Ardilla's Papers

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Thanksgiving 2

Hello!
How are you doing? I still feel tired... as I told you before, last night I went to bed very late trying to finish some cards a friend asked me to do for Thanksgiving. I made four very simple cards for her and this one is the second one (scroll down and up to see the rest):

I used a freebie from Dearie Dolls (Mary Ellen has hundreds of cute images!!!) I colored it with acuarelable pencils and placed on a sky blue mat.

I used Printer Soyuz dp, skyblue cardstock.

As embellishment I used some scrap papers that I put aside to use and never comes the time to use... and a leave punch that I don´t use to much and made two bunches of auttumn leaves... I think it´s perfect for fall cards and I love how the leaves look in the corners of the images.

Hope you like this card :)

Challenges:

Deep Ocean: anything goes
Inky impressions: auttumn colors
Craft door: anything goes
Little red wagon: fallin' for you
Tuesday alchemy: anything goes
Use it Tuesday: all about fall (leave punch)
Cupcake craft: auttumn/ winter image
Simon says: dies or punches
Digihaven: anything goes using a freebie
Kreative stempel freunde: auttumn colors

Thanksgiving 1

Hello!
How are you doing? I feel tired... last night I went to bed very late trying to finish some cards a friend asked me to do for Thanksgiving. I made four very simple cards for her and this one is the first one (scroll up to see the other three cards):

I used a freebie from Dearie Dolls (Mary Ellen has hundreds of cute images!!!) I colored it with acuarelable pencils and placed on a green mat.

I used Printer Soyuz dp, green cardstock. I bougth the paper last spring and just now I remembered about it!!!

As embellishment I used a yellow with green dots ribbon and made a knot. I have this ribbon for about two years now (maybe more...) and never use it! It came in a set of three auttumn ribbon and I forgot about it.

Hope you like this card :)

Challenges:

Just us girls: scketch
Papertake weekly: all creatures great and small
Deep Ocean: anything goes
Going grey w/Scrap creations: pumpkins
Craft door: anything goes
Tuesday alchemy: anything goes
Use it Tuesday: all about fall (paper and ribbon)
Cupcake craft: auttumn/ winter image
Forever friends: anything goes
Di's: Animals acting like people
Digihaven: anything goes using a freebie
Digihaven: pumpkins everywhere

Monday, October 8, 2012

Digi Makeover #57 - Think Pink

Happy Monday everybody!!!!
How was your weekend? have you made any card for World Card Making Day? I did! (you can scroll down and see my three cards for the ocasion)
OK, today we have a new challenge at Digi Makeover Challenge blog: Think Pink! as October is Brest Cancer Awareness Month. Please, check them and be safe!!!

Today I made a card a little different for me, I didn´t use an image, only a sentiment: Courage is not. But I love this one!!!!!!! I distressed the edges with a pink ink pad and placed it on a pink mat.

I used papers I've got as a gift from a friend. These papers are chinese, I don´t know if they are for origami or cardmaking but they are so delicate and beautiful... I thought they are perfect for this card. {Don´t ask me the name, I don´t know Chinese :)} I also used some pink cardstock, I bought it in Argentina, but don´t remember the brand, (maybe Canson).

As embellishments I used three pink ringstone flowers. Then I made a bow with some pink ribbon and a sparkle heart.

Hope you like my card and play with us this week at Digi Makeover Challenge blog. See you there :)

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:

2 sisters: sketch
Link Up for Pink: linking party - EDITED: I won a prize with this card!
A Gem of a challenge: for the girls
Paper play: shine on
Flourishes: think pink
The stamping boutique: pink, pink, pink
RRR: Pretty in pink and ribbon
Sassy Studio: think Pink
Art Impression Stamps: pink for creast cancer awareness
Craft your passions: save the hooters
Dream Valley: go pink
Drunken Stampers: think pink
Paper Pretties: sentiment as focus

Some news from Digi Makeover (Paper Makeover Stamps):

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month and one of our own battling the disease herself, we decided to put out a stamp set in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. A portion of all sales from this set will go to the Susan G Komen Foundation.

This digi set is only being sold as a set but includes 4 word arts and 2 fantastic images!

You can purchase this set, HERE.

See what is included in this set below...

Please join us in our digi challenge this week to THINK PINK!

Check out the post to see awesome samples from our design team!

Sweet little monster :)

Hello!
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend, for me, this one was very productive as I made four cards (yes, four!!!) I made this card just because it was the weekend for Wold Cardmaking.

I have printed this Digi Garden cutie (it was a freebie at their FB page) a few days ago and colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. And as I colored it before chosing the papers it took me ages to select the papers for my card :(... I don´t learn that is better to chose the papers before coloring....... I distressed the edges with a turquoise ink pad and placed it on a turquoise mat.

I used paper from three different companies, maybe more, Paper Soyuz, Nikki Estes, Folia and don´t know what else, besides the cardstok, two different tones of turquoise (can you notice it?)

The only embellishment is a big turquoise button with some green embroidery thread. Hope you like the result as I did. And come back tomorrow to see the last card I made during the weekend :)

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:

Sketches by Carly: sketch # 66
Simon Says blog: Cardmaking World day
Challenges 4 everybody: anything goes
Crafty mess: anything goes
Catch the bug: anything goes
Craft us crazy: halloween or anything goes
DL. Art: anything goes
Crafting for all season: costumes
Inky impressiones: boys
The paper shelter: distresesing
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Victorine Stamps: lots of layers

Sunday, October 7, 2012

World Cardmaking Day 2

Hello everybody and happy Card Making day!!!!!!!

It was so hard to find the time today.... but I couldn´t go to sleep without making at least one card, and I made two!!!! This one is my second one:

The image is Nellie (Forgotten Scraps) freebie a few days ago. I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencisl and placed it on a purple mat.

I used purple cardstock and DCWV dp. The only embellishment I used is a ribbon with baby designs on it.

I hope you like my card :)
(I was trying to upload a pic with a close up of Nellie, but blogger keeps uploading it upside down !)

The sketch of this card is from Latina Crafter, today they had three sketches to play with and I used #2 for this card.

I am entering this card also to
Simon Says blog, World making day.
Catch the bug: anything goes
Little Miss Muffett: simplicity
A gem of a challenge: for the girls
So artful: Magic garden (colors)
Stamping with the dragon: animals
DL. Art: anything goes
Simply create: anything goes

World Card Making Day 1

Hello everybody and happy Card Making day!!!!!!!

It was so hard to find the time today.... but I couldn´t go to sleep without making at least one card, this is the first one....

The image is from Pixie Dust Studio and I think is really cute (it was a freebie in FB fan group few weeks ago)... I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils and placed on a blue-green mat.

I used cardstock, (the aqua one is Paper Temptress) and scraps dp from a card I made three weeks ago for Jen´s blog hop, but I love that paper and think for a relaxing image goes really well.

The only embellishment I used it was some green ringstones. But I see my card a little bit naked... I don´t know if it needs a sentiment or flowers... something else... anyways, maybe later I will transform it a little bit :)

The sketch of this card is from Latina Crafter, today they had three sketches to play with and I used #3 for this card.

I am entering this card also to
Simon Says blog, World making day.
Catch the bug: anything goes
Crafty mess: anything goes
Brown sugar: use a freebie
Take the pixie challenge: anything goes

Monday, October 1, 2012

Digi Makeover Challenge #56 - Sketch

Hello!
Happy Monday for everybody. Today we have a new challenge at Digi Makeover: a sketch for you to try.

And here is my card:

I used Color Kid Snowflake and colored it with Kooh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. I placed it on a purple mat. The sentiment is the one that comes with this digi, and I think is adorable!

I used Oriental Trading dps. As embellishments I used a sticker snowflake and two purple gems.

I hope you like my card. I had a lot of fun doing it.

Now is your turn to play with our sketch, I hope to see your card in the blog challenge this week :)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says: anything goes
Just keep on creating: Christmas
The paper shelter: anything goes
Jingle belles: snow
Pattie's creations: anything goes
A gem of a challenge: for the girls
Send a smile 4 the kids: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody: anything goes
Creative Inspiration Paint: anything goes
Stamp and Create: Winter wonderland

Friday, September 28, 2012

Happy Birthday... (to me!)

Hello!
Today is my birthday and to celebrate I made a birthday card (but it´s not for me, hahaha...)... Anyways, I had a wonderful day, with family and friends around. I thank God for one more year of life and joy with Him.

I love "Hippo Birthday", a Pholkart Blessings digistamp by Patti Moore. I colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils and placed it on a green mat.

I used Folia dp, two different birthday inspired Folia papers. I also used red and green cardstock. I used red ribbon to complete the sketch and I think my card is ready!

I hope you like my card...

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Willow sketch: July 19th sketch
Cards for men: animal magic
Eureka Stamps: animals
Forever Friends: Color challenge (use one or many of the pic)
Simon Says challenge: anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters: birthday
Creative crafters: anything goes

Party time Tuesday: anything goes
Daisy doodles: one for the boys
Shopping our stash: fur or feathers

Monday, September 24, 2012

Digi Makeover Challenge #55 - Anything goes

Hello!!!
Today, we have a new challenge at Digi Makeover, and this is a favorite one: ANYTHING GOES!!!!!!! The only thing we would like you to do is to use a digi stamp, that easy!
Today we have a guest designer, please, visit Donna here.

This is the card I made for this week's challenge:

I used "Moody for rock" and colored it with Koh-i-noor acuarelable pencils. And the sentiment is from Create with TLC, I think is very appropriate for my friend, who is awesome :).

I used dp The garden - Rosie's Studio, I also used some blue (or turquoise) cardstock and used Floral Fantasy folder for embossing and cut it with my sizzix and an oval sizzix die cut. Maybe it´s a little different than most of the cards around, as most challenges are auttumn and fall, but I come from Argentina where spring is just starting and as I told you few days ago, I am not ready for cold weather, hahaha.... I love spring weather!!! As embellishments I used some sparkling blings in blue (or turquoise) and a bigger orange one, I used yellow, orange and turquoise ribbon.