Welcome Little One

Hi everyone! I don't submit my work to magazines that often, but when I saw a recent publication call for baby cards in non-traditional colors, I knew I wanted to design a card. I love the use of non-traditional colors. The card wasn't accepted for publication, so I get to show it here. I like the look of white ink stamped on black cardstock. It looks like a vintage chalkboard.

All the stamps for this card come from the very talented Paloma Gomez and Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. I randomly placed all sorts of sentiments on my acrylic block to create a background stamp. I love this look. I created a similar card here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Welcome, Baby Shower, Decoracion (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Basic Black (SU!), patterned paper (Prima)

Ink: Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink), Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Crop-a-Dile (We R Memory Keepers)

Other: ribbon (Michael's), bakers twine (Etsy), star brad (SU!), foam tape (3M), white gel pen (Sakura)

Yay Dad!

I made this card for my dad. On Friday, he finished 7 weeks of radation treatments. Yay, it's a relief! I hope the radiation did it's job and removed all remaining cancer cells.

To celebrate this milestone and my mom's birthday yesterday, my parents are in Las Vegas for some much-needed rest and relaxation.

Gotta run. It's after 6:30 in the evening and I have no idea what to make for dinner. It will probably be breakfast for dinner.

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Dia del Padre (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Basic Gray, retired patterned paper (SU!)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tools: Small heart punch (SU!), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), pouncing brush (JudiKins)

Other: ribbon (SU!), Thickers (American Crafts), foam tape (3M)

Welcome Little One

Hola! I hope your day is going great.

We're in Southern California at the moment for the 4th of July weekend.

Here's a card I made the other day using stamps from several sets of Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps.

I hope you have a great weekend too!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Baby Shower, Welcome, Decoracion (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Soft Suede & Very Vanilla (SU!), Lemon Tart, Ocean Mist (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Tools: Big Shot with square scallop Nestabilities, 3/4" circle punch (SU!), heat tool

Other: clear embossing powder, Copic markers foam tape (3M)

Today is the day! All 5 new stamps sets from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps go on sale.

Today, I'd like to show you the 4x3 inch stamp sets that are loaded with sentiments in English and Spanish. The sets are called Welcome and Ya Nació!.

These sets are $5.99 each (shipping is free if you order one of the larger sets, like Baby Shower, Cuarto del Bebe, or Decoracion).

Paloma has done an outstanding job of designing so many sentiments for these sets. You have so many options.

I made a simple card to show the Spanish and English sentiments together to create a masculine background.

We're off to Southern California this morning to take the Little Guy to Legoland tomorrow, and spend the day in San Diego, and then visit my in-laws outside of LA.

Stop by Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Welcome, Ya Nació!, Baby Shower, Decoracion (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)
Paper: Crushed Curry - regular & textured, Basic Black (SU!)
Ink: Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink)
Tools: Corner Rounder (We R Memory Keepers)
Other: white gel pen (Sakura), ribbon (Michael's), brad (SU!)

Decoracion - Gracias Por Venir a Conocerme

Hola! We're getting closer to the release date of the July collection of stamps from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. Tomorrow (July 1st) all 5 sets will go on sale!

Today, I'd like to show you a card made with the set called Decoracion. This 4x6 inch set add all the finishing touches for creating a perfect nursery. Paloma designed stamps for windows and curtains and masculine and feminine items you would find in any baby's room. Decoracion will sell for $10.99 plus shipping.

Using the window stamp, I added an actual window on my card. I added a square of acetate as the "glass". You can get a tiny glimpse inside this feminine nursery. You can't really see in the photo, but I used the flower stems to stamp grass on the green paper. The sentiments are from the Ya Nacio' stamp set.

When you look inside, I used stamps from Cuarto del Bebe and stamps from Decoracion to complete the nursery.

Check out what Paloma and the rest of the design team have created:
Paloma
Magda
Rosie

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Cuarto del Bebe, Decoracion, & Ya Nacio' (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps), Background Basics: Woodgrain (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, designer series paper (SU!)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and Garden Galore (SU!)

Tools: Big Shot with Square Scallops Nestabilities, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Heart to Heart punch (SU!)

Other: Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, foam tape (3M)

Cuarto del Bebe

Today I'm showing you the second set of baby-related stamps from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. This new set is called Cuarto del Bebe. This 4x6 inch set of stamps has all the furniture you would need for a nursery. Starting on July 1st, it will sell for $10.99, plus shipping. Paloma has outdone herself this month with this release!

