4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - Blue Christmas

Good day to every body. I have a new post for you.
Sadly with a lot of delay because my internet, again, was not working. This time it was a problem with cut cables somewhere.
But oké, this is the new card for the blog of the 4 Crafty Chicks.

The theme for this week is: Blue Christmas.

I do love blue Christmas cards. And luckily there is a lot of papers with blue in it from which you can choose.
This time a made a Vintage style card. I used a picture from a push out decoupage paper from Studio Light. It is a real Holland scene.
The papers I used are from Bo Bunny. Behind the papers I put a paper doily.
I used a die from Noor! Design and a edge punch from Martha Stewart.
The little tags are sentiment stamps from Lili of the Valley.
On the big tags I used other stamps. And so here and there I also used a snowflake stamp from Magnolia.
The ribbons, flat back pearls, twine and little bells are from my stash.
The flowers and the Vintage Seam Binding are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The leafs behind the flowers are two different dies from Magnolia.
The inside of the card I also decorated. For that I used a die from Crealies to make a rectangle. The skates are a die from Noor! Design. The embossed parts I inked up with Distress Ink, "Walnut Stain".
I do hope you like this card again. If you like visit the Challenge Blog of the 4 Crafty Chicks and take a look at all the beautiful examples the ladies made. And of course you can play along if you like so you get in time with your Christmas Cards!
Thanks every body for visiting my blog and see you next week.

Baby Boy

Good day to every body on this sunny day over here in Luxor. Temperature is already getting high. Today around 35C but end of the week 38C. So my swimming pool is ready in time! Lucky me. Lol.
Thanks again for all your visits on my latest cards and your lovely comments. Love to read them.
But back to my card for today. Last week I made a card for a baby girl so I thought, I do have to make a card for a baby boy to.
So on to making one. And this is what I came up with.
Again I used a decoupage sheet from Nellie Snellen, "Vintage Baby Boy".
Instead of using blue for this card I decided to use mint green. I like this colour also for a boy.
The papers I used are from a very old paper pad from Kaisercraft, "Secret Bird Society".
I matted the picture on kraft card stock which is made with a die of Crealies, "XXL Stitch Vierkant 22". I was left with a frame what you normally throw away. But this time I used it around the picture and put it around it but not totally in the middle.
I made a edge with a Doohickey from Magnolia which is all little stars. I saved some of the cut out stars and put them later back on the card.
The other star die I used is from Die-Namics, "Stacking Stars".
The sentiment stamp is from Lili of the Valley, set 26, "Simply Sophisticated". After that I cut it out with a die (I don't know any more from which company) and attached that with some jute twine to the square.
In the left corner I put a little tag behind the papers. I decorated it with paper from the paper pad and put a stamp on it from Personal Impressions. On top of the tag I glued a little bow from jute twine.
Other materials used are some Vintage Seam Binding and some flat back pearls.
The inside of the card I decorated also but kept it simple. Only stamped a little baby boy on it with a stamp from Marianne Design, "Eline's Toddlers" and embossed the stamp with WoW! Embossing powder, "Seaglass".
So that was it for today peeps. I'm off to colour up a new stamp for my next card. Thanks for passing by and hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges:
Dutch Card Lovers Challenges: Challenge 272 - Baby card but No Pink/Blue
Digi Choosday Crafting Blog: Challenge Week 14 - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Challenge 04-04  - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenges: Challenge 38 - Anything Goes
Retarte: Challenge 94 - Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash: Challenge 297 - Tie One On

Keep Smiling

Today I have another Vintage card for you. And again this picture is taken from the internet.
The paper pad I used is from Kaisercraft, my favourite brand to use for my cards. This is an oldy, 'Ivy and Blea'. Love the colours.

The paper ornament behind the picture is made with a die from Noor! Design, 6002/0147. I cut it out of Kraft card stock and then cut it into four pieces. Two of the pieces I attached behind the picture.
The beautiful  guipure lace is coming from The Ribbon Girl.
Behind the papers I put a little tag. The blue Vintage Seam Binding is coming from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The big flower arrangement I made with roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Behind it is a swirl made with a die from Magnolia Doohickey, 'Heart Swirl'.
The leaves are made with a die from Noor! Design, 6003/0046 Vintage Flourishes 'Leaf 1'.
The bow is made with ribbon from my stash.
The little butterfly is a die from Die-Namics.

