Stempel Spass

We're halfway through our CAS or Classic challenge at House of Cards and I have some more inspiration for you!  I hope you join in the fun! You have one more week to link up your card! The inspiration photo is below.  I used the Memory Box Twiggy Tree die cut, some vellum sponged in green and liquid pearls. The sentiment is by Papertrey - Dress Form.  Here's our inspiration~ Now go and ink up your stamps!  Thanks for visiting!

Oh, I am so excited - this is the first time for me on the House of Cards DT! For this month it is a sketch challenge. If you are not familiar with the rules, you can read them HERE Since I am on the CAS team I choose to do a one-layer card with the sketch.  I die cut the oval with a die-namics die and used it as a mask, which I then sponged in green and yellow - perhaps deep down I am longing for spring......The flower is by Studio G, the sentiment is Papertrey Dress Form. I "grounded" the flowers with some quick black pen strikes  - it also separates the sentiment from the medallion, just like in the sketch. You have two weeks to link up your CAS or Classic and Elegant card with House of Cards. I hope to see your creations there! I am also submitting this card to the brand new One Layer Simplicity challenge  #1 - restock your shelves - its meant to be a birthday card - I always need a lot of those..... Thanks for ...

The   CAS Colours and Sketches  challenge is almost over and I need to get this card in before it is too late... I used an off white card stock - that does not really show here... The stamp is Studio G. I clear embosssed it and then sponged around, masking only the bottom and left side. The sentiment is by PTI. I mounted it onto suede colored card stock, added tiny Memory Box pearls and some Stickles. You can see the Stickles better on the close-up: It came out nice. It has such a light feel to it and I like the subtle glitter! I wish you all a great day - hope you liked what you saw and come back soon again!

 The summer heat and work made a significant dent into my card making.... My craft room is on the top floor and there is no air conditioning..... I could not get myself to go in there the last couple of days. Never mind, that I was swamped with work anyhow and my evenings were occupied with work.....but today I tackled a card that I knew exactly how I wanted it to be, so it would not take too long to make. I used watercolor paper and colored it as you can see, using distress ink and a brush. I sprinkled water droplets on it once it was dry. The flower is a die cut from Memory Box (Fresh Daisies die - Simon Says), the sentiment is Papertrey - Dress Form. Some twine and pearls and  voila' - I will be linking this card up with  House of Cards challenge - classic and elegant. And I am also linking this card with Top 1  - Stempelgaudi  - link up your favorite card from the previous month - there is a prize to win in addition to the fun loo...

I have several reasons to celebrate! My daughter turned 21! And I have 2 new members to welcome to my little blog Amy V. and Jenny  I hope you continue to like what you find here. And today you can celebrate with me. I don't have a piece of artwork for you as I showed in the past, but I will share our most loved cake recipe with you - its at the end of this post.....something to look forward to... --X-- After a couple of turbulent teenage years our daughter became a beautiful responsible young women,  who is finding her way in life. Recently she took a break from college and is doing an internship, which she absolutely loves. That is her birthday card. We got her a GPS - she guessed it after she looked at her card.  The labyrinth is downloaded from the Internet. All stamps are Papertrey as are the number dies. The arrow is Lifestyle crafts. We celebrated her birthday with a lovely dinner and cake. Here is a recent p...

The Play Date Cafe challenge #171  tempts us with pastel colors - Tangerine - apricot  and mint - here is the inspiration photo: Soooo pretty!  I tried to recreate the mood..... The first card is Papertrey sentiment and zig zag border dies, the flower is from Memory Box and glittered with Stickles.

First I want to welcome my new members on my blog Sudha Kalra and  jules ov crafts  Sudha is from Delhi and has an amazing website - beautiful cards and craft supplies. I did not find Jules on the web, so I can't tell you anything about him. But thanks for joining, I hope you have fun on my little blog. T snapped this picture for both of you. I went to a little exhibit in a nearby Museum (Morris Museum) and they had this amazing little exhibit called Toying with Art. This picture show one of Dalton Ghettis amazing pencil sculptures - masterpieces carved out of graphite. Absolutely amazing work. I thought I have to share that with you. I'll show you more in a later post.  And now back to card making... Toady was the first day of  This card I made using one of the "homework" sketches I used Sizzix heart dies to cut out the pink card layer, made a mask for the grey heart, which I sponged and the...

I played around with color embossing after watching Heather's video on Make it Monday #101. I started with the grey PP and put the big yellow blossom in the bottom left corner, but had totally forgotten, that this yellow despite being opaque does not work.....Grrrr... So I took white cardstock and simultaneously color embossed both. I covered that mishap on the PP with some green leaves - I still like the end result. All stamps are  Papertrey - Beautiful Blooms and Dress Form. Tonight I won't be able to make cards - have to work until late :( At least its quiet enough for now to get that blog post out and link it up with Make it Mondays . Thank you all for visiting and those kind an  uplifting comments you left on my blog - they always put a smile on my face :)

Annabelle Stamps has this beautiful color challenge going on right now. I don't have any stamps from them, but I do own this gorgeous die. Hopefully that qualifies me for the challenge..... And here is my card: The sentiment is from Papertrey, the set is called "Dress Form" - that font is just so pretty....I colored  the die cut with Copics and underlayed it with red paper. Added some gems for sparkle and balance.