My first Fairy Friends card!

I bought the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Fairy Friends" and want to show you my first card inspired by Kartenwind.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts Challenge Blog #374: A Touch of Sparkle
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #288: Anything Goes

Waving Penguin!

This is another contribution for the church renovation Christkindl Market in Vienna. I love the Lawn Fawn paper "Let's Bokeh in the Snow" together with the penguin stamp and the polaroid die from Mama Elephant.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly Challenge, November 10: Christmas Critters
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #281: Clean & Simple

Just Purple and White!

For this card I just used purple paper, purple ribbon and purple heat embossing powder and on top of it I sewed some white sizoweb. The purple Martha Steward Monarch Butterfly is the eye catcher of the card.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments Designs, November 3: Purple and White
• TTCRD, November 3-9: Anything Goes
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges #11: Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards Challenges #26: November
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #286: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart #84: Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin', October 31: Dies and/or Punches

Embossed Washi Tape #2!

I made a similar card already but then I used just blue washi tapes. I like the idea of embossed washi tape I saw on Pinterest. This time I used bright and shiny colors. Once again I love the outcome of that clean and simple card!

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• CAS on Sunday #69: Washi Tape

Monocromatic for a Girl!

I needed another baby girl card for a friend of mine and used some scraps from a girly patterned paper for it.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #132: Monocromatic for a Child
• Paper Creators Crafts #42: New Baby
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #277: Always Anything Goes

Christmas in July!

Very unusual but we have a second heat wave in July with more than 30 degrees. We can only stay cool when swimming or making Christmas cards in the evening:

I used theSIZZIX framelits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe". The snowflake stamp is from DEPOT. I used the heat embossing technique for them and added some pearls in the middle. 

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Eureka Stamps Challenge #150: Christmas in July
• Crafty boots challenges. July 20: Christmas in July
• Crafty Desert Diva's, July 19: Christmas in July
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #320: Christmas

Heart written!

I got a new stamp from Artemio with some french writing on it I used for this card for the first time together with gold ink.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Everybody Art Challenge #320: Perlen/Pearls
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #257: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #101: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #222: Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges #73: Anything Goes

Buttons, Brads and Bling!

For this card I got inspired by Kath on Pinterest. I always wanted to use my old newspaper designer paper and found the perfect layout for it.

The stamped and die cut flowers are from the Sizzix set "Flowers, Lovely". Furthermore, I used a stamp die cut and the flags are from the Stampin'up framelits set "Hearts a flutter".
I competed the card with buttons, brads, pearls, twine and embellishments.

I enter this card in the following competitions:

• Sentimental Sundays, #251: Buttons, Brads and/or Bling
• Craft your passion challenges, #254: Always Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog, #138: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #98: Anything Goes

Green Butterflies!

A clean and simple card. I used an embossing folder and my Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch and set them on a green ribbon band.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog: #32 Spring is in the Air
• Eureka Stamps Challenge #132: The Color Green
• Crafty Boots Challenges, March 16: Spring
• Craft your Passion Challenge #253: Always Anything Goes
• Creatalicous Challenges #73: Anything Goes
• The Pink Elephant Challenge TPE #290: Pinch Me

Butterflies on a branch!

I love to use the Martha Stewart monarch butterfly punch. As spring is coming, I created the following card where two butterflies are "sitting" on a branch of a tree:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #136: Spring
• Crafting By Designs, March 4: March Anything Goes Challenge
• Wags'n Wiskers #149: Ready for Spring
• Allsorts challenge blog, week 301: Spring is in the Air
• Crafty Sentiments Designs, March 3: Spring Colours Challenge
• Creative Card Crew, #82: Green
• Creative Moments, #63: Anything Goes/Spring Greens
• Eclectic Ellapu, March 1: Go Green

Will we build a snow man this winter?

I start to wonder if we will be able to build a snow man this winter in our garden. No snow in sight.

With my recently bought SIZZIX framelits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe" I made a second card using the snow man. The snowflake stamp is from DEPOT. I used the heat embossing technique for them and added some pearls in the middle.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Delicious Doodles #114: Winter Whites
• Sentimental Sundays #237: Anything Goes

Hearts a flutter - Birthday wishes!

My cousin recently celebrated her 30th birthday with a big party for all her friends and relatives. For this occasion I even hat to make a more beautiful card than before. I chose some very colorful patterned paper, added lots of pearls and the sentiment and digits are created with the heat embossing technique. The hearts and banners are from the Stampin'up set "Hearts a flutter".
I was inspired by a card seen on Pinterest.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Creations Challenges #278: Something to Die for
• TTCRD, Dec 9-15: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #207: Anything other than Christmas

Please, let it snow!

In the US they have tons of snow. Here, in Austria we are miles away from seeing any snow soon they say.
I recently bought the SIZZIX framelits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe". The snowflake stamp is from DEPOT. I used the heat embossing technique for them and added some pearls in the middle.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Simply create too, challenge #75: snow, snow, snow
• Crafty Catz Challenge #256: winter theme
• Creative Knockouts, Challenge #64: Bling is the thing-crafty sentiments
• Cards and More Challenge Blog #119: Snowflakes
• Divas by Design, Nov 19: Let it snow

Happy Birthday in Monochromatic!

I saw that two challenge blog require something wooden and another blog's topic is monochromatic.
So I made the following card using my favourite woodgrain embossing folder and the Martha Stewart monarch butterfly punch again in my favourite color purple:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty cardmakers and more #118: Wooden it be lovely
• CASology #101: Wood
• Little Red Wagon #243: Animal Antics
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #109: TWO word sentiment 
• CAS on Sunday #36: Birthday
• Creatalicious Challenges #36: Happy Birthday!
• Crafty Creations Challenges #266: Things with wings
• The Sisterhood of Crafters, June 25: For the love of Monochromatic

Birthday wishes in green and red!

I am totally into heat embossing at the moment. I tried out this new "herbal" stamp with green embossing powder. I bought a birthday die cut from Elizabeth Craft Design recently. The writing is colored with red embossing powder and the green butterfly matches perfectly with the stamp!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Cut it Up #43: Birthday Card
• Kreativer Bastelblog #45: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #53: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz #227: B is for ...
• Party Time Tuesday #169: Anything Goes
• Everybody Art Challenge #275: Cute Card
• Creative Card Crew #60: Girly

Just Because / Spring Card

I wanted to create a CAS card highlighting the beautiful monarch butterfly punch from Martha Stewart.
I just used one of my embossing folders, added 2 brads and a rub-on on it, and that's it.
In my opinion it is a beautiful spring card.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Gem of a Challenge #117: Spring is in the Air
• Creative Card Crew #59: Spring
• Creative Knockouts #32: Spring is in the Air
• Papertake Weekly Challenge, April 8: Spring has sprung
• Simply Create Too #59: No Digis or Stamped Images
• Tok Bobok TBC#11: Clean and Simple

Butterflies in spring!

For this butterfly card I was inspired by a card from KT Hom Designs I saw on Pinterest as I was looking for inspirations for my Martha Stewart butterfly punch. I got the perfect structured paper for it too. I think it really looks as the butterflies are flying around the branch and the leaves.
In my opinion it perfectly fits as a spring birthday card as in our gardens the butterflies are already flying around.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #83: Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps #89: CAS
• Kaboodle Doodle Challenge #217:Spring is coming
• Inky Chicks #26: Butterflies
• Paper Nest Dolls #7: Anything Goes
• Stampin' for the weekend, March 28: Spring colours
• Sister Act Card Challenge #50: Anything Goes

Sending Love!

For this clean and simple card I didn't use any cardstock except the card itself. To create the bouquet, the stalks out made of stitches and the blossoms are made of wood. On top, I put some colored pearls to gain an eyecatcher.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #217: Love is in the Air
• Delicious Doodles #74: Love (Good or Bad)
• Creative Knockouts #23: Be Mine
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #99: Loving Inspiration
• Little Red Wagon #223: Love
• Everybody Art Challenge #264: Valentine
• Cut it Up #38: Valentines Day

Christmas in white and blue!

Another of my creations inspired by surfing Pinterest. I think it is one of my best Christmas cards this year. The dark blue and white contrast is beautiful!

I enter this card in the

• Sentimental Sundays #186: Anything X-Mas goes
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #49: Anything Goes