First post of 2019

Hello everybody! Happy New Year! I hope 2019 started off good for you. Have you made any resolutions? I didn't; I never do. But I do have plans which I hope to realize this year...

There's the first challenge of the year going on at The Sketchy Challenges blog and the theme is "sketch". You have until the end of the month to join. I still have to make quite some birthday cards, so I made one for this challenge.

For this card I used different papers and embellishments from my stash. The sentiment is from Whimsy stamps.I used CC designs and Cottage Cutz dies for the butterlies and leaves.

I hope you will come play with us. Have a beautiful day!

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
The artistic stamper: Anything goes
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
Cardz TV: Anything goes
Classic DT open challenge: Anything goes
Polkadoodles: Anything goes
As you like it: Anything goes
Ally's angels: Anything goes

Flowers everywhere

Hello everybody! It's weekend. Woohoo! :D Do you have any plans? I'll see if I can get some free time to do some crafting and if I can I also want to catch up on commenting. Fingers crossed I can do it.

Before I go to my card, I want to tell you about the candy my mom has on her blog. Hop there and join if you want to. :)

I always like to have some cards on hand (especially birthday ones) for when I need them and might not have time for crafting. I was just going through my box and I noticed that I have quite some cute cards ready to be mailed, but almost none non-cute. Oooops. So I went to work. I always enjoy trying new things when crafting, so this card is something new for me. It's not cute and doesn't have any stamped images. Not even a sentiment. But it does have a lot of flowers. ;)

Sorry because picture isn't the best. In my opinion card looks better in person than it does here.

See, told you there were lots of flowers. ;) It was lots of fun putting this together and even though I enjoy colouring it was a nice change to make a card that didn't require a coloured image.

To make this card I used gorgeous DCWV papers from the Midnight Berry paper pad. For the center I used lots of flowers from different companies. Other embellishments I used are lace, tassel trim, golden butterflies, pearls, gems, pearl string and silicone frame. I made this frame with Mod podge molds. Lacy border is Cottage Cutz die.

Hope you like my today's card. See you soon. Enjoy the weekend! :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Scrapping cottage: Birthday card (I used Fancy lace border)
Frilly and funkie: Floral infatuation
Craft Heaven shop: Anything goes
The sketchy challenges: Anything goes
Inky chicks: Lots of butterflies
Deep ocean: Things with wings
Live and love crafts: Happy birthday/Anniversary

Rosette

Hello everybody! How are you doing? I'm a bit tired, but fine otherwise. Do you have any plans for the weekend? I will try to do some crafting to get ahead of things again - fingers crossed I'll manage to do it. :)

Right now I have a couple of free minutes so I thought I would come here and share a rosette I made the other day. At first I thought about using this for another lollipop card, but then I changed my mind. Now I'm still deciding whether I should use it as a magnet or should I use it to decorate a flag banner. Decisions, decisions ...

I used one of the leftover stripes of paper that I've had in my stash for a long time - probably since I started crafting - to make a rosette. I knew I was saving it for a reason. lol In the back I used a doily and I decorated the rosette with some paper flowers from my stash and a piece of cheeseclots. Leaves are made with Cottage Cutz Leafy foliage die. Small white flowers and the small green flower were made with my craft punch. I stamped the little birdie on a piece of white cardstock and cut it out with my scissors. In the center of my rosette I used an oval chipboard piece and I used my border punch to make a lacey border.

If you want to see how to make this rosette and/or lollipop card, please check my video tutorial.

Have a great Friday and enjoy the weekend!

Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter my rosette to the following challenges:

Scrapping cottage: Greenery

Craft-alnica: Okroglo

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes

Craft your passion: Anything goes

The paper shelter: Anything goes

Sweet stampin': Outdoors

Fun with dies

Hello my crafty friends! I hope everything is fine with you. It's beautiful sunny day here today. Perfect for spring. And you can also see signs of spring on my today's card.

Yes, I know this looks completely different as the cards you usually see on my blog, but I wanted to try something new and this is the result. I used two different Cottage Cutz dies for this card - Leafy foliage and Birdhouse. I first created a scene and then raised some things (e. g. birds, flowers) on foam pads to give the card some dimension.

The only embellisment I used is a red ribbon.

Well, this is it about my card. See you again soon. :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
The Scrapping Cottage: Hello spring

Die cuttin divas: Polka dots
Crafty calendar: Things with wings
The corrosive: Spring
Incy Wincy Designs: Touchy feel (Add texture)
Crafty Catz: Anything goes