My card uses the chair stamp from the set to create a feminine card for a baby girl. I used the tiny stamps from Decoracion (a set we will reveal tomorrow) to create the background. The sentiment comes from the Welcome set. Welcome is a 4x3 inch stamp set that will sell for $5.99 (shipping will be free if you also buy a 4x6 inch set).

I was drawn to the chair stamp because my father-in-law made a chair with this exact design for the nursery before Kalino was born. The only difference is our chair is a rocking chair in masculine colors. We read with Kalino every night while sitting in the chair. He treasures this time with each of us and gets very upset if we try to skip reading (even for one night). The kid loves his storytime!

The crib in this stamp set is how I first noticed Paloma last November. She created the most amazing card for Dawn McVey's color challenge. Check it out here! Paloma also sells an SVG version of this crib here so you can cut it with your Cricut digital cutter. Sweet, right?

You can see what Paloma and the rest of the design team created:

Paloma

Magda

Rosie

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Cuarto del Bebe, Decoracion, Welcome (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Kraft, & Very Vanilla (SU!), Dotty Biscotti patterned paper (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers),  ABC123 edge punch (EK Sucess), Silhouette (used to cut kraft cardstock)

Other: button (Papertrey Ink), Linen Thread (SU!), foam tape (3M), Copics, Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Felicidades En Tu Baby Shower

This is my second card today showing the new Baby Shower set from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps and a preview of other sets releasing this week (Ya Nacio' and Decoracion). See the details on my previous blog entry.

This card is clean and simple; my favorite style. I used the small images to create a masculine background with VersaMark ink. The baby bottle has a tiny bit of paper piecing. I actually sewed the buttons onto the felt and then wrapped the linen thead around each button.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingrdients

Stamps: Baby Shower, Ya Nacio', Decoracion (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: kraft, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie designer series paper (all SU!)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Tools: Big Shot with Fillable Frames Die #4 (Papertrey Ink)

Other: Ocean Tides felt (Papertrey Ink), Lemon Tart buttons (Papertrey Ink), Linen Thread (SU!), foam tape (3M)

Baby Shower

Hi everyone! Today we are starting to show you the July Collection from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. Paloma's new designs are all about babies! There will be 5 stamp sets this month (3 are 4x6 inches and 2 are 4x3 inches).

Too bad I don't know personally know anyone expecting a little one, because her new designs are awesome! I had trouble figuring out what image to use first. This first card uses the baby carriage (or pram) stamp from the new set call Baby Shower. This stamp set is 4x6 inches and will sell for $10.99, plus shipping. The small stamp sets will sell for $5.99.

See the rest of the design team and what they have created:

Paloma

Magda

Rosie

I used the colors from the latest Embellish Magazine challenge (which is a about babies too) as my guide for creating this card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Baby Shower (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps

Paper: Simply Chartreuse (Papertrey Ink), Melon Berry Bitty Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink), Very Vanilla (SU!), So Saffron (SU!)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Tools: Big Shot with Classic Scallop Square Nestabilities, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Other: Foam tape (3M), So Saffron ribbon (SU!), brads (Making Memories), Copic marker

Happy Father's Day

Hapy Friday! Here's a simple card I made a few weeks ago using Dia del Padre by Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. The paper is all Stampin' Up.

Have a good one!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Dia del Padre (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps

Paper: kraft, The Write Stuff Designer Series Specialty Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), 2" circle punch (EK Success)

Other: foam tape (3M), twine

Feliz dia del Padre

I hope your having a great day. I spent my morning in the school library with other volunteers organizing shelves of non-fiction books back into perfect Dewey Decimal order. It was a little harder than I imagined. I'm home to quickly change my clothes to black and white. The teachers, staff, and students at K's school are throwing us a Black & White Reception to thank us for volunteering at school. They are even providing childcare; awesome! Last year, the celebration was amazing too.

Here is a Father's Day card I made last week for the preview of the Dia del Padre set from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. The sentiment is stamped on vellum and then layered on some Papertrey Ink paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Dia del Padre (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: New Leaf, white, & patterned paper (Papertrey Ink), vellum (The Paper Palette)

Ink: don't remember which black ink I used

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), 2 inch circle punch (EK Success), foam tape (3M)

Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps - Vacaciones

Today is the day; the new bi-lingual stamps for Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps go on sale today!  I'm very happy and proud of Paloma.

I'd like to introduce you to the latest set, called Vacaciones (or Vacations). All of the Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps are 10.99, plus shipping (such a great value)! 

This set definitely has me wishing for the end of school. Today, I'm going with the Little Guy's class to the San Francisco Zoo. In all my years living in the Bay Area, I've never been to this particular zoo.

I was drawn to the suitcase in this stamp set. Don't we all have that exact piece of luggage? And most of us have it in black! At the airport, it's a little tricky making sure you find your exact piece. I used paper from the Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend line. If you're like me, you are doing laundry at the last minute so you can pack it in your suitcase.

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Vacaciones (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Basic Black & Very Vanilla (SU!), The Boyfriend (Cosmo Cricket)

Ink: VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tools: Corner Chomer (We R Memory Keepers), heat gun

Other: ribbon (Michael's), white embossing powder, foam tape

Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps - Playa

Happy Sunday! I'm back today to show the latest set of stamps from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps called Playa. The stamp set will be available on June 1st and will sell for $10.99, plus shipping.

The stamps are great beach-themed stamps in English and Spanish.

We were at the ocean yesterday in Big Sur to celebrate the fact that we got engaged overlooking the ocean in Big Sur 10 years ago. The day was beautiful. The only problem was Kalino got car sick from the winding road. This was not his first trip to Big Sur, but the car ride did not agree with him. We had an awesome dinner at the Restauranat at Ventana Inn and Spa. They don't have a kid's menu, but they made Kalino the most awesome burger and fries.

Here's the card I made with the set. I paper pieced the umbrellas with paper from Papertrey Ink. The ball, shells, and fish were also paper pieced. The card is pretty clean and simple.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Playa (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Kraft & Very Vanilla (SU!), Ocean Mist (Papertrey Ink), Dotty Biscotti (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa & VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Tools:  Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Modern Label Punch (SU!)

Other: foam tape (3M), brads (Making Memories), Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, white gel pen (Sakura)

Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps - Dia del Padre

Yay it is Friday! I'm back early today to show you a new set of stamps from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. It's called  Dia del Padre. This set is a perfect set of english and spanish Father's Day (and congratulations) sentiments. This set will sell for $10.99 plus shipping and will be available in a few days (June 1st).

I really like the versatility of this set. You can make cards for your father, grandfather, uncle, and brother. It was hard to only make one card with this set, so I made 3 cards! I'm only showing you 1 card today. I'll post the rest tomorrow.

For this card, I used this color combo from Two Happy Stampers. I stamped the dots on the twill tape. I used the sentments from Dia del Padre to list out the various names for dad. I call my dad Dad, but my son calls my husband Papá. I love hearing a spanish pronounciation coming out of his mouth. What do you call your dad?

Adios!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Dia del Padre (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Kraft, Rose Red designer paper (all SU!)

Ink: VersaMark, Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Tools: scallop border punch (SU!), mini heart punch (SU!)

Other: clear embossing powder, twill tape (Martha Stewart), Linen Thread (SU!), foam tape (3M)

Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps - I Love Scrap

I've been keeping a little secret about a new company I get the pleasure to design for the next several months. Paloma Gomez started her own clear stamp company called Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps and she asked me to be a member of her design team. I couldn't say no; I love her work! Her bi-lingual line of stamps will be available June 1st and will cost $10.99 plus shipping. Such a great value! For the rest of the week, I'll be showcasing her sets. Here's her first stamp set called "I Love Scrap".

Here a just 2 cards I designed with her stamps. I used the smaller stamps to make the red patterned paper. This card shows I definitely need more Copic markers. I don't have hair or skin colored markers. I used colored pencils.

The second card was just for fun. The guys and I went to Maker Faire this past weekend at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. Maker Faire is awesome! I've heard it being described at "robots meet Martha Stewart". It's techie, innovative, creative, inspiring, & our favorite event of the year. It's Disneyland for Nerds. There were over 600 "makers". I found a huge selection of Japanese washi tape from Tinted Mint. I used the masking tape like paper.

Check out Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps today! Have a good one.

Card Ingredients - I Love Scrap

Stamps: I Love Scrap (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Real Red, Kraft, Basic Black, So Saffron (SU!), Patterned Paper (SU!), white (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tools: 1" circle punch (SU!), Word Window punch (SU!), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), circle cutter (Martha Stewart)

Other: button (Papertrey Ink), Copic markers, foam tape (3M)

Card Ingredients - Atrevete

Stamps: I Love Scrap (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps)

Paper: Kraft (SU!)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi (SU!)

Tools: none

Other: Japanese washi tape (The Tinted Mint)