Sparkly Friendship

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)

It's that time again: I am up on the IMAGINE Crafts blog today with a super sparkly, yet easy to create Friendship card.

This time I am using some Fireworks! spray, Versamark ink with white embossing powder together with the new "Big Treble" stamp set and "Treble Clef Fri-Dies" from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

To see detailed and pictured step-by-step instructions and a complete list of supplies, please visiti the IMAGINE Crafts blog.

Oh and I would be deligthed if you'd take some time to leave me a little comment over there on the IC blog :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope to see you here on my blog again, soon :)

Sylvia xx

CAS-ual Fridays April Release: Sneak Peek Day 3

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)

Yesterday was our third sneak peek day for the brand new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps April release (and today is release day *hooray* and this means all of the gorgeous new Fri-Dies sets are available in the shop!!!) and the DT was featuring the brand new and super adorable "Casual Vine Fri-Dies"!

Dont't forget to check out what the other *amazingly talented* Girl Fridays from the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Ink Squad and our wonderful guest ;-) designer -the one and only Michele- created with this Fri-Dies set! Please visit the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store blog and you will find all projects and links! We hope you feel inspired by our creations :-)

Please refer to the grey boxes below this post for step-by-step instructions and a complete list of supplies :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope to see you here on my blog again, soon! :)

Sylvia xx

Instructions create 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" top folded card base from 4 1/4" x 11"  white cardstock cut 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" panel from white cardstock and mount to card base with foam pads die cut vine border ("Casual Vine Fri-Dies") four times  from white cardstock using a Sponge Dauber, pick up some Delicata Golden Glitz ink and cover die cut border; let dry mount golden vine borders onto white panel with some clear liquid glue (refer to picture for placement) stamp "You are terrific" ("Casual Elegance") with Memento Love Letter onto white cardstock use circle die to cut out the sentiment and mount to lower right of card front using foam pads

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Casual Elegance" inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Delicata Golden Glitz; Memento Love Letter tools - Spellbinders die cutting machine; WRMK Corner Chomper, IMAGINE Crafts Sponge Dauber dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Casual Vine Fri-Dies"; Spellbinders classic circle dies others - white cardstock; dimensional foam adhesive

Card For a Friend

 Hi everyone and happy Sunday :)

Just a quick post today, to share a "Thank You" card for a friend, that was created by following the sketch from this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge:

I don't know why, but I went a little crazy with rhinestones *lol* ... maybe because it is so grey and ugly outside, that I thought a little *bling* on my card will brighten my day ;-)

Because I embellished the centre of the flower with lots of rhinestones, you may not be aware of the two-tone stamping I did on the flower at first sight. Therefore I thought I'd share a close-up of the flower where you -maybe- can see it. I stamped the flower in Radiant Neon Electric Blue + Electric Geen (see instructions below).

You will find the detailed instructions and a list of supplies below this post in the grey boxes.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope to see you here on my blog again, soon :)

Sylvia xx

Instructions make 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" top folded card base from 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock and round lower corners die cut base and top layer of "Funky Square Tag Fri-Dies" from white cardstock color the tag base with Radiant Neon Electric Green using a Sponge Dauber to apply the ink using a Fantastix Bullet Tip tool to emphasize the edges with Radiant Neon Electric Blue ink flower ("Wonderful Words") with Radiant Neon Electric Blue, then use a sponge dauber to pick up some Radiant Neon Electric Green and sponge it in the centre of the flower stamp stamp two-toned flower on top layer of tag create a sparkly flower centre using blue glitter embellishment and clear rhinestones stamp sentiment ("Wallflower") with Memento London Fog onto card front embellish with clear rhinestones mount all tag layers onto the card front using dimensional foam pads create a double bow from white-silver twine and adhere to card using mini glue dots

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Wallflower", "Wonderful Words" inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Radiant Neon "Electric Blue" + "Electric Green", Memento London Fog tools - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Sponge Daubers, Fantastix Bullet Tip; WRMK: Corner Chomper; Spellbinders: Grand Calibur die cutting machine dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Funky Square Tag Fri-Dies" others - white cardstock; white-silver twine; MeiFlower: clear rhinestones; Pebbles: blue glitter embellishment; Glue Dots: mini; dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges CAS(E) this Sketch #64 (sketch)

XOXOXO - Valentine's Card

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)

Isn't it unbelievable how fast time flies? 
It seems like Christmas was only yesterday but Valentine's Day is next week, already.... oh man.... really?

Well, for my card I have used the lovely, versatile sketch from Joni Andaya for CAS(E) this Sketch! to create ... yep, you already guessed it ;-) ... another Valentine's card.

At first, I planned to put the white panel straight onto the card front (this way, the sketch would have been more obvious), but in the end I decided to put it down at an angle, so the arrows  on the patterned paper in the background have the same direction and "flow" like the heart cut out :)

Please refer to the grey boxes below this post for step-by-step instructions and a complete list of supplies :)

ETA:

*** Thank You ***

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope to see you here on my blog again, soon :)

Sylvia xx

Instructions create a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" top folded card base from 4 1/4" x 11" white cardstock cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of patterned paper and adhere to card front cut a 3 3/8" x 4 3/8" piece of white cardstock  and create a faux stitching border by using a paper piercing tool and a Memento Marker in Lady Bug (to draw the faux thread between the holes) die cut heart ("Heart Board Fri-Dies") in upper half of  the panel stamp "XOXOXO" ("Love Notes" set) with Brilliance Rocket Red wrap blue twine around white panel and tie into bow mount panel to card front on an angle using dimensional foam tape embellish with clear rhinestones

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Love Notes" color medium - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Marker Lady Bug inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Brilliance Rocket Red tools - Spellbinders Grand Calibur die cutting machine; paper piercing tool dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Heart Board Fri-Dies" patterned papers - Echo Park: Head Over Heels 6x6 paper pad others - white cardstock; MeiFlower: clear rhinestones; blue twine; dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges CAS(E) this Sketch! #63 (sketch) Addicted to CAS #31 (love) Crafty Calendar - February (love is all around) Open-Minded Crafting Fun #3 (show some love) Sweet Stampin' Challenge (sentiment only) - "XOXOXO"

Birthday Card - CAS-ual Fridays #117

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Freitag :)
It's time for our next CAS-ual Fridays challenge and this week our theme is	Es ist wieder Zeit für die nächste CAS-ual Fridays Challenge und das Thema der nächsten Woche lautet
Create a clean and simple project that incorporates stitches (faux or real)	Erstelle ein clean and simple Projekt mit Nähten (falsche oder richtig genähte)
I chose to use faux stitches - like I do it so often... it really is one of my favorite techniques :)	Ich habe mich hier mal wieder für falsche Nähte entschieden.. das ist tatsächlich eine meiner absoluten Lieblings-Techniken :)
For more inspiration from the talented Girl Fridays, please visit the CAS-ual Fridays blog!	Für weitere Inspiration von all den talentierten "Girl Fridays", besucht doch den CAS-ual Fridays Blog!

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Only You" dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Funky Round Tag Fri-Dies", Paper Smooches banner patterned papers - My Mind's Eye "Chalk Studio - Frame It", Glitz Design "Wild and Free - Dreamcatcher" tools - die cutting machine, Ranger Heat It tool others - AC "Zing!" white embossing powder, Queen and Co clear "Twinkle Goosebumps", Versamark ink, Glue Dots mini, dimensional foam pads *** patterned papers are content of Scrapbook Werkstatt's October Kit ***

Challenges CAS-ual Fridays #117 (in stitches)

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: October Sneak Peek #5 - Halloween Treat Bag

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Donnerstag :)
Today is day five of the sneak peeks for the new to be released CAS-ual Fridays Stamps stamp sets and Fri-Dies!	Heute ist der fünfte und letzte Tag der Sneak Peeks für die brandneuen Stempelsets und Stanzen von CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!
There are two new stamp sets and three new die sets *woot*	Es gibt zwei neue Stempelsets und drei neue Stanzen *juhu*
On this fifth and last sneak peek day the DT shows you projects made with the new "Funky Square Tag Fri-Dies" set. All new stamp and Fri-Dies set will be available in the online store tomorrow :-)	Heute zeigt Euch das DT Projekte mit dem "Funky Square Tag Fri-Dies" Stanzen Set. Alle neuen Stempel- und Fri-Dies Sets sind ab morgen im Online Shop erhältlich :-)
I decided to make a Halloween treat bag and use the tag dies in this set! I simply used an ordinary paper bag and glued some designer paper ("Masquerade Party" from Teresa Collins) onto the front. I then die cut the large tag from another piece of dp and two pieces of the smaller rounded squares from orange and white vellum. I used the "Spooky" stamp set (see sneak peek day 1) to create my tag and adhered it to the treat bag using ribbon, twine and a small clothespin	Ich habe mich dazu entschlossen eine kleine Süßigkeiten Tüte für Halloween zu basteln. Hierfür habe ich einfach eine ganz normale braune Papiertüte genommen und Designer Papier ("Masquerade Party" von Teresa Collins) auf die Frontseite geklebt. Dann habe ich ebenfalls aus DP das größere Tag ausgestanzt und mit Hilfe des kleineren Stanzenteils noch zwei abgerundete Quadrate aus orangem und weißem Vellum gestanzt. Auch hier habe ich wieder das "Spooky" Stempel Set (siehe Tag 1 der Sneak Peeks) verwendet um mein Tag zu gestalten und habe es dann mit einem Bändchen, Twine und einer kleinen Wäscheklammer am Beutel befestigt
Find more inspiration with this fun set here on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog!	Schaut doch auch auf dem CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog vorbei! Dort findet Ihr noch viel mehr tolle Inspirationen mit diesem Set!

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Spooky" patterned papers - Teresa Collins "Masquerade Party - Bats" tools - die cutting machine dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Funky Square Tag" others - brown paper bag, orange cardstock, orange + white Vellum, clothespin, spiderweb ribbon, orange bakers twine, Kaisercraft orange rhinestones, black StazOn ink, paper piercing tool, Glue Dots mini, dimensional foam pad

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: October Sneak Peek #4 - Thank You Card

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Mittwoch :)
Today is day four of the sneak peeks for the new to be released CAS-ual Fridays Stamps stamp sets and Fri-Dies!	Heute ist der vierte Tag der Sneak Peeks für die brandneuen Stempelsets und Stanzen von CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!
There are two new stamp sets and three new die sets *woot*	Es gibt zwei neue Stempelsets und drei neue Stanzen *juhu*
On this fourth sneak peek day the DT shows you projects made with the new "Funky Round Tag Fri-Dies" set.	An diesem vierten Vorschau Tag zeigt Euch das DT Projekte mit dem neuen "Funky Round Tag Fri-Dies" Stanzen Set.
For my "Many Thanks" card I again used the "Amber Waves" stamp set (see sneak peek day 2) together with the new "Funky Round Tag Fri-Dies" set! I cut a tag with the larges die in the set, then stamped the spike and sentiment onto it and cut a "frame" using the same die and the inner circle. I then adhered the frame onto the tag and attached it to the card using a yellow crinkled seam binding. Some faux stitching finishes the card.	Für meine "Many Thanks" Karte habe ich noch einmal das "Amber Waves" Stempel Set (siehe Sneak Peek Tag 2) gemeinsam mit dem neuen "Funky Round Tag Fri-Dies" Set benutzt! Ich habe ein Tag mit der größten Stanze gemacht, dann die Ähre und den Spruch gestempelt und anschließend noch einmal einen "Rahmen" mit Hilfe der größten Stanze und dem inneren Kreis gemacht und diesen dann einfach aufgeklebt. Das Tag habe ich mit einem Knüddelbändchen befestigt und natürlich durften die falschen Nähte nicht fehlen.
Find more inspiration with this fun set here on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog!	Schaut doch auch auf dem CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog vorbei! Dort findet Ihr noch viel mehr tolle Inspirationen mit diesem Set!

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Amber Waves" patterned papers - Crate Paper "The Pier - Carousel" tools - die cutting machine dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Funky Round Tag Fri-Dies" others - white cardstock, yellow crinkled seambinding, Versafine ink "Onyx Black", Hero Arts inks "Butterbar" + "Soft Apricot", paper piercing tool, UniBall Signo white gel pen, Glue Dots mini, dimensional foam pads

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: October Sneak Peek #3 - Christmas Magic

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Dienstag :)
Today is the third day of the sneak peeks for the new to be released CAS-ual Fridays Stamps stamp sets and Fri-Dies!	Heute ist der dritte Tag der Sneak Peeks für die brandneuen Stempelsets und Stanzen von CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!
There are two new stamp sets and three new die sets released on Friday *woot*	Ab Freitag gibt es zwei neue Stempelsets und drei neue Stanzen *juhu*
On this third sneak peek day the DT shows you projects made with the new "4 Petal Fri-Dies" set.	An diesem dritten Vorschau Tag zeigt Euch das DT Projekte mit dem neuen "4 Petal Fri-Dies" Stanzen Set.
I used the larger and small dies that come in the "4 Petal Fri-Dies" Set to die cut the stamped petals (these are from the "Christmas Carols" set). I put the larger ones on foam pads, stamped a sentiment in the lower right corner of the card and there you have a non-traditional clean and simple Christmas card :-D	Ich habe sowohl die größere als auch die kleine Stanze aus dem "4 Petal Fri-Dies" Set benutzt um die gestempelten Blüten (die aus dem Christmas Carols Set stammen) auszuschneiden. Dann habe ich die großen Blüten auf 3D Pads gesetzt und noch einen Spruch gestempelt - fertig ist die ungewöhnliche, clean and simple Weihnachtskarte :-D
Find more inspiration with this fun set here on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog!	Schaut doch auch auf dem CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog vorbei! Dort findet Ihr noch viel mehr tolle Inspirationen mit diesem Set!

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Christmas Carols" tools - die cutting machine, WRMK Corner Chomper dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "4 Petal Fri-Dies" others - white cardstock, Versafine ink "Onyx Black", Hero Arts inks "Bubble Gum" + "Soft Pool", Kaiserkraft clear rhinestones, Glue Dots mini, dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges Cards and More #91 (sparkle + bling)

You Are Terrific

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for this weeks Mojo Monday #309 challenge.

I have to admit that it was difficult for me to follow the sketch and to be honest, I am not quite sure if I really like the result. But anyway, here it is :-D

Once again I have used patterned papers from Carta Bella's "Hello Again" collection ;-)

I distressed all edges of the patterned papers (except for the banner in the middle) with Distress Walnut Stain inks, then added some faux stitching. The die cut flower shapes were put on dimensional foam pads.

All stamps and dies are from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

the sketch:

Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Mittwoch :)

Heute zeige ich Euch eine Karte, die für Challenge #309 bei Mojo Monday entstanden ist.

Ich muss ehrlich gestehen, das ich es sehr schwierig fand den Sketch umzusetzen. Und um der Wahrheit die Ehre zu geben, bin ich mir auch echt nicht sicher ob mir das Resultat gefällt. Naja, wie auch immer, ich zeig's Euch trotzdem :-D

Ich habe hier alle Ränder mit Distress Walnut Stain gewischt - mit Ausnahme des Banners in der Mitte - und dazu noch überall rundum falsche Nähte gemacht.

Und wieder mal habe ich Papiere aus Carta Bella's "Hello Again" Serie verwendet ;-)

Alle benutzten Stempel, sowie auch die Stanzen sind von CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Casual Elegance" dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Loving Blooms Fri-Dies" patterned papers - Carta Bella: "Hello Again - Hello Chevron", "Hello Again - Small Floral", "Hello Again - Chit Chat" tools - die cutting machine others - white cardstock, yellow rhinestones, Hero Arts inks: "Butter Bar", "Orange Soda", "Red Royal", Distress inks "Walnut Stain", paper piercing tool, UniBall Signo white gel pen, dimensional foam  adhesive

Challenges Mojo Monday #309 (sketch)

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Sylvia

Joy To The World

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :)

Have you seen the gorgeous "new" August releases from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps yet?

Michele has designed two fantastic Christmas related stamp sets! One of them is the "Christmas Carols" from which I used the sentiment for my tag.

Ohhhhh... and speaking about the tag: It's one of three brand new "Fri-Dies" :)

Yes! You read it right: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps now has it's own die designs *woot woot*... I am sooo excited! :)

So I have used the "Oval Tag Fri-Dies" to create this Holiday tag. 

BTW: This is another entry for the Holiday Gift Tag Challenge over at Moxie Fab World. 

The "Oval Tag Fri-Dies" is a set of two dies (see picture below) and I used both dies to cut the tag + oval frame from white cardstock. Then I put the thin oval ring onto some tiny bits of foam tape to give it some dimension. Afterwards I covered it with gold using a Krylon pen.

The sentiment was stamped with red Hero Arts onto the tag base, so it fit's inside the small oval frame.

I then used a huge golden gemstone brad and some red baker's twine (adhered with a glue dot) to embellish it.

Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Dienstag :)

Habt Ihr eigentlich schon die wundervollen August "Neu"-Erscheinungen von CAS-ual Fridays Stamps gesehen? Michele hat zwei fantastische Weihnachts Stempelsets designed! Eines davon ist "Christmas Carols", welches ich hier für mein Anhängerchen verwendet habe.

Ohhhhh.. .und wo ich gerade vom Anhänger spreche: Es gibt außerdem drei brandneue "Fri-Dies" :)

Ja! Ihr habt richtig gelesen: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps hat nun auch eigene Stanzen *juhuuu*.... ich freu mich echt wie verrückt darüber! :)

Also habe ich hier auch gleich die "Oval Tag Fri-Dies" Stanzen für mein Weihnachts-Hängerchen verwendet.

Übrigens mache ich mit diesem Hänger auch bei der Holiday Gift Tag Challenge bei Moxie Fab World mit.

Das "Oval Tag Fri-Dies" Set beinhaltet zwei Stanzen (Siehe auch Foto unten) und ich habe hier beide benutzt um damit den Anhänger, sowie den dünnen ovalen Rahmen aus weißem Cardstock zu stanzen. Den schmalen ovalen Ring habe ich dann auf winzige Stückchen von 3D Pads gesetzt. Anschließend habe ich ihn vergoldet mithilfe eines Krylon Stifts.

Der Spruch wurde mit roter Stempelfarbe so auf das Hängerchen gestempelt, das er in dem ovalen Rahmen zu sehen ist. Dann hab' ich das Ganze noch mit einem überdimensionalen goldfarbenen Glitzerstein-Brad und rotem Baker's Twine (das ich mit einem Glue Dot angeklebt habe) verziert.

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Christmas Carols" dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Oval Tag Fri-Dies" tools - die cutting machine others - white cardstock, Krylon golden leafing pen, red baker's twine, Rico Design golden rhinestone brad, Hero Arts inks "Red Royal", Glue Dots mini, dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges Holiday Gift Tag Challenge at Moxie Fab World

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Sylvia