With Love!

I tried a new technique: coloring my embossing folders first and then put the white paper in it to run it through the big shot. I used 3d Pearl Paint from Action. As you can't use them to create "nuvo drops" because they are bad quality I was looking for another way to use it.

I enter this card for the following challenges:

• TIME OUT challenges #93: Breast Cancer Awareness
• Creatalicious Challenges #124: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, September 26: Anything Goes

Full of treasures!

I used the koala from Create A Smiles "full of treasures" stamp set to create this scenery for a thank you card.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Kreativ Durcheinander #45: Dankbar
• Colour Crazy Challenge #39: Anything Goes
• Simon Says #42: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede #263: Cut It Up
• Creative Knockouts #213: Lots of Layers

Fall Colors Brayered Background!

For this birthday card I used fall colors for a brayered background using sentiments from "all about you" by My Favorite Things.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• SEME Challenge #92: Herbst
• Fab'n'Funky #364: Fall Colors
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #435: Sentiment in Focus
• A Gem of a Challenge #204: Birthday Card
• Sweet Stampin', September 30: Autumn

Black, white and silver!

For the background stamp I used silver heat embossing powder, which you can hardly recognise on my picture. The sentiment is from Stampin'Up "In Gedanken bei dir (Hopeful Thoughts).

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #370: Black, white and one other color
• Crafty Creations Challenges #351: Anything Goes
• Addicted to stamps and more #261: Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #51: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge, September 26: Anything Goes

Honeycomb condolences!

I used my recently purchased honeycomb die to create a condolences card as my mom needed two cards:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #189: diecuts / punches
• Sisterhood of Crafter, September 27: Use your Dies
• Crafty Catz #386: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles #39: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #346: Anything Goes

Rainbow colored background with Doodle Blooms!

I created this card with a selfmade rainbow colored background and added some colored doodle blooms by My Favorite Things.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Task for Two Tuesday #86: Flowers
• Handmade on Tuesday #119
• TTCRD, Sep 26 - Oct 2: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge, September 26: Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge #51: Anything Goes

Flying by for your Birthday!

This is my first card I was using my Happy Hippo stamp set by My Favorite Things. "Balloons in the Sky" is the name of the background from Create a Smile stamps.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Sweet Stampin', September 23: Cute & Cuddly
• Crafting from the heart #176: Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #126: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz #385: Birthday Party Time
• QKR Stampede #262: Embossing

Time flies - belated birthday card!

I made this belated birthday card with the stamp set "time flies" by Create a Smile stamps.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts Challenge Blog #434: Things with Wings
• Colour Crazy Challenge #38: Anything Goes
• CAS on Friday #117: Dies
• Come and Get it Challenges, September 24: Anything Goes

Shaker Card for CAS-ual Fridays!

This is another monochromatic wedding shaker card I made this summer:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CFC #183: Shaker Card
• Morgan's Artworld #19: Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #137: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles #38: Anything Goes
• Crafting With Friends #51: Anything Goes

Autumn Girl!

For the cold weather here in Austria at the moment I chose a Gorjuss Girl with a beanie and an eagle by her side.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #347: Anything Goes
• Fab'n'Funky #363: Floral Embellishment
• Creative Moments #127: Anything Goes
• Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog #134: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog, September 19: Birthdays
• TTCRD, September 19-26: Anything Goes

Kikeriki!

I bought the farm-tastic stamp set by My Favorite Things for my little son as he loves tractors more than anything else. This is one of my first three cards I created with this cute stamp set:

I have to improve the watercolor background and the spritz technique.
I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts #211: Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog #186: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the heart #175: Anything Goes

HUGS in Focus!

When using the huge HUGS die cuts from My Favorite Things you don't need much else. Therefore, I created an ombre background for this clean and simple card.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #188: Farbverlauf
• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #52: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #37: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles Challenge #36: Anything Goes
• Creatalicous Challenges #123: Anything Goes

Purr-fect Friends Background!

No Designerpaper is the challenge for the next two weeks by Dani Peuss Challenge # 52. I used the purr-fect friends stamp set by My Favorite Things.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Scrapbook Stamp Society #125: Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #66: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede Challenge #261: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz #384: Anything Goes

Happy Birthday, Birka!

Today, I am posting a card for Birka's Birthday Blog Hop on Happy Crafty Friends. It is incredible what her crafty friends organised for their dear friend.
I made this card with the brayered background technique I learned from Yana Smakula. The sentiment is from "All About You" by My Favorite Things.

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Happy Crafty Friends, September 16: Happy Birthday Birka

Owl HUGS!

I love the Big HUGS die-namics by My Favorite Things and combined it with one of their owls for this card:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• The Crazy Challenge #257: Autumn

My Friend!

I love coloring these cute cats and birds from "purr-fect friends" by My Favorite Things:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Try It On Tuesday, September 12: My Friend

All in Blue Birthday Owl!

This is the second card today where I used the "floral fantasy background" stamp by My Favorite Things behind the Rectangle Peek A Boo Window Die-Namics and their cute owl. The sentiment says "today is your birthday" by Create a Smile Stamps.

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Tuesday Throwdown #360: Happy Birthday

Two Roses!

For this Thank You card I colored the floral fantasy background by My Favorite Things to create this CAS card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Welcome to Create and Inspire Challenges #66: Anything Goes
• Cards and More Challenge Blog #193: Flowerpower
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #125: Anything Goes option Flowers

Task for Two Tuesday #85

I am running out of post titles for card with this gorgious elephant by My Favorite Things. This is another baby card for my stash:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Task for Two Tuesday #85: Welcome Baby
• Crafting From The Heart #174: Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenge #9: Anything Goes

Congratulations Neighbors!

Our neighbors wedding was in July and I made the following shaker card for them:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Sweet Stampin', September 9: Wedding/Anniversary
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #50: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs, September 12: Dies and/or Punches
• TTCRD, September 12: Anything Goes
• Handmade on Tuesday #117

The princess and her horse!

I borrowed the stamp set "Once upon a time" from My Favorite Things from my best friend in order to create this magical birthday card for a little girl's birthday:

I enter this card in the follwing challenges:

• Crafting With Friends Challenge Blog #50: Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #136: Anything Goes
• CAS on Friday #116: Color me Pretty
• Craft Stamper, September 8: Anything Goes
• CFC #182: CAS a Girl-Friday

You get better with age!

This is one of the brightest cards I ever made! I love it! I love the Doodle Blooms stamp set and the "About You" stamp set, both by My Favorite Things. You can write so many different sentiments with it!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #345: Anything Goes
• HLS September Anything Goes With Dies Challenge
• Morgan's Artworld #18: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede Challenge #260: Anything Goes

Purple Thanks!

Today, I show you a thank you card where I did some coloring with my Tombow Dual Brush Pens. I used the Bundles of Blossoms background stamp by My Favorite Things. The sentiment is from Mama Elephant.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #383: Anything Goes with twist Thank You
• Colour Crazy Challenge #36: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles #36: Anything Goes
• Crafting With An Attitude #31: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #188: Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Autumnal Coloured Friendship Card!

Tonight, I want to show you another card I created with using the brayered background technique I learned from a video by Yana Smakula. The sentiment is by Create A Smile Stamps and says "happy to call you my friend".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Craft for the Craig, September 3: Autumnal Coloured Project
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #124: Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog #185: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart #173: Anything Goes

Happy Summer, sweet Ananas!

Although summer is over in Austria, I made this happy card a few days ago. I think I have to wait until next year to send this card to someone special:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Task For Two Tuesday #84: Summer
• Handmade on Tuesday #116
• TTCRD, September 5: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs, September 5: Anything Goes

Monochromatic birthday card!

I created this monocromatic birthday card using a patterned paper from Lawn Fawn:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Tuesday Throwdown #359: Punches and/or Dies
• Everybody Art Challenge #408: Clean and Simple
• Crafty Cardmakers #195: Monochrome
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge #9: Anything Goes

Surprise: Koala Baby!

Today, I want to show you another baby boy card I made with the new Create a Smile stamp set "ein Wagen voller Schaetze".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• AAA Cards #98: Creatures Great or Small
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #266: Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create #201: Anything Goes

First Mermaid Card!

I want to show you my first card using the cute "Mermazing" stamp set by My Favorite Things.
For the background I used the stitched windy backdrop by Lawn Fawn.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Girls Creations #39: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles #35. Anything Goes
• HLS September Watercolour Challenge: Anything Goes

New Beginnings, all around!

There were a couple of babies born in my friends circle and I needed a couple of baby cards lately.
For this card I used the adorable elephant by My Favorite Things and stuck them on a dotted tag by Lil'Inker Designs. For the sentiment I used the aqua glitzer embossing powder by Sternenstaub saying "congratulations".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Sweet Stamping, September 2: Heat Embossing
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #180: Boys will be Boys
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #431: New Beginnings

CASOLOGY Square Card!

I stamped two different thank you stamps from Create a Smile Stamps on the Lil'inker designs Silly Stitched Square Die and added a cute owl from "I'm owl yours" by My Favorite Things to it. I used an embossing folder of Sizzix for the textured background.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CASology, September 2: Square
• Craft Stamper, September 1: Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #51: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #35: Anything Goes

Kraft Paper Birthday Card!

With my new stamps and die cut sentiments by Create a Smile stamps I created this cute birthday card with the Adorable Elephant by My Favorite Things.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Gem of a Challenge #202: Use Kraft Card/Paper
• QKR Stampede Challenge #259: Anything Goes
• LTSCB #101: Anything Goes
• LTCCB #14: September Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends #49: Anything Goes