{DT} - life is what you make it

Hi everyone and happy  Wednesday :-)

It's the 30th of November and this means reveal of a new sketch at cardabilities provided by Karan Gerber!

This time I got a bit messy and tried something more 'arty' than I usually do.
Not sure if I like the result, but it definitely was lots of fun to create it :-)

and here are some close ups of my card (can you see the lovely shimmer I got by using some Glimmer Mists?)

and this is Karan's sketch I followed to create the above card:

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'The Fun Life Tickets' by Raindrop Echo Designs
• patterned papers - Jillibean Soup 'Dutch Mustard Soup' collection
• tools - Big Shot, AEG Mini sewing machine
• other supplies - Spellbinders 'Labels 20' die, white cardstock and corrugated cardstock from stash, McGill leaf punch, Divine Twine baker's twine, Ranger 'picket fence' Distress Stain, Tattered Angels butterscotch Glimmer Mists,Prima paper flowers, Dovecraft decorative pearl brad, Sakura black gel pen, Ranger walnut stain Distress inks, old book pages from stash

challenges:

• cardabilities #44 (sketch)

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Sylvia

Brrr....

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

Today I want to share a card with you that I made 'just because':  No special DT work... just for fun ;-) 

ETA: Thanks so very much, Lydia for featuring this little winter card on the SCS Facebook page!

As soon as I saw the new 'Snowfall' collection by Bo Bunny I fell in love with the colors and patterns and just had to have this adorable collection! What I did not know the time I ordered them is that they have lots of glitter on their papers. *phew*... it's not easy to work with 12x12 papers that have lots of glitter all over their patterns and use them for cards... (well at least that's what I thought when I got them first) .. but now I just started creating and I think the result is neat with all the glitter ;-)

The blue background is a specialty cardstock by Bazzill and it has a little bit of subtle shimmer what I think is just gorgeous!

card recipe:

• stamps - Bo Bunny Press 'Snowfall' clear stamps
• patterned papers - Bo Bunny Press 'Snowfall' collection
• cardstock - Bazzill blue specialty shimmer cardstock
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Spellbinders 'Label 20' die, Spellbinders 'Classic Circles Large' die, Sew Sweet chalk white crinkled seam binding, Bo Bunny Press 'Snowfall' jewels, Jenni Bowlin decorative pearl pin, Sakura white gel pen, Ranger Vintage Photo Distress inks, Colorbox Frost White pigment ink, Glue Dots, paper piecing tool and foam tape from stash,

challenges:

• The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Challenge #7 (make it sparkle)
• Craft Your Passion #86 (christmas or winter)
• Gingerloft #30 (christmas and winter)
• Hooked On Craft #13 (winter)
• Ohh La La Creations #94 (sparkle)
• The Crazy Challenge #95 (stars and/or snowflakes)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Winter Wonderland

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :-)

It's time for another Card Caravan Challenge! 
I'm your host this fortnight and since I love everything sparkle (especially around the holidays) I dare you to 'make it sparkle' :-)

If you'd like to play along, just hop on over to The Hybrid Chick and enter your creation there!
  
To create my card I used paper from 'Visions of Sugarplum' by Danielle Engebretson and sentiment rubber stamps from the new Whimsy Stamps 'Sleigh Ride' sentiment set by Raindrop Echo Design.


To create the locket behind the sentiment and the trim I just used some wool felt instead of cardstock/paper to cut them out! The die cuts I used are both from the 'Fleur de Lis Accents' die set by Spellbinders


I also added some blue rhinestones and Stardust Stickles (because that's the challenge: make it sparkle ;-) )

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'Sleigh Ride' sentiment set by Raindrop Echo Design
• patterned papers - 'Visions of Sugarplums' by Danielle Engebretson
• tools - AEG Mini sewing machine, Big Shot
• other supplies - Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis Accents', Spellbinders 'Classic Circles Large', Bazzill blue cardstock, Divine Twine Aqua baker's twine, Sew Sweet mullberry wool felt, Kaisercraft blue rhinestones, Ranger Stardust Stickles, Ranger Distress Broken China inks, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan #7 (make it sparkle)
• 4 Crafty Chicks #65 (snowflakes)
• Aud Sentiments (winter holiday sentiments)
• Card Makin Mamas #34 (sentiments)
• Charisma Cardz #46 (snowflakes)
• Crazy 4 Challenges #115 (some sort of snow on it)
• Digital Tuesday #138 (sparkle and shine)
• Fun With Shapes and More #97 (cold as ice)
• Sew Many Cards #76 (twine)
• Stamp-n-Doodle (snow)
• Sweet Stampin (dies/punches)
• The House That Stamps Built (christmas card with snowflakes) 
• Totally Gorjuss #108 (sparkle)

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Sylvia

Gift Bag

Hi everyone and happy Friday :-)

Today I want to show you a gift bag I made some weeks ago, using the 'Emporium' digi kit by The Digichick Designers.

I made a huge paper flower by die cutting some pages of an old book and some tissue paper with the largest of the Spellbinders scalloped circles dies, then crumpled and misted them all with some blue Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists. 

After drying I layered and secured them all with a huge pearl brad, then put some Stickles all around the edges of the flower.

Close up of the paper flower:

 I hope you liked my little gift bag and wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

card recipe:

• patterned papers - 'Emporium' by The Digichick Designers
• tools - AEG Mini Sewing machine, Big Shot
• other supplies - VBS kraft bag, Spellbinders scalloped circles large, May Arts white sheer ruffle ribbon, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Frost, Kaisercraft white pearl brad, Ranger Stickles Stardust, Ranger Distress inks Vintage Photo, white thread from stash, old book pages from stash, tissue paper from stash, Glue Dots Mini Glue Dots

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #62 (shabby chic/vintage)
• Digital Tuesday #138 (sparkle and shine)
• Just For Fun (favorite shapes) - circles are definitely one of my all time fave shapes :-) 
• Moving Along With The Times (ribbons and bows)
• My Craft Spot #34 (handmade flower)
• Pals Paper Arts #121 (pearls)
• Paper Crafting Journey (anything goes) 

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Sylvia

{DT} - Last Day of Whimsy Stamps November Release Showcase

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :-)
I'm glad you stopped by my blog and I hope you had a great week so far!

Today is our last day of our Whimsy Stamps November Rubber Die Release Showcase!

Here's my little project (a Christmas candle) using the adorable 'Wee Let It Snow' rubber stamp by Sylvia Zet and the 'Layered Snowflake Dies' set.

And here you can see the original 'label' before wrapping it around the candle ;-)

Sorry for the not so good pictures, but good daylight is hard to get these days *sigh*
Everything that looks so greyish/muddy on the first picture is actually a beautiful bright twinkling white (like you can see it in the second picture). It's all colored with Heavenly White Twinklings, but I wasn't able to catch that in the picture yesterday evening :-/

And the RED is NOT that bold IRL *lol* I think it's because I must have used wrong camera settings yesterday while shooting the pictures :-(

To take a peek at all the other fab new release creations my fellow DT team mates and our special guests made for the last day of our showcase, please visit the blogs of these amazingly talented women:

Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Stephanne Maraver
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

special guest:
Dena Concienne
 

challenges:

• Bunny Zoe's Crafts #18 (christmas with pearls) - see the huge pearls on the brads? (I know it's hard to see because they are on the side, but they are there! *lol*) 
• Forever Friends (must include animal + christmas is coming)
• House That Stamps Built (christmas + snowflake)
• Little Red Wagon #108 (christmas)
• Papercraft Star #72 (anything goes)
• Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge #61 (christmas)
• Shopping Our Stash #27 (christmas/winter)
• Stamp-n-doodle (snow)
• Truly Scrumptious #70 (christmas w/pearls or vintage) - same like above: the pearls are on the side 

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Sylvia

2nd LO ever *phew*

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

A little 'warning' upfront: I am currently trying to get into scrapbooking... but... mmm... well.... it's a long, hard way *lol* I am trying, experimenting and learning... and here's what I came up with using the current sketch #59 from Sketchabilities provided by Karan Gerber!
(I hope Karan doesn't mind me bungle her wonderful sketch with my amateurish LO ;-))) )

To be honest, I'm kind of happy with the result (for me as an absolute beginner *lol*)! 

Ok ok ok .... I admit I have to practice getting good pictures of this large 12x12 size (that has been the most difficult part on this LO for me *lol*) 
I think the page looks nicer IRL than here on the pictures... also the white strokes are NOT that 'bold' and contrasting!!! They are much more subtle IRL .. just adding a little bit of texture to the page.
As I said before.. I have to practice getting good pictures *sigh*

Anyway... it's a beginner's LO (it's my second traditional LO I ever made)... so please bear with me!

