Hugs, Kisses & Happy Wishes - Birthday Card

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :)

After displaying lots of cards featuring pink and purple lately, I want to share something a little different with you, today: 

A Birthday card in cooler colors (ok ok ok, I admit... there is some pink in it, too... but it is not the predominant color, here ;-) ) and with a super pretty patterned paper.
Ihave not used patterned paper very much, recently and so I thought this would be a nice variety to what I have shown during the last weeks.

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

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" card base from 4 1/4" x 11" white cardstock cut 3 3/4" x 5 1/2" piece of patterned paper and adhere to card front round lower corners of the card base adhere banner and star stickers to upper right side of the card (partially use foam pads)  cut 4 1/4" x 1 3/8" piece of white cardstock stamp sentiment ("Wonderful Words") with Memento Pear Tart onto panel adhere panel to card front using dimensional foam pads embellish star stickers with green rhinestones

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamp: Wonderful Words inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Pear Tart patterned papers + stickers - Fancy Pants: Collecing Moments tools - WRMK Corner Chomper others - white cardstock; Kaisercraft: green rhinestones; dimensional foam adhesive

Loving Thoughts Friendship Card

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Wow... January is almost over and Valentine's Day is approaching fast! Unbelievable how fast time flies, isn't it?

But today, I don't want to share a typical Valentine's card with you, but rather a friendship card :) 

Who wouldn't appreciate some "loving thoughts" in his/her mailbox? I think we should more often tell our friends how much they mean to us! Aren't friends (besides family) the most important people? I see, you agree :-D

So why not sending out "loving thoughts" to a dear friend... just because? :)

This card is a little bit unusual for me, because of the colors I've used! It did not come together "naturally", but I tried to follow a specific color theory I've learned in a workshop. In this workshop I was told, you can combine any tertiary colors and it will always look good. Therefore I tried and used a variety of tertiary colors on my card (yellow-green,  blue-violet, red-orange, orange-yellow ).

Well, well... I will definitely experiment a little further with these color theories I've learned... but not sure I will ever be comfortable with all of them *lol*

To see the step-by-step instructions and supplies I have used, please refer to the boxes below!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! And I hope you will come back and visit my blog again, soon :)

Instructions make card base from white cardstock (4 1/4" x 11") and round lower right corner cut strip of chevron paper (1 3/8" x 5 1/2") and adhere to left side of the card stamp flower with Memento Pear Tart onto the card front color stamped flower with Memento markers in Dandelion, Cantaloupe and Paris Dusk and highlight stamen with clear glitter pen stamp "loving thoughts" with Memento Paris Dusk onto card front cut little notch in top fold of the card (center of the patterned paper strip), thread twine through and wrap around card; tie end of twine into a bow on top of the card embellish with sequins and enamel dots Extra Tip:  Due to stamping over the raised patterned paper, the impression of the flower stamp was not too good and I had some little gaps in my stamped image! This is where a co-ordinating Memento marker comes in really handy! Because the exact same ink is in the markers like in the ink pad, you can fix these little *oopsies* (gaps in stamped impressions) really quick and easy! :)

Supplies stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: Loving Thoughts, Truth Is coloring medium - Tsukineko Memento markers: Dandelion, Cantaloupe, Paris Dusk inks - Tsukineko Memento: Pear Tart, Paris Dusk patterned papers - My Mind's Eye Cut and Paste: Good Times Tribal tools - WRMK Corner Chomper others - white cardstock, white-silver bakers twine, clear glitter gel pen, My Mind's Eye enamel dots, sequins, Glue Dots mini

Challenges Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (anything goes with twine or string)

Birthday Card

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)

Christmas is over and I hope you enjoyed some wonderful days with your loved ones!

It is Friday, and usually that means a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge starting. But this time we have a two week challenge for you. Therefore, no new challenge is up today, but you still have some days left to enter the current one!!! :)

But I have a card to share with you, anyway ;-) 
Here's a Birthday card made with patterned papers and stickers from Fancy Pants' "Collecting Moments" collection. The birthday greeting is from a Paper Smooches set (as well as the banner die), stamped with Tsukineko Memento inks in "Cantaloupe".

