Berry Greetings!

Here in Austria it is high season for local strawberries. Therefore, I made several birthday cards for friends and my mother who will celebrate their birthdays in the next couple of weeks. The sentiment is from Create A Smile.

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• AAA Cards #91: The Third Big Birthday Bash

Whale riding!

This is a kid's birthday card I made for my friends son to his first birthday:

I used the Docrafts XCut Dies - Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces from my friend Christine.
I enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Gem of a Challenge #195: For the boys/men
• Come and Get it Challenge, May 28: Nautical
• Crafty Creations Challenges #342: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #330: Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #417: Father's Day/Male

3xhoch!

My best friend Christine owns this cute owl stamp set by My Favorite Things. I could borrow it and made a punch of cards. This card follows an idea from Mimi Zitrone.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #180: Voegel
• Crafting with Friends Challenge #44: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz #372: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #21: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles Paper Crafting Challenge #20: Anything Goes

Partyalarm!

PARTYALARM with Create a Smile stamp set "Time flies":

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog #180: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart #161: Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog #117: Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #252: Use Sequins
• QKR Stampede Challenge #245: Birthday Cards

Zoo Babies Celebration!

I didn't use my cute Zoo Babies from Stampin'Up for a while and suddenly I needed a kids birthday card, so I played with them again:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #371: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #20: Anything Goes
• Cardmaking.Papercrafts.Inspiration. #20: Anything Goes
• Impression Obsession, May 18: Animal Friends

Butterfly Heart!

This is another card I created at the latest crop with my best friend Christine. I used her Memory Box Butterfly Heart thin metal die, my Martha Stewart Large Monarch Butterfly Punch and a sentiment from the Altenew Label Love stamp set. I love the clean and simple design of this card.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #329: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #180: Anything Goes + Sentiment

Baby Toys!

For this baby card I was inspired by a card from Sarah J. Moerman. I colored my background with Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass. The images are from two different stamp sets which belong to my best friend Christine: Wplus9 "Party Animals" & Lawn Fawn "Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum" using the heat embossing technique. I produced this card on our latest crop.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps and More #242: Make your Mark
• Inky Chicks #83: Baby Card
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #351: backgrounds - use a background stamp or create a background
• Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog #128: Anything Goes
• Creative Moments #118: Anything Goes

Diaper Cake for Felix!

I never showed you my second diaper cake I made for a friend of mine who welcomed their second son. This time I used the Stampin'UP stamp sets "Zoo Babies" and "All in the Family" for it and wrote his name with washi tape. I was looking for the pictures as I want to make a diaper cake again soon, as one of my best friends is due with her second baby girl within the next days.

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Handmade on Tuesday #100

Monster Party!

For this card I used several different stamp set with birthday symbols and sentiments to create the background. Afterwards I used the peacock feathers distress ink. The monster stamp is from viva decor I borrowed from my best friend.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Task for Two Tuesday Challenge#76: Sprechblase(n)
• Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #97: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, May 16: Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown #343: Texture

Christmas Shaker Card in May!

The only shaker cards I have left in store to participate in the current CAS on Sunday challenge "shaker card" are with a Christmas theme. That's why you see this card on a day with 22 degrees outside today:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• CAS on Sunday #108: Shaker Card

Ombre Background Butterflies!

For this card I created an ombre background with my Distress Inks and used the Martha Stewart Large Monarch Butterfly Punch afterward to get this beautiful butterflies. The sentiment is from Create a Smile Stamps. I made a bunch of cards like this in different colors and sentiments as it was soooo much fun.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #173: Birthday
• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #44: Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspiration Challenge Blog #179: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart #159: Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges #115: Anything Goes

Mother's Day Word Cloud!

To create this card I borrowed an embossing folder from my best friend Christine and colored it with my Distress Inks to create an ombre background. Behind the big heart I stamped a "word cloud" from Stempelbox.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog #116: Anything Goes with option Mother's Day
• AAA Cards #90: Embossing
• Come and get it challenges, May 14: Mother's Day
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #130: Anything Goes

Time for Party by Create a Smile Stamps!

This is the second card from my series I created with the stamp set "time flies" from Create a Smile Stamps using my Tombow Dual Brush Pens for coloring. First time I used the Lil'Inker Designs Silly Stitched Square Die Set as well.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #370: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge #19: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #19: Anything Goes

First Whimsical Flowers card!

Today, I want to show you my first card where I use the Altenew stamp set Whimsical Flowers. I just tried to find the pin which inspired me to make this card, but I can't find it right now. I will refer to it as soon as I see it. I heat embossed the flowers and colored them afterwards with my Tombow Dual Brush Pens and adhered them on vellum. The sentiment is from Label Love by Altenew as well.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #250: Embossing
• QKR Stampede Challenge #243: Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends Challenge Blog #43: Anything Goes

Pirate card for twin boy!

My daughter was invited to a birthday party of twin boys who turned 4. The theme of their party was "pirates". Therefore, I made two cards with the efco stamp set clear strand. This is one of those two cards:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Not Just Cards Challenge Blog #44: One for the Boys
• Fab'n'Funky #350: Kids and Teenager Birthdays

It's time to celebrate!

This is my first card with the "Time Flies" stamp set from Create a Smile Stamps. Stamping and coloring this alarm clock takes quite a while but made lots of fun. You will see more of those alarm clocks on my blog now.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #415: Birthday
• Come and Get it Challenges, May 7: Birthday Wishes
• The Crazy Challenge #248: Monochrome
• Crafty Cardmakers #188: Add a Sentiment

Colored Hearts for Mother's Day!

My last mother's day card for tonight. I used the linked hearts die from Paper Smooches and the Die-namics Single Stitch Line Rounded Rectangle Frames from My Favorite Things. The sentiment is from the Stampin'Up set "Kleine Wuensche".

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #328: Anything Goes

More linked hearts for mother's day!

This is another combination of the sentiment from Stempelbox and the linked hearts from Paper Smooches:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #350: Celebrate Women
• Craft for the Craic, May 8: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart #158: Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenge Blog #5: Anything Goes

All in gold for mother's day!

I made a series of mother's day cards with this technique: gold embossing powder on red card stock with a golden frame from the My Favorite Things "Die-namics Single Stitch Line Rounded Rectangle Frames". The background stamp is My Favorite Things "Floral Fantasy Background".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog #116: Anything Goes with option Mother's Day
• Crafty Creations Challenges #341: Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #41: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, May 9-15: Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers, May 9: Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Linked Hearts on Mother's Day!

I made a bunch of mother's day cards this year as I purchased some new stamps. For this card I used a clear stamp from Stempelbox and the linked hearts die cut from Paper Smooches.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog, May 9: Bright Colors
• Cards and More Challenge Blog #184: Frauenkarte / cards for women
• Create and Inspire Challenges #62: Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps and More #241: Anything Goes
• Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog #127: Anything Goes

Wie gerne haette ich das Goodiebag von kreativsuechtig!

Ich mache mit bei der Verlosung eines Goodiebags von kreativsuechtig, welches sie im Rahmen ihres CidM 2017 verlosen. Ich würde mich riesig freuen gezogen zu werden!