...   Google search So yes, it is a floral card -what a surprise-. LOL. And with no further ado, here's what I came up with: Materials Flourishes stamps - Flowers for Jan Inkadinkado stamps - Floral expressions Memento dye ink - Rich Cocoa Brilliance pigment ink - Coffee Bean Hero Arts Cleardesign Bl...

Hello! A rainy day to me is a good day, and today we have a cloudy, showery day here in Honduras' industrial city. Couldn't be better! And to go with the peaceful, nostalgic, rainy flow, I have a vintage card to share with you, created with another wonderful customizable set from Sweet n' Sassy stamps. But then of course, I couldn't resist using some Flourishes' florals as well. Materials Sweet & Sassy stamps - Vintage Postcard Flourishes stamps - Zinnia Prima Marketing stamps - Vintage Vanity: Fence Brilliance pigment ink - Graphite Black, Pearlescent Beige Memento dye ink - Rich Cocoa ColorBox pigment ink - Orchid  Spectrum Noir markers - Reds, Pinks Faber Castell color pencils - 076 069, 010; 070, 063 Hero Arts Cleardesign Block - Large Letter Inkadinkado embossing powder - Clear Ranger Distress Ink - Old Paper, Vintage Photo, Spun Sugar Ranger blending tool Shery K. Designs paper - Antoinnette Canon MG22...