Lizzies Crafting Retreat: 2016

Samstag, 31. Dezember 2016

Hello 2017!

My last card I post this year is also my very first New Year card. I will give it to my best friend Christine and her family. As I had so much fun with the Christmas shaker cards I showed you in my previous post today I made a New Year shaker card using the same technique. For the shaker window I used my brand new Lil'Inker Die Cut Set "Wonky Squares".

I wish all my readers a Happy New Year. May 2017 be filled with love, peace, health and happiness!

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Winter Wonderland outside the window

In Austria it is still to warm for snow. No snow in sight at all. 😢
I created a winter scenery with a pre cut window card a friend gave to me as she had no use for it any more. I used the winter stamp set from Depot for it together with the heat embossing technique.

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Last Minute Christmas Card 2016!

I haven't been blogging for a while now, as I was so busy in making christmas presents. I only made Christmas cards twice this year. For the shaker card I want to show you today, I was inspired by a technique of Jennifer McGuire. I wanted to create my first Christmas shaker card and in the end I made a complete series in gold and silver.

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Mittwoch, 23. November 2016

Wedding Frame for Christine & Joe!

Today I show you another canvas frame I created as wedding gift for my friend Christine and her husband Joe. I used the peg for the envelope with the money as contribution to their honeymoon to New York and Miami.

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Dienstag, 22. November 2016

Smiling Snowman!

Today, I show you the next card using the same snowman stamp again and again.
For the sentiment I used the heat embossing technique again. It says "winter greetings" also winter seems far away so far at our place.

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Montag, 21. November 2016

Gorjuss, lots of layers!

I want to enter this Gorjuss creation to the following challenge:

Creative Knockouts #168: Lots of Layers

1, 2, 3 Santas and counting!

For this christmas card I was inspired by a work of SonjaK. It is such a simple way to use stamps and it looks great! The heat embossing on vellum works great and the red color is gaudy. You will see more of this style in the next couple of weeks.

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Smiling Patches!

If I would get such a "get well" card it would cheer me up, no matter how sick I am! I love to use the "get well" stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

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It's Embossable!

This is the second card where I used the heat embossing technique on an acetate sheet. I like the outcome but in the end it leaves you only a small place to write your birthday greetings on the back.

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Thanks and good night!

I don't know how often I already told you, that the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Fairy Friends" is one of my favorites. This card was inspired by a work of Rachel Bergfeld. I love the combination of a watercolor background and the cute stamp set.

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Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2016

Purple Butterflies!

This is another square card where I used the Lil'Inker Stitched Butterflies Die Cuts:

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Fairy Friends House!

This is one of my favorite designs with the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Fairy Friends". I was inspired by this card on Pinterest.

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Dorset Buttons on watercolor background!

Besides of scrapbooking I started to make Dorset buttons in March this year. I love it. I just didn't know what to do with all my buttons. Finally, I tried to use them on my cards too as an eyecatcher. This is my first experience:

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Gorjuss all in Purple!

One of my best friends celebrated her birthday last week and I made her the following Gorjuss Birthday card:

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Halloween in a frame

I tried a couple of new watercolor techniques in the last few days and used two of the backgrounds for Halloween cards. This is one of them:

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Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2016

Watercolor Signature!

For this card I created a watercolor background with heat embossing obscure writing. Eyecatcher is once again the Lil'Inker Designs Boxed Up Birthday Greeting Die.

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Acorns!

Time for another Thank You card, this time in autumn colors:

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SPOOKY!

This is my last Halloween card for this year:

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Sonntag, 2. Oktober 2016

Boo, Pumpkins!

This is another halloween card for this year using the filmstrip die again. This time I used pumpkins for the scenery.

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Quick Birthday Card!

Careful readers of my blog may know this design. If I am in need of a birthday card and not having much time for crafting I make a birthday card using the Happy Birthday embossing folder, ribbon, a paper flower, a button and some embellishment like sequins, and voilà the card is ready to be written.

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Black Heat Embossing!

For this condolences card I used the Stampin' Up set "In Gedanken bei dir" (thankful thoughts) and used the heat embossing technique for the flowers on the branch.

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Bear With Me!

I have a new puzzle die cut which I used to create a Baby card:

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

I think I have just the right card for the Breast Cancer Awareness Month:

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Montag, 26. September 2016

Heat embossing on acetate sheet!

