"PINK SWEET CHRISTMAS" PER LA SFIDA DI DICEMBRE DI EVOLUZIONE PARTY

Buongiorno e ben ritrovati.
Siete pronti a giocare con una nuova sfida di Evoluzione Party?!
Per questo mese noi del DT abbiamo deciso di prepararvi un bellissimo tic-tac-toe a cui spero parteciperete in tantissimi.
Questa per me è una sfida speciale in quanto è la mia ultima sfida con questo fantastico gruppo di creative con cui ho trascorso due meravigliosi anni.

Veniamo però alla sfida. Come vi ho accennato, questo mese si gioca questo fantastico tic-tac-toe.

Io ho deciso di giocare con la prima colonna (card, stelle, stencil) e questo è quello che ne è venuto fuori.

E' appunto una card dove ho utilizzato delle fustelle a forma di stella per realizzare uno stencil, con cui ho realizzato lo sfondo per il dolcissimo orsetto di La Coppia Creativa.

Una card natalizia un po' insolita, ma sicuramente dolcissima che spero vi piaccia.

Grazie mille per essere passati di qui e non vedo l'ora di vedere i vostri progetti sul blog di Evoluzione Party.
Vi abbraccio forte. Alla prossima, Silvia.

CHRISTMAS CARD SERIES 2019 #7: WARM WISHES DOUBLE INTERACTIVE CARD

Hello and happy Monday!

I'm so excited today because I've got a funny and cute super interactive card to share with you. It features Hello Bluebird "First Snow" stamp set and "Warm Wishes" and "Snowy Sky Scene" dies and one of my Lawn Fawn favorite die, the "pivot pop-up card" one.

I started stamping all my images from the stamp set with Memento black ink, coloring with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cutting them.

I then started working on the inside of the card. I die cut a 5 1/2"x8 1/2" and all the mechanism parts from white cardstock and I fold the panel in a half. I ink blended the top part of it and the pivot inserts with milled lavander, seedless preserved, dusty concord, blueprint sketch and chipped sapphire Distress Oxide inks. I splattered with water first and then with pure platinum Nuvo mousse loosened with a drop of water. 

I also die cut some snowy hills using Lawn Fawn "Stitched hillside borders" dies, I inked the edges with Lawn Fawn mermaid ink and I glued to the bottom of the panel.

I put together the inside of the card and I ended the scene adding some critters, white snowflakes and the sentiment "Let it snow".

For the outside I decided to create a wobble card. I cut a 4 1/4"x5 1/2" white panel  and I ink blended using the same colors combination of the inside of the card. I then die cut the "Warm Wishes" words three times, I glued them together, I colored with milled lavander Distress Oxide ink and I covered for a half with some glitter paste. I ended the scene adding the cute reindeer with a mini wobbles.

On my Instagram feed you can find a short video of the card in action, I'm Sivg76.

I hope you'll enjoy it and thank you soooo much for passing here today. 

Have a wonderful day. See you soon with a new Chirstmas card. Hugs, Silvia.

CHRISTMAS CARD SERIES #5 AND #6 2019: STAR WINDOWS CHRISTMAS CARD

Hi there!
Sometimes I like to challenge myself making cards, just to try something different and stepping outside my confort zone.
So yesterday, for the latest day of the daily marker 30 day I made this one layer flower Christmas card using the amazing digital stamp by Graciellie Design and coloring with Zig markers real brush, while today's card is a one with no trace of Distress Oxide inks on it, just only some drops of white acrylic paint.

For the sky I simply used a 8,5"x4 1/4" piece of Lawn Fawn "blue jay" cardstock and I liked so much the final effect.
This is also my entry to the Lawn Fawnatics challenge #65 "Fun with Dies".
I decided to create a window in my card and so I die cut a star in the middle of a white panel using the Lawn Fawn "Outside in Stitched Star Stackables" dies.

I also die cut some "snowy" hills using the Lawn Fawn "Stitched Hills Border" dies to build my scene.

I then stamped images from "Ho-ho-holidays" and "Yeti or not" stamp sets with Memento black ink, I colored with Nuvo markers and I fussy cut them.
I ended the card attaching all the elements with liquid glue and foam tape...I hope you'll enjoy it.

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you soon.
Hugs, Silvia.

"PUMPKIN SPICE CHEERS" CARD FOR BUTTERFLY REFLECTIONS INK BIRTHDAY HOP

Hello and happy Friday.
Today I'm so excited to take part to the amazing Instagram hop organized by Butterly Reflections Ink. to celebrate Vanessa's birthday.

I know she loves pumpkin spice and fucsia so for this sweet occasion I decided to make this cheerful card, using one of my new favorite dies by Hello Bluebird Stamps ("Treehouse" die) and their cute critters from the "Leaf Play" stamp set.

For the background I opted for a pink sky blending together picket raspberry, worn lipstick and dried marigold Distress Oxide ink, that I then splattered with water, Lawn Fawn yeti ink and some indian gold Nuvo Mousse.

