Burst of Colors

Hello everyone and welcome to our 3. ISB Challenge! This time our talented DT member Swaantje is hosting the Challenge and she came up with a very suitable theme for this time of the year - SUMMER A great theme that really inspires to bright and bold colors, flowers in full bloom, fresh fruits and thoughts of sea, sand and sun, doesn't it? And of course vacation time!!! I decided to make an altered journal instead of a card this time. It is also going to be a gift for my daughter Kim as she likes to keep a diary. I stamped Hula Anya from The Greeting Farm on Curious Iridescent Paper (my absolutely favorite paper for coloring with copics!) and colored her with my Copics. Than I added Flower Soft Summer to the flowers in her hair as well as some half- pearls to give a 3D effect. From Spellbinders I used the Dahlia Nestabilities in 2 different sizes and embossed the smaller one with the Cuttlebug embossing folder "Swiss Dots" . Than I cut out Anya and adhered her to the

Hi all! My card today is made using the ultra cute Surfer Ian from The Greeting Farm . I colored Ian using my Copics and sure he had to have blonde hair... he is a surfer dude lol ;-) I layerd the image on Bazzill CS and and used my sewing machine to sew around it. The base CS is DCWV and I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the lower part to give the impression of waves. I also used Twinkling H2O's and Stickles to highlight the waves. I used my decorative edge siccors to cut a wavy line on both the CS and DP. The DP is from Basic Greys new paper pad Lime Rickey and I think these bright colors are just fantastic for the image! Than I put both together and sewed around it but without using thread in the machine. I just wanted to have the tiny holes. I also used, for the first time, my grommet tool (Making Memories) to add the flower grommet. Finally I tied a matching ribbon around it and added the little charm. The sentiment was computer generated and I used my Spellbinders Nestabiliti

Happy weekend everyone! I'm so happy it's weekend and it looks like it's going to be a very nice one. The sun is shining and I 'm sitting outside enjoying the nice wheather while I'm writing this :-) After all the rain we've had down here the last weeks it is so nice. I'm so excited just 2 more weeks until another furry family member joins us ;-) We decided that it is time for our Dobie girl Cleo to have some furry company. Her new sister was born on April 18th and I saw her pictures just a few days after she was born and fell in love instantly..lol Her name is Coco and she is a Boxer girl ;-) She is as sweet as can be and we are so looking forward to bringing her home soon:-) As soon as she is here I'll post pictures! For my card today I used an image from the cute stamp set Cup of Stuff from TGF. I just love these mice. I colored them using my Distress Inks from Tim Holtz and to add a little sparkle I added some matching twinkling H2O's after col

Hello everyone and I'm back with my second posting for today! For today's card scroll down a little further! First I would like to share some news! Well I guess some of you have already noticed the new logo in my sidebar. Ilona , owner of Bastelbedarf Regnery put together her first DT and I was asked to be part of it! I am very excited and thanks a lot Ilona :-) There is also going to be a new challenge every other Sunday starting on the 7th of June called ISB-Challenge So remember the date and join us! New Challenges starting every other Sunday, you can enter till Saturday and the winner will be announced along with the start of the new challenge on Sunday. Certainly there will also be prizes for every challenge sponsored by Ilona. Make sure to check Ilona's Blog on details for the challenge June 7th or become a follower! Or check my blog or the blogs of my fellow DT members (see sidebar) for the announcement of the beginning of the challenges and a link to the challenge

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! It's Monday and time for another ROP Challenge , YAY! It's Peta's Challenge thist time and she wants you to make a card for the boys! That means a masculine card: "NOTHING GIRLY - NO PINK, NO FLOWERS, NO RIBBONS, NO LACE, NO CUTE SAYINGS -LOTS OF BLUES/GREENS/GREYS/BROWNS, LEATHER, TWINE, BRASS, METAL ETC - THINK FISHING, FOOTBALL, GOLF, CARS, CRICKET, BEER/WINE"...BOY! To participate remember you must use a Magnolia, Alota, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Anne Miller or stamp from the Greeting Farm! The winner of this Challenge will be chosen randomly on Monday, June 1 and you have until May 31st to enter! Summer always gives away yummy prices and this time the new Basic Grey paper pad Lime Rickey and matching glazed brads are for grabs! So what are you waiting for check out our ROP Challenge blog for detailed instructions and get some inspiration from the wonderful cards the other DT members created. And than off you go and start crafti

Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well. I feel kinda funky the last two days as I'm struggling with my allergies.... bah I hate that. And that is why my post won't be very long today.... But enough whining now ... lol My card today is an Anniversary Card I made on order for a friend. The image on the front is from the Cup of Stuff Set from The Greeting Farm. You'll find the cute TGF images here . On the inside the stamps are from Alota and text from TGF Hallo alle zusammen! Hoffe Euch geht es allen gut. Ich fuehl mich die letzten beiden Tage etwas durch den Wind dank meiner Allergie. Wie ich das hasse...bah... darum wird mein Post heute auch nicht so lange werden. Aber nun genug gejammert ....lol. Meine Karte heute ist eine Karte zum Hochzeitstag, die ich im Auftrag gemacht habe. Das Motiv auf der Aussenseite ist von dem Cup of Stuff Set von The Greeting Farm , die ihr nun auch in Deutschland bestellen koennt und zwar hier . Auf der Innenseite habe ich ein Alota Mo