Thank you so much for your visit on my blog, today! 
I hope you feel inspired and I would be delighted if you leave me a comment, so I know you have been here and I can come and visit you, too :)

Supplies stamps - Paper Smooches "Birthday Sampler" inks - Tsukineko: Memento "Cantaloupe" patterned papers + stickers - Fancy Pants "Collecting Moments" collection tools - Spellbinders die cutting machine dies - Paper Smooches banner others - off white cardstock, Nellie Snellen "Paper Frames" (doily), Garn+Mehr green twine, My Mind's Eye green enamel dots, dimensionsl foam adhesive

Happy Holidays Christmas Card

Hi everyone and happy Thursday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Donnerstag :)
Today I am sharing another Christmas card, where I used the "Holidays Sentimentables" dies from Whimsy Stamps again. It's the third die cut saying in this set.	Heute zeige ich Euch noch eine Weihnachtskarte die ich mit den "Holiday Sentimentables" Stanzen von Whimsy Stamps gemacht habe. Es ist die dritte Stanze im Set
The card looks so pretty in real life, because it's so soft and snowy looking. But it was really hard to take a good photo of if - for exact the same reason (the soft colors *lol*)	Die Karte sieht wirklich sehr hübsch aus in Natura: Sie sieht so richtig nach Schnee aus.. Aber es war leider auch aus genau diesem Grund sehr schwierig ein vernünftiges Foto davon zu machen (wegen diesen soften, schnee-igen (ja, ich weiß das ist kein richtiges Wort *lol*) ) Farben.
I simply adhered a patterned paper (Pink Paislee) to my card base, added faux stitching all around the edges. Then put some white pearls here and there and of course, attached the die cut sentiment.	Ich hab' einfach das gemusterte Papier (Pink Paislee) auf meine Karte geklebt, falsche Nähte drum herum gemacht und dann ein paar weiße Perlchen hier und da gesetzt. Und natürlich am Ende noch den ausgestanzten Spruch aufgeklebt.
This one's a really quick and simple card and perfect for the "last minute" Christmas cards production. You can finish this card in less then 15 minutes but have a nice and hand made card anyway :)	Diese Karte ist wirklich super einfach und schnell gemacht und perfekt als "Last Minute" Weihnachtskarte. Sie ist in weniger als 15 Minuten fertig und trotzdem hat man eine hübsche handgefertigte Karte :)
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you will be visiting again, soon :)	Danke für's Vorbeischauen und ich hoffe Du besuchst mich bald wieder hier :)

Supplies patterned papers - Pink Paislee "City Sidewalks: Special Delivery" tools - die cutting machine dies - Whimsy Stamps "Holidays Sentimentables" die set others - white cardstock, Kaisercraft white pearls, paper piercing tool, UniBall Signo white gel pen

Christmas Card from Scraps and Leftovers

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Mittwoch :)
I am feeling a little (not to say a lot) mojo-less recently, therefore I have not blogged much lately.	Irgendwie mag mich die Muse zur Zeit nicht küssen, darum habe ich in letzter Zeit auch nur wenig gebloggt.
Here's my try to get the mojo back. I was digging through my stash of Christmas papers and stickers and such and this is what I came up with: A simple Christmas card using just some leftover scrap pieces from last years December kit by Scrapbook-Werkstatt, some MME enamel dots + a kraft card base.	Dies war mein Versuch mein "Mojo" wieder zurück zu holen ;-) Ich habe meine gehorteten Weihnachtspapiere und Sticker etc. rausgeholt und mal alles durchgeblättert. Dabei bin ich auch über das letztjährige Dezember Kit der Scrapbook-Werkstatt gestolpert und habe mit den übrige gebliebenen Dingen, ein paar MME Enamel Dots und einer naturfarbenen Kartenbasis diese einfache Weihnachtskarte gestaltet.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see you again, soon :)	Danke für's Vorbeischauen und ich hoffe wir sehen uns bald wieder :)

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: November Release - Sneak Peek Day #2

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Dienstag :)
A new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps release is coming! *woohoo* Three brand new and beautiful stamp sets will be available in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store on Thursday!	Am Donnerstag wird es drei brandneue und wunderschöne Stempelsets von CAS-ual Fridays Stamps geben *juhu*
From Monday to Wednesday, the DT are showcasing projects, made with this new November release.  If you haven't seen it yet, you can find my sample for the first sneak peek day **here**	Um Euch schon mal einen kleinen Vorgeschmack darauf zu geben, wird Euch das DT von Montag bis Mittwoch ein paar Werke zeigen, die mit diesen Sets gemacht wurden.   Falls Ihr sie noch nicht gesehen habt, könnt Ihr meine Beispielkarte für den ersten Vorschau Tag **HIER** finden
On this second sneak peek day the DT shows you projects made with an adorable stamp set called "Wallflower"!	An diesem zweiten Vorschau Tag zeigt Euch das DT Projekte mit einem weiteren tollen Stempelset, das sich "Wallflower" nennt!
I kept this card very simple (obviously ;-) ) and used two beautiful Fancy Pants papers (from their "Collecting Moments" collection) on the left side. To achieve the lovely shimmer on the sentiment, I used two "Perleascent" colors from the Brilliance ink family: Lime + Sky Blue! I simply stamped the sentiment and dots twice: first impression was made with blue and the second impression - right above the first - was done with the lime ink. I just love the effect and I hope you do, too :)	Ich hab' meine Karte sehr einfach gehalten (naja, das ist ja offensichtlich ;-) ) und habe zwei hübsche Fancy Pants Papiere (aus ihrer "Collecting Moments" Serie) verwendet. Um diesen schönen Schimmer bei dem Spruch zu erhalten, habe ich zwei verschiedene Stempelkissen aus der Brilliance "Pearlescent" Familie verwendet: Lime und Sky Blue! Ich habe den Spruch und die Punkte dann einfach zweimal abgestempelt: Das erste Mal in blau und dann noch einmal direkt darüber mit Lime. Ich mag den Effekt sehr gerne und hoffe er gefällt Euch ebenfalls :)
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: "Wallflower"  patterned papers - Fancy Pants: "Collecting Moments - Homework" + "Collecting Moments - Jackpot" tools -WRMK Corner Chomper inks - Tsukineko: Brilliance "Pearlescent Lime" + "Pearlescent Blue Sky" white cardstock; green twine, Zva Creative blue embellishment, dimensional foam adhesive

"Bundle of Joy" Baby Card for CAS-ual Fridays #119

Hi everyone and happy Friday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Freitag :)
It's time for the next CAS-ual Fridays challenge *woot* and our theme for the next two weeks is	Es ist wieder Zeit für die nächste CAS-ual Fridays Challenge und das Thema der nächsten Woche lautet
The sponsor of this 119th challenge is Ellen Hutson	Der Sponsor für diese 119te Challenge ist Ellen Hutson
Create a clean and simple project using embossing (heat or dry)	Zeigt uns ein clean and simple Projekt mit Embossing (egal ob dry oder heat embossing)
I embossed the background with a chevron folder, die cut the Fancy Round Tag Fri-Dies from white cardstock and added some twine + bling. The baby carriage (Lawn Fawn) was stamped with black Versafine ink onto a piece of patterned paper from Studio Calico's "Story Time" collection. I then cut it out trimming closely and added some highlights with a white gel pen. I stamped the saying onto the same patterned paper and cut it into a little banner that I put on dimensional foam pads.	Ich habe den Hintergrund mit einem Chevron Folder embossed. Dann aus weißem Cardstock das runde Tag ausgestanzt mithilfe der Fancy Round Tag Fri-Dies. Dazu noch ein bisschen Twine und *bling bling* :-D Den Kinderwagen (Lawn Fawn) habe ich mit schwarzem Versafine Kissen auf gemustertes Papier von Studio Calico ("Story Time" Serie) gestempelt und konturen genau ausgeschnitten. Dann noch ein paar Highlights mit weißem Gelstift hier und da gemalt. Der Spruch wurde auf dasselbe Papier gestempelt und dieses dann in Form eines kleinen Banner ausgeschnitten und mit 3D Pads befestigt.
For more inspiration from the talented Girl Fridays, please visit the CAS-ual Fridays blog!	Für weitere Inspiration von all den talentierten "Girl Fridays", besucht doch den CAS-ual Fridays Blog!
ETA *** Thank You ***

Supplies stamps - Lawn Fawn "Plus One" patterned papers - Studio Calico "Story Time - Land of Nod" tools - SB die cutting machine dies - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Funky Round Tag Fri-Dies" others - white cardstock, SB chevron embossing folder, Garn und Mehr natural + silver/natural twine, Kaisercraft clear rhinestone, UniBall Signo white gel pen, dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges CAS-ual Fridays #119 (embossing)

Zva Creative October DT Blog Hop!

Zva Creative and my fellow Design Team members welcome you to our October blog hop. This month we are celebrating fall and Halloween and are excited to be sharing our new work with you! Thanks so much for joining us!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's Facebook page. Be sure head on over to check it out! 

Here's a list of participants (in case there is a glitch along the way):

Sylvia Blum 

Lisa Somerville

Carole Maurin

Nicole Martel

Anna Zaprzelska

Christin Grønnslett

Jolanda Meurs

Andrea Ewen

Fabi Ormerod

Irene Tan

Marley van derHeijden

Justina Tey

Marilia Lopes

Marley van derHeijden

Windy Robinson

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

As mentioned above, this months hop is all about Fall and/or Halloween :)

We do not celebrate Halloween here in Germany, but I can't help but love the "mood" of this special holiday :) I love to create and send out Halloween greeting cards and therefore I have this Halloween card to share with you.

I just love how easy it is to create a really special card without having much work involved if you use the gorgeous Zva Creative bling! In this case I have used the Flourish Jet Crystal (CRB-06CA-128) and cut it apart into two pieces and used one swirl above and the other one below the focal point. A seam binding tied into a bow and the card is finished. Love the result and I hope you love it, too!

Oh and I have another Halloween project I want to share with you, in case you haven't seen it yet.

It is not new, but I thought you would be interested in it, too.

I have created this little Halloween treatbox using the rhinestone swirl embellishment from Zva Creative (CRB-03CA-107) 

You can find all details (incl. template for the box and a short video instruction) 

***here***

And I think these two also go wonderful together:

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, October 28th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, October 29th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 30th on Zva Creative's Facebook page!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!  To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative's Facebook page! Your next stop is Lisa Somerville. Enjoy!

Thank you for joining us!

Supplies Zva Creative: "Flourish Jet Crystal" (CRB-06CA-128) + rhinestone swirl embellishment (CRB-03CA-107) stamps - Hero Arts "Spooky Halloween" patterned papers - Teresa Collins "Maskerade Party  - Admit One" tools - die cutting machine dies - Spellbinders classic and scalloped circle others - American Crafts black cardstock, Hero Arts inks "Orange Soda", Tsukineko inks "Versafine Onyx Black", orange seam binding, Glue Dots mini, dimensional foam pads

Bundle of Joy Baby Card

Hi everyone and happy Sunday :)	Hallo zusammen und Euch allen einen wunderschönen Sonntag :)
This is my second post today and if you are looking for the Halloween tag card I made for Scrapbook Werkstatts inspirations gallery, please scroll down to the next post or click here.	Dies ist das zweite Posting am heutigen Tag und falls Ihr auf der Suche nach der Halloween Tag Karte seid, die ich für die Scrapbook Werkstatt Inspirations Gallerie gemacht habe, dann scrollt bitte nach unten oder klickt hier.
I usually don't post twice a day, but in this special case I cannot wait any longer to post this card I made today, because it is an entry for Seize the Sketch and the challenge is closing in a few hours ;-)	Normalerweise poste ich ja nicht zweimal an einem Tag, aber in diesem speziellen Fall blieb mir nichts anderes übrig, dann diese Karte ist für die Seize the Sketch Challenge und die endet in ein paar Stunden ;-)
This is the sketch they provide	Dies ist der bereitgestellte Sketch
I did not follow the sketch 100%, but it definitely was my inspiration. I changed a few things (like the rectangle going beneath instead of over the flag) and I addes some more elements. I am not sure it is eligible to be an entry for the challenge, although, but hope so :-)	Ich habe mich nicht 100%ig daran gehalten, aber es war definitiv der Ausgangspunkt für meine Karte! Ich habe ein paar Kleinigkeiten geändert (z.B. das große Rechteck unter das Banner, anstatt darüber) und ich habe ein paar Elemente hinzugefügt. Ich bin also nicht ganz sicher, ob das hier überhaupt ein "gültiger" Beitrag für die Challenge ist, aber ich hoffe es mal :-)
Wishing you all a wonderful rest of the weekend! Talk to you soon (Zva Creative DT Blog Hop for October is tomorrow! *hint hint* ;-) )	Ich wünsche Euch allen einen ganz wunderschönen Rest vom verbleibenden Wochenende! Ich hoffe Ihr besucht mich bald wieder (Morgen ist der Zva Creative DT Blog Hop für Oktober *mal mit dem Zaunpfahl wink*)

Supplies stamps - Lawn Fawn "Plus One" patterned papers - Studio Calico "Story Time" collection: "Good Night Moon", "Land of Nod", "Starfall" + "Baby Boy Stickers Accents" others - white cardstock, Zva Creative mini flowers ice blue crystal (CRW-06CA-153), SBW white paper doily, Tsukineko Brilliance ink "Pearlescent Blue Sky", UniBall Signo white gel pen, paper piercing tool, dimensional foam adhesive

Challenges Seize the Sketch #6