Have a BERRY sweet birthday (mouse and snail)

Hello everyone,

today I am back with a brand new card for Papercraft Challenges. This time the theme was "Fruits, Food and Vegetables" and this is what I made:

When I was making this card I looked outside the window and saw a rainy grey outside and really craved for some warmth and most of all sunshine and spring. I think you might feel it when you look at the finished project. It is so bright and quirky and so much more "in your face" than my cards usually are... Looking back I would definately have put vellum behind the designer paper and my cover and also switched the papers for the "berry" part of the sentiment. However I still like how it turned out, but thought I should let you know what I would change if I were to make it again. ;o)

To create the card I started by stamping and colouring in a whole bunch of strawberries, because I wasn't sure how many I would need in the end. (Now I have around 10 of them left, so you might see some tiny strawberries again in future projects...) Next I stamped and coloured the cute mouse and the sweet snail and die cut the letters and the front cover. The latter was cut twice: once from white cardstock and another time from the same red cardstock I used as my card base. I adhered them together after I had trimmed of a tiny bit of both one short and one long side from the red cardstock. This way you get the shadowed effect very easily. The assembling of the letters and the straberries took a bit of time, but when I was happy with the placement I stamped the rest of the sentiment and also adhered the two critters. I hope you like the card and even more so that you will play along with us at Papercraft Challenges this time! Have a lovely day and happy crafting my friends! Yours Maike

Supplies:

Stamps: "Dotty" & "Garden Bugs" by Purple Onion Designs

              "" by Gummiapan

Dies: "Cool Cuts Cherry lowercase" by Create a Smile 

          "Circle Panel Die" by Your Next Stamp

Challenges:
Sweet Stampers "Lots of Layers"
Addicted to Stamps and More "Birthdays"
Unicorn Challenge "Include an Animal"
Make My Monday "Checks or Plaids" 

Boo to You ;o)

Heya everyone ;o)
Good to see you today for another challenge over at the PINspirational Challenge blog. This is our inspiration picture for you:

I love this picture as inspiration because there is so much to choose from. The theme for once and also all the different elements. I chose the ghosts and also the theme as my inspiration. The ghosts are from a set by Hello Bluebird. Tey were stamped on a piece of vellum and then heat embossed, because I  wanted to have the outline show in white. Next I backed the entire piece of vellum with Stick It! adhesive before I fussy cut them all out. 

Only the things they were holding or wearing were stamped on Copic friendly paper and I coloured them in. I placed the die cut stars from a cover up die by Your Next Stamp on an orange card base, coloured in the stitched lines with a white gel pen and then placed the little ghosts, making sure you could see their eyes. Next I freehanded two little spiders into my design and added the sentiment. I hope you like my card and that you will join us for this challenge. It will be the last on the PINspirational Chalenge blog for a few month, so it would be really nice to have a gallery brimming with fabulous ideas this time. Have a wonderful week and happy crafting my dear friends! Sending you all a virtual hug, yours Maike

Supplies:
Stamps: "Frightful Little Bits" by Hello Bluebird
Dies: "Star Panel Die" by Your Next Stamp

Challenges:
Try It On Tuesdays "Halloween"
Animal Friends Challenge "Spiders"
Make My Monday "Orange as Main Colour"
Dragonfly Dreams "Spooky and or Cute"
Cutie Pie Challenge "Too Cute Too Spook"
Unicorn Challenge "Spooky or Cute"
Crafty Calendar Challenge "Halloween"
My Time To Craft "Halloween or Cats"

Sending Smiles - turtle

Hello everyone!

In these crazy times I quite like that making a card still fills me with the same joy and calm, so I am very happy to share a new card with you today:

I made it as an inspiration card for our newest challenge over at the Crafty Cardmakers. The theme this time is "Spring" and I love to see all the bees and butterflies coming back to our garden, so I thought I would use this cute image by Gerda Steiner Designs. 

I die cut a somewhat flower-shape from the patterned paper I had chosen and also die cut a frame to go around that opening. Next I heat-embossed some butterflies on a light blue piece of paper and glued that on a the front of a card base. I place the tortoise on a strip of paper on which I had stamped the greeting and then adhered averything on top of the blue piece with foam tape. Three tiny butterflies in a deeper shade of pink were added as an afterthought to give a bit more interest to the background. I hope you are going to join us in our challenge and create something that makes your heart smile! Please take care and happy crafting, Maike

Supplies:

Stamps: "Hello Friend Tortoise" by Gerda Steiner Designs

              "Butterfly Ink Splatter" by Your Next

Challenges:

Sweet Stampers "Easter or Spring"

Addicted to Stamps and more "Anything Goes"

2 Crafty Critter Crazies "Animals"

Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog "Animals"

Daisy Chain Challenges "Use Dies"

Be Jolly penguin

Heya everyone!

Today I would like to share my inspiration card for the newest challenge at the Papercraft Challenge. The theme is "Winterfun" and I sure hope the little penguin on my card likes ice-skating:

I die cut the frame twice for this card from differently coloured cardstocks and coloured the outside edges of the inside pieces to introduce a third colour as well and added some white sprinkles to them as well. 

I adhered those pieces to a white cardbase and added a lot of glittery white snowflakes and the white embossed sentiment on red cardstock. The combination of red, blue and white always works well, don't you think so too? My little penguin was adhered last, because I wasn't sure if I wanted it raised or not, but in the end I decided to glue it directly to the paper for mailing purposes ;o) I hope you are going to join us with some "Winterfun" as well and will share your talent with us in our gallery! Have a great week everyone and happy crafting! Yours Maike

Supplies:

Stamps: "Skating Party Stamp" by Hello Bluebird

              "Winter Big Scripty Words" by Lawn Fawn plus coordinating dies

Dies: "Winter Big Scripty Lawn Cuts" & "Mini Snowflakes" by Lawn Fawn

         "Photo Booth Panel Die Set" by Your Next Stamp

Soaring by to say (bird)

 Heya everybody,

so glad to see you on the blog! Today I would like to share my card with you that I have made as an inspiration for the newest PINspirational challenge. This is the current inspiration picture:

I decided to have a look through my stamps and find a bird-stamp I would like to use and I have always liked this rather large image by Your Next Stamp, so I went with that cute parrot. I die cut the frame and used a stencil by My Favorite Things to add some light pink clouds to the inside piece to give it a bit more interest and also added some fine sprinkles. 

I stamped the sentiment twice, once on the white paper and a second time on the pink, because I wanted to layer them. Unfortunately it is not as noticable as I had hope - but it is still always worth it trying something new, don't you think? Is there a technique or anything you have tried in card making lately that has surprised you? I would love to see one of your projects in our gallery as well, so why not snoop through your stamps as I have done? It really was fun ;o))) Have a lovely day and happy crafting everyone, yours Maike

Supplies:
Stamps: "Soaring by" by Your Next Stamp

Die: "Wonky Squares Elle-Ments" Avery Elle
Stencil: "Clouds" by MY Favorite Things (retired)
Paper: Lawn Fawn

Beary Happy Birthday!

Hello everyone ;o)

I am back with a new card for the "Dies or Punches" challenge over at the Crafty Cardmakers blog: 

For my card I used three different kinds of dies: the panel die, a letter / sentiment die and a letter / banner die. In my head I had pictured something fun and colourful so I started by creating the background paper. I have used Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers and Fozzilized Amber and blended them together to get a kind of ombre background and splattered it with water to get these fun drops in the background.

Once the background was dry I glued it to a card base and added the panel die-cut on top. The bear fit perfectly size- and themewise for what I had in mind, so I took out my Zig markers and coloured it in. 

Once I had the bear adhered I added the sentiment. I always loved the banner letters and thought they would be perfect for this challenge, so I spelled "beary" with it and finished the sentiment with a die-cut "Happy" and a stamped "birthday". I hope you are going to join us for our challenge at the Crafty Cardmakers! Happy crafting, everyone ;o))) Maike

Supplies:

Stamps: "Birthday Bears"  by My Favorite Things (retired it seems)

Dies: "Circle Panel Die" by Your Next Stamp

          "Stitched Banner Alphabet Dies" by My Favorite Things

          "Happy Birthday Wafer Die" by Simon Says Stamp

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"
Seize The Birthday "Cover the Card"

Stamping Sensations "Loads of Colour"
Cute Card Thursday "Birthdays"
Aud Sentiment Challenge "Anything Goes + Sentiment"

Have a happy colourful birthday!

Heya my friends!

This card is for the current Papercraft Challenge. We would like to see some "Stars" on your project and as you can see there are loads of them on my card ;o)))

I have ink blended a background using Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Melonade and Peacock Feather to get all these beautiful colours. The die and the super cute chameleon are from Your Next Stamp and I love them both ;o)

I have used a sentiment stamp from the set but added the "Happy" on pink from a different set, because I love a vivid green combined with pink. I hope you are going to join us for our "Stars" challenge and I am looking forward to seeing your starry projects ;o) Have a wonderful day and happy crafting ;o) Yours Maike

Supplies:

Stamps: "One in a Chameleon" by Your Next Stamp

Die: "Star Panel Die" by Your Next Stamp

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Simon Says Monday Challenge "Stars and Stripes"

Addicted to Stamps and More "Make Your Mark"

The Library Challenge "Title: The Rainbow"

Sparkles Monthly Challenges "No Patterned Paper"

Whaley Huge Birthday Wishes

Hello y'all ;o)

Yesterday we published a new task at the Crafty Cardmakers Challenge blog. We would like to see "Masculine" cards and projects. This is my inspiration card:

 

When you know some of my cards you'll see that this is a particularly "empty" one for my stile, but I really like it. The background was made quickly with two different shades of blue Oxide Inks (Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch) and spritzed with a few drops of water which i removed with a cloth almost immediately.

While the card base dried I coloured the whale with Copic markers in light blue shades, so it would be clearly visible against the background. Lastly I added the sentiment with Archival Jet Black Ink and the card was done. What do you think? Do you like a very CAS card once in a while?

I hope you are going to play along with our challenge and link your project to our gallery ;o) I also hope to see you soon and wish you a wonderful and crafty week! Yours Maike ;o)

Supplies:

Stamps: "Totally Narly" Your Next Stamp

              "Wild Birthday" von Avery elle
                     (sentiment - unfortunately discontinued so linked to Ellen Hutson)

Challenges

AAA Cards CAS Challenge "Birthday" (Happy 5th birthday!!!)
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"
Sweet Stampers "Animals"
Sweet Stampin "Oceans of Fun"
Addicted to Stamps "For a man / boy"
Crafty Friends Challenge "Men/Boys"
Dragonfly Dreams "For a man / boy"

Happy Birthday "Picture" card

Hello everyone!

For the new challenge at Papercraft Challenge we ask for "Ribbons" on your card or project. This is my inspiration for the theme:

I had one of these polaroid pictures prepared on my desk and thought it would be great to have the colours of the collar represented on the card with ribbons. 

They help accent the sentiment as well I think. I didn't want the card to be too "empty" so I stencilled some stars on to the card base itself and after adhering the polaroid I also added loads of Nuvo drops to make it even more fun. I hope you are going to grab your ribbons and join us in this challenge! Have a wonderful week and happy crafting, yours Maike

Supplies:

Stamps: "Photo Booth" by Your Next Stamp
              "Birthday Wishes" by Pink and Main (discontinued)
Stencil: "Big Stars Polka" by Create A Smile Stamps

Be Silly

Heya everyone!

This is my card for the newest PINspirational Challenge:

As my inspiration I chose the row of photos and for this (and for other things as well...) I love these images by Your Next Stamp! They always make me smile ;o)

And I love the sentiments in the set!I hope you are going to join us for our challenge. Remember, everything about the photo can inspire you - just let us know what it is ;o)

Supplies:

Stamps: "Photo Booth" by Your Next Stamp

I'm not Squidding

Heya my dear crafty friends!

If you have been looking for the new Challenge Up Your Life task last Saturday you might have noticed that there was no new task. This was due to our decision to make CUYL a monthly challenge so more of you get the chance to participate ;o) We hope you are as excited about the change as we are and dive right into our newest challenge themed "Vellum". This is the card I made as an inspiration:

I created a background using Copic refills in various shades of blue on some Yupo paper and I love the look of it. You can achieve such neat looks with alcohol inks that I can promise this won't be the last you'll get to see ;o) I ripped a piece of vellum to get the white looking edge, embossed the sentiment on it and glued it to the back of the Yupo paper so I wouldn't have to use any adhesives at the front. That way I didn't have to worry about the placement of the elements and could just go ahead and put them where I wanted them.

I have combined images from different companies on this card, because I thought they would nonetheless work perfectly together. What do you think? Well, I hope you will join us for this month' challenge and create something awesome with vellum ;o) Have a lovely weekend and happy crafting everybody!!!

Supplies:

Stamps: "Totally Narly" by Your Next Stamp

              "Under The Sea" by C.C.Designs

              "Critters In The Sea" & "Gleeful Gardens" by Lawn Fawn

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze "I've got the Blues"

Sweet Stampin "Anything Goes"

Pile It On Challenge "Lots of Layers"

Polkadoodle Challenge "Anything Goes"

The Crafty Addicts "Anything Goes"

Have a fairy nice day

Hallo ihr Lieben!

Bei den Crafty Cardmakers startet heute eine neue Challenge zum Thema "Alles mit Flügeln". Da gibt es wirklich viel Auswahl - mehr als man im ersten Moment denkt finde ich - und ich habe mich für eine kleine Fee entschieden:

Heya my dear crafty friends!

We have a new challenge for you at the Crafty Cardmakers. This time it is all about "Things With Wings". There is lots to choose from - more than I thought at first - and I finally decided on using a cute little fairy:

Als erstes habe ich die Fronst für die Karte gestaltet: zuerst habe ich dazu das Rechteck und dann davon die ausgefranzten Kreise gestanzt. Ich mag den Look von diesen "Ripped Circles" und habe auch schon ein paar Ideen, wo sie vielleicht noch zum Einsatz kommen könnten ;o) Den Spruch habe ich mit "Tide Pool Ink" gestempelt und diese Farbe dann auch noch dazu genutzt, um den Rand ein wenig einzufärben, damit das Panel sich besser von der Kartenbasis abhebt.

First I die cut the panel and also die cut the circles from it. I like the "ripped" look and can see myself using them a lot ;o) I stamped the greeting in "Tide Pool Ink" and also coloured the edges of the panel to give it a bit of definition.

Als nächstes habe ich den Hintergrund für die Szene gestaltet. Die Wolken habe ich mit einem Stencil von Newtons Nook gemacht, sind die nicht niedlich? Unten am Hügel habe ich noch ein paar Blümchen gestempelt und in ihre Mitte einen Tropfen Nuvo Glitter Drops gegeben. Den Pilz habe ich dann auch noch dazugefügt, um ein wenig mehr Farbe auf die Karte zu bekommen. Bevor ich die mit Copics colorierte Fee aufgeklebt habe, habe ich das Panel noch mit Foamtape auf den Hintergrund und dann die Kartenbasis geklebt. Die Fee hat anschließend noch etwas Glitter auf ihre Flügel bekommen und weil es mir noch immer nicht glitterig genug war, habe ich außerdem noch einige klare und rosa Nuvo Glitter Drops aufgekleckst. Anfangs war ich mir nicht sicher, ob das nicht-schwarze Sentiment eine gute Idee war, aber ich glaube, das war es schon ;o) Ich hoffe, euch gefällt die Karte und ihr habt Lust bekommen bei den Crafty Cardmakers mit einer eurer Kreationen mitzuspielen. Habt heute einen schönen Feiertag und eine tolle Woche. Happy crafting, eure Maike

Next I created a background scene: a hill and some clouds in the sky as well as some flowers at the bottom. I added a dot of Nuvo Glitter Drops to the center of the flowers and placed a mushroom at the top of the hill for a bit of colour there. I put some foam tape on the back of the panel piece and placed it on top of the background. Lastly I added the fairy - which I had coloured with Copic markers - and scattered a few drops of clear and pink Nuvo Glitter Drops on the panel. It is very seldom that I go with a non-black sentiment, but this time I felt it would add to the soft feel of the card. Hope you like it and that you are going to play along with us ;o) Have a wonderful week and happy crafting, yours Maike

Material / supplies:

Stempel / stamps: "Little Fairies" von The Greeting Farm

Stanzen / dies: "Ripped Circle Die Set" von Your Next Stamp

                         "Wonky Stitches Elle-Ments" von Avery Elle

Schablone / stencil: "Cloudy Sky Stencil" von Newton's Nook

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Stencil It"
Crafty Calender Challenge "Things With Wings"
Send A Smile 4 Kids "Anything Goes 4 Kids"

Basteltraum Challenge "Regenbogen oder Fantasie"
Aud Sentiment Challenge "Cute + Sentiment"

Congratulations (Flower bunny and cat)

Halli Hallo ihr Lieben!

Heute gibt es wieder eine neue Challenge bei PINspirational ;o) Und das hier ist das Inspirationsbild dazu:

Heya my dear crafty friends!

Today is the start to a new PINspirational challenge und this is the inspiration picture ;o)

Als Inspirationsquelle für meine Karte habe ich mir vor allem die Farbe Pink und das Thema Blumen herausgepickt und mich daher für die süßen Tierchen mit Blumen in den Pfoten entschieden. Für den Hintergrund habe ich Distress Oxide Inks in den Farben Twisted Citron und Mowed Lawn sowie Salty Ocean und Blueprint Sketch benutzt und nach dem Trocknen noch die Schmetterlinge mit rosa Pulver embosst.

For my card I focused on the colours of the inspiration picture as well as on the flowers, which is why I chose the cute critters holding the flowers in their paws as the focal images of the card. The background was made using Distress Oxide Inks in Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn as well as Salty Ocean und Blueprint Sketch. After the ink had dried I stamped the butterflies with Versamark ink and used pink embossing powder.

Den Spruch habe ich auf schwarzes Papier weiß embosst, ausgeschnitten und aufgeklebt, weil ich das Gefühl hatte, dass im oberen Teil der Karte noch ein Element mit viel Kontrast fehlte. Später habe ich dann auch noch den zweiten Teil im unteren Teil dazu gestempelt, weil mir der zu leer erschien. Außerdem habe ich noch ein paar Akzente mit meinen geliebten Nuvo Drops in "Shocking Pink" hinzugefügt - kann ja nicht schaden ;o))) Ich hoffe, euch gefällt meine Karte und dass das Bild mit den wunderschönen Tulpen euch inspiriert auch etwas zu werkeln. Falls ihr das dann noch mit uns teilt, habt ihr die Chance auf einen Preis von unserem freundlichen Sponsoren "The Cutting Cafe" ;o) Habt eine großartige Woche und happy crafting, wünscht euch eure Maike :o)

I also heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock, because I felt I needed a piece in the sky with lots of contrast. Later I also added the second part of the sentiment to the bottom part of a hill and added a few drops of "Shocking Pink" Nuvo drops, because that part seemed a bit too empty for my taste. I hope you like my card and that our picture of the beautiful tulips will inspire you to make something beautiful as well. If you'd share it with us you have the chance to win a lovely prize from our kind sponsor "The Cutting Cafe" ;o) Have an amazing week everyone and happy crafting, yours Maike ;o)

Material / supplies:

Stempel / stamps: "Rain or Shine" von Simon Says Stamp / Mama Elephant (discontinued)

                              "Butterfly Ink Splatter" & "Woodland Cuties" von Your Next Stamp

Stanzen / dies: "All Prettied Up" von Mama Elephant

Challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Floral Frenzy"

Happy Dance Critters

Halli Hallo ihr Lieben!

Lasst uns das Thema "Grün" für die neue Challenge der Crafty Cardmakers angehen, ja? ;o) Hier ist meine Karte zum Thema:


Heya my dear crafty friends!
Let's "Go Green" for the new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers, shall we? ;o) This is my take on the theme:

Zuerst habe ich den Hintergrund mit der Nuvo Embellishment Paste in verschiedenen zusammengemischten Farben bestrichen (Citrus Green, Spring Green und einer kleinen Menge Teal) und trocknen lassen. Anschließend habe ich aus dem Papier ein Rechteck und daraus die Fenster ausgestanzt, bevor ich es mit einem der "Next Level" Folder geprägt habe. In Kombination mit der metallisch glänzenden Oberfläche sieht das 3D-Embossing noch mal genialer aus, finde ich ;o)

First I created the background piece with Nuvo Embellishment Paste in Citrus Green, Spring Green and a tiny bit of Teal. I mixed them together until I got the shade of green that I wanted and used a blending tool to get the paste on my paper and then set it aside to dry. Once it was completely dry I die cut a rectangle from the paper and the three windows from the rectangle. Next I used a "Next Level" Folder to emboss the metallic looking piece and really love the effect that gives.

Die Fenster habe ich noch einmal aus Papier in orange ausgestanzt, mit einem Glitzerstift komplett bedeckt und in die äußeren Öffnungen geklebt, damit die Tierchen, die ich mit Copics coloriert und ausgeschnitten hatte, deutlicher zu sehen sind. Für Orange habe ich mich entschieden, weil es die Kontrastfarbe zu Grün ist und die Farben daher sicher gut zusammen passen... Meinen Spruch habe ich dieses Mal geklebt, statt ihn zu stempeln und um das Auge ein wenig zu leiten und den Hintergrund etwas aufzubrechen, habe ich noch die Sternchen aufgeklebt. Fertig war meine Karte. Ich hoffe, sie gefällt euch. Habt auch eine Idee für unsere "Go Green" Challenge? Dann würde ich mich freuen, wenn ihr euer Werk bei den Crafty Cardmakers verlinken würdet. Habt eine tolle Woche und happy crafting wünsche ich euch, eure Maike ;o)

I die cut the windows from some orange paper as well and covered two of them with glitter and adhered them to the apertures on the left and right, so that the colour of the critters, which I had coloured with Copics earlier, would pop even more. I used orange because it is the contrasting colour for / to (?) green. My sentiment is glued on rather than stamped on as usual this time and in order to guide the eyes a little I also added the tiny stars and my card was done. I hope you like it. If you do have an idea for our "Go Green" challenge I would love to see your project in our gallery ;o) Have a wonderful week and happy crafting, yours Maike ;o)

Material / supplies:

Stempel / stamps: "Mini Happy Dance" & "Mini Sticky Note" von Your Next Stamps 

Stanzen / dies: "Stitched Triple Peek-a-Boo Windows" von My Favorite Things

Embossing Folder: "Dotted Next Level Embossing Folder" von We R Memory Keepers
                               --> linked to Simon Says Stamp

Anderes / other: Nuvo Embellishment Paste & Alpha Stickers by Create a Smile

Challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack "Anything Goes"
Simply Create Too "Use Green"
Star Stampz Challenge "Lots of Green"
Pattie's Creations "Lots of Green"
Tic Tac Toe Challenge "Green, Sparkle, Happy"
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday "All Creatures Great or Small"

Have a Sweet Day

Halli Hallo meine Lieben!

"Sweets for my Sweet" ist das Thema der neuen Papercraft Challenge. Ich habe schon seit einiger Zeit diesen süßen Hasen mit dem überdimensionierten Lolli von Your Next Stamp in meiner Sammlung und jetzt hatte ich endlich mal eine passende Aufgabe für das Schleckermäulchen:

Hello there my crafty friends!

"Sweets for my Sweet" is the theme of our newest Papercraft Challenge. I have had this cute bunny with its huge lillipop in my stash for quite some time now and finally I had the perfect opportunity for this sweety:

Für den Hintergrund habe ich ein grünes Stück Papier an den Rändern dunkler eingefärbt und nach dem Trocknen diesen genialen Hintergrundstempel von Create A Smile darüber embossed. Als Fokussierhilfe habe ich - passend zu den vielen Kreisen im Hintergrund - einen runden Rahmen aus weißem Papier ausgestanzt und mit Transparentpapier hinterlegt. Die Hasendame habe ich so darauf geklebt, dass es ausschaut, als würde sie auf dem unteren Rand sitzen. 

To start with I have used a piece of green cardstock for my background. With some "Lucky Clover" Distress Ink I darkened up the edges to give it more depth and also heat embossed this awesome background stamp from Create A Smile on top after it had all dried. In order to create a place for this cute bunny girl to sit I die cut a circle frame from white paper and glued vellum to the back of it. When I placed the bunny I placed her in a fashion that it looks like she is sitting on the rim of the frame if that makes sense... 

Meinen Spruch habe ich teils gestempelt und die Lücke mit Buchstaben-Aufklebern gefüllt. Ich wollte, dass sich die Farbe des Lollis noch einmal auf der Karte wiederfindet und das geht am besten mit weißen Alphastickern, die man dann entsprechend einfärbt ;o) Den Lolli habe ich zum Schluss noch mit einem Glitzerkleber überzogen sowie eine weiße "Naht" mit einem Gelpen hinzugefügt und damit war meine Karte fertig. Ich hoffe, sie gefällt euch und ich konnte euch vielleicht dazu inspirieren bei uns mitzuspielen. Die liebe Elisa hat einen Überraschungspreis für den Gewinner, also lohnt es sich sogar doppelt mitzumachen ;o) Habt eine schöne Restwoche und happy crafting wünscht euch eure Maike

My sentiment was partly stamped and partly created with letter stickers. I wanted the pink to appear a third time on the card (knowing that the eye likes groups of threes) and that for me is always easiest made with white alpha stickers that I can colour every colour I want. To finish the card I covered the lolli with glitter glue and added a white faux stitching line around the edge of the background paper. I hope you like my card and that I could possibly inspire you to play along with us. Dear Elisa has a surprise for the winner, so that would even be two reasons to play along ;o) Have a great rest of your week and happy crafting, yours Maike

Material / supplies:
Stempel / stamps: "Sprinkles - Sugar Rush" von Your Next Stamp
                             "Stars 'n Scribbles" von Create A Smile

Stanzen / dies: "Single Stitch Line Circle Frame" von My Favorite Things

Challenges:
Your Next Stamp Challenge #82 "Color Challenge" (Green, pink and light pink)

Make My Monday Challenge "Going around in circles"

Tuesday Throwdown "Sweets for my sweet"
Art Impressions Challenge "Sweet Treats"

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog "Dotty for You"
-> Background stamp by CAS is a rubber stamp and also appr. one year old.

Christmas Series Card #8 / Weihnachtsserie Karte #8 (Reindeer Gift)

Halli Hallo ihr Lieben!

Ich hoffe, ihr habt ein schönes Wochenende und vielleicht kommt ja auch der ein oder andere von euch zum Basteln. Falls ihr noch Inspiration für Weihnachtskarten braucht, seit ihr hier gerade richtig ;o) Dies ist der achte Tag meiner diesjährigen Weihnachtsserie und außerdem das dritte Jahr in Folge in dem ich ab circa Oktober 24+1 Karte auf meinem Blog mit euch teile bevor Santa seine Runde macht ;o)

Hello my dear crafty friends!

I hope you are having a great weekend and that you can even find some time to craft. In case you are looking for some Christmas card inspiration I'd say you've come to the right place ;o) This is part 8 of my Christmas series and it is also the third year in a row I am sharing 24+1 cards before Santa comes round for a visit ;o)

Meine heutige Karte ist bewusst schlicht gehalten und mit einem überschaubaren Colorationsaufwand gestaltet worden, damit sie auch etwas für Massenproduktion wäre... Mir hat die Kombination aus den großen und kleinen Rentieren von Mama Elephant total gut gefallen. Besonders herzig find ich den Kleinen mit dem Stern, weshalb er auch unbedingt auf die Karte musste ;o)

Todays card is kept rather plain and without too much coloring going on, so that it would be possible to mass produce the design... I really liked the combination of the tiny and the normal sized reindeer by Mama Elephant and this little guy holding the star is my absolute favourite, so it had to become part of this card ;o)

Für den Hintergrund habe ich das Schneepapier von Lawn Fawn benutzt und mit der Sternbordüre von YNS oben und unten umrahmt. Die Sternenkette hebt noch mal so schön das Thema Sterne hervor und bietet außerdem einen Platz für den Spruch. Ich hoffe, euch hat diese schlichte, aber irgendwie, wie ich finde, sehr goldige Karte gefallen. Habt noch ein schönes Restwochenende und happy crafting, eure Maike ;o)

For the background I have used some lovely snow paper in red by Lawn Fawn which I framed at the top and bottom with the star border from YNS. The star banner at the top left corner enhances the theme of the card nicely and gives the sentiment a place to "sit" so to speak. I hope you liked this simple, but , as I think, quite darling card. Have a wonderful rest of your weekend and happy crafting, yours Maike ;o)

 

Stempel / stamps: "Reindeer Games" & "Little Reindeer Agenda" & "Sentiments from a Yeti"
                             von Mama Elephant

Stanzen / dies: "Scallop Star Edge Die" von Your Next Stamp

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Furry Friends"

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge "Christmas"

Crafty Animals "Anything Goes"

Just Add Ink Challenge "Just Add R..." (for reindeer)

Send a Smile 4 Kids "Anything Goes 4 Kids"

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge "Anything Christmas goes"

Sweet Stampers Challenge "Weihnachten / Christmas"

Stempelsonne Challenge "Anything Goes"