Hi everyone!

I have made a card for this weeks clean and simple challenge at The Paper Players, but I was thinking something completely different from balloons as you can see.

I have used some old stamps from Viva Decor and Inkido to create the scene and also for the sentiment. I've just added some Stardust Stickles on the butterfly too.

I´ll join in at CAS on Sunday 

One Layer Wonder

and

Through The Craft Room Door

Anything Goes

and

Stampin Royalty

Sparkle and Shine

Thanks for your visit, have a nice day!

Hugs, Birgit

Thanks...CAS on Sunday!

Hi there!

I´m quite honored and excited to share with you that I have the honor and privilege to join along with the inspiring CAS on Sunday challenge blog as a guest designer this week! Thank you ladies for the invitation! The current challenge is to create a project with Vellum.

I was inspired to create a card by die cutting thru the vellum and to have a colored background. In this case, it became green because I decided to use the Fresh Foliage die from Memory Box. Then I cut another one in white CS to place over. The flower was cut with another Memory Box die Prim Poppy that I sponged with distress inks. Then I attatched them with a few stitches on my sewing machine, finaly I added my black Tim Holtz die cut sentiment and a few red pearls.
I hope you will drop by CAS on Sunday to check out the team´s inspiration samples. And please do think about joining in the challenge.
Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up to the following challenges:
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card - Anything Goes
Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

With A Simple Flower

Hello crafters!

Today I´m sharing a Thank You card using the Up And Away stamp set from Mama Elephant. I really like these little cuties, and here is one of them giving a flower...Thank you:)

I used a stencil from Crafters Workshop to create the background - Mini Tile Texture and Distress ink. The image was colored  with Copics and then cut out with the matching die. The sentiment is made with an old but beautiful Inkido stamp.

Well, that's it! Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Simon Wednesday - Furry Friends

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Clear It Out - Theme: Anyting Goes, Stash - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Sweet

Tuesday Throwdown - No Patterned Paper

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thank You

Happy Thursday everyone!

My creation today is rather simple as I let the Memory Box Pixie Flower die do all the hard work for me. The background is a piece of floral vellum paper, and the Inkido sentiment is also stamped and gold embossed on vellum.

Ok, it's not much more to say about this card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps and More - Clean and Simple

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (create your own challenge - 1#patterned paper, 2#die cut, 3#embossing, 4#flowers, 5#bakers twine/hemp)

Thank You Card

Hello there!
I´m back with yet another glass technique card, and yes, I know this card has ended up in the completely wrong season:)

This time I layered the vellum over a patterned text paper, I think it turned out nicely. I tried to stick to a gentle sheer color scheme with papers from Pion Designs and stuff from my stash.

Not so much more to say about this card, I added a silver corner piece that I coated with Platina Inka Gold to make it softer.
Wishing you all a happy weekend....thanks for your visit here today!
Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown - Butterflies and Bows
Creatalicious - Flower Power
Crafts And Me - Time for Anything
Sister Act Card - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

OLC For Miss Agnes

Hello again and thanks for visiting!
This time I´m posting my project over at Miss Agnes blog.

Wish you a great day, enjoy the week!
Hugs, Birgit

A Thank You

Hi friends!

Now I'd better hurry ... this month's challenge over at En liten butik is running out. This time the challenge is about Distress squares and I´ve planned to make something in this fun technique, so...here is my contribution. 

The flower stamp is from La Blanche and after coloring it with some darker fall colors, I added Glossy Accents and Platina Stickles to give it a little more interest. The sentiment stamp is from Rox stamps.

Have a great Sunday!

Hugs, Birgit

I found some other challenges where I think my card can join in:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (Tastes of Autumn)

Fairy Tale - Clean and Simple

Dream Valley - Flowers

StampARTic - Colored Motif

Thank You

Hi again!

Well, I´m so happy to be back and able to share a new card with you. I saw a sketch over at CAS on Sunday and thought that this one, I must try:)

For this card I used a piece of left over design paper from K-designs, and the Pixie Flower die from Memory Box. I cut out the flower in white CS and then colored it with some Distress inks. The flower also got some Glossy Accents on and a big rhinestone in the middle.

The left over CS (with a hole in), I then used as a stencil with Black Soot Distress ink to create shadows on the design paper. Then I cut the paper piece into three parts and added them with 3D foam to my card.

I stamped the Inkido sentiment, cut it out and added a couple of stripes from the design paper, on both sides of it.

That was it...hope you are having a great day!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Bearly Mine - Flowers

Addicted To Stamps and More - CAS

Crafting When We Can - Die Cut/Silhouette/Craft Robo Shapes

Robyns Fetish - Cards with Flowers in the image

Tack kort

Trevlig Söndag, och Gott Nytt År! på er alla som har hittat hit till min blogg.

Solen skiner och det är ett underbart vinterväder utanför mitt fönster.

Jag ska snart ta fram skidorna och ge mig ut på en tur.

Idag har jag använt mig av  sketchen hos The Sweet Stop Sketchers tilll mitt tackkort, som även passar till utmaningarna hos Papertake Weekley Challenge - Be Thankfull

och Cute Card Thursday - Thank You

och Allsorts Challenge - Thank You

och Just Magnolia - Anything Goes

Material som jag använt till kortet:

Papper - pattern paper euphoria, basic grey

Rospapper - Panduro, Wellum med fjärilar - Panduro

Punch- Martha Stewart, Stämpel - Magnolia

Färg - Distress Inks, Stickles - Star Dust

Band, spets och blommor från mina gömmor

Hoppas året har börjat bra och att det blir ett fantastiskt 2011 (det var första gången jag skrev årtalet)  för oss alla.

Massa kramar!, Birgit

Tack så mycket.

Det är så roligt att du är här igen!

Eftersom min man har fyllt år i helgen, och fått många vackra blommor, ska jag skicka ett tackkort till ett par som bor lite längre bort.

Men det får inte vara för maffigt så det inte går ner i ett kuvert :)

Samtidigt vill jag delta i MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS CHALLENGE och där är temat rosa och gult. Så här blev mitt bidrag.

Jag har använt papper från Webster Pages , lite spets och gammalrosa sammetsband. Ett par dekorationsnålar och ett gem som jag rotade fram, inköpt från Panduro tror jag.

Tilda är målad med Brushables och sedan har jag dekorerat klänningen med Stickles "Diamond" för att den ska glittra riktigt mycket.

Monterade henne sedan på ett litet ´tårtpapper´.

På insidan använde jag en swirl från My paper world och lite guldbling.

Hoppas att någon mer blev inspirerad att prova den något udda färgkombon rosa/gult.

Jag vill också bara tipsa om att man kan vinna  Promarkers pennor hos Pretty Pressing i dom mest populära färgerna.

Kram från Birgit.