{DT} - Time To Celebrate

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :-)

Today I want to share this simple celebration card I created using a digi kit called 'Wellington' from The Digichick Store. I immediately fell in love with the cheery colors in this kit and that cute banner just cried to me: 'pick me' *lol*

The card is for our current Card Caravan challenge over at The Hybridchick, where we want to see you add a little bit (or a lot *g*) of sparkle/bling to your creations ... ha.. isn't that super easy? ;-))

card recipe:

• stamp - Whimsy Stamps: 'Birthday Letter Seals' stamp set by Raindrop Echo Designs
• pp and elements - 'Wellington Designer Kit' by Karen Lewis Designs
• other supplies - Clairefontaine white cardstock, Kaisercraft clear rhinestone, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan #10 (sparkle)
• Birthday Sundaes #38 (birthday card)
• Dream Valley #23 (anything goes)
• Fussy and Fancy #53 (birthday OR animal print) 
• Sweet Stampin' (spots and dots)

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Sylvia

Gift Bag

Hi everyone and happy Friday :-)

Today I want to show you a gift bag I made some weeks ago, using the 'Emporium' digi kit by The Digichick Designers.

I made a huge paper flower by die cutting some pages of an old book and some tissue paper with the largest of the Spellbinders scalloped circles dies, then crumpled and misted them all with some blue Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists. 

After drying I layered and secured them all with a huge pearl brad, then put some Stickles all around the edges of the flower.

Close up of the paper flower:

 I hope you liked my little gift bag and wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

card recipe:

• patterned papers - 'Emporium' by The Digichick Designers
• tools - AEG Mini Sewing machine, Big Shot
• other supplies - VBS kraft bag, Spellbinders scalloped circles large, May Arts white sheer ruffle ribbon, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Frost, Kaisercraft white pearl brad, Ranger Stickles Stardust, Ranger Distress inks Vintage Photo, white thread from stash, old book pages from stash, tissue paper from stash, Glue Dots Mini Glue Dots

challenges:

• Crafts and Me #62 (shabby chic/vintage)
• Digital Tuesday #138 (sparkle and shine)
• Just For Fun (favorite shapes) - circles are definitely one of my all time fave shapes :-) 
• Moving Along With The Times (ribbons and bows)
• My Craft Spot #34 (handmade flower)
• Pals Paper Arts #121 (pearls)
• Paper Crafting Journey (anything goes) 

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Sylvia

{DT} - celebrate the moment

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :-)

Welcome to our next installment of The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Challenge.
This next two weeks we want you to create 'something birthday' - I guess that's not too difficult, is it? ;-)

I created a card where I did some experimenting by mixing up styles that normally aren't used together *g* 
I started with a 'shabby, vintage' looking background by choosing a blue floral background paper from 'The Sun Will Come Out' by Sugarplum Paperie and then distressed it with Walnut Stain Distress inks to give it that little shabby look. I also used my beloved seam binding and pearls, which normally is associated with the vintage look.

But I then ran a little crazy with some doodling ;-)  I recently discovered the blog from a super talented German lady: Janna Werner's Papiersalat. And she does doodling all the time and it looks so beautiful!
Well.. I also did some doodling myself .. ages ago .. but however, I totally went off of this when I began doing more cute cards a few years ago. But now that I've seen it again I wanted to incorporate some doodling into my card. Thanks for the inspiration, Janna :-)

If you are following me for some time now, you should know that I love experimenting and doing unexpected things ;-)  And even though this really is a crazy mix of styles, I kind of like the result, although. And I hope you like it a bit, too :-)

 

and a close up 
(Where you can see that I have to practice doodling a little bit, because I made a little mistake with the circle doodling around the sentiment. But well, I think that's doodling: nothing perfect, but fun :-) )

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps  'Birthday Letter Seals' rubber stamps by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Sakura black and white gel pens, Distress inks in Broken China and Walnut Stain
• patterend papers and flower element - 'The Sun Will Come Out' by Sugarplum Paperie
• other supplies - Sew Sweet white crinkled seam binding, Kaisercraft orange rhinestones and blue halfpearl, Fiskars border punch, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan #6 (something birthday)
• Crafts and Me #60 (birthdays) - ladies, I miss you!
• Just Some Lines (light blue and orange)
• Speedy The Cat's Friends #81 (favorite technique) - distressing with inks that is
• Fahionista Friday #96 (try something new) - doodling (not really new, but years long neglected.. I hope it counts as 'new' ;-) )

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Sylvia

Shabby Birthday

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

Oh my... I have not visited the 'Mojo Monday' blog for a long time now (I really don't know why, because they always have amazing sketches!). But today I did and as soon as I saw the sketch I knew what I wanted to do with it.


Here's my card

and a close up

the sketch

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps: 'Oval Snippets' and 'Lavish Flourishes' by Raindrop Echo Designs
• patterned papers and elements - 'Emporium' by The Digichick Designers
• tools - mini sewing machine, Big Shot
• other supplies - Spellbinders 'Fleurs de Lis' accents die, Sew Sweet rose crinkled seam binding, Jenni Bowlin pearl pins, Kaisercraft pink rhinestones, glue dots, Bazzill vanilla cardstock

challenges:

• Mojo Monday #214 (sketch)
• 2 Sisters #64 (ribbon)
• 4 Crafty Chicks #62 (die cuts)
• Addicted To Stamps #17 (shabby, shabby chic or vintage) 
• Card Cupids (bling)
• Card Makin Mamas (die cuts)
• Corrosive Challenge #136 (with flourish)
• Crafty Cardmakers #55 (pink, cream, brown) - I hope the brown ink counts as 'brown'?! 
• Incy Wincy Designs #119 (stitching)
• Kraftin Kimmie #103 (use pins)
• Let's Ink It Up #17 (favorite technique) - one of my favs: distressing
• Ooh La La Creations #92 (stitching)

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Sylvia

Season's Greeting

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :-)

Today I want to show you a collage Christmas card...what a contrast to all of the more CAS cards I made recently ;-) But I hope you like it!

 
and a close up

card recipe:

• stamps - Arty Pants 'Christmas Believe Digital Stamp', Whimsy Stamps 'Winter Letter Seals' rubber stamps by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Mondeluz watercolorp encils, Distress inks, Sakura white gel pen, Stickles
• patterned papers - 'Dejavu' by Roben Marie Smith
• tools - Big Shot
• other supplies - Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis Accents' dies, white cardstock, Kaisercraft black rhinestones, May Arts olive green Cotton and Lace Ribbon , Tim Holtz distressing tool, foam tape

challenges: 

• ABC Christmas Challenge (V is for Vintage)
• Card Makin Mamas (die cuts)
• Mami Doodles #37 (christmas) 
• Winter Wonderland (make your card sparkle)

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Sylvia

Sweet Baby Girl

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :-)

Today I want to show you a CAS baby girl card that I made.
This one was really quick and easy to make and since I made my own sentiment it could be used for baby shower invitations, too (great for mass production)

  I will add the card recipe later today.. until then... have a wonderful Tuesday! :-)

card recipe:

• stamps - 'Baby Girl Clothes' by Artypants
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pen
• cardstock - American Crafts (pink), Clairefontaine (white)
• font - Luna Bar (available at dafont.com)
• other supplies - May Arts sheer ruffle edged ribbon in baby pink, Fiskars border punch, Kaisercraft clear rhinestone, paper piercing tool, foam tape from stash

challenges:

• Bows and Berries #13 (clean and simple)
• CES #59 (new beginnings)
• Crafty Ann's Challenges #52 (clean and simple)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Card Caravan Challenge and Whimsy Blog Hop

Hi everyone and happy Monday :)

We have a new Card Caravan Challenge started over at The Hybrid Chick, yesterday :-)
For the next two weeks, we want to see 'homemade' flowers somewhere on your cards :-)
As always you don't have to use stuff from The Digichick store, but we sure would love it, if you do ;-)

Here's my card using the adorable 'Emporium' collab kit by The Digichick Designers

now onto our 
WHIMSY BLOG HOP


To create the blue rolled flower on the right side, I used one of the brand new Whimsy Stamps Shape EZ by TLC! The wonderful Tammy Louise Cunliff designed some awesome cutting files that can either be used with a digital die cutting machine or just being used as a template to cut it out by hand. 

So to celebrate the launch of this brand new product line, there is a blog hop starting today, Monday 31st and ending on Sunday November 6th, noon EST.

For this hop we have several different prize draws. One lucky hopper will win a grand prize of a $25 gift certificate. In addition to this, we have hidden several surprise prizes throughout the hop, so be sure to leave a comment on every post along the hop to be entered into the surprise draws. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy Stamps blog after the blog hop has ended.

If you came here from the fabulous Stephanne Maraver, then you are on the right track. If you want to begin the hop, please hop over to Debbie Eastman's blog and start there. 

To continue, please visit our last stop - the wonderful and super talented artist herself:  
Tammy Louise Cunliff

card recipe:

• patterned papers and elements - Emporium by The Digichick Designers
• tools - Silhouette SD machine
• other supplies - Whimsy Stamps Shape EZ by TLC 'Flower Swirl', Sew Sweet 'baby blue' crinkled seam binding , Sew Sweet 'baby blue' 50g mixed button bag, May Arts natural kraft button twine, Kaisercraft champagne selfadhesive half pearl, Ranger Stickles, Glue Dots mini

challenges:

• The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan #5 (use a homemade flower)

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Sylvia

{DT} Wee Stamps @ Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek Day 2

Hi everyone and happy Monday :)

Yesterday, Whimsy Stamps announced that they will now be releasing Sylvia Zet's adorable Wee collection exclusively in Whimsy rubber! How exciting!

This month Whimsy Stamps will be releasing six Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps rubber stamps on October 5th and I used one of the sweeties - the adorable 'Sweet Blossom' - to create this card:

The Whimsy Stamps DT are sharing some fabulous sneak peeks of these darling stamps in the lead up to their release on Wednesday 5th October. We will be holding a fantastic BLOG HOP on 5 October to celebrate the new release, so be sure to join us then as we will be giving away the entire release to one lucky hopper as well as having a few secret prize draws scattered throughout the hop.

To take a peek at today's amazing sneak peek projects, please visit the DT listed below...

Annika Ryan
Chris Olsen
Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Mariska van der Veer
Sylvia Blum (that's me)

And don't forget to check back tomorrow for more sneak peeks :)

card recipe:

• stamps - Whimsy Stamps 'Sweet Blossom' by Sylvia Zet; sentiment from 'Oval Snippets' by Raindrop Echo Design
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Distress inks
• patterned papers - My Mind's Eye 'Stella Rose - Mabel' 6x6 pad
• tools - Silhouette SD machine
• other supplies - Spellbinders classic ovals dies, American Crafts blue cardstock, Silhouette oval frame die, Silhouette leave die, The Cutting Files 'butterflies' die set, Kaisercraft blue rhinestones, Ranger Stickles in Stardust, lace from stash, Sew Sweet crinkled seam binding in 'elegant peacock'

challenges:

• CES Challenges #56 (pretty girls)
• Craft Your Passion #79 (anything goes)
• Crafty Cardmakers #53 (anything goes)
• Gingerloft Challenge #26 (orange)
• Make It Monday #57 (link list - always anything goes)

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Sylvia

{GDT} - Paper and Such Recipe Challenge

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Tuesday :-)

Today, a new challenge is starting on the Paper and Such blog .

This time they have a recipe challenge for you:

I chose 'designer paper', 'twine' and '3 brads' from the list and used the adorable 'Fall Flowers' set to create this card:

card receipe:

• stamps - Paper and Such 'Fall Flowers'
• coloring medium - Tombow dual brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Adirondack Butterscotch inks
• patterned papers - 'Russet Riches' by Danielle Engebretson
• other supplies - green cardstock from stash, Spellbinders Label 8 die, Divine Baker's Twine, brads and spacers from stash, foam pads from stash

challenges:

• Paper and Such (recipe)
• 4 Crafty Chicks (fall)
• Card Cupids (fall)
• Crafting for all Seasons (fall colors)
• Crafts 4 Eternity #38 (fall) 
• Crafty Catz Weekly #101 (fall)
• Crafty Purple Frog (fall)
• Delightful Challenges (fall)
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best (autumn colors) 
• Incy Wincy (fancy folds)
• Just Some Lines (fall colors)
• Paper Pretties (fall inspired)
• Paper Works Co (inspiration)
• Scrapbook Sisters #53 (autumn colors) 
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity #66 (anything goes
• Totally Paper Crafts #85 (thank you)
• Woodware USA (fall)

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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

Up Up and Away

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Thursday :-)

Today I want to show you a hybrid card without any stamping using the adorable collab kit 'Around The World' from The Digichick Designers, available here.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day everyone :-)

card receipe:

• 'Around the World' by The Digichick Designers
• white cardstock from stash

challenges:

• Patties Creations Challenge #27 (real or faux stitching)
• The Paper Shelter #26 (real or faux stitching)
• The Shabby Tea Room #74 (inspirational photo) - inspired by the colours in the photo
• The Stamp Man #28 (real or faux stitching)

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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

{DT} - amazing

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Sunday :-)

Today I want to share with you a simple yet happy card that I made using some digital papers, elements and doodle clip mats (everything by eNKay Design, who is a guest at The Digichick for July) and a 3/4'' orange/white striped twill ribbon by May Arts (available at Sew Sweet) as well as lots of buttons from the 'Spring Mixed Button Collection' from Sew Sweet. 

What I think, you can't tell from the picture is that I poked the 'amazing' doodle with a paper piecing tool for a little bit more interest. Looks nice IRL, but I wasn't able to catch it in the photo.

Wishing you all a wonderful and sunny Sunday :-)

card receipe:

• patterned papers and elements: 'Breath of fresh Air' by eNKay Design, 'Clip 'n Doodle Mats' by eNKay Design
• other supplies: 3/4'' orange/white striped twill ribbon by May Arts, 'Spring Mixed Button Collection' from Sew Sweet, paper piecing tool from stash, yellow grosgrain ribbon from stash, Glue Dots, Glue Dots Mini

challenges:

• 2 Sisters #47 (summer)
• Alphabet Challenge (J for Just one Word)
• Card Makin Mamas (summer)
• Crazy 4 Challenges #95 (summer)
• Dutch Dare Card Challenges #120 (summer)
• One Stop Craft #138 (summer)
• Phindys Place #63 (buttons)
• Sugar Creek Hollow (paper piercing) - the 'amazing' doodle is paper pierced
• Totally Gorjuss #88 (summer)

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Sylvia

summertime and the livin' is easy....

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Thursday :-)

*phew*.. it's hot and sunny here.. again. Summer is in full swing and I thought this is the perfect card for this time of the year. It's for the Some Odd Girl challenge where they want to see 'bright and blinding' cards.. well... I think with these colors my card is qualified as an entry for this challenge ;-)

card receipe:

• stamps - Roller Mae by Some Odd Girl, sentiment from last year's summer stamp set by Whiff of Joy
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils
• patterned papers - Sunshiny Day by Karen Lewis
• other supplies - cardstock from stash, buttons from October Afternoon (Modern Homemaker Collection), red floss from We'RMemoryKeepers, mini staples from Making Memories, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

challenges:

• Bearly Mine (anything goes) 
• Craft Your Passion (anything goes)
• Creative Belli #121 (custom made embellishments) - sun 
• Going Grey With Scrap-Creations (summer)
• KB Cute #20 (anything goes)
• Paper Take Weekly (anything goes with option button)
• Some Odd Girl (bright and blinding)
• Squigglefly (summertime)
• Stamping Boutique (summer scene) 
• Stamps and Fun = Creativity (yellow/red)
• Stamps R Us (there was a little girl...)
• YNS #46 (buttons)

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Sylvia

your kindness is appreciated

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Thursday :-)

Yesterday we had lots of rain.. but it's still sticky and it has not really cooled down.. it's that kind of weather where I tend to get a headache.... *mmmpf*

But now onto some more nice things :-)

Today I want to share a card with you that I made with an image from a new stamp company: 'Some Odd Girl' ! 
Ha! I hear you calling: 'WHAT?'... 'a new stamp company???'
Ok ok ok.. I admit it.. it's NOT a new company.. it was only new to me! *lol* 
I'm sure many of you know these stamps already while I must have been living under a rock not having any of their adorable images until yesterday *lol*

  Soooo.... here's my very first card using a Some Odd Girl image - this sweet little girl is called 'Sunny Tia'
I colored her using Tombows, some watercolor pencils for some additional shading and a little bit of Stickles to highlight the flower in her hands. I then cut her out trimming very close and put her on foam pads.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I would be delighted if you take the time to leave me a comment :-) Have a wonderful day, my sweet friends!

card receipe:

• stamps - 'Sunny Tia' by Some Odd Girl, sentiment from 'Card Sentiments Digital Stamps' by Arty Pants
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Ranger Stardust Stickles
• patterned papers - 'In The Garden' by Mari Koegelenberg Creations
• other supplies - cardstock from stash, border punch from Martha Stewart, seamless binding from etsy, pearl pin from Jenni Bowlin, foam pads from stash, Glue Dots

challenges:

• Bows and Berries #8 (thank you/appreciation)
• Crafty Creations #125 (thank you)
• Little Darlings #2 (favorite color combo) - one of my alltime favs definitely is blue (combined w/anything else) 
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges (something old, something new) - the lace is old, the stamp is new
• The Paper Shelter #20 (anything goes)

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Sylvia

{DT} - Fairy At Sunset

Hi my sweet blogging friends and happy Wednesday :-)


Oh my goodness.. it's sooooo hot over here.. around 35°C (95°F) during the last days (with high humidity) ...*phew*... feels like we are melting away, soon!!!


But anyway.. 'the show must go on' *lol* and here's a card with one of the wonderful and unique stamp images from Jasmine Becket-Griffith available at Crafts and Me! The image I used here on this card is 'Fairy at Sunset' and I think she's super adorable! Love here whirlwind of hair and her dress made from leaves :-)


 

 I put some Stardust Stickles on her wings and took the picture while the glitter glue was still wet.. so the sparkle is more subtle now IRL than it looks here on the photo. Maybe I'll get a chance to take another picture of it... (but can't promise, because my eldest sons are in Rome and they have taken my little digi cam with them. So I only have my Canon 1000D here to take photos and I guess I have to charge the battery first *lol*)


The sentiment is from a last years store stamp set released by Whiff of Joy while I was a guest DT member for them :-)


Now I hope for a little cooling-down today (it looks like a thunderstorm is coming toda) and hope to see you again soon!


Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my work :-)
And if you would be so generous to leave a comment I would be really happy, because your comments are always very much appreciated! :-)))

card receipe:

• stamps - 'Fairy at Sunset' by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, sentiment from last years store kit by Whiff of Joy
• coloring medium - Tombow Dual Brush pens, Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Ranger Stardust Stickles
• patterned papers - 'In The Garden' by Mari Koegelenberg
• tools - BigShot
• other supplies - brown cardstock from stash, Nestabilities classic circle dies, paper flower from Wild Orchid Crafts, pearl pin from Jenni Bowlin, lace + ribbon + foam pads from stash, Tim Holtz distressing tool , Distress inks

challenges:

• 2 Sisters #45 (Fairies) 
• Bloggers Challenge (things with wings)
• Crafty Calendar June (things with wings)
• Digitial Tuesday Challenge #117 (flower power)
• Dream Valley Challenge #10 (ribbon)
• Fashionista Friday #84 (roses)
• Hooked on Craft #2 (flowers)
• Simply Create #46 (fly with us)
• Stamp With Fun #117 (lilac and cream) 
• Stampin for the weekend #11 (favorite things) - Distressing, lace and flowers are definitely favs of mine :-)
• The Outlawz POM (things with wings)
• The Poodles Parlour #2 (come fly with me)
• The Shabby Tea Room #68 (favorite things) - Distressing, lace and flowers are definitely favs of mine :)
• Totally Gorjuss #86 (ribbon and lace)
• Truly Scrumptious #60 (things with wings)

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Sylvia

happy birthday to you

Hi everyone and happy Friday!
So glad you stopped by my blog today :-)

This time I have another simple birthday card to share

Pretty easy to create, but  I love the patterns and colors of the papers! Therefore I think they are going for themselves and it did not need much to dress it up any further - what do you think?

card receipe:

• patterned paper - 'Bluebird' by Erica Zane
• stamps - birthday sentiment from 'Write It Out: Everyday Sentiments' by Krisi's Kreations, 'Diffusion' from Hampton Arts
• tools - Silhouette SD
• cutting file - 'Butterflies Set 1' by The Cutting Files
• other supplies - white pom pom trim from Bazzill, clear gemstones from Hero Arts, ColorBox inks, Glue Dots Lines

challenges:

• Deep Ocean Challenge #2 (Flowers)
• Ruby's Rainbow #6 (Flowers)

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Sylvia

and one more birthday card BUT....

.... BUT this time with a little touch of vintage ;-)

Hi everyone and happy Sunday!

I hope you all have a great weekend so far! The weather here in the very Southwest of Germany is ugly.. it's cold and rainy and just *brrr* ... but after all it's perfect for sitting on the crafting table and create cards, isn't it?! ;-)

So.. here's another birthday card. But this time it's not clean, not simple, not even cute .. but with a little touch of vintage :-)

Love this bird collage stamp that Donna Wells of Arty Pants designed. So as soon as I saw this awesome stamp, I knew I had to create a card with this beautiful collage stamp.

The card might look simple without much embellishments but it was a lot of work and thoughts going into this card anyhow ;-)  First I distressed the stamped collage with various Distress inks, then I colored parts of the stamped collage. I stamped the birds twice, colored them again, cut them out trimming closely and put them on foam pads for more dimension and interest.

The frame was created using a digi cutting file from the Silhouette store.
I distressed all cardstock (card base and cut out frame) with some acrylic paints and crayons.
I also highlighted parts of the collage and frame with a white gel pen.
The 'Happy Birthday' was created using a Dymo Label maker.

I like the result but I am not happy with the pictures. They just don't do the card justice.. but well..can't change the weather at the moment and today the daylight lamp wasn't any help, too *sigh*

Here's an additional close up of the cut out birds

Wishing you all a wonderful, SUNNY and creative Sunday, my sweet blogging friends!

challenges:

• 2 Sisters #44 (for a guy)
• Bloggers Challenge (for men)
• Catch The Bug (It's a Man's World)
• Craft Your Days Away (Monochromatic)
• Delicious Doodles #30 (things that flutter) 
• Inspire Me Fridays #11 (anything goes)
• Little Claire's Designs #9 (cards for men) 
• Mami Doodles #28 (card for a boy/man)
• Paper Creator's Crafts #1 (for the men) 
• Polka Doodles #24 (all of a flutter) 
• Simply Create #46 (wings)
  

card receipe:

• stamp - 'Bird Collage' by Arty Pants Digital Stamps
• coloring medium - Mondeluz watercolor pencils, Crayola glitter crayons, Sakura white gel pen, black acrylic paint from stash
• tools - Silhouette SD machine, Dymo Label maker
• other supplies - dark grey cardstock from stash, frame cutting file from Silhouette Store, foam pads from stash

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Sylvia