New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post for Inkspirational, where our new challenge is "Santa". I had very fun creating this card with various dies and other products! The Merry die is by Sizzix/Tim Holtz and the Santa die comes from Simon Says Stamp. I created the post stamps with Marianne Design dies and patterned paper from Dear Santa paper pack from memory-place. I gave a vintage look to the background with some 49 and Market rub ons and finished my postage stamps by adding detail with Waffle Flower Crafts postage collage stamps. All and all this card needed lots of die cutting, glueing and fiddling with things but it was very fun! 

I hope to see you joining us! Lots of more DT inspiration and all of the challenge details HERE. 

I'd like to join:

Snippets Playground #493

Lots and lots of paper scraps where used for die cutting the Santa, the stamps and the Merry-sentiment

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

We have a new fun challenge for you at Time Out; it's a photo inspiration challenge, but you can also use it simply as a coffee themed challenge. You could also be inspired by some elements in the photo AND coffee, which is what I have done with my card!

This card is actually taken by me on my work trip to New York on spring 2023. I was fortunate enough to meet my good friend and our Time Out general manager Stephanie during my trip! We where together when we bumped into this sign outside a cafe and thought it would be a perfect coffee themed photo inspiration! I hope you'll agree and join us! 

Our winner receives a prize from Newton's Nook and also gets called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our GD is the talented Heidi Kunkel and she has made a wonderfully colorful card for us. Don't miss her inspiration or any of the challenge details, click HERE. 

I used a stamp set by Simon Says Stamp in my card. I've stamped everything with white Hero Arts pigment ink on black card for sort of a chalkboard look. My only embellishment is a die cut, red heart. I quite like how this simple card came together!

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! 

 

Inkspirational Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here to remind you of our current challenge at Inkspirational, where we want you to make clean and simple cards! To help you out, here's what we'll be looking for with your Clean and Simple designs: 

✅ One main focal point
✅ Lots of OPEN space (doesn't 'have' to be white)
✅ Minimal Layers
✅ Minimal Embellishments

My card is sort of "grungy", layered CAS, but I do feel that gathering all my elements to the middle of the card creates only one "focal point"... And the color scheme is very monochrome which also tones it down. I've heat embossed the sentiment with gold powder. Sentiment stamp is by Simon Says Stamp (I've done little surgery, there should also be a Y'all in it but I cut it out), background stamp by Marianne Design and leaves are by Memory Box. The leaves are cut from a piece of water color paper that I "cleaned" a film of acetate with - I had done some water coloring with distress inks in fall colors and the left over of the inks is now on these leaves. :) 

I hope to see you joining us! 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge "Hearts" at Inkspirational Challenges. I decided to use my SSS hearts die and made a sort of 3d design with it (unfortunately one can't really see the dimension in the photo). There's 3 layers of the pink flowers so they pop up beautifully from the centre. I covered them with Stickles too to make them very shiny. Small pink gems add to the shine as well. Sentiment is simply stamped and by Penny Black. Please head on over to our challenge blog for lots of more DT inspiration and all the challenge details!

I'd like to join: 

CAS on Friday: Valentine

Cut It Up Challenge: Have a Heart

Simply Clean And Simple: Anything Goes with Optional Theme of Pink

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Love/Valentine

Just Us Girls: Love

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here to share my DT card for the new challenge at Inkspirational! For the next fortnight we are inspired by this mood board:

My inspiration points were cookies, whipped cream and Christmas drinks (I'm thinking the bottom right image is from a Christmas hot cocoa nook!) ... along with white writing on black. I've colored a Dreamflare Studios digital image with a no line look -I printed the image to be only 20% of the normal outline strength. I used my Copics + colored pencils for the coloring. For an extra wintry look I decided to use a fSSS alling snow stencil with white paste but although this stencil is a long time fave I do regret using it this time... The image is quite delicate and the stencilig overpowers it a bit... But after using quite some time practicing coloring this image I didn't want to remake the card again lol!! The sentiment comes from a Tree Room Studios set.

Do head on over to Inkspirational for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration!

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Thinking of You

 

Card for Time Out Challenges!

Hi friends!

I'm sorry to be a couple of days late with my DT card for Time Out... I was away from home and couldn't upload my card before leaving. Anyway -now I'm back and here's what I made! :) 

For the next fortnight we are inspired by this photo:

I was inspired by several things in the photo:

-color scheme

-font style in in the sentiments

-a golden bird

-"holes" in the storage wall

Can you spot all the that in my card? :)

I've used dies from Lawn Fawn and Simon Says (for the sentiment) 

Do head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration. 

 

Inkspirational Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here to remind you of our current challenge at Inkspirational: Seasonal

You can pick any season you want. I went with winter and holiday season and made a little Christmas card to my stash! I've used a Waffle Flower stencil along with sentiment die from SSS to create this card. Love how it turned out! Do head on over to our challenge blog for plenty of inspiration from our design team. 

I'm joining:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Flowers

The Flower Challenge: Your favorite flower (Poinsettia is no doubt my favorite flower when it comes to winter flowers and I have quite a collection of poinsettia stamps, dies and stencils lol!) 

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Inkspirational where the challenge for next fortnight is "Stitching, real or faux" 

My choice is faux -the white oval Simon Says Stamp die cut has stitched edges. Apart from the oval, all other products are by Hero Arts. I've used "Magnolia Branches" cover plate for the background. I cut it from faux watercolor designer paper and glued it on top of another sheet of same paper for tone on tone look. The butterflies from "Butterfly Pair stamp and cut" - combo are colored with Copics. Cutting out the oval shape around them did amputate their wings lol... But I've taped them back and re-inforced the back with an additional die cut layer and I think it works just fine. I couldn't figure out how I could have made this looks with partial die cutting so this was how I did it then, a bit brutal but succesful in the end. :) I love the butterfly die -it's so fun how it only cuts out the wings, you can lift them up and it looks like your butterfly is fluttering upwards from your card. 

Thank you for popping by! I hope you'll now head on over to our challenge blog for lots of more DT inspiration and all the challenge details. 

I'd like to join:

Stay Crafty With Hero Arts February Challenge: Animal Crackers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Paper Funday: Anything Goes with Lots of Layers

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Time Out and it's a nice an easy "anything birthday goes"! We are celebrating our 9th birthday! We have lots of inspiration in the post too, along with the DT projects we have Special Guest Sandie joining us and also Hannelie as our guest designer. Newton's Nook sponsors the challenge with a whopping $25 voucher to our winner! 

In my card I've white heat embossed and water colored Newton's Nook peonies for focal poinst. The heat embossed background is made with a Simon Says Stamp background stamp. Sentiment by Waffle Flower. This card was pretty quick to make, water coloring is so much faster than Copic coloring lol! 

I look forward seeing your cards in the gallery. 

I'm joining:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Emboss it

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Frame it

 

Card for Challenges

 Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post to share a card I made some challenges in mind. I was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches  and the new challenge at  The Flower Challenge is to use your latest stash. This is my first time using the amazing Spellbinder dies I eyed for months before buying them before Christmas... And now it's the first time they saw some card stock! Therefore sharing also at NBUS Challenge #47. The blue color palette is inspired by Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge. Also sharing at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge with the love theme. Allsorts challenge is an AG challenge with an "I love..."-option. This is an "I love you"-type of card! :) 

The sentiment stamp is by SSS and the plaid paper is by Lawn Fawn. Hope you like and thank you for popping by! 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here sharing my DT card for Inkspirational where we for the next fortnight are inspired by this amazing moodboard:

You could use al photos or just one photo/ some photos as your starting point. In our challenge blog HERE you'll find lots of more DT inspiration and all the challenge details!

I went with the color palette of brown, cream and reds and chose hearts as my motives. The big die cut hears are made with a Simon Says stamp die, sentiments also by SSS. Small dies are Winnie and Walter and the slimline die is by Marianne Design. I apologize for the awful colors of this photo, I assure you it's a cute card IRL... Lighting situation of winter Finland where not working for my advance in this one!!

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us!

I'll play along at 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out where we challenge you with a theme Tropical!

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of DT inspiration!

I combined several products in making this card. The parrot is by Altenew and I colored it with Copics. The gold heat embossed background is made with a Uniko stamp and the sentiment, white heat embossed on vellum, comes from SSS. Hope you like and thank you for popping by! I look forward seeing what you'll create for us!

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Add a sentiment

We Love Stamping UK: Anything stamped

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for TIME OUT Challenges where we for the next fortnight have a fun CASE challenge for you. 

Please head on over to our challenge blog to read more about CASEing! All the challenge and prize details there as well along with lots of DT inspiration. 

I decided to make a very CAS card and created it with a Sweet Spring Altenew stencil! This stencil has two layers and I love the dimensional look you can achieve with the two ink colors. Layering the stencils was pretty simple and I love this look! So soft and dreamy! I die cut a heart with SSS die and simply stamped a sentiment from a Gina K stamp set. Some tiny paint splatters finish off this card!

Now it's your turn to take time out and craft and join in the fun! Our winner gets called to guest design in a future challenge and this time we are very happy to have the ever so talented Ashwini Rao joining us. Next time it could be you!! Happy crafting! 

 

New Challenge at AAA Birthday!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for February's AAA Birthday Challenge where we want you to use pattern in your birthday cards!

I actually first created a card with paisley pattern for this challenge -paisley is maybe my favorite pattern of all times- and ended up not being able to use it... I was all silly and made the card into a friendship card! I realized my mistake only after it was all made: we only allow birthday cards in this challenge!! Oops. :) Do not make my mistake! :) In a way I'm surprised this was the first time I forgot in the whole year or so thatI've been a member at AAA Birthday. :) The first card is cute though and you can see it in my Instagram. 

The card you see here is made with a white heat embossed SSSS background image that I water colored with Karin Markers. Love the soft pastel feel of this, perfect for spring! 

Please head on over to our challenge blog for more DT inspiration and all the challenge details. 

 

New Challenge and Micro Blog Hop at AAA Birthday!

 

Hi friends!

The new challenge at AAA Birthday for January 2022 (yay for the new year!) is to create birthday cards with two of your favorite colors. I have many favorite combos but I decided to go with blue and green. I made my card using an Altenew stencil set "Playful Patterns" and combined that with sentiment stamps from SSS. A quick and easy card! 

The first challenge of the year is also part of a micro blog hop:

To celebrate the New Year, new beginnings and new blog colours AAA Birthday and AAA Cards are having a micro blog hop.

Fancy winning a £10 spend at ........ or a second prize of a mystery parcel? Then play along like this:

1. Comment on both AAA Birthday and AAA Cards first 2022 challenge post.

2. For two extra entries into the draw enter a different card at each of the first 2022 challenges.

To accommodate the different timings of the two challenges the Micro Hop will begin at 8.00am UK time on Sunday 9th January and close at 23.55 UK time on Saturday 22nd January.

You can of course enter cards at AAA Birthday before and after those dates, but they will not be a part of the prize draw.

Happy crafting and enjoy the hop too! xxx

New Challenge at Time Out!

 Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for Time Out Challenges where our last challenge of the year is "New". The challenge is sponsored by Uniko with a stamp set for our winner! We also call our winners to guest design for us and this time our guest is the CAS superstar Chrissie. We also have two amazing new DT members, Nancy and Aarthi... Click HERE to visit the challenge blog to meet all these ladies and to be inspired!! All challenge and prize details there too. 

I've used a new (to me) Penny Black image and also the teal Copic combo for the vase is new... Also I think I've never used exactly this kind of card layout in a square card so I'll call that new too! The panel behind the flower image is a water colored panel I made months ago. I added interest by die cutting a SSS heart shape. Sentiment die is by Altenew. 

I'd like to join:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Anything PB Goes

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at Time Out!

December Waffle Flower Challenge

 

Hi friends!

I'm here with a super quick post to share a card I made for the December challenge at Waffle Flower blog. This challenge is all about winter birthdays and the timing was perfect -I needed a card for my crafting buddy Milla , she celebrated her birthday on the 15th. All sorts of Christmas preparations have taken up my time so that I'm sharing my card here only now... But better late than never and at least the challenge is still running lol! So, I'm inspired of the theme of the first week of the challenge although the third week is already running. :) I'm using WF poinsettia stamps and dies along with a sentiment from another floral set. I've colored the images with a combination of Copics and Altenew markers. The background die is by Catherine Pooler and the oval is by SSS if I remember right. Hope you like and thank you so much for popping by! Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating! xxx

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

A super quick post from me, am a bit in a hurry when writing this... 

We are back with another fun challenge for you at Time Out Challenges and this time it's one of our popular theme challenges and this theme encourages you to use colored base card/ card front in your project! We also have an optional twist of adding embellishments. 

Please have a look at our blog for all the prize info, challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration! 

Stamp used: by Simon Says Stamp 

Other key supplies of the card: Two shades of red card, copper embossing powder, colored pencils for the poinsettias, white and gold paint for splatters.

Thank you for popping by!

 

New Challenge at AAA Birthday Card Challenges!

 Hi friends!

We are in July already and that means we have another inspirational AAA Birthday Card Challenge for you. This time we encourage you to use embossing folders in your birthday cards!

Play along and you could be called to guest design for us in a future challenge! This time our GD is the talented Debbie Mageed.

I've used an Altenew embossing folder that embosses a 3d frame. I hope you can see it clearly enough in the photo, blogger loves to make my photos look bad... :( I've also used sentiment stamps by Simon Says Stamp and flower stamps from Picket Fence. Coloring with Altenew markers. Hope you like!

Thank you for popping by! I look forward seeing your cards in the gallery. All the challenge info and fabulous DT inspiration in our challenge blog HERE.  

I'm playing along at:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

The Flower Challenge: Add spots (mine are gold paint)

Stamping Sensations: For a Lady

We Love Chocolate Baroque: Beautiful Blooms

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out where we want you to be inspired by movies!

You can be inspired by movies in general, choose some specific movie or even choose an genre of movies as your starting point. Many possibilities here! Head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details. Our winner wins an amazing prize from our sponsor Poppystamps and is called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our GD is the very talented Nancy Elrick from Nancy's Creative Mess. Do not miss her card or any DT inspiration, click HERE!

I was inspired by a classic scary crime/thriller movie Silence of the Lambs! You remember all the butterflies that are found in the killer's home?! Yaiks. The poster of the film is very simple with a black and white image of Jodie Foster and a reddish butterfly covering her mouth and along with the butterfly theme, I was inspired by the look of that poster. Sorry I can't seem to find an image that I could copy and share (none of the sites let me do that)  but if you google it, you'll find it!

I used a SSS Beautiful Butterflies stamp set in my card. All stamping with black Versafine. The card would be a one layer card if I would not have wanted to add that pop of red! :)

I was also inspired by the sketch at AAA Card Challenge. 

Also joining: 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

CASology: Strength (Jodie Foster 's character surely needed strength in the movie! Also this is a 'Thinking of You' kind of card, sending strength to a friend)

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you joining us at Time Out!