For Baby Boy -and a TIME OUT Reminder!

Hi guys!

Here's my reminder card for the current TIME OUT Challenges: Embossing with the optional twist of sparkle. I've made my card using the BEAUTIFUL Origami set by Altenew. This was the first time I dared to use these stamps -until this I've just been staring at them and admiring the DT inspiration at Altenew! :) 

This card was given to congratulate our new godson for his name, the Christening was last Sunday. I heat embossed the elephant several times to two different designer papers with white powder and cut the images in pieces. I've paper pieced the image using different thickness of 3d foam stickers and paper layers for extra dimension -this doesn't show too well in the photo but looks quite fancy IRL! The mother of the baby thought it was real origami so I think I achieved in faking it! I've also heat embossed the sentiment on vellum (Happiness and Joy in Finnish) and added Wink of Stella glitter pen to the elephant for sparkle. After taking the photo I noticed that the bow in my string was all over the place... And it ended up looking a lot nicer when I gave the card. :) Hope you like... And see you at TIME OUT Challenges! 

I'd like to enter:

Uniko Challenge: Sketch and Anything Goes

Fusion: Photo and Sketch
I think my card is sort of a fusion of both so I hope it qualifies! From the photo I took the white, "lacy" bg, sparkle and bow and the layout is very close to the sketch too!

STAMPlorations Spotlight: Let's Have Coffee!

I have something quite different for you today as my STAMPlorations Spotlight Project! I'm using the new VIGNETTE: Eat Drink Be Merry stamp set in this fun shaped card. I'd like you to head on over to STAMPlorations Blog and leave me your comments there -I'm sharing a photo tutorial on how to make this card. See you at STAMPlorations! 

New Sketch at STAMPlorations!

Hi guys!

We have a new sketch for you at STAMPlorations, click here and you'll be directed to the challenge post with fabulous DT inspiration! Our guest designer this time is Julie who has made a beautiful card with Christmas flowers... You don't want to miss it! By participating this sketch challenge you have a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to STAMPlorations store if you use a STAMPlorations image in addition to 

$5 gift certificate drawn between all participants.

In my DT card I've used the beautiful Christmas Flower stamp. I've colored the flowers with Copics, fuzzy cut them out and combined them with a heart doily for a simple Christmas card. This card screamed my aunt's name so I opted for a sentiment in Finnish instead of the many great Christmas sentiments we have at STAMPlorations. Do check them out! 

I hope to see you all playing along at STAMPlorations. Thanks for popping by! 

I'd like to enter my card to 

Uniko Challenge: Anything Goes

Less Is More: Jingle all the way/ Anything Christmassy

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

HI friends!

There's a new challenge for you at Inkspirational: Christmas with the optional twist of no red or green. If you choose the twist you could win this prize:

£10 Gift Card Uniko Studios

Bo Bunny die cuts

Bo Bunny rub-ons

Bo Bunny dimensional stickers

A TCW(The Crafters Workshop) stencil

3 different ribbons

I'd say it's definitely worth twisting! :) Our guest designer this week is Janet. Welcome to Inkspirational, Janet!

My DT card today is super simple but I do like it a lot. I stamped a branch image from Simon Says Stamp with black Versafine and embellished it with rhinestones that I had tinted a bit with W5 Copic -that way they went better with my embossing powder (Ranger) I used for the sentiment. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I love the dramatic look of the designer paper I stamped on! This could maybe be a masculine Christmas card? There's glitter though... I added it with Wink of Stella pen to the stamped branch.

If you need more inspiration on Christmas cards -maybe without red or green- head on over to Inkspirational for more DT cards. The Ink girls never fail to inspire so enjoy! Happy crafting! 

Day 5 of November Stamp Release Blog Hop at STAMPlorations!

Welcome to Day 5, the last day of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on Trendy Leaves. We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

Here's my project! I used a fun technique for this one: at first you sponge a piece of card with your chosen ink colors (I used very bright HA neon inks for sponging), then you stamp your images with watermark ink and heat emboss them with clear powder... And after that you cover the whole piece with black ink (Versafine used here) and in the end wipe it off from the embossed images. Your clear embossing reveals the fun multi-colored background you created! Hope you like! Time to continue hopping now... The list of all the blog hop blogs is under the photo! Enjoy!

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

Debra | Deepti | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley |Vicki

Day 4 of November Stamp Release Blog Hop at STAMPlorations!

Welcome to Day 4 of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on CityGirl, another fabulous stamp set that Shirley Bampton designed. We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

Here's my project! I colored the Citygirl with Copics and added extra interest to her coat, belt and stockings with white gel pen. I also used the sentiment block for stamping a decorative border to my base card. I hope you like! :) I'll now send you to all the other blogs of the blog hop -the list of the blogs is under my card photo. Enjoy!

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

Debra | Deepti | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley |Vicki

New Challenge at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!
We have a new challenge for you at TIME OUT: Embossing with the Optional Twist of Shine! If you choose the twist you can win a stamp set from Avocado Arts so maybe you'll want to add some shine to your project with embossing! You could also be DT's favorite and be called to guest design for us... This time our guest designer is Lesley from Always Playing With Paper. She is not only a talented card maker and fun blogger but a challenge blog owner too -if you are not familiar with Lesley, you know where to head next! :)

In my DT card I used stamps from Avocado Arts set called Bee Thankful. I tried to make a masculine card but masculine or not, I added shine: The heat embossed cups are "colored in" with Wink of Stella glitter pen. Love that stuff! My base card shines a bit as well, it's sort of metallic silver color - this was tricky to photograph!

Our DT never fails to inspire so I hope you'll check out their creations from our challenge blog here. After that... Take some TIME OUT and craft!