Stempel Spass

Classic and elegant is the theme at House of Cards this week. The sketch remains the same. I somewhat freely interpretated the sketch. I punched out a 2 inch circle. I sponged the background of the panel behind it.  I used the Memory Box Fresh Daisies die and then used the negative die cut to sponge the daisies onto the colored panel. The sentiment is from Stempelknopf. I like the yellow/grey combo - I hope you like it too.  Wanna see more Canada pictures? I thought I show you some wildlife today:     Pretty amazing, those animals. we had so much fun watching them.

I just love the Alley Way stamps - they are so fun and cute in a very refreshing, modern way. I also really liked this month inspiration picture (see below) and that is what I did with it: I had some left over paper strips from My Mind's eye that fit the cup. The stamps are from the TAWS - Bird Brain and Jibber Jabber set. I colored the stamps with distress inks. Here is the link for the challenge . --X-- Ready for more Canada pictures? If not then don't scroll down...... We went from Calgary to Banff National Park and today's pictures are all form there. The lake is Lake Luise and the other pictures are taken along the Icefields parkway .  

I never throw anything out, that could be potentially useful...... Probably years ago I got some flowers bouquets wrapped in sheer fabric - one yellow, one orange and I kept that for future use - today is the day! And I do take recycling seriously! I cut the fabric in triangular strips and layered the strips overlapping onto the card stock. Before that I stamped my sentiment both from the Paper Smooches - Sentiment sampler set.  I tied a bow around it, underlayed the white center panel with orange strips of paper and mounted the whole thing on a white card with foam spacers. Some enamel dots finish it off! A close-up picture and below the inspiration photo from the Paper Smooches Sheer and clear challenge : And the Moxie Fab Birthday card challenge is still ongoing and I will link this card up with it as well. --X-- And now as promised, some more Calgary pics - this time modern art in this wonderful city: ...

Hello my friends - its review time again at Anna's Art - show your collective works for the month of July. so far this was my least productive month, since I spend some time away in Germany and work was insanely busy. But it is what it is - I like my cards! The two at the bottom left I showed in August on my blog, but I really made them in July - just in case somebody is wondering... So go over to Anna's Art and link up your work! There is a prize to win and its just FUN! --X-- And now a gazillion pictures from a medieval festival that takes part in my hometown every 4 years - its called the "Landshuter Hochzeit". Here is a short excerpt from Wikipedia : The festival is held in memory of the wedding between  George of Bavaria , the son of the Bavarian duke, and  Hedwig Jagiellon , daughter of King  Casimir IV Jagiellon  of Poland, in 1475. The wedding was negotiated in 1474 in  Kraków  through legations. The marriage was impo...