Reach for the stars

Hey, hey! How are you? We are slowly getting back to "normal". Can't believ the holidays are already over. We sure had a lot of fun and we spent much quality time together. But I guess it's time to go back to "real life" now.

I had some free time and I used it to play with some of my new goodies. First thing I inked were these adorable bunnies from The Greeting Farm; they are from the Let's go stamp set. I fell in love with this set the minute I saw it and I am soooo happy I finally got my hands on it. (Thank you, my sweet friend, for getting it for me!) 

One thing I learned while making this card is that I am terrible at ink blending and I really need to practice it. I created the cloudy background with the spun sugar distress ink and then I gold embossed the sentiment in the middle and glued some small gold star sequins around it. For the white cardstock, I stamped on some stars from the stamp set with the weathered wood distress ink and then "coloured" the stars with Stickles. Then I cut a rectangle out of it and a hole in the middle of it with another die. I fussy cut the bunnies and clouds and glued them on the card. I did the colouring with polychromos. I finished the card with some crystals. 

I'm sorry the photos are not the best and really don't do the card justice, but I hope you can see the bling and the dimension better here.

My lil one's birthday is soon coming up and she claimed this card for her birthday. I'm really glad she likes it so much.

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

Vesela hiška: Hitro, hitro pod odejo

Allsorts: Something new (new stamp set)

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Something new (new stamp set)

Critter crazy: Anything goes with a featured critter

Word art Wednesday: Anything goes

Crafty animals: Anything goes (must include an animal)

DL Art: Anything goes (January challenge)

Creations in pink: Anything goes (but mainly pink)

CRAFT: New

Celebrate

Hello, lovely people! How are you? Ready for the weekend? I sure am. I just want to stay home and relax. 

Today I would like to share with you a card I made for my friend's birthday. She's a cat person so I knew that this Wild rose studio image is perfect for the card I was making for her.

For a change I coloured the image with distress inks. I used beautiful papers from Craft and you and some gorgeous flowers from I am roses (+ some from my stash) to decorate the card. I stamped the sentiment and then went over it with Sakura gel pen to make it more sparkly.

So much for today. Have a beautiful day! xx

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

I am roses: Anything goes (+ use at least 3 IAR products)

Word art Wednesday: Anything goes (with sentiment)

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

We love Chocolate Baroque: Wings or anything goes (this time I went with anything goes)

Cardz TV: Anything goes

Let's craft and create: Anything goes (+ optional best of friends) - I chose AG

The creative crafters: Anything goes

Dream valley: Embossing (wet or dry)

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

Happy December

Hey everybody! I'm a bit late with this post... Sorry about that. On Saturday a new Challenge started at The Sketchy challenges blog. Theme is Christmas and you have the whole month to play with us. :)

Here's my card...

I used Lemoncraft papers and 2 different Magnolia stamps. I coloured this adorable Tilda with distress inks and I added some liquid applique on the white part of the sock to make it look more fluffy. Behind the Tilda I stamped snowflakes and embossed them with gold embossing powder.

To decorate the card I used some pearls and gold vellum snowflake stickers which I raised on foam pads for some extra dimension.

I hope you will play with us his month! xx

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Penny Black and more: Traditional Christmas colours
Simon says (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Anything Christmas goes (optional: use a sticker or two)
Christmas crafts all year long: Anything goes
Crafty calendar: It's Christmas time
The ribbon girl: December anything goes
Magnolia forever: Anything goes (optional winter/Christmas)
Cupcake inspirations: The holidays

Wonderful Tilda

Hello everybody! I'm back again with another Magnolia card. I just got some new crafty things and I used quite a few of them on my card. Most of them are available at Magnolia-licious store.

This image is called Wonderful Tilda and I just couldn't wait to colour her. I mean, look at her, isn't she a cutie? I coloured her with distress inks. the gorgeous papers are from Maja design Celebration collection. I made the flowers myself from white foamiran and different teal and silver stamens that you can find here. To make the flowers I used Rosy Dot AC3 die and Whimsy stamps Lily flower die set. I made a tutorial for the small flowers I used on my card - you can check it here if you'd like. See the stitched circles I used? They are Rox Stamps dies and they are awesome - real good quality and great price. I embellished the card with some black crystals, pearl string, tiny pearls and some lace and rose ribbon/trim. The black lace is from my stash and the beige lace and rose trim are from Magnolia-licious store. 

Don't forget that the new challenge started yesterday at Magnolia-licious blog. Theme is AG (with *option* Easter) and you don't even have to use Magnolia stamp to join in - see sidebar on the challenge blog for details. I hope you will come play with us. xx

Have a wonderful day! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Ally's angels: Stitching (real or faux)
Maja Design: March mood board
As you like it: Single or multiple layers (most of the time multiple, because I find it easier to make cards with lots of layers)
AnMa Creatief: Bingo (bloemen, roze, parels)
Colouring in Scrapland: Anything goes

Shake it... Christmas

Hello everybody! It's time for a new challenge at Magnolia-licious blog and the theme is Anything goes with option of Easter. Remember, you do NOT have to use Magnolia stamps on your creation if you don't have any; you can also use Stambing Bella, Whimsy Stamps or CC Designs images.

I decided to go with AG for my card and I didn't do the Easter theme. However, the DT had an extra challenge to make a shaker card, and I did that.

I'm realy trying to make Christmas cards all year long this year so I will have enough when December comes. For my card I used the adorable Divine angel Tilda stamp. I coloured the image with distress inks and I added Stickles on Tilda's wings. Papers are from DCWV. I embellished the card with some crystals, pearl string, pom pom ribbon and some lace.

I hope you will come play with us this month. Have a beautiful day!

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

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Magnolia forever. Ribbon, lace and pearl
Cute card Thursday: Anything goes
Love to scrap: Anything goes
The corrosive: Anything goes

Birthday wishes

Heya! I'm back with yet another card What can I say... It's been pretty busy in my crafty corner in the last couple of days. ;) 

Today I want to show you a card I made for my mom's birthday that's coming later this month. She stopped by when I had it on my crafty table, so she has already seen it (ooops), but I told her she's not getting it before the birthday. At least it's safe for me to post it on my blog without worrying of spoiling a surprise. ;)

Here's the card.

I used beautiful papers from Maja Design and very cute Dressed for festivity Tilda stamp. I coloured the image with distress inks. I made the flowers myself - I used RosyDot #3 and Whimsy Lily flower dies. I used ecru and olive green foamiran, and yellow glitter stamens, double headed white stamens and ecru micro bead stamens. All of these products are available in Magnolia-licious store. At the end I also embellished the card with some lace, pearls and crystals.

That's it from me today. Have a wonderful day!
Bye bye! xx

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Ally's angels: Flowers
Stamping sensations: Anything with flowers
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
Noor design: Celebrations
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
One crazy stamper: Anything goes
All about Magnolia: All about lace and pearls

Christmas blessings

Hey there! Me again. I bet you didn't see this one coming. lol ;) Today I have another Magnolia card to share with you. It's a Christmas one. I know, I know, you saw A LOT of those in the past month, but I hope you haven'te gotten tired of them yet. lol I'm making Christmas cards all year long this year so I will have enough of them at the end of the year. Well, at least that's the plan. :P

On this card I used the cute Christmas Tilda stamp from Christmas party collection. I coloured the image with distress inks and at the end I covered Tilda's dress and shoes with Wink of Stella for some shimmering look, but unfortunately you can't see this in the photo. I made the flowers myself with white Foamiran. This thing is so much fun to play with! If you haven't already, give it a try. Shawn has a lot of colours available in the store. Papers and embellishments came from my stash. All the layers are put together with foam pads to give the card some dimension.

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

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
All about Magnolia: Anything goes
Noor design: Anything goes
Simon says: Work it Wednesay December 2017 - Something new (new stamp)
Cuttlebug mania: Flowers
Ally's angels: Anything goes
Simon says (Wednesday challenge): Use pattened paper
Paperbabe stamps: Anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinky challenge: Anything goes
Penny Black and more: Something new (new stamp)

Magnolia-licious blog hop

Welcome to our BLOG HOP!!

We decided to have a surprise Blog Hop over at Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and there is a great prize involved, which is Pop Up Box #2, from Farm to Market. This box is full of various stamps, dies and laces. The theme is from Farm to Market from Magnolia Sweden.

To have a chance to win this amazing prize you need to do the following ...

You will need to go to each person to get details of their makes, and collect the 1 red letter on each blog as well as leave a comment. When you have finished looking at them all, Maya is the last stop, collect her 1 red letter and figure out what Christmas word we have scrambled and comment the answer on Maya's post (that's ME).

Here is the list of people participating in the hop:

Ivy Ling

Kerri Boucher

Karen Balcanoff

Rosette Camilleri

Rene Bowen

Maya Go - you are here

For the hop I created this mini loaded envelope.

I decorated the envelope with some papers and embellishments from my stash.  Once the envelope was finished I filled it with some crafty goodies, tags and some yummy hot chocolate. :D The Christmas ornaments image is from Magnolia and I coloured it with distress inks. It's an old image, so unfortunately Shawn doesn't have it in the store anymore, but there are many other gorgeous Christmas images from Magnolia available in the store, including the new Christmas party collection 2017. :)

The tags I put in the pocket are made with Doohickey die. You can find a large selection of doohickey dies in Magnolia-licious store.

And here's my envelope "unloaded".

The sentiments on the tags are old Stampin' up rub-ons. 

And just another side view. ;)

You should have come here from Rene's blog. If you are just starting the hop, you are at the last stop, so you better check out all the other posts if you fancy winning a wonderful prize from Magnolia-licious.

Remember, to be in for the win of the blog hop, you must leave a comment on each person’s blog, and guess the correct word on THIS post.

You have til midnight on Sunday, 17 December, to complete the hop. And you can check back on the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to see who the winner is on Monday, 18 December.

Good Luck to everyone and have fun!!

Merry Christmas,

Love from,

Ivy, Kerri, Karen, Rosette, Rene, Maya, Shawn, and Kim

P. S. Comment moderation is ON, so if you don't see your comment don't worry. I see it. ;) I will publish all the comments before the hop ends.

Angels we have heard on high

Hello everybody! How are you? Are you ready for Christmas? I thought I was, but I figured out I am not quite ready just yet... I have already bought most of my presents, but I am still missing a few bits of this and that. I was going to get them over the weekend, because we were planning to do some Christmas shopping, but then it was raining heavily, so we stayed at home. Maybe we'll go next week - we'll see.

I'm back with another card for Magnolia-licious. If you haven't yet, do join our challenge here. You can win amazing prize. ;)

Again I used the super cute Flying angel Tilda stamp - I just couldn't resist. lol

For this card I used some pretty papers from Kaisercraft and different laces, pearl string and crystals from my stash as embellishments.

I coloured Tilda with distress inks (pads).

Flowers (poinsettias) were made with Foamiran. This was the first time I used it and I love it! I can see my new addiction. lol I did fail the first couple of times, but at the end I did get the result I wanted and I am really happy with how my poinsettias look like. :) Besides all the cute Magnolia products you can also get Foamiran at Magnolia-licious store. Do check it out!

So much from me today. You might want to take a peek at this blog again on Friday. Just saying... ;)

Have a great day! xx

P. S. You also have a few days left to play with our "bling" challenge at The Sketchy Challenges.

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

Magnolia forever: Christmas/Winter

Lovely hAnglar or sweet Magnolia: Anything goes
Midweek Magnolias: Anything goes
Cupcake inspirations: Holiday
Tuesday throwdown: Anything goes
Crafty calendar: It's Christmas
Sugar Pea Designs: Mix it up #38
Stamping sensations: Christmas trees and flowers
Cuttlebug Mania: Anything Christmas (I used Spellbinders Floral ovals and La La Land Crafts corner die)
Addicted to stamps: Season greeting

Winter angel

Hey hey! I told you I'd be back soon. ;) I'm so excited to share with you my news... I'm now part of Magnolia-licious design team. Woohoo! I was SO happy when I got the news. Happy, happy, happy! :D Shawn has LOTS of Magnolia goodies in the store, but that's not all, they are also selling Maja design papers (you know how much I love these), Foamiran and other awesome things so it's definitely worth checking the store out.

Today is my first card I made as part of this design team. I made it for the challenge that just started at Manolia-licious blog. I hope you will come play with us!

I used one of the older Magnolia stamps. This Flying angel Tilda was one of my first Magnolia stamps and it's still one of  my favourites, escpecially for making Christmas card.

I used gorgeous papers from Maja design that are for sale in Magnolia-licious store and some red "ribbed cardstock" (I'm not sure that's the right name) for the stars. I decorated the card with some lace and homemade enamel dots.

I coloured the image with distress inks.

And here's the side view of my card.

I hope you will come play with us and do check Magnolia-licious store for some great deals. :)

Have a wonderful day! xx

I'd lie to enter my card to the following challenges:
All about Magnolia: All about Christmas
Midweek Magnolias: Christmas is coming
Noor design: Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper: Use patterned paper

Happy birthday, my sweet little girl

Exactly one year ago my life changed completely - I became a mummy to the sweetest little baby girl. A lot has happened in this year and even though it was hard at times, I would never go back. This year was magical and the joy this little girl brings into my life every day is indescribable. I love her to bits.

To celebrate this special birthday, of course we needed a special cake as well. I think I've said it before, but will say it again ... When it comes to baking, my mum rocks! So I asked her if she could make a special cake for her granddaughter. And she said she would. And boy, oh boy, she made an AMAZING cake. I could almost say she made the impossible possible. Why? Because we wanted to have a FRUIT cake in the shape of a mushroom. And she did it! Believe me, it was quite a challenge and A LOT of effort, hard work, time and love (not to mention the ingredients) went into this cake, but the result is simply stunning. But why I am just telling you this, I'll rather show you the photo (I have my mum's permission to share this cake on my blog).

After we also also added my baby's name and shaped candle (no. 1) to the cake.

Doesn't this look like a fairy house? I just LOOOOOOOOVE this cake. Love, love, love it! And it didn't only look amazing, it was also DE-LI-CIOUS. Filled with raspberries, strawberries ... Oh, yum, yum. YUM!

Ok, now that we've covered the most important thing, I'll show you the invitations that I made for Amadeja's birthday. I made two different ones and I kept them simple, but I hope you will like them.

I created shaker cards, using the CC designs scalloped rectangle die and CC designs birthday mice stamps. Aren't they adorable? Love them! I did the colouring with Promarkers and pencils. Sequins came from my stash. I created the cloud background with homemade cloud stencil and TH distress inks.

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

AnMa Creatief: Feest

Allsorts: Anything goes

Bastel Traum: Birthday/birth/white and one other colour

The ribbon girl: Use any image

Die cut divas: Using red or pink

One crazy stamper: Party time

Cute card Thursday: No patterned paper

Addicted to stamps: CAS

Scrapbook stamp society: AG 

Creative inspirations: Anything goes

Are you still with me? Hope so, because I have some more sweet news from you ... I can't share cake with you (shame, I know), but I do want to celebrate this big day with you, so I will send some crafty goodies to someone who leaves a comment here. No need to share anything on your blog, but you can if you want. Also, you don't need to be a follower, though I would be thrilled if you were. I'm not telling you what's in the candy, but will tell you that I will choose a winner on the first day of March. :)

Have a wonderful day!
Hugs! xx

Daphne with daffodil

Hello everybody! How are you doing? I'm doing fine. We finally got some sun yesterday and today and we used it to go for a short walk around the town earlier. The temperatures are getting higher too, which is also nice. Looks like spring will come here soon. Can't wait! :)

My baby girl is turning one later this month (goodness, where did this year went?! O.o) and I wanted to make a special birthday card for her. I brought out my favourite maja design papers (HVALA Jana!) and the super cute Daphne with daffodil stamp from Whimsy stamps. I love this image and I thought it woud be perfect for my card.

Since I wanted a shabby chic and romantic look on my card I decided to colour the image with distress inks (pads). I also used some liquid pearls (made with Viva Decor paper pen) and real tiny pearls on the wings. It's not visible in the picture (boo hoo), but I also used Wink of Stella brush on the wings and headband. I just love the shimmery look.

I decorated the card with different flowers (most of them are from I am roses and the others are from my stash), a charm, lace and I also used 2 small gems on the die cut hearts. I also used different die cuts from Cheery Lynn, Marianne design, Little darlings rubber stamps ... The tiny butterflies were made with Martha Stewart punch.

I hope you like the card. See you soon. have a wonderful day! xx

Hugs! xx

I'd like to entermy card to the following challenges:

Simon says stamps (wednesday challenge): Fantastic florals

Deep ocean: Hearts

The ribbon girl: Card

Sugar Pea Designs: Mix it up #28 (I chose photo inspiration)

Crop stop: Anything goes (Linky party #25) (brands from the store: Tim Holtz/Ranger, Viva decor, Martha Stewart, Spellbinders)

Noor design: Have a heart
I am roses: Anything goes
7 kids: Anything goes
Scrapy Land: Add texture + use brands from the store (I used: Cheery Lynn, Little Darlings, Spellbinders)
Allsorts: Hearts and/or flowers

Sleepy Christmas

Heya! I'm back with another Christmas card. I did a Christmas card swap with one lady and I knew she liked House Mouse images, so I decided to make a card with one of those cuties. She has already received the card, so it's safe for me to post it here. :)

I wanted the image to stand out, so I "framed" it with crystals. Besides those I only used some pearls and sequins to decorate the card. Papers all came from my stash,

I coloured the image with distress inks and pencils.

So much for today. Have a great day! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
House Mouse and friends: Anything Christmas goes
Dream Valley: Christmas
Hiding in my craft room: Freestyle
ABC Christmas: A - anything goes, B - blue
The crafter's cafe: Monochromatic
Dies R Us: Anything goes using die cuts
Penny Black and more: Anything goes

Swinging into Christmas

Hello everybody! Just a couple of days left and THE day will be here. Are you excited? I'm really looking forward to it. This year even more, because it's my baby's first Christmas. So much fun! I was wrapping Christmas presents yesterday so now I'm pretty much done with all the preparations for the big day. Yay! :)

Here's another one of the Christmas cards in non-traditional colours I made this year.

I used the beautiful glittery paper from Bo Bunny and some other papers from my stash. I really like this colour combination. I haven't done any colouring with distress inks in a while, so I thought I would change this and therefore I grabbed those ink pads and coloured this cutie. On the bauble and on the white parts of the dress I also used diamond stickles.

Around the image I glued pearl string and then I used some die cut stars, a piece of cheesecloth, some gems and small pop pom trim to decorate the card.

Have a wonderful holiday season! Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
The ribbon girl: Any image
Tuesday throwdown: Anything goes
The paper shelter: Anything goes
Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Make it sparkle
Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes
Cute card Thursday: Anything goes
Creatalicious: Anything goes with optional Christmas
Deep Ocean: Silent night (anything Christmas themed)
Crafty gals corner: Anything goes
Noor design: Sparkle

Congratulations on your wedding day

Hello everybody! How are you doing? Are you still enjoying the hot summer days or are you getting ready for autumn already? We don't have hot summer wave here anymore and I really like that. I guess that since we are already over the first half of August the fall has started to kicking on the door.

A shirt while ago I made a card for a for a very special lady who is getting married later this year. Normally I won't send the card before the wedding, but there have been some other things involved in the wedding planning that also included mailing, so I thought I would just send the card with them. Also, because this card had to travel quite a lot of miles to reach its destination it had to be sent well in advance to get there in time. Anyways, since Alyce has already received this card, it's safe for me to post a photo on my blog. :)

It's a bit different wedding card, as you can see. At first I was thinking about using a more "traditional" image, but I just like these sweet peas so much that I couldn't resist, I had to use this stamp. Image is from Whimsy stamps and it's called Sweet peas in a pod. 

I coloured the image with Distress inks. To decorate the card I used flowers from IAR and from my stash, pearls, gems and lace. Dies used are from Marianne design, Cheery Lynn, Magnolia and Whimsy stamps.

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

Cheery Lynn: Doilies

I am roses: Anything goes 

Craftin desert divas: Watercolor

Words 2 craft by: A single step
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Make for the border
Craft heaven shop: Anything goes
Love to scrap: Anything goes
Bastel Traum: Mask/stencil/die cutting (die cutting for me)
Scrappy Land: Use an image + any dies that Scrappy Land sells (Magnolia, Cheery Lynn, Whimsy stamps)