Mugs and kisses

Hey hey! How are you doing? Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am. We are meeting with some friends so I think it'll be a fun one. Do you have any plans?

Before I show you the card I want to tell you about a yummy crafty candy my mom has on her blog. Click here if you want to check it out. :)

So, now let me show you my card.

I used quite a lot of scraps on this card, e.g. the wite corrugated cardboard, the colourful Christmas tree paper and even the green stars are cut from those small pieces of paper. It feels really great using those small paper scraps and snippets.

The image I used for this card is from The greeting farm and it's called Holiday Anya 6. Isn't she adorable? She's one of my favourite TGF stamps. :) I coloured her with polychromos. On the mug I put a silver snowflake sticker that's been in my stash forever. The sentiment comes with the stamp too.

The triangles paper was actually just a white cardstock over which I stamped with a stamp from Paper babe stamps. I embellished the card with some round and star shaped sequins.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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

Ally's angels: Anything goes

Stempelgarten: Favourite stamp

Pixie's Crafty workshop: Challenge 415

Creatalicious: Anything goes (optional stars)

Coffee loving cardmakers: Fall/winter coffee lovers bloghop

Beaded angels

Hello everybody! Today I want to share something a bit different with you. 

I really like angels so this year I decided to make some myself. I wanted to make some angels that could be used as charms, pendants or even Christmas tree decorations. And I wanted to make them with beads. I found some great ideas online, but for some reason those simple angels stood out to me the most. So I decided to make those. I bought some angel wings and went through my huge stash of beads and pearls to choose the ones I wanted to use. Once I had all the supplies ready I went to work and this what I made...

Originally I made these angels to give them away to my friends at Christmas time, but some have already found their new home. And the others are still waiting... I will definitely make more before Christmas.

Do you like angels? What kind of decorations do you like to put on your Christmas tree? Do you have any that are special for you?

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

I'd like to enter my little angels to the following challenges:

Creative fingers: Anything goes

Country view challenges: Christmas gifting

Through the craftroom door: Anything goes

Moving along with the times: Anything but a card

Mix it up: Anything goes + 3D project

River of creativity: The gift (these little angels were created to be given as gifts to my friends at Christmas)

Do you want to share a cookie with me?

 Hello everybody! How are you doing? 

I promised to share some more cards that I made, so here is the next one. :) 

For this one I decided to keep the design simple. I used the adorable Holiday Anya 6 stamp from The greeting farm. I coloured her with polychromos. I didn't add a whole lot of embellishments, just a couple of sequins and some teeny tiny pearls.

I really like the look of CAS cards, but I find them difficult to make. For me making fully loaded cards with lots of layers and embellishments is much easier. What about you? 

This is all from me today. I hope you have a wonderful day! xx

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

Ally's angels: Anything goes

Christmas with the cuties: In the pink with Christmas

Scraps of life by Scrappymo!: October Rudolph days challenge

Pixie's crafty workshop: Challenge #414

Let's craft and create: Anything goes (optional: things with wings)

BYSH Cardmakers: Falling for the holidays 2021 hop

Let's have some fun

Hello! How are you doing? I hope everything is fine where you live and that you managed to enjoy this past weekend to the fullest. We sure did. We had such a lovely weather so we couldn't just stay inside - we went for a walk, to the park... And me and the lil one even did some baking. Perfect weekend - lots of fun, relaxing and quality family time. What did you do?

I also managed to squeeze in some crafting time and I created this card...

This card is different from the cards I usually make. In fact, I don't think I've ever made a card like this (the shape) before. But it was really fun to make so I might give it a go another time.

As you can see, I kept the whole design very simple. I like the effect vellum gave and I didn't want to cover it all with embellishments. I created (or at least tried to) a snowy landscape and reindeers having fun around the Christmas tree. It was my lil one who chose the images (and has already claimed the card). ;) I embossed part of the "snow" and raised the reindeer on foam pads for some extra dimension. I did the colouring with polychromos.

Have a wonderful day! xx

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

Lift challenge: Swing card with vellum circle

Craftzhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Anything Christmas goes

Christmas kickstart challenge: Make one for a loved one (made for my lil one)

Christmas with the cuties: Rudolph and friends (feature a reindeer)

Ally's angels: Anything goes

Christmas craft creations: Sketch

Hot chocolate anyone?

Hi everybody! How are you doing? I've been keeping myself busy with day-to-day activities and I've been experimenting in the kitchen. I love cooking and baking and I always keep my eyes out on the new things I can/have to try. So if you have a favourite recipe that you care to share, please do so. :) I was thinking about posting some of the stuff I make in the kitchen here, but then I've decided to keep this blog for my papercrafts (and maybe occassional piece of handmade jewelry) only. However, I'm sharing most of the dishes I make on my instagram so feel free to have a look, if you want. :)

Besides cooking and baking I've also made a couple of cards, which I would like to share with you. You can see the first one below and the others will follow in the upcoming weeks. 

So, the first card I want to share with your is a Christmas one. I decided to use one of the super cute images from Severine Aubry on my card - this little fella always brings a smile to my face. :D I definitely wouldn't mind if he came here so we could share a cup of hot chocolate. ;)

I coloured the image with polychromos. I'm on a mission to "shop in my stash", so on this card I used quite a few things that I've had in my stash for what seems like forever - crystals, acetate frame with stars, rub-on sentiment and even the die cut frame is an oldie.

Have you started working on your Christmas projects? Or are you currently hooked on Halloween stuff?

So much for today. Wishing you all a wonderful day! xx

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

Craft-alnica: Nekaj sladkega

Let's craft and create: AG + Lots of layers

Ally's angels: Anything goes

Creative fingers: Anything goes

Scraps of life by Scrappymo!: September Rudolph days challenge 

Baby blessings

Hello everybody! How are you doing? How was your summer? Did you go anywhere or did you just relax at home? We did a little bit of everything. :) 

Earlier this month our friends welcomed a new baby boy into the family. We haven't seen the little guy yet, but we hope to soon. I made a baby card to give to the happy couple when we meet. And today I want to share this card with you.

I chose one of the sweet dino stamps from Clearly Besotted and I coloured it with polychromos. I decided to go for a CAS look and went through my huge pile of paper scraps to find some that I wanted to use on my card. After it was all put together I decorated the card with some sequins.

I hope you are enjoying these last days of August. xx

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

Pixie's crafty workshop: Add some sparkle

Stamping sensations: Any celebration

We love Chocolate Baroque: Favourite stamps (the dinos from the Clearly besotted set are definitely my favourite stamps for making baby cards)

Bizzy Becs: Anything goes

Creative fingers: Anything goes

How the holidays start ...

Hello everybody! How are you doing? 

Today I want to share with you another Christmas card I made.

I don't have a printer so I very, very rarely use digi stamps, even though I have plenty in my collection. Do you use digi stamps? I know there are several advantages to digi stamps compared to rubber/clear ones (e. g. resizing images to your desired size, price etc.), but even so I prefer the "real" stamping - meaning using a rubber/clear stamp and ink. BUT there are some images that I really, really like that only come as digi stamps. So when I visited my parents one day I asked them if I could use their printer to print a couple of images. One of the images I printed was this cute image from Polkadoodles that I used on the card below.

I coloured the image with polychromos and added some liquid applique on parts of the image to make it more interesting. The papers are from DCWV. I decorated the card with some die cut stars and crystals. The sentiment is a rub-on from Stampin' up. I added some foam pads between the layers for some extra dimension.

I hope you like this card. Have you started on your Christmas cards yet or will you make them later in the year?

Have a wonderful day! xx

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

Scraps of life by Scrappymo!: July Rudolph days challenge

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Anything Christmas goes

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Bizzy Becs: Anything goes

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes