My favourite things….

Hello again.
Well, it’s been a few days. I have been super busy with a “new” craft I’ve gotten my hands into… sewing. I love it and I hope I can make nice things. So far I have only tried square things (cushions) but I hope to go for something more intricate. I will have to get a lot better!!

As I said before, there’s not enough time for all then crafts one wants to get done.

Anyway, I have a card today made with a stamp I love, from My favourite things. I find these stamps really versatile, I’ll be making more cards with other sets I have in a few days.
I also think the colours of these papers from Fancy pants are amazing and have now been upgraded to the category of my new favourite pad.
I went for a simple one, although it was very hard to cut the girl’s legs without breaking them. Looking at it now I probably should’ve used only one sentiment, but it’s a bit late now for that.
Hope you like it.

Hola de Nuevo.
Han pasado varios días, estuve muy ocupada con mi nueva pasión, costura. Me encanta y espero poder hacer cosas lindas. Por ahora me dedico a hacer cosas sencillas, cuadradas, tipo almohadones, pero espero llegar a hacer cosas más lindas y complejas. Voy a tener que practicar mucho más.
Como he dicho antes, el día no tiene suficientes horas para todos los hobbies que uno quiere hacer.
Pero bueno, la tarjeta de hoy esta hecha con un sello de “My favourite things”. Me encanta esta colección, porque son muy versátiles. Haré más tarjetas con algunos sellos de “A la modes” los próximos días, que espero compartir.
Otra cosa que me encanta es la combinación de colores de esta colección de papeles de Fancy Pants, tanto me gustan que los he ascendido a la categoría “mis papeles favoritos”
Trate de hacer una tarjeta simple, aunque fue bastante complicado cortar las piernas sin romperlas. Viendo como quedo todo me parece que quizás debería haber usado sólo una de las frases, pero es tarde ahora.
Espero que les guste.

Thinking outside the box

Hello!
I had made this card a few days ago but I had not taken a photo of it, which meant not being able to post it, as I was away.
Anyway, I have been playing with the distress inks and the blending tool, so I’m working on the technique. Using some embossing folders I worked on a piece of background and that was the starting point.
This kitty in a box stamp is lovely and extremely versatile.I stamped it onto Kraft card and coloured with Prismacolour pencils. The brown/earthy theme started to take shape. I cut out the shape of the stamp and stuck it to the card with foam pads to add dimension. Some bakers twine, white pen and a little heart accent….and voilá, the card was finished.
Hope you like it, I just received some new bits of stash so I’ll be preparing my next post with the new goodies. 🙂
Thanks for looking.

¡Hola!
Había hecho esta tarjeta hace un par de días pero no le había sacado una foto así que no pude subirla porque estaba de viaje.
Pero bueno, estoy practicando la técnica con las tintas de “distress”. Usando las carpetas de embosado comencé a trabajar en una parte del fondo y se desarrolló desde ahí.
El sello del gatito en la caja es hermoso y muy versátil. Lo sellé en cartulina kraft y le agregué color con los lápices prismacolour. El marrón / tierra, de empezó a mostrar más como el tema a seguir. Recorté el borde y lo adherí con los adhesivos de relieve para darle dimensión. Un poco de hilo, lapicera blanca, un corazoncito….y listo, tarjeta terminada.
Espero que les guste, hoy recibí unos nuevos papeles y cositas que estaré usando pronto para la próxima entrega. 🙂
Gracias por visitar y hasta la próxima.

Materials / Materiales
Simon Says Clear Stamps FURRY CAT & BOX
Distress ink – vintage photo
Ink blending tool
Tim Holtz Sizzix HONEYCOMB Texture Fades Embossing Folder
Hobby house – Bakers twine
Stampin’UP – Kraft card
Stampin’UP – Chocolate chip textured card
Stampin’UP – hearts punch
Prismacolour pencils – sepia, cream, light umber, sand
Basic grey – Life of the party 6×6 pad
Uni-ball Signo white pen
Bazzill card red
Foam pads

Furry Kisses

Hello!
I’m sure it happens to everybody, weekends should be to relax and recharge, however, housework always gets in the way of having fun.

