Something new!

I was very happy to receive some new Scrapbooking material for Christmas. Of course, I had to try it out already.

First of all I got a "Birthday" embossing folder. As there are a couple of birthdays coming up in January I made a birthday card using the new staff.

 

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• Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #204: Anything Goes
• Craft your Passion Challenges #194: Something New
• MIM #172 with Meljens Designs
• Sentimental Sundays #187: Pick from our Favourite Challenges
• CAS ology #76: Party

New arrival in Oz!

My grandcousin in Australia welcomed a son a few days before Christmas. Of course, I had to make a baby card for him too.

Meanwhile, I use stamps from the Stampin'up set "Zoo Babies" for nearly every baby card.

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• Party Time Tuesday PTT #152: Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #239: New Year, New Beginnings, New Baby
• Kreative Knockouts #17: Anything Goes

Merry Christmas from me to you!

With this christmas card symbolising my little family I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and some peaceful days with your loved ones.

Once again, I used the "all in the family" stamp set from Stampin'up.

Christmas symbols!

A clean and simple card where I used 3 different washi tapes and christmas symbols.

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• Sentimental Sundays #186: Anything X-Mas goes
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #49: Anything Goes

Christmas in white and blue!

Another of my creations inspired by surfing Pinterest. I think it is one of my best Christmas cards this year. The dark blue and white contrast is beautiful!

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• Sentimental Sundays #186: Anything X-Mas goes
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #49: Anything Goes

Three ornaments!

I didn't make many cards using my ornament die cuts, but this is one of it. And i like it. It is clean and simple.

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• Challenges 4 Everybody #36: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #38: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #96: Christmas

Under the mistletoe!

I saw a similar card on Pinterest and I liked the idea of using buttons and brads for the mistletoes.

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• Challenges 4 Everybody #36: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #38: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #96: Christmas

Die cut snowflakes

It doesn't look like it on the picture but I punched out the snowflakes from the white paper and put grey paper in the background and put a rhinestone in the middle of each snowflake. The sentiment is also stamped in grey.

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• Challenges 4 Everybody #36: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #38: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #96: Christmas

Christmas Landscape

First, I bought a very nice christmas paper and then I didn't know how to use it.
So I created a Christmas landscape:

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• Challenges 4 Everybody #36: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #38: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #96: Christmas

Fish also celebrate Christmas!

I totally love the "fishin' around" stamp from Stampin'up. Therefore, I thought about a way to use it for a christmas card, and voilá 2 little stamps from Depot suit perfectly for the fish bowl.

The white ribbon I used under the image shimmers very bright in order to recognise it is actually a white ribbon.

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• Sentimental Sundays #186: Anything X-Mas goes!
• Challenges 4 Everybody #36: Anything Goes
• Delicious Doodles Challenge #67: White Christmas
• Stampin for the weekend, Dec 20: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #38: Anything Goes
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #49: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #96: Christmas

Christmas: white and one other color!

This is another creation where I used my Elizabeth Crafts Design snowflake die cut and their Silk Microfine Glitter.

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• Sweet Stampin, Dec 21: White and one other color
• Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge, Dec 15: Sweet Snowflakes!

Anything but a Christmas Card!

On Pinterest I got inspired using my Stampin'up set "make a cake" more often.

I used a very nice paper with glossy shamrocks for this birthday card and found the perfect ribbon to match.

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• Creative Friday #92: keine Weihnachtskarte

Washi Tape Christmas Tree

For this card I got inspired by "Two Peas in a bucket" which I saw on Pinterest.
I liked the idea that the chain of lights was indicated by stitches. For the ornaments I used red brads. The candles, angel and presents are other stamps from the bunch I bought at Depot.

In the end this card is a little bit overloaded.

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• ABC Challenge: A for Almost Christmas
• Addicted to Stamps and More #75: Photo Inspiration

Snowflakes, snowflakes, snowflakes!

I bought a bunch of mini stamps from Depot. It includes a nice stamp of a snowflake which I used to create the following card. I added a few rhinestones to it. Unfortunately, you can hardly see them on the picture. The blue ribbon I used matches perfectly with the blue ink!

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• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #73: Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts #15: Tis the Season
• Sweet Stampin': Ribbons

December Birthday boys, Part 2!

My best friend is turning a year older tomorrow. As I don't see him in person, I made him this birthday card and sent it by postal mail, hoping it arrives tomorrow.
I used "Fishin' around" from Stampin'up as my friend and his family got a fish bowl a couple of weeks ago. So I thought that suits. The party hats and the cake was an idea from Heather Klump I saw on Pinterest.

