Shop til you drop

Hello there! How's it going? I've been having a couple of days off and I've been using that time to go to some short trips and to do some crafting. I've been working on one "big(ger)" - kind of - project and in between I've made some cards and other small things. I'll share one of them with you today.

This is a small gift bag that I made the other day. 

The image is called Shop til you drop and is available at Whimsy stamps store. The minute I saw this image I knew I would use it on a gift bag. Have you seen movie Confessions of a shopaholic? Or maybe you read the book(s)? I saw the movie and I've read the books several times - they make me laugh real hard (and so do other books by S. Kinsella). Anyways ... This girl reminded me so much of Becky (the main character in the boks/movie) - and of another lady I know (she's a true shopaholic as well). Both of these ladies always have maaany shopping bags with them so I thought a shopping bag with this image would be great.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. The papers are from Authentique and doily, ribbon and the trim I used for the handles came from my stash. Decorative borders were made with my border punch. See the green points peeking from behind? Those are die cut stars that I cut with Whimy designs button die set.

That's it from me today. I hope you've been having a great week so far. Hugs! xx

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

Stamp and create: Anything goes

Love to scrap: Anything goes

Scrap and craft: Tie it up (use ribbon or twine)

Artistic inspirations: Anything goes or twist of ribbon

Bizzy Becs: Anything goes

Hop, hop

Hello everybody! How are you doing? I was at work the whole day today and I am exhausted. I can almost hear the bed calling my name. But before going to "Zzzzz land" I just wanted to show you this gift bag that I made.

I used the adorable Hopping raccoon stamp from Whimsy stamps. This little guy makes me smile and I just wanna hop along. :)

I did the colouring with distress inks. All of the papers and embellishments came from my stash.

And here's also the side view.

Have a wonderful day! xx

I'd like to enter my gift bag to the following challenges:
Through the craftroom door: Anything goes
Creative inspirations: Seeing stars
Sweet stampin': Anything but a card
Hiding in my craft room: Freestyle

Crafty creations: Seeing spots

Creatalicious: Embossing
Sparkles: Ribbons and buttons
7 kids college fund: Anything goes + optional twist spring colours
Ladybug crafts: Anything goes

Altered box

Hello my crafty friends! I hope your week has been good so far. I had a long and pretty stressful Monday, but now thins are calming down a little. But luckily the weekend is just around the corner.

A new challenge just started at Crafty ribbons blog and this time we want to see your round creations. My first thought was to make a round card, but I don't really have any big(ger) round dies, so I thanged my mind and decided to alter a round box.

I went to the craft store and bought a small white round box which I was going to decorate. The whole box was originally plain white so I used some beautiful patterned papers to cover it. I left the inside white, but other than that I covered the whole box with lots of pretty embellishments. 

First I decorated the lid. To do that I used TH harlequin stencil, home-made texture paste (I used Pamellia's recipe - thank you for sharing it girl!!), doily, lots of flowers, pearl string, lace, buttons and beads. And a butterfly - of course. ;)

I think some flowers are from Wild orchid crafts and the others are from my stash. Butterfly was stamped with multi coloured ink pad and cut out with my scissors. Buttons, doily, pearl string and beads came from my stash. All of the lace is from Crafty ribbons.

I also made a video about this project. Feel free to check it out if you want to. 

Anways, that's all from me today. I hope you'll come play with us. I would love to see your round projects. :)

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs! xx

I would like to enter my box to the following challenges:
Wags 'n Whiskers: Buttons
Scribble and scrap: Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's crafts: Recipe (anything but square + include pink, lace, pearls)
Craft your passion: Anything goes
Artistic inspirations: Anything goes with a twist of spring
Creative fingers: Anything goes

Whimsy April release hop - day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our ...

April Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 3 days we will reveal 15 *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets and 3 *BRAND NEW* die/die sets. They will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday.

Today we are excited to show you the brand new  Mi Ran Designs and Krista Heij-Barber.

I made another small card and on it I used the sweet Ceclilia from Mi Ran Designs.

I kept the card pretty simple because I wanted the image to stand out. I punched some butterflies and flowers to decorate my card with and I also used a few gems. In the back I used a doily. The bigger butterfly was made with Whimy butterfly border die.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. 

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

Maya Go - you are here

Louise Roache

Ellie Stover 

Lizzy Smith

Natalie Dever 

Debbie Eastman 

Bridget Curnow 

Bev Rochester

Iris Wiechmann

See you again tomorrow for our third day of sneak peeks.

Thanks so much for visiting us today. Happy hopping! :)

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Brown sugar: Distress
Sister act: Anything goes
Stamping sensations: Pretty in pink
Bizzy Becs: Anything goes
The paper nest dolls: Anything goes

Whimsy April release hop - day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of our ...

April Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 3 days we will reveal 15 *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets. They will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday.

Today we are excited to show you the brand new  Crissy Armstrong, Time for Tea Designs, Lizzy Love and Denise Lynn.

I made a mini card for today. And it's a CAS one too. I know, hard to believe. ;)

At first I was thinking about making a tag, but I changed at the very last minute so I made a mini card instead. Perfect way to use those scraps of papers you have in your stash - and that's exactly what I did. :)

I used the new image from Lizzy Love. It's called Millie's big game. It comes with the sentiment I used on my card. 

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

Debbie Eastman 

Shelby Thomas

Danni Bindel

Chitra Nair 

Cindy Hoesel

Shannah Bartle 

Maya Go - you are here

Louise Roache

Lizzy Smith

Bridget Curnow 

See you again tomorrow for our second day of sneak peeks.

Thanks so much for visiting us today. Happy hopping! :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Through the craftroom door: Anything goes
Penny's paper-crafty challenge blog: Anything goes
Love to scrap: Dots or stripes
Little miss Muffet: Anything goes
Crafty calendar: Add a sentiment

Fluttering by

Hey, hey! :) How are you doing? I'm enoying the beautiful sunny weekend we are having here. It's getting warmer and warmer days are long again. Love it! I've already seen some people wearing t-shirts yesterday. Ummmm ... It's not SO warm just yet in my opinion (actually, it could be, if it wasn't windy), but it'll soon be. Can't wait!

Today I'd like to show you a new card that I made. it was inspired by the beautiful spring days, so you will see bright colours, butterflies and flowers. :)

See, I told you. ;) I thought these gorgeous papers from Authentiqu would be perfect for my card. I also used some white and kraft cardstock and several different embellishments. Pearls, flowers and doilies came from my stash and the ribbons came from Crafty ribbons. 

I really like this image from TGF. It's called Flutter Anya and I think it's so darn cute! I coloured her with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. I covered the wings with glitter glue. You know me - I love my glitter glue. ;)

I cut the image out with my scissors and placed it on foam pads for some extra dimension.

Well, that's it for today. See you again tomorrow. :) Have a beautiful day!

Hugs! xx

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

The greeting farm: Oh so girly

Scrap & craft: Frame it

Papertake weekly: Anything goes

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): April showers or spring flowers

Creative inspirations: A trio of ... (flowers, pearls)

Allsorts: Bingo (ribbon, flowers, die cuts)

The ribbon girl: Add ribbon or lace

Deep ocean: Things with wings

Noor design: Anything goes

Happy spring!

Hey hey! How was your Easter? Did you have a nice time? Did Easter bunny bring you any yummy chocolate eggs? On Sunday we went to my grandparents for breakfast and to my parents for lunch. It was lovely. Then yesterday we had a nice and calm day at home (yesterday was a holiday here as well). The weather yesterday was the stranges I've ever seen. It was changing every 5 minutes - literally. First it was sunny, then all of the sudden it started raining, then sun again, then snow!!!, then sun again ... Crazy, I'm telling you! 

Well, at least that gave me a good excuse to go to my craft corner and do some crafting. Here's what I made.

It's another gift bag. :) I used papers from Authentique and Folia and the cute Skunk with rose image from Whimsy stamps. I did the colouring with distress inks. The butterflies were cut with Whimsy butterfly border die and the flowers, doilies and pearls came from my stash. For the handles I used a beautiful gold stain ribbon from Crafty ribbons. You can get it from the value bag or ribbon pack. Both of those are available at amazing price so be sure to check them out.

And here's also the side view. 

I hope you have a wonderful day ahead of you!

Hugs! xx

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

Creative fingers: Anything goes

Kit and clowder: Flowers

Craft stamper: Take a technique: colour

613 avenue create: Anything goes

Hiding in my craft room: Think spring

Craft your passion: Anything goes

Loves rubberstamps: Anything goes

Fairy Lily

***If you are looking for the Crafty ribbons Bunny hop please click here.***

Heya! I'm back with another card. 2 card on the same day - definitely not something that happens often on my blog. ;)

I was invited to be a guest designer at ArtbyMiran challenge blog and of course I gladly accepted the invitation, because I really like their images. I got to play with the sweet Fairy Lily image and here's the card I made with it.

I've used lots of scraps of paper that I've had in my stash for a while. Flowers, doily and pearls came from my stash and ribbons are from Crafty ribbons. 

Isn't this image cute?

