Wish Upon a Star

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Good evening!

This week at Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts challenge, which is actually open till 31st December 12pm GMT,we have two themes again: "Wish Upon a Star" and "Christmas/Winter". There are also two prizes, which means that we are going to have two winners.

I have combined the two themes.



I used one of Helen's adorable images, this one is called Rory and Charlotte - Nativity. I used two Whimsy Stamps, the star stamp is from the Christmas Tree in Words set designed by Raindropecho Designs and the sentiment is from the Peace on Earth set designed by Crissy Armstrong. The paper and the rope are from stash.



And now I have to say that this is also my last DT card for Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts, after 6 months I have decided to step down. I loved being part of the team and I wish Helen and all the DT girls all the best, thank you for everything! I'll definitely be joining the Ellephantastic challenges wheneverI can.

I'll be back later to enter some challenges with this card, I'm off to have a dinner, I'm sooo hungry...

So, I'm entering:
All Sorts challenge "Last Minute Christmas Card"
Crafts and Me - "Moody Blues"

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Music Saves My Soul Saturday

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Ok, I know I'm a little late, it's already Sunday here, but I just came across this fabulous music challenge (no you don't have to sing :) ) by Marcea and I had to participate.



So, this is my choice for this week: Bee Gees - "How Deep is Your Love". Something nice and slow and relaxing, as it's already late.



Check out Marcea's challenge and share your favourite song. :)

Good night!

Christmas Tree

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Good afternoon!

Wow, it's so cold today, it's a good thing I didn't have to go anywhere, for a change! :)
I'm going to try to relax as much as I can this weekend, because next week is going to be a very busy one for me.

Anyway, today was my turn to post on the Whimsy Inspirations blog and I posted this card and one of my previous Whimsy Stamps projects. You can see that post here.



For this card I used an image from the Digital Stamp Collection. The stamp is called Christmas Tree designed by Meljen Designs, while the sentiment is from the rubber stamp set Peace on Earth designed by Crissy Armstrong. The papers are MME- "The Merry Days of Christmas". the ribbon is from stash.



As usual I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and added some glitter glues.

I'm entering:
C.R.A.F.T. challenge - "Color Palette Festivia"
Secret Crafter - "Christmas"
All Sorts challenge - "Light Up the Night" (to use a candle or other
light on our cards/projects)
I Did It Creations challenge - "Vintage Christmas"
Artistic Stamper - "Christmas"
Stamp Something - "Digi day"


Ooh, but that's not all, I just have to share my excitement about something I'm so looking forward to, tonight...





The new series starts this evening, based on one of my all time favourite books - "The Scent of Rain in the Balkans" by Gordana Kuic.
Her work has been mainly inspired by her mother Blanki Salom and her aunts, who were descendants of Sephardi Jews in the Balkans, and most of her novels are set in 1914–1944.

Tis book is also available in English, so I would really like to recommend it.
I just can't wait to see if the series is going to be as good as the book. :) The trailer doesn't look bad.

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

Say it with Flowers

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Hello!

It's finally snowing here and I hope it's for real this time! :) It's beautiful outside, everything is white and shiny!

This week at Cute Card Thursday the theme is "Floral Franzy" and that means that we would like to see flowers on your creations.



All the stamps ( the image, sentiment and the flowers) are from the Popcorn the Bear Souffle collection Say it with Flowers stamp set by Crafters Companion. One of the papers is MME - "Bloom and Grow" and the other one is from stash. The ribbon was bought at a local craft store.
I just couldn't wait for glitter on the card to dry (maybe you can notice), as I was in such a hurry to take a photo of it, I was running late.



As usual, I coloured the image with watercolour pencils.

I followed the sketch at this month's challenge at Crafters Companion challenge blog. They have a sketch, but also a theme - "Christmas", so we can either choose one of these two, or combine the sketch and the theme. I obvioulsy only followed the sketch.
I'm also entering Craft your Passion challenge - "Anything goes"
Creative Card Crew - "Anything Goes"
Top Tip Tuesday - "Use ribbon on your creation"

sketch at Crafters Companion challenge:


Thank you for stopping by! :)

Whimsy Stamps December Rubber Release Blog Hop!!!

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Hello!
Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps December new rubber release BLOG HOP!!!

If you arrived here from the lovely Beate, you are on the right track, but if not, you should go back to the lovely Bev's blog to start the hop from the beginning!!

There are NINE beautiful new Whimsy Stamps and they are already available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your othe Whimsy favourites.
We also have our amazing special guests joining us for this hop - Bev, Deb, and Beate!

Here is a full list of the gorgeous new rubber stamps released today:

Winter's Joy (Crissy Armstrong)
Valerie's Gift (Crissy Armstrong)
I'd Follow You Anywhere (Crissy Armstrong)
Love in a Bucket (Crissy Armstrong)
Cozy Cap Mouse (Meljen's Designs)
Penguin's Present (Meljen's Designs)
Love Letter Seals (Raindrop Echo Designs)
Music Notes Background (Raindrop Echo Designs)
Friendship Tickets (Raindrop Echo Designs)

For this hop we have 7 different prize draws - Wow, how awesome is that!?
The grand prize of ALL 9 of the new release stamps is being hosted by Simonne at the very end of the hop and there are also mini candy stops on 6 blogs throughout the hop!
And guess what, my blog is one of them!

For my blog hop creation I used the adorable Cozy Cap Mouse stamp designed by Meljen Designs and one of the stamps from the Love Letter Seals designed by Raindrop Echo Designs.



The papers are MME and Basic Grey. The flowers are Petaloo, the ribbon and the gem are from stash.



The image was coloured with watercolour pencils.

(I'm entering:
Crazy Challenge - "All I want for Christmas is You"
Stamp with Stampavie and more - "Christmas"
Stamp Something - "Christmas Colour Combo somethings"

The hop starts today (Wednesday December 8th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday December 15th at noon EST.

And here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Bev Rochester
Crissy Armstrong
Beate Johns
YOU ARE HERE ---> Vanja Stevanovic <--- YOU ARE HERE
Lori Pachkowsky
Debbie Eastman
Patricia Garcia
Donna Smith
Annika Ryan
Ann Vento
Chris Olsen
Marley van der Heljden
Vicki Parson
Denise Lynn
Erin Bailey
Iris Wiechmann
Deb Routledge
Crystal Irwin
Simonne Clay

And now BEFORE you continue the hop, leave your name and blog link to inlinkz at the bottom of this post for a chance to win an adorable stamp designed by Crissy Armstrong.

After that you should go to the lovely Lori's blog to see her amazing creation!

And this is the stamp you could win:



The stamp is called Love in a Bucket, if you'd like to win it, just add your name and blog link to inlikz bellow! Good luck!



Thank you so much for hopping with us today! I hope you enjoy the new stamps and all the creations in the hop. :)

Christmas Cocoa

Hello!

This week Whimsy Stamps are sponsoring Digital Tuesday challenge. The theme is "Baby it's Cold Outside" and I'm participating as guest designer.

This is my card:



I have used one of the new stamps from the Digital Stamp Collection at Whimsy Stamps, it's called Christmas Cocoa designed by Meljen Designs. The sentiment is also digital, from the set called Christmas Sentiments designed by Raindrop Echo Designs. One of the papers is MME, the other one is from stash. I used one glitter glue and distress ink pad "Vintage Photo". The flower is poppicrafts, the ribbon, button and the charm are also from stash.



I coloured the image with watercolour pencils.

I'm entering:
Simon says Stamp and Show - "A Holiday Greeting"
Lollipop Crafts challenge - "Welcome Winter"
A Spoon Full of Sugar - "Christmas Card"

And a reminder, new rubber stamp release at Whimsy Stamps tomorrow, we have a blog hop, as usual with prizes, so don't forget to join in. :)



Have a lovely evening!

Beary Christmas

Hello!

We've been dealing with floodings here, the worst in the last 100 years or so, the water came very close, it got into some of the houses and most of the cottages near the river, it completely surrounded my cottage, but thankfully it didn't get in. It's nice and Sunny today, no rain, so water is slowly moving back.

I made another Christmas card using Whimsy Stamps.



This adorable stamp is called Holly Beary Fairy designed by Meljen's Designs. The sentiment is from the Winter Letter Seals designed by Raindrop Echo Designes and again I used the Ticket Die from the Whimsy Shapeology Die Collection. The snowflake in the left corner is one of the sentiments from the new digital set called Christmas Sentiment designed by Raindrop Echo Designs. The papers are also Whimsy, Very Merry, they have been distressed and then again I used white paint and a glitter glue. The ribbons are from stash.



As usual, the image was coloured with watercolour pencils.

I'm entering:

Stamp with Stampavie and more - "Snow/Snowflakes"
Crafts and Me - "Dreaming of a White Christmas (snowflakes)"
Dutch Dare Cards challenge - "Christmas/Winter cards/tags or ornaments"
Sew Many Challenges - "Snowflakes"
Timbroscrapmania - "Christmas - Rosa and Green"
Two Sisters challenge blog - "Sparkly Christmas"

Don't forget to enter My Blog Candy!!

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Sending Warm Thoughts :)

Hello!

This week at Cute Card Thursday the theme is "Blues", that means that we would like to see your creations inspired by the colour blue.

This is also my DT project for Whimsy Stamps, again, I wanted to try something different, not a card.



The stamps used here are all from the Winter Letter Seals designed by Raindrop Echo Designes. Two of the papers are MME, the other one is from stash.



I added lots of glitter glue, two ribbons and a rope.



For the ticket sentiment I used the fantastic Ticket Die from the Whimsy Shapeology Die Collection. The sentiment is a regular one, not ticket, but I though why not and I like the result.

Yesterday was the new release of the Digital Stamp Collection at Whimsy Stamps and as usual, there is a blog hop! Appart from a chance to see the most amazing projects that the digital DT girls have made, you also get a chane to win, so visit the Whismy Inspirations Blog to see the blog hop order and participate. :)

I'm entering:
Quixotic Paperie challenge - "Not Square or Rectangle" (this is my 2nd entry)
Craft challenge - "Christmas Birthday" (those candies could as well be a Birthday present)
Paper Play challenge - "Monochrome"
Die Cut Dreams challenge - "Sweets and candy"

Don't forget to enter the Cute Card Thursday!

Don't forget to enter My Blog Candy, it's free stuff and there are only a few entries so far so you get a huge chance to win! :)

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

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Hello!

It's snowing!!!
Yes, it finally started snowing here today and now I can really get into the winter mood. :)

Last night I made another Christmas card (and I still don't have enough), but this one was made specially for my little nephew. :)

I had a very good idea for this card after seeing some wonderful similar ones last year, here.I knew I had to make a little Santa scene. :)



It's been a while since I bought this gorgeous Stampavie, Sarah Kay - Noel Santa stamp and I really wanted to use it, so I though this was a perfect opportunity. Two of the papers, which I used for the wall of the house and for the roof are Whimsy Stamps, Very Merry; the one used for the glass on the door is Basic Grey - "Wassail".
I used one border punch for the roof and added some Stickles glitter glue for the snow effect (on the roof and the door ), I also added one silver ribbon (on the roof and at the bottom of the card) for the same purpose.
I stamped one Whimsy Stamps decoration stamp from the Christmas Tree in Words set designed by Raindropecho Designs. I stamped it three times and covered it with another glitter glue, to give the effect of a Christmas light decoration on the front of the house. I just added one small ribbon bow as a door decoration.



The image, as usual was coloured with watercolour pencils.

I truly hope my nephew likes his card! :)

I'm entering:
Stamp with Fun - "Advent"
Crazy Challenge - "On the Go"
Wild Orchid Challenge - "An Old fashioned Christmas"
Quixotic Paperie November challenge - "No Square or Rectangle"
Stampin' for the Weekend - "Winter"
Winter Wonderland - "Shape Up"

Don't forget to enter My Blog Candy!

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Blog candy giveaway! :)

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Hello!

It's been awhile since I had a blog candy and it used to be a tradition for me to, from time to time, give away (stamped images mostly) as a thank you to my readers. So, I think it's about a time I continue with the tradition. :)

At first I thought I would make it a followers blog candy, but I changed my mind - everyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to enter.

A candy is rather small, I'm giving awaay some of the things I got but never used, just a few bits as shown in the photo bellow:



What you can win?

• One mounted rubber stamp - Geisha Anya from The Greeting Farm
• One unmounted sentiment stamp (It's Your Special Day) from Crafters Companion
• 6 8x8 Designer papers (Heidi Grace)
  
• Ribbon x3 (Poppicrafts)

All you have to do to enter is:
- add comment under this post
- add my blog candy to your sidebar linking back to my blog (this is not necessary, but it would be nice if you could)

Candy closes in four weeks, at 9pm CET (my time) on December 26th.

Thank you and good luck! :)