Happy Sunday everyone,

today I'm back with another Make it Crafty Clean & Simple inspiration card.

I wanted to use one of the new beautiful floral images from the Blooming Flowers Digi Stamp Collection. So I decided to color in the Gorgeous Hydrangeas Digi Stamp with my Copics.

I really enjoyed coloring this image! I stamped the «happy birthday» sentiment from the Make a Wish Asha Red Rubber Stamp set in Versafine «Onyx Black». To finish my card I added some matching sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Skipping Stones Design | Stamp & Share Challenge #1

Hi everyone,

today starts the first Skipping Stones Stamp & Share Challenge!

The challenge will be the last Friday of every month and will run for a week. We will be challenging you to sketches, colors, inspiration and themes – whatever strikes our fancy! One random person will win a Skipping Stones Design stamp set of their choice and each of the design team gals will be sharing their favorite card for the week.  
Skipping Stones Design stamps are not required, but highly encouraged. Challenge will end on Friday, September 4 at 5:00 pm EST. If you are on social media sites use #skippingstonesdesign and #stampandshare and if you upload to Splitcoaststampers use the keywords ssd and skippingstonesdesign.

This weeks challenge is Christmas. Let's start on those Christmas cards, shall we?

Here is the card I created:

I heat embossed these filigree ornaments from the new Joy stamp set in silver. I added silvery thread to hang them up. To mimic some kind of candy cane stripes I cut thin strips of silver foil cardstock and adhered them at an angle.

So now head over to the Skipping Stones Design Blog to see all the creations from my team mates.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Skipping Stones Design | Butterfly Hello

Hello everyone,

today I have my very first post over at the Skipping Stones Design Blog. I created a card with some colorful butterflies.

When I received the Breathtaking Butterflies stamps, I realized that they would be perfect for the Two-Step Stamping technique. At first I stamped the solid butterfly image three times in a lighter color. I arranged my butterflies as they would flutter across my card. Then I chose darker shades to stamp the detailed butterfly image on top.

The «Hello» is from the Heartsong 2 set and I stamped it in Versafine «Onyx Black». I adhered a piece of diagonal striped patterned paper to my card base. Finally, I adhered my panel which was cut using a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die with foam tape.

To add some sparkle, I went over the butterflies with a Wink of Stella Clear Brush Pen.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Challenge #4 | Tress Dancing

Hi everyone,

Today I want to share with you my latest card for the Make it Crafty CAS Challenge #4 where we want you to use a «Cropped Image». If you don't know how to crop your digital image you can find Zoe's helpful video HERE.

For my card I've chosen the adorable Tress Dancing Digi Stamp.

I've never colored such a large image before and the hair was quite a bit challenging for me ;o) Also my darker brown Copic markers were clogged so I ended up with some ugly strokes here and there. But in the end I like how it turned out.

You can't see it on the photo but I added Glossy Accents to the apple and some sparkle to the bow and earrings with the ZIG Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen. To create my own kind of sentiment embellishment I die cut the word «hello» (WPlus9 die) from black cardstock and heat embossed it with three layers of clear embossing powder. Love the shine and dimension you achieve.

To create the curve I used a stitched border die from My Favorite Things and added a piece of Lawn Fawn's patterned paper to my card base. The tiny chipboard stars are from the Shooting Stars Elements set.

There's still time to enter our «Cropped Image» challenge by the end of the month. You can find all the details HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge August

Good morning everyone,

today is the 15th of the month, so it's time for the bastel-traum.ch Challenge.

 

This time we have a beautiful design-seeds color palette for you – love these yummy colors!

The challenge will run until September 15th, 8:55 am CET (Central European Time).

I hope you don't get bored because I stamped another random floral background using the pretty «Freestyle Flowers» from Mama Elephant.

The dye inks are from Stampin' Up! and Studio Calico and the cardstock is from SU, too. I white heat embossed the sentiment from the stamp set «More Than Words» by The Alley Way Stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Essentials by Ellen | Mondo Magnolia by Julie Ebersole

Hello everyone,

I totally forgot to post this card which I already created a couple of weeks ago ;o) It features the beautiful and huge Essentials by Ellen «Mondo Magnolia» which was designed by the talented Julie Ebersole.

I stamped the magnolia twice on the opposite corners of my panel and heat embossed them in white. Then I did some Prismacolor Pencils Coloring (I know there are no turquoise magnolias in reality but I simply love this color *lol*). The «Tip Top Taupe» cardstock (one of the new Stampin' Up!  In Colors) is a bit darker than the usual Kraft cardstock I use.

The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up! set and means «Thinking of You». I white heat embossed it, too.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Homework OCC | Background Check | Day 1+3

Hi everyone,

although I'm pretty busy at the moment, I didn't want to miss the current Online Card Class Background Check.

I created a card using one of the fun techniques with ink reaction shown on Day 1 by Jennifer McGuire: Distress inked background and using a baby wipe over a stencil on top.

I inked up my background with three Distress Inks: «Salty Ocean», «Peacock Feathers» and «Cracked Pistachio». Then I positioned the Hero Arts «Leaf & Flourish» stencil on top and carefully wiped a baby wipe over it to remove some of the ink. I really like this kind of bleached/washed out look.

I was inspired by Jennifer’s card design and cut my inked panel in two pieces and adhered them to my card base leaving a gap. Then I stamped my sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp stamp set with Versafine «Onyx Black» in between. The word «happy» was cut from silver glitter cardstock using a SSS die.

I link up my finished card to the Day 3 Student Gallery. If I'd like to make another card for this class I will have to hurry because it will end pretty soon ;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Stempelgarten Challenge August

Good morning peeps,

Today starts the new Stempelgarten Challenge with the theme «Hmm, yummy!». This means you'll have to add something food related to your project like a cake or cupcake, fruits, chocolate, BBQ etc.

I combined this cute little panda from the Your Next Stamp «Love and Smiles» stamp set with the C.C. Designs «Cupcake Die» to create a sweet birthday card.

I colored this lovely image with Copics and fussy cut it. For the cupcake die-cut I simply used some scraps of patterned paper (I wish I'd added some shading to the cupcake because it looks really flat). In the background I sponged some light aqua stars using the Memory Box «Starry Nights» stencil. The striped paper on the card base and the sentiment from the «Baked with Love» stamp set are by Lawn Fawn. To embellish my card I added a thin strip of silver foil and a couple of pearls.

This challenge will run until August 31st, 2015 and you can win a voucher with a value of CHF 20.– for the Stempelgarten Online Shop.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a sweet day!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Challenge #4

Hi everyone,

today starts a new Make it Crafty Clean and Simple Challenge. This month we want you to use a «Cropped Image».

Here is a sneak peek of my card:

Now hop over to the Make it Crafty Store Blog to see the full card and all the beautiful creations from my lovely team mates. We also announced the winner and the Top 3 of our «Shaker Cards» challenge.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

Skipping Stones Design Grand Reopening/New Release Blog Hop – Day 2

Happy Sunday everyone,

today I'm back again for Day 2 of the Skipping Stones Design Grand Reopening/New Release Blog Hop. You can see my card for Day 1 here. There are already lots of stamps in the Skipping Stones Design Stamp Store. Heather is offering free shipping to EVERYONE to celebrate - enter 'freeship' at checkout. She also released two brand-new Christmas stamp sets: Joy and Christmas Labels.

So here is my very first Christmas card for this year ;-)

At first I masked off a rectangle and blended a Light Aqua Dye Ink with a fresh Lime Green. Then I white heat embossed this lovely christmas tree from the Joy stamp set. I embellished the tree with rhinestones. The «Merry Christmas» is a combo of a silver heat embossed sentiment from the Christmas Labels stamp set and a silver foil die-cut (SSS die).

Hope you like my Christmas card in non-traditional colors!

Now hop over to Lee Ann to see her beautiful creation.

We hope you enjoy all the amazing design team projects along this Blog Hop and of course their is a prize up for grabs! You can win a $25 credit to the SSD store. So make sure you leave a comment at each stop. Commenting will be left open until Saturday, August 8th and the winner will be announced on Monday, August 10th!

If you get lost during the hop, here is the complete line-up:

Skipping Stones Design

Coralynn

Wanda

Teresa

Anja —> that's me ;-)

Lee Ann

Giovana

Martha

Chelsea

Thank you so much for stopping by! Make sure to check back because we will start a new SSD Challenge soon.

Winner Announcement Winnie & Walter Gift Card Giveaway

I'm popping in again to announce the winner of the Winnie & Walter $30 Gift Card Giveaway which was randomly drawn from all the comments on my Leading Lady posts.

Congrats, TracyM #6773! You are the lucky one! I've emailed you ;-)

Skipping Stones Design Grand Reopening/New Release Blog Hop – Day 1

Hi everyone,

today I have a special post for you! A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the brand-new design team of a returning stamp company located in the US – Skipping Stones Design. I'm glad to join them and we start with a fun Blog Hop. 

Welcome to the Skipping Stones Design Grand Reopening/New Release Blog Hop. Skipping Stones Design has been around since 2005 but unofficially closed down for a few years while the owner Heather Timmins took some time off to graduate from school and she finally did! Congratulations Heather! So now she's back with a new design team, stamps and more …

Heather is offering free shipping to EVERYONE to celebrate - enter 'freeship' at checkout.

We hope you enjoy all the amazing design team projects along this Blog Hop and of course their is a prize up for grabs! You can win a $25 credit to the SSD store. So make sure you leave a comment at each stop. Commenting will be left open until Saturday, August 8th and the winner will be announced on Monday, August 10th!

Now here is the card I created:

It's no secret that I simply love butterflies *giggle*, so I stamped my whole background with a solid stamp from the Breathtaking Butterflies set. I used Altenew and Simon Says Stamp Dye Inks in a pastel color palette and my MISTI to get these crisp impressions. The sentiment is from the Heartsong stamp set and I heat embossed it in white and cut a little banner. I put some silver thread behind it and adhered it with foam tape. For the edges of my panel I used one of the «Stitched Borders» from Lawn Fawn.

Now everyone let's start hopping and we hope you enjoy all the creations along the way and should you get lost, below is the complete line-up:

Skipping Stones Design

Coralynn

Wanda

Teresa

Anja —> that's me ;-)

Lee Ann

Giovana

Martha

Chelsea

Thank you so much for stopping by and happy hopping! See you tomorrow for Day 2 of the Blog Hop!