Gorjuss in red shoes!

Today, I want to show you another Gorjuss card usable for multiple purposes as I used the sentiment "from me to you".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #170: Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #232: Anything Goes
• Craft Stamper, Take It Make It Challenge: January!
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #122: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz, January 6: Anything Goes

Baptism Card for Johanna!

For the baptism of my cousin's daughter Johanna I made the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #316: Twine

Candles, candles, candles!

What's a birthday without candles? Only half as interesting for my kids for example. I present you another card of mine using the "Family Owl" from Marianne Design and a balloon from the Lil'Inker Designs "Balloon Greetings" stamps and die set.

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Steckenpferdchen Challengeblog #76:Federvieh

Purple Passion!

I recently bought a Gorjuss Decoupage card making set and had to try some of the images right away:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Allsorts Challenge Blog #358: Purple Passion

Think spring!

I am already making easter cards and I came over a beautiful patterned paper which is covered with spring related words. You will see that paper again in the next couple of weeks.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• The Sisterhood of Crafters, February 24: Think Spring
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #266: Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon #330: Furry Friends
• Inky Chicks #63: Ribbon and/or Lace

For the baptism of Felix!

On Sunday will be the baptism of my best friend son Felix and beside a present, I will write our blessings into the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Eureka Stamps Challenge #181: Tic, Tac, Toe using the line Button/Twine/Die Cut
• Crafty boots challenges, February 15: No stamps allowed
• Crafty Sentiments Designs, February 23: Anything Goes
• TTCRD Challenge Blog, February 23 - March 1: Anything Goes

Happy Birthday, Christine!

It's my best friends birthday tomorrow and I made her the following card:

Of course, I used a Gorjuss design! You can see the Linked Hearts from Paper Smooches in the back of the image. I love the corresponding colors!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Friday #145: Knöpfe
• Craft your Passion Challenge #297: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, February 2-8: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs, February 2: Anything Goes

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

Lots of Ribbon!

I don't use ribbon that much, so when I saw the card from Cristina Kowalczyk I knew what to do with my different kind of ribbons. As I have so much ribbon in all kind of blue tones I made a male card and surprised my grandfather with it to his 87th birthday.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Ribbons Challenge #126: Happy Birthday
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog #161: Anything Goes

Happy beads!

For this birthday card I used different washi tapes for the background and threaded alpha beads on a yellow/white twine. It is my first card where I used the alpha pearls. I was inspired by a card from Stampelomi.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks #263: Birthday
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #140: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #244: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, September 8-14: Anything Goes

Welcome, Felix!

My best friend and her husband welcomed their second child, a boy call Felix, on Sep 9.
Beside a huge diaper cake I made them this CAS card inspired by Katherine Shudrova.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Stempelgarten Challenge #41: Am Himmel über uns
• Creative Knockouts #106: Clean and Simple - A day for daisies
• The Paper Nest Dolls September Challenge #9: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #278: Always Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #92: 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

7th Anniversary Card

My partner and I celebrated our 7th anniversary this year. I was looking for some inspiration and found a lovely card at Pinterest by Weekend Warrior.
It is my first card where I used ink on an embossing folder. It turned out great. Furthermore, I fetched my sewing machine to frame the card with red twine.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Eureka Stamps #137: Buttons&Bows
• Papertake Weekly Challenge, April 21: Cute as a Button
• TTCRD, April 21-27: Anything Goes
• Craft your Passion Challenges #258: Always Anything Goes
• Come and get it Challenges, April 19: Things that start with B (brown, bow, button)

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

Happy Birthday, Erika!

It's been a long time since my last post. The reason is that my kids and I have constantly been sick since Christmas. With two little sick kids at home I had no energy in the evenings for my hobbies. I just went straight to bed.

But here is a new card of mine which I made for my aunt who's birthday is in two weeks.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Sweet Stampin' Challenge, March 7: Green for St Patrick's Day
• 4 Crafty Chicks 4CC #236: Green
• A Gem of a Challenge #139: Clean and Simple
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog #134: Clean and Simple
• Craft your Passion Challenges #251: Always Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too, #80: St Patrick's Day/Mostly Green

Wheely birthday greetings in blue!

For my grandfather's 86th birthday I made the following card, as he is still going by bike to town, etc.
I got inspired by a card from www.stampinpretty.comhttp://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2359574.
I used the hot embossing technique for the bicycle stamp and added a brad to the back wheel. I run a burlap banner through the blue button.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge, Oct 15: Burlap Banner
• Divas by Design, Oct 15: Texture
• The Paper Nest Dolls, Challenge #21: Anything Goes
• Sentimental Sundays #228: Buttons, buttons and more buttons
• Sister Act Card Challenge #78: Anything Goes

Birthday greetings from Nina!

In Austria we had a fabulous crafting magazine called "kleinformat". Unfortunately, the owner had to stop printing it this summer and continues with a blog. In one of the editions I got, I read an article about "Nina and Other Little Things". I liked Nina immediately! It turned out that you can order a Nina stamp online. I did so, and made a birthday card for my best friend using the Nina stamp.

I hope you like the stamp too:

I used the "Hearts a flutter" dies to create the garland.

I enter this card in the

• Crafty Catz #200: Happy Birthday
• Crafting By Designs, Anything Goes, October 2
• Challenges 4 Everybody #30: Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Challenges2 #20: Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes, October 1
• ABC Challenge: W for Words
• Sister Act Card Challenge #26: Anything Goes

Party People!

For this funny birthday card I combined my "All in the family" and "Party Hearty" stamp set from Stampin'up. To get all the different colored hats it took longer than I thought. One reason was, that the ink didn't dry very fast on this white paper of mine. I found a suitable brad for every hat and inked the edges of the white paper with pink. Finally, a button as ornament.

I enter this card in the:

• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #144: Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs: Anything Goes with KennyK Downloads
• Sister Act Card Challenge #23
• ABC Challenge: U for United
• Party Time Tuesday #137: Button it up
• Through the Craftroom Door Challenge: September 10, Anything Goes

Happy Birthday frame!

My best friend is also the god mother of our child and therefore I wanted to make her a present including pictures with the both of them.
As I enjoyed making the canvas "Bora Bora" for my friend's wedding, I decided to make a birthday frame.
Again, I used a square streched canvas and sprayed it white before I decorated it.

I used a lot of yellow paper and washi tape, to show that her birthday is in the middle of summer.
Butterflies are her favourite animals, therefore I put 3 butterflies and also 3 flowers on it.
To receive a 3D-effect I clued the "Happy Birthday" sentiment on 3 strings of lace.

I like the outcome:

I enter this card at the

• TTCRD Challenge, August 13-20: Anything Goes
• Stampin for the weekend: butterflies
• Paula Holifield Crafts: Summer Sun
• Crafty Ribbon Challenge 57: 3 of Everything
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog #140: lace or ribbon
• Crafting by Designs with a Day for Daisies: Anything Goes