wedding cards don't need to be traditional!

Welcome paper crafters!

Today I'm sharing a rather unconventional wedding card with you. My friends are dear dog lovers and these 2 puppies are just too cute & fit perfectly for this customized love themed card in my view.

The background is covered with translucent embossing paste to 'lock in' the color & the front panel is embedded on hand made paper (Japanese paper).

Apologies for the pixeling on the photo but I didn't want to share personal details publicly... hope you understand.

Supplies used:

- SSS stencil

- Art Impressions - cat & dog front & back

- Japanese hand made paper

- Lawn Fawn - alphabet stamp set

Thanks a lot for stopping by, I really appreciate all your lovely comments & feedback - it's so amazing to hear that you like my creations!

Until next time!
Yours,
Steph

I participate in the following challenges with this card:
SSS Wednesday Challenge

Muse Challenge #102

Art Impressions Challenge #152

An Aussie mate's birthday card

Welcome crafty friends!

I have another card with you to share, and, being Australian at heart, I must admit that this is one of my most favourite stamp sets: Critters Down Under from Lawn Fawn!

I love the sunrise colors in the Australian Outback and tried to recreate them here with the soft purple Distress ink. The boomerangs are heat embossed to add some more interest & the clouds I've colored myself with watercolor pencils on watercolor paper & simply fuzzy cut them out - I love them raised from the suble background!

Supplies used:

- water color paper & black/brown cardstock

- Lawn Fawn - Critters Down Under

- watercolor pencils

- Glossy Accents (for the koala´s nose)

- clear embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you like this cute new project of mine.
Yours, Steph

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I participate in the following challenges with this card:
Lawnscaping Challenge #98: create a Background

Cure for the Monday Blues: á la mod

Stempelküche Challenge: heat embossing

stencils, embossing & cute critters... all you need!

Hi again,

Today I would like to share a Panny Black creation with you. The critters are so cute & I love to spotlight them on my cards! Here you see me create my own background with a stencil & distress inks & the cute hedgehog on skates as the main focal point. Unfortunately I couldn't capture the subtle shine of the entire background (I have clear heat embossed it all to 'lock in the color' - never tried brefore but worked extremely well - and looks very neat).

Supplies used:

- SSS stencil

- Distress Inks

- Penny Black - Christmas Critters

- White Vellum

- Liquid Platinum & Seafoam embossing powder

- Watercolor pencils

Thanks for stopping by!
Yours, 
Steph

To create this card for the 2015 Christmas season (it's still snowing in Europe so I can't get enough of my wintery stash), I was inspired by the following:
SSS Monday Challenge - Winter Stamping

Penny Black - Stencils, Masks & Embossing folders

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - something NEW

CAS(E) This Sketch #107

Stempelküche Challenge #11 - Heat Embossing

A fruity card???

Hello creative friends!

As you may know by now, my best friend is an amazing nutritionist (aka Coconut Aficionada) who knows absolutely EVERYTHING about good and tasty food!
And a few days ago she asked me whether I could make a "fruity" card... 
Well, of course I can =D

Supplies used:

Paper Smooches - Recipe

Lawn Fawn - Alphabet

Patterned Paper - craft card stock

White card stock

Wink of Stellar Glitter Pen

Glossy Accents

I hope you like it & until next time!!
Yours, Steph

P.S.: I was inspired by the following challenges for this card:
Paper Smooches - Anything Goes 

 
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Have a Heart

Muse Challenge #101
Runway Inspired Challenge #76

CAS(E) This Sketch Favourite!

Welcome back crafty friends!

I have the most expiting news today: 
I am so happy my card has been picked as the CAS(E) This Sketch Favourite!!!

 Here is my creation once again from the front and inside:

And tmy original post can be found here in case you've missed it.

I'll  go and celebrate now = )
Thanks so much for stopping by & I hope to see you again soon!!
Yours, Steph

Masking Technique & Watercolor Pencils

Hello dear crafters,

I've had a very creative weekend so far: This time I wanted to test my 'masking skills' (I've never really done this before)!
I love all sorts of 'interactive' cards and I find this cute kitten peeking through just adorable = )

Here the outside of my card:

And this is the kitten peeking from the inside:

There's absolutely no fuzz about this card, it's only a little time consuming to colour in the images & a little fiddly to make the peeking hole exactly where it should be (I don't have a die cutting machine, so I had to measure it all...; I believe with a die it would be very simple to cut out the round at the right spot). 

Supplies used:
- white card stock
- water color pencils
- Lawnfawn - Critters Down Under
- Lawnfawn - Critters in the Forest
- Ai - Cat & Dog minis
- Paper Smooches Digi
- patterned paper (craft)

Enjoy & happy crafting!!
Yours,
Steph

To create this card I was inspired by the following:

Paper Smooches - Anything Goes

CAS(E) This Sketch #106

Curtain Call: Soft Scarf

 Little Tangles: Saying Hello







NBUS Challenge #3

Stencils used Differently - pt.#2

Welcome back!

Today I would like to show you what I've created with the 2nd panel I made lately using  my new stencil technique. If you missed out on the blog post, please click here.

This creation is for a friend of mine who will have a baby soon, and I think the colors -together with the platypus- are very fitting!

Supplies used:
- white & craft card stock
- SSS stencil
- Lawnfawn - Critters Down Under
- clear embossing paste
- white/pink pigment ink
- peacock feathers distress ink
- white thread

Hope you like my creations & see you again soon!
Steph

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For this card I was inspired by the following:
SSS Monday Challenge: Inky Background


Curtain Call: Soft Scarf

MUSE Challenge #100
> the inspiration card with the little heart is so cute I had to add a heart to my platypus too!

Little Tangles: Saying Hello

 
Stempelkueche: Alles geht

Stamp your own STICKERS!

Welcome back!

Today I would like to introduce you to one of my passions: making my own STICKERS!

I hate throwing away pretty paper scraps and I don't mind fuzzy cutting; hence a new idea was born: I now make my own stickers for my cards, photobooks, etc ... you name it.

Avery Elle's VW bus is a fabulous stamp for that matter as you can see below.

Here are the individual stickers:

And here are 6 cards I have created with these:

Supplies:
- Avery Elle - Surfs up
- Paper Smooches - Go to your happy place
- all sorts of scraps
- SSS gold embossing powder
- craft cardstock

These Projects are particularly inspired by the following:
Paper Smooches

Avery Elle

SSS Wednesday Challenge

Cure for the Monday Blues

1 stencil - 2 unusual ways!

And one more post for today before I go into my weekend:

The Curtain Call Challenge is about to close, and I created a really simple card for it. But before I share the final product with you, I would like to introduce you to my new technique: 1 stencil - 2 unusual ways!

This is my stencil:

The idea was to tape the stencil to some craft card stock & fill the gaps with white pigment ink (which is very juicy compared to ,let's say, Distress inks). I've done that in a rather 'messy' way as I wasn't going for a perfect result, but rather an arty and individual background.
Once I had enough color on my paper I removed the stencil and let my card stock dry.

And then?

Then I had a ton of white ink on my stencil... and I found it a shame to simply wash it off.
So I grabbed another piece of craft card stock and simply pressed it on the top side of my stencil.... see this cool result - I love it!!

See on the left my initially intended background.
And on the right the 'left-over-ink-result' = )

And here is my final creation:

Supplies used:
- SSS stencil
- white pigment ink
- Cleary Besotted Happy sentiments
- a very ancient rabbit stamp (this is probably 30 years old)
- woodgrain paper & white vellum

Please go and try this technique for yourself, I'm sure you will love the results!

Yours, Steph



P.S.: I am also participating in the SSS Wednesday Challenge 'Something New' and the SSS Monday Challenge 'Old and New' with this Card, the 'Fresh Start' Challenge from Inspiration Journal and Case this Sketch.

Purple is the new blue

Hello again,

As you all know I am still pretty new to the whole stamping world and just recently I've discovered a new Challenge Blog from The Unity Stamp Company. Clearly I should have browsed through their website more carefully and I would have found this challenge much earlier... Anyhow, I took a chance and created a card for this amazing color combo of purples and blues (*color.24*). This is what I came up with (using tons of perfect peals): 

Supplies used:
- Perfect Pearls (purple & blue)
- Hero Arts large lace stamp
- Avery Elle surf's up
- Unity Stamp Company adventfull season
- patterned paper & blue vellum

Thanks for stopping by & see you soon!!
Yours, Steph



P.S.: I am also participating in the SSS Wednesday Challenge 'Something New' and the SSS Monday Challenge 'Old and New' with this Card, as well as the 'Cure the Monday Blues' Challenge #38 because of the happy & 'patchy' color combination I've created here & the 'Fresh Start' Challenge from Inspiration Journal.