Any constructive criticism is more than welcome!

close ups:

recipe:

• cardstock - Bazzill
• patterned papers - My Little Shoebox 'Enchanted Garden'
• stickers and alphas - Echo Park Paper 'Country Drive'
• font - CKJacque
• others - Fiskars border punch, Fiskars 1.5'' square punch, sewing machine, Distress 'Broken China' ink, Sakura white gel pen, Gesso, doublesided adhesive tape , white thread

challenges:

• Sketchabilities (sketch)
• Stampin' Royalty (scrapbook page)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Whimsy Stamps Mini Blog Hop - Day 5

Hi everyone and happy Monday :-)
I'm glad you stopped by my blog and I hope you had a great weekend!

Today is Day 5 of our Whimsy Stamps November Rubber Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (16 November) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 23 November the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM EST on 23 November.

Here's my card using lots of the new goodies:
The sweet image rubber stamp is 'Served With Love' by Crissy Armstrong, the sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Design's new sentiment rubber stamp set 'Winter Notables 1' and I cut it out using the 'Elegant Notables 1' die cuts. I also cut out three snowflakes from pp using the medium sized snowflake from the 'Layered Snowflake Dies' set.

And here's an additional close up where you can see all the 'snow' (the falling snow that I created using some Liquid Pearls in White Opal and the sparkly snow that I created using my beloved Stardust Stickles ;-) )

To take a peek at the fab new release creations my fellow DT team mates and our special guests Beate, Deb and Jacque made, please click on the links below:

Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Simonne Clay
Stephanne Maraver

Special Guests:

Beate Johns
Deb Routledge
Jacque Beddingfield 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'Served With Love' by Crissy Armstrong, 'Winter Notables 1' by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Tombows Dual Brush pens, Twinklings H2O Heavenly White, Ranger Stickles Stardust, Ranger 'Broken China' Distress inks
• patterned papers - Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding' collection
• tools - Big Shot, AEG Mini Sewing machine 
• dies - Whimsy Stamps Shapeology 'Elegant Notables 1' + 'Layered Snowflakes'
• other supplies -  Sew Sweet Jade Green crinkled seam binding, Kaisercraft clear rhinestones, Ranger Liquid Pearls White Opal, Jenni Bowlin decorative pearl pin, white cardstock and foam tape from stash

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Sylvia

{DT} - Whimsy Stamps Mini Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our November Rubber Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (16 November) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 23 November the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM EST on 23 November.

Here's my card using Meljen's 'Bundled Little Snowboy' rubber stamp and one of the sentiments from the 'Sleigh Ride' stamp set by Raindrop Echo Designs.

and a close up of the cute little snowy (and maybe you can see all the sparkle here, too ;-) )

To take a peek at the fabulous new release creations my fellow DT team mates and our special guest Alberto made, please click on the links below:

Ann Vento

Alberto Gava {Special Guest}

Debbie Eastman

Ellie Stover

Erin Bailey

Sylvia Blum {that's me!}

Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'Bundled Little Snowboy' by Meljen's Design, 'Sleigh Ride' by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Tombows Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Twinklings H2O, Sakura Stardust, Ranger 'Walnut Stain' Distress inks
• patterned papers - Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding' collection
• tools - Big Shot, AEG Mini Sewing machine
• other supplies -  Spellbinders 'Blossom Tags and Accents' and 'Classic Circles Large' dies, Sew Sweet white crinkled seam binding, My Mind's Eye 'Lush' rhinestones, white cardstock and foam tape from stash

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Sylvia

2Frollein Weihnachts DT / 2Frollein Christmas DT

Hi everyone and happy Friday :-)

 Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Freitag :-)

Today I have some awesome news to share with you: I made the '2Frollein' Christmas DT.

'2Frollein', that's Felicitas Klink and Janna Werner and I'm truly delighted these amazingly talented ladies chose me to be part of the reveal of their brand new '2Frollein' products on December 6th :-)

Ich hab' heute ein paar schöne Neuigkeiten: Und zwar bin ich im Weihnachts DT von 2Frollein.
2Frollein das sind Felicitas Klink und Janna Werner und ich freue mich wirklich total, das ich dabei sein darf, wenn diese beiden unglaublich tollen und talentierten "Frollein" ;-) ihre brandneuen Produkte vorstellen werden (am 6. Dezember ist es soweit!) *freu*

 

Stay tuned... :-D

Man darf also gespannt sein... :-D

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Sylvia

{DT} - Cardabilities Sketch #43

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

It's the 15th of November and that means reveal of the new sketch over at Cardabilities!

