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Hi Everyone,  I am lucky to introduce the Butterfly Music stamp to you - I am sure it sells out in no time...... It is just gorgeous!  And it goes perfectly together with that  wonderful sentiment ! I masked a strip in the upper part of my card with post it notes and sponged with distress inks in yellow, orange and red. Sorry for the blurry picture.... You see the sponging does not need to be perfect - it evens out a bit over time and it also does not show, once you stamp on it.  See, even on the magnified image you can't really see the patchy colors: I stamped onto my colorful strip and that was that. I purposefully mad my strip smaller thatn the combined stamps, to have the butterfly peek out a bit. It may take you 10 minutes to make this at most. Have fun and visit our fabulous DT and the  So Suzy blog for more inspiration: Ceal Pritchett Nupur Priya Josefine Fouarge Monica Monge-Taylor Justine Hov...

Hi Everyone, sharing a quick card I made for the One Layer simplicity challenge this month. The theme is fruit smoothie. That stumped me at first - not a lot of fruit stamps...but then I remembered my ancient wooden eggplant stamp from A Stamp in the Hand - sadly that company does not exist anymore.... Now if you are wondering what an eggplant has to do with a fruit - it IS one! I am quoting Wikipedia here: "Eggplant  ( Solanum melongena ) or  aubergine  is a  species  of  nightshade  grown for its edible fruit." Now I do have an apple stamp from that company and a pear, but I was fixated on eggplant.... So I took my markers and colored the eggplants - they look kind of blue here, but that has to do with my camera being unable to handle the color purple.... And then I needed a sentiment....my usual haphazard way of creating a card - starting and then what??? Finding a suitable sentiment was NOT easy, after all, those are egg...

Hi Everyone, I am back with two cards I made from the latest Joy Clair release set Mothers Day: Here is the set: If you are interested on how I made those cards hop over to the   Joy Clair blog  for the explanations. And don't forget to play with us in the  Joy Clair April challenge   - the theme is spring and we have a beautiful inspiration picture to give you some colors to play with! The challenge closes April 30, so there is still plenty of time! Linking up with: Mod Squad Challenge - background (sponging, 1st card) One Layer Simplicity challenge - as you wish/anything goes (1st card)

Hi Everyone, just a quick post - one of my get-together cards I designed for my card friend to recreate. This is super easy - I made this  with my brand new Simon Says Stamps - love them - and a Kaleidocolor inkpad in about 5 minutes.... Linking up with: Uniko - anything goes with option of Love ATSM - CAS Simon Says flickr challlenge #37  - anything goes One Layer Simplicity challenge - Friends (love my friends...) Simon Says Wednesday challenge - have a heart Double click Skittles - use a heart Scrappy Mom's - I "Heart" you kreativ durcheinander #3  - mit und von Herzen (with a heart) Keep Stamping!

Hi Everyone, we at STAMPlorations have a mini release for you today - its Deepti's  Lotus Love set - sheer gorgeousness! What's not to love here? I first stamped and embossed, then masked and sponged. Colored the Lotus and seed pods and added water splatters. One commenter randomly picked will win the  set. And in case its not you - you can buy it in the shop  at 10% off ($10.80  instead of $12) Checkout all the gorgeous DT projects ! Happy stamping - and don't forget to comment for your chance to win! Linking up with: One Layer Simplicity challenge - Strip down Happy Little Stampers - CAS masking

Hi Everyone, Its challenge time at  ATSM ! For the next two weeks the theme is CAS - my all time favorite! I first heat embossed in gold - using WOW embossing power and then water colored the background with distress ink. Added some tiny sequins and that's all.  We have two sponsors for this challenge: https://shop.deedeesdigis.com Deedee will offer $15 coupon to the store for our winners. AND http://rosey-hearts.blogspot.ca/ Prize is 5 digis from the store Here is another view of my card: I am linking up with: One Layer Simplicity challenge - Sparkle and Shine Simon Says Work it Wednesdays - June Happy Little Stampers - CAS challenge - stamping CASual Fridays  - CAS - embossing I hope to see you at  ATSM ! --X-- And here is my card I made for the Spotlight feature over at STAMPlorations - if you want to see the tutorial hop on over! I am linking up with: Night Shift Stamping ...

Hi Everyone, just a quick post -  I wanted to get my card in for the current Time Out challenge - again linky is about to expire.... This was my second try - the first one I did not like, but learned how to improve it. I took the MFT equalizer stencil and inked it up and then smeared clear embossing paste on it. Let it dry, added the sentiment - is by CASual Friday, the set is called Woot, Woot. Used my Hero Arts Neon inks for that - you can get them at A2z scrapbooking  at 15% off, if you use my code Cornelia15 Love how this turned out! This is the inspiration picture - just up my alley - I knew immediately I had to play, but it was difficult to find time to do it... I think I got it. The clear embossing paste adds the shine you see in the picture. Also linking up with:   OLS - Sparkle and shine  - hope the embossing past does not count as second layer - not sure... no sparkle on this card, but lots of shine - you can see it ...

Hi Everyone, I had some serious fun making this card: Inked up glossy card stock with distress inks, Blowed some ink around and added those cute little monsters from  Flonz and this funny sentiment by Lil Inkers - Fineprint. You really gotta read this carefully :) Also added some splatters as you can see. Reminds me about Halloween - my favorite holiday! May be not CAS enough for some of those challenges I am linking up with, but I am linking up with them anyhow....   Lil Inkers monthly meetup challenge One Layer Simplicity challenge - blowing in the wind Less is More - one layer splatter The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers  - just kidding Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Make your own background Happy stamping to all of you and thanks for all your many absolutely wonderful comments - they always make my day!

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you out there!!!!  I made some appropriate cards for the occasion, which I show you a little further down. but first I want to welcome my new members - it has been over due, I know..... so in the order of joining: Katy from I like to cut and paste Neha from Periwinkle Creations Meredith from Paper Canteen Creations Kara Lynne from  Kara Lynne's Card Designs Karen Hasheck from Karens Kreative Kards Lena from Lena Johansen A warm welcome my new members  - great to have you with me and hopefully you'll be happy with my cards and you'll stay on! I appreciate everyone of you - so sorry, if I can't comment on all your creations - I try, but my day is only 24 hours long and some of those I have to work or sleep...I wish I had 48 hours.... But I don't want to take up too much of your time, so here is your welcome picture: It is by Olafur Eliasson and titeled "Whenever the Rainbow Appears" ....