Reindeer

Hey, hey! :) How are you doing? Good, I hope. I'm having a bit crazy week at work, but after this day comes to an end things will calm down. 

A new challenge just started at Crafty ribbons blog and this week our theme is "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer". So this means we would like to see reindeer on your creation - and it doesn't have to be Rudolph. ;) 

I like red and kraft colour combination so I decided to make a card in these colours.

I embossed the reindeer with gold embossing folder and then I used scissors to distress the edges of all the layers I used on my card. Doily, gold stars and gems came from my stash and ribbon is from Crafty ribbons - you can find it here. Stars were cute with Nellie Snellen dies and then embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Ok, so this is all for today. I hope you are having a great day! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Creative inspirations: Anything goes
Crafty creations: Don't be blue
Stamp and create: Brown or kraft
Sparkles Christmas challenges: Distress it
Inky impressions: Make it krafty
Craft your passion: Anything goes
Crafting from the heart: Anything goes
Penny's paper crafty challenge blog: Anything goes
Papertake weekly: All about the base

Flower raft

Hello my crafty friends! How are you doing today? I have to say I had a very productive day today. I did some housework, finished something for work, finished a card and I even did some beading. I was busy. ;) One lady asked me to make a necklace for hers daughter-in-law-to-be birthday present. I haven't done any beading in ages so it was nice to make something else besides paper crafts for a change. While I was going through my stash of beads and pearls I noticed I have so many that I couldn't use in a couple of years. I completely forgot I had so many ... Eeek. I think I should put some of them to use and make some more bracelets, earrings etc. Now all I need is time ...

I can't show you the necklae I made today, but I can show you a card I finished earlier. :)

To make this card I used lots of leftover scraps of paper from my stash. I combined those with some flowers, dotty ribbon, lace, gems and pearls. 

I coloured up this adorable mouse with Promarkers, pencils and distress inks. 

Unfortunately you can't see this in the picture, but I covered the flower with gloss gel, which gives it a really pretty shiny look. 

Hope you had a lovely Saturday and that you have a pleasant Sunday ahead. xx

P. S. Don't forget to enter my candy. :)

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

Timbroscrapmania: Anything goes

The ribbon girl: Anything goes with an image

Creative inspirations: CAS or Fusy and fancy (Fusy and fancy for me ;))

As you like it: Monochrome or colour (colour for me - I think it's more interesting and more "fun")

House Mouse and friends: Pink or Anything goes (I was going to make a completely pink card, but got lost on the way *oops*, so I think it's anything goes for me, though I did try to add quite some pink thingies on my card as well ;))

Craft heaven shop: Lace and flowers

Sparkles monthly challenges: Pearls and/or lace

Creative card crew: Ribbon

Love to scrap: Ribbon or lace, oh my!

Christmas candles

Hello my crafty friends! First of all for all the sweet comments you left on my baby post and for all the emails. Each of them is very much appreciated. You are all so kind! Thank you!! xx

How are you otherwise? I am a bit tired, but otherwise I'm fine. Luckily I don't have to do any extra stuff for work this afternoon so I can just relax and do some crafting. It's gonna be a long day tomorrow so I really need to recharge my batteries.

I would like to show you a card I finished yesterday. 

I thought it was high time I start working on some Christmas cards and this is the one I just finished. I used some leftover scraps of paper from my stash for this card and some snowflake die cuts that I received from a friend of mine a while back. Image is from Sweet Escape Digis and I coloured it with Promarkers and pencils. On the Christmas decorations (baubles) I also added some glitter glue.

Gift shaped "ribbon" is from Folia and crystals, star shaped sequins, pearls and doilies came from my stash.

Have you started working on your Christmas cards yet?

So much from me today. If you haven't already, check my candy here. ;)

Have a great day! xx

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

Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes

The paper shelter: Xtra vaganza

Penny's paper-crafty challenge blog: Anything goes

Art by Miran: Anything goes

The ribbon girl: Everything goes with an image

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: use patterned paper

Sisters of craft: Anything goes

Oh Christmas tree

Hey, hey! :) Phew, I can finally breath again. The last two weeks have been absolutely crazy. I've been so busy with work that I barely had any time for other things. But things are calming down and now I can breath again. Time to start playing "catch-up" again me thinks. lol

Are you in the mood for making some Christmas projects? I hope so, because we have a countdown to Christmas "event" ready for you at Crafty ribbons blog. Til the end of the year all our challenges will be somehow in connection with Christmas and I hope you'll play in many (if not all) of them. During this "event" all our challenges will only last 1 week. And this week's theme is "Christmas carols". I chose "Oh Christmas tree" as my inspiration and the result is this card.

I'm sorry for the crappy photo, but I was finishing this card at the very last minute. I didn't use any stamps, but I used this pretty Christmas tree die cut that I once received with RAK for the center of my card. I randomly glued some teeny tiny pearls on the die cut.

Papers are from DCWV and pearls, sequins and cheesecloth came from my stash. I also used some gorgeous volcan viscose lace from the CR store. 

