You're Pretty Amazing - featuring NEW products from Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Hi everyone and happy weekend :)

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko has launched some super cool new products at CHA!

And it's my pleasure to show you some projects on which I used all of these awesome new goodies over the next days and weeks!

One of these projects is featured on the Imagine Crafts blog today and the detailed instructions (including step-by-step pictures) can be found on their website as a project sheet --> here

For the background I have used three of the super duper cool new Creative Medium Iridescent gels! This stuff is just amazing! It is so versatile... the possibilities are just endless!

The flower petals are filled with the gorgeous new StazOn Studio Glaze! 
Even though I love all of the new products, I think the StazOn Studio Glaze is my favorite new product from this years new product release so far! It comes in so many colors (StazOn colors) and it is just amazing and so easy and wonderful to use! 
I am pretty sure everyone will LOVE it, as soon as you have tried it!

Please refer to the project sheet on the Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko homepage for detailed instructions and the list of supplies :)

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

Sylvia xx

Creative Inspiration with Imagine Crafts and Lawn Fawn

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)

This week IMAGINE Crafts is proud to feature the fun and amazing stamps from Lawn Fawn!  Our Artists In Residence are here all week to inspire you with their amazing projects using IMAGINE Crafts' products along with rubber stamps from Lawn Fawn. Be sure to visit both company's blogs daily for ideas, tips and techniques from our design teams.

Please visit the Imagine Crafts Blog to find step-by-step instructions incl. step-by-step pictures :)

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

Sylvia xx

Supplies Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko: irRESISTible Neon Pico Embellisher Electric Blue + Electric Coral; irRESISTible Pico Embelliher Shimmer; Memento Love Letter; Versafine Onyx Black; Craft Mat Lawn Fawn: Snow Day stamp set; Snow Day patterned papers dies - Whimsy Stamps: Clearly Whimsy Stamps "Stitched Border Die Trio" tools - Spellbinders die cutting machine others - white cardstock; May Arts: silver cord; Kaisercraft: blue rhinestones; dimensional foam adhesive

one more...

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :)

Remember my yesterday post with the lovely Christmas tree stamp from Memory Box stamped with Encore! Champagne?

Well, today I have another super simple Christmas card I want to share with you. Again it is made with products from Memory Box and Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko: This time I used the adorable ornament die from Memory Box and colored the cut out ornaments with Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Delicata Shimmery Silver ink with the help of a Sponge Dauber.

After the ink was completely dry (I did NOT heat set it, because the wonderful Delicata inks look best when you allow them to dry by air!) I adhered it to the card front. I stamped the sentiment stamp (also from Memory Box) with Delicata Shimmery Silver.
To finish the card I simply added some blue rhinestones here and there and a love ribbon trim  from May Arts, and that's it!

Super quick and easy... perfect for mass production :)

Don't forget to check out the Imagine Crafts blog for many more wonderful projects featuring Memory Box together with Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko products! 

Please refer to the grey boxes below this post for 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

Supplies stamps - Memory Box: "Wonderful Words" inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Delicata Shimmery Silver tools - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Craft Mat, Sponge Dauber; WRMK Corner Chomper; Spellbinders die cutting machine dies - Memory Box: "Hanging Ornaments" others -white cardstock; May Arts ribbon; Kaisercraft: rhinestones;

Imagine Crafts, Authentique and May Arts Blog Hop: Make Some Noise

Welcome to a crafting extravaganza all week featuring myself and other Artists In Residence from IMAGINE Crafts, along with the Design Team Members of Authentique Paper and May Arts Ribbon.  

   
 Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Luxe:  "Marocco", "Lilac Posies" ; Memento: "Pistachio", "Teal Zeal"; Craft Mat; 

• Authentique: "Radiant" various patterned papers from 6x6 pad, "Radiant" banner die cut from "components" sheet

• May Arts: 1/4" sheer ribbon with floral print; orange twisted burlap ribbon/twine

• Others:
• stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: Woot Woot 
• tools -WRMK: Corner Chomper; 
• others - white cardstock; Kaisercraft clear rhinestones

I have used some of the adorable Authentique "Radiant" papers from the 6x6 paper pack, a sticker from the "Radiant Components" sheet, a super pretty floral sheer ribbon and a length of twine in coordinating colors from May Arts!

The inks I have used to stamp the sentiment are a combination of Memento Luxe Marocco and Memento Luxe Lilac Posies. The circles were stamped with Memento Pistachio and Memento Teal Zeal (I first inked the stamp with Pistachio, then added some Teal Zeal, before I stamped it, to get this "personalized" color to match the blue color in the patterned paper).

Here are today’s other featured Artists In Residence projects:

Penny Ward 

Savannah O'Gwynn

There' more inspiration to be found on the Authentique Paper and May Arts blogs!  Simply visit these blogs to view the projects created by those company's design teams and to view the other prizes available.

 

Prizes galore for participating in the Blog Hop this week!

All three participating companies in this week's Blog Hop will all be giving away 3 prize packages for leaving comments on the featured blog posts.  Each day will we feature projects created by the artists from IMAGINE Crafts, Authentique Paper and May Arts. Simply visit their blogs and leave a comment on each post by midnight PST September 27th.  We ‘ll randomly select three different blogs from the seven days, then randomly draw one commenter from each blog as the winner.  

Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found,” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog’s name), and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

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

Sylvia xx

With All My Heart - Valentine's Day Card in Purple

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :)

Today I am sharing a purple Valentine's Day card *gasp*

Oh my word! Purple is absolutely so not my color to create with! I always struggle when creating with this color.

Yes, purple can look beautiful! I see a lot of gorgeous cards around using this color but still, it is one of my personal biggest challenges to use this color *lol*

But that's the meaning of a challenge, right? To dare yourself to do something, you usually would not do! Therefore I decided to take the challenge of the current CAS*ology Challenge and create a card with purple *lol*

As always, you can find the step-by-step instructions and a complete list of supplies below this post in the grey boxes :)

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

Sylvia xx

Instructions create a top folded 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base from 4 1/4" x 11" white cardstock and round lower right corner open the card base and place the heart die ("Heart Board Fri-Dies")  in the upper left corner of your card front -affix with Washi tape or any other removable tape- and run through die cutting machine stamp heart ("Cupid's Arrows") with Memento Lulu Lavender onto inside of the card, that it can be seen through the die cut heart window stamp "I Love You" ("Sands of Time") with Memento Lilac Posies onto card front besides heart window stamp sentiment arrow ("Cupid's Arrows") with Memento Lilac Posies onto scrap piece of white cardstock and die cut with co-ordinating die ("Heart Board Fri-Dies") mount arrow to card front using dimensional foam pads wrap around sheer ribbon and tie into bow embellish with clear and purple rhinestones

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Cupid's Arrows", "Sands of Time" dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Heart Board Fri-Dies" inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento "Lulu Lavender", "Lilac Posies" tools - WRMK Corner Chomper, Spellbinders Grand Calibur die cutting machine others - white cardstock; May Arts: sheer ribbon; Kaisercraft: clear rhinestones; MeiFlower: purple rhinestones; dimensional foam tape

Challenges CAS*ology #80 (purple) Crafts and Me January (use a heart) My Sheri Crafts #126 (Valentine) Scrap It Girl (hearts) Sunflower Fields (hearts/Valentine's Day) TokBobok #9 (hearts)

Enjoy This Day (One Layer Card)

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)

Today I am sharing a *very* clean and simple (one layer) card, I created for this weeks "clean and simple cards" challenge at Splitcoaststampers.

The challenge is to create a clean and simple card with at least two of the following colors:

(source: Design Seeds)

You can find the step-by-step instructions and a complete list of supplies below this post in the grey boxes :)

ETA:

*** Thank You ***

*** Thank You ***

featured on Paper Smooches Facebook page

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 from 4 1/4" x 11" white cardstock and round lower corners stamp sentiment and butterfly with Memento Espresso Truffle into lower right corner color butterfly with Memento markers in Angel Pink and Rose Bud; add some highlights by using a clear glitter gel pen wrap sheer satin ribbon around card and tie into bow

Supplies stamps - Paper Smooches: Flap Happy coloring medium - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento markers "Angel Pink" + "Rose Bud"; Sakura clear glitter gel pen inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Espresso Truffle tools - WRMK Corner Chomper others - white cardstock, May Arts: ribbon; Glue Dots mini

Challenges Splitcoaststampers CAS257 (color challenge) Addicted to CAS #30 (new) - the ribbon on my card is new in my stash Tuesday Throwdown #180 (one layer)

When You Miss the One You Love.... CAS-ual Fridays Sneak Peek Day 2

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :)

Welcome back to the second sneak peek day of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!

Today the Girl Fridays are featuring the beautiful stamp set "Sands of Time"

You can find the step-by-step instructions for this card below this post in the "Instructions" box!

I sprayed the white cardstock panel, layered underneath the focal point panel, with some "Sheer Shimmer Spritz Silver", but unfortunately I wasn't able to catch the beautiful shimmer in my picture.

I tried to do a close up to showcase it better, but I think I failed miserably, again :-/ So I hope, you just believe me when I say that it looks super pretty in real life :)

Please don't forget to stop by the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to see more amazing inspiration from the Girl Fridays! And you will also find a picture of this new stamp set over there :)

Instructions create a card base from 4 1/4" x 11" white cardstock and round lower corners wrap a length of chevron ribbon around the card front and affix on the back side die cut two rectangles with Spellbinders classic rectangle set from white cardstock (one will be approx. 3" x 3 3/4" and the other one will be approx. 2 3/8" x 3") spray the larger one of the die cut rectangles with "Sheer Shimmer Spritz Silver" and let dry stamp sentiment from "Sands of Time" set with Versamagic "Midnight Black" on smaller rectangle stamp row of hearts from "Sands of Time" set with Memento "Rose Bud" above and below sentiment mount all layers to card front using dimensional foam adhesive embellish with rose sparkle goosebumps and clear rhinestones

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Sands of Time" inks - Tsukineko:  Versamagic "Midnight Black"; Memento "Rose Bud"; Sheer Shimmer Spritz "Silver"  dies - Spellbinders classic rectangles tools - Spellbinders die cutting machine, WRMK Corner Chomper others - white cardstock, May Arts chevron ribbon mauve, Queen+Co Twinkle Goosebumps rose, Kaisercraft rhinestones clear, dimensional foam adhesive

Season's Greetings

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Dienstag :)
Today I have another Christmas card to share. This is a very traditional card using green and red and lots of gold :)	Heute habe ich eine weitere Weihnachtskarte mitgebracht. Diese ist sehr traditionall gehalten in grün, rot und viel gold :)
I tried a new -to me- embossing powder: Imagine Crafts "Gold" together with Versamark ink for the stamping and I really *love* how it turned out!  Great coverage and it melted just perfectly (evenly and smooth) when heating it!	Ich habe hier ein neues (naja, jedenfalls für mich ist es neu) Embossing Pulver ausprobiert: Imagine Crafts "Gold" zusammen mit einem Versamark Stempelkissen und ich bin wirklich begeistert vom Ergebnis! Das Embossing Pulver hat gut am Versamark gehaftet und beim erhitzen ist es perfekt (schön gleichmäßig und ebenmäßig) geschmolzen!
The papers and sentiment stamp are from Echo Park, the gold cord is from May Arts and the golden sequins are from Jenni Bowlin.	Die Papiere, sowie der Sprüchestempel sind jeweils von Echo Park, die goldene Kordel ist von May Arts und die goldenen Pailletten stammen von Jenni Bowlin.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again here on my blog, soon :)	Ganz herzlichen Dank, das Ihr vorbei geschaut habt! Ich hoffe Ihr schaut bald wieder mal hier auf meinem Blog vorbei :)

Supplies stamps - Echo Park "Season's Greetings" inks - Tsukineko Versamark patterned papers - Echo Park This&That Christmas tools - WRMK Corner Chomber, Fiskars bracket border punch others - white cardstock, Imagine Crafts "Gold" embossing powder, May Arts golden cord, Jenni Bowlin golden sequins, Queen + Co Twinkle Goosebumps red, Glue Dots Mini, dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges Craft It Up Link Party #21 (Christmas) Crafty Boots (Christmas) Get Inky! #19 (Christmas) Imagination Crafts #6 (Christmas) Make It Monday #170 (anything goes link party) Stamp and Create (anything goes) The Pink Elephant #229 (recipe: 2 patterned papers, 1 ribbon + sprinkles of sparkle) - I hope the cord counts as ribbon ;-)

"Warm Wishes" Christmas Card

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Samstag :)
I ordered some Christmas stamps and dies from Whimsy Stamps recently and got them in the mail yesterday *hooray for happy mail*	Ich hatte mir kürzlich ein paar Weihnachtsstempel und -stanzen von Whimsy Stamps bestellt und die kamen gestern bei mir an *juhu*
Therefore I couldn't resist and just had to sit down and create at least one card with all the gorgeous goodies.	Natürlich konnte ich nicht widerstehen und musste mich gleich hinsetzen und wenigstens eine Karte werkeln, mit all den wundervollen Sachen.
So here is a card where I have used the "Vintage Christmas" stamp set and one of the dies, that comes with the "Holidays Sentimentables" set.	Hier kommt also nun die erste Karte für die ich das "Vintage Christmas" Stempelset und eine der Stanzen aus dem "Holidays Sentimentables" Set benutzt habe.
The main image was stamped with Tsukinekos Versafine Onyx Black ink (I love that you get absolutely perfect impressions even with very detailed stamps!). I die cut the saying from plain white cardstock, then colored it with a Brilliance Galaxy Gold inkpad. I also colored a length of ordinary natural twine with the same ink pad to make it match.	Das Motiv have ich mit Tsukinkos Versafine Onyx Black gestempelt (ich LIEBE diese Stempelfarbe, weil man damit immer absolut perfekte Abdrücke - auch bei sehr detaillierten Stempelmotiven erhält!) Ich habe den Spruch aus weißem Cardstock gestanzt und anschließend mit einem Brilliance Galaxy Gold Stempelkissen koloriert. Mit demselben Stempelkissen habe ich auch ein Stück Bäckergarn in naturfarbe golden eingefärbt, damit es zum Rest passt.
I hope you all will have a fantastic first advent weekend! Enjoy this special time of the year :)	Ich wünsche Euch ein fanastisches erstes Adventwochenende! Genießt diese ganz besondere Zeit im Jahr :)
ETA: *** Thank You *** (post #1)

Supplies stamps - Whimsy Stamps "Vintage Christmas" inks - Tsukineko: Versafine "Onyx Black", Brilliance "Galaxy Gold" coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, UniBall Signo white gel pen tools - Spellbinders die cutting machine dies - Whimsy Stamps "Holiday Sentimentables", Spellbinders Labels others - white cardstock, May Arts red ribbon, Garn + Mehr natural twine, dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges 4 Crafty Chicks #170 (Christmas) Addicted to Stamps #73 (holidays) Aud Sentiments #94 (any sentiment) Charisma Cardz #46 (Christmas) Crafty Calender (Christmas) Crafty Ribbons #72 (anything goes with ribbon) Inkspirational #44 (anything goes) Jellypark Friends (Christmas) Stampin' for the Weekend (feeling festive) Stempelsonne (Christmas)

Thank You

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)
Today I am sharing a card with no stamps *oops* ;-)
I rarely do cards without any stamping! Cards without stamping often seems to be kind of "uncomplete" for me ;-)
But I think this one is ok the way it is - hope you think so, too :-)
 The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup and American Crafts and they are both part of the new Scrapbook Werkstatt November Kit (available Oct 26th).

Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Donnerstag :)
Heute zeige ich Euch eine Karte ohne Stempel *ups* ;-)
Ich mache ja höchst selten Karten ohne darauf auch zu stempeln! Mir kommen Karten ohne Stempel meist irgendwie "unfertig" vor ;-)
Aber ich glaube diese hier ist auch so ganz ok - ich hoffe Ihr findet das auch :-)
Die gemusterten Papiere sind von Jillibean Soup und American Crafts und sind beide im neuen Scrapbook Werkstatt November Kit enthalten (erhältlich ab 26.Oktober) 

card recipe:

• patterned papers - American Crafts/Amy Tangerine "Ready Set Go - Sincerely Kraft Finish", Jillibean Soup "Grandmas Lima Bean Soup - Bite Size Bits" (both part of the SBW November Kit)
• others - Scrapbook Werkstatt Washi Tape "Wortspiel", May Arts natural button twine, red button from stash, American Crafts black chipboard alphabet letters

challenges:

• Paper Crafting Journey (ribbon or twine)
• Simon Says...autumn leaves
• Stamp n doodle (ribbon/twine)

  ~°~ Thanks for visiting my blog ~°~

Sylvia