Break

I will be taking a break from blogging for a while.  I am still teaching my monthly Stampin' Up! classes in Pompano.

I wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Karen Burniston's Paper Pros

The theme for the Paper Pros this month is Winter or New Years.  I chose to winter because I wish it was more winter-like here in Florida.  I guess I long for a bit more of a season change than hot and hotter. LOL
I chose a beautiful yet simple layout using the Tree Pop Up and Nature Edges.  I sponged a little bit of Basic Gray onto the tree.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Favorite Sketch from 2018

It's the final challenge for the Crazy 4 Challenges design team and for me as well as I have decided to step down from the team.  I have chosen sketch C4C439.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Trees

It's a tree-mendous time of the year with the Crazy 4 Challenges team!  It's time to decorate the Christmas tree...on our cards that is.  The Crazies are creating cards with that feature a tree.  I chose to stamp this little cutie.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Christmas Tree Pop Up

My son made this Christmas tree for his bedroom.  Whilst putting away our Halloween decorations, he saw his Halloween grave yard that we made a few years ago and wanted to make a Christmas version.

We die cut the pop up base into the circle.  To make a stand, we took a 12" strip of paper, scored it at 1/4" and then cut tabs all around.  We curled the paper a bit and then adhered it to the base.  It's not sitting on Jake's bedside table.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Christmas Tree Pop Up

Word Set 3 - Holiday

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's sketch time with Crazy 4 Challenges.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Snowman Twist Circle

Word Set 3 - Holiday

Karen Burniston's Paper Pros - Christmas or Holiday Cards

The Paper Pros are making Christmas or Holiday Cards this month.  I chose to use Karen Burniston's Christmas Tree Pop Up.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Christmas Tree Pop Up

Word Set 3 - Holiday

Snowman Twist Circle

Crazy 4 Challenges - CAS One Layer Card

November 15th is Use Less Stuff Day.  In its honor the Crazy 4 Challenges team members are making a true one layer CAS card for any theme.  I sponged Pineapple Punch Classic Ink over the Irresistibly Floral DSP and then adhered a die cut to the center.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Cardstock - Irresistibly Floral DSP
Ink - Pineapple Punch



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Word Set 1 - Greetings

Stamp Camp

I will be having my monthly Stamp Camp on Saturday November 17th.  We'll be making holiday themed cards based on the Santa's Workshop kits. 

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Leaves

During the fall and spring seasons, leaves are all around us.  The Crazy 4 Challenges team are making cards in which the only images are leaves.  I found this patterned paper in my stash, die cut a few leaves, and sentiment.....easy card!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Flowers and Bee

Crazy 4 Challenges - Black Cat Day

I never knew there was such a thing as Black Cat Day, but my Crazy 4 Challenges team member, Kathleen Adams, says there is.  SO.....we're to make a card with a cat on it or make a Halloween card.  I love Halloween so that's what I chose.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's sketch time with Crazy 4 Challenges.  I was gifted some card bases, envelopes and some stickers from a co-worker of mine......and this is what I created following the sketch!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Cancer Awareness Day

Today is Cancer Awareness Day.  The Crazy 4 Challenges members are making cards in support for someone who is currently fighting cancer or a card to cheer someone up.  I have stretched the meaning of the theme a little bit to make it a celebration card.  My parents are celebrating 52 years of marriage and if you look hard enough they have survived each other for a really long time.  LOL

I've used Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop Up for my card base.  I die cut an opening in the front of the card so the stamped sentiment can be viewed whilst closed.  The "Celebrate" die cut is a framelit from Stampin' Up! called Celebrate You.

When you open the card, you can still see the sentiment and the milestone of 52 years of marriage!  Congrats to my parents!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps - Petal Palette
Dies - Celebrate You

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Spinner Square Pop Up

Stamp Camp

I will be teaching how to make these cards at my Pompano Beach stamp camp on Saturday October 20th.  Please email me for more information on attending.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Supplies - Floral Frames Bundle, Tin Tile Dynamic Texture

Crazy 4 Challenges - World Card Making Day

Today is Wold Card Making Day!  So the Crazy 4 Challenges team members are making cards today.  Shocker I know. LOL  It can be any shape or theme.  I chose to make a fall color schemed card using a bundle from Stampin' Up! called Floral Frames.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps - Floral Frames Bundle, Hardwood


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Karen Burniston's Paper Pros - Holiday Cheer

It's a "Holiday Cheer" theme today with Karen Burniston's Paper Pros challenge.  I chose to cheer about Halloween!

I used Karen Burniston's Halloween Scene, Halloween Elements and Word Set 2 - Birthday to create the front of my Boo-day card.  I created this card for my co-worker who loves Halloween and it just happens to be her birthday as well.  I wanted to keep the front simple (it was very hard for me not to add more bling)!  I even decorated an envelope to match.

Oh look at those fun hands and the ghost!  Just a little peek of what's coming LOL.

I used the Spinner Square Die to create the base card.  I added several elements that will move when the card opens.  Don't let those hands grab you!  I used the hands again to hold the signature area die cut using the Katherine Label Pop Up.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Halloween Scene

Halloween Elements

Katherine Label

Spinner Square Pop Up

Word Set 2 - Birthday

World Card Making Day Sale!

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Crazy 4 Challenges C4C454 - Fall

We have made it to the end of September and that means it's my final week to be hostess for the Crazy 4 Challenges team.  My final challenge for the team is to make a fall card.  The team will be putting leaves, or trees with beautiful fall colors, or anything that says fall to them.

I started off by embossing a piece of cardstock with the new Tin Tile Dynamic Embossing Folder and sponging some black ink around the edges.  I applied the owl sticker to a piece of Whisper White and used colored pencils to color him in.

I used the Transfer Sheet to apply the negative image of the owl to the inside of my card.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Other - Tin Tile Dynamic Embossing Folder

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Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs
Owl peel off stickers and Transfer Sheet

Crazy 4 Challenges - Birthday Card with Numbers

It's time for a birthday challenge with Crazy 4 Challenges.  I've challenged the team to make a birthday card and put numbers on it.  I admit that I have an ulterior motive for setting this challenge - it's my son Jake turns 12 next week!
So I set forth to search my stash for pattern paper with numbers and got busy creating.  He can climb trees like nobody's business and I used to say he can climb like a monkey.....hence the monkey stamp.

I used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop Up to animate another monkey and the sentiment.  I also added another strip of the numbered patterned paper and made the "12" stand out by adding a star as I did on the front.

When the card opens fully, the sentiment panel and monkey move up to the top of the card!  It's so much fun and I love the up-side-down monkey with the googley eyes.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Katherine Label Pop Up

Word Set 2 - Birthday

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's a sketch challenge with Crazy 4 Challenges.  I chose the artistic freedom to swap the circle for a square LOL.  I stamped the trio of flowers using the Petal Palette stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Petal Palette


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Karen Burniston's Paper Pros - Spots

The Paper Pros are seeing spots!  The team was challenged to make a card using spots since they work so well on cards.  I found this glittered spotty pattern paper in my stash.....and I was off creating my spotty card!
I wanted to make a sweet kitty card, so I pulled out Karen Burniston's Cat and Dog die set.  My kitty is ready to celebrate with her party hat and present using the Birthday Charms die set.  I stamped a sentiment from my stash onto a Katherine Label.

For the inside I made a cupcake filled tree using the Tree Pop Up and the Birthday Charms die set.  I used Word Set 2 for the sentiment and adhered it following the curve of the paper that was cut using Nature Edges.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Tree Pop Up

Katherine Label Pop Up

Nature Edges

Cat and Dog

Word Set 2 - Birthday

Birthday Charms