Simon Says: Anything Goes

For the challange Anything Goes on the 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog

I made this birthday card.

For this card i used:

Floral Trims CMS461

Papillon CMS106

Bold Sayings CMS433

Distress oxide ink

Distress oxide spray Crackeling Campfire

I started stamping with versamark watermark

and gold embossingpowder.

Next I added some distress oxide inks on the glassplate

and by wiping the ink off the plate and on the card.

This is reapeated a few times until satisfied with the color.

When all was dry I added some Crackling Campfire splatters

on the card.

I used the sewing machine to make the border on the card.

Also some gold thread underneath the birthday sentiment.

The sentiment is also with gold embossing powder

and added the same colors as the background.

Matching envelop for sending out the card.

Thank you for looking and

have a caffinated creative weekend!

 

Simon Says: Make your Mark

A new challenge on the

Simon Says Monday Blog:

Make your Mark.

Now I received my new Tim Holtz stamps

last week and I just have to play with them,

seeing what I can do.

So here is the result:

For this challenge I used the new

Floral Trims CMS461 cling stamp

Note Quotes CMS 463

and the layering stemcil Brush Hex

different colors of distress oxide ink.

I started with stamping this Floral stamp in versamark

watermark and embossed with gold.

Next I put some colors of distress oxide ink on my

glass plate and wiped it on the card. When dried I

added images with the Brush Hex stencil.

Next I stamped the sentiment on a piece of cardboard

from the box the stamps came in. I also used it on the

background of the card. Stapled the image to the piece

from the box. Gives it a grungy feeling.

Thank you for looking and i hope you have 

a great caffinated creative weekend!

 

Simon Says: Things with Wings

Another fun challenge on the 

Simon Says Wednesday Blog:

Things with Wings.

Here my finished card with butterflies by Tim Holtz.

Here I displayed all the materials I used:

distress oxide  inks

stencils

cling stamp: Papillon CMS106

I started with a background I had lying around made in direct

to paper technique. I used my stamping platform, because 

I wanted to stamp several colors

Here you see the first layer of butterflies.

I also stamped them on a seperate piece to cut out

and add later on with foam tape.

I added the big script stamp and next used two

different stencils to finish off the card.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative caffinated day!

 

Passover 2023

 

For Jewish people this week Passover (April 5 - 13) has started.

 It is the commemoration of the Exodus from slavery  in  Egypt 

and the journey to freedom.

This Holiday starts with a seder: a special meal with a strory, prayers,

 special food and songs, In israel it is only one evening

 and outside Israel two evenings are  celebrated.

Of course I made some cards:

The sentiment on this card is an oldie but goodie by

Create with TLC. It is a freebie that you can still find HERE.

I printed some matzo paper to make the heart shape

and design paper in the background.

Passover is also a Spring Holiday and so these Tim Holtz inspired 

carrots are on this card. I used  Tim's Bottlebrush Trees and 

some raffia to create the carrots. 

The background is more of the matzo printed paper.

Hope you all have a lovely Passover.

chag sameach!

Those who celebrate Easter I wish

Caffinated creative greetings!

Simon Says: Stencil It

 

For this week there is a stencil challenge on the 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.

This is what I came up with:

I had seen Tim Holtz Easter/ Spring inspiration You Tube,

but I did not have the raffia (which I thought looked like fn).

I looked through all my stuff and asked around, but nobody

had any. Then today I went shopping and suddenly it was 

there waiting for me, yeah!!

So I had to try to make the carrot:

Borring! So I got out my stencils and new dies

and this is the result:

This is what I used:

Bottlebrush Trees CMS455

Crazy Talk CMS236

Bunny Stitch Thinlits

Thatched stencil THS104

Distress oxide inks

green raffia

Thank you for looking

and I hope you have a wonderful

creative and caffinated day!

Simon Says: Spring and/or Easter

 

Another challenge card, this time for the 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog.

The theme is Spring and/or Easter.

This time it is a Spring birthday card.

Outside the bulbs are popping up and the birds sing their song.

I found some lovely bird design paper in my $$ store and

used it for this card in combination with 

Michael Strong's small hummingbird clingmount stamp.

I made this gatefold card. The squares on top of the card

open like a lock. One is fastened on the right side

and the other on the left side of the card.

This is the inside and here you see that on both sides there is a square.

The sentiment i used on the front and on the inside is from

Tim Holtz Crazy Talk CMS236.

This is how the cards stands and you can see how the lock works.

The little hummingbirds are embossed in white or gold

and colored with pencil.

Thank you for looking

and I hope you have a caffinated creative day!

Simon Says: Easter/Spring

 

Good Morning fellow crafters!

Hope your day is going fine and Spring is here.

In my place - The Netherlands - it is cloudy and rainy.

Only from the flowers that are popping up in my garden 

I can see that Spring is here.

So my idea for the 

Simon Says Monday Challenge

is to make a fun and colorful card.

Got Tim's Crazy Catz out and some Easter colors

to make this fun card.

Here you can see the colors I used.

The egg stamp is from the set Mini Blueprints 2 CMS146 and

the sentiment is from Craze Talk CMS236.

I colored the images with copic ciao markers.

Thank you for looking

and wishing you a creative

and caffinated day!

Simon Says: Tag it!

Here I am with another card for Simon Says Stamp.

This time it is for the 

Wednesday Challenge

Tag it

and I also combined it with the 

Celebrate Spring 

    challenge on Instagram.   

For my card I used a #8 tag and colored it with

different green distress inks.

Next i die cut the honeycomb and used the same

distress colors a little on the honeycomb diecut.

Then I used stamps by Michael Strong

(the tulip and the bee) and colored the tulip with 

pencil on the kraft paper.

The sentiment is from Small Tag stickers from

Tim Holtz idea-ology.

Here is the finished tag.

The inspiration for this tag came when 

I saw the first tulip in my garden. 

Now I know for sure Spring is around the corner

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

 

Simon Says: Emboss it

Slothy Coffee

Here is my entry for the emboss challenge on
The Simon Says Monday Blog Challenge.
The challenge is:  embossing it.

I used two embossing folders for this card: the beans and the spotches.
The sentiment is printed with the computer, the bowler hat is from the
Tim Holtz set Crazy Things CMS237 and the slothy is a stamp by my
friend Donna (who is working on a digital oinline shop).

For coloring I used ciao copic markers.

Thank you for looking
and have a caffinated fun day!

 

Hanukkah irisfolding

Hello Crafty Friends,

Tonight is the first night of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.

Of course I made a card and for this I took out an old

irisfoldingtemplate and made this card:

and used this template:

Feel free to safe the template to your computure.

The papers I used are some old design papers by Stampin'Up!

and a sentiment from the set Happy Hanukkah Collection.

The gemsones are SU! Blue Adhesive - Backed Gemes.

Wishing you all a wonderful and Happy Hanukkah!

May the light give you peace and be happy with  your family.

Creative greetings!