Snowflakes, big and small!

Today, I show you a CAS winter card with a snowflake background stamp by Create A Smile Stamps and a snow man by Depot.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Dani Peuss #61: Schnee Weiß
• Creative Friday #197: Es schneit!
• Handmade on Tuesday #134
• A Gem of a Challenge #221: Cool in Blue
• Crafty Catz #400: Anything Goes

Butterfly Family!

I show you this card because I want to enter it in the following challenge of Crafty Catz:

• Crafty Catz #353: Anything Goes with a twist - Butterflies
• Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog #119: Anything Goes
• Morgan's Artworld #1: Anything Goes

Time to build Snowmen!

Finally, we have lots of snow in Austria and we already built a snow man in the garden. Here is another winter card of mine:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• TIME OUT challenges #74: Winter
• The Sisterhood of Crafters, January 11: Celebrating January
• Cut it Up! Challenge #113: It's Snow Fun
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #171 Anything goes + Sentiment
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #311: Anything Goes
• Inky Chicks #77: Anything Goes

Waving Penguins!

Finally, it feels like winter here in Austria. We got snow overnight. Today I show you a clean and simple winter theme card using a stamp set from Hot Of The Press Inc.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Casology #230: Cold
• Lemon Shortbreat Challenge Blog #32: Anything Goes

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.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Boots Challenges, December 19: Winter Wonderland
• Creative Knockouts #174: Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #231: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede Challenge #224: Snowman or Snowflakes

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.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Cards 4 Guys Challenge Blog #147: Snowman
• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog, Nov 22: Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #29: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, Nov 22: Anything Goes

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.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CHNC challenge #308: cute or anything goes as long as it's Christmas
• C.R.A.F.T. challenge #390: Christmas
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #304: Christmas
• The Paper Players #322: Clean and Simple Christmas Challenge

Purple Butterflies!

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

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers, Oct 9: Anything Goes with Dies
• Try it on Thuesday, Oct 25: Handmade by You
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #396: Sparkle and Shine

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:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Booths Challenges, Sep 12: All Squared Up
• Left of Center Creative Challenges #147: Butterflies
• TTCRD, Sep 13: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #329: Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspiration Challenge Blog #163: Anything Goes
•  Not Just Cards #36: Anything Goes

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!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #213: Black, White and a Splash of Color
• CFC #155: Black & White with a Pop of Color
• Craft your passion challenges #326: Always anything goes
• Crafty Catz #335: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #292: Anything Goes

Happy Birthday, Kathy!

I made this card for my cousin Katharina using the "Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Butterflies Die Set". This time I was inspired on Pinterest. 

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Cute as a Button Challenge Blog #25: Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog #162: Anything Goes
• Incy Wincy Designs, July 31: Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #21: Anything Goes
• Left of Center Creative Challenges #142: Hip to be Square

Shaking Hearts!

As shaker cards are very trendy at the moment I had to try another one:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #157: Schüttelkarten
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #312: Two or more desinger papers
• TTCRD, July 5th: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #285: Anything Goes

Christmas glitter ornament!

This is a christmas card in June. I put sizoweb over the ornament and rubbed Silk Microfine Glitter in blue from Elizabeth Crafts Design over it before I removed it. On the picture you can hardly see the white lines which are left on the ornament. But in real it look pretty good. The patterned paper is from the Lawn Fawn paper pack "Let's Bokeh in the snow".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #368: Christmas
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #156: Anything Goes

Summer fun in our garden!

Our garden is blooming right now and we can't wait to eat the first strawberries and rasperries!
Therefore, I created a garden themed card using the animals from the Lawn Fawn stamp set "gritters in the burbs":

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts #146: Summer fun
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges #06: Anything Goes

Yellow is for summer!

I made a monochrome card for the summer challenge of Crafty Sentiments Designs:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge, June 14: Summer
• Craft Your Passion #316: Always Anything Goes
• TTCRD challenge, June 14: Always Anything Goes

Elf Magic!

For Christmas I bought a very cute paper from Bo Bunny called "Elf magic" and I created the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #268: colors:blue
• Sweet Stampin', February 13: CAS

Happy Birthday, Barbara!

For the first birthday of my friend's daughter, I made the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Creative Knockouts #128: Fury friends

Smile, Olaf!

My daughter is just listening to the CD of "Frozen". That's why I chose this title for the post.  I used the Lawn Fawn paper "Let's Bokeh in the Snow" again together with the snow man stamp from DEPOT and the polaroid die from Mama Elephant. For the snow flakes I have a little punch from PAGRO.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #146: Schnee
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #102: Anything Goes

Happy Birthday, ladybird!

I saw a similar card on Pinterest, using the three panel geometric optics with big flowers.
The brighter flowers are made with the heat embossing technique as well as the sentiment. The other flowers are simply stamped with red ink. I wanted to have some contrast on the card.
To top it off, I stuck 2 buttons with white lace and a big ladybird on it. I think it is a perfect card for a birthday girl in May.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #276: Things with wings
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #130: Things with wings plus a sentiment
• The Crafter's Coffee Challenge Blog #113: Ribbon and/or Lace
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #224: Use spooled items
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #256: Lace

Christmas in Red!

I hardly use any christmas paper for my christmas cards, so I thought I have to change that fact with this card. The stamps I used are from a stamp set purchase by Depot.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Divas by Design, Dec 10: Seeing Red