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Join my birthday GIVEAWAY + 7 prizes

Today's my birthday, and I enjoy celebrating it with you all! I have 7 prizes with which I put together THREE packages to give away today and there many ways to win! 1st. Prize:  To win the 1st. prize follow this steps: a) Subscribe to my blog's newsletter (right column) b) Leave me a comment below $15 Gift Certificate to Our Daily Bread Designs store $10 Gift Certificate to La Bella Vida Design store 1 Issue from Rubber Stamp Madness Magazine 2nd. Prize To win the second prize follow this steps: a) Subscribe to my YouTube channel HERE b) Leave a comment below my Birthday Giveaway video  A Space Party Cricut Cartridge sponsored by Laurie from HIMCR Challenge Blog Digital Stamp Set designed by  Mynn Kitchen from On a Stampage blog 3rd. Prize To win the 3rd. prize follow this steps: a) Follow me on Facebook HERE b) Leave me a comment below the Birthday Giveaway post there 2 Heart Stencil...

Flutter & Fly - Our Daily Bread Designs

This week the challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs is Fluttering and Flying with ODBD stamps   and here is the card I made inspired in this theme! ODBD Stamps used: Belle Vignes / ODBD Dies used: Fancy Fritillary, Fancy Foliage / ODBD Paper used: Soulful Stitches I really enjoyed using the new background stamp together with the new butterfly die cuts. I went for a fuscia color to contrast with the neutral background. Love how well the flourishes look also! This was such a nice card to create. I folded one of the butterflies to create a different look for this gorgeous die cut... It´s a really simple trick that I like to use with butterflies sometimes. I skipped adding a sentiment to the front of the card this time but I will be adding something nice inside! I finished this clean and layered design with gross grain ribbon, pearls and rhinestones. To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC240 or to join the challenge click here . You have until May 31, 2015 at 8:...

Handmade Flowers 3 - Video Tutorial

Today I'm sharing the third video in my series of tutorials on handmade flowers. The technique I'm sharing is a great technique to not only texture but also add volume to thin petal die cuts! Of course, you are more than welcome to try it out on any other kind of die cut or punched flowers. Details of this card may be found HERE ! Here is another example of how to use today's technique on different kinds of flowers: Details of this tea box can be found HERE !  I hope you enjoyed today's video tutorial! I invite you subscribe to my channel and my blog newsletter to be in the loop of every upcoming video! Thanks so much for stopping by!

New Digital Stamp Sets on my Etsy Store!

Hello friends! Today I have exciting news to share! I just added a bunch of digital stamp sets to my Etsy store! Here is a little sneak peek for you... Wanna see more? Click HERE and check all the sets available! Best of all is, they're only $2.00 each! More sets will be added soon, so make sure you bookmark the store to come back and check what's new! Well, that's it for now. I will be back soon with more to share with you all!

Tutorial Series: Handmade Flowers 2

Hello there! Today a new video tutorial is up for my handmade flowers series. This time I'm showing you yet another way of making beautiful flowers using the same dies used for Handmade Flowers 1. This technique can be used with any flower punch or die cuts and doesn't require any special tools. Here's a preview of the flowers I made and the card I created with them: Supplies : Heartfelt Creations Botanical Wings dies / Our Daily Bread Designs: Fancy Foliage and Flourished Star Pattern dies, Rustic Beauty Papers / Spellbinders: Mary Border Strip and A2 Card Creator A dies/ McGill: Flower Tweezer / Ranger: Peeled Paint and Shaded Lilac re-inkers, Minimisters, Ink Blending Tool / UHU All Purpose Adhesive / Bead Landing Word Beads / Recollections Iridiscent Rhinestones / Lara's Crafts Jute Twine / Miscelaneous: Foam tape, Leather textured cardstock in white, light green and light brown, water mister I was inspired on the recent Cardabilities sketch to put this c...

Sketch Challenge - Our Daily Bread Designs

New week, new challenge! It's time for a sketch challenge ar Our Daily Bread Designs . I went for a classic clean and layered style using beautiful papers, dies and stamps from ODBD. Supplies : ODBD Stamps used: How Sweet the Sound / ODBD Dies used: Umbrella dies , Doily Dies , Flourished Star Pattern Die / ODBD Paper: Blushing Rose Collection I used a light brown cardstock for my card base and layering. The beautiful papers go along well with the light brown tone. I used jute twine, pearls and a brad as finishing touches on the card. I was inspired in the elegant cards created by various teammates but particularly by Lisa Somerville who has such a way with paper. She is really amazing with layering and patterned papers! I hope you enjoyed this post! To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC238 or to join the challenge click here . You have until May 17, 2015 at 8:00pm EDT to join us. By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certifica...

Beads, Flowers & Crackle + Video

This is proving to be a very busy week here at the blog but it's also been a happy crafting week so far! Today I'm joining the  Frilly & Funky  team as their Guest Designer, and I couldn't be more thrilled. I'm always inspired by the beautiful projects shared there so it's an honor to be able to join them at least for a bit! The challenge at Frilly & Funky is  Snap, Crackle, Crackle!  Let's see some cracks on your creations! You can use crackle paint, crackle paste, crackle glaze, crackle accents, an old cracked image, a piece of cracked ultra thick embossing powder, a cracked pattern from a stencil or stamp... You can even doodle on your crackle design! Anything goes, as long as is cracks! I love to use crackle embossing paste on my shabby chic projects and that's exactly what I used for today's card. Supplies : Spellbinders - Rose Creations, Victoria Accents / Our Daily Bread Designs - Ornate Hearts / Ranger - Distress ...

ODBD Color Challenge + Video

A new month of challenges and wonderful releases is here! Have you seen Our Daily Bread Designs new release? It's just gorgeous and full of many, many new stamps and dies that I know you'll love. So today I am sharing a card I made with some of the new products for our Color Inspiration challenge . I decided to use yellow, blue and green from the color board. I didn't know how my design would turn out because this are not my usual colors, but I am really happy with the result. I used two paper collections from ODBD: Rustic Beauty and Blushing Rose . The handmade flowers were made with the new Birds and Nest   dies set, that includes two different flower dies. I will be sharing a video tutorial on how to make flowers with this set tomorrow, so stay tuned. I finished the flower bouquet with flourishes and leaves die cut with the Fancy Foliage set. I used the beautiful Quatrefoil Pattern die, cutting it roughly to give the card a mixed media feel. I ...

Vintage Spring Blossoms - House of Cards

Welcome to my post for this month's House of Cards challenge: Bokeh . Have you tried the Bokeh technique before? Well, I knew the technique but had not tried it yet. This technique imitates a photography effect that plays with light. I hope you get a chance to visit the House of Cards blog to see all the different samples that will be shared starting today and of course to join the challenge with your take on the Bokeh theme.  I want to apologize for the pictures because it is raining and I had to take them in my craft room. The card looks prettier in "real life" but you can sure see well the Bokeh background. I used earthy tones for the background, because I wanted to make a vintage card. Something basic to have for this technique is a circle stencil, at least that makes the process way easier. I used a homemade stencil with different sizes of circles created for me by my friend Sue (here) and applied four colors of ink with a sponge dauber. I used Distress...