Stempel Spass

Pinspired has this great inspiration photo  - I like everything about it! The stamp used is by Purple onion design, the tiny bow is by Mama Elephant. I used some designer paper as background, the little berries I added with Stickles.     Here is the inspiration photo:            I have to be brief - I am still in Chicago at my meeting. Sorry for not leaving any comments  - I'll catch up with all of you once I'll be back home.... This also will be my last entry for a few days - can't make any cards right now :(   Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

Hi, I want to wish you a Happy Halloween! and right for this occasion I have  - guess what - a Halloween card! I mailed all of my cards out, so I had to make a new one.... I used a chevron background stamp from Rubber Necker, which I heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I sponged metallic ink onto the balck cardstock. I used two different kinds of Washi tape - I just love how the grey Washi tape matches the chevron pattern - it has the same distance - what a coincidence.....The little tag is from an old Stampin' up tag set.  I colored the spider with a neon marker added some twine and a black gem. Of course, this card will go into a few challenges: Less is More  - use string or twine The Twinery  - Halloween theme Pinspired  -  Halloween theme CASology - Black --X-- I also wanted to share some Halloween cards I got - the first card I got from my blogging friend Susanne - perhaps you saw i...

 Isn't that cool - that inspiration photo from Pinspired ? Not that I am a fan of make-up, but I like the colors a lot! I made two cards. I used shimmer paper and an Avery Elle die. For the first card I just pieced those little die cuts together and for the second card I also used the negative die-cut. Some sequins for extra sparkle. The sentiment on the first card is by Fresh Squeezed Stamps, the sentiment of the second card is Paper Smooches - Sentiment sampler. I like both cards - the graphic feel of them, the colors and the metallic sheen. I am also linking them with : Seize the Birthday and  the first card I'll link with  the   Snippets playground  - it kind of came as an idea after the second card - why throw away all those little  thingies??? Inkspirational  - anything goes Hope you like them too!

Somehow I was not really happy with my first submission to Pinspired. Not that I do not like the card, but I did not think it really captured the photo. Here is my second try. I think it captures the inspiration photo much better..... I embossed metal foil with my new Spellbinders embossing folder that I got from my win at The Die Cut Divas .  the background stamp is Hero Arts  Magical Background, which I heat embossed in gold and I blinged it up with sequins, pearls and gems.  When I made this card, I also had the new KIS challenge in mind - the theme is "mix it" 

I spent the weekend in Vermont - so no card making possible and then I forgot my camera in my friend's car on the way back home - how awful! So I made this card for the Make it Monday , but could not photograph it until today when I went there to pick it up. The challenge was to add texture to stamps. Betsy Veldman had used a comb to achieve a cool effect on her stamps. I though about several things - mainly items from my kitchen, such as a fork - too similar to a comb, a sieve - too cumbersome to clean up and the curved surface probably not great and so n and so forth. Finally I cam up with using rubber band on one of my son's old building blocks: I used the Papertrey Modern Basics set - kissed the stamp with the rubber band block, added the sentiment, a little gem in the center and voila' - its done! I like the effect - I think this rubber band block will stay permanently in my card room! In addition I will add this card to the Pinspired...

I just can't help it- had to make a quick card for Pinspired ......                                                            I didn't quite have the right green, oh well. But I did get the ombre and tried to get some of the pattern of the frosting.... Materials: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Lifestyle Crafts heart die, sentiment: Hero Arts Fancy Script Messages, banner: Tim Holtz die. I sponged the background with Adirondack inks.

Here is a challenge for me:  Pinspired #6                                                          The last time I used nail polish was in my  teenage years and that was several lifetimes ago.....But I do like some glitter on my cards, sometimes.... So here is my take on it: I cut up strips of white cardboard, smeared them with inks in different colors and covered them with UTEE several times - always melting the stuff in between to get a thick layer on it. Once that was achieved, I dusted gold glitter on top and it stuck, because the Utee was still hot....I inked up the Hero Arts Zig Zag Background Cling with Versamark and stamped the card. The sentiment is a Studio 112 stamp (on foam dots) and the gold glitter strip I made with double sticky tape. This all sounds somewhat complicated, but it really wasn't. ...