A Toast to 2017

Hello friends,

This is my last post for 2016 and my wish to all of you is:

May 2017 be filled with peace, warmth and togetherness in your family and much prosperity! Happy New Year!

Thank you for all your support and kind comments during 2016, I appreciate it so much. To celebrate 2017 I chose a cute mouse image from my new Penny Black stamp set “Critter Time”. I colored the image with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils and added a little glitter to the cool drink for sparkle. The circle  is lifted from the card base with mirror tape to add dimension. The sentiment die cut is from Paper Smooches “Birthday Words”

I entered my card in the following challenges:

• CASology Week#229 (ends 01/05) – Cue word “Toast”
• Allsorts Challenge Week 396 (ends 01/07) – Something New (New stamp set for me from Penny Black)
• Less is More Challenge #309 (ends 01/07) – Dimension
• Cute Card Thursday Challenge #458 (ends 01/05) – Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon Challenge #374 (ends 01/04) – Hello 2017

A close-up of the image

Project details:

• White and black cardstock
• Penny Black stamp set “Critter Time” (30234)
• Paper Smooches sentiment die ” Birthday words” (FBD120)
• Spellbinders Nestabilities “Standard Circles Small”
• Glitter
• Derwent Inktense watercolor pencil

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Regards,

Amelia

 

A Little Sunshine …

Hello friends,

A clean and simple card to share today. As we are in the middle of our winter season in the Southern Hemisphere I really need a little sunshine and cheerful yellow colors today!

My card features an image from the Penny Black stamp set  “Nature’s wishes”. To add dimension to the card I die cut half a circle in the top layer and then lift the panel off the card base with mirror tape. I used my Derwent Inktense pencils to color the image. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I entered my card in the following challenges:

• CASology Week#201 (ends 06/14) – Cue word “Sunshine”
• Inky Impressions June Challenge (07/04) – Summertime
• Inspiration Destination Challenge #89 (ends 06/15) – Anything Goes
• {PIN}spirational Challenge #167 (ends 06/20) – Birds
• Allsorts Challenge Week #366 (ends 06/11) – The Great Outdoors

A close-up of the image

The sentiment

Project details:

• White and yellow card-stock
• Penny Black stamp set “Nature’s Wishes” (30-109)
• Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils

Thanks for visiting today and for leaving comments – I really appreciate your time. Have a wonderful day.

Kind regards,

Amelia

Beautiful Friend

Hello friends,

I hope you are having a lovely holiday season so far. My card today is a little bit different – a CAS kraft card with a homespun “feeling”. I followed the definition of “homespun” on the Less is More challenge blog to create this unsophisticated, plain and natural card with a Penny Black stamp.  I embossed the mannequin and sentiment with white embossing powder and did the coloring with my Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils. I hope you like today’s creation.

Challenges:

• Less is More Challenge Weeks #255 & 256 (ends 01/01) – Homespun
• Inkspirational Challenges #98 (ends 01/02) –  ‘Bah Humbug!’ to Christmas, Anything but Christmas
• Inspiration Destination Challenge #65 (ends 12/29) – Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart Challenge #92 (ends 01/04) – Anything Goes

Project details:

• Kraft cardstock
• Penny Black stamp set “Lace Delight” (30-115)
• Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils for coloring
• White embossing powder
• Twine

That’s it for today! Take care and have a great day.

Regards,

Amelia

Roses For You

Hello friends,

Another CAS card to share. Yes, I am trying my best to master the art of clean and simple cards. This card is for the challenge at CASology and the cue word is “give”. I always love to give flowers to my friends and loved ones. This adorable image from  Penny Black says it all: to give a bunch of flowers and a compliment will always be appreciated by the receiver. To add a little bit of color and interest I used a border punch and a strip of pink paper at the bottom of the card.

Challenges:

• CASology #172 (ends 11/16) – Cue word: Give
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge (ends 12/04) – Use Dies and/or Punches)
• Creative Knockouts Challenge #115 (ends 11/19)  – Something to Say

Project details:

• White card and pink cardstock
• Penny Black stamp set “Piece of my Heart” (30-642)
• Marianne Design Collectables sentiment stamp (COL1324)
• Martha Stewart border punch
• Derwent Inktense water color pencils for coloring

Thank you for visiting today, I appreciate it so much. I am back tomorrow with a shabby card to share!

Kind regards,

Amelia

Sent With Love

Hello friends,

I have a CAS card to share today. I was inspired by a  card created  by  Hannelie  for the challenge at CASology  – the theme is “Vehicles”. I just love her black bicycle with the splash of colorful balloons. For my card I used a red truck and a sentiment stamp as focal point. I finished off with a few tiny punched flowers and a piece of washi tape. I hope you enjoy this CAS card as much as I did in creating it!

I entered the card in the following challenges:

• CASology (ends 11/09) – Vehicles
• Fab ‘n’ Funky Challenges #280 (11/11) – Die Cuts and/or Punches
• ABC Challenges (11/15) – U is for Unlimited (Anything Goes)
• 613 Avenue Create Challenge #149 (ends 11/16) – Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday Challenge #208 (ends 11/11) – Anything Goes
• Just Keep on Creating November Link-up (ends 11/30) – Anything Goes

Project details:

• White and red card stock
• Cottage Cutz die “Truck” (CCE-377)
• Penny Black sentiment stamp from “Lace Delight” stamp set (309-115)
• Polka dot washi tape
• Flower punch
• Gemstones

Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day and happy crafting.

Kind regards,

Amelia

Be My Valentine

Hello friends,

I have some exciting news to share today – I have the privilege to be a guest at Christine Emberson’s blog Hope & Chances Creativity. Christine is the International Ambassador for Spellbinders in the United Kingdom. Last year Christine contacted me and asked if I am willing to create a card for her blog to show how Spellbinders dies are used around the world. Who will ever say no to such an invitation? She send me two stunning Spellbinders die sets and I created 5 cards for her blog. Please visit Hope & Chances Creativity to read Christine’s view about the cards and also to see her creativity with Spellbinders dies. It is amazing to see her wonderful creations and tips on how to use these dies. I created five separate blog posts to show the cards and this will be posted during today.

My first card is a Valentine’s card created with the Spellbinders die set ‘Flutter Love’. The “heart window” in the top layer was cut with a Spellbinders D’Lites die “Vines of Passion” to frame the lovely heart shape. I added some pearls around the edge for a vintage look. The lace stamp is from Stampendous and the sentiment stamp from Penny Black. The designer papers are from Prima “Stationer’s Desk”

I would like to enter the card in the following challenges:

• Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenges #132 (ends 02/19) – It’s All About Love
• Creative Knockouts Challenge #75 (ends 02/12) – Hearts A Flutter (include a heart on your card)
• Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #95 (ends 02/18) – Have a Heart
• Fab ‘n’ Funky Challenge #245 (ends 02/11) – Hearts and/or Flowers
• Frilly and Funkie Challenge (02/10) – Be My Valen-twine
• Card Mania Challenge #65 (ends 02/28) – Add Some Red
• Cuttlebug Mania Challenge (02/ 17) – I [Heart] You (Dies used: Spellbinders Die D’Lites “Flutter Love” (S3-211) and Spellbinders die D’Lites “Vines of Passion” (S2-022))

A close-up of the lovely heart die

The sentiment embossed with “claret tapestry” embossing powder

The flower and stamped lace border

A peep at the inside decorated with smaller heart die cuts from the same set

Project details:

• Cream card-stock
• Spellbinders Die D’Lites “Flutter Love” (S3-211)
• Spellbinders die D’Lites “Vines of Passion” (S2-022)
• Prima designer paper “Stationer’s Desk”
• Penny Black sentiment stamp from “Raindrops and Kisses” set
• Stampendous stamp set “Elegant Borders”
• Pearls
• Wax cord
• Roses
• PSX embossing powder “Claret Tapestry”
• Tim Holtz Stickles “Burgundy”
• Tim Holtz distress ink “Vintage Photo”

Thank you for visiting and I will be back soon with a card featuring the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Card Fronts die set “Floral”. Have a wonderful day.

Regards,

Amelia