Merry Christmas

Dear friends!

First I'd like to thank every single one of you for your support and all the lovely comments this year. They mean a lot to me! 

I wish you all a very merry Christmas. I hope you will have a wonderful day with your loved ones. Since this is most likely my last post in this year, let me also wish you a happy New Year. May the year 2014 be full of joy, happiness and special moments. 

Big hugs! xx

Crafty ribbons Christmas event - day 19

Hey, hey! How are you doing? Are you done with Christmas preperations yet? Most of my gifts are already wrapped, I just want to bake some more cookies and then I'll be ready. Only 2 more work days for me and then I have a week off. Yeehaw! :D

Have you checked the Crafty ribbons inspiration blog for your chance to win one of the amazing prizes from our sponsors? No? What are you waiting for?! Hop, hop, check the blog out. ;) Today we are again sponsored by Ali and Tony from Crafty ribbons and here's the awesome prize they are offering to the lucky winner.

I have another non Christmas card to show you today.

The sentiment on this card is one of my favourite quotes. I think it's very true. If you truly believe in yourself, you can do anything. This is a Stempelglede stamp. I had quite some troubles getting my hands on it, but with the help of my sweet friend Charlotta I got it. :) I embossed the sentiment with Queen's gold embossing powder from Ranger. The papers are from my stash. I cut the butterflies out from Artsy collage's Nature collage kit. Butterfly die is from Joy Crafts, border die I used on the bottom of my card is from Spellbinders and banner die is from LLLC. The tan satin ribbon is from Crafty ribbons and flowers are from my stash. In the middle of each flower I put a gold brad.On the bottom of my card I also used crystals that were cut from a gold mesh. I used the same crystals on the banner as well.

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Deep ocean: Something old (old papers, ribbon, flowers)

Simon says (Wednesday challenge): Bling it on

Bearly mine: Anything goes

Simon says (Monday challenge): Use a stamp
Charisma cards: Anything goes
Ribbon carousel: Anything goes
613 Avenue create: Anything goes
Crafting from the heart: Anything goes
Through the craftroom door: Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's crafts: Wings
My craft creations: Anything goes

Hugs! xx

Crafty ribbons Christmas event - day 16

Hey, hey! I'm back again - with yet another card. But this time it's not Christmas card. I know, miracles do happen. lol I enjoy making Christmas cards, but it was nice making a non-Christmas card for a change.

The Christmas advent event is still going on at Crafty ribbons inspiration blog, so hop there to be in the chance to win one of the awesome prizes from our sponsors. Today you have a chance to win this amazing prize from Letraset.

I'm sure you wouldn't mind these markers, right? ;)

Here's the the card I made.

I decided to make a card with the adorable Dress up Marci from LLLC. I coloured the image with Promarkers and I did the shading with Faber Castell pencils. On Marci's necklace and flower I used glitter glue. Papers, flowers, doily and pearls came from my stash. The beautiful flower ribbon and lace are from Crafty ribbons. On the oval behind Marci I used some embossing powder. I just grabbed some with my fingers and sprinkled it around the oval. The first time I did this I wanted to use my heat gun directly on the embossing powder - you know, like usually. Mistake! I had embossing powder all over the place. So I tried again - and this time I put my heat gun under the cardstock and heated the embossing powder from below. And it worked! :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

7 kids college fund: Anything goes

Divas by design: Anything goes

Bunny Zoe's crafts: Wings
The corrosive challenge blog: Anything goes
Crafty catz: Anything goes
TokBobok: Anything goes
Sister act: Anything goes
Crafts and me: Anything goes

Crafty ribbons Christmas event - day 15

Good morning. Only 10 more days for THE day. Yup, Christmas is just around the corner. I mailed my last Christmas cards yesterday and I hope they will get to my friends in time. Have you mailed all your cards yet? 

Yesterday we also put our Christmas tree up and decorated the apartment. It looks great! When do you usually decorate your house and put up your Christmas tree? We wanted to do it last weekend, but we ran out of time.

If you want to get an extra present this Christmas, hop to the Crafty ribbons inspiration blog. There we have a Christmas event going on and each day one of our generous sponsors is offering a wonderful prize to the lucky winner. Today, for example, we are sponsored by The paper shelter and they are offering this to wonderful prize to the lucky winner.

I made a Christmas card using one of their adorable images.

I only used some red, white and kraft cardstock for this card. For the background I used the white cardstock which I embossed with Cuttlebug's swiss dots embossing folder and then inked it with ink pad. I coloured the image with distress inks and I also added glitter glue on the white parts of Santa's dress. Big poinsettia is Marianne design die, small poinsettia is LLLC die and the "leaves" are Tim Holtz die (cut with the Festive greenery die). Sequins and pearls are from my stash. I also used 3 ribbons on my card - ho ho ho ribbon (back side), tan satin ribbon and swiss dots ribbon. They are all available at the Crafty ribbons store.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

A creative romance: Sparkle at Christmas

Creative card crew: Holly or poinsettia

Rhedd and Rosie's challenge blog: Use old stash (those sequins have been in my stash for ages - literally and the ribbons are at least one year old too)

Totally gorjuss: Special Christmas

Papertake weekly: Christmas creatures

The paper parade: Christmas

Winter Wonderland: Ribbon and pearls
Sweet stampin': Last minute Christmas
Cute card Thursday: Christmas catch up

Happy birthday Rosie

Today is a very special day. My sweet friend and Y&FH teamie Rosie is celebrating her birthday. So we at Yumi&Fumi Handmade decided to do a blog hop for this special lady. :D 

Rosie and I met in Blogland a while ago. She's one super sweet and super talented lady and I am very blessed I got to know her. She's awesome!

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET FRIEND!!!

This one's for you. :)

I hope your day is filled with love, happiness and sunshine. Sending big hugs your way!!! xxxx

Crafty ribbons Christmas event - day 12

Hey hey! Can you believe that Christmas is less than 2 weeks away? Eeeek! I'm still not fully in the Christmas spirit (no idea why not though - usually I get all Christmassy in November), but I'm getting there. :)

In case you didn't know, we have a Christmas event going on at Crafty ribbons inspiration blog. We have lots of generous sponsors who have donated lots of wonderful prizes. And yes, you can win them! :D Today we are sponsored by the sweet Ali and Tony from Crafty ribbons and they are offering this amazing prize to the lucky winner.

If you want to treat yourself with some gorgeous ribbons from Crafty ribbons store, all you have to do is to leave your info with Mr. Linky. 

We also have a new challenge at Crafty ribbons challenge blog. A nice and easy one - anything goes with ribbons. This is our last challenge of 2013. I hope many of you will come play with us.

I made a Christmas tag this time.

Sorry for the bad picture, but it was pitch black outside when I took it so I had to experiment with lights and camera settings. I don't think this photo does the tag justice. It looks much better in real life. *sigh* I know it looks like as if I used black cardstock on my tag, but I used a very dark (think dark chocolate) brown shimmery paper which I love. I then added some star paper from Folia on top. The cute little snowman is from Hero arts/Sizzix stamps and dies set. I added tome colour to his nose and scarf and I covered him with glitter glue. Snowflakes are from the same set as well. I added a gem from my stash in the middle of each snowflake. Corner is Whimsy die and all three ribbons I used on this tag are from Crafty ribbons. 

I'd like to enter my tag to the following challenges:
Challenges 4 everybody: Anything goes
Through the craft room door: Anything goes
Dream valley: Anything but a card

Christmas event - day 10

Hi there! How are you? Good I hope. Have you sent a letter to Santa yet? I have. And I didn't forget to mention that this year I was extra good. He he. 

I have already finished my Christmas shopping. I only have a couple of handmade gifts to finish. First half is already finished and the other half will probably be done by the end of this week. And today I mailed most of the Christmas cards to my friends overseas so they would get them on time. Once for a change I seem to be on top of everything. Yay for me. lol

Today I want to show you another card I made for the Christmas event that's been going on at Crafty ribbons inspiration blog. Our sponsor today is KennyK so if you like his images be sure to leave your name with Mr. Linky, because you could win some. :)

I decided to play with Kenny K's Cookies for Santa image. I coloured the girl with distress inks and then I added glitter glue on the white part of her dress and hat.  The patterned papers are from my stash and the white cardstock pieces were embossed with Cuttlebug's swiss dots embossing folder and with Couture creations' powder puff embossing folder. Corners were mady with Whimsy die. Ribbon is from Crafty ribbons (you can find it here) and pearls are from my stash.

Don't forget to hop to the CRPI blog to see what my teamies made and don't forget to leave your information with Mr. Linky. And if you are just joining us today, you might want to check previous posts too. Just saying' ... ;)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Stampin' for the weekend: Use some red

The ribbon girl: Christmas

Divas by design: Feeling festive

A little bit crafty: Christmas cheer

Deep ocean: Santa is coming

CRAFT: Christmas

Sweet stampin': Ribbons

Winter Wonderland: Embossing

Crafty ribbons Christmas event day 5 and challenge

Hey, hey! The Crafty ribbons Christmas event is still going on at Crafty ribbons inspiration blog, but today we also have a new challenge for you at Crafty ribbons challenge blog. Yup, a lot has been going on. lol 

Our sweet Ali and Tony from Crafty ribbons are sponsoring Christmas event today. 

You could win an amazing prize just by leaving your name with Mr. Linky at the Crafty ribbons inspiration blog. Easy peasy, right?

And if you decide to come and participate in our challenge (which I hope you will!), you could win another yummy ribbon prize. How awesome is this?!

I decided to make a criss cross card. My friend Nicole was talking about making one the other day and she got me inspired to try and make one myself as well. This is the first one I've made so far - one thing to cross of my "things to do" list. :)

I made this card for my friend (Katie, I hope you are not peaking!!!). I wanted to do something special, something a bit different, so here it is. I used my new papers from Papermania. Aren't they beautiful?! I love them. I used Yeti Yumi from Yumi and Fumi Handmade and 'Tis the season sentiment stamp from Hobby Lobby. I coloured Yumi with distress inks and I also added some glitter glue on the lights. Then I raised her on foam pades and glued it on my card. I cut the sentiment apart, raised it on foam pads and then glued it on the oval which I previously embossed with Cuttlebug's swiss dots embossing folder. I covered the sentiment with glitter glue too. Then I just added some sequins, die cut flowers and 25 mm white satin ribbon from Crafty ribbons and this is the result. I hope Katie will like it!

I'd like to enter my project to the following challenges:

Allsorts: Insired by a Christmas song/carol (my carol is "Deck the halls" - 'Tis the season to be jolly ...)

The ribbon girl: Christmas

The ABC challenge: A for Almost Christmas
Stamp and create: Anything goes
Paper crafting journey: It's Christmas time
Hanna and friends: Christmas
Through the craft room door: Anything goes
Challenges for everybody: Anything goes

Crafty ribbons Christmas event - day 4

Hey, hey! I didn't have a card to show you yesterday, but this doesn't mean we didn't have a giveaway at the inspiration blog.We did! So if you missed it, be sure to scroll down to see yesterday's post. But don't forget to enter your name in the draw for the amazing prize that Tiddly Inks is offering to one lucky winner today too. I'm not telling youwhat the prize is. You will have to hop to the CRPI blog to find out. *naughty grin*

I have another Christmas card to show you. 

I used an image from our sponsor, Tiddly Inks. :) I don't know about you, but I really like their images. I think they are very cute! This one is called "Winter wishes Wryn". This image was coloured with distress inks and I added some liquid applique on girl's dress and cap. Around the image I glued some small gold stars from my stash. The sentiment is in Slovenian and it means "happy holidays". Papers are from Folia and ribbon is from Crafty ribbons - you can find it here. Sequins, crystals and pearls are from my stash. I also used several Spellbinders and LLLC dies on for this card.

I'd like to enter my card the the following challenges:

7 kids college fund: Anything goes

The squirrel and the fox: Summer or winter

My creative moments: Snowmen

Tiddly inks: Christmas, holidays or a winter scene

My mum's craft shop: Winter/Christmas
One crazy stamper: Winter/Holiday

Crafty ribbons Christmas event - day 2

Heya! It's day 2 of our Christmas event at Crafty ribbons. If you are just joining us now, you might want to check yesterday's post at Crafty ribbons inspiration blog as well - just a hint. ;)

Today we are sponsored by Letraset and they are offering this amazing prize to the lucky winner ...

Don't forget to leave your name with Mr. Linky if you want a chance to win these markers. ;)

I decided to make a card with the sweet Pickle from Wild rose studio. I just love this little fella, he always brings smile to my face. :)

Isn't he cute?! I kept this card pretty simple because I wanted the image to stand out. I coloured Pickle with Promarkers and on the white part of the hat I used Liquid applique. The papers are from Folia, ribbons are from Crafty ribbons and sequins are from my stash. The white cardstock behind Pickle was embossed with Cuttlebug's swiss dots embossing folders. I then inked the raised dots with my copper ink pad.

So much from me. Now hop over to CRPI blog to see all the beautiful creations from my teamies. And don't forget to leave your name with Mr. Linky. :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Papertake weekly: Sketch (I used sketch #47)

Fab'n'funky: Little critters

Divas by design: Use some red

I love Promarkers: Anything goes

Natalie and Amy's challenge: Cute and cuddly Christmas

Crafty little fairies: Classic Christmas
Addicted to stamps: Embossing

'Tis the season

***This is my second post today. For my Crafty ribbons Christmas event post please scroll down.***

Hey, hey! I've been really busy making Christmas cards lately. Again I'm doing things at the very last minute, but I'm already used to it. 

I recently got some new Christmas stamps from Yumi and Fumi Handmade and I just couldn't wait to play with them. I decided to use one of them (Yeti Yumi) for our new challenge. This time we have a photo inspiration challenge for you. Here's the photo we hope will inspire you to make something ...

Isn't it beautiful?! I wish my living room would look like this!! You have a whole month to make something and enter the challenge at our blog. We hope many of you will come play with us!

Anyways ... Here's the card I made ...

Isn't this image awesome? I love it and I know I will be using it a lot! :) You can find Yeti Yumi at the Yumi and Fumi Handmade store. I coloured Yumi with distress inks and then I added some glitter glue on the lights as well (but unfortunately you can't see this in the photo). The star paper is from Folia and the rest of the papers are from my stash. I distressed the edges with scissors. The poinsettia and stars were cut out with LLLC dies. Doily and pearls are from my stash and ribbons are from Crafty ribbons. I embossed the tag with Cuttlebug's swiss dots embossing folder and then inked it with copper ink pad. The sentiment is a clear stamp from Hobby Lobby. Over it I also added some glitter glue. The decorative border was made with my border punch. I raised Yumi and sentiment on foam pads.

I hope you will come play with us! 

Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Bizzy Becs: Tag it

Creatalicious: Christmas time

Love to create: 3 of your favourite embellishments (for me those are pearls, ribbon, glitter glue)

Bearly mine: Anything goes

Stampin for the weekend: Feeling festive

Delightful challenges: Favourite things (pearsl, ribbons and glitter glue are my favourite embellishments and my favourite techniquesare distressing and embossing)

Christmas event at Crafty ribbons - day 1

Good morning! The most beautiful (in my opinion) month of the year just started. Woohoo!! :D I absolutely love Christmas - all the lights, the smell of cinnamon and oranges, yummy food, snow ... It all adds to the fact that this time of the year is so magical. I also love doing Christmas shopping and preparing gifts for my family and friends. It's a season of giving after all, right? ;)

And to spread the joy of Christmas around, we at Crafty ribbons decided to have a special Christmas event. Each day you will be treated with lots of amazing creations by the design team and we also have sponsors for each day which means you have the chance to win a lot of amazing prizes! For all the details hop to the Crafty ribbons inspiration blog.

On the first day of the event our sponsor is Lily of the valley. They are offering the lucky winner a 10 GBP voucher to spend in their store. 

I wish I could enter the candy draw too - I love their images. lol 

I made a card using their Milly winter window image.

Isn't this image cute? I bought it a couple of years ago and it's still one of my favourites. :) I coloured the image with distress inks and I added some glitter glue on the white part of Milly's cap and dress. I cut the image out with Spellbinders' Labelsix dies. The star paper I used for the background is from Folia and the rest of the papers are from my stash. The beautiful ribbon is from Crafty ribbons - you can find it here. Stars were cut out with Nellie Snellen dies. I added some glitter glue on them, raised them on foam pads and then added them to the card. The dark brown border was made with my Cart us die and the border under the image was made with my border punch. Doily and blue plastic dots are from my stash.

Hop to the Crafty ribbons inspiration blog to see all the beautiful creations from my teamies and to enter your name in the prize draw. Good luck! :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
The paper nest dolls: Bows
Totally Gorjuss: Snow's the way to go
Crafty sentiments: Anything goes
Cute card Thursday: Anything goes
Artistic inspirations: Anything goes
Simon says: Anything goes