You're Special

Good day to you all. I hope every body had a nice beginning of the week.
Over here in Luxor we have a little bit of a heatwave with temperatures around 44 degrees. And the sun is scoring hot!
I also had a little bit of some printer problems this week. My old printer finally gave up. So I had to buy a new printer. And guess what, here in Luxor you can choose between 2 (!) printers; a laser jet or an ink jet and they are both from HP. Lol! So you are really not standing in a shop deciding forever which printer you want to buy. Hahaha. So i did buy the laser printer because I colour with the Copics and a lot of ink jet printers have problems with that.
But so far about my printer troubles. Back to my card for today.
This card is made with a digi of Hannah Lynn from Crafts and Me. This beauty is called "Dahlia". I coloured her with my Copic Markers. And around the edge of the stamp I made some extra bling with Stickels, "Star Dust".
The papers I used for the card coming from a paper pad from Prima Marketing, "Melody". All the papers I inked up with Distress Ink, "Walnut Stain". Behind the papers I put a doily. And ad the other side I make a tag, glued design paper on it and stick it behind the papers. The bow is made with Vintage Seam Binding from Wild Orchid Crafts.
The sentiment stamp is from a set from Inkadinkado.
The leaves behind the flowers is a die from Noor! Design, 6002/0046 and a Doohickey from Magnolia the Heart Swirl. The little cut out dragon fly is also a Doohickey from Magnolia.
The flowers are coming from Wild Orchid Crafts except the fabric flower. I really do not know any more where it is coming from. Have it already for ages. The shining spacer in the middle is from The Hobbyhouse. On the flowers I also put some Stickels, "Star Dust".
The flat back pearls, rhinestones and mesh are coming from my stash.
The inside of the card I decorated also. Only use a beautiful paper from the paper pad. And a little dragon fly and two hearts made with a punch of Martha Stewart.
I really hope you love this card again. Thanks for passing by and love to see you soon again!

Digi stamp coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, R20

Mouth: R81, R83, R85

Eyes: B21, B24, B26, B28

Hair: BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Flower: R81, R83, R85, R89, YG61, YG63, YG67

Dragon Fly Body: V91, V93, V95, V99

Wings: YG01, YG03, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99

Small Dragon Fly: RV00, RV02, RV04

Challenges:
Crafting by Designs: Challenge 17-05 - You're So Special
Aud Sentiment Challenge Blog: Challenge 180 - Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Crafting With An Attitude: Challenge 27 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations: Challenge 36 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments: Challenge 118 - Anything Goes

Guest Designer for Crafts and Me!

Good day to you all on this lovely Sunday! Today's post is a special one. This is my first post as a Guest Designer for the month May for the Crafts and Me Shop! And I feel so very honoured to be chosen as a GD. Already for many years I buy lovely digi's from them. They have so many awesome artists in their range. There will be coming four projects from me with a beautiful digi stamp from Crafts and Me.
And this is the first one. The digi is from the talented artist Robin Pushay and this sweet stamp is called "Fathers Day from Daughter". I coloured this sweetie with my Copic Markers.
The papers I used are from a paper pad from Kaisercraft.
Dies I used are from Cheery Lynn and Crealies. And further I used a punch from Martha Stewart.
I hope you like this card and take a look at the shop for all the great digi's they have!
Wishing you a nice Sunday and hope to see you soon back!

Digi stamp coloured with Copic Markers:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: E71, E74, E77, E79
Dress: R00, R01, R02, R05, YR30, Y23, Y26
Chocolate Box: C0, C1, C3, C5, R02, R05
Pantalon: B91, B93, B95, B99
Shoes: E33, E35, E37,
Shadow: W0, W1, W3

Believe in Your Dreams

Good day to you all. Hope you had a lovely Wednesday. First of all thanks to everybody who visit my blog and left such lovely comments.
Today I have a new card for you, and again with a sweet stamp from Aurora Wings. This one is called "Hydrangea Fairy 2". This one I coloured in shades of blue with my Copics. After colouring her I put Glossy Accents on her wings and then sprinkled a lot of glitter powder.
The papers I used are coming from a paper pad from Lemoncraft, "Forget-Me-Not". Underneath the papers I put a doily.
The sentiment stamp is from a set from Kaisercraft.
The corner I made with a die from Cheery Lynn, "Lace Corner Deco F". The right butterfly is also from them and it's from a set of three, "Small Exotic Butterfly".
The swirl is a die from Die-Namics, "Fancy Flourish".
The little butterfly is a die from Noor! Design, 6002/0390.
The hydrangea flowers are from Prima Marketing. I but a little rhinestone spacer in the middle.
The other flowers are coming from Wild Orchid Crafts. The leaves under the flowers are a die from Cheery Lynn and Crealies.
On the flowers itself I put some Stickels, "Star Dust".
The lace, flat back pearls and rhinestones are coming from my stash.
The inside of the card I decorated accordingly but kept it simple. I only used a die from Crealies, XXL nr. 22.
I do hope you like this card again. Thanks for passing by and hope to see you all soon again.

Digi stamp coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11

Hair: E40, E42, E44, E49

Wings: B0000, B00, B02, B05, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG18

Flowers: B21, B24, BV34, BV04

Flower buds: Y11, Y15

Challenges:
Aurora Wings Challenge Blog: Challenge 49 - Frame It
CCEE Stampers: Challenge 1719 - Flowers
Craft Rocket Challenges: Challenge 37 - Fantasy
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 477 - Dies/Punches
Through The Purple Haze: Challenge 124 - Glitter
Crafty Purple Frog: Challenge - Fabulously Floral
Creative Sketchy Girls: Challenge 11 - Butterflies and/or Flowers

Pure Beauty

Good morning to you all on this beautiful Wednesday in sunny Luxor with a temperature of 42 degrees! And it is not even real summer yet.
Today I have a new card for you. This is a special one. I was asked to do a Guest Designer ship at Crafting By Designs Challenge Blog. And of course I said yes! I feel it is a real honour if they ask you for this and I love to play along.
My choice for a stamp was free but the theme for this week is "Fantasy", so I choose a digi stamp from Aurora Wings, "Dark Princess". I loved it to colour her up with my Copics.
For the papers I used a paper pad from Kaisercraft, "Fairy Dust".
The sentiment stamp is from Stampology.
Dies I used are from Magnolia a Doohickey; the leaves I made with a die from Cheery Lynn and Noor! Design, 6003/0046.
The flowers, Vintage Seam Binding and the metal corner are from Wild Orchid Crafts. On the flowers and along the stamp I put some Stickels, "Star Dust".
Probably hard to see, but on the stamp I also put some Stickels, "Lavender".
I also attached a heart charm at the bow.
Put some nice feathers in the right corner and some pearl bead string between the flowers.
The white lace, flat back pearls, bead string, feathers and charm are from my stash.
The inside of the card I decorated accordingly but kept it simple. I used a Scalloped Rectangle from Nestabilie and the Doohickey from Magnolia to make an edge.
I do hope you like this card and that you all play along with the fun Challenge at Crafting By Designs!
Every body thanks for passing by and I cannot say it often enough, thanks a lot for your lovely comments on my makings!

Digi stamp coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, R20

Hair: C3, C5, C7, C9

Skull: C00, C0, C1, Y11, Y,13, Y15

Feathers: BG10, BG11, BG13, BG18

Lily's and Jewellery: V20, V22, V25, V28

Purple in between the feathers: V12, V15, V17

Challenges:
Craft Rocket Challenges: Challenge 37 - Fantasy
Noor! Design U.K.: Challenge May - Add Lace
Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge 122 - Bling
Modsquad Challenge: Challenge 10-05 - Colour an image
Through The Craft Room Door: Challenge 09-05 - Always Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog: Challenge 263 - Feathers
Artistic Inspirations: Challenge 178 - Anything Goes

With Love

Good day everybody. I'm back again with a new card for you. But first of all, let me thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such lovely comments on my craftings!
It was this week a quiet week over here in Luxor, Egypt. So I had time on my hand to make some new cards. They will be put up later on my blog.
But for today I have a card for you with an image of Aurora Wings. I do love them a lot! And because we have three Hibiscus bushes in our garden (all in a different colour, a red one, a pink one and a yellow one) and when I saw this beauty, I was like, Yes! Have to have it!
And isn't she a gorgeous one. I coloured her up with my Copics. She is called "Hibiscus Spirit".
For the papers I used some very old but dear papers from SEI, "Mimosa". Behind the papers I put a white doily. And of course I inked all the papers up with Distress Ink, "Walnut Stain".
The sentiment stamp is coming from a set from Lili of the Valley. set 26 "Simply Sophisticated".
You can hardly see it any more but I did used a punch of Martha Stewart, "Scallop". Punched both sides of the white card stock and some designer paper in the middle.'
All the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The leaves under the flowers I made with a die from Creative Expressions, "Trialling Ivy". I also attached a little bow from Scrappers Floss. And on the flowers I put some Stickels, "Star Dust".
On three sides of the card I made a nice decoration made with a die from Noor! Design, 6002/0260.
The little butterfly is made with a die from Die-Namics, "Notched Tag".
The ribbon and the pearls are coming from my stash.
I do hope you like this card again. Thanks for visiting my blog. Have a nice weekend and I'm off, colouring the next one! See you soon!

Digi stamp coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, R20

Mouth: R21, R22

Eyes: B00, B04, B06

Hair: E40, E43, E47, E49

Red Flowers: R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, R59

Yellow Flowers: Y000, Y00, Y04, Y08, Y18

Leaves: G40, G43, YG67, G99

Challenges:
That's Crafty Challenges: Challenge 28-04 - Bright
Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Challenge Week 17 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks: Challenge 349 -Bows
Aud Sentiments Challenge: Challenge 179 - Flowers and a Sentiment
Creative Knockouts: Challenge 192 - Doily Delight
Southern Girls Challenge: Challenge 159 - Use an Actual Punch

Keep Smiling

Good day to all of you. I hope you had a lovely weekend. Anyway, I had a great Sunday evening. We went out with the boat on the Nile with 5 ladies. Sunday's is always our Ladies Out Night. And with today's day time temperature of 40 degrees, it is lovely on the water with a cool breeze. We sailed to a nearby little island in the Nile. On that island is a hotel with a big restaurant. Sat on the water side drinking a nice cold bear and later had a fantastic dinner. After that again sitting outside and after an hour or so sailed back to Gaziera, the village where the boats are docked.
But that was last night. Today I have a new card for you which I recently made. This one is with a digi stamp from Polkadoodles, "Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime - Shy". I coloured her up with my Copic Markers. After that cut her out with a Round Nestabilitie and matted her on card stock which was cut out with a Scalloped Round Nestabilitie.
The design papers coming from a paper pad from Lili of the Valley, "Timeless Victorian".
The sentiment stamp is also from Lili of the Valley, set 58 "Pretty Grungy - Good Times".
I kept the whole layout of the card in circles and cut every thing out with my Nestabilities. All the papers I inked up with Distress Ink, "Walnut Stain".
The flowers on the card and the aqua stamens are coming from Wild Orchid Crafts. Between the flowers I made a little bow from Scrappers Floss. The leaves under the flowers a made with 2 different dies from Noor! Design, 6003/0046 and 6003/0047. For the flowers I used some Stickels, "Star Dust" for some extra bling.
The big bow I made with a ribbon from The Ribbon Girls. On top of the bow I put a glittery spacer from The Hobbyhouse. The butterfly is made with a punch from Ann Griffin.
The pearls, rhinestones and metal corner are coming from my stash.
The inside of the card I decorated accordingly so you can write your own message.
That was it for now. I do hope you like my card again. As always, thanks for passing by and thanks if you leave a comment! Have a great day and hope to see you soon again!

Digi stamp coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, E93

Hair: E30, E33, E35, E39, E49

Dress: V20, V22, V25, V28

Bow: BG11, BG32, BG35, G05

Challenges:
The Paper Players: Challenge 342 - Tic-Tac-Toe (Circle-Die-cut-Flower)
Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: Challenge 56 - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Challenge Blog: Challenge week 16 - Anything Goes
DisDigiDesigns Challenge: Challenge 21-04 - Use Something Digital (stamp)
Glitter 'N Sparkle Challenges: Challenge 237 - Flower Power