your kindness is appreciated

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Thursday :-)

Yesterday we had lots of rain.. but it's still sticky and it has not really cooled down.. it's that kind of weather where I tend to get a headache.... *mmmpf*

But now onto some more nice things :-)

Today I want to share a card with you that I made with an image from a new stamp company: 'Some Odd Girl' ! 
Ha! I hear you calling: 'WHAT?'... 'a new stamp company???'
Ok ok ok.. I admit it.. it's NOT a new company.. it was only new to me! *lol* 
I'm sure many of you know these stamps already while I must have been living under a rock not having any of their adorable images until yesterday *lol*

  Soooo.... here's my very first card using a Some Odd Girl image - this sweet little girl is called 'Sunny Tia'
I colored her using Tombows, some watercolor pencils for some additional shading and a little bit of Stickles to highlight the flower in her hands. I then cut her out trimming very close and put her on foam pads.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I would be delighted if you take the time to leave me a comment :-) Have a wonderful day, my sweet friends!

card receipe:

• stamps - 'Sunny Tia' by Some Odd Girl, sentiment from 'Card Sentiments Digital Stamps' by Arty Pants
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Ranger Stardust Stickles
• patterned papers - 'In The Garden' by Mari Koegelenberg Creations
• other supplies - cardstock from stash, border punch from Martha Stewart, seamless binding from etsy, pearl pin from Jenni Bowlin, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

challenges:

• Bows and Berries #8 (thank you/appreciation)
• Crafty Creations #125 (thank you)
• Little Darlings #2 (favorite color combo) - one of my alltime favs definitely is blue (combined w/anything else) 
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges (something old, something new) - the lace is old, the stamp is new
• The Paper Shelter #20 (anything goes)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Fairy At Sunset

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Wednesday :-)


Oh my goodness.. it's sooooo hot over here.. around 35°C (95°F) during the last days (with high humidity) ...*phew*... feels like we are melting away, soon!!!


But anyway.. 'the show must go on' *lol* and here's a card with one of the wonderful and unique stamp images from Jasmine Becket-Griffith available at Crafts and Me! The image I used here on this card is 'Fairy at Sunset' and I think she's super adorable! Love here whirlwind of hair and her dress made from leaves :-)


 

 I put some Stardust Stickles on her wings and took the picture while the glitter glue was still wet.. so the sparkle is more subtle now IRL than it looks here on the photo. Maybe I'll get a chance to take another picture of it... (but can't promise, because my eldest sons are in Rome and they have taken my little digi cam with them. So I only have my Canon 1000D here to take photos and I guess I have to charge the battery first *lol*)


The sentiment is from a last years store stamp set released by Whiff of Joy while I was a guest DT member for them :-)


Now I hope for a little cooling-down today (it looks like a thunderstorm is coming toda) and hope to see you again soon!


Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my work :-)
And if you would be so generous to leave a comment I would be really happy, because your comments are always very much appreciated! :-)))

card receipe:

• stamps - 'Fairy at Sunset' by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, sentiment from last years store kit by Whiff of Joy
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Ranger Stardust Stickles
• patterned papers - 'In The Garden' by Mari Koegelenberg
• tools - BigShot
• other supplies - brown cardstock from stash, Nestabilities classic circle dies, paper flower from Wild Orchid Crafts, pearl pin from Jenni Bowlin, lace + ribbon + foam pads from stash, Tim Holtz distressing tool , Distress inks

challenges:

• 2 Sisters #45 (Fairies) 
• Bloggers Challenge (things with wings)
• Crafty Calendar June (things with wings)
• Digitial Tuesday Challenge #117 (flower power)
• Dream Valley Challenge #10 (ribbon)
• Fashionista Friday #84 (roses)
• Hooked on Craft #2 (flowers)
• Simply Create #46 (fly with us)
• Stamp With Fun #117 (lilac and cream) 
• Stampin for the weekend #11 (favorite things) - Distressing, lace and flowers are definitely favs of mine :-)
• The Outlawz POM (things with wings)
• The Poodles Parlour #2 (come fly with me)
• The Shabby Tea Room #68 (favorite things) - Distressing, lace and flowers are definitely favs of mine :)
• Totally Gorjuss #86 (ribbon and lace)
• Truly Scrumptious #60 (things with wings)

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Sylvia

{DT} - a sparkly birthday cupcake

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Tuesday :-)


Just a super quick post before heading off to work (ohh.. I'm late.. better should hurry instead of babbling ;-)  ) to show you this supah dupah sparkly birthday card :-D


I put on lots of extra sparkle by using a large amount of 'Icicle Stickles' on the 'Sweet Treats - Sparkle Cupcake' stamp image from Moon Cookie Gallery available at Whimsy Stamps.

Ok... enough for now.. really have to go (better run *lol*)

ETA: Added the full list of supplies (see below) :-)

card receipe: 

• stamps - 'Sweet Treats - Sparkle Cupcake'  and 'Party Mini Letter Seals' from Whimsy Stamps
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Ranger Stardust Stickles
• patterned papers - October Afternoon
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Nestabilities Label dies, white cardstock from stash, MME turquois gemstone, baker's twine from The Twinery, foam pads from stash

challenges:

• Craft Your Passion #64 (seeing red)
• Creative Stamp Friends #28 (dots)
• Just Some Lines Saturday Challenge (spotty dotty)
• Speedy The Cat's Frinds Challenge (make it sparkle)
• Sweet Stamping (something old, something new) the sentiment stamp is not neglected, but old ;-) while the cupcake stamp is rather new :)

Hello Sunshine

Hi everyone and happy Friday (again) :-)


Here's a second card for today. My inspiration for this card came from the 'Moxie Fab Challenge: Beautiful Borders'. To create this card I used various digi kits from the June 'Mix A Kit' collection at Scrap Matters.

close up of the sun: cut it out and put it on foam pads, then added (lots of single) clear gemstones to it

 close up of the waves: cut them out and put them on top for dimension

card receipe:

• patterned papers - 'Clean Lines Paper Pack' by Elise's Pieces
• elements - 'Summer Sunshine Extras' by WM[squared] and 'Hello Sunshine Elements' by The Design Girl
• other supplies - white cardstock from stash, foam pads from stash, crystal gemstones from Prima Marketing, Broken China Distress inks from Ranger

challenges:

• Amber's Craft and Stuff #15 (Summer)
• Celebrate the Occasion (Summer w/Sun)
• Crafting For All Seasons #3 (Summer)
• Craft Us Crazy #11 (Red, White, Blue and/or Summer) - I chose 'or Summer' ;-)
• Fab 'n Funky #78 (Summer)
• Papertake Weekly (Here Comes The Sun)
• The Paper Shelter (Fun in the Sun)
• The Paper Variety (Summer)
• Try It On Tuesday (Sun)

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Sylvia

happy birthday to you

Hi everyone and happy Friday!
So glad you stopped by my blog today :-)

This time I have another simple birthday card to share

Pretty easy to create, but  I love the patterns and colors of the papers! Therefore I think they are going for themselves and it did not need much to dress it up any further - what do you think?

card receipe:

• patterned paper - 'Bluebird' by Erica Zane
• stamps - birthday sentiment from 'Write It Out: Everyday Sentiments' by Krisi's Kreations, 'Diffusion' from Hampton Arts
• tools - Silhouette SD
• cutting file - 'Butterflies Set 1' by The Cutting Files
• other supplies - white pom pom trim from Bazzill, clear gemstones from Hero Arts, ColorBox inks, Glue Dots Lines

challenges:

• Deep Ocean Challenge #2 (Flowers)
• Ruby's Rainbow #6 (Flowers)

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Sylvia

Celebrate Birthday

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :-)

First of all, I want to write a few words for my German blog friends:

Ich möchte jetzt gerne mal loswerden das ich kürzlich einen tollen deutschen Online-Shop für Scrap-Papiere und -Zubehör gefunden habe, der eine super Auswahl hat und dazu auch noch einen sehr guten Service bietet und die Lieferung war auch echt fix:  

Der Scrapbook Laden

Ich möchte betonen, das ich in keinster Weise mit diesem Geschäft oder deren Mitarbeitern "verbandelt" bin. Es ist mir einfach -nach einigen nicht so schönen Erfahrungen mit diversen Online-Shops- ein Anliegen meine positiven Erfahrungen mit Euch zu teilen.

Natürlich ist dies keine Garantie, das es dort immer so gut funktioniert und ich möchte hiermit auch niemanden auffordern dort zu bestellen! Ich wollte einfach die Interessierten an meiner persönlichen Erfahrung teilnehmen lassen :-) Was Ihr daraus macht bleibt natürlich Euch überlassen *schmunzel*

Ok...onward with my post in english ;-)
Yesterday the postman brought me some new goodies and I couldn't resist and had to play with my new MME 'Hip-Hooray Boy' paper kit *lol*
It was so much fun! I totally adore the fresh, bold and fun colors in this collection!

card challenges:

• Crafts and Me #40 (stitches)
• Happileigh Scrappin #27 (bright colors)
• Hooked on Crafts #1 (anything goes)
• Ladybug Crafts Ink #33 (red)
• Scrapbook Sisters #41 (anything goes)

card receipe:

• patterned papers and cardstock accessories - MME 'Hip-Hooray Boy' paper kit
• other supplies - Sakura white gel pen, Hero Arts blue selfadhesive gemstone, blue grosgrain ribbon from stash, yellow button from Basic Grey, red floss from WeRMemoryKeepers, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Mini

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Sylvia

{DT} - Dandelions

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Today, the rubber DT from Crafts and Me Challenges has set up a new challenge for you - the theme for this week is: STITCHING
No matter if you want to do real stitching/sewing or just faux..  every type of 'stitching' is ok :)


Here's my card and I did some faux stitching around the card. I hope you can see it in the picture:

I used the new 'Melody Wishes You...' stamp by Lemon Shortbread and again cut her out, trimming closely and put her on foam pads. The background was created using the 'Make A Wish' bundle from Ju Kneipp Designs. I thought the papers and elements with all it's Dandelions was the perfect match for the stamp image and I loved the soft colors in this kit, too :)

Here's a close up of the layered paper flower I made using circles in different sizes I cut out from the patterned papers and distressed them a bit:

Oh.. and if you have a minute and don't mind, please read this post and give me a little support by sharing your thoughts with me via the comment section or just participating in my poll (it's anonymous - I cannot see who voted for which option)  - thanks so much for your help! :)

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #40 (stitching)
• Anything Goes #43 (summer) 
• Bearly Mine #13 (summer)
• Beary Sweet #28 (DIY embellishments) - paper flower
• Card Cupids (summer)
• Creative Inspiration #62 (stitching)
• Deep Ocean #2 (flowers)
• Delightful Challenges (anything goes)
• Digi Doodle Shops Best #63 (stitching)
• Everybody Art #147 (anything goes)
• Hooked on Craft #1 (anything goes) 
• Karens Doodles (flowers)
• Lexis Creations (no sentiment)
• Paper and Such #3 (inspiration) 
  
• Papertake Weekly (summer/sunny feeling)
• Stamp Something (pretty papers)
• Stamptacular Sunday #116 (summer, sun, fun)
• The Paper Shelter #22 (summer)
• The Poodles Parlour (anything goes) 
• The Rubber Cafe (summer)
  

card receipe:

• stamp - 'Melody Wishes You...' by Lemon Shortbread (Crafts and Me)
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush Pens and Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• design papers - 'Make A Wish Bundle' by Ju Kneipp Designs, available here and here
• other supplies - purple crystal brad by Making Memories, white lace from stash, blue grosgrain ribbon from stash, white gel pen from Sakura, paper piercing tool and foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

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Sylvia

and one more birthday card BUT....

.... BUT this time with a little touch of vintage ;-)

Hi everyone and happy Sunday!

I hope you all have a great weekend so far! The weather here in the very Southwest of Germany is ugly.. it's cold and rainy and just *brrr* ... but after all it's perfect for sitting on the crafting table and create cards, isn't it?! ;-)

So.. here's another birthday card. But this time it's not clean, not simple, not even cute .. but with a little touch of vintage :-)

Love this bird collage stamp that Donna Wells of Arty Pants designed. So as soon as I saw this awesome stamp, I knew I had to create a card with this beautiful collage stamp.

The card might look simple without much embellishments but it was a lot of work and thoughts going into this card anyhow ;-)  First I distressed the stamped collage with various Distress inks, then I colored parts of the stamped collage. I stamped the birds twice, colored them again, cut them out trimming closely and put them on foam pads for more dimension and interest.

The frame was created using a digi cutting file from the Silhouette store.
I distressed all cardstock (card base and cut out frame) with some acrylic paints and crayons.
I also highlighted parts of the collage and frame with a white gel pen.
The 'Happy Birthday' was created using a Dymo Label maker.

I like the result but I am not happy with the pictures. They just don't do the card justice.. but well..can't change the weather at the moment and today the daylight lamp wasn't any help, too *sigh*

Here's an additional close up of the cut out birds

Wishing you all a wonderful, SUNNY and creative Sunday, my sweet blogging friends!

challenges:

• 2 Sisters #44 (for a guy)
• Bloggers Challenge (for men)
• Catch The Bug (It's a Man's World)
• Craft Your Days Away (Monochromatic)
• Delicious Doodles #30 (things that flutter) 
• Inspire Me Fridays #11 (anything goes)
• Little Claire's Designs #9 (cards for men) 
• Mami Doodles #28 (card for a boy/man)
• Paper Creator's Crafts #1 (for the men) 
• Polka Doodles #24 (all of a flutter) 
• Simply Create #46 (wings)
  

card receipe:

• stamp - 'Bird Collage' by Arty Pants Digital Stamps
• coloring medium - Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Crayola glitter crayons, Sakura white gel pen, black acrylic paint from stash
• tools - Silhouette SD machine, Dymo Label maker
• other supplies - dark grey cardstock from stash, frame cutting file from Silhouette Store, foam pads from stash

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Sylvia

Another Birthday Card

 Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)

As soon as I saw the color combo at 'The Play Date Cafe' this week I knew I just have to do something with these colors. LOVE these colors together!

And I also desperately wanted to participate in this weeks CAS-ual Fridays challenge ;-) Because this weeks challenge really is a huge challenge for me ;-) I'm not sure if these flowers can be classified as 'color blocks' but I hope so! :-)

And here's an additional close up of the layered flowers:

Have  a great weekend, my sweet blogging friends!

challenges:

• CAS-ual Fridays #7 (color blocks) 
  
• The Play Date Cafe #86 (pink, blue, orange)

card receipe:

• design papers - from 'It's My Party' by WM[squared] Designs
• tools - Silhouette SD
• other supplies -  happy birthday sentiment from 'It's My Party Wordart Extras' by WM[squared] Design, kraft cardstock from Bazzill, white gel pen from Sakura, selfadhesive clear crystals from Hero Arts, paper piercing tool and foam pads from stash

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Sylvia

19th Birthday

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)

Tomorrow, my eldest son Daniel turns 19 *eek*... where has the time gone?!????

Am I really sooooo old? Oh my.. 
 It's hard to believe it's 19 years ago that I lost amniotic fluid and the contractions began!
Is it really 19 years ago that I became a mother?
 *sigh*

Anyway... here's the card I made for him.. hope he will like it :)
  

challenges:

• Creative Card Crew (ribbons and brads)
• Dutch Dare Card Challenges #117 (for the boys)
• Going Grey with Scrap-Creations (anything goes) 
• Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge #32 (numbers)
• Little Miss Muffet #11 (include numbers) 
• Stamp Insanity #63 (keep it clean and simple)
  

card receipe:

• tools - Silhouette SD
• other supplies - kraft cardstock form Bazzill, blue cardstock from American Crafts, brown paper from CreaMotion, blue ribbon from Rico Design, blue brad from stash, blue mini butteons from DoCrafts, white gel pen from Sakura, paper piecing tool from stash, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Minis

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Sylvia

{DT} - Published - New Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)

I am super excited to tell you that there is a brand new magazine from Whimsy Stamps!

The 'Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine' can be found HERE

And as the blog post title says: there is also one card from me inside (p. 42) *smile*

Ok ok... you don't have to read the magazine to see my card, because it's here ;-))))
BUT I'm sure you will not regret hopping over there and taking a look or two or more ;-) into the zine! Because it's full of amazing and inspirational samples and there are also tutorials inside. 

And the best thing is: it's FREE :)

card receipe:

• stamps - Mary the Magnolia Fairy by Moon Cookie Gallery (Whimsy Stamps), Filmstrip Sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs (Whimsy Stamps)
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens
• patterned papers - from 'Kioshi' 6x6 pad from Basic Grey
• tools -Big Shot
• other supplies - Double Scallop Die Tag from Whimsy Stamps, border punch from Martha Stewart, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 11 die, crinkled ribbon from etsy, metal flower charm and pink brad from stash

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Sylvia

{DT} - The Bride

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday - again :)


As promised..... it's Wednesday and I want to show you a card that's NOT clean and NOT (so) simple *giggle*


It's for the challenge over at Crafts and Me Challenges where the amazing digi team is challenging us and YOU to create something and 'bling it on'.

Maybe you cannot see it too good in the pictures, but actually there's some bling on my card:
I put Stickles around the inner circle in the background (the papers are from Stolen Moments' 'Tenderly' kit), there are some tiny crystals around the pearl pins and I used a glitter gel pen to highlight 'Melody The Bride's dress and her jewlery :)


I used some 'Flower Soft' (it's my first time I'm using it, even though I have this in my stash for over a year now *lol*) to pimp her up und to make her bridal bouquet and the floral wreath around her head looking a bit more 'real'

I stamped and colored Melody The Bride and then cut her out trimming closely and put her on foam pads for more dimension - hope you can see it in the next close up:

and one last close up of the bow with pearl pins (I so love the vintage feel of the crinkled ribbon together with some pearl pins)

Thanks for coming along and visiting my blog - please stop by later again, when I have wonderful to share (together with another non-clean and simple card ;-) )

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #39 (Bling it On)
• ABC Challenge (W is for Wedding)
• Die Cuttin Divas #19 (Wedding Bliss)
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #122 (use at least 1 circle and 1 square)
• Hooked on Craft #1 (Anything Goes)
• Lexis Creations #42 (no sentiment)
• Stamp Fun #115 (Pearls and Flowers)

card receipe:

• stamps - Melody The Bride by Lemon Shortbread (Crafts and Me), Grunge stamps from Stempelglede, French Script background stamp from Stampin' Up!
• color mediums - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Sakura clear Stardust gel pen
• design papers - Tenderly by Stolen Moments
• tools - Big Shot, Silhouette SD machine
• other supplies - cardstock from Dani Peuss, Nestabilities classic circle die, Doilies cutting file from The Cutting Files, crinkled ribbon from my stash (etsy), Stickles from Ranger, pearl pins from Jenni Bowlin, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

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Sylvia

Sending You Greetings To Brighten Your Day

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Ok... one more CAS card *LOL*

Have you seen the 'Tuesday Trigger' on Moxie Fab World this week? 
It's such an inspiring picture.. looooove the colors!

 picture by Sarah Costa

And as soon as I saw the trigger picture this idea came to my mind:

Unfortunately the picture is not too good, because I did not have anymore daylight (because in Germany it was almost 10pm while taking the photo ;-) )



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Sylvia

need your opinions, please!

Hi my sweet blogging friends :)

I am asking for a huge favor: I would be super happy if you'd share your opinion with me - because what is a blog without it's readers? *smile*

Well, recently I noticed that I am going back and forth and change between the 'styles' (do I have style? *lol*) 
There are periods when I create lots of 'clean and simple' cards, while during other weeks I create a lot more intricate cards with lots of colouring and embellishments and distressing and things like that.

I'm not sure if you -my readers- are too happy with this mix of styles?

And therefore I was thinking about splitting my blog!
I already have two for my cards ;-) but until now I always posted ALL kind of cards here on this stamping blog, while I only posted the more clean, simple and scrap related cards on my other blog.

What do YOU think about it?

Do you rather want to see only the more intricate cards with colouring, embellishments etc here on my stamping blog than a mix?
Should I post the 'other' (CAS/scrap-) cards on my scrap blog only?
Or would you prefer to see all of my work in one place?

I would *L*O*V*E* to hear from you what you think about it!

Please leave me a comment and/or vote for your personal preference on the poll I set up on top of the right side in my side bar (that's an easy way to keep your opinion 'anonymous' because I can't see who voted or who voted for which option :-) )

Thank you so much in advance for your help :-)


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Sylvia

{DT} - Today Is Your Day!

Hi everyone and happy Monday :)


I have another 'simple' card (*oops* even though I 'promised' the next one would be a little bit more intricate *ahem*... but on Wednesday I will post a card that's definitely NOT clean and simple *grin*)
Hope you like this one though!

I stamped and colored one of the flowers a second time, cut it out and put it on foam pads for a little bit more dimension. Here's a close up so you can see it better:

challenges:

• Auds Sentiments #30 (Summer)
• Crafty Ho's (Yellow, Blue and Green)
• Little Darlings Challenge #1 (Summer) 
• Paper Pretties #157 (Summer)
• Shelly's Images (Anything Goes)
• Stamping for the Weekend (Lemond and Lime) 
• The Outlawz POM (Summer)
• The Paper Shelter #17 (Celebrate)
• Totally PaperCrafts #70 (Summer)

card receipe:

• stamps - Dotted Circle Vase by Moon Cookie Gallery (Whimsy Stamps), words from a mini clear stamp set by Stampendous
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens
• design papers - Spring in Hooville by Jady Day Studio
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - blue cardstock from American Crafts, Nestabilities classic and scalloped circle dies, blue button from stash, blue organza ribbon from stash, twine from The Twinery, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Mini

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Sylvia

Cloud 9

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :)

I hope you all enjoy the weekend as much as I do. 
After two weeks of rain we have a little sunshine today *yay*
So I only had time for another super quick and simple card.
(I followed the sketch at ScrapMatters It's in the Cards)
But I think the next one will be a little bit more elobarate and incorporate some stamping again;-)

And a close up of the 'cloud 9' :)

Wishing you a wonderful, relaxed and creative Sunday!

challenges:

• Clearly Inspired #29 (Distressed) - I sponged around the panel's edges with Distress Faded Jeans
• Wee Memories #59 (Free for All)

card receipe:

• design paper - Cloud 9 by Plum Dumpling Designs
• other supplies - blue cardstock from Bazzill, white cardstock from stash, swiss dots embossing folder from ProvoCraft (Cuttlebug), waterfall Stickles from Ranger, crystal twig from Wild Orchid Crafts, '9' rub-on from Doodlebug, twine from The Twinery, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

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Sylvia

39 .... again

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)

I hope you enjoy your weekend

I have another simple birthday card I want to share with you today.
To create this card I followed the sketch from 'clean & simple'

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
   

challenges:

• clean & simple #144 (sketch)
• Charisma Cardz #23 (How Old)
• Wee Memories #59 (free for all)

card receipe:

• stamps - alpha stamps by SeeD's (retired)
• patterned papers - from Stella Rose 6x6 paper pad by My Mind's Eye
• other supplies - fabric flower from Basic Grey, cardstock from stash, crystal flourish from Prima Marketing, chipboard numbers by Heidi Swapp, border punch from Fiskars, white gel pen from Sakura

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Sylvia

Congrats

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)

I have a super quick and easy Congrats card that I want to show you today:
For this card I used some of my leftover scraps from various October Afternoon patterned papers (I think they are from the 'Modern Homemaker' and 'Farm Fresh' collections).
I punched out some butterflies of the scraps and also cut out the 'Congrats' lettering using my Silhouette SD machine and a font I have on my computer (sorry.. forgot about which one it was.. I have a memory like a sieve *sigh*) and glued it all down with Glue Dots Minis and some liquid adhesive.

I hope you all will have a wonderful, sunny and creative weekend!

challenges:

• CAS-ual Fridays #6 (Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Wee Memories (Free For All) 

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Sylvia

{DT} Romantic Flower Fairy

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

 I hope you all have a great week!

Today I want to show you a fairy card that I made for this weeks Crafts and Me Challenge, where Tracy wants you to 'stamp something'... that's an easy one, isn't it!? :-))))

For my card I used one of the beautiful new rubber stamps from Crafts and Me. This one is designed by Sara Burrier and it's called 'The Leap'. I love how the beautiful fairy is surrounded by all the doves with hearts. Isn't she adorable?

I did a lot of distressing on this card.. not sure if you can see it properly on the photos. I put some cream acryilic paint around all edges and also on the swirl die cut. I then did some more distressing using some purple chalks. 
This also is a super sparkly card: I used a clear glitter gel pen to highlight the wings. There's also some golden shimmer on her corsage. I put some glitter glue (Stickles) around the edges of the background paper and also added some glitter to the rosebud (see close up picture):

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #38 (Stamp Something)
• Bearly Mine #12 (Anything Goes)
• Craft Room #1 (Anything Goes)
• Craft Your Passion (Anything Goes) 
• Dream Valley #8 (Stamp Something)
• Everybody Art #145 (Distress) 
• Kaboodle Doodles #70 (Mystical Creatures)
• Paper Take Weekly (Anything Goes)

card receipe:

• stamps - The Leap by Sara Burrier (Crafts and Me)
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, chalks, cream acrylic paint from stash
• design papers - Carefree Paper Prints Pack by KimB Design
• tools - Silhouette SD, Big Shot
• other supplies - cardstock from American Crafts, cutting file from Silhouette online store, Nestabilities Label dies, Stardust Stickles from ranger, selfadhesive half pearls from Kaisercrafts, paper rosebud from Wild Orchid Crafts, foam tape from stash, Glue Dots

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Sylvia

Life's Good

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :)

Today is my birthday ... my 39th .... for the 4th time now (shhh.. don't tell someone else ;-) ) and I had a little bit time left over and created this card for the current 'CAS' challenge at The Outlawz (this time it's a receipe challenge)

The patterned paper is from an older series of Dream Street Papers called 'Baylee's Garden' .. and even though it's an old and retired collection, I still love it :)  Stamps are from Whiff of Joy (image and sentiment, both released last year in summer).The image is 'Willow with Coffee 2 Go' and is also available at Crafts and Me here

The image was colored with Tombow Dual Brush pens and Mondeluz watercolor pencils.
Then I cut the lady out and put her on some foam pads for dimension.

I also pierced the patterned paper on the left side (I just pierced on the huge flower's faux stitching.. can you see it? I hope so...) To dress it up a little I also used a button and some bakers twine I found in my stash

Hope you like my little card a bit :)

challenges:

• Corrosive Challenges #119 (Summer Colours)
• Crafty Hos (Summer)
• Creative Cowgirls (Summer)
• Dream Valley #8 (Stamp Something - no digi stamps allowed)
• Sweet Stamping (Summer) 

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Sylvia

I Love You Bunches

Hi everyone and happy Friday!

TGIF ... I am so happy this week is over! I had a super busy day at work today, but was able to create this simple card because I was following Laura's wonderful sketch at CAS-ual Fridays. And this way it was sooo easy to create this card.. it was like it fell together all by itself :-)

 All papers and elements are all from Jillibean Soup's 'Dutch Mustard Soup' series.

I put some of the stickers on foam pads to give it more dimension and interest
see close up below:

challenges:

• CAS-ual Fridays #5 (sketch by Laura Davis)
• Charisma Cardz #22 (something that flies) - the butterfly
• Craft Us Crazy #9 (Love Theme) 
• Cupcake Craft Challenges #144 (orange, yellow, green, white)

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Sylvia

{DT} With Love

Hi everyone and happy Thursday ... again

Yepp, it's me ... again ;-)  

Please scroll down to the next post to see the card I posted in the morning - it's for the Crafts and Me challenge :)

Ok... I want to share another card I made today (in Germany we have a bank holiday today *yippie*)

This one was really quick and easy: Just used my Silhouette SD machine again together with some cutting files from Samantha Walker and used it with some printed out patterned papers from the adorable 'Tangerine Twist' kit designed by LDrag Designs.

I distressed the edges of each layer with some Distress inks in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo.

The sentiment is part of a rubber stamp set called 'Film Strip Sentiments' by Raindrop Echo Designs. I just used the sentiment without the film strip stamp here.
 

I then assembled the basic layers, added a satin ribbon and a button from the October Afternoon 'Homemaker' series. The cut out layers in the center were put on foam pads to give it more dimension.

That's it.. pretty simple and easy :)

And here's a close up of the center piece:

challenges:

• Anita Be Stampin #22 (Layers)
• Card Cupids (Ribbon) 
• Divas by Design (Floral) 
• Fab 'n' Funky (What eva) 
• Jac-inks Papercraft #9 (Warm Colours)
• Paper Creations Ink #2 (Ribbon or Lace) - I chose 'ribbon' ;-)
• The Sisterhood of Crafters (Buttons) 
• Top Tip Tuesday #36 (Ribbon)

card receipe:

• stamps - Film Strip Sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs (Whimsy Stamps)
• patterned papers - Tangerine Twist by LDrag Designs
• tools - Silhouette SD
• other supplies - cardstock from stash, cutting files from Samantha Walker, cream satin ribbon from stash, button from October Afternoon, cream floss from We'R Memory Keepers, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Mini, Distress inks in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen

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Sylvia