Snowmen for Challenges

Hi friends!

I have a fun, cute card for today. I created it with Lawn Fawn stamps and am entering the current Lawnscaping Challenge: Patterns

My patterns are dots and stripes (in the background).

I'm also finally entering Milka's I love Math Challenge #2. The idea behind this challenge is

TWO

Two is an even number and first prime number. 

An even number is a number that can be divided evenly with 2.

A prime number can be divided, without a remainder, only by itself and by 1.

So, my card:

I started with TWO masks.

I used TWO DI colors for sponging the masked half circle.

I colored in TWO snowmen with Copics and die cut them.

I also added TWO patterns to my card design: dots with white gel pen and stripes that are found in the background paper. I finished the card with the stamped sentiment, stamped snowbank and TWO die cut snowflakes with TWO rhinestones.

By the way: I totally stamped 4 things to this card: the snowmen, the snowbank and the sentiment. 2+2=4. ;)

The colors I chose come from the inspiration photo of Addicted to Stamps and More. I also used water splashes for the bg + I definitely love Lawn Fawn images! :)

The final challenge I'm entering is new to me: Double D Challenges. The theme is polka dots. 

Thanks for popping by and I hope you like my card! Have a fun, crafty weekend everyone! 

New Challenge at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!

We have a new fun challenge for you at TIME OUT:

"Holidays with the Optional Twist of No Stamping"

(stamped sentiments allowed)

Uniko Studios is sponsoring our challenge by giving one random "twister" a 15 pounds voucher. Yay!

I chose to twist and made my simple card out of a die cut snowflake on a red, punched square. I added some rhinestones, heat embossed the sentiment and the simplest card of all times was done! I quite like the look of this, so simple yet quite pretty! 

Our guest designer this time is Aileen, she made such a cute card with a wonderful image for us. Do go and check out what she and the regular DT members have made for your inspiration! I can't wait to see you playing along at TIME OUT, happy crafting! 

I'd like to enter the current Less Is More: Tactile. My interesting things to touch are the heat embossed, raised sentiment, the rhinestones and the snowflake -you can touch the parts that are raised from the square and you really want to do that when you have the card in your hand! :) 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a new, inspiring word prompt for you at Inkspirational: Dip! The DT has come up with some pretty amazing ideas for this so do check out their cards!

I went with " paint dipped" paintbrushes from PTI. I made a fast and simple ink smooshed (or whatever it's called!) background with DI:s, plastic and water and then stamped the PTI images and the sentiment from STAMPlorations. Hope you like and I hope to see you at Inkspirational! 

I chose my color palette from ColourQ:

Aloha!

Hi friends!

I have a card for you today that I absolutely loved making and that's great because this My Favorite Things Polynesian Paradise set has not seen ink often enough in my house! Now I feel like making lots of more cards with this. I love the way this card turned out. So cheerful and summery. I hope you like it too! I got the idea for layout after seeing this card here through Pinterest. Thank you Yoonsun for the inspiration!

All my coloring is done with Copics. I've also used "the scraps" from a storybook die my friend Marina cut for me with her Silhouette. Apart from stamping and coloring there really isn't anything else in the card so let's go straight to the challenges I'm entering:

City Crafter Challenge: Typically Tropical

Thanks Marina for inspiring me to enter! 

Seven Hills Crafts Blog: July Color Challenge
(I used the second board for the reds, greens and beige that I have in my smaller flowers) And I have a fruit too. :)

Marker Pop: Use Die Cuts

Thanks for popping by! If you find the time to comment, I'll try to return the favor! :) 

New Challenge at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at TIME OUT: a fab photo inspiration you see above! Many possibilities how to be inspired here, right? :) Please head on over to the challenge blog for all the challenge details and while there, have a look how our talented GD Stephanie along with our regular DT members have interpreted the photo! 

My card is a very simple CAS card with stamping only, no embellies even... I know. I suck at adding any bits and bobs. :) Someone should take over my CAS cards and add sequins, enamel dots and other fun stuff to them! The paint brush stamp comes from STAMPlorations and the bold sentiment is  from a sentiment stamp set my good friend Sandie has given to me. MISTI is soooooo helpful in stamping bold sentiments like this -the ink coverage you get with multiple stampings looks amazing! Hope you like and see you at TIME OUT!

Paper Smooches August GD Search Card #2

Hi guys!

Here's my second entry to Paper Smooches August Guest Designer Search. I've used a fun, fun set called Woofers and Tweeters and created a little "gift giving scene" with a storybook die my friend Marina cut for me with her Silhouette.  I also have to thank Milla for the beautiful sentiment die cuts! 

All the coloring is done with Copics, also for the sentiment die cut. Love the way that turned out! In addition to the stamps, storybook and sentiment dies I've also used patterned paper, SSS curved edges dies + a grass die (manufacturer forgotten, maybe Marianne Designs, maybe not!) + a tiny bow die that once came with a crafting magazine. This miniature die is really one of my faves, I use it very often! The sky is sponged with light blue ink and I've added texture to it with a Prima background stamp -maybe if you enlarge the photo, you'll see it better.

I've used the Woofers and Tweeters set before also and below is my favorite card I've made with it -well, this far -I think today's card is my new favorite!  Click here for the info of the card below with mirror stamping. 

Thanks for popping by and good luck to us all applying as GD for Paper Smooches! 

Paper Smooches August Guest Designer Search

Hi guys! 

Paper Smooches is searching for a guest designer for the month of August (click here for details) and I thought I want to give it a try. Above is the new card I made for the competition and below are two older cards I've made with this same stamp set. Below the pics you'll find links to the original blog posts. I absolutely love this happy flower set, the images are so fun to color in and it's easy to create different card layouts with them. 

Click here for details of the Blossoming Buds stamp set I used. 

In my new card I've used both flower clusters of this stamp set. The bigger one is die cut and colored in with Copics and the smaller one is used in creating the background strip. I masked the strip, applied 3 shades of inks and then stamped the outline flowers with the same ink colors for subtle look. I attached the flower panel to a black card base that I had dry embossed with a "zebra" embossing folder. The same folder is actually used in the card base of the pink card below. 

Hope you like and thank you Paper Smooches people for checking out my cards and for this opportunity to apply to be a guest designer! 

The original post with the pink card is here .

The original post with the yellow card is here.