Blessed Christmas

Hello everybody. Is anybody else already thinling about Christmas or is it just me? I know it's only August, but with school starting in about 2 weeks I think the time will just fly by and December will be here before we know it. I am pretty sure I will be quite busy with work over the next month(s), so I already started working on my Christmas cards - to be ready to send them out when the time comes. ;)

The one I am about to show you is CAS. I am still struggling with this style, but I do like to challenge myself every now and then and make something a bit differently than I usually do.

I still remember the first time I saw this angel stamp on one of my friend's cards. I immediately knew I had to get this set and up to date it is still one of my favourites when making Christmas cards. In case anyone is wondering... It is a Clearly besotted stamp set. ;) And the sentiment is from La La Land crafts.

I decided to make a shaker for a change. I think shakers are really fun, but for some reason I don't make them very often.

I embossed the background and just added some pearls to decorate the card.

So much for today. Have a wonderful day!

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Paperbabe stamps: Sketch

Cardz TV: Anything goes

The creative crafters: Anything goes

Word art Wednesday: Anything goes with sentiment

CHNC: Anything goes as long as it's Christmas

Summer card

Hello everybody! How are you doing? Are you enjoying summer? We are. We went to the sea and did some other trips last month. We had some more plans for August, but we had to change (postpone) those due to covid situation. This nasty virus really changed our lives, hasn't it? 

Today I would like to show you a summer themed card I made some time ago. I don't use digi stamps often, but I just had to print this mermaid digi from The Greeting Farm, because I liked it so much.

I've always admired the different hair colours people used when they were colouring images. I've always wanted to do that too, but for some reason didn't have the courage to do it. Well, this time I got "brave" :P and gave the mermaid pink hair. And I'm actually happy with how they turned out. 

The papers are from kaiserkraft. Besides the crystals I didn't use any embellishments. Instead I "decorated" the card with different die cuts.

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

Paperbabe stamps: Summer

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Patterned paper

Cardz TV: Anything goes

Ally's angels: Anything goes

Your next stamp: Summer days

Creative fingers: Anything goes

The creative crafters: Anything goes

Penguin with a balloon

Hello everybody! How are you doing? Good, I hope? It was the last day of school here so now we can start thinking about vacations. 😎 Are you going anywhere this year? 

I've made this card some time ago, but haven't gotten around to post it on m blog yet.

To make this card I used papers from Craft and you and image from Whimsy stamps.  I used double sided sticky foam to add some dimension between the layers. 

How adorable is this penguin?! I think he's one of the sweetest penguins ever. 😍 I coloured this cutie with pencils and  also added some stickles on the hat.

I decorated the card with some pearls from my stash and with flowers - those are from I am roses.

So much from me today. Have a wonderful summer! :)

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

I am roses: June IAR challenge

Ally's angels: Anything goes

Cardz TV: Anything goes

Paperbabe stamps: Anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

The creative crafters: Anything goes

Colouring in Scrapland: Anything goes

Sending you fairy birthday wishes

Hello everybody! How are you doing? This week I got to visit some of my friends for the first time since the lockdown. It was soooooooo nice to sit down, enjoy the lovely meal and have a looong chat. I really missed this. Things are not completely back to normal yet and there are still safety measures in place, but at least we can go out, visit friends etc. Things we were taking for granted before the covid-19 situation. 

Today I would liketo show you a card I made for my mom's birthday. 

Don't you just love these adorable fairies from Mo Manning? I totally do. I mean, seriously, look at how cute they are! They always make me smile.

I had lots of fun colouring this cutie. :) I did the colouring with Faber Castell's polychromos.

I embelished the card with some flowers, pearls and sequins.

Have a beautiful day! xx

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

Cardz TV: Anything goes

As you like it: Favourite embellishment (flowers, because they give the cards that extra feminine touch and make the cards more elegant)

I am roses: Anything goes

PaperBabe stamps: Picture inspiration

Southern girls challenge: Anything goes

Ally's angels: Anything goes

Joy of sets tic tac toe: Tic tac toe (roses, things that fly, pearls)

Thank you!

