Ribbon after Ribbon!

With my ribbon scraps I made another card inspired by Cristina Kowalczyk. 

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• The Sisterhood of Crafters, August 24: Pretty Pretty Ribbons
• Crafty Sentiments Designs, August 23: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, August 23: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #326: Always Anything Goes

A true friend...

For this friendship card I was inspired by a card from Susan Raihala:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Left of Center Creative Challenges #144: Friends
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #40: Anything Goes
• Crafting from the heart #124: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #326: Always Anything Goes

Up and away!

Today, I show you the father's day card I made for my grand father this year. I used the Paper Smooches Wise Dies - Kite.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Steckenpferdchen Challenge #74: Auf und davon
• Eclectic Ellapu, July 2016: Anything Goes

Fancy Ribbon and Bow!

I haven't showed you a Valentine's Day card I made for a friend of mine this year using a beautiful sentiment:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts Challenge Blog #367: Fancy Bows and Ribbons
• CAS on Sunday #85: Butterflies
• Crafting from the heart challenge blog #116: Anything Goes

Hold the Line!

I made this card for my hubby's birthday last year. My present were tickets for the open-air concert of TOTO at Burg Clam. The card gave him the clues for his present.

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• TTCRD, February 9-15: Anything Goes

Sweet Love Friends

I am back online after quite a long absence. But Christmas time was quite busy, then everyone was sick, my grandfather died, we have been on a short vacation, etc. Furthermore, on my free nights I preferred making card rather then posting them. But meanwhile, I have so many new cards, I want to show them to you!

This is a clean and simple card for Valentine's day. I love to send a card to my best friends too, not just to give one to my sweet heart.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Moments, Challenge #86: Anything Goes, twist Love/Romance
• Addicted to Stamps and more, Challenge #179: CAS
• Inky Chicks, Challenge #62: Love (Letters) and/or Hearts
• Crafty Boots Challenges, February 1: Love is in the air
• Creatalicious Challenges, Challenge #84: Love is in the air
• Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog, Challenge #55: Love is in the air
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #348: Love/Valentines/Anniversary
• Wags'n Wiskers #170: With Love

Something to say!

Today, I actually show you one of my Valentine's Day cards I made this year for my best friend, to say how glad I am to have her in my live. I simply used a lovely patterned paper, added a sentiment on pink transparency and finished it with pink ribbon and a pink button. 

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz #301: Girls only
• 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog #272: Ribbon
• Creative Knockouts #115: Something to Say
• Crafty Creations Challenges #302: Give Thanks
• CASology #172: GIVE

Welcome, Erik!

A friend of mine welcomed her second son on October 2nd and I sent her the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CASology #170: Heart
• Creative Moments #80: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, Oct 27 - Nov 2: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #285: Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart Challenge Blog #83: Anything Goes
• 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog #270: Anything Goes

Butterflies in a row!

I love my Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch and was looking for inspiration how to use it. I saw a similar card on Pinterest and I wanted to use my sewing machine again anyway.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting with design, August 26: Things with Wings
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog #159: Clean and Simple

Welcome to the beach!

The son of a dear friend celebrated his first birthday last week and I made him this card using a beach paper as it is extremly hot in the last two weeks in Austria.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Rubys Rainbow #109: Vacation
• Addicted to stamps challenge blog #154: CAS
• Crafting by Designs, July 22: Summer Holidays
• Open Minded Craft Fun Challenges #41: Kids just want to have fun

Colored Christmas Trees!

This is my second cardwhere I used the trees from the Sizzix framelits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe" and colored them with my copics. I used an embossing folder with dots and added an embossing diffuser to place the rub-on sentiment clearly legible. I love it! Now I have to decide who gets it!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #87: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz #259: Last Minute Christmas
• Sweet Stampin', December 13: Oh Christmas Tree
• Craft for the Craig, Dec 5: Favourite Christmas Colors
• Come and get it challenges, Dec 14: Merry Christmas
• Jingle Belles, Dec 5: Jingle Belles Rock
• CHNC challenge #207: urgently needed Christmas creations
• Wags'n Whiskers #144: Merry Christmas
• Chocolate, Coffee & Card Challenges #80: Christmas
• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #206: Christmas

Christmas icons!

I saw a similar card on Pinterest by AcarrdianCards. As I have now a set of christmas punches I tried such a card myself. Furthermore, I used my postage stamp die cut for the colored background of each icon. The sentiment is a rub-on by Kaisercraft.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts #67: Tis the Season
• Crafty Cardmakers and more #129: Christmas

O Christmas Tree!

O Christmas Tree is sung at our home at Christmas since I can remember. I purchased some christmas punches this year which includes that small christmas tree punch. I saw that card on Pinterest by trendenser.se and tried it immediately. For the sentiment I used a rub-on by Kaisercraft.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• The Sisterhood of Crafter, Dec 10: Jingle Bells ...
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CAS christmas trees!

I made my first christmas cards this week. For this card I used the trees from the Sizzix framelits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe" and colored them with my copics. I used an embossing folder with dots and added an embossing diffuser to place the rub-on sentiment clearly legible. I love this clean and simple card!

I enter this card in the following competitions:

• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #120: Use a sentiment for any December Holiday
• Delicious Doodles Challenge #111: Traditional Christmas
• Love to create challenge blog #142: Make it for Christmas

Sentiment for a friend!

I bought a couple of rub-on sheets and one is full with sentiments for friends. For my best friends birthday I didn't make a birthday card this year and used the following sentiment in stead:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #104: Sentiment for a friend
• Sister Act Card Challenge #52: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody #40: Anything Goes

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

Thank you ... Bee!

I bought some new paper recently. One of my favourite is the one with the bees in the sky.
I used the corner punch for 3 of the edges and one with a tulip and put some red paper behind. In the center I put a red felt flower and on top a bee made of foam rubber I purchased a while ago.
For the first time, I used a rub-on sentiment. It is very easy and looks great!!!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Twisted Tuesday Challenges 2TC69: Look! Up in the Sky!
• Make it Monday MIM #177 with Milk Coffee
• Challenges 4 Everybody #38: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #43: Anything Goes
• TTCRD challenge, Feb 4-10: Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly Challenge, February 4: Anything Goes
• Crafting by Desings, February 5: Anything Goes