A touch of red

Good morning my crafty friends! How are you doing? I hope everything is well with you. Can you believe that January is gone already? I don't know about you, but for me this month just flew by. But I have to say that I am very excited that February is finally here. It means I'll get to see my little baby soon. Can't wait! She's due in the middle of February. :)

But don't worry, I won't start babbling about babies in this post. ;) I'm here to tell you about the new challenge that just started at The Greeting Farm blog. This month we'd like to see a touch of red on you your card, along with any of the cute images from TGF. Valentine's day is just around the corner, so you can make a Valentine's card if you want to, but it's not a must. Just be sure to use some red on your creation, that's all. :)

I had a play with two sets that were part of January release - Dollie with letter and Magical friends. 

Ok, so you can see Dollie, but you are probably wondering where did I use the Magical friends set, right? See the heart background behind Dollie? The heart is a stamp that comes with the Magical Friends set and I just randomly stamped it around on the white cardstock to create the background. :) Other heart papers came from my stash and so did the glittery dots I used in the corners. The heart ribbon is from Crafty ribbons.

I coloured Dollie with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. The embossed hearts I used on the card were hand cut from a white cardstock, inked a bit with TH distress ink and embossed with Cuttlebug's embossing folder.

I hope you'll come play with us! :)

Have a wonderful day! xx

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

Bastel Traum: Valentine

Creative inspirations: Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's crafts: Hearts
CRAFT: Love/Valentine's/Anniversary
Art by MiRan: Anything goes
Wags 'n Whiskers: With love
Sweet stampin': Valentines
The ribbon girl: Love
Simon says - Monday challenge: Love is in the air + use red
Noor design: Love

TGF preview - day 2, Dollie with letter

Hey there! Welcome to the second day of preview of the newly released goodies from The greeting farm. Today we are showing you projects we made with sweet Dollie with letter, that is - imho - perfect for the Valentine's cards, anniversary cards etc. Everything to do with love and romance really. ;) She comes with a couple of sentiments (one of which I used on my card as well), which is perfect. At first I was going to make a card in red tones with lots of hearts, but then I changed my mind a little and chose completely different colours for my card.

I coloured Dollie with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. 

The sentiment came with the stamp set. 

Hearts were cut with Xyron dies. Sequins and papers came from my stash and ribbons are from Crafty ribbons. I kept the card pretty simple, because I wanted the image to stand out. I raised Dollie on foam pads to give the card some extra dimension.

See you again tomorow for the third (and last) preview day. Bye bye! xx

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

ABC challenges: Y is Your choice

One crazy stamper: Anything goes

Die cut diva's: New technique/die/stamp/color (new stamp for me)
Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Something new (new stamp)
Inky impressions: All things new (new stamp)
The paper shelter: Punches and/or dies
Bunny Zoe's crafts: Hearts