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• TTCRD challenge, Dec 10-16: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 everybody #35: Anything Goes
• Divas by Design, Dec 11: Anything Goes
• Make it Monday #170 with Pink Paper Paradise: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #36: Anything Goes

Christkind ornament!

I have such a cute stamp with a Christkind/angel which I haven't used very much so far.

So I got thinking of a way to use it best. 

I like the outcome! It is one of my favorite Christmas cards I made this year!

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• Kreativer Bastelblog #37: Christmas
• CAS on Sunday #23: Christmas
• The Sisterhood of Crafters, Dec 11: Christmas Sparkle
• Ruby's Rainbow #69: It's Christmas

White on white!

Again, I used my die cut snowflakes and the Microfine Glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs to design this card.  I was inspired by a card from Sherry Eckblad.

I love the glitter effect! More and more, I like the creating of CAS cards.

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• Craft your Passion #192: Let it Snow
• Crafting by Designs, December 11: Anything Goes with a color twist: White on White
• Party Time Tuesday #150: Winter Wonderland
• CASology #74: Snowflake

December birthday boys, Part 1!

There are also some other occasions to celebrate in December except of Christmas. Two friends of mine are celebrating their birthdays on the same day and so I to find some time to make them a birthday card. This is the first card:

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• Crafty Creations Challenge #251: Anything except Christmas

Oh, Tannenbaum!

In Austria, one of the most famous christmas songs is "Oh, Tannenbaum",

This title suits perfectly to this christmas card:

I used the embossing diffuser to receive a plane oval to place the ribbon christmas tree. I love the brown and green composition!

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• Divas by Design Challenge, December 4: Feeling Festive
• Party Time Tuesday #149: Merry Christmas Projects
• Papertake Weekly Challenge, December 3: Anything Goes
• Bearly Mine Challenge #115: Christmas Sentiment
• Through the Craftroom Door Challenge, December 3: Anything Goes
• Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #200: Start of Winter
• Creative Knockouts #14: Christmas Splendor - Crafty Sentiments
• Paper Crafting Journey, December 5: It's Christmas Time
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #236: Christmas
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #73: Spots or Stripes

Fabric Birthday Wishes!

It was time again to use my sewing machine to create some cards.
I didn't use any glue this time and sewed everything on the card stock.
I like how the different shades of pink match so perfectly!

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• Eureka Stamps Challenge #68: Button it up

Snow Globe Christkind!

Here in Austria kids don't believe in Santa Claus but in the Christkind which lays the presents under the christmas tree on the evening of December 24.
With my Christkind stamp I created some kind of snow globe but instead of snow I used silver stars in the water.

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• Flutter by Wednesday #264: Any Winged Creature

Here comes ... the Penguin!

In my late pregnancy me and my mother crochetted some animals. She said they would be the first stuffed toys she can play with.
Among all animals in the book I chose the penguin as I loved his big nose and the big eyes.

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• Crafting by Designs, December 4: Penguins

Which hat belongs to Santa?

On Pinterest I saw a similar card by Wendy Frederick and I tried to copy it with my suppliers.

I used my santa hat stamp and used white Microfine Glitter for the brim.
The Santa with the Reindeer motive on the bottom is a roll stamp from Eduscho.

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• Crafty Cardmakers #105: Clean and Simple
• Crafty Catz #209: Santa Claus is coming to town
• Challenges 4 Everybody #34: Anything Goes
• Sentimental Sundays #183: Traditional Christmas Colors
• Party Time Tuesday #148: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #35: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, Nov 26-Dec 2: Anything Goes
• Bearly Mine Challenge #114: Anything Goes

Shining Ornament!

The third card we made in our Christmas Card Workshop early November was this card:

Again, we used the heat embossing technique to create the shiny layer on the ornament. The sentiment is also the result of the heat embossing technique.

I will write the supplies for heat embossing on my Christmas wish list. I want to use it at home too!

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• Bearly Mine Challenge #114: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody #34: Anything Goes
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #72: Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Challenges2 #24: Non traditional christmas colors
• Party Time Tuesday #148: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #35: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, Nov 26-Dec 2: Anything Goes
• Paula Holifield Crafts, Dec 1: Christmas Cheer

Kartenchaos - Adventkalender

I am a regular reader of the "Kartenchaos"-Blog. Christine, the author, had a great idea for an Adventkalender. From today on, she is posting one card each 'til Christmas together with a tutorial.
I already checked out the first card.

If you are interested too, check out her website: