Moments With You Are Magical

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

We have a new challenge starting as of today at Crafts and Me Challenges.This week the amazingly talented Angela is hosting the challenge and she chose

Distress/Vintage

Ohhhh... this is just perfect for me.. I soooo love distressing :-)

 

I used the adorable 'Rachel Anderson's Lily of the Valley' stamp available at Crafts and Me

I really did a LOT of distressing on this card ;-)

Not only did I distress all the paper edges (the design paper is from the digi paper pack called 'drip-drop {the papers}' by Joyful Heart Designs available at The Digichick). But I also used Gesso and Distress inks to distress the papers further more, and also the paper flowers and even the twine :)

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The sentiment is from the new 'Everyday Mini Postage Stamps' set by Whimsy Stamps. I stamped the 'magical' sentiment, cut out the inner rectangle and then die cut a piece of black cardstock using the coordinating 'Mini Postage Stamp Die' by Whimsy Stamps

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challenges:

• Crafts and Me #34 (Distress/Vintage)
• Aly's Sunday Challenges (Twine)
• ColourQ #82 (Always Artichoke, Kiwi Kiss, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze + White)
• Craft Your Passion #55 (Layers)
• Everybody Art Challenge #138 (Fairies)
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations Challenge (Flowers)
• Make It Monday (Anything Goes)
• Scrapbook Sisters - Card Challenge #33 (Distress) 
• Simon Says ... Anything Goes
• Stampavie and More #139 (Pearls) 
• The Stamping Boutique (Winged Things)
• Your Next Stamp Challenge #41 (use a charm)

card recipe:

• stamps - Rachel Anderson's Lily of the Valley by Sweet Pea Stamps, Everyday Mini Postage Stamps by Whimsy Stamps
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, white gel pen from Sakura, chalks, Distress inks
• design papers - drip-drop {the papers} by Joyful Heart Designs
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - black cardstock from stash, Mini Postage Stamp Die by Whimsy Stamps, black lace from Wild Orchid Crafts, twine from stash, Liquitex Gesso, Sakura clear glitter gel pen, distressing tool from Tim Holtz, paper piecing tool from stash, Stickles in waterfall and stardust, paper flowers from stash, pearl brad from Ricoh Designs, metal charm from stash, foam pads from stash

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Sylvia

Wishes of a Happy Birthday

Hi everyone and Happy Easter :)

*woohoo*.. I created another card.. two cards in two days in a row.. unbelievable ;-)

After visiting Annika's blog a few days ago where I saw her GORGEOUS mermaid with black hair (she did it for the current Make It Colourful challenge), I absolutely wanted to try to do black hair myself  - I think I've never done black hair before!

BTW: You absolutely should go and take a look at Annika's work on her blog, if you don't know her by now.. she's one of the most talented AND super sweet people I ever met in 'blog land'!

And as you may know I don't own any Copics...so it was a bit difficult for me, because there are TONS of tutorials for black hair using Copics around blog land but I've never seen one for Tombows or even watercolor pencils (and that's what I have *lol*)

So the only thing I could do was just give it a try ;-))) and this is my result ... anything but perfect ... but I think it's ok for the first attempt ...

challenges:

• A Gem of A Challenge #19 (Pearls and/or swirls) 
• Delicious Doodles #22 (Anything Goes)
• Little Miss Muffet #7 (Glitter and Shine) 
• Make It Colourful #15 (Colouring Black Hair)
• Totally Gorjuss #77 (Bling)
• Wee Memories #53 (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun)

card recipe:

• stamps - Rock Chick by KennyK (Whimsy Stamps), Party Mini Letter Seals by Raindrop Echo Designs (Whimsy Stamps)
• color mediums - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterned papers - Ambrosia by Basic Grey
• tools - Silhouette SD machine, Big Shot
• other supplies - black cardstock from stash and American Crafts, purple cardstock from stash, Nestabilities classic and scalloped circles, div. cutting files for Silhouette SD machine, selfadhesive crystals from stash, paper piecing tool from stash, Sakura white gel pen, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

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Sylvia

Birthday Card For a Little Fireman

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)

As some of you may know, I'm a mother to four boys .. the two 'little' ones are aged 6 and 8 and so I am in need of many birthday cards for boys (because they are invited to other little boys birthday partys a lot *smile*)

Soooo .. here's one more for my (actually not existing *g*) stash... because I'm always happy to have a card on hand for the next birthday invitation my boys get ;-)

I used the super cute new digi stamp 'Fireman Bear' by Meljen's Design and one of the stamps from the 'Party Mini Letter Seals' rubber stamp set by Raindrop Echo.

I did some paper piecing on the firemanbear's coat using a blue paper :)

The papers I used for the card are from the new 'Boyish Charm Papers' by Elise's Pieces. I love her kits and papers because she really is a master in doing 'boyish' stuff! 

A little bit of distressing using Distress inks around the edges of the patterened background paper and around the circle of the focal image, then some faux stitching.. that's it.. pretty easy :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

challenges:

• A Spoon Full of Sugar #148 (Celebrate)
• Auds Sentiments #26 (anything goes)
• Crafty Catz #79 (Children's Cards)
• Delicious Doods #22 (Anything Goes)
• Delightful Challenges (Paper Piecing or Paper Piercing)
• Fun with Shapes and More #81 (Animals)
• Meljen's Challenge #55 (Masculine)
• Phindys Place # (Paper Piecing)
• Sew Many Cards #51 (Sketch) 
• Southern Girls Challenge (Green and Blue)
• Stampavie and more #138 (Birthday)
  

card recipe:

• stamps - Fireman Bear by Meljen's Designs, Party Mini Letter Seals by Raindrop Echo Designs
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Distress inks, white gel pen from Sakura
• design papers - 'Boyish Charm Papers' by Elise's Pieces
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - cardstock from Bazzill, Nestabilities classic and scalloped circle dies, ribbon from Rico Design, mini buttons from Wild Orchid Crafts, paper piecing tool from stash, white gel pen from Sakura, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Minis

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Sylvia

Fairy in Blue

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Sorry for not being around much lately, but I have really so much going on IRL at the moment.. I hope to be back in full swing at the beginning of May!

But I managed to create a card this week *yay* ;-) and I used the adorable and oh so gorgeous 'Glacier Lily Fairy' rubber stamp by Hannah Lynn available at Crafts and Me Stamps.

Isn't this fairy just beautiful? I just love her face and all the wonderful details on this image ...

It is the second time I use her on a card ('cause I really LOVE her). This time she is coloured in blues, last time I coloured her in red and yellow.. and no matter what 'dress' (color) she 'wears'.. she's always looking great, doesn't she?! ;-)

The design papers in the background are from the digi paper pack 'Carefree Paper prints Pack' by KimB Designs. I so adore Kims paper designs! The paper lily was originally white and I sprayed it with some blue Glimmer Mist spray and colored the seed heads with Tombows in yellow and orange.

Oh and don't forget to stop by our Crafts and Me Challenges blog, because there's a new challenge starting today :)

challenges:

• Drunken Stampers #63 (Technology Sucks)
• Etsy Inspired Challenge #135 ({Creating is Fun}) - inspired by the laces
• Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenges #24 (Anything Goes)
• Make It Monday #33 (Anything Goes)
• Paper Sundaes #65 (Texture)
• Pile It On #16 (Rubber Stamp)
• The Outlawz POM (Easter/Spring)
• Totally Papercrafts #62 (Springtime)
• Woodware USA #23 (Die Cuts/Punches)

card recipe:

• stamp - Glacier Lily Fairy from Crafts and Me Stamps
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, chalks
• design papers - Carefree Paper prints Pack by KimB Designs
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Nestabilities Label dies, black cardstock from stash, white lace from Wild Orchid Crafts, blue crinkled ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique (etsy), white paper lily from Wild Orchid Crafts, blue Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angel, white pearl pin from Jenni Bowlin, foam tape from stash, Glue Dots

Crafts and Me Challenges # 30

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)


It's Wednesday and therefore time for a new challenge over at Crafts and Me Challenges.
And I am so delighted to be your hostess this week.
I chose the theme RIBBON (you know, I have a passion for ribbons... and don't we ALL have a passion for ribbons?! *lol*) Of course, I would love to see your creations entered in the challenge, too :) :) :)


Here's my card using the adorable 'Time Flies' stamp designed by Jasmine Becket-Griffith for Crafts and Me Stamps:

 close up:

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #30 (ribbon)
• Amber's Crafts and Stuff Challenge #5 (use your favorite things - ribbon! ;-) ) 
• Creative Stamp Friends #22 (Swirls/Flourishes)
• Digital Tuesday #106 (use a female image and something digi - design papers are digital!)
• Dream Valley Challenges #4 (Things with Wings)
• Magical Monday #19 (Pearls and Swirls)
• Papertake Weekly (dimension - the fairy is cut out and put on foam pads!)
• Tuesday Throwdown #44 (Spakle and Bling)

card recipe:

• stamp - 'Time Flies' from Crafts and Me Stamps
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Sakura white gel pen, Sakura Stardust clear glitter gel pen
• design papers - 'dark-a-delic' by Joyful Heart Designs
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - cutting files 'Butterflies Set 1' by The Cutting Files, 'More than Just Curves Vol2' by Happy Scrap Girl, cardstock from American Crafts, crystal flourish from Prima Marketing, crinkled ribbon from Pairie Bird Boutique (etsy), crystal brad from stash, foam pads from stash

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Sylvia

Whimsy Stamps New Rubber Stamps - Last Day of Sneak Peeks :)

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday again :-)


Welcome to Whimsy Stamps' last day of Sneak Peeks before the big release party with a blog hop will begin tomorrow :) They will have lots of great new rubber stamps from KennyK, Crissy Armstrong, Meljen's Designs and Raindrop Echo in store, as well as some wonderful new dies!  :)

For the above card, I used one of the new KennyK rubber stamps, a sentiment stamp from Raindrop Echo Designs and the new matching mini 'stamp' die!


To see at all the beautiful DT creations for the Sneak Peek round today, please visit the Whimsy Stamps Inspiration blog where you can find a list of all DT members who have to show you some really beautiful work with the new Whimsy items :) 

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps (available from April 14th)
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, white gel pen by Sakura
• design papers - Delight by Jeanine designed by Jeanine DeOre
• tools - Big Shot
• other suplies - mini stamp die from Whimsy Stamps (available from April 14th), cardstock from American Crafts, crinkled ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique (etsy), small glass pearls from stash, crystal brad from stash, paper piecing tool from stash, white gel pen from Sakura, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

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Sylvia

Blog Candy Winner :)

  Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :)


Finally, Random.org chose the winner of my last blog candy ;-)


And the winner is.....
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*drumroll please*
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  #85 - Sally from sallysbitz


CONGRATS!!!


Please drop me an email (you can find my email address in my profile or on my 'about me' page ) so I can send you the goodies :)


Thanks to all of my sweet followers! Without you it would not be so much fun to run this blog!!!


And stay tuned... as I seem to reach 600 followers soon, there may be another blog candy in near future ;-)))




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Sylvia

Lots of Sparkle

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Today I want to show you a card for the new challenge at Crafts and Me Challenges where the lovely Mina from our digi team chose the awesome challenge theme 'glitter' :)

So I put on loooots of glitter all around the focal image by smearing Stickles Stardust with my fingers all around. But I wasn't able to capture it properly in a photo *sigh* I tried it so many times.. I think I took over 30 photos *lol* It's such a shame that it looks kind of  grubby and coarse-grained in the picture.. in real life it is just beautifully shimmery!

