Another version...

... of my last card - I like the card design a lot - so I decided to give a second version a try...

I link it up to this challenge:

 http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/cr84fn37.html

Enjoy the brandnew week!

Fanatical About Botanical Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

The botanical style is rrreally trendy right now... and Cath from The Moxie Fab World hosts a challenge!

Look: http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/07/next-moxie-fab-world-challenge.html

I didn´t want to miss it (deadline is tomorrow/midnight) and so I made this card:

I attached a vellum pouch to the card front and inserted a skeleton leaf, which I had in my stash for ages - a butterfly image from the graphic´s fairy, rhinestones and a ticket from the stamp set "Eline´s Huis Butterflies" from mariannedesign.nl complete the card.

I really love this card - this light blue is one of my favourite colors - especially in summer - and butterflies are my all-time favourite!
AND - it is my 1st one with sewing/stitching on it!
I had a very old (35yrs.) sewing machine, but hadn´t used it for 20 yrs. ... when my aunt visited me a month ago, she helped me to "revitalize" it again - and now I don´t want to remove this machine from my desk anymore! I also love her "vintage style" :-)

Have a nice Sunday everyone - thanks for your visit!

Published! / 3

Hi there!

Today I´d like to share another one of my sticky-notes-booklets... and I especially love this one!!

How about you?

I sent it in to Northridge Publishing and .... *tadaaahh!!* ... it was published in:

Here is "my" page :-)

Well, I´m definitely in the mood for a champagne miniature again!

I hope all of you have a nice day, too - take care!

Let´s relax a little!!

Do you know that: when there´s so much daily routine, there´s sometimes only a pale face looking from the mirror back to you - but after summer vacation or a relaxing afternoon at the pool - you´re a shining star again!

My swimming pool is only small and tiny - only 3,5m in diameter - but I can´t look away from this view on hot summer days ... cooling down in it is such a delight!

So, come on and let´s relax a little!!

 

 

Published! / 2

I got my voucher copy of Stamp It! Cards: Volume 8 two weeks ago and opened page 63 first :-)

Here´s the reason, why....

... - my card qualified for this special issue, which made me VERY happy, because otherwise I wouldn´t had the chance to get my hands on this one! (due to shipping costs)

You can get it here, if you want to: http://www.scrapandpapershop.com/category/paper-crafts

This time I share "my" page with Lynn Mangan  http://themangoboysandme.blogspot.com/

It´s so much fun to have a card published!

And I felt so flattered that Cath Edvalson, Trends Editor for Paper Crafts Magazine, mentioned the card on her “Moxie Fab World” blog http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/06/five-for-friday-stamp-it-cards-week.html

Celebrate with me and make yourself a special day!

I´m in the mood for a champagne miniature (one of these small bottles – just enough for 1 glass) :-)

It´s just nice to party even small events, isn´t it?!

Until next time! Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you, Stacey!

A dear crafting buddy made my day today: STACEY

I´m so sorry, that I can´t send you my "chocolate kisses" IRL - I´m afraid food won´t pass the custom´s office ...


But I dedicate these pics to you! *mwah*

(... before...)

THANKS!

PS: I link this up to: http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2011/07/simon-says-stamp-and-show-some_18.html

Apricots everywhere!

Hi there!


For those of you who wondered why I was so quiet in the last few weeks: I was busy doing LOTS of things - one of them was processing apricots.

Our tree (earlier this year) ...

... had "tons" of apricots this year:

I had to give away lots of them - too much for 2 people!

I stewed most of them to "Marillenröster" (more liquid than jam, with bigger pieces of fruit and less sugar than jam)

I also gave away some jars to my family in Styria - they do have lots of apple and cherry trees there, but no apricots - it´s not the right climate and soil there.

As you all know we crafters do NOT give away anything without prinking it up!

So even time was tight, I made small tags for some jars...

PHEW! Harvest is over now and I´m sooo happy about that!

Thanks for remembering me :-) and visiting me today!

Have a great day!

PTI challenges and The I'm Sew Excited! Challenge

....again a combination of 3 challenges...

This time it´s the Make it Monday #18-challenge at http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2011/06/make-it-monday-18-adding-texture-with-tissue-paper.html , where we´re challenged to use tissue paper, wich I used on the left side of my card as a distressed and vintage-looking background.

The 2nd challenge is from the ladies at A Passion for Papertrey http://apassionforpapertrey.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-recipe-for-fun.html .

• A dollop of colour (3 colours - plus neutrals if required, e.g black/white)
• A sprinkling of buttons (2 buttons)
• A pinch of ribbon (1 Ribbon)

The 3rd challenge is The I'm Sew Excited! Challenge of th Moxie Fab World
http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/06/im-sew-excited-challenge.html

So, here´s my take on these challenges:

Thanks for stopping by today - have a great week everybody!

Text Color Trends Challenge

This is my 2nd blog post today - and you can see I´m really hooked on challenges now!

The challenge of the Embellish Blog is:
http://embellishmagazine.com/blog/2011/05/text-color-trends-challenge/

"Got Text? We know you do! Please join us for this challenge sponsored by Hero Arts! Think of creative ways to use text in your projects and take on this fun challenge."

Now, let me share my project with you - it´s another one of my "babies" :-) ... a sticky-note-booklet!
All stamps used are from the sponsor Hero Arts ("Flower Lady", "Type") .

... the back ...

... and the inside... (unfortunately I had no grey sticky notes, so I had to use the "normal" yellow ones")

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Thanks for visiting me twice today :-)

Have a nice day everyone!

Challenge-time again!

It´s challenge-time again and I´d like to choin in the fun of 2 challenges with this card:

... this time I was a good girl and also embellished the inside!

These are the challenges:

1) there is a CASE Competition over at the Waltzingmouse Makes Blog. 

http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-soap-day-4-rewind-to-free-spirit.html 

I "cased" this card from Tosha Leyendekker and used the"Frame It" stamp set from Waltzing Mouse Stamps... 

http://stamptalkwithtosh.blogspot.com/2011/06/waltzingmouses-june-soap-day-4.html

EDIT: I won the challenge - THANK YOU!

Claire said:

I love the way that Ulina framed her cupcake and the fun papers she used. Those pearl accents are a great touch to top off this fabulous project. 

2) Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World

http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/06/tuesday-trigger-cosmopolitan-neopolitan.html

Thanks for visiting me today!