Fa La La La La

Nothing quite like Christmas carols to get you in the Christmas mood! I loved this silhouette shape the moment I saw it and just had to make it into a carolling card.

Nichts bringt mich mehr in Weihnachtsstimmung als Weihnachtslieder! Als ich diese Silhouettevorlage endeckt habe, habe ich mich sofort in sie verliebt und ich musste sie für eine Carolling Card verwenden.

Image:Silhouette-Hero Arts Carolers, Echo Park Holly and Berries
Sentiment: C.C Designs Merry and Bright
Paper: from stash
Fire Red Glitter Ritz, Glossy Accents

Thanks for looking! Have a happy, snowy, day :)

Dankeschön für den Besuch. Ich wünsche euch einen schönen verschneiten Tag :)

Christmas is Coming!

Hi! There is tons of snow in Zurich--perfect weather to cozy up and make Christmas cards.

Hero Arts Stamp and Emboss Holy Background
Distress Inks
Silhouette- Hero Arts Intricate Snowflake
Sentiment: C.C Designs Merry and Bright

Image: Hero Arts Christmas Reindeer, Hero Arts Wreath of Leaves
Paper: Pink Petticoat papers
Sentiment: C.C Designs Merry and Bright
Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Image:Hero Arts Snowy Tree
Distress Inks
Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Image: Hero Arts Christmas Reindeer
Marianne D. Creatables Winter Tree
Sizzex snowflake emboss folder

Image: Lili of the Valley Little Trumpet
Sentiment: C.C Designs Merry and Bright
Distress Inks
Silhouette 5 Clouds
Thanks for looking! Have a great day :)

Another Leaping Reindeer

I was inspired by the creative cards on the Hero Arts Blog to get all Christmas crafty in honour of World Card Making day. I just can't get enough of the reindeer stamp set, so here is the reindeer, leaping again!

Thanks for stopping by:)

Image: Hero Arts Christmas Reindeer, Winter's Butterfly
Sentiment: C.C Designs Merry and Bright
Paper: Pink Petticoat "Fairy Lights"
Spellbinders Nestabilities

Jumping Reindeer

This is a long overdue post to show you the card I made for the Hero Arts August Challenge. (only one month late :)) I'm having so much fun with the scene challenge--I don't usually make a lot of scene cards, but now I'm completely hooked! My Christmas Reindeer set arrived in just enough time to squeak one more card in before September.

Thanks for looking!

Image: Hero Arts Christmas Reindeer Set and Winter's Butterfly
Distress inks
Marianne D Creatables Christmas Tree
Sentiment: C.C Designs Merry and Bright

Creating a Scene

Morning!

I've recently become very addicted to Hero Arts stamps! (I'm patiently waiting for my new order to arrive by checking the mailbox every 30 seconds...). Such a gorgeous collection and a fun website/blog with lots of ideas, cards, 'n contests. I entered in the July contest with a digital stamp and the canvas stripes background, and since then bought my first cling set, "Sending Holiday Cheer," which I used for this months entry. The August contest was to make a scene, a card for a child, or a card with creatures. I chose to make a village scene with a concertina-style folding to make it look like the house and trees were in a 3D winter-wonderland. The Hero Arts flickr community is filled with lovely people and their sweet comments truly made my day.

Image and Sentiment: Hero Arts Sending Holiday Cheer
Marianne Creatables Die Pine Tree
Martha Steward Snowflake punches
Coloured with Copics and Distress Inks (stormy sky and shabby shutters)
Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder


Thanks for stopping by!

Hero Arts July Contest

Hi Everyone :)

The Hero Arts July Contest is long over--but I'm just finding time now to update my blog after our holidays in the UK. This was my entry for the digital category, using the printable "Birthday Wishes" stamps.

Image and sentiment: Hero Arts Birthday Wishes
Background: Large Canvas Stripes, Distress inks, Swiss Dots Cuddlebug embossing folder
Paper: Pink Petticoat
Ribbon: Ribbon girl

Happy 30th Birthdays!

This was the summer for turning 30 :) Friends, relatives, everyone jumped on board. These are a few of the cards I made to celebrate all the round-numbered birthdays. (Too make it extra tricky--they were all guys!)

First, 30 little birthday birds to celebrate 30 years! I also entered this card in the Hero Arts July Contest as a digital entry :)

Image: Hero Arts Digital Printables "Birds on a Wire"
Papers: Pink Petticoat
Button and Twine: Ribbon Girl
Sentiment: From the computer

This one is all about the bling! The glitter-ritzed letters don't show up so well with the camera, but they are sure shiny in real life.

Image: Hand-drawn
Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder
Papers: Pink Petticoat

I have such a hard time making guy-cards, so I was super excited about the "Boys" stamps from Lili of the Valley. This is my "relax and enjoy your celebration" card for a laid-back colleague.

Image: Lili of the Valley, "Lazy Afternoon"
Papers: Pink Petticoat
Distress Inks and coloured with Copics, Spellbinders Nestibilities and Fiskers Number Template


Thanks for looking! Have a great day :)