Well I hope you can at least imagine all the shininess around the 'Time Flies' image illustrated by Jasmine Becket-Griffith and available in the Crafts and Me store HERE

challenges:

• Crafts and Me Challenges #29 (Glitter)
• A Spoon Full of Sugar #146 (Texture)
• Craft your Passion #52(Anything Goes)
• Crazy 4 Challenges C4C81 (Sketch)
• Creative Stamp Friends #22 (Swirls)
• House of Gilli (ribbon and pearls)
• Magical Monday #19 (pearls and swirls)
• Papertake Weekly (Anything Goes w/something new) - new stamps and papers

card recipe:

• stamps - Time Flies by Jasmine Becket-Griffith (Crafts and Me),  'Flourish Stamps and Brushes' by Quirky Twerp
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, chalks
• design papers - Into Indigo by Quirky Twerp, Autumn Zinger Patterns (color modified) by Quirky Twerp
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Nestabilities Label 11 dies, Martha Stewart scalloped border punch, mullberry rose from Wild Orchid Crafts, crinkled ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique (etsy), pearl pin by Jenni Bowlin, white gel pen from Sakura, Sakura Stardust Stickles, foam pads from stash

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Sylvia 

Help for Japan - Special Blog Hop

Hi everyone and happy Monday :)

Welcome to a very special blog hop today!
The illustrators of Whimsy Stamps have come together to draw a special set of digi images for the purpose of raising money for the relief effort in Japan. All proceeds from the sale of these images will be donated to that cause.   Kenny K, Raindrop Echo Designs, Meljens Designs, and Crissy Armstrong all contributed art work.

For the whole month of April, you can purchase the images as a set or individually (your choice) by visiting this page on the Whimsy store site. Please consider helping this special cause by purchasing one or all of the digital images we are offering.

If you have landed here from Melanie's blog, you are right on track.If you have come here randomly and would like to start hopping from the beginning, please go to Crissy's blog She has the blog rotation order posted if you need to refer to it.

The amazing ladies of two design teams have come together to host this blog hop for you!  Crissy's Crew from Sundays With Crissy and Denise's DT from Whimsy Stamps have joined forces to design some amazing jaw dropping creations for you.  You have seven days to hop through all the blogs and enjoy all the lovely creations from these talented people.

The hop runs from now through til Sunday April 10 at noon. There will be several opportunities to win blog candy! Four random commenters will get a chance to receive one of the three individual images or Ann's sentiment set. So be sure to leave comments all along the way for your chance at a free digi!

Also, if you post the "Help for Japan" button on your blog's sidebar, you can enter into the draw for the grand prize! The grand prize will consist of the entire digital set made just for this cause as well as a gift certificate donated by Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs worth 10$ to use at the Whimsy Stamps store! To enter, you must help us advertise for this cause by posting the "Help Japan" button on your blog's side bar (just grab it from my side bar) and then get your name on the Inlinkz option on Crissy's post so we can be sure to find the winner.

Now on to my project:
I have used 'Heartfelt Angel' created by Crissy Armstrong and a sentiment from the 'Help For Japan' sentiment set by Raindrop Echo Designs in the following card

ETA: I dressed my card up a little bit.. thought it looked a little bit 'naked' *lol*.. hope you like the new version



Your next stop on the hop is Pattie G.
(but don't forget to leave me a comment before you go ;-) )

Thank you so much for stopping by, and for your support of this very worthy cause.

challenges:

• Card Makin Mamas #18 (Embellish It)
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #13 (Bling and Sparkles) - there's lots of sparkle on her wings!
• Cooking It Up With Katie # (Sparkle, Shine, Shimmer
• Digis With Attitude! #20 (Anything Goes)
• Dream Valley Challenges #4 (Things with Wings)
• I Did It Creations Challenges #49 (Anything Goes) 
• Paper Playtime #42 (Digi Monday)
• Paper Romance Challenge #44 (use Bling)
• Pile It On #14 (Romantic and Fancy) 
• Pixie Dust Studio Challenges #68 (Fluttering Wings)
• Stamp Something (April Digi Day)

card recipe:

• stamps - 'Heartfelt Angel' by Crissy Armstrong (Whimsy Stamps), 'Help for Japan sentiments' by Raindrop Echo Designs (Whimsy Stamps)
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Twinklings H2O
• design papers - from 'Savannah' digi kit by Whimpychompers Designs
• other supplies - 'More than Just Curves Vol2' templates by Happy Scrap Girl Designs, 'Designer Label Shapes' by Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs, cardstock by American Crafts, crinkled ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique (etsy), paper rose from stash, selfadhesive crystals from Hero Arts, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

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Sylvia

Crafts and Me Blog Hop

If you are looking for the Whimsy Digi Release Blog Hop, please scroll down to the next post or click HERE!

 

Hi there.. it's me again ;-)

Crafts and Me Challenges recently celebrated their 1st Anniversary and we have also taken on some new teamies which now includes a Digital Design Team plus new faces (including me ;-) ) also on the Rockin Rubbah team so we thought we'd celebrate with a little blog hop!

We have goodies hidden on various teamies blogs so I hope you'll leave them all a nice comment along the way :)

If you've arrived from Vicky you're on the right track!  If not, you need to start at the Crafts and Me Challenge blog, click HERE to go to the start!

We're running the hop from 1st April to Midnight (GMT) 15th April so a whole 2 weeks to play along. You need to collect the letters to form a phrase and leave comments on each individual stop to be eligible for the individual prizes plus the grand prize. Once you have collected all the letters leave a comment on the Crafts and Me shop blog hop post.

Here's my creation for the blog hop

I used the beautiful Crafts and Me Flapper 2 Melody stamp to create this card:

I colored her with Tombows and some watercolor pencils

and here are some additional close ups

Now you wanna now my 'secret letter', don't you?! ;-)
My letter for you is  
S

Thanks for coming to visit, don't forget to leave me a comment and hop on over to the amazingly talented Carisa

card recipe:

• stamps - Flapper 2 Melody by Crafts and Me
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• design papers - 'Spicey Mini kit' and 'Friend Series - Roche' both by KimB's Designs
• tools - Silhouette SD machine
• other supplies - butterfly is part of '3 flower sprig with butterfly' cutting file by Samantha Walker, cardstock from Bazzill, cotton lace from stash, crinkled ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique (etsy), pearl pins from Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz distressing tool, Distress inks, Sakura white gel pen, Stardust Stickles, foam pads from stas, Glue Dots Lines, Glue Dots Mini

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Sylvia

Whimsy April Digi Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)
It's the first of April and that means new release day and time for another blog hop at Whimsy Stamps *yay*

As always they have some adorable new digi stamps for you!

If you came here from BEATE's blog you're on the right way, otherwise please go back to start on Whimsy Inspirations blog :) Please leave comments along the way as there will be two mystery DT members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts! The winners will each win one Whimsy digi image of their choice!!! :)

The Grand Prize winner of the hop chosen from the very last stop, which is Cheryl's blog, will receive 5 new digital stamps of their choice from Whimsy and will also get a chance to use those new digital images as a guest designer for Whimsy for the entire month of April - how cool is that?!

The hop will run until Friday 8th April 12 noon EST, when the winner will be announced on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog (where you can find the complete blog hop list .. just in case you get lost somewhere on the hop :) )

Here's a card I made using two of the new images from Crissy Armstrong: Bunny with Flowers and Meadow Background

 To create my card I followed this weeks Papertake Weekly Sketch :)

I colored the image with Tombow Dual Brush pens and some Twinklings H2O for the bunny's tail

The patterned papers are from October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker collection

I also used buttons from the same collection, some twine from The Twinery and kraft cardstock from Bazzill.

I hope you enjoy our hop and don't forget to leave a comment ;-) before you hop on over to your next stop:  

SANDRA'S blog 

challenges:

• Amber's Crafts and Stuff #3 (Flowers)
• Craft Us Crazy #5 (Easter or Spring) 
• Crafty Creations #112 (Bunnies)
• Creative Craft World Card Challenge (Easter)
• Delightful Challenges (Flowers)
• Fashionista Fridays #73 (Sew Crazy)
• Fun with Shapes and More #80 (Easter)
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges #6 (Stitching)
• Paper Cutz #85 (Easter)
• Paper Issues Party (Spring or Easter) 
• Papertake Weekly (Sketch)
• Stamp Something (April Digi Day)
• Southern Girls Challenge (Add an Animal)
• The House that Stamps Built (Create a Scenic Card)
• The Rubber Cafe #11 (Spring Flowers)
• Your Next Stamp Challenge #39 (Stitching)

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Sylvia