Stempel Spass

Hi Everyone, I am sharing a card today that I made for Freshly Made Sketches and   Fusion challenges . You may have noticed that I do not often play in sketch challenges, but the Freshly Made one is so fun and unique, I had to play along! And the Fusion picture is just too cute to ignore..... Took my Paper Smooches sets, stamped the critters and colored them with Copics. Die cut some PP squares and put it all together. I just love this! Also linking up with: Paper Smooches March challenge - birthday theme

Hi Everyone, I am back from vacation and totally out of practice - could not get into my card room yesterday - no inspiration, whatsoever....but today with a looming deadline over at  Freshly Made Sketches  - would not want to miss their fantastic celebration!!!!! Yeahh for  Freshly Made Sketches - BIG CONGRATS!!!!! So  I finally got an idea... Still drawing on Jennifer McGuire's  fab faux metal technique and getting the colors from Color Throwdown So pleased with the outcome - its just an amazing  technique . Using my  new  WRMK ( We're Memory Keepers)  embossing folder. Inked with distress inks and Perfect Pearls. The sentiment and die cut are by Papertrey. The little butterfly is a punch by  Martha Stewart. Used  some  Washi tape and glossy accents.  Here is another view - just love the way it looks. Also linking up with   the  Snippets Playground  - use a snip...

Hi Everyone, it has been a while that I have played at the  Muse  challenge - just not enough time.....I would love to play in every challenge, but that is impossible. But my talented friend  Vicki Dutcher  had made such a great card (you'll see it below) - I had to play along.... I bought those beautiful sequin dies from MFT a while ago and now they have their debut - I thought they are just perfect for this. The largest "sequin" I made with a punch. I used gold metallic paper. The sentiment is by STAMPlorations  Sentiment Builders: Celebrate  , heat embossed on vellum. Added some fine gold thread for extra interest. Here is Vicki's beauty: Perhaps it stretching it too much, but I also thought it would fir this weeks  Freshly Made Sketches  sketch - I just made the central panel larger....

Hi, I just really liked this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches  - so perfect and the ornament on it just calls out for a Christmas card. This sketch may go into my favorites file - to be used over and over again.... But for now it is the holiday theme. I used my favorite Sizzix Embossing Folder. The snowflake is from Memory Box, but it gave me grief again. It would not cut through the glitter paper, despite all the tricks I know now - extra shimming, wax paper, running it through the Big shot in different positions and multiple times.....I just gave up and pretended I wanted all those little pieces still in there, after I fuzzy cut a fair amount of the outside.... I colored some of those with Copics - looks quite nice after all....The sentiment is Mama Elephant Merry Greetings So hard to photograph the glitz - the closeup shows it best - it looks really pretty! I am also linking this card with the CHNC challenge - Anything Christmas and...

Halloween is the theme at the Paper Players - the challenge is almost over.....So here comes my usual quickie: I used the set "Carved and Candlelit" by Stampin up. I clear embossed it and sponged around it.  The sentiment is by Martha Stewart. I think its the first time that I made a kind of CAS card for Halloween..... I am also linking this up with Freshly Made Sketches   and Creative Friday  #87 Spooooky Halloween Its late now... This week I have practically no time... Thank you for all your sweet comments - I will catch up with you next week....forgive me.....

What happens, when you combine  Freshly Made Sketches with Playdate Cafe ????? Well, that's what happens......... I hope you like it! The stamps are from TAWS - the set is called Sea Mates - I won it with this card in their challenge #27- yeahhh!! I colored it with Copics. The banner's edges  I cut with a Papertrey Rickrack border die. --X-- As promised - I show you some pictures from the Studio Tour, where I displayed and sold some of my cards:  On the left you see one of my tables and on the right you see me bagging a just completed purchase.... My sister and daughter came by to say hello and show support. And here is another photo from the display. I got a lot of positive feedback and people really liked my cards. I had so much fun there!