Hi crafty friends!
I´m just popping in quick to share a little tag that I made to put into a bouquet of flowers with a congrats greeting. It's only 8x6 cm.

I really like how the chipboard flower turned out! First I colored it with my Copics and then I heat embossed it with clear ulta thick embossing pouder. I also used a stencil "Mini Tile Texture" from CraftersWorkshop for the background, and a part of a Svenskatextstämplar sentiment stamp.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:
Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Create your own background
Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Let It Snow

Hello there crafters!

I´m popping in with a card to share for this week´s Muse:ChristmasVisions challenge!

I started with the background. I used some old Inkido snowflakes stamps that I first white heat embossed and then sponged over with a couple of blue Distress inks. Next I stamped my Reprint sentiment on vellum and heat embossed that too, then I cut it out and adhered it to the card. To hide the vellum edges I cut out a Frostyville Wreath from Memory Box. I finished of with some Stardust Stickles and blue Rhinestones to get some shimmer.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Simply Create Too - Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnut´s Christmas - Use a Sentiment

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

From All Of Us

Hello there!

It's been a bit quiet from me because it has been Midsummer weekend here with me, and because it´s the biggest weekend after Christmas we celebrated the holiday and enjoyed the fantastic summer weather.

But now I´m back with a Birthday card that I made with my Copics and Stamping Bella´s Tiny Townie Birthday Party stamp. I also added some Glossy Accents to the balloons and Platinum Stickles to the hat´s balls.

I used a Gummiapan Congrats die, cut out the word several times and glued them together to create a raised look. I felt something was missing on my card...so I added stripes of dotted Washi tape to the edges and some clear sequins.

Okay that´s all for me. Wishing you all a happy day!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:

Crafting When We Can - Any Occasion

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Merry Christmas

Hi there crafters!

It's Tuesday and today it´s the summer solstice, that is the day when the sun is up longest time of the year here with me, it's a wonderful time! But...here comes nevertheless a Christmas card so I´m well prepared when that time comes:)

And my muse is Cornelia Wenokor over at Muse:ChristmasVisions. For the background I used  one of the embossing folders from Sizzix Birds & Reindeer set and some Distress inks. I made the spruces using a stamp from an old reprint "Julpost" stamp set on a pair of green papers, and gold glittery cardstock. Then I cut out each green part and adhered them on the glittery with foam for some dimension. The little Copic colored Santa is from Vilda Stamps, sentiment stamp from Inkido and I used a Joy Craft speech bubble die to cut it out.

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day everyone!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday

Crafting By Designs - Get Ready For Christmas

ABC Christmas - Things beginning with L (Layers)

Winter Wonderland - Add some Sparkle

Crafty Hazelnut´s Christmas - Cute or Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Christmas

Chocolate, Coffee&Cards - Use a Die Cut

Congrats

Hi there crafters !

I´m so glad you are joining me today, as I have a birthday card to share with you which I originally planned as a shaker card, but where I regretted it and allowed it to remain open so the nice texture of the background is more visible.

I started by making the backgroumd with Distress inks, and then I made the texture with a Prima Marketing stencil and gold shimmering acrylic paint from Vivace. I then stamped the digi image, colored it up with my Copics and cut it out by hand. I also added glitter to the cake and Glossy Accents to some details.

I think you can see how the card is built up. The sentiment is stamped and white heat embossed, then cut out with a Joy Crafts speech bubble die.

Have a great day!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes

613Avenue Create - Anything Goes + A2, Birthday, gold/metallic

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps - Anything Goes

With A Simple Tulip

Hi there!

For today I have a folded birthday card to share in this quick post.

Used supplies:

Sentiment stamp - Gummiapan

Flower stamp - Reprint

Stamps on the front - Hedi Swapp minis, "open here" is unknown

Edge die - Mama Elephant, Memory Box die - Fresh Foliage

Papers - Panduro Country Red paper stack

Red Distress ink

Flowers from my stash

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Tic,Tac,Toe ( sentiment, flowers, leaf or leaves)

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps - Flowers

Creatalicious - Anything Goes

It´s A Good Day To Be Happy

Hi crafty friends!

Last school week has started before the summer holidays here, and it´s actually with mixed feelings that I look forward to the summer holidays;)

Today I have a card for Less is More and their "Splatters" challenge to share. I started off by doing some blue watercolor splatters, then I stamped the fish from Stämpelgården on my card, and also onto a separate piece of  paper. I colored the fish with my Copics, cut it out and addhered it with foam. I clear heat embossed the sentiment from Mama Elephant - Up And Away stamp set.

Okay, that´s all from me today. hope you have a lovely day whatever you´re up to!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

The Paper Girls - The Great Outdoors

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - A good sport/hobbies

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

A Bunch Of Frozen Birds

Hello crafters!

This time I thought to leave walkover for Muse:ChristmasVisions, I own no penguins at all in my stash, I've searched, believe me. But then my eyes got stuck on Tim's birds I just used to another card and thought ... why not!!!

I placed them in the same way as on Chriss card and I think it became a pretty fun and unusual card:) They were watercolored of course as well as the background. The Reprint sentiment was first stamped and then clear heat embossed. For a little extra, I added Glossy Accents to the eyes and beaks which incidentally looks a little blue out from the cold.

Thnk you for visiting my blog today!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Stampin Royalty - One Layer Cards

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

Everybody Art - Non Cute

Happy Birthday Dad!

Hello there!

Today I want to show a card that I have made to my dad, he will celebrate his 85th birthday in a week .... I can hardly believe it! Since his favorite color is blue, I wanted to use it as a primer to build the card around.

I created the background using watercolors and a Marianne Designs embossingfolder DF3407 which also includes a coordinated die. 

Tim's crazy bird, I think most of you recognize by now, here it has got a couple of "Party Mates" from STAMPlorations. Sentiment stamp from Reprint, and the numbers were cut out with Mama Elephant dies. Okay...I think that´s about all.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:

Simon Wednesday - Fathers Day/For a Guy

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday - It´s All About Him

Crafty Boots - Masculine Cards

Inkspirational - Text

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Seasons Greetings

Hello there!

Today it´s working day again, yesterday it was a bank holiday in Sweden, we celebrated our national day! And I've done it again ... a card to Muse:ChristmasVisions.

As soon as I saw Kimberly card, I knew what stamp I would use, it´s from Inkadinkado and I usually do at least one card each year with it. From the beginning I didn´t know that it´s a Cardinal (they do not live here), and that it should be red so I am afraid that it has had some different colors over the years:)

This is this year's edition. Sentiment stamp from K-designs.

Thanks for joining me today!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Deep Ocean - Our Furry/Feathered Friends

Stamping Sensations - Feature a Creature

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Hello

Hi there crafting friends!

Just had to share this summery card colored with my Copic pens and some Glossy Accents.

I also used a Lawn Fawn die to the grass, a Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Dots&Stripes Border stencil and Distress inks. The "hello" word is from Mama Elephant Everyday Greetings stamp set and was cut out with a Joy Crafts die.

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great day!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:

En Liten Butik - Citatinspiration

Allsorts Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze - Use Die and/or Punch

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Enjoy Your Day!

Hi there crafty friends!

I am popping in with a flower card today, I´m playing along with a couple of challenges.

For my card I started with some watercolor paper, Distress inks and the Altenew "Beautiful Day" stamp set. It appears not so good, but I shaded around and under the flowers with Copic pens. Next I die cut the Congrats word from black cardstock several times and layered. The sentiment is from a Panduro stamp set. I added some clear sequins, and also blacks to the center of the flowers. I also added some white gel pen under the die cut word.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations - Color theme

Sketch Saturday - I used the Sketch

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Paper Creator´s Craft - All About Flowers