Holiday card... In June

Hey, hey! How are you doing? Have your summer vacations started yet? We are still waiting for ours. But until they come I will play with my craft supplies and hopefully make several holiday cards so I will have enough for when the holidays actually come. 

I would like to share one of the Christmas cards today.

I used the adorable image from MFT. First I coloured the image with my polychromos and then fussy cut it. Then I paper pieced the scarf so it matched the patterned paper. The papers are from Maja Design and Craft & you. I embellieshed the card with some lace, pearls, crystals and die cut snowflakes.

I raised different layers on foam pads for some extra dimension.

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

Scraps of life by Scrappymo!: June Rudolph days challenge

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Anything Christmas goes

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Ally's angels: Anything goes

We love Chocolate Baroque: Hand coloured or paper pieced image

Holiday hugs

Hello lovlies. How are you doing? 

The other day when I was writing Christmas cards my lil one came around and asked me which of those cards is for her. I explained to her that all of those cards are for our friends and family members. She looked me with those big eyes and said: "But they are so pretty. I want one too." So I promised her that I will make another card just for her so she can display it in her bedroom. She wasn't too keen about this idea, because she knew this means she would have to wait a couple of days for her card, but when I told her she could choose the image herself she agreed. :) She chose the cute snowman stamp from Stamping Bella. I also love this snowman. I thin it's very cute and I feel like he has his hands up in the air like this because he wants to give everybody a hug. :D

My lil one loves pink (who would have thought, right?! :P) so I wanted to make a card in pink tones, but I realized I don't have any pink dp that would be suitable for a Christmas card. *ooops* So I changed my plan and went for purple and torquise colour combination. And I added some yellow(ish) gold snowflakes for that extra splash of colours. The lil missy was happy with the card, which is most important.

Papers are from my stash and so are all the embellishments. I coloured the image with polychromos and added some diamond stickles on the white parts of the hat.

When I showed my daughter this card her first reaction was "wow", and then immediately followed this question: "Where are the hearts?" I had an "ummmmm" moment for a couple of seconds, because hearts were not part of the original request. Luckily I used the La La Land snowflakes (my favourite snowflake dies!) on this card and they have small heart shaped holes in them. So I showed those to my daughter and luckily she was happy with that. Now this card is displayed on a shelf in her bedroom. 

As this is my last post before Christmas, let me wish you a merry Christmas. May it be filled with love and laughter despite the strange time we are in right now. I hope you will get to spend it with your loved ones. Hugs! xx

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

Papercraft bussiness: Anything goes

ABC Christmas: Y - your favourite things (I love purple and turquoise colour combination and this snowman is one of my favourite Christmas/winter stamps and the LLLC snowflakes are my favourite snowlake dies)

As you like it: Favourite person to create for (I like to create cards for people who I know will appreciate them and one of them is definitely my daughter - each time I give her a card I made I get hugs and kisses and those are priceless for me)

Kreativ-Tanten: Christmas always comes suddenly

Papercraft challenges: Snowflakes

Christmas kickstart challenge: If it's Christmassy link it up

Creatalicious: Anything goes, optional Christmas

Yes, Virginia: December show and share

A festive hello

Hello everybody! How was your weekend? Did you have a nice time? We spent it at home, relaxing. It felt really good. On Saturday we finally put on our Christmas tree and decorations, watched some Netflix and Disney+ and we even took an easy way out with lunch - we just made pizza. :) And Sunday was just another easy going day at our place. Playing, watching Netflix/Disney+ and taking it easy. For me this was a perfect weekend.

I'm still working on my Christmas cards when I have time and this is one of those I made in the last couple of days.

I really like this image from LLLC. Isn't this Marci adorable? I decided to use non-traditional Christmas colours for a change. I like how Marci's yellow dress pops up against the pink background. What about you? Do you prefer the traditional Christmas colours when making Christmas cards or do you like non-traditional colours as well? I did the colouring with my polychromos.

I decorated the card with some doilies, pearls and some crystals and I also used a piece of glittery tape on there. It's hard to see in the pictures, but if you look reeeeeeeeeeeally closely and reeeeeeeally caefully you can see that I covered the showflake banner in Marci's hands with diamond stickles so it's really sparkly. What can I say... I love me some bling. ;)

So much from me today. have a wonderful Sunday (what's left of it) and a lovely week! xx

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

Cut it up: Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Anything Christmas goes

Stempelgarten: Christmas in unusual colors

Die cut divas: Anything goes

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Fun with dies

We love Chocolate Baroque: Anything goes

Cute card Thursday: Anything goes

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

To my daughter... I LOVE YOU

Hello everybody! How are you doing? I've been pretty busy lately; spending time with my lil one, learning french etc. What's the weather like where you live? Do you have any snow? We do, quite a lot of it actually. I wonder all this white stuff was for Christmas when I actually wanted it... It really has a terrible timing. *sigh* But I will admit that nature looks nice all covered with snow. :)

So, the "love month" is here. Do you have any plans for Valentine's day? Do you do anything special on that day with your other half? I will be honest, I don't really do Valentine's day. I like to surprise my hubby with little things on random days through the year, not "just" on Valentine's day. Therefore I don't really do any Valentine's day crafty projects. So when I saw that the theme of this month's challenge at The Sketchy Challenges blog is Love/Valentine's day I started thinking what to do. Lucky for me a very, very special person celebrate's her birthday this month. My sweet little girl who I LOVE with all my heart is turning three later this month. I can't believe how fast these 3 years have gone by.

For this challenge I made a card for my birthday girl.

When I was thinking about what image to use for my card I knew I wanted something sweet. Preferably a little girl with a toy of some sort. And this adorable Sweet friends Marci from La La Land Crafts was perfect. My lil girl also has a panda toy and loves playing with it, so score! :D

Seriously, isn't this image just too cute? I really like it. A lot! I coloured the image with Faber Castell Polychromos and then carefully fuzzy cut it and raised it on foam pads to get some dimension.

I decorated the card with all of my favourite embellishments - lace, pearls and lots of beautiful flowers from I am roses.

I can't wait to see your Valentine's/Love projects, so do come play with us at The Sketchy Challenges. :)

Hugs! xx

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
I am roses: Anything goes
Polkadoodles: Anything goes
Cardz TV: Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
Ally's angels: Anything goes
Simon says (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes
Through the craftroom door: Anything goes
Creatalicious: Anything goes (optional: hearts/love)
Creative inspirations: Anything goes

Wonderful Xmas

Hello my crafty friends! I have another Christmas card to share with you. This one was made last year and it has already arrived to its destination, but I haven't gotten the chance to show it here yet. 

I don't use digi stamps often, because 1.) my printer is almost always out of ink, 2.) no matter what I do my ink runs if I do the colouring with distress inks and 3.) if there is ink in my printer, I am often too lazy to print digis. I find it much easier and faster to just stamp an image on the paper. All that being said, this digi I used on the card I'm about to show you was just too cute not to be used. It's been sitting in the folder on my computer for quite a while, just waiting to be used. It took me a while to finally print it (see reason no. 3 above), but eventually I did it. Luckily more than once so I can use it again this year if I feel like it. :P

Anyways, here's my card...

The image is from Whimsy stamps and it was a freebie some time ago. I coloured it with pencils. 

Papers are from Folia and Docraft. I used several different dies on this card (from LLLC, LDRS...) and I spelled Xmas with glittery alphabet stickers. Those flowers/snowflakes around the image came with the same set as the alphabet stickers. To decorate the card I used some crystals.

So much from me today. Have a beautiful day! xx

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

Whimsy stamps: Anything goes

Love to scrap: Anything goes
Colouring in Scrapland: Anything goes
Crafty creations: Anything goes
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
Cards galore encore: Anything goes

Snow is falling

Hello everybody! How are you doing? Do you have any snow where you live? We don't have any yet. I don't mind we don't have any now, but I hope we will get some for Christmas.

I amd about to show you a Christmas card I made with one of the adorable WOJ stamps.

I used papers from Kaisercraft and I decorated the card with some pearls, lace and crystals. I coloured the image with Promarkers and pencils and I added stickles on the snowflakes, snow ball and parts of snow. 

Have a wonderful day! xx

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

The sketchy challenges: Winter

Sugar Pea designs: Mix it up #26 (AG)

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Ice inspiration 

Sweet stampin': Let it snow

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Scrapbook stamp society: Anything goes (option Christmas)

Love to scrap: Winter Wonderland

The ribbon girl: Card challenge

Crop Stop: Anything goes (products/brands from the store: Kaisercraft, Spellbinders)