Very quick post

This is going to be a very quick post, because I'm in a hurry. Today I was playing with blue a bit. Blue is my favourite colour, so I thought I'd try to create a card just with blue papers. And this is what I came out with ...

I think it's the type of card that you could give to a boy or to a girl. What do you think?The paper is from my stash, butterfly and flowers stamps are from Folia and the Hello stamp is from G Studio.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Repeat impressions: J19 CASEChallenge
The crafty pad: Something for the boy

Generosity

I never thought I'd be using so much brown for my projects. But now I think I couldn't do anything without it. It's just perfect for all sorts of color combination. For my newest project I only used two colors though - brown and yellow (and a tiny bit of green). I was going to make a card for the challenge that required you only use 2 colors for your project, but I missed it. *ooops* But that's fine, I had much fun working on this card and that's most important. Stamp is the cute Tilda with peony from Magnolia and all the other things (papers, ribbon, embellishments).

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Friday sketchers: Sketch
Just magnolia: Going dotty (I used the dotty paper)
All that scraps: Queen of hearts

Yummy

I have a very sweet tooth. So when I saw a "Food for thought" challenge at Cupcake craft blog, I knew that was a challenge for me. I had a pack of those 3D delicious looking stickers from Cookbookin' (stickers are called "Sweet delights" and you can find them on the bottom of this site) and I knew they would be perfect for this card. I used one of them and made this card ...

Isn't it just yummy? Mmmm, I wish I had a pie like this here right now ... Where the cherry was painted I glued a little red gem - because I like something sparkly on my cards. ;) Ribbon and embellishments are from my stock and as for the paper goes, I used some plain colored paper from my stock, the patterned orange paper is from Sizzix' Little Sizzles - Watercolors, the pale purple (the one behind the sticker) and the beige (sort of) patterned papers are from Nature collage kit by Arty collage.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenge:
Cupcake craft: Food for thought

My first blog award

I'm so happy today! I was just given my very first blog award - a LOVE BLOG award from Vicky. Vicky, thank you SO much for choosing me for this award. You totally made my day! I feel honoured to receive it and I am so excited! You're a total sweetheart! Thank you very, very much for thinking of me. Sending big hugs your way!!! :D I'm so proud to receive such great award.It's also extra special because it's my first. :D

Here's the award I won:

With this award also come some "obligations" (which you need to follow too, if you accept the award ;)):
1.) I need to link to the person who gave me this award ~ I have already done this, but want to do it again :P; if you haven't visited Vicky's blog yet, you should do it now; she's a great crafter and has so many wonderful projects on her blog that you could use for your inspiration.
2.) I have to let the person who gave me this blog award that I accept it ~ Vicky, I'm gladly accepting this award with a big smile all over my face. :D
3.) I have to post a Blog Love image in my blog post (see above)
4.) I have to pick 3-5 of my favourite blogs and pass the award to them; I also need to link to these blogs in my post (and then the blog owners should inform me that they have been tagged)

There's one rule about choosing your favourite blogs, and that is:

Dear Bloggers the aim of this award is that we bring unknown good blogs to light.

so I ask that you do not pass this award to fellow bloggers who have more than 3000 followers.

So, here it goes, I would like to pass this award to these blogs:
Lynn - Dreamweaver (scrapbooking, altered art, thoughts life)
Brenda - Brenscraps
Mandy - A sprinkling of glitter
Beth- Nana's memories & more
Aimee - Lil Mz Angelic world

There are MANY more blogs that I absolutely love reading, but I can only choose 5. You ladies are great and I love visiting you! Vicky, I'd send you this award too, but I don't think it could be passed back, could it?!?

Anyways, I hope you ladies will accept this award (because you deserve it!) and wear it with pride! Hugs!

Birthday card

Ok, so to everybody who read my previous post is probably logical that I'm not really good at making boy cards - yet. Practice, practice. However, that didn't stop me for trying again. I challenged myself! A friend of mine is having a birthday soon and for that I needed a birthday card that would be good for a guy. So, I put some brown stuff out, combined them with a bit of gold and yellow and avoided all the embellishments (that was the hardest part lol). Bellow you can see the result.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Prairie Fairy Fridays: Happy birthday
Paper Playtime: Anything party related
Crazy 4 challenges: Sketch

Baby card

A couple of days ago I found out that one of my friends is pregnant. So I decided to go and make a baby card for her. Now that was a challenge! I am anything but used to making birthday cards. I didn't even have any baby stamps - the one I used for this card was bought the day after I found out she was pregnant and was bought especially for the purpose of this card. It's cute though, isn't it? I don't know whether she's having a boy or a girl (she didn't have this info when we talked yet) so I was trying to create a card that would be appropriate for a boy and a girl. But I failed. *blush* It's waaaaaay too pink for a boy. *ooops* She better have a girl. lol :P I think I'll try to create another baby card soon, but this time I'll keep focused on blue papers. Maybe blue and yellow ... We'll see. There's still plenty of time for this card to be made. For now, here's the cute girly baby card. ;)

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Friday sketchers: Sketch
Pixie dust studio: Button up
Stamp challenges: Cute something
Paper cutz challenges: Anything goes
Ribbon girls: Pink and green
The crafty pad: Something girly

Spring

Do you have a favourite season? I do - it's spring. I love how everything becomes green again, the flowers are blooming and birds are singing. Plus the weather is fine as well - neither too hot nor too cold. Of course winter has its "magic" too (and so do other seasons), but I like spring the most. I like winter because you can go skiing, but since this is not an option for me right now :( I wish the spring will come soon.

I created this spring card today. I kept it simple, without too many embellishments.

When I saw this stamp in the store I knew I had to have it. Isn't it beautiful? And for some reason it reminds me on spring. This is Marij Rahder's Jugendstil no. 13 clear stamp. I also used some flower gems and yellow ribbon from my stash. The paper I used is Sizzix' Little Sizzles (Earth tones).

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

Repeat impressions: Sketch J1211
Crafty cardmakers: Floral
Top tip tuesday: Fabulous flowers