Sunny Studio Stamps/Perfect Popsicles/Cool Dad

Hello Friends it is Monday again and that means it is time for another Challenge at the Always Fun Challenges Blog, this week's challenge is "For Male/Father".  I have to say many agree with me that masculine cards are very hard to do; there is not too many male colors to use and you can not embellish the card too much... but I came up with this cool card I hope you like.

CARD DETAILS: I used the Perfect Popsicles from Sunny Studio Stamps and stamped them in different green ink colors to make it a lemon flavor,  I love to mix Lawn Fawn stamps with Sunny Studio because both have Amazing stamp sets and they look great together.  I stamped the cool sun glasses from the new Aloha mini stamp set and the mustache from Dad + Me to create a very cool  Dad popsicle, for the sentiment I used the great Well Connected Alphabet from My Favorite Things (a must have, in my opinion) to personalize the word DAD and finally stamped the sentiment that comes with the Sunny Studio Stamp set! To finish my card I used Nuvo Drops as embellishments in color Apple Green (by the way I need every color there is of this Nuvo Drops) they are almost always the best embellishment! For the card base I used the Avery Elle Postage Die.

I hope you have an Amazing week and you can celebrate the great Man in you life... in my case is my sweet hubby who supports me and is my biggest sponsor for this hobby that makes me so happy!

Remember to enter your projects in the Always Fun Challenges blog.... and have Fun with us!

Hugs

Waleska

Graduation Congrats/Oxide Inks with Desert Storm Cardstock/Oxide Inks

Hello Friends and Welcome to another inspiration card for the Always Fun Challenge blog!!! The theme for this week is "Graduation"and I went for a non traditional Graduation card with a Congrats sentiment.

CARD DETAILS: For the card today I used Nina Desert Storm Cardstock and a stencil I made with my Silhouette Cameo.  Since I have been obsessed with Oxide Inks I use them for a very colorful card in colors Broken China, Wilted Violet and Worn Lipstick for the sentiment I did an inlay technique I learned with the always Fabulous Laura Bassen... I stack 5 congrats dies to create the dimension and added clear sequins.  

                                 

I hope you can join us on the Always Fun Challenges blog... there you can find inspiration every Monday for the different Challenges and have fun with us!

Hope you have a great day!

Waleska 

Hooray.. You Did It!/Graduation Card

Hello Friends and Welcome to another inspiration card for the Always Fun Challenge blog!!! The theme for this week is "Graduation"and I went for a male graduation card with a very fun Sentiment.

CARD DETAILS:

I noticed that since I tried Oxide Inks they are my go to inks for blending, because they blend so effortless, beautifully and the effects they make.   I blended Oxide ink colors Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachio and Faded Jeans and add some flicks of water with my distress sprayer. I die cut my blended piece with one of my new Gina Marie dies which I love.  The cute bear is from the Page Huggers from Mama Elephant,  this set has so many accesories, you can use this cute critters for many occasions, this kind of  sets are a MUST have because there are many uses for them!

I hope you can be inspired and play along with us at Always Fun Challenges blog.

Have a Wonderful day!

Waleska

Always Fun Challenges #7/Elfie Selfie/ Wish Big

Hello Everyone thank you so much for stopping by for another Challenge at the Always Fun Challenges Blog, Today's challenge is anything goes so you can participate with any of your creations.   My card today is totally sweet... Lawn Fawn is Amazing at creating very sweet images to make us go Crazy about their stamps.

CARD DETAILS: 

For this card I used my favorite combination of Oxide Inks Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet and Broken China I wanted to create the illusion of bubbles with the color but I think I used to much Violet.  I die cut different sizes of circles to fit the cute elephants and mouse and to fill the white space in the card I stamped the little cake and heart from the set in the same oxide ink colors. With Black Versafine I stamp the Wish Big sentiment. I love the vibrant colors you get with oxide inks

I hope you can come along and play with us at Always Fun Challenges there is a new challenge every Monday, the themes are always Fun! 

Have a Wonderful day

Waleska 

Dry Embossing Technique

Hello Friends this week at the Always Fun Challenges

the theme is "Dry Embossing"

I created this card with a technique I learned from the

Awesome Jennifer Mcguire Link to her video

"Dry embossing with Die Cuts"

I used a very old Spellbinder Die cut for the technique

and added a little color with blue sparkle washi tape and

a stripe of green cardstock

The stamp sets are from My Favorite Things:

Penguins in Paradise

Label Maker Sentiments.

I hope you can join us and have fun!

Hugs

Waleska

Love Puffin

Hello Friends!! a couple of weeks ago I won a $50 prize

at the ClassRoom at Ellen Hutson blog and with 

that prize I bought this cutie!!! it is a small set from Avery Elle

My card today is for the Challenge #5

For a Female/Mum at Always Fun Challenges

To tell you the truth I did not know what this animal 

was... so of course I googled it... and they are the

cutest little animals ( I totally thought they were not

real)   hahaha

I used Distress Oxide inks for the background in colors

Peeled Paint and Broken China, and to tell you the truth

I am anxiously awaiting for more oxide ink colors,

they blend so well I just looooove them!

For the rest of the scene I added some little elements from

the set! The tree trunk is a die you can find at the 

Craftin Desert Divas Shop it is called "Scene Builder Dies"

I added clear embossing powder to the puffins and the

tree trunk and they look awesome, if you want to get a 

more realistic look!

I love this little set! totally worth it!

Hugs

Waleska

Layered Tulips

It is time for a new Challenge in the

Always Fun Challenges blog

This is Challenge #4 Flowers

For this week's challenge I created a very

sweet card with my favorite flowers in the world

"Tulips"... This layered Tulips are from 

Sunny Studio Stamps

 

I stamped the flowers in different tones of Pink

I hand cut all the Tulips and leaves.

For the center of the card, I die cut a vellum circle 

to attach all the elements.

I hope you can come along and play with us

at the Always Fun Challenges blog,

there is a new Challenge every Monday!

Hugs,

Waleska

What is a CAS card?

Hi Card Makers... For this week's challenge on the

Always Fun Challenges

The theme is CAS

And as dumb as it can sound I did not know 

what does CAS mean... I hear it before and kind

 of have an idea of it, but did not know exactly 

the meaning of creating a CAS card, so here is

what I learned:

What is CAS?

CAS stands for Clean and Simple

*Your card has to have a design concept

and not so much embellishments.

*Your card needs to be uncluttered

*Your card needs to have lots of 

white space or open space

*Your card needs to have a focal point

But everyone can understand CAS

in different ways, everyone have their

own design style, so I guess the Card Police

is not going to arrest you if you make your

own style of CAS... hahaha

Hope this can help instead of confuse you!

For my card I made a rainbow, but I don't have 

a Rainbow die so I created one with a hill die 

from the Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Borders

This is a little trick I learned from the Amazing

Jennifer McGuire (video link)

I cut lots of this borders from different colors

and then glue them together to make the 

Rainbow... They fit perfect so it is very easy

to make perfect Rainbows.

I hope you can play along with us at the

Always Fun Challenges

there is a new challenge every Monday!

Hugs

Waleska

(The information in my post is from

Splitcoaststampers)

Good Egg

Hello...it is a new week and it is Monday... that

means it is time for another challenge at the

Always Fun Challenges

The theme for this week is "Easter"

For my card today I used one of my favorite

Easter stamp sets from Sunny Studio Stamps

"A Good Egg"

because it has so many great stamps and sentiments

I used a spellbinders dies Square Swatch cut it

in soft colors to match the Easter theme.

If you want to participate in our challenge:

Name:  Always Fun Challenges

When: Every Monday

Challenge Type:  Themed Challenges creating any type 

of project you like, using any kind of materials you like 

as long as it follows the current theme.

Winners: Winners will be announced every Monday!

I hope you had an excellent Easter with your family

 Remembering Christ who gave his life for all of us in

the Ultimate act of Kindness!

Play along with us at the Always Fun Challenges!

Waleska

Pastel Unicorns

Welcome to my blog....

 with this card I am starting a

new adventure that I just know will be so much 

fun and will give me the opportunity to meet 

more amazing people.

This card is my first one on the New Blog

Always Fun Challenges

where I am part of their Design Team

I invite you to participate and have FUN!!!

The Challenge #1

Anything Goes

For my card Today I used the new and Amazing

Oxide Inks

I currently own 8 colors but my favorites would be:

1. Cracked Pistachio

2.Worn Lipstick

3. Broken China 

4. Faded Jeans

The first thing I did was sponging the Worn Lipstick

Oxide ink directly to my paper and next I flick 

Cracked Pistachio and Wilted Violet mixed with water 

to my pink piece and because of the water I added

to those two colors they made very vibrant

flicks.

I play a lot with my distress oxides and the end result

I LOVE THEM!

They totally have a new look from other inks.

Hope you can be inspired and start experimenting

with your Oxides if you just don't know if they are

for you I suggest buying two or three, try them

out and then if you like them buy the rest.

Have a wonderful day,

Waleska