I did the colouring with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. On the wings I used some glitter glue. I have to admit that I was a bit scared of how will I colour this cutie - especially the hair seemed extra scary to me. But I was happy with the result at the end. :)

I hope your day is filled with sunshine!

Hugs! xx

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

Loves rubberstamps: Use your favourite embellishments (flowers, pearls, ribbon, doily)
Emerald faeries: Spring flowers/Easter
Creatalicious: Anything goes
Craft your passion: Anything goes
Card mania: Flowers
Everybody art challenge: Anything goes
Paper creators crafts: Flowers
DL Art: April linky party
Scribble and scrap: Anything goes

Bunny hop

Hey hey! Easter is just around the corner so we at Crafty ribbons decided to do something fun for you. And so we have a bunny hop. :D There are 12 stops and you will find a letter at each stop. You need to collect those letters and mix them up a little so you will get the name of this cutie.

The hop will run til Friday, 10 April.

You should have arrived here from La Vikinga's blog. She had some gorgeous projects to show you, didn't she?

Here's what I made for the hop ...

It's a gift bag in which you can either put some Easter goodies or something else. I used papers from Authentique and a sweet "Springtime" image from Whimsy stamps. I did the colouring with distress inks. The ribbons came from Crafty ribbons. Dies are from Spellbinders and Nellie Snellen. I decorated the top of the bag with my craft punch.

Now you should hop to Laura's blog and check what she made. But before I let you go I need to tell you my letter ... My letter is M. Now go and see what Laura made. :)

HAPPY EASTER!!!

I'd like to enter my bag to the follwing challenges:

Fab'n'funky: Lots of layers
Crafty creations: Anything goes
Penny's paper-crafty challenge blog: Anything goes
The corrosive: Hop into spring
Scrapy Land: Anything goes using any brand of dies SL sells
Not just cards: Anything goes
One crazy stamper: Anything goes
Sisters of craft: Anything goes

Easter treat bag

Hello there! I'm here again with another project. And it's something else for a change, not a card. ;) I apologize for the bad quality of the pictures, but this project was finished around 6 pm yesterday and as you can imagine the light was not very good at that time anymore. But I want to share my creation with you anyways.

I made a treat bag to give away as an Easter present. What do you think? Do you like it? I used pink cardstock for the base and then I decorated the bag with some patterned paper from Folia. I "decorated" the top with my border punch. In the middle of the bag I made a hole with my die so you can see what's inside - lots of yummy chocolate eggs. :D The image is from The greeting farm and ribbon is from Crafty ribbons.

I also punched out a butterfly and added 2 pearls at the bottom to decorate my bag.

So much from me today. See you again tomorrow!
Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my bag to the following challenges:
The greeting farm: Easter
Sweet stampin': Easter

Crafting from the heart: Anything goes
Through the craftroom door: Anything goes
Little miss Muffet: Spring colours
The paper shelter: Easter time
The ABC challenge: G is for Go digital (I used digi image)
Hiding in my craft room: Any holiday (Easter)
Bastel Traum: Easter

The Earth has music

Happy April Fool's day! :D Be careful who you trust today. Call me boring, but I don't really like April fool's day pranks. I don't do them and I am extremly happy if I manage to get away from being pranked as well.

So, trust me I'm telling the truth when I say I have a new card to show you. ;) I was asked to be a guest designer at Words 2 scrap by challenge and I gladly accepted. Those ladies are very nice and I am grateful they let me join them for this challenge. :) The theme of the challenge is "The Earth Has Music" and to be honest I wasn't really sure what to make when I saw the theme. But then I remembered I still had that beautiful birdie picture somewhere and I thought it would be perfect for this challenge. And here's what I came up with ...

Now, isn't this birdie beautiful? I've had it in my stash for ages (and I can't for the life of me remember where I got it), but I don't often use pre-coloured images on my creations, so it was sitting in my drawer for a looong time. But I just knew that one day it would come handy. ;) 

I used some beautiful papers from Magnolia and Authentique and I embellished the card with pearls, doily, flowers, gems and ribbon from Crafty ribbons. The music notes were stamped with Kaisercraft stamp. Embossing was done with Cuttlebug's Swiss dots embossing folder and die-cutting was done with Spellbinders dies.

Have a beautiful sunny day!

Hugs! xx

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

Simon says stamp (Monday challenge): Pastels

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Crafting for all seasons: Animal magic

Crop Stop: Linky party #2 (product from the store is Cuttlebug's embossing folder)

Die cut divas: In the garden

Creative inspirations: Anything goes + option of a sketch

Bunny Zoe's crafts: Spring colours

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes
Deep ocean: Easter/spring