Hooray elephant!

This time I put the adorable elephant from My Favorite Stamps in front of a stencil background:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Simon Says: Stencil It
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #380: Anything Goes
• Creative Moments #143: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, May 15: Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps and More #292: Make Your Mark

Cat or Dog?

I never had a cat or dog before but when we move in our new house we will get a cat eventually, as my husband and kids demand one. So I am a cat person I guess:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Cut It Up! #148: Cats or Dogs!
• QKR Stampede Challenge #296: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz #417: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles #20: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #20: Anything Goes

Owls owl over!

This is an older card I never showed on the blog before, with the cute "I'm owl yours" by My Favorite Things:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers #212: Things with wings
• Crafting from the heart #207: Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #141: Anything Goes
• Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #82: Anything Goes
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #468: Happy 9th Birthday Allsorts

Friendship Unicorn!

The sentiment on this polaroid die cut means: "I love you nearly as much as unicorns!". I sent this card to a close friend of mine:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts #245: Humorous Card
• TIME OUT Challenge #109
• Crafting with friends challenge blog #67: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #19: Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards Challenge Blog, May 11: Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps and More #291: Anything Goes

Tomorrow is Mother's Day!

As there is Mother's Day tomorrow in Austria, I show you another Mother's Day card similar to the one I showed you a couple of days ago. This is the card for my second grandmother:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• WWC169 - Charlotte's "All About Occasions" Challenge
• Little Red Wagon #445: Pierce Out
• Crafting by Designs, May 9: Mother's Day
• Crafty Catz #416: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede #295: Anything Goes

Floral Stencil!

I created this background with a floral stencil and texture paste I colored in pink. The cute bird in the cage is from the "purr-fect friends" stamp set by My Favorite Things:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Just Us Girls Trend Week #440: Stencils
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #467: In The Pink
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #379: Anything goes
• Polkadoodles, Week 19: Anything Goes
• Create and Inspire Challenges #74: Anything Goes

Butterflies anywhere!

On this card you can see butterflies on the patterned paper and three butterflies made with the Martha Stewart Large Monarch Butterfly punch:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #205: Schmetterlinge
• Crafty Creations Challenges #266: Anything Goes
• Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog #150: Anything Goes
• The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog #48: Anything Goes

Lying in a bed of flowers!

I put one of the cute unicorns from Dani Peuss in front of a beautiful patterned paper I got from South Africa. As I participate in the current Dani Peuss challenge, the sentiment is from her too, which means "congratulations!":

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Dani Peuss Challenge #69: Klartext-Stempel
• Sweet Stampin', May 12: Magic/Myth/Fantasy
• C.R.A.F.T. challenge #467: Annual Birthday Bloghop
• Aud Sentiment Challenge Blog #203: Cute + Sentiment
• The Sisterhood of Crafters, May 9: Magical Fairy Garden

Wishing You...!

For this brayered background birthday card I borrowed the "Wishing you" stamp set by Mama Elephant from my best friend. I love the lettering!!!!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers #211: No Patterned Paper
• The Corrosive Challenge Blog #5 May: Anything Goes

With Things That Fly!

It is time for another of my cute Marianne Design Family Owl.The balloons are from the Lil'Inker Desings Birthday Balloon Greetings stamp set:

I enter this card into the following challenges:

• Incy Wincy Designs, May 7: With Things That Fly
• Scrapbook Stamp Society, May 7: Anything Goes

Hidden message!

I haven't used the Essential Sentiments Rip Strips Die-namics by My Favorite Things much but for this unicorn friendship card I hid an important message behind it.

I enter this card into the following challenges:

• Everybody Art Challenge #425: versteckte Botschaft
• Crafting from the heart #205: Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #67: Anything Goes

Open Arms!

This is another of my Gorjuss Girl Decoupage cards where I used ribbon, paper flower and brads to pimp it up:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Designs, May 8: Use ribbon/lace
• TTCRD, May 8: Anything Goes
• Handmade on Tuesday #149

Yellow Milk Packaging!

I enter this milk packaging project into the following challenge:

• Simple Create Too #138: Anything But  A Card

Fish in a bowl!

I put the cute cat with the fish in his bowl in front of a stencilled background. The German sentiment says: I am here for you when you need me (and also wenn you not need me).

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts #244: Friendship
• 613 Avenue Create #209: Anything Goes

Just Add "O"

The heat embossed images of this ombre background card are from a stamp set I bought at Action:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Just Add Ink Challenge Blog #407: Just add "O"
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #378: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles Crafting #18: Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs, May 2: Anything Goes
• Take It Make It Challenge, May 4: Anything Goes

Waving Hi!

I put a cute fairy from the Lawn Fawn set "fairy friends" on a patterned cloudy paper:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CAS on Friday #132: Use a cute stamp on your card
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #81: Anything Goes

Love, Grandma!

I made this mother's day card for my grandmother:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #401: Women's Celebration
• Creative Friday #204: for a girl/woman
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #378: Anything Goes

DINO-RRIFIC BIRTHDAY!

I enter this clean and simple dinosaurus birthday card in the following challenges:

• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #278: Masculine
• HLS May CAS Challenge, May 3: Anything Goes

Hello Summer, flamingo!

Today, I show you a flamingo card as it already feels like summer here in Austria:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Art Impressions #231: Winged Things
• Crafting with an attitude #39: Anything Goes
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges, May 3: May Challenge

Floral Fantasy Flowers!

I coloured only a small part of the floral fantasy background by My Favorite Things and put a golden frame around it. The Thanks die cut is by Mama Elephant.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #415: Anything Goes
• Cut It Up! Challenge #147: Flowers
• Sweet Stampin', May 5: Flowers
• WWC168 - Helen's Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge
• Inkspirational Challenges #160: Purple and Gold

Animal Magic!

I enter this birthday card with the cute stamp set "purr-fect friends" by My Favorite Things into the following challenges:

• Seize the Birthday, April 26: Anything Goes
• Stempelgarten Challenge #73: Tiere
• Simon Says: Animal Magic
• Colour Crazy Challenge #18: Anything Goes
• Craft Rocket Challenges #48: Use Embellishments