Golden friend!

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Easter rabbit parade on word cloud

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Eastercard with watercolor background

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Hello Birthday Girl

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Grieve!

Unfortunately, we need such cards as well from time to time:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• The Paper Nest Dolls, June 3: Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create #210: Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #83: Anything Goes

Which one?

In Autumn we will get a cat. It is a huge topic for our kids. We have lots of discussions about the breed, sex, etc. Which one will it be? Therefore, I post another of my purr-fect friends cards tonight:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Colour Crazy Challenge #22: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz #419: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede #298: Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #23: June Anything Goes

Circles!

This is my first card using the Simon Says Circle Doodle Background:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Simon Says #50: Anything Goes
• WWC #172: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #382: Anything Goes
• Crafting From the Heart #209: Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #142: Anything Goes

First DIY Silhouette Design!

This is the first design I created in Silhouette Studio to use for confirmation and baptism cards:

I enter this ccard in the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps and More #294: Clean and Simple
• Polkadoodles #22: Anything Goes
• HLS Watercolor Challenge, June 2018: Anything Goes
• Creatalicous Challenges #140: Anything Goes
• 4 Crafty Chicks #405: Anything Goes

Marry Me!

For my in-laws wedding anniversary I made the following card using a German sentiment from Stampin'Up:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts #248: Embossing
• Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #110: Marry Me!
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #279: Wedding or Party
• CAS on Friday #134: Embossing
• Eclectic Ellapu, June 1: Anything Goes

Gorjuss at the beach!

This is one of my latest Gorjuss Girls. The sentiment says: Birthday boy/girl, enjoy the day!

I enter the card in the following challenges:

• Seize the Birthday, May 24: Patterned Paper
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #470: Come Play Outside
• Steckenpferdchen Challengeblog #96: Meeresbrise
• Just Us Girls #443: Outside
• Crafty Girls Creations #48: Anything Goes

Hearts all over, Baby!

The adorable elephant by My Favorite Things got quite dark for this baby boy card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Fab'n'Funky #396: For a child
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #470: Baby, Baby
• Crafty Cardmakers #213: For a Boy/Man
• Crafting by Designs, May 31: For the Boys
• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #69: Anything Goes

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