{DT} - Sweet Selena

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Friday :-)

Oh my gosh .. I feel so bad, because I totally forgot to post my card for this weeks 'Crafts and Me Challenge' where Teresa wants to see flower(s) somewhere on your card.

You may not see it very well, but there IS a flower on my card... a teeny tiny little red 'gem' flower in 'Sweet Selena's hair ;-)

For the background of the focal point (which is Hannah Lynn's 'Sweet Selena') I used some 'Black Magic' Core'dinations Cardstock, ran it through my Big Shot using a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then sanded the embossed lines to bring out the pastel pink. I think you cannot see it properly in the picture but it's really a neat effect IRL :)

For a finishing touch I added some crinkled Caviar seam binding , added a red button and adhered the button and a metal strawberry charm to the ribbon using some pink button twine.

card receipe:

• stamps - Sweet Selena by Hannah Lynn 
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterned papers - from Basic Grey 'Two Scoops' 6x6 paper pad
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Core'dinations Black Magic cardstock, Bazzill black cardstock, Nestabilities Label die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, strawberry metal charm from stash, Glue Dots Mini, foam pads from stash, Sew Sweet Caviar crinkled seam binding, Sew Sweet bright red button bag, May Arts pink button twine available at Sew Sweet

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #44 (add a flower)
• Card Positioning Systems (sketch)
• Clear It Out (use old supplies - anything goes) - the embossing folder is over 1 year old :-) 
• Deep Ocean Challenge #14 (ribbon) 
• The Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode Challenge (flowers) 
• 7 Kids College  Funds #26 (texture)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Genevieve

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Wednesday :-)

I hope you had a great week so far. 

Since it's Wednesday it means another challenge at Crafts and Me Challenges, where we want you to use your 'favorite stamp'.

Well I admit it.. the stamp I used on my card is not the favorite stamp (because I love so many stamps, that I just cannot decide which one is the favorite one *lol*), but it's a stamp from one of my all time favorite stamp image designers: Hannah Lynn! I so adore her work and I used the adorable 'Genevieve' to create my card:

card receipe:

• stamp - Genevieve by Hannah Lynn
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterned papers - Zen Garden Papers by Inspirations by Day
• brush frames - I Was Framed by Haynay Designs
• other supplies - crinkled seam binding in 'elegant peacock' from Sew Sweet, Distress inks from Ranger, blue rhinestones from Kaisercraft

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #42 (favorite stamp)
• Bearly Mine #14 (anything goes)
• Craft Your Passion #65 (anything goes)
• Deep Ocean #3 (cards)
• Digital Tuesdays (bling it up) 
• Dream Valley #10 (ribbon)
• One Stitch At A Time #69 (use a digi) - the image is not a digi but the papers are digi.. hope that counts, though?!

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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} - 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

{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

{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

{DT} - Thanks a Latte

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)

Today I want to show you a card where I used my very first Kraftin' Kimmie stamp :)
I have seen them a lot but never owned one myself until I got me one from Crafts and Me.
This one is called 'Angie' and it comes in a set together with two sentiments and this cute pair of slippers I used here on my card as a cut out element on the lower right side.


I also wanted to let you know that we have a new challenge going on at Crafts and Me Challenges since yesterday where the digi team is challenging you to use 'punches'. That's the reason why I used one of my age old punches to create the little daisy on the upper right side... and I'm surprised with the result... never have thought this little daisy punch could look so pretty on a card ;-)

challenges:

• Crafts and Me Challenges #37 (Punch It Out)
• Card Cupids (Ribbon/Fibres)
• Crafty Creations #121 (Pink and Orange)
• Creative Belli #118 (use an old and forgotten tool) - my 'tool' is the age-old daisy punch :) 
• Creative Card Crew (For a Diva) - sponsored by Whimsy Stamps :)
• Dream Valley #8 (Stamp Something) 
• Paper Creations Ink #2 (Ribbon or Lace) - I used Ribbon ;-)
• Party Time Tuesdays #18 (Anything Goes)
  

card receipe:

• stamps - Kraftin' Kimmies 'Angie'
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterened papers - Summer Paisleys Paper by Wishing Well Creations
• tools - Silhouette SD
• other supplies - cutting files from Samantha Walker for Silhouette, cardstock from Amercian Crafts, crinkled ribbon from etsy, pearl pin from Jeni Bowlin, Daisy punch from EK Success, selfadhesive crystal from Hero Arts, foam pads from stash

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Sylvia

{DT} - Creekside Magic

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

As promised yesterday.. here's my second post for this week ;)


At Crafts and Me Challenges we have a new challenge starting today. The lovely Gina is your host for this week and she chose 'gems and pearls' as the theme :)

I don't know if you can see it properly, but I have used a 'gem' (selfadhesive crystal) for the center of the flower and I also used a pearl pin :)

For my card I used the adorable 'Creekside Magic' rubber stamp designed by Molly Harrison for Crafts and Me. I adore Molly Harrison's artwork for a long time now and never would have dreamt of seeing her work made into rubber stamps.. that's so cool and it was such a pleasure to color this beauty :)


The background paper is a printed paper from the digi paper pack 'Drip Drop {the papers}' by Joyful Heart Designs (oh and they are on sale for 50% off at the moment!).

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #36 (Gems and Pearls)
• A Spoon Full of Sugar #153 (Things with Wings) - the butterflies and dragonflies ;-)  
• Cheerful Stamp Pad #18 (Color My World)
• Clear It Out (Colors)
• Make It Colorful #18 (Color a Water Scene)
• One Stop Craft #132 (Fairy Tales)
• Paper Playtime (Just For Fun - Add a Charm)
• Totally Gorjuss #81 (water)

card recipe:

• stamp - Creekside Magic by Molly Harrison (Crafts and Me Stamps)
• color mediums - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, chalks, Distress inks
• design papers - 'Drip Drop {the papers}' by Joyful Heart Designs
• other supplies - blue cardstock from Bazzill, crinkled ribbon from etsy (Prairy Bird Boutique), pearl pin by Jeni Bowlin, selfadhesive crystal by Hero Arts, metal charm and foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Mini

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Sylvia

First Post in May

Hi everyone and happy Friday :) 

Oh my goodness... I hardly can believe it's May 12th and this is my first post for this month *woops*
How could this happen?

Well.. as some of you may know already, my dog Mexx and I are a Search and Rescue Dog team of the German Red Cross. And therefore we have to take an SAR exam every 18 
months. This always makes me 'sick' weeks ahead of the date ;-/ 
Well... now it's over... the exam was at the end of April and we passed it succesfully *yay*
 But after passing the exam I felt absolutely drained and totally lost ALL of my (creative) mojo :-/

BTW: For all of you interested.. this is my dog Mexx :) 
(and the back of the head you can see in the lower right corner is me *lol*)

 But now that blogger is back, my mojo and I am, too *g*

Soooo... with a 'little' delay.... 
here's my card for the actual CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE (punches).

I used the adorable rubber stamp 'Vanessa' by Hannah Lynn for my card and the papers are from digi paper packs by Graham Like The Cracker: Footloose and Fancy Solid Papers and Footloose and Fancy Worn Papers. I colored the stamped image with Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils and some Stickles in 'Waterfall' (glitter with a little hint of blue).


Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you will have a wonderful, sunny and relaxed weekend :)


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Sylvia

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 :)

close up

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

close up

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

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

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 

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

Crafts and Me Challenges - Use Something Yellow

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Today our new challenge over at Crafts and Me Challenges is starting. Teresa is the hostess for this week and she wants to see something YELLOW on your card / project :)

Boy this was REALLY a personal challenge for me.. I'm not so much into yellow, because I tend to go too funky and shrill when using bright colors like yellow... but I think (well at least I HOPE SO *lol*) that I managed to do a 'pretty' card this time ;-)))

For my card I used the 'Glacier Lily Fairy' stamp designed by Hannah Lynn for Crafts and Me
I also used a digi paper from a kit by Mari Koegelenberg (My Digital Art Studio) and of course I couldn't resist to use my Silhouette SD machine again ... ( I really don't know how I could ever craft without this wonderful tool before *lol*)


Here's an additional close-up of the stamped and colored Glacier Lily Fairy image
(I added a little bit of sparkle to the wings, but unfortunately it is not showing in the picture)

challenges:

• Crafts and Me Challenges #28 (use something yellow)

card recipe:

• stamp - Glacier Lily Fairy by Hannah Lynn for Crafts and Me
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens
• design papers - Summer Days - Noon Picnic Paper Pack by Mari Koegelenberg 
• tools - Silhouette SD machine
• other supplies - digi cutting file (Silhouette store; modified), cotton lace from stash, red cardstock from stash, paper flower from Prima Marketing, yellow bling flower from CreaMotion, red floss from We'R Memory Keepers, Tim Holtz distressing tool, ColorBox pigement ink, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots, Glue Dots Lines

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Sylvia

Reach for the moon...

... even if you miss you will land among the stars'.

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)


I have been absent from my blog for some days this week (the post on Wednesday was a scheduled one), because I have been sick with diarrhea and vomiting combined :-/


Luckily, I feel a bit better today and so I had a little bit extra time to color one of the newly released digi stamps from Crafts and Me. I colored this beautiful stamp called 'The Infinite Star' and made this card.

***sorry, have to put it down for the next month because the card will be published in Scrapbook News and Review magazine***
The pictures will be back up in July 


The paper is from a digital paper pack called 'Laitha's Follow Your Dreams Paper Pack'


The black corner in the lower left is a die cutting file for the Silhouette machine from Samantha Walker, the black swirl on the right side is a die cut from QuicKutz that I used with my Big Shot


here are a few close ups:

I really had a blast creating this card :)

challenges:

• ABC Challenge (Q is for Quote)
• Anything Goes (Die Cuts)
• Art Impressiongs #8 (punches / die cuts)
• Charisma Cardz #11 (die cuts)
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best #51 (anything goes) 
• Digital Tuesday #102 (Magical World)
• Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Stars 
• Southern Girls (use flowers)

card recipe:

• stamp - 'The Infinite Star' by Crafts and Me (designed by Sara Burrier)
• color mediums - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Twinklings H20, chalks
• design papers - Laitha's Follow Your Dreams Paper Pack
• font - Calligraph421 BT
• tools - Big Shot, Silhouette SD machine
• other supplies - cardstock from Bazzill, paper rose from Wild Orchid Crafts, Stardust Stickles, QuicKutz flourishes die cuts, extended boho corner die cut file from Samantha Walker, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots, Glue Dots Minis

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Sylvia