Spring Card

Early this year (I believe in March) there was a reunion of the Belgian stamping group 'Creatief met Stempels'.  We received some home work and had to bring a 'spring card' to the reunion.  At the end of the day there was a lottery, so everyone received a nice card from someone else.  This is the card I created with distress inks, Inkadinkado stamps and white embossing powder.

Christmas Card (4)

 Because the challenge is to make every day a card, I can't loose time with mistakes and I'm happy I didn't throw this failed attempt for a simple card away.  In stead of few stars, I ended up stamping the whole card (distress inks: evergreen bough and broken china), added some stickles (aqua) and finally I've cut the different layers. The star stamp is from Inkadinkado and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

 

Also take a look at the beautiful cards of the other ladies who took this challenge: Klaartje, Anne, Anita and Carla

  

Christmas card (2)

My second christmas card!  I've used stamps from Inkadinkado (star), Hampton Art Stamps (little stips) and Hero Arts (sentiment).  I've kept it simple and just stamped with Distress Inks: Broken China and Evergreen Bough.

 

Christmas card (1)

Klaartje has a great challenge on her blog: create a christmas card every day in October!
Since I didn't stamp for a couple of months, I'm really behind with my cards so this seems a fantastic idea.  I must say this is a huge challenge for me as I'm not a fast crafter.  But it couldn't go wrong from the first day, so here is my first christmascard!  I found some great ideas for fast cards on Pinterest, but the result is quite different.  The picture is not great, but the I've stamped the stars with Versamark and heat embossed them with silver powder.  In the center I've added a rhinestone.  The stamps are from Inkadinkado (star) and Stamps Antwerpen (sentiment: Happy Newyear).

Christmas menu

Last week my mother asked me to create menus for Christmas evening. Because I have little time lately, I said I wanted to do this if she helped me. I've tried to convince her to start cardmaking many times, but this was the first time she agreed to it. We had a long discussion before we found the right concept. Because our table decoration is mainly black we chose this dark colour combo. The background is made with a cuttlebug embossing folder, then lightly inked and finally some painting with stickles. This glittering is not obvious in the picture, but it's really nice in reality :)