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

Baby Toys!

I enter this baby card with the adorable elephant by My Favorite Things in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Designs, January 23: New Beginnings
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #132: Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart #191: Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #74: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede Challenge #279: Anything Goes

Let's Be Happy!

A clean and simple card using the Boxed Up Birthday Greeting Die by Lil'Inker Designs:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #376: Let's Be Happy
• Crafty Creations Challenges #358: Anything Goes
• Create and Inspire Challenges #70: Anything Goes

Silver Christmas Tree!

I love this design with the Lil'Inker Designs Silly Stitched Square Die, the stars stencil and the silver glitter foam tree by Sizzix
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I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Come and Get it Challenges, December 3: Christmas Challenge
• 613 Avenue Create #204: Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #71: Anything Goes
• HLS December Christmas Challenge, December 5: Anything Goes optional Stencil

Seasonal Stars!

During my last crafting session I realised that I own a beautiful die cut set of stars by "Lil'Inker Designs" called "Seasonal Stars Dies Set". I used scraps of ombre colored backgrounds I kept in my stash and cut out a punch of those stars. The huge German sentiment says "Merry Christmas".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog #43: Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations Challenges #356: Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps and More #271: Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #56: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog, December 5: Anything Goes
• Try it on Tuesday, December 5: Twinkle, Twinkle

Thanks with Glitter Foam!

I used the Boxed Up Thank You Greeting Die by Lil'Inker Designs on turquoise glitter foam on Floral Fantasy Background by My Favorite Things.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creatalicious Challenges #127: Anything Goes
• Creative Moments #131: Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs, November 15: Let's be Thankful
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #355: Anything Goes

Flamingo, You Are Amazing!

For my first card with my new flamingo stamp set, I chose a background using the cover up die pointelle by Lil'Inker Designs.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #374: Polka Dots
• The Sisterhood of Crafters, October 25: I See Spots
• Inky Chicks #90: Animals
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge #53: Anything Goes
• Try it on Tuesday, October 24: Circles

Patterned Paper Balloons!

I used a couple of paper scraps to create this simple birthday card using Birthday Balloon Greeting Dies by Lil'Inker Designs.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Fab'n'Funky #367: Paper Piercing
• Morgan's Artworld #21: Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends #53: Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #128: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart #180: Anything Goes

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

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

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

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

Grid patterned paper!

One of my all time favourite die is the "boxed up birthday greeting" die. This time I used it together with a beautiful grid patterned paper.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #364: Sequins
• Addicted to Stamps and More #256: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs, August 22: Anything Goes

Full of stars!

This is one of many Gorjuss girl cards I made recently using a Gorjuss decoupage set adding different embellishments on every card. This time I added a couple of stars from Lil'Inker Designs "seasonal stars" die set.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Inky Chicks #87: Stars
• QKR Stampede Challenge #257: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles #33: Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society #123: Anything Goes

U Rock!

One of my collegues at work passed an important exam this week and I made the following card congratulating him:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create #198: Anything Goes
• Come and Get it Challenges, June 4: Anything Goes
• Craft Rocket Challenges #38: For the Men/Boys
• Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #98: Boyz Rule!
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #253: Celebrations!

Thanks so Glitter!

I used the next owl for a clean and simple thank you card. I die cut the Lil'Inker Designs Boxed Up Greeting Die from a turquise glitter sheet of foam and attached it to the suitable patterned paper of the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Paper Pad.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CFC #175: Use those Patterned Papers
• QKR Stampede Challenge #246: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #22: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles Paper Crafting Challenge #22: Anything Goes
• Morgan's Artworld #11: 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

Male Pointelle Card!

The Lil'Inker Design "Cover Up Die: Pointelle" is perfect for male cards:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog, April 18: Men/Boy Challenge
• Everybody Art Challenge #401: Blau und eine andere Farbe
• TTCRD, April 18: Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog #177: Anything Goes

Going wild on your Birthday!

On Tuesday, an old friend of mine celebrates his birthday. Although, he will get 41 I made him a card using "Zoo Babies" from Stampin'up with a jungle patterned paper and coordinating ribbon.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Gem of a Challenge #192: Ribbon and/or Lace
• Sweet Stampin', April 15: Paper Piercing
• Crafty Catz #366: Anything goes with an optional twist of wild animals
• Creatalicious Challenge #113: Anything Goes with optional Birthday
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #128: Anything Goes