Here's my card::

And this is Karan's beautiful sketch, provided for this fortnight challenge at Cardabilities

card recipe:

• patterned papers - My Minds Eye 'Believe' collection
• other supplies - white cardstock, Fiskars border punch, EK Success circle punch, foam tape

challenges:

• Cardabilities #43 (sketch)

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Sylvia

{DT} - celebrate the moment

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :-)

Welcome to our next installment of The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Challenge.
This next two weeks we want you to create 'something birthday' - I guess that's not too difficult, is it? ;-)

I created a card where I did some experimenting by mixing up styles that normally aren't used together *g* 
I started with a 'shabby, vintage' looking background by choosing a blue floral background paper from 'The Sun Will Come Out' by Sugarplum Paperie and then distressed it with Walnut Stain Distress inks to give it that little shabby look. I also used my beloved seam binding and pearls, which normally is associated with the vintage look.

But I then ran a little crazy with some doodling ;-)  I recently discovered the blog from a super talented German lady: Janna Werner's Papiersalat. And she does doodling all the time and it looks so beautiful!
Well.. I also did some doodling myself .. ages ago .. but however, I totally went off of this when I began doing more cute cards a few years ago. But now that I've seen it again I wanted to incorporate some doodling into my card. Thanks for the inspiration, Janna :-)

If you are following me for some time now, you should know that I love experimenting and doing unexpected things ;-)  And even though this really is a crazy mix of styles, I kind of like the result, although. And I hope you like it a bit, too :-)

 

and a close up 
(Where you can see that I have to practice doodling a little bit, because I made a little mistake with the circle doodling around the sentiment. But well, I think that's doodling: nothing perfect, but fun :-) )

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps  'Birthday Letter Seals' rubber stamps by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Sakura black and white gel pens, Distress inks in Broken China and Walnut Stain
• patterend papers and flower element - 'The Sun Will Come Out' by Sugarplum Paperie
• other supplies - Sew Sweet white crinkled seam binding, Kaisercraft orange rhinestones and blue halfpearl, Fiskars border punch, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan #6 (something birthday)
• Crafts and Me #60 (birthdays) - ladies, I miss you!
• Just Some Lines (light blue and orange)
• Speedy The Cat's Friends #81 (favorite technique) - distressing with inks that is
• Fahionista Friday #96 (try something new) - doodling (not really new, but years long neglected.. I hope it counts as 'new' ;-) )

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Sylvia

Shabby Birthday

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

Oh my... I have not visited the 'Mojo Monday' blog for a long time now (I really don't know why, because they always have amazing sketches!). But today I did and as soon as I saw the sketch I knew what I wanted to do with it.


Here's my card

and a close up

the sketch

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'Oval Snippets' and 'Lavish Flourishes' by Raindrop Echo Designs
• patterned papers and elements - 'Emporium' by The Digichick Designers
• tools - mini sewing machine, Big Shot
• other supplies - Spellbinders 'Fleurs de Lis' accents die, Sew Sweet rose crinkled seam binding, Jenni Bowlin pearl pins, Kaisercraft pink rhinestones, glue dots, Bazzill vanilla cardstock

challenges:

• Mojo Monday #214 (sketch)
• 2 Sisters #64 (ribbon)
• 4 Crafty Chicks #62 (die cuts)
• Addicted To Stamps #17 (shabby, shabby chic or vintage) 
• Card Cupids (bling)
• Card Makin Mamas (die cuts)
• Corrosive Challenge #136 (with flourish)
• Crafty Cardmakers #55 (pink, cream, brown) - I hope the brown ink counts as 'brown'?! 
• Incy Wincy Designs #119 (stitching)
• Kraftin Kimmie #103 (use pins)
• Let's Ink It Up #17 (favorite technique) - one of my favs: distressing
• Ooh La La Creations #92 (stitching)

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Sylvia

Joy

 Hi everyone and happy Monday :-)

Today I want to show you this holiday tag I made using some digi kits from Hero Arts. I hope you like it :-)

tag recipe:

• stamps, paper and tag - all Hero Arts digi kits: Hero Arts: Holiday Prints and Holiday Swirls
• tools - mini sewing machine
• other supplies - blue gingham ribbon, Making Memories mini staples, Kaisercraft blue rhinestones

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Sylvia

{DT} - Christmas Snails :)

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :-)

Today is the first Sunday in November (oops.. is it really November already?!) and that means there's a new challenge starting at  
Let's Ink It Up Challenges

This time we want to see you using your favorite technique
I have many techniques, I like to use and decided to do some distressing with inks on this card

The lovely Nancy from Lelo Design just asked me, if I want to do a little bit of guest designing to help spread the word about her new winter/christmas collection and I was happy to accept, because I really like her cute images.. especially the super sweet snails, she always draws!

