{GDT} - Paper and Such Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

As I told you already at the beginning of the month, I'm a guest designer for Paper and Such this month :-)

And every two weeks on Tuesday there's a new challenge starting over on their blog - and today it's a 'Tic Tac Toe' challenge - here's the sheet:

Simply choose one row (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) and use the items listed in this row.

I chose the row with 'ribbon - flower - lace' for my card :)

To create my card, I stamped the mum from the Fall Flowers stamp set directly onto kraft cardstock (as well as the sentiment that's also included in this stamp set) and colored it with my Mondeluz watercolor pencils (but without using any water!)

card recipe:

• stamps - Fall Flowers by Paper and Such
• coloring medium - Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• cardstock - Bazzill kraft cardstock, orange and brown cardstock from stash
• other supplies - Sass and Belle cream cotton lace, May Arts 1/8'' orange mini ric rac, Hero Arts green flower gem

challenges:

• Paper and Such (tic tac toe)
• Craft Us Crazy #16 (autumn colors)
• Digistamps4Joy #27 (autumn colors)
• Fairy Tale #23 (lace and flowers) - I hope the stamped flowers counts as 'flowers' :-)
• Happileigh Scrappin Challenges #39 (autumn/fall)
• Lexi's Creations#48 (autumn/fall)
• My Craft Spot #25 (happy harvest)
• Sentimental Sundays (autumn/fall)
• Stamp, Scrap and Doodle (thanks)
• Stars and Stamps: Midweek Throwdown (autumn)
• The Crafty Pad #138 (goodbye summer)

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you liked my card and I hope you will come back, soon :)


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Sylvia

Happy Halloween

Hi everyone and happy Monday :)
I hope you enjoyed the weekend and had a great start into the new week.
Well.. today is my first day at work again, after having two weeks off... *mmmm* 

As I told you some days ago, I love all things Halloween and I purchased some Halloween goodies recently, so I had to create another Halloween card ;-)

I think you cannot see it very well in the picture, so I took a close up of the star on the upper left side: I put some Diamond Glaze onto the cardstock die cut star and it's such a neat effect.. looks like an epoxy sticker... nice and shiny :-) Hope you can see it in this picture (or even imagine it ;-) )

card recipe:

• stamps - Inque Boutique ('Happy')
• patterned papers - My Mind's Eye 'Mischievous' collection
• cardstock die cuts  - My Mind's Eye 'Spooked' collection
• tools - Making Memories mini stapler
• other supplies - American Crafts cardstock, My Mind's Eye 'Mischievous' collection brad, Divine Baker's Twine, Diamond Glaze, Making Memories mini staples orange, Kaisercraft rhinestones in black and orange, dimensional adhesive from stash

challenges:

• Catch The Bug (punches or dies)
• CES (magical or spooky)
• Cuddly Buddly (add a tag)
• Floweret (Tricky or Halloween)
• Pals Paper Arts (Halloween)
• Paper Cutz #108 (pumpkin patch)

Thank so much for stopping by and taking the time to view my card and maybe you'll be so kind and leave me a comment before you go.. every comment brightens my day... thank you :-)


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Sylvia

Lily of the Valley

Hi everyone and happy Saturday!
I hope you enjoy the weekend with sunshine, laughter and maybe a little bit of creativity, too :)

Today I want to share a card with you, where I used a LOTV image for the very first time!
Got some LOTV stamped images as a RAK from a stamping friend around one year ago and never had the time to do something with them - even though I really adore these cuties - such a shame!

But FINALLY I did it *lol*

So here is my card for this weeks LOTV challenge

The sentiment was created using Silhouette Studio, fonts (Dagobert for 'M' and 'You' and I think it was Arial or something simple like that for the 'iss') and then cut it out with the Silhouette SD machine

card recipe:

• stamps - Lily of the Valley
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brus pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterned papers - Basic Grey 'Pheobe' 6x6 paper pad
• fonts - Dagobert and Arial(?)
• tools - Silhouette SD machine
• other supplies - Sew Sweet Elderberry crinkled seam binding, Sakura white gel pen, Ranger Stickles in Stardust, Hero Arts purple rhinestones

challenges:

• Clearly Inspired #35 (patterned paper)
• Cooking It Up With Katie (purple, bow, sentiment)
• Crafty Ann's #49 (make yourself uncomfortable) - the purple is definitely WAY out of my comfort zone! 
• Crafty Catz #99 (ribbon)
• Creative Card Crew (anything goes)
• Delightful Challenge (bling it)
• Fun With Shapes and More #91 (anything goes)
• Lili of the Valley #111 (missing you)
• Little Miss Muffet (purple, blue, green)
• Ribbon Carousel #19 (anything goes)
• Stamp-n-Doodle (anything goes)
• The Poodles Parlour (animal antics)

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our friendship is always in season

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :-)

I like My Mind's Eye products and therefore I spy their blog daily ;-) 
Two days ago they posted a great card sketch on their blog and I just couldn't resist and had to play with it :-)

Here's my result using 'Stella & Rose - Mabel' 6x6 papers and 'Lush' rhinestones in blue

This is the sketch provided by My Mind's Eye (created by Anam Stubbington)

card recipe:

• stamps - branch from Autumn Leaves clear stamp set,  sentiment from Inque Boutique stamp set
• patterned papers - My Mind's Eye 'Stella & Rose Mabel' 6x6 paper pad
• other supplies - Basic Grey kraft cardstock, Martha Stewart border punch, My Mind's Eye 'Lush' rhinestones in blue, Sew Sweet crinkled seam binding in aquarelle, Sew Sweet button from 'Citrus Mixed Button Bag', May Arts button twine in kraft, Adirondack inks in butterscotch, Glue Dots

challenges:

• My Mind's Eye Blog Challenge #27 (card sketch)
• 2 Sisters #55 (friends)
• Bearly Mine #18 (flowers, flowers, flowers)
• Crafting When We Can #1 (anything goes)
• Craft Your Passion #74 (flowers) 
• Crafty Boots #1 (anything goes)
• Creative Card Crew (anything goes)
• Fun With Shapes and More #91 (anything goes)
• Our Creative Corner (stamping on patterned paper)
• Papertake Weekly (anything goes)
• Pile It On #36 (B is for...) button, bow, bling, border punch, button twine, branch stamp (is it enough 'b'? ;-) )
• Sparkles Forum #19 (punch it)

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed your visit and you'll come back again, soon :-)


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Sylvia

{CT} - Get Well Soon - New Challenge at The Hybridchick

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :-)
I hope you are enjoying your weekend! It's raining cats and dogs here (after a super hot and sunny day, yesterday.. so that's ok for me ;-) ).

Today I have an exciting announcement for you:
The Hybridchick
is starting to host bi-weekly challenges :)
You don't have to use items from The Digichick (even though we would love to see you using them ;) ) but anyone can participate by following the challenge theme.

Our first 'Hybrid Chick Card Caravan' challenge is to use TWINE somewhere on your card. Easy, isn't it?! :)
And there is also an awesome prize to win: A sampler pack of bakers twine sponsored by The Twinery!

Here is my card using patterned papers and elements from 'Sunshiny Day' designer kit by Karen Lewis and a sentiment from 'Card Sentiments 2' by Arty Pants.

I printed the kite a second time, cutting it out trimming closely and put it on foam pads. I then used some Divine Baker's Twine to create the tail of the kite.

card receipe:

• patterned papers and elements - Sunshiny Day designer kit by Karen Lewis
• sentiment - Card Sentiments 2 by Arty Pants Digital Stamps
• other supplies - red cardstock from stash, Ranger Stickles 'waterfall', Divine Baker's Twine

challenges:

• The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan #1 (use twine)
• Card Makin Mamas #28 (digital) 
• Charisma Cardz #35 (anything goes)
• Clearly Inspired #35 (patterned paper)
• Creations by Gill #14 (anything that flies)
• Raise The Bar #73 (paper piece) - the kite is paper pieced 
• Some Odd Girl (paper piecieng) - the kite is paper pieced
• Speedy The Cats Friends #71 (bring on the bling) 

Thanks for stopping by today and I am wishing you a wonderful day full of laughter and joy! :-)


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Sylvia

{DT} - Hey Good Lookin' ;-))

Hi everyone and happy Friday (again)

I have another card to share with you today (for the Paper and Such / CAS-ual Fridays post, please scroll down)

As I told you yesterday, there's a new artist at Whimsy Stamp: LiaStampz!

I just **love** her style! Her images just makes me smile! 
Maybe this is not for everyone but I think her images are quirky, fun, whimsical and also cute and they are .... unique! :-)

So I had to create this 'back to school' card with her 'Sean' stamp set

What do you think about this 'good lookin' sweet heart? ;-)))))

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps 'Sean' stamp set by LiaStampz
• coloring medium - Tombow dual brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterned papers - 'Schoolzone' kit by Jennifer Labre
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Spellbinders classic circles large, red cardstock from stash, Sew Sweet 'Citrus' button grab bag, We R Memory Keepers red floss, Sew Sweet yellow gingham ribbon, Kaisercraft blue rhinestones, foam tape from stash, Glue Dots, Ranger Distress inks

challenges:

• By The Cute and Girly #September (all things bright and beautiful)
• Cards for men #18 (G is for ..... ) .... Good looking
• Creative Stamp Friends #32 (school)
• Emerald Faerie Garden #8 (buttons)
• Jens Digi Stamps (back to school)
• Kelley Kid's (hot summer and bright colors
• Pixie Dust Studio #90  (school is cool)
• Stamp Insanity (back to school)
• The Paper Shelter #29 (anything goes)
• The Pixie Cottage #85 (sketch or back to school)
• The Stamping Boutique #14 (back to school) 
• Use It Tuesday #14 (back to school) - my 'hoarded stuff' I used here is the button (I have TONS of buttons in my stash *lol*)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll have a great start into a sunny and happy weekend!


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Sylvia

{GDT} - CAS-ual Friday sponsored by Paper and Such

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Friday :-)
Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am! :-))))))

I have been asked by the lovely Julie Smith to be a guest designer for Paper and Such in September - thanks Julie :-)

'Paper and Such' is sponsoring the 'CAS-ual Fridays' challenge this week and I'm sure you don't want to miss this challenge, because this week you can win a 20$ GC for the Paper and Such online store!

 CFC18:  Create a Clean And Simple project inspired by a book, and use the colors black, white and red.

So here's my card using the 'Deer Dad' stamp set from Paper and Such, which will be released next week!
So don't forget to pop on over to the Paper and Such store next week to see all the awesome new releases they will have. 

I have to admit this was a huge challenge for me. I love CAS style cards but black-white-red is NOT my favorite color combo *lol* but as soon as I saw this adorable deer stamp I knew what I wanted to do - and here's the result:

My inspiration for this card came from the book 'The Hidden Life of Deer: Lessons from the Natural World' by Elizabetz Marshall Thomas 

card receipe:

• stamps - 'Deer Dad' stamp set by Paper and Suchhttp://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2011/09/cfc18.html (to be released next week)
• coloring medium - Tombow dual brush pen in red
• other supplies - Spellbinders Label 1 die, red cardstock from stash, Crate Paper red button from Peppermint collection, white floss from stash, May Arts red-white striped twill ribbon,  Cuttlebug embossing folder, foam pads from stash

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the day!

 

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set for my 1st-grader :)

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Friday :-)

Weekend is here, finally ... AND I have two weeks off now :-)))

It's still hot with high humidity but I think there's a blizzard on it's way.. so hopefully it will get better tomorrow!

Today I want to show you a little set containing a card and a pillow box that I made for my youngest son Jonas who starts going to school in two weeks, when the summer holidays are over, here :-)


The writing is German and means something like 'Enjoy school, Jonas'

 

the card

and the pillowbox

 again

card receipe:

• patterned papers and elements - 'Schoolzone' by Jennifer Labre
• font - Sunshine Poppy by Heather T
• baker's twine - Divine Baker's Twine
• button - Sew Sweet Citrus Mixed Button Bag
• brad and spacer - from stash
• glue - Glue Dots mini glue dots

pillow box recipe:

• template - 'Pillow Boxes' by Krisi's Kreations
• patterned papers and elements - 'Schoolzone' by Jennifer Labre
• font - Sunshine Poppy by Heather T 
• ribbon - white satin from stash
• glue - foam pads from stash

challenges:

• 2 Sisters #53 (Back To School)
• 7 Kids College Fund  #28 (School Spirit) 
• Crazy Challenge (Back To School) 
• Creative Inspirations #66 (Back To School)
• Creative Stamp Friends #32 (School)
• Dare To Be Sassy Thursday #87 (Back To School)
• For Fun Challenges (Back To School)
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations #23 (Back To School)
• Paper Craft Star #59 (Back To School)
• Paper Play #34 (Back To School)
• Party Time Tuesdays (Back To school)
• Stamp Insanity #74 (Back To School)
  

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Sylvia

{DT} - Home Decor

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Thursday :-)

I hope you are doing well while we here in the very South West of Germany  are 'melting away' with degrees around 100°F (around 36/37°C). It's nearly impossible to sit down and create something and I hope the heat will be over soon.

Today I want to share this little home decor project I did for the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine in August. You can find it here and the magazine has over 100 pages full packed with lots of inspirational cards, other projects and tutorials  -  and it's free!

For my 'bunch of flowers' I used various flowers from the 'Garden Flowers Set' and paper pieced them with patterned papers from the 'A Is For Apple' collab kit by The Digichick Designers.

Thanks for stopping by and I am wishing you all a wonderful day!

card receipe:

• stamps - Garden Flowers Set by Whimsy Stamps
• patterned papers - A Is For Apple by The Digichick Designers
• other supplies - Sew Sweet blue button from '50g Baby Blue mixed button bag', Kaisercraft blue rhinestones, We 'R Memory Keepers red floss, Sew Sweet crinkled seam binding in 'Paradise Aqua', butterfly charm from stash, skewer from stash, Glue Dots

challenges:

• Creative Card Crew (handmade flowers)
• Creative Craft Challenges (anything but a card)
• Digistamps4Joy #26 (handmade flowers)
• Scrapbook Sisters #49 (flower, ribbon, gem)  - hope it's ok to enter this even though it's not a card?
• Sisterhood of Crafters (flower power)

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Sylvia

{DT} - any reason is a good reason to smile

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Monday :-)
I hope you enjoyed your weekend (mine was super hot with around 35°C / 95°F *phew*) and you have a great start into the new week!

Since I'm on my way to work, I'll keep this post super short!

I hope you'll like this little happy card where I did lots of paper piecing 

card receipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'Row of Flowers' by Moon Cookie Gallery, 'Happy Things Pennants' by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Tombow dual brush pens
• patterned papers - 'A Is For Apple' collab kit by The Digichick Designers
• other supplies - red cardstock from stash, Divine Baker's Twine in Cherry, Hero Arts 'Hero Hues' selfadhesive flower gems

challenges:

• CES #50 (banners, buntings, flags) 
• Designed2Delight (anything goes)
• Ohh La La Creations Challenge #87 (no backing paper)
• Paper Playtime #53 (anything goes)
• The Outlawz - Monday Greeting Cards (anything goes + sentiment)

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Sylvia

Hello

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Friday :-)


Today I have a simple 'Hello' card to show you with -again- lots of buttons (created with various mixed button bags from Sew Sweet) and using stamps from the 'Congrats' clear stamp set by Hero Arts
Th patterned paper is from the 'Modern Homemaker' collection by October Afternoon

Wishing you all a great start into the weekend *yay*

card recipe:

• stamps - Hero Arts 'Congrats' clear stamp set
• patterned papers - October Afternoon 'Modern Homemaker' collection
• other supplies - May Arts wide striped orange ribbon, Sew Sweet mixed button bags, cardstock from stash, Glue Dots, Glue Dots mini

challenges:

• Card Cupids (buttons and/or ribbon)
• Crafty Ann's #47 (scallops or fancy borders) - no scallops on my card, but a 'fancy border' ;-) 
• House of Gilli (polka dots)
• Jellypark (favorite embellishment) 
• Squigglefly (buttons)
• Stampin for the Weekend #14 (spots and dots)

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Sylvia

Shoot for the moon. Even if you fail, you'll land among the stars

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Wednesday :-)

I love this quote fom Brian Littrell and have used it a couple of times on cards, now.
Here is my newest version of it on this card made with the adorable patterned papers from October Afternoon and stamps from a clear stamp set by Bo Bunny.
I stamped and colored the stars and then cut them out trimming closely and set one of them on a pop dot for dimension and some interest. The sentiment was created using a little Dymo label tool and red tape

Thanks for stopping by and I am wishing you all a wonderful week full of creativity and joy!

card receipe:

• stamps - Bo Bunny 'Blast Off!' stamp set
• coloring medium - Tombow dual brush pens
• patterned papers - October Afternoon 'Rocket Age' 8x8 pad
• other supplies - ANW/Crestwood Inc. 'Seaside' cardstock, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots mini glue dots, Divine Twine bakers twine aqua, Dymo label maker, red tape

challenges:

• Catch The Bug (anything goes)
• Craft Us Crazy #14 (anything goes) 
• One Stop Craft #143 (Sentimental)
• Raise The Bar #69(anything goes)

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Sylvia

mini cards and some exciting news :-)

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Sunday :-)


First of all I am not able to help but have to brag a little bit, because I'm soooo excited!
Today I got a mail from a CARDS magazine editor who requested one of my cards for the January issue. After I had my very first request for a printed magazine last month (for CARDS December ;-) ) I am really super duper excited to have another card picked *yay*


Ok.. now onto the boring 'everday' creative stuff *lol*
Today I want to show you two 'minis' .. I had soooo much fun creating these cuties.
The papers are leftovers from Bo Bunny 'Ad Lib' 6x6 paper pad, I recently used for this card.


