Black and white Christmas wreath

Hello everybody! How are you doing? I hope everything is well where you live. Do you have any plans for Easter. I'm planing to cook some traditional meals and we will probably colour a few eggs, but that's pretty much it.

I didn't make (or better said: finish) and Easter cards this year. Shame on me, I know. Luckily my lil one saved me - she made quite a few and we sent those to our relatives. 

Well, since I don't have any Easter creations to show you you, I thought I'd share with you another Christmas project that I made quite some time ago, but never posted it here.

I made this Christmas wreath from scratch. First I made the base from old newspapers and then covered it with ribbons, Then I made some flowers from ribbon and felt and glued them onto the wreath base. All of the ribbons used on this project are from Crafty ribbons.

So much from me today. Have a wonderful week! xx

I'd like to enter my project to the following challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Anything Christmas goes

Scraps of life by Scrappymo!: March Rudolph days challenge

Creative fingers: Anything goes

Yummy cookie

Hello everybody! How are you? It's weekend! Yay! :D Do you have any plans? I am not sure what we'll do yet, but I know I want to relaaaaaax.

Today I would like to yhare with you a pretty simple Christmas card that I made. Please excuse the bad pictures. Unfortunately I don't have any better ones. :/

It's no secret that I love TGF stamps so of course I had to use one of their cuties on my card. I coloured the image with polychromos, fussy cut it, placed some foam pads on the back and glued the image on the card. The design paper I used is from Folia and the ribbon is from Crafty ribbons. Besides the ribbon I only used some colourful pearls to embellish the card.

I hope you will have a wonderful weekend. Bye bye for now. xx

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

Simon says (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Anything Christmas goes

Scraps of life by Scrappymo: February Rudolph days challenge

Cardz TV: Anything goes

Celebrate

Hello there! I can't believe January is almost over. Can you? I feel like it was only yesterday that we were wishing each other happy New Year. Sometimes I am wondering if days really have 24 hours. Mine sure seem much shorter. Several of my friends celebrate their birthdays in February so today I am going to show you a birthday card I made. 

It's a CAS card. I love this WRS image so I wanted it to be the center of attention of my card.

I did the colouring with Promarkers and pencils. The butterflies were cut from a beautiful butterfly ribbon from Crafty ribbons. In the center of each butterfly I placed a pearl. In the upper left corner I glued some gems. Sentiment is a G Studio stamp.

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

Allsorts: Let's celebrate

Winter Wonderland: Spring fever - sunshing, flowers, romance

Word art Wednesday: Anything goes

Creative inspirations: Cute critters
Djkardkreations: NBUS #10 (I've had the "celebrate" stamp for a long time, but haven't used it til now)

The Greeting Farm Halloween release

Hello there! In the last couple of days we were doing previews of the new TGF Halloween stamps and today these stamps are available in the store. Awesome, right? This still gives you more than enough time to work on your Halloween projects. I made another small treat bag and again I used one of the cute images from the Scaredy cats stamp set. 

I used some solid colour cardstock and a piece of design Image was coloured with Promarkers and pencils and then I used Scaredy cats dies to cut it out. I used the same dies for the bats. 

Stars are stickers from my stash and ribbon is from Crafty ribbons.

So much from me for now. See you soon! :)

I'd like to enter my bag to the following challenges:
Little miss Muffet: Anything goes
One crazy stamper: Fall/Halloween
Cute card Thursday: Words/numbers
The sketchy challenges: Anything goes

Peek a boo

Hello everybody! Today is the second day of previews at The Greeting Farm blog. Westerday we were showcasing a Scaredy cats stamp set and today we are showing you the second Halloween set that is being released. This one is called Peek a boo and it brings you some more Halloween cuties. :)

I decided to make a small shaker treat bag. 

I didn't use any design paper, just some cardstock in different colours. The bat paper you see on my bad is just a piece of white cardstock on which I stamped this cute bat that comes with the set.

I coloured the images with Promarkers and pencils and then I used the Peek a boo dies to cut them out. For the shaker I used some sequins that I had in my stash for a while. Ribbon is from Crafty ribbons.

Well, this is it for today. See you again tomorrow. :) xx

I'd like to enter my treat bag to the following challenges:
One crazy stamper: Fall/Halloween
Art by MiRan: Anything goes
Scrapbook stam society: Anything goes
Fab'n'funky: Anything goes
The sketchy challenges: Anything goes
Lemon Shortbread: Anything goes
World wide open DT challenge blog: Anything goes

The Greeting Farm July release - day 2

Good morning my crafty friends and welcome to the second day of The Greeting Farm previews. Today we are showcasing another adorable set. It's called "Let's mingle" and I absolutely love it. Why? Just wait til you see it and you'll know immediately why. ;)

I decided to transform another of those lunch bags into a gift bag.

