Embossed Birthday Sentiment!

When I am in need of a birthday card and I don't have any ideas, I make a card like the following:

It is easily made and the the matching ribbon, flower and button are an eye catcher.
I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Wags'n Whiskers #166: Embossing
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #172: No Patterned Paper

Waving Penguin!

This is another contribution for the church renovation Christkindl Market in Vienna. I love the Lawn Fawn paper "Let's Bokeh in the Snow" together with the penguin stamp and the polaroid die from Mama Elephant.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly Challenge, November 10: Christmas Critters
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #281: Clean & Simple

Captured Snowflakes!

A dear friend of mine from Vienna asked me if I can make a couple of Christmas card, which she can sell at the Christkindl Market of her church in order to raise money for the badly needed renovation.
As I won't send Christmas cards this year as we will make a "year in review" family picture I was happy to help her.
The patterned paper is from the Lawn Fawn paper pack "Let's Bokeh in the snow", the snowflakes are from Elizabeth Craft Designs and the polaroid is from the Mama Elephant Polaroid Fun Creative Cuts Die Set.
In German we have a Christmas Carol which is called "Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen". In the song we ask the snow flakes: "When are you coming to town?"

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• C.R.A.F.T. challenge #337: Christmas
• Inky Chicks #59: Silent Night
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #253: Use 3 of Something
• TTCRD, Nov 10: Anything Goes
• Cut It Up Challenge Blog #84: Inspired by a Book, Movie or Song

Frosty Snowman!

I just bought the first ski boots for my daughter today at a ski flee market, although winter and snow seems far away right now. But I was already in the mood to create some winter and christmas cards.
At the moment I love to use my Mama Elephant Polaroid Fun Creative Die Set with all different kind of images like the snow man in the snow globe from Sixxiz. The background paper is from the Lawn Fawn Paper Pack "Let's Bokeh in the Snow".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting by Design, November 11: Frosty Snowman
• Creative Moments #81: Anything Goes

Something to say!

Today, I actually show you one of my Valentine's Day cards I made this year for my best friend, to say how glad I am to have her in my live. I simply used a lovely patterned paper, added a sentiment on pink transparency and finished it with pink ribbon and a pink button. 

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #301: Girls only
• 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog #272: Ribbon
• Creative Knockouts #115: Something to Say
• Crafty Creations Challenges #302: Give Thanks
• CASology #172: GIVE

Butterflies in honeycombs!

My best friend loves butterflies, so I made her a birthday card with lots of butterflies on it. I used the honeycomb embossing folder for the background.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #252: Monochromatic
• Crafting by Designs, November 4: Anything Goes! November Edition
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #133: Monochrome
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog #169: Clean and Simple
• Papertake Weekly Challenge, November 3: Anything Goes

Get Well Birdie!

I recently bought the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Get well soon" and when I was looking for inspirations I saw a similar card on Pinterest I had to try immediately:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Cardz 4 Guys Challenge Blog #95: Hope U Feel Better Soon

Schneeflocken!

I made a clean and simple winter card using the heat embossing technique for the snow flakes. The snow globe is from the Sizzix framlits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe". 

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Kreativzeit #32: Schneeflocken

Thanks to the nursery nurses!

My daughter turned three just now and finished her year at the crèche to start with kindergarten. In the crèche she had three wonderful nursery nurses and I made them "thank you" cards together with a gift. I just learned the watercolor technique and I had to use it. It is sooo much fun and the outcome is amazing. You will see more watercolor cards on my blog from now on! ;-)

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Eureka Stamps #165: Give Thanks
• Crafty Cardmakers and more #151: Thank You
• Everybody Art Challenge #343: Stern, Kreis oder Herz

Just Purple and White!

For this card I just used purple paper, purple ribbon and purple heat embossing powder and on top of it I sewed some white sizoweb. The purple Martha Steward Monarch Butterfly is the eye catcher of the card.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Designs, November 3: Purple and White
• TTCRD, November 3-9: Anything Goes
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges #11: Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards Challenges #26: November
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #286: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart #84: Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin', October 31: Dies and/or Punches