I stamped the grass on green patterned paper and cut it out, then did some faux stitching and added the grass to the card using some dimensional adhesive. I also stamped the little dog, colored him with brown Tombows and then adhered him behind the grass.This card is 2 x 2 inches small :-)


For the other card, I stamped the tree and bird on white papers, cut them out, trimming closesly and colored them with Tombows. I also adhered them with dimensional adhesive to the card. I let the bird sit on the twine. This card is 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches small.

I hope you'll enjoy your Sunday, my lovelies :-)


 

card receipe:

• stamps - Hero Arts 'Whimsical House' clear stamp set
• coloring medium - Tombows dual brush pens
• patterned papers - Bo Bunny 'Ad Lib' 6x6 paper pad
• other supplies - white cardstock from stash, paper piercing tool from stash, Sakura white gel pen, Divine Twine bakers twine, foam pads from stash

challenges:

• Crafty Calendar - August (hot colors)
• Ellephantastic - August (add some layers)
• Fabulous Friday (coloring)
• Just Some Lines (outdoor/summer colors)
• Pattie's Creations #27 (stitching real or faux)

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Sylvia

Flowers in Blue

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Thursday :-)

Today I want to show you a card that I made for a 'monochromatic' challenge.

Boy.. this was literally a huge challenge for me ... I am usually so NOT a monochromatic crafter *g*

But that's what challenges are good for: they give us a reason to do something you otherwise would never do ;-)

card receipe:

• stamps - Inkadinkado 'Flourishes' clear stamp set
• inks - ColorBox blue pigment inks from ColorQueue
• patterned papers - October Afternoon '5 & Dime'
• cardstock - Bazzill
• other supplies - Sew Sweet 'Aquarelle' crinkled seamless binding, Nestabilities classic and scalloped circles large, Kaisercraft blue rhinestone, Stickles, charm from stash, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

challenges:

• Ambers Crafts and Stuff #21 (sparkle and shine)
• Anything Goes #46 (flowers)
• Creative Stamp Friends #30 (monochrome)
• Incy Wincy Designs #105 (monochromatic)
• My Mum's Craft Shop #17 (monochromatic)
• Rubys Rainbow #9 (gems)
• Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #54 (anything goes)
• The Paper Shelter #25 (flowers)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Sit Reflect Breathe

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Wednesday :-)

Have you seen there is a blog hop going on at Whimsy Stamps to celebrate the new digi releases in August?!
There are lots of adorable new images from Crissy Armstrong, Moon Cookie Gallery, StampArt Design by Kathryn and Meljen's Designs. Plus you can win up to five digi images of your choice if you participate in the hop! The hop starts on the Whimsy Inspiartions Blog, right HERE

I am not part of the blog hop this month but wanted to show you a card I made with one of the beautiful new images by Moon Cookie Gallery. It's called 'Summer Shade' and I combined it with a sentiment from the 'On Thoughts' sentiment set by Raindrop Echo Designs.
 

And here are some additional close ups

I put on Stickles on the center of the flowers in the tree

I think the sentiment is just perfect for the tree:

and another close up to show you the ribbon, button and twine.. I really like the earthy feel of it :)

Wishing you all a wonderful Wendesday!

card receipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps ('Summer Shade' tree image and 'On Thoughts' sentiment set)
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Stardust Stickles
• cardstock - Bazzill kraft cardstock
• other supplies - May Arts olive green stitched grosgrain ribbon, Sew Sweet orange button from 'Citrus Mix Bag Button Collection', May Arts natural kraft button twine, paper piecing tool from stash, Sakura white gel pen, Glue dots

challenges: 

• Craft your passion #69 (anything goes)
• Gingerloft #22 (make it sparkle)
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations (buttons andb bows)
• Kaboodle Doodles #78 (in the garden)
• Make It Monday with Kraft Outlet (walk in my garden)
• Sentimental Sundays #66 (in the garden)
• SCRSC54 (anything goes)
• Victorine Originals #13 (bling)
• Woodware USA #37 (anything goes)
  

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Sylvia

Hello Hello

Hi my sweet blogging friends :-) Yepp.. it's me again :-)

I managed to create another simple card following the current sketch at CPS Challenges.

All stamps are from Hero Arts (I used both, traditional clear stamps and a digi kit) 
The papers are My Minds Eye Alphabet Soup, the kraft cardstock is from Bazzill.

I cut out the owl trimming closely and put her on foam tape to achieve a bit of dimension.

Ohhh... and stay tuned... I will post a new blog candy, soon! ;-))

card receipe:

• stamps - Hero Arts ('Sweet Owls' digi kit, 'Congrats' clear stamp set)
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterned papers - My Minds Eye ('Alphabet Soup')
• cardstock - Bazzill (kraft cardstock)
• other supplies - pink button from 'Petal Pink Button Mixed Bag' from Sew Sweet, May Arts natural kraft button twine, paper piecing tool from stash, Sakura white gel pen, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Mini

challenges:

• Come and Get it (anything goes) 
• Designed 2 Delight (buttons) 
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best #69 (anything goes)
• Forever Friends (animal and pastel colors) 
• Just Some Lines (outdoors)
• Little Claire's Challenges #11 (things with wings)
• Sew Many Cards #62 (anything goes)
• Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #66 (anything but a ribbon) - I used twine in the button.. does that count?
• Stampin Sisters in Christ #100 (creatures)
• Stamptacular Sunday #122 (friends)

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Sylvia

Christmas in July

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Monday :-)

I hope your start into the new week was great!
Mine was not so good, because I have a (bit painful) eye infection and I now have to take antibiotic eye drops and hope they'll help soon.

But however .. I can't live without cardmaking respectively blogging ;-) 
And I did some projects during the last week and over the weekend, so I can show you some things here on my blog anyway :-)

I think we all know the phenomenon of Christmas is coming 'suddenly' and not having done enough Christmas cards?! ;-) So I thought I'd start creating mine right now in the middle of summer :-)

So here is my first Christmas card for the year

 

ETA: *lol*.. crazy me... totally missed it's AUGUST already.. so the title of the post should be 'Christmas in August'... sorry ;-))))

card receipe:

• stamps - Hero Arts
• patterned papers - Basic Grey 'Wassail' 6x6 paper pad
• cardstock - Bazzill in kraft
• other supplies - Versafine ink in Onyx Black, Versamark ink, Divine Baker's Twine in Cherry , Stickles in red, Christmas tree metal charm from stash

challenges:

• ABC Christmas Challenge (O is for Old Things) - I have the Hero Arts stamps for over a year now
• Crafty Catz #93 (Christmas in July)
• Crafty Creations #129 (Christmas in July)
• Creative Belly #122 (Christmas in July)
• Dare To Be Sassy Thursday #83 (Christmas)
• Fussy and Fancy Friday #42 (Christmas in July)
• Sweet Stampin' (Christmas in July)
• Timeless Tuesday #128 (Christmas)
• Totally Gorjuss #91 (Christmas in July)

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Sylvia

{DT} - sending hugs to cure your bug!

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Thursday :-)

Today I want to share a 'get well' card with you.

The papers are from a digi paper pack called 'Uptown Citrus' available here at The Digichick and the sentiment is from the 'Get Well Soon' sentiment set by Raindrop Echo Designs available here at Whimsy Stamps. The striped ribbon from May Arts and the yellow button are both available at Sew Sweet.

BTW: Whimsy Stamps is having a huge sale at the moment: the digi stamps are 25% off at the moment! So what are you waiting for.. just hop on over to their shop and take a look at their adorable digi stamps :-)


Wishing you all a fabulous and creative day :-)

card receipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps 'Get Well Soon' sentiment set by Raindrop Echo Design
• patterned papers - Kellie Mize 'Uptown Citrus Paper Pack'
• other supplies - white cardstock from stash, Kelleigh Ratzlaff 'Designer Label Shapes', May Arts orange striped ribbon, Sew Sweet Spring Button Mixed Bag, foam tape from stash, Glue Dots

challenges:

• Amber's Crafts and Stuff #20 (patterned paper) 
• Sentimental Sundays #65 (focus on the sentiment)
• Wee Memories #62 (CAS) 

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Sylvia