I hope you'll come play with us this week. Have a great day. xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
The ribbon girl: Add lace and pearls
Papertake weekly: Anything goes
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
Wags 'n Whiskers: Use a die cut
Bizzy Becs: Anything goes

Autumn colours

Hey, hey! Can you believe it's October already? September flew by so quickly for me! I have no doubt it'll be the same with this month as quite a lot will be going on. Autumn is already here and the leaves have already started changing colours. It's pretty. Now I just need to get my hands on some chestnut too ... ;) 

Anyways ... Let's talk some crafty things now ... I was asked to be a guest designer at Stamping Sensations blog and of course I said yes. The theme this month is "Autumn colours" and I decided to make a birthday card. At this time of year many of my friends and relatives have their birthdays so I thought I better stock up. 

I went through my stash and brought out some leftover pieces of papers in brown, orange and yellow tones. I also found some dimensional stickers (flowers and yellow frame) in those colours so I decided to use those as well. Image is from House Mouse and I coloured it with my pencils.

I embossed the white cardstock behind the image with Mpress embossing folder. Doily, brads, ribbon and pearls came from my stash.

I hope you'll join our challenge this month. Can't wait to see your autumn creations. :)

Have a wonderful day! Hugs! xx

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

Love to scrap: Anything goes

Deep ocean: Autumn

Dream valley: Recipe (pearls, patterned paper, flowers)

Little Claire's designs: Autumnal theme
House Mouse and friends: Autumn/Halloween or Anything goes
Timbroscrapmania: Use metal (I used brads)
Papertake weekly: Take your pick (colour theme - autumn colours and technique theme - embossing)
Creative inspirations: Anything goes
Scrap and craft inspiration: Autumn colours
Simon says stamp: Anything goes

No stamping

Good morning my crafty friends! How are you doing? I'm having a very busy time at work right now. It'll be like that for another week or so, but after that I expect things will calm down a bit. 

Can you believe that September is almost over? This month just flew by for me. So much has been going on ... 

A new challenge started at Crafty ribbons blog today and this time we want to see lace somewhere on your project. I love using lace. I think it gives the project that perfect elegant, elegant and feminine touch. At CR store they have lots of gorgeous lace that you can choose from, so go take a look.

As for me, I decided to use Chantilly cotton lace - callac.

I was going for a shabby chic and romantic look with this card. I used several leftover scraps of paper from my stash and distressed all of them with my scissors and distress ink. I made this flower a long time ago with TH tattered florals die. 

Besides lace I also used some pearls and doily. To make decorative borders I used my craft punches.

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

Have a great day!

Hugs! xx

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

Through the craftroom door: Anything goes

Craft your passion: Anything goes

Crafting from the heart: Anything goes

Bizzy Becs: Anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Pink and black

Hello my sweet friends! How are you doing? I hope you've been enjoying the week so far. I've been busy with work stuff, but I am enjoying it. My throat is getting better, which I'm very happy about. Looks like honey and lemon did their magic. In case anybody wants a recipe for a home-made "medicine" that helps getting your immune system better, here it is ...

What you need:

1 liter honey

6 lemons

1 ginger root (be careful with ginger, because it has a very strong taste; remember you can always add more, but you can't take any out)

What to do with those stuff:

Squeeze lemons and either squeeze or grate ginger root (if you grate it, make sure it's very, very finely grated) - I prefer to squeeze ginger root though, so I get juice out of it. Mix everything together and voila, you're done. :) Easy peasy, right? Again, be careful with ginger, because it has strong spicy taste. I love it (I love spicy things) and I usually use one big root (sometimes even more), but you might want to start with a small root or only half of the root and then add more if you want. You can either drink this on its own (a table spoon of this syrup in the morning and another one in the evening seems to work just fine), or you can make a tea out of it. Just put some syrup into the tea cup and pour hot (not boiled!!!) water over it. Yum! I can't have ginger right now (boohoo :( ), so I was making this mixture without ginger. It was ok, but I missed that spicy "touch". ;) Anyways, this thing is awesome - trust me, better than those pills etc. - and it helps. And it tastes sooo good too! ;) Maybe this is also an idea for the Christmas gifts this year - to give to your loved ones. :)

Ok, enough about that now. Let's talk some crafty things ... Today I'd like to show you a card I made with some leftover scraps of Prima's paper. Most of them are scraps from the Romance novel paper pad, which I absolutely love (I don't want to throw away even the tiniest little piece).

I love pink and black colour combination and even though I'm "scared" of using black on my projects I thought I'd give it a go. I created the background using several stripes of paper, which I inked with distress ink. As you can see I used lots of different lace and some flowers on this card.

I didn't do any stamping for a change. Instead I chose those beautiful butterfly die cuts to be in the center of my card.

In the center of each butterfly I put a crystal - you can never have too much bling, can you? ;)

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

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Cheery Lynn designs: Things with wings
Deep ocean: Shabby chic
Papertake weekly: Animal magic
Frilly and funkie: Stamps be gone
Scrap and craft: Butterflies
Craft heaven shop: Anything goes
Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Die crazy
Craft-alnica: Živali
The ABC challenge: R is for recipe (pink, dies and/or punches, lace)