In Love and Friendship day.

Hope you all have had a great Valentine's Day!

Since yesterday (at night after a lovely day), I've been working in this set of six ATC's for a friend. It's my first complete set of cards, including envelopes and a card-keeper, and I could say I'm satisfied. I know a traditional set must include similar cards, but I really liked to make each card unique.

This is the card-keeper closed and opened.

And here you have the close up of the six cards.

I wrote a sentiment only in one of the cards, because I want to give my friend the chance to use each card in any case she wants to. Hope my friend like it!

Have a nice week!

Good day!

Yes... Good day to all of you and thanks for visit my blog!

Today's card is an ATC (how could it not be so?) and I choose a 'Good day' theme ('Buen dia' in spanish) for the sketch FTL 77 from Clean & Simple blog.
Love the simplest sketch like this,
and I'm really glad to wish you a really good day with this card!

The original sketch:

Unscripted (Happy) Day.

Another ATC... This time I made a "Happy day" theme ('Feliz dia' in spanish). I can not think in make nothing else since I discovered this kind of tiny, precious cards. They make my day really happy!

For this one I used the current sketch from Unscripted Sketches Challenges.
Lovely, isn't it?

The original sketch:

Thanks for stoppin' by and... have a great and happy day!

Mini Birthday-card

(Second post for today. Scroll down to see my first one.)

I said it before: I felt in love with this delightful, small cards. This mini-Birthday card is the second ATC that I made today and I'm still musing an idea for another one... But enough for today... maybe tomorrow.
I used the current sketch from the Mojo Monday challenge -125 and the always lovely polka dots paper for Lucy's Challenge no. 5.




The original sketch:

I'm in love!

Looking at other blogs on the internet I found a small, delicious cards called ATC. I didn't know how they were, nor what was meant by 'ATC', so I searched on Wikipedia and found an interesting article on the origins of these cards, size and much more.
On first reading I could not believe it ... They are so small! Only 6x9 cm! How is possible to work and make so many beautiful things in a very small bit of cardboard?
However, I liked the idea. It seemed an interesting challenge for me.
Today I finally made my first ATC, using for the first time a Mojo Monday sketch and... I felt in love with this little thing!
What do you think?

The original Sketch:

Sei Shonagon meets the Butterfly

Did you ever hear about Sei Shonagon? She was one of the first women that wrote literature in Japan, who lived between 966 and 1017 . Her beautifully written diary "The pillow book" is well known all over the world, and there is also a Peter Greeneway's homonym film based in her writings.

Well, here is my pick of Sei Shonagon - it's my original drawing based on antique japanese style- while watching a butterfly. Who knows? Perhaps at that moment she found some inspiration for her writings!

Here is the complete card. I used polka dot paper for Lucy's Challenge no. 5.

This is officially my first card this year.

Happy Sparrow for Amy

From one kind comment I came to Sarah’s blog (Sarah’s Paper Tray), and found a beautiful surprise: her 8 years old daughter, Amy, made this sketch…




Sarah made a challenge with it and I couldn’t help falling in love with the idea.
So, today I’ve been working on this card for Amy’s sketch.



This is my 3D pick of the card:


And these are some close ups for the main characters…

Simplicity (II)

And here is my second (and best) attempt in the K.I.S.S. Challenge on Pals Papers Arts:

• Clean with lots of 'white' space
• Simple Designs
• Minimum time to create
• Limited layers and embellishments
  
  

(The first card I made for this challenge was so easy and simple that I had time for a second one today.)

Simplicity (I)

There is an interesting challenge in Pals Paper Arts: the K.I.S.S Challenge (Keep It Simple, Sweetie!):

• Clean with lots of 'white' space
• Simple Designs
• Minimum time to create
• Limited layers and embellishments

In other words, simplicity. Just what I love!

Here is my first attempt (I made one more):

Red and Green for Christmas

Finally I made some red and green card for Christmas.
It was fun to work with the sketch 40 of 2 Sketches 4 you ... The idea came out smoothly and, although it was laborious, at all times was a pleasure.

I was trying of recreate the flower pattern of the green paper in the red cardboard with glitter.

This is the original sketch from the designer Kazan.

Not easy but shiny...

This is my card based in Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 45.

A little close up to show you how shining is this origami paper...

And this is the original Sketch... (It looks easy, but it wasn't!)

Rudolph doesn't know...

...what to do with all those presents!!

As I didn't be completly happy with my first attempt on Unscripted Sketch 32, I made a second card different at all... and now I'm happy!!! I enjoy to make this card from the simple idea 'til the end.

Here you have a Rudolph's glittering close up...

And, to top off, this card observe two challenges: the Unscripted Sketches 32 and the always beautiful colors from Lucy's first Challenge.

Now, tell me... Isn't my Rudolph cute???