The cut out butterfly is a die from Cheery Lynn.
The sentiment stamp comes from Lili of the Valley, Set 58, 'Pretty Grungy - Good Times'. Stamped with Memento Ink 'Toffee Crunch' and after that cut out with a round Nestabilitie.
The pearls coming from my stash. I inked up all the papers with Distress Ink, 'Walnut Stain'.
And for the bling put on Stickels, 'Stardust'.
That was it for tonight. I hope you like this card again and will be seeing you soon again.
Have a beautiful Sunday and thank you for your visit!

Oh So Special

Good day everybody. Finally got back with a card for you. I have been rather busy the last few weeks. I moved my craft room from up to down stairs. That was for me more easy and up stairs in the summer the room gets very hot and I do hope down stairs will not be so hot.
But it was not that I have been sitting still the whole time. I did some crafting and managed to make a few cards. This is one of them.
A vintage card again with a picture from the internet. Because the girl on the picture holds a bright yellow flower it was a good opportunity to use a new paper pad I already had for a while.
It is from Authentique, 'Classique: Beauty'.
The sentiment stamp is from Lili of the Valley, Set 58, 'Pretty Grungy - Good Times'. The sentiment was stamped with Distress Ink, 'Pumice Stone'.
The border from the yellow card  stock I made with a punch of Martha Stewart, 'Doily Lace'.

The corner swirl is a die from Sizzix. The branches are a die from Cheery Lynn, 'Olive Branch'.
The corner piece down under the ribbon and bow is a die from Noor! Design 6002/0149.
I also put a little heart charm from The Ribbon Girl to it.
The little butterflies are punched out with a punch of Martha Steward, 'Classic Butterfly'.
And of course the flowers and roses are coming from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The doily in the corner was made with a die from Cheery Lynn, 'Kiwi Spirit Doily'. I cut her out of the grey cardstock.

To finish the card off, I used some yellow rhinestones and light grey flat back pearls from The Hobbyhouse.
The edges of the papers I distressed and after that inked them with Distress Ink, 'Pumice Stone'.
Used some Stickels, 'Diamond' for the bling. The ribbon is coming from my stash.
I hope you like the card again. Thanks for visiting and see you soon again with a new card.

Vintage Lady

Good day everybody. Today I have another Vintage card for you. Again this image comes from internet and was printed out. You can find so much beautiful pictures on internet!
The papers I used are from a paper pad from Kaisercraft, 'Ma Cherie', a rather new paper pad.
I'm a big fan from the paper pads from Kaisercraft. They have such lovely designs and colours.
This time I did not use a sentiment on the front, because I already new for who the card was. A good lady friend of mine has a new home so I wanted to give her this card. My message I wrote at the inside.

On both edges of the image I used a die from Marianne Design, Creatable LR0270. The embossed part I inked up with Distress Ink, 'Black Soot'.

The roses and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
The two dies I used under the flowers are from Memory Box, 'Tall Chloe Stem' and another die from Marianne Design, Creatable LR0229. On the black stem die from MD I put some Stickels, 'Star Dust'.
The bow is made with Vintage Seam Binding an on it I attached a charm.

The inside of the card I also decorated. For that I only used a paper from the paper pad. There are always papers in the paper pads of Kaisercraft who have a big design on it. If you cut it for smaller pieces most of the time the design will be gone. Those papers you can use so beautiful for the inside. The cut out butterfly is also coming from a paper what is in the paper pad.
For writing your own message I cut out an oval with a die from Noor! Design, 'Ovaal' 6002/0258.

To finish the card I used a die on top of the card and it is coming from Die-Namics.
The papers I inked up with Distress Ink, 'Black Soot'. The ribbon on the card is also Vintage Seam Binding and over it I put black velvet ribbon from my stash.
The edge on the black card stock on the middle of the card is a punch from Martha Stewart.
On the right top I glued a feather and some black tule. On top of that a black pearl rhinestone.
Furthermore some pink flat back pearls. And for the bling some Stickels, 'Stardust' on the flowers.
I hope you like this card again. Thank you for visiting my blog and much appreciated if you leave a comment. Hope to see you soon again and wishing you a nice day!

Believe In Your Dreams

Good day to you all. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I sure did. Was busy with making another Vintage card and this is what I came up with.
The image is again somewhere from the internet. I cut her out with a die from Noor! Design, 'Ovaal' 6002/0258.
The papers I used are from Maja Design, one of their first series.

Here an up close photo of the cut out picture. The photo is still a little bit bleak. Have to get used to my new camera. Lol.

 All the flowers I used are coming from Wild Orchid Crafts. I cut out a little fence with a Doohickey die from Magnolia, 'Lovely Fence'.
Under the flowers I used a leaf die from Creative Expressions, 'Trailing Ivy'. I used that die twice and cut of from one branch only the top an put it on my card.
I put some lovely blue buttons here and there between the flowers. These buttons are also from WOC.
And also stuck some blue stamens between the roses.
The little butterflies on the fence are make with an old punch and the one on top is a die from Die-Namics.

On the bottom of the card I made a bow from Vintage Seam Binding, coming from WOC. I attached a little brassy charm to it. On top of the bow is a blue pearl brad from The Hobbyhouse.
The sentiment are stickers from Tim Holtz,

The inside of the card I decorated also. For that I used a tag from the papers and matted it on blue and then kraft card stock.
Then attached gold wire on the back of it an fastened it with a nail-like spacer so it looks like something hanging on a wal.
At the top corners I used a photo-die from Quickutz.

At the left side of the card I used again a die from Noor! Design, 'Rand' 6002/0260.
Stuck a paper doily between the design papers, some bandage and a tag behind it.
The beautiful guipure lace is coming from The Ribbon Girl.
The papers are inked up with Distess Ink, 'Walnut Stain'. On the roses and everything else needed I put Stickels, 'Star Dust'.
A lot of the materials I used are coming from 'HobbyVision', a lovely craft shop with super friendly customer service.
And at least some flat back pearls and rhinestones from The Hobbyhouse. And there is my finished Vintage Card!
I hope you like it. Thanks a lot for passing by and see you hopefully back soon again. Have a nice day!

Happy Birthday

Hello to everybody! Back again today with a new card. This time it is a Vintage one. I do love Vintage a lot. You always work with the soft colors. And I love my pinks as well.
The picture on the card I got somewhere from the internet. There a so many beautiful old Vintage pictures on the internet.
I matted the picture on white card stock cut out with a Classic Rectangle Nestabilitie.
The sentiment stamp comes from Lili of the Valley, set 58 'Pretty Grungy - Good Times'.
The designer papers I used are also from Lili of the Valley from the paper pad 'Always & Forever', but I think they discontinued the paper pads.
At the top of the card I used a die from Noor! Design, 'Rand Franse Lelie' 6002/0256. The embossed part I inked up with Distress Ink, 'Walnut Stain'.

The flowers and roses are, as usual, from Wild Orchid Crafts. The pink Vintage Seam Binding also comes from them.
The little leafs are a die from Noor! Design, 'Vintage Leaf 1'. The pink swirl is a Doohickey from Magnolia, 'Heart Swirl'.
Attached to one rose is a charm from the Ribbon Girls.
And on top of the bow from the Seam Binding I put a brad from The Hobbyhouse. I clipped the legs of so I could glue it with Arleene's Tacky Glue.

At the other side of the card I shoved a little heart from pink card stock underneath the photo. The heart is a old die from Sizzix.
The little butterfly is a punch from Martha Stewart, 'Royal Butterfly'. It is a old punch but I still love to use it much because it is so delicate. 

 

The inside of the card I also decorated. For that I used a Nestabilitie, Labels nr. 4.

And on the small edge of card stock and paper I made a edge with a edger punch of Martha Stewart, 'Doily Lace'.

To finish the card I used lace witch I bought at the market in my hometown. I stapled it to the card stock. Al the papers I inked up with Distress Ink, 'Walnut Stain'. To make it a bit more Vintage-like I put a little bit of DecoArt White Crackle Paint on the papers.
Also used a little tag on the left side and a paper doily on the right.
Flowers, butterflies and everything needed put Stickels, 'Star Dust' on it. And used some flat back pearls and rhinestones.
I do hope you like this card again. Thanks a lot for visiting and if you leave a comment that would be so nice! Have a lovely day and see so soon.

Christmas Hugs

Goedemorgen allemaal. Vandaag heb ik weer een kaart voor jullie welke ik gemaakt heb voor het DesignTeam Blog van HobbyVision. Eigenlijk is het een grote Tag-kaart geworden.
En dit is ook mijn eerste Kerstkaartje van dit jaar.
Ik heb gekozen voor een plaatje uit de nieuwe serie van Pion, "Wintertime in Swedish". Het plaatje komt van het vel "Images".
De scrappapiertjes die gebruikt zijn, komen van de Kerstserie van vorig jaar, "Waiting for Santa II".
Het label dat ik gemaakt heb is ook van de nieuwe winterserie en is van het vel "Tags". Dit label daarna gemat op Kraft cardstock en nog een strikje van touw er aan gemaakt.
Langs het plaatje heb ik stansmal van Marianne Design Creatables gebruikt, "Anja's Vintage 2 Ornaments".
De rand in het rood onder aan het scrapvelletje en boven aan aan de tag is van Joy! Crafts Noor! Design "Rand Franse Lelie". Deze stans is langer maar ik heb 2 hoekjes gebruikt en de derde er af gesneden. De geëmboste onderdelen heb ik beïnkt met Distress Inkt, "Walnut Stain". Hiervoor het karton in de stans laten zitten en er met een sponsje met inkt overheen gaan. Daarna het karton er uit halen. De stans kun je zo onder de kraan schoonspoelen.
De tekst is een clearstamp uit de nieuwe serie Kerstteksten van Joy! Crafts, "Kerst, Engels". Deze daarna uitgestanst met een ronde Nestabilitie.
De sneeuwster is een stansje van Cheery Lynn, "Snowflake 5". Deze daarna bespoten met Glimmer Mist "Pearls". Dit heb ik ook op het tekstrondje gespoten. Dit is alleen niet goed te zien op de foto's. Ik gebruik hiervoor altijd de 'Color Catcher' zodat je niet bang hoeft te zijn dat alles onder de Glimmer Mist komt te zitten. Erg handig!
In het midden van de sneeuwster een rode splitpen gebruikt.
Verder nog roosjes van W.O.C. en een toefje besjes gebruikt. Op de roosjes weer Stickels, Stardust gedaan. En voor de afwerking nog wat rode plaksteentjes gebruikt.
Ik hoop dat jullie dit weer een leuk kaartje vinden en zo inspiratie opdoen voor jullie eigen kaarten. Bedankt voor het langskomen en altijd leuk om een reactie te lezen.

HobbyVision Challenge #18 - Maak een Romantische kaart met Lint

Goedemorgen allemaal. Vandaag gaat de, alweer, 18e Challenge van HobbyVision van start.
Deze Challenge is bedacht door Ineke en het thema is: Maak een Romantische Kaart met Lint.
Superleuke Challenge toch en niet moeilijk!
En, jullie krijgen 2 Maand de tijd, want i.v.m. vakanties loopt deze Challenge tot 20 September!
Voor mijn voorbeeld heb ik gekozen voor een Vintage kaart. Ik vind dat je daar altijd super romantische kaartjes mee kunt maken.
Hiervoor een plaatje gekozen van het knipvel van Pion Design, 'From Grandma's Attic Tinted'.
Achter het plaatje heb ik een stansmal van Joy! Crafts Noor! Design, Frame Rechthoek 6002/0146 geplakt. De geëmboste delen beïnkt met Distress Inkt 'Walnut Stain'.
Het papier dat ik gebruikt heb is van Maja Design, 'Fairytale of Spring'.
De randstans boven aan de kaart is van Die-Namics.
De swirl achter de roosjes is een stans van Doohickey Magnolia, 'Heart Swirl'.
Het parfumflesje vind ik prima passen bij Vintage kaarten en is van Joy! Crafts, Perfume Bottle 6002/0226. Ook hier weer de geëmboste delen beïnkt met Distress Inkt, 'Victorian Velvet'.
De gestempelde tekst is van Lili of the Valley. Deze achter een Tim Holtz 'Ornate Plate' geplakt. De Ornate Plate bestreken met Crackle Paint 'Tattered Rose'.
Het hartje rechtsonder bestrooid met Shabby Embossing Enamel 'Pink' en daarna verhit met een heattool zodat het smelt en een mooi effect geeft.
De gebruikte roosjes zijn van Wild Orchid Crafts.
Het label achter de papiertjes is van Joy! Crafts, Labels Kraft.
Verschillende soorten kant gebruikt en achter de roosjes rechtsboven een charm. De plakparels zijn van Kars.
De binnenkant van de kaart ook gedecoreerd. Hiervoor een Nestabilitie 'Labels Four' gebruikt.
Alle papiertjes heb ik beinkt met Distress Inkt 'Walnut Stain' en opgeruwd met de Tim Holtz Paper Distresser.
Voor de afwerking Stickels, Stardust gebruikt en op de bloemetjes ook nog wat Distress Inkt, 'Tattered Rose' gedaan.
Ik hoop dat jullie met dit kaartje weer wat inspiratie hebben voor jullie eigen project.
Maar voor meer inspiratie, neem een kijkje op het DesignTeam Blog van HobbyVision en bekijk de creaties die mijn andere Teamleden hebben gemaakt.
Iedereen nog een heel fijn weekend, bedankt voor het langskomen en veel succes allemaal!

Challenges:
The Hobby House Challenge Blog: Challenge 2 - Vintage
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog: Challenge 20 - Anything Goes