Color Throwdown and CAS(E) this Sketch !!!

Happy Thursday everyone !!! 

I am back today to share this card I created for day 9 of the 30 Day Coloring Challenge !!!! 

Woo ~ Hoo I am so proud to be able to set time aside and color !!! It is really fun and relaxing !!! I made a couple of mistakes , but I just went with it !!! 

For today's card I was inspired by the color challenge from Color Throwdown and the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch . I also have had these Hero Arts stamps for a while and just hadn't used them yet .... the moment I saw the beautiful sketch , 

I knew it would be the perfect opportunity to use these stamps !!!! 

Inspiring photos aren't they ? Well, I sure was happy to be inspired !!! Here is the card I created ~

The purples look a bit deeper after I edited the photos .

 I used my distress colors for these and some water colors as well . 

Challenges 4 Fun ~ 

The Daily Marker ~ 30 Day Coloring Challenge 

Color Throwdown ~ CTD 333

CASE(E) this Sketch ~#114

Hero Arts Nature Challenge 

DRS Designs # 165 Flowers Abound 

Recipe ~

Hero Arts My Art Stamp Set AC028 Remember 

Stampabilities Be Strong 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Markers and Inks~

Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Forest Moss , Shaded Lilac, Antique Linen

Simply Art Water Colors 

Thank you so much for stopping by !!! 

I wish you a beautiful and blessed day !!! 

Hugs,

Mayra 

Hello Wednesday ....

Happy Wednesday everyone !!! 

I am here to share this sweet card I made today . I was able to do a bit of coloring ~ for The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge ( really small amount ). I water colored the tree, clouds and background of the sentiment . I was also inspired by two more challenges ( actually 3 ) going on at the moment.  The first one is for Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge ~ Things That Fly ... The great sketch from my friend Jo's blog Jo's Scrap Shack . The third is from blog that I am new to ~ The Sisterhood of Crafters ( love the color combo ) ~ Photo Inspiration . So , with all of these in mind I decided to combine them and create a card . 

The sweet little birds, tree, and sun are from Too Cute By Jessica's 

Spring Forest Friends File ( LOVING this file at the moment) . 

The sentiment embossed in gold is from

Craftin' Desert Divas 

Simply Said stamp set . 

Challenges 4 Fun ~ 

Jo's Scrap Shack ~ FFC#78 Sketch Time 

Simon Says Stamp ~ Wednesday Challenge ~ Things That Fly 

The Sisterhood of Crafter's ~ Photo/Color Inspiration

WOW! Embossing Powder 

Recipe ~ 

Too Cute By Jessica ~ 

Spring Forest Friends File

Craftin' Desert Divas 

Simply Said Stamp Set : 

Thank you so much for stopping by !!! 

I wish you a wonderful and blessed day !!! 

Color Challenge at Cupcake Inspirations and Happy 5th Birthday to Lawn Fawn !!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone !!! 

I am here to share this quick ( I mean really quick) card I created in honor of Lawn Fawn's 5th birthday and of course Cupcake Inspirations 300th Challenge Celebration !!! 

The colors that I used were based on the CIC color challenge : 

This is the card I created :

I just love that little cake image ~ and of course the little stars in the background !!! 

Thank you Lawn Fawn for creating such adorable stamps !!!! 

Challenges ~ 

Cupcake Inspirations Color Challenge 

Simon Says Stamp ~ Monday Challenge "B is for " Birthday 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Special Lady/Girl 

Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful  and blessed day !!! 

Use lots of Green Linky Party at CDD !!!

Happy Monday !!!! 

I am here today to share the cards I created for the second week of our Linky Party at Craftin' Desert Divas .

As you can guess by the title our theme is :

I can't wait to see all of your wonderful creations with the color green !! 

I had a difficult time with this theme for some reason ~ I adore the color green . I just couldn't come up with an idea !!! 

Then... as I was going through my images I saw this adorable frog from Too Cute By Jessica's 

Spring Forest Friends File :

I knew that would be the start of my project ( yay ). 

I also knew I had the perfect sentiment to go with this little frog ,

from the Craftin' Desert Divas 

Punny Stamp Set : 

I water colored this frog ( I am on a water color spree at the moment) . 

I also added drops of the same green water colors in the backgrounds of both cards.

This party sponsors are...

CDD- One stamp set

TCBJ - $25 gift card.

