Hi there crafters!

This card to my sister was really fun to create, she loves cats so this is for her. I used acetate to the window and the Furry Friends Embossing & Stamp set that came with the Cards & papercraft magazine issue 146.

I colored the cat with Copics and cut out by hand, I attached it with 3D foam. Sweet old papers and flowers from my stash was used.

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great day!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up with the following challenges:

Simon Monday - We Can See Clearly

Through The Purple Haze - Flowers

Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Spring is in the Air

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

A Card Filled With Varm Christmas Hugs

Hi friends!

Oops, so quickly the Easter weekend was over...and we are heading towards summer with big steps now. And therefore I show a Christmas card today...no I'm just kidding, it's for this week's Muse:ChristmasVisions challenge and Emilys humorous card:)

Here's my card with a polar bear ready to share a big hug. And thanks Elizabeth Stewart for the idea to the jar that I got from her card, I had some problems about how I would do such.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

ABC Christmas - F for Frills or No Frills 

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Happy Easter

Hello friends!

Today I have another Easter card to share, I made it considering the CAS on Sundays Stencil IT challenge. I know, it's also die cutting and stamping here but I've still been using two stencils for my card.

The first thing I did was to use the Wendy Vecchi "From The Garden" stencil to create the grass, then mask it to stamp the tulips with an old Pysselpassion stamp. I colored them with Copics before I created the background with a Scrapberry Matrix stencil. Next I cut the rabbit out of black coredinations paper with Tim Holtz Alterations Mini Bunny & Bow set and sanded it. Then I attached the rabbit with foam pads along with the die cut egg and the sentiment.

I wish you all a wonderful Easter weekend with good food and many eggs together with family and friends!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

The Paper Players - CAS Celebrate Spring

Try It On Tuesday - Nature

Less is More - Whats outside your window

Stary Night

Hi crafty friends!
I hope everyone have a great start of the day! Here's another card for Muse: ChristmasVision and Cornelia Wenokor whish is this week's Muse, she has a card with stunning colors so it became my starting point.

I kept the design quite the same. The background is made with Distress inks on watercolor paper and the moon is clear heat embossed. For the city silhouette I used a die from Marianne design LR0353 and for the star a Memory Box die. The Christmas sentiment was stamped with a Reprint stamp.
Okay, that's all for today, thank you for visiting!
Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Christmas
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Robyns Fetish - Square or Rectangle Cards

Happy Easter Bunny

Good Sunday Morning!

I need more Easter cards, and now I've created another one.

This time I held myself to a fairly simple style and instead die cut out a speech bubble through the front side so that you can read the Easter greeting on the inside of the card.

I used the Cling Balloon Bunny stamp from Stampendous, colored it up with my Copics and then also added some Glossy Accents. For the sentiment I used a Reprint stamp. One balloon was cut out by hand and adhered with foam pads as well as the eggs which was cut out with an oval die.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a nice Sunday!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up with the following challenges:

Penny Black and More - Feature a Creature

Paper Creator´s Craft - Spring Colours

Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts - Spring Fever

Whimsy Stamps - Spring Colours or Easter

Simon Wednesday - Cute and Cuddly

Allsorts Challenge - Easter

Happy Easter

Happy Friday everyone!
Here comes my first Easter card and it's about time to speed up now, it's only a week left until Easter and the cards have to be posted a few days before, lol...

After I painted the background with watercolors, I cut out the basket with a die from iostamps DIE039-T. I also cut out the eggs with an oval die from leftover patterned paper pieces. The chicken and the sentiment was stamped with a Panduro stamp set and the chicken was colored up with Copic pens.
Okay that´s all for me. Wishing you all a happy and creative weekend!
Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:
Createive Card Crew - Chicks (animal or human kind)
Deep Ocean - Easter
Crafty Boots - Easter
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Spring Fever
Fairy Tale - Eastereggs
Cute Card Thursday - Easter

For A Special Person On A Special Day

Hi there crafters!

As I told you, I have recently moved back in my refreshed craft corner and then I found of course some old and forgotten materials including this beautiful blue flower rub image that I immediately wanted to use to create a card.

I must say, It feels really good when things finally comes to use:) The sentiment from Svenska TextStämplar was stamped in Victorian Velvet Distress ink and I also added a recin butterfly.

I think that´s all that needs to be said about this card.

Thanks for your visit and have a great day!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Clear It Out - Theme: Anything Goes Stash: Patterned paper oven a year old

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anyting Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Thinking Of You

Hi there!

Today I have a card for Less is More and their One Layer Sentiment challenge. 

I used a Inkido stamp for the sentiment, clear heat embossed it and then used masking technique to create the heart and the background. I have used a Spellbinders heart die, The CraftersWorkshop Mini Tile Texture stencile and a Inkido flower stamp together with Distress inks and Copic pens.

I couldn´t resist adding a detail in the form of a small textile heart.
Thanks for visiting!
Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Christmas In March

Hi there, hope you all have a good weekend!

Muse: ChristmasVisions is running again, unfortunately, I missed the first week, but now I have made my first Christmas card for this year so I expect to be well prepared when Christmas comes:)

For this card I used two stencils, Festive THS029 from Tim Holtz and Dots&Stripes Borders from Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi together with Distress inks. I used a Rox Stamps die to cut out the sentiment out of glitter paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Clean and Simple

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Have A Magical Night

Hi there!
Now I'm back again after a short break, I moved back into my craft room/corner which has now been given a facelift, including a new and better lighting. But it has taken some time to move and sort all the material and everything is not clear yet. Anyway I have managed to create a card:)

I started with some papers from the Authentiques "Lovely" collection, and the city skyline die from Maranne design LR0353 to create a night scene. I stamped a Penny Black sentiment in StazOn Iris ink, crossed over the word "day" and wrote "night" above instead.

I also stamped a couple of pieces from STAMPlorations "Party Mates", colored them up with Copics and cut them out by hand and added some glitter and bling.
I think that´s about it. As always, thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown - Create a Scene
Addicted to Stamps - Glitter/Bling (with a stamp)
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (All That Glitters)
Creative Knockouts - Die Cuts/Punches
Crafty Creations - Sentiment As A Focal Point
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use Your Dies and/or Punches

Geometric

Hi crafty friends!

On this card, I played a little with geometric figures in two and three dimensions for Inkspirational Challenges, and I think it´s a little more masculine card.

I used the Next Level "Gemstone" embossing folder from We R memory keepers to create the 3D texture and then sponged over it with green Distress ink. The sentiment  is from Your Next Stamp the "Silly Monsters" stamp set.

Okay I think thats all for me. Wishing you great weekend and thanks for visiting!

Hugs, Birgit

Simon Wednesday - Touchy Feely

Stampin Royalty - Going Green

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

On The Birthday!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I´m sharing a card made with a Timbres Clair stamp set, masked over each other and colored with Copics, and the "Hurray" Rox Stamps die.

Although it looks very simple, I got to work a long time to get this card so I was happy with it. As you see, I attached the die cut on vellum and also added some champagne pearls and gold Stickles too.

Okay that's all for today. Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Brown Sugar - Pearls

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Robyns Fetish - Pearls

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes