Sunday, September 30, 2012

Teddy with Penguin

Here's the second card I made with those Mini Masterpieces...



Image: "Teddy with Penguin" from Lili of the Valley (I used one of the Mini Masterpieces 6)
Pigment Ink Pad in red
Sketch: Karten Allerlei
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities
Embossing folder from Sizzix
Paper: "Christmas 05" from Bearly Mine "Christmas Fun Set"
Ribbon, snowflakes, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

whimsy inspires challenge 51 - anything goes
bearly mine challenge 54 - add a sentiment   

heck of a challenge 1 - anything goes 
love to create challenge 34 - anything goes
take time for you challenge 76 - distressing
crafting for all seasons challenge 36 - things with wings 
karten allerlei challenge 63 - sketch
moving along with the times challenge - seeing red 
love to create challenge 34 - anything goes
take time for you challenge 76 - distressing

through the craftroom door challenge 37 - anything goes 
inky impressions challenge - animals 

simon says stamps challenge - anything goes 
lili's little fairies challenge - white with a hint of colour 

bunny zoe's crafts challenge 28 - distressing 
cards for men challenge 20 - animal magic 
creative craft challenge - anything goes 
di's digi designs challenge - animals acting like people 
here come the boys challenge 37 - monochrome

the paper shelter challenge 83 - anything goes 
oldie but a goodie challenge - show us your ribbons (the ribbon and those snowflakes are from last year already...)

Merry Christmas Penguins

Today I had been playing around with some Mini Masterpieces from Lili of the Valley.
This is the first card that came out...



Image: "Merry Christmas Penguins" from Lili of the Valley (I used one of the Mini Masterpieces 4)
Pigment Ink Pad in light blue
Sketch: Sketch Saturday
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Creatables, Go Kreate Dies
Punch: snowflake from Carla Craft
Embossing folder from Crafts-Too
Paper: "Christmas 08" from Bearly Mine "Christmas Fun Set"
Charm, ribbon, Perfect Pearls Mist, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Bubbly Birthday

Our new Theme for Challenge 95 over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog is "more than 1 fold". That's quite easy, isn't it?!?
So get out your crafting supplies and enjoy making a card to join our challenge...

These are the great sponsors we have for this challenge:


Prize - $9 coupon code

&

Prize - 4 images of winners choice

&

Sassy Studio Designs
Prize - 4 digis of winners choice 


I used an image of Some Odd Girl to make a great card for my pen friend Chan in Hong Kong. Hope she will love that birthday card!


Stamp: "Tiny Bubbles Tia" from Some Odd Girl
Sentiment: WordArt
Pigment Ink Pad inlight green
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell
Sketch: Some Odd Girl
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Magnolia Doohickeys
Punch: Fiskars border punch
Paper: wrapping paper
Stickles, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Thinking of my friend

Here's a little card I made for my friend in Brazil today... I wanted to have something small to include to her letter as it took me quite some time to reply this time.



Stamp: from Penny Black  T for Transparent Set "Hedgie friends"
Sentiment: "Thinking of you" from Fizzy Moon Stamps
Pigment Ink Pad inblack
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell
Dies: Sizzix Framelits
Embossing powder "Black Diamants" from Heindesign
Punch: small marguerite from Ursus, Martha Stewart Punch-around-the-page
Gems, buttons, ribbon, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

digi doodle shops best challenge 125 - anything goes 
through the craft room challenge 36 - anything goes 
craft your passion challenge 128 - Bingo  (buttons, ribbon, emboss)  
simon says stamps challenge - emboss it  (heat embossing)
crafty catz weekly challenge 151 - buttons 
forever friends fortnightly challenge 45 - colour  (lilac, green & pale yellow)  
forever friends monthly challenge september - ribbon 
oldie but a goodie challenge - show us your ribbons (have that stamp for months, but never used it before)
penny b friends saturday challenge september - buttons & bows 
papelitos stamps challenge 12 - anything goes  

Friday, September 21, 2012

Let it snow...

Today I played with one of my new Wee Stamps called "Let it snow". I loved that girl as soon as I saw it. So here it is:


Unfortunately it is too dark already to get some great shots of my card... I hope you can see my different lilac shades anyways...





Stamp: "Let it snow" from Wee Stamps; "Snowflakes" from Vielseidig Verlag
Sentiment: "Have a fantastic Christmas" from Fizzy Moon Stamps
Pigment Ink Pad in silver
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell
Sketch: Sketch Saturday
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Memory Box Dies
Embossing folder "snowflakes" from Crafts-Too
Embossing powder "Eiskristalle  -  Ice Crystals" from Kartenallerlei
Pluster Pen, stickles, pearls, glittery snowflakes, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

sketch saturday challenge 225 - Sketch 
tammy scrapin corner challenge 28 - anything goes 
bawion challenge 38 - monochromatic card 
through the craft room challenge 36 - anything goes 
the pink elephant challenge 166 - monochromatic 
papelitos stamps challenge 12 - anything goes 
dream valley challenge 41 - celebrations
stampavie challenge 177 - sparkling 

divas by design challenge 53 - lovely layers 
paper play challenge 38 - choose a holiday (Christmas)
simon says stamps challenge - emboss it  (used heat & dry embossing)
inky impressions challenge - for a child 
di's digi designs challenge - use more than 1 die cut or punch 
southern girls challenge 53 - bling bling 
winter wonderland challenge - to the one I love 
trimmie's craft challenge 173 - children 
forever friends fortnightly challenge 45 - colour  (lilac)
die kreativen stempelfreunde challenge 60 - neuer Stempel 
whimsy inspires challenge 51 - anything goes 
digi doodle shops best challenge 125 - anything goes 
sparkles forum christmas challenge 20 - sparkle & bling 
totally papercrafts challenge 135 - for a child 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Christmas Dragons

Another week passed by already... But I have to say that the last week had been pretty exciting for me. While I was on the Stempelmekka in Hagen on Saturday, my little niece Marla was born. She's a healthy sweet little girl and I am a happy aunt now.

Anyways, it is time for another challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog . We would like to see shaped cards this week...

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are:

Stamping Dragon Designs
 Prize - 5 Digis of winners choice  

and 

Inky Impressions
Prize $10 Inky Bucks

prize - 3 digi images of winners choice



I had been working with a great image from Stamping Dragon Designs... Isn't that couple cute?!? I loved it as soon as I saw it...


Stamp: "In a Tangle" from Stamping Dragon Designs
Sentiment: Whiff of Joy stamp "Gesegnete Weihnachten"  (you can translate it as "have a blessed Christmas")
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Sizzix Framelits, Creatables
Paper: freebie I got somewhere online a while ago...
Pluster Pen, stickles, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

cute card thursday challenge 234 - christmas in september

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Storck

Here's a photo of the card/mobile I made for my brother's little baby girl.


I got the template for this storck from Sandra's Scrap Shop. I loved it...
But I had enlarged it a bit and now it looks kind of silly with that big bag and only small baby (should have enlarged that stamp too).

Stamp: "Sleeping Baby Tilda" from Magnolia's Cozy Family Collection
Pigment Ink Pad in light grey & brown
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell
Plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

divas by design challenge 52 - for a child
crafts and me challenge 101 - in pink
heck of a challenge 1 - anything goes
balisa challenge 61 - U wie ungewöhnlich
digi doodle shops best challenge 125 - anything goes 

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Birthday Tag

Over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog  we have a colour challenge for you this week. We would like to see some Pink & Brown projects from you... 
So get out your crafting supplies and and join us for our challenge!
 

We have some great sponsors for this challenge:

Bugaboo

Prize - 7 Digis of winners choice
&

Eye candie Creations

Prize - 4 digis of winners choice






Stamp: "Miss Becky" from Eye Candie Creations
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Memory Box Dies, Magnolia Doohickeys
Punch: Floral Punch from Nellie Snellen
Ribbon, stickles, kraft cardstock, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

abc challenge - w for wishes
dream valley challenge 40 - something old something new  (old: my magnolia doohickey die, new the Memory Box Die)
heck of a challenge 1 - anything goes
forever friends monthly challenge september - ribbon
crafts and me challenge 101 - in pink
whimsy inspires challenge 51 - anything goes
inky impressions challenge - pink and brown
divas by design challenge 52 - for a child
love to create challenge 32 - show us your ribbon or twine
craft your passion challenge 127 - blast form the past  (challenge 119 kraft paper with ribbon/lace)
the crafty pad challenge - breast cancer awareness or think pink
dawn's crafting challenge - breast cancer awareness or think pink
through the craft room challenge 35 - anything goes
papelitos stamps challenge 11 - anything goes
the poodles parlour challenge - here come the girls

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Thinking of You

Our new Theme for Challenge 92 over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog is Sew Charming  (Sewing - real or faux and/or a metal charm).
So get out your sewing machine, charms and crafting supplies and enjoy making a card to join our challenge...

We have 2 great sponsors for this challenge
Saturated Canary
Prize - 2 Digi Images

and
Prize - 3 Digis of winners choice
They have Freebies every Monday!!!
Our sponsors gave us some great images to work with...  I made a card using one of the My heart pieces images.


Stamp: "Love me, Love me not" from My heart pieces (a Freebie actually)
Pigment Ink Pad in lilac & white
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell, Joy Crafts Decorative Chalks
Sketch: my own....
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities
Punch: Martha Stewart punch around the page
Ribbon, flower charm, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges: 

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Flip Flop Birthday Wishes

Here is a tropical summer birthday card for my lovely friend in Belgium.
I really hope she will like this wonderful easel-card...






Stamp: "Flip Flop Tilda" from Magnolia's Summer Memory Collection
Sentiment: WordArt
Pigment Ink Pad in black & brown
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell, Joy Crafts Decorative Chalks
Sketch: my own....
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Creatables, Memory Box Dies
Punch: Martha Stewart corner punch (I just cut the rest of the flowers myself...)
Papers: Shell Paper from Rayher (I think)
Stickles, shells, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.


I am entering the card in the following challenges:

stempeltraeume challenge 148 - nicht quadratisch
timbroscrapmania challenge 53 - summer fever
die kreativen stempelfreunde challenge 58 - besondere Kartenform
take time for you challenge 74 - anything goes
love to create challenge 30 - hand made flowers
emerald faeries challenge 30 - punches & dies
everybody art challenge 202 - anything goes
crafts and me challenge 99 - birthdays
simon says stamps challenge - anything goes
divas by design challenge 50 - let's celebrate
trimmies craft challenge 170 - shaped card
allsorts challenge 170 - anything but square
bunny zoe's crafts challenge 27 - summer
magnolia mania challenge 54 - lieblings magnolia stempel
southern girls challenge 52 - it's all about the flora (flowers)
abc challenge - w for wishes
stempel magie challenge 67 - besondere Kartenform