Ta-dah! Here's some exciting news!

G'morning peeps! I'd like to share with you some truly scrumptious news, that I've been impatiently waiting to reveal... Stacey Schafer from Stacey's Stamping Stage kindly asked me to join her newly formed curtain Call Crew! WOOHOO!! I'm truly honoured, and I can't wait for the fun to start!!
Below is the list of ladies in the Crew, and the links to their wonderful, inspiring blogs... click on each link and see for yourself, that these girls are brimming with talent!

Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Amy White at Devlinwhite Designs
Andrea Roose at Andrea's Scrap- und Stampel Blog
Yours truly :)
Julie Smith at Paper and Such
Marisa Ritzen at Rosemary Reflections
Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
Shelley Germann at Stampin' Garden
Sue Kohler at My Inner Reflection

Starting next Sunday, March 8th, the Curtain Call Crew will have samples to inspire you even further for the Curtain Call Color Challenges. I hope you'll join us next week for the Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 20!

Thanks again Stacey - it's going to be so much fun!

Well hello!

I'm having a bit of a come back to my early days of card making, with today's cards. I haven't planned it, but I like the results. I'll show you three different styles today, and each of them has some vintage feeling to it. How cool is it to step out of the comfy zone sometimes? :)

I like the distinctive retro feel to the first one. Browns and oranges combined together in a very graphic, geometric design - does it sound like 60's or what?!
The sketch is SC269 (finally got to play with it!), and the colours are from Tuesday Morning Sketches #34 (enhanced ;)):

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; papers: Basic Grey Offbeat; die-cuts: Kaisercraft Peachy Keen; rub-ons: Fynmark; ribbon: Sullivans; button & twine: stash

The second card is both shabby chic & homespun, thanks to a touch of glitter, and a ton of the yummiest trims. I beat the record with the challenges that it goes to - they just all fit nicely together ;)
- the sketch is GS27 (c'mon, I'm sure you can see it!! lol);
- F4A1- Textures, Colors & Patterns - there's no doubt that the card is brimming with textures, there is an optional patterned paper used, and the colour that I wouldn't normally use is light green. I'm a sucker for bold colour combinations, hence this pastel mix is generally not something that I'd reach for often...
- speaking of colours, they come from Embellish Borders Color Challenge;
- finally there's WT259- For the Love of Lace - this one was easy-peasy, for I love lace!!

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; papers: Grant, Kaisercraft Penny Royale; chipboard heart: Bella!; Cuttlebug & Houndstooth embossing folder; Fiskars border punch; sewing machine; buttons, ribbons, lace, rhinestone heart: stash

...and the last one, a true vintage - I haven't tried the style for ages, but the colours of CCEE1008 - Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel & Black, just asked for it! The sketch is TESC102.

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; papers:TRS Trading Group, DCWV, old book; vintage image: printable; letter stickers: Fynmark; Cuttlebug & Textile embossing folder; ink: Versa Color Umber; sand paper; button, string: stash

So, how did you like them? I'm quite curious... :) Thank you so much for being ever so wonderful commenters, I will see you soon!

Critter fun!

Well, I'm back earlier than I thought, and that's because it's time for me to celebrate another FUN week with Just Us Girls!! This is also my last week with these wonderful ladies, and let me tell ya' - I had the time of my life!! Woohoo you rock!!
This week we've got a template challenge, and a wonderful sponsor - Lauren Meader from My Time Made Easy. She offers the cutest templates in the blogging world, and I'm sure we all had a blast playing with some of her newest designs :)

Lauren challenged us to use the Under Cover template with one of the cute little critter cut files (each critter cut file is only $2.50) to make a "Critter box". For my sample I chose Bouncing Bunny cut file, that will be available in the MTME store on March 1.

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: DCWV; box & critter template: My Time Made Easy; stickers: SRM Stickers; pearls: Michaels; rhinestones: Kaisercraft; clear nail enamel; Fiskars border punch; decorative scissors; flowers, ribbon: stash

Here's how the back of the box looks like:

To my great enjoyment, this challenge came very handy, because a friend of mine is giving birth to a baby girl in a few weeks, and I needed a gift set! I'll put some sweet favors inside the box for her, to sweeten the first hours after the exhausting event!

So, how do you like it? Too girly, eh? :P
I hope to be back one more time later tonight, but don't quote me on that, you know how my weekends look like... *rolls eyes*

Tomorrow is a new day...

...and that's exactly what I keep telling myself lately. My goodness, was I ever so busy! It's okay though, for I do what I love, and I'm getting ever excited about the news, that I'm hopefully going to share with you in a couple of weeks :)

I was able to whip up a couple of cards this morning, to my great enjoyment, because I had a two day's break and I already started to feel that something is terribly wrong. LOL
The first one sports the sentiment same as the title of this post, and it's the first time that I got to play with my newly bought PTI stamps! YAY!
The sketch is FTL80, and the colours come from Colour Q Challenge #21 (okay, so my green is perhaps not the best example of Green Galore.. :P)

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, Grant; papers: Kaisercraft; stamps: Papertrey Ink Blooming Button Bits; ink: Versa Color Olive; buttons, trim: stash

Next card is made for TSG43 - Birthday Sparkles, Color Throwdown #81 & Laura's Sketch 46:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; cupcake: my design; tag: Basic Grey; ink: Versa Color Umber, VersaMark; clear embossing powder: Hero Arts; sentiment sticker: SRM Stickers; glitter: don't remember :P; Cuttlebug & Victoria embossing folder; ribbon, button, string: stash

I clear embossed the dry embossed background (ha ha). I wanted to add some subtle shine to the cardstock, and it's quite a nice backdrop for the sparkly cupcake.
That's all for now, but I'll do my best to make some more, and come back later today to share them with you. Thanks for visiting, happy Saturday!

Being sluggish...

I guess a late post is better than no post, right? :)
I was busily chatting with some wonderful ladies over at SCS this morning, while waiting impatiently for the big news about the Spring CAS DT to be revealed, that when it all came to an end, I literally collapsed. LOL
I didn't have a chance to make any card today, but it's been a good day! I shall sleep like a baby tonight :P

Anyway, it's Thursday, which means that a new challenge at OCC Weekly Sketch has been launched! Are you happy? :) Jennifer cooked up a yummy sketch for us to play with. Click on the image to hop over to the OCC blog and play along with us - we'd love to see what you create!

Here's my sample. Okay, so it's a *little* more elaborate than the sketch would indicate, and I also interpreted it quite loosely... mea culpa! I'm sure you can still see where the inspiration came from... right? ;)

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: Kaisercraft;, DCWV, digital printable; rub-on: Wendy Irving; chipboard alphabet: Fynmark; crystal stickers: Porta Craft; ribbons; buttons, twine, burlap: stash

There's also a quick card that I made yesterday, as a part of the CAS Spring DT Reveal event. I took inspiration from one of Jen's (Miss Boo) wonderful cards:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: Basic Grey, digital printable; Cuttlebug & Swiss Dots embossing folder; sand paper; ribbon: My Mind's Eye; buttons, twine, cardstock letters: stash

I hope you enjoyed, I'll see you tomorrow!

Inspired by colours

I'm trying to think whether there's ever time that I'm not inspired by them! - anyway, it sums up tonight's cards accurately.
Firstly, it's time for another fun week with the Color Dare! Take a look what beautiful colours Riley has got in store for us:

Feeling already warm & cozy inside? I thought you might :) Below you can see my sample. Please forgive me for the awful quality of the photo - this is the last time I'm taking the picture at that time of day (*cough* I meant night), and in that light. I was trying to lighten it up, but it only made things look grainy *sigh*

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; papers, stamps: Grant; ink: Versa Color Green; ColorBox Ice Blue; ribbon, buttons: stash

Also, being encouraged by the Tuesday Trigger title for the previous week, and feeling oh-so-inspired by the magnificent card by Kimberly Crawford, I decided that I'd give this week's challenge over at Moxie Fab World a go. Below is the jaw-dropping inspiration piece, and my take on it.
I didn't really want to change much, as I like everything about that card. I used some wet embossing instead of traditional inking - I think it turned out really nice, with a subtle play of tones & textures.

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: Quill, Kaisercraft; stamp: Hero Arts; ink: VersaMark; clear embossing powder: Hero Arts; ribbon: Sullivans; pearls: Michaels; letter stickers: Fynmark; button & twine: stash

Lastly, there's this fun colour challenge at SCS this week: CC259: OLYMPIC Color Challenge EVENT! It gives us an option of choosing one or more colours from the Olympics, and I went for the last option: choose all FIVE colors from photo and neutrals of choice. There were no specific colour recommendations except from the photo below, so I just used some leftover papers that roughly matched it ;)
The sketch is Mercy's MTSC62.

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; papers: digital, DCWV; stamp: PaperWorks Co.; watercolour pencils: Belgrave; blender pen; decorative scissors; Glitter Glue: Reeves Diamond; rhinestones: Kaisercraft; Bella!; ribbon & snowflakes: stash

Isn't this card as girly as can be? I love all this bling :) It's perfect for some little, hard-working ice skater girl, who dreams about competing in the Olympics one day! Anyone knows one? LOL

Thank you for stopping by! {hugs}

Feelin' krafty

First things first - if you'd like to read about some fun news, make sure that you'll scroll down to see my previous post!
Now, on to the card business :) Two new ones this time. You can see how monothematically my brain was working today (IF working at all - it's been a HELL of a day so far!)

First card is for the lovely CPS115 sketch. Can you tell how cute this squirrel is, holding a bunch of flowers behind his back?

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: digital; ribbon: My Mind's Eye; rhinestones, chipboard animal: Kaisercraft; cardboard letters: Fynmark; flowers, lace: stash

The other card is made with the lovely colours of Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 18, and the sketch from The Pink Elephant:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; papers: Kaisercraft; stamp (scroll), clear embossing powder: Hero Arts; rhinestones: sand paper;buttons, twine, ribbon: stash

So, you see what I'm talking about - I was being monothematic with my cards today, but what the heck, I still like them!
Thanks for visiting!

Oh happy day!!!

I was impatiently awaiting the moment, that I could finally announce this happy news! I'm hosting Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC55)!!! Woo hoo would you believe that?!?

I'm honoured to have been given this opportunity, the more that I really love Flourishes stamps!
I challenge you to use flowers! Whether they are printed flower designer papers, stamped, punch created, or store bought, put some flowers on your card this week! Easy peasy, eh? Who doesn't like to use them on cards?
Here is my card:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; papers: digital; stamps: Flourishes (A Year Of Flowers, Taglines); ink: StazOn Jet Black, Versa Color Sky Gray; ribbon: Sullivans; watercolour pencils: Belgrave; blender pen; sewing machine; pearls: Kaisercraft; button & string: stash

Here's a close-up of the flowers:

The rest of the girls also prepared their scrumptious samples, so make sure you visit their blogs, and leave them some love!

Cindy Haffner
Betty Wright
Dee Jackson
Silke Ledlow
Maki Jones
Barbara Anders

I'd love to see you playing along! Click here to hop over to Flourishes blog and link your creation.
As always, thank you also for brightening my day with your lovely comments!

An evening's worth of cutting

I will have a busy morning tomorrow, so I decided that I'd quickly post my evening session cards tonight. Quickly means that there's not going to be much blabbering this time. Perhaps you need that after all :P

First card is for the newest SFYTT - what a lovely sketch!
(Ok, let's face it - I tweaked it - mercilessly. I just can't help myself sometimes!)
I cut the banner by hand, and I think it turned out quite nice, with that bit of shading.

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; papers: digital; stamps: Flourishes; ink: StazOn Jet Black; watercolour pencils: Belgrave; blender pen; Fiskars border punch; decorative scissors; black pen; lace, button, string: stash

The other card uses Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch (SSSC57), the colours of ColourQ Challenge #20 & Caardvarks Stuck On You challenge (which is to use stickers - they're all over the place here, and I'm sure you can easily tell where they are - they're a bit glossy...)
Tee hee, I love using up my scraps!
Bear in mind, that the way the panels are quite carelessly lined up, was done on purpose. Just want to clear that out, in case someone says that Chupa got herself drunk LOL

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; papers: digital; stickers: Grant; ribbon: Sullivans; brown marker; decorative scissors; brads: stash

There you have it... thanks for visiting, as always!
Oh and just in case you missed it, take a look at the Card Patterns Blog Hop announcement in the top right corner of the page. It's going to be heaps of fun, so I hope you'll join us!!!