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

Purple Valentine's Day Card!

This is my first Valentine's Day card 2018! Just used picked rasperry distress ink to create an ombre background, white embossing powder and love die cut by lawn fawn.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CAS on Friday #124: Love
• Crafty Catz #399: Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge #2: Anything Goes
• 4 Crafty Chicks #385: No Winter Blues
• Art Impressions #223: Anything Goes

Snow flakes are the butterflies of winter!

For this card I used an ombre background with a snow flakes stencil and then die cut it with the horizontal snow drifts cover up die from My Favorite Things.
The sentiment says: "snow flakes are the butterflies of winter".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Stempelgarten Challenge #69: Eiskalt
• 4 Crafty Chicks #384: Dies/Punches
• Little Red Wagon #425: Winter Wonderland
• The Crazy Challenge #265: Winter Wonderland
• Dani Peuss Kartenchallenge #60: Alles Erlaubt

New Christmas Tree Die!

I want to show you the first card using my new Impression Obsession Christmas Tree Cutout Die.
This is one of three different motifs I can create with this set.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Come and Get it Challenges, December 3: Christmas Challenge
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #72: Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends #57: Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #58: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #359: Anyhting Goes

Do Fairies count as Christmas Critters?

I want to participate in the current 4 Crafty Chicks challenge # 381 called "christmas/winter critters" but I only have a card with the gorgeous Frosty Fairy Friends by Lawn Fawn. I used the Horizontal Snow Drift Die Cut by My Favorite Things for the background together with a stencilled and heat embossed starry sky. Does this count?

I enter this card in the following challenges as well:

• Little Red Wagon #423: Christmas Critters
• CHNC challenge #364: Anything Goes as long as its Christmas
• QKR Stampede #274: Christmas
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #187: Anything Christmas related
• Crafty Catz #397: Anything Goes

Sending smiles across the miles!

I sent this card to the cousins of my children to South Africa. The used background stamp is the Bottle Caps stamp by Docrafts.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #391: Anything Goes
• Crafty Stamper, November 3: Anything Goes
• Crafting With Friends Challenge Blog #54: Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles #44: Anything Goes
• Morgan's Artworld, November 3: Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts #218: Embossing Delights

First texture paste card!

Today, I wanna show you my first card where I used texture paste on an ombre background using a mandala stencil. It was easier to create as I thought and the outcome is amazing! I love it! That evening I made a bunch of textured backgrounds for future cards to come.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #55: Anything Goes
• Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog #137: Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs, November 1: Anything Goes
• Eclectic Ellapu, November 1: Anything Goes
• Creatalicous Challenges #126: 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

a little hello!

For this ombre background card I used the Docrafts Papermania Portobello Road Collection Urban Stamp:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #47: Anything Goes
• Love To Craft Challenge Blog #12: Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #99: Anything Goes
• Creative Ladybirds #28: Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations #38: Anything Goes

Flying through the garden!

I wanted to use the "Fairy Friends" stamp set from Lawn Fawn again and used the Mama Elephant Thanks die with the embossed impressions technique I saw by Jennifer McGuire.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Simon Says: Showers and/or Flowers
• Creative Moments #116: Anything Goes with optional twist Spring has spring
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #347: In the Garden
• The Paper Nest Dolls #04: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #325: Anything Goes

Red Ombre Brackground Thank You Card!

This is another of my ombre background cards inspired by Jennifer McGuire:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog, April 11: Flowers

Happy Birthday, Aud Sentiments!

This is the first card where I used the Die-namics from My Favorite Things.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Aud Sentiments #177: Aud Sentiments 7th Birthday Party
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #410: Bring on the Bling

Amazing Ombre Background Card!

Today, I show you another Ombre Background Card. I learned the technique by watching a video of Jennifer McGuire. The technique is so cool I made a bunch of cards using all my different background stamps and distress inks.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers, April 1: Watercolor Challenge
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #322: Anything Goes

First ombre background card!

After I saw the YouTube video from Jennifer McGuire about how to make easy ombre background cards, I had to try it immediately and I LOVE the outcome. This is the first card I made that evening. The only thing that Jennifer didn't say in her video was, that it takes quite long to finish one card.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade. The die cut is from "The Greeting Farm Die Cut - Hello & Smile" set.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers #182: Add Some Texture
• Try it on Tuesday, February 14: Let's get Messy
• Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog #35: Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede #230: Anything Goes or Embossing
• Happy Little Stampers, February 9: Anything Goes with Dies
• TTCRD, February 14: Anything Goes