Hey, hey! How are you doing? 

Today I want to show you a thank you card that I made for a friend of mine. She is an amazing person, one that you can always count on. And whenever I needed help she's been right here. I am very happy and blessed to have a friend like her. I can't want for the quarantine to be over so we can meet again for some chat and coffee and/or lunch. She's been helping me a lot with some stuff lately and I wanted her to know how grateful I am to her for everything she's been doing, so I made her this card.

I've been going over my stamps, but no matter which one I had in my hands, my mind kept going to this sweet Ellie with Dhalia from Wild rose studio. Call it fait or whatever you want, but I simply had to colour that one.

I wanted a bright and happy card, so I chose papers from one of my favourite paper packs from My mind's eye. Aren't they pretty?

I decorated the card with some lace and pearls. The sentiment is actually a sticker which I've had in my stash forever. I think it was one of the first things I bought back when I started crafting. So it really is very old. 

So much from me today. Have a beautiful day! See you soon! :)

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

Your next stamp: Lots of layers

Hero Arts: Essential kindness

Cute card Thursday: Anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Creative sketchy girls: Flowers

Paperbabe stamps: Anything goes

Let's craft and create: AG (optional: ribbon, lace, twine - I used lace)

Shabby chic birthday card

Hello there! How are you doing? Things are sloooooowly starting to go to the "new normal" here; things are about to reopen etc. But there are still many safety measures in place.

I made this card for my grandma's birthday. I was thinking hard which stamp to use on the card, but atthe end I decide to make a shabby chic card without the cute images. And this is the result.

The gorgeous papers I used for this card are from Lemoncraft. Between most of the layers I used a doubble sided sticky foam to create a bit of a 3D look and give the card a bit more dimension. 

I distressed the edges of the papers and used some white gesso here and there. Between the layers I "tucked" a white paper doily.  I fussy cut the flowers from one of the sheets that came with the paper pad and layered them using the double sided adhesive foam. I printed the sentiment (it's in Slovenian and it means "happy birthday") and added it on the card. To complete the look I was going for I stamped some butterflies on the watercolour paper, coloured them with TH distress inks, fussy cut them and then glued them on the card. I finished the card by embellishing it with some lace and pearls.

Have a beautiful day! xx

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

Word art Wednesday: Anything goes

Cardz TV: Anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Creative inspirations: Fabulously feminine

Allsorts: Anything goes

Virginia's "Show and share" - May show and share

Gem of a challenge: Anything goes
A vintage journey: Beautiful blooms

Have fun today

Hello everybody! How are you doing? Good, I hope. We've been having rainy days here and I used those to go through my craft stash and do some "spring cleaning". I'm nowhere done yet, but at least I started. I've found quite a lot of things I forgot I had. *ooops* And I also found several stamped images that I never colured. Not sure why not. Hmmm... Well, I'm determined to colour those in the following weeks (months).

The first image from that pile I coloured is the one I used on the card I am about to show you. It's an adorable House Mouse image that is perfect for when you are making a birthday card.

I coloured the image with pencils and then used wink of Stella on the candles.

I'm determined to "shop in my stash" and use some of my old(er) craft supplies before I go crazy and order a whole lot of the new ones. For this card I've used some of the pretty K&Co papers that I've had in my stash since forever. I even used one of the stickers that came with the paper pad for the sentiment. Over the word "fun" I went with Wink of Stella, but unfortunately it's impossible to see the shimmer in the photos. It's very sparkly otherwise.

I embellished the card with some pearls, crystals and a paper doily.

So much from me today. I wish you a wonderful weekend! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Craftyhazelnuts' patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
House mouse and friends: Anything goes (option: happy together)
Your next stamp: Lots of layers
Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes
Cardz TV: Anything goes
The creative crafters: Anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie stamps: Multiple layers