Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts challenge #5 - Distressing

Hello!

It's time for another challenge at Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts . This week I'm the hostess and I chose the theme of "Distressing".



The image I used on this card is called "Rosaline", designed by Helen, which you can buy in Ellephantastic Crads and Crafts shop.
The paper is a download, not sure where I got it. The flower is Prima, the sentiment is Whiff of Joy . The lace, ribbon and the heart gems are from stash.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils.

I'm entering Stamp with Stampavie and more challenge the theme is - "Black, white and one more colour".
The Daring Cardmakers challenge with the theme - "It's a Girl Thing"
Fussy and Fancy challenge the theme is "Pink and Black".

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to enter this weeks challenge at Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts. :)

Celebrate the Moment - DT card

Hello!
This week at Cute Card Thursday we have a wonderful challenge called - "Texting Crazy", which means that we would like you to focus on words on your creations.

This is also my DT card for Whimsy stamps, as I have used some of the gorgeous stamps from the new Whimsy Stamps rubber release. Don't forget about the new digital release on August 1st! :)



On this card I have used another one, the third circle sentiment from the Birthday Letter Seals set and two more sentiments from the same set. There are three circles and six more sentiments in the set and they are really fabulous, perfect for Birthdays and other sorts of celebrations, too. :) The set has been designed by Ann Vento. I have also used again this fabulous star stamp, which is an accessory stamp in the "Moonlit Ride and accessories" stamp set designed by Crissy Armstrong. The papers are MME. The flowers, lace and the ribbon are from stash.



This is what the circle sentiment looks like, it's beautiful, isn't it?! I have added some glitter glues and stickles on the little images and on the edges, too.



This is one of the sentiments I used.



And another sentiment; it really can be any kind of celebration, not just Birthday, which is great. :)

I'm entering Dutch Dare Card challenge, the theme is- "Anything Goes"
Totally Gorjuss challenge with the theme - "Congratulations"

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! :)

Whimsy DT.. Great Day to Fish

Hello!

I've been pretty busy these days, I'm going to Greece on August 2nd and there are so many things to be done before I go, it's unbelievable. However, I've managed to make some cards and here is one of them. This is my DT card for Whimsy stamps.



Oh, today is such a great day to fish! It's Sunny and warm, but not too hot and it would be so nice to go and relax by the river. :)
The image I have used on this card is from the July Whimsy Stamps digital release, it is called Great Day to Fish and it's been designed by Crissy Armstrong, the sentiment is a rubber stamp from the "Moonlit Ride and accessories" stamp set also designed by Crissy Armstrong and it's from the newest, July release. The paper is Sparkly Sweet, K&Co. The flowers are Poppicrafts and the rope is from stash.



The image has been coloured with watercolour pencils.

With this card I'm entering:
Stamp with Fun challenge, the theme is - "Card for a Boy"
Simon Says challenge - the theme is "Going Doty"
Creative Inspirations challenge with the theme - "Animals"

I also wanted to remind you that on August 1st new Whimsy Stamps Digital Release is comming out and with it a fabulous blog hop and a new montly challenge! Keep your eyes on the Whimsy Inspirations blog and on the Whimsy Stamps Store! :)

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day! :)

Sarah Kay and Belles 'n Whistles cards for some challenges

Hello!
I made two cards for some challenges using two gorgeous stamps from Stampavie and Belles 'n Whistles.



My first card is a Christmas card and I used one of my all time favourite Sarah Kay stamps - "Christmas Preparations" and I just recently bought it at the Secret Crafter. The papers are Basic Grey - "Wassail", bought at Bunny Zoes Crafts, my favourite papers for Christmas themed cards. The flower is Prima, bought at the same place and the brad is Woodware and it also came from the Secret Crafter. The sentiment is Whiff of Joy and the lace and the ribbon were bought at a local craft store.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils.

This is Marga's sketch at SAV:


With this card I'm entering:
Stampavie challenge which is a sketch by Marga. (I won their last challenge)
Basic Grey challenge with the theme - "Stitching" (I won their challenge from two weeks ago, too)
Create4Fun which is to use flowers on our cards

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My second card is a miniature card with the base of only 3 inches.



I won quite a few challenges lately, the last Belles'n Whistles challenge being one of them and I won a BnW stamp of my choice! How awesome!
The stamp on this card is called Watering and it's from the Spring/Clean/Summer collection. The paper is K&Co - Sparkly Sweet which came form the Bunny Zoes Crafts. The flowers are Prima, bought at the same place and the lace and the ribbon are from stash.

I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and used distress ink pad - "Vintage Photo".

I'm entering the following challenge with this card:
Belles 'n Whistles challenge the theme is Distressing.
Crafty Catz the cahllenge is called - "Summer time"

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! :)

Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts challenge #4 and DT card for Whimsy Stamps

Good morning!

I made a card using some of the new, just a few days ago released Whimsy Stamps rubber stamps. Atpart from this being my Whimsy stamps DT card it's also my DT card for Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts.

This week at Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts the host is the lovely Michelle and "Party Invite" is the theme she chose.
The sponsor for this challenge is Vikki at Posh Pins and she has offered a fabulous prize for one lucky participant.

Now I didn't understand the challenge very well, I thought we were supposed to make a party card, I totally overlooked the "invite " part and so I made an easel Birthday theme card.



I absolutely love this Birthday Letter Seals sentiment set designed by Ann Vento! There are three circle sentiments and six more fabulous sentiments in the set. I 've used one circle one and two of the sentiments on this card: "Eat cake" and "It's Your Day...Enjoy It!" Not that you can only use this set to add sentiments on your cards, but also as "main images" like I did here. Perfect! They are so adorable, I could just eat them. lol The paper is from stash. The flowers were stamped with a flower stamp from Queen Kat Designs.



I coloured those cute little presents and a cake with watercolour pencils, distressed around the image and the paper, also using m,y distress ink pad "Tattered Rose" and added lots of glitter.



This is another sentiment that I used.



And this is what the card looks like closed. I made a mini card, the base is only 3 inches.

I'm entering the following challenges:
Quixotic Challenges with the theme - "Make it Miniature"
Stamp Something challenge with the theme - "Something Flowery"

Cute Card Thursday DT card

~ ~ ~ To see my Whimsy Stamps BLOG HOP card just click on the link! ~ ~ ~

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Hello!

This week at Cute Card Thursday we have a fabulous sketch designed by the lovely Deb.
The sponsor for this challenge is Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, the prize is two images of winner's choice. How awesome is that!?

Here is my card:



I decided to use this adorable Milo stamp called "Puppy Love" designed by Rachelle Anne Miller for Stampavie. The papers are MME. The flowers are Prima, Poppicrafts and Petaloo. The sentiment is Whiff of Joy. I also used one of the stamps from the Whimsy Circle Postmarks set designed by Ann Vento for Whimsy stamps.



The image was coloured with watercolour pencils.

This is Deb's sketch.


With this card I'm also entering:
Cupcake Craft challenge which has the theme "Cats and Dogs"
Papertake Weekly challenge with the theme -"Cutie Patootie"
Creative Inspirations they have a colour sheme - "Chocolate and Mint"
Secret Crafter Saturday challenge the theme is "Summer Holidays
Timbroscrapmania the theme is - "Love is"

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to enter this weeks challenge at Cute Card Thursday.

Whimsy Stamps - New Release BLOG HOP

Hello!

Today is the blog hop day and the the release day of the new Whimsy Stamps rubber stamps!! Woohoo!
Three beautiful Whimsy stamps by Crissy Armstrong and three fabulous Whimsy Stamps sentiment sets by Ann Vento!
I'm sure you loved all the gorgeous stamps and the sentiments in the blog hop so far! The DT creations are once again stunning, absolutely amazing, aren't they?

You should have arrived here from Patrica's blog, if not, then you should go back at Chris's blog and start the hop from the beginning.
Remember to comment on each of the posts in the hop, as an amazing prize is eagerly waiting for one lucky participant. :)



For my card I have used the "Moonlit Ride and accessories" stamp set designed by Crissy Armstrong. One star stamp (which I used on this card) and three wonderful sentiments come together with this gorgeous Carousel Horse. The paper is MME, the flowers are "Petaloo", the brad is Woodware. I used distress ink pad "Vintage Photo" and a border punch. The lace and the ribbon are from stash.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils as usual. I added some sparkle with two glitter glues (blue and yellow) and sakura gelly roll pen.

Now check out the prize that you could win!



The blog hop will be open till July 26th.

And now it's time to move on with the hop, to see the rest of the gorgeous DT creations, the next blog to visit is Crystal's!!

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! :)

Whimsy Stamps New Release Sneak Peek

Hello!
I have another card to show today. It's a sneak peek of the new upcoming rubber stamp release at Whimsy stamps!
The blog hop takes place tomorrow at noon EST, 5pm GMT (6pm CET) where you'll be able to see all the new gorgeous stamps and you'll have a chance to win an amazing blog hop candy, too! :)
So, visit the Whimsy Stamps Inspiration blog tomorrow! :)



For this card I have used this adorable stamp called "Jelly Bean", which will be available for purchase in the Whimsy Stamps Store tomorrow. I have also used two sentiments from the Birthday Letter Seals set, which will also be available in the Whimsy Stamps Store tomorrow. The papers are MME - "Bloom and Grow", the flowers are Prima. The lace and the ribbon are from stash. I also used sakura gelly roll pen and red glitter glue to add some sparkle.



I coloured the cute ellephant with watercolour pencils.



This is one of the circle sentiments from the Birthday Letter Seals set, the set is really wonderful!



And another sentiment I used.

With this card I'm also entering:
Quixotic challenges which have a photo as an inspiration.
Corrosive challenges with the theme - "Cartoon times"

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And another awesome information!!



Sale Alert! Kick off the summer with some sizzling savings! From July 17th to July 31st, the entire Raindrop Echo Designs Digital Sentiments Collection at Whimsy Stamps (which can be found here: http://whimsystamps.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=13_15 ) is marked down by 25%! Grab the sentiments you've had your eye on and don't forget to tell your fellow sentiment fanatics!

Don't forget to visit the Whimsy Stamps Store to see all the new stamps and our blog hop tomorrow! :)

Have a great day!

Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts challenge #3

Hello!

I should have posted this card yesterday, but I was at a wedding all day, came back very late last night and I slept in this morning. I had a great time, though!

This week the host at the Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts is the lovely Jane and she chose the theme "Sew Special".
I decided to go with real sewing on my card, but without a sewing machine it was a rather hard task and I must confess I'm not all that happy with the result, but once I finished my hard, I was too tired to make another one.

For this challenge the DT have used an adorable image called "Marley and Charlie - Cheese", designed by Helen. You can find this adorable image in Ellephantastic Cards & Crafts store. Helen has other crafting goodies in her store, too, some fabulous papers, stamps and more, do visit her store and have a look around.



One lucky participant will have a chance to choose 4 digi images in Ellephantastic Cards & Crafts store as Helen is sponsoring this weeks challenge!



My card:



The image is like I said, Marley and harlie cheese. the papers are Basic Grey - Arhaic". The sentiment is C.C Designs - "All Women". The flowers are Petaloo, the ribbon is from stash.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils.

With this card I'm entering the C.R.A.F.T. challenge which has the theme "Babies/Children".
Dare You to Digi Stamp the theme is "Stitching"
Stamp Something challenge with the theme - "Something Digital"

Don't forget to enter this weeks challenge at Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts!

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day! :)

Belle wants to swim :)

Hello!

I made this card last night, using one of my new, unused Belles 'n Whistles stamps.
I'm entering the following challenges:
Belles 'n Whistles challenge which is a sketch
Bunny Zoes Crafts challenge with the theme - "Summer Days"
Everybody Art Challenge has the theme - "Holidays"
Stamp with Stampavie and more the theme is "Anything Goes"



The stamp is called "Tube Wear" and it's from the Belles 'n Whistles - Spring/Clean/Summer release. The papers are K&Co Sparkly Sweet, which were bought at Bunny Zoes Crafts . The sentiment is Whiff of Joy, the heart stamp is SU. The flower is Poppicrafts, while the lace, ribbon and the button are from stash.



The image was coloured with watercolour pencils.

The sketch at Belles 'n Whistles, which I followed; I rotated it.


Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! :)

DT card for Cute Card Thursday and Whimsy Stamps

Good morning!

This is my first DT card for the Cute Card Thursday, how exciting!! And also my DT card for Whimsy stamps. :)

The challenge at the Cute Card Thursday is called- "Get a Head Start "(Christmas theme) and I've used this adorable Whimsy stamps-July Digital release for my card.



The image is called Warm Winter Wishes , designed by Crissy Armstrong and I used a sentiment from the matching, Warm Winter Wishes sentiment set designed by Ann Vento . I stamped the background with two stamps ( bells and a snowflake) from a Christmas set which I bought at a local craft store. The white flower is Poppicrafts, the dark blue ones are Petaloo and the brads are Woodware. The lace, ribbon and the button are from stash.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and added some stickles - "Frosted Lace".



And the sentiment I added.

I'm also entering:

Winter Wonderland Challenge, with the theme - "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
Magical Crafts Challenge, which has the theme - "Christmas in July"
Crazy 4 Challenges which is a colour combo - "Red, black and white".

Don't forget to enter this weeks challenge at the Cute Card Thursday, check out the DT cards, they are absolutely amazing.
You can find the image and the sentiment I used on my card in the Whimsy Stamps Store.

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day! :)

Whimsy Stamps DT card and another exciting news

Hello!

I have a card to show you today, it's one of the two of my DT cards for Whimsy stamps, which I posted on the Whimsy Inspirations blog on Friday, but I haven't posted this one on my blog till now. I already used this image, for the blog hop, but I really like it and wanted to make another card with it. It's from the Whimsy stamps-July Digital release.



The image is called "Puss in Boots" , it's designed by Melissa Jenkins and I used one of the sentiments from the French Ticket sentiments set designed by Ann Vento. The paper is Basic Grey- Arhaic. The stars were stamped with a stamp from a Christmas set. The rope and the button are from stash.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils.

With this card I'm entering the Simon Says challenge they have a photo for inspiration - the colours in my card fit.

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And now I have an exciting news to share!!
I have joined the Cute Card Thursday Design Team!! Woohoo!



The DT ladies are all extremely talented and it will be a great honour for me to work with them! :)

If you can, stop by my blog on Thursday to see my first DT card for Cute Card Thursday.

Thank you for stopping by today and have a great day!
Hugs

Mouse in Hammock

Good evening!

Wow, two posts in one day, can you believe!? But, I just had to make another card, I couldn't wait to use this adorable Tina Wenke stamp.

I'm entering the Stampavie challenge - the theme is "Dots"
Cute Card Thursday challenge with the theme: "School's out for Summer"
And I followed the sketch at Friday Sketchers



The stamp is Stampavie designed by Tina Wenke, it's called "Mouse in Hammock". The dotty paper which I used is MME. The flowers are Petaloo, the brads are Woodware; I bought all of that at the Secret Crafter. The sentiment is Whiff of Joy , the frame stamp is "Stampendous". The bees have been stamped with a SU stamp from the "Merci" set. I used a border punch, the lace and the ribbons came from a local craft shop, they just recently got these gorgeous dotty ones in different colours.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils, distressed with distress ink pad "Vintage Photo", used my Sakura gelly roll pen and some glitter glues for the bees and some parts of the flowers.

The sketch at Friday sketchers


Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely evening! :)

Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts challenge #2

Hello!

It's time for the challenge #2 at Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts. The lovely Lilacanglia is the host this week and she chose a wonderul theme - "Birthday"

Our sponsor for this challenge is Crafty Sentiments.



They are offering this cute rubber stamp to one lucky participant.



For this challenge we have used this adorable Roger with flowers digi stamp which you can find in Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts shop.



My card:



I used like I said Helen's digi image - "Roger with flowers". The paper is from stash. The flowers are Prima, while the ribbon is also from satsh and I added a "celebrate" sentiment from "All Women set" C.C Designs.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and added glitter glues on the flowers.

I'm also entering Dutch Dare cards challenge the theme is "Floral inspiration"
Stamp Something challenge - it's a recipe: One image, one paper and one ribbon with option to add sentiment and embellies

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to enter the Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts challenge #2.

Trimming the Tree - Whimsy DT card

Hello!
I made another card with one of the images from the Whimsy stamps-July Digital release. You can buy all the images in the Whimsy Stamps Store.



I love Christmas/Winter images and I think my favourite cards to make would have to be Christams/Winter cards with Autumn cards, too.
This image is called Trimming the Tree and has been designed by Crissy Armstrong,while the sentiment comes from the matching Trimming the Tree sentiment set designed by Ann Vento. The papers are Basic grey- "Wassail". The lace, ribbon and heart gems are from stash. The brad is Woodware and the flower has been made by me. If you'd like to see how I make my paper flowers, check out my Paper Flower Tutorial, which I've just posted.



The image was coloured with watercolour pencils and I added some glitter glues - red, blue and yellow and stickles - "Frosted lace".



This is the sentiment I used there are four in the set.



And this is my paper flower, like I said I've now posted the tutorial, too.

With this card I'm entering the following chalenges:

ABC challenges the letter "Y" - "You and Me", to use a stamp with two images or two stamps on our cards.
Fussy and Fancy challenge with the theme - "Christmas in July"
Basic Grey challenge there is a photo for inspiration
Corrosive challenge which has the theme - "Christmas Time"

Thank you for stopping by and if you'd like to check my Paper Flower Tutorial, go here. :)

Have a lovely day!