I really enjoyed myself a lot making this card and I'm so happy of the final result of it.

Now, if you'd like to hop with us and have some fun please go to my Instagram (Sivg76) and play with us.

Thank you for passing by taking a peek and have a lovely day.
Hugs, Silvia.

CHRISTMAS CARD SERIES 2019 #4: "SWEET CHRISTMAS WISHES"

Helloooo!!!
Today I'm back with a new Christmas card, the fourth of this year' series.
In this days I'm so crazy over Hello Bluebird Stamps new release, so for this card I used the adorable and super sweet "Cocoa Party" stamp set, the "Gallery Frame #4" and the "Snowy Sky Scene" dies.

I started by die cutting a white cardstock with the "Snowy Sky Scene" dies and I colored the sky with victorian velvet, seedless preserved, dusty concord and chipped sapphire Distress Oxide inks.
I then used the "Gallery Frame #4" die to die cut a piece of Lawn Fawn ground Coffee cardstock and I glued on a vellum sheet to create a window. I also added some "snow" on it using a white Uniposca.

I stamped my images with Memento black ink on a white cardstock, I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers and added some highlights with my beloved white Uniposca extrafine ( I always had problems with white gel pen, but with this everything is easier).

I then assembled my card gluing my sky and snowy hills on my card base first and then my window on it and I added my images using liquid glue and foam squares.

Finally I stamped the sentiment on a tag, I blended it with vintage photo Distress Oxide ink and I glued to my card using some foam tape.
I wanted to give to the card a merry touch, so I decided to add a string of lights that I die cut using the "Treehouse Holiday Add-on" die and colored with alcohol markers.

I really love how this card came out and I hope you enjoy it too.
Thank you so much for stopping by to my blog and see you soon with a new cute project.

Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Silvia.

CHRISTMAS CARD SERIES 2019 #3: "SNOWFLAKES VINTAGE KISSES"

Hi friends and welcome back to my Christmas card Series 2019.
Today I want to share with you the second vintage look Christmas card I made following the incredible tutorial by Marine Simon.
For this card I played with some amazing products from the new release by Hello Bluebird Stamp: "First Snow" stamp set and "Winter Woods Overlay" dies.
I love the warm effect of the seppia, but this time I decided to add some more colors to create a happy atmosphere.

So I started stamping my images with Lawn Fawn "Crunchy Leaf" ink on "Vanilla Malt" cardstock and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers.
I also cut a 5,5"x4,25" from the same cardstock, I ink blended it with vintage photo and antique linen Distress Oxide ink and I stained the edges using walnut stain Distress Oxide ink pad directly on it.

I then die cut the Winter woods overlay and a hill from white cardstock and ink blended with vintage photo and antique linen Distress Oxide ink.
I stamped the sentiment using fired brick Distress Oxide ink and put all together using some liquid glue and foam squares.
I then added some snowflakes stamped with crunchy leaf ink and with a gold touch (I used a golden Uniposca to do it) in the middle  here and there.

Well, that's all for today. 

Thank you so very much for passing to my blog today taking a peek.

I'll be back soon with a new Christmas card, 'till then have some great days.

Hugs, Silvia.

CHRISTMAS CARD SERIES #2: "MERRY CHRISTMAS CAROL"

Hi there!
Let's start a new week with a new Christmas card, the second of my first series.
This is a very simple and quick one, featuring the adorable singing mice from Hello Bluebird's "Merry Mice" stamp set.

As first thing I stamped the images I needed with Memento black ink and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers ( I used GG4-GG3-GG2-GG1 for the mice and BG9-BG7-BG5 for the lamp).

I then used the Heffy Doodle's "Imperial stitched" dies to die cut three panels, one bigger and two smaller.
I cut the biggest and one of the smaller from Lawn Fawn "SnowDay remix" petite paper pack and the other one from white cardstock.
I distressed the patterned paper panel edges with vintage photo Distress Oxide ink.
I then created a stencil using La Coppia Creativa "Fiocco di neve 2" dies, placed it in the middle of my white panel and  did some ink blending with Lawn Fawn "Mermaid" dye ink.  I also splattered some clean water on it and some mermaid ink loosened with confetti white Perfect Pearls and a drop of water and I let it dry.

I ended my card putting all my pieces in place with liquid glue and adding some musical notes here and there and the sentiment from Hello Bluebird's "Cocoa Party" stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed this simple Christmas card 'cause I had a lot of fun making it.
Thank you so much for stopping by  and I wish you a very happy week.
Hugs, Silvia.

CHRISTMAS CARD SERIES 2019 #1: CRAZY FOR VINTAGE LOOK CHRISTMAS CARDS

Hello and welcome back to my blog.
Christmas is around the corner  and I need to make a lot of Christmas cards this year to spread some love around the world and I'd like to share them with you.
In this days I was so fascinated by Marine Simon's vintage look cards that I decided to try making some by my own.
So today I want to show you the first one, that's obviously a slimline card 'cause I can't stop playing with my new incredible dies by Trinity Stamps.

I started making my card die cutting all the pieces I needed: hills borders and trees from white cardstock and the scalloped rectangle from Lawn Fawn "Vanilla Malt" cardstock.

I then ink blended the long panel with antique linen, vintage photo and walnut stein Distress Oxide inks, I splattered with some water and with a bit of walnut stein ink loosened with a drop of water and I let it dry.

I also distressed trees and hills edges with antique linen and vintage photo Distress Oxide inks.

I then stamped my imges from the Trinity Stamps "Sleepy Hollow" stamp set with Lawn Fawn "crunchy leaf" ink on vanilla malt cardstock and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. I used TN9, DR7 and RB1 for the hat and TN5, TN3, GY2 and TN2 for the fox.

I add everything to my card base using foam tape and liquid glue and I stamped the sentiment from Trinity Stamps "Merry Christmas Senti-Mini" using fired brick Distress Oxide ink for the word "Merry" and Lawn Fawn crunchy leaf ink for the word "Christmas".

So this is my very first vintage look card and I'm so happy of how it turned out.

Thanks a lot for passing by today and I hope to see you soon 'cause  I can't wait to show you the second one I'm working on. 
Hugs, Silvia.

THANK YOU FOR BEING TRULY GREAT

Hello and happy Saturday to you all!!!
Autumn is coming... you can feel it in the crisp air and in the turning leaves: yeahhhh!!!!
Today I want to share with you a very simple card I made using the amazing girls from "Miss Anya Coffee Break" stamp set by The Greeting Farm.

I started cutting a white panel with La Coppia Creativa "Posta Felice per Te" dies and I ink blended it using a color combo by my super talented friend Davina .
I used spun sugar, worn lipstick, dried Marigold and walnut stein Distress Oxide inks and I added some splatters of Indian gold Nuvo mousse loosened with a drop of water.
I then stamped my images with Memento black ink and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers.

Here are some of my Spectrum Noir color combos:
-face: FS4-FS1-FS9
-brown hair: EB6-EB4-TN5-TN4-TN3
-blond hair: GB9-GB11-GB7-GB6-GB4-GB3-GB1
-gray boot: GG5-GG4-GG3-GG2-GG1
For the sentiment I used Honey Bee Stamps "Truly Great Friends" stamp set.
I ended my card adding some Lucy Abram's sequins here and there.

I really enjoyed myself coloring this cuties, so I hope you enjoy this card too.
Thank you so much for passing by once again by my blog and I hope see you here soon.
Have a wonderful weekend, Silvia.

MAMA ELEPHANT STAMPEDE BLOG HOP

Welcome to a very special Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop! We are celebrating 7 years this month with a fantastic new holiday release along with our amazing friends!

Here is the promotional flyer for this year's celebration. We've added an extra freebie tier this time around!

You can shop the newest release which is LIVE in our store now!

www.mamaelephant.com

Hello there and thank you so much for stopping by my blog today.
Please pinch me, because I can't believe it yet...I'm sooooo excited  to be part of the Mama Elephant 7th Anniversary Celebration this year!!!
I have created  4 cards  for this special event to share with you and I hope you like them all.
For my first card I combined the new "Little Penguin Agenda" and "Mini Merry Messages" stamp sets with last year's "Santa's Sleight".

I started ink blending a white cardstock panel with salty ocean, blueprint sketch and chipped sapphire Distress Oxide inks and splattering it with a bit of water and a bit of white acrylic paint. I then stamped all my images with Memento black ink and I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers.

For my second card I created a "polar scene" using my new stamp sets and Mama Elephant "Landscape Trio" Creative Cuts.

I had so much fun playing with this super adorable little penguins that I made two other cards using "Framed Tags - Madison Avenue" Creative Cuts and "Scripty Xmas" stamp set for the first one and "Oh Joy Halo Script" Creative Cuts for the second one.

And now it's Giveaway time!!! The details are below, so be sure to see how you can enter.
Tahnk you so much for stopping by my blog today and enjoy the hop and this amazing anniversary celebration!!!

That's not all! To celebrate this special Anniversary release, Mama Elephant is giving away ten $25 gift certificates to our store!!! That is 10 winners!!! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the 3 day Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!

» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «

» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant «

» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/leave a comment for us on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant «

(Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!)

Here are the designers for today. Please make sure to visit each of them and leave some kind words and comments!

Keeway Tsao » www.kiwikoncepts.com
Silvia Galloni » www.piccolepolpettecrescono.blogspot.com
Melania Deasy » melaniadeasy.blogspot.com
Ali Farmer » www.alilovescardmaking.blogspot.com

Lucia Cao » www.blueberrycrafty.wordpress.com

Kathy Racoosin » www.thedailymarker.com
Mama Elephant » www.mamaelephantblog.com

Thank you and Happy Stampeding!