Cherry Nest - The sky is the limit

Hello!

Today I would like to share with you a card I made for Cherry Nest:

As soon as I saw the paper Πρωινό Φτερούγισμα - Morning Flutter the first thing that came to my mind was the sun. Also I had received the Clouds stamp from Hero Arts and the Sunny Side Up by Paper Smooches that I wanted to use for a while and the idea came to me...

I printed the polka dots papers in a quite a small scale so that the design would be small enough to be seen with the relatively small stamp that I used for the paper piecing.

Since I didn't have enough space on the front for the sentiment, I decided to use the inside part for that. In the following picture you can also see how this round card looks like on the inside:

I hope you like it!

Complete list of supplies:

Give it a whirl!

Good morning and good week!

Today I wanted to share with you a card I made last night:

For the background I used the Hero Arts - Clouds stamp and Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass. Before stamping it on my card, I sprayed water with Mini Mister to make the image softer. The paper is from the My Mind's Eye - Everyday Flair paper pad which I really like!

The inspiration for the card...

A few weeks ago I bought the Perfect Pinwheel die cut from My Favorite Things and I was looking for a chance to use it. So yesterday I was looking at the card challenges and I found one that asks us to use dies! It is a relatively new blog by two very talented young ladies Britta Swiderski and Marie/Legojenta. You can find the challenge here.

Looking for a sketch, I saw the CAS-ual Fridays CFC29 challenge with the following sketch:

I hope you like it!

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Lily Pad Cards The Craft's Meow Sketch Challenge

Good morning!

Since I want to finish the My Mind's Eye - 12 days of Christmas paper pad I have bought this year, so I made another Christmas card ;o)

For the faux stitching I have used my favourite White Uni Ball Signo Gel Pen. It writes perfectly whatever the background colour is and really helps with keeping the lines straight!

The card is for the Lily Pad Cards' "The Craft's Meow Sketch Challenge" with the following sketch:

I hope you like it! Now I have to run and prepare my things because I'm supposed to leave for two days in half an hour and I still haven't prepared anything!

Supplies:

Cherry Nest - Hangman

I was "cleaning up" my blog today (I also changed the template, will see if I keep the new one) and I noticed a post that hadn't been published. I took a better look and realised that this post should have been published a while ago, but it was when the various problems started and it went amiss.

So a while ago I prepared another playful card for Cherry Nest. The school theme reminded me of one of my favoutite games when I was a child, the Hangman:

The papers that I used for this card are the following:

This time, I printed the papers in size smaller than the normal, from 70% to 50%. So you can make the Cherry Nest digital papers even more versatile by adjusting the size you want and make to polka dots for example smaller or even bigger.

I hope you like it!

Supplies:

Get Creative sketch challenge with HCBC tree

Good morning!

I prepared the following card yesterday. I'm really into Christmas cards these days, I think for the first time I will use up all the paper pad I had bought!

The card is for the Get Creative November sketch challenge with the following sketch:

We learned how to make the trees at Holiday Card Boot Camp, I liked them so much when I saw them!

I made the background with Versamark ink and Personal Impressions stamps - Oh Christmas Tree.

I hope you like it!

Supplies:

Get Creative challenge with Holiday Cards Boot Camp inspiration

Good morning!

Another card for today... This time it is for Get Creative November challenge that asks us to use two image stamps (the tree and the star on my card). The card is inspired by a card that Jennifer McGuire showed us in Holiday Card Boot Camp 2011.

Once again, heat embossing and lots of distress ink... For the background I used Picket Fence Distress Stain with pearlised water (with Perfect Pearls). I mixed them all together and with I sprayed the card with a brush. Unfortunately, you cannot see the pearlised effect on the card.

For the snow and the snowed ground I have used Snow Marker, a market whose ink puffs when heated with a heat gut. A closer image so that you can have a better look:

I hope you like it!

Supplies:

Get Creative with Paper Smooches Sparks

Good morning!

Yet another card that I made last night...


My hands were itching to reach out to my Paper Smooches stamps  so I checked their Sparks challenge blog to find some inspiration. Ohh... I could use one of my flower stamps! So here is what I came up with:

The card is for the following challenges:

- Paper Smooches Sparks Nov 17 - 30 with the following inspiration photo (I chose to use the theme of flowers)

 

- Simon Says Stamp - Thanksgiving/Thank you

I hope you like it!

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Birthday wishes card

Today I felt like doing something completely different from what I usually do. So I went for brown colours, lots of distressing, handmade fabric flower, glimmer mists, doilies, lace... certainly not the supplies and techniques I usually use for my cards!

So here is what I have prepared:

The card is for the following challenges:

- Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #73 with the following sketch:

- Wee Memories Challenge #76 - Birthdays and parties

I hope you like it!

Supplies:

Christmas Cards! Holiday Card Boot Camp 2011

Yes, I'm back!!!

It's been so long I haven't posted anything. So many things have happened these last two months (unfortunately, nothing good) that I didn't have the time or the mood to make anything, much less to post. Sorry for going awol!

But... now things are getting into a routine again, so yes, I'm back! I've been craving to start preparing things, but the inspiration was limited. I wanted to start making some Christmas cards, and since I have subscribed to Holiday Card Boot Camp 2001 by the super-duper talented Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner, where a better place to find inspiration?

And indeed, as soon as I saw the three sketches by Kristina, the inspiration finally came to me! I decided to make all three sketches with similar supplies, colours and style, to see the result. And here it goes:

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I hope you like them!

The supplies I have used are the following: