Hello Lovely!

Hi friends!

I'm here to share my first ever card using the Concord &9th Hello Lovely stamp set. I've had this set for about a month now but I've been intimidated to stamp and color it -the big flower is not exactly easy to shade! I did enjoy coloring this a lot in the end and I think it's now easier to use this after I've had my first go with it! I colored the image with Copics and added white gel pen dots here and there. 

My color inspiration comes from the May color challenge at Seven Hills Crafts Blog. I chose the color palette on right. My Copic coloring ended up being a bit brighter than the colors in the photo but I hope it's ok! I managed to use all 5 colors which was fun and also helped a lot in choosing colors for this quite large image.  

I'm also entering:

The Paper Players: Tic Tac Toe

(pink, leaves, flowers)

Simon Says Monday Challenge: The Great Outdoors

AAA Cards: Bright and Beautiful

Thanks for popping by!

May CAS Challenge at Happy Little Stampers

Hi friends!

We are in May already... Summer holidays are just behind the corner! :)

The May CAS Challenge at Happy Little Stampers is rain.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

In my card I'm using a sentiment from HLS Rainy Days stamp set. I've heat embossed it with white powder on my grey, textured card base. All the card stock I used in this card has some sort of texture for adding interest to this super simple design. 

Now I hope you'll head on to Happy Little Stampers and have a look at the wonderful DT samples. After that it's your turn to make a CAS card related to rain! Happy crafting! 

Inspired by Marina

Hi friends!

My good friend Marina is being CASEd at City Crafter Challenge and of course I did not want to miss the opportunity to CASE her myself. Her card gave me so many ideas, I absolutely loved the layout. Here it is:

I followed Marina's layout and colors but switched up the colors by using brown card base and white, die cut snowflakes (inspired by current CASology: Season... I chose the Christmas season).  Before die cutting the snowflakes I adhered stick it- adhesive to my white card and with the help of that this card took no time at all! I love that stick-it product. :) I used a very simple sentiment by MFT to keep my design CAS, those die cut snowflakes do fill most of the card... But since I have no extra layers and my design is so repetitive and simple, I hope I'm still within CAS! 

The snowflake die is by Joy Crafts. I've been wanting this die for more than 2 years... I had once received one die cut from somewhere, no idea where, and since making one of my all-time favorite Christmas cards with it (photo of that fave card below) I knew I HAVE TO find the die... And after a lot of detective work I now have it! :) 

Anyway friends, I wish you all a happy weekend and a fun May Day if you are celebrating it. Thanks for popping by!

Along with  City Crafter Challenge and CASology I'm entering:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Quick Birthday Card for Challenges

Hi friends! 

Here's a CAS birthday card I made with some challenges in mind:

Less Is More: Stripes

(my 2nd entry)

The Heart Desires: Color Palette

Addicted to CAS: Rainbow

Sugar Pea Designs Challenge: Inspiration Photo

The design in my card is stamped with a PTI border stamp (from the same stamp set than my first card for LIM stripes) and is colored in with Copics. I added a simple stamped sentiment from Concord & 9th. I tried to add sequins and what not but nothing seemed to work so this is one of my no embellies, no nothing cards! The expression "no nothing" comes from a concert hall location where they don't want you to enter one particular door.... There's a sign "no backstage, no exit, no nothing" and it always makes me smile. They really don't want you to go trough that "no nothing" door. :) !

Thanks for popping by! 

Butterflies for Challenges

Hi friends, I hope you have a good Sunday evening!

I'm here to share a CAS card for three fun challenges:

Less Is More: Stripes

Inspired by All the Little Things: photo inspiration

CAS Mix Up: Inlaid die cutting, stamping + your choice (dry embossing, copics). My 2nd entry to this challenge!

I've used a Taylored Expressions embossing folder for creating the stripes in my card base. For the focal point I cut a white circle and stamped PTI butterflies on it. I then cut a black frame where I inlaid the white circle. I think inlaid die-cuts are so good for CAS! Less layers, more CAS, right. :) The butterflies are colored in with Copics and I've also coated them with Wink of Stella. I added white dots with white gel pen to perk up the frame a bit. My usual choice would have been to add a sentiment heat embossed with white powder on black card but I wanted to add some grey to the card (inspired by the silver in the photo inspiration) and I actually really like the outcome! 

Sorry for the shadows in the card (well they do show that I've popped up the circle with foam adhesive!), I had to photograph this in unnatural light. It's late here already. :)

Thanks for popping by and happy new week!

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here sharing my DT card for the new Inkspirational Challenge: Graffiti stamping. Very fun technique with overlapping sentiments! Basically you just choose a bunch of sentiment stamps and stamp away using different ink colors and your artistic eye. :) There's wonderful DT samples in the challenge blog. We are also having a new -well, "old"!- DT member, Kylie! I say old because she is re-joining the team after a couple of years break. Welcome back, Kylie! :) 

My card is very self-explanatory. I've first stenciled a very light brick bg and done my stamping on top of it using Hero Arts Neon inks + black Versafine ink. The happy- and for you- stamps are by Hero Arts, the other stamps are from an unknown maker. I did some card layering and added sequins to make my card a bit more interesting. Thanks for popping by, hope you like! 

TIME OUT Challenges Reminder

Hi friends!

Here's my DT card for the current Time Out Challenge where we are inspired by this pretty photo:

STAMPlorations is sponsoring the challenge with two prizes -click HERE for all the challenge details and prize info! I promise you will also be very inspired by all the DT creations and the fantastic work of our guest designer Michelle.  

I was inspired by both of the butterflies in the photo and the color palette of the photo. I used stamps from a STAMPlorations set Trendy Butterflies 2 which might be my new STAMPlorations favorite! I combined it with a sentiment from another set, Balloons and Banners: I love the combined look of the detailed, stunning butterfly and the simple, fun sentiment. After stamping the butterfly on pink card I masked it and stamped some splatters with white pigment ink behind it -I added the detail photo so you could see the splatters better, the photo of the whole card doesn't really show the white ink -and this result I was so so happy with! I might be only stamping with black ink on colored card and using white ink for background from here on. ;) I've used frame dies (W+9) and some clear sequins to finish off the card. 

Thanks for popping by!

I'd like to enter:

STAMPlorations Things With Wings Linky Party

STAMPlorations April Theme Challenge: Wings

STAMPlorations Never-Ending AG Challenge