Simon Says: Alcohol, Drinks or Inks

Inspired by the challenge on the 

Simon Says Stamp Blog,

I made two cards today

The challenge says:

Alcohol, Drinks or ink.

For my first card I used digital images from

Graciellie Design.

She has some beautiful papers and designs

that are perfect to save on postage (even though

one day i would love some of her real stamps!)

I used the digital design paper for the background,

but the cup is colored with markers.

The front design of the heart image

is cut out of a piece of left over design paper

and layerd with foam tape to the other

punched out pieces.

My second card is real stamps.

For the background I  used a stencil and some 

gesso and colored it with distress ink.

The drinks are stamps by Tim Holtz

as well as the sentiment.

The drinks are colored with distress markers.

The flowers are premade from my stash.

Here a close up of the wonderful background.

Thank you for looking and 

have a creative day!

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge: Pink & White

Great find, these Club ScrapValentine stamps from 2009

(Heart to Heart) in my stash and combining it with

a Love Cynthia stamp is a perfect combination.

I made this card for the pink & white color challenge

on the Cupcake Inspiration Blog.

I started out gathering various shades of pink

stamp inkpads to make the background.

The "be mine heart stamp"is stamped on a seperate

piee of paper as well as the little girl stamp.

The heart is stamped in pink and colored the

heart with a blending tool, leaving the words white

to stamd out.

The girl is colored with blending markers by SU!

and cut out. Added to the card with  foam tape.

This is the inside of the card.

Club Scrap sentiment and more hearts.

Of course a matching envelope

and some sticky pink pearls for extra bling.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Club Scrap Calendar Project

 Yes, I am still trying to organize my craftroom!

While doing so, you find all kind of fun  projects

you never made or finished.

I came across this project from 2013. It is a calendar

and I just never made it. Now I want to make it.

January is the perfect month to make a calendar.

I lost the instructions, so I wrote to Club Scrap

if they still had it and yes, they found me the instructions.

So this project comes with a big wooden block,

that I painted black and decorated with a

Mocha Java panel from my coffee paper stash.

I also got out my Club Scrap coffee stamps

(you are not surprised, I guess :-)) and decorated

parts of the project.

Front and back of some of the parts.

The tag is the front of the calendar.

It also came with 12 tags and these are decorated with 

Mocha Java (2007) and Brewed Awakanings (2012) stamps.

So here is the finished project seen from the front.

Sideways you see how the parts

are constructed on the wood block.

And also the back of everything is decorated.

Each month is taken out of the 

back and placed on the front book clip

according to what month it is.

Julie Heyer of Club Scrap has her version

on the Club Scrap Blog HERE

and when you pop over,

you see it is totally different from mine.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Simon Says: Clean and Simple

Here my card for the clean and simple challenge on the

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog.

This is really a take ten card.

Background with Tim Holtz music stencil

and candied apple red ink.

Next i stamped themartine glass on the 

Misical note as well as the sentiment.

Both stamps are also by Tim Holtz.

The martini glass is stamped on a seperate

piece of paper too and colored with

distress markers. The glass is cut out and

added with some foam tape on the card.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Sketch Saturday #546

Today I share my card with lots

of freebies, that i made for a sketch challenge

and the Chinese New Year (Febuary 5).

The Chinese year has always animals.

We say goodbye to the year of  the dog

and welcome to the year of the pig.

If you are born in one of the following years:

1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 

you are born in the sign of  the pig.

Pig(猪—Zhū)

People born in the year of the Pig think logically and are able to fix whatever problem they're in. They aren't good communicators, but they're kind and able to provide for the family. Most of them are wealthy. Their only obvious fault is that they lose their temper easily.

• Science
  Pig is Yin, and its earthly branch is Hài.
• Folklore
  Pigs are the symbol of wealth. Their chubby faces and big ears are signs of fortune as well.

You find this sketch on the 

Sketch Saturday Blog.

I found this fun image as phone wallpaper

 and it was easy to use as a print for my card.

I wanted to share the link with you, but cannot

find it again. So here the image.

This little piggy is a free digital image on the 

blog of Michael Strong HERE.

I printed the pig twice to make it more pop out.

For a little bling I added the sequins.

The sentiment with the Chinese characters I found on

the internet and share here with you, so you can use it too:

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Color Throwdown #525

Today I share with you my card for the challenge on the

 Color Throwdown Blog.

I used the Club Scrap Delft stencil in the background,

expresso oxide ink, Club Scrap Fizz sentiment

and Michael Strong giraffe stamp.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Club Scrap Ultimate Challenge

Have you missed me????

I am trying to get my stash organized in my graftroom! But doing nothig is totally not me.
So while sorting out my Club Scrap stash, I cam across some wonderful papers
and just had to use them for some of the January challanges on the  Club Scrap Chat Facebook group.

This month I go for the Ultimate Challenge. 
Here is the explanation by Julie:

Participate in any SIX of the following challenges each month. 
1. Past Present Challenge 
2. Idea Deck Challenge
3. Monthly Layout Challenge
4. Card Sketch Challenge
5. Project Use It! Challenge
6. NBUS Challenge (Never Before Used Stamp/Stencil)
7. Tool/Stash Challenge
8. Assembly Line Challenge *Note: does not have to be the current kit but must have been assembled this month to qualify
9. Technique Challenge *Note: details posted on the blog each month.


NBUS: Lay out using BananaRama (retreat 09) stencil

Idea Deck - Layout using Jack of Spades

Tool Stash: Using embossing folder

Card Sketch: 

I used BandanaRama '09 papers and a Fizz sentiment.

The background is embossed with a paisley 

embossing folder. For the front panel

I stamped the wooden rubber stamp, that came

with the kit, in versamark and embossed it with

clear embossing powder. 

Next I colored the panel with turquise

ink and the stamped images stand out.

With a few sticky pearls, a ribbon and

the sentiment I finished the card.

Assembly Line: Completed BananaRama Retreat 09 papers

I have been to the retreat in 2009 and never

made the BandanaRama kit. I love it!

Technique: Embossed shape

Papers, shapes and stamps

Oopsie Daisy 2014.

Past and Present Challenge: 

Tribal papers and cut outs.

Cups with Tim Holtz Bigz Tea Time die.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Club Scrap Januari kit: Mumbai

This year Club Scrap started with a very happy and colorful kit.

The name of this kit is Mumbai. I get the digital kit

every first of the month for only $ 4,95

and see all the images you get:

These imgaes are also easy for printing

and make cards with. Beautiful backgrounds

fro cards to print at 8.5 x 11 inch.

This card is to great the new year,

but there will be more soon.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

January 1st: New Year Resolutions

I made this fun project for the 

Cut it up challenge blog.

The challenge is to make something

that showcases your New Year's resolution.

Well, I do not have any special resolution:

just to great each day and make it

as good as can be and share a cup of coffee

with a friend.

I made this fun project, that started with a piece of wood

and 4 pegs. My idea was to make every month a new calendar

page and with the pegs it is easy to change.

I used the number thinlits by Stampin'Up! to make the 

number of the New Year.

The calenda page I found on internet. The coffee cups

and the spoon are from my new set from

Honey Bee stamps that I won in 

the coffeelovers blog hop. The cups are colored

with markers by Stampin'Up!.

The sentiment is from Create by TLC.

Visit the blog and you find lots of freebies

almost every day.

The  tea/coffee pot is a rubber stamp

 by Michael Strong.

I stamped it on teal colored paper and

embossed it with gold.

Thanks for looking

and I hope your year started

with coffee and creativity!