I try to make more cards during the weekend because I know I haven’t got a lot of time the rest of the week, but I only managed one.
Anyway, I really like how this card turned out, albeit the bits of embossing powder that appeared in places I didn’t want, but practice makes perfect so I will continue my attempts to get a nice emboss effect.
I started trying out the distress inks with my new Ink Blending Tool, with the idea to create a window card. That was the only thing I had in mind and it developed from there.
As I worked on it I thought the kittens from the Simon Says Stamp “Furry Kisses” set would work well.
Once I worked on the background, I used white embossing powder for the mini frame around the window using the strip of dots from the set, leaving a gap for the words. I think here is where I made the mistake because I should’ve dried the distress ink a bit more before applying the powder.
I’ve stamped the kittens inside the card and used my Prismacolour pencils to softly colour them. I finished with some glitter and ribbon.
Hope you like it, and thanks for visiting.

¡Hola!
Estoy segura que a todos nos pasa, los fines de semana deben ser para relajarse y recargar las pilas, sin embargo, los trabajos de la casa siempre se meten en medio de la diversión.
Trato de hacer más tarjetas durante el fin de semana, porque sé que no tengo mucho tiempo el resto de la semana, pero solo terminé una.
Pero bueno, me gusta mucho como me salió esta tarjeta, aunque podría haber tenido un poco más de cuidado con el polvo de relieve, pero la práctica hace al maestro, así que continuaré mis intentos por conseguir un buen efecto.
Empecé a probar las tintas de “distress” con mi nueva herramienta de mezcla de tinta, con la idea de crear una tarjeta con ventanaEso era lo único que tenía en mente y fue desarrollado a partir de ahí.
Mientras trabajaba en ella pensé que los gatitos del set de Simon Says Stamp “Furry Kisses” funcionaría bien. Una vez que termine con el fondo, use los polvos de relieve (blanco) para el mini marco alrededor de la ventana con la tira de puntos del mismo set, dejando un espacio para las palabras. Creo que aquí es donde cometí el error, ya que debería haber secado la tinta un poco más antes de aplicar el polvo.
Sellé los gatitos adentro de la tarjeta y usé mis lápices Prismacolour para colorearlos suavemente. Terminé con un poco de brillo y la cinta. Espero que les guste y gracias por visitar.

Materials / Materiales
DCWV white (from brights set)
Simon Says Stamp Furry kisses set
Tim Holtz Distress ink – Victorian Velvet
Tim Holtz Distress ink – Tattered Rose
InkEssentials – Ink Blending Tool
Prismacolour pencils – Ginger Root / Light Umber / Beige Sienna
Pencil Blending tool and solvent
Versamark pad
Stampin’UP – White embossing powder
MMI – The sweetest thing – Lavander 6×6 paper pad
Stickes – Crystal
Ribbon (from stash)

Boys rock

Hello!….TGIF

I must admit I like making cards for boys (and men). Perhaps it is because I’ve never been a girly girl, flower lover, full of embellishment type… Men are simple, easy to please on the card front.
I have made cards for my little boy and his friends since I can remember, he has been to plenty birthday parties!, but I feel as he gets older he won’t appreciate the cute kind of cards. So I know started looking at ways to create just that, a card for older boys, not teenagers yet.

Thanks for visiting

¡Hola!
Honestamente me gusta hacer tarjetas para varones (masculinas), quizás porque nunca fui del tipo de nenas con vestiditos, a las que le encantan las florecitas y todo rococó. Tarjetas para hombres son simples, fáciles de hacer.
Siempre hice las tarjetas de cumpleaños de todos los amiguitos de mi nene, que ha tenido su tajada de fiestas de cumpleaños a las que ha sido invitado, pero siento que a medida que crece la cosa muy “bonita” no va a ser bien recibida, así que ahora estoy en búsqueda de un estilo más a tono con su edad, más grande pero no adolescente todavía.

Gracias por visitar.