I tried a new technique: heat embossing on acetate sheet. It turned out quite good! I added two different kinds of purple paper in the centre of the sheet to add my congratulations for the birthday girl.
I made two pictures, one with a black and one with a white background:

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Sonntag, 25. September 2016

Watch the Birdie!

Again, a card with the Marianne Design Family Owl die cut:

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Mostly Blue!

For this card I was inspired by a card of RBergfeld using the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Fairy Friends".

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Craft Rocket Challenges #24: Mostly Blue

White on white wedding card!

This is the second wedding card I made after a card from Claudia. I made it similar but used the heat embossing technique for the writing behind the two hearts.

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Washi Wonders!

For this card I was inspired by a work of Emma's Paperie;

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Creative Knockouts #160: Washi Wonders

Frame!

This card fits perfectly in the CASology challenge #216: Frame where I used the Lil'Inker Designs "Boxed Up Birthday Greeting Die".

Newest acquisition!

My newest aquisition is a filmstrip die. I looked through my stack of patterned paper and found a halloween scene which perfectly fitted for my first halloween card of the year. I also used my Xyron Sticker Maker machine for the filmstrip to stick perfectly on the paper.

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Sonntag, 18. September 2016

Rocking Horse!

My friend Verena is very much into horses, so when her birthday came up I knew that Gorjuss with the rocking horse is the perfect motif for her birthday card. As she played the piano for years I used the notes patterned paper in the back.

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Busy September!

In September lots of friends and family members celebrate their birthdays. So, I had to make a couple of cards. One of my favorite motif is the "Marianne Design Collectables Cutting Dies - Family Owl" I used together with a couple of balloons from the "Lil' Inker Designs - Birthday Balloon Greetings Stamps and Die Cuts". I can think of numerous designs with these 2 sets.

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Donnerstag, 15. September 2016

Baptism Card for Johanna!

For the baptism of my cousin's daughter Johanna I made the following card:

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4 Crafty Chicks #316: Twine

Golden Day!

I continue to show you another watercolor card of mine where I used the bokeh technique and the Lil'Inker Design "Boxed Up Birthday Greeting Die".

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Crafty Ribbons Challenge #167: Birthday

All in Red!

It was my mother-in-laws 70th birthday party and I made her the following card using lots of different red washi tapes and buttons:

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The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #157: Use Buttons

Winged Wonders!

When I bought the Lawn Fawn set "Fairy Friends" and looked on Pinterest for inspiration. This card is inspired by Lisa B.

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Mittwoch, 14. September 2016

First wedding card order!

A collegue of mine at work asked me if I can make her a wedding card using white and green as she was invited to a wedding. So I looked at Pinterest and was inspired by a card from Claudia. I made a similar card but used the heat embossing technique for the writing behind the two hearts.

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Happy 85th Birthday, Opa!

My grand father celebrated his 85th birthday lately and I made him the following card, as he was preserving butterflies in his youth and knows everything about them:

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Sonntag, 4. September 2016

CAS Wedding Card!

The parents of my daughter's friends Nina and Jacob got married last month and I sent them this wedding card:

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Candles, candles, candles!

What's a birthday without candles? Only half as interesting for my kids for example. I present you another card of mine using the "Family Owl" from Marianne Design and a balloon from the Lil'Inker Designs "Balloon Greetings" stamps and die set.

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Steckenpferdchen Challengeblog #76:Federvieh

New Home for Katrin!

My friend Katrin moved with her partner and 2 boys from a flat to their new house. I sent them the following card to welcome her and her family in her new home:

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Peachy Birthday!

Today, I show you another watercolor card of mine where I used the bokeh technique and the Lil'Inker Design "Boxed Up Birthday Greeting Die".

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Fall Colors!

Now, summer is over. I had to start thinking about cards for autumn and Halloween. Today I want to show you a Thank You card using the "Mama Elephant POLAROID FUN Creative Cuts Die Set" and some beautiful patterned paper. I further used the wood grain embossing folder in the background of the card.

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Samstag, 27. August 2016

Thank you notes!

This is a Thank You card for the second nursery teacher of my daughter. I chose my own watercolor background where I added a sheet of music using the head embossing technique. The skript is from Mama Elephant.

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Ribbon after Ribbon!

With my ribbon scraps I made another card inspired by Cristina Kowalczyk.

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Splash of color!

I really really love the Lil'Inker Design "Stitched Butterflies Die Set". With a square card it looks even better as there is more free space around it. I have lots of patterned paper which will fit for this design. So, you will see more of this design in the future!