AIR Project: Kaleidacolor "Thank You Berry Much"

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Hi everyone and happy Monday :)

As always I am thrilled and excited to tell you that my next project is up on the IMAGINE Crafts blog, today :)

This time my card is featuring one of the super cool "Kaleidacolor" ink pads from IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko!  Can you believe, that I did this card with one ink pad only? Yes, it's true! :)  These dye ink pads are so clever and they come in a variety of wonderful color combos. You can check them out, here.

If you have a minute, I would be delighted to see you over there!
Oh and maybe you also want to say "hello" while you are visiting their blog? *smile*

That would be marvelous :)

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

Sylvia xx

Guest Designer for SCS CAS Challenge: Thank You Card

Hi everyone and happy Monday :)

I am very excited today, because I was asked by the lovely Jen (aka Miss Boo) at Splitcoaststampers to be a guest designer for this weeks "Clean and Simple Cards Challenge".
Well of course I said "yessssssss please" *lol*

The current challenge is a "stair-step sketch" challenge with a given card to use as inspiration. When I began gathering my supplies and started to create, it was NOT my intention to copy the card.... seriously!!!

But in the end... my card was a total CASE of the given card  (see the challenge thread for the inspirational card) .... oh well! *lol*

I hope you will stop by at Splitcoaststampers and participate in the challenge!
I would be really delighted to see you playing along and uploading your card to the SCS gallery! :)

You can find all details about the challenge ***HERE***

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 and round lower right corner stamp leaves ("Casual Elegance" set) with Memento Pear Tart onto lower left side of the card stamping "Thanks" words in different languages ("Big Thanks" set) - one word after another in various colors. I have used Memento Summer Sky, Angel Pink, Cantaloupe and Dandelion for my words (please refer to the picture above for placement of words and colors) stamp flower ("Wonderful Words" set) with Memento Espresso Truffle onto scrap piece of white cardstock and color with Memento Markers Summer Sky, Dandelion and Cantaloupe + clear glitter pen cut out flower and mount onto card using foam tape embellish with orange glitter rhinestone

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: "Casual Elegance", "Big Thanks", "Wonderful Words" color medium - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Markers Summer Sky, Dandelion, Cantaloupe; Sakura clear glitter pen inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Pear Tart, Summer Sky, Angel Pink, Cantaloupe, Dandelion, Espresso Truffle tools - WRMK Corner Chomper;  others - white cardstock; Queen+Co: Twinkle Goosebumps orange; dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges Splitcoaststampers "Clean and Simple Cards Challenge" #259 (sketch)

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

Thank You

Hi everyone and happy Friday, again :)
This is the second post for today (and if you want to see my little penguin card I've posted this morning, please scroll down) and I am sharing a very simple "Thank You" card with you .
I've used one of the beautiful new dies from Spellbinders Paper Arts that are called Die D-Lites.
This is a special collection of dies, that are smaller (and less expensive) than the usual Spellbinders dies.
The "Thank You" was created by using alphbet stickers from the "Thankful - Details" 12x12 sticker sheet by Authentique. The striped paper in the background also is from Authentiques "Thankful" collection.
I want to enter this card into this weeks CAS-ual Fridays challenge where they want us to incorporate something "torn", what I did with my brown cardstock border.
To be honest, I am not sure if this really fits the challenge, because although this card definitely is simple ;-) I am not sure it counts as "clean", too ;-) But thought I'd enter anyway and let you/them decide *smile*

Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Freitag, nochmal :)
Dies ist mein zweiter Post am heutigen Tag (falls Ihr meine kleine Pinguin-Karte sehen möchtet, dann bitte runter scrollen) und ich möchte Euch eine einfache "Dankeschön" (bzw. "Thank You") Karte zeigen.
Hierfür habe ich eine der schönen neuen Stanzen von Spellbinders Paper Arts benutzt, die sich "Die D-Lites" nennen. Das ist eine spezielle Kollektion von Stanzen, die ein wenig kleiner sind, dafür aber auch preislich deutlich günstiger, als das bei den Spellbinders Stanzen sonst so üblich ist.
Das "Thank You" habe ich mit Alphabet-Stickern vom Authentique "Thankful - Details" 12x12 Sticker Sheet zusammen gestellt. Das gestreifte Papier im Hintergrund ist ebenfalls aus der Authentique "Thankful" Serie.
Ich möchte mit dieser Karte außerdem bei der dieswöchentlichen Challenge von CAS-ual Fridays mitmachen, wo sie diese Woche möchten, das wir etwas "gerissenes" in unser Projekt integrieren, was ich mit meinem braunen Cardstock-Streifen in der Mitte gemacht habe.
Aber um mal ehrlich zu sein, weiß ich nicht genau, ob die Karte wirklich so gut für die Challenge passt, denn auch wenn sie definitiv "simple" ist, bin ich nicht ganz sicher ob sie auch als "clean" durchgeht ;-)
Naja, ich dachte mir ich reiche sie mal ein und lasse dann Euch bzw. sie entscheiden *lächel*

*** THANK YOU: this card was featured on the Authentique Blog ***

card recipe:

• patterned papers - Authentique "Thankful - Grateful"
• stickers - Authentique "Thankful - Details" 12x12 sticker sheet
• tools - Spellbinders Paper Arts "GC-001 Grand Calibur " die cutting and embossing machine
• dies - Spellbinders Paper Arts: Die D-Lites "S2-013 Medaillon Two" + "S4-114 Standard Circles Lg"  
• others - Bazzill chocolate brown cardstock, The Twinery brown bakers twine, moss crinkled seam binding from stash, Kaisercraft dark brown pearls, paper piercing tool from stash, Sakura white gel pen, dimensional foam adhesive from stash

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Birthday Card For a Little Fireman

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)

As some of you may know, I'm a mother to four boys .. the two 'little' ones are aged 6 and 8 and so I am in need of many birthday cards for boys (because they are invited to other little boys birthday partys a lot *smile*)

Soooo .. here's one more for my (actually not existing *g*) stash... because I'm always happy to have a card on hand for the next birthday invitation my boys get ;-)

I used the super cute new digi stamp 'Fireman Bear' by Meljen's Design and one of the stamps from the 'Party Mini Letter Seals' rubber stamp set by Raindrop Echo.

I did some paper piecing on the firemanbear's coat using a blue paper :)

The papers I used for the card are from the new 'Boyish Charm Papers' by Elise's Pieces. I love her kits and papers because she really is a master in doing 'boyish' stuff! 

A little bit of distressing using Distress inks around the edges of the patterened background paper and around the circle of the focal image, then some faux stitching.. that's it.. pretty easy :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

challenges:

• A Spoon Full of Sugar #148 (Celebrate)
• Auds Sentiments #26 (anything goes)
• Crafty Catz #79 (Children's Cards)
• Delicious Doods #22 (Anything Goes)
• Delightful Challenges (Paper Piecing or Paper Piercing)
• Fun with Shapes and More #81 (Animals)
• Meljen's Challenge #55 (Masculine)
• Phindys Place # (Paper Piecing)
• Sew Many Cards #51 (Sketch) 
• Southern Girls Challenge (Green and Blue)
• Stampavie and more #138 (Birthday)
  

card recipe:

• stamps - Fireman Bear by Meljen's Designs, Party Mini Letter Seals by Raindrop Echo Designs
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Distress inks, white gel pen from Sakura
• design papers - 'Boyish Charm Papers' by Elise's Pieces
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - cardstock from Bazzill, Nestabilities classic and scalloped circle dies, ribbon from Rico Design, mini buttons from Wild Orchid Crafts, paper piecing tool from stash, white gel pen from Sakura, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots Minis

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Sylvia

Phindy says 'Thank You'

Hi everyone (again) and welcome to another Phindys Friday Challenge :o)

This time we want to see 'THANK YOU' cards or projects using a Phindy image

So c'mon and let us see what you will come up with!

Hallo zusammen (noch einmal) und willkommen zu einer neuen Phindys Freitags Herausforderung :o) Diesmal möchten wir gerne 'THANK YOU' (DANKE) Karten oder Projekte mit Phindy Motiven sehen.

Also auf geht's ... lasst uns sehen was für tolle Sachen Ihr macht!

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challenges:

• Phindys Place Challenge #24 - Thank You

card recipe:

• stamp - A Helping Hand by Phindys Place
• color medium - Tombow Dual Brush Pens, watercolor pencils, Twinklings H2O
• design papers - Splendiferious by Jennifer Fox and Jenn Barrette
• font - TKSmartyPants by TKWhimsy
• other supplies - blue cardstock from stash, Nestabilities classic and scalloped circles large, EK Success butterfly punch, blue selfadhesive crystals by Hero Arts, blue grosgrain ribbon from Poppicrafts, lace from The Beary Scrap, Adirondack inks in Butterscotch, pop dots from stash

Mojo Monday Contest

Another great sketch from Julee over at Mojo Monday :)
I used some digital papers along with some Inque Boutique stamps for this card.
Really enjoyed making it!
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Und wieder mal ein toller Sketch von Julee bei Mojo Monday :)
Ich habe hier ein paar digitale Papiere zusammen mit Inque Boutique Stempeln für diese Karte benutzt.
Es hat mir wirklich viel Spass gemacht die zu werkeln!