(regular priced patterns)

Recipe~ 

Too Cute By Jessica 

Spring Forest Friends

http://www.toocutebyjessica.com/item_487/Spring-Forest-Friends.htm

Craftin' Desert Divas 

Punny Stamp Set : 

http://www.craftindesertdivasshop.com/item_6/Punny.htm

I hope you join us !!! 

Wishing you a wonderful and blessed day !!! 

30 Day Coloring Challenge Day 3 .....

Hello everyone !!!!! 

Happy, happy Friday  !!!!

I am back today with the card  I created for the 3rd day of
 30 Day Coloring Challenge ,
that Kathy from The Daily Marker 
is amazingly hosting !!!!

I am feeling inspired ~ and to be honest .... on a roll ,lol !!!
I have all of these fun ideas swirling around in my head !!!
Especially, after seeing these wonderful inspiration photos !!!!
As many of you know I used to have the honor of being part of the
Cupcake Inspirations Design Team ,
 for time reasons I made the hard choice of leaving the team .
But , I continue to really love their blog and challenges ...
I mean the photos are the cutest ~ they truly inspire !!!

The reason I am bringing up
Cupcake Inspirations , 
is because they are having a huge celebration in honor of their 300th challenge !!!!
 How exciting and fun !!



They are hosting three great challenges ,
with some super cute cupcakes as inspiration !!!!



I knew I wanted to create something the second I saw this .... 3 cards later ,lol !!!!
I will be sharing one today and two tomorrow !!!!

I water colored in the little cupcakes from the 

Craftin' Desert Divas 

Baked With Love 

stamp set : 

the main cupcake is from the 

Too Cute By Jessica

Baking Up Some Christmas Treats file . 

I also splattered some of the same mint water color on the card base . 

The sentiment is from the 

Craftin'Desert Divas 

Simply Said stamp set : 

Challenges 4 Fun ~ 

Cupcake Inspirations ~ (for sure ) 300th challenge : Sparkle 

I hope you feel inspired and have a beautiful day !!! 

The Daily Marker 30 Day challenge .......

Hi everyone !!!!! 

Happy, happy Thursday !!!! 

Today ,I am excited to share this card I created for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge , that Kathy from The Daily Marker was wonderful enough to think of and host !!!! I can say that I have recently fallen in love with coloring ~ Copic, Spectrum Noir, Distress Inks, water color , even acrylic paint !!!! I truly let myself just relax and enjoy it . I am not worried about it being perfect , as long as I love the colors I am working with !!! Kathy is a talented artist and her videos are a huge help !!!! I am grateful for her tutorials !!!! 

Here is this fun card I created , I used the Copic RV000 Pale Purple ( super light pink ) and the RV10 Pale Pink to create the background of my little skunk. I then splattered some black water color onto the same background . Not huge on technicality ~ but I love that I used my Copics to create the perfect color for the background . 

Recipe~

Adorable Skunk is from:

Too Cute By Jessica 

Spring Forest Friends

Craftin' Desert Divas 

Punny Stamp Set 

Copic ~RV000 and RV10 

Water Colors 

The Daily Marker ~30 Day Coloring Challenge 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge~ Special LadyGirly 

CCEE Stampers ~ CCEE1510 Lion/Wild Animal ( I used a skunk :))

I hope you feel inspired to join and create !!!! 

Wishing you a wonderful and blessed day !!! 

BBTB2 ....

Hi everyone !!!! 

Happy Monday !!! 

I am finally sharing a project with you for the start of our new challenge at 

BBTB2 !!! 

It has been a while . I seemed to have lost my Cricut crafting mojo :( ...... and sadly I still do not believe it is back !!!! Not sure where it decided to go , but it sure left !!!! 

The theme for this week is Use a Cartridge you haven't used in a long time ..... 

This is what I happened to put together , I knew I wanted to use a word . I welded the letters from several different cartridges . I then embossed the bear and sentiment from the Mama Elephant stamp set with gold embossing powder . Then I added water color to the background , and I was done . 

I hope you are able to join us !!! 

We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations !!! 

Recipe ~ 

Cricut

All Mixed Up, Alphalicious, 

Baby Steps, 

Calligraphy Collection, 

Mini Monograms

(all cartridges I haven't used lately)

Mama Elephant ~

Nursery Deco 

Hope you have a wonderful and blessed day !!