Sooooo, what do you think? Aren't these mice just too cute? They bring a smile to my face each time I see them. :) Or some reason I had a Jingle bells song stuck in my head all the time I was making this bag and I could just imagine these mice dancing and singing along. Lol

For this bag I used some scraps of design paper from my stash. I did the colouring with Promarkers and pencils. I raised the images and the sentiment on foam pads for some extra dimension.

So much for today. See you again tomorrow. :)

I'd like to enter my bag to the following challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
Rubber dance challenge: Christmas in July (+ colour palette)
Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes
Bastel traum: Anything goes
ABC challenges: L is for Lots of layers

Have a fairy good day

Good morning my crafty friends. I hope you've been enjoying your week so far and that it's not too hot where you are. We went to my parents' for lunch on Saturday and on Sunday we were having a quiet and lazy day at home. It's pretty hot outside during the day, so we stayed in and played with the little one and I even managed to do some crafting. :)

Over the last couple of days I moved my craft place - again. I'm back to my original place. A couple of weeks ago I moved all my crafty stuff to Amadeja's room. I thought I would set my craft area here and that my hubby  could go to my "old" craft place, but it didn't work out. So I'm back at my old place. It took me a while to get everything back here, but now I have things more organized and I put all the sharp and small objects on the top shelves and/or in the closet/drawer to keep them away from my baby girl. She's in the phase where she grabs everything she can get her hands of and puts those things in the mouth, so we nee to be careful.

Anyways, back to crafting ... I decorated another brown lunch bag and made a gift bag out of it.

I used this gorgeous purple paper that I had in my stash forever. The orange paper are actually recycled envelopes. I din't want to over-embellish my bag, so I only used a piece of pearl string and 2 flowers to decorate it. In the center of the purple flower I put the adorable little fairy from The greeting farm. She's from the recently released Little fairies stamp set and so is the sentiment. These stamps come with matching dies and I used that to cut the image out of the paper. Colouring was done with Promarkers and pencils.

For the handles I used a gorgeous orange twill tape ribbon from Crafty ribbons.

So much from me today. Have a great day!

Hugs! xx

I would like to enter my bag to the following challenges:
Penny Black and More: Anything goes with a stamp
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
Craft heaven: Anything goes
Stamping sensations: Anything goes with stamp and ribbon

Mini pizza box

Hello my crafty friends!  How was your weekend? I hope you had a lovely time! We visited  my hubby's parents on Saturday morning and then we spend the rest of the day at home, where it was cool (thank god for air conditioner). In the evening my parents stopped by - they went to Ikea and brought us some things as well. As you can imagine we were spending Sunday putting those things together. Well, my hubby did while I was taking care of our sweet little girl. :) When my baby was sleeping I managed to do a little bit of crafting and I finally managed to finish this mini pica box. It's a project that normally doesn't take much time, but this one took me a whole week (if not even longer). Oh well, at least I managed to finish it, right?

Here's what it looks like.

I used lots of elements from the Nature collage kit from Artsy collage. The utterfl, flowers and sentiment all came from that kit and I just cut them out with my scissors. The dark blue paper is from the same kit as well. I decorated the lid with some pearls, lace and ric rac ribbon from Crafty ribbons. Decorative border was done with my craft punch and the leaves behing the flowers were made with Cottage Cutz die (leafy branch small).

And this is the inside of the box. As you can see I created a small pocket on the inside of the lid. In the pocket I put a tag that I cut from the Nature collage kit. I decorated the pocket with CottageCutz border die.

Well, this is it from me today. Have a wonderful week! Bye bye! xx

I would like to enter my box to the following challenges:
The scrapping cottage: Pocket

Word art Wednesday: Anything goes

De Egel: Animal on your projects

Southern girls: Anything goes

AnMa Creatief: Bingo (blauw, lint/kant, parels)

Craft your passion: Anything goes

Lollipop, lollipop, oh lolli, lolli, lolli

Hey my sweet friends! Now that you have the Lollipop song stuck in your head I can show you what I made.

It's a paper lollipop!!! And a shaker one too!!! Weeee!!!! Lol Sorry, I think I lost it for a moment, but I think this is so much fun!!! :D I'm sure you've seen these lollipops around the Blogland before. I've been meaning to make one of these for ages, but haven't gotten around to do it til now. And now I think I'm hooked. I had so much fun making this! Never mind the Lollipop song that was stuck in my head the whole time I was making the lolli. Lol

I started with a strip of a 12x12 paper to make a rosette. Then I used a doily in the back and one of the die cuts, some pearls and a micro dot ribbon from Crafty ribbons to decorate the front. Most of the paper lollipops I've seen online used paper straws, but I didn't have any at home and couldn't find any in the store, so I just used a bbq stick that I covered with gesso. I think that works well too.

The adorable kitty is a TGF stamp and is part of the Mini-remix Happy set. I did the colouring with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. I was originally planning to use clear micro beads for the shaker, but guess what ... I didn't have any at home. It was my mum who gave me the idea to use those teeny tiny beads that I have among my jewelry making supplies instead. Thanks mum! :) I'm glad I found some use for those after all this time. :)

Well, so much from me today. Have a wonderful day!

Hugs! xx

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

Stamping sensations: Feature a creature
One crazy stamper: Anything goes
Little miss Muffet: Anything goes
Hanna and friends: Everything except a card
Deep ocean: Our furry/feathered friends
De Egel: Animal on your card or creation
Die cut divas: Anything goes
Art by MiRan: Anything goes

Geometrical

Hello my crafty friends! How's it going? I'm enjoying my time with my little girl and while she sleeps I try to do a little bit of crafting. I never thought I'd enjoy being a mom so much. But this little bundle of joy gives me energy and brightens my days. :)

Anyways, I won't bore you with baby talk, because I know it's not why you are here. ;) A new challenge started at Crafty ribbons today and the theme is "Geometrical". Say "what"?! That was my reaction. I have to admit this was a huge challenge for me. I had absolutely no idea what to make. At first I thought I would just use a lot of circles on my card, but I couldn't make it work. My mind was blank. But then I thought about just using some different geometrical shapes on my card and all of the sudden things weren't looking so bad anymore. At the end I made the following card.

While it doesn't really scream "geometrical" at first look, I did use squares, rectangles, ovals and even triangles on this card.

I coloured this sweet little image a while back, but didn't get to use it til now. It's coloured with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils and I also used some Stickles on the wings. Unfortunately it's impossible to see in the picture, but I also used gloss gel on the pink flower.

To decorate this card I used different flowers from my stash, pearls, keys ribbon from Crafty ribbons and a little birdie, which I made with mod podge silicone mold. On some die cuts and those triangles I used white gel pen for the stitches.

So much from me today. I hope you won't get scared by this theme and you will come play with us! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs! xx

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

Stamping sensations: Anything goes

Card Mania: Flowers

Noor design: Spring flowers

Live and love crafts: Blossoms and/or butterflies

Pile it on: Garden creatures
Deep ocean: Flowers everywhere
Fab'n'funky: 3 or more layers
The ribbon girl: Card challenge

Not square at Crafty ribbons

Happy Thursday my crafty friends. :) I hope your week has been going well so far. I've actually managed to do some blog hopping this week. Shocking, I know. lol Very little though, but better than nothing, right? ;)

A new challenge just started at the Crafty ribbons blog today and this time we'd like to see your cards/projects that are NOT square or rectangle. Any other shape goes. And don't forget to use some ribbon too. 

I've had this chipboard mini album in my stash for a while, just waiting to be decorated. I thought it would be perfect for this theme, so I grabbed my papers, ribbons (all of the ribbons used in this album are available at the Crafty ribbons store) and other embellishments and went to work. Here's the finished result.

This is the cover of the mini album. I used lots of different die cuts, some pearls, some gems and Handmade by me ribbon to decorate it.

Here are the first and sedond page of the album. I used some more pearls, die cuts and 2 different ribbons (Tulip messages and Hooked with love).

Pages 3 and 4. Here I used some 3D flower stickers, die cuts, gems and Tulip messages and Live, laugh, love ribbons.

Page 4 again - just to show you that it has a pucket that holds a small tag.

Pages 5 and 6. Here I used some flower shaped gems, butterfly punch, die cuts, 3D flower sticker and Handmade by me and Dream, wish, believe ribbons.

Pages 7 and 8. Again, different die cuts, punched flowers and butterfly, gems and pearls along with Love sewing - zips ribbon. 

And this is the back of the mini album.

I got those papers at the same time as album - they were pre-cut in the same shape as the album, so this was a real time saver. I inked the edges of the papers with black ink pad.

So, this is it. This was my take on the current challenge. I can't wait to see what you'll make! :)

Have a great day!

Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my album to the following hallenges:
ABC challenges: E is for everything (Anything goes)
Marianne design divas: Anything goes option special shaped cards (Marianne Design products used in this album: Anja's leaves 2 LR0227, Flower fantasy LR0128, Square cr1203)
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
Noor design: Anything goes
AnMa Creatief: Anything but a card
Penny's paper-crafty challenge blog: Anything goes
Cheery Lynn designs: Back to nature (add a dragonfly, butterfly, hummingbird or something from nature);  I used CL French pastry doily and Fanciful flourish dies
As you like it: Favourite non card project (Besides cards I love making mini albums, because I think they are a wonderful way to store all those special photos. I also like that I can decorate them any way I want, so that they match (in theme) the photos I am putting inside).

Green

Hello there! :) First of all, a big THANK YOU to everybody who are stopping by and leaving me comments. They are much appreciated! I haven't had much free time, so I haven't had the chance to visit your blogs yet, but hopefully I can do it soon. It's been pretty busy here in the last month. I'm still adjusting to my "new life", but I'm loving every single minute of it. :)

A new challenge just started at Crafty ribbons challenge blog and this time wed like to see green on your creations - of course in combination with some ribbon. 

The card I am about to show you was made for my mom's birthday that was in February. She likes green and since she was getting a "nature coloring class" from K&C for her b-day (well, a gift voucher for the class, because the class hasn't been released by her b-day yet) I thought I'd step away from those cute images and rather use this beautiful bird stamp from CTMH on my card.

I've only used scraps of papers that I had in my stash on this card. The circle behind the bird was embossed with Crafts-too embossing folder. I embellished the card with doily, gems, sequins, pearls, flowers and ribbon. Ribbon is from Crafty ribbons (you can get it here) and all the other embellishments came from my stash, For the center of the flowers I used golden brads.

I hope you'll come play with us. I can't wait to see what you make! :)

Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Stamping sensations: Flower power
Penny Black and more: Feature a creature
Craftyhazelnut's pattenred paper challenge: Use patterned paper
AnMa Creatief: Spring

New challenge and new ribbons at Crafty ribbons

Good morning my crafty friends! I hope you are doing well! Today we have a new challenge at Crafty ribbons challenge blog and the theme is "leap", which means we'd like to see something that jumps on your creations - can be a frog, kangaroo ... Put your brain cells to work! ;) Oh, and don't forget to use ribbon on your creation as well!

Before I go on and show you what I made I want to tell you about the new ribbons that just became available at the Crafty ribbons store. They are *awesome*, so be sure to check them out. There are sewing ribbons, travel ribbons, crochet ribbons, patchwork work ribbons ... I'm sure you'll love them all! :D

This has been quite a challenge for me, but then I found this  WOJ image among my stash and thought it would be perfect for this challenge. Plus, additional bonus is that now I already have one Christmas card made for this year. ;)

I used different papers from my stash on this card. And as I've already said, the main image is from WOJ and the sentiment is from LLLC. I cut the sentiment out with Spellbinders' die. Around the sentiment I drew some stitches with my white gel pen. I did the colouring with watercolour pencils. And on girl's sweater and earmuffs I also used some stickles.

The golden stars are sequins that I had in my stash forever and the wooden snowflakes came from my stash as well. In the middle of each snowflake I glueed a golden glittery circle from Docrafts. The brown stripe ribbon is from Crafty ribbons.

I hope you'll come play with us.

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
The ribbon girl: Anything goes as long as it's a card
Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes
Tuesday throwdown: Layer it up
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
One crazy stamper: Anything goes
Scrapbook stamp society: Anything goes + option embossing
Penny Black and more: Anything goes with a stamp and die/s
Stamping sensations: Anything goes
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes

Fabulous flowers

Heya! :) How's it going? Hope you've been enjoying the year so far. I can't complain, everythinghas been fine so far. I'm enjoying my time off and doing lots of crafting. I'm being extra organized this year - I'm even surprising myself. I just wonder how long will that last - knowing me probably not very long. lol

Anyways, a new challenge just started at Crafty ribbons blog. It's a nice and easy one - fabulous flowers (+ ribbon). I don't know about you, but I love using flowers on my creations. Usually I use quite a few.

I've had this floral paper in my stash for quite a while and I'm glad I finally put it to some use. As my main image I decided to use this adorable Double cupcake Anya from the TGF. I reeeeeally like this image. She's a cutie, isn't she?

She's coloured with Promarkers, and Giotto and Faber Castell pencils. On her hair accessories, parts of the cupcake and on the bow on her dress I also used diamond stickles.

The big red flowers are from my stash and all the other flowers were made with Tattered Lace die. The white doily is store bought and the kraft doily was made with my new Cheery Lynn die. Corner is a LLLC die. Gems and pearls came from my stash and ribbons are from Crafty ribbons store - I used this one and this one.

That's it from me today. Hope you'll come join our challenge! :)

Bye bye! xx

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

Penny Black and more: One for the girls
Stamping sensations: Anything goes with a die
Allsorts: Girly and sparkly
The crazy challenge: Ribbons
The cutie pie: Krafty cuties
The ribbon girl: Any image
Hanna and friends: Die cuts
Cupcake inspirations: Photo inspiration