Fall Card

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)
I hope you will have a fantastic weekend! Here in the very Southwest of Germany, the sun is shining and we are having about 20°C (68°F) and I was outside walking the dogs and now I'm in a wonderful comfortable mood :)

Ok, but I suppose you are not here reading my feelings about this beautiful fall day, but seeing my new CAS card ;-) I've used the 'Acrylic Block Collage' technique that was featured on the SCS forums this week. Totally LOVE this technique. Would never have thought I'd love the result as much as I actually do when I began experimenting. But I really really love it!
And while playing around I thought I can do an "over the edge" card for this weeks CAS-ual Friday challenge :) Well, it's not over the edge of the card itself, but I stamped the image over the edges of the focal panel (I hope you can see it in the picture, that I've put it on dimensional foam adhesive!) So I hope this also counts as challenge entry *smile*

Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Freitag :)
Ich hoffe Ihr habt ein fantastisches Wochenende! Hier ganz im Südwesten von Deutschland scheint die Sonne und wir haben so um die 20°C und ich war eben draußen und hab' mit den Hunden eine große Runde gedreht. Und nun bin ich in einer richtig wunderbar zufriedenen Stimmung :)

Ok, aber ich denke mal Ihr seid wahrscheinlich nicht hier um über meine Gefühle wegen dieses schönen Herbst Tages zu lesen, sondern weil Ihr meine neue CAS Karte anschauen möchtet ;-)
Ich habe die "Acrylic Block Collage" Technik verwendet, die diese Woche im SCS Challenge Forum gezeigt wurde. Ich LIEBE diese Technik! Als ich angefangen habe damit rumzuexperimentieren hätte ich gar nicht gedacht, das mir das Ergebnis nachher tatsächlich so gut gefallen würde, wie es das nun tut! Ich finde es echt toll!
Und wie ich so rumgespielt hab' dachte ich mir das ich doch gleich einen Beitrag für die dieswöchentliche Challenge bei CAS-ual Friday daraus machen könnte :) Das Thema ist "over the edge" (über den Rand hinaus). Naja, bei mir geht's zwar nicht über den Rand der Karte hinaus, aber ich habe hier über den Rand des Rechtecks hinaus gestempelt (ich hoffe man kann das auf dem Foto erkennen, das ich dieses Rechteck auf 3D Pads gesetzt habe!) Also hoffe ich mal, dass das auch zählt und als Beitrag zur Challenge durchgeht *lächel*

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card recipe:

• stamps - Penny Black "day-dreams"
• coloring mediums - Distress inks, Sakura clear glitter gel pen
• tools - We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper
• others - white cardstock from stash, May Arts button twine, green button from stash, Glue Dots mini, dimensional foam adheisve from stash

challenges:

• CAS-ual Friday #75 (over the edge)

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Sylvia

Sympathy Card

Hi everyone and happy Friday :-)

Today I want to show you a Sympathy card. 
For me (and I think for most of us), Sympathy cards are always difficult to make.
But this one came together of its own volition.

I stamped the flowers (Penny Black) with silver acrylic paint on the die cut picot edge circle (Spellbinders) of black cardstock and the silver acrylic paint really gives it such a nice shimmer - hope you can see it in the pictures

 

card recipe:

• stamps - Penny Black
• cardstock - American Crafts (black), Clairefontaine (white)
• dies - Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles
• other supplies - Sew Sweet white crinkled seam binding, Kaisercraft silver pearl brad, silver acrylic paint, foam tape from stash 

challenges:

• Anything Goes #58 (anything goes)
• Crazy Challenge #101 (lace and/or pearls) - only one huge pearl, no lace.. but hope it's ok ;)
• Deep Ocean Challenge #16 (lots of white)
• Hooked On Craft #15 (try something new) - stamping with acrylic paint
• I Brake For Stamps (clean and simple)
• Lexis Creations #56 (anything goes)
• Stamp and Create (anything goes)
• Top Tip Tuesday #67 (anything goes)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Birthday Wishes

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Friday :-)

Today I have a simple card without any patterned papers.

I created the card for the 'Stamp It! Cards Week Challenge' at Moxie Fab World.

I stamped the flower image (Penny Black) twice on kraft cardstock: Once with opaque white Staz On ink and a second time with Versamark ink. I then colored the image slightly using some watercolor pencils and added a tad bit of Stardust Stickles here and there. 

I wrapped some gorgeous crinkled seam binding in 'Elderberry' (I {heart} the color!) from Sew Sweet and also tyed a double bow with the seam binding. I decorated the center of the bow with a button from the 'Spring mixed Button Bag' from Sew Sweet. To secure the button to the bow I used some 'pink button twine' from American Crafts.

The sentiment (from Inkadinkado) is stamped with brown Versafine ink and for the finishing touch I inked the edges of the kraft card base using some 'Moonlight White' Brilliance ink. 

That's it :-)

card receipe:

• stamps - 'day dreams' by Penny Black, sentiment from clear stamp set by Inkadinkado
• inks - Versafine Vintage Sepia, Brilliance Moonlight White, Staz On Opaque White
• coloring medium - Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• cardstock - kraft by Dani Peuss
• other supplies - 'Elderberry' crinkled seam binding by Sew Sweet, Button from 'Spring mixed Button Bag' by Sew Sweet, pink button twine by American Crafts, Stardust Stickles

challenges:

• Art Impressions #23 (use something from stash) - the stamp is age old, so I hope this qualifies as 'from stash' ;) 
• Aud Sentiments #32 (at least two words)
• Bows and Berries #9 (kraft)
• Charisma Cardz #27 (it's all about flowers)
• Creative Craft Challenges (pretty blossoms) 
• Cupcake Craft (single layer cards)
• Fab 'n' Funky #80 (purple haze) 
• Oldie But A Goodie #22 (anything goes) - both stamps are much older than 6 months ;-)
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #57 (birthdays)
• Ruby's Rainbow #7 (birthdays) 
• Shelly's Images (celebrate)
• Stamp It! Card Week Challenge at Moxie Fab World
• Try it on Tuesday (flower power)

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Sylvia

Best Friend

I have an 'age-old' rubber stamp from Penny Black that I still love so much ... and I'm sure I will use this again and again ... no matter how old it gets ;) It's one of my all time favorite stamps! :o)

This card is an entry for the following challenges:
Crazy Challenge (cute and cuddly)
Lexis Creations #13 (animals) 
My Time To Craft #91 (Toooo cute)
Papertake Weekly (Shiny, Sparkly, Special) 
Pile It On #18 (cute and cuddly)
Pollycraft Challenge #43 (sketch)

And here's a close up of the focal image: I cut it out and put it on 3D foam pads to make it stand out and give the whole thing a little more dimension :)

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stamps:
'Squeeze 'til I Squeak' by Penny Black

color medium:
Tombow Dual Brush pens

design papers:
Girlfriends by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie

other supplies:
cardstock from stash
Distress inks in Antique Linen by Ranger
Stickles in Platinum by Ranger
Tim Holtz distressing tool
pop dots from stash

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The Pink Elephant #46

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The Pink Elephant have a wonderful sketch this week and so I tried to get my hands on a card following it...
The card looks so pretty IRL but I could not get a good shot of it :(


And here's a close-up to show you all the glitter the flowers are colored with


BTW I made another card using the gorgeous papers from the 'Blakely' kit!
You can find it HERE



stamps:
day-dreams by Penny Black

credits:
Blakely by Karla Dudley

other supplies:
dark grey cardstock (Dani Peuss)
scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
paper flowers (Prima Marketing)
ribbon (Rico Design)
crystal gemstones (Mark Richards)
clear glitter gel pen (Sakura)
white gel pen (Inkssentials by Ranger)
paper piecing tool

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PB Challenge 48 - Day Dreams

Here's my entry for PB Challenge Week 48 - Black, White + 1 other ... I used pink ;) I just got my brand new PB stamp 'day-dreams' and thought this would be perfect for a card like this... hope you will like it.

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Hier ist mein Beitrag für die PB Challenge Woche 48 - Schwarz, Weiss und eine andere Farbe ... ich habe hier Pink benutzt ;) Ich habe gerade kürzlich meinen brandneuen PB Stempel 'day-dreams' bekommen und dachte der wäre doch perfekt für diese Art von Karte.. ich hoffe sie gefällt Euch ein wenig.

stamps:
Penny Black - day-dreams

coloured with:
Tombow markers
Sakura Stardust clear pen

others:
Bazzill cardstock
cuttlebug embossing folder 'Swiss Dots'
Spellbinders Nestabilities
classic rectangle large and
scalloped rectangle large
Hero Arts gemstone
pop dots from stash

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Sketches! {by tamara} #89 - Happy Birthday

Wow... Thursday again... time flies... *phew*

Ok... Thursday means: Another wonderful card sketch from Tamara :-) If you like the sketch (and I'm sure you do), just hop on over >>here<< . I'm so nosy to see YOUR creations :-)

For this card I brayered two different blue Distress inks onto white cardstock. Then distressed the edges and stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black. I used pop dots to raise this a little bit...
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Wow... schon wieder Donnerstag.. die Zeit fliegt.. *puh*
Ok.. Donnerstag bedeutet: Wieder ein wunderbarer Karten Sketch von Tamara :-) Falls Euch der Sketch gefällt (und davon bin ich überzeugt), schaut doch einfach mal >>hier<< vorbei. Ich bin so neugierig auf EURE Kreationen :-)

Für diese Karte habe ich zwei verschiedene blaue Distress Farben auf weisse Karteikarte gebrayert. Dann habe ich die Ränder distressed und anschliessend den Spruch mit Versafine Onyx Black gestempelt. Habe 3D Pads benutzt um das ganze ein bisschen hervorzuheben...

stamps:
Penny Black (sentiment)

others:
Bazzill blue cardstock
white cardstock from stash
cuttlebug embossing folder
ribbon and flowers from Poppicrafts
flower center + halfpearls + pop dots from stash


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Acetate Christmas Tree

Hier kommt mein Beitrag für A Spoon Full of Sugar. Obwohl diese Karte ja eigentlich nicht wirklich niedlich ist... ;-) Aber ich habe den tollen Sketch von Lim verwendet - vielen Dank! :o)

Der Baum wurde mit weissem Staz On auf Acetat gestempelt und anschliessend mit meinen QuicKutz Nested Flowers ausgestanzt. Dann nochmal die Ränder mit dem weissen Staz On gewischt.

Stempel sind von Inkadinkado und Gel-A-Tins
Das gemusterte Papier ist von We R Memory Keepers.

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Here's my contrybution for A Spoon Full of Sugar. I used Lims wonderful sketch - thanks for that great sketch :o) I stamped the tree with cotton white Staz On on a piece of acetate sheet and then die cut it with QuicKutz Nested Flowers. Then sponged the edges with Staz On, too.

Stamps are from Inkadinkado and Gel-A-Tins
PP is from We R Memory Keepers

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Sunday Sketch Fun

Hier kommt mein Beitrag für den heutigen Sunday Sketch Fun :o)

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This is my entry for todays Sunday Sketch Fun :o)

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