Beary Celebration

Today I am showing you a card where I did something totally new  -  Decoupage. I haven't done that before, but it was kind of fun, even though I missed colouring my image...

So, here's my card with that cute Forever Friends Bear image...

as I didn't want the card be really thick, I only used small 3-D pads...

Image, Sentiment & Papers: from "Let's Celebrate Decoupage Card Kit" from Forever Friends

Dies: Go Kreate

Ribbon and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:  

forever friends fortnightly challenge 54 - use ribbon or lace 
forever friends monthly challenge - birthdays
emerald faeries challenge 39 - celebration  

bunny zoe's crafts challenge - anything goes 

Skater Sassy

As it is Wednesday again, it is time for another challenge over at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog.This week we would like to see "one for the girls"  -  so any girly card/project will qualify...

We have 2 great sponsors for this week:

Sassy Studio Designs

Prize - 4 images of winners choice 
& 
 QKR Stampede

Prize -  5 Digital Images of the winners Choice

As you can hardly see the embossing on the card, I did another close up photo for you...

Stamp: "Skater Sassy" from Sassy Studio Designs

Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell

Dies: Soellbinder Nestabilities

Punch: Martha Stewart Border Punch "Happy Birthday"

Embossing folder "brick wall" from Docrafts Papermania
Paper: Freebie from Bearly Mine Designs

Prima flowers, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.




I am entering the card in the following challenges:  

emerald faeries challenge 39 - celebration   

bunny zoe's crafts challenge - anything goes
dream valley challenge 49 - girls girls girls 
creative card crew challenge 28 - girly 
crafts and me challenge 118 - your favourite embellishment   I love pearls...

Princess Honour

Today challenge 111 is starting over at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog. Our theme for this week is "Embossing (wet or dry)". We hope to see many many great projects, so come and join us in the fun!

These are the sponsors for our challenge:

Stampin Dragon

Prize - 5 images of winners choice 

Saturated Canary

Prize - 2 digi images of winners choice

I got a gorgeous Saturated Canary image to work with for this challenge...

Stamp: "Princess Honour" from Saturated Canary
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell

Dies: Sizzix Framelits
Embossing folder "stones"
Ribbon, charm, feathers, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

digital tuesday challenge 194 - favorite color combo
papertake weekly challenge - tie up your loose ends 
through the craftroom door challenge - anything goes 
cute card thursday challenge 253 - out of this world   (fairytale)
stampin for the weekend challenge - something girlie 
card makin mamas challenge - CAS 
bunny zoe's crafts challenge - anything goes
dream valley challenge 49 - girls girls girls 
creative card crew challenge 28 - girly 
karten allerlei challenge 72 - song inspiration   I got inspired by the sond "Everything I do, I do it for you" by Bryan Adams, which is also from the film "Robin Hood" with Kevin Costner. My card is showing a female "Robin Hood" or better a brave "Maid Marian"... ;-)  

You've got mail

Today I am going to show you my second DT project for Creative Craft Challenges. Our theme for the next fortnight is... BLING!!! So we would like to see all your glitter & sparkle on your cards.

Our sponsor is still a mystery... so come back to our challenge post soon again to see what Sandra is going to reveal as a price there.

Stamp: "Mail Man" from Dustin Pike
Sentiment: WordArt
Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell, Joy Crafts Decorative Chalks

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Sizzix Framelits
Paper: Freebie from Bearly Mine Designs
Candy, stickles, ribbon, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

here come the boys challenge 44 - bingo   (blue, die cuts, patterned paper)
bunny zoe's crafts challenge - anything goes

soccer addict

It is Wednesday again and our new challenge over at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog is starting today. I am still without internet at my home which is really frustrating... So I am writing this post on my dad's really slow laptop. :-(

Well, this week we would like to see some teddy bears on your creations, so get out all those lovely teddy stamps (and digi stamps, too) and joins us in the fun...

 The Stamp Fairy is sponsoring our challenge with a great gift certificate.

We also got some lovely images to work with for this challenge. 

Stamp: "Barry Soccer 3" from Stamp Fairy

Sentiment: "Soccer addicted" from Stamp Fairy, Birthday Wishes WordArt

Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities,Sizzix

Papers: balls (unknown), black&white squares from CraftsToo

Stickles, buttons, twine, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

bunny zoe's crafts challenge - anything goes

A Birthday recipe

Hello everyone... This is my first post as a 30-year-old. I have been celebrating my big birthday together with my family and some friends on Sunday.

But now it is time for another challenge over at Creatalicious Challenges. For the next month we would like your "Journaling"-projects... so anything with at least 3 lines of text will do.

The challenge is sponsored by The Trinket Track and the prize is a $20.00 coupon!   

Welcome to The Trinket Track. The home of the cutest little trinkets around!

Here at The Trinket Track we aim to provide a variety of crafters with a wide selection of embellishments for scrapbooking and cardmaking. Love to make your own accesories and embellishents? No problem, we have you covered too with a selection of beads, ribbon and other little trinkets - look

out for more DIY materials in 2013!

We hope you have an enjoyable shopping experience down the track!

For ideas on how to use our embellishments visit the blog

www.thetrinkettrack.com

Here is the link for the store http://www.thetrinkettrack.com/


And here's the card I made for this challenge.. I loved using my new Lili of the Valley stamp. Those penguins are just too cute!

Stamp: "lgloo for 2" from Lili of the Valley

Sentiment: "A birthday recipe" from Lili of the Valley, sentiment inside is a freebie from somewhere on blogland, don't remember where I found it though

Colours: Water colours from Faber Castell, Joy Crafts Decorative Chalks

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Creatables

Embossing folder snowflakes

Stickles, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

bunny zoe's crafts challenge - anything goes

Hello my friend

It is Wednesday again and my 30th birthday is coming closer and closer now (only 4 more days)... Still have to plan quite a few things for that.

So I am quickly showing you my card for the challenge over at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog. This week we would like to see anything from you, so our theme is "Anything Goes".

We're looking forward to all your great creations, so come and joing us... 

We also have 2 great sponsors:

Dis Digi Downloads

Prize -$10 Voucher

and

StampArt Design

Prize - 5 digi images of winners choice

And this is the card I made with of the great StampArt Design images we were given.

Inside of my card:
 

Stamp: "little bear watering can friend" from StampArt Designs

Sentiment: "Hello Bonus" from StampArt Designs

Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell, Joy Crafts Decorative Chalks

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Magnolia Doohickeys, Creatables

Paper: from Forever Friends Set "Just for Him"

Gems, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

incy wincy designs challenge - something new (new stamp & new papers)
lexis creations challenge 81 - anything goes 
totally papercrafts challenge 148 - something new (new stamp & new papers)
forever friends monthly challenge - birthdays
forever friends fortnightly challenge 52 - anything goes
fussy and fancy challenge 79 - furry friends 
fairytale challenge 58 - animals/pets 
paper play time challenge 1 - pets    

Welcome Baby Girl

I got some fantastic news on the weekend: 

I was selected as a DT member for Creative Craft Challenges!!!

So I get to add a new banner to my blog now...

For the first challenge in 2013 we have a great theme for all of you "New Beginnings". It can be a baby, a new home, a wedding, a new car...

Our sponsor is:

Crafty Ribbons

And this is the gorgeous price they are offering the winner...

 

And here's my card for this challenge:

and the inside...

Stamp: "babygirl s" from Mo Manning

Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities

Paper: background from Rayher

Embossing folder from CartUS

Gem swirls from ZVA Creative

Ribbon, stickles, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

inky impressions challenge 91 - anything goes
crafty creations challenge 202 - anything goes
simon says stamps challenge - new something  (new stamp & new baby & new gem swirls)
forever friends fortnightly challenge 52 - anything goes  
sparkles forum challenge 39 - anything goes
mo's digital challenge 167 - anything goes 
totally papercrafts challenge 148 - something new (new stamp & new baby & new gem swirls)
forever friends monthly challenge - birthdays (the actual birthday ;-) )
bunny zoe's crafts challenge - celebration 
emerald faeries challenge 39 - celebration 
di's digi designs challenge - try something new challenge (new stamp & new gem swirls)
pink gem challenge 62 - new beginnings 
by the cute and girly challenge - cute and girly 
pause dream enjoy challenge 1 - use ribbon 
lexis creations challenge 81 - anything goes 
incy wincy designs challenge - something new (new stamp & new baby & new gem swirls)

Cleaning with Vodka

First of all I wanna wish you all a very Happy New Year! 
Hope you had a great celebration and will be happily crafting throughout the year again...

As it is the forst Wednesday of the year we're starting a brand new challenge over at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog. Our theme for the next week is "use your favourite embellishments" (and please let us know which ones your favourites are).

These are our sponsors and the great prices we have up for grabs...

Bugaboo

Prize 7 digis of winners choice 

and

The Poodles Doodles

 Prize 7 images of winners choice 

And here's the card I made for our challenge with my favourite embellishments (gems, swirls & the sparkly decorative chalk):

Stamp: "Stella clean Vodka" from Bugaboo

Colours: Polychromos from Faber Castell, Joy Crafts Decoratice Chalks

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Creatables

Paper: Dots from CraftsToo

Gems, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

paper play challenge 51-52 - out with the old, in with the new (old: creatable swirl die; new: stamp)
pause dream enjoy challenge 52 - anything goes
kaboodle doodles challenge 152 - anything goes 
creative inspirations paint challenge - anything goes 
through the craftroom door challenge 51 - anything goes 
crafty sentiments challenge - new (new stamp)
oldie but a goodie challenge - use a sponsors image 
bearly mine challenge 67 - something old and something new   (old: Creatables swirl die, new: image)
papertake weekly challenge - anything goes
the paper shelter challenge 93 - anything goes
divas by design challenge 66 - anything goes
inky impressions challenge 91 - anything goes
crafty creations challenge 202 - anything goes
cute card thursday challenge 250 - something new  (new stamp)
simon says stamps challenge - new something  (new stamp)
forever friends fortnightly challenge 52 - anything goes 
sparkles forum challenge 39 - anything goes 

Christmas Train & Reindeers

It is almost Christmas now and I've posted the last of my Christmas cards today... Everyone is getting more and more excited over here as the holidays are soo close.
Over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog we're starting our last challenge for this year today. The DT will take a little break over the holidays and we'll be back on January 2nd with a new challenge for you.

Anyways, the theme of the challenge that's starting today is Merry Christmas, so show us those last minute Christmas cards you've made... or the ones you're doing already for next years Christmas.


Our sponsors are:

Bugaboo

Prize - 7 free digis of winners choice

and

Dustin Pike

 Prize -$10 certificate

I got to work with great images from Dustin Pike... I made this gorgeous card with one of the provided images and some gift tags.

Stamp: "SantaTrainC" (precoloured version) from Dustin Pike

Colours: Joy Crafts Decoratice Chalks

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Creatables

Embossing folder Merry Christmas from CraftConcepts

Stickles, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

love to create challenge 46 - winter fun
through the craft room door challenge 48 - anything goes 
the paper shelter challenge 93 - anything goes 
latinas en america challenge 53 - christmas 
the squirrel and the fox challenge 33 - christmas 
simon says stamps challenge - merry christmas 
forever friends fortnightly challenge 51 - christmas cards
a and t sketch challenge 19 - anything goes 
hooked on craft challenge 27 - Christmas 
take time for you challenge 82 - Christmas
sparkles challenge 39 - anything goes
hooked on craft challenge 27 - Christmas
crafty sentiments challenge - all that glitters 
by the cute and girly challenge - red white and blue 
emerald faeries challenge 38 - christmas 
papelitos stamps challenge 24 - anything goes 
die cuttin divas challenge 95 - holiday spirit 
whimsy inspires challenge 54 - anything goes as long as it's festive 
card makin mamas challenge - happy holidays 
here come the boys challenge 42 - anything goes 
songbird challenge 10 - merry christmas 
digital tuesday challenge 191 - layers 
divas by design challenge 66 - anything goes 
papertake weekly challenge - pick of the year (anything goes) 
forever friends monthly challenge - Christmas cards 
dream valley challenge 47 - christmas

Stamp: "NosesCircle" (precoloured version) from Dustin Pike

Sentiment stamps from My Craft Spot

Pigment Ink Pad in Black

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Magnolia Doohickey

Stickles, ribbon, plain papers and cardstock from my stash.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

tammy scrapin corner challenge 41 - anything goes
abc christmas challenge - y is for your favourite die/punch 
fussy and fancy challenge 78 - tags and banners 
artistic inspirations crafts challenge 20 - anything goes 
balisa challenge 67 - x wie x-mas 
crafty creations challenge - seasonal tags