So here's my card using one of the brand new (yesterday released) Lelo stamps from the 2011 winter/christmas collection:

I colored all of the snow parts with Twinklings H2O in heavenly white which gives it a nice and subtle shimmer, but unfortunately it doesn't show in the picture.

card recipe:

• stamps - Lelo Design 'Sleigh Snails'
• coloring mediums - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Twinklings H2O in heavenly white, Sakura white gel pen
• patterned papers - Love Me Do by Jady Day Studio
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - American Crafts blue cardstock, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 8(?), May Arts white sheer ruffle ribbon, Sew Sweet crinkled seam binding in Baby Blue, snowflake metal charm from stash, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• Let's Ink It Up #17 (use your favorite technique)
• 2 Sisters #64 (ribbon)
• A Gem of a Challenge #33 (cold and frosty)
• Card Makin Mamas #32 (die cuts)
• Catch the Bug (anything goes)
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #45 (christmas - bright colours and/or sparkle)
• Di's Digi Design Challenges (ribbon and bow)
• Jellypark Challenges (non traditional chrismtas colors)
• Little Claire's #14 (christmas)
• Speedy The Cat's Friends (fall or winter theme)

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Sylvia

Season's Greeting

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :-)

Today I want to show you a collage Christmas card...what a contrast to all of the more CAS cards I made recently ;-) But I hope you like it!

 
and a close up

card recipe:

• stamps - Arty Pants 'Christmas Believe Digital Stamp', Whimsy Stamps 'Winter Letter Seals' rubber stamps by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Mondeluz watercolorp encils, Distress inks, Sakura white gel pen, Stickles
• patterned papers - 'Dejavu' by Roben Marie Smith
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis Accents' dies, white cardstock, Kaisercraft black rhinestones, May Arts olive green Cotton and Lace Ribbon , Tim Holtz distressing tool, foam tape

challenges: 

• ABC Christmas Challenge (V is for Vintage)
• Card Makin Mamas (die cuts)
• Mami Doodles #37 (christmas) 
• Winter Wonderland (make your card sparkle)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Warm Winter Wishes

Hi everyone and happy Friday :-)


Today I want to show you a card that has been published in the latest issue of Whimsy Stamps Inspirations magazine:

  I hope you can see all the spaaaarkleeeee on this card?! ;-)
It's always so hard to catch white sparkle in a photo *sigh*

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'Warm Winter Wishes' digi stamp by Crissy Armstrong, 'Winter Letter Seals' rubber stamps by Raindrop Echo Designs
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Sakura white gel pen, Twinklings H2O in heavenly white, Ranger Stickles in Stardust
• patterned papers - Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' collection
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Nestabilities Label 11 dies, Nestabilities classic circle dies, Bazzill blue cardstock, Sew Sweet blue crinkled seam binding, Kaisercraft selfadhesive half pearl, christmas tree charm from stash, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #62 (die cuts)
• Charisma Cardz #44 (cutesy projects)
• Crafty Purple Frog #27 (sparkle)
• Crimbo Crackers #1 (christmas - anything goes)
• Delightful Challenges (very sparkly christmas)
• Digi Doodle Shops Best #81 (winter)
• Digital Tuesday (use a digi - cute and cuddly)
• Divas by Design #14 (use metal)
• Papercrafting Journey #22 (use a digi) 
• Papertake Weekly (anything goes + bling)
• The Paper Shelter #38(christmas fun)

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Sylvia

Hero Arts Fresh Face Winner!

Hi everyone and happy Thursday!

Oh yessssss.. and for me this IS a *happy* Thursday! 
Why you may ask? Well, I'm so very excited .... I just found out that I'm the 
'Fresh Face' Winner from Hero Arts's October contest - 2nd round 
*yay*


And of course I have to show you the winning card again *lol*
I used the 'Let It Snow' clear stamp set by Hero Arts and loooots of glitter for this card

 
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Sylvia

Sweet Baby Girl

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

Today I want to show you a CAS baby girl card that I made.
This one was really quick and easy to make and since I made my own sentiment it could be used for baby shower invitations, too (great for mass production)

  I will add the card recipe later today.. until then... have a wonderful Tuesday! :-)

card recipe:

• stamps - 'Baby Girl Clothes' by Artypants
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pen
• cardstock - American Crafts (pink), Clairefontaine (white)
• font - Luna Bar (available at dafont.com)
• other supplies - May Arts sheer ruffle edged ribbon in baby pink, Fiskars border punch, Kaisercraft clear rhinestone, paper piercing tool, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• Bows and Berries #13 (clean and simple)
• CES #59 (new beginnings)
• Crafty Ann's Challenges #52 (clean and simple)

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Sylvia