Materials/Materiales
MFT Die-namics Accent It Casette Tape
MFT Die-namics Accent It Labels and Tags
MFT Stamps – LLD Journal It Playlist
Bazzill card stock
Stampin’UP stamping spots regales collection
DCWV Cards bright

Birthday with style

I bought this Stamping bella stamp a while ago but haven’t had the chance to use it yet. It was part of a large-ish order I had placed so there were a few to play with 🙂
I love these stamps because they are a nice size and they lend themselves also to be cropped with the nestabilities quite nicely.
I love the colours, I’ve used a paper from my new Teresa Collins pad and I had to really force myself to use this paper because I love it so much I want to keep it. This often happens to me, that I don’t want to use the nice papers I buy, I should probably buy two pads, one to keep one to use.
I’ve used a bit of paper piecing which I don’t normally do but thought it worked well with the cropped image and how it falls outside the circle.
Thanks for looking.
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Había comprado este sello de “Stamping bella” hace un tiempo, pero no había tenido la oportunidad de usarlo todavía. Era parte de un envío mas o menos grande que había encargado así que había varios para elegir. 🙂
Me encantan estos sellos porque son bastante grandes y uno puede cortarlos en distintos lugares con los nestabilities.
Unos colores hermosos de este nuevo paquete de papeles de Teresa Collins, tanto me gustan que sufrí bastante hasta tomar la decisión de usarlos, los quiero tener para siempre. Esto me pasa seguido, cada vez que compro unos papeles nuevos, debería comprar dos paquetes, uno para usar y el otro para guardar.
Use una técnica de pegado de papel para el vestido. No hago esto generalmente pero me pareció que quedaba bien con el corte de la imagen y como sale del círculo.
Gracias por visitar.

Materials / Materiales
Stamping bella – Uptown Girl POSH has a PRESENT
Nestabilities circles
Teresa Collins 6×6 Paper pad – Memories
Stampin’Up – whisper white card
Copic markers (Skin White / Flesh / Cool Shadow / Buttercup yellow / Brick Beige / Dark Brown / Putty / Salmon Red)
Stampin’UP – hearts punch
Stampin’UP – Kraft card 12×12
Bazzill card – Chocolate
Bazzill card – dotted (don’t have the colour)
Stickles – Crystal

A bit of history

I thought the best way to do this would be to give a brief account of how I got into crafting, in particular card making….
One could argue that doing something crafty was always on the cards (no pun intended) as I studied graphic design in the University of Buenos Aires (a long time ago).
However, at the time the idea of graphic design was more editorial than anything else, in fact I didn’t know that people sent cards for so many things! It is not the custom in Argentina, at least not then, at least not among my circle.
Fast forward to 2006-2007 when my sister-in-law (partner in crime) invited me to join her at a craft show. I remember thinking to myself, a bit sceptical also, how much could one spend on paper… Well… A lot is the answer.
Since then I have been bitten by the craft bug and haven’t turned back.
Now blogging is a different thing, I am not used to showing the world what I do, my card making is usually determined by the events around me, birthdays, Christmas, etc, although I have ventured in some card selling in the past. I’d like to think I can make more cards and share them with more and more people so this will be the platform, and the encouragement to make another one… and another one; however, with a full-time, and very demanding job, sometimes this may not be possible.
Anyway, I’ll try my best. Meanwhile, a small gallery of cards I’ve made in the past.

Inspired by Clean & Simple cards

I thought this would be s good starting point.
i like simple cards and always look into trying new things, well, here I’m trying two!
First, the blog. This is a new thing for me. I don’t know where it’ll take me but here we are.
Then the card, I made this today, “just because”. No real event or important date coming, just wanted to tell him.

I don’t have a fancy camera so the photos may not be great. I’ll try my best to show the details.

For this card I used:
Kraft card.
Stampin’ Up card in Chocolate chip.
Studio Calico Mister Huey White spray mist.
Studio Calico Mister Huey Cameo spray mist.
Tattered angels shimmer mist, Pearl.
Studio calico mask Mister Huey’s Mask – Bubbles
Hobby House ribbon.
Stampin’ up hearts punch.
Stampin’ up white embossing powder
Simon Says Clear Stamps FURRY KISSES