stamps:
Inque Boutique

papers & elements:
'Midnight Crow' by Chelle's Creations


other supplies/tools:
brown cardstock (Bazzill)
Adirondack Butterscotch (Ranger)
crystal gemstone (Hero Arts)
distressing tool (Ranger)
pop dots (from stash)
paper piercing tool (from stash)

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Sketches! {by tamara} 86 // Thank You

I proudly present my first card I did as a card design team member for Sketches!{by tamara} :-) This weeks sketch is just beautiful - well... but there are ALWAYS beautiful and easy to follow sketches! If you haven't yet, just hop on over >>>HERE<<< and then show us YOUR creations!

On this card I used five squares: three are stamped with flourishes and two are stamped with birds and then popped with foam dots! The flower is again punched out with my Retro flower punch, stamped with Stempelglede small grunge flower and glittered with stickles. Center of the flower is a spacer and a brad.
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Ich bin sehr stolz darauf, Euch hier die erste Karte zu präsentieren die ich als Mitglied des Karten Design Teams für Sketches!{by tamara} gemacht habe :-) Auch diese Woche gibt es wieder einen wundervollen Sketch - aber es gibt dort wirklich IMMER wunderschöne und tolle Sketches! Falls Ihr noch nicht dort ward, schaut doch einfach mal >>>HIER<<< vorbei und zeigt uns dann EURE Kreationen!

Ich habe für diese Karte fünf Quadrate benutzt: Drei davon wurden mit Schnörkeln bestempelt, zwei weitere mit Vögeln. Die beiden Vogel-Quadrate hab' ich dann mit 3D Pads über die drei anderen gesetzt! Die Blume ist mal wieder mit dem Retro Flower Stanzer ausgestanzt, mit dem kleinen Stempelglede Grunge Flower Stempel und etwas Stickles beglitzert. Die Mitte der Blume besteht aus einem sog. "Spacer" und einem Brad.

stamps:
Stampendeous (birds)
Inkadinkado (flourish, sentiment)
Stempelglede (grunge border, grunge flower)

design paper:
Crea Motion

others:
EK Success Retro flower punch
Ranger Stickles Platinum
spacer and brad from Poppicrafts
Ranger distress tool by Tim Holtz
cardstock and pop dots from stash
Brilliance ink Coffee Bean
Adirondack inks Butterscotch and Raisin

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Thank You

I made this for a dear friend who did (and still does) wonderful things for me and some others. As she has a dog, we decided to give her a dog-collar (made by Aruby) and a bottle of good wine as a 'Thank You'
And it all had to be wrapped in self made boxes, of course ;-)

And it is also my contribution for the Dutch Dare challenge this week

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Ich habe das für einen wunderbaren Menschen gemacht, die viele tolle Dinge für mich und Andere gemacht hat (und noch immer tut). Und da sie einen Hund hat, haben wir beschlossen ihr als Dankeschön ein schönes selbstgefertigtes Lederhalsband (von Aruby)und eine gute Flasche Wein zu schenken. Und -natürlich- musste alles in selbstgemachten Verpackungen übergeben werden ;-)

Und es ist außerdem mein Beitrag für die dieswöchentliche Challenge bei Dutch Dare

~for the box~
stamps:
Inkadinkado (Design by Brenda Walton)
others:
diamond embossed punch by Martha Stewart


~for the bottle wrapping~
stamps:
Autumn Leaves (Design by Rhonna Farrer) - swirls
Whiff of Joy - sentiment
others:
Scor Pal (used an instruction from their homepage >> here )
ribbon from Poppicrafts

~for both~
Nestabilities lables die
cardstock from stash
Adirondack inks in Butterscotch and Caramel

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Thank You

Diese Karte ist nach einem Sketch auf "Stamping Fairies - Sketch Fun" entstanden.

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This card is made by following a sketch from "Stamping Fairies - Sketch Fun" .

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Thanks

I used this weeks sketch (but rotate it 90° - hope that's ok?!) from 2 Sketches 4 You to create this 'thank you' card

which is also my entry for this weeks Papertake Weekly challenge ('Thanks a Latte!')

stamps: Sugar Nellie (garden girl), Inque Boutique (flowers, sentiment);

dp: Crate Paper; ribbon: Rico Design, others: Tombow markers, white gel pen

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heartfelt thanks

This card is my entry for this weeks challenge at "Papertake Weekly"
One more wonderful sketch from Katharina, you really have to hop over and visit her blog!
Not only has she wonderful sketches but also great tutorials and b*e*a*u*t*i*f*u*l artwork!!!

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