BnW Advent Calender Day 20 & ISB Challenge 15

Hello and Happy 4th Advent! Today we are already opening door 20 from our Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calender. And there are only a few days left for you to enter the daily drawings and the chance of winning a great prize each day! So what are you waiting for? Click here and play with us :-)

Today I have two cards/projects to share with you.

First the snow globe card I made for todays door of the Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calender. I made a snow globe card using the adorable image "Two Turtle Doves" from the second Belles 'n Whistles Christmas release. Still available at the Belles 'n Whistles store in limited quantities! The image is colored using Copics and the DP is Basic Grey. In the background I added 2 turtle doves which I cut out with my Cricut and added some glitter to it. I thought they are perfect to go with that cute image. For the snow effect on top of the 'globe' I used snow glitter from Martha Stewart which has a nice coarse texture. The other glittery/snowy accents were made using Stickles. Sentiment is a rub on. The shape for the snow globe card was also cut out using my Cricut & 'Joys of the Season' cartridge.

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Hallo und einen schoenen 4. Advent. Heute machen wir schon die 20. Tuer unseres Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calender auf. Und es sind nur noch wenige Tage uebrig um an unseren taeglichen tollen Preisziehungen teilzunehmen. Also worauf wartet ihr noch. Klickt hier und spielt doch gleich mit :-)

Heute habe ich Euch 2 Karten/Projekte zu zeigen.

Als erstes meine Schneekugel Karte die ich fuer das heutige Adventskalender Tuerchen unseres
Belles 'n Whistles Advent Calender gemacht habe. Ich habe das super suesse Motiv "Two Turtle Doves" aus der Weihnachtskollektion II verwendet. In limitierter Auflage noch erhaeltlich im Belles 'n Whistles shop oder bei einem der weltweiten Wiederverkaeufer, siehe hier. Das Motiv habe ich coloriert mit Copics und DP ist von Basic Grey. Im HG habe ich 2 Turtletauben mit meiner Cricut ausgeschnitten, beglittert und aufgeklebt. Ich dachte die passen super zu dem suessen Motiv. Fuer die Schneehaube auf der 'Kugel' habe ich groben Schneeglitter von Martha Stewart verwendet. Fuer die anderen Schnee und Glitzereffekte habe ich Stickles verwendet. Der Text ist ein Rub-on und die Form fuer die Karte habe ich auch mit der Cricut ausgeschnitten und der 'Joys of the Season' Cartridge.

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ISB Challenge 15 - A bottle-hanger & a recipe

The second project I would like to share with you today is our 15th ISB Challenge! This time we want you to make:

A bottle-hanger with the use of the following recipe:
diecut, button, ribbon, tag.

Use as many of these elements as you want on your hanger but at least one of each.

*And remember this must be using a Magnolia, Bildmalarna, The Greeting Farm, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Ann Miller, Leere Aldrich, Nellie Snellen, Tina Wenke, Belles 'n Whistles, Alota Rubber Stamps or Ollyfant by Erica Pels stamp*.

You have time to enter until January 2nd, 6 pm CET. Winner will be announced on Sunday January 3rd. The price this time is a stamp from the newest Bildmalarna collection, called 'Tossa with Hearts"

I thought its a nice idea to make a 'Champagne-Bottle-Hanger' to bring as little gift to a New Years Eve party. I used Showtime Anya from the Greetingfarm, colored with Copics. DP is from my stash und the punches I used for the flowers are from EK Success. Sentiment is an outline sticker from Starform.

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Das zweite Project das ich heute zeigen moechte ist mein Beitrag fuer die 15. ISB Challenge. Diesmal moechten wir das ihr einen

Flaschenanhaenger macht mit folgendem Rezept:
Stanzteil, Ribbon, Knoepfe, Tag.

Anzahl der Elemente ist beliebig solange jeweils eins davon auf Eurem Haenger zu sehen ist.

*Und denkt bitte dran benutzt einen Stempel wahlweise von Magnolia, Bildmalarna, The Greeting Farm, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Ann Miller, Leere Aldrich, Nellie Snellen, Tina Wenke, Belles 'n Whistles, Alota Rubber Stamps oder Ollyfant by Erica Pels.*

Teilnehmen koennt ihr bis Samstag, den 02.01.2010 um 18:00 Uhr. Vor dem Start unserer Challenge #16 am 03.01.2010 geben wir dann auch den Gewinner bekannt. Zu gewinnen gibt es diesmal die suesse "Tossa mit Herzen" aus der neuen Bildmalarna Kollektion.

Ich habe gedacht ein Anhaenger fuer eine Sektflasche als Mitbringsel zur Sylvester Party ist eine gute Idee. Ich habe Showtime Anya dafuer verwendet und mit Copics coloriert. Die Stanzen die ich fuer die Blumen verwendet habe sind von EK Success. Das DP ist aus meinen Resten und der Text ein Sticker von Starform.

I know it was a long posting today and thanks for bearing with me :-)

Win langes Posting heute, ich weiss, danke das ihr mich solange ertragen habt ;-)


Hugs,

Frosty the Snowman...

Hello Everyone and a Happy 3rd Advent! Hope you all have enjoyed your weekend so far! I want to show you today my snow globe card. I wanted to try this for some time now and finally I had the time to try it out! And what can I say, it was huuuuge fun to make it. This was just my prototype. I got some more ideas during making it and like to try another one tomorrow.

The image I used is a snowman stamp from The Greeting Farm, colored with Copics. I added Shimmerz to the 'snowy' part of the snowman to achieve that extra crystal glitz of snow. You should be able to see it in the close up. After cutting all my parts and before assembling them I stamped a snowflake background (from Hero Arts) to the light blue circle using Ranger Perfect Medium and added some super fine crystal glitter. For even more snowflake effect I added snowflake outline stickers from Starform. The icicle's were cut using a Martha Stewart border punch, the 'snow' on top of the transparency circle was cut by hand. To the the icicle's I added Stickles Glitter Glue and for the snowy parts on my card I applied Flower Soft. The snow flakes on the front are a CB die, CS is Bazzill and DP is Basic Grey. The sentiment is also an outline sticker from Starform.

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Hallo und einen schoenen 3. Advent! Ich hoffe ihr hattet alle ein schoenes Wochenende soweit! Heute moechte ich Euch meine Snowglobe-Karte zeigen. Ich wollte schon lange eine ausporobieren, habe aber erst jetzt die Zeit dazu gefunden. Es hat aber super viel Spass gemacht. Und mir sind auch so einige Ideen gekommen fuer meine naechste als ich diesen Prototypen hier hergestellt habe ;-).

Das Schneemann Motiv ist von The Greeting Farm. Stempel von the Greeting Farm findet ihr auch hier. Das Motiv ist coloriert mit Copics und um einen frostigen Effect fuer die Schneeteile des Schneemannes zu erzielen habe ich Shimmerz verwendet. Bei den Nahaufnahmen kann man das denke ich ganz gut erkennen. Nach dem Auschneiden aller Teile und vor dem Zusammenbauen habe ich auf den hellblauen HG-Kreis mit einem Stempel von Hero Arts und Ranger Perfect Medium Schneeflocken gestempelt und dann mit utrafeinem Glitter bestaeubt. Um noch mehr Schneeflocken Akzente zu setzen habe ich dann noch Schneeflocken Sticker in silber aufgeklebt. Die Eiszapfen sind mit einem Martha Stewart Border Punch gestanzt und der Schnee auf dem Transparenten Kreis ist freihand ausgeschnitten. Die Eiszapfen sind mit Stickles verziert, die Schneeteile auf der Karte sind Flowersoft. Die Schneeflocken vorne auf der karte sind eine CB Stanze, CS ist von Bazzill and DP ist von Basic Grey. Der Text ist wieder ein silberner Sticker.

I hope you liked my version of a snow globe card.

And don't forget to enter my candy if you haven't done so already. To enter click here

Another Roses on Paper / Belles 'n Whistles Challenge will start tomorrow and as usual Summer has picked a great prize for one of you! Make sure to check my blog here or our combined Challenge blog tomorrow for all the Information on the new challenge. Hope to see you tomorrow!!!

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Ich hoffe Euch gefaellt meine Version einer Schneekugelkarte.

Vergesst nicht mein Candy laeuft noch und wenn Ihr Euch noch nicht eingetragen habt koennt ihr das hier tun!

Eine neue Roses on Paper / Belles 'n Whistles Challenge startet morgen. Und wie immer hat Summer einen tollen Preis gestiftet. Schaut doch mal vorbei morgen auf unserem Blog oder hier bei mir um naeheres zu Erfahren ueber die neue Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!!

Hugs,

Elfish Christmas Greetings

Hello Friends and a Happy Weekend! How are you all doing? I planned on a relaxing Saturday today but it was not relaxing at all...lol. Was running unexpected errands and ended up cleaning the whole house...very relaxing *aaahhhhhh* It just didn't work out like planned (some how it never does :-) ) and so far I had no time yet to sit down and craft...well maybe later this afternoon...there is still some hope ;-)

I got a few emails and was asked if I could do a tutorial on the shadow box card. I will do one soon and post it on the Belles 'n Whistles blog. I'll let you know here as well. I also plan on doing a tutorial for a shaker card!
BTW have you seen Rosette's stunning creation on the BnW blog today? So make sure you don't miss her awesome project!

For my Christmas card I used little Elf Vivi from The Greeting Farm. Isn't she just adorable? I love the look on her face! I colored her with Copics and added some shine with twinkling H2O's and Stickles. I got inspired by a card I saw in a magazine (unfortunately I can't remember which one it was) to do the snow flake wreath. (well part of a wreath actually). Added some half-pearls
ribbon and a large star button for decorations.

Thanks so much for taking the time and visiting my blog today!

Hugs,

ISB Challenge - Everything but a card!

Hello everyone and welcome to our next ISB Challenge, starting today! This time's host is our wonderful and very talented Nicolchen! She has something special in mind for you today! She wants you to make:

Everything But a Card!

Right now I'm into making bookmarks and that is what I chose to do. I made a Paperclip Bookmark using one of the cute images from The Greeting Farm's set Wild Things! This was just the right size for my bookmark and I colored it with my Copics.

You can enter your project until Saturday October 24th 6pm CEST. The winner will be drawn randomly on Sunday Oct. 25th and announced on the ISB - Challenge blog just before the new challenge starts. As always Ilona is generously sponsoring the prize this week and it is "Blueberry Tilda" from the Magnolia So Yummy Collection. So what are you waiting for start crafting ;-) and join us at the ISB Challenge blog and also check out the other DT members great creations! Hope to see ya all there!

Thanks for stopping by today and any comment you may leave!!!

Hugs,

ISB Challenge 9 & FridaySketchers 71

Welcome to our 9th ISB Challenge! I'm a bit late this time with my posting as the challenge already started on Sunday! Ooooops! Sorry about this but my parents arrived a week ago and we had a looooot to chat - lol- and my hubby and I also went to our dolphin adventure at Discovery Cove on Monday. Finally as we had to postpone it once already. I was soooo excited and we had the most fantastic time! I also have some pictures to share :-) I'll post them tomorrow! Ok back to the challenge now! :-) This time it is my turn and I decided to challenge you all with a color challenge! I picked some frosty winter colores:

Ice Blue
Polar White
Frosty Pink

I hope you like the color combo and play with us at our ISB challenge blog! You have until October 10th, 6 pm (Central European Standard Time) to enter!
Please post your (newly created) project with a link to our blog on your blog and leave a comment with a direct link to your project on our ISB-Challenge blog.

Please keep in mind this must be using a stamp from Magnolia, Bildmalarna, The Greeting Farm, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Ann Miller, Leere Aldrich, Nellie Snellen, Tina Wenke, Belles 'n Whistles, Alota Rubber Stamps or Ollyfant by Erica Pels. Other stamps can not be accepted!

Please visit our challenge blog to see all the other DT members fabulous creations and and also what prize is up for grabs this time!

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In deutsch koennt ihr hier alles zur Challenge lesen!

Onto my card. I used the Greeting Farm image Miss Anya Snow form the Rain Snow Shine Set.
I thought she is just perfect for these colors. I colored her with my Copics (picture of colors used at the end!) and added polar white Flowersoft to her earmuffs, muff, coat and boots to give a fluffy effect. Than I used one of the new very light Copics (in this case B0000) to draw a soft outline around the image. Using R81 I airbrushed the outer edges for a little contrast. For my background I used glossy paper and embossed it with the Cuttlebug embossing folder snow flakes and added some rhinestones. The wintery flower is made with my Obsession expression flower punch and EK Success snow flake punch. The sentiment is computer generated and the snow flake border is an EK Success punch. The inside is pretty plain just a little distressed around the edges and the two stamps are from Inkadinkado.

The sketch I used for my card is from this weeks Friday Sketchers Challenge and was created by the fabulous Jeanette. I had so much fun working with the sketch! Thanks!

Copic's I used for my card:

Make sure to come back tomorrow I have a fun little Halloween project to share with you I made using one of our super cute new Belles 'n Whistles stamps. It is very quick to make and requires no coloring of the image. For all of you who like to make something quick! ;-)

And it is also Candy Time at my blog...starting tomorrow as well! I have some yummy candy for you....but it is a little twist involved! I won't say anymore ... just come back here tomorrow :-) See ya all tomorrow!

Thanks for taking the time and stopping by today :-)))



Hugs,

Snuggle Up!

Hi everyone! Isn't she cute snuggling with her bunny?
I love this stamp from the Greeting Farm! BTW, Stamps from the Greeting Farm now also available in Germany, right here!
This card was actually meant to be my entry for the Color Throw Down challenge, but unfortunately I'm too late, my bad! The colors they had this week were green (certainly celery), plum and chocolate, and this was my take on it.

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Hallo zusammen! Ist sie nicht suess wie sie mit ihrem Hasen kuschelt? Eines meiner Lieblingsmotive von The Greeting Farm! Uebrigens, diese suessen Greeting Farm Motive
koennt ihr nun auch direkt in Deutschland bestellen! Ilona von Bastelbearf-Regnery hat dieses und viele weitere knuffige Motive von The Greeting Farm in ihrem Shop. Diese Motive sind sehr vielseitig und lassen sich super colorieren.
Am Besten geht ihr gleich selbst mal gucken ;-)
Eigentlich hatte ich diese Karte auch gemacht fuer die Color Throw Down Challenge, aber ich bin zu spaet dran gewesen ...selber Schuld ;-) Die Farben die sie diese Wochen hatten fuer die Challenge waren gruen (certainly celery), Pflaume und Schokolade und das hatte ich draus gemacht.














My Card's Recipe:

Stamps/Stempel: The Greeting Farm
Colored with/Coloriert mit: Copics
Ink/Tinte: Memento - Tuxedo Black.
Paper/Papier: CS: Bazzill & Martha Stewart, DP:Basic Grey - Wisteria
Other/Sonstiges: Ribbon/Band, Spellbinders Polka Dot Frame, Charm,
Stickles: Diamond, Purple and Eucalyptus, Eyelet, Brads, Prima Flowers,
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Swiss Dots

Copics used:
0 - E0000 - E000 - E00 - E11 - E31 - E25 - E29
V000 - V12 - V15 - V17 - R20 - G20 - G21 - G24

Thanks for visiting my blog today!!!

Lieben Dank fuer Euren Besuch auf meinem Blog!!!

Hugs,